January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1989:
beginning of Japanese Heisei era

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

1867:
African American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia.

1863:
Battle of Springfield of the American Civil War is fought.

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