Charles I Attempts Arrest: How the King’s Invasion of Parliament on January 4, 1642 Made Civil War Inevitable

On January 4, 1642, King Charles I of England entered the chamber of the House of Commons at the Palace of Westminster accompanied by approximately 400 armed soldiers. He had come

Flash Airlines Flight 604 Crash: How a Boeing 737 Plunged Into the Red Sea on January 3, 2004

At 4:42 in the morning on January 3, 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 lifted off from runway 22R at Sharm El Sheikh International Airport in Egypt. On board were 135 passengers and

Alaska Statehood: How America’s Largest State Was Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959

On January 3, 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed Proclamation 3269, formally admitting the Territory of Alaska into the United States as the 49th state. In Juneau, crowds

Meiji Restoration: How Japan Overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate and Remade Itself in 1868

In the early hours of January 3, 1868, troops from the southwestern domains of Satsuma and Choshu seized control of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto. Their leader, the court noble Iwak

Battle of Princeton: How George Washington’s Daring Night March Delivered Victory on January 3, 1777

In the predawn hours of January 3, 1777, the Continental Army under General George Washington completed an eighteen-mile night march through frozen New Jersey countryside and arriv