Jan 30 Paul Simon's "The Capeman," premieres

Jan 01 All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free

Jan 11 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win

Jan 20 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama & Papas, Eagles

Jan 25 Two US tourists, Thomas and Eileen Lonergan, are left behind by a scuba diving operator on a reef off Port Douglas, north Queensland. They are never found

Jan 25 "Grease," closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY after 1,503 performance

Jan 05 Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec & Ontario

Jan 08 Roseanne files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas

Jan 13 CBS pays $4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years

Jan 19 The CN line bewteen Moncton, NB and Mont-Joli, Que is transferred to the Quebec Railway Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiaries as follows New Brunswick East Coast Railway between Pacific Junction, near Moncton, and Campbellton, NB. Matapedia Railway between Campbellton, NB and Mont-Joli, QC.

Jan 25 Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) &soccer David Beckham gets engaged

Jan 08 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life

Jan 01 The Ontario Southland Railway takes over the operation of the Guelph Junction Railway (formerly the Goderich subdivision) which had been leased by CP from the City of Guelph since 1888. The Ontario Southland also took over the 3.1 mile remnant of the CP owned Guelph and Goderich Railway.

Jan 14 Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge

Jan 01 US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733

Jan 05 Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec & Ontario

Jan 22 Accused bomber Ted Kaczynski pleaded guilty to all counts against him in California and New Jersey. He was sentenced to life in prison on May 4.

Jan 01 Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week

Jan 23 Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba

Jan 28 Michelangelo, "Christ &the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million

Jan 17 President Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones

Jan 27 Crane crashes into Roosevelt Is (New York City NY) Tram, injuring 10

Jan 09 Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever

Jan 08 National Defence deploys 4,000 soldiers to help Hydro-Quebec with the worst ice storm damage; 1.3 million households will lose power in Eastern Ontario and Quebec.

Jan 21 Pope John Paul II arrived in Havana for his first-ever visit to Cuba.

Jan 09 Over 100 teams of linemen arrive from Detroit and other parts of the US to help clean up after the ice storm; 1.3 million homes still without electricity in Quebec and Eastern Ontario

Jan 01 US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733

Jan 31 STS 89 (Endeavour 12) lands

Jan 21 U.S. President Bill Clinton denies reports of an affair with former intern Monica Lewinsky and that he influenced her to lie about it.

Jan 26 President Clinton goes on TV and says "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."

Jan 29 Singers Bobby Brown found guilty of DWI in Fort Lauderdale FL

Jan 14 100th episode of "Ellen," airs

Jan 05 Sonny Bono, half of the Sonny and Cher pop duo and politician, dies in a skiing accident in Lake Tahoe, California at age 62.

Jan 19 Rock 'n' roll pioneer Carl Perkins, whose hit song Blue Suede Shoes helped lift Elvis Presley to stardom, dies aged 65.

Jan 09 Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned

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