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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
- Samuel Morse first successfully tested the electrical telegraph (1838)
- Maria Montessori opened her first school and care center for working class children in Rome (1907)
- Mother Teresa arrived in Calcutta to work amongst India's poorest and diseased people (1929)
- First World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace began in Belgium (2005)
And, on this day in 1941, US President Franklin Roosevelt delivered his Four Freedoms Speech within the State of the Union Address. He named four fundamental freedoms that humans "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: Freedom of speech and expression, including the right to dissent; Freedom to worship God in one's own way; Freedom from want and Freedom from fear.
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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
- The discovery of a type of radiation, later known as X-rays, was reported (1896)
- Nellie Tayloe Ross in Wyoming succeeded her late husband becoming the first female governor in the US (1925)
- The Daily Mail became the first transoceanic newspaper (1944)
- Pope Paul VI met the Greek Orthodox leader, the first time the two sides talked since 1439 (1964)
- The Prague Spring began as the reformist Alexander Dubček came to power in Communist Czechoslovakia (1968)
- Bruce Springsteen debuted on vinyl with Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
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Sunday, 13 January 2008 |
- The Church of England embraced the theory of evolution (1938)
- Wham-O Company produced the first Frisbee (1957)
- Johnny Cash recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at the Folsom State Prison (1968)
- Douglas Wilder became the first elected Black governor in Virginia (1990)
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Saturday, 12 January 2008 |
- Rocky Mountain National Park established by congress (1915)
- Hattie Caraway (D-AR) became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate (1932)
- First person was cryonically preserved for later resuscitation (1967)
- Led Zeppelin's debut album released (1969)
- All in the Family, the sit-com that first raised sexism and racism in American families debuted (1971)
- Mali votes for new constitution granting political freedom to parties (1992)
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Friday, 11 January 2008 |
- Popular Mechanics magazine was published for the first time (1902)
- Grand Canyon National Monument was established (1908)
- First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient (1922)
- First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California (1949)
- Nigel Short, 14, became the youngest-ever International Chess Master (1980)
- 300,000 marched in favor of Lithuanian independence (1990)
- Illinois Governor Ryan said he would grant clemency to all death row inmates due to his belief that the death penalty could not be administered fairly and with certainty (2003)
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