On the 25th of January, 1949, Israel held its first elections.
An event in history for today March 12th was when Mississippi opened its first female college in 1884.
On this day in 1993 Winnie Mandela's bodyguard was murdered in South Africa.
On the 6th of January in history Nancy Kerrigan was attacked in 1994, George W. Bush wins the 2000 election after a five-week debate, and in 2013, drone attacks and kills militants in Pakistan.
Numerous things have happened in history on December 24th. In 1893, Henry Ford finishes his first useful gas motor. In 1922, the London Coliseum opened. In 1935, the National Council of Negro Women was created.
On the 25th of January, 1949, Israel held its first elections.
On January 22, 1994, Sumatra had a 5.5 earthquake to strike.
On January 14, 1966, David bowie released his first CD.
On January 18th, 1964, the first plans for the World Trade Center were revealed. Also on January 18th, 1975 the "Jeffersons" program debuted on television.
On the 24th of January, 1939, a Chilean earthquake claimed lives of 30000 people.
In history today on the 10th of January, in 1994 the first Green Beret ever indicted for murder began trial. Also, the League of Nations was instituted in 1910.
Things that happened in history on today, the 3rd of January include Dragnet first appearing on NBC-TV, Poland and Russia signed the Truce of Androsovo, and Martin Luther was excommunicated by the church.
On January 19th in 2012, the FBI shut down the infamous upload site megaupload.com for copyright infringement. In 2006 on January 19th, NASA launched the New Horizons probe, the first mission to Pluto.
Numerous things have happened in history on January 23. In 1849, 1849 a patent was granted for a machine that made envelopes. In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician in the United States. In 1961, Venezuela adopted a constitution.
On January 17th, 1991, the Gulf war began. Prior to that in 1945, on January 17th, Russian forces captured the nearly destroyed city of Warsaw in Poland.
Events that happened today, the 4th of January, in history includes the Mars rover Spirit landing on Mars, Sir Isaac Newton was born, and Jesse Ventura became the governor of Minnesota.
One of the things that happened in history on the 9th of January was Michael Jackson received the, Artist of the Century award at the American Music awards. This happened on today's date, in 2002.