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  1. 22nd January 1506: Pope Julius II formally establishes the Pontifical Swiss Guard as the personal bodyguard of the Pope and the Vatican

    Publicerades: 2025-01-22

  2. 21st January 1908: Sullivan’s Ordinance in New York prohibits women from smoking in public places

    Publicerades: 2025-01-21

  3. 20th January 1949: Shirley Temple given a tear gas fountain pen by J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI, during the inauguration of Harry Truman

    Publicerades: 2025-01-20

  4. 19th January 1883: World’s first electric lighting system using overhead wires activated in Roselle, New Jersey

    Publicerades: 2025-01-19

  5. 18th January 1871: Wilhelm I of Prussia proclaimed the first German Emperor

    Publicerades: 2025-01-18

  6. 17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

    Publicerades: 2025-01-17

  7. 16th January 1547: Ivan the Terrible formally crowned as the first Tsar of Russia

    Publicerades: 2025-01-16

  8. 15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston

    Publicerades: 2025-01-15

  9. 14th January 1973: Elvis Presley makes the first solo headline satellite broadcast in Aloha From Hawaii

    Publicerades: 2025-01-14

  10. 13th January 532: The Nika riots begin in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justinian I

    Publicerades: 2025-01-13

  11. 12th January 1967: Dr James Bedford becomes the first cryonically preserved human

    Publicerades: 2025-01-12

  12. 11th January 1879: Anglo-Zulu War begins when British troops cross the Tugela River into Zululand

    Publicerades: 2025-01-11

  13. 10th January 1927: Fritz Lang’s pioneering science fiction film Metropolis premieres in Berlin

    Publicerades: 2025-01-10

  14. 9th January 1916: Gallipoli campaign ends with an Ottoman victory following the final withdrawal of Allied forces

    Publicerades: 2025-01-09

  15. 8th January 1790: George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address

    Publicerades: 2025-01-08

  16. 7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon

    Publicerades: 2025-01-07

  17. 6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

    Publicerades: 2025-01-06

  18. 5th January 1953: Samuel Beckett’s play En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) premieres at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris

    Publicerades: 2025-01-05

  19. 4th January 1847: Samuel Colt receives the first government order for his firearms

    Publicerades: 2025-01-04

  20. 3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

    Publicerades: 2025-01-03

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