December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

1971:
The United Arab Emirates is formed.

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

1409:
The University of Leipzig opens.

1961:
Cold War: In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba was going to adopt Communism.

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

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