And the next date in the calendar is....

[DickHarlow]

January 23, 1986: The first ten musicians are inducted into Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame including James Brown, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.

 

[MassRuss]

January 24, 1862 - Birth of American author Edith Wharton, 1st woman to win Pulitzer Prize

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wharton

 

[unloadonme]

25 January 1640 – Birth of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_1st_Duke_of_Devonshire

 

[MassRuss]

January 26, 1340 - King Edward III of England declared King of France

 

[MassRuss]

January 27, 1606 - Trial of the conspirators in the Gun Powder Plot begins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot

 

[unloadonme]

28 January 814 – Death of Charlemagne

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne

 

[MassRuss]

January 29, 1737 - Birth of English/American revolutionary, pamphleteer, political activist, author, All Around PIA to King George III. Thomas Paine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine

 

[unloadonme]

30 January 1894 – Birth of King Boris III of Bulgaria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_III_of_Bulgaria

 

[MassRuss]

January 31, 1929 - Trotsky expelled from USSR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky

 

[unloadonme]

1 February 1908 – Murder of King Carlos I of Portugal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_I_of_Portugal

 

[MassRuss]

February 2, 1650 - English actress Nell Gwynn is born. Also a long time mistress of Charles II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Gwyn

 

[unloadonme]

3 February 1830 – Birth of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury

 

[MassRuss]

February 4, 1871 - Birth of Friedrich Ebert, 1st president of Weimar Germany

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Ebert

 

[unloadonme]

5 February 1881 – Death of Thomas Carlyle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle

 

[MassRuss]

February 6, 1685 - James II & VII becomes King of England, Ireland & Scotland upon the death of Charles II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England_and_VII_of_Scotland

 

[unloadonme]

7 February 1906 – Birth of Emperor Puyi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi

 

[MassRuss]

February 8, 1587 - Mary Queen of Scots is executed for plotting to kill Elizabeth I

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots

 

[unloadonme]

9 February 1670 – Death of King Frederick III of Denmark.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III_of_Denmark

 

[MassRuss]

February 10, 1567 - Lord Darnley, 2nd husband of Mary, Queen of Scpts, is found strangled.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Stuart,_Lord_Darnley

 

[MassRuss]

February 11, 1847 - Birth of inventor Thomas Edison

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison