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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_21" title="January 21">January 21</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Religion_Day" title="World Religion Day">World Religion Day</a></b> (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1757" title="1757">1757</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_army" title="Regular army">French regulars</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Canadians" title="French Canadians">Canadien</a> militia and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_in_Canada" title="Indigenous peoples in Canada">Indigenous</a> forces ambushed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers%27_Rangers" title="Rogers' Rangers">Rogers' Rangers</a> forces in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_on_Snowshoes_(1757)" title="Battle on Snowshoes (1757)">Battle on Snowshoes</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919" title="1919">1919</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_D%C3%A1il" title="First Dáil">First Dáil</a></b>  convened at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansion_House,_Dublin" title="Mansion House, Dublin">Mansion House</a> in Dublin and adopted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Irish Declaration of Independence">a declaration of independence</a> calling for the establishment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Republic" title="Irish Republic">Irish Republic</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress"><span class="nowrap">B-52</span> bomber</a> carrying four nuclear weapons <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Thule_Air_Base_B-52_crash" title="1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash">crashed</a></b> onto <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_ice" title="Sea ice">sea ice</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituffik_Space_Base" title="Pituffik Space Base">Thule Air Base</a>, Greenland, causing localized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_contamination" title="Radioactive contamination">radioactive contamination</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> voted 39528 to reprimand <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a></b> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_ethics" title="Professional ethics">ethics</a> violations, making him the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker of the House</a> to be so disciplined.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Albanian_opposition_demonstrations" title="2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations">Demonstrations</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a> against alleged corruption in the Albanian government led to the killings of four protesters by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Guard_(Albania)" title="Republican Guard (Albania)">Republican Guard</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_of_Volozhin" title="Chaim of Volozhin">Chaim of Volozhin</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1749); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusapia_Palladino" title="Eusapia Palladino">Eusapia Palladino</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1854); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_T%E1%BA%A5n_Sang" title="Trương Tấn Sang">Trương Tấn Sang</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1949); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Gertrude_McGill" title="Frances Gertrude McGill">Frances Gertrude McGill</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1959)</p>