On this date in history:

In 1771, Spain ceded the Falkland Islands to Britain.

In 1901, Queen Victoria of Britain died at age 82 after a reign of 64 years. She was succeeded by her son, Edward VII.

In 1914, attorneys for world heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, a Black prizefighter, filed a brief for a new...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Russian Czar Ivan III, known as Ivan the Great, in 1440
- British writer/explorer Walter Raleigh in 1552
- English philosopher/statesman Francis Bacon in 1561
- British poet Lord George Byron in 1788
- D.W. Griffith in 1875
- Chief Justice of the United States Fred Vinson...Read more

Today is Monday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2024 with 344 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.

A thought for the day: Music is the major form of communication. It's the commonest vibration, the people's news broadcast, especially for kids. -- American musician Richie Havens

On this date in history:

In 1793, French King Louis XVI was executed in Paris, ending more than a thousand years of continuous French monarchy.

In 1861, Mississippi Sen. Jefferson Davis resigned from the U.S. Senate 12 days before Mississippi seceded from the Union. He later became president of the Confederate States of ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Soldier/Vermont folk hero Ethan Allen in 1738
- explorer/historian John Fremont in 1813
- Confederate Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson in 1824
- Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin in 1869
- Roger Nash Baldwin, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, in 1884
- blues ...Read more

Today is Sunday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2024 with 344 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.

A thought for the day: The problem is that the people with the most ridiculous ideas are always the people who are most certain of them. -- American comedian Bill Maher

On this date in history:

In 1265, Britain's House of Commons, which became a model for parliamentary bodies, met for the first time.

In 1778, James Cook became the first European to step foot on the Hawaiian Islands. He called them the Sandwich Islands.

In 1783, U.S. and British representatives signed a ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- French physicist Andre-Marie Ampere in 1775
- Harold Gray, creator of the comic strip Little Orphan Annie, in 1894
- comedian George Burns in 1896
- Greek businessman Aristotle Onassis in 1906
- Italian film director Federico Fellini in 1920
- actor DeForest Kelley in ...Read more

Today is Saturday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2024 with 346 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.

A thought for the day: I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away. -- Austrian American actor Hedy Lamarr

On this date in history:

In 1861, Georgia voted to secede from the Union and joined the Confederacy.

In 1920, threats against the life of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, because of his activities in suppressing criminal radicalism, led officials to take every precaution to guard the head of the Justice Department.
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Those born on this date include:

- Scottish engineer James Watt, inventor of the steam engine, in 1736
- Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in 1807
- American short story writer/poet Edgar Allan Poe in 1809
- French post-Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne in 1839
- Ebony magazine founder John H. Johnson in 1918
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Today is Friday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2024 with 347 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.