December 3rd, 2008

Today in History

1992:
The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil runs aground in a storm while on approach to La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.

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

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

1936:
Radio station WQXR is officially founded

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.