# Today in History **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530 "2016-07-10T04:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 77
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1524 "2019-01-11T05:16:13Z")
**January 11, 1917** : [The Kingsland Explosion](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.lyndhursthistoricalsociety.org/KingslandExplosion.html&ved=2ahUKEwiN0LC6-uTfAhXyUt8KHee8A2QQFjASegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw2H7QdfJBVwM6PBty483OTp) destroys a munitions factory in New Jersey. The destruction is believed to have been caused by German sabotage. Though 1400 workers were in the plant at the time of the incident, none died. Switchboard operator Tessie McNamara is credited for saving many of these people because she stayed at her post to warn others instead of fleeing as explosions rocked around her. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1525 "2019-01-12T12:14:44Z")
On 1/12/2000, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Illinois v. Wardlow, gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1526 "2019-01-16T06:22:02Z")
**January 16, 1942** : Actress [Carole Lombard](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/crash-that-killed-actress-carole-lombard-21-others-near-las-vegas-still-echoes-after-75-years/&ved=2ahUKEwiflNHI0_HfAhWRjlkKHfwFC-4QFjALegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw2aTOC-j7cbJ6BneQ35Q-Db) and 21 others die in an airplane crash near Las Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1527 "2019-01-16T11:36:15Z")
**January 16, 1964:** _Hello, Dolly!,_ starring the late Carol Channing, opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1528 "2019-01-16T14:26:16Z")
**January 15, 2009** - [Miracle on the Hudson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1529 "2019-01-17T06:02:49Z")
\*\*January 17, 1950 \*\*: [The Great Brinks Robbery](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/great-brinks-robbery-1950-quite-perfect-crime/&ved=2ahUKEwjJ78qMj_TfAhWNnOAKHabACGQQFjAbegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw3XcKuTPSDdEzutGjm7wmI5&cshid=1547704841664) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1530 "2019-01-17T09:39:50Z")
**January 17, 1929:** Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1531 "2019-01-18T06:19:59Z")
**January 18, 1977** : [The Granville Rail Disaster](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-australia-38645976&ved=2ahUKEwj0y-jF1vbfAhVuvlkKHY-0DOsQFjAfegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw1eplHQwkJnIHRhlrbhwW5L&cf=1) kills 83 and injures over 200. This is Australia’s deadliest railroad accident ever. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1532 "2019-01-18T13:25:09Z")
**January 18, 1943:** The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in Poland’s Warsaw Ghetto. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1533 "2019-01-20T17:09:36Z")
\*\*January 20, 1946 \*\*: Director David Lynch is born. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1534 "2019-01-21T16:19:51Z")
**January 21, 1938:** Wolfman Jack is born. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1535 "2019-01-22T16:23:24Z")
**January 20th, 1982** -Ozzy Osbourne bites off head of live bat. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1536 "2019-01-22T23:12:18Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > **January 20th, 1982** -Ozzy Osbourne bites off head of live bat. Except that today’s not January 20th :). **January 22, 1984:** The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1537 "2019-01-23T13:45:01Z")
**January 23, 1957:** American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the “Frisbee”. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1538 "2019-01-23T14:09:16Z")
**January 23, 1870** : [The Marias Massacre.](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-mariasmassacre/&ved=2ahUKEwji1u7gh4TgAhVjU98KHTZfCzoQFjAcegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw0UKIUSA3OFtGBJnMmpgcyY&cshid=1548251916034) U.S. army calvarymen massacre over 200 peaceful Piegan Indians in Montana. Most of the dead are women and children. No one is held accountable. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1539 "2019-01-24T05:59:50Z")
**January 24, 1939** : [The Chillan earthquake](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://worldhistoryproject.org/1939/1/24/chillan-earthquake-of-1939&ved=2ahUKEwj0sIfV3YXgAhWPtVkKHSlCBAoQFjAOegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw0VA7aui1KWXzRV31zWllDY) in Chile kills approximately 30,000. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1540 "2019-01-24T06:13:36Z")
**January 24, 1848:** The California gold rush begins: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1541 "2019-01-25T09:29:59Z")
**January 25, 1858:** The _Wedding March_ by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria’s daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia, and becomes a popular wedding processional. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1542 "2019-01-26T08:24:56Z")
**January 26, 1998:** President Bill Clinton denies having had “sexual relations” with “that woman,” former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1543 "2019-01-27T05:56:58Z")
**January 27, 1993** : Andre the Giant dies at age 46. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=78)