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January 1: Public Domain Day; Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Roman Rite Catholicism) Lachlan Macquarie 1725 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of his chorale cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset , which features trumpet fanfares at the start and end.
Events. 1778 – Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, diverting British attention, troops, and supplies from the American Revolutionary War.; 1821 – The United States takes possession of its newly–bought territory of Florida from Spain.
1967 – Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171. 1968 – James Earl Ray is arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. 1968 – The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. 1974 – An F4 tornado strikes the U.S. city of Emporia, Kansas, killing ...
1988 – A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggered an extended 1AESS outage once considered the 'worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history' is still the worst to occur on Mother's Day. 1999 – Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college.
On this day in 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt declared the Grand Canyon a national monument. Today, nearly five million people visit the Grand Canyon National Park each year.
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