FDR’s Fourth Innauguration
January 20, 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt was sworn in for a fourth term.
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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.
Happy Days
January 15, 1974, Happy Days premiered on ABC network.
Treaty of Paris
January 14, 1784, the United States Congress of the Confederation ratified the Treaty of Paris.
National Geographic Society
January 13, 1888, the National Geographic Society was formed.
Haiti Caraway
January 12, 1932, Haiti Ophelia Wyatt Caraway became the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
Diabetes
January 11, 1922, insulin was used for the first time to treat a person with diabetes.