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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_4" title="January 4">January 4</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_in_Baixa_do_Cassange" title="Strike in Baixa do Cassange">Colonial Repression Martyrs' Day</a></b> in Angola (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1698" title="1698">1698</a> – Most of London's <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Whitehall" title="Palace of Whitehall">Palace of Whitehall</a></b>, the main residence of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_monarchs" title="List of English monarchs">English monarchs</a> since 1530, was destroyed by fire.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1798" title="1798">1798</a> – After his appointment as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_princes_of_Wallachia" title="List of princes of Wallachia">Prince of Wallachia</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_Hangerli" title="Constantine Hangerli">Constantine Hangerli</a></b> arrived in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a> to assume the throne.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936" title="1936">1936</a><i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></b></i> published <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_charts" title="Billboard charts">its first music hit parade</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a> – Two American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat"><span class="nowrap">F-14</span> Tomcats</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_air_battle_near_Tobruk" title="1989 air battle near Tobruk">shot down</a></b> two Libyan <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-23" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23"><span class="nowrap">MiG-23</span> Floggers</a> that appeared to be attempting to engage them over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra" title="Gulf of Sidra">Gulf of Sidra</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a><i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_(rover)" title="Spirit (rover)">Spirit</a></b></i> <i>(artist's impression depicted)</i>, the first of two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_(space_exploration)" title="Rover (space exploration)">rovers</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rover" title="Mars Exploration Rover">Mars Exploration Rover</a> mission, successfully landed on Mars.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_VI,_Count_of_Savoy" title="Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy">Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1334); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Suk_(composer)" title="Josef Suk (composer)">Josef Suk</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1874); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Cashman" title="Nellie Cashman">Nellie Cashman</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1925); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rose_Eldred" title="Arthur Rose Eldred">Arthur Rose Eldred</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1951)</p>