Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Barbie’]
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18 January 2002
Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Civil_War’]
17 January 1946
The UN Security Council holds its first session. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council’]
16 January 1991
Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War’]
15 January 1970
Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi’]
14 January 1950
The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-17′]
13 January 1993
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention’]
12 January 1970
Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War’]
11 January 1972
East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh’]
10 January 1966
Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashkent_Declaration’]