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Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp

Today in History in 1880

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Peruvian ambassador Ricardo Rivera-Schreiber warns American Ambassador of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor

Today in History in 1941

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In 1880, Margarete Steiff—left by childhood polio with pain & paralysis—founded Margarete Steiff GmbH, making toy stuffed animals. She'd saved for her first sewing machine by teaching the zither. Steiff GmBH still makes toys; older toys are collectibles.https://t.co/Eu9nATGlnv pic.twitter.com/xYuNgK7kFz

— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) January 27, 2022

On this day in 1967, sheriff deputies in Birmingham shot Robert Lacey, a Black father of six, while responding to a complaint about the family dog. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/xoLSbm5WLB

— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) January 27, 2022

January 28th

1521 Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms in Worms, Germany which lasts until May 25th; Produced the "Edict of Worms" which denounced Martin Luther

1807 London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight

1813 Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" is published by Thomas Egerton in the United Kingdom

1819 Sir Stamford Raffles lands in Singapore

1933 The name "Pakistan" is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali and gradually accepted by Muslims in the Indian sub-continent who use it to push for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia

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Iceland becomes 1st western country to legalize abortion

Today in History in 1935

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In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.

Today in History in 1887

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This day 180 years ago – 28 January 1842 – the 'Address from the People of Ireland to their Countrymen and Countrywomen in America' was first read to an audience in Boston.

Signed by 60,000 people in Ireland, it called on the Irish in the U.S. to support the abolitionist cause. pic.twitter.com/CgriNrzdLx

— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) January 28, 2022

In 1905, Adele Astaire, aged 9, began a professional vaudeville act with her younger brother Fred. A skilled dancer & comedienne, Astaire starred in hit Broadway musicals and in London's West End. In 1932 Astaire retired to marry Lord Charles Cavendish. https://t.co/IgyEfmYCpx pic.twitter.com/C6Al0DToBP

— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) January 28, 2022

On this day in 1934, Robert Johnson was wrongly arrested in Tampa. Though police quickly cleared him of the initial charges, they kept him in jail. Days later a white mob lynched him. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/rYu7K9c5bI

— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) January 28, 2022

January 29th

474 Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire together with his son Leo II (age 6 or 7)

661 Rashidun Caliphate, then the largest empire in history, ends with the death of its leader, Ali. Succeeded by the Umayyad Caliphate.

1595 William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" is thought to have been first performed. Officially published early 1597.

1886 Karl Benz patents the "Benz Patent-Motorwagen" in Karlsruhe, Germany, the world's 1st automobile with a burning motor [1]

1892 The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia

1896 Emile Grubbe is the first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer

2002 US President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address describes "regimes that sponsor terror" an "Axis of Evil", which includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea

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Victoria Cross established to acknowledge valour in the face of the enemy (United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries)

Today in History in 1856

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Sweden outlaws aerosol sprays due to their harmful effect on the ozone layer, becoming the first nation to enact such a ban.

Today in History in 1978

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This day 55 years ago – 29 January 1967 – the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) was formed in Belfast's International Hotel.

Its purpose was to unify various groups in Northern Ireland under the common cause of democratic reform and civil rights for all. pic.twitter.com/iYkGxBDTuv

— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) January 29, 2022

At the Bear Creek Massacre—#OTD in 1863—hundreds of Shoshone children, women & men were killed. Mae Timbimboo Parry (1919-2007), storyteller/historian of the Shoshone nation, made sure it wasn't remembered as 'Battle of Bear Creek'. Listen @whatshernamePC https://t.co/WWohkuSXLx pic.twitter.com/2gpqFXLFBN

— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) January 29, 2022

On this day in 1883, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld an Alabama law that criminalized sex between persons of different races and outlawed interracial marriage. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/pBRNNI57eK

— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) January 29, 2022

January 30th

1661 Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years

1815 Burned US Library of Congress re-established with Thomas Jefferson's 6,500 volumes

1902 Britain and Japan sign a treaty after months of negotiating which commits each country to supporting an independent China and Korea, although it acknowledges Japan's 'special interest' in Korea

1933 President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor of Germany who forms a government with Franz von Papen

1939 Adolf Hitler threatens Jews during his speech to the German Reichstag (Parliament)

1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse

1965 State funeral for Winston Churchill at St Paul's Cathedral in London; at the time, the world's largest ever state funeral

1972 Bloody Sunday: 27 unarmed civilians are shot (14 are killed) by the British Army during a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland; this is the highest death toll from a single shooting incident during 'the Troubles'

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The Beatles perform their last live gig, a 42 minute concert on the roof of Apple Corps HQ in London, England

Today in History in 1969

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8th (final) part of “Roots” is most-watched US entertainment show ever (100 million)

Today in History in 1977

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This day 50 years ago – 30 January 1972 – British paratroopers shot 26 people, 14 of whom would die, in Derry city, after an anti-internment protest march.

All were male, aged between 17 and 59.

SDLP deputy leader John Hume described the soldiers as “uniformed murderers.” pic.twitter.com/L3rMaoEwEq

— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) January 30, 2022

In 1970, Florence Howe founded the Feminist Press, publishing neglected women authors and biographies of women from history. Howe was also an pioneering teacher—the “Elizabeth Cady Stanton of women’s studies”—and a civil rights and anti-war campaigner. https://t.co/6FRhcQBJj0 pic.twitter.com/a7eYFzb2Np

— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) January 30, 2022

On this day in 1956, in Montgomery, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s home was bombed while his wife Coretta, seven-week-old daughter, and a neighbor were inside. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/uYHR0HSVm8

— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) January 30, 2022

January 31st

1865 Congress passes the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (passes 121-24)

1865 General Robert E. Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies during US Civil War

1943 Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to Soviet troops at Stalingrad

1950 US President Harry Truman publicly announces support for the development of a hydrogen bomb

1985 South African President P. W. Botha offers to free Nelson Mandela if he denounces violence