^B{^#!16!23 January^N! Feast day of St Bernard of Vienne, Saints Clement and Agathangelus, St Asclas, St John the Almsgiver, St Emerentiana, St Maimbod, St Ildephonsus, and St Lufthidis.
^B{1556^B} An earthquake in Shanxi Province, China, is thought to have killed some 830,000 people. ^B{1571^B} The Royal Exchange in London, England, founded by financier Thomas Gresham, was opened by Queen Elizabeth I. ^B{1849^B} English-born Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from a New York medical school to become the first woman doctor. ^B{1924^B} The first Labour government was formed, under Ramsay MacDonald. ^B{1943^B} The British captured Tripoli from the Germans. ^B{1960^B} The US Navy bathyscaphe ^I{Trieste^I}, designed by Dr Piccard, descended to a record depth of 10,750 m /35,820 ft in the Pacific Ocean. ^B{1973^B} A ceasefire agreement was reached at peacetalks in Paris, ending the conflict between the US and North Vietnam. ^B{1985^B} The proceedings of the House of Lords were televized for the first time.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Stendhal, French novelist, ^B{1783^B}; Edouard Manet, French painter, ^B{1832^B}; Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein, Russian film director, ^B{1898^B}; Alfred Denning, British judge and former Master of the Rolls, ^B{1899^B}; Jeanne Moreau, French actress, ^B{1928^B}; HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco, ^B{1957^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}William Pitt the Younger, British prime minister, ^B{1806^B}; Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, ^B{1931^B}; Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter, ^B{1944^B}; Pierre Bonnard, French painter, ^B{1947^B}; Paul Robeson, US actor and singer, ^B{1976^B}; Salvador Dali, Spanish painter and sculptor, ^B{1989^B}.
