Browsing: January 1

A Brief History Hello, everyone!  I am Dr. Zar and today, I want to wish my family, friends, colleagues, students, and subscribers a Happy New Year 2023! Digging Deeper If you have some spare time during this winter break and if you have not yet already done so, I encourage you to read Mr. J. David Markham’s recent biography of Napoleon titled Simply Napoleon. Question for students (and subscribers): What is something you hope to accomplish in 2023?  Please let us know in the comments section below this article. If you liked this article and would like to receive notification…

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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on January 1st.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On January 1, 1735, Paul Revere, silversmith and patriot, was born, starting a long line of famous Americans born on the first of the year. On January 1, 1773, the all familiar hymn “Amazing Grace” was performed for the first time at a church service in England. On January 1, 1902, Pasadena, California hosted the Rose Bowl, the first college football “bowl”…

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A Brief History On January 1, 1735, Paul Revere, silversmith and patriot, was born, starting a long line of famous Americans born on the first of the year.  Which one of these New Year’s babies do you rate as the greatest?  Feel free to nominate your own choice. Digging Deeper Paul Revere, Revolutionary, 1735 Anthony Wayne, General, 1745 Betsy Ross, Flag Designer, 1752 Frank Knox, World War II Secretary of the Navy, 1874 William J. Donovan, General and Master Spy, 1883 Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, 1895 Hank Greenberg, 1911, Baseball player J. D. Salinger, Army veteran and author,…

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A Brief History Hello, everyone! I am Dr. Zar. Today, I wish all of my family, friends, colleagues, students, and subscribers a Happy New Year, Bonne année, and Frohes neues Jahr! Digging Deeper To learn more about some notable events that happened on this day in history, please visit the category for today’s day on our website: https://www.historyandheadlines.com/category/january/january-1/.  You can also watch a brief overview of these events in a video on our YouTube channel. Question for students (and subscribers): What are you most looking forward to in 2022?  Also, do you have a New Year’s resolution that you are willing…

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A Brief History On January 1, 2020, a new year and the beginning of a new decade, we take a look back at the year we have just completed and examine some of the biggest stories of that year, including politics, war, crime, personalities, sports and whatever we feel like addressing!  You are welcome to feel like addressing whatever topics you believe we should have included in this article and share that information with your fellow readers and us.  (Note: Some comment is about the decade, 2010-2019, that just concluded.  Our articles are not long enough to cover every single…

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