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January 9, 2015

In 1788, Connecticut was admitted to the Union as the fifth state. In 1799, British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduced an income tax to raise funds to continue fighting the Napoleonic...

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January 8, 2015

In 1790, George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address, in New York City. In 1815, Andrew Jackson led American forces to victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans. In...

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January 7, 2015

In 1566, Pope Pius V was elected. In 1608, fire destroyed Jamestown, Va. In 1797, the modern Italian flag was first used. In 1894, William Kennedy Dickson received a patent for motion picture...

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January 6, 2015

In 1540, King Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves. In 1853, President-elect Franklin Pierce and his family were involved in a train wreck near Andover; Pierce's 11-year-old son, Benjamin, was killed. In...

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January 5, 2015

In 1757, King Louis XV of France survived an assassination attempt by Robert-Francois Damiens, the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering. In 1781, Richmond, Va., was burned...

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January 4, 2015

In 1762, Great Britain declared war on Spain and Naples. In 1847, Samuel Colt sold his first revolver to the U.S. government. In 1896, Utah was admitted to the Union as the 45th state. In 1948,...

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January 3, 2015

In 1521, Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. In 1848, Joseph Jenkins Roberts was sworn in as the first president of Liberia. In 1870, construction...

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