This Day In History
This Day In History-January 22nd
On this day in 1901 after her 63 year long reign Queen Victoria of England died.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as The first female secretary of state was Madeline Albright, confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 1997.
This Day In History-January 21st
The first nuclear-powered submarine was launched in 1954 and was called the USS Nautilus.
This Day In History-January 20th
The Beatles released their first album in the United States in 1964 called, Meet the Beatles.
On this day in history 1986 Martin Luther King, Jr., day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
This Day In History-January 18th
On this day in history 1733 the first polar bear was exhibited in America, in Boston.
This Day In History-January 17th
Gary Gilmore, in the year 1977, became the first person executed in the U.S. since the death penalty was reintroduced.
This Day In History-January 16th
On this day in history 1547 Ivan the Terrible was crowned the first czar of Russia.
The wife of Clark Gable, actress Carole Lombard, died in a plane crash.
This Day In History-January 15th
For the first time in Harper’s Weekly, 1870, the donkey was first used as the symbol of the Democratic Party.
In the year 1943 construction on the Pentagon was completed making it the world’s largest office building.
This Day In History-January 14th
On this day in history 2008 the first elected Indian-American was Bobby Jindal who took office as the governor of Louisiana.
This Day In History-January 13th
In the year 1999 basketball player Michael Jordan retired for the second time only to come out of retirement again in 2001.
This Day In History-January 12th
The first woman elected to the U.S. Senate was Hattie Caraway in.
