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• Following a Saudi-led offensive, Yemeni government forces take control of Aden, the capital of the Southern Transitional Council.
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January 14: Ratification Day in the United States (1784)

Map of the fort of Malacca

• 1641 – Dutch–Portuguese War: The Dutch siege of Malacca against the Portuguese ended when Dutch troops seized the city's citadel (depicted).
• 1907 – An earthquake registering 6.2 M_w struck Kingston, Jamaica, resulting in approximately 1,000 deaths.
• 1966 – Vietnam War: United States and Australian troops ended Operation Crimp; during the military operation, troops discovered an extensive tunnel network used by the Viet Cong.
• 1978 – Austrian logician Kurt Gödel, who suffered from an obsessive fear of being poisoned, died of starvation after his wife was hospitalized and unable to cook for him.
• 2011 – Arab Spring: Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country after several violent protests.

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The rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) is a bird species in the family Meropidae, the bee-eaters. It is found during the summer in forested areas in most of southern Australia, excluding Tasmania, migrating to the north of the country as well as New Guinea and some of the southern islands of Indonesia in the winter. It inhabits open woodlands, beaches, dunes, cliffs, mangroves, and farmlands, and visits parks and private gardens. The rainbow bee-eater is a brilliantly coloured bird that grows between 23 and 28 centimetres (9.1 and 11.0 in) in length, including the elongated tail feathers, with a weight of 20 to 33 grams (0.71 to 1.16 oz). Its diet consists mostly of flying insects and especially bees, as implied by its name. Like all bee-eaters, it is a social bird; when not breeding, individuals roost together in large groups. This rainbow bee-eater perching on a twig was photographed in the Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve near Middle Point in the Northern Territory, Australia.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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