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11th January 1923: French and Belgian troops marched into Germany and occupied the industrial Ruhr area

The occupation of the Ruhr was met with passive resistance by the German workers. Their strike was only called off on 26 September as rampant hyperinflation crippled the German ...

10th January 49 BCE: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River on his march to Rome

Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon with the 13th Legion during his march on Rome that led to the Roman Civil ...

9th January 1799: Modern income tax introduced to pay for the French Revolutionary Wars

Although the income tax was abolished in 1802, it was reinstated and repealed another two times before being made ...

8th January 1918: Woodrow Wilson announces the Fourteen Points

On the 8th January 1918, United States President Woodrow Wilson made a speech to Congress in which he outlined his principles for world peace, known as the Fourteen ...

7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon

The first aerial crossing of the English Channel was conducted by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries in a gas-filled ...

6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

When the Witenaġemot met after the death of Edward the Confessor, the elected Harold to be the new king and his coronation took place the same ...

5th January 1968: The Prague Spring begins with Alexander Dubček becoming the new leader of Czechoslovakia

Dubček replaced Novotný as the leader of Czechoslovakia on 5 January 1968 and quickly began to introduce a series of political and economic reforms known as ‘socialism with a human ...

4th January 1847: Samuel Colt receives the first government order for his firearms

American inventor Samuel Colt received the first government order for his revolver firearms from Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas ...

3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

Although numerous suspension bridges had been built prior to the Brooklyn Bridge, nothing came close to the almost 1,600 foot span across the East River from Brooklyn to ...

2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police

Sutcliffe was found guilty of murdering 13 women over a six-year period, and of attempting to murder a further ...