Events in History
- Jan 1 After floods along the Mississippi River kill 31, Exxon Mobil Corp decides to close a plant in flood threatened Memphis
- Jan 1 Dubai skyscraper "The Address" burns as the New Year is rung in. Fire started on the 31st.
Event of Interest
Jan 6 Governor of California Jerry Brown declares state of emergency over methane gas leak on outskirts of Los Angeles
- Jan 6 North Korea states that they have successfully conducted their fourth nuclear test, saying it was a hydrogen bomb in a claim disputed by most international experts
El Chapo Finally Recaptured
Jan 8 Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announces the recapture of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, six months after he escaped prison
- Jan 13 Record Powerball lottery held in America - $1.6 billion, (3 winning tickets)
- Jan 14 Sixth republican presidential candidates debate hosted by Fox, held in North Charleston, South Carolina
- Jan 15 American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan unveils newest exhibit replica skeleton of a Titanosaur dinosaur (found 2010 Argentina), largest known dinosaur at 70 tons, 37m
- Jan 15 Islamist militants attack a hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso killing 28, injuring 56
- Jan 16 First ever flower grown in space - a zinnia aboard the International Space Station using NASA Veggie system
Event of Interest
Jan 17 Fourth Democratic presidential candidates debate: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clash over healthcare and gun control in Charleston, South Carolina
Palin Endorses Trump
Jan 19 Sarah Palin officially endorses Donald Trump's presidential bid at a Trump rally in Ames, Iowa
- Jan 22 Winter storm conditions strand 500 motorists for 24 hours in Somerset and Bedford counties, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Event of Interest
Jan 23 8 museum workers from Egyptian Museum, Cairo referred for prosecution for reattaching Tutankhamun's beard with inappropriate glue
- Jan 23 Category 5 blizzard delivers record 3ft of snow to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US, killing 55 and incurring estimated $500m - $3bn economic losses
- Jan 23 Zika virus outbreak in Brazil prompts Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador and Jamaica to recommend women delay pregnancies for up to 2 years
- Jan 25 British rowing team becomes first female crew and first crew of four to cross the Pacific, San Francisco to Cairns in 257 days
- Jan 26 Cold snap across East Asia leads to more than 50 deaths and 60,000 travellers stranded in South Korea
- Jan 26 Leader of Oregon militia occupying Malheur wildlife refuge arrested and another killed in shoot-out with Federal agents
- Jan 28 Seventh Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by Fox, held in Des Moines, Iowa
- Jan 30 Boko Haram militants on motorcycles attack Dalori village near Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing at least 65 and injuring 136
- Jan 31 "World's best chef" French-Swiss Benoît Violier found dead after apparent suicide weeks after being named world's best by La Liste
Deaths in History
- Jan 1 Dale Bumpers, American politician (Sen-D Arkansas, 1975-99), dies at 90
- Jan 1 Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet, novelist and journalist who helped develop Dagestani in Russian literature, dies from heart failure at 83
- Jan 1 Michael G. Oxley, American politician (Rep-R-OH, 1981-2007), dies at 71
- Jan 2 Marcel Barbeau, Canadian abstract artist, dies at 90
- Jan 2 Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Shiite religious leader & non-violent critic of the Saudi Arabian government, executed by the Saudi authorities aged 56 or 57
- Jan 7 André Courrèges, French fashion designer, dies at 92
- Jan 18 Michel Tournier, French writer (Friday, or, The Other Island), dies at 91
- Jan 20 David G. Hartwell, American editor and anthologist, dies at 74
- Jan 20 George Weidenfeld, British publisher (Weidenfeld & Nicolson), dies at 96
- Jan 22 Cecil Parkinson, British politician (C), dies at 84
- Jan 24 Marvin Minsky, American artificial intelligence computer scientist (MIT), dies at 88
- Jan 25 Concepcion Picciotto, American peace activist (longest political protest in US history, outside The White House), dies at 80
- Jan 27 Artur Fischer, German Inventor with more patents than Edison, dies at 96
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