Year : 1158
Events : Vladislav II of Bohemia becomes king
Year : 1569
Events : 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn at St Paul's Cathedral
Year : 1672
Events : Isaac Newton was elected a member of royal Society
Year : 1759
Events : 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
Year : 1785
Events : Continental Congress convenes in New York City
Year : 1839
Events : Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal - 700 die
Year : 1892
Events : Hawaiian Historical Society founded
Year : 1897
Events : M H Cannon becomes 1st Woman state senator in US (Utah)
Year : 1946
Events : People's Republic of Albania established
Year : 1949
Events : Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
Year : 1960
Events : Chad declares independence from France
Year : 1962
Events : Mandela's leaves South Africa, travels to Ethiopia, Algeria & England
Year : 1964
Events : US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous
Year : 1968
Events : Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km)
Year : 1972
Events : East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
Year : 1982
Events : Atlanta GA's temperature goes below zero| F
Year : 1988
Events : USSR announces it will participate in the Seoul Summer Olympics
Year : 1988
Events : Test debut of Phil Simmons, West Indies vs India, Madras
Year : 1989
Events : 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)
Year : 1991
Events : Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq
Year : 1991
Events : Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd
Year : 1992
Events : paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa
Year : 1966
Events : Lal Bhadur Shastri dies at Tashkent.
Year : 1975
Events : Oil struck in third Bombay High rig.
Year : 1986
Events : GOI declares Ladakh a Scheduled Tribe area under an order by the President, applying article 342 for the first time to Jammu & kashmir; MiG-27, inducted into IAF
Year : 1991
Events : Morarji Desai awarded 'Bharat Ratna'
Year : 1938
Events : Frances Moulton elected 1st woman President of a US national Bank
Year : 1964
Events : Gulzari Lal Nanda sworn as Prime Minister.[Acting] [11-01-1966 -- 24-01-1966]
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