January:
Today in History, Holidays, and Fun Facts
Today in History, Holidays, and Fun Facts
| 1 | 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation
issued by
U.S. president
Abraham Lincoln 1959 - Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba 2002 - Euro entered circulation in the European Union NEW YEAR'S DAY |
| 2 | 1788 -
Georgia became a state 1905 - End of the Russo-Japanese War |
| 3 | 1521 - Excommunication of
Martin Luther 1959 - Alaska became a state |
| 4 | 1896 -
Utah became a state 1948 - Myanmar (Burma) became independent 2007 - Nancy Pelosi (Democrat, California) became the first female Speaker of the House |
| 5 | 1914 - $5-per-day wage begun by Henry Ford |
| 6 | 1540 - Marriage of
Anne of Cleves and
England's Henry VIII 1759 - Marriage of Martha Custis and George Washington 1912 - New Mexico became a state |
| 7 | 1989 - Death of Emperor Hirohito in Japan |
| 8 | 1964 - War on Poverty announced by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 9 | 1788 - Connecticut became a state |
| 10 | 1776 - Publication of Thomas Paine's Common Sense |
| 11 | 1964 - U.S. Surgeon General issued the first government report on the dangers of smoking |
| 12 | 1998 - Cloning of humans banned in 19 European nations |
| 13 | 1941 - Death of Irish writer James Joyce in Zurich, Switzerland |
| 14 | 2008 - Bobby Jindal of Louisiana became the first Indian-American governor in the United States |
| 15 | 1559 - Coronation of England's
Elizabeth I 1759 - Opening of the British Museum 1967 - First Super Bowl: Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35 to 10 |
| 16 | 1547 - Coronation of Russia's
Ivan the
Terrible 1883 - Establishment of the United States Civil Service Commission |
| 17 | 1893 - Forced abdication of
Queen
Liliuokalani of Hawaii 1991 - Launching of Operation Desert Storm |
| 18 | 1778 - Captain James Cook reached the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) |
| 19 | 1953 - Baby Ricky born on the television program I Love Lucy |
| 20 | 1841 - British gained control of Hong Kong 1942 - Wannsee Conference established the Nazi "Final Solution" for eradicating Jews |
| 21 | 1793 - Louis XVI Guillotined in Paris, France |
| 22 | 1905 - Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg,
Russia 1973 - Roe v. Wade Decision Reached by the U.S. Supreme Court |
| 23 | 1556 - Deadliest Recorded Earthquake Struck
Shansi, China, Killing Over 800,000 1789 - Establishment of Georgetown University 1964 - Ratification of the 24th Amendment |
| 24 | 41 C.E. - Murder of Roman Emperor
Caligula 1848 - Gold Discovered at Sutter's Mill in California |
| 25 | 1890 - Founding of the United Mine Workers
of America 1924 - Opening of the First Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France |
| 26 | 1788 - First Group of Settlers Reached
Sydney, Australia, from Europe 1837 - Michigan Became a State |
| 27 | 1880 - Patent Granted for Thomas Alva
Edison's Incandescent Light 1945 - Liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp by Russian Forces (World War II) |
| 28 | 1915 - United States Coast Guard Established by Congress |
| 29 | 1845 - Publication of The Raven by
Edgar Allan Poe 1861 - Kansas Became a State |
| 30 | 1649 - Beheading of England's Charles I 1948 - Assassination of Mohandas Gandhi |
| 31 | 1606 - Execution of Guy Fawkes in England |
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