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January 22nd - Moment in World History

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Significant events

1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke's Drift – 139 British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu warriors - story portrayed in the 1964 film Zulu, which saw Michael Caine in his first main film role

1901 - Queen Victoria dies and her son Edward VII is proclaimed King

2008 - 28 year old Heath Ledger, Australian actor, is found dead at his home as a result of an accidental "toxic combination of prescription drugs" (b. 1979)

Births

1788 - George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (Lord Byron), English poet (d. 1824)

1931 - Claire Rayner, UK writer and TV agony aunt

1940 - John Hurt, UK actor

1964 - Nigel Benn, UK boxer

1971 - Stan Collymore, UK ex-footballer

 

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