2009 – Thirty Mummies Discovered at Saqqara
A storehouse of thirty Egyptian mummies has been unearthed inside a 2,600-year-old tomb. These have been found in the excavation of the necropolis at Saqqara outside Cairo. The tomb was discovered at the bottom of a 36-foot-deep shaft, announced the secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. The ancient warehouse dates back to around 640 B.C. and the 26th dynasty, which was Egypt’s last independent kingdom before it was overthrown by a succession of foreign conquerors, beginning with the Persians and ending with the Ptolemies.
1943 – World War II Battle of Guadalcanal
The Battle of Guadalcanal, which occurred in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, ended on this day. This was a very important victory over the Japanese, which was achieved by the United States
9 Feb, 1964 – The Beatles
For the first time ever, the popular music group the Beatles had appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. Shortly afterwards, they played their first American concert at the Coliseum. The Beatles had come a long way-literally. They originated from England, and were told that they “could not carry a tune across the Atlantic”. In the early days they were though of to be no more than a fad. That of course was proven wrong many times over.
1969 – U.S.A. 747 Test Flight
Boeing 747 airliner takes its first test flight piloted by test pilots Jack Waddell and Brien Wygle at the controls.
2009 – Cyber-Security Review Ordered
The Obama administration has ordered an inter-agency review of the government’s cyber-security efforts. The sixty-day examination will be headed by Melissa Hathaway, who was the Cyber-coordination Executive to the Director of National Intelligence. The review is set to last sixty days and takes in all the plans, programs and activities of other official U.S. cyber- security research. It is hoped that this will result in a strategy to improve the way in which the U.S. defends itself against net-borne threats.
