@rh18bold:Today in History

Today is Saturday, January 9, the ninth day of 2010. There are 356 days left in the year.

On this date

In 1793, Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-air balloon, flew between Philadelphia and Woodbury, N.J.

In 1923, Spanish inventor Don Juan de la Cierva made the first successful flight in an autogiro, forerunner of the helicopter.

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).