Wednesday, January 6, 2010

JANUARY 7

1650- Subano insurrectionists in the Philippines kill Spanish colonizers, including Jesuit priest Juan del Campo.

1610 - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei first discovers three of Jupiter's moons--Callisto, Io and Europa--with his homemade telescope.   

1789 - The first United States presidential election is held, with white, propertied men voting to choose state electors; George Washington unsurprisingly wins to become the first American president.

1989 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan dies of cancer at the age of 87; his rule covered the two World Wars.

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