Wednesday, January 09, 2013

TODAY IN HISTORY

JANUARY 9


1788

Connecticut became the 5th state in the United States.

1861

Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union.

1905

The Russian Revolution of 1905 was sparked by troops firing on petitioners to Czar Nicholas in St. Petersburg.

1964

Anti-American rioting broke out in the Panama Canal Zone.

1968

Surveyor 7, the last of America's unmanned lunar probes, landed on the Moon.

1969
Concorde jetliner's first test flight (Bristol England)

1799
Income Tax introduced in UK

1958
Toyota makes its first ever appearance in the United States at the Imported Motor Car Show in Los Angeles, California

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