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• 1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Spain and Portugal.
• 1665 - The university of Kiel is founded.
• 1793 - French revolution disestablished Christianity in France
• 1864 - Calcutta, India almost totally destroyed by a cycloneThis article is about the meteorological phenomenon. For other uses of the term see Cyclone (disambiguation). In meteorology, a cyclone refers to the rotation of a volume of air about an area of low atmospheric pressure. Cyclones are responsible for a wid - 60,000 die
• 1877Events January 1 Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act, introduced by United Kingdom Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. January 8 Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry ( Montana) Ja - Chief JosephChief Joseph ( 1840 September 21, 1904) was a Nez Perce Chief, humanitarian, and peacemaker, best known for his principled resistance to the U. government's attempts to force the Nez Perce onto a reservation. Chief Joseph was born in the Wallowa Valley of surrenders his Nez PerceThe Nez Perce or Nez Perc ( pronounced /n3z pVrs/, or /ne perse'/ as in French) are a tribe of Native Americans who inhabited the Pacific Northwest region of North America and adjoining regions at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Nez Perce is a band to General Nelson A. Miles
• 19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T - BulgariaThe Republic of Bulgaria is a republic in the southeast of Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the east, Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north along the river Danube. declares its independence from the Ottoman EmpireOsmanlı İmparatorluğu Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye The Ottoman Coat of Arms Imperial motto: unknown The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople) Sovereigns Sultans - Ferdinand I of Bulgaria becomes Tsar
• 1910 - Portugal overthrows the monarchy
• 1921 - The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time.
• 1930 - British Airship R101c crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
• 1936 - The Jarrow March sets off for London.
• 1944 - Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German Jet fighter over France
• 1947 - In the first televised White House address, President Harry S. Truman urged Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Sundays to help starving people in other countries.
• 1953 - First documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous
• 1953 - Earl Warren was sworn in as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.
• 1962 - The Beatles released their first hit, "Love Me Do," in Britain.
• 1966 - Near Detroit, Michigan a sodium cooling system malfunction caused a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor, killing three workers. The radiation was contained.
• 1969 - The first broadcast of Monty Python's Flying Circus
• 1970 - PBS became a television network
• 1970 - Montreal, Quebec: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
• 1973 - Signature of the European Patent Convention
• 1981 - Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary American citizen
• 1984 - Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger (41-6).
• 1990 - After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
• 1991 - An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137. Linux kernel version 0.01 is released.
• 1995 - LandSat 6 was launched, but never reached orbit due to launch failure.
• 1999 - The Ladbroke Grove rail crash
• 2000 - Mass demonstrations in Belgrade leading to resignation of Slobodan Milosevic
• 2003 - Akhmad Kadyrov elected President of Chechnya