1547
JAN 28 | Edward VI is the first Protestant ruler of England |  | | Henry VIII dies. His nine year old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England. Protestantism was established for the first time in England, with reforms that included the abolition of clerical celibacy and the mass more info... |
98
JAN 27 | Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva |  | | As a civilian administrator, Trajan is best known for his extensive public building program, which reshaped the city of Rome and left multiple enduring landmarks such as Trajan's Forum more info... |
1892
JAN 20 | At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played. |  | | After rejecting other ideas, he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto a 10-foot elevated track. Balls had to be retrieved manually after each basket or point scored; the peach baskets were used until 1906. more info... |
1915
JAN 19 | Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising. |  | | Neon (Greek meaning 'new one') was discovered in 1898 by the British chemists Sir William Ramsay. Chemical element, symbol Ne, is very common in the universe but rare on Earth. Neon gives a distinct reddish-orange glow when used in discharge tubes and neon lamps more info... |
2001
JAN 16 | The First surviving wikipedia edit is made. |  | | This page, Wikipedia:UuU (originally in the main namespace as UuU), contains the earliest surviving edit on the English Wikipedia (and hence any Wikipedia), on January 16, 2001 at 20:08 UTC. more info... |
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