December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2005:
Microsoft releases its Xbox 360 video game console in Europe.

2001:
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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

1845:
Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.

1805:
French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.