Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Monday, January 30, 2012

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Friday, January 27, 2012

28 January 1985

The Supergroup USA for Africa records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for famine relief in

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

27 January 2002

An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills over 1000

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

26 January 2004

A whale explodes in Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale is thought to be the

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Saturday, January 21, 2012

22 January 1957

New York City's "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested after planting more than 30

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Friday, January 20, 2012

21 January 1999

During the 'War on Drugs' the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms of cocaine on

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Friday, January 13, 2012

14 January 1933

The Bodyline cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine's England reaches a peak when the Australian captain Bill Woodfull gets hit in the

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

13 January 1953

Pravda publishes and article that accuses some of the most prestigious doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a plot to try and poison members of the top Soviet political and military

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Monday, January 9, 2012

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Thursday, January 5, 2012

6 January 1960

National Airlines Flight 2511 is is brought down by a bomb, while en route from New York City to

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

5 January 1996

A Hamas bombmaker, Yahya Ayyash, is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped mobile

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

4 January 1944

Operation Carpetbagger: the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe

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Monday, January 2, 2012