January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1997:
A Comair Embraer 120 crashes during approach into Detroit Metro Airport, killing 29.

1916:
The Ottoman Empire prevails in the Battle of Çanakkale, as the last British troops are evacuated.

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

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

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