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.

1974:
The last new episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus is broadcast on the BBC.

1958:
Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by the Queen when she dials a call from Bristol to Edinburgh and speaks to the Lord Provost. http://www.bt.com/archives/history/19461959.htm#1958

1831:
Former US President John Quincy Adams takes a seat in the United States House of Representatives.

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