This Week in History
December 29
Chris Boyle was born.
James Hassett was born.
Max Power was born.
1851 – The first Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) opened in Boston.
December 30
Pat McVeigh was born. Boom!
Katie French was born.
Monica Reilly was born.
1940 – California’s first freeway opened.
1993 – Israel and the Vatican signed an agreement of mutual recognition to put an end to Jewish-Christian hostilities.
December 31
Kathy Louis was born.
1938 – The first breath test for drivers, “drunkometer,” was introduced in Indianapolis.
1946 – President Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.
January 1
Vivian Carter was born.
Lily Corcoran was born.
George Johnson was born.
1863 – Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
1959 – Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries took over Cuba and toppled Fulgencio Batista’s regime.
January 2
Carolyn Butler was born.
Lisa Gillespie was born.
1935 – The Bruno R. Hauptmann trial began for the kidnap and murder of the Lindbergh baby.
1994 – Rudolph Giuliani is inaugurated as New York City’s mayor.
January 3
Kathleen Byrne was born.
Janet Racy was born.
1870 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began.
1959 – Alaska became the 49th state in the United States.
1962 – Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro.
January 4
Katie McFadden was born.
Tom Greene was born.
Flip Mullen was born.
Jen Linehan was born.
Robert Donohoe was born.
1965 – President Johnson outlined his “Great Society” in his State of the Union address.
1999 – Former wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as Minnesota’s governor.
