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Show JANUARY 17 JANUARY 18 /> a*** January 17 1706 Benjamin Franklin was born. 1848 Milwaukee received its first telegraph message from Chicago. 1862 Fortification bill passed house of representatives, raising $5,960,000 for coast defenses. 1920 Prohibition Amendment declared in effect. January 18 1782 Daniel Webster was born. 1797 Weekly mail service established between the United States and Canada. 1807 Robert E. Lee was born. JANUARY 19 An sis,^,*.^sv-i,'S -A^u-e^- /) 1 1.0 JJ^^^ /*? avj Lf\At i rt-1 .<,<*.< . V JANUARY 20 .-aJj Cms Ann, n', o * i fn ii / 7T ry v^v*<rv*<i January 291848Gold discovered in Coloma valley, causing the gold rush of the following 1871 French made unsuccessful sortie from Paris, besieged by the Prussians. January 201783Groat Britain acknowledged the independence of the United States. 1902 King Edward and President Roosevelt exchanged their first wireless message. JANUAARRYY 21 ^^y/-^^^^o^a^j JANUARY 22 ^/^JL^J^ 1 kJ^ijj-'&fo^^ LLI^jA^ 1Aa^^-i*^J(*J/jfiy *j^-J ~"*~ pjTH^MJ /y^J^ ^jLL^st^M^ ^Jd~&( J/*^~ ^l^&r^**^ January 21 1824 Stonewall Jackson was born. 1839 Great fire at Constantinople destroyed the "Sublime Porte." 1887-Interstate commerce bill became a law. 1908 France received $1,600,000 in settlement of claim to right-of-way for Panama Canal. January 22 1912 United States troops occupy Tientsin, in China. 1915 Army bill appropriating $101,000,000 for national defense, passes house of representatives. JANUARY 23 v/^W^^^^y ' ^oc^-3s<t>rJh4A <- ~'-<4Sl JANUARY 24 jsj~xL/r /vvv ct j^i. January 23 1813 Horrible massacre of American prisoners taken by the British and Indians in Michigan. 1845 Congress sets national election day at the Tuesday following the first Monday in November. January 241908First Boy Scout troops organized in England by Gen. Sir R. S. S Baden- Powell. 1914 United States senate authorized government railroad in Alaska. JANUARY 25 Q^e^xA-isL-izA-Gts^-i taa. 4 e/ JANUARY 26U^ tL:- 4*4s* t-T. -*"^ - ^- A-;->^..t-4'- . ^ t, ^" -^ ,- January 25 1841 Severe earthquake in New York, causing great popular alarm. 1915 First transcontinental conversation over the telephone between New York and San Francisco. ChUd Labor Day. January 26 1880 Lake of Zurich, Switzerland, frozen over for first time in 19th century. 1886 Fall of Khartoum and death of "Chinese" Gordon. ?77 JANUARY 27 /$&7**->- >"'' 0 -0 ^l / // / v LtLm. &2^*z~i- ^Wts^-c ^CJUcJ^. Ck Ga^.4 /&\ UL^c e&fc^-,. * *~* ^ f-^-w -tsls~C <1.4 *- A^t-^.it^- ^>y for/fit? *n em f / <*r*\ .^TviAAm .. JANUARY 28 "Vet Z^ jaz January 27 1858 Ottawa made capital of the Dominion of Canada. 1914 President Wilson signs order establishing civil government in canal zone beginning April 1st. January 28 1855 Panama railroad opened to traffic; first train from Coast to Coast. 1914 Direct wireless communication established between the United States and Germany. JANUARY 29 JANUARY 30 Z Lfmurt January 29 1843 William McKinley was born. 1856 Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross. 1890 Brazil was recognized by the U. S. as an independent nation. January 30 1778 Treaty of unity signed between France and the United States. 1914 Col. George Goethals was nominated first Governor of the Canal zone. JANUARY 31 FEBRUARY 1 ..j i2 ^r.'r.r7-t ///-a A ... ^ . - jsn - ',' % , Vi /?r1 I.T1 GK - ^ / . /oimary 3J-1858Fmora big steamship "Great Eastern" was launched at Deptford 1898Silver was beaten in House of Representatives by vote of 182 to 132. February 11789George Washington was elected first President of the United States 1893American Protectorate over Hawaii established. FEBRUARY 2 . FERRUARY 3 i-iUt February 2 1653 New York City incorporated. 1876 National League of Professional Baseball clubs organized at Louisville. 1889Great fire at Buffalo, N. Y. $3,000,000.00 loss. February 3 1871 First provision trains arrived at Paris bringing relief to the starving in habitants after surrender of the city to the Prussians on January 28. 1888 Lick observatory completed at Mount Hamilton, California. FEBRUARY 4 FEBRUARY 5 /ft&faA .'whu* February 4 1644 Inhabitants of New England terrified by the appearance of a large comet. 1783 Cessation of hostilities between the American colonies and England, and the final conclusion of the seven years* war of the Revolution. February 5 1853 Treaty signed at Mexico City, for opening a communication across the Icthmus of Tehuantepec. FEBRUARY 6 i ' HH. FEBRUARY 7 .1 - '//* February 6 1778 France recognized the independence of the United States by concluding a treaty of defensive alliance with the new government. 1867 Mexico evacuated by French. February 7 1881 Work begun on Panama Canal. 1893 Long distance telephone opened between New York and Boston. FERRUARY 8 A'flflAK', ) "$' 2 , IiAa*1 ....LHJtUnnJM &! u J S-QJt^O^ FEBRUARY 9 7-'"^Art, IQQ.JL+ I'.dd&M. f?;c Ace/V-, M 4 Mt~(Mt~ February 8 1861 Jefferson Davis chosen provisional president of the Confederacy by Montgomery convention. 1910 Boy Scouts incorporated in the United States. February 9 1763 Canada was ceded by France to Great Britain. 1855 Gold discovered in Kern Biver, Southern California. 1870 United States weather bureau organized by act of congress. / FEBRUARY 10 ad i/tjjt tut 's+*iL,j\ . J<vi , /sfL /// 0J J PIT 1 1-luA/ Kij ' 0- <p t-ol /Ki. &t*v .j-vCt f-*<<\* 9f Vvtff JAf-faJLtrn. ' -Z-tXnU.- FEBBUARY 11 4 - LJ. ( February 10 1899 President McKinley signed the peace treaty with Spain. 1916 Demand for an eight-hour day law made by representatives of 400,000 railway employees meeting at Cleveland. February 11 1889 Bill creating U. S. Department of Agriculture approved. 1892United States millers contributed 4,500,000 pounds of flour to Bussian peasants. FEBBUARY 12 _ '- -t-*: I A FEBBUABY 13 / / y . *a f^ii^t'a February 12 1809 Birthday of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States. Born in Hardin County, Kentucky. Died at Washington April 15, 1865. 1912 Manchu dynasty in China ended with abdication of child emperor and establishment of the republic. February 13 1861 Electoral votes were counted in congress, Lincolivbeing declared presi dent and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine vice-president. FEBBUABY 14 '~Jl* * i uaS&Q.uJh^&s, .^--.es ^ewW^JLtu^ ''y^<Jr&^ February 14 1876 Alexander Graham Bell was granted his telephone patent for the United States. 1911 House of Bepresentatives passed Canadian reciprocity bill 221 to 92. St. Valentine's Day. February 15 1879 Congress passed an act permitting women to practice before the United States Supreme Court. 1898 U. S. S. Maine blown up in Havana harbor. |
