More than 3,800 people died in the deadliest industrial accident in history after a cloud of gas escapes from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India.
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
WEEKLY CALENDAR OF UPCOMING NATIONAL EVENTS
Tuesday
Washington – Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the nomination of Robert Gates to be defense secretary.
Wednesday
Washington – Iraq Study Group headed by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III to release its report.
Thursday
Cape Canaveral, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery scheduled to launch; landing set for Dec. 19.
U-T QUOTE OF THE DAY
CURRENTS, E1: “You won't admit it, but you still think that somewhere out there a frog waits for you to kiss him and turn him into a prince. Trust me; this is not going to happen, and the sooner you realize it the better off you'll be.”
– Author Debra Ginsberg, in a letter to her younger self
