January 9th, 2009

Today in History

2002:
The United States Department of Justice announces it is going to pursue a criminal investigation of Enron.

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.

1912:
Marines invade Honduras.

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.