Today in History

1742, English astronomer Edmond Halley, who observed the comet that now bears his name, died at age 85.
1784, The United States ratified a peace treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War.
1875, Albert Schweitzer , the Alsatian-German doctor who received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize, was born
1951, The National Football League has its first Pro Bowl Game (Los Angeles, California).
1953, Josip Broz Tito was elected president of Yugoslavia by the country's Parliament.

1988, I was born

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On January 15th:

558 BC-King Nebuchadrezzar II lays siege to Jerusalem

1759-The British Museum opens

1777-New Connecticut (now the State of Vermont) declares independence form great Britain

1844-University of Notre Dame receives its charter

1870-Political cartoonist by Thomas Nast uses a donkey for the democrats for the first time-the cartoon was named "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion"


1892-The official rules of baseball are published

1947-Elizabeth Short's AKA The Black Dahlia's corpse is found, her murder has become an infamous unsolved crime in America


And in the US, it is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, happy birthday to the great civil rights leader!




Edited by Scapler - January 15 2007 at 19:37

On January 16th:

27 BC-Gaius Octavianus is given the title of Augustus by the Roman Senate

929-The Caliphate of Cordoba is established

1547-Ivan the Terible is crowned Tsar of Russia

19009-Ernest Shackleton and his expedition discover the Magnetic South Pole

2006-Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworm in as President of Liberia, Africa's first female president

It is also Teacher's Day in Thailand

progismylife wrote: Just a point of interest, your things on January 15 and 16 are on the same day for me.

Can't help the different time zones. They were certainly on different days where I am when I wrote them

Born Today:

My Great-Grandfather, who is now 94

Along with:
Dwanye Wade was born January 17, 1982


Jim Carrey was born January 17, 1962


Muhammad Ali was born January 17, 1942


James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader, was born January 17, 1931


Al Capone was born January 17, 1899


Benjamin Franklin was born January 17, 1706

 ^ Don't we have some member here that goes by the name Ruben Dario?

Besides what progadicto (thanks to him) contributed, also born today:

Daniel Webster, renowned American politician and statesman, was born January 18, 1782



Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, the first person to perform a heart surgery, was born January 18, 1856



Author of Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne was born January 18, 1882


Actor Kevin Costner was born January 18, 1955






Edited by Scapler - January 18 2007 at 21:27

Robert E. Lee, former superintendent of West Point Military Academy, and General in charge of the rebelling Confederate Army in the American Civil War, was born January 19, 1807


Edgar Allan Poe, master of dark poetry, was born January 19, 1809


Janis Joplin was born January 19, 1943


Robert Palmer was born January 19, 1949 "Might as well face it, you're addicted to love"!

On January 20th:

1189-Troops begin to assemble for the Third Crusade

1720-Sweden and Prussiasign the Treaty of Stockholm

1789-The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth is published in Boston, Massachusetts

1861-Jefferson Davis resigns as president of the Confederate States of America

1924-Vladimir Lenin dies, and Stalin begins to kill his rival in order to take Soviet leadership

1954-The first nuclar-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched