January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1991:
The Soviets storm Vilnius to stop Lithuanian independence.

1917:
Battle of Rafa

1905:
According to the Julian Calendar which was used at the time, Russian workers stage a march on the Winter Palace that ends in the massacre by Czarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905.

1863:
American Civil War: Battle of Fort Hindman

1806:
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.