Historical Events in January, Month of January Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 28, 1813 | Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom. |
| January 17, 2002 | Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. |
| January 26, 1699 | For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers. |
| January 10, 1990 | Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications. |
| January 9, 1941 | World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster. |
| January 24, 1990 | Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States. |
| January 30, 1661 | Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed. |
| January 18, 2007 | The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. |
| January 3, 1976 | The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, comes into force. |
| January 15, 2019 | Somali militants attack the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya killing at least 21 people and injuring 19. |
| January 23, 1942 | World War II: The Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea. |
| January 7, 1993 | The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as president. |
| January 4, 1909 | Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. |
| January 28, 2021 | A nitrogen leak at a poultry food processing facility in Gainesville, Georgia kills six and injures at least ten. |
| January 27, 1880 | Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp. |
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