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21st January 1954: Launch of USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine

  • 21st January 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Atomic, Manhattan Project, Navy, Nuclear, Science, Submarine, Technology, United States, USA, USS Nautilus

Nuclear propulsion enabled Nautilus to smash numerous records including those for both submerged speed and distance, and became the first submarine to transit the North Pole in August 1958.

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20th January 1986: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day first observed as a federal holiday

  • 20th January 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Civil Rights, Holiday, Martin Luther King, Racism, United States, USA

President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law on 2 November 1983.

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19th January 1920: Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union

  • 19th January 2021
  • Tagged as: ACLU, America, Civil Liberties, New York, United States, USA

The organization now boasts more than 1.2 million members and continues to provide legal support where individual rights and liberties are threatened.

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18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins

  • 18th January 2021
  • Tagged as: Britain, Clemenceau, First World War, France, Lloyd George, Peace Conference, Peace Treaty, Treaty, Treaty of Neuilly, Treaty of Versailles, USA, Versailles, Woodrow Wilson

The Paris Peace Conference convened to establish the terms of the peace after the First World War.

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17th January 1991: Gulf War combat begins with Operation Desert Storm

  • 17th January 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Gulf War, Iraq, Kuwait, Military, Saddam Hussein, USA, War

On the 17th January 1991, the combat phase of the Gulf War began as Operation Desert Storm was launched to destroy Iraq’s military and civilian infrastructure through an enormous aerial bombing campaign.

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16th January 1919: Nebraska becomes the vital 36th of the 48 states to approve prohibition in the 18th Amendment

  • 16th January 2021
  • Tagged as: Alcohol, Amendment, America, Nebraska, Prohibition, United States, USA

Nationwide prohibition began on 17 January the following year, and existed until its repeal by the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933.

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11th January 1964: US Surgeon General publishes groundbreaking report on the health effects of tobacco smoking

  • 11th January 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Health, Science, Smoking, Tobacco, USA

The report drew three main conclusions focused on the effect of smoking on the functioning of the respiratory system.

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10th January 1776: Thomas Paine publishes the pamphlet Common Sense advocating American independence

  • 10th January 2021
  • Tagged as: America, American War of Independence, Common Sense, Independence, Thomas Paine, USA

The 47-page pamphlet is credited with having a dramatic impact on public opinion in the colonies, and helped to consolidate the idea of independent republicanism.

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8th January 1790: George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address

  • 8th January 2021
  • Tagged as: America, American War of Independence, Congress, George Washington, New York, State of the Union, USA, Washington

American President George Washington delivered the very first State of the Union address to Congress.

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7th January 1979: Cambodian leader Pol Pot overthrown

  • 7th January 2021
  • Tagged as: Cambodia, Cold War, Communism, Dictatorship, Genocide, Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, USA, USSR, Vietnam

On the 7th January 1979 Pol Pot, the Cambodian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, was overthrown when Vietnamese forces captured the capital city Phnom Penh.

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