December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

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

1990:
A coalition led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl wins the first free all-German elections since 1932.

1982:
At the University of Utah, Barney Clark, becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.

1930:
Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.

1915:
Albert Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity.