1996 53th Golden Globes Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta

1996 Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament

1996 US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo

1997 At least a dozen people are reported dead after a pair of earthquakes in China's westernmost province. The quakes in the Xinjiang region heavily damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes. The first quake had a magnitude of 6.4, the second a magnitude of 6.3.

1997 In the face of continuing reports of legally dubious fund-raising practices, the Democratic National Committee announced it would no longer take donations from foreign nationals or from U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies.

1997 Newt Gingrich is fined and reprimanded as the U.S. House of Representatives votes for first time in history to discipline the Speaker of the House for ethical misconduct.

1997 The full House voted 395-28 to reprimand Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., for violating House rules and misleading congressional investigators looking into his possible misuse of tax-exempt donations for political purposes.

1998 Pope John Paul II arrived in Havana for his first-ever visit to Cuba.

1998 Pope John Paul II visits Cuba

1998 U.S. President Bill Clinton denies reports of an affair with former intern Monica Lewinsky and that he influenced her to lie about it.

1999 Raul Salinas de Gortari, brother of a former Mexican president, is convicted of arranging the murder of a political rival and sentenced to 50 years in prison.

1999 The brother of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari was convicted of masterminding the 1994 shooting death of a ruling party official.

2003 Lee Boyd Malvo, 17, was indicted by a grand jury on murder charges stemming from the Washington area sniper attacks.

2003 The U.S. Census Bureau says Hispanics have moved past African-Americans as the largest minority group in the United States.

2004 A U.S. scientist who had toured North Korea nuclear facilities told Congress there was evidence they could produce enriched plutonium.

2004 China ushered in the year of the monkey, a positive sign in Chinese astrology for business and growth.

1522 Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope

1793 Louis XVI, the King of France, is guillotined during the French revolution

1954 The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear powered submarine, is launched

1976 The supersonic airliner 'Concorde' begins regular commercial service

1905 The birth of Christian Dior, French fashion designer

1924 The birth of Telly Savalas, American actor

1941 The birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor

1957 The birth of Geena Davis, American actress

2005 In Belize's capital city Belmopan, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.

2007 Yokozuna Asashoryu won the Emperor's Cup at the New Year's Grand Sumo Tournament (Hatsu Basho) in Tokyo, Japan.

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