December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

1991:
The first version of QuickTime was released.

1961:
Cold War: In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba was going to adopt Communism.

1859:
Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper's Ferry.

1848:
Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria.

1755:
The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.

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