| 1776 |
|
Thomas
Paine publishes Common Sense, a scathing attack
on King George III's reign over the colonies and a call
for complete independence. |
| 1793 |
|
Jean
Pierre Blanchard makes the first balloon flight in North
America, witnessed
by President George Washington. |
| 1861 |
|
Southern
shellfire stops the Union supply ship Star of the
West from entering Charleston Harbor on her way to
Fort Sumter.
Mission to Relieve Fort Sumter. |
| 1861 |
|
Mississippi
secedes from the Union. |
| 1909 |
|
A
Polar exploration team lead by Ernest Shackleton reaches
88 degrees, 23 minutes south longitude, 162 degrees east
latitude. They are 97 nautical miles short of the South
Pole, but the weather is too severe to continue. Polar
dreams, polar disappointments |
| 1912 |
|
Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt announces that he will run for
president if asked. July
4, 1886, and Roosevelt's career |
| 1915 |
|
Pancho
Villa signs a treaty with the United States, halting
border conflicts.
In Pursuit of Pancho Villa. |
| 1924 |
|
Ford
Motor Co. stock is valued at nearly $1 billion. Visiting
the Past--Automotive History. |
| 1945 |
|
U.S.
troops land on Luzon, in the Philippines, 107 miles from
Manila. |
| 1952 |
|
Jackie
Robinson becomes the highest paid player in Brooklyn
Dodger history.
Before the Dodgers... |
| 1964 |
|
U.S.
forces kill six Panamanian students protesting in the
canal zone. |
| 1974 |
|
Cambodian
Government troops open a drive to avert insurgent attack
on Phnom Penh. |
Born
on January 9 |
| 1913 |
|
Richard
Nixon, 37th President of the U.S. and first President to
resign from office. |
| 1941 |
|
Joan
Baez, American folk singer and activist. |
