Jan20
|
1971 |
The first ever UK postal strike began |
Jan21
|
1959 |
The film producer and director Cecil B
deMille died |
 |
 |
1954 |
The first nuclear powered submarine - the USS Nautilus
- was launched |
| |
1814 |
Jane Austen began writing her novel "Emma" |
Jan22
|
1972
|
The
UK became part of the European Economic Community |
Jan23
|
1985 |
The proceedings of the House of Lords
were first televised |
| |
1973 |
An agreement was reached in Paris for a ceasefire in
the Vietnam War |
| |
1960 |
Piccard and Walsh reached a record depth of 35,820 feet
in the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean |
 |
| |
1790 |
The
Bounty mutineers led by Fletcher Christian landed on Pitcairn Island |
| |
1571 |
The Royal Exchange in London was opened |