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2013 Event - Venezuela holds a funeral for former President Hugo Chavez; following the funeral, they swear in Vice President Nicolas Maduro as Interim President

2012 Event - Following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Monti, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano dissolves the Parliament

2012 Event - Following controversial elections, Ukraine's Prime Minister, Mykola Azarov and his government, resign en masse

2012 Event - Following severe floods in southern France, hundreds of pilgrims are evacuated from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes

2012 Event - Following an avalanche that swept away nine climbers, Italian and French rescue crews recover the bodies of two climbers on Mont Blanc in the Alps

2012 Event - Following the death of Crown Prince, Nayef bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz becomes Saudi Arabia's heir apparent

2012 Event - Following some controversial remarks, Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, is accused of 'insulting the Greek people'

2012 Event - Following political reforms in Myanmar, Australia relaxes sanctions on the country, including by-elections earlier this month where opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi's party won more than a dozen seats

2012 Event - Mali swears in Dioncounda Traore, an interim president, marking the country's transition back to civilian rule following last month's coup

2012 Event - Following the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, Joyce Banda becomes President of Malawi

2012 Event - Following the News International phone hacking scandal, James Murdock resigns as Chairman of BskyB

2012 Event - Following a landslide victory, Campbell Newman is sworn in as Australia's new Premier of Queensland

2012 Event - Following an engine room fire, the cruise ship costa Allegra is left adrift in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles

2012 Event - China tightens its control of monasteries following deadly protests in Tibet

2012 Event - Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Cabinet of Japan approves a bill placing a 40-year cap on the life of nuclear reactors

2011 Event - Following the turmoil of the Arab Spring G8 nations pledge $40 billion to help Arab countries reconstruct and implement democracy

2011 Event - Following an outbreak of Hendra virus, Maylaysia delcares a ban the import of horses from Australia

2011 Event - Following the resignation of Dominique Strass-Kahn, France finance minister Christine Lagarde becomes the new head of the International Monetary Fund

2011 Event - U.S. President Barack Obama chooses not release photos of Osama bin Laden following his death; photos taken at the Abbotabad compound are released by Reuters

2011 Event - Following the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, Japan raises the crisis level to 7, equal to the disaster in Chernobyl

2011 Event - Following a show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the band U2's tour, 360 degrees, becomes the highest grossing music tour of all time

2011 Event - New South Wales swears in its new Premier, Barry O'Farrell, following its state election

2011 Event - The International Atomic Energy Agency calls for a summit to discuss concerns about nuclear safety following radiation leaks at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

2011 Event - The Tokyo Stock Exchange falls more than five percent on the first day of trading following the 2011 Sendai earthquake

2011 Event - Following the earthquake and tsunami, Japan deploys 50,000 Self-Defense Forces personnel in search and rescue efforts

2011 Event - Save the Children launches a campaign to help 400,000 children in Sri Lanka deal with the crisis following the worst floods in their history

2011 Event - Following general elections last year, Burma's new parliament is set to convene on January 31

2007 Death - Abbe Pierre, dies in Paris, France, following a lung infection, at 94

2003 Death - Paul M. Simon, Senator-D-Illinois 1985 - 1997, dies following heart surgery

1998 Death - Bella Abzug, Representative-D-New York, 1971 - 1977, dies at 77 from complications following open heart surgery

1995 Event - Deputy Governor of Bank of England, Rupert Pennant-Rea, resigns following revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist

1994 Event - El Salvador's 1st President election following 12-year-old civil war

1992 Death - Jack Kelly, U.S. actor (Maverick, Vega$), dies following a stroke at 65

1991 Event - Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over"

1989 Event - Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup

1985 Event - Uganda suspends constitution following coup

1985 Event - Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin

1984 Death - Jan Peerce, Perelmuth, operatic tenor, dies at 80 following a stroke

1984 Death - Richard Basehart, actor (Rage), dies following several strokes at 70

1984 Death - John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery

1979 Death - John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery

1979 Event - Following a 6-3 loss to the Orioles, Yankees Goose Gossage and Cliff

1979 Event - Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah

1976 Event - Government halts swine flu vaccination prog following reports of paralysis

1976 Death - Howlin' Wolf, singer and guitarist, dies following brain surgery at 65

1974 Event - Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21

1974 Event - NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)

1971 Event - William H Rehnquist and Lewis F Powell nominated to U.S. Supreme Court by Nixon, following resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan

1970 Event - Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following military coup

1966 Event - Period of relative peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I

1963 Event - Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs

1955 Event - Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage

1952 Birthday - John Otway, born in Buckinghamshire, England, unsuccessful singer, built large cult following based on underdog persona

1945 Event - Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him

1940 Event - 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings

1923 Event - Baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding

1915 Event - Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season

1896 Event - Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state

1889 Event - New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, by finishing trip following January in 72 days, 6

1889 Event - Victoria beat NSW after following on (NSW all out 63 needed 76)

1872 Event - U.S. cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from New York on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month

1850 Event - Vice President Fillmore becomes President following Zachary Taylor's death

1844 Event - Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death

1837 Event - Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901

1830 Event - Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X

1547 Event - King Edward VI of England was enthroned following death of Henry VIII

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