Friday, January 9, 2009

This day in History

1788 Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1861 Mississippi seceded from the Union.
1958 - In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54
1962 - NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks
1967 - NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints"
1968, the Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon, marking the end of the American series of unmanned explorations of the lunar surface.
1991 - A special committee of Major League Baseball authorities officially banned Pete Rose from being elected into the Hall of Fame.
2005 - Randy Moss (Minnesota Vikings) pretended to pull down his pants and moon the Green Bay Packer crowd during a playoff win. On January 13 the NFL fined Moss $10,000 for the act.
2007 Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone.

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