January 10th, 2009

Today in History

1920:
League of Nations holds its first meeting and ratifies the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I.

1927:
The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premiers.

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

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

1810:
Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled.