January 7th, 2009

Today in History

1984:
Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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

1935:
World War II: Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval sign the Italo-French agreements.

1901:
Alferd Packer is released from prison after serving 18 years for cannibalism.

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.