January 9th, 2009

Today in History

2005:
Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat.

1977:
Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders defeat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14.

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

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

1839:
The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.