January 8th, 2009

Today in History

2000:
The Music City Miracle a play during the NFL playoffs.

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

1975:
Ella Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, becoming the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States who did not succeed her husband.

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

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