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On this day… 1/17
- 1773 Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33′ S)
- 1873 A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War
- 1912 Captain Robert Scott‘s expedition arrives at the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen
- 1946 United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
- 1991 Operation Desert Storm begins, with US-led coalition forces bombing Iraq, during the Gulf War
- 1775 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests in Kalisk, Poland
- 1775 Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play “The Rivals” premieres in London
- 1779 Captain James Cook‘s last notation in Discovery’s ship’s log
- 1799 Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed
- 1871 1st cable car patented, by Andrew Smith Hallidie in the US (begins service in 1873)
- 1873 A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War
- 1874 Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction
- 1882 1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens her office
- 1885 Battle of Abu Klea (Battle of Abu Tulayh), Sudan: British Desert Column defeat Mahdist forces: 76 British and 1,100 Mahdists killed
- 1893 -17°F (-27°C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
- 1893 Queen Liliuokalani is deposed by an American coup, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic
- 1893 Franco-Russian Alliance is signed
- 1895 French president Casimir-Perier resigns; Félix Faure installed.
- 1899 US takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific
- 1912 Captain Robert Scott‘s expedition arrives at the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen
- 1916 Rodman Wanamaker organises a lunch to discuss forming a golfers association (later the PGA) at the Taplow Club, Martinique Hotel, New York City
- 1917 US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands (or 3/21)
- 1920 Paul Deschanel elected President of France
- 1920 First day of prohibition of alcohol comes into effect in the US as a result of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution
- 1923 Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied
- 1923 Origin of Brown lunation numbers
- 1928 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented
- 1929 Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip “Thimble Theater”
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How the SAVE Act may affect registering to vote for women, other groups ~ “Snopes News”
Below is just a fraction of a story by Grace Deng
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The reason for posting these 2 paragraphs is that the people who voted for trump don’t seem to care or to be paying attention to what is happening …
The SAVE Act would also have a disproportionate impact on demographic groups who are less likely to have proof-of-citizenship documents, including low-income citizens, voters younger than 29 and older than 80 years old, and Hispanic citizens, according to the Institute for Responsive Government, a nonpartisan think tank promoting more-efficient government.
Advocates for disability rights also expressed concern about the SAVE Act. While it directs states to offer “reasonable accommodations” to people with disabilities, it does not specify what those accommodations might be. The act is opposed by 145 civil rights organizations, including the ACLU and the League of Women Voters.
Source: Snopes.com
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History… January 16
1547 – Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of Russia.
1572 – The Duke of Norfolk was tried for treason for complicity in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. He was executed on June 2.
1759 – The British Museum opened.
1809 – The British defeated the French at the Battle of Corunna, in the Peninsular War.
1866 – Mr. Everett Barney patented the metal screw, clamp skate.
1883 – The United States Civil Service Commission was established as the Pendleton Act went into effect.
1896 – The first five-player college basketball game was played at Iowa City, IA.
1900 – The U.S. Senate consented to the Anglo-German treaty of 1899, by which the U.K. renounced rights to the Samoan islands.
1919 – The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited the sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages, was ratified. It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.
1920 – Prohibition went into effect in the U.S.
1920 – The motion picture “The Kid” opened.
1925 – Leon Trotsky was dismissed as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the USSR.
1939 – The “I Love a Mystery” debuted on NBC’s West-Coast outlets.
1944 – General Dwight D. Eisenhower took command of the Allied invasion force in London.
1961 – Mickey Mantle signed a contract that made him the highest paid baseball player in the American League at $75,000 for the 1961 season.
1964 – “Hello Dolly!” opened at the St. James Theatre in New York City.
1970 – Colonel Muammar el-Quaddafi became virtual president of Libya.
1970 – Buckminster Fuller, the designer of the geodesic dome, was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects.
1979 – The Shah of Iran and his family fled Iran for Egypt.
1982 – Britain and the Vatican resumed full diplomatic relations after a break of over 400 years.
1985 – “Playboy” magazine announced its 30-year tradition of stapling centerfold models in the bellybutton and elsewhere would come to an immediate end.
1988 – Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder was fired as a CBS sports commentator one day after telling a TV station in Washington, DC, that, during the era of slavery, blacks had been bred to produce stronger offspring.
1998 – Researchers announce that an altered gene helped to defend against HIV.
1991 – The White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm. The operation was designed to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
1992 – Officials of the government of El Salvador and rebel leaders signed a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil war. At least 75,000 people were killed during the fighting.
1998 – The first woman to enroll at Virginia Military Institute withdrew from the school.
1998 – NASA officially announced that John Glenn would fly aboard the space shuttle Discovery in October.
1998 – It was announced that Texas would receive $15.3 billion in a tobacco industry settlement. The payouts were planned to take place over 25 years.
1998 – Three federal judges secretly granted Kenneth Starr authority to probe whether U.S. President Clinton or Vernon Jordan urged Monica Lewinsky to lie about her relationship with Clinton.
2000 – Ricardo Lagos was elected Chile’s first socialist president since Salvador Allende.
2002 – U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that John Walker Lindh would be brought to the United States to face trial. He was charged in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, VA, with conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens, providing support to terrorist organizations, and engaging in prohibited transactions with the Taliban of Afghanistan.
2002 – The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted sanctions against Osama bin Laden, his terror network and the remnants of the Taliban. The sanctions required that all nations impose arms embargoes and freeze their finances.
2009 – The iTunes Music Store reached 500 million applications downloaded.
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MLK Day is the 3rd Monday of January ~~ Take a Knee for Justice on MLK Jr’s Birthday 1/15
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When Is Martin Luther King Jr. Day? It’s A Little Later Than Usual
By Kristina Johnson
Every year in late January, many Americans get a long weekend off from work or school thanks to a federal holiday. But as you enjoy that day off, it’s important to reflect on the man the day honors — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. — and the impact he made on the country.
The late civil rights icon’s actual birthday is on January 15, but The Old Farmer’s Almanac noted that the holiday is always observed on the third Monday in January. If he were still alive, King would be turning 95 this year according to History.com. Because it’s a federal holiday, USA Today explained that post offices, banks, and courts are closed. Schools are typically closed on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, as well (although, as The Atlantic detailed, sometimes districts decide to hold classes on the holiday as a way to make up for snow days).
Dr. King rose to prominence as a leader of the civil rights movement. He led the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, which kicked off in response to the arrest of Rosa Parks after she refused to give up her bus seat, according to Brittanica.com. Threats against King and attempts on his life began with that first major protest action, including the bombing of his home. Nonetheless, the boycott worked and in just over a year, Montgomery buses were desegregated.
In 1963, King delivered the famed speech that every school kid learns these days. The “I Have a Dream” speech was given as part of the March on Washington, according to the King Institute. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” he said in one of its most quoted lines. He met with John F. Kennedy afterward to press the president to extend more rights to African-American men and women. King’s activism continued right up until his death in 1968 when he was assassinated by James Earl Ray. He was just 38 years old when he was shot and killed on a balcony at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, TN. The site has since been turned into the National Civil Rights Museum.
The push for a holiday honoring King began right away, but it would be a few decades before it finally came to fruition. Some of the fiercest pushback came from the late Senator Jesse Helms, who’s gone down in history as a racist, reported The Washington Post. The bill eventually overcame the opposition, though, and President Ronald Reagan finally signed it into law in 1983 according to Time Magazine. It was first celebrated as a federal holiday in 1986. Some states were reluctant to take part in MLK Day, however, and The New York Times reported that it wasn’t until 1999 that the last state (New Hampshire) finally got on board.
If you don’t have to go to work or school on January 18, thanks to MLK Day, you might consider using it as an opportunity to volunteer. The Corporation for National and Community Service urges people to think of it as a “day on” as opposed to a day off and spend it in service to others — the perfect way to honor King’s life and work.
source: Romper.com
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