January 8th, 2009

Today in History

871:
Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army.

2004:
Queen Elizabeth names the Queen Mary II cruise liner, the largest passenger ship ever built.

1982:
AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.

1986:
Hacker Manifesto written.

1806:
Cape Colony becomes a British colony.

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