Events in History
- Jan 2 Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th)
- Jan 2 US troops leave Nicaragua
Event of Interest
Jan 6 Clyde Barrow kills Tarrant County Deputy Sheriff Malcolm Davis after walking into a trap set for another criminal
- Jan 7 1st edition of People & Fatherland published in Netherlands
- Jan 9 Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction
- Jan 12 Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies
- Jan 12 US Congress recognizes the Philippines' independence
- Jan 18 White Sands National Monument in New Mexico established
- Jan 23 20th amendment, which changed the date of US presidential inaugurations to 20th January, is ratified
- Jan 27 Otto Meisnner (Head of the German President's Office) dines with British ambassador Sir Horace Rumbold
- Jan 28 French government of Paul Boncour falls
- Jan 28 German government of Von Schleicher falls
- Jan 28 The name "Pakistan" is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali and gradually accepted by Muslims in the Indian sub-continent who use it to push for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia
Event of Interest
Jan 30 After Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany, his former WWI colleague General Erich Ludendorff sends a letter to him stating "this accursed man will cast our Reich into the abyss and bring our nation to inconceivable misery"
- Jan 30 Grimmett takes 7-86 for SA in Qld 2nd inn, 13-135 for match
Event of Interest
Jan 30 President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor of Germany who forms a government with Franz von Papen
- Jan 31 Adolf Hitler promises parliamentary democracy
French History
Jan 31 French government of Édouard Daladier takes power
Birthdays in History
- Jan 1 Frederick Lowy, Canadian educator
- Jan 1 James A. Abrahamson, American Air Force general and astronaut
- Jan 2 Ed Casey, Australian politician (d. 2006)
- Jan 2 Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist
- Jan 4 Ed Jenkins, American politician (Rep-D-GA, 1977-93), born in Young Harris, Georgia (d. 2012)
- Jan 4 Ilia II Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia.
- Jan 6 Fred L. Turner, American businessman (CEO of McDonalds, 1977-2004), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2013)
- Jan 8 Jean-Marie Straub, French director (Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach), born in Metz, France
- Jan 9 Robert Garcia, American politician hit by Wedtech scandal (Rep-D-NY, 1978-83), born on Roosevelt Island, New York (d. 2017)
- Jan 9 Sonia Garmers, Curaçao writer (Dear Queen), born in Curaçao
- Jan 9 Wilbur Smith, British-South African novelist (When the Lion Feeds, War Cry, River God), born in Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, (now Zambia) (d. 2021)
- Jan 13 Nurdin Jivraj, Tanzanian-British hotel magnate (Buckingham Intl.)
- Jan 13 Ron Goulart, American sci-fi author (Deadwalk, Plunder)
- Jan 15 Ernest J. Gaines, African-American author, born in Oscar, Louisiana
- Jan 16 Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A, 27, T-3), born in Udomlya, Russia (d. 2003)
- Jan 17 Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims)
- Jan 17 Bruno Schroder, British baron/banker/multi-millionaire
Ray Dolby (1933-2013)
Jan 18 American engineer, sound expert, and inventor (Dolby noise reduction system), born in Portland, Oregon
- Jan 18 Vladimir Yevgrafovich Bugrov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Moscow
- Jan 21 Itzhak Fuks, Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam
- Jan 21 Joseph W. Eschbach, American doctor (d. 2007)
- Jan 21 Norman Willis, English union leader (General Secretary of the UK's Trades Union Congress), born in Ashford, Middlesex (d. 2014)
- Jan 21 William Wrigley III, American chewing gum mogul (Wrigleys)
Corazon Aquino (1933-2009)
Jan 25 11th President of the Philippines (1986-92), born in Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines
- Jan 27 Rita Hennessy, matron-in-chief (QARANC)
- Jan 29 R. C. Alston, British bibliographer, born in Trinidad (d. 2011)
- Jan 29 Wolfgang Gönnenwein, German choral director and educator, and artistic director (Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, 1972-2004), born in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (d. 2015)
- Jan 30 Louis Rukeyser, American financial journalist (Wall Street Week), born in New York (d. 2006)
- Jan 31 Bernardo Provenzano, Mafia Boss (Cosa Nostra), born in Corleone, Sicily (d. 2016)
- Jan 31 Joseph D. Early, American politician (Rep-D-MA, 1975-93), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
Deaths in History
Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
Jan 5 30th US President (Republican: 1923-29), dies of coronary thrombosis at 60
- Jan 7 Herbert "Bert" Hinkler, Australian aviator who made first solo flight from England to Australia (1928), dies in a plane crash at 40
- Jan 17 Louis Comfort Tiffany, American artist and designer known for his glasswork (Tiffany & Co), dies at 84
- Jan 21 George Moore, Irish novelist and painter (Esther Waters), dies at 80
- Jan 26 Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853)
- Jan 29 Sara Teasdale, American lyric poet, commits suicide at 48
- Jan 31 John Galsworthy, English author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932), dies at 65
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