January 31 What happened on this day: 1865 General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief over the confederate army 1936 The Green Hornet radio show debuts. 1958 Explorer I becomes the first successful American satellite 1961 Ham the Chimp travels into outer space. 1990 The first McDonald’s opens in Moscow, Russia. ………………………… Famous Birthdays: ………………………… 1919・・・
Archive List for January
January 30
January 30 What happened on this day: 1862 The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched. 1933 Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. 1847 Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco. 1994 Peter Leko becomes the youngest grand master in chess. 1948 Civil rights leader Mohandas Gandhi is assassinated. …………………………・・・
January 29
January 29 What happened on this day: 1595 Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is first performed. 1845 The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published 1856 Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross. 1886 Karl Benz patents the gasoline-driven automobile. 1929 The Seeing Eye Dog organization is formed. 1936 The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of・・・
January 28
January 28 What happened on this day: 1855 The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic to Pacific 1871 Franco-Prussian War: France surrenders, ending the war. 1915 The United States Coast Guard is created ………………………… Famous Birthdays: ………………………… 1225 Thomas Aquinas : Saint of the Catholic Church 1457 Henry VII : King of England 1912 Jackson・・・
January 27
January 27 What happened on this day: 1880 Thomas Edison files a patent for the light bulb 1888 National Geographic Society is founded. 1926 First television broadcast is demonstrated 1944 World War II: The two-year Siege of Leningrad is lifted. This event is invariably referred to as The 900 Day Siege. 1973 Paris Peace Accords・・・
January 26
January 26 What happened on this day: 1915 The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed 1340 King Edward III of England is declared King of France. 1785 Benjamin Franklin writes a letter to his daughter 1837 Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state. 1841 The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong 1934 The Apollo・・・
January 25
January 25 What happened on this day: 41 Claudius is proclaimed Roman Emperor 1327 Edward III becomes King of England 1533 Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. 1755 Moscow University established. 1881 Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. 1890 Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey・・・
January 24
January 24 What happened on this day: 1679 King Charles II of England disbands Parliament. 1848 California Gold Rush starts 1922 The Eskimo Pie is invented 1924 Petrograd, Russia is renamed Leningrad. St. Petersburg had became Petrograd in 1917. 1984 The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale. 2003 The United States Department of Homeland Security・・・
January 23
January 23 What happened on this day: 1997 Madeleine Albright becomes the first female US Secretary of State 1571 The Royal Exchange opens in London. 1907 Charles Curtis from Kansas, becomes the first Native American US Senator. 1943 World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua. 1973 President Richard・・・
January 22
January 22 What happened on this day: 1905 Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution. 1952 The first commercial jet plane, the BOAC’s Comet, is put into service. 1957 Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula. ………………………… Famous Birthdays: ………………………… 1440 Ivan the Great : Tsar of Russia 1561 Francis Bacon : Author・・・
