By Heather Stergos
January 15, 1895
Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake premieres in St. Petersburg, Russia.
January 24, 1895
While imprisoned in Iolani Palace, Queen Liliuokalani is forced by representatives of the Republic of Hawaii to officially abdicate her throne.
January 9, 1905
Known as Bloody Sunday. The Russian Revolution of 1905-1907 begins when strikers marching to petition Czar Nicholas are fired upon by the Czars troops in front of the Winter Palace.
January 10, 1905
The Japanese simultaneously declare war on Russia and attack Port Arthur from the sea.
January 28, 1915
An Act of the United States Congress creates the United States Coast Guard.
January 31, 1915
The Germans use poison gas on the Russians during World War I.
January 3, 1925
Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
January 5, 1925
Nellie Tayloe Ross, when elected governor of Wyoming, becomes the first female governor in the United States. She died in 1977 at the age of 101.
January 11, 1935
Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. She was the first woman to receive a pilots license from the FAI. In 1937, when she disappeared, the United States
government spent $4 million looking for Earhart, which made it the most costly and intensive air and sea search in history at that time.
January 16, 1935
United States rejects membership in the World Court. Despite the urging of President Franklin Roosevelt the Senate fails to ratify the World Court Treaty by a vote of 52 – 35.
January 7, 1945
British General Bernard Montgomery holds press conference taking credit for the victory in the Battle of Bulge.
January 16, 1945
Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker known as Fuhrerbunker.
January 27, 1945
The Russians arrive at Auschwitz death camp and liberate 7,000 prisoners.
January 30, 1945
121 Army Rangers from the 6th Battalion enter Japanese prison camp at Cabanatuann and liberate Allied POWs.
January 31, 1945
General Eisenhower orders the execution by firing squad of deserter Eddie Slovik. Eddie is the first American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War, and has been the last. He was executed in the village of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mins, France.
January 19, 1955
Press conference given by President Eisenhower is the first to be taped and then aired on television.
January 19, 1955
Scrabble board game debuts.
January 20, 1955
First Atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched at Groton, Connecticut.
January 25, 1955
Russia ends state of war with Germany.
January 4, 1965
President Lyndon Johnson first introduces the Great Society concept during his State of the Union address.
January 19, 1965
Lawyer Julius Chambers, with Plaintiffs Rev. Darius Swann and his wife Vera, files a class action suit to de-segregate the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School system in North Carolina. The suit is dismissed by a federal judge.
January 20, 1965
President Lyndon Johnson is inaugurated as 36th President of the United States.
January 24, 1965
Sir Winston Churchill dies at the age of 90 due to complications from a stroke.
TOP MUSIC
1945
1. Sentimental Journey - Les Brown
2. Rum And Coca-Cola - Andrews Sisters
3. Opus One - Tommy Dorsey
4. On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer
5. Till The End Of Time - Perry Como
6. There! I’ve Said It Again - Vaughn Monroe
7. My Dreams Are Getting Better All Of The Time - Les Brown
8. Chickery Chick - Sammy Kaye
9. Its Been A Long, Long Time - Bing Crosby
10. I Cant Begin To Tell You - Bing Crosby
1955
1. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado
2. Sincerely - The McGuire Sisters
3. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
4. Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
5. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing - Four Aces
6. The Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller
7. Ballad Of Davey Crockett - Bill Hayes
8. Autumn Leaves - Roger Williams
9. Let Me Go Lover - Joan Weber
10. Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower) - Georgia Gibbs
1965
1. ( I Cant Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
2. Yesterday - the Beatles
3. Turn! Turn! Turn! ( To Everything There Is A Season) - the Byrds
4. Mrs. Brown Youve Got A Lovely Daughter - Hermans Hermits
5. I Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher
6. Help! - the Beatles
7. I Cant Help Myself - Four Tops
8. Youve Lost That Lovin Feeling - Righteous Brothers
9. Downtown - Petula Clark
10. This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis & the Playboys
TOP MOVIES FROM 1945
1. The Lost Weekend
2. Mildred Pierce
3. Anchors Aweigh
4. Spellbound
5. The Southerner
6. State Fair
7. National Velve
t
8. The Bells Of St. Marys
9. The Story Of G.I. Joe
10. Captain Kidd
TOP MOVIES FROM 1955
1. Mister Roberts
2. Rebel Without A Cause
3. The Man With The Golden Arm
4. Picnic
5. To Catch A Thief
6. Summertime
7. Marty
8. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
9. Lady And The Tramp
10. Oklahoma!
TOP MOVIES FROM 1965
1. Doctor Zhivago
2. Darling
3. Cat Ballou
4. The Collector
5. The Sound Of Music
6. A Patch Of Blue
7. Thunderball
8. The Pawnbroker
9. The Beatles Help!
10. The Great Race
1955 & 1965 TV shows/stars
January 12, 1955
Patterns, written by Rod Serling, premiers on Kraft Television Theatre. Patterns a drama about corporate politics and business power games earns Serling the first of six Emmys.
January 22, 1955
Ed Sullivan appears on the cover of T.V. Guide.
Jan. 12, 1965
Hullabaloo premieres on NBC
Jan. 16, 1965
Outer Limits airs for the last time on ABC
Published in U S Legacies January 2005
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