January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1959:
Michel Debré becomes Prime Minister of France

1953:
René Mayer becomes Prime Minister of France.

1935:
A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.

1894:
A fire at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois causes a good deal of damage.

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

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