ON THIS DAY IN JANUARY

On January ..
 

1st, 1808 whose novel Frankenstein was published?

2nd, 1981 who was arrested on Melbourne Avenue in Sheffield?

3rd, 1959 what became the 49th state of the USA?

4th, 1948 which nation gained its independence from Britain?

5th, 1976 which country was renamed Kampuchea?

6th, 1936 which stuttering cartoon character made his Warner Brothers debut?

7th, 1999 whose impeachment trial began?

8th, 1962 which painting was exhibited in the USA for the first time?

9th, 1929 which charity, the American counterpart to Guide Dogs for the Blind was founded?

10th, 1957 who became Prime Minister of Great Britain?

11th, 1972 what did East Pakistan change its name to?

12th, 2006 who was released from jail after serving 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II?

13TH, 1968 who recorded the live album entitled At Folsom Prison?

14th, 1955 who tied the knot with Marilyn Monroe?

15th, 1892 James Naismith codified the rules of which sport?

16th, 2003 which space shuttle took off and disintegrated 16 days later?

17th, 1998 who accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment?

18th, 1535 which South American capital city was founded by Francisco Pizarro?

19th, 1977 President Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D’Aquino. How was she better known?

20th, 1936 who was crowned King of Great Britain?

21st, 1911 which renowned race was held in Monaco for the first time?

22nd, 1924 who became Britain’s first Labour Prime Minister?

23rd, 1986 who became the first duo to be inducted into the US Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?

24th, 1679 which monarch disbanded Britain’s parliament?

25th, 1971 who deposed Milton Obote?

26th, 1905 which famed diamond was discovered near Pretoria in South Africa?

27th, 1926 who first demonstrated his invention of the television set?

28th, 1935 what became the first European nation to legalise abortion?

29th, 1964 the Winter Olympics opened in which country?

30th, 1649 which monarch was beheaded?

31st, 1990 which capital city witnessed the opening of its first McDonalds restaurant?

 

Answers
 

1st – Mary Shelley

2nd – Peter Sutcliffe

3rd – Alaska

4th – Burma

5th – Cambodia

6th – Porky Pig

7th – Bill Clinton

8th – Mona Lisa

9th – The Seeing Eye

10th– Harold Macmillan

11th – Bangladesh

12th – Mehmet Ali Agca

13th – Johnny Cash

14th – Joe di Maggio

15th – Basketball

16th – Columbia

17th – Paula Jones

18th – Lima

19th – Tokyo Rose

20th – Edward VIII

21st – Monte Carlo Rally

22nd – Ramsay MacDonald

23rd – Everly Brothers

24th – Charles II

25th – Idi Amin

26th – Cullinan diamond

27th – John Logie Baird

28th – Iceland

29th – Austria

30th – Charles I

31st – Moscow