This Week: 4th January through 10th January
IPhone on display at MacWorld in San Francisco on the 9th day of January, A.D. 2007.
- Sunday | 4th Day of January | Sunday
- A.D. 1896: Utah is admitted as the 45th State.
- A.D. 1918: Finland declares independence.
- A.D. 1958: Sputnik 1 falls back to Earth.
- A.D. 1990: Sukkur Rail Disaster in Pakistan, 307 killed.
- A.D. 2010: The Burj Kalifa is opened.
- Monday | 5th Day of January
- A.D. 1914: Ford announces an 8 hour work day and a $5 minimum wage.
- A.D. 1919: The German Workers' Party, later known as the National-Socialist German Workers' Party, is founded in Munich.
- A.D. 1971: Tonghai Earthquake, 10k-15k killed.
- A.D. 1975: The Lake Illawara collides with the Tasman Bridge in Hobart, killing 12.
- A.D. 2005: The dwarf planet Eris is discovered.
- Tuesday | 6th Day of January
- A.D. 1839: 'Night of the Big Wind' - Large storm destroys 20% of Dublin, Ireland, leaving 250-300 dead.
- A.D. 1912: New Mexico is admitted as the 47th State.
- A.D. 1919: Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of these United States of America, dies unexpectedly in his sleep at Sagamore Hill, Cove Neck, New York.
- A.D. 1961: First ever elections in Vietnam History
- A.D. 2021: Supporters of Donald Trump enter White House under disputed circumstances.
- Wednesday | 7th Day of January
- A.D. 1558: French forces seize Calais, the last city of English France.
- A.D. 1927: The first ever transatlantic telephone service is introduced.
- A.D. 1972: Iberia Flight 602 from Valencia crashes near Ibiza Airport, leaving 102 dead.
- A.D. 1999: The Senate Trial for the Impeachment of Bill Clinton commences.
- A.D. 2015: gunmen carry out a mass shooting at the Charlie Hebdo Magazine building in Paris.
- Thursday | 8th Day of January
- A.D. 1790: The first State of the Union Adress is held in New York City.
- A.D. 1920: The Steel Strike of 1919 ends in failure for the AAI and the STW unions.
- A.D. 1981: A UFO sighting case occurs in Trans-en-Provence, France.
- A.D. 1996: All 8 onboard, and 229 on the ground, die when an Air Africa Anotnov AN-32 crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo).
- A.D. 2011: 6 die and 13 injured (including a Congressional Representative and a federal judge) in a shooting at a grocery store parking lot in Tucson, Arizona.
- Friday | 9th Day of January
- A.D. 1916: Battle of Gallipoli ends in Ottoman Victory
- A.D. 1961: UK announces discovery of Soviet spy ring in London
- A.D. 1992: The first ever extrasolar planets are discovered
- A.D. 2007: The first ever IPhone is announced.
- A.D. 1693: Great Sicily Earthquake kills 60k-100k.
- Saturday | 10th Day of January
- B.C. 49: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River headed toward Rome.
- A.D. 1920: The Treaty of Versailles goes into effect.
- A.D. 1985: Daniel Ortega becomes President of Nicaragua.
- A.D. 1990: Time Incorporated and Warner Communications merge, becomming Time-Warner.
- A.D. 2013: Multiple bombings within Quetta, Pakistan, leave 142 dead.