On January 25th 1905, at the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond was discovered during a routine inspection by the mine’s superintendent. Weighing 1 1/3 pounds, and christened the “Cullinan,” it was the largest diamond ever found…. Read More ›
On January 24th 1935, canned beer made its debut. In partnership with the American Can Company, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivered 2,000 cans of Krueger’s Finest Beer and Krueger’s Cream Ale to faithful Krueger drinkers in Richmond, Virginia. Ninety-one… Read More ›
On January 23rd 1957, machines at the Wham-O toy company rolled out the first batch of their aerodynamic plastic discs, now known to millions of fans all over the world as Frisbees. The story of the Frisbee began in Bridgeport,… Read More ›
On January 22nd 1973, the US Supreme Court ruled in Roe v Wade that women, as part of their constitutional right to privacy, can terminate a pregnancy during its first two trimesters. Only during the last trimester, when the fetus… Read More ›
On January 20th 1981, minutes after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration as the 40th president of the United States, the 52 US captives held at the US embassy in Teheran, Iran, were released, ending the 444-day Iran Hostage Crisis. On November 4,… Read More ›
On January 5th 1933, construction started on the Golden Gate Bridge, as workers began excavating 3.25 million cubic feet of dirt for the structure’s huge anchorages. Following the Gold Rush boom that began in 1849, speculators realized the land north… Read More ›
On January 4th 1999, for the first time since Charlemagne’s reign in the ninth century, Europe had a common currency, when the “Euro” debuts as a financial unit in corporate and investment markets. Eleven European Union (EU) nations , representing… Read More ›
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