January 10th, 2009

Today in History

2001:
Wikipedia starts as part of Nupedia. It becomes a separate site five days later.

1969:
After 147 years, the last issue of the Saturday Evening Post is published.

1941:
Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress.

1929:
Tintin, a comic book character created by Hergé, makes his debut. He went on to be published in over 200 million comic books in 40 languages.

1927:
The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premiers.