January

January 5 - 1904 First New Year Celebration in Times Square, NY

January 6 - Sherlock Holmes's birthday

January 7 - 1990 Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far

January 8 - 1952 Bobby Fisher wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14

January 9 - 2006 Apple Computer unveils the revolutionary iPhone

January 12 - 1906 first time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)

January 13 - 1888 National Geographic Society founded

January 14 - 1690 Clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany

January 15 - 1870 Donkey first used as symbol of Democratic party in Harper's Weekly

January 16 - 1939 Comic Strip SUPERMAN debuts

January 19 - 1929 Martin Luther King was born

January 20 - 2009 Barack Obama is sworn in as 44th persident of the United States

January 21 - 1903 Wizard of Oz premeires in New York City

January 22 - 1973 The Supreme Court announces the Roe verses Wade decision

January 23 - 1941 Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center 

January 26 - 0066 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

January 27 - 1785 The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the US

January 28 - Snow Day!

January 29 - 1900 The American Baseball League is formed

January 30 - 1933 The first episode of the Lone Ranger radio show is broadcast