Historical Events in January, Month of January Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 6, 1870 | The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. |
| January 24, 1961 | Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost. |
| January 26, 1700 | The 8.7–9.2 Mw Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records. |
| January 9, 1822 | The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process. |
| January 5, 1925 | Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States. |
| January 3, 1961 | A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars. |
| January 1, 1877 | Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India. |
| January 21, 1981 | Production of the iconic DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. |
| January 9, 1927 | A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children. |
| January 18, 1941 | World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa. |
| January 26, 1934 | German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed. |
| January 25, 1946 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted. |
| January 28, 1568 | The Edict of Torda prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom. |
| January 20, 1156 | Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Lake Köyliö.[2] |
| January 28, 1813 | Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom. |
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