On this day …
January 9, 2015
- In 1788, Connecticut was admitted to the Union as the fifth state.
- In 1799, British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduced an income tax to raise funds to continue fighting the Napoleonic Wars.
- In 1839, the French Academy of Sciences announced the Daguerreotype photography process.
- In 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union.
- In 1918, the Battle of Bear Valley was the last battle of the American Indian Wars.
- In 1957, Sir Anthony Eden resigned as British Prime Minister.
- In 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone.
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