JANUARY 1 — 1863 Emancipation Proclamation takes effect; 1896 R.I.P. Alfred Beach (subway prototype); 1958 Merle Haggard hears Johnny Cash play at San Quentin; NCAA: 1988 Miami beats Oklahoma, 1983 Penn State beats Georgia, 1902 Michigan beats Stanford in 1st Rose Bowl
JANUARY 2 — 1811 Pickering becomes 1st U.S. Senator to be censored; 1980 Detente between U.S. and U.S.S.R. ends; 1788 Georgia ratifies U.S. Constitution; 1973 Tex Ritter, father of actor John Ritter, dies bailing friend out of jail; 2007 Isaac Hayes tops U.K. Chart with TV Show South Park’s Chocolate Balls
JANUARY 3 — 1834 Stehen Austin arrested in Mexico; 1888 Marvin C. Stone patents wax drinking staw; 1777 Washington brilliant in New Jersey, again
JANUARY 4 — 1896 Utah becomes 45th State in Union; 1854 Stephen Douglas introduces Kansas-Nebraska Act; 1863 James Plimpton patents the four wheeled roller state; 2004 Happy Divorsery Britney Spears and Jason Alexander
JANUARY 5 — 1933 Construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge; 1859 Happy Birthday DeWitt Brace (relative motion on Earth); 1949 Truman announces Fair Deal; 2004 Pete Rose admits to betting while managing Reds on Good Morning America; 1976 Mal Evans, Beatles bodyguard, killed by police in L.A.
JANUARY 6 — 1912 New Mexico becomes 47th State; 1994 Nancy Kerrigan attacked; 2010 Michael Jackson best selling artist of year (Nielson Soundscan)
JANUARY 7 — 1800 Happy Birthday Millard Filmore; 1943 Nikola Tesla, John Trump, and the death ray gun
JANUARY 8 –1786 Happy Birthday Nicholas Biddle: Andrew Jackson’s banking enemy; 11949 Happy Birthday executive consultant legend Jay Abraham; 1877 Crazy Horse fights last battle;2017 La La Land takes home seven Golden Globe awards
JANUARY 9 — 1913 Happy Birthday Richard Nixon; 1776 Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
JANUARY 10 — 2000 AOL and Time Warner merge; 1967 LBJ asks Congress for funding Vietnam War; SPORTS: 1980 NHL Boston benches rookie Stewart, 1982 Bengals beat Chargers in AFC championship game, 1986 Kareem Abdul Jabbar scores 34,000 point, 1982 Dwight Clark makes The Catch
JANUARY 11 — 1908 Teddy Roosevelt declares Grand Canyon National Monument; 1877 Lloyd Haigh sells bad cable to Brooklyn Bridge project, 1937 Battle of Running Bulls/Flint Sit Down Strike; SPORTS: 1984 Nuggetts beat Spurs 163-155 (highest non-OT scoring game), 1970 KC Chiefs beat Vikings in Super Bowl,1987 John Elway executes The Drive
JANUARY 12 — 1942 FDR brings back National War Labor Hoard; 1915 House of Representatives reject women’s voting rights proposal; 1846 Daniel Burnham pioneers modern skyscraper; SPORTS: 1975 Steelers beat Vikes in Super Bowl IX, 1969 Joe Namath keeps his word
JANUARY 13 — 1814 Lafitte’s pirates continue fighting in the Battle of New Orleans;2017 U.S. and China universities team up to rank most popular emoji1902European blockade begins in Venezuelan Crisis.
JANUARY 14 — 1968 Wallace gives Segregation Forever Speen in Alabama Governor Inaugural; 1798 David Wilkinson patents nut and bolt machine; 1784 Continental Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris; SPORTS: 2002 Barry Bonds agrees on deal with San Francisco, 1972 Miami Dol
JANUARY 15 — 1870 First appearance of Democratic Donkey; 1919 Molasses floods Boston; 1973 Nixon announces suspension of military action in N. Vietnam; SUPER BOWL: 1978 Cowboys beat Broncos, 1967 Packers beat Chiefts
JANUARY 16 — 1920 18th Amendment bans booze; 1868 William Davis patents refrigerator boxcar; 1847 Fremont appointed governor of California; 1972 Dallas beats Miami in Super Bowl VI; 2013 Jumpy the Skateboarding Dog races for a world record
JANUARY 17 — 1781 Battle of Cowpens; 1706 Happy Birthday Benjamin Franklin; 1961Ike warns America about Military Industrial Complex; SPORTS 1971 Colts beat Cowboys in Super Bowl V, 1916 PGA is formed
JANUARY 18 — 1919 WWI peace conference begins in Paris; 1854 Happy Birthday Thomas A. Watson (answered Bell’s phone call); 2002 Author Doris Goodwin gets called out; 1803 Jefferson requests funding for Lewis and Clark exp[edition; 1976 Steelers beat Cowboys in Super Bowl X
JANUARY 19 — 1977 Ford pardons Tokyo Rose; INVENTION/PATENT: 1883 Edison 1st electric lighting system employing overhead wires, 1825 Timothy Daggett patents tin can, 1938 Alfred Butts markets Scrabble!; 1990 D.C. Mayor Barry arrested for smoking crack
JANUARY 20 — 1945 FDR inaugurated to unprecedented 4th term; 1961 JFK inaugurated; 1981 Cowboy Ronald Reagan takes office; 1969 Richard Nixon takes office; 1953 Passing of the presidential torch
JANUARY 21 — 1977 Carter pardons draft dodgers; 2007 Karbala Provincial HQ raid; 1959 Alfalfa gets shot; 2015 Madonna’s new album gets hacked online
JANUARY 22 — 1973 Roe Vs. Wade; 1994 Irving Kahn (cable guru) passes away; 1951 Carl Nelson takes a try at The Perm; 2010 Conan O’Brien makes final appearance as The Tonight Show host
ANUARY 23 — 1968 N. Korea seizes the Pueblo; 2008 The Ninawa Campaign begins; 1983 A-Team debuts; 1994 Detroit Red wings beat NY Rangers
JANUARY 24 — 1848 Gold discovered in California; 1935 1st canned beer goes on sale; INVENTION/PATENT: 1899 Humphrey O’Sullivan patents rubber heels for shoes, 1922 Christian Nelson patents Eskimo Pie; 1982 49ers beat Bengals in Super Bowl XVI
JANUARY 25 — 1995 Black Brant Scare; 1891 Edison and Bell form Oriental Telephone Company; 1863 Burnside relieved of command of Army of Potomac; SUPER BOWL: 1981 Raiders beat Eagles in SB XV, 1987 Giants beat Broncos 39-20, 1998 Broncos beat Packers in SB XXXII
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JANUARY 26 — 1863 Joseph Hooker takes command of the Army of Potomac; INVENTION/PATENT: 1858 Happy Anniversary Cyrus McCormic and Nancy Fowler (mechanical reaper), 1819 Happy Birthday Abner Doubleday (game of baseball), 1875 George Green (dentist drill); 2005 Condoleezza Rice appointed 1st African American femail Secretary of State; SUPER BOWL: 1986 Bears beat Pats 46-10, 1992 Redskins bea in SB 26, 1997 Packers beat Patriots 35-21, 2003 Hungover Raiders get slapped by Buccs at the Q in SD
JANUARY 27 — 1973 Paris Peace Accords ends Vietnam War; 1888 NatGeo society is formed; 1965 Shelby GT350 debuts; 1991 Buffalo Bills begin four game losing streak in Super Bowl
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JANUARY 28 — 1917 U.S. gives up search for Villa; 1916 Louis Braneis becomes 1st Jewish judge on Supreme Court; 2007 Battle of Najaf; SUPER BOWL: Joe Montanna wins 4th SB with most points scored (55), 1996 Steelers 1st SB defeat against Cowboys, 2001 Ray Lewis/Ravens beat Giants
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JANUARY 29 — 1843 Happy Birthday William McKinley; 1861 Bleeding Kansas enters Union; 1979 Sixteen yearl old Brenda Spencer begins ugly school shooting trend
JANUARY 30 — 1882 — Happy Birthday FDR; SUPER BOWL: 2000 Rams beat Tennessee in SBXXXIV, 1994 Dallas beats Buffalo in SBXXVII, 1983 Washington over Miami SBXVII, 1933 Lone Ranger debuts on TV
JANUARY 31 — 1968 U.S. Embassy under attack in Saigon; 1990 McDonalds opens in the Soviet Union; 1995 Clinton bails out Mexico; SUPER BOWL: 1988 Redskins over Broncos in SBXXII, 1993 Cowboys crush Bills 52-17, 1999 Broncos beat Atlanta 34-19, Just For Feet commercial company disaster
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