Good morning. Hope today is working well for you. Today is Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. In terms of the world events, things are pretty much the way you left them last night, At the risk of causing a kink in your flow, I can’t help but get the feeling it is the deep breath before the plunge.
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1524: Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail aboard the French ship La Dauphine to find a passage to China — finds North America instead. They later made a bridge in New York City in his honor, which is now the most expensive toll bridge in the country, and possibly the world.
1773: Captain James Cook becomes the first person to cross the Antarctic
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