January 20, 1893: Bessy Coleman, first African American Aviator.
Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license....
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January 20, 1930: American astronaut Buzz Aldrin was born in Montclair, New Jersey.
Buzz Aldrin (born January 20, 1930, Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American astronaut who was the second person to set foot on t...
January 21, 1976: First commercial Concorde Flight
From London’s Heathrow Airport and Orly Airport outside Paris, the first Concordes with commercial passengers simultaneously take fl...
January 21, 2009: Toyota Officially Passes GM as Planet’s Biggest Carmaker.
After more than seven decades as the world’s largest automaker, General Motors (GM) officially loses the title on January 21, 2009,...
January 22, 1977: Kenya Airways was Established as a Wholly Government-owned Entity of the Republic of Kenya.
Kenya Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier airline of Kenya.[5] The company was founded in 1977,...
January 24, 1984: Steve Jobs Introduced Apple’s Revolutionary Computer Macintosh
Forty One years ago, Steve Jobs revolutionized personal computing by launching the Apple Macintosh, the first PC with a user-friendl...
January 28, 1986: Explosion of The Space Shuttle Challenger
On January 28, 1986, the nation eagerly awaited the launch of Space Shuttle Challenger, NASA's pride and joy, in an historic flight:...
January 29, 1886: German Engineer Carl Benz patents the First Modern Automobile
Karl Benz (born November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Baden [Germany]—died April 4, 1929, Ladenburg, near Mannheim, Germany) was a German me...
January 29, 1996: France Halts Nuclear Testing
The French President, Jacques Chirac, has said France will no longer test nuclear weapons. The announcement comes a day after Franc...
January 6, 1857: Patent for Zinc Ore Reduction by Samuel Wetherill
In 1857, a remarkable event unfolded that would significantly impact the mining and metallurgical industries: the patent for reducin...