January in History

Paul Revere born

Louis Daguerre is thought to photograph the Moon

Battle of Princeton boosts the American Revolution

Solomon Northup regains his freedom

Edward the Confessor dies

Harold Godwinson is crowned king of England

Galileo observes four major moons of Jupiter

Moscow bombings

Discovery of first exoplanets

First UN General Assembly session convenes

Surgeon General Warns of Smoking Dangers

Zanzibar Revolution

Ghanaian coup d'état

End of Nigerian Civil War

Elizabeth I is crowned queen of England

Hello, Dolly! opens on Broadway

Stockton schoolyard shooting

Police storm University of Tokyo

Rhode Island oil spill

Amanullah Asaduzzaman killed

First DMC DeLorean Production Car

Tanzanian forces attack Mutukula

Mosaic Web Browser Released

Shoichi Yokoi found

Mohamed Hany

Gujarat Earthquake

Niger coup d'état

Rwandan coup d'état

Battle of Khafji

Hitler Appointed Chancellor

Doug Williams in Super Bowl XXII