END NOTE and a little inspiration

1st January 1962

Beatles attended an audition at Decca records and failed. 

2nd January 2008

Oil prices rose above $100.00 a barrel for the first time in history.  

3rd January 1496

Leonardo da Vinci tries out his flying machine without success. 

4th January 1972 

The Old Bailey welcomes its first female judge, Rose Helibron.  

5th January 1944

The world sees its first trans-oceanic newspaper – the Daily Mail. 

6th January 1907

The first school and daycare centre for working class children is opened in Rome by Maria Montessori.

7th January 1927

The first transatlantic call is placed between London and New York City. 

8th January 2006

The island of Kythira, Greece feels the greatest effects of an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 just off its coast. 

11th January

Coming of age day, Japan – all those who have reached the age of 20 over the last year are reminded that they are now adults with coming of age ceremonies held at local offices as well as parties with friends and family.

12th January 1528

Sweden sees the crowning of Gustav I.

13th January 1938

The theory of evolution is finally accepted by the Church of England.  

15th January 2005

The solar system is blasted with X-rays following an intense solar flare.  

16th January 1605

The first book of Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, is published in Spain.  

18th January

Martin Luther King Day, United States of America – to commemorate his birthday.  

19th January 1977 

The first and only time, so far, that snowfall has been recorded in Miami, Florida, USA. 

20th January 1885 

The roller coaster is patented by LaMarcus Adna Thompson also known as ‘Father of Gravity’. 

21st January 2008

The last surviving native speaker of the Alaskan Eyak language dies aged 90.

23rd January 1978 

Ozone damaging aerosols are banned in Sweden, making it the first country to do so.

25th January

Burns Night, Scotland, in memory of the poet – most famous for ‘Auld Lang Syne’ sung at New Year Celebrations – Robert Burns. (See end note)

26th January

Australia Day – commemorates the arrival of the first fleet of British Ships in Sydney Cove in 1788.

27th January 1888

The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington DC.

28th January

World Leprosy Day.

29th January 1933

French singer-songwriter Sacha Distel is born in Paris, France.

30th January 1982

The first computer virus, called ‘Elk Cloner’, is written by Richard Skrenta.

31st January 1990

Moscow is the venue for the opening of the first McDonalds in Russia.