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1670 – Henry Morgan captures Panama.; 1701 – Frederick I crowns himself King in Prussia in Königsberg.; 1778 – James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
1933 – Ray Dolby, inventor of the Dolby noise-reduction system, co-inventor of video tape recording, and founder of Dolby Laboratories, is born.; 1911 – Eugene B. Ely lands a fixed-wing aircraft on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania using a tailhook apparatus, the first successful landing of an aircraft on a ship (pictured).
Today's featured picture Aucanquilcha is a large stratovolcano located in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile, just west of the border with Bolivia and within the Alto Loa National Reserve . Part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes , it takes the form of a ridge, with a maximum height of 6,176 metres (20,262 ft).
What the papers say – January 18. Rachel Vickers-Price, PA. January 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM. ... The Today Show. 140 fun trivia questions for kids (and answers) Sports. Sports. Associated Press.
January 14: Ratification Day in the United States Poster for the premiere of Tosca 1301 – King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty , which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kryvyi Rih strikes. Four people are killed and 14 others are injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, according to the Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Serhiy Lysak.
January 17. Customer Service Day. Ditch New Year's Resolution Day. Kid Inventors’ Day. Museum Selfie Day. National Hot Buttered Rum Day. January 18. National Gourmet Coffee Day. National Gourmet ...
From today's featured article Porlock Stone Circle , on Exmoor in the south-western English county of Somerset , is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age between 3,300 and 900 BCE.