One of the things that happened in history on the 9th of January was Michael Jackson received the, Artist of the Century award at the American Music awards. This happened on today's date, in 2002.
On the 25th of January, 1949, Israel held its first elections.
On the 24th of January, 1939, a Chilean earthquake claimed lives of 30000 people.
Noteworthy events that happened today (9th of January) in history include the introduction of the Apple iPhone in 2007. In 1972, the Queen Elizabeth sinks.
On January 22, 1994, Sumatra had a 5.5 earthquake to strike.
On January 18th, 1964, the first plans for the World Trade Center were revealed. Also on January 18th, 1975 the "Jeffersons" program debuted on television.
On January 14, 1966, David bowie released his first CD.
On January 17th, 1991, the Gulf war began. Prior to that in 1945, on January 17th, Russian forces captured the nearly destroyed city of Warsaw in Poland.
Events that happened today, the 4th of January, in history includes the Mars rover Spirit landing on Mars, Sir Isaac Newton was born, and Jesse Ventura became the governor of Minnesota.
Things that happened in history on today, the 3rd of January include Dragnet first appearing on NBC-TV, Poland and Russia signed the Truce of Androsovo, and Martin Luther was excommunicated by the church.
There have been many things to happen on January 15th in history. In 2005, a solar flare blasted x-rays all over the solar system.
In history today on the 10th of January, in 1994 the first Green Beret ever indicted for murder began trial. Also, the League of Nations was instituted in 1910.
On January 19th in 2012, the FBI shut down the infamous upload site megaupload.com for copyright infringement. In 2006 on January 19th, NASA launched the New Horizons probe, the first mission to Pluto.