Interesting January Events

Start your year with some amazing facts to impress your family, friends, and neighbors.
January 2, 1975 - The U.S. Patent Office was renamed "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office" to incorporate its new function as a trademarking center.
January 3, 1967 - Harry Thomason received a patent for an apparatus for cooling and heating a house using solar energy.
January 5, 1965 - "Home of the Whopper" was trademarked by Burger King.

January 7, 1913 - Patent was granted to William Burton for the manufacture of gasoline.

January 9, 1906 - Campbell's soup was trademark registered.

January 13, 1930 - The first Mickey Mouse cartoon appeared in U.S.

January 17, 1882 - Leroy Firman received a patent for the telephone switchboard.

January 20, 1929 - "In Old Arizona," the first outdoor feature-length talking motion picture, was made.
January 21, 1954 - The first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched.

January 24, 1935 - The first canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," was sold by the Kruger Brewing Company of Richmond, VA.

January 26, 1875 - The first electric dental drill was patented by George Green.

January 27, 1880 - Patent was granted to Thomas A. Edison for "an electric lamp for giving light by incandescence."

January 28, 1807 - London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight.