1703 - Daniel DefoeDaniel Defoe ( 1660 April 21, 1731) was an English writer and journalist, who first gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe''. Biography Born Daniel Foe the son of James Foe, a butcher in the Stoke Newington neighbourhood of London, England, he would la is placed in a pilloryThe pillory was a device used in punishment by public humiliation, and related to the lesser punishment called the stocks. Both were constructed of hinged wooden boards which articulated to form holes through which the head, or various limbs, could be ins for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphletA pamphlet is an unbound booklet (that is, without a hard cover or binding). It may consist of a single sheet of paper that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in fourths (called a leaflet , or it may consist of a few pages that are but is pelted with flowers.
1790Events January 8 George Washington gives the first State of the Union Address. January 30 The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. February 1 In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time. - First US patentA patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor or applicant for a limited amount of time (normally 20 years from the filing date). The term "patent" originates from the term patere which means to lay open (to public inspectio issued; granted to inventor Samuel HopkinsSamuel Hopkins ( September 17, 1743 December 20, 1803) was an American inventor. On July 31, 1790 he was awarded the first US patent for a process to refine potash. Hopkins, Samuel Hopkins, Samuel..
1856Events January 8 Borax is discovered ( John Veatch). January 29 Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross February 18 The American Party ( Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former Presi - Christchurch, New Zealand chartered as a city.
1930 - The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time.
1941 - Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS general Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired final solution of the Jewish question."
1964 - Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon (images are 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes).
