Picture History : Anniversaries

Anniversaries

To illustrate the depth one can access in our collections, we have compiled relevant archival imagery to frame a diverse cultural, political and chronological retrospective of noteworthy anniversaries. Be sure to bookmark this section as the calendar is a work in progress and will continue to expand.

January	Year	Anniversary	Event
1	1892	121st	Ellis Island Immigrant Station Opens
2	1882	131st	Standard Oil Trust Forms when John D. Rockefeller unites Standard Oil with its affiliates
3	1777	236th	George Washington defeats British Gen. Cornwallis's forces at the Battle of Princeton.
4	1902	111st	Andrew Carnegie establishes the Carnegie Institute to support scientific research.
5	1967	46th	The U.S. begins amphibious operations in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, in Operation Deckhouse
6	1827	186th	Confederate Major General John Calvin Brown is born.
6	1412	601st	Joan of Arc believed to be born on this date in Domremy, France.
7	1942	71st	The Japanese siege of Bataan, in the Philippines, forces General MacArthur to evacuate
8	1867	146th	Congress overrides Pres. Andrew Johnson's veto of a bill granting the vote to all adult male citizens of Washington DC
9	1987	26th	White House acknowledges Pres. Reagan knew of link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and release of U.S. hostages in Lebanon.
10	1957	56th	Harold Macmillan becomes prime minister of Great Britain.
11	1757	256th	Birth of Alexander Hamilton, U.S. statesman, first Secretary of the Treasury.
12	1872	141st	The murderer of "Pet" Oliver Spencer Halstead, Republican politician, was sentenced to be executed.
13	1807	206th	Union General Napoleon Bonaparte Buford born.
14	1942	71st	Pres. Franklin Roosevelt ushers in Japanese-American internment.
15	1777	236th	Vermont, known as the republic of "New Connecticut," declares its independence from the U.K.
16	1847	166th	John C. Fremont, the famed "Pathfinder" of Western exploration, is appointed governor of California.
17	1562	451st	French Protestants, called Huguenots, are legally recognized in France by the Edict of St. Germain.
18	1862	151st	President John Tyler dies.
18	1782	231st	Birth of Daniel Webster, U.S. statesman.
19	1807	206th	Robert E. Lee, commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies, is born.
20	1937	76th	Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first U.S. president sworn into office in January, rather than March
21	1977	36th	Pres. Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all Vietnam draft evaders.
22	1807	206th	Pres. Thomas Jefferson exposes a plot by Aaron Burr to form a new republic
23	1937	76th	Seventeen Russians go on trial in Moscow during Josef Stalin's "Great Purge."
23	1737	276th	John Hancock, American revolutionary leader, is born.
23	1932	81st	New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt announces his candidacy for president.
24	1712	301st	Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, born.
25	1972	41st	Pres. Nixon presents an 8-point peace plan for Vietnam, offering withdrawal for release of POWS.
26	1802	211st	The Library of Congress is established in Washington, DC.
27	1862	151st	Pres. Lincoln commands all land and sea forces to advance, in order to push Gen. McClellan into action
28	1547	466th	England's King Henry VIII dies.
29	1737	276th	Thomas Paine, Anglo-American political theorist and pamphleteer, is born.
30	1882	131st	Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President, is born.
30	1862	151st	The famous Civil War ironclad the USS Monitor is launched at Greenpoint, Long Island.
31	1752	261st	Gouverneur Morris, U.S. political leader and diplomat, born.
31	1882	131st	Birth of Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina and early film star.
31	1917	96th	Germany announces its renewal of U-boat warfare in the Atlantic