Events, this day in history
27/01/2023
On this day in 1973, January 27,
Vietnam War ended
The Paris accord ending the Vietnam War, America's longest war to that time, was signed this day in 1973, providing for an exchange of prisoners and for the unilateral withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Vietnam.
18/01/2023
On this day, the 18th of January 1986,
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day was first celebrated as a national holiday in the United States.
15/01/2023
On this day, 15th of January 1929, Martin Luther King Jr was born.
King was an American religious leader, civil-rights activist and Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. His leadership was fundamental to that movement’s success in ending the legal segregation of African Americans in the South and other parts of the United States.
12/01/2023
January 12 2010 - January 12 2023, = 13 yrs ago,
Haiti severely damaged by earthquake
On this day in 2010, a magnitude-7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, especially Port-au-Prince, killing more than 200,000 people and leaving more than 1,000,000 homeless and touching off a massive international relief effort.
09/01/2023
January 9th 2005 - January 9th 2023, = 18 yrs ago,
Mahmoud Abbas was elected
Mahmoud Abbas, who was a founder of Fatah in the 1950s and served briefly as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in 2003 under Yāsir ʿArafāt, was elected president of the PA on this day in 2005.
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08/01/2023
January 8 1984 - January 8 2023, = 39 yrs ago,
Kim Jong Un was born.
Kim Jong-Un, is North Korean President who succeeded his father, Kim Jong Il, as leader of North Korea (2011– ). The youngest of Kim Jong Il’s three sons.
07/01/2023
7th January 2015 - 7th January 2023, = 8 yrs ago, Two gunmen connected to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a Yemeni-based militant group, stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo and killed 12 people in retribution for the satirical magazine's portrayals of the Prophet Muhammad; the attackers were later killed by police.
06/01/2023
6th January 2021 - 6th January 2023, = 2 yrs ago, Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, where Congress was meeting to certify Joe Biden's win in the 2020 election; Trump and his backers alleged widespread voter fraud, though there was no evidence for the claims.
05/01/2023
5th Jan 1933 - 5th Jan 2023, = 90 yrs ago, Golden Gate Bridge construction begun.
In San Francisco on this day in 1933, construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge, a suspension bridge that once boasted the longest main span in the world and that has been celebrated for the magnificence of its setting.
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04/01/2023
4th Jan 2010 - 4th Jan 2023, = 13 yrs ago,
Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, officially opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
03/01/2023
On Jan 3rd 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated by pope Leo X.
On this day in 1521, Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem, excommunicating Martin Luther, the German priest whose questioning of certain Roman Catholic practices initiated the Protestant Reformation.
03/01/2023
Jan 3rd 2020 - Jan 3rd 2023, = 3 yrs ago, Major General Qasem Suleimani, the Iranian top military General was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad International airport.The drone targeted and killed Soleimani while he was on his way to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi in Baghdad.