December 3rd, 2008

Today in History

1976:
Patrick Hillery becomes the sixth President of Ireland.

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

1964:
Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and massive sit-in at the administration building protesting the UC Regents' decision to forbid Vietnam War protests on UC property.

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

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