January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1991:
The Soviets storm Vilnius to stop Lithuanian independence.

1937:
The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States.

1903:
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia

1880:
The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.

1839:
The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.