January 9th, 2009

Today in History

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

1894:
New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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

1857:
Fort Tejon earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.9

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