January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1972:
RMS Queen Elizabeth is destroyed by fire (Hong Kong harbor).

1964:
Several Panamanian youths put up the Panamanian flag, and are fired on from the Canal Zone, setting off four days of anti-imperialist insurrection around the country.

1945:
The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.

1912:
Marines invade Honduras.

1894:
New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.