On January 18, 1689, Montesquieu, French satirist and philosopher, was born. His treatise “The Spirit of the Laws” was a major influence of America’s founding generation.
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Stigler, Jan 17
On January 17, 1937, Chicago School economist George Stigler was born. Stigler won a Nobel Memorial Prize for his work. His delightful autobiography is entitled “Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist.”
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Poddy, Jan 16
On January 16, 1930, conservative writer Norman Podhoretz was born.
On January 15, 1777, New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declared its independence.
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Jan 14 New Years Day
January 14 is New Year’s Day according to the old, Julian Calendar. On January 14, 1514, Pope Leo X issued a papal bull against slavery. On the same date in 1639, the first written constitution to create a government, the “Fundamental Orders,” was adopted in Connecticut.
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Jan 10, Common Sense
On January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense.
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Jan 9 Connecticut
On January 9, 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.
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George Washington
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
On January 8, 1790, George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address in New York, New York.
In 1835, on this date, the United States federal government achieved a zero debt for the first and only time.
In 1867, African American men were first allowed to vote in Washington, D.C.
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Jan 7, Rothbard
On January 7, 1940, the Finnish 9th Division completely destroyed the much-larger Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road, in a crucial battle during Finland’s Winter War.