This day in history: January 20
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Date(s) - 20/01/2035
12:00 am - 11:59 pm
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1798
The location of the boundary between Herkimer and Montgomery counties was in dispute for many years. On this date it was proposed that the boundary be set at the mouth of the East Canada Creek where it empties into the Mohawk River, and extends northward to Canada.
1893
At the Celtic Lyceum, a debate was held – the question being as to whether or not women should be given the right to vote. The debaters, three men on each of two teams, skillfully presented their arguments pro and con, and the judges, all male, declared the woman suffragists were more persuasive.
1941
A spectacular fire at 4:00 a.m. caused an estimated $60,000 in damages to the three story Foley apartments on Handcock Street displacing eighteen families in near zero weather. All occupants reached safety, although most residents had no insurance and many saved only what they could carry. The owner, John Foley, plans to rebuild as soon as possible.
1997
White-out conditions forced two Royal Canadian Air Force helicopters to make a surprise landing in the parking lot of Cherry Burrell at 6:45 pm. The seven crew members spent the night in Little Falls before continuing on to their destination.