Jan/
1:
First Artificial Satellite Launched
On January 1, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first artificial satellite launched into space by the United States.
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Jan/
1:
NEW YEAR'S DAY:
January 1, 45 B.C.
In 45 B.C., New Year's Day is celebrated on January 1 for the first time in history as the Julian calendar takes effect.
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Events that occurred on this day:
1803 Haitian independence proclaimed
1863 Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
1876 First modern Mummers' Parade
1919 Edsel Takes Dad's Job
1863 The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
1959 Cuban dictator Batista falls from power
1973 The real-life murder behind Looking For Mr. Goodbar
1951 First pay-per-view system
1879 E.M. Forster is born
1863 A Nebraska farmer files the first homestead claim
1966 1st Marine Division advance elements arrive
1966 Strikers Shut Down NYC Subway System
1942 United Nations created
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Jan/
2:
CALLAS WALKS OFF:
January 2, 1958
On January 2, 1958, celebrated soprano Maria Callas walks off after the first act of a gala performance of Bellini's Norma in Rome, claiming illness. The president of Italy and most of Rome's high society were in the audience, and Callas, known for her volatile temperament, was sharply criticized. It was a characteristic move for the Greek-American diva, who packed as much drama into her personal life as she did on the stage.
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Jan/
2:
Events that occurred on this day:
1492 Reconquest of Spain
1788 Georgia enters the Union
1811 First censuring of a U.S. senator
1905 Russian fleet surrenders at Port Arthur
1994 Chrysler's Neon Hits The Road
1863 Battle of Stones River concludes
1980 Carter reacts to Soviet intervention in Afghanistan
1981 The Yorkshire Ripper is apprehended
1979 Sid Vicious on trial
1897 Stephen Crane's boat sinks
1923 Secretary Fall resigns in Teapot Dome scandal
1963 Viet Cong are successful at Ap Bac
1882 Standard Oil Trust Formed
1942 Navy opens a blimp base in New Jersey
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Jan/
3:
ALASKA ADMITTED INTO THE UNION:
January 3, 1959
President Eisenhower signs a special proclamation admitting the territory of Alaska into the Union as the 49th and largest state.
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Jan/
3:
Events that occurred on this day:
1521 Martin Luther excommunicated
1868 Meiji Restoration in Japan
1924 King Tut's sarcophagus uncovered
1967 Jack Ruby dies before second trial
1921 Studebaker Quits Wagon Business
1861 Delaware rejects secession
1961 United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba
1990 The husband did it: Boston's controversial Stuart case
1952 Dragnet debuts
1841 Herman Melville sails for the South Seas
1834 Stephen Austin imprisoned by Mexicans
1968 McCarthy announces his presidential candidacy
1916 "The Lady from Westinghouse"
1945 MacArthur and Nimitz given new commands
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Jan/
4:
SEGOVIA BEGINS FINAL U.S. TOUR:
January 4, 1987
Spanish guitar great Andrys Segovia arrives in the United States for his final American tour. He died four months later in Madrid at the age of 94.
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4:
Events that occurred on this day:
1896 Utah enters the Union
1999 Single European currency debuts
1996 No Gas Tank On Board
1863 Confederate General Roger Hanson dies
1950 The God That Failed published
1964 The Boston Strangler's last attack
1954 Elvis Presley records demo
1785 Jacob Grimm is born
1847 Colt sells his first revolvers to the U.S. government
1974 Thieu announces war has resumed
1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt Dies
1944 United States begins supplying guerrilla forces
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Jan/
4:
T. S. Eliot's Death
September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965
T. S. Eliot was a poet, critic, and editor. He was born Thomas Stearns Eliot in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 26, 1888. Afflicted with a congenital double hernia, he was in the constant eye of his mother and five older sisters. Died January 4, 1965, in London and his ashes were interred in the church of St. Michael's in East Coker.
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Jan/
5:
DREYFUS AFFAIR IN FRANCE:
January 5, 1895
French officer Alfred Dreyfus, condemned for passing military secrets to the Germans, is stripped of his rank in a humiliating public ceremony in the courtyard of Paris' Ecole Militaire. The Jewish artillery captain, convicted on flimsy evidence in a highly irregular trial, began his life sentence on the notorious Devil's Island Prison in French Guyana four months later.
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Jan/
5:
Events that occurred on this day:
1643 First divorce in the colonies
1968 Prague Spring begins in Czechoslovakia
1924 Chrysler Builds His Own Car
1861 "Star of the West" leaves for Fort Sumter
1957 Eisenhower proposes new Middle East policy
1970 The United Mine Workers Killings
1959 Buddy Holly's last record released
1825 Alexandre Dumas pere fights a duel
1846 House resolves to stop sharing Oregon
1967 Amphibious operations conducted in the Mekong Delta
1914 Ford Gives Minimum Wage a Big Boost
1945 Soviets recognize pro-Soviet Polish Provisional Government
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Jan/
6:
NURMI BREAKS TWO WORLD RECORDS:
January 6, 1925
On January 6, 1925, Finnish long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi steps up to the starting line in New York's Madison Square Garden in his first U.S. appearance. Anticipation for the moment had been building steadily since Nurmi's arrival in America four weeks before, and it was standing room only at the Garden when he emerged out of the cigar smoke to run his first race.
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Jan/
6:
Events that occurred on this day:
1066 Harold II crowned king of England
1912 New Mexico joins the Union
1919 Theodore Roosevelt dies
1973 Hitler's Car For Sale
1827 Confederate General John Calvin Brown born
1958 Soviet Union announces troop reduction
1994 Skater Nancy Kerrigan Attacked
1993 Dizzy Gillespie dies
1977 John Gardner wins National Book Critics Circle Award
1798 Mountain man Jedediah Smith is born
1971 Army drops charges of My Lai cover-up
1983 Reagan Gives Gas Tax Hike the Go-ahead
1942 Roosevelt commits to biggest arms buildup in U.S. history
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Jan/
7:
POL POT OVERTHROWN:
January 7, 1979
On January 7, 1979, Vietnamese troops seize the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, toppling the brutal regime of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge.
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Jan/
7:
Events that occurred on this day:
1785 Across the English Channel in a balloon
1989 Emperor Hirohito dies
1999 Clinton impeachment trial begins
1985 General Motors Creates Saturn
1864 Caleb Blood Smith dies
1959 United States recognizes new Cuban government
1946 A Case of Split Personality in Puzzling Chicago Murders
1940 Gene Autry's Melody Ranch debuts
1903 Zora Neale Hurston is born
1901 Cannibal Alfred Packer is paroled
1965 Civilian government is restored in Saigon
1872 The "Barnum of Wall Street" Dies
1945 Monty holds a press conference
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Jan/
8:
ALLIES RETREAT FROM GALLIPOLI:
January 8, 1916
On January 8, 1916, Allied forces stage a full retreat from the shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, ending a disastrous invasion of the Ottoman Empire. The Gallipoli Campaign resulted in 250,000 Allied casualties and greatly discredited Allied military command. Roughly an equal number of Turks were killed or wounded.
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Jan/
8:
Events that occurred on this day:
1815 The Battle of New Orleans
1867 Congress expands suffrage in nation's capital
1918 Wilson announces his 14 Points
1962 Mona Lisa exhibited in Washington
1916 Bugatti Brother Ends Own Life
1821 Confederate General James Longstreet born
1976 Chinese leader Zhou Enlai dies
1969 Husband Reported Missing in Virginia's McKown Case
1941 William Randolph Hearst stops Citizen Kane ads
1976 Ragtime wins the National Book Critics Circle Award
1877 Crazy Horse fights his final battle
1973 Peace talks resume in Paris
1985 A Treasury Secretary Switch
1940 Mussolini questions Hitler's plans
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9:
Events that occurred on this day:
1806 Nelson buried at St. Paul's Cathedral
1972 Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire
1958 Japanese Cars Arrive In California
1861 "Star of the West" is fired upon
1952 Truman warns of Cold War dangers
1984 The Hillside Stranglers
1911 Their First Misunderstanding released
1924 Virginia Woolf buys a house in Bloomsbury
1887 Record cold and snow decimates cattle herds
1965 Support is pledged to civilian government
1990 Flying the Unfriendly Skies
1945 United States invades Luzon in Philippines
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Jan/
9:
FIRST MODERN CIRCUS:
January 9, 1768
On this day, Englishman Philip Astley stages the first modern circus in London.
Trick riders, acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other familiar components of the circus have existed throughout recorded history, but it was not until the late 18th century that the modern spectacle of the circus was born.
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Jan/
10:
LEAGUE OF NATIONS INSTITUTED:
January 10, 1920
On January 10, 1920, the League of Nations formally comes into being when the Covenant of the League of Nations, ratified by 42 nations in 1919, takes effect.
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Jan/
10:
Events that occurred on this day:
1922 Griffith elected president of Irish Free State
1923 U.S. troops depart Germany
1946 First meeting of the United Nations
1901 Texans Strike Oil
1861 William Seward named Secretary of State
1989 Cuban troops begin withdrawal from Angola
1987 Connecticut's Wood-Chipper Murder
1951 House Committee on Un-American Activities clears Edward G. Robinson
1776 Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
1843 Outlaw Frank James born in Missouri
1972 Hubert Humphrey criticizes President Nixon
1980 Labor Loses a Top Leader
1941 Lend-Lease introduced into Congress
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Jan/
11:
STALIN BANISHES TROTSKY:
January 11, 1928
Leon Trotsky, a leader of the Bolshevik revolution and early architect of the Soviet state, is deported by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to Alma-Ata in remote Soviet Central Asia. He lived there in internal exile for a year before being banished from the USSR forever by Stalin.
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11:
Events that occurred on this day:
1775 First elected Jew in the New World
1935 Earhart flies from Hawaii to California
1949 Cornerstone laid at Washington's Islamic Center
1937 Violence Erupts At GM Plant
1863 Battle of Arkansas Post
1989 Reagan gives his farewell address
1944 Nazi Enforcers Terrorize German POWs in U.S. Internment Camps
1927 Charlie Chaplin's assets frozen
1978 Song of Solomon wins National Book Critics Circle Award
1908 Grand Canyon National Monument is created
1956 Diem issues Ordinance No. 6
1757 Birth of the First Treasury Secretary
1945 Truce signed in Greek Civil War
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Jan/
12:
PYRAMID MYSTERY UNEARTHED:
January 12, 1984
On this day, an international panel overseeing the restoration of the Great Pyramids in Egypt overcomes years of frustration when it abandons modern construction techniques in favor of the method employed by the ancient Egyptians.
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12:
Events that occurred on this day:
1879 British-Zulu War begins
1932 First elected female senator
1904 New Speed Record
1865 General Kilpatrick is promoted
1954 Dulles announces policy of "massive retaliation"
1995 Malcolm X's Daughter Arrested
1926 Amos 'n' Andy's precursor debuts
1876 Jack London is born
1838 Joseph Smith abandons Ohio
1962 Operation Ranch Hand initiated
1984 Report Recommends Government Cost-Cutting Measures
1943 Soviet forces penetrate the siege of Leningrad
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Jan/
13:
JAMES JOYCE DIES:
January 13, 1941
James Joyce, widely regarded as Ireland's greatest author, dies in Zırich, Switzerland, at the age of 58. One of the most brilliant and daring writers of the 20th century, Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses is ranked among the greatest works in the English language.
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13:
Events that occurred on this day:
1842 Sole British soldier escapes Kabul
1861 Stephen Foster dies
1942 Automobiles in Plastic
1807 Napoleon Bonaparte Buford is born
1950 Soviets boycott United Nations Security Council
1958 The Manuel Massacres
1910 First radio demonstration
1898 Zola's "J'accuse" letter is printed
1929 Wyatt Earp dies in Los Angeles
1962 First Operation Farm Gate missions flown
1832 Birth of a Self-made Man
1942 Allies promise prosecution of war criminals
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Jan/
14:
GOLD PRICES SOAR:
January 14, 1980
After being released from government control, gold reaches a new record price on January 14, 1980, exceeding $800 an ounce.
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14:
Events that occurred on this day:
1639 The first colonial constitution
1963 George Wallace inaugurated as Alabama governor
1954 New Auto Giant: AMC
1860 House Committee of Thirty Three submits proposed amendment
1980 United Nations vote "deplores" Soviet intervention in Afghanistan
1896 The Ponzi Scheme
1955 Freed produces first rock and roll dance concert in NYC
1894 Joseph Conrad returns to London
1891 General Miles reports on Sioux
1964 Westmoreland appointed as Harkins' deputy
1875 Greenbacks vs. Gold
1942 Anglo-American Combined Chiefs of Staff established
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Jan/
15:
QADDAFI IS PREMIER OF LIBYA:
January 15, 1970
Muammar al-Qaddafi, the young Libyan army captain who deposed King Idris in September 1969, is proclaimed premier of Libya by the so-called General People's Congress.
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Jan/
15:
Events that occurred on this day:
1559 Elizabeth crowned queen of England
1870 First appearance of the Democratic donkey
1929 Martin Luther King Jr. born
1970 Biafra surrenders to Nigeria
1936 Wealthy Industrialist Founds Charity
1865 Fort Fisher falls
1953 Dulles calls for "liberation of captive peoples"
1981 Hill Street Blues Debuts
1918 Stan Laurel begins work at the Hal Roach studio
1831 The Hunchback of Notre Dame is finished
1933 The utopian Amana colony embraces capitalism
1973 Nixon halts military action against North Vietnam
1975 Ford on State of the Union: "Not Good"
1951 The "Witch of Buchenwald" is sentenced to prison
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16:
Events that occurred on this day:
1919 Prohibition takes effect
1991 The Persian Gulf War begins
1953 And Now...The Corvette
1861 Crittenden Compromise is killed in Senate
1990 Soviets send troops into Azerbaijan
1936 The "Moon Maniac"
1963 Whiskey-A-Go-Go opens
1933 Susan Sontag is born
1847 Fremont appointed Governor of California
1964 Johnson approves Oplan 34A
1997 Raytheon Acquires Hughes Electronics
1945 Hitler descends into his bunker
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Jan/
16:
SHAH FLEES IRAN:
January 16, 1979
Faced with an army mutiny and violent demonstrations against his rule, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the leader of Iran since 1941, is forced to flee the country. Fourteen days later, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the spiritual leader of the Islamic revolution, returned after 15 years of exile and took control of Iran.
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17:
Events that occurred on this day:
1893 Americans overthrow Hawaiian monarchy
1961 Eisenhower bids farewell
1977 The execution of Gary Gilmore
1949 German Bug Invades America
1865 Sherman's army rained in
1961 Eisenhower warns of the "military-industrial complex"
1950 The Great Brinks Robbery
1949 The first TV sitcom debuts
1820 Anne Bronte is born
1763 John Jacob Astor is born
1972 Nixon threatens President Thieu
1991 Gulf Warys Effect on Wall St.
1945 Soviets capture Warsaw
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17:
H-BOMB LOST IN SPAIN:
January 17, 1966
On this day, a B-52 bomber collides with KC-135 jet tanker over Spain's Mediterranean coast, dropping three 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares and one in the sea. It was not the first or last accident involving American nuclear bombs
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18:
Events that occurred on this day:
1912 Scott reaches the South Pole
1990 Barry arrested on drug charges
1919 Bentley Motors Founded
1862 John Tyler dies
1985 United States walks out of World Court case
1788 First Australian Penal Colony Established
1991 Documentary filmmaker Leo Hurwitz dies
1882 A.A. Milne is born
1803 Jefferson requests funds for Lewis and Clark
1971 McGovern begins his presidential campaign
1978 "Take This Job" Hits #1
1943 Germans resume deportations from Warsaw to Treblinka
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18:
COOK DISCOVERS HAWAII:
January 18, 1778
On January 18, 1778, the English explorer Captain James Cook becomes the first European to site the Hawaiian Islands when he sails past the island of Oahu. Two days later, he landed at Waimea on the island of Kauai and named the island group the Sandwich Islands, in honor of John Montague, who was the earl of Sandwich and one his patrons.
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19:
INDIRA GANDHI LEADS INDIA:
January 19, 1966
Following the death of Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi becomes head of the Congress Party and thus prime minister of India. She was India's first female head of government and by the time of her assassination in 1984 was one of its most controversial.
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19:
Events that occurred on this day:
1840 Wilkes claims portion of Antarctica for U.S.
1915 First air raid on Britain
1983 Butcher of Lyons arrested in Bolivia
1955 The Height Of Luxury
1862 Battle of Logan's Crossroads
1950 Communist China recognizes North Vietnam
1999 Man Charged in California Cyberstalking Case
1940 The Three Stooges' You Natzy Spy premieres
1921 Patricia Highsmith is born
1847 Mexican rebels kill Charles Bent
1961 Eisenhower cautions successor about Laos
1881 Western Union Snaps Up Atlantic and Pacific Co.
1941 British attack Italians in Africa
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20:
JOHN F. KENNEDY INAUGURATED:
January 20, 1961
On January 20, 1961, on the newly renovated east front of the United States Capitol, John Fitzgerald Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States.
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20:
Events that occurred on this day:
1841 Hong Kong ceded to the British
1945 FDR inaugurated to fourth term
1981 Iran Hostage Crisis ends
1987 Terry Waite disappears
1996 Arafat elected leader of Palestine
1946 Kaiser Cars Unveiled
1863 Mud March Begins
1949 Truman announces Point Four program
1926 The Disappearance of Anna May Dietrich
1910 D.W. Griffith arrives in Los Angeles
1961 Robert Frost reads at JFK's inauguration
1981 Ronald Reagan becomes president
1969 Richard Nixon takes office
1870 First Female Brokerage Firm
1942 The Wannsee Conference
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21:
CONCORDE TAKES OFF:
January 21, 1976
From London's Heathrow Airport and Orly Airport outside Paris, the first Concordes with commercial passengers simultaneously take flight on January 21, 1976. The London flight was headed to Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, and the Paris to Rio de Janeiro via Senegal in West Africa. At their cruising speeds, the innovative Concordes flew well over the sound barrier at 1,350 miles an hour, cutting air travel time by more than half.
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21:
Events that occurred on this day:
1793 King Louis XVI executed
1924 Vladimir Lenin dies
1899 Opel Opens For Business
1863 First Battle of Sabine Pass
1950 Alger Hiss convicted of perjury
1993 Exorcism in the Australian Outback
1959 Cecil B. De Mille dies
1985 Don DeLillo's White Noise wins the American Book Award
1855 Gun designer John Browning is born
1968 Battle for Khe Sanh begins
1895 Sherman Anti-Trust Act Derailed
1867 General Weygand is born
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22:
QUEEN VICTORIA DIES:
January 22, 1901
The death of Queen Victoria on January 22, 1901, ends an era in which most of her British subjects know no other monarch. Her 63-year reign, the longest in British history, saw the growth of an empire on which the sun never set. Victoria restored dignity to the English monarchy and ensured its survival as a ceremonial political institution.
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22:
Events that occurred on this day:
1840 British colonists reach New Zealand
1905 First Russian Revolution begins
1973 Supreme Court legalizes abortion
1980 Sakharov arrested in Moscow
1950 Tucker Declared Innocent
1927 John McCausland dies
1982 Reagan links arms talks with Soviets to oppression in Poland
1973 Roe v. Wade
1968 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In premieres
1788 George Gordon, Lord Byron, is born
1879 Chief Dull Knife makes last fight for freedom
1964 U.S. Joint Chiefs foresee larger U.S. commitment
1932 Reconstruction Finance Corp. Founded
1941 Brits and Australians take Tobruk
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23:
USS PUEBLO CAPTURED:
January 23, 1968
On January 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo a Navy intelligence vessel, is engaged in a routine surveillance of the North Korean coast when it is intercepted by North Korean patrol boats. According to U.S. reports, the Pueblo was in international waters almost 16 miles from shore, but the North Koreans turned their guns on the lightly armed vessel and demanded its surrender.
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23:
Events that occurred on this day:
1849 First woman M.D.
1922 Insulin injection aids diabetic patient
1997 Albright sworn in as secretary of state
1912 Music on the Road
1863 Hood removed from command
1968 North Korea seizes U.S. ship Pueblo
1991 Policeman's Videotaped Murder Leads to Killers' Convictions in Texas
1992 Smithsonian awards Hal Roach medal
1930 Derek Walcott is born
1870 Soldiers massacre the wrong camp of Indians
1973 Nixon announces peace settlement reached in Paris
1964 Good Riddance to the Poll Tax
1941 Lindbergh to Congress: Negotiate with Hitler
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24:
BOY SCOUTS MOVEMENT BEGINS:
January 24, 1908
On January 24, 1908, the Boy Scouts movement begins in England with the publication of the first installment of Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys. The name Baden-Powell was already well known to many English boys, and thousands of them eagerly bought up the handbook. By the end of April, the serialization of Scouting for Boys was completed, and scores of impromptu Boy Scout troops had sprung up across Britain.
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24:
Events that occurred on this day:
1965 Winston Churchill dies
1972 Japanese soldier found hiding on Guam
1907 136 Miles Per Hour On A Bicycle?
1865 Confederate Congress to resume prisoner exchanges
1980 U.S. announces military equipment sales to China
1943 Murder on the Southern Pacific Express
1927 First Alfred Hitchcock film opens
1862 Edith Wharton is born
1848 Gold discovered at Sutter's Creek
1966 Operation Masher/White Wing/Thang Phong II launched
1994 The Ax Falls at Nynex
1943 Von Paulus to Hitler: Let us surrender!
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25:
FIRST WINTER OLYMPICS:
January 25, 1924
On January 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympics take off in style at Chamonix in the French Alps. Spectators were thrilled by the ski jump and bobsled as well as 12 other events involving a total of six sports. The "International Winter Sports Week," as it was known, was a great success, and in 1928 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially designated the Winter Games, staged in St. Moritz, Switzerland, as the second Winter Olympics.
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25:
Events that occurred on this day:
1971 Manson and followers convicted
1981 Mao's widow sentenced to death
1995 Near launching of Russian nukes
1991 Early Automobile Appears On Stamp
1863 Burnside relieved of command
1956 Khrushchev declares that Eisenhower is "striving for peace"
1948 Fatal Tokyo Bank Robbery
1960 Payola scandal
1759 Robert Burns' birthday
1869 Pat Garrett leaves Louisiana
1972 Nixon reveals information about secret negotiations
1890 United Mine Workers of America Founded
1942 Thailand declares war on the United States and England
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26:
REPUBLIC OF INDIA BORN:
January 26, 1950
On January 26, 1950, the Indian constitution takes effect, making the Republic of India the most populous democracy in the world.
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Events that occurred on this day:
1500 Pinzon discovers Brazil
1838 Tennessee passes nation's first prohibition law
1905 World's largest diamond found
1939 Franco captures Barcelona
1979 Yeeeeeee-Haw!
1863 Joseph Hooker takes over the Army of the Potomac
1980 U.S. Olympic Committee votes against Moscow games
1936 The "Mad Butcher" Terrorizes Cleveland
1934 Sam Goldwyn buys rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1831 Mary Mapes Dodge is born
1875 Pinkertons maim Frank and Jesse James' mother
1970 POW spends 2,000th day in captivity
1995 1995 Cadbury Schweppes Wants to Be a Pepper
1945 Soviets liberate Auschwitz
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27:
BAIRD DEMONSTRATES TV:
January 27, 1926
On January 27, 1926, John Logie Baird, a Scottish inventor, gives the first public demonstration of a true television system in London, launching a revolution in communication and entertainment. Baird's invention, a pictorial-transmission machine he called a "televisor," used mechanical rotating disks to scan moving images into electronic impulses.
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Events that occurred on this day:
Events that occurred on this day:
1967 Astronauts die in launch pad fire
1975 Senate investigation of FBI and CIA activities begins
1991 Somali dictator flees
1904 Internal Combustion Strikes Back
1862 Lincoln orders armies to advance
1973 U.S. officially ends participation in a Cold War conflict
1978 The "Dracula Killer"
1970 Ratings system changes
1302 Dante is exiled from Florence
1951 First atomic detonation at the Nevada test site
1973 Paris Peace Accords signed
1850 Birth of an American Labor Leader
1943 Americans bomb Germans for first time
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28:
CHALLENGER EXPLODES:
January 28, 1986
At 11:38 a.m. EST, on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Christa McAuliffe is on her way to becoming the first ordinary U.S. civilian to travel into space. McAuliffe, a 37-year-old high school social studies teacher from New Hampshire, won a competition that earned her a place among the seven-member crew of the Challenger.
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Events that occurred on this day:
1917 U.S. ends search for Pancho Villa
1997 Afrikaner police admit to killing Stephen Biko
1937 Wraith's Maiden Voyage
1828 Thomas Hindman born
1964 Soviets shoot down U.S. jet
1958 Teenage Lovers Take off on Midwest Killing Spree
1996 Jerry Seigel, creator of Superman, dies
1873 Colette is born
1855 First train crosses the Panamanian isthmus
1973 Cease-fire goes into effect
1902 Carnegie Institution Established
1945 Burma Road is reopened
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29:
DENG OPENS NEW CHINA RELATIONS:
January 29, 1979
On January 29, 1979, Deng Xiaoping, deputy premier of China, meets President Jimmy Carter, and together they sign historic new accords that reverse decades of U.S. opposition to the People's Republic of China.
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Events that occurred on this day:
1820 King George III dies
1861 Divided Kansas enters the Union
1891 Liliuokalani proclaimed queen of Hawaii
1989 Yugo No More
1861 Kansas enters the Union
1964 Dr. Strangelove premieres
1979 The "I Don't Like Mondays" Schoolhouse Shooting
1980 Stamp honoring W.C. Fields issued
1845 "The Raven" is published
1927 Edward Abbey is born
1974 Fighting continues in South Vietnam
1834 Federal Troops Quell First Labor Dispute
1942 Iran signs Treaty of Alliance with Great Britain and USSR
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30:
GANDHI ASSASSINATED:
January 30, 1948
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, is assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu fanatic.
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Events that occurred on this day:
1649 King Charles I executed for treason
1835 Shots fired in the House of Representatives
1972 Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland
1942 Last Chevy Until The War Ends
1816 Nathaniel Banks born
1968 Tet Offensive shakes Cold War confidence
1948 Gandhi Assassinated in New Delhi
1969 Beatles last public appearance
1945 Michael Dorris is born
1933 The Lone Ranger debuts on Detroit radio
1968 Tet Offensive begins
1934 Passage of the Gold Reserve Act
1943 RAF launches massive daytime raid on Berlin
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31:
GERMANS UNLEASH U-BOATS:
January 31, 1917
On January 31, 1917, Germany announces the renewal of unlimited submarine warfare in the Atlantic, and German torpedo-armed submarines prepare to attack any and all ships, including civilian passenger carriers, said to be sited in war-zone waters. Three days later, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Germany, and just hours after that the American liner Housatonic was sunk by a German U-boat. None of the 25 Americans on board were killed, and all were later picked up by a British steamer.
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Events that occurred on this day:
1606 The death of Guy Fawkes
1950 Truman announces development of H-bomb
1971 Apollo 14 departs for the moon
1960 Valiant Performs Valiantly
1865 House passes the 13th Amendment.
1990 First McDonald's opens in Soviet Union
1990 The McMartin Preschool Trials
1974 Producer Sam Goldwyn dies
1923 Norman Mailer is born
1872 Author Zane Grey is born
1968 Viet Cong attack U.S. Embassy
1795 Hamilton Resigns from Treasury Post
1945 The execution of Pvt. Slovik
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