HISTORY
On this day January 21-27, 2018 (week 04)
January 21, 2018 - January 27, 2018 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries on each day for the week.his week features Donald Trump and women, abortion in the U.S., fluorocarbon gases, Californian gold, tooth decay, the Spanish Civil War, and camel jockeys.
January 21, 2017: Millions of protesters joined the Women’s March on Washington and in other cities around the world following Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. President
January 22, 1973: The U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion. The ruling has aroused strong passions on both sides ever since, with the issue as incendiary as gun control
January 23, 1978: Sweden became the first nation to ban the use of aerosol spray cans because of fears that fluorocarbon gases contained in them depleted the ozone layer
January 24, 1848: James W. Marshall discovered a nugget of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California. The find sparked the Gold Rush that drew 300,000 people to seek their fortune
January 25, 1945: The U.S. city of Grand Rapids became the first in the world to add fluoride, a mineral found in rocks and soil, to its drinking water to reduce tooth decay
January 26, 1939: General Franco’s Nationalist forces captured Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War. The fall of the Republican capital hastened the end of the three-year conflict
January 27, 1993: The UAE officially banned the use of children aged under 15 or weighing less than 45kg as jockeys in camel races, a popular sport in the Middle East