--Paul Revere, Revolutionary War patriot, born January 1, 1735.
--Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
--Flagmaker Betsy Ross born January 1, 1752.
--Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863.
--J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972, born January 1, 1895.
--Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed, January 1, 1901.
January 2
--Colonial leader Nathaniel Bacon born January 2, 1647.
--James Wolfe, conqueror of Quebec, born January 2, 1727.
--Georgia ratified the Constitution, January 2, 1788.
January 3
--Cicero, Roman statesman, born January 3, 106 B.C.
--Women's-rights leader Lucretia Mott born January 3, 1793.
--Alaska was admitted to the Union as the 49th state, January 3, 1959.
January 4
--Fairy-tale collector Jakob Grimm born January 4, 1785.
--Utah became the 45th state, January 4, 1896.
January 5
--Stephen Decatur, American naval hero, born January 5, 1779.
--Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman governor of a state, Wyoming, January 5, 1925.
--George Washington Carver, black American scientist, died 1943. In 1945, Congress designated January 5 as George Washington Carver Day.
January 6
--Charles Sumner, American statesman and antislavery leader, born January 6, 1811.
--Carl Sandburg, American poet, born January 6, 1878.
--New Mexico became the 47th state, January 6, 1912.
LORAN KAYE "LEFTY" WHITE
January 7
--First American presidential election, January 7, 1789.
--Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States, born in Locke, N.Y., January 7, 1800.
--Transatlantic commercial telephone service began, New York to London, January 7, 1927.
January 8
--Amendment 11 to Constitution, modifying the Supreme Court's power, proclaimed, January 8,1798.
--Andrew Jackson defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815.
--President Wilson stated his "Fourteen Points" before Congress, January 8, 1918.
January 9
--Connecticut ratified the Constitution, January 9, 1788.
--Carrie Chapman Catt, American woman-suffrage leader, born January 9, 1859.
--Richard M. Nixon, 37th President of the United States, born in Yorba Linda, Calif., January 9, 1913.
JUSTIN WHITE
January 10
--Thomas Paine published his Common Sense, January 10, 1776.
--John W. Root, American architect, born January 10, 1850.First great oil strike in Texas, January 10, 1901.
--League of Nations established, January 10, 1920.
--First UN General Assembly met, London, January 10, 1946.
January 11
--Statesman Alexander Hamilton born January 11, 1755 or 1757.
--Sir John Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada after the confederation, born January 11, 1815.
January 12
--Governor John Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay Colony born January 12, 1588.
--Jack London, American novelist, born January 12, 1876.
PEGGY (BULLINGER) WHITE
January 13
--Salmon P. Chase, antislavery leader and Chief Justice of the United States, born January 13, 1808.
January 14
--Benedict Arnold, American Revolutionary War general and traitor, born January 14, 1741.
--Albert Schweitzer, physician, musician, philosopher, and missionary, born January 14, 1875.
--Casablanca Conference opened, January 14, 1943.
COLON & VASTA (ROGERS) WHITE
January 15
--Moliere, French dramatist, born January 15, 1622.
--American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., born January 15, 1929.
MICHAEL WHITE
January 16
--Civil Service system established, January 16, 1883.
--Amendment 18 to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, ratified, January 16, 1919
--Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi left Iran following mass demonstrations against his rule, January 16, 1979.
RICKY WHITE
January 17
--Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and inventor, born January 17, 1706.
--Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short-story writer, born January 17, 1860.
--David Lloyd George, British statesman and prime minister, born January 17, 1863.
January 18
--Daniel Webster, American statesman, born January 18, 1782.
--Versailles Peace Conference opened following World War I, January 18, 1919.
January 19
--James Watt, Scottish inventor, born January 19, 1736.
--Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army in the Civil War, born January 19, 1807.
--Edgar Allan Poe, American author, born January 19, 1809.
--Steelmaker Sir Henry Bessemer born January 19, 1813.
--Paul Cezanne, French painter, born January 19, 1839.
January 20
--Inauguration Day for the President every fourth year, beginning in January 20, 1937.
COLON WHITE
BLAKE PHILLIPS
January 21
--Confederate Army General Stonewall Jackson born January 21, 1824.
--Soviet dictator V. I. Lenin died, January 21, 1924.
--The U.S.S. Nautilus, first nuclear-powered ship in the world, launched, January 21, 1954.
January 22
--Francis Bacon, English author, born January 22, 1561.
--Lord Byron, English poet, born January 22, 1788.
--Dramatist August Strindberg born January 22, 1849.
January 23
--French painter Edouard Manet born January 23, 1832.
--John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence, born January 23, 1737.
January 24
--Gold discovered in California, January 24, 1848.
--Edith Wharton, American author, born January 24, 1862.
January 25
--Robert Burns, Scottish poet, born January 25, 1759.Transcontinental telephone service established in United States, January 25, 1915.
January 26
--Sydney founded, January 26, 1788; celebrated as Australia Day.
--Michigan became the 26th state, 1January 26, 837.
--American General Douglas MacArthur born January 26, 1880.
--Cullinan diamond, world's largest diamond, found January 26, 1905.
--India became a republic, 1950; celebrated as Republic Day.
January 27
--Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer, born January 27, 1756.
--Lewis Carroll, English author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, born January 27. 1832.
--Canadian Great Western Railway started operating, January 27, 1854.
--Thomas Edison granted the first patent for his incandescent light, January 27, 1880.
ANDREW WHITE
January 28
--Canadian Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie born January 28, 1822.
--Sir Henry Morton Stanley, who explored Africa, born January 28, 1841.
--U.S. space shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all seven crew members aboard, January 28, 1986.
January 29
--William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, born in Niles, Ohio, January 29, 1843.
--Kansas became the 34th state, 1861.
January 30
--Congress authorized purchase of Thomas Jefferson's library as nucleus of the Library of Congress, January 30, 1815.
--Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, born at Hyde Park, N.Y., January 30, 1882.
--Adolf Hitler named Chancellor of Germany, January 30, 1933.
--Mohandas K. Gandhi, spiritual and political leader of India, assassinated, January 30, 1948.
January 31
--Gouverneur Morris, Revolutionary War patriot, born January 31, 1752.
--Franz Schubert, Austrian composer, born January 31, 1797.
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