1832 - In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and featherMormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr.daguerreotype of Joseph Smith, Jr. taken by Lucian Foster (Library of Congress). Joseph Smith, Jr. December 23, 1805 June 27, 1844) was the charismatic founder and leader of the Latter Day Saint movement. Latter Day Saints revere him as a prophet and mart.
1868Events January 3 Meiji Emperor declares " Meiji Restoration", his own restoration to full power, against the supporters of the Tokugawa Shogunate. January 10 Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu declares emperor's declaration "illegal" and attacks Kyoto. Pro-Emperor - Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyThe Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was founded on March 24, 1868. In 1991, when PanAm went out of business, the company purchased the building, renaming the building the MetLife Building. They also had offices on the 89th floor of One World Trade Cen is formed.
1878Events January Cleopatra's Needle arrives in London January 9 Humbert I becomes King of Italy January 23 Disraeli orders British fleet to Dardanelles January 28 The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. January 31 Turk - The UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly frigate Eurydice sinks, killing 300.
1882Events February 2 The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut February 7 In Mississippi City the last heavyweight boxing championship bareknuckle fight takes place. March 2 Robert Maclean fails to assassinate Queen Victoria at Windsor Mar - Robert KochHeinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( December 11, 1843 May 27, 1910) was a German physician. He became famous for the discovery of the tubercle bacillus ( 1882) and the cholera bacillus ( 1883) and for his development of Koch's postulates. He was awarded the No announces the discovery of the bacteriumActinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/ Chlorobi Chlamydiae/ Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/ Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibac responsible for tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis).
1973 - Kenyan track runner Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles, sanctioned by the International Track Association .
1973 - Rock band Pink Floyd releases Dark Side of the Moon, which will go on to become one of the most influencial and commercially successful albums of all-time.
1998 - Jonesboro massacre: In Jonesboro, Arkansas, two boys (aged 11 and 13 years) fire upon students at Westside Middle School. Four students and one teacher are killed and 10 injured.
1999 - Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia. This marks the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.