This Week In American History: January 15th - January 21st
January 15 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. King received a doctorate degree in
This Week In American History: January 8th - January 14th
January 8 1978 Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, took his place on the San Francisco Board of
New Year's Day
The first New Year’s celebration dates back 4,000 years. Julius Caesar, the emperor of Rome, was the first to declare January 1st a national holiday.
This Week In American History: January 1st - January 7th
January 1 1863 A farmer named Daniel Freeman submitted the first claim under the new Homestead Act for a property near Beatrice, Nebraska. Signed