January 8th, 2009

Today in History

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

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.

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

1918:
President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.

1815:
War of 1812: In the Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.