This Day in "History"

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[Dinesh jain]

Born on January 26

Charles XIV
king of Sweden and Norway (1763)

Bessie Coleman
aviator (1893)

Paul Newman
actor (1925)

Jules Feiffer
cartoonist and writer (1927)

Angela Davis
activist (1944)

David Strathairn
actor (1949)

Ellen DeGeneres
comedienne, actress (1958)

Wayne Gretzky
hockey player (1961)

January 26 Birthdays: Douglas MacArthur

 

[Dinesh jain]

January 27

1880
Thomas Edison was granted a patent for his
incandescent light.

1944
The Soviets announced the end of the two-year
siege of Leningrad .

1945
The Russians liberated Auschwitz concentration
camp, where the Nazis had killed over 1.5 million
people, including over 1 million Jews.

1951
The U.S. Air Force started atomic testing in the
Nevada desert.

1967
The Apollo I fire killed astronauts Grissom, White,
and Chaffee during a simulated launch at Cape
Canaveral.

1973
Vietnam War peace accords were signed in Paris.

 

[Dinesh jain]

o Born on January 27

Lewis Carroll
writer (1832)

Samuel Gompers
labor leader (1850)

Jerome Kern
composer (1885)

Hyman G. Rickover
admiral (1900)

Samuel C.C. Ting
physicist (1936)

Mikhail Baryshnikov
dancer (1948)

John G. Roberts, Jr.
jurist (1955)

Frank Miller
artist, writer (1957)

Tamlyn Tomita
actor (1966)

Tricky
singer, music producer (1968)

 

[Dinesh jain]

January 28

1547
King Henry VIII of England died and his nine-
year-old son, Edward VI, assumed the throne.

1915
Congress passed legislation creating the U.S.
Coast Guard.

1916
The first Jewish Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, Louis Brandeis , was appointed.

1986
U.S. shuttle Challenger exploded 72 seconds
after lift off, killing all seven crew members
aboard, including school teacher Christa
McAuliffe.

1999
The creation of Element 114 is announced by
scientists.

2003
In his second State of the Union Address,
President Bush presents case for war with Iraq.

This Day in History: January 28

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on January 28
Sir Henry Morton Stanley
explorer (1841)

William Seward Burroughs
inventor (1857)

Colette
novelist (1873)

Arthur Rubinstein
concert pianist (1887)

John Banner
actor (1910)

Roger Vadim
filmmaker (1928)

Alan Alda
actor (1936)

Sarah McLachlan
singer, songwriter (1968)

Elijah Wood
actor (1981)

January 28 Birthdays: Jackson Pollock

 

[Dinesh jain]

January 29

1802
John Beckley became the first Librarian of
Congress . He was paid 2 a day.

1845
Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven was published.

1850
Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850
to the Senate.

1861
Kansas became the 34th state in the United
States .

1886
Karl Benz received a patent for the first
successful gasoline-driven car.

1936
Ty Cobb , Babe Ruth , Honus Wagner , Christy
Mathewson, and Walter Johnson were the first
players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in
Cooperstown, New York.

1963
Poet Robert Frost died in Boston.

2002
In his State of the Union address, President Bush
labels Iraq, Iran, and North Korea an "axis of
evil."
This Day in History: January 29

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on January 29

Emanuel Swedenborg
scientist, religious teacher (1688)

Jeffrey Amherst
army officer (1717)

Thomas Paine
political theorist and writer (1737)

Anton Chekhov
writer (1860)

Frederick Delius
composer (1862)

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
philanthropist (1874)

W. C. Fields
actor (1880)

Edward Abbey
writer (1927)

Tom Selleck
actor (1945)

Oprah Winfrey
T.V. personality (1954)

Greg Louganis
diver (1960)

January 29 Birthdays: William McKinley

 

[Dinesh jain]

January 30

1649
King Charles I of England was beheaded.

1933
Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany.

1948
Gandhi was assassinated.

1968
North Vietnamese forces launched attacks
against the South Vietnamese, beginning the Tet
offensive .

1972
British troops opened fire on civil rights marchers
in Northern Ireland , sparking the "Bloody Sunday"
massacre.

1979
The Iranian civilian government announced that
the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini would be allowed
to return.

 

[Dinesh jain]

January 31
1606
Guy Fawkes , a co-conspirator in the Gunpowder
Plot , was executed.

1865
Robert E. Lee was appointed commander-in-chief
of the Confederate forces.

1865
The House of Representatives approved the
Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution , which
abolished slavery in the United States.

1940
The first social security check was issued to Ida
Fuller for $22.54.

1958
The first U.S. earth satellite, Explorer I, was
launched.

1990
The first McDonald's opened in Russia .