January 8th, 2009

Today in History

2000:
The Music City Miracle a play during the NFL playoffs.

1996:
An Antonov 32 cargo jet crashes into the central market in Kinshasa, Zaire killing more than 350

1989:
beginning of Japanese Heisei era

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.

1935:
A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.