Hoy en la Historia

January 9, 1324

Venetian explorer Marco Polo died. His epic 24-year travels through the Orient did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China 1839: The daguerreotype photo process, that produced a positive image in seconds, was announced 1909: Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton was forced to turn back just 10 miles from the South Pole 2004: Libya agreed to pay $170 million compensation for the 1989 bombing of a French aircraft over Niger 2009: The MV Sirius Star, the biggest supertanker ever hijacked, was released with all crew unharmed