Historical Events in January, Month of January Events
Here is a list of some historical events in January. You can learn What major event happened in January?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 3, 1994 | Baikal Airlines Flight 130 crashes near Mamoney, Irkutsk, Russia, resulting in 125 deaths. |
| January 24, 1943 | World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca. |
| January 24, 2018 | Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts. |
| January 30, 1972 | The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained. |
| January 23, 2002 | U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered. |
| January 4, 1948 | Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic. |
| January 13, 1993 | Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center. |
| January 19, 1983 | Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. |
| January 19, 1861 | American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States. |
| January 8, 2002 | President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act. |
| January 22, 1970 | The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport. |
| January 23, 1368 | In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries. |
| January 5, 1944 | The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. |
| January 30, 1945 | World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred and twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp. |
| January 15, 1559 | Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London. |
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