| 1863 |
|
Union
General Henry Halleck, by direction of President
Abraham Lincoln, orders General Ulysses Grant to
revoke his infamous General Order No. 11 that
expelled Jews from his operational area.Tall
Tales of the Civil War. |
| 1902 |
|
France
offers to sell their Nicaraguan Canal rights to the
United States. |
| 1904 |
|
The
U.S. Supreme Court decides in the Gonzales v.
Williams case that Puerto Ricans are not aliens and
can enter the United States freely, yet stops short
of awarding citizenship. |
| 1920 |
|
The
Negro National League, the first black baseball
league, is organized by Rube Foster. |
| 1935 |
|
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt claims in his State of the
Union message that the federal government will
provide jobs for 3.5 million Americans on welfare. Women
in the workplace. |
| 1936 |
|
Billboard
magazine publishes its first music hit parade. |
| 1941 |
|
On
the Greek-Albanian front, the Greeks launch an
attack towards Valona from Berat to Klisura against
the Italians. |
| 1942 |
|
Japanese
forces begin the evacuation of Guadalcanal.
Bloody fighting on Guadalcanal. |
| 1951 |
|
UN
forces abandon Seoul, Korea to the Chinese Communist
Army. Forgotten
Regiments of the Forgotten War. |
| 1979 |
|
Ohio
officials approve an out-of-court settlement
awarding $675,000 to the victims and families in the
1970 shootings at Kent State University, in which
four students were killed and nine wounded by
National Guard troops. |
Born
on January 4
|
| 1914 |
|
Jane
Wyman, American film actress. |
