Monday, January 31, 2011

January 31, 1876 – Grant Extends Indian Reservation Deadline

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In a move that prevented open war across the Northern Plains, President Ulysses S. Grant issued an executive order extending the deadline se...
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Sunday, January 30, 2011

January 30, 1835 – President Jackson Assassinated

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Just after leaving the East Portico of the United States Capitol, President Andrew Jackson, twice-elected to the nation’s highest office, wa...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

January 29, 1523 – Faber Out-Debates Zwingli

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Central Europe looked to be a smoldering mass of corrupt indulgences and humanism, needing only a spark to explode into revolution. In the ...
Friday, January 28, 2011

January 28, 1902 – Carnegie Institution for Science (in Man) Founded

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Famed industrialist Andrew Carnegie founded many institutions to promote education, art, free libraries, and technological development. Mos...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

January 27, 1593 – Bruno Escapes the Inquisition

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Giordano Bruno was once a highly admired Dominican monk with numerous publications on the topic of memory, so approved that Pope Pius V had ...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

January 26, 1788 – Prisoners Overthrow Guards in New South Wales

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With the loss of Georgia in the Rebellion of the American Colonies, Britain’s so-far-successful experiment in penal colonies as buffers to f...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

January 25, 1787 – Daniel Shays Waits to take Springfield Armory

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In the economic turmoil after the American Revolution, many of the most valiant fighters for freedom suffered long after the war ended. Dan...
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