January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1912:
Marines invade Honduras.

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

1882:
Oscar Wilde gives his first lecture on "The English Renaissance of Art" in New York.

1768:
Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London).

1760:
Afghans defeat Marathas in Battle of Barari Ghat.