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January 11: Eugenio María de Hostos Day in Puerto Rico 1055 – Theodora , the daughter of Constantine VIII and Helena, daughter of Alypius , became Byzantine Empress . 1787 – German -born British astronomer and composer William Herschel discovered the Uranian moons Oberon and Titania , later named by his son John after characters from ...
The history of the Australian Capital Territory began on January 1, 1911, when it was created in law as the site for Australia's capital city Canberra. The region has a long prior history of human habitation before the Territory's creation, however, with evidence of Indigenous Australian settlement dating back at least 21,000 years.
On September 11, 2001, the aircraft flying this route was hijacked by five al-Qaeda insurgents, and deliberately crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, as part of the September 11 attacks.
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American politician Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps, dies at the age of 95. Venezuela claims to have overtaken Saudi Arabia as the world leader in proven oil reserves . The 2011 Dakar Rally concludes in Buenos Aires. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events... On this day... January 24.
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