January

January 21, 1922

Jade Snow Wong American Artist was born.

January 25, 1882

Virginia Woolf English writer was born.

January 8, 1910

Galina Ulanova Russian Ballet Dancer is born.

January 19, 1992

Shawn Johnson American Gymnast is born.

January 17, 1922

Betty White American Actress is born

January 16, 1924

Katy Jurado Mexican Film Actress was born.

January 16, 1979

Aaliyah American Singer was born.

January 28, 1873

Colette French novelist was born.

January 29, 1926

Violette Neatley Anderson becomes the first black woman admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

January 16, 2006

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf becomes the first female President in Africa when she is elected in Liberia.

January 9, 1941

Joan Chandos Baez American folk Singer was born.

January 29, 1954

Oprah Winfrey American Media Proprietor is born.

January 9, 1982

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge member of the British royal family was born.

January 26, 1958

Ellen DeGeneres American comedian was born.

January 21, 2013

Myrlie Evers Williams delivers the invocation at the second inauguration of Barak Obama as President of the United States, becoming the first woman and first layperson to do so.

January 20, 1891

Liliuokalani becomes Queen of the Kingdom of Hawaii upon the death of King Kalakaua.

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