1816 – France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1900 – Freeland Colony founded in US
1906 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s cabinet (which included H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election
1924 – History of Science Society organized at Boston
1950 – USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage and sabotage
1954 – Queen Elizabeth II opens New Zealand parliament
1969 – Atlantic Records releases eponymous debut album of Led Zeppelin in US
1971 – Congressional Black Caucus organizes
2001 – Disney Channel TV series “Lizzie McGuire” premieres starring Hilary Duff
2020 – 1st ATP Cup Men’s Tennis, Sydney: Novak Đoković and Viktor Troicki beat Spanish pair Pablo Carreño Busta and Feliciano López 6-3, 6-4 to clinch inaugural title for Serbia, 2-1; Đoković beats Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 11th January 2023
1158 – Vladislav II of Bohemia becomes king
1599 – Jacob van Neck’s fleet leaves Bantam, Java in modern day Indonesia with 1 million pounds of pepper and cloves and a further half a ship full of nutmeg, mace and cinnamon
1753 – Ferdinand VI of Spain and Pope Benedictus XIV sign concord
1917 – Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse’s “Have a Heart” premieres in New York
1944 – Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established
1968 – Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km)
1981 – “Tintypes” closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 93 performances
1990 – Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84
1994 – Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy
1998 – 24th People’s Choice Awards: Harrison Ford and Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen and Oprah Winfrey win (TV)
Historical Events for 10th January 2023
1861 – Florida secedes from the Union (US Civil War)
1861 – Fort Jackson and Fort Philip are taken over by LA state troops (US Civil War)
1862 – Romney expedition, Confederate Army military expedition begins in Romney, West Virginia (US Civil War)
1914 – Norwegian speed skater Oscar Mathisen skates world 500m record in 43.7s in Oslo, Norway
1923 – Lithuania seizes and annexes country of Memel
1949 – 1st Jewish family show “Goldbergs” premieres on CBS
1977 – 20th hat trick in Islander history – Bobby Nystrom
1996 – Boston guard Dana Barros sinks a 3-point field goal in his 89th straight game, during the Celtics’ 113-104 win over Sacramento Kings; NBA record streak ends in next game when he goes 0 from 9
2011 – College Football, 13th BCS National Championship, University of Phoenix Stadium: #1 Auburn beats #2 Oregon, 22-19
2022 – 79th Golden Globes: Best film “The Power of the Dog” (drama), “West Side Story” (comedy/musical), Best TV series “Succession”, Best Director Jane Campion (Motion Picture)
Historical Events for 9th January 2023
1894 – Georges Feydeau’s “Un à la Patte” premieres in Paris
1917 – World War I: the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
1952 – Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty
1957 – Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region reestablished in RSFSR
1986 – NY Islanders repeat their greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
1988 – August Wilson’s “Piano Lesson” premieres in Boston
1998 – Boston Red Sox Mo Vaughn pleads not guilty to drunken driving
2001 – Shenzhou 2, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, is launched.
2006 – 11th Critics’ Choice Movie Awards: Brokeback Mountain wins Best Film
2021 – China places two cities, Shijiazhuang and Xingtai, under lockdown after over 130 cases of COVID-19 reported
Historical Events for 8th January 2023
1842 – Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft
1945 – University of Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team sets an NCAA record by holding Arkansas State to 6 points in a 75-6 win
1947 – General George Marshall becomes US Secretary of State
1948 – Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason
1966 – The Beatles’ “We Can Work It Out” single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks
1974 – Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York
1995 – 15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000
1998 – Unabomber suspect Ted Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer
2005 – Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Dominik Hrbatý beats Guillermo Coria of Argentina 6-4, 6-1 for an unassailable 2-0 lead, and 2nd Slovakian title
2018 – Self-declared Republic of Somaliland passes its first ever law against rape
Historical Events for 7th January 2023
1904 – Marconi Co establishes “CQD” as 1st international radio distress signal
1910 – Stanley Cup, Dey’s Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (ON), 3-1 for a 2-0 sweep of challenge series
1913 – William M. Burton patents a process to “crack” petroleum
1939 – US worker’s union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916)
1941 – Chinese Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire on the surrounded Communist New Fourth Army at Maolin, Anhui Province, killing or capturing 7,000 troops
1953 – US President Harry Truman announces American development of the hydrogen bomb
1985 – Revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical “The King and I”, still starring Yul Brynner opens at Broadway Theater, NYC; runs for 191 performances
1986 – US President Reagan announces economic sanctions against Libya
2019 – Rain ruins last 2 days of 4th cricket Test in Sydney as India wins series 2-1; become first Asian side to win a Test series in Australia, 71 years after the first Indian touring team in 1947-48
2019 – Amazon overtakes Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable listed company for the first time, worth $797 billion
Historical Events for 6th January 2023
1205 – Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans
1494 – The first Mass in the New World is celebrated at La Isabela, Hispaniola
1690 – Joseph I, later Holy Roman Emperor and son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans
1861 – NYC mayor proposes NY become a free city, trading with North and South
1903 – Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam
1953 – The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Burma
1969 – The Supremes release single “I’m Livin’ In Shame”
1994 – US figure skating champion Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding’s bodyguard at the US Championships in Detroit
2009 – Dakota Fanning receives the Rising Star Award at the 20th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival
2014 – College Football, 16th BCS National Championship, Rose Bowl, Pasadena: #1 Florida State beats #2 Auburn, 34-31
Historical Events for 5th January 2023
1477 – Battle of Nancy: Swiss Confederacy led by René II decisively defeats the Duchy of Burgundy, 7,000+ killed including the Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold
1527 – Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, is executed by drowning. (b. 1498)
1709 – The Great Frost begins during the night, a sudden cold snap that remains Europe’s coldest ever winter. Thousands are killed across the continent and crops fail in France.
1822 – Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
1930 – Bonnie Parker meets Clyde Barrow for the first time at Clarence Clay’s house
1952 – Darius Milhaud’s “West Point Suite”, marking the US Military Academy’s sesquicentennial, premieres at Carnegie Hall, NYC
1970 – 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike
1972 – NYC transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents
1972 – US President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on a manned space shuttle
1973 – Netherlands recognizes German DR
Historical Events for 4th January 2023
1881 – Johannes Brahms’ “Academic Festival Overture” premieres in Breslau
1894 – France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia
1958 – NZ team led by Edmund Hillary reaches the South Pole, the 1st to reach the Pole overland using motor vehicles and the 1st since Amundsen in 1911 and Scott in 1912
1976 – The Ulster Volunteer Force shoot dead 6 Catholic civilians in 2 coordinated attacks in County Armagh, North Ireland
1991 – Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland
2000 – A day after accepting the head coaching position at the New York Jets, Bill Belichick resigns and moves to the New England Patriots
2005 – Adam Gilchrist of Australia becomes the most prolific century scoring wicket keeper in cricket history when he smashes 113 from just 120 balls in the 3rd Test against Pakistan in Sydney
2007 – The 110th United States Congress convenes and elects Nancy Pelosi as the 1st female Speaker of the House
2008 – Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Americans Serena Williams and Mardy Fish beat Serbian pair Novak Đoković and Jelena Janković 7-6, 6-2 for an unassailable 2-0 lead, and the 5th US title
2012 – 78th Orange Bowl: #23 West Virginia beats #14 Clemson, 70-33
Historical Events for 3rd January 2023
1825 – Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community
1942 – American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command forms
1948 – Australian cricket batting maestro Don Bradman completes dual Test centuries (132 and 127* [26th Test 100]) in 3rd Test v India in Melbourne
1961 – An explosion at the Nuclear Reactor Testing Station in Idaho Falls kills three operators
1977 – Former Home Secretary Roy Jenkins announces his intention to be Britain’s first President of the European Commission
1987 – Aretha Franklin is the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1988 – Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night premieres on Cinemax; concert performance includes James Burton; Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, and k.d. lang)
1992 – Australian cricket batsman David Boon scores an unbeaten 129 in drawn 3rd Test against India in Sydney; his 11th Test century
2014 – Cambodian garment workers go on strike demanding a wage increase
2019 – 116th US Congress convenes in Washington, D.C., electing Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House of Representatives for the second time