January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1992:
President of the United States George H. W. Bush becomes ill on a visit in Japan and vomits on the Japanese Prime Minister.

1975:
Ella Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, becoming the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States who did not succeed her husband.

1964:
President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.

1962:
Harmelen train disaster.

1499:
Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany