January 8th, 2009

Today in History

2003:
US Airways flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina killing all 21 people aboard.

1977:
Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.

1838:
Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).

1734:
Premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

1499:
Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany