January 7th, 2009

Today in History

1989:
Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan.

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

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

1598:
Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia.

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