January 6th, 2009

Today in History

1907:
Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome.

1992:
The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously condemning Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

-8:
c.8 BC- the Child Jesus is said in the Bible to have been visited by the Magi

1838:
Samuel Morse first successfully tested the electrical telegraph.

1720:
The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings