Today in HistoryToday is Monday, January 9, the ninth day of 2006. There are 356 days left in the year.

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In 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the US Constitution.

In 1861, Mississippi seceded from the US.

In 1945, during the Second World War, American forces began landing at Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines.

In 1957, Anthony Eden resigned as British prime minister.

Thought for Today

<*“Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.” — Agnes de Mille, American dancer-choreographer (1905-1993).