January 9th, 2009

Today in History

2005:
Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat.

1996:
Sun Microsystems announces the formation of JavaSoft.

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

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.

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