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1. 8th January 1790: George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address

   Opublikowany: 8.01.2025
2. 7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon

   Opublikowany: 7.01.2025
3. 6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

   Opublikowany: 6.01.2025
4. 5th January 1953: Samuel Beckett’s play En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) premieres at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris

   Opublikowany: 5.01.2025
5. 4th January 1847: Samuel Colt receives the first government order for his firearms

   Opublikowany: 4.01.2025
6. 3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

   Opublikowany: 3.01.2025
7. 2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police

   Opublikowany: 2.01.2025
8. 1st January 1772: First traveller’s cheques, known as “circular notes”, put on sale

   Opublikowany: 1.01.2025
9. 31st December 1935: Monopoly board game patented by Charles Darrow although it wasn’t his idea

   Opublikowany: 31.12.2024
10. 30th December 1993: Israel and the Vatican City begin diplomatic relations

    Opublikowany: 30.12.2024
11. 29th December 1170: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in front of the altar of Canterbury Cathedral

    Opublikowany: 29.12.2024
12. 28th December 1918: Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman to be elected to the Parliament of the UK

    Opublikowany: 28.12.2024
13. 27th December 1922: Hōshō, the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy

    Opublikowany: 27.12.2024
14. 26th December 1973: Horror film The Exorcist first released in cinemas

    Opublikowany: 26.12.2024
15. 25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

    Opublikowany: 25.12.2024
16. 24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York

    Opublikowany: 24.12.2024
17. 23rd December 1823: The poem A Visit from St Nicholas, better known as The Night Before Christmas, published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel

    Opublikowany: 23.12.2024
18. 22nd December 1971: Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially established in Paris, France

    Opublikowany: 22.12.2024
19. 21st December 1620: The first Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth

    Opublikowany: 21.12.2024
20. 20th December 1951: EBR-I in Idaho becomes the first nuclear reactor to generate usable electricity

    Opublikowany: 20.12.2024