this month in history january january 1 st. is celebrated as new year’s day in many countries....

THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJANUARY

January 1st. Is celebrated as New Year’s Day in many countries.01/01/1800.The Dutch East India company is dissolved.01/01/1810. Lachlan Macquarie becomes Governor of N.S.W.01/01/1863. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation.


01/01/1901. Federation Day for Australia. Edmund Barton becomes our 1st. Prime Minister.01/01/1962. Western Samoa (now Samoa) becomes independent.

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01/01/2012. Kim Jong-Un is declared the new supreme leader of North Korea.01/01/2013. Christopher Martin Jenkins – the voice of BBC Cricket 1973 -1991 – dies.02/01/2013. Patti Page. One of the most popular singers of the 1950’s dies.03/01/106BC. Cicero. Roman statesman is born.


03/01/2015. Phil Everly. Famous American singer & Guitarist & member of the Everly Brothers Band dies.


04/01/1809. Louis Braille.(French inventor of the alphabet used by blind people) is born.04/01/1948. Burma gains independence.05/01/1896. William Rontgen discovers X Rays.05/01/1968. Alexander Dubcek comes to power in Czechoslovakia which begins “the Prague Spring.”


05/01/1871. The 1st. International cricket match is held at the M.C.G. between Australia & England.05/01/2014 Famous Portuguese Footballer Eusebio dies. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Footballers of all time and known as the “Black Panther.”


06/01/1884. Gregor Mendel. Austrian geneticist dies.06/01/1939. Murray Rose. Famous Australian swimmer is born.06/01/1993. Rudolf Nureyev. Famous Russian Ballet dancer dies.


6TH. January. Is celebrated by Christians as the 12th. Day after Christmas. “The Epiphany”.06/01/1412. Joan of Arc. French military figure & Roman Catholic Saint is born.


07/01/1920. Sir Edmund Barton. Australia’s 1st. Prime Minister dies.07/01/1931. Guy Menzies. Completes the 1st. non stop solo flight from Australia to New Zealand.07/01/1988. Trevor Howard. Famous English actor dies.


07/01/1989. Hirohito. The Emperor of Japan dies.08/01/1885. John Curtin. Australia’s Prime Minister 1941 – 1945 is born.08/01/1912. The African National Congress is founded.08/01/1918. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his 14 Points.

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09/01/1916. The last Allied forces are evacuated from Gallipoli handing the Ottoman Empire victory in the campaign.10/01/1920. The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending W.W.1. & the League of Nations is born.


10/01/1946. The 1st. Meeting of the U.N. General Assembly takes place in London.11/01/630 The prophet Muhammad conquers Mecca.11/01/2008. Sir Edmund Hillary. The 1st. man to climb Mount Everest dies.


13/01/1911. Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen. The longest serving Queensland Premier 1968 – 1987 is born.13/01/2009. Nancy Bird Walton. Famous Australian aviator dies.13/01/2012. The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy killing 32 people.


15/01/1559. Queen Elizabeth 1st. is crowned Queen of England.15/01/1929. Dr. Martin Luther King. American civil rights activist is born.15/01/2011. Nat Lofthouse. Famous English footballer dies.16/01/1909. Sir Ernest Shackleton's exploration mission finds the Magnetic South Pole.


18/01/1778. Captain James Cook becomes the 1st. European to discover the Hawaiian Islands which he names the Sandwich Islands.18/01/1788. The 1st members of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay N.S.W.18/01/1849. Edmund Barton. Australia’s 1st. Prime Minister is born.


18/01/1871. Wilhelm 1st. of Germany is proclaimed as the 1st. German Emperor in a period of history that the Germans refer to as the 2nd. Reich.18/01/1912. British explorer Sir Robert Scott’s expedition reaches the South Pole.

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18/01/1919. The Versailles Peace Conference opens at the end of W.W.1.18/01/1936. Rudyard Kipling. British Nobel Prize winning author dies.18/01/1944. Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating is born.


19/01/1736. James Watt who invented the steam engine is born.19/01/1809. Edgar Allan Poe. American author is born.19/01/1839. Paul Cezanne. Famous French painter is born.


Since 1986, January 20th. has been celebratedIn the U.S.A. as Dr. Martin Luther King Day.

On January 20th. every 4 years, since 1937, the American President is sworn into office.20/01/1841. Hong Kong is ceded to the United Kingdom. China reclaims Hong Kong on the 01/07/1997.


21/01/1924. Vladimir Lenin. Soviet dictator dies.21/01/1931. Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the 1st. Australian born Governor General.21/01/1950. George Orwell. Famous British author dies.21/01/1959. Cecil B. de Mille. Famous American film producer dies.

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22/01/1788. Lord Byron. Famous English poet is born.23/01/1832. Eduard Manet. Famous French painter is born.23/01/1950. Jerusalem is announced as the capital of Israel.24/01/1965. Sir Winston Churchill. British Statesman & War time Prime Minister dies.


25/01/1759. Robert Burns. Famous Scottish poet is born.25/01/1919. The League of Nations is founded.25/01/1947. Al Capone. American organised crime figure of the 1920’s & 1930’s dies of a heart attack.


25/01/2012. The 1st. wave of protests against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak begin, which lead to a series of protests against a number of Middle Eastern Governments. These protests are referred to as the Arab Spring.


26/01/1788. Sydney is founded and this day is celebrated as Australia Day.26/01/1905. The world’s largest diamond – the Cullinan diamond is found in South Africa weighing 0.62 Kilograms.26/01/1950. India becomes a Republic.


26/01/1963. Jose Mourinho. The current coach of Chelsea Football team is born.27/01/1756. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Famous Austrian composer is born.27/01/1832. Lewis Carroll. Famous English author & author of “Alice in Wonderland” is born.

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY.JANUARY

28/01/1547. King Henry 8th. of England dies.28/01/1986. The U.S. space shuttle Challenger explodes after launch killing all 7 crew members on board including teacher – Christa McAuliffe.


29/01/1856. Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross for valour “in face of the enemy” to members of the armed forces of Commonwealth countries.29/01/1939. Germaine Greer. Australian feminist is born.


30/01/1649. King Charles 1st. of England is executed.30/01/1771. George Bass. Explorer of Australia’s coastline is born.30/01/1933. Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.


30/01/1948. Mohandas K. Gandhi. The spiritual and political leader of India is assassinated.31/01/1606. The Gunpowder Plot takes place: Guy Fawkes is executed for plotting against Parliament & King James 1st. of England.


31/01/1881. Anna Pavlova. Russian Ballet dancer is born.31/01/1968. Nauru becomes independent.

QUOTE OF THE MONTH:

“ And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s inauguration address: 20th. January 1961.

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