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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_14" title="January 14">January 14</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratification_Day_(United_States)" title="Ratification Day (United States)">Ratification Day</a></b> in the United States (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1784" title="1784">1784</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1724" title="1724">1724</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_V_of_Spain" title="Philip V of Spain">Philip V</a></b>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Bourbon" title="House of Bourbon">Bourbon</a> king of Spain, abdicated in favour of his seventeen-year-old eldest son, who became <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_I_of_Spain" title="Louis I of Spain">Louis I</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a> – Sweden and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Norway" title="Denmark–Norway">Denmark–Norway</a> signed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Kiel" title="Treaty of Kiel">Treaty of Kiel</a></b>, whereby <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_VI_of_Denmark" title="Frederick VI of Denmark">Frederick VI of Denmark</a> ceded Norway to Sweden in return for the Swedish holdings in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomerania" title="Pomerania">Pomerania</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_fire" title="USS Enterprise fire">A major fire and series of explosions</a></b> aboard the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> aircraft carrier <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)" title="USS Enterprise (CVN-65)">USS <i>Enterprise</i></a> killed 28 sailors, injured 314 others, and destroyed 15 aircraft.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970" title="1970">1970</a> – The self-proclaimed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biafra" title="Biafra">Republic of Biafra</a> in southeastern Nigeria surrendered to the federal government less than three years after declaring independence, ending the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War" title="Nigerian Civil War">Nigerian Civil War</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a> – In the "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_Miracle" title="Minneapolis Miracle">Minneapolis Miracle</a></b>", American football player <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefon_Diggs" title="Stefon Diggs">Stefon Diggs</a> caught a 61-yard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdown</a> pass that secured the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a>' victory in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">National Football Conference</a> divisional playoff game.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislaus_II_of_Hungary" title="Ladislaus II of Hungary">Ladislaus II of Hungary</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1163); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Bingzhang_(general)" title="Wang Bingzhang (general)">Wang Bingzhang</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1914); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Bielovucic" title="Juan Bielovucic">Juan Bielovucic</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1949); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rickman" title="Alan Rickman">Alan Rickman</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2016)</p>