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- An attack on a nightclub (pictured) in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills at least 39 people and injures more than 70 others.
- American actress, screenwriter, and author Carrie Fisher dies at the age of 60, and her mother, actress and singer Debbie Reynolds, dies one day later at the age of 84.
- English singer, songwriter, and record producer George Michael dies at the age of 53.
- A Tupolev Tu-154 crashes near Sochi, Russia, killing all 92 people on board, including 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble.
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January 9: Coming of Age Day in Japan (2017)
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- 1857 – A 7.9 Mw earthquake ruptured part of the San Andreas Fault in California and was felt as far east as Las Vegas.
- 1909 – Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition, planted the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km) from the South Pole, the furthest south anyone had ever reached at that time.
- 1917 – First World War: Troops of the British Empire defeated Ottoman forces at the Battle of Rafa on the Sinai–Palestine border in present-day Rafah.
- 1972 – Seawise University, formerly RMS Queen Elizabeth (pictured), an ocean liner that sailed the Atlantic for the Cunard White Star Line, was destroyed by fire in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.
- 2011 – In poor weather conditions, Iran Air Flight 277 crashed near Urmia Airport, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, killing at least 77.
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Jessica Chastain is an American actress who has appeared in film, television, and stage. As a final-year student at the Juilliard School, she was signed on for a talent holding deal by the television producer John Wells. From 2004 to 2010, she had guest roles in several television shows, including ER, Veronica Mars, and Law & Order: Trial by Jury. In 2008, Chastain made her film debut as the title character in Jolene. Among her six film releases in 2011, she played opposite Brad Pitt in The Tree of Life, an experimental drama from the director Terrence Malick, and portrayed an aspiring socialite in 1960s America in The Help, an adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name. In 2012, she played a CIA analyst in Kathryn Bigelow's thriller Zero Dark Thirty—a partly fictionalized account of the manhunt for Osama bin Laden—which garnered her an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination. Also in 2012, Chastain made her Broadway debut with a revival of The Heiress, playing the role of a naive young girl who transforms into a powerful woman. (Full list...)
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