January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1986:
After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves the instant camera business.

1945:
The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.

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

1880:
The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.

1768:
Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London).