On this day ......

[MassRuss]

1/1/1912 - Kim Philby, British/Soviet double agent, born in India

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

 

[MassRuss]

1/2/1492 - The last Arab stronghold in Spain surrenders to forces loyal to Ferdinand of Aragon & Isabella of Castille, the "Catholic Monarchs"

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

 

[unloadonme]

3 January 1979 – Death of Conrad Hilton.

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

 

[MassRuss]

1/3/1959 - Alaska admitted to union as 49th state

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

 

[MassRuss]

1/4/1643 - Sir Isaac Newton born (date is after calendar change)

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

 

[unloadonme]

4 January 1878 – Birth of Augustus John.

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

 

[MassRuss]

This is the right one (I think, LOL)

1/5/1066 - King (Saint) Edward the Confessor, last Anglo-Saxon King og England dies

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

 

[unloadonme]

6 January 1367 – Birth of King Richard II of England.

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

 

[MassRuss]

1/6/1919 - Teddy Roosevelt, 26th President of the US, dies @ 60 in Oyster Bay, LI NY

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

 

[unloadonme]

7 January 1845 – Birth of King Ludwig III of Bavaria

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

 

[MassRuss]

1/7/1989 - Emperor Hirohito dies

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

 

[unloadonme]

8 January 2004 – The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary_2

 

[MassRuss]

January 8, 1918 - Woodrow Wilson lays out his 14 points (& we all know how well that turned out!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson's_14_points

 

[unloadonme]

9 January 1878 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.

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

 

[MassRuss]

1/9/1982 - Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is born

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine,_Duchess_of_Cambridge

 

[unloadonme]

10 January 1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.

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

 

[MassRuss]

1/11/1757 - Alexander Hamilton, ounding Father & 1st Secretary of the Treasury, born

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

 

[unloadonme]

12 January 1976 – Death of Dame Agatha Christie

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

 

[MassRuss]

January 13, 1691 - George Fox, founder of The Soiety of Friends (Quakers) died

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

 

[unloadonme]

14 January 1742 – Death of Edmond Halley, FRS.

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