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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_10" title="January 10">January 10</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_9" title="AD 9">AD 9</a> – The Western <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han dynasty</a></b> of China ended after the throne was usurped by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Mang" title="Wang Mang">Wang Mang</a>, who founded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xin_dynasty" title="Xin dynasty">Xin dynasty</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1475" title="1475">1475</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldavian%E2%80%93Ottoman_Wars" title="Moldavian–Ottoman Wars">Moldavian–Ottoman Wars</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_the_Great" title="Stephen the Great">Stephen the Great</a> led Moldavian forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vaslui" title="Battle of Vaslui">to defeat</a></b> an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> attack under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Had%C4%B1m_Suleiman_Pasha_(governor_of_Rumelia)" title="Hadım Suleiman Pasha (governor of Rumelia)">Hadım Suleiman Pasha</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaslui" title="Vaslui">Vaslui</a> in present-day Romania.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863" title="1863">1863</a> – Service began on the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Railway" title="Metropolitan Railway">Metropolitan Railway</a></b> <i>(construction depicted)</i> between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Paddington_station" title="London Paddington station">Paddington</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farringdon_station" title="Farringdon station">Farringdon Street</a>, today the oldest segment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923" title="1923">1923</a> – Lithuanian residents of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaip%C4%97da_Region" title="Klaipėda Region">Klaipėda Region</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaip%C4%97da_Revolt" title="Klaipėda Revolt">began a revolt</a></b>, ahead of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> decision on their future which they expected to be against their interest.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Guinean_general_strike" title="2007 Guinean general strike">A general strike</a></b> began in Guinea as an attempt to force President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansana_Cont%C3%A9" title="Lansana Conté">Lansana Conté</a> to resign, eventually resulting in the appointment of two new prime ministers.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_I_of_Cyprus" title="Hugh I of Cyprus">Hugh I of Cyprus</a></span></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1218); <b><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Burr_Blodgett" title="Katharine Burr Blodgett">Katharine Burr Blodgett</a></span></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1898); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalki_Koechlin" title="Kalki Koechlin">Kalki Koechlin</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1984)</p>