January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1989:
The Sega Genesis is released in New York, New York and Los Angeles, California.

1431:
The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen, the seat of the English occupation government.

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

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.

1995:
Valeri Poliakov completes 366 days in space while aboard the Mir space station, breaking a duration record.