The funeral of Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria died on 22nd January 1901 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight and was buried in The…
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1 February 1981
Trevor Chappell bowls underarm on the final delivery of a game between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in was has…
31 January 1929
The Soviet Union send Leon Trotsky into exile. Leon Trotsky is a communist theorist and agitator, a leader in Russia’s October Revolution in 1917, and…
30 January 2003
Belgium officially recognizes same sex marriages. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) rights in Belgium have been seen as some of the most progressive in Europe…
29 January 1861
Kansas is admitted as the 34th state of the USA. On this day in 1861, Kansas is admitted to the Union as free state. It…
28 January 1956
Elvis Presley first appears on American television. His first TV appearance was on January 28, 1956 on the little remembered, Stage Show, co-hosted by Jimmy…
27 January 1996
Germany first observes the ‘International Holocaust Remembrance Day’. On the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Jan. 27, 1995, many in Germany used…
26 January 1855
The Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory. The Point No Point Treaty was signed on January 26, 1855 at Point No Point,…
25 January 1949
The first Emmy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club. On this day in 1949, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences holds its…
24 January 2009
26 people die when Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France. Klaus was a European windstorm or cyclone which made landfall over large parts of…