January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1918:
President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.

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

1889:
Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine.

1856:
Borax is discovered (John Veatch).

1746:
Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.