Historical Events in January, Month of January Events

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January 15, 2016 The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle.
January 25, 1494 Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
January 21, 1968 Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
January 19, 1839 The British East India Company captures Aden.
January 19, 379 Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
January 9, 1997 Comair Flight 3272 crashes in Raisinville Township in Monroe County, Michigan, killing 29 people.
January 8, 2010 Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine.
January 6, 1994 U.S. figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked and injured by an assailant hired by her rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
January 9, 1918 Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
January 14, 1993 In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of RĂ¼gen, drowning 55 passengers and crew; nine crew-members are saved.
January 18, 2007 The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.
January 17, 1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again.
January 11, 1759 The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
January 31, 2022 Sue Gray, a senior civil servant in the United Kingdom, publishes an initial version of her report on the Downing Street Partygate controversy.
January 19, 1871 Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.

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