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?

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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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