ByteDance
2025
Bytedance and sister companies are banned from the United States for "security concerns"..
January-19
Historical Events on January 19
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JAXA
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's probe lands on the moon, making Japan the 5th country to land a spacecraft on the moon.
2024
2014 Bannu bombing
A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others.
2014
Megaupload
The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.
2012
Hrant Dink
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast.
2007
Henry Cookson
2007
Four-man Team N2i, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the Antarctic pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1965 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance..
Slovak Air Force
A Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crashes near Hejce, Hungary, killing 42.
2006
British Aerospace
British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
1999
Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
1997
North Cape oil spill
The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
1996
Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C
1995
After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued..
Czech Republic
Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
1993
Gulf War
Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.
1991
Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus
Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in Indian-administered Kashmir due to an insurgency.
1990
Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286
Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 crashes in Bayfield, Colorado, killing nine.
1988
Iran hostage crisis
1981
Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity..
Volkswagen Beetle
The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
1978
Gerald Ford
President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
1977
Jan Palach
Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
1969
Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi becomes India's first female prime minister.
1966
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan
1960
Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty.
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 crashes near Ankara Esenboğa Airport in Turkey, killing all 42 aboard.
1960
I Love Lucy
Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
1953
Douglas MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
1946
Red Army
World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, fewer than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
1945
Japanese invasion of Burma
1942
World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins..
World War II
World War II: HMS Greyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 64 kilometres (40 mi) northeast of Falkonera.
1941
Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in seven hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
1937
United States Senate
The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
1920
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
1920
Silvertown explosion
1917
Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage..
Georges Claude
Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
1915
German bombing of Britain, 1914–1918
German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
1915
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, is stricken with paralysis. She dies three days later at the age of 81.
1901
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
1899
Thomas Edison
1883
The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey..
Franco-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
1871
Battle of Mill Springs
American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
1862
American Civil War
American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
1861
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
1853
East India Company
1839
The British East India Company captures Aden..
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.
1829
José de San Martín
An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
1817
Batavian Republic
The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands, replacing the Dutch Republic.
1795
First Fleet
The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
1788
John Wilkes
1764
John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel..
Bolle Willum Luxdorph
Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
1764
Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna (Swedish: Tavastehus) is granted privileges after it separated from the Vanaja parish as its own city in Tavastia.
1639
San Agustin Church (Manila)
San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
1607
Sten Sture the Younger
Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund and dies on February 3.
1520
Siege of Mirandola (1511)
1511
The Italian Duchy of Mirandola surrenders to the Pope..
John VIII Palaiologos
John VIII Palaiologos marries Sophia of Montferrat and is then crowned Byzantine co-emperor to his father Manuel II Palaiologos.
1421
Hundred Years' War
Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.
1419
Tang campaign against Kucha
Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang.
649
Gratian
Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
379