Friday, Jan9

Good morning!

Today in History -

 1776   Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense, a scathing attack on King George III's reign over the colonies and a call for complete independence.
1793   Jean Pierre Blanchard makes the first balloon flight in North America. 
1861   Southern shellfire stops the Union supply ship Star of the West from entering Charleston Harbor on her way to Fort Sumter. 
1861   Mississippi secedes from the Union.
 1909   A Polar exploration team lead by Ernest Shackleton reaches 88 degrees, 23 minutes south longitude, 162 degrees east latitude. They are 97 nautical miles short of the South Pole, but the weather is too severe to continue.
 1912   Colonel Theodore Roosevelt announces that he will run for president if asked.
 1915   Pancho Villa signs a treaty with the United States, halting border conflicts.
 1924   Ford Motor Co. stock is valued at nearly $1 billion. 
 1945   U.S. troops land on Luzon, in the Philippines, 107 miles from Manila. 
 1952   Jackie Robinson becomes the highest paid player in Brooklyn Dodger history. 
1964   U.S. forces kill six Panamanian students protesting in the canal zone.
 2007   Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, unveils the first iPhone. 

Have a great weekend!!!!