| 1815 |
|
Federalists
from all over New England, angered over the War of
1812, draw up the Hartford Convention, demanding
several important changes in the U.S. Constitution.
Old Hickory & the Pirate. |
| 1861 |
|
The
merchant vessel Star of the West sets sail
from New York to Fort Sumter, in response to rebel
attack, carrying supplies and 250 troops.
Mission to Relieve Fort Sumter. |
| 1904 |
|
American
Marines arrive in Seoul, Korea, to guard the U.S.
legation there. |
| 1914 |
|
Henry
Ford astounds the world as he announces that he will
pay a minimum wage of $5 a day and will share with
employees $10 million in the previous year's
profits. Henry
Ford Museum & Greenfield Village in Dearborn,
Michigan |
| 1919 |
|
British
ships shell the Bolshevik headquarters in Riga. |
| 1920 |
|
GOP
women demand equal representation at the Republican
National Convention in June. |
| 1923 |
|
The
U.S. Senate debates the benefits of Peyote for the
American Indian. Seth
Eastman is widely regarded as the foremost pictorial
historian of the American Indian in the nineteenth
century. |
| 1925 |
|
Nellie
Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is sworn in as the first
woman governor in the United States. |
| 1942 |
|
U.S.
and Filipino troops complete their withdrawal to a
new defensive line along the base of the Bataan
peninsula.Manila:
How Open Was This Open City? |
| 1951 |
|
Inchon,
South Korea, the sight of General Douglas
MacArthur's amphibious flanking maneuver, is
abandoned by United Nations force to the advancing
Chinese Army.The
'Chosin' Few. |
| 1952 |
|
Prime
Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Washington to
confer with President Harry S Truman. |
| 1968 |
|
U.S.
forces in Vietnam launch Operation Niagara I to
locate enemy units around the Marine base at Khe
Sanh.The
Withdrawal from Khe Sanh. |
| 1969 |
|
President
Richard M. Nixon appoints Henry Cabot Lodge as
negotiator at the Paris Peace Talks. |
| 1971 |
|
President
Richard M. Nixon names Robert Dole as chairman of
the Republican National Party. |
| 1979 |
|
Vietnamese
troops occupy Phnom Penh and the Cambodian ruler Pol
Pot is ousted from power.
The Last Days of Cambodia. |
| 1982 |
|
A
Federal judge voids a state law requiring balanced
classroom treatment of evolution and creationism. |
Born
on January 5 |
| 1779 |
|
Stephen
Decatur, American naval hero during actions against
the Barbay pirates and the War of 1812. |
| 1928 |
|
Walter
Mondale, 42nd Vice President of the United States,
Democratic presidential nominee who lost to Ronald
Reagan in 1984, and Ambassador to Japan. |
