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Polar Bears hugging

21 January – National Hug Day (USA)

The Demon – a roller-coaster from Australia's Wonderland

20 January 1885 – L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster

Cartoon of Woodrow Wilson hatching the League of Nations

19 January 1920 – The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations

Historical marker

18 January 1896 – An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by Professor H.L. Smith in North Carolina

US President, Dwight Eisenhower

17 January 1961 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against the “military-industrial complex”

Map of Rungholt

16 January 1362 – A storm tide destroys the German city of Rungholt

15 January 1850 – Birth of Leonard Darwin, son of Charles Darwin

14 January 1963 – Birth of Steven Soderbergh, American film director

Cartoon of the Nika riots

13 January 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople

Flag of the United States of America

12 January 1915 – The US House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote

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