January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1987:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 8.30 to close at 2,002.25 -- The Dow's first close above 2,000.

871:
Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army.

1958:
14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship.

1994:
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He will stay on the space station till March 22, 1995 for a record 437 days in space.

1746:
Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.