DECEMBER 12
2000:The U.S. Supreme Court reaches a decision in Bush v. Gore, ruling to halt the recount of presidential ballots in Florida and effectively making Republican George W. Bush the winner over Democrat Al Gore.
1901: Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio transmission, a simple Morse code "S," sent across 2,200 miles from Cornwall, England, to St. John's in Newfoundland, Canada.
1980: American oil tycoon Armand Hammer purchases a 1508 notebook containing notes and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci at a Christie's auction for more than $5 million. Following Hammer's death, the manuscript will be resold in 1994 to Microsoft founder Bill Gates for a record $30.8 million.
1901: Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio transmission, a simple Morse code "S," sent across 2,200 miles from Cornwall, England, to St. John's in Newfoundland, Canada.
1980: American oil tycoon Armand Hammer purchases a 1508 notebook containing notes and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci at a Christie's auction for more than $5 million. Following Hammer's death, the manuscript will be resold in 1994 to Microsoft founder Bill Gates for a record $30.8 million.
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