📚 Month
What Happened in January — Daily History Calendar
January has 31 days and about 1204 recorded events. Tap any date to open its page.
- 1 January 1 Bulgaria officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 21st Eurozone country. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 2 January 2 Two aircraft collide on a runway at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, killing 5 and injuring 18. 33 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 3 January 3 The United States conducts airstrikes across northern Venezuela, including the capital Caracas and captures Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 4 January 4 A fire in an escape room in Koszalin, Poland, kills five teenagers through carbon monoxide poisoning. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 5 January 5 Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 makes an emergency landing at Portland International Airport after a door plug blows off the Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating the flight. There are no fatalities, but the accident prompts the 737 MAX to be grounded and renews scrutiny on Boeing's manufacturing and design issues. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 6 January 6 Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister of Canada after nine years in office. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 7 January 7 A series of wildfires ravage the Greater Los Angeles area, resulting in at least 16 deaths and 13,401 structures destroyed. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 8 January 8 Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 9 January 9 Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 10 January 10 A 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is found alive in Gordon, Wisconsin, having been kidnapped 88 days earlier from her parents' home whilst they were murdered. 33 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 11 January 11 COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei: Municipal health officials in Wuhan announce the first recorded death from COVID-19. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 12 January 12 Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 13 January 13 Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the January 6 United States Capitol attack one week prior. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 14 January 14 Thirty-two people are killed when a crane falls onto a passenger train in Sikhio district, Thailand. 28 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 15 January 15 Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes near Pokhara International Airport, killing all 72 people on board. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 16 January 16 The first impeachment of Donald Trump formally moves into its trial phase in the United States Senate. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 17 January 17 Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crashed near Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi, after losing contact en route to Makassar. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 18 January 18 At least 45 people are killed and 292 others injured after two trains collide in Adamuz in the worst railway disaster in over a decade in Spain. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 19 January 19 Bytedance and sister companies are banned from the United States for "security concerns". 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 20 January 20 A group of four or five gunmen attack The Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle. The attack kills 40 people and injures many others. 35 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 21 January 21 A fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu Province, Turkey, results in 78 people dead and 51 injured. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 22 January 22 Ram Mandir is inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh after 500 years of dispute. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 23 January 23 Northwestern Air Flight 738 crashes after takeoff from Fort Smith Airport, Northwest Territories, Canada, killing six people. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 24 January 24 At least 70 people are killed and 10 others missing after major landslides in West Java, Indonesia. 38 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 25 January 25 A mining company's dam collapses in Brumadinho, Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing 270 people. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 26 January 26 Protesters and farmers storm the Red Fort near Delhi, clashing with police. One protester is killed and more than 80 police officers are injured. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 27 January 27 Protests and public outrage spark across the U.S. after the release of multiple videos by the Memphis Police Department showing officers punching, kicking, and pepper spraying Tyre Nichols as a result of running away from a traffic stop, which resulted him dying in the hospital three days later after the incident. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 28 January 28 A Learjet 45 crashes on approach to Baramati Airport in Maharashtra, killing all six occupants including the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 29 January 29 American Eagle Flight 5342 collided mid-air with a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk operated by the United States Army and crashed into the Potomac River, killing all 67 people on board both aircraft. 37 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 30 January 30 The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 31 January 31 Med Jets Flight 056 crashes near Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, killing 8 people and injuring 23. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25