January 16-January 31

January 16, 1793: French King Louis XVI, sentenced to death by the National Convention during the French Revolution.

January 17, 1987: US President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran. 

January 18, 532: Nika uprising against Byzantine Emperor Justinian in Constantinople fails, 30,000 killed by troops loyal to the Emperor in the Hippodrome. 

January 19, 1883: The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey. 

January 20, 1945: Franklin D. Roosvelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President 

January 21, 1930: Boston Bruins become first team in NHL history to score 100 goals in a season, in a 5-1 win over Chicago at Boston Garden; Cooney Weiland scores Bruins' 100th goal in their 26th game of the year 

January 22, 1905: In St Petersburg, Russia, a large demonstration of workers led by Father Gapon, march to the Winter Palace with a petition to the Tsar; troops fire on protesters in what becomes known as 'Bloody Sunday' 

January 23, 1571: Queen Elizabeth I of England opens Royal Exchange in London with a license to sell alcohol and valuable goods.

January 24, 1927: Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film as director - The Pleasure Garden, in England 

January 25, 1969: US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris. 

January 26, 1926: John Logie Baird, inventor of television, gives the first public demonstration of television in his laboratory in London. 

January 27, 1924: Marxist Revolutionary and Soviet Leader Lenin's body, placed in Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow.

January 28,1887: Work begins on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

January 29,1595: William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" is thought to have been first performed. Officially published early 1597. 

January 30, 1933: President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor of Germany who forms a government with Franz von Papen 

January 31, 1929: Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey.

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