The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday
29 January 1991
The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the Gulf War begins.
28 January 1985
The Supergroup USA for Africa records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
27 January 2002
An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills over 1000 people.
26 January 2004
A whale explodes in Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale is thought to be the cause.