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January 16th – On This Day

1979 - The natural history series “Life on Earth,” presented by David Attenborough, aired on BBC One in the UK for the first time.

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January 15th – On This Day

2009 - Pilot Chesley Sullenberger lands US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport in New York. All passengers and crew members survive.

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January 14th – On This Day

1943 - World War II: Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt met in Casablanca, Morocco, to discuss their strategy for the next phase of the war.

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January 13th – On This Day

2012 - The Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia runs aground at Isola de Giglio, killing 32. The eight-year-old vessel was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when she deviated from her planned route and struck a rock formation on the sea floor.

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January 12th – On This Day

2001 - Sven Goran Eriksson becomes the first non-British manager to be appointed coach of the England national football team. Eriksson had initially agreed to take over after the expiration of his contract in June 2001, but decided to resign his post early at Lazio.

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January 11th – On This Day

1980 - Nigel Short, age 14, from Bolton, Lancashire, became the youngest International Master in the history of chess. Short earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 19 and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from July 1988 to July 1989.

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January 10th – On This Day

1985 - The C5 electric car, with a top speed of 15 mph (the fastest allowed in the UK without a driving licence) was demonstrated by its inventor, Sir Clive Sinclair. It retailed for £399 but only 17,000 were ever sold.

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January 9th – On This Day

2016 - The Flying Scotsman, (engine no. 60103) and the first steam engine to be officially recorded at 100mph carried its first passengers, after a 10 year restoration that cost £4.2M. Test run services were carried out on the East Lancashire Railway, between Bury and Rawtenstall, for two successive weekends.

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January 8th – On This Day

2004 - The liner RMS Queen Mary 2, was named by Queen Elizabeth II. At the time of her construction in 2003 she was the longest, widest and tallest passenger ship ever built, and at 151,400 gross tons, she was also the largest.

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