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| Memorial Day in Turkmenistan (1881); | no footnotes |
| 1848 – The Palermo rising in Sicily commenced against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies. | {{no footnotes}} |
| 1872 – Yohannes IV was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. | multiple issues |
| 1932 – Running in a special election, Hattie Caraway became the first woman elected to the United States Senate. | {{refimprove}} |
| 1959 – Motown Records was founded as Tamla Records in Detroit, eventually popularizing the "Motown" style of soul music. | {{refimprove}} |
| 1970 – The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria capitulated, ending the Nigerian Civil War. | Currently says January 13? plus, multiple issues |
| 1971 – The American situation comedy All in the Family, starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, was first broadcast on the CBS television network; the show broke ground in its depiction of issues previously deemed unsuitable for U.S. network television comedy. | refimprove section |
Eligible
- 1554 – Bayinnaung, who later assembled the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, was crowned king of the Burmese Taungoo Dynasty.
- 1777 – Mission Santa Clara de Asís, a Spanish mission that formed the basis of both the city of Santa Clara, California and Santa Clara University, was established.
- 1838 – In order to avoid persecution by anti-Mormons, Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith, along with his followers, fled Kirtland, Ohio for Far West, Missouri.
- 1895 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.
- 1911 – The University of the Philippines College of Law was founded; many leading Filipino political figures have since graduated from it.
- 1945 – World War II: The Soviet Union's Red Army crossed the Vistula River in Poland on their way to invade Germany.
- 1964 – Rebels led by John Okello overthrew Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar.
- 1969 – British rock band Led Zeppelin released their eponymous first album.
- 2010 – A 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti, affecting an estimated three million people.
January 12: Zanzibar Revolution Day in Tanzania (1964)
- 1808 – John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver (pictured), from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture.
- 1899 – During a storm, the crew of the Lynmouth Lifeboat Station transported their 10-ton lifeboat 15 mi (24 km) overland in order to rescue a damaged schooner.
- 1921 – Seeking to restore confidence after the Black Sox Scandal, owners of Major League Baseball teams elected former United States district court judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the league's first commissioner.
- 1967 – Seventy-three-year-old psychology professor James Bedford became the first person to be cryonically frozen with intent of future resuscitation.
- 2007 – Comet McNaught reached perihelion and became the brightest comet in over 40 years with an apparent magnitude of −5.5.