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 21, 1932 | Finland and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty. |
| January 6, 1721 | The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians. |
| January 1, 1987 | The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor. |
| January 23, 2003 | A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted. |
| January 10, 1920 | League of Nations Covenant automatically enters into force after the Treaty of Versailles is ratified by Germany. |
| January 22, 1917 | American entry into World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. |
| January 20, 2009 | A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start. |
| January 19, 1419 | Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy. |
| January 22, 1879 | The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat. |
| January 24, 914 | Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. |
| January 23, 1900 | Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat. |
| January 1, 1901 | The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister. |
| January 30, 1982 | Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner". |
| January 27, 1967 | Apollo program: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. |
| January 26, 2009 | Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.[45] |
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