Celebrations
Makar Sankranti (India)
National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
Old New Year (see January 13)
Sidereal winter solstice celebrations in
South and Southeast Asian cultures; marking
the transition of the Sun to Capricorn,
and the first day of the six months Uttarayana
period.
The first day of Pongal, a Tamil New Year.
(Tamil)
History
1539 – Spain annexes Cuba.
1641 - United East Indian Company conquerors
city of Malakka, 7,000 killed
1659 - Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat
Spanish
1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought
in India between the Afghans under Ahmad
Shah Durrani and the Marhatas. The Afghan
victory changes the course of Indian History.
1794 - Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs
1st successful Cesarean section operation
on his wife
1814 – Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark
cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.
1878 - US Supreme court rules race separation
on trains unconstitutional
1907 – An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica
kills more than 1,000.
1938 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in
Antarctica.
1960 – The Reserve Bank of Australia, the
country's central bank and banknote issuing
authority, is established.
1967 - Earthquake in Sicily kills 231
1975 - USSR breaks trade agreement with
US
1986 - Constitution of Guatemala takes effect
1989 - 29 year old French woman gives birth
to sextuplets in Paris
2000 - A United Nations tribunal sentences
five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for
the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in
a Bosnian village.
2004 – The national flag of The Republic
of Georgia, the so-called "five cross
flag", is restored to official use
after a hiatus of some 500 years.
2005 - Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's
moon Titan.
2011 – Stampede near Sabarimala – 104 devotees
killed and several others injured in a stampede
at Uppupara in Idukki district.
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