1649: The English Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial for treason and other “high crimes”
1912: Geophysicist and meteorologist Alfred Wegener presents his controversial theory of continental drift in a lecture at the Geological Association (Geologischen Vereinigung) at the Senckenberg-Museum, Frankfurt
1941: US President Franklin Roosevelt makes his “Four Freedoms” speech (freedom of speech and worship; freedom from want and fear) during his US State of Union address [1] [2]
1987: Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy
2021: Supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington during congressional certification of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s win, resulting in five deaths and prompting evacuation of lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence
Source: Onthisday.com
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