December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2004:
Brian Williams succeeds Tom Brokaw as host of NBC Nightly News.

2001:
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

2000:
The Smashing Pumpkins play their final gig.

1993:
NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

1975:
The communist Pathet Lao seizes power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People's Democratic Republic.