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	117th	Ellis Island Immigrant Station Opens
2	1882	127th	Standard Oil Trust Forms when John D. Rockefeller unites Standard Oil with its affiliates
3	1777	232nd	George Washington defeats British Gen. Cornwallis's forces at the Battle of Princeton.
4	1902	107th	Andrew Carnegie establishes the Carnegie Institute to support scientific research.
5	1967	42nd	The U.S. begins amphibious operations in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, in Operation Deckhouse
6	1827	182nd	Confederate Major General John Calvin Brown is born.
6	1412	597th	Joan of Arc believed to be born on this date in Domremy, France.
7	1942	67th	The Japanese siege of Bataan, in the Philippines, forces General MacArthur to evacuate
8	1867	142nd	Congress overrides Pres. Andrew Johnson's veto of a bill granting the vote to all adult male citizens of Washington DC
9	1987	22nd	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	52nd	Harold Macmillan becomes prime minister of Great Britain.
11	1757	252nd	Birth of Alexander Hamilton, U.S. statesman, first Secretary of the Treasury.
12	1872	137th	The murderer of "Pet" Oliver Spencer Halstead, Republican politician, was sentenced to be executed.
13	1807	202nd	Union General Napoleon Bonaparte Buford born.
14	1942	67th	Pres. Franklin Roosevelt ushers in Japanese-American internment.
15	1777	232nd	Vermont, known as the republic of "New Connecticut," declares its independence from the U.K.
16	1847	162nd	John C. Fremont, the famed "Pathfinder" of Western exploration, is appointed governor of California.
17	1562	447th	French Protestants, called Huguenots, are legally recognized in France by the Edict of St. Germain.
18	1862	147th	President John Tyler dies.
18	1782	227th	Birth of Daniel Webster, U.S. statesman.
19	1807	202nd	Robert E. Lee, commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies, is born.
20	1937	72nd	Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first U.S. president sworn into office in January, rather than March
21	1977	32nd	Pres. Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all Vietnam draft evaders.
22	1807	202nd	Pres. Thomas Jefferson exposes a plot by Aaron Burr to form a new republic
23	1937	72nd	Seventeen Russians go on trial in Moscow during Josef Stalin's "Great Purge."
23	1737	272nd	John Hancock, American revolutionary leader, is born.
23	1932	77th	New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt announces his candidacy for president.
24	1712	297th	Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, born.
25	1972	37th	Pres. Nixon presents an 8-point peace plan for Vietnam, offering withdrawal for release of POWS.
26	1802	207th	The Library of Congress is established in Washington, DC.
27	1862	147th	Pres. Lincoln commands all land and sea forces to advance, in order to push Gen. McClellan into action
28	1547	462nd	England's King Henry VIII dies.
29	1737	272nd	Thomas Paine, Anglo-American political theorist and pamphleteer, is born.
30	1882	127th	Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President, is born.
30	1862	147th	The famous Civil War ironclad the USS Monitor is launched at Greenpoint, Long Island.
31	1752	257th	Gouverneur Morris, U.S. political leader and diplomat, born.
31	1882	127th	Birth of Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina and early film star.
31	1917	92nd	Germany announces its renewal of U-boat warfare in the Atlantic