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1870 – Основан е градот Anaheim.
1890 – Околу 11 000 000 акри земја Индијанците ги отстапуваат на доселениците во САД.
1899 – Ррегистрирана е минималната тепмпература во Milligan -39°F (-39°C), Охајо.
1931 – Њу Делхи станува главен град на индија.
1933 – Регистрирана е најниската температура во Seneca -54°F (-48°C), Орегон.
2009 - The communication satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
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1870 - United States President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the National Weather Service.
1923 - Soviet Aeroflot airlines forms.
1962 - Jamaica signs agreement to become independent.
1971 - Sylmar earthquake; hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
1971 - Apollo 14; Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell return to Earth after sucessfully landing on the Moon.
1995 - Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off for mission STS-63 - Astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform space walks.
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1861 - Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas seceded from the United States and formed the Confederation of South American countries. Confederate later joined Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.
1879 – Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
1974 - After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
1994 - USA recognized Republic of Macedonia.
1996 – Argentina recognized Republic of Macedonia.
2010 - A freak storm in the Hindukush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers.
CHINESE NEW YEAR
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1812 - 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri
1889 Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in SF
1979 - Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
1984 - Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-41-B - Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
1992 - The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
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1815 - The first New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens (inventor).
1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
1820 - The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.
1902 – Died Vasil K'ncov – Bulgarian geographer, historian and politician
1978 - Great Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.