On this day in history...

Bunny Bagger · Sun Jan 24, 2016 1:06 pm

1908 - Boy Scouts movement begins.
1965 - Winston Churchill dies.
1972 - Japanese soldier found hiding on Guam.

Bunny Bagger · Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:54 am

1627 - The birth of Robert Boyle, one of the pioneers of modern Chemistry and Physics.

Outandabout · Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:47 pm

1961 John F Kennedy was sworn in as American president.
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Kwaka · Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:18 pm

1972 The world's first kidney and pancreatic tissue transplant was carried out in London

Bunny Bagger · Tue Jan 26, 2016 6:31 am

1950 - India becomes a republic.

Bunny Bagger · Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:18 am

1945 - Auschwitz death camp liberated.

Bunny Bagger · Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:36 am

1986 - The space shuttle Challenger disaster.

Bunny Bagger · Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:04 am

1962 - US spaceman John Glenn is the first American to orbit the Earth.

Bunny Bagger · Sat Jan 30, 2016 5:13 pm

1972 - British troops open fire on a crowd of demonstrators in the Bogside district of Londonderry killing thirteen.

Bunny Bagger · Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:12 pm

1983 - British drivers and front-seat passengers must wear seat belts under new law to reduce road deaths.