January 9th, 2009

Today in History

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.

1923:
Juan de la Cierva makes first autogiro flight.

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.

1788:
Connecticut becomes the fifth state to join the United States.