Today is Wednesday, January 7, the seventh day of 2009. There are 298 days left in the year.
1584 _ Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia and Holy Roman empire
1610 _ Galileo discovers first three of Jupiter's satellites, Io, Europa & Ganymede
1618 _ Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor
1714 _ Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
1929 _ ``Tarzan", one of the first adventure comic strips, first appears
1948 _ U.S. President Truman raises taxes for Marshall-plan
1953 _ President Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb
1975 _ Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage
1989 _ Akihito becomes emperor of Japan
1990 _ Tower of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far