January 17:

• 1893 - The Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led by Lorrin A. Thurston overthrew the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani (pictured) of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• 1929 - Popeye the Sailor, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appeared in newspaper comic strips.
• 1946 - The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting at Church House in London.
• 1977 - Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore was executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a four-year moratorium on the death penalty in the United States.
• 1995 - The Great Hanshin Earthquake struck near Kobe, Japan, killing over 6,000 people and causing over ten trillion yen in damage.

[listening to: I Walk the Line - Joaquin Phoenix ]
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January 5: Twelfth Night (Western Christianity)

• 1477 - Charles the Bold (pictured) died at the Battle of Nancy, leading to the annexation of Burgundy by France.
• 1527 - Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, was executed by drowning.
• 1968 - Alexander Dubèek came to power in Czechoslovakia, beginning a political reform known as "Socialism with a human face".
• 2005 - Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, was discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken in 2003 at the Palomar Observatory.

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Weird Al is touring

	Date:	Location:	Venue:
	Mar 10	Auckland, New Zealand	St. James Theatre
	Mar 12	Sydney, Australia	Enmore Theatre
	Mar 14	Wollongong, Australia	Win Entertainment Centre
	Mar 16	Adelaide, Australia	Thebarton Theatre
	Mar 17	Perth, Australia	Burswood Theatre
	Mar 19	Hobart, Australia	Wrest Point Entertainment Centre
	Mar 21	Gold Coast, Australia	Twin Towns Services Club
	Mar 22	Newcastle, Australia	Civic Theatre
	Mar 23	Melbourne, Australia	Hamer Hall
	Mar 24	Canberra, Australia	Canberra Theatre

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January 3:

• 1521 - Pope Leo X (pictured) excommunicated Martin Luther from the Roman Catholic Church after Luther refused to retract 41 of his 95 theses.
• 1749 - Benning Wentworth began to issue the New Hampshire Grants on land which was also claimed by New York, and is now Vermont.
• 1958 - Ten former British colonies in the Caribbean joined to form a new self-governing West Indies Federation.
• 1973 - George Steinbrenner and a group of investors bought the New York Yankees for US$8.7 million.
• 1990 - United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega, the deposed "strongman of Panama", surrendered.

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January 1: New Year's Day.

• 1801 - The Kingdom of Ireland merged with the Kingdom of Great Britain, adding St. Patrick's saltire to the Union Flag.
• 1818 - Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, a novel by Mary Shelley (pictured), was first published in London.
• 1901 - The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federated as the Commonwealth of Australia.
• 1959 - Cuban Revolution: President Fulgencio Batista of Cuba fled to the Dominican Republic as forces under Fidel Castro took control of Havana.
• 1995 - The World Trade Organization was created to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

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