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===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; The [[African National Congress]] is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gwyneth Williams|author2=Brian Hackland|title=The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Southern Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkdACwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|date=22 December 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-27081-2|page=5}}</ref> 
*[[1918]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Woodrow Wilson]] announces his "[[Fourteen Points]]" as conditions for ending [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Department of State|title=Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HuusX2oQLLMC&pg=PA359|year=1942|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=359}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[steel strike of 1919]] ends in failure for the [[Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers|Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers]] labor union.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ronald L. Filippelli|title=Labor Conflict in the United States: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0gYAAAAIAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Garland Pub.|isbn=978-0-8240-7968-0|page=8}}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; Crown Prince [[Bảo Đại|Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ]] is crowned emperor of Vietnam, the country's last monarch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indochine.uqam.ca/en/historical-dictionary/106-bo-i-nguyn-phuc-vnh-thy-jean-robert-19131997.html|title=The Indochina War 1945-1956|website=UQUAM|access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref>
*  1926 &ndash; [[Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud]] is crowned King of [[Hejaz]].<ref name="Thorp1934">{{cite book|author=Prescott Holden Thorp|title=The Commemorative Stamps of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GudPAQAAMAAJ|year=1934|publisher=Scott stamp and coin Company|page=303}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Anarchist insurrection of January 1933]] breaks out in [[Barcelona]], [[Second Spanish Republic|Spain]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Casanova|first=Julián|author-link=Julián Casanova|year=2005|chapter=On the road to insurrection|title=Anarchism, the Republic and Civil War in Spain: 1931–1939|publisher=[[Routledge]]|translator-first1=Andrew|translator-last1=Dowling|translator-first2=Graham|translator-last2=Pollok|editor-first=Paul|editor-last=Preston|editor-link=Paul Preston|pages=68–69|isbn=0-415-32095-X}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Kashf-e hijab]] decree is made and immediately enforced by [[Reza Shah]], Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.<ref>Paidar, Parvin (1995): ''Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran'', Cambridge Middle East studies, Vol. 1, Cambridge, UK; New York: [[Cambridge University Press]], pp. 106&ndash;107, 214–215, 218–220, {{ISBN|9780521473408}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Britain [[Rationing in the United Kingdom|introduces food rationing]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Paul |title=How rationing in World War 2 democratised the British table - and made us all healthier |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11334162/How-rationing-in-World-War-2-democratised-the-British-table-and-made-us-all-healthier.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111003329/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11334162/How-rationing-in-World-War-2-democratised-the-British-table-and-made-us-all-healthier.html  |archive-date=11 January 2015 |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=The Telegraph |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |date=8 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: [[Commonwealth of the Philippines|Philippine Commonwealth]] troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading [[Imperial Japanese Army|Japanese Imperial forces]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Kalinangan Group|title=The Philippines, Land and People: Atang|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmseAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Kalinangan Group|isbn=978-971-8518-00-7|page=79}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Andrei Zhdanov]], Chairman of the Finnish Allied Commission, submitted to the [[War-responsibility trials in Finland|Finnish War Criminal Court]] an interrogation report by General [[Erich Buschenhagen]], a German prisoner of war, on the contacts between Finnish and German military personnel before the [[Continuation War]] and a copy of [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]'s [[Operation Barbarossa|Barbarossa plan]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Ari Raunio & Juri Kilin | title=Itsenäisyyden puolustajat, Sodan taisteluja 2, Jatkosota | publisher=Weilin+Göös | year=2005 | isbn= 951-593-927-5 | language = fi}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Operation Auca]]: Five U.S. [[missionary|missionaries]] are killed by the [[Huaorani people|Waorani]] of [[Ecuador]] shortly after making first contact.<ref>{{cite book|title=The A.B.M. Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H93gyBtoezYC|year=1966|page=52}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Charles de Gaulle]] is proclaimed as the first President of the [[French Fifth Republic]].<ref>{{cite news |title=1959: De Gaulle becomes president |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/8/newsid_2772000/2772249.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; In France a [[French referendum on Algerian self-determination, 1961|referendum]] supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in [[Algeria]].<ref>{{cite news |title=1961: French vote for Algerian freedom |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/8/newsid_4464000/4464264.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] declares a "[[War on Poverty]]" in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|author=Alan S. Newell|title=A Forest in Trust: Three-quarters of a Century of Indian Forestry, 1910-1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Di6FGuk4xBEC&pg=PA65-IA15|year=1986|publisher=The Division|page=65}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; Bowing to international pressure, [[President of Pakistan]] [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] releases [[Bengali people|Bengali]] leader [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard F. Nyrop|title=Area Handbook for Pakistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5jTh7DA598C&pg=PA254|year=1975|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=254}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] space mission ''[[Luna 21]]'' is launched.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shabad |first1=Theodore |title=Soviet Luna 21 Lands on Moon, Delivering Lunokhod 2 Craft for Exploration |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/17/archives/soviet-luna-21-lands-on-moon-delivering-lunokhod-2-craft-for.html |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=17 January 1973}}</ref>
*  1973 &ndash; [[Watergate scandal]]: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] headquarters at [[Watergate complex|Watergate]] begins.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Watergate Break-in|url=https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/congress-investigates-part-2/watergate-break|access-date=2021-06-14|website=U.S. Capitol Visitor Center|language=en|archive-date=2022-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713200337/https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/congress-investigates-part-2/watergate-break}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Ella T. Grasso]] becomes [[List of Governors of Connecticut|Governor of Connecticut]], the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.<ref name="auto">{{cite book|author=Susan J. Tolchin|title=Women in Congress, 1917-1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rosUUqIKa6gC&pg=PA30|year=1976|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=30}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[1977 Moscow bombings|Three bombs]] explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an [[Armenians|Armenian]] separatist group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.samara.ru/paper/41/5070/91049/|title=Бомба в московском метро|last=Stepanov|first=Alexei|date=31 January 2004|work="Волжская Коммуна" №18|access-date=11 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224124752/http://old.samara.ru/paper/41/5070/91049/|archive-date=24 December 2009}}</ref> 
*[[1981]] &ndash; A local farmer reports a [[Trans-en-Provence Case|UFO sighting]] in [[Trans-en-Provence|Trans-en-Provence, France]], claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".<ref>{{cite book|author=Jerome Clark|title=High Strangeness: UFOs from 1960 Through 1979|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9rWAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Apogee Books|isbn=978-1-55888-742-8|page=78}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Breakup of the Bell System]]: In the United States, [[AT&T Corporation|AT&T]] agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.<ref name="auto"/>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Kegworth air disaster]]: [[British Midland International|British Midland]] Flight 92, a [[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-400]], crashes into the [[M1 motorway]], killing 47 of the 126 people on board.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hurst|first=Nick W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O_DBi2TmXTsC&pg=PA8|title=Risk Assessment: The Human Dimension|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|year=1998|isbn=978-0-85404-554-9|page=8}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; Russian [[cosmonaut]] [[Valeri Polyakov]] on ''[[Soyuz TM-18]]'' leaves for [[Mir]]. He would stay on the [[space station]] until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Wilkinson|title=Probing the New Solar System|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hXmZP40vFksC&pg=PA23|year=2009|publisher=Csiro Publishing|isbn=978-0-643-09575-5|page=23}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; An [[Antonov An-32]] cargo aircraft [[1996 Air Africa crash|crashes into a crowded market]] in [[Kinshasa]], [[Zaire]], killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ben R. Guttery|title=Encyclopedia of African Airlines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBmGpaD36cMC&pg=PA43|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Ben Guttery|isbn=978-0-7864-0495-7|page=43}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; President of the United States [[George W. Bush]] signs into law the [[No Child Left Behind Act]].<ref>{{cite book|author=William Hayes|title=No Child Left Behind: Past, Present, and Future|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W67vHaByunAC&pg=PA159|date=14 August 2008|publisher=R&L Education|isbn=978-1-57886-897-1|page=159}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Turkish Airlines Flight 634]] crashes near [[Diyarbakır Airport]], [[Turkey]], killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.<ref>{{cite news|date=8 January 2003|title=Turkish Airlines plane crashes, 75 dead, 5 survivors|work=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/01/08/turkish.plane.crash/|access-date=29 December 2008}}</ref>
*  2003 &ndash; [[Air Midwest Flight 5481]] crashes at [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte-Douglas Airport]], in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], killing all 21 people on board.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR0401.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Report: Loss of Pitch Control During Takeoff, Air Midwest Flight 5481, Raytheon (Beechcraft) 1900D, N233YV, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 8, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217155524/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR0401.pdf |archive-date=February 17, 2015 |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |id=NTSB/AAR-04/01 |date=February 26, 2004 }}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; The {{RMS|Queen Mary 2}}, then the largest [[ocean liner]] ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen [[Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{cite web|title=QUEEN MARY 2 TECHNICAL INFORMATION|url=http://www.cunard.com/documents/press%20kits/queen%20mary%202/queen_mary_2_technical.pdf|work=Cunard.com|publisher=Cunard|access-date=16 April 2014|archive-date=19 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019220221/https://www.cunard.com/documents/press%20kits/queen%20mary%202/queen_mary_2_technical.pdf}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; The nuclear sub {{USS|San Francisco|SSN-711|6}} collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of [[Guam]]. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.<ref>{{cite book|author=Nicholas Costa|title=Adam to Apophis: Asteroids, Millenarianism and Climate Change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGb-9NimZGoC&pg=PA17|year=2013|publisher=D'Aleman Publishing|isbn=978-9963-2917-0-0|page=17}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; A 6.1-magnitude [[2009 Costa Rica earthquake|earthquake]] in northern [[Costa Rica]] kills 15 people and injures 32.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/36696/61-earthquake-in-costa-rica#:~:text=A%20magnitude%206.1%20earthquake%20caused,U.S.%20Geological%20Survey%20(USGS).&text=The%20quake%20damaged%20buildings%20and,the%20deaths%2C%20said%20the%20USGS.|title=6.1 Earthquake in Costa Rica|website=NASA Earth Observatory|date=16 January 2009|access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; Gunmen from an offshoot of the [[Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda]] [[Togo national football team attack|attack a bus]] carrying the [[Togo national football team]] on its way to the [[2010 Africa Cup of Nations]], killing three people and injuring another nine.<ref>{{cite news|title=Assistant coach among dead in attack on Togo team|publisher=CNN|date=9 January 2010|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/01/09/angola.african.nations.cup.togo/index.html|access-date=10 January 2010}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; Sitting US Congresswoman [[Gabby Giffords]] is shot in the head along with 18 others in a [[2011 Tucson shooting|mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona]]. Giffords survived the assassination attempt, but six others died, including [[John Roll]], a federal judge.<ref>{{cite news|title=Congresswoman Giffords wounded, five killed in shooting|publisher=Reuters|date=8 January 2010|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7071IA20110108|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán|Joaquín Guzmán]], widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Agren |first1=David |title=Mexico recaptures drug cartel kingpin El Chapo after humiliating prison escape |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/08/mexican-drug-lord-el-chapo-recaptured-president-says |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 March 2020 |date=8 January 2016}}</ref>
*  2016 &ndash; [[West Air Sweden Flight 294]] crashes near the Swedish reservoir of [[Akkajaure]]; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200PF SE-DUX Oajevágge|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20160108-0|access-date=2021-12-20|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752]] crashes immediately after takeoff at [[Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport]]; all 176 on board are killed. The plane was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/world/middleeast/plane-crash.html|title=Plane Shot Down Because of Human Error, Iran Says|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 11, 2020}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a [[La Vega raid|police ″massacre″]] in [[La Vega Parish|La Vega]], [[Caracas]], Venezuela.<ref>{{cite news |title=Activists claim Venezuela police 'massacre' killed 23 people |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210111-activists-claim-venezuela-police-massacre-killed-23-people |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=France 24 |date=11 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; Supporters of former Brazil president [[Jair Bolsonaro]] [[2023 Praça dos Três Poderes attack|storm]] the [[National Congress of Brazil|Brazilian Congress]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-08 |title=Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazilian Congress |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64204860 |access-date=2023-01-08}}</ref>