Events
Liberation
Day (Togo)
Korean American Day
Old New Year, celebrated on the night
of January 13 or 14. (Russia, Georgia,
Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro,
Republic of Srpska, Republic of Macedonia)
Bhogi (Tamil)
Lohri (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)
Uruka (Assam)
St. Knut's Day or Tjugondag Knut, the
last day of Christmas. (Sweden and Finland)
1610
- Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto,
4th satellite of Jupiter
1822 – The design of the Greek flag is
adopted by the First National Assembly
at Epidaurus.
1830 – The Great fire of New Orleans,
Louisiana begins.
1915 – An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy
kills 29,800.
1939 – The Black Friday bush fires burn
20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia,
claiming the lives of 71 people.
1943 - Hitler declares "Total War"
1980 - Togo's constitution becomes effective
1985 - Cerberal Palsy telethon raises
$17,100,000
1989 - "Friday the 13th" virus
strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain
2001 - Earthquake measuring magnitude
7.6 strikes El Salvador, killing more
than 840 people
2007 - Two thirds of the Venus's southern
hemisphere suddenly brightened as something
triggered aerosols to form at a furious
rate.
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