The Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington. The Point No Point Treaty was signed on January 26, 1855 at Point No Point, on…
25 January 1961
101 Dalmatians is premiered from Walt Disney Productions. One Hundred and One Dalmatians, often abbreviated as 101 Dalmatians, is a 1961 American animated adventure film…
24 January 1862
Bucharest becomes the capital of Romania. The 1859 ascendancy of Alexandru Ioan Cuza as prince of both Moldavia and Wallachia under the nominal suzerainty of…
23 January 1986
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly…
22 January 1999
The Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India. Graham Stuart…
21 January 1911
The first Monte CarloCar Rally takes place. It was in 1909 that the idea of a car rally first took shape in Monaco. Alexandre Noghès,…
20 January 1969
Richard Nixon becomes the 37th President of the United States of America. Richard Milhous Nixon, January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994 was the 37th…
19 January 1661
Thomas Venner is “hanged, drawn and quartered” in London, UK. On this day in history, 1661, Thomas Venner was hanged, drawn, and quartered. Venner was…
18 January 1866
Wesley College in Melbourne, Australia is established. Wesley College is an independent, co-educational, non-selective day and boarding school in Melbourne, Australia. Established in 1866, the…
17 January 1917
The USA paid Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands. The Danish West Indies or Danish Antilles was a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting…