Historical Events in January, Month of January Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 19, 1788 | The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay. |
| January 3, 69 | The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. |
| January 17, 1998 | Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website. |
| January 28, 1521 | The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25. |
| January 8, 1912 | The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC). |
| January 24, 1817 | Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the action of Picheuta. |
| January 10, 2000 | Crossair Flight 498, a Saab 340 aircraft, crashes in Niederhasli, Switzerland, after taking off from Zurich Airport, killing 13 people. |
| January 26, 2020 | A Sikorsky S-76B flying from John Wayne Airport to Camarillo Airport crashes in Calabasas, 30 miles west of Los Angeles, killing all nine people on board, including former five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant. |
| January 10, 1954 | BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea, killing 35 people. |
| January 6, 1540 | King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves. |
| January 22, 2009 | President Barack Obama signs an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; congressional opposition will prevent it being implemented. |
| January 24, 1908 | The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell. |
| January 19, 1990 | Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley in Indian-administered Kashmir due to an insurgency.[16] |
| January 13, 1977 | Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045, a Douglas DC-8 jet, crashes onto the runway during takeoff from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, killing five. |
| January 1, 1993 | Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. |
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