January 10th, 2009

Today in History

1971:
Masterpiece Theatre debuts on PBS.

1922:
Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.

1920:
League of Nations holds its first meeting and ratifies the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I.

1810:
Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled.

1776:
Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.