January 12
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Significant events that happened (or will happen) on January 12.
Events
- 1895 – The Charlottesville City & Suburban Railway Company begins operating the first electric streetcar [1] Town citizens and University students responded enthusiastically to this symbol of modernity; more than 2,000 fares were collected in the first two days of regular operation. The editor of The Daily Progress remarked that his only complaint about the new cars was that the ride ended too soon. He proudly proclaimed,
- "Their hum as they swiftly passed through the streets has a very business-like sound and it is only necessary for the wide-awake citizens of Charlottesville to close their eyes in order to imagine that they are in one of our metropolitan cities." - Daily Progress, January 13, 1895
- 1901 – Engineer William Herbert McCartney is killed in the wreck of a Chesapeake and Ohio train in the Alberene branch of the James River Division in Albemarle County. [2]
- 1910 – An aged tailor with the last name Anderson is killed crossing a railroad trestle at North Garden. [3]
- 1920 – the University of Virginia Board of Visitors voted in favor of admitting women to the professional and graduate schools.[4]
- 2024 – Ground is broken for Piedmont Housing Alliance's Hickory Hope apartments at Southwood that will feature 121 dwelling units. [5]
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References
- ↑ Web. In the City and County, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, January 12, 1895, retrieved December 25, 2016 from University of Virginia Library. Print. January 12, 1895 page 1.
- ↑ Web. Terrible Death by Rail, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, January 14, 1901, retrieved January 14, 2023.
- ↑ Web. [1], Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, January 14, 1910, retrieved January 14, 2023.
- ↑ Web. Women at the University, retrieved May 29. 2024.
- ↑ Web. Digging in: Construction starts on Southwood apartment building, Catie Ratliff, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, January 17, 2024, retrieved February 17, 2024. Print. January 17, 2024 .