31 January First in Flight

1930 American first uses a glider to fly from an airship in Lakehurst, N.J.

30 January Find For U.K.

1820 Antarctica's trinity peninsula sighted by British explorer Edward Bransfield.

29 January Drafiting.

1850 "Compromise" of 1850 drafted by Henry Clay allowing California as a free state but putting a stronger Fugitive Slave Laws in force.

28 January New Election.

1770 Election of Fredrick North as Prime Minister of U.K.

27 January.Record Set.

1940 CCC camp F 16 in Georgia records the lowest temperature in the state 17 F (27C).

26 January Law Passed.

1870 Passage of bill to allow Virginia to be readmitted to the Union.

25 January Record Set.

1950 Highest temperature recorded in Cleveland for January 73 Degrees F (23C).

24 January Coup.

1960 Anti De Gaulle insurrection in Algeria.

23 January Massacre.

1870 United States Army kills 33 Blackfoot men as well as 140 women and children.

22 January Program Ends.

2010 Because of a disagreement over the airtime "Tonight Show" with Conan O Brian ends.

21 January Limit.

1940 Censorship of reporters from other countries begins in Dutch Netherlands.

20 January Violence.

1990 Pro independence movement forcefully repressed Red Army.

19 January Formation.

1920 New government formed by Alaxndre Millerand.

18 January Annoucemnt

1990 Declaration by South Africa that it is considering allowing  the ANC.

17 January War on Drinking.

1920 The national prohibition on the manufacture, sale of, transportation within, trade from and to The United States and all territory under its jurisdiction of intoxicating liqueur for beverage purposes went into effect it contained a provision that was used to allow lawmakers to define what was intoxicating and eventually allowed near beer before it was totally repealed in 1933.

16 January Recognition.

1950 Recognition of Israel by Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

15 January Violence

1970 Start of rioting in Belfast's Ardoyne Neighborhood.

14 January Recall.

1950  American consular officials removed by United States.

13 January Editorial.

1920 (False) editorial by New York Times that flight by rockets was impossible.

12 January Start.

1820 Beginning of Royal Astronomical Society ( Astronomical society of  London) in England. 

11 January Sinking.

1920 553 die in sinking of the French passenger ship Afrique.

10 January.Brginning.

1920 League of Nations opens in Paris.

9 January Resrtiction Off.

1990 Porn shops win case against zoning regulation in Untied States Supreme Court.

8 January Speech.

1790 First State of the Union delivered by George Washington.

7 January Votes Annuled.

1920 New York Assembly votes to deny seats to five members elect from the socialist party.

6 January End

1930 End of the first trip in a diesel powered automobile.

5 January Meeting.

1930 At Clarence Clay's house the criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow meet for the first time.

4 January Founding.

1960 Inception of European Free Trade Association in Stockholm.

3 January Surrender.

1990 Surrender of General Manuel Noriega to arrest by American authorities.

2 January Request.

1800 Petition to Congress by free blacks in Philadelphia to abolish the slave trade.

1 January Giving.

1950 Cession of Ajaigrath to Indian Government.