TODAY IN HISTORY!

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1990​

Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S.​

On January 3, 1990, Panama’s General Manuel Antonio Noriega, after holing up for 10 days at the Vatican embassy in Panama City, surrenders to U.S. military troops to face charges of drug trafficking. Noriega was flown to Miami the following day​

 

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1993​ Buffalo Bills pull off one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history​

 

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1959​

Alaska admitted into Union​

 

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U.S. Presidents​

1938​

Franklin Roosevelt founds March of Dimes​

 

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​ ​ 1995 Republican Party takes control of Congress for first time in 40 years​

​ ​ 1847 Samuel Colt sells his first revolvers to the U.S. government​

 

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1933​

​ ​ Construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge​

​ ​ On January 5, 1933, construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge, as workers began excavating 3.25 million cubic feet of dirt for the structure’s huge anchorages. Following the Gold Rush boom that began in 1849, speculators realized the land north of San Francisco Bay would increase in value​

1920​

New York Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth​

 

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1838​

Samuel Morse unveils the telegraph, revolutionizing communication​

On January 6, 1838, Samuel Morse’s telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey. The telegraph, a device which used electric impulses to transmit encoded messages over a wire, would eventually revolutionize long-distance communication​

 

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1877​

​ ​ Crazy Horse fights last battle​

​ ​ On January 8, 1877, Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse and his men—outnumbered, low on ammunition and forced to use outdated weapons to defend themselves—fight their final losing battle against the U.S. Cavalry in Montana. Six months earlier, was the Battle of the Little Bighorn ​ 1946​ Elvis Presley receives his first guitar​ He was my wife's mother's 1st cousin. 1992​ President George H.W. Bush vomits on the Prime Minister of Japan ​

 

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1493​

Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids​

On January 9, 1493, explorer Christopher Columbus, sailing near what is now the Dominican Republic, records in his ship's journal that, on the previous day, he saw three “mermaids”—in reality manatees—and describes them as “not half as beautiful as they are painted.” Six months earlier, Columbus (1451-1506) set off from Spain​