December 4th, 2008

Today in History

1998:
The second module of the International Space Station, Unity, was launched.

1992:
President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia.

1958:
Dahomey (present-day Benin) becomes a self-governing country within the French Community.

1563:
The final session of the Council of Trent is held (it opened on December 13, 1545).

1259:
Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.