A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
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16 January 1979
The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
14 January 1967
The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California’s Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love
13 January 2018
A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii causes widespread panic in the state.
12 January 2006
A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim…
11 January 1942
World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
9 January 2015
A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involving beer that was contaminated with Burkholderia gladioli leaves 75 dead and over 230 people ill.