January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1997:
A Comair Embraer 120 crashes during approach into Detroit Metro Airport, killing 29.

1964:
Several Panamanian youths put up the Panamanian flag, and are fired on from the Canal Zone, setting off four days of anti-imperialist insurrection around the country.

1929:
The Seeing Eye is established with the mission to train dogs to assist the blind (Nashville, Tennessee).

1878:
Humbert I becomes King of Italy.

1861:
Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union, preceding the American Civil War.