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Events:C/P.
1525 The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zόrich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
1643 Abel Tasman becomes the first European to reach Tonga.
1720 Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
1749 The Verona Philharmonic Theatre is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.
1789 The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
1793 After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
1840 Jules Dumont d'Urville discovers Adιlie Land, Antarctica.
1861 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
1864 The Tauranga Campaign begins during the Maori Wars.
1887 465 millimetres (18.3 in) of rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city.
1893 The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
1899 Opel manufactures its first automobile.
1908 New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
1911 The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
1915 Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan.
1919 Meeting of the First Dαil Ιireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Fιin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
1925 Albania declares itself a republic.
1931 Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
1948 The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Quebec Flag Day.
1950 Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
1954 The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
1958 The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
1960 Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
1960 Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica's history and the first for Avianca.
1968 Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
1968 A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
1971 The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
1976 Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
1981 Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
1985 The inauguration of President Ronald Reagan to a second term, already postponed a day because January 20 fell on a Sunday, becomes the second inauguration in history moved indoors because of freezing temperatures and high winds. The parade is cancelled altogether.
1997 Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
1999 War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.
2000 Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutierrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
2003 A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.
2004 NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
2005 In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
2008 Black Monday in worldwide stock markets. FTSE 100 had its biggest ever one-day points fall, European stocks closed with their worst result since 11 September 2001, and Asian stocks drop as much as 14%.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
1525 The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zόrich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
1643 Abel Tasman becomes the first European to reach Tonga.
1720 Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
1749 The Verona Philharmonic Theatre is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.
1789 The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
1793 After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
1840 Jules Dumont d'Urville discovers Adιlie Land, Antarctica.
1861 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
1864 The Tauranga Campaign begins during the Maori Wars.
1887 465 millimetres (18.3 in) of rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city.
1893 The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
1899 Opel manufactures its first automobile.
1908 New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
1911 The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
1915 Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan.
1919 Meeting of the First Dαil Ιireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Fιin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
1925 Albania declares itself a republic.
1931 Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
1948 The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Quebec Flag Day.
1950 Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
1954 The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
1958 The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
1960 Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
1960 Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica's history and the first for Avianca.
1968 Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
1968 A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
1971 The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
1976 Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
1981 Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
1985 The inauguration of President Ronald Reagan to a second term, already postponed a day because January 20 fell on a Sunday, becomes the second inauguration in history moved indoors because of freezing temperatures and high winds. The parade is cancelled altogether.
1997 Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
1999 War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.
2000 Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutierrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
2003 A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.
2004 NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
2005 In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
2008 Black Monday in worldwide stock markets. FTSE 100 had its biggest ever one-day points fall, European stocks closed with their worst result since 11 September 2001, and Asian stocks drop as much as 14%.
End of C/P.