Page 10: Historical Events In January - 04

2011  Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi dies after setting himself on fire a month earlier, sparking anti-government protests in Tunisia and later other Arab nations. These protests become known collectively as the Arab Spring.   

2013  9 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria   

2014  14 people are killed after a three-story building construction site collapses in Goa, India.   

2018  Truck hits a train near Kroonstad city, South Africa killing 19 passengers.   

2018  'Bomb Cyclone' hits US Northeast prompting flooding and snow in New York subway system.   

2018  Liverpool and Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah is named African Football Player of the Year.   

2020  Australian bushfires death toll reaches 23 as PM Scott Morrison announces national defense force will be employed to help fight the more than 200 fires, amid criticism of his leadership   

2021  Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces new national lockdown for England following Scotland, as COVID-19 variant spreads rapidly with hospitalizations now higher than the inaugural wave   

2021  The border between Qatar and Saudi Arabia reopens.   

2024  Diplomatic row erupts between India and the Maldives after Indian PM Narendra Modi encourages Indians to travel to the Lakshadweep islands instead [1]   

2025  22nd known lethal US military strike in international waters of suspected drug smuggling vessel results in the deaths of four in the eastern Pacific Ocean   

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1077  Emperor zhezong of song dynasty in china: Emperor zhezong of song dynasty in china (d. 1100)   

1334  Amadeus vi: [green earl], earl of savoye   

1334  Amadeus vi of savoy: Amadeus vi of savoy (d. 1383)   

1567  Franciscus aguilon: Physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect   

1579  Willem teellinck: Dutch theologist/vicar   

1581  James ussher: Archbishop of armagh (gave age to earth based on bible)   

1604  Jacob balde: German jesuit/barok conductor (jephthe)   

1643  Isaac newton: Grantham england, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("whatever goes up must come down") [ns]   

0838  Babak: Persian social/religious reformer, martyred   

1248  King sancho ii of portugal: King sancho ii of portugal (b. 1207)   

1428  Frederick i: Elector of saxony, 'the warlike' (b. 1370)   

1564  Hosokawa ujitsuna: Japanese military commander (b. 1514)   

1584  Tobias stimmer: Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright,   

1612  Henry l spieghel: Dutch merchant/writer,   

1678  Johan maetsuyker: Dutch gov-general of ceylon (1653-78),   

1695  Duke of luxembourg: Luxembourg/french marshal,