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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_24" title="January 24">January 24</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Unification_of_the_Romanian_Principalities" title="Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities">Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities</a></b> in Romania (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1859" title="1859">1859</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_41" title="AD 41">AD 41</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassius_Chaerea" title="Cassius Chaerea">Cassius Chaerea</a> and disgruntled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorian_Guard" title="Praetorian Guard">Praetorian Guards</a> murdered the Roman emperor <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula" title="Caligula">Caligula</a></b>, leading to him being succeeded by his uncle <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius" title="Claudius">Claudius</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1857" title="1857">1857</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Calcutta" title="University of Calcutta">University of Calcutta</a></b> was established as the first modern university in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915" title="1915">1915</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>: British ships of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Fleet" title="Grand Fleet">Grand Fleet</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dogger_Bank_(1915)" title="Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)">intercepted and surprised</a></b> a German <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Seas_Fleet" title="High Seas Fleet">High Seas Fleet</a> squadron in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>, sinking a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a> and damaging several other vessels.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966" title="1966">1966</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_101" title="Air India Flight 101">Air India Flight 101</a></b>, en route from Bombay to London, crashed into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc" title="Mont Blanc">Mont Blanc</a> in France, killing all 117 people on board.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a> – American serial killer <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy" title="Ted Bundy">Ted Bundy</a></b> was executed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_chair" title="Electric chair">electric chair</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> for the murders of thirty young women.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Bury" title="Richard de Bury">Richard de Bury</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1287); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wharton" title="Edith Wharton">Edith Wharton</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1862); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Eaton" title="Mark Eaton">Mark Eaton</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1957)</p>
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