Historical Events in January, Month of January Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 29, 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic: The Trump administration establishes the White House Coronavirus Task Force under Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar. |
| January 30, 1968 | Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. |
| January 16, 2011 | Syrian civil war: The Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) is established with the stated goal of re-organizing Syria along the lines of democratic confederalism.[28] |
| January 6, 1960 | National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami. |
| January 10, 1812 | The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh. |
| January 17, 1562 | France grants religious toleration to the Huguenots in the Edict of Saint-Germain. |
| January 3, 1885 | Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop. |
| 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 23, 1904 | Ålesund Fire: The Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style. |
| January 19, 1853 | Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome. |
| January 8, 1959 | Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic. |
| January 5, 1975 | The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people. |
| January 26, 1564 | The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. |
| January 31, 1945 | World War II: The end of fighting in the Battle of Hill 170 during the Burma Campaign, in which the British 3 Commando Brigade repulsed a Japanese counterattack on their positions and precipitated a general retirement from the Arakan Peninsula. |
| January 12, 1808 | John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture. |
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