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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…

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.…

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.…

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…

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…

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…