January

January 20, 1891

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

Birthdays

January 17, 1964

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama First Lady was born.

Birthdays

January 17, 1829

Catherine Booth co-founder of The Salvation Army was born.

January

January 28, 1908

Julia Ward Howe becomes the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

January

January 15, 1559

Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England.

Black History

January 27, 1961

Leontyne Price made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Il Travatore. The final ovation lasted over 35 minutes, one of the longest in the history of the Met.

Black History

January 15, 1908

The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.

January

January 12, 1932

Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to serve a full term in the United States Senate. She represented the state of Arkansas.

January

January 14, 1972

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne as the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.

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