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2 days ago · January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 358 days remain until the end of the year (359 in leap years). Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
5 days ago · Chinese New Year, annual 15-day festival in China and Chinese communities around the world that begins with the new moon that occurs sometime between January 21 and February 20 according to Western calendars. Festivities last until the following full moon. The origin and traditions of the Lunar New Year, explained.
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3 days ago · January 7, 1974 (Monday) Gasoline rationing began in Sweden , with private vehicles limited to only 100 liters (26 U.S. gallons) of gas for the 53 days between January 7 and February 28, as Sweden became the first Western European nation to begin rationing.
6 days ago · 2017 (Saturday) 2016 (Thursday) 2015 (Wednesday) January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 344 days remain until the end of the year (345 in leap years ).
4 days ago · 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 M w Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. 1564 – The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. 1564 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War. 1601–1900
1 day ago · 24. Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead, 81, British politician, MP (1964–1968, 1979–2019). [7] (death announced on this date) Terry Hill, 52, Australian rugby league player ( Manly Warringah, New South Wales, national team ), heart attack. [8] Mike Pinder, 82, English musician ( The Moody Blues ).
Jan Karski's Life. Before the outbreak of World War II on September 1, 1939, Jan Karski was a Polish reserve officer and a junior diplomat with large ambitions and a bright future. On September 17, 1939, Soviet forces invaded his country from the east, and Karski’s life was sent careening in a new direction. Rounded up along with thousands of ...
