December 3rd, 2008

Today in History

1937:
The Dandy, the world's longest running comic, was first published.

1818:
Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state

1925:
George Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F is premiered at Carnegie Hall.

1953:
The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and Republic of China is signed in Washington, DC.

1854:
Eureka Stockade: More than twenty goldminers at Ballarat, Australia were killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences. Claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy.