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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