President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes the March of Dimes. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founds the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which…
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2 January 1967
Ronald Reagan become the Governor of California. Ronald Reagan was the Governor of California for two terms, the first beginning in 1967 and the second…
1 January 1934
Alcatraz Island, in the San Francisco Bay, becomes a United States federal prison. The federal prison on Alcatraz Island in the chilly waters of California’s…
31 December 1857
Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa to be the capital of Canada. December 31, 1857 will always be one of the most important dates in Canadian history….
30 December 2006
Over 400 die when the Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks. The M/s Senopati Nusantara was an Indonesian ferry that sank in a storm…
29 December 1939
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator flies for the first time. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego,…
28 December 1065
Westminster Abbey is consecrated. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, now known as Westminster Abbey, is officially neither an abbey nor a cathedral….
27 December 1845
Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long. Crawford Long, a north Georgia physician, is credited with the discovery…
26 December 1963
The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” is released in the USA. This was the first Beatles song to catch on in America. In…
25 December 1559
Giovanni Angelo Medici is elected Pope Pius the IV. Pope Pius IV, born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church…