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The Ladies' Journal was the longest-lasting and widest-circulating Chinese women's magazine during the Republican period. Published from 1915 to 1931 by the Commercial Press, it initially focused on domestic issues and short stories of the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school of romantic fiction. Following criticism over the journal's stances, Shen Yanbing (Mao Dun) was hired as editor in 1920. Shen left later that year, and Zhang Xichen replaced him as editor. While lacking prior interest in women's issues, he became a dedicated liberal feminist and recruited like-minded writers such as his assistant Zhou Jianren. A controversial 1925 special issue on the "new sexual morality" alongside political disagreements with the Commercial Press led to their removal as editors. The journal returned to a domestic focus. Already struggling due to decreased advertiser investment, the journal was cancelled after its headquarters were destroyed in a month-long battle between Chinese and Japanese forces. ( Full article... )

USS Severn

• ... that the US Navy sold USS Severn (pictured) as part of a scheme to build a new warship discreetly?
• ... that El Sistema Sweden has provided low-cost or free music lessons to 9,000 children across 30 Swedish cities?
• ... that a bad review inspired Aya Ogawa to create an Obie Award–winning play?
• ... that The Times said in 1871 that the Idyllic school "aims at making pictorial idylls out of the unpromising materials of lowly life in town and country"?
• ... that both players in the final of the 2025 WPA Women's World Eight-ball Championship high-fived before the final rack?
• ... that Patricia Allan had an abuser's name removed from the New Zealand Prayer Book?
• ... that the painter of an ancient Greek vase wrote an inscription on it taunting a fellow artist?
• ... that Fine to Flush was introduced to reduce confusion about flushing wet wipes down toilets, but was discontinued because it caused confusion?
• ... that a selfie broke Twitter?

Iliana Iotova

• Iliana Iotova (pictured) becomes the first female president of Bulgaria following the resignation of Rumen Radev.
• Vietnam's Communist Party Congress re-elects Tô Lâm as General Secretary, the most powerful position in the one-party state.
• Italian fashion designer Valentino , founder of his eponymous fashion house, dies at the age of 93.
• Wildfires in Chile leave more than 20 people dead.

January 28

• 1521 – Charles V and the estates of the Holy Roman Empire met at the Diet of Worms to discuss Martin Luther and the effects of the Protestant Reformation.
• 1958 – The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, filed a patent in Denmark for the design of Lego bricks.
• 1961 – In Gitarama, Rwanda, local officials and other government officials initiated a coup to overthrow the monarchy in Rwanda and establish a republic.
• 1981 – U.S. president Ronald Reagan lifted price controls from petroleum products, contributing to the 1980s oil glut .
• 1986 – The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its tenth mission (video featured), killing all seven crew members.