January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1951:
United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City.

1903:
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia

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

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

1768:
Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London).