Archives for January 2009

This Day In History-January 31st

January 31, 2009 by Brad

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

January 30, 2009 by Brad

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

January 29, 2009 by Brad

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

January 28, 2009 by Brad

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

January 27, 2009 by Brad

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

January 26, 2009 by Brad

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

January 25, 2009 by Brad

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.

January 24, 2009 by Brad

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.

January 23, 2009 by Brad

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

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