January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1995:
Valeri Poliakov completes 366 days in space while aboard the Mir space station, breaking a duration record.

1960:
Construction of the Aswan Dam begins in Egypt.

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

1863:
American Civil War: Battle of Fort Hindman

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