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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011

Today is Thursday, January 20, the 20th day of 2011. There are 345 days left in the year. 1265 ― First English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester 1841 ― China cedes Hong Kong to the British 1892 ― First basketball game played (Massachusetts) 1921 ― Turkey declared in remnants of the Ottoman Empire 1934 ― Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria 1939 ― Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews 1945 ― FDR sworn-in for an unprecedented fourth term as President 1956 ― Buddy Holly records ``Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville 1964 ― ``Meet The Beatles" album released in U.S. 1980 ― President Jimmy Carter announces U.S. boycott of Olympics in Moscow

Jan 19, 2011

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2011

Today is Wednesday, January 19, the 19th day of 2011. There are 346 days left in the year. 1840 ― Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (U.S. claim) 1853 ― Verdi's opera ``Il Trovatore" premieres, in Rome 1903 ― New bicycle race ``Tour de France" announced 1915 ― Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude 1918 ― Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly 1937 ― Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajoie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1960 ― Eisenhower and Premier Kishi sign U.S.-Japanese Security pact 1966 ― Indira Gandhi elected India's third prime minister 1981 ― U.S. and Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages 1993 ― Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal

Jan 18, 2011

TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2011

Today is Tuesday, January 18, the 18th day of 2011. There are 347 days left in the year. 1644 ― Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's first UFO sighting 1871 ― Second German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Bismarck 1919 ― WWI Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France 1944 ― First Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts 1960 ― U.S. and Japan sign joint defense treaty 1964 ― Beatles first appearance in Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-No. 35) 1974 ― ``The $6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV 1980 ― Pink Floyd's ``The Wall" hits No. 1 1989 ― Otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations and Stevie Wonder inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1993 ― Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states for first time

Jan 17, 2011

MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2011

Today is Monday, January 17, the 17th day of 2011. There are 348 days left in the year. 1757 _ German Diet declares war on Prussia 1773 _ Captain James Cook becomes first to cross Antarctic Circle 1861 _ Flush toilet (with separate water tank and a pull chain) patented by Thomas Crapper 1904 _ Anton Chekhov's ``The Cherry Orchard" opens at the Moscow Art Theater 1929 _ Popeye makes first appearance, in comic strip ``Thimble Theatre" 1946 _ United Nations Security Council holds its first meeting 1951 _ China refuses ceasefire in Korea 1969 _ Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in U.S. 1987 _ President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran 1998 _ President Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones

Jan 16, 2011

SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2011

Today is Saturday, January 15, the 15th day of 2011. There are 350 days left in the year. 1346 ― Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand 1535 ― Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church 1863 ― First U.S. newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal 1895 ― Tchaikovsky's ballet ``Swan Lake" premieres, St Petersburg 1907 ― Three-element vacuum tube patented by Dr. Lee de Forest 1915 ― Japan claims economic control of China 1942 ― FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII 1971 ― George Harrison releases ``My Sweet Lord" 1973 ― President Nixon suspends all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam 1998 ― NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again

Jan 14, 2011

FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2011

Today is Friday, January 14, the 14th day of 2011. There are 351 days left in the year. 1699 ― Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting ``witches" 1784 ― Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris 1785 ― Mozart completes ``Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10) 1878 ― U.S. Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional 1897 ― 6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) first climbed 1900 ― Giacomo Puccini's opera ``Tosca" premieres in Rome 1914 ― Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords 1954 ― Marilyn Monroe marries baseball star, New York Yankee, Joe DiMaggio 1963 ― George C. Wallace sworn in as Governor of Alabama, his address states ``segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!" 1979 ― President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday

Jan 13, 2011

THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2011

Today is Thursday, January 13, the 13th day of 2011. There are 352 days left in the year. 1559 ― Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey 1610 ― Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, fourth satellite of Jupiter 1785 ― John Walter publishes first issue of London Times 1854 ― Anthony Foss patents the accordion 1882 ― Richard Wagner completes his opera ``Parsifal" 1893 ― British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader) 1898 ― Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus in Paris 1930 ― ``Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears 1943 ― Hitler declares ``Total War" 1969 ― Beatles release ``Yellow Submarine" album

Jan 12, 2011

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2011

Today is Wednesday, January 12, the 12th day of 2011. There are 353 days left in the year. 1906 ― First time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26) 1933 ― U.S. Congress recognize independence Philippines 1948 ― Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast 1948 ― First supermarket in U.K. opens 1950 ― USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage and sabotage 1961 ― U.N. genocide pact goes into effect 1966 ― LBJ says U.S. should stay in S. Vietnam until communist aggression ends 1970 ― Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria 1976 ― U.N. Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Organization 1990 ― Romania bans Communist party (first Warsaw Pact member to do so)

Jan 11, 2011

TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2011

Today is Tuesday, January 11, the 11th day of 2011. There are 354 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) 1963 ― First discotheque opens, The Whiskey-a-go-go in Los Angeles, Calif. 1973 ― Trial of the Watergate burglars begins in Washington, D.C. 1964 ― Panama ends diplomatic relations with U.S. 1972 ― East Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh 1978 ― Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 and Soyuz 26 (first time three spacecraft link) 1892 ― Paul Gauguin marries a 13-year-old Tahitian girl 1994 ― Irish government announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA

Jan 10, 2011

MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2011

Today is Monday, January 10, the 10th day of 2011. There are 355 days left in the year. 49 B.C. _ Julius Cesar crosses the Rubicon, invades Italy 1430 _ Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal 1810 _ French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Josephine 1845 _ Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin corresponding 1920 _ League of Nations' first meeting, Treaty of Versailles in effect 1928 _ Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky 1951 _ First jet passenger trip made 1951 _ U.N. headquarters opens in Manhattan, N.Y. 1990 _ China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre) 1991 _ Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans

Jan 9, 2011

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