December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

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

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

1927:
Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.

1867:
In a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.

1851:
Newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte violently overthrows the Second Republic.