Historical BITS!: January's To Remember

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³  1-01-1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln.                    ³
³  1-02-1968 Dr Christian Barnard performs 1st successful heart transplant.  ³
³  1-03-1977 Apple Computer incorporated.                                    ³
³  1-04-1790 Pres. Washington delivers first "State of the Union" speech.    ³
³  1-11-1935 Amelia Earhart flies from Hawaii to California, non-stop.       ³
³  1-13-1920 NY Times Editorial says rockets can never fly.                  ³
³  1-13-1930 Mickey Mouse comic strip first appears.                         ³
³  1-14-1784 Revolutionary War ends - Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris.     ³
³  1-16-1920 18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect.                  ³
³  1-17-1861 Flush toilet is patented by Mr. Thomas Crapper.                 ³
³  1-18-1919 Versailles Peace Conference, ending World War I.                ³
³  1-20-1981 US embassy hostages freed in Tehran after 444 days.             ³
³  1-24-1935 1st beer in cans is sold.                                       ³
³  1-25-1915 Alexander Bell in NY calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco.      ³
³  1-26-1871 American income tax repealed.                                   ³
³  1-26-1954 Ground breaking begins on Disneyland.                           ³
³  1-27-1973 US & Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending the longest US war.        ³
³  1-28-1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explodes, killing crew.                ³
³  1-31-1958 James van Allen discovers radiation belt.                       ³
³  1-31-1958 1st U.S. satellite launched, Explorer I.                        ³
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