December 5th, 2008

Today in History

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

1936:
The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution.

1932:
German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa

1766:
In London, James Christie holds his first sale (he later founded Christie's, the world's oldest auction house).

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