| 1639 |
|
Representatives
from three Connecticut towns band together to write the
Fundamental Orders, the first constitution in the New World. |
| 1848 |
|
Gold
is discovered by James Wilson Marshall at his partner Johann
August Sutter's sawmill on the South Fork of the American River,
near Coloma, California. Striking
it Rich. |
| 1903 |
|
U.S.
Secretary of State John Hay and British Ambassador Herbert
create a joint commission to establish the Alaskan border. |
| 1911 |
|
U.S.
Cavalry is sent to preserve the neutrality of the Rio Grande
during the Mexican Civil War. |
| 1927 |
|
British
expeditionary force of 12,000 is sent to China to protect
concessions at Shanghai. |
| 1946 |
|
The
UN establishes the International Atomic Energy Commission. |
| 1951 |
|
Indian
leader Nehru demands that the UN name Peking as an aggressor in
Korea. |
| 1980 |
|
In
a rebuff to the Soviets, the U.S. announces intentions to sell
arms to China. |
| 1982 |
|
A
draft of Air Force history reports that the U.S. secretly
sprayed herbicides on Laos during the Vietnam War. The
use of herbicides in Vietnam. |
Born on January 24 |
| 1862 |
|
Edith
Wharton, U.S. novelist who wrote Ethan Frome and The
Age of Innocence. |
