January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1982:
AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.

1977:
Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.

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

1959:
Michel Debré becomes Prime Minister of France

1935:
A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.