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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

Today is Wednesday, January 11, the 11th day of 2012. There are 355 days left in the year. 1569 ― First recorded lottery in England is drawn at St. Paul's Cathedral 1672 ― Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society 1919 ― Three-year-old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed 1922 ― Insulin first used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada) 1942 ― Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya 1963 ― First discotheque opens, The Whiskey-a-go-go in Los Angeles, Calif. 1964 ― Beatles ``I Want to Hold Your Hand" is No. 1 in U.S. (Cashbox) 1972 ― East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh 1989 ― A total of 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc) 1991 ― Ben Johnson’s first race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished second

Jan 10, 2012

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

Today is Tuesday, January 10, the 10th day of 2012. There are 356 days left in the year. 49 B.C. ― Julius Cesar crosses the Rubicon, invades Rome 1776 ― ``Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published 1810 ― French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Josephine 1839 ― Tea from India first arrives in U.K. 1863 ― First underground railway opens in London 1946 ― U.N. General Assembly convenes for first time (London) 1962 ― About 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru 1962 ― Eruptions on Mt. Huascaran in Peru destroy seven villages and kill 3,500 1990 ― China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre) 1991 ― Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans

Jan 9, 2012

MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

Today is Monday, January 9, the ninth day of 2012. There are 357 days left in the year. 1570 ― Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1,000-2,000 residents of Novgorod 1799 ― Income Tax introduced in U.K. 1811 ― First Women's Golf Tournament held 1945 ― U.S. soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invade Philippines 1953 ― Korean ferryboat ``Changgyeong-ho" sank off Pusan, killing 249 1959 ― ``Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV 1969 ― Concorde jetliner's first test flight (Bristol England) 1977 ― ``Porgy & Bess" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 122 performances 1987 ― Chinese-Vietnamese border fights, 1,500 killed 1998 ― Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned

Jan 8, 2012

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2012

Today is Saturday, January 7, the seventh day of 2012. There are 359 days left in the year. 1610 ― Galileo discovers first three Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede 1618 ― Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor 1714 ― Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later) 1890 ― W. B. Purvis patents fountain pen 1953 ― President Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb 1972 ― Los Angeles Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record) 1975 ― Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage 1977 ― Human Rights Charter '77 established in Prague 1986 ― U.S. President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya 1992 ― AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499)

Jan 6, 2012

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2012

Today is Friday, January 6, the sixth day of 2012. There are 360 days left in the year. 1496 ― Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi 1540 ― King Henry VIII of England married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves 1681 ― First recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs. his butcher) 1838 ― Samuel Morse made first public demonstration of telegraph 1907 ― Maria Montessori opens her first (Montessori) school (Rome) 1922 ― Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments 1941 ― FDR's ``Four Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want and from fear) 1942 ― First around world flight (Pan Am ``Pacific Clipper") 1950 ― Britain recognizes Communist government of China 1971 ― Berkeley chemists announces first synthetic growth hormones

Jan 5, 2012

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

Today is Thursday, January 5, the fifth day of 2012. There are 361 days left in the year. 1709 ― Sudden extreme cold kills thousands of Europeans 1895 ― French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent 1896 ― German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays 1930 ― Mao Tse-tung writes ``A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" 1949 ― U.S. President Harry S. Truman labels his administration the ``Fair Deal" 1956 ― Elvis Presley records ``Heartbreak Hotel" 1961 ― U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba 1972 ― NASA announces development of space shuttle 1976 ― Cambodia is renamed ``Democratic Kampuchea" 1998 ― Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid

Jan 4, 2012

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012

Today is Wednesday, January 4, the fourth day of 2012. There are 362 days left in the year. 1493 ― Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage 1863 ― Four- wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of N.Y. 1887 ― Thomas Stevens is first man to bicycle around the world (San Francisco-San Francisco); 21,700km 1951 ― During Korean conflict, North Korean forces captured Seoul 1954 ― Elvis Presley records a 10-minute demo in Nashville 1957 ― ``Blondie" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS) 1960 ― European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm 1965 ― LBJ's ``Great Society" State of the Union Address 1980 ― President Carter announces U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics 1991 ― Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal

Jan 3, 2012

TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012

Today is Tuesday, January 3, the third day of 2012. There are 363 days left in the year. 1431 ― Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop 1521 ― Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church 1833 ― Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic 1868 ― Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors 1910 ― British miners strike for 8-hour working day 1925 ― Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator 1957 ― First electric watch introduced, Lancaster, Pa. 1961 ― U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba 1988 ― Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British P.M. this century 1989 ― Russian newspaper Izvestia gets its first commercial advertisement

Jan 2, 2012

MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012

Today is Monday, January 2, the second day of 2011. There are 364 days left in the year. 1492 ― Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day) 1776 ― Austria ends interrogation torture 1839 ― First photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) 1903 ― President Theodore Roosevelt shuts down a post office for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black 1920 ― 10,000 U.S. union and socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids) 1929 ― U.S. and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls 1942 ― Japanese troops occupy Manila, Philippines 1947 ― Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East Bengali 1960 ― Senator John F. Kennedy, announces his candidacy for President 1995 ― Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (estimated 15 billion light years away)

Jan 1, 2012

SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012

4714 B.C. ― Origin of Julian Period (Year 0) 1 ― Origin of Christian Era 1801 ― Ireland and Great Britain (England and Scotland) form United Kingdom 1863 ― Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln 1912 ― Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic 1946 ― Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god 1974 ― World Population Year begins 1979 ― U.S. and China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations 1992 ― Europe breaks down trade barriers 1994 ― North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect

Dec 30, 2011

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