January 10th, 2009

Today in History

1989:
Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola.

1861:
American Civil War: Florida secedes from the United States.

-49:
Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.

1982:
The lowest ever UK temperature of -27.2°C was recorded at Braemar in Aberdeenshire. This equalled the record set in the same place on February 11, 1895.

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