The National Geographic Society is formed in Washington, DC. On January 27, 1888, the National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C., for “the increase…
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12 January 1967
James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically frozen with the aim of future resuscitation. On 12 January, 1967, Dr. James H. Bedford became…
11 January 1922
Insulin was first used to treat diabetes in a human. On 11 January 1922, Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy with diabetes, who lay dying at…
10 January 1861
During the American Civil War, Florida secedes from the Union. Florida joined the Confederate States of America at the beginning of the Civil War, as…
9 January 2007
Apple’s Steve Jobs introduces the first iPhone at the Macworld conference in San Francisco. The first Macworld Expo occurred in 1985 in San Francisco. The…
8 January 1962
A train crash in Harmelen, Netherlands killed 93 people. The Harmelen train disaster was the worst railway accident in the history of the Netherlands on…
7 January 1610
Galileo Galilei first observes the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa. Probably the most significent contribution that Galileo Galilei made to science was…
6 January 1721
The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings. The South Sea Bubble of 1720 was one of the first but by…
5 January 1949
President Harry S. Truman announces his Fair Deal program. On January 05, 1949, President Harry S. Truman announces, in his State of the Union address,…
4 January 46 BC
Titus Labienus is defeated by Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. The Battle of Ruspina was fought on January 4, 46 BC in the…