# 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:** 78
**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 27, 2019, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1544 "2019-01-27T06:30:01Z")
**January 27, 1820:** A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast. ---
**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 29, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1545 "2019-01-29T05:03:22Z")
**January 29, 1863** : [The Bear River Massacre](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/bear-river-massacre&ved=2ahUKEwiL5eTLl5LgAhXsY98KHa62CJsQFjAhegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw2ME4gK7tlMi-FLPbDCbuPr), considered the deadliest attack by U.S military forces on Native Americans, occurs in Idaho. Estimates of the number of dead Shoshone Indians range from 250 to almost 500. ---
**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 29, 2019, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1546 "2019-01-29T09:03:24Z")
**January 29, 1980:** The Rubik’s Cube makes its international debut at the Ideal Toy Corp. in Earl’s Court, London. ---
**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 30, 2019, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1547 "2019-01-30T08:47:44Z")
**January 30, 1969:** The Beatles’ last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police. ---
**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 30, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1548 "2019-01-30T23:57:56Z")
**January 30, 1959** : The Dutch luxury liner [MS _Hans Hedtoft_](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/features/remembering-denmark-s-titanic&ved=2ahUKEwjH6YHk15bgAhVLiOAKHcNCCdIQFjAhegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw0e7MbprQy6qvUZJXSN8yxW)strikes an iceberg on its maiden voyage. The ship had been billed as unsinkable. Because of the rough weather conditions rescuers cannot reach the striken liner. All 95 aboard perish. The only trace of the ship ever found is a single lifebouy that washes up on the coast of Iceland several months later. ---
**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 31, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1549 "2019-01-31T06:23:41Z")
**January 31, 1846** : The city of Milwaukee is formed, officially ending the contentious and often outright violent [Bridge War.](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://milwaukeerecord.com/city-life/old-milwaukee-the-bridge-war-of-1845-and-how-the-streets-got-their-names/&ved=2ahUKEwiprY2Xr5fgAhUYoYMKHb_SAOAQFjARegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw2Cgvo10JsMbVN4qX0wU4Gh&cshid=1548915448417) ---
**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 31, 2019, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1550 "2019-01-31T06:25:02Z")
**January 31, 1747:** The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1551 "2019-02-01T16:17:16Z")
**February 1, 1814** : [Mayon Volcano](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/disasters/82577-mayon-volcano-1814-eruption&ved=2ahUKEwi6tJfs9prgAhUowVkKHQK1CrMQFjANegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw3vG79fRI6x8i1ZOwQo8GuB) in the Philippines erupts killing 1200. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1552 "2019-02-01T18:54:46Z")
**February 1, 2002:** Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the \*Wall Street Journal, \*kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1553 "2019-02-02T14:40:34Z")
**February 2, 1959** : A group of 9 hikers in a remote area of the snowy Ural Mountains encounter _something_ and all die. Known today as the [Dyatlov Pass Incident](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/dyatlov-pass-incident-photos&ved=2ahUKEwjh14WGoJ3gAhXJxlkKHbBKBEYQFjAXegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw1B_6mzyR7vOupYTMcmuRVp), the theories attempting to explain the unnatural scene and the bizarre deaths include avalanche, soviet experimental weapons, space aliens, and unfriendly yetis. Sixty years have passed and the truth remains unknown. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2019, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1554 "2019-02-03T09:35:57Z")
**February 3, 1959:** Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. ---
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**February 4, 2004:** Facebook is founded by Mark Zuckerberg. ---
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**February 7, 1812** : [The largest of the New Madrid earthquakes](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-causes-fluvial-tsunami-in-mississippi&ved=2ahUKEwi5x_bdiqngAhXHY98KHTupB3sQFjAeegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw3KQ-8UurSa9298XfTxSGRF) causes the Mississippi River to run backwards. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1557 "2019-02-08T02:18:33Z")
**February 7, 2013:** The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1558 "2019-02-09T01:58:43Z")
**February 8, 1952:** Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1559 "2019-02-09T06:05:01Z")
**February 9, 1964:** The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers across the USA. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1560 "2019-02-11T04:02:58Z")
**February 10, 1940:** _Tom and Jerry_ make their debut with _Puss Gets the Boot._ ---
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**February 11, 1963** : Sylvia Plath commits suicide. ---
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**February 13, 1961:** An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, that appears to anachronistically encase a “1920s-style spark plug”. ---
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**February 14, 1779:** Captain James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=79)