On this day: December 11
POSTED: 08:24 PM PST Dec 10, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 10, 2012
The world's first motor show opens in Paris, Marie Curie receives her second Nobel Prize, Muhammad Ali fights his last fight, and Bernie Madoff is arrested, all on this day.
Library of Congress
1980: U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA or Superfund, into law. The law provides broad federal authority to clean up releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances that may endanger public health or the environment.
