January 18 1733 The first polar bear was exhibited in America, in Boston. 1778 Captain James Cook became the first European to visit the Sandwich…
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This Day In History — Birthday of Benjamin Franklin
January 17 1706 Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston. 1806 James Madison Randolph, the grandson of Thomas Jefferson, became the first child born in the…
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This Day In History — The beginning of “prohibition”
January 16 1547 Ivan the Terrible was crowned the first czar of Russia. 1883 The U.S. Civil Service Commission established. 1920 A year after it…
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This Day In History — Birthday of MLK
January 15 1559 Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey. 1759 The British Museum opened. 1777 The Republic of New Connecticut declared its independence.…
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This Day In History — The End of the Revolutionary War
January 14 1639 The first constitution of Connecticut, Fundamental Orders, was adopted. 1784 The United States ratified a treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War.…
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This Day In History — Michael Jordan’s second retirement
January 13 1898 French writer Emile Zola published his “J’Accuse” letter, accusing the French of a cover-up in the Alfred Dreyfus treason case. 1941 Novelist…
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This Day In History — Haiti is hit by 7.0 earthquake
January 12 1773 The first public museum in the U.S. was established in Charleston, S.C. 1896 H. L. Smith took the first X-ray photograph. It…
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This Day In History — Earhart flies solo from California to Hawaii
January 11 1935 Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. 1964 The first government report regarding the dangers of…
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This Day In History — Edward Brooke takes his seat in the Senate
January 10 1776 Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, which greatly influenced the authors of the Declaration of Independence, was published. 1863 The first underground passenger railway,…
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This Day In History — Rioting against Americans breaks out at Panama Canal
January 09 1788 Connecticut became the 5th state in the United States. 1861 Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union. 1905 The…
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