January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1945:
The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.

1917:
Battle of Rafa

1880:
The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.

1861:
Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union, preceding the American Civil War.

1793:
Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States.