Today in History: January 9, Mississippi secedes from the Union sfgate.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfgate.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight was completed on this date in 1978, as Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman landed their Double Eagle II outside Paris. Here are some facts about hot-air ballooning, the mode of transport first developed by French papermaking brothers Joseph
On Jan. 9, 2015: French security forces shot and killed two al-Qaida-linked brothers suspected of carrying out the rampage at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that had claimed 12 lives.