40's Songs
Song that says "You make me happy when skies are gray".
You Are My Sunshine (1940)
Dr. Jonas Salk successfully created a vaccine in 1952 for this disease.
Polio
First African-American named Supreme Court Justice in 1967.
Thurgood Marshall
President Nixon resigned over this scandal.
Watergate (1974)
January's Birthstone
Garnet (Symbolizes love, faithfulness, and constancy).
Song with the lyric "Another day older and deeper in debt".
16 Tons (Merle Travis 1946)
Overthrew Batista in 1959 to become dictator of Cuba.
Fidel Castro
In 1964, Jack Ruby was convicted of murdering this accused assassin.
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ended with the fall of Saigon in 1975
Vietnam War
Song with the lyric "He's in the army now, a blowin' reville"
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (1941 Andrews Sisters)
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955.
Rosa Parks
Added in 1963 by the USPS.
Zip codes
Disease named after the Convention where it struck in Philadelphia.
Legionnaoire's Disease (1976)
January is named after this Roman god.
Janus (often portrayed with two faces looking into the past and the future).
In this song someone is about to take a train ride to a place where they have a strong emotional attachment.
Sentimental Journey (Doris Day 1945)
Tony and Maria where lead characters in this 1957 Broadway Musical.
West Side Story
Won an Oscar for his role in "To Kill a Mocking Bird."
Gregory Peck (1962)
A newspaper heiress who took part in a San Francisco bank robbery in April, 1966.
Patty Hearst
First Immigrants landed on Ellis Island on this day and year in January.
January 1, 1892
A cowboy song about being free to roam on the land and not being hindered by fences and restrictions.
Don't Fence Me In (Cole Porter 1944)
This song contains the Lyrics "You're gonna need an ocean of Calamine lotion."
Poison Ivy (Coasters 1959)
Starred in "Lilies of the Field" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."
Sidney Poiter
Paul Allen and Bill Gates founded this company.
Microsoft (April, 1975)
Christians celebrate this event in January when a star led the Magi - also known as the Three kings or the Wise Men - to visit the baby Jesus after he had been born.
Epiphany (January 6th)