January 7, 1714 – A patent was issued for the first typewriter designed by British inventor Henry Mull.
January 3, 1924 – British Egyptologist Howard Carter found the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Velley of the Kings near Luxor after several years of searching.
January 5, 1925 – Nellie Taylor Ross of Wyoming becomes the first woman governor inaugurated in the U.S.
January 3, 1959 – Alaska was admitted to the Union as the 49th U. S. State.