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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/Baixa_de_Cassanje_revolt" title="Baixa de Cassanje revolt">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/1853" title="1853">1853</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Northup" title="Solomon Northup">Solomon Northup</a></b> regained his freedom after having been sold into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States">slavery in the American South</a>; his memoir <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Years_a_Slave" title="Twelve Years a Slave">Twelve Years a Slave</a></i> later became a bestseller.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909" title="1909">1909</a> – British explorer <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneas_Mackintosh" title="Aeneas Mackintosh">Aeneas Mackintosh</a></b>, a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod_Expedition" title="Nimrod Expedition"><i>Nimrod</i> Expedition</a>, escaped death by fleeing across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift_ice" title="Drift ice">ice floes</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951" title="1951">1951</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>: Chinese and North Korean troops <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Seoul" title="Third Battle of Seoul">captured Seoul</a></b> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations forces</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> – <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_of_the_Summer_Wine" title="Last of the Summer Wine">Last of the Summer Wine</a></b></i>, the longest-running <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitcom" title="Sitcom">sitcom</a> in the world, premiered as an episode of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Playhouse" title="Comedy Playhouse">Comedy Playhouse</a></i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sembawang_Hot_Spring_Park" title="Sembawang Hot Spring Park">Sembawang Hot Spring Park</a></b> in Singapore reopened after being redeveloped by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Parks_Board" title="National Parks Board">National Parks Board</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Braille" title="Louis Braille">Louis Braille</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1809); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanna_Westerdijk" title="Johanna Westerdijk">Johanna Westerdijk</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1883); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berman_(musician)" title="David Berman (musician)">David Berman</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1967)</p>
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