Archive List for January(3 / 4Page)

January 11

January

January 11 What happened on this day: 1693 Mt. Etna erupts and there is an earthquake in Sicily, Italy. 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post ends. 1908 Grand Canyon National Monument is created. 1922 First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient. 1935 Amelia Earhart is the first woman to・・・

January 10

January

January 10 What happened on this day: 1776 Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense. 1861 American Civil War: Florida secedes from the United States. 1870 John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. 1920 League of Nations holds its first meeting ………………………… Famous Birthdays: ………………………… 1738 Ethan Allen : US Revolutionary War 1944 Frank Sinatra : Singer 1945・・・

January 9

January

January 9 What happened on this day: 1788 Connecticut becomes an American state. 1793 First Balloon Flight 1951 The United Nations opens in Manhattan. It began in 1946. ………………………… Famous Birthdays: ………………………… 1913 Richard M. Nixon : 37th US President 1935 Bob Denver : Movie Actor from Gilligan’s Island 1941 Joen Baez : Singer 1945・・・

January 8

January

January 8 What happened on this day: 1681 Treaty of Radzin Signed ending five years of war between the Turks and Russia, Polland. 1790 George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address address in New York City. 1815 Andrew Jackson defeats the British at the Battle of New Orleans 1958 Bobby Fischer wins・・・

January 7

January

January 7 What happened on this day: 1610 Galileo first observes the four largest moons of Jupiter. 1894 A patent for motion picture film is granted to W.K. Dickson. 1924 George Gershwin completes his famous classical piece Rhapsody in Blue. 1927 The Harlem Globetrotters play their first game. ………………………… Famous Birthdays: ………………………… 1800 Millard Fillmore・・・

January 6

January

January 6 What happened on this day: 1838 Samuel Morse first successfully tested the electrical telegraph. 1907 Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center. 1912 New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state. ………………………… Famous Birthdays: ………………………… 1412 Joan of Arc : French Heroine and Catholic Saint 1878 Carl Sandburg : Author・・・

January 5

January

January 5 What happened on this day: 1920 The Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in what is later known as the Bambino Curse. 1933 Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. 1959 The Bozo the Clown live children’s show airs its first episode on television.・・・

January 4

January

January 4 What happened on this day: 1847 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government. 1885 The first successful appendectomy is performed in the United States. 1896 Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. 1936 Billboard magazine publishes its first pop music charts, called the First Hit Parade. 2004・・・

January 3

January

January 3 What happened on this day: 1496 Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. 1777 American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton. 1888 Marvin C. Stone patents the drinking straw. 1924 English explorer Howard Carter discovers the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings・・・

January 2

January

January 2 What happened on this day: 1788 Georgia becomes a US state 1870 The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins. 1882 John D. Rockefeller puts all of his oil holdings into the Standard Oil trust. 1929 Canada and the United States agree on a plan to preserve Niagara Falls. 1974 The maximum US speed・・・

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