January 8th, 2009

Today in History

2004:
Queen Elizabeth names the Queen Mary II cruise liner, the largest passenger ship ever built.

1966:
Operation Crimp of the Vietnam War.

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

1889:
Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine.

1790:
George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address address in New York City.