A group of British Pakistanis are arrested in Birmingham in the UK, accused of plotting the beheading of a serving Muslim British soldier in Iraq.
29 January 2015
Malaysia officially declares the disappearance of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 an accident and all its passengers and crew are presumed dead.
28 January 1986
The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff. All all seven astronauts on board are killed.
27 January 2011
The “Arab Spring” starts with the Yemeni Revolution as protesters demonstrate in Sana’a.
26 January 1992
Boris Yeltsin makes an announcement that Russia will no longer target the United States with nuclear weapons.
24 January 1848
James Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento starting the California Gold Rush.
23 January 1961
The Portuguese cruise ship, Santa Maria is hijacked by those wanting to wage war on dictator António de Oliveira Salazar.