Monday, January 10, 2005
Historical Events in January
1959 - Fidel Castro assumes power in Cuba
1971 - US Congress bans all smoking ads on radio & TV
1925 - Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini takes dictatorial control of Italy
1961 - President Eisenhower breaks off diplomatic ties with Cuba
1971 - The use of DDT is outlawed by U.S. Court of Appeals
1991 - PanAm files for bankruptcy and closes its doors
1967 - PBS goes on the air
1929 - Martin Luther King's birthdate - January 15th
1991 - The Gulf War begins
1778 - English navigator Captain James Cook discovers the Hawaiian Islands
1946 - The CIA is established by President Truman
1977 - President Carter pardons Viet Nam War draft evaders
1905 - The Russian Revolution begins in St. Petersburg
1986 - Space shuttle Challenger explodes at take-off
1995 - The O.J. Simpson trial begins
1904 - The first Boy Scout troop is established in England by Lord
1959 - Fidel Castro assumes power in Cuba
1971 - US Congress bans all smoking ads on radio & TV
1925 - Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini takes dictatorial control of Italy
1961 - President Eisenhower breaks off diplomatic ties with Cuba
1971 - The use of DDT is outlawed by U.S. Court of Appeals
1991 - PanAm files for bankruptcy and closes its doors
1967 - PBS goes on the air
1929 - Martin Luther King's birthdate - January 15th
1991 - The Gulf War begins
1778 - English navigator Captain James Cook discovers the Hawaiian Islands
1946 - The CIA is established by President Truman
1977 - President Carter pardons Viet Nam War draft evaders
1905 - The Russian Revolution begins in St. Petersburg
1986 - Space shuttle Challenger explodes at take-off
1995 - The O.J. Simpson trial begins
1904 - The first Boy Scout troop is established in England by Lord
