JFK’s Live News Conference
January 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy became the first president to deliver a live television news conference.
Searching History
Experiencing history where it happened...
Searching History
Experiencing history where it happened...
Morgan O'Brien
UN’s First Resolution
January 24, 1946, the United Nations General Assembly passed its first resolution.
24th Amendment Radification
January 23, 1964, the 24th Amendment was ratified.
Bloody Sunday
January 22, 1905, Bloody Sunday.
Louis XVI Beheaded
January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was beheaded.
FDR’s Fourth Innauguration
January 20, 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt was sworn in for a fourth term.
First Electrical System
January 19, 1883, the first electrical system began work at Rosell, New Jersey.
Botonay Bay Convicts Land
January 18, 1788, the first shipload of convicts landed in Botany Bay, Australia.
Cook and the Antarctic Circle
January 17, 1773, Captain James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to cross the Antarctic Circle.
Field Order 15
January 16, 1865, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman issued special field order number 15.