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14th January 1943: Roosevelt and Churchill meet at the Casablanca Conference in Morocco

The Casablanca Conference saw the Combined Chiefs of Staff join American President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to discuss the future strategy for fighting the Second World ...

13th January 1842: William Brydon, the sole survivor of 4,500 British soldiers, arrives at Jalalabad in Afghanistan

Dr William Brydon of the British East India Company Army was the only survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers to reach safety at Jalalabad in ...

12th January 1895: Foundation of the National Trust by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley

Describing itself as ‘a charity that works to preserve and protect historic places and spaces – for ever, for everyone’ the National Trust is one of the largest landowners in the United ...

11th January 1569: First recorded lottery drawn in England under Elizabeth I

The concept of a lottery, in which lots were drawn to determine a winner, had been around for centuries before Queen Elizabeth I chartered a prize draw to raise money for the “reparation of the havens and strength of the Realme, and towardes such other publique good ...

10th January 1920: Treaty of Versailles comes into effect and League of Nations is established

Although the Treaty had been signed in June the previous year, the terms weren’t activated until 10 January which meant that the League of Nations was officially founded as the Covenant of the League was now in ...

9th January 1349: Jews massacred in Basel during the Black Death persecutions

The Jewish population of Basel were massacred amidst accusations that they were responsible for causing the Black ...

8th January 1918: United States President Woodrow Wilson outlines his principles for world peace, known as the Fourteen Points

Keen to distance the United States from nationalistic disputes that fuelled European rivalries, Wilson's 14 Points sought a lasting peace by securing terms that avoided selfish ambitions of the ...

7th January 1979: Pol Pot of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (Cambodia) overthrown when Vietnamese forces capture the capital city Phnom Penh

After the Vietnamese forces captured Phnom Penh on 7 January 1979, Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge forces fled into the ...

6th January 1975: Led Zeppelin banned from Boston after fans run riot at Boston Garden arena

Fans of the rock band Led Zeppelin rampaged through the Boston Garden arena, causing thousands of dollars of ...

5th January 1066: Death of Edward the Confessor sparks a succession crisis

A succession crisis was sparked following the death of Edward the Confessor, the last Anglo-Saxon king of ...