January 10th, 2009

Today in History

1957:
Harold Macmillan becomes the prime minister of the United Kingdom.

1946:
First General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.

1922:
Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.

1901:
The first great Texas gusher, oil discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.

1806:
Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British.