January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1996:
Sun Microsystems announces the formation of JavaSoft.

1991:
The Soviets storm Vilnius to stop Lithuanian independence.

1912:
Marines invade Honduras.

1905:
According to the Julian Calendar which was used at the time, Russian workers stage a march on the Winter Palace that ends in the massacre by Czarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905.

1861:
Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union, preceding the American Civil War.