First Wi-Fi city

Grand Haven, Michigan is credited with being the first Wi-Fi city in the United Sates. In 2004, a wireless network was deployed to provide coverage throughout the town's six square miles as well as fifteen miles into Lake Michigan. Grand Haven's citizens, workers, and students were the first to enjoy high-speed, secure Internet access available anywhere within their town.
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Sir Isaac Newton

English scientist Sir Isaac Newton was the first to explain why gravity held the Earth, Moon and planets in their courses. He made his observations in 1668. Legend had it that Newton began thinking of this concept after witnessing a falling apple. Newton's explanation of celestial motions, the tides, and terrestrial gravitation, is regarded as one of the greatest scientific achievements.
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Baseball and football

The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame were announced on January 29, 1936. Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson represented the first class of inductees. On this same date in 1963, the first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame were announced, including Sammy Baugh, Red Grange, Don Hutson, Bronko Nagurski, and Jim Thorpe.
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Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his first symphony at age six. Mozart was born on January 27, 1756. By the age of three he was playing the clavichord and at four he began writing short compositions. Mozart's most famous pieces include Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, and the operas Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflote. Mozart died of a mysterious fever at age 35.
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First college sorority

The first college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, was formed at DePauw University on January 27, 1870. Bettie Hamilton, Alice Brant, Bettie Lindsay and Hannah Shaw established an organization for women that would "provide the encouragement and support" in the predominately male Indiana Asbury University (later renamed DePauw). Kappa Alpha Theta had 22 sisters its first year.
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The Phantom of the Opera

Andrew Lloyd Webber's dramatic musical "The Phantom of the Opera" is the longest running show on Broadway. The show opened at the Majestic Theatre on January 26, 1988 and earned seven Tony Awards in 1988. The record-setting Broadway production surpassed 8,000 performances in 2007.
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Guiding Light

The daytime drama "Guiding Light" first aired as an NBC radio serial on January 25, 1937. The show became a television serial when it moved to CBS TV on June 30, 1952. With over 15,000 televised episodes, Guiding Light is credited as the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest-running drama in television history.
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