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From today's featured article Jochen Rindt (1942–1970) became the only racing driver to be posthumously awarded the Formula One World Drivers' Championship after his death during the 1970 racing season. His debut in Formula One came in 1964 at the Austrian Grand Prix. He began racing for Cooper in 1965, then moved to Brabham for 1968 and Lotus in 1969. It was at Lotus that Rindt found a competitive car, although he had concerns about its safety. He won his first Formula One race at the 1969 United States Grand Prix. He had a very successful 1970 season, winning five of the first nine races, mainly in the revolutionary Lotus 72. In practice for the Italian Grand Prix, he spun into the guardrails after a failure on his brake shaft, and died from throat injuries. Overall, he competed in 62 Grand Prix races, winning 6 and achieving 13 podium finishes. He was also successful in sports car racing, winning the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans paired with Masten Gregory in a Ferrari 250LM. Rindt was a popular figure in Austria and his success increased interest there in motorsport, and Formula One in particular. (Full article...) Recently featured: Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Australian service Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid Impala Did you know... Rabbit stew ... that rabbit stew (pictured) sometimes includes rabbit blood as an ingredient to thicken and enrich it? ... that Franklin Seaver Pratt was removed from his post as diplomatic agent for defending the claim of his royal wife Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui to the Crown Lands of Hawaii? ... that in 1603, more than 1,000 rōnins rebelled at Rokugō in a "final suicidal gesture" for their former lord, Onodera Yoshimichi? ... that the British neuroscientist John Hughes shared the 1978 Lasker Award for co-discovering opioid peptides in the brain? ... that in The Field of Fight, new US National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn argues that Bolivia, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela are allied with Al-Qaeda and ISIS? ... that in 1088 the Anglo-Norman nobleman Robert Pantulf was accused of stealing 6 pounds (2.7 kg) of silver from the nuns of Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen? ... that the Swedish release of M2M's debut album Shades of Purple was delayed by a legal dispute with another band named M2M?

In the news Women's March, Washington, DC Millions of people worldwide join the Women's March protests (pictured) in response to Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the United States. Following armed intervention of the ECOWAS alliance, Yahya Jammeh steps down as President of the Gambia and goes into exile, ending the Gambian constitutional crisis. At least twenty firefighters are killed and more than seventy people are injured when Tehran's Plasco Building collapses due to a high-rise fire. Four earthquakes in the Abruzzo region of Italy result in an avalanche, leaving at least five people dead and twenty missing. A suicide bombing at a military camp near Gao, Mali, kills at least seventy-seven people. Ongoing: Battle of Mosul Recent deaths: Andy Marte Yordano Ventura Harry J. Middleton Rachael Heyhoe Flint On this day... January 23 Madeleine Albright 1264 – King Louis IX of France issued the Mise of Amiens, a settlement between King Henry III of England and barons led by Simon de Montfort heavily favouring the former, which later led to the Second Barons' War. 1915 – The Chilembwe uprising, regarded as a key moment in the history of Malawi, began as rebels, led by a minister, attacked local plantation owners. 1997 – Madeleine Albright (pictured) was sworn in as the first female United States Secretary of State, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government at that time. 2001 – Five people attempted to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claimed was staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution. More anniversaries: January 22 January 23 January 24

From today's featured list Peter Martyr Vermigli The works of Peter Martyr Vermigli, a Reformed theologian of the Reformation period, include commentaries on I Corinthians, Romans, Judges, Kings, Genesis, and Lamentations based on his lectures. Born in Florence, he fled Italy to avoid the Roman Inquisition in 1542. He lectured on the Bible in Strasbourg, Zürich and at the University of Oxford. Vermigli was primarily a professor of the Bible, especially the Old Testament. Beginning in 1549, Vermigli became involved in controversy regarding the Eucharist. He published his disputation against Catholics at Oxford University along with a tract on the subject. He later wrote treatises on the Eucharist against Catholic and Lutheran theologians. After Vermigli's death, Robert Masson collected the doctrinal passages scattered throughout his biblical commentaries into a systematic theology called the Loci Communes, which became Vermigli's most well-known work. Several of Vermigli's letters and shorter treatises were also published during and after his life. (Full list...) Recently featured: Local Nature Reserves in Hertfordshire Accolades received by Grand Theft Auto V NBA territorial pick

Today's featured picture The Gulf Stream is an 1899 oil painting by Winslow Homer. It shows a black man in a small rudderless fishing boat struggling against the waves of the sea, and was the artist's last statement on a theme that had interested him for more than a decade. The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Painting: Winslow Homer Recently featured: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Bassac Abbey Robert E. Lee

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