Index: Lib/httplib.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/httplib.py	(revision 54136)
+++ Lib/httplib.py	(working copy)
@@ -635,6 +635,8 @@
         self._set_hostport(host, port)
         if strict is not None:
             self.strict = strict
+        # sended headers
+        self.sended_hdrs = []
 
     def _set_hostport(self, host, port):
         if port is None:
@@ -780,6 +782,7 @@
         str = '%s %s %s' % (method, url, self._http_vsn_str)
 
         self._output(str)
+        self.sended_hdrs = [str]
 
         if self._http_vsn == 11:
             # Issue some standard headers for better HTTP/1.1 compliance
@@ -852,6 +855,7 @@
 
         str = '%s: %s' % (header, value)
         self._output(str)
+        self.sended_hdrs.append((header,value))
 
     def endheaders(self):
         """Indicate that the last header line has been sent to the server."""
Index: Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/test/test_urllib2.py	(revision 54136)
+++ Lib/test/test_urllib2.py	(working copy)
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@
         self.proto, self.args = proto, args
 
 class MockFile:
+    history = []
     def read(self, count=None): pass
     def readline(self, count=None): pass
     def close(self): pass
@@ -683,6 +684,7 @@
                 self.req_headers = []
                 self.data = None
                 self.raise_on_endheaders = False
+                self.sended_hdrs = ["GET /unknown.html HTTP/1.1\n"]
             def __call__(self, host):
                 self.host = host
                 return self
@@ -693,6 +695,8 @@
                 self.selector = url
                 self.req_headers += headers.items()
                 self.req_headers.sort()
+                self.sended_headers = ['%s %s HTTP/1.1\n' % (method,url)]
+                self.sended_headers.extend(headers.iteritems())
                 if body:
                     self.data = body
                 if self.raise_on_endheaders:
@@ -1052,3 +1056,4 @@
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main(verbose=True)
+
Index: Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py	(revision 54136)
+++ Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py	(working copy)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     def test_basic(self):
         # Simple test expected to pass.
         open_url = urllib2.urlopen("http://www.python.org/")
-        for attr in ("read", "close", "info", "geturl"):
+        for attr in ("read", "close", "info", "geturl","history"):
             self.assert_(hasattr(open_url, attr), "object returned from "
                             "urlopen lacks the %s attribute" % attr)
         try:
@@ -146,7 +146,23 @@
                           # urllib2.urlopen, "http://www.sadflkjsasadf.com/")
                           urllib2.urlopen, "http://www.python.invalid./")
 
+class HistoryAndHeaderTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_head_request(self):
+        r = urllib2.Request("http://www.python.org/",request_cmd = "HEAD")
+        fd = urllib2.urlopen(r)
+        self.assertEqual(len(fd.read()),0) # head request must not return data
 
+    def test_history(self):
+        fd = urllib2.urlopen("http://www.python.org/")
+        self.assert_(hasattr(fd,'history'))
+        hist = fd.history
+        self.assert_(isinstance(hist,list))
+        self.assert_(len(hist) > 0)
+        fhist_el = hist[0]
+        self.assert_(isinstance(fhist_el,urllib2.Headers))
+        for name in ('sended','recived','request_line','res_code'):
+            self.assert_(hasattr(fhist_el,name))
+
 class OtherNetworkTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         if 0:  # for debugging
@@ -289,6 +305,7 @@
                               AuthTests,
                               OtherNetworkTests,
                               CloseSocketTest,
+                              HistoryAndHeaderTests
                               )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
Index: Lib/urllib2.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/urllib2.py	(revision 54136)
+++ Lib/urllib2.py	(working copy)
@@ -182,10 +182,34 @@
     host = _cut_port_re.sub("", host, 1)
     return host.lower()
 
+class Headers(object):
+    def __init__(self,request_line,res_code,
+                      sended = None,recived = None,
+                      total_bytes = None):
+        if sended is None:
+            self.sended = []
+        else:
+            self.sended = sended[:]
+        if recived is None:
+            self.recived = []
+        else:
+            self.recived = recived[:]
+        self.request_line = request_line
+        self.res_code = res_code
+        self.total_bytes = total_bytes
+    def set_sended(self,request_line,headers):
+        self.request_line = request_line
+        self.sended = headers[:]
+    def set_recived(self,res_code,headers):
+        self.res_code = res_code
+        self.recived = headers[:]
+
 class Request:
 
     def __init__(self, url, data=None, headers={},
-                 origin_req_host=None, unverifiable=False):
+                 origin_req_host=None, unverifiable=False,
+                 request_cmd = "GET",
+                 history = None):
         # unwrap('<URL:type://host/path>') --> 'type://host/path'
         self.__original = unwrap(url)
         self.type = None
@@ -194,6 +218,7 @@
         self.port = None
         self.data = data
         self.headers = {}
+        self.request_cmd = request_cmd
         for key, value in headers.items():
             self.add_header(key, value)
         self.unredirected_hdrs = {}
@@ -201,6 +226,8 @@
             origin_req_host = request_host(self)
         self.origin_req_host = origin_req_host
         self.unverifiable = unverifiable
+        # this field used only in temporary http redirection requests
+        self.history = history or []
 
     def __getattr__(self, attr):
         # XXX this is a fallback mechanism to guard against these
@@ -218,7 +245,7 @@
         if self.has_data():
             return "POST"
         else:
-            return "GET"
+            return self.request_cmd
 
     # XXX these helper methods are lame
 
@@ -529,7 +556,9 @@
             return Request(newurl,
                            headers=req.headers,
                            origin_req_host=req.get_origin_req_host(),
-                           unverifiable=True)
+                           unverifiable=True,
+                           request_cmd = req.request_cmd,
+                           history = fp.history)
         else:
             raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, headers, fp)
 
@@ -1092,6 +1121,18 @@
         resp = addinfourl(fp, r.msg, req.get_full_url())
         resp.code = r.status
         resp.msg = r.reason
+        recived = []
+        info = resp.info()
+        for i in info:
+            recived.append((i,info[i]))
+        if req.history:
+            hist = req.history[:]
+        else:
+            hist = []
+        hist.append(Headers(h.sended_hdrs[0],
+                            r.status,h.sended_hdrs[1:],
+                            recived = recived))
+        resp.history = hist
         return resp