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 26, 1986 | The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni. |
| January 6, 2017 | Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida. |
| January 30, 1995 | Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease. |
| January 1, 1806 | The French Republican Calendar is abolished. |
| January 17, 1915 | Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I. |
| January 8, 2016 | Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico. |
| January 21, 1915 | Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit. |
| January 19, 1917 | Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage. |
| January 9, 1962 | Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon. |
| January 31, 1957 | Eight people (five total crew from two aircraft and three on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet. |
| January 3, 1961 | Aero Flight 311 crashes into the forest in Kvevlax, Finland, killing 25 people. |
| January 15, 1991 | Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system. |
| January 29, 1943 | World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USS Chicago (CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers. |
| January 22, 2007 | At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq. |
| January 5, 1953 | The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris. |
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