Monday, January 28, 1974. End of the Siege of Suez.

The Israeli siege of the Egyptian city of Suez ended at noon.  The IDF withdrew and the 20,000 encircled Egyptians were able to withdraw across the Suez Canal.

Suez.

Both Time and Newsweek's covers dealt with the Nixon tape. U.S. News & World Report's cover was on inflation.  

Sports Illustrated had a cheesecake photo, although it hadn't crossed over into pornography on the cover yet, for its swimsuit issue. Ann Simonton was the cover model, who was actually relatively covered.

Indonesian President Suharto took control of the country's internal security agency.

Bolivia was declared to be in a state of siege following a peasant uprising at Cochambamba.

Mohammed Ali and Joe Frazier fought for a second time in a non-title fight.  Ali won.

George Foreman was the heavyweight champion at the time.

Monday, February 1, 1915. Suez Canal Besieged.

An Ottoman force numbering 13,000 troops laid siege to the Suez Canal.

William Fox established Fox Film.

Wilhelm Fried Fuchs was born in Tolcsva, Hungary and was a Hungarian Jew.  His family immigrated to the US when he was a boy.  His movie company still exists in an evolved form.

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Sunday, January 31, 1915. Gas!

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