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20th January 1850: Robert McClure departs on the first expedition to transit the Northwest Passage

Robert McClure departed England with HMS Investigator to lead the first expedition to transit the Northwest ...

19th January 1915: Zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn

On the 19th January 1915, two German Zeppelin airships known as L3 and L4 dropped bombs on the Norfolk towns of Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn in Britain’s first experience of an air ...

18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins

The Paris Peace Conference convened to establish the terms of the peace after the First World ...

18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins at the Palace of Versailles

The Paris Peace Conference convened to establish the terms of the peace after the First World ...

17th January 1991: Gulf War combat begins with Operation Desert Storm

On the 17th January 1991, the combat phase of the Gulf War began as Operation Desert Storm was launched to destroy Iraq’s military and civilian infrastructure through an enormous aerial bombing ...

16th January 1412: Antipope John XXIII makes the Medici Bank the official bank to the Papacy

Antipope John XXIII made the Medici Bank the official bank of the ...

15th January 1919: Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg killed by Freikorps

On the 15th January 1919, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were killed by members of the ...

14th January 1973: Elvis Presley makes the first solo headline satellite broadcast in Aloha From Hawaii

Elvis Presley became the first solo entertainer to broadcast a live performance via satellite with Aloha From ...

13th January 1935: Saar votes to reunite with Germany

On the 13th January 1935, the Territory of the Saar Basin voted to reunite with ...

12th January 1967: Dr James Bedford becomes the first cryonically preserved human

Dr James Hiram Bedford became the first human to be cryonically ...