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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[681]] – [[Twelfth Council of Toledo]]: King [[Erwig]] of the [[Visigoths]] initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.<ref>{{cite book|author=Solomon Katz|title=The Jews in the Visigothic and Frankish Kingdoms of Spain and Gaul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5K2ODyaCIYQC|year=1970|publisher=Concordance Society|page=17}}</ref> *[[1038]] – An [[1038 Dingxiang earthquake|earthquake]] in [[Dingxiang County|Dingxiang]], China kills an estimated 32,300.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information |date=1972 |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/327 |access-date=16 December 2024 |doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K |author1=National Geophysical Data Center |publisher=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information }}</ref> *[[1127]] – [[Jin–Song Wars]]: Invading [[Jurchen people|Jurchen]] soldiers from the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] [[Jingkang Incident|besiege and sack]] [[Kaifeng|Bianjing]] (Kaifeng), the capital of the [[Song dynasty]] of China, and abduct [[Emperor Qinzong of Song]] and others, ending the [[Northern Song dynasty|Northern Song period]].<ref name="Jung-pang2012">{{cite book|author=Lo Jung-pang|title=China as a Sea Power, 1127-1368: A Preliminary Survey of the Maritime Expansion and Naval Exploits of the Chinese People During the Southern Song and Yuan Periods|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UJPGBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA129|date=1 January 2012|publisher=NUS Press|isbn=978-9971-69-505-7|pages=129}}</ref> *[[1349]] – The Jewish population of [[Basel]], believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing [[Black Death]], is [[Basel massacre|rounded up and incinerated]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Abraham P. Bloch|title=One a Day: An Anthology of Jewish Historical Anniversaries for Every Day of the Year|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjxJAFawRasC&pg=PA11|year=1987|publisher=KTAV Publishing House, Inc.|isbn=978-0-88125-108-1|pages=11}}</ref> *[[1431]] – The [[trial of Joan of Arc]] begins in [[Rouen]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Hobbins, Daniel |title=The Trial of Joan of Arc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=egG7xswE2wcC&pg=PA1 |date=2005 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-03868-4 |pages=1}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== * [[1693]] – [[1693 Sicily earthquake|Sicily earthquake]]: The first of two earthquakes destroys parts of [[Sicily]] and [[Malta]]. After the second quake on 11 January, the death toll is estimated at between 60,000 and 100,000 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gates |first1=Alexander E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b1sXfJCiCHQC |title=Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes |last2=Ritchie |first2=David |date=2007 |publisher=Facts on File |isbn=9780816063024 |location=New York |page=292 |postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last1=Guidoboni |first1=E. |last2=Ferrari |first2=G. |last3=Mariotti |first3=D. |last4=Comastri |first4=A. |last5=Tarabusi |first5=G. |last6=Sgatoni |first6=G. |last7=Valensise |first7=G. |title=Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy (461 BC – 1997) and Mediterranean Area (760 B.C. – 1500) |url=http://storing.ingv.it/cfti/cfti5/quake.php?01148IT |access-date=16 January 2020 |publisher=INGV-SGA}}<!--Note firstly that the link takes you to an index map, which can be interrogated for information about individual earthquakes and secondly that this source is occasionally unavailable for weeks at a time, but always comes back eventually--></ref> *[[1760]] – [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]] defeats the [[Maratha]]s in the [[Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani|Battle of Barari Ghat]].<ref>{{cite book|author=François Xavier Wendel|title=Wendel's memoirs on the origin, growth and present state of Jat power in Hindustan (1768)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DB5uAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Institut français de Pondichéry|page=61}}</ref> *[[1787]] – The nationally known image of the [[Black Nazarene]] in the [[Philippines]] was transferred from what is now [[Rizal Park]] to its present shrine in the [[minor basilica]] of [[Quiapo Church]]. This is annually commemorated through its ''Traslación'' (solemn transfer) in the streets of [[Manila]] and is attended by millions of devotees.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Valderama Fortunado, Arnulfo |url=https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/philippines/feast-black-nazarene |title=Feast of the Black Nazarene draws millions to Manila's streets |date=7 May 2015 |website=Catholics & Cultures |access-date=28 November 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130021234/https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/philippines/feast-black-nazarene |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Hermoso, Christina |url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/01/06/black-nazarene-replicas-procession-blessing-to-be-held-tuesday/ |title=Black Nazarene replicas procession, blessing to be held Tuesday |date=6 January 2020 |website=Manila Bulletin |access-date=28 November 2020 |archive-date=14 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514105727/https://mb.com.ph/2020/01/06/black-nazarene-replicas-procession-blessing-to-be-held-tuesday/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2018/01/07/the-black-nazarene/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326160625/https://businessmirror.com.ph/2018/01/07/the-black-nazarene/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 26, 2023|title=The Black Nazarene | Corazon Damo-Santiago|first=Corazon|last=Damo-Santiago|website=[[BusinessMirror]] |date=7 January 2018}}</ref> *[[1788]] – [[Connecticut]] becomes the fifth state to ratify the [[United States Constitution]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Merrill Jensen|author2=Lucy Trumbull Brown|author3=Robert A. Becker|title=The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-1790|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TVe81_NvVwC&pg=PA5|year=1976|publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press|isbn=978-0-299-09510-9|pages=5}}</ref> *[[1792]] – [[Treaty of Jassy]] between [[Russian Empire|Russian]] and [[Ottoman Empire]] is signed, ending the [[Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792|Russo-Turkish War of 1787–92]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Morse Stephens|title=Europe, 1789-1815|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ro0tAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA96|year=1894|publisher=Rivington|pages=96}}</ref> *[[1793]] – [[Jean-Pierre Blanchard]] becomes the first person to fly in a [[balloon]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Sears|title=Sears' Guide to Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vyNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA327|year=1845|publisher=Edward Walker|pages=327}}</ref> *[[1799]] – [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[William Pitt the Younger]] introduces an [[income tax]] of two [[shilling]]s to the [[pound sterling|pound]] to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the [[Napoleonic Wars]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Burns Chronicle and Club Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7o_yAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Burns Federation|page=50}}</ref> *[[1806]] – [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson]] receives a [[state funeral]] and is interred in [[St Paul's Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite web |title=This month in history: The funeral of Lord Horatio Nelson |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/103467 |website=The Gazette |publisher=The Stationery Office |access-date=8 January 2020 |date=8 January 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022131254/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/103467 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1816]] – [[Humphry Davy]] tests [[Davy lamp|his safety lamp]] for miners at [[Hebburn Colliery]].<ref>{{cite book|title="Who and What", a Compendium of General Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1gZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA118|year=1878|publisher=Lippincott|pages=118}}</ref> *[[1822]] – The Portuguese prince [[Pedro I of Brazil]] decides to stay in [[Brazil]] against the orders of the Portuguese King [[John VI of Portugal|João VI]], beginning the Brazilian independence process.<ref>{{cite book|author=Joaquim Manuel de Macedo|title=Notions on the Chorography of Brazil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCEuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21|year=1873|publisher=F. A. Brockhaus|pages=21}}</ref> *[[1839]] – The [[French Academy of Sciences]] announces the [[Daguerreotype]] [[photography]] process.<ref>{{cite book|author=Leonard Gaunt|title=The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouxTAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Focal Press|page=375|isbn=9780803823327}}</ref> *[[1857]] – The 7.9 {{M|w}} [[1857 Fort Tejon earthquake|Fort Tejon earthquake]] shakes [[Central California|Central]] and [[Southern California]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent'').<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hough |first1=Susan E. |title=The Really Big One |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-07-tm-quake01-story.html |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=7 January 2007}}</ref> *[[1858]] – British forces finally defeat [[Revolt of Rajab Ali#Defeat|Rajab Ali Khan]] of [[Chittagong]]<ref name=sen>{{Cite book |last=Sen|first=Satyen|language=bn|trans-title=Story of the great rebellion|title=মহাবিদ্রোহের কাহিনী|pages=155–159}}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: "[[Star of the West]]" incident occurs near [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite book|author=William H. Roberts|title=Now for the Contest: Coastal and Oceanic Naval Operations in the Civil War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwJDUQepcHYC&pg=PA1|date=1 January 2004|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=0-8032-3861-4|pages=1}}</ref> * 1861 – [[Mississippi]] becomes the [[Mississippi in the American Civil War#Secession and Mississippian politics|second state to secede]] from the [[Union (United States)|Union]] before the outbreak of the American Civil War.<ref>{{cite book|title=Leadership Education and Training (LET) 4: Text|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qmR-XMRfa4AC&pg=PA291|year=2001|publisher=Headquarters, Department of the Army|pages=291}}</ref> *[[1878]] – [[Umberto I of Italy|Umberto I]] becomes King of [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Fanny Zampini-Salazar|title=Margherita of Savoy, First Queen of Italy: Her Life and Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Agw8KIT70swC|year=1914|publisher=Mills and Boon|page=73}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson]], son of the poet [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson]], becomes the second [[Governor-General of Australia]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 36 - 1944 and 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ML1RzBCtiBoC&pg=PA68|publisher=Aust. Bureau of Statistics|pages=68}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Ernest Shackleton]], leading the [[Nimrod Expedition]] to the [[South Pole]], plants the [[Flag of the United Kingdom|British flag]] {{convert|97|nmi|km mi}} from the South Pole, the [[Farthest South|farthest anyone had ever reached]] at that time. *[[1914]] – The [[Phi Beta Sigma]] fraternity is founded by African-American students at [[Howard University]] in Washington D.C., United States.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bruin Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IOWx7OGLGy8C|year=1990|publisher=ASUCLA Communications Board|page=289}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Gallipoli Campaign|Battle of Gallipoli]] concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ray Westlake|title=British Regiments at Gallipoli|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gN_RAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR10|date=1 June 1996|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-0-85052-511-3|pages=10}}</ref> *[[1917]] – World War I: The [[Battle of Rafa]] is fought near the [[Egypt]]ian border with [[History of Palestine#Ottoman period|Palestine]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward J Erickson|title=Gallipoli & the Middle East: The History of World War I: From the Dardanelles to Mesopotamia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uA2JDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA166|date=15 March 2012|publisher=Amber Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-906626-15-0|pages=166}}</ref> *[[1918]] – [[Battle of Bear Valley]]: The last battle of the [[American Indian Wars]].<ref>{{cite book|author=George H. Junne|title=Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J42lN1FX0x8C&pg=PA82|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31208-3|pages=82}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Ukrainian War of Independence]]: The [[All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee]] outlaws the [[Makhnovshchina]] by decree, igniting the [[Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Darch|first=Colin|title=Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917-1921|year=2020|location=[[London]]|publisher=[[Pluto Press]]|isbn=9781786805263|oclc=1225942343|page=94}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–22)|Greco-Turkish War]]: The [[First Battle of İnönü]], the first battle of the war, begins near [[Eskişehir]] in [[Anatolia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Paneth|title=Turkey--decadence and Rebirth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GD5CAAAAIAAJ|year=1943|publisher=Alliance Press Limited|page=146}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Juan de la Cierva]] makes the first [[autogyro]] flight.<ref>{{cite book|author=Norris McWhirter|title=Guinness Book of World Records, 1985|url=https://archive.org/details/guinness1985book00mcwh|url-access=registration|date=April 1985|publisher=Bantam Books|isbn=978-0-553-24805-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/guinness1985book00mcwh/page/319 319]}}</ref> * 1923 – [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]] residents of the [[Memel Territory]] [[Klaipėda Revolt|rebel]] against the [[League of Nations]]' decision to leave the area as a [[League of Nations mandate|mandated region]] under French control. *[[1927]] – A fire at the [[Laurier Palace Theatre fire|Laurier Palace movie theatre]] in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec, Canada]], kills 78 children.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgHiAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Éditions Historia Ecclesiae Catholicae Canadensis|page=53}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: First flight of the [[Avro Lancaster]].<ref>{{cite book|author=A. G. Sherwood|title=Flying 40 Missions with Red: Memoirs of WW II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xFKLu7fO0C0C&pg=PA40|year=2005|publisher=Durango Publishing Corp.|isbn=978-1-55422-777-8|pages=40}}</ref> *[[1945]] – World War II: The [[Sixth United States Army]] begins the [[invasion of Lingayen Gulf]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Australia in the War of 1939-1945 : Ser. 5. Medical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1YhAQAAIAAJ|year=1961|publisher=Australian War Memorial|page=75}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] Sir [[Anthony Eden]] resigns from office following his failure to [[Suez Crisis|retake]] the [[Suez Canal]] from Egyptian sovereignty.<ref>{{cite news |title=1957: Sir Anthony Eden resigns |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_2800000/2800833.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |archive-date=12 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112121017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_2800000/2800833.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1959]] – The [[Vega de Tera disaster|Vega de Tera dam fails]], triggering a disastrous flood that nearly destroys the town of [[Ribadelago]] and kills 144 residents.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/01/10/espana/915922818_850215.html |title=40 años de la tragedia de Ribadelago, en la que murieron 144 personas |language=es |first=José |last=Lera |date=10 January 1999 |location=Zamora |access-date=12 September 2018 |newspaper=[[El País]] |publisher=[[PRISA]] |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002459/https://elpais.com/diario/1999/01/10/espana/915922818_850215.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[President of Egypt]] [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] opens construction on the [[Aswan Dam]] by detonating ten tons of [[dynamite]] to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the [[Nile]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Mizan Newsletter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7EMAQAAMAAJ|year=1961|publisher=Central Asian Research Centre|page=14}}</ref> *[[1961]] – British authorities announce they have uncovered the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Portland spy ring]] in London. *[[1962]] – [[Apollo program]]: [[NASA]] announces plans to build the C-5 rocket [[launch vehicle]], then known as the "Advanced [[Saturn V|Saturn]]", to carry human beings to the Moon.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ertel|first1=Ivan D.|last2=Brooks|first2=Mary Louise|title=The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology. Volume 1: Through November 7, 1962|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Aeronautices and Space Administration|date=1969|oclc=23818|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUMCAAAAIAAJ|pages=134–135|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=27-Story Moon Rocket Chosen|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 10, 1962|page=A11}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Martyrs' Day (Panama)|Martyrs' Day]]: Several [[Panama]]nian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled [[Panama Canal Zone]], leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians. *[[1991]] – Representatives from the United States and [[Iraq]] meet at the [[Geneva Peace Conference (1991)|Geneva Peace Conference]] to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi [[invasion of Kuwait]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Bhim Singh|title=Iraq: A Heroic Resistance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uCsz_CwoxCoC&pg=PA41|year=2001|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|isbn=978-81-241-0833-8|pages=41}}</ref> *[[1992]] – The [[Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina]] proclaims the creation of [[Republika Srpska]], a new state within [[Yugoslavia]]. * 1992 – The first discoveries of [[exoplanet|extrasolar planet]]s are announced by astronomers [[Aleksander Wolszczan]] and [[Dale Frail]]. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar [[PSR B1257+12|PSR 1257+12]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wolszczan | first1 = A. |bibcode=1992Natur.355..145W| last2 = Frail | first2 = D. A. | doi = 10.1038/355145a0 | title = A planetary system around the millisecond pulsar PSR1257 + 12 | journal = Nature | volume = 355 | issue = 6356 | pages = 145–147 | year = 1992 | s2cid = 4260368 }}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[First Chechen War]]: [[Chechens|Chechen]] [[Separatism|separatists]] launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of [[Kizlyar]] in the neighboring [[Dagestan]], which turns into [[Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis|a massive hostage crisis]] involving thousands of [[civilian]]s. *[[1997]] – [[Comair Flight 3272]] crashes in [[Raisinville Township, Michigan|Raisinville Township]] in [[Monroe County, Michigan]], killing 29 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia N265CA Monroe, MI|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970109-0|access-date=2021-12-17|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=2021-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217182034/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970109-0|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[TANS Perú Flight 222]] crashes on approach to [[Chachapoyas Airport]] in [[Chachapoyas, Peru]], killing 46 people.<ref name="avs">{{cite web |title=accident description Thursday 9 January 2003 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030109-0 |access-date=31 December 2018 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |archive-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051407/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030109-0 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2004]] – An [[inflatable boat]] carrying illegal [[Albania]]n emigrants [[Karaburun tragedy|stalls]] near the [[Karaburun Peninsula, Albania|Karaburun Peninsula]] en route to [[Brindisi]], Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. This is the second deadliest marine disaster in Albanian history.<ref>Arben Lagreta [http://balkanweb.com/gazetav5/newsadmin/preview.php?id=54980 Tragjedia, zbardhet deklarata e Bizhgës] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120707032401/http://balkanweb.com/gazetav5/newsadmin/preview.php?id=54980 |date=7 July 2012 }}, 11 March 2009</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Mahmoud Abbas]] wins the [[2005 Palestinian presidential election|election]] to succeed [[Yasser Arafat]] as President of the [[Palestinian National Authority]], replacing interim president [[Rawhi Fattouh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=2005: Abbas triumphs in Palestinian elections |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_4514000/4514342.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033907/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_4514000/4514342.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2005 – The [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement]] and the [[Government of Sudan]] sign the [[Comprehensive Peace Agreement]] to end the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]].<ref name=nd>{{cite news |url=https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/accord/sudan-comprehensive-peace-agreement |title=Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement |website=Peace Accords Matrix |publisher=Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, [[University of Notre Dame]] |access-date=October 12, 2020 |archive-date=May 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503221840/https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/accord/sudan-comprehensive-peace-agreement |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] CEO [[Steve Jobs]] introduces the original [[IPhone (1st generation)|iPhone]] at a Macworld keynote in [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Dan |last=Farber |title=When iPhone met world, 7 years ago today |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/when-iphone-met-world-7-years-ago-today/ |publisher=[[CNET]] |date=January 9, 2014 |access-date=March 23, 2017 |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705220307/https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/when-iphone-met-world-7-years-ago-today/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Iran Air Flight 277]] crashes near [[Urmia]] in the northwest of the country, in icy conditions, killing 78 people.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=435f1587&opt=1 |title=Accident: Iran Air B722 near Orumiyeh on Jan 9th 2011, impacted terrain during go-around |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |publisher=[[The Aviation Herald]] |access-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-date=December 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210112709/http://avherald.com/h?article=435f1587&opt=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2014]] – An [[Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant explosion|explosion]] at a [[Mitsubishi Materials]] chemical plant in [[Yokkaichi]], Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explosion at Japan chemical factory|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25664195|date=9 January 2014|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=9 January 2014|archive-date=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109091321/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25664195|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2015]] – The perpetrators of the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting|''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting]] in [[Paris]] two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a [[Porte de Vincennes siege|second hostage situation]], related to the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in [[Vincennes]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-suspect-in-2nd-france-cop-killing-in-hostage-situation/|title=Paris hostage situation ends with gunman dead|date=9 January 2015|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=9 January 2015|archive-date=9 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109152503/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-suspect-in-2nd-france-cop-killing-in-hostage-situation/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2015 – A [[Mozambique funeral beer poisoning|mass poisoning]] at a funeral in [[Mozambique]] involving beer that was contaminated with ''[[Burkholderia gladioli]]'' leaves 75 dead and over 230 people ill.<ref>{{cite journal |title= Description of a Mass Poisoning in a Rural District in Mozambique: The First Documented Bongkrekic Acid Poisoning in Africa |author=Eduardo Samo Gudo |display-authors=et al |journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases |volume=66 |issue=9 |date=17 April 2018 |pages=1400–1406 |doi=10.1093/cid/cix1005|pmid= 29155976 |pmc=5908738 }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Sriwijaya Air Flight 182|Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes]] north of [[Jakarta]], Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-09|title=Boeing 737 goes missing over Indonesia - follow live updates|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-plane-missing-latest-updates-boeing-737-sriwijaya-air-flight-sj182-b1784832.html|access-date=2021-01-11|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109181815/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-plane-missing-latest-updates-boeing-737-sriwijaya-air-flight-sj182-b1784832.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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