Today is January 28, 2012. It is the 28th day of the year. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 328 days remaining until the end of time.
1624 Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts which is named after the most famous Kitts of all.
1754 Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann.
1813 Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom—and has remained a bestseller ever since.
1851 Northwestern University in northeastern Cook County, IL, is chartered. Alma mater of a certain humble and modest almanackist from MO. Go, U Northwestern!
1858 John Brown organizes raid on arsenal at Harper's Ferry. He should've raided a closet on the way! And would it kill you to wear a tie?
1934 The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont.
1953 J. Fred Muggs [Kokomo] joins NBC's "Today Show" and little Roger Ailes gets a wonderful idea for his future Fox News correspondents
1967 Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together"
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