January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1997:
computer processer Pentium MMX introduced by Intel.

1935:
A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.

1926:
Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz and renames it Saudi Arabia.

1867:
African American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia.

1734:
Premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.