To illustrate the depth one can access in our collections, we have compiled relevant archival imagery to frame a diverse cultural, political and chronological retrospective of noteworthy anniversaries. Be sure to bookmark this section as the calendar is a work in progress and will continue to expand.
| January | Year | Anniversary | Event |
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| 1 | 1892 | 116th | Ellis Island Immigrant Station Opens |
| 2 | 1882 | 126th | Standard Oil Trust Forms when John D. Rockefeller unites Standard Oil with its affiliates |
| 3 | 1777 | 231st | George Washington defeats British Gen. Cornwallis's forces at the Battle of Princeton. |
| 4 | 1902 | 106th | Andrew Carnegie establishes the Carnegie Institute to support scientific research. |
| 6 | 1412 | 596th | Joan of Arc believed to be born on this date in Domremy, France. |
| 6 | 1827 | 181st | Confederate Major General John Calvin Brown is born. |
| 7 | 1942 | 66th | The Japanese siege of Bataan, in the Philippines, forces General MacArthur to evacuate |
| 8 | 1867 | 141st | Congress overrides Pres. Andrew Johnson's veto of a bill granting the vote to all adult male citizens of Washington DC |
| 9 | 1987 | 21st | White House acknowledges Pres. Reagan knew of link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and release of U.S. hostages in Lebanon. |
| 10 | 1957 | 51st | Harold Macmillan becomes prime minister of Great Britain. |
| 11 | 1757 | 251st | Birth of Alexander Hamilton, U.S. statesman, first Secretary of the Treasury. |
| 12 | 1872 | 136th | The murderer of "Pet" Oliver Spencer Halstead, Republican politician, was sentenced to be executed. |
| 13 | 1807 | 201st | Union General Napoleon Bonaparte Buford born. |
| 14 | 1942 | 66th | Pres. Franklin Roosevelt ushers in Japanese-American internment. |
| 15 | 1777 | 231st | Vermont, known as the republic of "New Connecticut," declares its independence from the U.K. |
| 16 | 1847 | 161st | John C. Fremont, the famed "Pathfinder" of Western exploration, is appointed governor of California. |
| 17 | 1562 | 446th | French Protestants, called Huguenots, are legally recognized in France by the Edict of St. Germain. |
| 18 | 1782 | 226th | Birth of Daniel Webster, U.S. statesman. |
| 18 | 1862 | 146th | President John Tyler dies. |
| 19 | 1807 | 201st | Robert E. Lee, commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies, is born. |
| 20 | 1937 | 71st | Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first U.S. president sworn into office in January, rather than March |
| 21 | 1977 | 31st | Pres. Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all Vietnam draft evaders. |
| 22 | 1807 | 201st | Pres. Thomas Jefferson exposes a plot by Aaron Burr to form a new republic |
| 23 | 1737 | 271st | John Hancock, American revolutionary leader, is born. |
| 23 | 1932 | 76th | New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt announces his candidacy for president. |
| 24 | 1712 | 296th | Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, born. |
| 25 | 1972 | 36th | Pres. Nixon presents an 8-point peace plan for Vietnam, offering withdrawal for release of POWS. |
| 26 | 1802 | 206th | The Library of Congress is established in Washington, DC. |
| 27 | 1862 | 146th | Pres. Lincoln commands all land and sea forces to advance, in order to push Gen. McClellan into action |
| 29 | 1737 | 271st | Thomas Paine, Anglo-American political theorist and pamphleteer, is born. |
| 30 | 1862 | 146th | The famous Civil War ironclad the USS Monitor is launched at Greenpoint, Long Island. |
| 30 | 1882 | 126th | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President, is born. |
| 31 | 1752 | 256th | Gouverneur Morris, U.S. political leader and diplomat, born. |
| 31 | 1882 | 126th | Birth of Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina and early film star. |
| 31 | 1917 | 91st | Germany announces its renewal of U-boat warfare in the Atlantic |
| 5 | 1967 | 41st | The U.S. begins amphibious operations in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, in Operation Deckhouse |
| 23 | 1937 | 71st | Seventeen Russians go on trial in Moscow during Josef Stalin's "Great Purge." |
| 28 | 1547 | 461st | England's King Henry VIII dies. |
