January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1986:
Hacker Manifesto written.

1975:
Ella Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, becoming the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States who did not succeed her husband.

1918:
President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.

1877:
Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry (Montana).

1811:
Unsuccessful slave revolt led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.