John James Audubon, naturalist and artist famous for his drawings and paintings of North American birds, died at his home in New York City on January 27, 1851. Continue reading.

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A bit of January 27th history…

1820 - Russian Antarctic expedition led by von Bellingshausen and Lazarev discover the continent of Antarctica

1825 - US Congress approves Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for the forced relocation of the Eastern Indian tribes via the “Trail of Tears”

1888 - The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington DC for “the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge”

1924 - Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow (pictured)

1926 - Physicist Erwin Schrodinger publishes his theory of wave mechanics and presents what becomes known as the Schrodinger Equation in quantum mechanics

1944 - Siege of Leningrad lifted by the Soviets after 880 days and more than 2 million Russians killed

1945 - Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps 

2017 - US President Trump issues executive order banning travel to the US for 7 mostly Muslim countries and suspending admission for refugees 

Michigan entered the Union as the twenty-sixth state on January 26, 1837. Continue reading.

According to the terms of the capitulation protocol of January 26, 1654, Portugal decreed that Jewish and Dutch settlers had three months to leave Brazil. Continue reading.

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1482 - “Pentateuch”, the Jewish Bible, is printed as a book in Italy

1500 - Vicente Pinzon becomes 1st European to set foot in Brazil

1564 - The Council of Trent issues it’s conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism

1905 - World’s largest diamond, 3,106 carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa

1926 - John Baird gives 1st public demonstration of television in his lab in London (pictured)

1950 - Constitution of independent India comes into effect 

On January 25, 1972, at the Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, New York, Shirley Chisholm announced her candidacy for President of the United States.  Continue reading.

On January 25, 1890, police cleared a path through a cheering crowd for reporter Nellie Bly as she stepped off a train in New York just 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes, and 14 seconds after setting sail east to prove she could circle the globe in less than 80 days.  Continue reading.

Ezekiel Cheever was a Latin schoolmaster active in the British American colonies for seventy years. Continue reading.

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1565 - Battle of Talikota, India: Deccan sultanate destroy Vijayanagar’s army and the last Hindu Kingdom of Southern India (pictured)

1840 - American naval expedition under Charles Wilkes is 1st to identify Antarctica as a new continent

1877 - US Congress establishes Electoral Commission to determine the disputed election between Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel Tilden

1939 - 1st nuclear fission experiment (splitting of a uranium atom) in US, in basement of Pupin Hall, Columbia University

1979 - 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in the US

1994 - Accused of molesting a 13 year old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court

2011 - Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins with a series of street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, labor strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, and other cities 

On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold on the property of Johann A. Sutter near Coloma, California. Continue reading.

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41 - Claudius succeeds Caligula as Roman Emperor after the later’s assassination by officers of the Praetorian Guard

1848 - Gold is found in Sutter’s Mill in California

1908 - Lt Gen Robert Baden-Powell publishes “Scouting for Boys” as a manual for self-instruction in outdoors skills and self improvement; book becomes the inspiration for the Scout Movement

1935 - 1st canned beer, “Krueger’s Cream Ale”, is sold by American Company Krueger Brewing Company (pictured)

1958 - After warming to 100,00,000 degrees, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion

1984 - Apple Computer Inc unveils its revolutionary Macintosh Personal Computer 

2013 - The US Dept of Homeland Security officially begins operation 

On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from Geneva Medical College. She was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. Continue reading.

January 23 marks the birth of John Hancock (1737-93), often remembered for his bold signature to the Declaration of Independence. President of the Second Continental Congress, Hancock was the first to sign the document. Continue reading.

Over twenty years after Atlanta textile worker "Mr. Trout" lamented his inability to vote to a WPA interviewer, collection of poll taxes in national elections was prohibited by the January 23, 1964, ratification of the Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. Continue reading.

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A bit of January 23rd history…

1368 - Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor initiating Ming Dynasty rule for 3 centuries

1556 - Shaanxi Earthquake, deadliest ever recorded, kills 830,000, China

1897 - Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in WV; resulting murder trial, perhaps only one in US history, where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction (pictured)

1957 - Wham-O Company produces 1st frisbee disc

1973 - US President Nixon announces accord has been reaches to end Vietnam War

1976 - Results to US advice columnist Ann Landers’ question - if they could do it all over, would parents still become parents - state that 70% of 10,000 responding parents were negative about being parents

2016 - 8 museum workers from Egyptian Museum, Cairo referred for prosecution for reattaching Tutankhamun’s beard with inappropriate glue

2018 - 12 camels disqualified from King Abdulaziz Camel beauty contest, Saudi Arabia, after their owners used botox on their lips