Nathaniel Bacon, “The First American Rebel,” born, 1647
January Third
The only calendar
That marks my seasons,
Is that sweet face of hers,
Her moods and reasons,
Wherein no record is
Of winter seasons.
Madison Cawein
Alfred Mordecai born, 1804
January Fourth
The strange and curious race madness of the American Republic will be a study for centuries to come. That madness took a child-race out of a warm cradle, threw it into the ocean of politics—the stormiest and most treacherous we have known—and bade it swim for its own and the life of the nation!
Myrta Lockett Avary
The Social Equality Bill passed in Louisiana, 1869
January Fifth