Tag: today in history
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FDR’s Fourth Innauguration
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January 20, 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt was sworn in for a fourth term.
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First Electrical System
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January 19, 1883, the first electrical system began work at Rosell, New Jersey.
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Botonay Bay Convicts Land
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January 18, 1788, the first shipload of convicts landed in Botany Bay, Australia.
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Cook and the Antarctic Circle
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January 17, 1773, Captain James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to cross the Antarctic Circle.
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Field Order 15
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January 16, 1865, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman issued special field order number 15.
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Treaty of Paris
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January 14, 1784, the United States Congress of the Confederation ratified the Treaty of Paris.