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• 1803 - Louisiana Purchase completed
• 1860 - South Carolina becomes first state to secede from the United States
• 1915 - Last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli
• 1917 - Cheka, first Soviet secret police, founded
• 1952 - United States Air Force C-124 crashs and burns in Moses Lake, WashingtonWashington is a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It should not be confused with Washington, DC, the nation's capital. To avoid confusion, the state is often called Washington state . Although the state capital is Olympia, the largest c killing 87
• 1960Events January-February January 1 Independence of Cameroon January 9 Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 11 Chad declares its independence. January 14 Ralph Chubb, the gay poet and printer, dies at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. January 23 - National Front for the Liberation of Vietnaminterrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. Tng tin cong Tt Mu Than) Viet Cong (Vit Cng) was a name used by American and allied soldiers in Vietnam, as well as by much of the English language med is formed
• 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra - United States sends troops into PanamaPanama ( Spanish: Panam is the southernmost country of Central America. It constitutes the last part of a natural land bridge between the North American and South American continents. History Main article: History of Panama Panama was part of Spain's colo to overthrow government of Manuel NoriegaManuel Noriega Date of birth February 11, 1934 Place of birth Panama City, Panama Occupation Career soldier Education Military School de Chorrilos Lima, Peru School of the Americas Panama Remarks Participant in the military coup d'etat to overthrown Arnul
• 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja - NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO , sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance is an international organization for defense collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed begins peacekeeping in Bosnia
• 1995 - An American Airlines Boeing 757 crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 160
• 1999 - Vermont's Supreme Court rules that homosexual couples are entitled to same benefits and protections as married heterosexual couples
• 1999 - Macau is handed over to the People's Republic of China by Portugal.
• 2002 - US Senator Trent Lott resigns as majority leader.