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This Day In History-January 31st

January 31, 2009 by Brad · Leave a Comment 

On this day in history 1865 Robert E. Lee was appointed commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces.

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This Day In History-January 30th

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On this day in history 1649 King Charles I of England was beheaded.

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This Day In History-January 29th

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On this day in history 1861 Kansas became the 34th state in the United States

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This Day In History-January 28th

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

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This Day In History-January 27th

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In the year 1944 the Soviets announced the end of the two-year siege of Leningrad.

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This Day In History-January 26th

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

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This Day In History- January 25th

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Nellie Bly beat Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days by completing her circumnavigation in 72 days in he year 1890.

Alexander Graham Bell initiated transcontinental telephone service in 1915.

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This Day In History-January 24th

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Winston Churchill died in London at age 90 in 1965.

Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to be a member of the Supreme Court, died in 1993.

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This Day In History-January 23rd

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The first woman physician in the U.S. was Elizabeth Blackwell in 1849.

Georgetown University established in Washington, D.C. in 1789.

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