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 19, 1520 | Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund and dies on February 3. |
| January 25, 1941 | Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. |
| January 18, 1981 | Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs). |
| January 6, 1322 | Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia, having defeated his half-brother Stefan Konstantin in battle. His son is crowned "young king" in the same ceremony. |
| January 17, 1773 | Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle. |
| January 5, 2005 | The dwarf planet Eris is discovered by Palomar Observatory-based astronomers, later motivating the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term planet for the first time. |
| January 13, 1898 | Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair. |
| January 28, 1988 | In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws. |
| January 11, 1973 | Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position. |
| January 18, 1941 | World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa. |
| January 1, 1976 | A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board. |
| January 26, 1699 | For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers. |
| January 1, 1994 | The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas. |
| January 12, 1976 | The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights). |
| January 27, 1983 | The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through. |
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