January
January 1st
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation 1863
Paul Revere was Born 1735
January 2nd
Georgia entered the Union in 1788
1890 Alice Sanger becomes the first female White House staffer
January 3rd
1870- Construction beings on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City
1959- Alaska admitted as the 49th state
January 4th
1915 First elected Jewish governor Moses Alexander takes office in Idaho
1920- First black baseball league National Negro Baseball League organizes
January 5th
1931- Lucille Thomas is the first woman to pay a baseball team she bought the Topeka franchise in the Western League
Jackie Robinson retires rather than being traded to the Giants 1957
January 6th
1st US women’s 6- day bicycle race starts in Madison Square Gardens
1893- Great Northern connects Seattle to the East Coast
January 7th
1830 first railroad Station opens in Baltimore
1927 Harlem Globetrotters play first game in Hinckley Illinois
January 8th
1867- African American men granted the right to vote in Washington D.C
1925- first all female US state supreme court appointed, Texas
January 9th
1973 Luna 21 is launched to the moon
1984 EAA moves operations to Oshkosh
January 10th
1911- 1st photo in the US taken from the an airplane San Diego
1968- US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho
January 11th
1982- Atlanta Georgia’s temperature goes below 0
1949- Snowfall 1st recorded in LA
January 12
1773 First public museum opened in the US in Charlestown
1967- military draft board refused Muhammed Ali exemption to the draft Louisville
Kentucky
January 13th
1966 First African American selected for the presidents cabinet Robert C Weaver
1978 NASA selects first female astronauts
January 14th
1914 Henry Ford introduces an assembly line for the model T
1979 President Jimmy Carter proposed Martian Luther King Jr’s birthday to be a holiday
January 15th
1943- world's largest office building the Pentagon is completed
1929- Martian King Luther Jr’s birthday which is celebrated as a holiday
January 16
1967- Lucius Amerson becomes first southern black sheriff in the 20 century
1966- Harold R Perry becomes the 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in the US
January 17th
1917 US pays Denmark 25 million for the Virgin Islands
1706 Ben Franklin was born in Boston
January 18th
1733- First Polar bear exhibited in the US in Boston
1993- Martin Luther King Holiday is observed for the first time in all 50 states
January 19th
1977 Snow falls in Miami Florida for the first time in history
2006- New Horizons probe is launched my NASA on the first mission to Pluto
January 20th
1937- Boca California hits a state record with -47 degrees Fahrenheit
1945- FDR are sworn in to serve his 4th term as U.S president he is the last president allowed to serve more than two terms (January 20 is inauguration day)
January 21st
1908- New York City makes it illegal for women to smoke in public
1977- Jimmy Carter pardons all Vietnam draft evaders
January 22nd
1985- A cold wave damages 90% of Florida’s citrus crop
1857- National Association of Baseball Players is founded
January 23rd
1933 20th amendment is ratified to make January the date of the presidents inauguration
2013- US armed forces overturns 1994 ban on women serving in combat
January 24th
1950 Jackie Robinson signs the highest contract in Dodger History 35,000
1962- Jackie Robinson is the first African American to be admitted into the baseball hall of fame
January 25th
1890- National Afro American League forms in Chicago
1961 Walt Disney’s 100 Dalmations is released
January 26th
1961 Janet Graeme Travell is the first woman to be the personal doctor to a president (JFK)
1980 Mary Decker is the first woman to run a mile under 4 1/2 minutes
January 27th
1894- first college basketball game University Chicago beats Chicago YMCA
1948 the first tape recorder is sold
January 28th
1916- first Jewish supreme court justice Louis Brandies appointed by Wilson
1949- NY Giants sign their first black players Monte Irvin and Ford Smith
January 29th
1944- The USS Missouri is the last battleship commissioned by the U.S Navy, is Launched
1959- Disney’s Sleeping Beauty is release
January 30th
1862- the USS Monitor is the Navy’s first ironclad ship
1943- The USS Chicago sinks in the Pacific Ocean
January 31st
1905- Carroll Wright appointed first commissioner of labor
1919- Jackie Robinson is born first African American major league baseballs player
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation 1863
Paul Revere was Born 1735
January 2nd
Georgia entered the Union in 1788
1890 Alice Sanger becomes the first female White House staffer
January 3rd
1870- Construction beings on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City
1959- Alaska admitted as the 49th state
January 4th
1915 First elected Jewish governor Moses Alexander takes office in Idaho
1920- First black baseball league National Negro Baseball League organizes
January 5th
1931- Lucille Thomas is the first woman to pay a baseball team she bought the Topeka franchise in the Western League
Jackie Robinson retires rather than being traded to the Giants 1957
January 6th
1st US women’s 6- day bicycle race starts in Madison Square Gardens
1893- Great Northern connects Seattle to the East Coast
January 7th
1830 first railroad Station opens in Baltimore
1927 Harlem Globetrotters play first game in Hinckley Illinois
January 8th
1867- African American men granted the right to vote in Washington D.C
1925- first all female US state supreme court appointed, Texas
January 9th
1973 Luna 21 is launched to the moon
1984 EAA moves operations to Oshkosh
January 10th
1911- 1st photo in the US taken from the an airplane San Diego
1968- US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho
January 11th
1982- Atlanta Georgia’s temperature goes below 0
1949- Snowfall 1st recorded in LA
January 12
1773 First public museum opened in the US in Charlestown
1967- military draft board refused Muhammed Ali exemption to the draft Louisville
Kentucky
January 13th
1966 First African American selected for the presidents cabinet Robert C Weaver
1978 NASA selects first female astronauts
January 14th
1914 Henry Ford introduces an assembly line for the model T
1979 President Jimmy Carter proposed Martian Luther King Jr’s birthday to be a holiday
January 15th
1943- world's largest office building the Pentagon is completed
1929- Martian King Luther Jr’s birthday which is celebrated as a holiday
January 16
1967- Lucius Amerson becomes first southern black sheriff in the 20 century
1966- Harold R Perry becomes the 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in the US
January 17th
1917 US pays Denmark 25 million for the Virgin Islands
1706 Ben Franklin was born in Boston
January 18th
1733- First Polar bear exhibited in the US in Boston
1993- Martin Luther King Holiday is observed for the first time in all 50 states
January 19th
1977 Snow falls in Miami Florida for the first time in history
2006- New Horizons probe is launched my NASA on the first mission to Pluto
January 20th
1937- Boca California hits a state record with -47 degrees Fahrenheit
1945- FDR are sworn in to serve his 4th term as U.S president he is the last president allowed to serve more than two terms (January 20 is inauguration day)
January 21st
1908- New York City makes it illegal for women to smoke in public
1977- Jimmy Carter pardons all Vietnam draft evaders
January 22nd
1985- A cold wave damages 90% of Florida’s citrus crop
1857- National Association of Baseball Players is founded
January 23rd
1933 20th amendment is ratified to make January the date of the presidents inauguration
2013- US armed forces overturns 1994 ban on women serving in combat
January 24th
1950 Jackie Robinson signs the highest contract in Dodger History 35,000
1962- Jackie Robinson is the first African American to be admitted into the baseball hall of fame
January 25th
1890- National Afro American League forms in Chicago
1961 Walt Disney’s 100 Dalmations is released
January 26th
1961 Janet Graeme Travell is the first woman to be the personal doctor to a president (JFK)
1980 Mary Decker is the first woman to run a mile under 4 1/2 minutes
January 27th
1894- first college basketball game University Chicago beats Chicago YMCA
1948 the first tape recorder is sold
January 28th
1916- first Jewish supreme court justice Louis Brandies appointed by Wilson
1949- NY Giants sign their first black players Monte Irvin and Ford Smith
January 29th
1944- The USS Missouri is the last battleship commissioned by the U.S Navy, is Launched
1959- Disney’s Sleeping Beauty is release
January 30th
1862- the USS Monitor is the Navy’s first ironclad ship
1943- The USS Chicago sinks in the Pacific Ocean
January 31st
1905- Carroll Wright appointed first commissioner of labor
1919- Jackie Robinson is born first African American major league baseballs player