December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2004:
Brian Williams succeeds Tom Brokaw as host of NBC Nightly News.

1988:
Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.

1970:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.

1954:
Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."

1859:
Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper's Ferry.