1912 - William H. Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum, that killed over 1,000 people on June 15, 1904, the worst disaster in New York City before 9/11, was pardoned after 3 1/2 years in Sing SingAlternative meaning: Sing Sing (band Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a prison in Ossining, New York. It is located in Westchester County some 40 miles north of New York City. The name comes from the original name of the village of Ossining. It was the prison by President Taft.
1928Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1928 in aviation 1928 in film 1928 in literature 1928 in mu - First autogiro flight in the United States
1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II: - AustriaAustria is a landlocked country in Central Europe, a federation of nine states. Austria is bordered by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the becomes a republic for the second time, the first having been interupted by the Nazi invasion of Austria in the mid 1930s.
1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar - Ho Chi MinhNationalist and Vietnamese Communist, who fought for a united Vietnamese state. Ho Chi Minh ( Vietnamese "H Chi Minh", Chinese ) (originally named Nguyn Sinh Cung and known as "Bac H" Uncle Ho in Vietnam) ( May 19, 1890 September 3, 1969) was a Vietnamese attacks French in Hanoi