January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1998:
Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in prison for planning the World Trade Center bombing and for planning Project Bojinka.

1994:
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He will stay on the space station till March 22, 1995 for a record 437 days in space.

1900:
United States President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.

1790:
George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address address in New York City.

1297:
Monaco gains its independence.