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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_20" title="January 20">January 20</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_January" title="Black January">Day of Nationwide Sorrow</a></b> in Azerbaijan (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1156" title="1156">1156</a> – According to legend, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalli" title="Lalli">Lalli</a> slew Bishop <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_(bishop_of_Finland)" title="Henry (bishop of Finland)">Henry of Finland</a></b> with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6yli%C3%B6" title="Köyliö">Köyliö</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1843" title="1843">1843</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hon%C3%B3rio_Hermeto_Carneiro_Le%C3%A3o,_Marquis_of_Paran%C3%A1" title="Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná">Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná</a></b>, became the <i>de facto</i> first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Brazil" title="Prime Minister of Brazil">prime minister</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Brazil" title="Empire of Brazil">Empire of Brazil</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Cougars_men%27s_basketball" title="Houston Cougars men's basketball">Houston Cougars</a> upset the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball" title="UCLA Bruins men's basketball">UCLA Bruins</a> in what became known as the "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_the_Century_(college_basketball)" title="Game of the Century (college basketball)">Game of the Century</a></b>", ending the Bruins' 47-game winning streak, and establishing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> as a sports commodity on American television.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a> – Bengali student activist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanullah_Asaduzzaman" title="Amanullah Asaduzzaman">Amanullah Asaduzzaman</a></b> was shot and killed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistani</a> police, an event that led to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – During <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932011_Icelandic_financial_crisis" title="2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis">a national financial crisis</a>, thousands of people <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Icelandic_financial_crisis_protests" title="2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests">protested</a></b> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing" title="Althing">Icelandic parliament</a> in Reykjavík.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Jitao" title="Li Jitao">Li Jitao</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 924); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wilmot" title="David Wilmot">David Wilmot</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1814); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_Khonnokyoong" title="Chandra Khonnokyoong">Chandra Khonnokyoong</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1909); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Abbado" title="Claudio Abbado">Claudio Abbado</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2014)</p>