The first Monday after Epiphany was the day for the menfolk to return to work after the holidays — although no work was actually done on this day. Dressed in clean white smocks decorated with ribbons, the men dragged a plow (plough) through the village and collected money for the “plow light” that was kept burning in the church all year. Often men from several farms joined together to pull the plow through all their villages. They sang and danced their way from village to village to the accompaniment of music. In the evening, each farmer provided a Plough Monday supper for his workers, with plentiful beef and ale for all.
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Monday, January 11, 2027
Born
- Alexander Hamilton (statesman & founding father) –
- Sir John A. Macdonald (First Canadian prime minister; born in Glasgow, Scotland) –
- Alice Paul (American lawyer and suffragist, who was instrumental in the passage of the 19th Amendment; was born in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey) –
- Alan Stewart Paton (author) –
- Manfred B. Lee (mystery writer) –
- Jean Chrétien (Canadian prime minister) –
- Clarence Clemons (musician) –
- Naomi Judd (country music singer) –
- Ben Crenshaw (golfer) –
- Darryl Dawkins (basketball player) –
- Mary J. Blige (singer) –
- Amanda Peet (actress) –
Died
- Francis Scott Key (composer) –
- Gail Borden (Gail Borden Jr., an inventor who perfected a process for making and keeping sweetened condensed milk, died in Borden, Texas.) –
- Sir Edmund Hillary (one of the first to summit Mt. Everest) –
Events
- Alabama seceded from the Union –
- Milk was delivered in glass bottles for the first time, Brooklyn, NY –
- Hudson Motor Company unveiled the first sedan-type car –
- Pioneer aviatrix Amelia Earhart became the first person to pilot solo from Hawaii to Mainland USA. She took off from Honolulu, reaching Oakland, CA, in 18 1/4 hours –
- India and Pakistan annouced the designation of an exact border between the two countries to eliminate clashes –
- The forerunner of the discotheques, the Whiskey A-Go-Go, opened on Sunset strip in Los Angeles, California and became the launching pad for many unkown stars like Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, and Otis Redding –
- Dr. Luther Terry, the U.S. Surgeon General, issued the first government report saying that smoking was hazardous to one’s health –
- Baseball’s American League adopted the “designated hitter” rule which allows another player to bat for the pitcher –
- National Ballet of Canada founder, Celia Franca, retired. –
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control published evidence that AIDS can be transmitted through blood tranfusions –
- President Reagan bade the nation farewell in a nationally broadcast address from the Oval Office –
- A 4.3-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California –
- A 17-pound 1-ounce ocean whitefish was caught at Hurricane Bank, off California and Mexico –
Weather
- Charleston, South Carolina, experienced a sudden change in temperature on January 10. The mercury dropped from 70F to 26F and sank to 15F by the morning of January 11. –
- Two-day blizzard began in Midwest, 1918 –
- Chinook winds warmed an Arctic air mass over Great Falls, Montana, raising temperatures from -32°F to 15°F in 7 minutes. –
- A chilly 32 degrees F, Orlando, Florida –
- 25.3 inches of snow fell in 24 hours in Buffalo, NY –
- Five degrees below zero F in Atlanta, Georgia –
- 75 mph wind gusts at Yankton, South Dakota –