Show This Week in History I Jan Accession 23 23 Accession of King I Ed-I Ed- Ed Edward Ed Edward ward VII as King of Great Britain and Ireland and Em- Em Emperor Emperor Em Emperor of India 1901 Pasha Turkish minister was assassinated 1913 Jan Gold 21 21 Gold discovered in Cali Cali- Cali California California fornia 18 1818 1848 8 British naval vie vic vict vic victory t tory ry North Sea off Dogger Bank 1915 S F B Morse 1 exhibited dot and dash tele tele- telegraph tele- tele telegraph telegraph graph code 1838 Jan 25 Historical 25 Historical Web W e b s t e r- r r Hayne debate began 1830 Alliance between France and Slovakia I Slovakia Czecho-Slovakia 1924 Jan Michi Michigan 26 26 Michigan nn admitted to the Union 1837 First settlement of Australia 1788 Jan Thomas 27 27 Thomas A Edison pat pat- patented patented pat incandescent lamp 1880 Execution of Kin King Louis XVI of France 1793 Battle of Brienne France 1814 Jan First 28 28 First railroad train across I the of Pan ama 1855 Paris d by the Ger Ger- Germans Ger- Ger Germans Germans mans Prussian Franco War 1871 Roof of tho the Knicker Knicker- Knickerbocker Knickerbocker Knickerbocker bocker theatre collapsed nt at Washington D C 98 died from injuries 1922 Jan William 29 29 William McKinley born 1843 Kansas admitted as a state 1861 Mrs Martha aged 99 90 of Detroit has just begun gun to wear her first glasses for close work James Carter Carter of Ill was arrested for sellin selling a woman who could not read English a pair pair of spectacles which he said would enable her to do so Mrs Irs Gladys Cladys Moore 1 of St Louis testified in her divorce suit that he husband smashed all her china and every window and also broke her now nose nos |