TWiH: January 1-5, 2024

This week in History

Monday: on January 1, 1863

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. BItH Unit 25, Section 75: Abolition of Slavery

Tuesday: on January 2, 1492

The Reconquista concluded with the fall of Granada. BItH Unit 21, Section 61: Holy Inquisitions

Wednesday: on January 3, 2018

The successful sequencing of DNA from 11,500 year old Ancient Beringian remains in Alaska was published. BItH Unit 10, Section 29: First Americans

Thursday: on January 4, 1865

The New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters. BItH Unit 28, Section 82: Capitalism & Consumerism

Friday: on January 5, 1912

The Prague Party Conference convened which led to Lenin’s Bolshevik party splitting off and creating the Russian Communist Party. BItH Unit 28, Section 83: Communism & Socialism

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