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.

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

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.