Books On "Notable Events"
January 16, 1547 - Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of Russia.
January 16, 1919 - The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited the sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages, was ratified. It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.
January 16, 1961 - Mickey Mantle signed a contract that made him the highest paid baseball player in the American League at $75,000 for the 1961 season.
January 16, 1976 - The TV show "Donny & Marie" premiered on ABC-TV.
January 16, 1991 - The White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm. The operation was designed to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
January 17, 1806 - James Madison Randolph, grandson of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, was the first child born in the White House.
January 17, 1912 - English explorer Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole. Norwegian Roald Amundsen had beaten him there by one month.
January 17, 1945 - Soviet and Polish forces liberated Warsaw during World War II.
January 17, 1997 - A court in Ireland granted the first divorce in the Roman Catholic country's history.
January 17, 1998 - U.S. President Clinton gave his deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit against him. He was the first U.S. President to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil lawsuit.
January 18, 1778 - English navigator Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands, which he called the "Sandwich Islands."
January 18, 1911 - For the first time an aircraft landed on a ship. Pilot Eugene B. Ely flew onto the deck of the USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco harbor.
January 18, 1939 - Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded "Jeepers Creepers."
January 18, 1958 - Willie O'Ree made his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. He was the first black player to enter the league.
January 18, 1973 - Pink Floyd began recording "Dark Side Of The Moon."
January 18, 1996 - Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson.
January 19, 1825 - Ezra Daggett and Thomas Kensett of New York City patented a canning process to preserve salmon, oysters and lobsters.
January 19, 1883 - Thomas Edison's first village electric lighting system using overhead wires began operation in Roselle, NJ.
January 19, 1949 - The salary of the President of the United States was increased from $75,000 to $100,000 with an additional $50,000 expense allowance for each year in office.
January 19, 1953 - Sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to CBS-TV, as Lucy Ricardo, of "I Love Lucy," gave birth to a baby boy.
January 19, 1957 - Johnny Cash made his first network TV appearance, on CBS' "Jackie Gleason Show."
January 19, 1966 - Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.
January 20, 1265 - The first English parliament met in Westminster Hall.
January 20, 1841 - The island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain. It returned to Chinese control in July 1997.
January 20, 1885 - The roller coaster was patented by L.A. Thompson.
January 20, 1929 - The movie "In Old Arizona" was released. The film was the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors.
January 20, 1958 - Elvis Presley got his orders to report to duty from the U.S. Army. He was allowed a 60-day deferment so he could finish the film "King Creole."
January 20, 1964 - The album "Meet the Beatles" was released in the U.S. on Capitol Records. It was their U.S. debut LP.
January 21, 1789 - W.H. Brown's "Power of Sympathy" was published. It was the first American novel to be published.
January 21, 1853 - Dr. Russell L. Hawes patented the envelope folding machine.
January 21, 1954 - The Nautilus was launched in Groton, CT. It was the first atomic-powered submarine.
January 21, 1965 - The Byrds recorded "Mr. Tambourine Man."
January 21, 1976 - The French Concorde SST aircraft began regular commercial service for Air France and British Airways.
January 21, 1986 - Former major-league player, Randy Bass, became the highest-paid baseball player in Japanese history. Bass signed a three-year contract for $3.25 million. He played for the Hanshin Tigers.
January 21, 1990 - MTV's "Unplugged" made its debut with Squeeze as the first performers.
January 22, 1879 - James Shields began a term as a U.S. Senator from Missouri. He had previously served Illinois and Minnesota. He was the first Senator to serve three states.
January 22, 1901 - Queen Victoria of England died after reigning for nearly 64 years. Edward VII, her son, succeeded her.
January 22, 1938 - "Our Town", by Thornton Wilder, was performed publicly for the first time, in Princeton, NJ.
January 22, 1961 - Wilma Rudolph set a world indoor record in the women's 60-yard dash. She ran the race in 6.9 seconds.
January 22, 1970 - The first regularly scheduled commercial flight of the Boeing 747 began in New York City and ended in London about 6 1/2 hours later.
January 22, 1973 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws that had been restricting abortions during the first six months of pregnancy. The case was Roe vs. Wade.
January 22, 1997 - The U.S. Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the first female secretary of state.
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Books On "Notable Events"
