JANUARY 28
1908:Julia Ward Howe becomes the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Howe, a lifelong activist and public servant, wrote "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" in 1861 as a patriotic hymn set to the tune of "John Brown's Body," a popular marching song among Union troops during the Civil War.
1916: Louis Brandeis, known during his law career as the "people's attorney" for his tireless and often pro bono work for social causes, is nominated to the Supreme Court by President Woodrow Wilson. After bitter opposition from many conservative Republicans concerned about Brandeis' antiestablishment radicalism, Brandeis will be confirmed by a vote of 47 to 22, becoming the first Jewish justice to sit on the nation's highest court.
1986: The space shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., killing all seven crew members: mission commander Dick Scobee; pilot Michael J. Smith; mission specialists Judith A. Resnik, Ronald E. McNair and Ellison S. Onizuka; and payload specialists Gregory B. Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe, a high school social studies teacher.
1916: Louis Brandeis, known during his law career as the "people's attorney" for his tireless and often pro bono work for social causes, is nominated to the Supreme Court by President Woodrow Wilson. After bitter opposition from many conservative Republicans concerned about Brandeis' antiestablishment radicalism, Brandeis will be confirmed by a vote of 47 to 22, becoming the first Jewish justice to sit on the nation's highest court.
1986: The space shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., killing all seven crew members: mission commander Dick Scobee; pilot Michael J. Smith; mission specialists Judith A. Resnik, Ronald E. McNair and Ellison S. Onizuka; and payload specialists Gregory B. Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe, a high school social studies teacher.
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