January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1998:
Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in prison for planning the World Trade Center bombing and for planning Project Bojinka.

1953:
René Mayer becomes Prime Minister of France.

1935:
A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.

1806:
Cape Colony becomes a British colony.

1297:
Monaco gains its independence.

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