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. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. It is now part of ExxonMobil.
1899 – The US patent (#617592) was issued for an “Electric Device,” invented by David Misell, which was manufactured as the first tubular “Flash Light” by Conrad Hubert at his American Electrical Novelty and Manufacturing …
There was no electricity nor engines, so that narrowed the choice to balloons, and …
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 United States, from Philadelphia, PA to Woodbury, NJ.
1857 (Earthquake) Fort Tejon, California
1947 – Elizabeth “Betty” Short, AKA the Black Dahlia, was last seen alive.
1951 – Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an “X” rating, premiered in London… ‘X’ ratings at that …
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.
1815 – Johnny Horton’s the Battle of New Orleans derives its melody from a fiddle tune called The 8th of January, the date on which the Battle was fought. Andrew Jackson won the “Battle of New Orleans”.
1835 – The United States’ official debt …
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 in England by Queen Anne to Henry Mill. This first planned typewriter was never actually produced.
1830 – The 1st U.S. Railroad Station opened in Baltimore, MD
1927 – Commercial telephone service, via radio, began between New York and London.
1929 – Drawn by Hal …
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 Jersey.
1839 – The Night of the Big Wind swept across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
1854 – Sherlock Holmes’ Birthday
1912 – New Mexico became the 47th state.
1941 – FDR gave his “4 Freedoms” speech (speech, …
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 of Audubon Society incorporated.
1914 – The Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour workday and that it would pay a “living wage” of at least $5 for a day’s labor.
1933 – San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge construction began
1945 – Pepe LePew debuted in …
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 at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
1896 – Utah became the 45th State
1902 – The Carnegie Institute of Washington was founded.
1903 – Thomas Edison filmed the electrocution of a murdering elephant, Topsy, to show the dangers of Alternating Current …
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 British at Battle of Princeton, NJ
1847 – Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco
1871 – Oleomargarine was patented (#110626) by Henry Bradley in Binghamton, NY
1919 – Professor Ernest Rutherford succeeded in splitting the atom. He split nitrogen atoms into oxygen atoms.
1920 – New …
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 known picture of the moon was taken by Louis Daguerre.
1834 – Pennsylvania opened its state liquor stores.
1870 – Construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge to cross the East River, in New York City.
1938 – Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded.
1947 – …
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 was used widespread until 1582.
1622 – January 1st became the start of the “new Year” (it was March 25 for a long time prior)
1751 – The British Calendar Act of 1751 made January 1st the start of a New Year in English-speaking countries. …
December 31 in Pop Culture History
1600 – The British East India Company was chartered. It was the first global mega-corporation.
1805 – The ‘Calendar of Reason’ had been introduced in France on November 24, 1793. It was abandoned, and the Gregorian calendar, which we still use today, replaced it.
1831 – Gramercy Park was presented to New York, New York.
1865 – “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States, or …
