January 8th, 2009

Today in History

2003:
US Airways flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina killing all 21 people aboard.

1989:
beginning of Japanese Heisei era

1867:
African American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia.

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

1198:
Innocent III becomes Pope.