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 17, 1904 | Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre. |
| January 25, 1946 | The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor. |
| January 10, 2015 | A traffic accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, killing at least 62 people. |
| January 7, 2015 | Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, shooting twelve people execution style, and wounding eleven others. |
| January 1, 1901 | The Southern Nigeria Protectorate is established within the British Empire. |
| January 23, 1967 | Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established. |
| January 28, 1956 | Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance. |
| January 25, 1755 | Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day. |
| January 23, 1579 | The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. |
| January 24, 1977 | The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy. |
| January 8, 1867 | The United States Congress passes the bill to allow African American men the right to vote in Washington, D.C. |
| January 20, 1945 | World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies. |
| January 8, 2002 | President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act. |
| January 19, 1915 | Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising. |
| January 17, 1873 | A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War. |
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