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    History For The 2nd Of January

    1967-Ronald Reagan, who
    previously worked as an actor
    is sworn in as governor of
    California.


    1981-The Yorkshire Ripper is
    apprehended.Peter Sutcliffe
    confessed to killing 13 women


    1983-English comedian Dick
    Emery dies, aged 65, from
    cardio-respiratory failure.

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    History For The 3rd Of January

    1930-Coubray Tone News, the
    work of Edward Coubray and
    the first New Zealand made
    *talkie*, has it's first public
    screening at Auckland's
    Plaza Theatre.



    1987-The Rock And Roll
    Hall Of Fame inducts Aretha
    Franklin, it's first female artist.


    2004-After hosting the show
    for more than 30 years, Casey
    Kasen hands over the reins of
    the American Top 40 toRyan
    Seacrest.

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    History For The 5th Of January

    1939-US aviatrix Amelia
    Earhart, the first woman
    to fly solo across the Atlantic,
    is declared dead at 41 after
    disappearing over the Pacific
    Ocean in 1937.

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    History For The 6th Of January

    2002-Pop Singer Daniel
    Bedingfield, who was born in
    New Zealand, hits No.1 on the
    UK singles chart with Gotta Get
    Thru This

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    History For The 7th Of January

    1982-The TV series Fame
    premieres on NBC.


    2015-Twelve people are
    killed in a terrorist attack
    on the offices of satirical
    newspaper Charlie Hebdo in
    Paris.

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    History For The 10th Of January

    1958-Jerry Lee Lewis' single
    Great Balls Of Fire reaches
    No.1 on the United Kingdom
    pop charts.


    1999-The Sopranos debuts
    on HBO.


    2004-At the Critics, Choice
    Movie Awards, The Lord Of
    The Rings: The Return Of The
    King wins best film.


    2016-British musician David
    Bowie dies, aged 69, of cancer.

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    History For The 11th Of January

    1846-British forces occupy
    the Puapekapeka Pa in
    Northland, in the final battle of
    NZ's Northern war.


    1935-Aviator Amelia Earhart
    flies from Honolulu to Oakland
    California, becoming the first
    person to fly the hazardous
    route solo.


    2008-New Zealand
    mountaineer Sir Edmund
    Hilary, who with Sherpa
    Tenzing was the first to conquer
    My Everest in 1953, dies from
    a heart attack.He was 88.

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    History For The 12th Of January

    1939-Timely Comics ( later Marvel )
    was founded in New York.

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    History For The 13th Of January

    1929-Wyatt Earp dies in Los
    Angeles at the age of 80.


    1968-Recorded live at Folsom State Prison in
    California, Johnny Cash's "At Folsom Prison "
    album proved to be one of pop music's most
    Powerful commentaries on social justice and
    helpied expand the global audience for
    country music, Cash's home base.

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    History For The 14th Of January

    1948-A 14-year-old Nelson
    schoolboy discovered the
    oldest fossils ever found in
    New Zealand.


    1954-New York Yankees
    baseball star Joe DiMaggio,
    40, weds actress Marilyn
    Monroe, 27, at San Francisco
    City Hall.

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    History For The 15th Of January

    1945-German U-boat 862 sailed undetected
    into Gisborne Harbour,New Zealand.
    Around midnight, commander Heinrich Timm
    took the submarine into the harbour on the
    surface -as far as the Kaiti Basin-but found
    only fishing vessels.
    He reversed out of the harbour without
    firing.

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    History For The 16th Of January

    1941-The Women's Auxiliary
    Air Force was formed to enable
    the Royal New Zealand Air
    Force to release more men for
    service overseas during WWII.


    1975-Michael Jackson's album
    Forever, Michael is released.

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    History For The 17th Of January

    1853-New Zealand gets
    a system of representative
    government with the creation
    of six provincial councils and
    a general assembly.


    1912-Captain Robert Scott's
    expedition arrives at the South
    Pole, one month after Ronald
    Amundsen became the first
    man to reach the destination.


    1988-Australian soap Home
    And Away screens for the first
    time, with a 90-minute pilot
    episode on the seven Network.

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    History For The 18th Of January

    1973-John Cleese's Monty Python's
    Flying Circus screens on BBC.


    1986-The Aids Charity single
    That's What Friends Are For, sung
    by Dionne Warwick and
    Friends ( who include Elton John,
    Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight ),
    hits No.1 in the US charts

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    History For The 19th Of January

    1903-A new bicycle race called the
    Tour De France is announced.

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