January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1995:
Valeri Poliakov completes 366 days in space while aboard the Mir space station, breaking a duration record.

1984:
Clara Peller is featured in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's Restaurants for the first time.

1972:
RMS Queen Elizabeth is destroyed by fire (Hong Kong harbor).

1916:
The Ottoman Empire prevails in the Battle of Çanakkale, as the last British troops are evacuated.

1861:
Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union, preceding the American Civil War.