6th » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by United States Congress or Congress. The charter is signed by President of the United States or President Benjamin Harrison.
13th » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
13th » United States Marine Corps U.S. Marines land in Honolulu Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston 1884 6 to prevent the queen from abrogating the 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii Bayonet Constitution.
21st » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1893
1st » Mordehai Frizis, Greek army officer (d. 1940)
2nd » Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)
2nd » Elmar Reimann, Estonian runner (d. 1963)
4th » Yone Minagawa, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2007)
5th » Zoltán Böszörmény, Hungarian politician (d. 1945)
5th » Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d. 1952)
5th » Elizabeth Cotten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987)
10th » Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1932)