January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1959:
Michel Debré becomes Prime Minister of France

1935:
A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.

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

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

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