November 22nd, 2008

Today in History

1990:
Margaret Thatcher resigns as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1988:
In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.

1975:
Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of dictator Francisco Franco.

1942:
The situation for the German attackers of Stalingrad seems desperate during the Soviet counter-attack Operation Uranus and General Friedrich von Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army is surrounded.

1917:
In Montreal, Canada, the National Hockey Association breaks up (on November 26 it was replaced with the National Hockey League).