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Jan 2 The Economist lists Daniel Kahneman as the 7th most influential economist in the world
Daniel Kahneman
- Jan 3 18 people are killed after the Norwegian cargo ship MS Bulk Jupiter sinks off the coast of Vietnam
- Jan 3 Over 2,000 people are killed in north-east Nigeria after Boko Haram militants raze the town of Baga
- Jan 4 Gary Anderson of Scotland beats 16-time world champion Phil Taylor, 7-6 to win his first PDC World Darts Championship at the Alexandra Palace, London
- Jan 6 Randy Johnson, Pedro Martínez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
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Jan 7 Terrorist attack on the offices of satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris kills 12 (including Jean Cabut and Stéphane Charbonnier), injures 11
Stéphane Charbonnier
Film and TV Awards
Jan 7 41st People's Choice Awards: Robert Downey & Jennifer Lawrence win (movie star), Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pomero (TV dramatic)
Jennifer Lawrence
Patrick Dempsey
- Jan 7 A car bomb explodes in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, killing 38 people and injuring more than 63
- Jan 10 57 people are killed after an oil tanker collided with a passenger coach outside of Karachi, Pakistan
- Jan 10 72 people are killed & 169 hospitalized after a mass poisoning of beer with crocodile bile at a funeral in Mozambique
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Jan 10 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Poland's Agnieszka Radwańska & Jerzy Janowicz beat American pair Serena Williams & John Isner 7-5, 6-3 to clinch a 2-1 win; earlier Radwańska defeats Williams 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
Serena Williams
- Jan 11 Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is elected as the first female President of Croatia
Golden Globes
Jan 11 72nd Golden Globes: Boyhood, Eddie Redmayne, & Julianne Moore win
Eddie Redmayne
Julianne Moore
Football Awards
Jan 12 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid & Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo wins for a 2nd consecutive time; his 3rd award overall; VfL Wolfsburg midfielder Nadine Keßler is women's award winner
Cristiano Ronaldo
- Jan 12 College Football National Championship, AT&T Stadium, Arlington: #4 Ohio State beats #2 Oregon, 42-20
- Jan 14 63 people are killed and 70,000 are left homeless after floods devastate Mozambique and Malawi
- Jan 15 20th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: Boyhood wins Best Film
- Jan 17 American boxer Deontay Wilder wins the WBC heavyweight championship by unanimous decision over Bermane Stiverne at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas; Wilder first American to hold a heavyweight title since Shannon Briggs in 2007
- Jan 18 AB de Villiers makes the fastest century in ODI cricket history from 31 balls against the West Indies
- Jan 18 AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: New England Patriots beat Indianapolis Colts, 45-7
- Jan 18 NFC Championship, CenturyLink Field, Seattle: Seattle Seahawks beat Green Bay Packers, 28-22 (OT)
- Jan 21 Italian fashion label Gucci names Alessandro Michele as its new creative director
- Jan 23 Golden State guard Klay Thompson scores the most NBA points in a quarter (37) and most 3-pointers in a quarter (9) in Warrior's 126-101 win over Sacramento Kings
Royal Coronation
Jan 23 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is crowned King of Saudi Arabia, on the death of this half-brother King Abdullah
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
NFL Pro Bowl
Jan 25 NFL Pro Bowl, University of Phoenix, Glendale, AZ: Team Irvin beats Team Carter, 32-28; MVPs: J. J. Watt, Houston Texans, DE; Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions, QB
J. J. Watt
- Jan 26 Libby Lane is ordained as the first female bishop of the Church of England
Flight MH370 Disappears
Jan 29 Malaysia officially declares the disappearance of missing flight MH370 an accident
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Jan 30 Shake Shack founded by Danny Meyer first lists on the New York stock exchange
Danny Meyer
- Jan 31 Sergio Mattarella is elected President of Italy
- Jan 31 Australia defeats South Korea in football to win the 2015 AFC Asian Cup
- Jan 31 Pr-Football Hall of Fame inductees: Junior Seau, Jerome Bettis, Charles Haley, Will Shields, Tim Brown, and Mick Tingelhoff
- Jan 31 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams wins 19th career Grand Slam singles title; beats arch rival Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-3, 7-6
- Jan 31 Atlanta Hawks set a new NBA monthly win record as they move to 17-0 for January, with a 91-85 win against the Philadelphia 76ers