January 19, 1809- The famous mystery and suspense writer, Edgar Allen Poe, is born in Boston, Massachusetts. January 20, 1996- Yasir Arafat became the first democratically-elected president of the Palestinian people. January 21, 1924- Soviet Russian leader Vladamir Putin died of a brain hemorrhage. January 22, 1973- Abortion became legal in the United States as the Supreme court announced its decision on Rose vs. Wade ignoring the local states laws restricting abortions within 6 months of pregnancy. January 23, 1907- Charles Curtis of Kansas became the first person of Native American decent to serve in the US Senate. January 24, 1848- The Californian Gold Rush began as the precious metal was accidentally found during the construction of a Sutter's sawmill. January 25, 1947- Gangster Al Capone, who controled organized crime in Chicago, died in Miami at age 48 from syphilis.
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January 12, 1996- The first joint operation between the American and Russian troops since WWII occurred as Russian troops arrived in Bosnia to keep the peace. January 13, 1893- The British Independent Labor Party was founded with James Keir Hardie as its leader. January 14, 1741- Benedict Arnold, an American Revolution War hero who turned as a traitor, was born in Norwich, Connecticut. January 15, 69 A.D.- Roman Emperor Servius Sulpicius Galba, successor to Emperor Nero, was assassinated by the praetorian guard. January 16, 1547- Ivan the Terrible was officially crowned the first czar of Russia even though he was ruling Russia since 1533. January 17, 1966- A hydrogen bomb accident occurred over Palomares, Spain, as an American B-52 jet collided with its refueling plane. January 18, 1782- The American orator and politician Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire. January 5, 1938- King Juan Carlos I of Spain was born in Rome and was chosen by Francisco Franco to inherit his right-wing dictatorship, getting sworn in as KIng on November 22, 1975. January 6, 1990- Poland's Communist Party disbanded and reorganized as the Social Democratic Party. January 7, 1714- A patent was issued of the first typewriter by British inventor Henry Mill. January 8, 1964- President Lyndon Johnson declared War on Poverty during his State of Union message before Congress. January 9, 1960- As the first blast of dynamite exploded, construction began on the Aswan High Dam across the Nile River in Southern Egypt. January 10, 1912- The flying boat airplane, invented by Glenn Curtiss, made its first flight from Hammondsport, New York. January 11, 1964- The US Surgeon General made the first official government report declaring cigarettes may be hazardous to a persons health. December 29, 1989- Playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel was sworn in as President of Czechoslovakia. December 30, 1903- In Chicago, a fire in the Iroquois Theater killed 588 people, eventually resulting in new fire safety codes for theaters. December 31, 1971- Austrian Kurt Waldheim became new Secretary- General for the UN following the retirement of U Thant, serving until 1981 when he resumed his career in Austrian politics. January 1, 1801- Ireland was added to Great Britain through an Act of Union, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. January 2, 1960- In Washington D.C., senator John F. Kennedy announces his intention to become the Democratic presidential nomination. January 3, 1946- During WWII, an Englishman known as "Lord Haw Haw" (William Joyce) was hung in London for treason after broadcasting Nazi propaganda via radio from Germany to Britain during the war. January 4, 1790- President George Washington delivered his first State of Union Address. |
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