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. December 22, 1939- Two trains crash in Magdeburg, Germany, killing more than 100 people. December 23, 1987- Dick Rutan and Jenna Yeager set a new world record 216 hours of continuous flight around the world without refueling with their aircraft Voyager flying 24, 986 miles. December 24, 1990- On Christmas Eve, the bells of Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow rang for the first time since the death of Lenin. December 25, 1926- Hirohito became Emperor of Japan. December 26, 2004- Around 230,000 people killed and 1.5 million people left homeless as a 9.3 magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean leads to a series of tsunami's crashing into Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India, and Somalia. December 27, 1927- Josef Stalin secured his power in Soviet Russia be expelling his rival Leon Trotsky from the Soviet Communist Party. December 28, 1947- Victor Emmanuel III, the last king of Italy, died while in exile in Alexandria, Egypt. December 15, 1995- European Union members announce that their new currency would be known as the euro. December 16, 1775- The author of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen is born in born in Hampshire, England. December 17, 1892- Tchaikovsky's ballet Casse-noisette premieres in Saint Petersburg. December 18, 1956- Japan was admitted to the United Nations. December 19, 1154- King Henry II of England gets crowned. December 20, 1606- The Virgina Company expedition to America begins as three ships, the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery, depart from London under the command of Captain Christopher Newport. December 21st- Winter begins in the Northern Hemisphere, while for the Southern Hemisphere it is the start of summer. December 8, 1980- John Lennon, former Beatle member, was assassinated in New York City. December 9, 1992- Buckingham Palace announced the divorce of Prince Charles and Princess Dianna of Wales. December 10, 1989- The first non-communist government since 1948 forms in Czechoslovakia. December 11, 1998- The House Judiciary Committee approved three articles of impeachment charging Bill Clinton with perjury and abstraction of justice. December 12, 1821- French author of Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert was born in Rouen. December 13, 1577- Francis Drake left Plymouth, England on the Golden Hind in his voyage around the world. December 14, 1927- Britain recognized independent Iraq and supported Iraq's admission to the League of Nations. December 1, 1918- Iceland was granted its independence by the Danish parliament. December 2, 1805- Napoleon defeats Russia and Austria in the Battle of Austerlitz. December 3, 1993- British's Princess Diana announced that she would be stepping out of the public spotlight, wanting more privacy and less attention form tabloid presses and paparazzi. December 4, 1918- The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovens was proclaimed. December 5, 1876- President Ulysses S. Grant made a speech of apology to Congress claiming that the mistakes he made durring his presidency were "errors of judgement, not intent". December 6, 1865- The 13th Amendment of the US Constitution was ratified, abolishing slavery. December 7, 43 B.C.- Cicero (Marcus Tullius) died. He was a writer, statesman, and was considered Roman's greatest orator. November 24, 1859- Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, was first published, hypothesizing that all living creatures originated for a common ancestor. November 25, 1783- At the end of the Revolutionary war, the final British troops left through New York. November 26, 1922- In Egypt, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon first entered King Tutankhamen's tomb. November 27, 1701- Andrew Celsius was born in Sweden, and he later invented the centigrade (Celsius) temperature scale which is commonly used in Europe. November 28, 1905- Irish political party Sinn Fein was founded by Arthur Griffith in Dublin. November 29, 1890- The first imperial Diet (legislation) opened in Japan, consisting of a House of Peers and a House of Representatives. November 30, 1939- Finland invaded more than 20 Russian divisions in the Winter War. November 17, 1954- General Gamal Abdel Nasser became Egyptian head of State after pushing General Mohammed Naguib out. November 18, 1883- Charles F. Dowd, a Connecticut school teacher, proposed a uniformed time zone plan for the US made with four zones. November 19, 1942- The Soviet Army begins a counter-offensive against the German Soldiers at Stalingrad. November 20, 1789-New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. November 21, 1783- The first free balloon flight happened in Paris as Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis Francois Laurent d'Arlandes rise in a Montgolfier hot air balloon. November 22, 1943- The Cairo Conference occurs as President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Nationalist Leader Chiang Kai-shek, met to discuses the war in the Pacific with Japan. November 23, 1890- Ten-year-old Princess Wilhelmina became Queen of the Netherlands upon the death of her father William III. |
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