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Thursday is the first day this week that has been done and it will be next year before we could conceivably complete a year.

 

1697 Thomas Aikenhead becomes the last person exected for blasphemy in Britain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aikenhead

 

1981 UFO case in France becomes the most carefully and complete documented case so far

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-en-Provence_case

 

January 8 1790 George Washington delivers the first state of the union address.

 

January 8th 1815. Andrew Jackson victorious in Battle of New Orleans in war of 1812

 

January 8th 1863 Second Battle of Springfield

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Springfield

 

January 8th 1877 Battle of Wold Mountain Crazy Horse's last battle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wolf_Mountain

 

1959 Charles De Gaulle is made President of the Fifth French Republic

 

1973 the trial of seven men who broke into the Watergate building begins

 

1994 Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov leaves for the Mir space station. He will be there until March of the next year spending 437 days in space

 

Born this day

1911 Gypsy Rose Lee

1912 Jose Ferrer

1926 Kerwin Mathews (Sinbad)

1935 Elvis Presley

1937 Shirley Bassey

1941 Graham Chapman

1942 Stephen Hawking

1965 Michelle Forbes (Ensign Ro)

 

Died today

Terry Thomas

Francois Mitterand

Yvonne de Carlo

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10th January 1475 Battle of Vaslui King Stephen III of Mioldovia defeats the Ottoman Empire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vaslui

 

Jim Croce who sang 'Time in a Bottle' was born this day in 1943

William Sanderson who was in Bladerunner is 80 today. He played J F Sebastian

Rod Stewart is 79 today

Bernerd Thevenet who won the Tour de France twice was born this day in 1948

 

Also born this day Donald Fagen, George Foreman and Pat Benetar

 

Died this day Samuel Colt, Dashiell Hammett, Coco Chanel, David Bowie, Buddy Greco, Jeff Beck and Buffalo Bill

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13th January 1898 Emile Zola's J'accuse letter is published

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J'Accuse...!

 

13th January 1920 Bloodiest demonstration in German history, the Reichstag bloodbath

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_Bloodbath

 

Johnny Cash performs at Folsom State prison, January 13th 1968

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Folsom_Prison

 

January 13th 1974 Superbowl VIII the Miami Dolphins beat the Minnesota Vikings 24-7

 

January 13th 1985 Africa's worst railway accident as a train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awash_rail_disaster

 

January 13th 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia_disaster

 

Michael Bond the creator of Paddington Bear is born this day in 1926

Also born this day Ian Hendry, Penelope Miller, Bill Bailey, suggs (lead singer of Madness), Stephen Hendry (no relation), Marco Pantini (Italian cyclist), Orlando Bloom and Liam Hemsworth

 

Died this day Gaius Marius Roman Consul 86 BC

Also Wyatt Earp 1929, James Joyce 1941, Patrick McGoohan 2009 and Teddy Pendergrass 2010

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January 14th 1761 The third battle of Panipat takes place when Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Maratha confederacy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Panipat

 

January 14th 1943 Japan begins evacuating troops from Guadalcanal in operation Ke

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ke

 

Also Churchill and Roosevelt meet in Casablanca to discuss the next phase of the war

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_Conference

 

January 14th 1953 Josip Broz Tito is elected first president of Yugoslavia

 

January 14th 1968 Superbowl II The Green Bay Packers beat the Oakland Raiders 33-14

 

January 14th 1973 Superbowl VII The Miami Dolphins beat the Washington Redskins 14-7

 

January 14th 1969 a fire on the USS Enterprise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_fire

 

January 14th 1972 Queen Margrethe II ascends the throne in Denmark the first Queen since 1412

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margrethe_II

 

January 14th 1973 Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer as it is transmitted via satallte

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_from_Hawaii_via_Satellite

 

January 14th 2018 the Minneapolis Miracle takes place. The Vikings vs the Saints in the NFC NFL Play Offs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_Miracle

 

Marjoe Gortner is 80 today

Hacksaw Jim Duggan is 70

14th January 83 BC Mark Anthony is born

Also born this day Benedict Arnold, Hal Roach, Sterling Holloway, William Bendix, Guy Williams (Zorro and Lost in Space fame), Warren Mitchell, Peter Barkworth, Billie Jo Spears, Faye Dunaway, Steven Soderbergh, LL Cool J and Dave Grohl

 

Died this day Lewis Carroll, Humphrey Bogart, Anthony Eden, Peter Finch, Shelley Winters Ricardo Montalban

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January 15th 1569 Elizabeth 1st is crowned Queen in Westminster Abbey

 

January 15th 1759 The British Museum opens

 

January 1919 The Great Molasses flood in Boston

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood

 

January 15th 1947 The Black Dahlia murder. Elizabeth Short's body is found in Los Angeles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia

 

January 15th 1967 The first Superbowl is played in Los Angeles with the Green Bay Packers beating the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10

 

January 15th 1978 Superbowl XII Dallas beats Denver 27-10

 

January 15th 2001 Wikipedia is launched

 

January 15th 2009 The Miracle on the Hudson takes place

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549

 

January 15th 2019 The UK government suffers its largest defeat in modern times when the European Union Withdrawal Agreement is defeated

 

Today is the birthday of Moliere, Richard Martn who cofounded theb RSPCA, Ivor Novello, Lloyd Bridges, Martin Luthor King Jnr, Mario Van Peebles, Shane Mcmahon. Mary Pierce, Eddie Cahill (Flack in CSI:NY), Drew Brees, Pitbull and Kelly Kelly

 

Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were murdered this day in 1919

Also died this day Gordon Jackson, Harry Nilsson, Susannah York, Jimmy Snuka, Dolores O'Riordan, Rocky Johnson and Carol Channing

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January 16th 1707. The Scottish parliament ratifies the Act of Union.

 

January 16th 1757 Battle of Narela. The Marathas defeat the Durrani Empire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Narela

 

January 16th 1780 Battle of Cape St Vincent. England defeats Spain at sea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_St._Vincent_(1780)

 

January 16th 1809 Battle of Corunna This was in the Peninsula war between France and Britain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Corunna

 

January 16th 1862 Hartley Colliery disaster 204 miners killed in Britain following a pumping engine breaking and falling down a shaft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartley_Colliery_disaster

 

January 16th 1964 Hello Dolly opens on Broadway. It goes on to 10 Tony awards, a record which stands for 37 years

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(musical)

 

January 16th 1972 Superbowl VI. the Dallas Cowboys beat the Miami Dolphins 24-3

 

Kate Moss is 50 today

Born this day Ethel Merman, Gunther Prien, Kabir Bedi, John Carpenter, Cliff Thorburn and James May

 

Died this day Hapshepsut 1458 BC, Carole Lombard dies in a plane crash 1942, Albert Fish in the electric chair 1936, Philippe Thys (winner of three Tour de France), Bernard Lee, John Mortimer, Christopher Tolkien and Phil Spector

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22 hours ago, death tribble said:

Richard Martin who cofounded the RSPCA...

As a lifelong Richard, I have to say "Humanity Dick" is one heck of a nickname, made all the better due to being conferred by actual royalty.  :) 

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January 20th 1567. Battle of Rio de Janeiro. Portugal beat France

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_de_Janeiro_(1567)

 

January 20th 1839 Battle of Yungay. This is in South America

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yungay

 

January 20th 1929 the first full length talking motion picture filmed outdoors is released

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Old_Arizona

 

January 20th 1936 King George V dies and is succeeded by his son as Edward VIII

 

January 20th 1937 Franklin D Roosevelt begins his second term as President as the 20th Amendment to the constitution take effect

 

January 20th 1942 The Wannsee Conference takes place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference

 

January 20th 1953. Dwight D Eisenhower becomes the first President to start his Presidency on January 20th since the 20th Amendment takes place

 

January 20th 1961. John F Kennedy is inaugurated as President as the youngest man to hold the office and the first Catholic

 

January 20th 1980. Superbowl XIV The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19

 

January 20th 1981. Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.

 

January 20th 1985 Superbowl XIX The San Francisco49ers defeat the Miami Dolphins 38-16

 

January 20th 1986 Martin Luthor King Day is celebrated for the first time as a Federal holiday

 

January 20th 2009. Barack Obama is inaugurated as President and is the first African American to do so.

 

January 20th 2021. Joe Biden is inaugurated as the oldest person to hold the office of President. Kamala Harris is inaugurated as the first female Vice President.

 

Tom Baker the fourth actor to play Dr Who on television is 90 today

Also born this day Lead Belly, Federico Fellini, DeForest Kelley, Slim Whitman, Buzz Aldrin, David Lynch, Ian Hill (of Judas Priest fame), Paul Stanley (of KISS fame), Bill Maher, R A Salvatore and Nicky Wire (of Manic Street Preachers)

Died this day John Ruskin (painter and critic), Andrew Volstead (of Prohibition Act fame), Alan Freed, Johnny Weissmuller, Barbara Stanwyck, Audrey Hepburn, Sir Matt Busby, Etta James and Meat Loaf

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January 21st 1789. The first American Novel is published in Boston.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Sympathy

 

January 21st 1861. The American Civil War starts.

 

January 21st 1911 the first Monte Carlo rally takes place

 

January 21st 1950 Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury

 

January 21st 1951. Mount Lamington erupts in Papua New Guinea killing 2,942 people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_eruption_of_Mount_Lamington

 

January 21st 1960. Worst mining disaster i South Africa occurs when a coal mine collapses killing 435 men

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalbrook_mining_disaster

 

January 21st 1968 Battle of Khe Sanh begins

 

January 21st 1976 First commercial flights of Concorde from London to Bahrain and Paris to Rio begin

 

January 21st 1979 Superbowl XIII The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys 35-31

 

January 21st 1997 The US House of Representatives votes to reprimand House Speaker Newt Gingrich for ethics violations. The first such speaker to be disciplined

 

January 21st 1999 The US Coast Guard intercepts a ship with 4,300 kgs of cocaine on board, one ofb the largest drug busts in US history

 

Born this day Stonewall Jackson, Rasputin, Christian Dior, Richard Winters, Telly Savalas, Paul Scofield, Benny Hill, Steve Reeves, Jack Nicklaus, Placido Domingo, Martin Shaw, Geena Davis and Emma Buntun (baby Spice)

 

King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine January 21st 1793

also died this day Lenin, George Orwell, Cecil B DeMille, Jackie Wilson, Jack Lord, Susan Strasberg, Michael Winner. Peggy Lee, Leon Brittan (English politician ex DTI Secretary of State and European Commissioner) and Terry Jones

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January 22nd 871 AD. Battle of Basing. The Saxons are defeated by the Vikings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Basing

 

January 22nd 1517 Battle of Ridaniya. The Ottomans defeat the Mamaluk Sultanate just outside Cairo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ridaniya

 

January 22nd 1879 Battle of Isandlwana. The Zulus defeat the British army

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana

 

January 22nd 1879 Battle of Rorke's drift begins

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke's_Drift

 

January 22nd 1901 Edward VII becomes king with the death of his mother Queen Victoria

 

January 22nd 1905 Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1905)

 

January 22nd 1915. Railway disaster in Mexico leads to 600 deaths

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalajara_train_disaster

 

January 22nd 1924. Ramsey MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

 

January 22nd 1927. First live commentary of a football match by Teddy Wakelam at Highbury between arsenal and Sheffield United. This was on the BBC radio

 

January 22nd 1941. Tobruk is captured from the Italians in Operation Compass.

 

January 22nd 1943 End of the battle of Buna-Gona. American and Australian forces defeat the Japanese in Papua New Guinea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buna–Gona

 

January 22nd 1944. Operation Shingle begins with landings at Anzio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio

 

January 22nd 1970. The Boeing 747 starts commercial service flying from New York to London

 

January 22nd 1973. The Supreme Court delivers its decision in Roe vs Wade and Doe vs Bolton legalizing elective abortion in the U.S.

 

January 22nd 1973 A 707 explodes on landing in Nigeria killing 176 passengers and crew

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Kano_Nigeria_Airways_Boeing_707_crash

 

January 22nd 1973 George Forman defeats Joe Frazier in the second round to become world heavyweight boxing champion

 

January 22nd 1984 Superbowl XVIII The LA Raiders defeat the Washington Redskins 38-9

 

January 22nd 1989 Superbowl XXIII the San Francicso 49ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 20-16

 

Born this day Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, Captain Kidd, Lord Byron, August Strindberg, D W Griffith. Conrad Veidt, Sergei Eisenstein, Robert E Howard, U Thant (UN Secretary General), Alf Ramsey (England football manager), Sam Cooke, Piper Laurie, Bill Bixby, John Hurt, Malcolm McLaren, Steve Perry , Jim Jarmusch, Tully Blanchard, John Wesley Shipp (he played the Flash and the Flash's father), Linda Blair, , Michael Hutchence and Olivia d'Abo

Died this day Shah Jahan (who caused the Taj Mahal to be built), Queen Victoria, Mike Hawthorn (United Kingdom's first Formula 1 and winner of the 1955 Le Mans 24 race which had a disastrous crash), Lyndon B Johnson, Telly Savalas, Ann Miller, Heath Ledger, Jean Simmons, Ursula K LeGuin and Hank Aaron (baseball player)

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January 24th 1988 the first Royal Rumble takes place in Hamilton, Canada with Hacksaw Jim Duggan winning the inaugural addition.

 

January 24th 1982 Super Bowl XVI the San Francisco 49ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21

 

January 24th 1993 the 6th Royal Rumble in Sacramento California with Yokozuna winning

 

January 24th 1999 the 12th Royal Rumble takes place in Anaheim California with Mr McMahon winning

 

January 24th 2016 the 29th Royal Rumble takes place in Orlando Florida with Triple H winning

 

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January 25th 41 AD Claudius becomes Emperor of Rome after a night of negotiation in the Senate

 

January 25th 750 Battle of the Zab. Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate leading to their overthow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Zab

 

January 25th 1533 Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn in secret

 

January 25th 1573 Battle of Mikatagahara. Takeda Shingen beats Tokugawa Ieyesu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mikatagahara

 

January 25th 1585 Walter Raleigh is knighted

 

January 25th 1704 Battle of Ayubale. Most Spanish missions in Florida are destroyed

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apalachee_massacre

 

January 25th 1890. Journalist Nellie Bly completes her round the world trip in 72 days emulating Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

 

January 25th 1924. The first Winter Olympics of modern times opens in Chamonix in the French Alps

 

January 25th 1944. The Battle of the Bulge ends.

 

January 25th 1949. The first Emmy awards are presented

 

January 25th 1961 President John F Kennedy delivers the first live presidential news conference

 

January 25th 1971. Charles Manson and 4 members of his 'family' are found guilty of the Tate Labianca murders

Idi Amin overthrows Milton Obote in a coup and becomes president of Uganda

 

 January 25th 1979 Pope John Paul II begins his first official papal visits outside Italy visiting the Dominican Republic, Mexico and the Bahamas

 

January 25th 1981 Super Bowl XV The Oakland Raiders defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10

 

January 25th 1987 Super Bowl XXI The New York Giants defeat the Denver Broncos 39-20

 

January 25th 1998 Super Bowl XXXII The Denver Broncos defeat the Green Bay Packers 31-24

 

January 25th 2004 the 17th Royal Rumble takes place in Philadelphia Pennsylvania with Chris Benoit winning

 

January 25th 2009 the 22nd Royal Rumble takes place in Detroit Michigan with Randy Orton winning

 

January 25th 2013 the Egyptian Revolution begins

 

January 25th 2015 the 28th Royal Rumble takes place in Philadelphia Pennsylvania with Roman Reigns winning

 

Born this day Robert Boyle, Robert Burns, W Somerset Maugham, Virginia Woolf, Raymond Baxter (spitfire pilot and presenter of tomorrows World), Etta James, Tobe Hooper, The Honky Tonk Man, Michele McCool and Alicia Keys

Died this day Edmund Halley, Al Capone, Ava Gardner, Demis Roussos and Mary Tyler Moore

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January 26th 1986 Super Bowl XX The Chicago Bears beat the New England Patriots 46-10

 

January 26th 1992 Super Bowl XXVI The Washington Redskins beat the Buffalo Bills 37-24

 

January 26th 1997 Super Bowl XXXI The Green Bay Packers beat the New England Patriots 35-21

 

January 26th 2003 Super Bowl XXXVII The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Oakland Raiders 48-21

 

January 26th 2014 the 27th Royal Rumble took place in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania with Bautista winning

 

January 26th 2020 the 33rd Royal Rumble took place in Houston Texas with Drew McIntyre winning the Men's Royal Rumble match and Charlotte Flair winning the Women's Royal Rumble match

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January 27th January 1991 Super Bowl XXV The New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills 20-19

 

January 27th 2008 the 21st Royal Rumble took place in New York City with John Cena winning

 

January 27th 2013 the 26th Royal Rumble took place in Phoenix Arizona with John Cena winning

 

January 27th 2019 the 32nd Royal Rumble took place in Phoenix Arizona with Seth Rollins winning the Men's match and Becky Lynch winning the Women's match

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January 29th 1814 France defeats Russia and Prussia at the battle of Brienne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brienne

 

January 29th 1850 Henry Clays introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the US Congress

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1850

 

January 29th 1856 Queen Victoria establishes the warrant for the Victoria Cross medal to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel in the Crimean War

 

January 29th 1861. Kansas becomes the 34th US State

 

January 29th 1863 Bear River Massacre. California Volunteers murder the Shoshone.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_River_Massacre

 

January 29th 1943 Battle of Rennell Island begins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rennell_Island

 

January 29th 1991 The Battle of Khafji begins in the Gulf War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khafji

 

January 29th 1995 Super Bowl XXIX the San Francisco 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26

 

January 29th 2006 the 19th Royal Rumble takes place in Miami with Rey Mysterio winning

 

January 29th 2012 the 25th Royal Rumble takes place in St Louis Missouri with Sheamus winning

 

January 29th 2017 the 30th Royal Rumble takes place in San Antonio Texas with Randy Orton winning

 

January 29th 2022 the 35th Royal Rumble takes place in St Louis Missouri with Brock Lesner winning the Men's match and Rhonda Rousey winning the Women's match

 

Oprah Winfrey is 70 today

 

Born this day Thomas Paine, Anton Chekhov (the playwright not the Star Trek character), W C Fields, Victor Mature, John Forsythe, Sacha Distel (French singer), Katherine Ross, Tony Blackburn (British DJ), Tom Selleck, Marc Singer, Sara Gilbert and Rag N Bone Man

Died today King George III of the United Kingdom, Douglas Haig (British WW1 Field Marshal), Alan Ladd, Allen Dulles (head of the CIA), B H Liddell Hart, Jimmy Duranrte, and Colleen McCullough

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January 30th 1983 Super Bowl XVII the Washingto9n Redskins beat the Miami Dolphins 27-17 (first Super Bowl I ever saw)

 

January 30th 1994 Super Bowl XXVIII the Dallas Cowboys beat the Buffalo Bills 30-13

 

January 30th 2000 Super Bowl XXXIV The St Louis Rams beat the Tennessee Titans 23-16

 

January 30th 2005 the 18th Royal Rumble took place in Fresno California with Bautista winning

 

January 30th 2011 the 24th Royal Rumble took place in Boston Massachusetts with 40 competitors taking part and Alberto Del Rio winning

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January 31st 1988 Super Bowl XXII The Washington Redskins beat the Denver Broncos 42-10

 

January 31st 1993 Super Bowl XXVII The Dallas Cowboys beat the Buffalo Bills 52-17

 

January 31st 1999 Super Bowl XXXIII the Denver Broncos beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-19

 

January 31st 2010 The 23rd Royal Rumble took place in Atlanta Georgia with Edge winning

 

January 31st 2021 the 34th Royal Rumble took place in St Petersburg Florida with Edge winning the Men's event and Bianca Belair winning the Women's event

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