January 8th, 2009

Today in History

2004:
Queen Elizabeth names the Queen Mary II cruise liner, the largest passenger ship ever built.

1999:
Cosmologists announce that the expansion rate of the universe is increasing.

1997:
computer processer Pentium MMX introduced by Intel.

1935:
A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.

1811:
Unsuccessful slave revolt led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.