January 7th, 2009

Today in History

1979:
Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge are overthrown by Vietnamese troops.

1954:
The first public demonstration of a machine translation system was held in New York at the head office of IBM.

1950:
A fire at the Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa kills 41 people.

1896:
Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook.

1558:
France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England.