January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1996:
Sun Microsystems announces the formation of JavaSoft.

1991:
The Soviets storm Vilnius to stop Lithuanian independence.

1972:
RMS Queen Elizabeth is destroyed by fire (Hong Kong harbor).

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.

1929:
The Seeing Eye is established with the mission to train dogs to assist the blind (Nashville, Tennessee).