January 9th, 2009

Today in History

2005:
Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat.

1962:
1962 - The NFL prohibits grabbing face masks.

1937:
The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States.

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.

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