January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1989:
beginning of Japanese Heisei era

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.

1935:
A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.

1894:
A fire at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois causes a good deal of damage.

1877:
Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry (Montana).