January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1991:
The Soviets storm Vilnius to stop Lithuanian independence.

1917:
Battle of Rafa

1894:
New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.

1839:
The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.

1788:
Connecticut becomes the fifth state to join the United States.