January 7th, 2009

Today in History

1325:
Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal.

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

1601:
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth

1901:
Alferd Packer is released from prison after serving 18 years for cannibalism.

1954:
The first public demonstration of a machine translation system was held in New York at the head office of IBM.