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

   Gepubliceerd: 8-1-2025
2. 7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon

   Gepubliceerd: 7-1-2025
3. 6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

   Gepubliceerd: 6-1-2025
4. 5th January 1953: Samuel Beckett’s play En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) premieres at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris

   Gepubliceerd: 5-1-2025
5. 4th January 1847: Samuel Colt receives the first government order for his firearms

   Gepubliceerd: 4-1-2025
6. 3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

   Gepubliceerd: 3-1-2025
7. 2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police

   Gepubliceerd: 2-1-2025
8. 1st January 1772: First traveller’s cheques, known as “circular notes”, put on sale

   Gepubliceerd: 1-1-2025
9. 31st December 1935: Monopoly board game patented by Charles Darrow although it wasn’t his idea

   Gepubliceerd: 31-12-2024
10. 30th December 1993: Israel and the Vatican City begin diplomatic relations

    Gepubliceerd: 30-12-2024
11. 29th December 1170: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in front of the altar of Canterbury Cathedral

    Gepubliceerd: 29-12-2024
12. 28th December 1918: Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman to be elected to the Parliament of the UK

    Gepubliceerd: 28-12-2024
13. 27th December 1922: Hōshō, the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy

    Gepubliceerd: 27-12-2024
14. 26th December 1973: Horror film The Exorcist first released in cinemas

    Gepubliceerd: 26-12-2024
15. 25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

    Gepubliceerd: 25-12-2024
16. 24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York

    Gepubliceerd: 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

    Gepubliceerd: 23-12-2024
18. 22nd December 1971: Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially established in Paris, France

    Gepubliceerd: 22-12-2024
19. 21st December 1620: The first Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth

    Gepubliceerd: 21-12-2024
20. 20th December 1951: EBR-I in Idaho becomes the first nuclear reactor to generate usable electricity

    Gepubliceerd: 20-12-2024