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 25, 1881 | Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. |
| January 15, 1969 | The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5. |
| January 31, 1928 | Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata. |
| January 4, 1956 | The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis. |
| January 2, 1955 | Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered. |
| January 27, 1869 | Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō. |
| January 31, 1606 | Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James. |
| January 13, 1842 | Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. |
| January 6, 2005 | Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner during the American Civil Rights Movement. |
| January 16, 2002 | War in Afghanistan: The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban. |
| January 25, 2005 | A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258. |
| January 18, 1943 | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto. |
| January 15, 1947 | The Black Dahlia murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles. |
| January 12, 1848 | The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
| January 17, 1912 | British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen. |
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