December 3rd, 2008

Today in History

1997:
In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.

1973:
Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.

1944:
Civil war breaks out in a newly-liberated Greece, between Communists and royalists.

1936:
Radio station WQXR is officially founded

1901:
US President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".