January 9th, 2009

Today in History

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

1977:
Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders defeat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14.

1903:
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia

1878:
Humbert I becomes King of Italy.

1793:
Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States.