Historical Events in January, Month of January Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 8, 1945 | World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading Japanese Imperial forces. |
| January 19, 1981 | Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity. |
| January 4, 1863 | The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany. |
| January 17, 1969 | Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA. |
| January 28, 1933 | The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence. |
| January 7, 1999 | The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins. |
| January 28, 1945 | World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road. |
| January 18, 1871 | Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title. |
| January 2, 1788 | Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution. |
| January 19, 1977 | President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose"). |
| January 20, 1945 | World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months. |
| January 19, 1511 | The Italian Duchy of Mirandola surrenders to the Pope. |
| January 5, 1972 | US President Richard Nixon announces the Space Shuttle program. |
| January 13, 2018 | A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii causes widespread panic in the state. |
| January 3, 1913 | First Balkan War: Greece completes its capture of the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender.[19] |
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