December 3rd, 2008

Today in History

1976:
Patrick Hillery becomes the sixth President of Ireland.

1947:
Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway.

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

1917:
After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic (the bridge partially collapsed on August 29, 1907 and September 11, 1916).

1828:
U.S. presidential election, 1828: Challenger Andrew Jackson beats incumbent John Quincy Adams and is elected President of the United States.