This Day in "History"

[Dinesh jain]

orn on January 16
Robert W. Service
writer (1874)
Ethel Merman
entertainer (1909)
Dizzy Dean
baseball player (1911)
William Kennedy
novelist (1928)
Susan Sontag
writer and critic (1933)
Marilyn Horne
mezzo-soprano (1934)
A.J. Foyt
auto racer (1935)
Aaliyah
singer, actor (1979)

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on January 17
Kid Rock
rock musician (1971)

 

[Dinesh jain]

January 18

1733
The first polar bear was exhibited in America, in
Boston.

1778
Captain James Cook became the first European
to visit the Sandwich Islands ( Hawaii ).

1782
Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New
Hampshire.

1788
The First Fleet, carrying convicts and sheep,
arrived in Australia's Botany Bay .

1912
The ill-fated Scott expedition reached the South
Pole, only to discover Amundsen had been there
first.

1943
The Nazi siege of Leningrad was broken.

1993
All 50 states joined in the observance of the
Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

This Day in History: January 18

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on January 18

Montesquieu
jurist and political philosopher (1689)

Peter Roget
lexicographer (1779)

Joseph Glidden
inventor (1813)

A.A. Milne
author (1882

Oliver Hardy
actor (1892)

Cary Grant
actor (1904)

Danny Kaye
actor, singer, comedian (1913)

Kevin Costner
actor, filmmaker (1955)

Elke Clijsters
tennis player (1985)

 

[Dinesh jain]

January 19 Yesterday
Tomorrow
1915
The electric neon sign was patented in the
United States by George Claude of Paris, France.
1953
Lucy Ricardo gave birth to baby Ricky on I Love
Lucy. More people tuned in to watch the show
than the inauguration of President Eisenhower.
1955
President Eisenhower okayed the first filming of
a news conference for television.
1966
Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of
India .
1981
The United States and Iran signed an agreement
paving the way for the release of 52 Americans
held hostage for more than 14 months.
1997
Yasser Arafat returned to Hebron for the first
time in 30 years, as Israel hands over control of
the West Bank city to Palestinians.
2001
President Clinton admitted he made false
statements under oath about Monica Lewinsky .

 

[Dinesh jain]

January 20 Yesterday
Tomorrow
1801
John Marshall was appointed Chief Justice of
the U.S. Supreme Court
1841
As a result of the First Opium War, Hong Kong
was ceded to the British.
1942
The Nazis formulated their "Final Solution"
regarding the Jews at the Wannsee Conference.
1964
The Beatles released their first album in the
United States, Meet the Beatles .
1981
52 American hostages seized from the American
Embassy in Tehran were released after 444 days
in captivity.
1981
President Reagan became the oldest president to
take office (69 years and 349 days).
1986
Martin Luther King, Jr. , day was celebrated as a
federal holiday for the first time.
2009
Hundreds of thousands of people watched in
front of the Capitol as President Barack Obama
and Vice President Joe Biden are sworn into
office. Obama makes history as the first African-
American U.S. president.
2012
Singer Etta James died less than a week before
her 74th birthday.

 

[Dinesh jain]

January 21 Yesterday
Tomorrow
1793
King Louis XVI was guillotined for treason.
1915
The first Kiwanis Club was founded in Detroit.
1924
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in Moscow.
1950
Former State department official Alger Hiss
found guilty of perjury.
1950
George Orwell died in London.
1954
USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered
submarine was launched.
1977
President Carter pardoned most Vietnam War
draft evaders.
2003
The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Hispanics
had surpassed Blacks as the largest minority
group.
2010
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rules in
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
that the government cannot restrict the spending
of corporations for political campaigns,
maintaining that it's their First Amendment right
to support candidates as they choose. This
decision upsets two previous precedents on the
free-speech rights of corporations.

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on January 20

Richard Henry Lee
political leader (1732)

Walter Piston
composer and teacher (1894)

George Burns
actor, comedian (1896)

Joy Adamson
writer and conservationist (1910)

Federico Fellini
filmmaker (1920)

DeForest Kelley
actor (1920)

David Lynch
filmmaker (1946

 

[Dinesh jain]

orn on January 21

Ethan Allen
soldier (1738)

John C. Fremont
explorer, soldier, and political leader (1813)

Sophia Jex-Blake
physician (1840)

Christian Dior
fashion designer (1905)

Telly Savalas
actor (1924)

Jack Nicklaus
golfer (1940)

Placido Domingo
tenor (1941)

Geena Davis
actor (1956)

 

[Dinesh jain]

January 22

1901
Queen Victoria of England died after reigning for
63 years (the 4th longest among longest-reigning
monarchs and the longest for queens).

1905
500 workers were killed by the Czar's troops in
"Bloody Sunday" in St. Petersburg.

1938
Thornton Wilder's play Our Town first performed
publicly in Princeton, N.J.

1973
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson died at age
64.

1973
The Supreme Court legalized some abortions in
Roe v. Wade .

1997
The U.S. Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as
the first female secretary of state.

This Day in History: January 22