The K-12 TLC Daily Almanac

for

		JANUARY 21

Teaching - there can be no finer calling requiring the clearest demonstration of moral and ethical behavior. Ira Shull, For the Love of Teaching

Why do you teach? Let Us Know.		Tell Us about your most memorable teacher.

Today's 5-Minute Quest

Answers to all questions can be found on this page or by using links provided on this page.
Good Luck!

BEGINNERS

1. In what year did the Concorde jet begin commercial air service on this date? (hint: the answer is found on this page)

2. Which two baseball players were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on this date in 1969? (hint: the answer is found on this page)

3. According to her autobiographical sketch, who was Carol Beach York's only reader when she first began writing? (hint: you will need to use a link found on this page)

Use all of these letters to spell the name of a sports figure born on this date:
KUC JAIL SNACK

INTERMEDIATE

1. In what year on this date did the U.S. Census Bureau identify Hispanics as the largest minority group in the United States? (hint: the answer is found on this page)

2. According to the University of Georgia, for which political party was John C. Fremont the first Presidential candidate? (hint: you will need to use a link found on this page)

3. According to USA Today, in which two years did Hakeem Olajuwon lead the Houston Rockets to consecutive NBA Championships? (hint: you will need to use a link found on this page)

Use all of these letters to spell the title of a Carol Beach York book (according to E-Reads):
SOFT HEEL GOLD NERVE

EXPERT
(hint: all three questions will require you to use a link found on this page)

1. According to the University of Houston, by 1790 John Fitch was using his steamboat between what two cities?

2. According to the Library of Congress, Stonewall Jackson taught military tactics and natural philosophy at which university?

3. In what year was T.S. Eliot awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Use all of these letters to spell the name of an historic person who died on this date:
MIND LIVER NAIL

John Fitch Born on This Date 1743 Mississippi River Museum	John C. Fremont Born on This Date 1813 [Find-a-Grave]	Stonewall Jackson Born on This Date 1824 [New Geneva Center]	Carol Beach York Born on This Date 1928	Hakeem Olajuwon Born on This Date 1963 [CNNSI]


Barbados: Errol Barrow Day (Celebrates the birth date of the Father of Barbados' independence: 01/21/1920)
Dominican Republic: Our Lady of Altagracia (Our Lady of Charity) Day (Commemorates the Sabana Battle: 01/21/1691)



1928	Carol Beach York (Chicago-born Children's Author)
1953	Huck Scarry (Connecticut-born Children's Author/Illustrator)

1895	Cristobal Balenciaga (Spanish Dress Designer)
1905	Christian Dior (French Fashion Designer)

1941	Plácido Domingo (Spanish Tenor)

1813	John C. Fremont (Georgia-born Explorer, Military Figures, Politician, Abolitionist)
1844	Jacob V. Brower (Michigan-born Surveyor of the Minnesota Headwaters of the Mississippi River)

1743	John Fitch (Connecticut-born Steamboat Builder)
1813	Wolfgang Köhler (German Psychologist)
1815	Horace Wells (Vermont-born Pioneer in the Use of Anesthesia)
1840	Sophia Jex-Blake (English Physician)
1855	John Browning (Utah-born Gun Designer)

1738	Ethan Allen (Connecticut-born Revolutionary War Hero)
1824	Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (West Virginia-born Confederate General)
1867	Maxime Weygand (Belgian-born French General)

1613	George Gillespie (Scottish Theologian)

1933	William Wrigley III (Chicago-born Business Leader)

1821	John C. Breckinridge (U.S. Vice-President/confederate general)
1846	Nathaniel E. Harris (Tennessee-born Governor of Georgia)
1884	Roger (Nash) Baldwin (Massachusetts-born co-Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union)
1920	Errol Barrow (Father of Barbados Independence)

1885	Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter (Louisiana-born African-American Blues Singer, Composer)
1905	Karl Wallenda (German Tightrope Walker)
1922	Paul Scofield (English Actor)
1924	Telly Savalas (New Jersey-born Actor)
1924	Benny Hill (English Comedic Actor)
1941	Richie Havens (New York-born African-American Singer, Songwriter)
1942	Edwin Starr (Tennessee-born African-American Singer, Songwriter)
1942	Mac Davis (Texas-born Singer, Songwriter)
1947	Jill Eikenberry (Connecticut-born Actress)
1956	Geena Davis (Massachusetts-born Actress)
1965	Jason Mizell "Jam Master Jay" (New York City-born African-American Rapper)

1926	Steve Reeves (Montana-born Bodybuilder, Actor)
1940	Jack Nicklaus (Ohio-born Member of the Golf Hall of Fame)
1955	Peter Fleming (New Jersey-born Professional Tennis Player)
1963	Hakeem Olajuwon (Nigerian Professional Basketball Player)
1963	Detlef Schrempf (German Professional Basketball Player)

1793	Louis XVI, King of France (Guillotined)
1806	Henry Ellis (Irish Royal Governor of Colonial Georgia)
1892	John Couch Adams (English Astronomer; co-Discoverer of Neptune)
1924	Vladimir Lenin (Russian Bolshevik; Head of the First Government of the (USSR) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
1927	John McCausland (West Virginia-born Confederate General)
1928	John Kimberly (New York-born Founder of Wisconsin-based Kimberly-Clark)
1931	Eliza Frances Andrews (Georgia-born Writer, Educator)
1950	George Orwell (English Novelist)
1959	Cecil B. De Mille (Massachusetts-born Pioneer Filmmaker)
1971	Richard Russell (Georgia-born U.S. Senator)
1984	Jackie Wilson (Detroit-born African-American Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
1991	Harold "Red" Grange (Illinois-born Member of the College Football Hall of Fame)
1997	Colonel Tom Parker (Elvis Presley's Manager)
2002	Peggy Lee (North Dakota-born Popular Singer)


1785	In Ohio, the Treaty of Fort McIntosh Cedes Large Indian Territories to the U.S. Government
1789	Printed in Boston, Power of Sympathy Is the First Novel by an American to be Published in America
1793	King Louis XVI Is Executed by Guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris
1799	Public Trials Begin of Edward Jenner's Smallpox Vaccination Procedure

1800	The Delaware General Assembly Authorizes a Ferry to be Operated over the Christina River at Newport
1805	Clark: a number of Indians here to day a fine day nothing remarkable Ordway: moderate weather the hunters all came in had killed 3 Elk 4 Deer & one fox two porcupines & a hare. they Brought in three horse loads of the Meat. the Savages bring considerable Corn to day, to pay for their Black Smiths work. 2 men went up to the Grossvarntares village to trade Some woolf Skins with the N. W. Compy Traders for Tobacco. they Got 3 feet of twist tobacco for each Skin.— Whitehouse: The weather still continued Clear and Cold, the two Men that was sent to the hunting Camp returned to the Fort, having the three horses loaded with Elk meat and Venison, they returned on the Ice on the River.—
1806	Lewis: Two of the hunters Shannon & Labuish returned having killed three Elk. Ordered a party to go in quest of the meat early tomorrow morning and the hunters to return and continue the chase. the Indians left us about 12 O'Clk.
1846	In London, Charles Dickens Publishes the First Edition of the Daily News
1854	Georgia's Governor Signs an Act Creating Fannin County as the State's 107th County
1855	In Springfield, Illinois, Snow and Wind Maroon Trains, Down Telegraph Lines and Close Church Services
1856	The Know-Nothing Party of Texas Meets in the Public for the First Time in Austin
1861	Jefferson Davis and Four Others Resign from the U.S. Senate
	Florida's Secession Convention Adjourns in Tallahassee
	At the Secession Convention in Milledgeville, Georgia's Ordinance of Secession Is Signed by All But 6 Delegates
	Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Is Formally Organized
1862	The Confederate Schooner Olive Branch Bound from Florida's Cedar Key to Nassau Is Captured by the USS. Ethan Allen
1863	In Texas, Confederates Recapture the Port of Sabine Pass
1863	In Florida, the Federal Steamer U.S.S. Uncas Fires on Confederate Pickets Near Cedar Creek on the St. John's River
1864	At a State Dinner, President and Mrs. Lincoln Entertain the Members of Cabinet, Justices of Supreme Court, and Their Wives
1865	The Washington Territorial Legislature Establishes Yakima County
1867	Emperor Norton Is Arrested for Insanity by a San Francisco Policeman
1877	Mason County Courthouse Burns, Destroying All Early County Records
1895	Landmark Court Decision Weakens Sherman Anti-Trust Act
1899	Opel Automobile Works Opens

1903	The Last Installment of Frank Norris' Novel The Pit Is Run Posthumously in the Saturday Evening Post
1911	In Alaska, Mount Wrangell Erupts and an Earthquake Shakes Central Alaska
1915	The First Kiwanis Club Is Founded in Detroit, Michigan
1919	Controlling 73 of 105 Irish Seats in the British House of Commons Sinn Fein Declares Ireland's Independence
1925	Japan Formally Recognizes the Government of the Soviet Union
1927	President Calvin Coolidge Signs the Act to Survey a Waterway from Cumberland Sound, Georgia, and Florida to the Mississippi River
1930	Planet Pluto Is Discovered by C. M. Tombaugh at the Lovell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona
1934	Atlanta's Citizens Trust Bank Is the City's First African-American Bank to be a Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
1939	Harold Arlen's Song "Over the Rainbow" Is Copyrighted
1942	Count Basie and His Orchestra Record "One O'clock Jump."
1945	The Medal of Honor Is Awarded Posthumously to Sergeant Truman C. Olson of Cambridge, Wisconsin

1950	Alger Hiss Is Convicted of Perjury
1950	T S Eliot's "Cocktail Party" Premieres at New York City's Henry Miller Theater
1952	Seattle University Chieftains Defeat the Harlem Globetrotters
1954	The First Atomic Submarine, the USS Nautilus, Is Launched at Groton, Connecticut
1959	A Tornado Strikes the Chickamauga And Chattanooga National Military Park, Destroying 2,000 Trees
1964	NASA :Launches Relay 2 Communications Satellite Equipped to Map the Trapped Radiation Belt
1968	Battle for Khe Sanh Begins
1969	Roy Campanella & Stan Musial Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1971	Sid Richardson Hall on the Campus of the University of Texas at Austin
1976	The Concorde Jet Begins Commercial Air Service
1977	President Jimmy Carter Pardons Most Vietnam War Draft Dodgers
1985	Don DeLillo's White Noise Wins the American Book Award
1987	Aretha Franklin Is the First Woman Inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame
1992	United Nations Threatens Libya with Sanctions
1994	7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Kills 7 People in Indonesia, Injuring 40 injured and Damaging 550 Houses
1996	An Overloaded Ferry Sinks in an Unexpected Storm Off the Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, Killing 340 People
1997	Newt Gingrich Is Fined as the First Speaker of the House to be Disciplined for Ethical Misconduct
1997	In Southern Xinjiang, China, a 5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Kills At Last 12 People, Injures 40 and Leaving 2,500 Families Homeless
1998	Pope John Paul II Begins His First Visit to Cuba

2001	Bush Administration Rescinds Federal Recognition of Seattle's Duwamish Tribe
2001	Fire Destroys Seattle, Washington's Historic Coe Elementary School
2003	The U.S. Census Bureau Announces Hispanics Have Surpassed African-America's as America's Largest Minority Group

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