Today in History
Today is the 335th day of 2005. There are 30 days left in the year.
On December 1st:
1885 - Dr. Pepper is served for the first time.
1900 – Tunnel diggers from England and France meet more than 130 feet below the English Channel seabed, connecting Britain to the European mainland for the first time since the Ice Age.
1913 - Ford introduces the first moving assembly line in Highland Park, Michigan.
1945 - Better Midler is born in Honolulu. Hawaii.
1955 - Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man
1969 - The draft lottery is held for induction into the US Army and the Vietnam War. The first number drawn is 258 (September 14).
1981 - The first case of AIDS is diagnosed. World AIDS Day is observed on this date each year.
2000 - The Florida Supreme Court denies Al Gore's petitions for recounts and refuses to order a new election in Palm Beach County after the "butterfly ballot" draws protests from Democrats.
On December 1st:
1885 - Dr. Pepper is served for the first time.
1900 – Tunnel diggers from England and France meet more than 130 feet below the English Channel seabed, connecting Britain to the European mainland for the first time since the Ice Age.
1913 - Ford introduces the first moving assembly line in Highland Park, Michigan.
1945 - Better Midler is born in Honolulu. Hawaii.
1955 - Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man
1969 - The draft lottery is held for induction into the US Army and the Vietnam War. The first number drawn is 258 (September 14).
1981 - The first case of AIDS is diagnosed. World AIDS Day is observed on this date each year.
2000 - The Florida Supreme Court denies Al Gore's petitions for recounts and refuses to order a new election in Palm Beach County after the "butterfly ballot" draws protests from Democrats.
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