Historical Events in January, Month of January Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 16, 1995 | An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Súðavík, destroying 25 homes and burying 26 people, 14 of whom died. |
| January 1, 1801 | The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is proclaimed. |
| January 9, 1806 | Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral. |
| January 19, 1915 | German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target. |
| January 31, 1915 | World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia. |
| January 6, 1967 | Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta. |
| January 20, 1961 | John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the youngest man to be elected into that office, and the first Catholic. |
| January 3, 2023 | Singapore's Jurong Bird Park permanently closes. |
| January 24, 1916 | In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional. |
| January 1, 1945 | World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed, attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow. |
| January 15, 1949 | Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist government. |
| January 27, 1927 | Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd. |
| January 20, 1945 | World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies. |
| January 26, 1918 | Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war. |
| January 27, 98 | Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; |
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