Today in History Today is Friday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2021. There are 336 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 29, 1979, President Jimmy Carter formally welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping (dung shah-oh-ping) to the White House, following the establishment of diplomatic relations. On this date: In 1820, King George III died at Windsor Castle at age 81; he was succeeded by his son, who became King George IV. In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s famous narrative poem “The Raven” (“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...”) was first published in the New York Evening Mirror. In 1919, the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which launched Prohibition, was certified by Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk. In 1936, the first inductees of baseball’s Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, New York. In 1963, the first charter members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame...
from ABC News: US https://ift.tt/36ms8Xa
via
No comments:
Post a Comment