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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26" title="January 26">January 26</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day" title="Australia Day">Australia Day</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1788" title="1788">1788</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day_(India)" title="Republic Day (India)">Republic Day</a></b> in India (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950" title="1950">1950</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700" title="1700">1700</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_Cascadia_earthquake" title="1700 Cascadia earthquake">An earthquake</a></b> with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">moment magnitude</a> of around 9.0 occurred off the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest" title="Pacific Northwest">Pacific Northwest</a> coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami" title="Tsunami">tsunamis</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1841" title="1841">1841</a> – Commodore <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bremer" title="Gordon Bremer">Gordon Bremer</a></b> took formal possession of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island" title="Hong Kong Island">Hong Kong Island</a> for the United Kingdom at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_Point" title="Possession Point">Possession Point</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905" title="1905">1905</a> – The 3,106-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carat_(mass)" title="Carat (mass)">carat</a> (621 g) <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullinan_Diamond" title="Cullinan Diamond">Cullinan Diamond</a></b>, the largest gem-quality rough <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond" title="Diamond">diamond</a> ever found, was discovered at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_Mine" title="Premier Mine">Premier Mine</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauteng" title="Gauteng">Gauteng</a>, South Africa.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy" title="Audie Murphy">Audie Murphy</a></b> engaged in action at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colmar_Pocket" title="Colmar Pocket">Colmar Pocket</a> that won him a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> and made him one of the most famous and decorated U.S. soldiers of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World <span class="nowrap">War II</span></a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Genco_Russo" title="Giuseppe Genco Russo">Giuseppe Genco Russo</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1893); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis" title="Angela Davis">Angela Davis</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1944); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kato" title="David Kato">David Kato</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2011)</p>
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