January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1998:
Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in prison for planning the World Trade Center bombing and for planning Project Bojinka.

1973:
Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of placing bugs in Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.

1953:
René Mayer becomes Prime Minister of France.

1889:
Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine.

1499:
Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany