MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S BIRTHDAY (OBSERVED)

Since 1986, the third Monday in January has been a federal holiday in observance of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and civil rights leader dedicated to nonviolence. This is a day to honor King’s principles, perhaps best exemplified by his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963: “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.'”

1560s

• 1562: THE PLAY ENTITLED GORBODUC, WRITTEN BY THOMAS NORTON AND THOMAS SACKVILLE, WAS PRESENTED BEFORE QUEEN ELIZABETH I. IT WAS THE FIRST REAL ENGLISH TRAGEDY.

1640s

• 1644: JOHN WINTHROP DOCUMENTED THE FIRST KNOWN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT (UFO) SIGHTINGS IN NORTH AMERICA
• 1644: TWO LIGHTS FORMED A MANLIKE SHAPE AND AROSE OUT OF THE WATER IN BOSTON

1780s

• BORN 1782: DANIEL WEBSTER (STATESMAN)

1860s

• DIED 1862: JOHN TYLER (10TH U.S. PRESIDENT)
• BORN 1867: RUBEN DARIO (POET)

1880s

• BORN 1882: A. A. MILNE (AUTHOR)

1890s

• BORN 1892: OLIVER HARDY (COMEDIAN)

1900s

• BORN 1904: CARY GRANT (ACTOR)

1910s

• 1911: EUGENE ELY PROVED THAT PLANES COULD LAND SAFELY ON SHIPS
• BORN 1911: DANNY KAYE (ACTOR)
• 1915: ICE IN THE IN THE WEDDELL SEA TRAPPED ANTARCTIC EXPLORER E. SHACKLETON’S SHIP ENDURANCE UNTIL SHE SANK ON NOVEMBER 21
• 1919: THE FIRST SESSION OF THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE TO END WWI WAS HELD

1920s

• 1926: NY DAILY MIRROR COLUMNIST WALTER WINCHELL DEBUTED ON RADIO

1930s

• DIED 1936: RUDYARD KIPLING (AUTHOR)
• BORN 1938: CURT FLOOD (BASEBALL PLAYER)

1940s

• BORN 1941: BOBBY GOLDSBORO (SINGER)

1950s

• DIED 1952: CURLY HOWARD (ACTOR, BEST KNOWN AS ONE OF THE THREE STOOGES)
• BORN 1955: KEVIN COSTNER (ACTOR)
• 1957: FIRST AROUND-THE-WORLD, NONSTOP FLIGHT BY JET CONCLUDED

1960s

• 1966: THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL STOCK AVERAGE FIRST PASSED THE 1,000 MARK
• 1967: YELLOWKNIFE BECAME CAPITAL OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

1970s

• 1977: THE CAUSE OF LEGIONNAIRES’ DISEASE (LEGIONELLOSIS) IDENTIFIED AS BACTERIA

1990s

• 1996: 211-POUND STRIPED MARLIN CAUGHT NEAR RED HILL, HAWAII25 Years Ago
• BORN 1999: KARAN BRAR (ACTOR)

2000s

• 2005: 4-LB. 8-OZ. HELLER’S BARRACUDA CAUGHT, MOLOKAI, HAWAII

2010s

• DIED 2010: ROBERT B. PARKER (AUTHOR OF MYSTERIES; MR. PARKER DIED AT HIS WRITING DESK, WORKING ON A BOOK)
• 2010: A HALF POUND METEORITE CRASHED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF DR. FRANK CIAMPI, LORTON, VIRGINIA
• DIED 2016: GLENN FREY (MUSICIAN; FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE EAGLES)

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