Retro Timeline Update – January 9

Dateline January 9:

  • 1909 Brittish leader of the Nimrod expedition, Ernest shackleton, plants flag near the South pole.
  • 1918 Battle of bear valley, the last battle of the american indian wars.
  • 1923 Juan De La Cierva K makes the first autogyro flight.
  • 1945 WW2: the US invades the Luzan in the Philipines.

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