SYMBOLS OF JANUARY
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JANUARY IN HISTORY
NEW YEARS DAY
100
Those born in January are one of these two zodiac signs
What are Capricorn and Aquarius?
100
Maltese, which developed from a dialect of Arabic, is the only form of Arabic written in this alphabet with 26 letters
What is the Latin (or Roman) alphabet?
100
After decades as a member, in January 2020 the U.K. ceased its membership in this organization
What is the European Union (EU)?
100
1902: The first of these flowery championships took place in Pasadena
What is the Rose Bowl?
200
The birthstone for January is this often dark red semiprecious stone
What is garnet?
200
The tarsals & the metatarsals are among the 26 bones that make up this body part
What is the foot?
200
In 1914 this motor company instituted a wage of $5 per day & shortened the work day to 8 hours
What is the Ford Motor Company?
200
1863: This document took effect, which declared that "all persons held as slaves... shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free"
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
The Anglo-Saxons named January this month, after predators that came into villages during winter in search of food
What is wolf month?
300
Legend has it that a messenger ran about 26 miles to deliver the news of a Greek victory in this battle & then dropped dead
What is Marathon?
300
The Treaty of this place, imposing reparations on Germany, took effect January 10, 1920
What is Versailles?
300
1962: This U.S. Navy special forces unit is established
What are the Navy SEALS?
400
One of the traditional flowers of January is this one, seen here
What is the carnation?
400
Ferromagnetism, or attraction by an electrically uncharged body, is a property of this element, atomic number 26
What is iron?
400
On Jan. 10, 1956 Elvis recorded his first million-selling record, about this title establishment
What is "Heartbreak Hotel"?
400
1979: The U.S. formally resumed diplomatic relations with this Asian country
What is China?
500
The English words 'January' and 'janitor' are both derived from the name for this two-faced god of beginnings, endings, and thresholds
Who is Janus?
500
Switzerland consists of 26 states called these
What are cantons?
500
This Siberian mystic's body was recovered from St. Petersburg's Neva River on Jan. 1, 1917 — after getting poisoned, shot twice, tied up, AND drowned
Who was Rasputin?
500
1892: This historic immigration facility in New York opens
What is Ellis Island?