January 8th, 2009

Today in History

2005:
The trans-Neptunian object 2003 UB<sub>313</SUB> is discovered.

1982:
AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.

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

1900:
United States President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.

1806:
Cape Colony becomes a British colony.