For the month of January:
January 1, 1735- Paul Revere was born.
January 2, 1910- The first junior high school was opened in Berkeley, California.
January 4, 1896- Utah became America's 45th state.
January 5, 1956- In the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy walked on two legs for the first time.
January 6, 1942- The first commercial around-the-world airline flight took place.
January 7, 1789- The first national presidential election was held.
January 9, 1953- The United Nations opened its headquarters in New York City.
January 12, 1966- Batman debuted on television.
January 13, 1928- Ernst F.W. Alexanderson gave the first public demonstration of television.
January 15, 1967-The first National Football League Super Bowl was played. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.
January 17, 1806- James Madison Randolph, grandson of President Thomas Jefferson, was the first child born in the White House.
January 20, 1885- The roller coaster was patented by L.A. Thompson
January 22, 1984- Apple introduced the Macintosh computer. It was the first computer to use point-and-click technology.
January 23, 1971- The lowest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was reported on this day in Prosepect Creek camp, Alaska-minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit!
January 24, 1908- The first Boy Scout troop was started in England.
January 25, 1961- President John F. Kennedy presented the first live presidential news conference from Washington, D.C.
January 27, 1926- John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television.
January 29, 1900- The American Baseball league was organized in Philadelphia. it consisted of eight teams.
January 31, 1990- McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Moscow, Russia.
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