By Douglas Smith
January 1st, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation is signed
January 2nd, 1980 U.S. - Russia detente ends which effectively calls an end to the nuclear weapons treaty
January 3rd, 1925 Benito Mussolini becomes the first fascist dictator in Europe
January 4th, 1896 Utah becomes the 45th state
January 5th, 1643 The American colonies have their first official divorce
January 6th, 1838 Samuel Morse unveils the telegraph, revolutionizing communication
January 7th, 1789 The first U.S. presidential election occurs
January 8th, 1835 African American men gain the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
January 9th, 1913 Future U.S. President, Richard Nixon, is born
January 10th,1946 The first United Nations meeting is held
January 11th, 1964 U.S. Surgeon General announces a definitive link between smoking and cancer
January 12th, 1932 Hattie Ophelia Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate
January 13th, 1999 Michael Jordan retires from professional basketball for the second time
January 14th, 1784 The Continental Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution
January 15th, 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. is born
January 16th, 1919 Prohibition is ratified, which bans alcohol in all states
January 17th, 1945 Soviet troops liberate the Polish capital from German occupation.
January 18th, 1919 Post-World War I peace conference begins in Paris
January 19th, 1809 Edgar Allan Poe is born
January 20th, 2009 Barack Obama became the first Black man to be inaugurated as President of the United States
January 21st, 1924 Vladimir Lenin dies
January 22nd, 1998 Ted Kaczynski pleads guilty to the Boston Bombings
January 23rd, 1920 The Netherlands refuses to extradite Kaiser Wilhelm to the Allies
January 24th, 41AD The Roman emperor, Caligula, is murdered
January 25th, 1924 The first Winter Olympics is held in France
January 26th, 1788 British settlement begins in Australia
January 27th, 1945 The Auschwitz concentration camp is liberated
January 28th, 1986 The space shuttle, Challenger, explodes after liftoff
January 29th, 1936 U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elects its first members
January 30th,1948 Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated
January 31st, 1865 The House passes the 13th Amendment, officially ending slavery
Sources
https://www.thefactsite.com/tag/days-of-the-year/