TODAY IN HISTORY
On Jan. 9, 1793, Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot air balloon, flew from Philadelphia to Woodbury, New Jersey.
In 1916, the World War I Battle of Gallipoli ended
after eight months with an Ottoman Empire victory as Allied forces withdrew.
In 1945, during World
War II, American forces began landing on the shores of Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines as the Battle of Luzon got underway, resulting in an Allied victory over Imperial Japanese forces.
In 1987, the White House
released a January 1986 memorandum prepared for President Ronald Reagan by Lt. Col. Oliver L. North showing a link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and the release of American hostages in Lebanon.
U.N. weapons inspectors said there was no “smoking gun” to prove Iraq had nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.