January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1997:
computer processer Pentium MMX introduced by Intel.

871:
Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army.

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

1935:
A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.

1992:
President of the United States George H. W. Bush becomes ill on a visit in Japan and vomits on the Japanese Prime Minister.