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1 January 2001
Boulder Polar Bear Club's annual icy plunge into the Boulder Reservoir at noon on New Year's Day.
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2 January 1969
Robert Maxwell wins over sharholders of the News of The World to give him effective control of the organisation. Conaught Rooms, London.
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3 January 1979
Ayatollah Khomeyni in exile in Neauphle-le-Château (Yvelines).
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4 January 1957
Dr. Matthew W. Sterling leader of the National Geographic - Smithsonian Institution Expedition . Pictured with a 400 - 800BC Olmec head in La Venta , Mexico.
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5 January 1947
Bargain hunters waiting to enter the C&A department store at Marble Arch, London for their January Sale.
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6 January 1933
Bonnie and Clyde somewhere in rural Texas.
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7 January 1948
Captain Thomas F. Mantell chasing a UFO over Fort Knox, Kentucky. Illustration by Ren Wicks.
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8 January 1806
Lord Nelson's Funeral Procession by Water from Greenwich Hospital to Whitehall
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9 January 1935
The new Bluebird driven by Sir Malcolm Campbell made its first appearance in public at Brooklands.
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10 January 1934
Noel Coward playwright actor and producer arrives at Southampton aboard the liner Majestic.
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11 January 1967
The Rolling Stones take a stroll across Londons Green Park before a coast to coast American tour.
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12 January 1952
Sid Bevers, a Blackpool supporter, dressed up for the occasion at Upton Park, when West Ham met Blackpool in the third round of the F.A. Cup.
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13 January 1849
The Battle of Chillianwallah, fought during the Second Sikh War.
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14 January 1954
Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio
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15 January 1962
A customer drops money in a bucket of disinfectant as a precaution to stop the spread of Smallpox. Bradford, Yorkshire.
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16 January 1996
Protesters to the Newbury by-pass tie themselves to trees in an attempt to stop them being cut down on a site in Penwood.
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17 January 1995
A bus hangs off Hanshin Highway after the earthquake in Kobe, Japan.
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18 January 1912
Captain Scott and his team at the South Pole.
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19 January 1967
Cyberman on the moon prepare to meet Dr Who, during filming of the BBC TV series at the film studios in Ealing.
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20 January 1965
Miss Victoria Sellers is born, daughter of actor Peter Sellers and his Swedish film actress wife Britt Ekland.
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21 January 1793
Execution of King Louis XVI by guillotine Paris, France.
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22 January 1967
Lise King in her mini dress, in front of Big Ben, London.
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23 January 1941
The Emperor of Abyssinia, Haile Selassie, stepping from the aeroplane which brought him to a secret landing.
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24 January 1911
Grégoire motor car during the first Monte-Carlo rally.
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25 January 1949
Student nannys from St Christopher's Nursery Training College in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
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26 January 1885
The death of General Gordon at the hands of Mahdi's followers, Khartoum.
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27 January 1954
Ernest Hemingway with his wife Martha Gellhorn.
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28 January 1953
Derek Bentley is executed as crowds demonstrate outside Wandsworth Prison.
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29 January 1935
Safety gear exhibited by three Swiss doctors at a meeting in Geneva attended by international experts to combat the terrors of gas warfare.
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30 January 1649
Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector, gazes at the body of King Charles I shortly after the King's public execution by beheading .
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31 January 1814
The frozen River Thames off Three Cranes Wharf, where a Frost Fair was held until February 5.
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