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today in history

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January
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A TREASURE TROVE OF WRITING CONTENT 
plus  Daily Celebration Ideas*
SELECT your topic.
THINK "What do I know?"
FOLLOW text links to learn more.
CONSIDER related personal experiences.
CONNECT your ideas with other items of interest.
START WRITING, additional thoughts will naturally flow.

It happened in January...

Jan. 1  / 45 BC - First New Year's celebration  /    1863 - Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation  /  1863 - First homestead claim filed  / New Year's Day

Jan. 2  / 1788 - Georgia enters the Union  /  1974 - National Speed Limit signed into law  /  2009 - Rare Bugatti found  / Buffet Day  /  Science Fiction Day

Jan. 3 / 1521 - Martin Luther excommunicated  /  1777 - Battle of Princeton  /  1924 - King Tut's sarcophagus uncovered  /  Humiliation Day  /  Drinking Straw Day

Jan. 4  /  1896 - Utah enters the Union  /  1996 - GM announces its electric car  / 1999 - The euro debuts  / Spaghetti Day  /  Trivia Day

Jan. 5 /  1933 - Construction begins on Golden Gate Bridge  /  1972 - Space Shuttle program is launched  / 1920 - Yankees announces purchase of Babe Ruth  /  Bird Day  /  Whipped Cream Day

Jan. 6  /  1798 - Jedediah Smith is born  /  1994 - Olympic skater, Nancy Kerrigan, is attacked / 1996 - Blizzard of 1996 begins  /  Apple Tree Day  /  Bean Day

Jan. 7  / 1785 - Across the English Channel in a balloon  / 1789 - First U.S. presidential election held  /  1927 - Harlem Globetrotters play their first game.  / Old Rock Day 

Jan. 8  / 1642 - Astronomer, Galileo, dies in Italy /  1877 - Crazy Horse fights last battle  /  2000 - Music City Miracle  / Show and Tell Day  

Jan. 9  / 1493 - Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids  /  1768 - First modern circus is staged  /  1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense  /  Static Electricity Day

Jan. 10  /  1901 - Gusher signals start of U.S. oil industry  /  1946 - First meeting of the United Nations  /  1982 - Dwight Clark makes "The Catch"  /  Peculiar People Day

Jan. 11  /  1908 - Theodore Roosevelt makes Grand Canyon a national monument  /  1935 - Earhart flies from Hawaii to California  / Milk Day  /  Step in a Puddle Day

Jan. 12  / 1904 - Henry Ford sets speed record  /  1926 - Amos n' Andy debuts on Chicago radio  / 1932 - First elected female senator  /   Pharmacist Day

Jan. 13  /  1962 - Comedian killed in Corvair crash  /  1982 - Plane crashes into the Potomac  /  1999 - Michael Jordan retires for the second time  /  Rubber Ducky Day

Jan. 14  / 1784 - Treaty of Paris ratified  /  1875 - Albert Schweitzer born  /  1954 - Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio  /  Dress Up Your Pet Day

Jan. 15 / 1929 - Martin Luther King born  / 1967 - Packers beat Chiefs in the first Super Bowl  /   2009  -  Sully Sullenberger performs Miracle on the Hudson  / Strawberry Ice Cream Day

Jan. 16  /  1919 - Prohibition takes effect  /  1991 - Persian Gulf War begins  / 1995 - Avalanches bury buses in Kashmir  /  Nothing Day

Jan. 17  /  1950  -  Great Brinks Robbery  / 1966 - Nuclear bomb lost in Spain  / 1994 - Earthquake rocks Los Angeles  /  Kid Inventors Day

Jan. 18  / 1778 - Cook discovers Hawaii  /  1912 - Scott reaches South Pole  / Winnie the Pooh Day



BE CREATIVE, make your response interesting and fun to read.
TAKE PRIDE in your work.​ 
EDIT AND SHARE the final product with others.
May we prompt you?
Extra Extra - Read all about it...  then write a newsworthy article answering the expository questions of  "Who, What, When, Where and Why".

Persuasive Essay - Research a controversial event.  Identify a difference of opinions from your study, take a position, then present and defend your argument.

Historical Fiction - Using the framework of a "day in time", create your own characters and plot structure... start writing.

*Party Planner - Given the assignment to plan for a particular celebration, submit a detailed proposal to your prospective client.

*Daily Celebrations - Create your own party blog complete with creative party ideas. Include detailed descriptions of the planned activities.​
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Jan. 19 /  1809 - Edgar Allen Poe is born  /  2007 - First McDonalds opens in China  /  Popcorn Day 

Jan. 20 /  1981 - Iran hostage crisis ends  /  1981 - Ronald Reagan becomes president  /  Cheese Lovers Day

Jan. 21  / 1855 - Gun designer John Browning is born  /  1977 - President Carter pardons draft dodgers  /  Hugging Day

Jan. 22  / 1973 - Supreme Court legalizes abortion  /  1998 - Unabomber pleads guilty  /     Blond Brownies Day

Jan. 23  / 1849 -  First woman  M.D.  /  1957 -  First Frisbees produced  /  Measure Your Feet Day / Handwriting Day

Jan. 24 /  1908 - Boy Scout movement begins  /  1972 - Japanese soldier found hiding on Guam  /  Compliment Day

Jan. 25  / 1905 - World's largest diamond found  /  1924 - First Winter Olympics begins  /  Opposite Day

Jan. 26  /  1945 - Auschwitz liberated  /  Bald Eagle Day / Australia Day

Jan. 27 /  1888 - National Geographic Society founded  /  1967 - Astronauts die in launch pad fire  /  Chocolate Cake Day

Jan. 28 /  1986  -  Space shuttle Challenger explodes after lift-off  /   Blueberry Pancake Day

Jan. 29 /  1861  -  Kansas enters the Union as a free state  /  1936  -  Baseball Hall of Fame elects first members  /   Puzzle Day

Jan. 30 /  1948  - Gandhi assassinated  /  1933 - Adolph Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany  /  Escape Day 

Jan. 31  / 1865  - 13th amendment passes abolishing slavery  /  1950 - Truman announces development of the H-bomb  /  Backwards Day 
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