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[[File:Dracula.gif|250px|thumb|Woodcut of Vlad the Impaler]] | [[File:Dracula.gif|250px|thumb|Woodcut of Vlad the Impaler]] | ||
* '''3 January''' - British Egyptologist [[Howard Carter]] | * '''3 January''' - British Egyptologist [[Howard Carter]] finds the sarcophagus of '''[[Tutankhamen]]''' in the [[Valley of the Kings]] near [[Luxor]] after several years of searching. ''(1924)'' | ||
* '''3/4 January''' - Earth-Sun '''[[Perihelion]]''', when the earth is closest to the sun. | * '''3/4 January''' - Earth-Sun '''[[Perihelion]]''', when the earth is closest to the sun. | ||
* '''5 January''' - '''[[Jeane Dixon]]''', American astrologer and psychic is born. ''(1904)'' | * '''5 January''' - '''[[Jeane Dixon]]''', American astrologer and psychic is born. ''(1904)'' | ||
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* '''28 January''' - Execution of '''[[Agnes Sampson]]''', accused of [[witchcraft]] in Edinburgh. ''(1591)'' | * '''28 January''' - Execution of '''[[Agnes Sampson]]''', accused of [[witchcraft]] in Edinburgh. ''(1591)'' | ||
* '''28 January''' - '''[[Collin de Plancy]]''', an [[occultist]] and author is born. ''(1793)'' | * '''28 January''' - '''[[Collin de Plancy]]''', an [[occultist]] and author is born. ''(1793)'' | ||
* '''28 January''' - Author [[W.B. Yeats]] dies in Paris. ''(1939)'' | * '''28 January''' - Author '''[[W.B. Yeats]]''' dies in Paris. ''(1939)'' | ||
* '''31 January''' - Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of '''[[Sirius]]''', through an 18.5-inch (47 cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University. ''(1862)'' | * '''31 January''' - Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of '''[[Sirius]]''', through an 18.5-inch (47 cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University. ''(1862)'' | ||