^B{^#!16!22 January^N! Feast day of St Dominic of Sora, St Berthwald of Ramsbury, St Anastasius the Persian, St Blesilla, St Vincent Pallotti, and St Vincent of Saragossa.
^B{1771^B} The Falkland Islands were ceded to Britain by Spain. ^B{1879^B} British troops were massacred by the Zulus at Isandhlwana. ^B{1905^B} Insurgent workers were fired on in St Petersburg, resulting in 'Bloody Sunday'. ^B{1924^B} Ramsay MacDonald took office as Britain's first Labour prime minister. ^B{1959^B} British world racing champion Mike Hawthorn was killed while driving on the Guildford bypass. ^B{1972^B} The United Kingdom, the Irish Republic, and Denmark joined the Common Market. ^B{1973^B} US boxer George Foreman knocked out Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica, becoming the world heavyweight boxing champion. ^B{1992^B} Rebel soldiers seized the national radio station in Kinshasa, Zaire's capital, and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Ivan III (the Great), Grand Duke of Muscovy, ^B{1440^B}; Francis Bacon, English politician and philosopher, ^B{1561^B}; Lord Byron, English poet, ^B{1788^B}; D W Griffith, US film producer and director, ^B{1875^B}; John Hurt, English actor, ^B{1940^B}; George Foreman, US boxer, ^B{1948^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}William Paterson, Scottish financier, ^B{1719^B}; David Edward Hughes, English inventor, ^B{1900^B}; Queen Victoria, ^B{1901^B}; Lyndon B Johnson, 36th US president, ^B{1973^B}; Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer, ^B{1978^B}; Arthur Bryant, British historian, ^B{1985^B}.
