Jan 6th: 1412: Joan of Arc Birth Anniversary
Jan 6th: 1916: Eugene Maleska Birth Anniversary…Maleska was the Crossword Puzzle Editor of the NY Times and invented new puzzle formats and clues in 1977. He died in 1993.
Jan 6th: Three Kings Day
Jan 6th: 1942: Anniversary of First Round-the-World Flight by a Commercial Aircraft (Pan Am Airways)
Jan 7th: 1752: First U.S. Commercial Bank Opens in Philadelphia
Jan 7th: Consumer Electronics Show Opens in Las Vegas
Jan 7th: National Thank God It’s Monday Day
Jan 7th: 1927: Transatlantic Phoning Anniversary. 31 calls made the first day.
Jan 8th: 1982: AT&T Divestiture Anniversary
Jan 8th: Elvis Presley (1935) and David Bowie (1947) Birth Anniversary and Birthday
Jan 9th: 1788: Connecticut Ratifies U.S. Constitution
Jan 9th: 100th Anniversary of Birth, Simone De Beuvoir
Jan 9th: 95th Anniversary of Birth, Richard Nixon
Jan 10th: 1776: Common Sense Published
Jan 10th: National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
Jan 10th: Islamic New Year
Jan 10th: 1878: Women’s Suffrage Amendment Introduced in Congress
Jan 11th: 1964: U.S. Surgeon General Declares Cigarettes Hazardous
Jan 12th: 1932: Hattie Caraway: First Elected Women to U.S. Senate
Jan 12th: 1971: “All in the Family” Premieres on CBS; Batman Premieres on ABC (1966); Dynasty Premieres on ABC (1981)
Jan 12th: 100th Anniversary of Birth, Jack London

Source: Chase’s Calendar of Events

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