January 7th, 2009

Today in History

1980:
President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out Chrysler Corporation.

1959:
The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro

1945:
British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge.

1942:
World War II: Siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.

1558:
France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England.