Today in History

Jan 3rd
1888
The 1st wax drinking straw was patented by Marvin Stone in Washington,DC
1943
Max&Doug Bentley assisted on their brother,Reg's only NHL hockey goal in Chicago BLackhawks 3-3 tie with NY Rangers.Its the only time in NHL history,a trio of family members assisted on a scoring play
1987
"The Queen of Soul',Aretha Franklin becomes the 1st female singer to be inducted in Rock nRoll Hall of Fame
1996
The 1st clamshell 'flip phone' by Motorola Star TAC goes on sale,60 million are sold
2004
After 30 yrs, disc jockey,Casey Kasem retires from doing'America's Top 40",Ryan Seacrest takes his place
 

Jan 4th
1847
inventor/industralist,Samuel Colt sold his 1st revolver pistol to U.S. Govt
1863
4 wheeled roller skate was patented by James PLimpton of NY
1865
NY Stock Exchange opens its 1st permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad St near Wall St in NYC
1944
"Operation Carpetbagger" begins aerial droppings of surplus&weapons to resistance fighters In Europe
1974
Pres. Richard Nixon refuses to hand over the Watergate tapes that the Watergate Committee had subpoeaned
 
5th January

1941 Amy Johnson, record-breaking English aviator, died whilst flying an aircraft from Blackpool to Kidlington (Oxfordshire) in foggy conditions as her role in the Air Transport Auxiliary that ferried new, repaired and damaged military aircraft between UK departments. Her plane was found 100 miles off course, in the muddy water of the Thames, but her body was never recovered. Reportedly out of fuel she had been seen alive in the water, but a rescue attempt failed and the incident also led to the death of her would be rescuer. Amy Johnson was the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in 1930 and she also set numerous long distance records during the 1930s.

1960 The last journey of the Mumbles Railway. It was set up in 1804 as a goods railway running from Swansea to Mumbles Head, Wales, and began carrying passengers in 1807. The railway still holds the record for the highest number of forms of traction of any railway in the world - horse-drawn, sail power, steam power, electric power, petrol and diesel.
 

1709
"The Great Frost" a sudden cold snap which remains Europe's coldest winter temps ranged from -10- -15 degrees 600,000 people died in France,crops ruined
1925
The 1st U.S. woman governor was Nellie Taylor Ross in Wyoming
1959
Buddy Holly records his last single'It Doesn't Matter',sadly 29 days later he dies in plane crash
1972
Pres Richard Nixon signs bill for NASA to begin research on a manned space shuttle
 
Jan 6th
1919
Pres Theodore Roosevelt died age 61,at age 42 he was the youngest President,serving from 1901-1909.During his Presidency,he strengthen the fed govt role in domestic affairs,led the country toward greater achievement in foreign affairs as well.He won Nobel Peace Prize in 1906. After refusing to shoot a bear cub,a toy maker named a stuffed bear after him,the 'teddy bear' was born
1929
Catholic missionary,Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her life's work with India's poorest
1968
The Beatles album'Magical Mystery Tour' was #1 on the charts for 8 weeks
2016
"Star Wars'The Force Awakens', the 7th film of the franchise breaks North American box office records with a take of $2.6 billion
 
Jan7th
1830
The 1st U.S. railroad station opens in Baltimore,MD
1953
Pres.Harry Truman announces the American development of hydrogen bomb
1990
The Tower of Pisa is closed to the public because it was leaning too far
 
8th January

1800 London opened its first soup kitchens for the poor.

1940 World War II Britain introduced food rationing. Restaurants were initially exempt from rationing, but this was resented, as the rich could supplement their food allowance by eating out frequently and extravagantly, so new rules were introduced.

1989 47 people were killed and over 80 injured when a British Midland jet crashed on the M1 motorway. Remarkably nobody travelling on the motorway was hurt. The plane had developed a problem in its left engine shortly after it took off from Heathrow. The polots mistakely believed that the fault was in the right hand engine which they shut down, leading to the crash.
 
1835
U.S. National Debt was at $0 first&only time in history,today its at $27 trillion
1966
Beatles album'Rubber Soul' goes to #1 on the charts stays there for 6 weeks
1982
AT&T agrees to divest itself from the 22 Bell System Companies
2011
Congresswoman,Gabby Giffords{ D,AZ} was critically wounded while meeting with constituents outside of a Tucson supermarket in a shooting rampage,6 people died 13 others were wounded
She had to learn how to walk and talk again, resigned from Congress in '12.The 22yr old gunman,Jared Lee Loughner was sentenced to life in prison without parole
 
Jan 9th
1768
Phillip Astley stages the world's 1st modern day circus
1936
semi automatic rifles are adopted by U.S. Army
1960
construction of Aswan Dam in Egypt begins
1986
Kodak has to give up its instant camera business after losing their patent fight with Polaroid
2007
The IPhone is introduced to the world by Apple co founder,Steve Jobs
 
9th January

1799 Income tax was introduced into Britain by William Pitt the Younger, to raise funds for the Napoleonic War. The rate was two shillings in the pound.

1806 Lord Nelson, naval commander and hero of the Battle Of Trafalgar, was buried beneath the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in London, after a grand and solemn procession along the river to Whitehall and then to the City.

1929 Alexander Fleming successfully treated his assistant Stuart Craddick's infection wiht a penicillin broth, at St Mary's, Paddington.

1972 The Queen Elizabeth, the liner that had been turned into a sailing university, caught fire and sank in Hong Kong harbour. She had been the world's largest passenger liner for over thirty years.
 
9th January

1645 The execution of William Laud, the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was beheaded on Tower Hill after being found 'guilty of endeavouring to subvert the laws, to overthrow the Protestant religion, and to act as an enemy to Parliament'. The next archbishop was not appointed until fifteen years later, with the restoration of Charles II.

1839 Indian tea was auctioned in Britain for the first time. Previously, only China tea had been available, at great expense. After the introduction of Indian tea, prices fell and tea became so affordable that it was soon the national drink.

1918 The House of Lords gave its approval to the Representation of the People Bill, which gave women over the age of 30 the right to vote, as recognition of the contribution made by women defence workers during the First World War.

2016 The death of David Bowie, aged 69.
 
Jan 10th
1776
Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense' pamphlet was published which advocated American independence
1923
Pres. Warren Harding orders the last U.S. occupation troops in Germany to return home,4 yrs after the end of WWI
1949
RCA introduces the 45 RPM record
1984
in a Wendy's Hamburger commercial,Clara Peller's 1st appearance saying the classic line'Where's The Beef'?
 
11th January

1569 The first state lottery took place in England. Lots were sold at the West Door of St Paul's Cathedral. National lotteries continued until 1826 when it was felt that "the inducement to gambling held out by lotteries is a great moral evil, helping to impoverish many and diverting attention from the more legitimate industrial modes of moneymaking."

1815 The birth, in Glasgow, of Sir John Alexander Macdonald, the first Prime Mnister of Canada.

1954 All Comet airliners were grounded. The day before, 35 people had died in a mysterious crash off the island of Elba. In 1953 another Comet had crashed inexplicably near Calcutta when 'it fell out of the sky for no apparent reason'. The cause was finally traced to a structural fault, with serious consequence for British aviation.
 
12th January

1899 Because of heavy storms, the RNLI were unable to launch their lifeboat at Lynmouth so volunteers dragged the lifeboat overnight to help a ship in distress. Around 100 local people gathered to haul the Louisa, which was 10m long and weighed 10 tons, aided by 18 horses sent from a local farm.

After a nearly 11 hour journey, even though tired and hungry, they immediately launched the boat. It took them another hour to reach the Forrest Hall, rowing through the rough seas and ferocious storm. At daylight, two tugs arrived and managed to get a rope across to tow the ship. Their heroic and incredibly difficult rescue meant that the 18 crew of the Forrest Hall all survived. It still stands as one of the most challenging feats undertaken in RNLI history.

1950 The British submarine Truculent collided with a Swedish oil tanker Divina, in the Thames. #the two vessels remained locked together for a few seconds before the submarine sank, resulting in the deaths of 64 people. An inquiry attributed 75% of the blame to the Truculent and 25% to Divina. Truculent was sold and broken up for scrap in May 1950.

1982 Mark Thatcher, son of the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, went missing in the Sahara while taking park in the Paris-Dakar Rally. He was rescued two days later, and it turned out he had lost his way.
 
1773
the 1st public museum established in North American colonies was in Charlestown,South Carolina
1957
Southern Christian Leadership Council with Rev. Martin Luther King,Jr as its leader is founded at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta,GA
1959
Motown Record Company was founded by Barry Gordy,Jr.The original name was'Tamla Records'
2010
An earthquake in Haiti destroys most of the capital city of Port de Prince killing over 160,000 people
 
Jan 13th
1794
Congress changes the U.S. flag to have 15stars& 15 stripes
1942
Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies
1982
An Air Florida Boeing 737 crashed into the icy waters of the Potomac River in Washington,DC during a snowstorm,killing 78 people including 4 on the 14th St Bridge which is located a mile away from the airport.There were only 5 survivors,one of them was the only crew member,Kelly Duncan
2016
a record U.S. $1.6 billion Powerball lottery had 3 winning tickets
The tickets were bought in
Calif,Tenn,Fla. One of the winners,a woman from S. Carolina took the 1 time payment of $877,789,124
 
mellowyellow said:
Treaty of Paris
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The Treaty of Paris, 1763

During the war, British forces had scored important overseas victories against France: not only had the British conquered French Canada, they also won victories in India, and captured French island colonies in the Caribbean. In March of 1762, French King Louis XV issued a formal call for peace talks.

The British Government was also interested in ending the war. The Seven Years’ War had been enormously expensive, and the Government had to finance the war with debt. Creditors were beginning to doubt Great Britain’s ability to pay back the loans it had floated on financial markets. In addition, British King George II had died in 1760, and his successor George III was more amenable to ending the war.

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/treaty-of-paris
 
14th January

1742 The death of Sir Edmund Halley, aged 86, astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist. He was Astronomer Royal who gave his name to a comet.

1878 Queen Victoria watched a demonostration of Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, by W. H. Preece at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Preece called it 'Signalling through Space without Wires'.

1945 World War II: Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt met in Casablance, Morocco, to discuss their strategy for the next phase of the war.
 

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