Philip II is crowned King of Spain. Philip II Spanish: Felipe II de Habsburgo; Portuguese: Filipe I May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598 was the first official King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, king…
15 January 1759
The British Museum opens. In 1753 Sir Hans Sloane, an Irish-born physician and naturalist, left his collection of 71,000 books, manuscripts, natural specimens and other…
14 January 1950
The first prototype of the USSR’s MiG-17 makes its maiden flight. Another prototype of Mikoyan Gurevich fighter I-330 SI made its first flight on the…
13 January 2018
A false emergency alert warning is sent out of an impending missile strike in Hawaii causing widespread panic in the state. On Saturday morning, January…
12 January 2005
Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral. Deep Impact was a NASA space probe launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on January 12, 2005. It…
11 January 1908
The Grand Canyon National Monument is created. January 11, 1908 Grand Canyon National Monument is created Declaring that “The ages had been at work on…
10 January 1870
John D Rockefeller starts Standard Oil. By the end of the American Civil War, Cleveland was one of the five main refining centers in the…
9 January 2007
Apple announces original iPhone at Macworld in San Francisco. MACWORLD SAN FRANCISCO—January 9, 2007—Apple® today introduced iPhone, combining three products—a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen…
8 January 1973
The Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched. Forty-five years after the Soviet Lunokhod-2 robot explored the lifeless surface of the moon, a declassified document…
7 January 2012
A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand. All 11 people on board are killed. On 7 January 2012, a scenic hot air balloon…