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MILITARY SALUTE PROJECT :: Reference Desk :: On This Date In American History :: January Calendar of American History Author Topic: January Calendar of American History (Read 1,928 times) Moderator Administrator member is offline Joined: Mar 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 239 Location: Woodbury, MN January Calendar of American History « Thread Started on Oct 5, 2005, 10:18pm » January 1 1863 - Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation 1892 - The first of more than 12-million immigrants arrived at Ellis Island Immigration Station 1908 - The ball signifying the New Year was dropped for the first time at Times Square in New York City 1914 - The world's first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, started operation in St. Petersburg, Florida 2009 - United States handed over control of Iraqi airspace and the Baghdad Green Zone to the government of Iraq January 2 1933 - U.S. Marines withdrew from Nicaragua 1974 - President Richard Nixon signed the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, setting a new national maximum speed limit January 3 1938 - President Franklin Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, launched the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which he later renamed the March of Dimes Foundation 1947 - Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time 1961 - President Dwight Eisenhower closed the American embassy in Havana, severing diplomatic relations with Cuba January 4 1847 - Samuel Colt won a contract to provide the U.S. government with 1,000 of his .44 caliber revolvers 1865 - The New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City 1935 - Billboard magazine published its first pop-music chart based on national sales figures 1965 - President Johnson outlined the goals of his "Great Society" in the State of the Union address 1974 - President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents that had been subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee January 6 1838 - Samuel Morse gave the first public demonstration of the telegraph January 7 1953 - President Harry Truman announced the U.S. had developed the hydrogen bomb 1999 - Impeachment trial of President Clinton, charged with lying under oath and obstructing justice, began in the U.S. Senate January 8 1815 - Major General Andrew Jackson led a small army to victory against British troops at the Battle of New Orleans 1918 - Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points peace program 1964 - President Lyndon Johnson announced his War on Poverty 1982 - The AT&T Bell System telephone monopoly agreed to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies and split into seven "Baby Bells" January 10 1776 - Thomas Paine's Common Sense, which greatly influenced the authors of the Declaration of Independence, was published 1901 - A 100-foot drilling derrick named Spindletop produced a gusher of black crude oil in Beaumont, TX, the first major oil discovery in the United States 1984 - The United States and the Vatican reestablished diplomatic relations after a 117-year break 2007 - President George W. Bush ordered the deployment of more than 20,000 additional soldiers into Iraq and extended the tour of 4,000 U.S. Marines already in the Anbar Province in what became known as the "Surge" January 11 1908 - President Theodore Roosevelt placed the Grand Canyon under public protection, declaring it a national monument 2002 - The first al-Qaeda prisoners arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba January 12 1773 - The first public museum in the U.S. was established in Charleston, SC 1896 - H. L. Smith took the first X-ray photograph January 13 1910 - Lee De Forest, the American inventor of the vacuum tube, demonstrated radio with the first live broadcast, a performance of Enrico Caruso at New York's Metropolitan Opera January 14 1784 - The Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris, officially establishing the United States as an independent and sovereign nation January 15 1943 - The Pentagon, the world's largest office building, was completed 1973 - President Nixon ordered a halt to offensive operations in North Vietnam 2009 - All 155 passengers and crew members survived after US Airways Flight 1549 lost power shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City and crash-landed into the Hudson River January 16 1991 - Operation Desert Storm began January 17 1949 - The Goldbergs debuted as television's first situation comedy 1949 - The first Volkswagen Beetle arrived in the U.S. from Germany 1998 - President Clinton became the first sitting U.S. president to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit January 18 1778 - Captain James Cook discovered the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) 1993 - All 50 states joined in the observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday January 19 1955 - President Eisenhower conducted the first filming of a press conference for television 2001 - President Clinton admitted he made false statements under oath January 20 1937 - Franklin D. Roosevelt began his second term, becoming the first U.S. President to be sworn into office in January 1981 - President Reagan became the oldest president to take office (69 years and 349 days) 1981 - Iran released 52 Americans held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan 1986 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time January 21 1954 - USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, was launched 1968 - The Battle of Khe Sanh began 1977 - President Carter pardoned most Vietnam War draft evaders 2003 - The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Hispanics had surpassed Blacks as the largest minority group January 22 1912 - The Florida East Coast Railway, an overseas rail connection from Key West to the mainland, was completed 1973 - The U.S. Supreme Court legalized some abortions with its Roe vs. Wade decision January 23 1964 - Collection of a poll tax in national elections was prohibited with the ratification of the Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the Constitution 1968 - The USS Pueblo was attacked and captured by North Korea; 82 surviving crew members were held prisoner for 11 months 1973 - President Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War January 24 1972 - Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was discovered on the island of Guam after spending 28 years hiding in the jungle thinking World War II was still going on 2003 - The Department of Homeland Security became a Cabinet department January 25 1915 - Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service 1961 - President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and television January 26 1980 - At the request of President Jimmy Carter, the U.S. Olympic Committee votes to ask the International Olympic Committee to cancel or move the upcoming Moscow Olympics January 27 1951 - The United States detonated the first of a series of nuclear bombs at the Nevada Proving Ground 1967 - Astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo spacecraft at Cape Kennedy January 28 1973 - Ceasefire in Vietnam declared 1986 - Space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members January 29 1834 - Andrew Jackson became the first president to use federal troops to quell labor unrest January 30 1835 - President Andrew Jackson survived the first attempt against the life of a U.S. president when two shots were fired at him in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol 1968 - North Vietnamese forces launched attacks against South Vietnam, beginning the Tet Offensive January 31 1865 - U.S. House of Representatives passed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery 1940 - The first Social Security check was issued to Ida Fuller for $22.54 1945 - Private Eddie Slovik became the first American soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion 1958 - The first U.S. earth satellite, Explorer I, was launched « Last Edit: Jun 18, 2009, 10:32am by Moderator » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Forum Jump--------------------» Home--------------------» Reference Desk--------------------- The Flag of the United States of America- American Civics Information- On This Date In American History- Military and Veterans Protocol- Military and Veterans Tributes- The Library- Military Salute and Welcome Home Videos--------------------» Roll Call of Minnesota's Fallen--------------------- Roll Call of Minnesota's Fallen- Websites Dedicated to Minnesota's Fallen--------------------» Fort Snelling National Cemetery Platoon--------------------- Fort Snelling National Cemetery Platoon--------------------» 2009 Remember The Fallen Tribute--------------------- Project Information- Visitation Photographs - Album 1- Visitation Photographs - Album 2- Visitation Photographs - Album 3--------------------» 2008 Honor & Remember Ride To Washington--------------------- Trip Information- Ride Report--------------------» EchoTaps 2007 at Fort Snelling National Cemetery--------------------- Event Information- Event Photographs--------------------» About Us--------------------- History of the Military Salute Project