January History: Part Five

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It doesn’t seem like anyone is very interested in January history but I save these posts in my documents and will be using them for other purposes. January 9, 1913: It’s the day that U.S. President, Richard Milhous Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California January 9, 1788: The fifth state of the U.S. was ratified by the U.S. Constitution, Connecticut. January 9, 1861: Mississippi seceded from the Union. January 9, 1945: U.S. forces began to land at Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines during World War II. January 9, 1957: Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister resigned. January 9, 1968: The Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon. What about January 10th? January 10, 1776: Thomas Paine published the pamphlet “Common Sense” It sold ½ million copies. January 10, 1863: In London, the world’s first underground passenger railway, Metropolitan, opened to the public January 10, 1870: John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil January 10, 1920: The League of Nations was established when the “Treaty of Versailles” went into effect. January 10, 1928: The Soviet Union exiled Leon Trotsky January 10, 1957: Harold Macmillan became Prime Minister of Britain. January 10, 2000: America Online indicated that it would purchase Time Warner for $162 billion.