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Interesting January Dates |
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1713 - January |
Born in France, author Anthony Benezet. He would
write "The Mighty Destroyer Displayed." The first pamphlet
of the evils of alcohol known to have been written and printed
in America.
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1870 - January |
"American Association for the Cure of Inebriates"
is formed. The second half of the 19th century saw the rise of
inebriate homes and asylums, institutions dedicated to the care
of those addicted to alcohol. By 1878 there are 40 facilities
and this number grew to more than 150 by the year 1901.
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1910 - January |
Rowland Hazard married Helen Hamilton Campbell.
She was a graduate of Briar Cliff College. They had four children.
Tow of their bones died in World War II. |
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1915 - January 25th |
Dr. Bob and Anne Ripley marry. Anne born Oak Parks,
Illinois 3-21-1881, one of four children. She became a teacher.
D. Graduated Dartmouth College-PreMed at University of Michigan.
MD at Rush Medical College, Chicago. Intern at City Hospital,
Akron. |
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1918 - January 24th |
Lois Burnham and Bill Wilson marry. Lois was the
first of five children born to a prominent New York Physician,
Dr. Clark Burnham and her mother Matilda Hoyt Spelman Kias was
from a very old Aristocratic American family bill's family was
of Irish extraction ho settled in what is Vermont in 1610 and
for generations owned the marble quarries around East Dorset.
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1940 - January 3rd |
Arch T. Founded the first AA group in Detroit.
Arch's story is in all four editions of the Big Book. |
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1943 - January 18 th |
A Toronto newspaper reports 8 men meet in a restaurant
called "Little Denmark" to discuss starting-up Canada's
first AA Group. |
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1951 - January |
The Grapevine published a very special memorial
issue to our Co-Founder, Dr. Bob who moved on up the the Big Meeting
Nov. 16th 1950.
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1954 - January |
Bill declines
an offer of a honorary "Doctor of Law" degree from Yale
University. |
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1971 - January 24th |
Bill W. died on his and Lois's fifty-third wedding
anniversary. He is buried in the family plot at Des birthplace,
East Dorset, Vermont. At the time of his death, Bill was working
on a book called, "After Sobriety, What? He wanted to relate
his experiences in recovery and what he had learned from others.There
were two chapters completed... |
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