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31st January 1918: Battle of May Island damages and sinks Royal Navy vessels during accidental collisions in thick fog

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The Battle of May Island was not an actual battle but rather a peacetime disaster caused by miscommunication and navigational errors near the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth in Scotland during World War ...Por Scott Allsop

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30th January 1661: Oliver Cromwell posthumously executed, two and a half years after his death

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On the twelfth anniversary of Charles I’s execution, Cromwell’s remains were subjected to a ceremonial trial and then hanged in chains at Tyburn. The body was subsequently decapitated, and the head displayed above Westminster Hall at the Palace of ...Por Scott Allsop

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29th January 1886: Karl Benz patents his Motorwagen, widely regarded as the world’s first automobile

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The Benz Patent-Motorwagen was powered by a single-cylinder four-stroke engine that produced approximately 0.75 horsepower, enabling the vehicle to reach speeds of around 16 kilometers per ...Por Scott Allsop

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28th January 1393: Charles VI of France and the Bal des Ardents

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Charles VI of France danced in the Bal des Ardents in which four people died after their costumes caught ...Por Scott Allsop

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27th January 1967: The Outer Space Treaty that is the basis for all space laws opened for signatures

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The Outer Space Treaty, which provides the basic framework on international space law, was opened for signatures in the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United ...Por Scott Allsop

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26th January 1998: US President Bill Clinton tells a White House press conference he “did not have sexual relations” with Monica Lewinsky

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Seven months elapsed before Clinton was called before a grand jury, where he admitted he and Lewinsky had had a relationship that was ‘not ...Por Scott Allsop

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25th January 1947: Patent filed for the first interactive electronic game

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Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr was the director of research at DuMont Laboratories in New Jersey where he was exploring the use of cathode ray tubes in television ...Por Scott Allsop

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24th January 41: Caligula is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard

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Three Praetorian Guards cornered Caligula in a cryptoporticus beneath his palace on the Palatine Hill and stabbed him to ...Por Scott Allsop

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23rd January 1795: French cavalry capture 14 Dutch warships at Den Helder during the War of the First Coalition

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On the night of 23 January, a contingent of French cavalry, supported by infantry, was able to approach the Dutch ships across thick ice on ...Por Scott Allsop

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22nd January 1506: Pope Julius II formally establishes the Pontifical Swiss Guard as the personal bodyguard of the Pope and the Vatican

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Recognizing the military prowess of Swiss mercenaries, Pope Julius II obtained funding from the wealthy German merchant Jakob Fugger to fund a contingent of soldiers to ensure his safety, protect Vatican property, and assist in military engagements when ...Por Scott Allsop

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21st January 1908: Sullivan’s Ordinance in New York prohibits women from smoking in public places

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Alderman Timothy Sullivan proposed the ordinance that made it illegal for proprietors or managers of hotels, restaurants, and other public places to allow women to smoke on their premises. Despite public opposition, the New York City Board of Aldermen voted for it ...Por Scott Allsop

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20th January 1949: Shirley Temple given a tear gas fountain pen by J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI, during the inauguration of Harry Truman

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Temple's years in the limelight had made her a target for death threats, kidnapping threats, and extortion threats. As a result she formed a close relationship with J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the FBI, who gave her a tear-gas fountain pen while they watched the inauguration procession from his office ...…

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19th January 1883: World’s first electric lighting system using overhead wires activated in Roselle, New Jersey

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Designed by Thomas Edison and his team, the system included a central steam-powered generator that supplied electricity to a store and the railroad station, alongside 40 houses and 150 ...Por Scott Allsop

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18th January 1871: Wilhelm I of Prussia proclaimed the first German Emperor

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Wilhelm was formally declared the German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles on 18 ...Por Scott Allsop

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17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

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The Battle of Monte Cassino began when Allied forces launched the first of four attacks against the Gustav Line in ...Por Scott Allsop

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16th January 1547: Ivan the Terrible formally crowned as the first Tsar of Russia

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The coronation ceremony was an elaborate event designed to emphasize Ivan’s authority and the sanctity of his rule, and he followed it by pursuing a series of reforms and expansionist policies aimed at consolidating his power and strengthening the ...Por Scott Allsop

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15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston

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21 people were killed and a further 150 were injured after 2.3 million gallons of molasses swept through North End in Boston, Massachusetts after a storage tank ...Por Scott Allsop

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14th January 1973: Elvis Presley makes the first solo headline satellite broadcast in Aloha From Hawaii

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Elvis Presley became the first solo entertainer to broadcast a live performance via satellite with Aloha From ...Por Scott Allsop

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13th January 532: The Nika riots begin in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justinian I

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The riots spread throughout Constantinople and buildings, including the Hagia Sophia and parts of the imperial palace, were set on fire. Much of the city was left in ...Por Scott Allsop

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12th January 1967: Dr James Bedford becomes the first cryonically preserved human

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Dr James Hiram Bedford became the first human to be cryonically ...Por Scott Allsop

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11th January 1879: Anglo-Zulu War begins when British troops cross the Tugela River into Zululand

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The British plan involved a three-pronged advance into Zululand, with the main column, led by Lord Chelmsford, heading toward the Zulu capital at ...Por Scott Allsop

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10th January 1927: Fritz Lang’s pioneering science fiction film Metropolis premieres in Berlin

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Metropolis later gained recognition as a masterpiece of early cinema with Its iconic imagery influencing countless films and works of science ...Por Scott Allsop

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9th January 1916: Gallipoli campaign ends with an Ottoman victory following the final withdrawal of Allied forces

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Troops were first withdrawn from the Suvla Bay and Anzac Cove areas in December 1915. The final phase, involving the evacuation of Cape Helles, was completed on 9 January 1916 with the departure of the Newfoundland Regiment and remnants of The Plymouth Battalion, Royal Marine Light ...Por Scott Allsop

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8th January 1790: George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address

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American President George Washington delivered the very first State of the Union address to ...Por Scott Allsop

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7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon

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The first aerial crossing of the English Channel was conducted by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries in a gas-filled ...Por Scott Allsop

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6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

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When the Witenaġemot met after the death of Edward the Confessor, the elected Harold to be the new king and his coronation took place the same ...Por Scott Allsop

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5th January 1953: Samuel Beckett’s play En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) premieres at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris

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Beckett originally wrote the play in French, despite being fluent in English, as he believed the language allowed for greater simplicity and precision. It has since became one of the most studied and performed plays of the 20th ...Por Scott Allsop

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4th January 1847: Samuel Colt receives the first government order for his firearms

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American inventor Samuel Colt received the first government order for his revolver firearms from Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas ...Por Scott Allsop

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3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

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Although numerous suspension bridges had been built prior to the Brooklyn Bridge, nothing came close to the almost 1,600 foot span across the East River from Brooklyn to ...Por Scott Allsop

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2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police

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Sutcliffe was found guilty of murdering 13 women over a six-year period, and of attempting to murder a further ...Por Scott Allsop

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1st January 1772: First traveller’s cheques, known as “circular notes”, put on sale

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The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in ...Por Scott Allsop

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31st December 1935: Monopoly board game patented by Charles Darrow although it wasn’t his idea

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Although the patent for the game was awarded to Darrow, it is now widely recognised that he was just one of many people who developed the complex design and rules that we now know as ...Por Scott Allsop

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30th December 1993: Israel and the Vatican City begin diplomatic relations

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Relations between Catholicism and Judaism cover a long, complex and violent history in which Christians revered the Jewish scriptures yet held Jews collectively responsible for the crucifixion of ...Por Scott Allsop

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29th December 1170: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in front of the altar of Canterbury Cathedral

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The murder of Thomas Becket was recorded in a later history by the monk Edward Grim who claimed that the fatal blow split Becket’s skull as he knelt in front of the ...Por Scott Allsop

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28th December 1918: Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman to be elected to the Parliament of the UK

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Markievicz stood as a Sinn Féin candidate and secured over 63% of the vote in the constituency of Dublin St Patrick’s, but refused to take the oath of allegiance to the British crown and consequently did not take her seat in the House of ...Por Scott Allsop

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27th December 1922: Hōshō, the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy

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While other nations had converted ships into carriers the Japanese ship, named Hōshō, was the first to be designed and constructed as an aircraft carrier from the ...Por Scott Allsop

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26th December 1973: Horror film The Exorcist first released in cinemas

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The Exorcist is one of the highest-grossing films of all time, but originally opened in just twenty-six American ...Por Scott Allsop

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25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

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After Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson, William became the third person to wear the crown of England that ...Por Scott Allsop

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24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York

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Cadets sought to continue the annual tradition of drinking homemade eggnog on Christmas ...Por Scott Allsop

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23rd December 1823: The poem A Visit from St Nicholas, better known as The Night Before Christmas, published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel

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The poem is significant for being the first source to give the names of Santa’s reindeer, as well as establishing the image of the jolly fat Santa that we know ...Por Scott Allsop

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22nd December 1971: Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially established in Paris, France

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One of the organization’s first missions was in Nicaragua following the devastating 1972 earthquake. Since then, MSF has expanded its operations worldwide, responding to emergencies such as the Rwandan Genocide, the Ebola outbreaks in West Africa, and refugee ...Por Scott Allsop

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21st December 1620: The first Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth

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The first of the Mayflower Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, where they established the Plymouth ...Por Scott Allsop

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20th December 1951: EBR-I in Idaho becomes the first nuclear reactor to generate usable electricity

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Having begun power operation at the end of August 1951, on December 20 Atomic Energy Program scientists at the EBR-I successfully used the reactor to produce enough electricity to power four 200 watt light ...Por Scott Allsop

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19th December 1487: Largest recorded human sacrifices in Mesoamerican history at the Sixth Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

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Historical accounts, particularly from post-conquest sources, describe the central importance of a mass sacrifice involving around 4,000 prisoners of war in which the victims’ abdomens were cut open and their hearts ...Por Scott Allsop

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18th December 1898: The world’s first officially recognised land speed record is set

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French aristocrat Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the world’s first officially recognised land speed ...Por Scott Allsop

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17th December 1903: Wright brothers make the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight

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Orville piloted the first flight, which lasted for just 12 seconds over a total distance of only 36.5 ...Por Scott Allsop

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16th December 1773: The Boston Tea Party throws a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor

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The British government had passed the Tea Act seven months earlier on 10 May, partly in an attempt to support the struggling East India ...Por Scott Allsop

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15th December 1933: The Twenty-first Amendment to the US Constitution repeals prohibition

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The Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment which had made the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol ...Por Scott Allsop

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14th December 1287: St Lucia’s Flood kills over 50,000 people around the North Sea

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In the medieval period the Netherlands, whose name literally means ‘lower countries’, consisted of large areas of boggy land around the winding estuaries of three of the largest rivers in ...Por Scott Allsop

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13th December 1939: The Battle of the River Plate takes place off the coast of Uruguay and Argentina as the first major naval battle of WW2

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Although the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee inflicted significant damage on the British HMS Exeter, the combined efforts of three British cruisers successfully crippled the Graf Spee’s fuel system and she was later ...Por Scott Allsop

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