January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1996:
Sun Microsystems announces the formation of JavaSoft.

1917:
Battle of Rafa

1882:
Oscar Wilde gives his first lecture on "The English Renaissance of Art" in New York.

1878:
Humbert I becomes King of Italy.

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