January Links


2008
SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
		1 Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) New Year's Day	2 Today in History	3 Martin Luther excommunicated by Pope Leo X.	4 Name the two brothers who collected folktales such as "Snow White," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Rumpelstiltskin?"	5 German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays (1896)
6 Born On This Day -Joan of Arc [Jeanne D’Arc] French heroine d: 1431. (1412)	7 Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia, making it the first commercial bank in the United States (1782)	8 Who was the "king of rock and roll?"	9 The U.S. Army adopted the semiautomatic rifle. (1936)	10 Born On This Day - Rod Stewart singer, musician (1945)	11 Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. (1935)	12 Born on this day: John Hancock (1737).
13 Queen Elizabeth I of England was crowned in Westminster Abbey, (1559)	14 Born On This Day -Carl Weathers actor (1948)	15 Harry S Truman became the first U.S. President to use radio and television to say farewell as he left office. (1953) Martin Luther King Day	16 Space Shuttle Columbia launched its final mission.(2003)	17 Notorious gangster Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York. (1899)	18 Born On This Day - Kevin Costner actor, Academy Award-winning director (1955)	19 Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record, when he flew from LA, California to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. (1937)
20 The American Civil Liberties Union is founded in 1920.	21 King Louis XVI was guillotined for treason. (1793)	22 Born On This Day -Linda Blair actress (1959)	23 The USS Pueblo is intercepted by North Korean patrol boats(1968)	24 How did the Gold Rush start?	25 Charles Manson was found guilty of murdering Sharon Tate and six others. (1971)	26 Born On This Day - Angela Davis civil rights activist, teacher (1944)
27 Greece proclaimed its independence from Turkey. (1822)	28 Which Russian czar turned Russia from a backward country into a great power?	29 Eight baseball teams were organized to form the American League during meetings in Philadelphia. (1900)	30 Birth of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States (1933-45), the only US president to be elected three times.	31 The three-man United States spacecraft Apollo 14 was launched to the moon. The astronauts landed on February 5 and made two moonwalks. (1971)

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