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An estimated 41 international workers In Aménas , Algeria. Sri Lankan Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is dismissed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa following her contested impeachment. In the month of conflict and establishing a new coalition government. Northern Mali conflict . Kurdish activists are shot dead in Paris . Recent deaths: Aaron Swartz Syrian civil war – Wikinews – More current events...
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Minorca (1287 ) 1781 – American Revolutionary War: American forces won a surprising victory over the British at the Battle of Cowpens, one of the most pivotal battles of the war. 1912 – Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition reached the South Pole, only to find that Roald Amundsen's team had beaten them by 33 days. Church House in London . 1955 – USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, put to sea for the first time from Groton, Connecticut, with the message, "Underway on nuclear power." 1961 – Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States. More anniversaries: January 16 – January 17 – January 18 List of historical anniversaries It is now January 17, 2013 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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