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January 20 in Pop Culture History
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January 20 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 20, 2021
January 20 in Pop Culture History January 20, 1992 was a Good Day for rapper Ice Cube. 1265 - 1st English Parliament was called into session by Earl of Leicester....
January 19 in Pop Culture History
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January 19 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 19, 2021
January 19 in Pop Culture History 1825 - The US patent (#X004009) for food storage in cans to "preserve animal substances in tin" was issued to Ezra Daggett and his...
Happy Thesaurus Day! (January 18th)
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Happy Thesaurus Day! (January 18th)

ShannonJanuary 18, 2021
(PCM) On this day in 1779, Peter Mark Roget, the father of the modern thesaurus, was delivered, produced, came into being, born. After a long career as a physician, scientist...
January 18 in Pop Culture History
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January 18 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 18, 2021
January 18 in Pop Culture History 1644 - "In this year one James Everell, a sober, discreet man, and two others, saw a great light in the night at Muddy...
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Benjamin Franklin Born January 17, 1706

professorajfJanuary 17, 2021
Happy Birthday, Benjamin Franklin!In movies and in real life, whenever people talk about large amounts of money, they talk about the Benjamins. This is because of Benjamin Franklin, who is...
January 17 in Pop Culture History
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January 17 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 17, 2021
January 17 in Pop Culture History 1706 - Ben Franklin 'The First American' was born. 1773 - Captain James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to sail below...
January 16 in Pop Culture History
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January 16 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 16, 2021
January 16 in Pop Culture History 1362 - St. Marcellus Flood or Grote Mandrenke (Great Drowning of Men), Netherlands 1547 - Ivan the Terrible crowned himself 1st Tsar of Moscow....
January 15 in Pop Culture History
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January 15 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 15, 2021
January 15 in Pop Culture History It's National Hat Day, because in 1797, the 1st top hat was worn, by John Etherington in London. There are 350 days left until...
January 14 in Pop Culture History
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January 14 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 14, 2021
January 14 in Pop Culture History 1690 - The Clarinet was invented in Nurnberg, Germany 1794 - Elizabeth Hog Bennett became the first woman in the US to successfully give...
January 13 in Pop Culture History
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January 13 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 13, 2021
January 13 in Pop Culture History 1854 - US patent (#11062) for an accordion was issued to Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, Pa. 1863 - Thomas Crapper invented the portable toilet....
January 12 in Pop Culture History
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January 12 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 12, 2021
January 12 in Pop Culture History "I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught...
January 11 in Pop Culture History
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January 11 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 11, 2021
January 11 in Pop Culture History 1693 (Earthquake) Sicily, Italy 1908 - The Grand Canyon National Monument was created. 1922 - Leonard Thompson (1908-35) was the first person to receive...
January 10 in Pop Culture History
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January 10 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 10, 2021
January 10 in Pop Culture History 1776 - "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine was published. 1863 - London's Metropolitan, the world's first underground passenger railway, opened. 1870 - John D....
January 9 in Pop Culture History
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January 9 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 9, 2021
January 9 in Pop Culture History 1693 (Earthquake) Sicily, Italy 1788 - Connecticut became the 5th state 1793 - Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first successful balloon flight in the...
January 8 in Pop Culture History
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January 8 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 8, 2021
January 8 in Pop Culture History 1780 (Earthquake) Tabriz, Iran 1790 - George Washington gave the first 'State of the Union' message, urging the opening of the US Patent Office....
January 7 in Pop Culture History
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January 7 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 7, 2021
January 7 in Pop Culture History 1608 - Fire destroyed the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia 1714 - The world's first patent (#395) for a "Machine for Transcribing Letters" was granted...
January Sixth, The Epiphany
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January Sixth, The Epiphany

Mike RobertoJanuary 6, 2021
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king...
January 6 in Pop Culture History
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January 6 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 6, 2021
January 6 in Pop Culture History 1540 - King Henry VIII of England married Anne of Cleves. 1838 - Samuel Morse made the 1st public demonstration of telegraph in New...
January 5 in Pop Culture History
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January 5 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 5, 2021
January 5 in Pop Culture History 1889 - The word hamburger first appeared in print in the Walla Walla Union, a Walla Walla, Washington, newspaper. 1905 - The National Association...
William Shakespeare’s First Folio Day – January 4
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William Shakespeare’s First Folio Day – January 4

GuestJanuary 4, 2021
By Bob Falkenstein Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies is the 1623 published collection of William Shakespeare's plays. Modern scholars commonly refer to it as the First Folio. It...
January 4 in Pop Culture History
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January 4 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 4, 2021
January 4 in Pop Culture History 1790 - President Washington delivered the 1st State of the Union address 1865 - The New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters...
January 3 in Pop Culture History
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January 3 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 3, 2021
January 3 in Pop Culture History January 3 is Take A Nerd To Lunch Day 1521 - Martin Luther was excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church 1777 - Washington defeated the...
January 2 in Pop Culture History
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January 2 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 2, 2021
January 2 in Pop Culture History 1788 - Georgia became the 4th state to ratify U.S. constitution. 1818 - The British Institution of Civil Engineers was founded. 1839 - First...
January 1 in Pop Culture History
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January 1 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 1, 2021
January 1 in Pop Culture History 4713 BC - Julian Calendar day #1, according to Joseph Justus Scaliger's cycle of 7980 years. 46 BC - The Julian Calendar began, and...
Inspire Your Heart With Art Day, January 31
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Inspire Your Heart With Art Day, January 31

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 31, 2020February 5, 2020
The origins of Inspire Your Heart With Art Day are not known, though it is annually celebrated on January 31.  The meaning of Inspire Your Heart With Art Day, is...
January 31 in Pop Culture History
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January 31 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 31, 2020
January 31 in Pop Culture History 1865 - Congress passed the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America. 1906 (Earthquake) Coastal Ecuador 1922 (Earthquake) Eureka/San Francisco, Oregon/California 1928 - The 3-M...
January 30 in Pop Culture History
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January 30 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 30, 2020
January 30 in Pop Culture History 1703 - The 47 Ronin, under the command of Oishi Kuranosuke, avenged the death of their master, Asano Naganori. 1790 - The first boat...
January 29th Curmudgeon’s Day
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January 29th Curmudgeon’s Day

Mike RobertoJanuary 29, 2020February 5, 2020
Curmudgeon’s Day.  According to The American Heritage Dictionary a curmudgeon is a “cantankerous person’.  And, according to The American Heritage Dictionary cantankerous means” ill tempered, quarrelsome, disagreeable, contrary.,” in other...
January 29 in Pop Culture History
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January 29 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 29, 2020
January 29 in Pop Culture History 1845 - Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' was published in the New York Evening Mirror. 1861 - Kansas became the 34th state. 1886 -...
January 28 in Pop Culture History
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January 28 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 28, 2020
January 28 in Pop Culture History 1807 - London's Pall Mall became the first street of any city to be illuminated by gaslight. 1813 - Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice...
Don’t Let Blue Monday Get You Down!
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Don’t Let Blue Monday Get You Down!

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 27, 2020February 5, 2020
(PCM) Blue Monday is the name given to what is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. It typically falls on either the third or fourth Monday...
January 27 in Pop Culture History
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January 27 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 27, 2020
January 27 in Pop Culture History 1606 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators began for the Gunpowder Plot, ending with their execution on January 31. 1888 -...
January 26 in Pop Culture History
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January 26 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 26, 2020
January 26 in Pop Culture History 1564 - The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. 1838 - Tennessee became...
January 25 in Pop Culture History
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January 25 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 25, 2020
January 25 in Pop Culture History 1533 - Henry VIII of England married his second wife Anne Boleyn. 1858 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn was played at the...
January 24 in Pop Culture History
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January 24 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 24, 2020
January 24 in Pop Culture History 41 - Roman Emperor Caligula was assassinated. 1848 - Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California by James W. Marshall. 1899 - The...
Sign Here, Please: It’s National Handwriting Day! (January 23rd)
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Sign Here, Please: It’s National Handwriting Day! (January 23rd)

ShannonJanuary 23, 2020February 5, 2020
(PCM) National Handwriting Day was established by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA) on January 23rd, 1977. Most people who were around then were taught penmanship as children, but that...
January 23 in Pop Culture History
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January 23 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 23, 2020
January 23 in Pop Culture History 1556 (Earthquake) Shaanxi, China. Over 800,000 people may were killed. 1571 - The Royal Exchange opened in London. 1793 - Humane Society of Philadelphia...
January 22 in Pop Culture History
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January 22 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 22, 2020
January 22 in Pop Culture History 1890 - The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio. 1943 - Spearfish, North Dakota experienced a forty-nine degree temperature change...
January 21 in Pop Culture History
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January 21 in Pop Culture History

Joe Hummel IIIJanuary 21, 2020
January 21 in Pop Culture History 1472 - The Great Daylight Comet of 1472 was visible in daylight for 8 days. 1790 - Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed the guillotine to...
Give Us a Hug! It’s National Hugging Day! (January 21st)
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Give Us a Hug! It’s National Hugging Day! (January 21st)

ShannonJanuary 20, 2020
(PCM) January 21, 2016 marked the 30th anniversary of "National Hugging Day", a festival of physical affection invented by one Kevin Zaborney (a guy who knew someone who knew someone...
A.A. Milne Born January 18, 1882
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A.A. Milne Born January 18, 1882

Mike RobertoJanuary 18, 2020
(PCM) A.A. Milne (Alan Alexander) was born on January 18, 1882 in London.  He attended Cambridge University to study mathematics but soon found that his true passion was writing. After...
Happy Birthday Sherlock! January 6
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Happy Birthday Sherlock! January 6

ShannonJanuary 6, 2020
(PCM) Happy Birthday Sherlock! Beloved super sleuth Sherlock Holmes was created by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. He is one of (if not the) most adapted fictional characters in literature,...

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Benjamin Franklin Born January 17, 1706

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Superman Comic Strip Debuted January 16, 1939

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