Jan 1, First director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. | Jan 2, Republican Presidential Candidate in 1964. | Jan 3, British Prime Minister (1945-1951). | Jan 4, Invented reading system for the blind. | Jan 5, Chancellor of West Germany (1949-1963). | Jan 6, Explorer and leader of Virginia Colony (Jamestown). |
Jan 7, 13th American President (1850-1853). | Jan 8, Co-discoverer of Natural Selection with Charles Darwin. | Jan 9, 37th American President (1969-1974). | Jan 10, Confederate soldier and outlaw. Brother of Jesse. | Jan 11, 1st US Secretary of Treasury (1789-95). | Jan 12, 16th President of the Reichstag (1932-45). |
Jan 13, 31st Premier of Queensland (1968-87). | Jan 14, Defector to British side in the Revolutionary War. | Jan 15, Leader of the Civil Rights movement in the 50's and 60's. | Jan 16, Scottish runner and Christian missionary. | Jan 17, US Founding Father, inventor, scientist. | Jan 18, Creator of a famous Thesaurus which bears his name. |
Jan 19, A Commander of the Confederate States Army. | Jan 20, Became the second man to walk on the moon. | Jan 21, Russian mystic. Friend of Emperor Nicholas II. | Jan 22, Explorer and Writer. Favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. | Jan 23, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (1780-85). | Jan 24, Built a wall in Northern England named after him. |
Jan 25, Poet. Wrote 'Auld Lang Syne' and 'A Red, Red Rose'. | Jan 26, General of the US Army in World War II. | Jan 27, Last German Emperor (1888-1918). | Jan 28, Major figure in abstract expressionist movement. | Jan 29, 25th American President (1897-1901). | Jan 30, 32nd American President (1933-45). |
Jan 31, Austrian Composer (1797-1828). |
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