Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
1 Events. Toggle Events subsection. ... View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar
Governor of Nebraska: Arthur J. Weaver (until January 8), Charles W. Bryan (starting January 8) Governor of Nevada: Fred B. Balzar ; Governor of New Hampshire: Charles W. Tobey (until January 1), John Gilbert Winant (starting January 1) Governor of New Jersey: Morgan Foster Larson
January – The constitution of California is ratified. January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect: the Greenback is valued the same as gold for the first time since the American Civil War. February 12 – At New York City's Madison Square Garden, the first artificial ice rink in North America opens.
January 5 – Typhoid fever breaks out in a Seattle jail, the first of two typhoid outbreaks in the United States during the year. January 7 – Alfred Packer is released from prison in Colorado after serving 18 years for cannibalism. January 10 – In the first great Texas gusher, oil is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
January – E. W. Scripps and William Emerson Ritter found Science Service, later renamed Society for Science & the Public, in the United States, with the goal of keeping the public informed of scientific developments. [1] January 1 – In American football, the University of California defeats Ohio State 28–0 in the Rose Bowl. January 2
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 (represented by the Roman numeral I) through AD 100 (C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the 1st century AD or 1st century CE to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical ...
January 1 (New Year’s Day) – Imperial Princess Shushi is granted the title Ippon Shinno (first rank princess). January 29 – Ranking ceremony of Murasaki Shikibu – as a renowned writer and lady-in-waiting, tutor of Empress ShÅshi , she is elevated to the highest position in the palace below the empress.
January 1: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is formed. January 1. The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland is completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the abolition of the Parliament of Ireland. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the asteroid and dwarf planet Ceres.