January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1999:
Cosmologists announce that the expansion rate of the universe is increasing.

1867:
African American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia.

871:
Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army.

1986:
Hacker Manifesto written.

1996:
An Antonov 32 cargo jet crashes into the central market in Kinshasa, Zaire killing more than 350