This day in history.....

January 21st

1793: Louis XVI is executed by guillotine for treason.


1915: The Kiwanis International worldwide service club is chartered in Detroit, Michigan.


1924: Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin dies at age 54.


1954: The first nuclear-powered submarine, the Nautilus, is launched by the United States at Groton, Connecticut. It is also the largest submarine, at 97 m (319 ft) long.


1966: Beatle George Harrison and Patricia Ann Boyd marry after meeting on the set of A Hard Day's Night.


1976: The first Concordes simultaneously take flight from London and Paris, with commercial passengers onboard.
 
January 23rd


1845: The United States Congress decrees the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November to be the universal election day for presidential elections.


1907: Charles Curtis, the first Native American to serve in the United States Senate, begins his term. He later resigns to become President Herbert Hoover's vice president.


1960: Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard and U.S. Navy lieutenant Don Walsh descend into the bottom of Challenger Deep (10,915 m/35,810 ft), setting a new undersea record.


1968: United States relations with North Korea are strained after North Korean gunboats seize the crew of the U.S. Navy intelligence ship Pueblo after it had allegedly strayed into North Korean waters.


1973: President Nixon announces over nationwide television that agreement on all terms for a formal cease-fire in Vietnam have finally been reached.
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1975: The hit comedy Barney Miller premieres on ABC.


1989: Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter, writer, and member of the surrealist movement, dies in Figueras, Spain, at the age of 84.
 
January 24th


1848: The California Gold Rush kicks off when James Marshall, a construction worker, discovers a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill, California.


1935: The first canned beer is sold by the Krueger Brewing Company in Richmond, Virginia.


1965: Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain from 1940–1945 and 1951–1955, dies in London, England, at age 90.


1985: In Portland, Oregon, Penny Harrington becomes the first female police chief of a major American city.


1993: Thurgood Marshall, first African American member of the United States Supreme Court, dies in Bethesda, Maryland, at the age of 84.
 
1985: In Portland, Oregon, Penny Harrington becomes the first female police chief of a major American city.
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Clearly, whoever wrote this list has never been to Portland. :lol:
 
January 25th


1787: Daniel Shays leads rebels to storm the arsenal in Springfield, Massachusetts, but they are defeated by government soldiers.


1890: Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world trip in record time, beating Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg's record of 80 days.


1947: Notorious Italian American gangster Al Capone dies in Miami.


1998: Pope John Paul II completes his visit to Cuba.


1999: An earthquake in western Colombia kills nearly 1,000 people.
 
tonksy said:
2006 - Tonksy is condemned to hell for forgetting to call her mother on her birthday.
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Ah there is no god, no devil, no heaven, no hell...

Shame on you for forgetting your mama's birthday though. Ungrateful brat. :brush:
 
chcr said:
Ah there is no god, no devil, no heaven, no hell...

Shame on you for forgetting your mama's birthday though. Ungrateful brat. :brush:
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I am ungrateful...and I am a brat :p
 
January 26th


1861: Louisiana secedes from the Union.


1905: The world's largest diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa.


1950: India formally becomes a republic, three years after gaining independence from Great Britain.


1956: Buddy Holly has his first recording session at Decca Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
 
January 28th


1802: John Beckley becomes the first Librarian of Congress, appointed by President Thomas Jefferson. He reportedly was paid two dollars per day.

1891: Liliuokalani became Queen of Hawaii following the death of her brother King Kalakaua. She was the last monarch in Hawaiian history.


1936: Baseball greats Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, and Christy Mathewson are the first players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The hall opens its doors to the public in 1939.


1958: Actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward marry.


1990: Exxon Valdez oil tanker captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial for his involvement in the worst oil spill in the history of the United States.


1995: The San Francisco 49ers make NFL history by winning their fifth Super Bowl.
 
January 30th


1649: A week after having been found guilty for treason, King Charles I is beheaded.


1797: Congress refuses to accept the first recorded petitions from African Americans.


1933: Adolf Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany by President Hindenburg.


1948: Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse.


1957: The United Nations (UN) General Assembly calls on South Africa to reconsider its apartheid policies.
 
February 1st


1790: Chief Justice John Jay presides over the first meeting of the Supreme Court of the United States in New York City.


1862: The Atlantic Monthly publishes "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," written by Julia Ward Howe.


1908: Carlos I, king of Portugal, is assassinated along with his eldest son, following increased pressure by Portuguese statesman Francisco Franco.


1922: The Washington Conference in the United States approves treaties restricting submarine warfare and the use of poison gas.


1979: Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran following the overthrow of the shah, claiming the shah and his American allies are "robbing us of our brains."


2003: The space shuttle Columbia breaks apart and burns while reentering Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members.
 
February 3rd


1870: The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing African American voting rights, becomes law.


1959: Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens (who had a number one hit on the charts), and the Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson), perish in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.


1969: Yasar Arafat is appointed chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.


1994: President Bill Clinton ends the trade embargo with Vietnam.
 
1959: Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens (who had a number one hit on the charts), and the Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson), perish in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
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After Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on the plane so Buddy could get home earlier. How long would it take to get over that?
 
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