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On This Day in History ~ January ~ janvier ~ gennaio ~ január
Jan16 |
1969 |
Jan Palach, a Czech Student, set fire to himself as a protest against the apathy following the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia the previous year - he died three days later |
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Jan17 |
1917 |
The USA bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25,000,000 |
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| 1904 |
Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" was first performed |
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1827 |
The Duke of Wellington was appointed Commander in Chief of the British Army |
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| 1773 |
Captain Cook's ship Resolution became the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle |
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Jan18 |
1911 |
An American pilot made the first landing on the deck of a ship |
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Jan19 |
1949 |
Cuba recognised Israel |
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| 1939 | Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers was born | ||
| 1348 | Edward III established the Order of the Garter | ||
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