Today in History

Jan 26th:
1875
The electric drill patented by George F. Green
1887
construction of the Eiffel Tower begins in Paris, France. It was completed on March 31,1889
1905
the world's largest diamond, 3,106 Cullinan is found in South Africa
1954
groundbreaking begins on Disneyland,took a yr to build costing $17 mil,opened on July 17,1955
1970
Simon&Garfunkel's 5th& last studio album' Bridge Over Troubled Water' is released. It won 6 Grammys inc Album , Song,Record of Year
2006
Western Union stops its telegram service
2015
Libby Lane is ordained as the 1st female Bishop of the Church of England
 

On This Day In History, January 27th

1983 The first shaft of the world's longest tunnel is completed
The Seikan Tunnel, 53.85 km (33.46 mi) in length, connects the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido.

1967 U.S., U.K. and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty
The treaty bans the deployment of nuclear weapons in outer space and limits the use of the Moon for peaceful purposes.

1967 3 astronauts die in a cabin fire while preparing for the Apollo 1 mission
The accident was a blow to NASA's Apollo manned lunar landing program.

1945 Soviet forces liberate Auschwitz
The German Nazi regime murdered over 1.1 million people in the extermination camps near Oświęcim, Poland.

1944 Soviet forces liberate Leningrad
Die Siege of Leningrad lasted 872 days and left over 1 million people dead.
 
Births On This Day, January 27th 🎂

1974 Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Norwegian biathlete

1944 Mairead Maguire
Irish activist, Nobel Prize laureate

1859 Wilhelm II, German Emperor

1832 Lewis Carroll
English author

1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer


Deaths On This Day, January 27th 🪦

2014 Pete Seeger
American singer-songwriter, guitarist

2009 John Updike
American author, poet, critic

2008 Suharto
Indonesian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Indonesia

1983 Louis de Funès
French actor, comedian

1901 Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer
 

27th January

1606 The trial of Guy Fawkes, and his fellow conspirators began. They were charged with treason for attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament in November 1605.

1980 Rhodesia opposition leader Robert Mugabe made a triumphant return to his home country after five years in exile.

1984 Michael Jackson received hospital treatment for serious burns to his head after his hair caught light during a freak filming accident. He was singing his hit "Billie Jean" for a Pepsi Cola commercial in Los Angeles when the special effects went wrong.

1989 Thomas Sopwith, British aircraft designer, died aged 101. Remembered for his Sopwith Camel and Sopwith Pup planes he also won a £4,000 prize for the longest flight from England to the Continent in a British built aeroplane, flying 169 miles in 3 hours 40 minutes. His company produced more than 18,000 British World War I aircraft for the allied forces, including 5,747 of the famous Sopwith Camel single-seat fighter. Sopwith was awarded the CBE in 1918.

2001 The first Holocaust Memorial Day was held in Britain, on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops.
 
On this day in 2016, I had surgery for Colon Cancer. After years of Survivor's Guilt because it was taken care with one operation, my primary care Doctor told me to go thank the Surgeon, and let it go. And she had a good point, he was the best surgeon for a radius of about 300 miles. He did an amazing job. In his office when he said I needed surgery, he said the margin was some minuscule number, and that was smaller than the ball in a ball point pen. He got me in the hospital's busy surgery schedule in a week.

So trying to keep a good game face, when he came to see me before the surgery, he told what was going to, etc., and asked if I had any questions. So I asked him "So you're going to do a Colectomy, right?" He said yes, so with a strait face, I said "Well just to let you know up front, I'm on Medicare, so you can't collect from me."
 
Jan 27th:
1880
Thomas Edison parents electric incandescent lamp
1948
1st commercially tape recorder,Ampex Model 200 was sold cost $5,000
1967
a fire in NASA"s Apollo1 Command module during a rehearsal launch instantly kills astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee. The cause was electrical short underneath where Grissom was sitting
1970
movie rating system changes from "M- PG'
2024
the world's largest cruise ship 'Icon of the Seas' which can house 7,6000 passengers is 5 times bigger then Titantic sets sail on its maiden voyage from Miami, Fla- Eastern Caribbean for 7 days. The cost $1,500 for single, $ 3,000 for a couple
 
28th January

1547 The death of Henry VIII, exactly 90 years after the birth of his father Henry VII. His nine year old son, Edward VI succeeded him and became the first Protestant ruler of England.

1829 The public hanging of Irish body-snatcher William Burke in Edinburgh. Burke and his accomplice William Hare, sold the corpses of their 17 victims to provide material for dissection to Doctor Robert Knox. Hare was offered immunity from prosecution if he confessed and if he testified against Burke. After Burke was hanged he was publicly dissected at the Edinburgh Medical College.

1896 Walter Arnold of Kent was the first British motorist to receive a speeding fine, for exceeding 2 mph in a built-up area. He was doing 8 mph as he passed the house of the local policeman. The constable gave chase on his bicycle and after a 5 mile chase Mr. Arnold was arrested. He was fined one shilling for his offence.

1982 Italian police rescued US Brigadier General James Dozier without firing a single shot after storming a flat in Padua where he was being held by Red Brigade guerrillas.

1986 The American space shuttle, Challenger, exploded killing all seven astronauts on board. The five men and two women - including the first teacher in space - were just over a minute into their flight from Cape Canaveral in Florida when the Challenger blew up.
 
On This Day In History, January 29th

2002 George W. Bush coins the term “axis of evil” as part of his State of the Union Address
The term used to describe “regimes that sponsor terror” became exemplary for the terminology used by the Bush administration to promote its “war on terror”.

1996 France stops nuclear testing
President Jaques Chirac announced the “definite end” to France's nuclear testing program just 1 day after the country exploded a nuclear device in the South Pacific.

1967 The Mantra-Rock Dance takes place in San Francisco
The event is considered to have been the major spiritual event of the San Francisco hippy era.

1886 German engineer Carl Benz patents the first modern automobile
His “Benz Patent-Motorwagen Nummer 1” was the first gasoline-driven car.

1845 Edgar Allan Poe's “The Raven” is published
The narrative poem first appeared in the New York Evening Mirror.
 
Births On This Day, January 29th 🎂

1954 Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, producer, founded the OWN Network, Harpo Productions

1924 Luigi Nono
Italian composer

1862 Frederick Delius
English composer

1860 Anton Chekhov
Russian physician, author

1843 William McKinley
American politician, 25th President of the United States

Deaths On This Day, January 29th 🪦

2011 Milton Babbitt
American composer

2004 Janet Frame
New Zealand author

1963 Robert Frost
American poet, playwright

1941 Ioannis Metaxas
Greek general, politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece

1820 George III of the United Kingdom
 
On This Day In History, January 31st

2011 Myanmar's first elected parliament in half a century convenes
The event underlined a general move towards democracy in the country.

2000 Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes into the sea
The MD-83 experienced horizontal stabilizer problems before descending into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 88 on board.

1996 A suicide bombing in Sri Lanka kills 91 people
Separatist Tamil Tigers detonated a truck loaded with explosives in front of the central bank in Colombo.

1961 Ham the Chimp travels into outer space
The chimpanzee survived the US Mercury Program test flight with a bruised nose.

1865 The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed
The Amendment, which officially abolished slavery, was adopted on December 6, 1865.
 
Births On This Day, January 31st 🎂

1982 Elena Paparizou
Greek/Swedish singer-songwriter

1975 Preity Zinta
Indian actress

1937 Philip Glass
American composer

1919 Jackie Robinson
American baseball player

1797 Franz Schubert
Austrian composer

Deaths On This Day, January 31st 🪦

1969 Meher Baba
Indian mystic

1956 A. A. Milne
English author

1954 Edwin Armstrong
American engineer invented FM radio

1888 John Bosco
Italian priest, educator

1606 Guy Fawkes
English soldier planned the Gunpowder Plot
 
1923
The 1st penalty free hockey game in NHL history was between Montreal Canadiens vs Hamilton Tigers. Montreal won 5-4
1928
Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3M Company
1968
Nauru{formerly Pleasant Island} declared independence from Australia, UK,&New Zealand becoming the world's smallest republic. The land area is 8.1 square miles
1990
The 1st MacDonalds fast food restaurant in Russia opens in Moscow,it closed in 2022
2022
The online word puzzle' Wordle' created by Josh Wardle is bought for low '7 figure sum' by NY Times. Acc to Wardle the amount was $1million
 
31st January

1606 Guy Fawkes, one of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot, was hanged, drawn and quartered. Known also as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish in the Low Countries, Fawkes belonged to a group of provincial English Catholics who had planned the failed Plot in November 1605.

1849 The abolition of the Corn Laws. These trade barriers had been designed to protect cereal producers in the United Kingdom against competition from less expensive foreign imports and their abolition marked a significant step towards free trade.

1919 The Battle of George Square took place in Glasgow. Known as Bloody Friday and Black Friday, it was one of the most intense riots in the history of Glasgow. The dispute revolved around a campaign for shorter working hours, backed by widespread strike action. Clashes between the City of Glasgow Police and protesters broke out, leading to the British government sending soldiers and tanks to the city to prevent any further gatherings.

1953 307 people were killed when the Thames estuary broke its banks, flooding large areas of Kent and Essex. A car ferry also sank in the Irish Sea, in one of the worst gales in living memory, claiming the lives of more than 130 passengers and crew.

1983 It became compulsory in Britain to wear car seat belts.

2000 Family GP Dr Harold Shipman jailed for life for murdering 15 of his patients, making him Britain's biggest convicted serial killer. Shipman, from Hyde in Greater Manchester, is also suspected of killing more than 100 other patients.

2020 At 11pm Greewich Mean Time, the United Kingdom left the European Union, following the referendum of 23rd June 2016 in which 51.9% of voters elected to leave. It took three years, resulted in two general elections and three prime ministers.
 
On This Day In History, February 1st

2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates on its way back to Earth
All 7 astronauts were killed in the disaster.

1979 Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile
His triumphant return marked the beginning of the Iranian Revolution.

1968 Eddie Adams takes one of the Vietnam War's best-known pictures
The image of the execution of a Vietcong officer in Saigon helped build opposition to the war.

1960 Four black students start the Greensboro sit-ins
Their refusal to leave a “whites only” lunch counter was a milestone in the fight against racial segregation in the United States.

1884 The first fascicle of the “Oxford English Dictionary” is published
The book contained entries A to Ant.
 
Births On This Day, February 1st 🎂

1946 Elisabeth Sladen
English actress

1931 Boris Yeltsin
Russian politician, 1st President of Russia

1901 Clark Gable
American actor

1894 John Ford
American director

1552 Edward Coke
English judge, politician

Deaths On This Day, February 1st 🪦

2002 Hildegard Knef
German actress

1981 Geirr Tveitt
Norwegian composer

1976 Werner Heisenberg
German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1966 Buster Keaton
American actor, director, producer

1851 Mary Shelley
English author
 
1893
Thomas Edison completes the world's 1st movie studio'The Black Maria' in West Orange, New Jersey
It got its name because it resembled a police patrol wagon
1962
debut novel by Ken Kesey"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' is published. The story of a misfit who enters an insane asylum,inspires the other male patients to assert themselves. The movie version directed by Milos Forman was released in 1975 starring Jack Nicholson won 5 Oscars picture,director,actor{Nicholson}, actress {Louise Fletcher 'Nurse Ratched'} screenplay
1978
abolitionist, Harriet Tubman becomes 1st African-American to be honored on U.S. postage stamp
2004
at Super Bowl 38 during half time show ,Janet Jackson had a 'wardrobe malfunction' when part of her right breast was exposed causing controversy
2021
Wisdom an albatross,world's oldest known bird hatches a chick age 70 at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in North Pacific
 
On This Day In History, February 2nd

1990 The South African Apartheid system of racial segregation begins to disintegrate
President de Klerk announced the unbanning of the African Nations Congress (ANC) and his intentions to release Nelson Mandela.

1943 The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end as the Axis Powers surrender
Germany's defeat marked a turning point in World War II.

1925 20 mushers embark on a journey to transport medicine to Nome, Alaska, inspiring the Iditarod Race
The Iditarod is the world's longest and most challenging dog sled race.

1922 “Ulysses” by James Joyce is published
The novel is considered one of the most important works of modernist literature.

1852 The first public flushing toilet is opened in London
Using the “Public Waiting Room” at 95 Fleet Street costs 2 pence.
 

Births On This Day, February 2nd 🎂

1977 Shakira
Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, actress

1963 Eva Cassidy
American singer, guitarist

1926 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
French politician, 20th President of France

1905 Ayn Rand
Russian/American author, philosopher

1882 James Joyce
Irish author

Deaths On This Day, February 2nd 🪦

1996 Gene Kelly
American dancer, actor

1979 Sid Vicious
English singer, bass player

1972 Natalie Clifford Barney
American poet, playwright

1970 Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell
English mathematician, historian, philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate

1945 Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
German politician
 
2nd January

1141 The First Battle of Lincoln, during a 19 year period of conflict for the throne, between King Stephen and his cousin Empress Matilda.

1461 The Battle of Mortimer's Cross, near Wigmore in Herefordshire. It was part of the Wars of the Roses, with the Yorkists being the victors.

1901 The state funeral of Queen Victoria. At the time of her death, her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any other British monarch and the longest of any female monarch in history. (On 9th September 2015 Queen Elizabeth II overtook Queen Victoria as the longest serving monarch of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.)

1972 Angry demonstrators burned the British Embassy in Dublin to the ground in protest at the shooting dead of 13 people in Londonderry on the previous Sunday, known as Bloody Sunday.

1987 Reports from Lebanon said that Church of England envoy Terry Waite had been kidnapped by an Islamic militia group.
 

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