<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwASc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">British Prime Minister</a> Sir <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Eden" id="mwASg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Anthony Eden">Anthony Eden</a> resigns from office following his failure to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis" id="mwASk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Suez Crisis">retake</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a> from Egyptian sovereignty.<sup about="#mwt186" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-34"}}' id="cite_ref-34" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_9#cite_note-34" id="mwASs" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 34;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASw">[34]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-34"><cite about="#mwt183" class="citation news cs1" id="mwCO0"><a class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_2800000/2800833.stm" id="mwCO4" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"1957: Sir Anthony Eden resigns"</a>. <i id="mwCO8">BBC News</i>. BBC. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080112121017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_2800000/2800833.stm" id="mwCPA" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 12 January 2008<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCPE">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCPI">8 January</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt183" class="Z3988" id="mwCPM" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=BBC+News&amp;rft.atitle=1957%3A+Sir+Anthony+Eden+resigns&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fonthisday%2Fhi%2Fdates%2Fstories%2Fjanuary%2F9%2Fnewsid_2800000%2F2800833.stm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+9"></span></span>