January 15
1559 England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1870 Pierre Samuel du Pont, American businessman, was born.
1908 Nuclear physicist Edward Teller was born in Budapest.
1919 Boston Molasses Disaster: A large molasses tank in Boston, Massachusetts, bursts and a wave of molasses rushes through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.
2009 US Airways Capt Chelsey Sullenberger guided a jetliner disabled by a bird strike just after takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport to a safe landing in the Hudson River.
January 16
1547 Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of Russia.
1707 The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
1874 Robert Service, Canadian verse writer, was born.
1920 Prohibition began as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect.
2003 The space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven blasted off from Cape Canaveral. (The shuttle broke up during its return descent on Feb. 1, killing everyone on board.)
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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