Patrick J. Buchanan 1938
- 1776 - During the American Revolutionary War, William Demont, became the first traitor of the American Revolution when he deserted.
- 1917 - British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour expressed support for a "national home" for the Jews of Palestine.
- 1920 - The first commercial radio station in the U.S., KDKA of Pittsburgh, PA, began regular broadcasting.
- 1921 - Margaret Sanger's National Birth Control League combined with Mary Ware Denetts Voluntary Parenthood League to form the American Birth Control League.
- 1930 - The DuPont Company announced the first synthetic rubber. It was named DuPrene.
- 1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a bill establishing a federal holiday on the third Monday of January in honor of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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