January 9th, 2009

Today in History

2005:
Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat.

1989:
The Sega Genesis is released in New York, New York and Los Angeles, California.

1945:
The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.

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

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

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