Tuesday, January 1, 2019

On This Day in History

Historical Events

406 80,000 Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine at Mainz, beginning invasion of Gallia

1744 English astronomer James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion (wobble)

1775 Battle of Quebec in American Revolutionary War; Americans defeated trying to take British stronghold

1861 22,990mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in India in 1861, a world record

1890 Ellis Island (NYC) opens as a US immigration depot

1958 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista tells his Cabinet he is fleeing the country