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.

1958:
14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship.

1926:
Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz and renames it Saudi Arabia.

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

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