January 8th, 2009

Today in History

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

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

1966:
Operation Crimp of the Vietnam War.

1916:
World War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli.

1894:
A fire at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois causes a good deal of damage.