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January History Trivia

By Eloise Graham

1. What famous English diary writer started his diary on January 1, 1660?
2. In January 1892, which island was used to process more than 20 million people?
3. Which currency was first used in January 2002?
4. Which state became part of the U. S. in January 1959?
5. In January of 2002, who was inaugurated as President of the USA?
6. Which British Queen died in January 1901?
7. In January of which year did the Challenger space shuttle explode?
8. Which famous British rock band performed for the last time on a rooftop in January 1969?
9. What was the name of the first film to gross more than $2 billion in January 2010?
10. What happened on New Year’s Eve 1908 in New York for the first time ever?
11. What sporting bowl first started in January 1925?
12. What year did the Surgeon General start publishing on cigarette packs that smoking may be hazardous to your health?
13. In January of 1924, which famous mummified Pharoah was discovered in Egypt?
14. Apple Inc. was incorporated in January of what year?
15. In January 1987, Aretha Franklin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Why was this a significant moment?
16. What happened in January 1980 involving the Winter Olympics?
17. Which American foodstuff had its name first written in a Walla Walla, Washington newspaper in January 1889?
18. Which San Francisco landmark was started in January 1933?
19. What legendary American basketball team based in New York played their first match in January 1927?
20. In January 1918 which American state was the first to implement prohibition?
21. What was the name of the painting by Leonardo da Vinci that was exhibited in the U.S. in January 1963?
22. What is the alien-themed TV show starring John Lithgow that debuted in January of 1996?
23. In January 2007, Apple revealed which device?
24. What happened in Los Angeles for the first time in January 1949?
25. What was the first car created in January 1914?

Answers: 1. Samuel Pepys 2. Ellis Island 3. Euro Banknotes 4. Alaska (Hawaii was in August 1959) 5. Obama 6. Queen Victoria 7. 1986 8. Beatles 9. Avatar 10. The Ball Drop 11. The Rose Bowl 12. 1964 13. King Tut 14. 1977 15. First female inducted 16. A boycott 17. Hamburger 18. Golden Gate Bridge 19. Harlem Globetrotters 20. Tennessee 21. Mona Lisa 22. Third Rock from the Sun 23. iPhone 24. Freak four-day snowfall 25. The assembly line Ford Model-T