January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1960:
Construction of the Aswan Dam begins in Egypt.

1951:
United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City.

1917:
Battle of Rafa

1905:
According to the Julian Calendar which was used at the time, Russian workers stage a march on the Winter Palace that ends in the massacre by Czarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905.

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