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’]
9 January 2015
The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a second hostage situation, related to…
8 January 2010
Gunmen from an offshoot the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its…
7 January 1999
The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton’]
6 January 1907
Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Montessori’]
5 January 1975
The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasman_Bridge_disaster’]
4 January 2018
Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash: A passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collides with a truck on a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad,…
3 January 2000
Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts’]
2 January 1971
The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Ibrox_disaster’]
1 January 2007
Bulgaria and Romania join the EU. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_enlargement_of_the_European_Union’]