January History

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Here it is the 24th of January and I am not caught up yet with these posts about January history. I will try to catch up before I get to the end of the month. January 17, 1955: The USS Nautilus submarine made its first nuclear-powered test run from Groton, Connecticut. January 17, 1706: Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts. January 17, 1893: Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the U.S. died in Fremont, Ohio. He was 70 years old. January 17, 1893: The monarchy of Hawaii was overthrown, when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to give up her throne. January 17, 1991: First day of Operation Desert Storm What about January 18th? January 18, 1778: English navigator, Captain James Cook reached the Hawaiian Islands, which he name the “Sandwich Islands.” January 18, 1788: The first English settlers landed at Botany Bay in Australia to establish a penal colony. January 18, 1862: John Tyler, the 10th president of the U.S. died in Richmond, VA. He was 71. His grave site is just a few miles from my house. January 18, 1936: Rudyard Kipling died in Burwash, England January 18, 1995: The death toll rose in Kobe, Japan following a major earthquake, that took the lives of over 6,000 persons.