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1st |
Every year, we celebrate New Years Day, but do you
really know Why? Find out more at
New Year's Day -- History, Traditions, and Customs. |
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2nd |
One of the twentieth centuries
greatest Science fiction writers,
Isaac Asimov, born
today in 1920. |
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3rd |
Treacherous rouge
William Joyce, alias Lord Haw-Haw, stopped laughing when hung today in 1948.
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4th |
Poet, critic and playwright TS Eliot died today in 1965.
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|
5th |
Yorkshire
Ripper - Peter Sutcliffe finally arrested in 1981, after years of murdering
and terrorizing women throughout the UK. |
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6th |
Back to the past to celebrate business
man come drug smuggler
John Z. DeLorean's birthday today in
1925. |
|
7th |
Another landmark in the short
history of the Internet, when
AOL Files lawsuit |
|
8th |
Space Oddity and master
musician,
David Bowie born today in
1947. |
|
9th |
Explorer and
traveller
Marco Polo
died today in 1324. |
|
10th |
Leon Trotsky ordered into
exile by Uncle Joe where he is soon murdered for his
contribution to the communist
cause. |
|
11th |
After the Second World War, the new republic of
Albania is established in 1948. |
|
12th |
SPLAM!
KAPOW!
Adam West explodes as Batman
across television screens in 1966. |
|
13th |
1893: The British Independent
Labour
Party was formed by Keir Hardie, and in 1995,
it was hijacked by Tories in 'New Labour' clothing.
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|
14th |
Play it again Sam as
Humphrey Bogart
died this day in 1957.
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|
15th |
London in 1759, sees the opening of the
The British Museum: |
|
16th |
The
war to drive the Iraqis from Kuwait, began today in 1991 with Operation Storm, you can find out all about this @
Desert Storm Links
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|
17th |
A
good hair day for the world as
Vidal Sassoon is born today in 1928. |
|
18th |
In
1919, after a war costing millions upon millions of lives, a
World
War 1 peace
conference is
called. For more read the
World War 1 Chronology.
The United States admits
that the
CIA
paid
Panamanian dictator
Manuel Noriega
over $300,000 during his
career as undercover narc. |
|
19th |
1793: King Louis XVI was tried
by the French Convention, found guilty of treason and sentenced to the
guillotine, as explained in
The Trial and Execution of Louis XVI |
|
20th |
Film Goddess,
Audrey Hepburn dies in 1993.
Rock musician
Ozzy Osbourne
is hospitalized in Des
Moines IA after he bites the head off of a dead bat. The bat was tossed on
stage by a fan during a live performance. |
|
21st |
1846:
The first issue of the Daily News, edited by Charles Dickens, was
published. More details at:
British Newspapers |
|
22nd |
In
1901, Queen Victoria Dies dies, but
unfortunately some of her values and traditions still remain in the UK.
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|
23rd |
Björn Borg! retires for the first time in 1983. |
|
24th |
A great step
forward on the road to civilization as
Beer sold in cans for the first time in1935.
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|
25th |
A
Scottish celebration throughout the world as
Burns Night falls. |
|
26th |
Compaq buys out Digital in 1998, in what is one of many takeovers in the I.T.
industry. |
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27th |
Thomas A. Edison patents his electric lamp and lights up the world
today in 1879. |
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28th |
Irish
Poet and playwright,
William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) dies this day |
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29th |
English left-wing
political writer
Thomas
Paine born today. He was active in the American and French revolutions.
His pamphlet Common Sense (1776) ignited passions in the American
Revolution; others include The Rights of Man (1791) and The Age of
Reason (1793). |
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30th |
Mohandas Ghandhi
assassinated, proving once again that a strong commitment to peace and
non-violence is no protection against
market forces. |
|
31st |
The hated and unjust
Corn Laws are
abolished in the UK in 1849. |
