Category: Today

On January 9, 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.

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.

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.

On January 6, 1907, Maria Montessori opened her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy. In 1912 on this date, New Mexico became the 47th state of America’s United States.

In 1941, on January 6, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his “Four Freedoms” State of the Union speech, emphasizing vague “freedoms” that enabled government to usurp definable freedoms.

On January 5, 1914, the Ford Motor Company announced an eight-​hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day’s labor.