January 6th, 2009

Today in History

1961:
A fire at the Thomas Hotel in San Francisco kills 20 people.

1941:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address.

1931:
Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.

1853:
American President-Elect Franklin Pierce, wife Jane, and son Ben are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts. Franklin and Jane survive but eleven year old Ben is killed.

1066:
Harold Godwinson crowned King of England