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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_5" title="January 5">January 5</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Night_(holiday)" title="Twelfth Night (holiday)">Twelfth Night</a></b> (Western Christianity)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922" title="1922">1922</a> – Antarctic explorer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton" title="Ernest Shackleton">Ernest Shackleton</a> died of a heart attack during <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shackleton%E2%80%93Rowett_Expedition" title="Shackleton–Rowett Expedition">his final expedition</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" title="1941">1941</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>: Australian and British troops <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bardia" title="Battle of Bardia">defeated Italian forces</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardia" title="Bardia">Bardia</a>, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a> formation took part.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet" title="Dwarf planet">dwarf planet</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_(dwarf_planet)" title="Eris (dwarf planet)">Eris</a></b> was discovered by a team using images from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Oschin_telescope" title="Samuel Oschin telescope">Samuel Oschin telescope</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palomar_Observatory" title="Palomar Observatory">Palomar Observatory</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_High_Speed_Rail" title="Taiwan High Speed Rail">Taiwan High Speed Rail</a></b> opened, connecting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaohsiung" title="Kaohsiung">Kaohsiung</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – In <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eng_Foong_Ho_v_Attorney-General" title="Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General">Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General</a></b></i>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_Singapore" title="Court of Appeal of Singapore">Court of Appeal of Singapore</a> held that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_before_the_law" title="Equality before the law">equality before the law</a> was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki" title="Hayao Miyazaki">Hayao Miyazaki</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1941); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Cooper" title="Bradley Cooper">Bradley Cooper</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1975); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepika_Padukone" title="Deepika Padukone">Deepika Padukone</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1986)</p>
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