January 8th, 2009

Today in History

2003:
US Airways flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina killing all 21 people aboard.

1906:
A landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 due to the excavation of clay along the Hudson River.

1806:
Cape Colony becomes a British colony.

1734:
Premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

1297:
Monaco gains its independence.

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