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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26" title="January 26">January 26</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day" title="Australia Day">Australia Day</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1788" title="1788">1788</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day_(India)" title="Republic Day (India)">Republic Day</a></b> in India (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950" title="1950">1950</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1564" title="1564">1564</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livonian_War" title="Livonian War">Livonian War</a>: A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania" title="Grand Duchy of Lithuania">Lithuanian</a> surprise attack resulted in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ula" title="Battle of Ula">a decisive defeat</a></b> of numerically superior <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsardom_of_Russia" title="Tsardom of Russia">Russian</a> forces.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1808" title="1808">1808</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bligh" title="William Bligh">William Bligh</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_New_South_Wales" title="Governor of New South Wales">governor of New South Wales</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_Rebellion" title="Rum Rebellion">was deposed</a></b> in the only military coup in Australian history.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949" title="1949">1949</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_Telescope" title="Hale Telescope">Hale Telescope</a></b> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palomar_Observatory" title="Palomar Observatory">Palomar Observatory</a> in California, the largest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture" title="Aperture">aperture</a> optical telescope in the world for 28 years, saw <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_light_(astronomy)" title="First light (astronomy)">first light</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974" title="1974">1974</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Airlines_Flight_301" title="Turkish Airlines Flight 301">Turkish Airlines Flight 301</a></b> crashed while taking off from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0zmir_Adnan_Menderes_Airport" title="İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport">İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport</a>, killing 67 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – Rioting broke out in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antananarivo" title="Antananarivo">Antananarivo</a>, Madagascar, sparking <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Malagasy_political_crisis" title="2009 Malagasy political crisis">a political crisis</a></b> that led to the deposal of President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Ravalomanana" title="Marc Ravalomanana">Marc Ravalomanana</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_do_Cen%C3%A1culo" title="Manuel do Cenáculo">Manuel do Cenáculo</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1814); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_MacBride" title="Seán MacBride">Seán MacBride</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1904); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky" title="Wayne Gretzky">Wayne Gretzky</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1961); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Delapenha" title="Lindy Delapenha">Lindy Delapenha</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2017)</p>
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