January 08 1815 The Battle of New Orleans, the last battle in the War of 1812, was fought. 1918 Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points…
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This Day In History — Birthday of Nicolas Cage
January 07 1896 Fanny Farmer published her first cookbook. 1927 Transatlantic commercial telephone service began between New York and London. 1953 Harry Truman announced that…
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This Day In History — Nancy Kerrigan attacked on the ice
January 06 1540 King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves. 1759 George Washington married Martha Custis. 1838 Samuel Morse gave…
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This Day In History — Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes first female governor
January 05 1896 A German newspaper reported German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen’s discovery of X-rays. 1914 Henry Ford introduced the $5-a-day minimum wage. 1925 Nellie Tayloe…
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This Day In History — Jesse Ventura sworn in as governor of Minnesota
January 04 1885 Dr. William W. Grant of Davenport, Iowa, performed what is thought to be the first appendectomy. 1896 Utah was admitted as 45th…
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This Day In History — Birthday of Tolkien
January 03 1521 Martin Luther excommunicated by Pope Leo X. 1777 George Washington defeated Cornwallis’s forces at the Battle of Princeton. 1833 Britain seized control…
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January 02 1492 Muhammad XI, the leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain, surrendered to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I. 1788 Georgia…
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This Day In History — Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
January 01 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. 1908 The ball signifying the New Year was dropped for the first time at Times Square…
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This Day In History — Edison demonstrates electric lamp
December 31 1879 Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of an electric incandescent lamp. 1938 The first breath test for drivers, “drunkometer,” was introduced…
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This Day In History — Israel and Vatican end Jewish-Christian hostilities
December 30 1853 The United States bought some 45,000 sq mi of land from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase. 1911 Sun Yat-sen was elected the…
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