Jan1

|
1801 |
Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first asteroid Ceres |
 |
1660 |
Samuel Pepys began his diary |
|
1651 |
Charles II was crowned at Scone - the
last coronation to take place in Scotland |
Jan2
|
1971 |
A barrier collapsed at Ibrox Park
football ground in Glasgow and 66 people were crushed to death |
Jan3
|
1938
The
BBC started its first foreign language service - in Arabic |
Jan4
|
1941
Marlene Dietrich became an American citizen |
Jan5
|
1948 |
Mrs Dale's Diary was first broadcast |
 |
1940 |
The American Edwin Armstrong first demonstrated FM
radio |
|
1926 |
The first UK widow's pension were paid |
1896 |
Wilhelm Röntgen first demonstrated X rays |
|
1066 |
Edward the Confessor died |
Jan6
|
1958
Chuck Berry recorded "Sweet Little Sixteen" |
Jan7
|
1961 |
  "The Avengers"
was
first shown on tv |
|
1610 |
Galileo discovered the first four satellites of Jupiter
- Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto |