TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – JAN 7
1327 King Edward II of England is deposed.
1608 Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia
1610 Galileo Galilei discovers the first three moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa & Ganymede
1714 Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
1785 Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American Dr. John Jeffries make the first crossing of the English Channel in a hydrogen balloon.
1865 Cheyenne and Sioux warriors attack Julesburg, Colo., in retaliation for the Sand Creek Massacre.
1892 Mine explosion kills 100 in Krebs, Oklahoma; blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns
1896 Fanny Farmer published her first cookbook.
1904 The distress signal “CQD” was established. Two years later “SOS” became the radio distress signal because it was quicker to send by wireless radio.
1915 World War I: Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm approves strategic bombing of Britain, but forbids bombing London, fearing his relatives in the royal family might be killed
1929 The debut of “Buck Rogers 2429 A.D.” occurred in newspapers around the U.S. The title of the comic strip was later changed to “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.”
1934 “Flash Gordon” comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts
1949 1st photo of genes taken at University of Southern California by Pease & Baker
1953 Harry Truman announced that the U.S. had developed the hydrogen bomb.
1954 The Duoscopic TV receiver was unveiled this day. The TV set allowed the watching of two different shows at the same time.
1969 US Congress doubles president salary
1973 Mark Essex’s mass shooting comes to an end after he is shot by police more than 200 times on the roof of New Orlean’s Holiday Inn hotel. He killed nine people, including five policeman.
1975 OPEC agreed to raise crude oil prices by 10%, which began a time of world economic inflation.
1983 President Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala
1998 Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signs affidavit denying she had an affair with President Bill Clinton
2002 Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates introduced a new device code named Mira. The device was tablet-like and was a cross between a handheld computer and a TV remote control.
2009 Russia shut off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the move and urged greater international involvement in the energy dispute
2010 Muslim gunmen in Egypt kill nine people after opening fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians
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