SANDY KOZEL
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)
was the 37th president of the United States, serving from
1969 until his resignation in 1974.
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09
Jan
THIS MADE HISTORY ON THIS DAY
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08
Jan
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
SANDY KOZEL
Elvis Presley at 2 years old with his
parents in the year 1937.
Singer/actor Elvis Aaron Presley,
known as the “King of Rock and Roll,”
was born in Tupelo, Mississippi; his
family moved to Memphis, Tennessee,
when he was 13.
His music career began there in 1954,
at Sun Records with producer Sam
Phillips, who wanted to bring the
sound of African-American music to
a wider audience.
07
Jan
CROSSING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL BY AIR
Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John
Jeffries traveled from Dover, England, to Calais, France,
in a gas balloon, becoming the first to cross the English
Channel by air.
The two men nearly crashed into the Channel along the
way, however, as their balloon was weighed down by
extraneous supplies such as anchors, a nonfunctional
hand-operated propeller, and silk-covered oars with
which they hoped they could row their way through the
air.
Just before reaching the French coast, the two balloonists
were forced to throw nearly everything out of the balloon,
and Blanchard even threw his trousers over the side in a
desperate, but apparently successful, attempt to lighten
the ship.
John Jeffries
07
Jan
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY IN 1789
Congress set January 7, 1789 as the date by which states
are required to choose electors for the country’s first-ever
presidential election. A month later, on February 4, George
Washington was elected president by state electors and
sworn into office on April 30, 1789.
As it did in 1789, the United States still uses the Electoral
College system, which today gives all American citizens
over the age of 18 the right to vote for electors, who in
turn vote for the president.
The president and vice president are the only elected
federal officials chosen by the Electoral College instead
of by direct popular vote.
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06
Jan
COMMERCIAL FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD
The Pacific Clipper (Boeing 314) arrives at LaGuardia.
On January 6, 1942, the Pacific Clipper landed at Pan American’s LaGuardia Field seaplane base in New York City, completing the
first commercial plane flight to circumnavigate the world.
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