1994 ~ Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina

1965 Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.

January 24th
 

Togo ~ "Economic Liberation Day". 'Deterioration of the financial sector, energy shortages, depressed commodity prices'..... so says the interweb!! SOME liberation, huh?


41A.D. ~ Roman emperor, Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula (meaning Little Boot—he used to wear military boots as a child), was murdered.


1848 ~ Gold was first discovered in California, in Sutter's mill. When President Polk announced the news in December, the gold rush began.


1908 ~ Robert Baden-Powell organized the first Boy Scout troop in England.


1972 ~ Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was discovered in Guam, having spent 28 years hiding in the jungle thinking World War II was still going on.


1986 ~ Voyager Two space probe passes within 51,000 miles of Uranus.


2003 ~ The Department of Homeland Security, under Tom Ridge, became a cabinet department.

On Jan. 25, 1915, the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service.

January 25th
 

1971 ~ General Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda while President Milton Obote is away on a foreign visit.

January 25th
 

Lithuania ~ "Kirmeline - The Day of Serpents" Locals shake apple trees, and knock on bee-hives to wake bees from their winter slumber. (No mention ANYWHERE of any snakes! :confused: )


Scotland ~ "Burns Night". Celebrates the birth of Scotlands 'National Bard' in 1759; plenty of Haggis, neeps, tatties...... and WHISKY!!! (Now, you didn't think I'd forget THIS one, did ya?!?! :D)


1890 ~ United Mine Workers of America was founded.


1924 ~ The first Winter Olympic games opened at Chamonix, France.


1961 ~ President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and television.


1971 ~ Charles Manson was found guilty of murdering Sharon Tate and six others.

Jan 25, 1858, Mendelssohn’s "Wedding March" was presented for the first time, as the daughter of Queen Victoria married the Crown Prince of Prussia

1998 The Denver Broncos beat the Green Bay Packers 31-24 in Super Bowl XXXII. The Broncos had lost 3 previous Super Bowl appearances with quarterback John Elway.

1905 Great Britain's Arthur MacDonald sets a new land speed record (149.875 miles per hour) at Daytona Beach, Florida.
1939 Filming begins on "Gone With The Wind."

January 26th
 

1998 ~ President Clinton denies an 18-month affair with Monica Lewinsky in 1995. “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.”

January 26th
 

Australia ~ "Australia Day" An 'official' excuse to get Royally drunk!! (Like they NEED one! :D)


1788 (and THIS is what th^t celebrates!! The first European settlers landed in Sydney, Australia.


1802 ~ Congress passed an act calling for establishment of a library within the US Capitol.


1837 ~ Michigan became the 26th state in the United States.


1950 ~ India, three years after gaining its independence from the United Kingdom, formally became a republic.


1979 ~ Former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller died in New York at age 70.


1993 ~ Vaclav Havel was elected president of the new Czech Republic.


2001 ~ A magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked the Indian state of Gujarat, killing more than 20,000 people.

January 27th
 

1967 ~ Three American astronauts, Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died when fire swept through their Command Module while they were taking part in a rehearsal for the launch of the first Apollo mission.

January 27th
 

Serbia & Montenegro ~ "Feast of St. Sava" Serbs honour the prince who founded their orthodox church.


1756 ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. (I've been there!!)


1880 ~ Thomas Edison was granted a patent for his incandescent light.


1945 ~ The Russians liberated Auschwitz concentration camp, where the Nazis had killed over 1.5 million people, including over 1 million Jews.


1973 ~ Vietnam War peace accords were signed in Paris.

On Jan. 27, 1967, astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo spacecraft at Cape Kennedy, Fla.

January 28th
 

Rwanda ~ "Democracy Day" In this case, Democracy in 1994 Rwanda meant the 'freedom' for 800,000 deaths in a Civil War, plus at least that number again of refugees


1547 ~ King Henry VIII of England died and his nine-year-old son, Edward VI, assumed the throne.


1915 ~ Congress passed legislation creating the U.S. Coast Guard.


1916 ~ The first Jewish Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Louis Brandeis, was appointed.


1986 ~ U.S. shuttle Challenger exploded 72 seconds after lift off, killing all seven crew members aboard, including school teacher Christa McAuliffe.


1999 ~ The creation of Element 114 (ununquadium) is announced by scientists.


2003 ~ In his second State of the Union Address, President Bush presents case for war with Iraq.