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The Really Small Bad Day Almanac: January 1

69: Roman legions in what is now Germany mutiny against Emperor Galba.
404: In Rome, the Christian monk Telemachus is murdered by an angry mob when he tries to stop a gladiatorial fight.
1776: Norfolk, Virginia burns during the Revolutionary War.
1978: Two hundred and thirteen people die when an Air India jetliner crashes into the sea off the coast of Mumbai, India.

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