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January 1970
January 1970: the first month of the decade and of Unix time. Key events: the Tonghai earthquake (4 Jan), the end of Biafra and Gaddafi's premiership (15 Jan), the Boeing 747's first Pan Am commercial flight (21–22 Jan), and Super Bowl IV (11 Jan).
January 1985 North American cold wave
The January 1985 North American cold wave brought record low temperatures to the Southeastern United States from January 19 to 22, 1985, destroying most of Florida's citrus crop.
January 1998 North American ice storm
The January 1998 North American ice storm, or Great Ice Storm of 1998, coated eastern Ontario and southern Quebec in ice from January 4 to 10, 1998.
January 2
January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 363 days remaining in common years, marking the 1492 fall of Granada and the 1959 launch of Luna 1.
January 20
January 20, the 20th day of the Gregorian year, is U.S. Inauguration Day under the 20th Amendment since FDR's 1937 swearing-in; also the 1942 Wannsee Conference, 1981 Iran hostage release, and first MLK federal holiday in 1986.
January 2015 Île-de-France attacks
January 2015 Île-de-France attacks (attentats de janvier 2015): jihadist shootings of 7–9 January 2015 by the Kouachi brothers and Amedy Coulibaly at Charlie Hebdo, Montrouge, and the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket, killing 17.
January 2015 Israel-Hezbollah incidents
January 2015 Israel-Hezbollah incidents: an Israeli strike near Quneitra, Syria, killed six Hezbollah fighters and IRGC General Mohammad Ali Allahdadi on January 18; Hezbollah's January 28 anti-tank attack on the Shebaa Farms killed two Israeli soldiers, and Israeli shelling killed a Spanish UNIFIL peacekeeper.
January 2016 United States blizzard
The January 2016 United States blizzard, informally Winter Storm Jonas, was a nor'easter that dropped 2 to 3 feet of snow on the Mid-Atlantic, January 22 to 24, 2016.
January 2018 lunar eclipse
The January 2018 lunar eclipse, popularly called the super blue blood moon, was a total lunar eclipse on January 31, 2018, combining a supermoon, a blue moon, and totality.
January 2018 North American blizzard
The January 2018 North American blizzard, or Winter Storm Grayson, was a bomb cyclone that brought blizzard conditions and record coastal flooding to the East Coast.
January 2025 AI market selloff
The January 2025 AI market selloff was a one-day rout on January 27, 2025, triggered by DeepSeek's low-cost AI model, wiping $593 billion from Nvidia.
January 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
The January 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, also called the Israel-Hamas hostage and ceasefire deal, was a three-phase Qatar-Egypt-US-mediated agreement effective 19 January 2025; Phase One ended 1 March when Israel terminated it and resumed hostilities.
January 2025 Southern California wildfires
The January 2025 Southern California wildfires were wind-driven fires begun January 7 during strong Santa Ana winds; the Palisades and Eaton Fires destroyed over 16,000 structures.
January 2026 Diori Hamani International Airport attack
Overnight January 28–29, 2026 assault by Islamic State Sahel Province on Diori Hamani International Airport and Air Base 101 in Niamey, Niger; motorcycle gunmen repelled, 20 attackers killed, aircraft damaged, uranium stockpile unharmed.
January 21
January 21, the 21st day of the Gregorian year. Notable events: Louis XVI executed (1793), Lenin died (1924), USS Nautilus launched (1954), Thule B-52 nuclear crash (1968), Carter's draft-evasion pardon (1977), Citizens United ruling (2010).
January 22
January 22 is the 22nd day of the Gregorian year. Key events: Queen Victoria's death (1901), Roe v. Wade (1973), the Spearfish, South Dakota temperature record (1943), and Evo Morales's Bolivian presidency (2006).
January 23
January 23 is the 23rd day of the Gregorian year (342 days remain in common years). Also called in other contexts On This Day; key events include the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (~830,000 dead), Blackwell's 1849 M.D., and the 1960 Trieste dive.
January 23–27, 2026 North American winter storm
The January 23–27, 2026 North American winter storm, called Winter Storm Fern, brought heavy snow and ice across the United States, killing at least 70 people.
January 23, 2026 Minnesota protests against ICE
January 23, 2026 Minnesota protests against ICE, or the "ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom," was a statewide general strike and economic blackout in which tens of thousands marched in subzero Minneapolis and about 700 businesses closed to demand ICE leave Minnesota after the killing of Renee Good.
January 24
January 24, the 24th day of the Gregorian year, marked by Caligula's assassination (41), the 1848 Sutter's Mill gold discovery, Churchill's death (1965), the 1984 Macintosh launch, and the UN International Day of Education.
January 25
January 25, the 25th day of the Gregorian year, marks the 1924 first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, Nellie Bly's 1890 return, Chisholm's 1972 candidacy, the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, and Burns Night.
January 26
January 26, the 26th day of the Gregorian year, is the shared national day of Australia (Australia Day, 1788 First Fleet) and India (Republic Day, 1950 Constitution), also marking the 1905 Cullinan Diamond discovery and the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.
January 27
January 27, the 27th day of the Gregorian year, marks the 1945 Soviet liberation of Auschwitz, the basis for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, plus the 1967 Apollo 1 fire, the 1944 end of the Leningrad siege, and the 1973 Paris Peace Accords.
January 28
January 28, the 28th day of the Gregorian year, is the date of the 1986 Challenger disaster, Henry VIII's death in 1547, the first publication of Pride and Prejudice in 1813, and Data Privacy Day.
January 28 Incident
The January 28 Incident (一二八事變) was a Japanese attack on Shanghai that began on 28 January 1932 and ended with a truce on 5 May 1932.
January 29
January 29, the 29th day of the Gregorian year, is the date of Poe's "The Raven" first publication (1845), Kansas statehood (1861), Carl Benz's automobile patent (1886), baseball's first Hall of Fame class (1936), and Bush's "axis of evil" speech (2002).
January 3
January 3, the third day of the Gregorian year: Luther's 1521 excommunication, the 1777 Battle of Princeton, 1868 Meiji Restoration, 1959 Alaska statehood, 1977 Apple incorporation, Tolkien's birthday, and holidays like Drinking Straw Day.
January 30
January 30, the 30th day of the Gregorian year (335 days remain), holds the 1649 execution of Charles I, Hitler's 1933 chancellorship, the 1945 Wilhelm Gustloff sinking, Gandhi's 1948 assassination, the 1968 Tet Offensive, and Bloody Sunday 1972.
January 30 – February 2, 2026 nor'easter
The January 30 – February 2, 2026 nor'easter, also known as Winter Storm Gianna, was a bomb cyclone that brought record snowfall to the Carolinas.
January 30, 2026 protests against ICE
January 30, 2026 protests against ICE, also called the National Shutdown or ICE Out: nationwide US strikes, walkouts, and demonstrations against ICE operations after the Minneapolis killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, followed by a 50501-led day of action.