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8th February 1910: The Boy Scouts of America organization incorporated by William D. Boyce in Washington D.C.

Although the organization’s numbers have fallen in recent years, it still has an estimated 2.2 million ...

31st January 1865: Thirteenth Amendment passed by the US Congress to formally abolish slavery

It was sent to the states for ratification the next day, a process that was concluded on 6 December after the necessary three-quarters of states approved ...

30th January 1835: Andrew Jackson survives the first assassination attempt of a sitting US President

Would-be assassin Richard Lawrence was found ‘not guilty by reason of insanity’ and was committed to an ...

29th January 2002: The phrase ‘Axis of Evil’ used for the first time by President George W. Bush

The phrase 'axis of evil' soon became a hallmark of Bush’s foreign ...

23rd January 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to receive a medical degree in the USA

Blackwell graduated first in her class and became the first woman to achieve a medical degree in the United ...

22nd January 1973: The Supreme Court issues its decision on the Roe v. Wade abortion case

Justice Harry Blackmun wrote the majority opinion that the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution gives women in the United States the ‘fundamental’ freedom choice in family matters, including whether or not to have an ...

21st January 1954: Launch of USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine

Nuclear propulsion enabled Nautilus to smash numerous records including those for both submerged speed and distance, and became the first submarine to transit the North Pole in August ...

20th January 1986: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day first observed as a federal holiday

President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law on 2 November ...

19th January 1920: Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union

The organization now boasts more than 1.2 million members and continues to provide legal support where individual rights and liberties are ...

16th January 1919: Nebraska becomes the vital 36th of the 48 states to approve prohibition in the 18th Amendment

Nationwide prohibition began on 17 January the following year, and existed until its repeal by the Twenty-first Amendment in ...