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January 11 1908:

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt declares the massive Grand Canyon in northwestern Arizona a national monument.

Though Native Americans lived in the area as early as the 13th century, the first European sighting of the canyon wasn't until 1540,
by members of an expedition headed by the Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado.
Because of its remote and inaccessible location, several centuries passed before North American settlers really explored the canyon.
In 1869, geologist John Wesley Powell led a group of 10 men in the first difficult journey down the rapids of the Colorado River
and along the length of the 277-mile gorge in four rowboats.

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12/01/1943 : Soviet forces penetrate the siege of Leningrad

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6674

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January 12 1838:

After his Mormon bank fails in the Panic of 1837,
Joseph Smith flees Kirtland, Ohio,
to avoid arrest and heads for Missouri to rebuild his religious community.

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Jan 12th,1898 : Zola's "J'accuse" letter is printed

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4213

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January 13 1929:

Nearly 50 years after the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral,
Wyatt Earp dies quietly in Los Angeles at the age of 80.

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January 14th, 1943 : Roosevelt and Churchill begin Casablanca Conference

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=667

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January 14 1891:

General Nelson Miles, commander of the U.S. Army troops in South Dakota,
reports that the rebellious Sioux are finally returning to their reservation following the bloody massacre at Wounded Knee.

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1559 : Elizabeth crowned queen of England

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4676

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January 16 1847:

A leader in the successful fight to wrest California away from Mexico,
the explorer and mapmaker John C. Fremont briefly becomes governor of the newly won American territory.

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1945 : Hitler descends into his bunker

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6679

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