Historical Index

14th Century (1300-1399)

1368

JAN 23 - Zhu Yuanzhang is crowned the Hongwu Emperor (The Daily Then)

15th Century (1400-1499)

1419

JAN 19 - Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England (The Daily Then)

1431

JAN 3 - Joan of Arc is handed over to her enemies (The Daily Then)

1492

JAN 2 - Granada falls to Ferdinand and Isabella (The Daily Then)

16th Century (1500-1599)

1521

JAN 3 - Martin Luther is excommunicated from the Catholic Church (The Daily Then)

1528

JAN 22 - England and France ally against Emperor Charles V (The Daily Then)

1531

JAN 5. - Henry VIII is denied permission to remarry (The Daily Then)

1547

JAN 16 - Ivan IV is crowned Tsar of All Russia (The Daily Then)

1554

JAN 25 - Jesuit missionaries establish São Paulo (The Daily Then)

1559

JAN 13 - Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England (The Daily Then)

17th Century (1600-1699)

1642

JAN 4 - King Charles I enters Parliament with armed soldiers (The Daily Then)

1670

JAN 18 - Henry Morgan captures and burns Panama City (The Daily Then)

18th Century (1700-1799)

1709

JAN 5 - The Great Frost devastates Europe (The Daily Then)

1773

JAN 17 - James Cook crosses the Antarctic Circle (The Daily Then)

1776

JAN 10 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense (The Daily Then)

1784

JAN 14 - The Continental Congress ratifies the Peace of Paris (The Daily Then)
JAN 26 - Benjamin Franklin criticizes the bald eagle as a national symbol (The Daily Then)

1785

JAN 7 - The 1st hydrogen balloon crosses the English Channel (The Daily Then)

1786

JAN 16 - Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom becomes law (The Daily Then)

1787

JAN 25 - Shays’ Rebellion collapses at the Springfield Armory (The Daily Then)

1788

JAN 18 - Britain’s First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay (The Daily Then)

1789

FEB 4 - George Washington Is Unanimously Elected President (The Daily Then)

1790

JAN 8 - George Washington delivers the first State of the Union (The Daily Then)

1793

JAN 21 - King Louis XVI of France is executed in Paris (The Daily Then)

19th Century (1800-1899)

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JAN 1 - Haiti declares Independence (The Daily Then)

1835

JAN 8 - The United States reaches zero national debt (The Daily Then)
JAN 30 - Andrew Jackson survives the first assassination attempt on a sitting U.S. president (The Daily Then)

1838

JAN 6 - Samuel Morse demonstrates the telegraph (The Daily Then)

1839

JAN 9 - First photograph taken (The Daily Then)

1845

JAN 29 - The Raven is published in New York City (The Daily Then)

1847

JAN 4 - Samuel Colt sells his revolver to the U.S. government (The Daily Then)

1848

JAN 23 - Gold is discovered in California (The Daily Then)
FEB 2 - A Treaty Redraws Borders and Belonging (The Daily Then)

1861

JAN 9 - The Star of the West is turned away at Charleston Harbor (The Daily Then)
JAN 29 - Kansas Becomes a Free State (The Daily Then)

1865

FEB 1 - Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment (The Daily Then)

1870

JAN 3 - Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge (The Daily Then)
FEB 3 - The 15th Amendment is ratified (The Daily Then)

1877

JAN 8 - Crazy Horse fights his final battle at Wolf Mountain The Daily Then)

1879

JAN 11 - Zulu forces defeat the British Army at Isandlwana (The Daily Then)

1883

JAN 19 - Edison’s electric lighting system begins operating in Roselle, NJ (The Daily Then)

1887

JAN 26 - Construction begins on the Eiffel Tower in Paris (The Daily Then)

1898

JAN 13 - Émile Zola publishes J’Accuse…! in France (The Daily Then)

20th Century (1900-1999)

1901

JAN 10 - Oil is struck at Spindletop Hill in Texas (The Daily Then)

1905

JAN 22 - Russian troops fire on civilians in St. Petersburg (The Daily Then)

1906

JAN 1 - Air control technology is patented (The Daily Then)

1910

JAN 21 - The Angel Island Immigration Station opens in San Francisco Bay (The Daily Then - American Immigration part 6)

1913

FEB 3 - The 16th Amendment is ratified (The Daily Then)

1917

JAN 28 - Literacy Tests and Immigration Policy (The Daily Then)
FEB 5 - The U.S. Congress overrides Wilson's veto to pass the Immigration Act of 1917

1919

JAN 15 - Political reformers are killed in postwar Germany (The Daily Then)
FEB 5 - United Artists is founded. (The Daily Then)

1920

AJN 16 - Prohibition takes effect in the United States (The Daily Then)

1922

JAN 11 - Insulin is first used to treat diabetes (The Daily Then)
JAN 24 - A frozen chocolate-and-ice-cream treat is patented in the United States (The Daily Then)

1924

JAN 25 - The first Winter Olympics open in Chamonix (The Daily Then)

1925

FEB 2 - A Race Against Disease in the Arctic (The Daily Then)

1927

JAN 7 - The Harlem Globetrotters play their first game (The Daily Then)

1929

JAN 15 - Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta (The Daily Then)
JAN 29 - 1st Public Demonstration of Guide Dogs (The /Daily Then)

1932

JAN 12 - Hattie Caraway is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate (The Daily Then)

1941

JAN 13 - Henry Ford unveils a soy-based plastic automobile body (The Daily Then)

1942

JAN 6 - The Pacific Clipper completes a flight around the world (The Daily Then)

1945

JAN 20 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a fourth presidential term (The Daily Then)
JAN 27 - Auschwitz is liberated (The Daily Then)

1948

JAN 30 - Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi (The Daily Then)

1950

JAN 26 - India becomes a republic as its constitution comes into force (The Daily Then)

1958

JAN 18 - Willie O’Ree breaks the NHL color barrier (The Daily Then)

1959

JAN 1 - Luna 1 escapes Earth's gravity (The Daily Then)
FEB 3 - Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper die in a plane crash (The Daily Then)

1960

JAN 1 - Johnny Cash performs at San Quentin Prison (The Daily Then)
FEB 1 - The Greensboro sit-ins begin at a segregated lunch counter (The Daily Then)
FEB 5 - Cuba nationalizes US property (The Daily Then)

1961

JAN 5 - Paul McCartney plays bass for the 1st time with The Beatles (The Daily Then)
JAN 31 - A chimpanzee is launched into space aboard a U.S. capsule (The Daily Then)

1964

JAN 23 - The Twenty-Fourth Amendment is ratified (The Daily Then)

1965

JAN 4 - Lyndon B. Johnson outlines the Great Society (The Daily Then)

1967

JAN 27 - Apollo 1 fire halts the space program (The Daily Then)

1972

JAN 24 - A Japanese WWII soldier, Shoichi Yokoi is discovered on Guam after decades in isolation (The Daily Then)
JAN 30 - Bloody Sunday in Derry (The Daily Then)
FEB 3 - A Blizzard Becomes a National Disaster in Iran (The Daily Then)

1973

JAN 14 - Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast worldwide (The Daily Then)
JAN 14 - The Miami Dolphins complete an undefeated season (The Daily Then)
JAN 22 - The U.S. Supreme Court decides Roe v. Wade (The Daily Then)
JAN 27 - Paris Peace Accords signed (The Daily Then)

1974

FEB 4 - Patty Hearst is kidnapped (The Daily Then)

1977

JAN 21 - President Jimmy Carter issues a full pardon to Vietnam War draft evaders (The Daily Then)
JAN 28 - Death of Stephen Biko (The Daily Then)

1978

JAN 19 - The final Volkswagen Beetle is produced in Germany (The Daily Then)

1980

JAN 20 - The United States boycotts the Moscow Summer Olympics (The Daily Then)

1981

JAN 20 - U.S. hostages are released from Iran (The Daily Then)

1986

JAN 12 - Franklin Chang-Díaz becomes the first Hispanic American in space (The Daily Then)
JAN 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (The Daily Then)

1990

JAN 21 - The Soviet Union opens its first McDonald’s in Moscow (The Daily Then)

1991

JAN 17 - Operation Desert Storm begins (The Daily Then)

1995

JAN 17 - An earthquake devastates Kobe, Japan (The Daily Then)

21st Century (2000-2026)

2003

FEB 1 - Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry (The Daily Then)

2004

FEB 4 - Facebook Launches (The Daily Then)

2007

JAN 9 - The iPhone is unveiled (The Daily Then)

2009

FEB 2 - Eric Holder becomes the first African-American Attorney General

2010

JAN 11 - A major earthquake strikes Haiti (The Daily Then)

2021

JAN 6 - Supporters of Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol (The Daily Then)
JAN 31 - Protests erupt across Russia after the detention of an opposition figure (The Daily Then)