January 7th, 2009

Today in History

1953:
President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb.

1996:
One of the worst blizzards in American history hits eastern states killing more than 100.

1835:
HMS Beagle anchors off the Chonos Archipelago.

1325:
Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal.

1785:
Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a gas balloon, becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air.