January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1937:
The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States.

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

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

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

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