January 26, 1943- Nazis began using Hitler Youths to operate anti-aircraft batteries in Germany following heavy Allied bombings to Berlin and other cities. January 27, 1967- Three American Astronauts died after a fired erupted in Apollo 1 during a launch simulation in Cape Kennedy, Florida. January 28, 1963- African American student Harvey Gantt enrolled in Clemson College in South Carolina, the last state to hold out to integration. January 29, 1916- IN WWI, the first German aerial bombing of Paris with zeppelins occurs. January 30, 1649- Oliver Cromwell, leader of the Puritan Revolution, directed British Parliament to behead their king, King Charles I, for treason. January 31, 1919- Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play professional baseball, was born in Cairo, Georgia. February 1, 1328- King Charles IV, known like his father as "the fair", dies after reigning over France since 1322.
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