BOOK OF THE WEEK
- 13 Jan - 19 Jan, 2024
British and French warships begin their attacks on the Turkish forts at the mouth of the Dardenelles, in an abortive expedition to seize the straits of Gallipoli.
The US Supreme Court rules that the power of the federal government is greater than any individual state in the Union.
In New York City, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated while addressing his Organisation of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights.
The underdog US hockey team, made up of college players, defeats the four-time defending gold-medal winning Soviet team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games.
Orange Free State, was officially recognised and built a successful republic, which was recognised by many Western European nations including Great Britain.
The very first motion picture filmed underwater, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a 1916 silent film adaptation of Jules Vernes' novel of the same name, opens in New York.
22-year-old Cassius Clay shocks the odds-makers by dethroning world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout.
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