On This Day In History
On this day in 1904, a white mob lynched a Black man known as General Lee in Reevesville, South Carolina, for allegedly knocking on the door of a white woman’s house. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/X7QlqF4RzB
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) January 13, 2022
January 13th
1526 Charles V and Francis I sign the Treaty of Madrid, forcing Francis to give up claims to Burgundy, Italy and Flanders
1641 United East Indian Company conquers city of Malacca, 7,000 killed
1724 Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne
1761 Third Battle of Panipat: In one of the largest battles of the century, the mostly Muslim Afghani Durrani Empire defeats the mostly Hindu Maratha Empire in Northern India. An estimated 60,000–70,000 were killed in the fighting and about 40,000 Maratha prisoners massacred afterwards.
1784 US Congress of the Confederation ratifies the Treaty of Paris, signed September 3, 1783, ending the Revolutionary War, and forwards it to Great Britain
2011 Tunisian president Ben Ali, flees to Saudi Arabia after popular protests known as the Jasmine Revolution
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Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom, Virginia, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation in the US on his wife
Today in History in 1794
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World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill, becoming the first American president to travel overseas by airplane
Today in History in 1943
This day 57 years ago – 14 January 1965 – Séan Lemass became the first Taoiseach to visit Stormont, where he met Terence O'Neill, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
George Clark, Grand Master of the Orange Order, said, “It is surely common sense that the two leaders meet.” pic.twitter.com/Dm5tFpnCGN
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) January 14, 2022
#OTD in 1882, Maria Deraismes—French feminist & suffragist—was initiated into Freemasonry. A year later, she & Georges Martin set up a Masonic lodge allowing men & women as members, from which grew the International Order of Freemasonry Le Droit Humain. https://t.co/5SvLwMdIp2 pic.twitter.com/dUi0NTGLoR
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) January 14, 2022
On this day in 1963, Alabama Governor George Wallace gave an inaugural address calling for “segregation now... segregation tomorrow... segregation forever!” To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/hCl4tgBEmM
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) January 14, 2022
January 15th
588 BC Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah’s reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC.
1535 Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church in England
1759 British Museum opens in Montague House, London
1902 Abdulaziz Ibn Saud leads 40 men over the walls of Riyadh and takes the city, marking the beginning of the Third Saudi State
2001 Wikipedia a free Wiki or content encyclopedia is launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger
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World’s largest office building, the Pentagon is completed to house the US military
Today in History in 1943
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Two million gallons of molasses flood Boston Massachusetts in the “Great Molasses Flood” when a storage tank burst, drowning 21 and injuring 150
Today in History in 1919
This day 75 years ago – 15 January 1947 – electricity was switched on for the first time as part of the rural scheme introduced by the Electricity Supply Board (ESB).
It was in Oldtown, Co Dublin.
At the time, more than 400,000 homes in rural Ireland had no electricity. pic.twitter.com/cbdvxXdFa7
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) January 15, 2022
#OTD in 1976, Sara Jane Moore began a life sentence for attempting to assassinate US President Gerald Ford, hoping to trigger a revolution. In Feb 1979 she escaped from jail but was quickly re-arrested. She was re-arrested again aged 89 for leaving the US. https://t.co/zfCHNuBrfX
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) January 15, 2022
On this day in 1991, the Supreme Court held that formerly segregated schools could be released from prior integration orders, despite evidence schools were re-segregating. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/jQepssdNuK
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) January 15, 2022
January 16th
27 BC The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate
1412 The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy
1605 The first edition of “El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid
1793 French King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the National Convention during the French Revolution
1913 British House of Commons accepts Home Rule for Ireland (but the Great War gets in the way of it happening)
1920 1st assembly of the League of Nations is held in Paris
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Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
Today in History in 2006
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Hoax article advertising fictitious theatrical performer "The Bottle Conjuror" drew huge crowds to the Haymarket Theatre, London, whose inevitable non-appearance caused a riot. It's alleged the Duke of Montagu perpetrated the fiasco to win a bet
Today in History in 1749
This day 100 years ago – 16 January 1922 – Dublin Castle was formally handed over to Michael Collins, Chairman of the Provisional Government.
He is alleged to have said, upon being told he was seven minutes late, “We've been waiting 700 years. You can have the seven minutes.” pic.twitter.com/x4Eix8Sl2E
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) January 16, 2022
#OTD in 1864 Anna Elizabeth Dickinson—orator for women's rights & the abolition of slavery—became the first woman to speak before the United States Congress; she influenced US politics in the pre-civil war period and paved the way for other women speakers. https://t.co/CprVIMgDnL pic.twitter.com/90txb4FYb5
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) January 16, 2022
On this day in 1832, Alabama passed a law outlawing aspects of Muscogee and Cherokee peoples' daily lives and allowing white people to seize their land through fraud. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/0wWikMMwcy
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) January 16, 2022
January 17th
1773 Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33' S)
1873 A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War
1912 Captain Robert Scott's expedition arrives at the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen
1946 United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
1991 Operation Desert Storm begins, with US-led coalition forces bombing Iraq, during the Gulf War
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First day of prohibition of alcohol comes into effect in the US as a result of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution
Today in History in 1920
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Doomsday Clock set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's 1st nuclear test
Today in History in 2007
This day 30 years ago – 17 January 1992 – Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke sparked controversy when he sang 'My Darling Clementine' on RTÉ television, hours after seven workmen had been killed by a Provisional IRA bomb in Co Tyrone.
This led to calls for his resignation. pic.twitter.com/CWzydLFFR4
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) January 17, 2022
#OTD in 1940, an international surrealist exhibition opened at the new @GaleriaGAM. Included was the work of French-Mexican Alice Rahon - painter, poet, multi-media artist, librettist, film-maker, designer and a major figure of the Surrealist movement. https://t.co/SbcjiaG8iY pic.twitter.com/w8irEj2C7p
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) January 17, 2022