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17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

The Battle of Monte Cassino began when Allied forces launched the first of four attacks against the Gustav Line in Italy.Read more

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16th January 27 BCE: The Roman Senate grant Octavian the titles Augustus and Princeps

The title Augustus is understood to translate as ‘the illustrious one’ and, although the title did not grant Octavian him political authority, many historians see this as the point at which his rule as first…Read more

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15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston

21 people were killed and a further 150 were injured after 2.3 million gallons of molasses swept through North End in Boston, Massachusetts after a storage tank collapsed.Read more

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14th January 1943: Churchill and Roosevelt meet at the Casablanca Conference

On the 14th January 1943, the Casablanca Conference began in Morocco.Read more

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13th January 1935: The Territory of the Saar Basin voted in a plebiscite to reunite with Germany

Voter turnout in the plebiscite was 98% of all eligible voters in the Saar, and 90.8% of them chose to re-join the German Reich.Read more

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12th January 1895: Foundation of the National Trust

On the 12th January 1895, the National Trust was founded by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley.Read more

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11th January 1923: French and Belgian troops marched into Germany and occupied the industrial Ruhr area

The occupation of the Ruhr was met with passive resistance by the German workers. Their strike was only called off on 26 September as rampant hyperinflation crippled the German economy.Read more

18th January 1871: Wilhelm I of Prussia proclaimed the first German Emperor

19th January 1915: Two German Zeppelin airships drop bombs on the Norfolk towns of Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn in Britain’s first experience of an air raid