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January 2:

366 – The Alamanni, an alliance of west Germanic tribes, crossed the frozen Rhine in large numbers to invade the Roman Empire.

533 – Mercurius became Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a regnal name upon elevation to the papacy.

1492 – The Reconquista: The Catholic Monarchs, Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, expelled Abu 'abd-Allah Muhammad XII of Granada, the last of the Moorish rulers, from the Iberian Peninsula.

1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Siege of Port Arthur ended when the Russian fleet surrendered to Japanese forces at Port Arthur, a deep-water port and Russian naval base in present-day Lüshunkou, China.

1959 – The Soviet spacecraft Luna 1 (pictured), the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon, was launched by the Vostok rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakh SSR.

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-{{*mp}} [[1929]] - [[Canada]] and [[United States]] agreed on a plan to preserve '''[[Niagara Falls]]'''.
+{{*mp}} [[1929]] &ndash; [[Canada]] and [[United States]] agreed on a plan to preserve '''[[Niagara Falls]]'''.<!--Tagged wth {{refimprove}}
-{{*mp}} [[1946]] - Unable to resume his [[reign]] after [[World War II]], '''[[Zog of Albania|King Zog]]''' of [[Albania]] [[Abdication|abdicated]] but retained his claim to the [[King of Albania|throne]].
+{{*mp}} [[1946]] &ndash; Unable to resume his [[reign]] after [[World War II]], '''[[Zog of Albania|King Zog]]''' of [[Albania]] [[Abdication|abdicated]] but retained his claim to the [[King of Albania|throne]].<!--Need to verify date
-{{*mp}} [[1991]] - '''[[Sharon Pratt Dixon]]''' was sworn in as [[mayor]] of [[Washington, DC]], thus becoming the first [[African American]] [[woman]] to lead a city of similar size and importance.
+{{*mp}} [[1991]] &ndash; '''[[Sharon Pratt Dixon]]''' was sworn in as [[mayor]] of [[Washington, DC]], thus becoming the first [[African American]] [[woman]] to lead a city of similar size and importance.<!--Tagged for cleanup
+{{*mp}} [[1860]] &ndash; [[France|French]] [[mathematician]] [[Urbain Le Verrier]] announced the "discovery" of the planet '''[[Vulcan (hypothetical planet)|Vulcan]]''' at a meeting at the [[French Academy of Sciences]] in [[Paris]]. This [[hypothesis]], postulated by Le Verrier using [[classical mechanics]], was later disproved by [[Albert Einstein]]'s [[theory of relativity]].
+{{*mp}} [[1949]] &ndash; '''[[Luis Muñoz Marín]]''' became the first democratically elected [[Governor of Puerto Rico|Governor]] of [[Puerto Rico]].
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 [[Image:Luna 1.jpg|120x120px|Luna 1]]
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-{{*mp}} [[366]] - The '''[[Alamanni]]''' crossed the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers to invade the [[Roman Empire]].
+{{*mp}} [[366]] &ndash; The '''[[Alamanni]]''', an alliance of [[West Germanic languages|west Germanic tribes]], crossed the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers to invade the [[Roman Empire]].
-{{*mp}} [[533]] - Mercurius became '''[[Pope John II]]''', the first [[pope]] to adopt a [[regnal name|new name]] upon elevation to the papacy.
+{{*mp}} [[533]] &ndash; Mercurius became '''[[Pope John II]]''', the first [[pope]] to adopt a [[regnal name]] upon elevation to the papacy.
-{{*mp}} [[1492]] - '''[[Reconquista]]''': [[Catholic Monarchs]] expelled [[Boabdil]] of [[Granada]], the last of the [[Moors|Moorish]] rulers, from the [[Iberian Peninsula]].
+{{*mp}} [[1492]] &ndash; The ''[[Reconquista]]'':<!--Not bolded, needs cleanup--> The [[Catholic Monarchs]], [[Isabella of Castile|Queen Isabella I]] of [[Crown of Castile|Castile]] and [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|King Ferdinand II]] of [[Crown of Aragon|Aragon]], expelled '''[[Muhammad XII of Granada|Abu 'abd-Allah Muhammad XII]]''' of [[Granada]], the last of the [[Moors|Moorish]] rulers, from the [[Iberian Peninsula]].
+{{*mp}} [[1905]] &ndash; [[Russo-Japanese War]]: The '''[[Siege of Port Arthur]]''' ended when the [[Russian Empire|Russian]] fleet surrendered to [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] forces at Port Arthur, a deep-water port and Russian [[Naval dockyard|naval base]] in present-day [[Lüshunkou]], [[China]].
-{{*mp}} [[1949]] - '''[[Luis Muñoz Marín]]''' became the first democratically elected [[Governor of Puerto Rico|Governor]] of [[Puerto Rico]].
-{{*mp}} [[1959]] - '''[[Luna 1]]''' ''(pictured)'', the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the [[Moon]], was launched by the [[Soviet Union]].
+{{*mp}} [[1959]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[spacecraft]] '''[[Luna 1]]''' ''(pictured)'', the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the [[Moon]], was launched by the [[Vostok rocket]] from the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] near [[Tyuratam]], [[Kazakh SSR]].
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