December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

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

1975:
The communist Pathet Lao seizes power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

1851:
Newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte violently overthrows the Second Republic.

1848:
Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria.

1755:
The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.

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