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January 22, 1689 - English History

A piece from lovely England and its Revolution of the 17th century On January 22, 1689 the "Bloodless Revolution" reaches its climax when parliament invites Wil...

Ronald Reagan becomes president - An Actor

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/PresidentRonaldReaganaddressesCongressin1981.jpg Oh these Americans! On this day 36 years a go a former Holl...

The Discovery of Hawaii

James Cook discovers Hawaii It was January 18, 1778 when the Britisch James Cook found Hawaii and called the islands: "Sandwich Islands." Captain James Cook was...

Corvette unveiled - who has one of them Steemians?

A dream Car was born It was 1953 - a cold winter day, January 17 when the dream of sports car fans was unveiled: The prototype Chevrolet Corvette sports- the ic...

Prohibition takes effect

http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2014/01/police-emptying-kegs.jpg A case that would have not happend in Europe On January 16, 1919, 99 years ago the US did say NO...

Happy Birthday Martin Luther King!

A true Human has been born that day A guy that did so much for mankind, for the US, for civil rights movements. He was born on that day back in 1929. Martin Lut...

Pope recognizes Knights Templar Today back in 1128

http://www.history.com/s3static/video-thumbnails/AETN-HistoryVMS/21/150/knights-templar-defend-the-holy-lndHD1939471104x622-16x9.jpg This is one the most fascin...

Happy Birthday Jack London - Creator of Science Fiction

http://jacklondonpark.com/media/photos/sssize1/JLbiography.jpg Science Fiction founder was born It was the Year 1876 - on January 12 - Jack London was born! Who...

The Day Grand Canyon became National

Theodore Roosevelt 109 years ago claimed the beautiful natural paradise called the "Grand Canyon" to become an official national monument. The region usually wa...

AOL-Time Warner Deal

More recent history The probably biggest merger in the media industry was announced January 10, 2000. AOL informed the public that they want to buy Time Warner ...

Why is History Boring?

History - learning from failures I am always astonished when I hear older people saying history is boring. I would understand the younger ones that are into all...

Last Fight of Crazy Horse

No Sex Theatre in Paris but an impressive Chief had to surrender Steemians I also thought about a theathre in Paris first - but no! On this day in 1877, Crazy H...

Harlem Globetrotters - first Game ever

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/1e/98/63/1e9863fc3d93e830c7fe092e364cfc1e--historical-pictures-harlem.jpg A great sports project of Basketball January 7, 1927 saw the...

Henry VIII got married (again) - January 6, 1540

http://static.bbc.co.uk/history/img/ic/640/images/resources/people/henryviii.jpg The Royal Monarchy An important date for England this day almost 500 years ago ...

San Francisco - The Birth of a Bridge

What a Day - The Golden Gate Bridge Went Live One of the most famous architectural artwork has been open and born on January 5, 1933. The Golden Gate Bridge in ...

Debut of a Fiat Currency

Birth of a Coin in Europe January 4, 1999 saw the debut of a currecy, not a crypto currency but a fit one that should help an entire continent. The Euro was uni...

Martin Luther Excommunication

Time of Religion - Reformation in Europe On January 3, 1521, Pope Leo X issues the bull Decet Romanum Pontificem to excommunicate Martin Luther from the Catholi...

The Rome Scandal - Maria Calls

Opera Star Maria Callas stops performance in front of high society A scandal in Rome by the famous soprano Maria Callas took place on January 2, 1958. The Diva ...

From History: Today's Famous Birthdays

Hi Steemians, Here I am with the first blog of the new year of the daily blog I write on the information on Five selected famous personalities born on this day....

Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation - Happy New Year 1863

A Happy New Year for humanity? Kind of yes - on January 1, 1863 this proclamation has been signed by Abraham Lincoln freeing slaves and putting pressure on the ...