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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_23" title="January 23">January 23</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1556" title="1556">1556</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1556_Shaanxi_earthquake" title="1556 Shaanxi earthquake">One of the deadliest earthquakes in history</a></b> struck <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaanxi" title="Shaanxi">Shaanxi</a>, China, resulting in at least 100,000 direct deaths.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1849" title="1849">1849</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Blackwell" title="Elizabeth Blackwell">Elizabeth Blackwell</a></b> graduated from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Medical_College" title="Geneva Medical College">Geneva Medical College</a> in New York, making her the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909" title="1909">1909</a> – Two men committed <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham_Outrage" title="Tottenham Outrage">an armed robbery</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham" title="Tottenham">Tottenham</a>, London, and led police on a two-hour chase, partially by tram, that ended in the perpetrators' suicides.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Japan began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rabaul_(1942)" title="Battle of Rabaul (1942)">an invasion</a></b> of the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Britain" title="New Britain">New Britain</a> in the Australian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory_of_New_Guinea" title="Territory of New Guinea">Territory of New Guinea</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a> – The first version of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser)" title="Mosaic (web browser)">Mosaic</a></b>, created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen" title="Marc Andreessen">Marc Andreessen</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bina" title="Eric Bina">Eric Bina</a>, was released, becoming the first popular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ward_(nun)" title="Mary Ward (nun)">Mary Ward</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1585); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Abbe" title="Ernst Abbe">Ernst Abbe</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1840); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Cadamuro" title="Louisa Cadamuro">Louisa Cadamuro</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1987)</p>
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