Good morning! Welcome. Happy you’re here. Today is Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. It’s also World Law Day, as you’ll see.
1661: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed after having been dead for two years.
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1815: The burned U.S. Library of Congress is re-established with Thomas Jefferson’s 6,500 volumes.
1862: The USS Monitor, the Navy’s first ironclad warship, is launched.
1873: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne is published.
1922: World Law Day is first celebrated.
1928: The first radio telephone connection between the Netherlands and the United States takes place.
1933: Lone Ranger begins a 21-year run on ABC radio.
1948: Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in the garden of the New Delhi home he is visiting by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse.
1956: The home of
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