5 Unique Facts, 5 January 29 Trivia Questions, 5 January 28 Answers

5 Unique Facts, 5 January 29 Trivia Questions, 5 January 28 Answers

By Cupertino REALTOR® Michelle Carr Crowe

Do you enjoy learning new facts from history? Here are 5 unusual true facts from history for January 29, along with the 5 trivia questions from Jan. 29. Also, here are the answers to the January 28 Trivia Questions. How many of these facts did you know before reading this blog post?

5 Unusual Facts from Jan. 29 

·         1850 – Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.

·         1891 – Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

·         1907 – Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.

·         1967 – The ultimate high point concert-wise of the hippie era, (he Mantra-Rock Dance), takes place in San Francisco featuring artists Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.

·         2009 – Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.

 5 Trivia Questions From January 29

·         What famous horror poem is first published in 1845? 

·         Who patented the first successful gasoline-driven automobile in 1886? 

·         What follower of St. Francis de Assisi has his Catholic feast day on January 29?  

·         When were the first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame announced? 

·         When were the first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced?

Answers to 5 Trivia Questions From January 28

·         Who became the first born protestant king of England? When King Henry VIII dies in 1547, his nine-year-old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.

·         What famous British novel is first published in 1813? Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom in 1813.

·         An expedition from which country first spotted Antarctica in 1820? A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent.

·         Which branch of the United States Armed Forces was created in 1915? 1915 – An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.

·         In what year did San Francisco streetcars begin running? Municipally-owned streetcars first take to the streets of San Francisco in 1917.

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