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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_20" title="January 20">January 20</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_January" title="Black January">Day of Nationwide Sorrow</a></b> in Azerbaijan (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1356" title="1356">1356</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Balliol" title="Edward Balliol">Edward Balliol</a></b>, whose father <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balliol" title="John Balliol">John</a> was briefly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_monarchs" title="List of Scottish monarchs">King of Scotland</a>, gave up his claim to the throne in exchange for an English pension.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">The Holocaust</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Heydrich" title="Reinhard Heydrich">Reinhard Heydrich</a> and other senior Nazi officials met at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference" title="Wannsee Conference">Wannsee Conference</a></b> near Berlin to discuss the implementation of the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Solution" title="Final Solution">Final Solution</a> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_question" title="Jewish question">Jewish Question</a>".</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – In Washington, D.C., <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama" title="First inauguration of Barack Obama">Barack Obama was inaugurated</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i> as the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African American</a> president of the United States.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulfstan_(died_1095)" title="Wulfstan (died 1095)">Wulfstan</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1095); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus_the_Younger" title="Carl Linnaeus the Younger">Carl Linnaeus the Younger</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1741); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Parker_Fraley" title="Naomi Parker Fraley">Naomi Parker Fraley</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2018)</p>
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