Jan. 9 (UPI) -- On this day in history: In 1768, Philip Astley, regarded as the "father of the modern circus," staged the first event in an open field at what is now the Waterloo area of London. Advertisement In 1788, Connecticut became the fifth U.S. state. In 1861, Mississippi seceded from the Union, becoming a founding member of the Confederate States of America. In 1916, the Ottoman Empire claimed victory in the Battle of Gallipoli following the evacuation of Allied forces from the

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