1583 - Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)
1773 - 1st U.S. public museum established (Charleston, SC.)
1944 - Churchill & de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh
1944 - Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterdam
1945 - German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge
1945 ― U.S. Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea
1948 - Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
1948 - 1st supermarket in UK opens
1950 - USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage & sabotage
1970 - Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
1995 - Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan
1995 - Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles
1995 - Pope John Paul II begins visit to Southeast Asia
1996 - Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with US)
1773 - 1st U.S. public museum established (Charleston, SC.)
1944 - Churchill & de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh
1944 - Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterdam
1945 - German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge
1945 ― U.S. Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea
1948 - Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
1948 - 1st supermarket in UK opens
1950 - USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage & sabotage
1970 - Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
1995 - Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan
1995 - Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles
1995 - Pope John Paul II begins visit to Southeast Asia
1996 - Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with US)
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