January 26. Union commander General George McClellan.
January 24. Gold discovered at Sutters Mill, California in 1845.
January 23. Charles Lindbergh sides with Nazis in Congressional Testimony, 1941.
January 22. Ira Thomas born 1881.
January 21. Jefferson Davis resigns the United States Senate, 1861.
January 16. Benny Goodman performs at Carnegie Hall in New York in 1938.
January 14. Human Be-In happens in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, 1967.
January 13. Fire at the Opera House in Boyertown, Pennsyvania killed 171 in 1908.
January 12. United States House of Representatives denies women the right to vote, 1915
