Today in History

1908
Muir Woods Monument is established by Pres Theodore Roosevelt ,named for conservationist, John Muir
Its located north of San Francisco Its known for towering red wood trees that are more than 1,000yrs old
1936
U.S. Army adopts the semi automatic rifles
1959
TV western' Rawhide' debuts on CBS,about cowboys who take cattle drives across the country. The show starred Eric Fleming ,trail boss,'Gil Favor, Clint Eastwood' Rowdy Yates' his right hand man. The show was on from 1959- '1966. Sadly Fleming died in '65 when he drowned while shooting a movie
1986
after losing a patent fight with Polaroid, Kodak had to give up its instant camera business
2007
co founder&CEO,Steve Jobs introduces the IPhone, When it was released in U.S. on June 29th,2007 price was $499 for 4 GB model, $599 for 8 GB model with a required 2 yr contract
 

On This Day In History, January 10th

1946 The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens
51 nations were represented on that day.

1929 The first Adventures of Tintin comic book is published
Hergé's books became hugely popular in Europe and the rest of the world.

1920 The Treaty of Versailles takes effect
Although a ceasefire had been in place since November 11, 1918, World War I officially ended with the Treaty of Versailles.

1863 London Underground opens
“The Tube” is the world's oldest underground railway.

1776 Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
The pamphlet argued for freedom from British rule and it helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
 
Births On This Day, January 10th 🎂

1987 César Cielo
Brazilian swimmer

1960 Brian Cowen
Irish politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland

1953 Pat Benatar
American singer-songwriter

1949 George Foreman
American boxer

1945 Rod Stewart
English/Scottish singer-songwriter

Deaths On This Day, January 10th 🪦

2016 David Bowie
English singer-songwriter, producer, actor

1976 Howlin' Wolf
American singer-songwriter, musician

1971 Coco Chanel
French fashion designer founded the Chanel Company

1862 Samuel Colt
American inventor, and industrialist, founded the Colt Manufacturing Company

1778 Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, zoologist
 

1776
Thomas Paine's pamphlet,'Common Sense' advocating American independence was published
1870
oil industrialist, John D. Rockefeller, his brother& other business partners created Standard Oil.They controlled 10% of the world's oil
1946
The 1st meeting of General Assembly of United Nations was held at Central Hall in London with 52 nations. One week later, the UN Security Council met for the 1st time & established its rules of procedure
1967
The National Educational TV begins with a 70 station network. The name is later changed to PBS
1999
crime TV show' The Sopranos' debuts on HBO,show centers on conflicted mobster,'Tony Soprano'{James Gandolfini} in northern New Jersey. The show also stars Edie Falco his wife'Carmen, Jamie- Lyn Sigler his teenage daughter'Meadow', Robert Iler as son'AJ" show ended in 2007
2022
U.S.Mint issues quarter coins commerating poet,author,activist, Maya Angelou, 1st African American woman to have this honor
 
On This Day In History, January 11th

2002 The first prisoners arrive in Guantanamo Bay
Following reports of torture, Amnesty International called the situation at the US detention camp a “human rights scandal”.

1985 The first Rock in Rio music festival is held
A whopping 1.5 million people attended, making it the world's largest music festival.

1962 A massive landslide kills 4,000 in Peru
Nine villages in the Río Santa Valley were engulfed by a 12-meter wall of rock and ice.

1935 Amelia Earhart flies solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland
She was the first person to achieve this feat. Her journey took her from Honolulu to Oakland, California.

1922 Insulin is used for the first time to treat diabetes
14-year-old Leonard Thompson was the first person to receive the medication to combat his Type 1 diabetes.
 
Births On This Day, January 11th 🎂

1979 Siti Nurhaliza
Malaysian singer-songwriter, producer

1973 Rahul Dravid
Indian cricketer

1971 Mary J. Blige
American singer-songwriter, producer, actress

1934 Jean Chrétien
Canadian politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada

1755 Alexander Hamilton
Nevisian/American economist, politician, philosopher, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury

Deaths On This Day, January 11th 🪦

2014 Ariel Sharon
Israeli general, politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel

2013 Nguyen Khanh
Vietnamese general, politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam

2013 Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer, activist

2008 Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer, explorer

1941 Emanuel Lasker
German chess player
 
On This Day In History, January 12th

2010 An earthquake kills 316,000 in Haiti
Most of the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, was destroyed during the disaster.

1991 The U.S. Congress votes for war in Iraq
President George H. W. Bush was given the authority to use military force to expel Iraq from Kuwait.

1969 Led Zeppelin releases their debut album
The album was imaginatively named “Led Zeppelin”.

1967 James Bedford is frozen with the intent of future resuscitation
Bedford was the first human to be cryonically preserved; his body awaits resuscitation in Scottsdale, Arizona.

1908 The first long-distance radio message is broadcast from the Eiffel Tower in Paris
An audience heard scientist Lee de Forest's broadcast of 50.
 
Births On This Day, January 12 🎂

1968 Heather Mills
English model, activist

1917 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Indian guru

1916 P. W. Botha
South African politician, 1st State President of South Africa

1876 Jack London
American author

1729 Edmund Burke
Irish politician, philosopher

Deaths On This Day, January 12th 🪦

2005 Amrish Puri
Indian actor

2003 Maurice Gibb
English singer-songwriter bass player, producer

1976 Agatha Christie
English author

1971 John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey
English Admiral

1856 Ľudovít Štúr
Slovak politician, author
 
Jan 13th:
1888
National Geographic Society was founded in Washington,DC
1913
world's largest African-American women's sorority, Delta Sigma Theta was founded at Howard Univ in Washington,DC
1942
9 representatives of German occupied countries met in London to declare those found guilty of war crimes will be punished when the war ended
1978
NASA selects its 1st women astronauts, they were:
Sally Ride,Judy Resnik, Kathleen Sullivan, Anna Fisher, Rhea Seddon, Shannon Lucid
Ride was the 1st U.S. woman in space
Resnik sadly died aboard Challenger in 1986
2012
Italian crusie ship, Costa Concordia runs aground at Isola de Giglo,Italy 32 passengers died .The captain of the ship,Francesco Schettino was convicted of manslaughter, abandoning the ship. He was given a 16yr prison term
 
On This Day In History, January 14th

2005 The European Huygens space probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan
It was the first-ever landing in the outer solar system.

1967 The Summer of Love is launched with the Human Be-In
San Francisco was the epicentre of the Hippie Revolution, which soon influenced cultures around the world.

1953 Tito becomes President of Yugoslavia
The authoritarian leader became a unifying symbol in his country and is still known by many today.

1943 Churchill, Roosevelt and de Gaulle meet in Casablanca to discuss their WWII strategy
During the secret Casablanca Conference, the leaders agreed that the Allied forces would accept nothing less than the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers.

1559 Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England
“The Virgin Queen” was the daughter of Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII.
 
Births On This Day, January 14th 🎂

1969 Dave Grohl
American singer-songwriter, musician, director

1963 Steven Soderbergh
American director, screenwriter, producer

1950 Rambhadracharya
Indian religious leader

1875 Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian physician, Nobel Prize laureate

1741 Benedict Arnold
American/English general

Deaths On This Day, January 14th 🪦

2016 Alan Rickman
English actor

1977 Anthony Eden
British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1957 Humphrey Bogart
American actor

1901 Mandell Creighton
English bishop, historian

1898 Lewis Carroll
English authorambhadracharya
Indian religious leader

1875 Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian physician, Nobel Prize laureate

1741 Benedict Arnold
American/English general
 
On This Day In History, January 15th

2001 Wikipedia goes online
The online encyclopedia has since become the largest reference work on the internet.

1992 Croatia and Slovenia are internationally recognized as independent nations
The Yugoslav federation effectively collapsed as a result.

1973 Nixon orders ceasefire in Vietnam
The fighting continued anyway until the capture of Saigon by the Vietnam People's Army on April 30, 1975.

1892 The Rules of Basketball are published
Canadian James Naismith invented the sport for his gym class at the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1759 The British Museum opens
Its collection comprises 8 million items and is one of the most comprehensive collections in the world.
 
Births On This Day, January 15th 🎂

1965 James Nesbitt
Irish actor

1941 Captain Beefheart
American singer-songwriter

1929 Martin Luther King, Jr.
American minister, activist, Nobel Prize laureate

1918 Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egyptian army officer, politician, 2nd President of Egypt

1622 Molière
French playwright, actor

Deaths On This Day, January 15th 🪦

1994 Harry Nilsson
American singer-songwriter, musician

1988 Seán MacBride
Irish politician, Nobel Prize laureate

1950 Henry H. Arnold
American general

1947 Elizabeth Short
American waitress, murder victim

1919 Rosa Luxemburg
Russian economist, philosopher
 
1861
inventor& elevator industralist, Elisha Otis receives patent for steam elevator
1919
2 million gallons of molasses flood in Boston ,Mass after a storage tank erupted,drowning 21 injuring 150
1943
the world's largest office, The Pentagon where the U.S. military is housed was completed
1967
The Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show for the 5th time but had to change the lyrics to Let's Spend The Night Together'
1981
NBC's critical acclaimed police drama Hill St. Blues' debuts focused on the police officers who worked out of a gritty area in an un named East coast city
The show was never a ratings winner but NBC renewed every yr due to the writing& the ensemble cast would win 26 Emmys for acting/ writing/ directing over its 6 yr run
2009
U.S. Air pilot, Chesley Sullenberg lands Flight# 1549 airplane on the Hudson River in NYC after it had just taken off from La Guardia Airport. It was hit by a flock of geese ,both engines lost power& went quiet. All passengers&crew survived,later known as 'Miracle on the Hudson' The movie version' Sully' came out in 2016
starring Tom Hanks
2023
Mexico passed the world's strictest anti-smoking law, banning smoking in public places including parks& beaches
 
On This Day In History, January 16th

2005 Adriana Iliescu gives birth at the age of 66
The Romanian university lecturer broke the record for the world's oldest birth mother.

1992 The civil war in El Salvador ends
The war lasted over 12 years and left more than 75,000 people dead.

1979 The Shah of Iran flees the country
Consequently, Ayatollah Khomeini later took power and proclaimed the Islamic Republic.

1919 Prohibition begins in the United States
The 18th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.

27 The Roman Empire is established
One of the events marking the beginning of the Imperium Romanum was the Roman Senate's granting of the honorific Augustus to Octavian on this day.
 

Births On This Day, January 16th 🎂

1974 Kate Moss
English model

1959 Sade Adu
Nigerian/English singer-songwriter, producer

1948 John Carpenter
American director

1933 Susan Sontag
American author

1932 Dian Fossey
American zoologist

Deaths On This Day, January 16th 🪦

2009 John Mortimer
English lawyer, author

1986 Herbert W. Armstrong
American evangelist, author, publisher

1979 Ted Cassidy
American actor

1957 Arturo Toscanini
Italian conductor

1917 George Dewey
American Admiral
 
1868
William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit,Mich receives patent for refrigerator car
1938
the 1st jazz concert held at Carneige Hall in NYC featured bandleader/ clarinetist, Benny Goodman and his band
1951
the world's largest gas pipeline opens starting in Brownsville,Texas- ending at 134 Street in NYC
1976
British singer, Peter Frampton's double live album' Frampton Comes Alive' is released, best selling album of the yr, sold over 8 million copies. One of the best selling albums world wide with 20 million copies. In 2020 the album was inducted into Grammy Hall of Fame
2016
the 1st ever flower grown in space, a zinnia aboard the International Space Station
2020
Alyssa Nakken,an ex pro softball player becomes the 1st woman hired by a Major League Baseball team, with San Francisco Giants as an assistant. She still is with the team helps plan the spring baseball schedules
 
On This Day In History, January 17th

1995 The Great Hanshin earthquake hits Kobe, Japan
6,434 people lost their lives during the quake, according to estimates.

1991 The Gulf War in Iraq begins
“Operation Desert Storm”, launched in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, resulted in about 100,000 civilian deaths.

1961 Patrice Lumumba is murdered with support from Western governments
An independent commission concluded that Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of the Congo, died at the hands of his domestic adversaries with the assistance of the Belgian government and the CIA.

1946 The UN Security Council holds its first session
The UNSC is the most powerful organ of the United Nations and is charged with upholding international peace and security.

1945 Soviet and Polish forces liberated Warsaw during World War II
About 85% of the city was destroyed at that point.
 
Births On This Day, January 17th 🎂

1962 Jim Carrey
Canadian/American actor, producer

1942 Muhammad Ali
American boxer

1927 Eartha Kitt
American actress, singer

1899 Al Capone
American Gangster

1706 Benjamin Franklin
American politician, scientist, publisher, 6th President of Pennsylvania

Deaths On This Day, January 17th 🪦

2008 Bobby Fischer
American chess player

1961 Patrice Lumumba
Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

1936 Mateiu Caragiale
Romanian author

1893 Rutherford B. Hayes
American politician, 19th President of the United States

1468 Skanderbeg
Albanian lord
 
1871
the 1st U.S. cable car is patented by Andrew Smith Hallidle
1912
British explorer, Robert Scott & his crew arrive at the South Pole, 1 month after Roald Amundsen
1945
Swedish diplomat, Rauol Wallenberg who is credited for saving thousands of Jews from the Nazis is arrested by Soviet Secret police in Hungary. His fate is unknown though the Russians claimed he died in a prison shortly after his arrest In 2016, Swedish govt declared him dead
1984
U.S. Supreme Court rules 5-4 private use of home VCR's taping TV shows to view later does not violate federal copyright laws
1995
a 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe, Japan killing 5,372 people
2023
Italy's most wanted mobster, Matteo Denaro,who had been on the run for 30 yrs was arrested at a private clinic in Palmero
 
On This Day In History, January 18th

2002 The Sierra Leone Civil War ends
The conflict had lasted 11 years and left over 50,000 dead.

1997 Børge Ousland becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided
The Norwegian polar explorer walked 3000 km (1864 miles) across the Earth's southernmost continent.

1943 Insurgents in the Warsaw Ghetto take up arms against the German oppressors
This led to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the largest single revolt by Jews during World War II.

1919 The Paris Peace Conference opens
The conference aimed to set the peace terms after World War I, resulting in the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

1886 Modern hockey is born
The foundation of The Hockey Association in England formalized a modern version of the game that had already been played in ancient times.
 
Births On This Day, January 18th 🎂

1955 Kevin Costner
American actor, singer, director, producer

1913 Danny Kaye
American actor

1892 Oliver Hardy
American comedian, actor

1882 A. A. Milne
English author

1689 Montesquieu

Deaths On This Day, January 18th 🪦

2011 Sargent Shriver
American politician, 21st United States Ambassador to France

1956 Konstantin Päts
Estonian politician, 1st President of Estonia

1952 Curly Howard
American actor, comedian

1936 Rudyard Kipling
English author, poet, and Nobel Prize laureate

1862 John Tyler
American lawyer, politician, 10th President of the United States
 
On This Day In History January 19th

2007 Turkish journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated
The murderer was a 17-year-old Turkish nationalist who disagreed with Dink's view on the Turkish denial of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

1983 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia
Barbie was known as the “Butcher of Lyon”.

1966 Indira Gandhi becomes India's first female prime minister
She was assassinated on October 31, 1984.

1915 Georges Claude patents his neon discharge tube
Neon lighting soon became popular for outdoor advertising.

1829 Goethe's “Faust” (Part 1) is premiered
The work is considered one of the greatest works of German literature.
 
Births On This Day, January 19th 🎂

1946 Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter, actress

1943 Janis Joplin
American singer-songwriter

1839 Paul Cézanne
French painter

1809 Edgar Allan Poe
American author, poet

1807 Robert E. Lee
American general

Deaths On This Day, January 19th 🪦

2015 Adam Yahiye Gadahn
American terrorist

2007 Hrant Dink
Turkish/Armenian journalist

1990 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Indian mystic, guru, educator

1874 August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
German poet

1865 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
French politician, philosopher, economist
 

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