January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1953:
René Mayer becomes Prime Minister of France.

1918:
President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.

1811:
Unsuccessful slave revolt led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.

1975:
Ella Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, becoming the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States who did not succeed her husband.

871:
Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army.