January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1431:
The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen, the seat of the English occupation government.

1894:
New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.

1882:
Oscar Wilde gives his first lecture on "The English Renaissance of Art" in New York.

1929:
The Seeing Eye is established with the mission to train dogs to assist the blind (Nashville, Tennessee).

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