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It happened on a… January 22

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It happened on a… January 22

2020

China locks down city of Wuhan and its 11 million people, in effort to control the coronavirus with death toll at 17, over 500 people ill.

2018

Netflix becomes the largest digital media and entertainment company in the world worth $100 billion.

2006

Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country’s first indigenous president.

1991

Gulf War : Kuwaiti oil facilities are destroyed by Iraqi forces.

1968

“Lady Soul” 14th studio album by Aretha Franklin is released (Billboard Album of the Year, 1968).

1901

Queen Victoria of England died after reigning for nearly 64 years. Edward VII, her son, succeeded her.

1857

The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

1506

The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.

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