December 5th, 2008

Today in History

1992:
Kent Conrad of North Dakota resigns his seat in the United States Senate and is sworn into the other seat from North Dakota, becoming the only US Senator ever to have held two seats on the same day.

1934:
Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Ethiopia (it took four days to capture the city).

1926:
Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin," debuts

1848:
California gold rush: In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.

1560:
Francis II of France dies and is succeeded by Charles IX of France.