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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_22" title="January 22">January 22</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year" title="Chinese New Year">Chinese New Year</a></b> (2023), <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_Act" title="Unification Act">Day of Unity of Ukraine</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919" title="1919">1919</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1506" title="1506">1506</a> – The first contingent of 150 <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Guard" title="Swiss Guard">Swiss Guards</a></b> arrived in Rome to provide security for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">pope</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1689" title="1689">1689</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Parliament_(1689)" title="Convention Parliament (1689)">Convention Parliament</a> met to decide the fate of the throne after <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">James II</a></b>, the last Catholic monarch of England, fled to France following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution" title="Glorious Revolution">Glorious Revolution</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906" title="1906">1906</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Valencia" title="SS Valencia">SS <i>Valencia</i></a></b> was wrecked off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island" title="Vancouver Island">Vancouver Island</a>, Canada, in a location so treacherous it was known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graveyard_of_the_Pacific" title="Graveyard of the Pacific">Graveyard of the Pacific</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">U.S. Supreme Court</a> delivered a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_landmark_court_decisions" title="Lists of landmark court decisions">landmark decision</a> in <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade" title="Roe v. Wade">Roe v. Wade</a></b></i>, striking down laws restricting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a> during the first two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy#Trimesters" title="Pregnancy">trimesters of pregnancy</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a> – Croatia held <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Croatian_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2012 Croatian European Union membership referendum">a referendum</a></b>, in which it voted to become a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ernst_Claus" title="Karl Ernst Claus">Karl Ernst Claus</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1796); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisela_Januszewska" title="Gisela Januszewska">Gisela Januszewska</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1867); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hutchence" title="Michael Hutchence">Michael Hutchence</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1960)</p>
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