January 9th, 2009

Today in History

1962:
1962 - The NFL prohibits grabbing face masks.

1960:
Construction of the Aswan Dam begins in Egypt.

1923:
Juan de la Cierva makes first autogiro flight.

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

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