January 19
1907: The Great Fire of Beaufort, allegedly started by three young boys hiding in a barn to smoke a cigarette, burns more than 40 houses and businesses in Beaufort and does more than $150,000 of damage – more than $4.4 million in today’s dollars.
January 22
1973: Beaufort-born Joe Frazier loese by technical knock-out to George Foreman in Kingston, Jamaica – his first professional defeat – to fall to 29-1 and lose the WBA, WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles.
– Compiled by Mike McCombs