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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_21" title="January 21">January 21</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/763" title="763">763</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a> crushed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alid_revolt_of_762%E2%80%93763" title="Alid revolt of 762–763">Alid revolt</a></b> when a rebel leader was mortally wounded in battle near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basra" title="Basra">Basra</a> in present-day Iraq.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789" title="1789">1789</a> – <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Sympathy" title="The Power of Sympathy">The Power of Sympathy</a></b></i> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hill_Brown" title="William Hill Brown">William Hill Brown</a>, widely considered to be the first American novel, was published.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919" title="1919">1919</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_D%C3%A1il" title="First Dáil">First Dáil</a></b> convened at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansion_House,_Dublin" title="Mansion House, Dublin">Mansion House</a> in Dublin and adopted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Irish Declaration of Independence">a declaration of independence</a> calling for the establishment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Republic" title="Irish Republic">Irish Republic</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a></b>, formerly part of the independent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twipra_Kingdom" title="Twipra Kingdom">Twipra Kingdom</a>, became a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">state of India</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a> – Millions of people participated in the worldwide <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Women%27s_March" title="2017 Women's March">Women's March</a></b>, to advocate for legislation and policies on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a> and other issues.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Fliedner" title="Theodor Fliedner">Theodor Fliedner</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1800); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Tolkien" title="Edith Tolkien">Edith Tolkien</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1889); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasunori_Mitsuda" title="Yasunori Mitsuda">Yasunori Mitsuda</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1972); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Lingiari" title="Vincent Lingiari">Vincent Lingiari</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1988)</p>
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