Hisdates•ComPage 16: Historical Events In January - 01
Sunday, 13 July 2025
2018 California becomes largest US state to legalise cannabis for recreational use on January - 01. 
2018 On January - 01 initiative of 300 Hollywood women called "Time's Up" announced to fight sexual harassment
2018 On January - 01 japanese actress and former porn star Sora Aoi announces her engagement
2018 On January - 01 world Darts Championship: Retiring 16-time title holder Phil Taylor loses 7-2 to fellow Englishman Rob Cross in the Final at the Alexandra Palace, London.
2019 Jair Bolsonaro begins his 4 year term as President of Brazil on January - 01.
2019 Level at 1-1 in Hopman Cup tennis tie, Roger Federer and Serena Williams (combined 43 major singles titles) matchup in deciding mixed doubles; with team mate Belinda Bencic, Federer wins 4-2, 4-3 for 2-1 Swiss victory over US on January - 01.
2019 On January - 01 all works published in 1923 except sound recordings (see 2022 scheduled events) enter the public domain in the United States, the first works to do so since the passage of the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.
2019 Jair Bolsonaro begins his four-year term as President of Brazil on January - 01.
2019 On this day in history unmanned space probe New Horizons makes a close approach of the Kuiper belt object (KBO) 486958 Arrokoth at 05:33 UTC.
2019 On this day in history qatar withdraws from OPEC.
2019 Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Austria on January - 01.
2020 Jakarta floods in Indonesia killing 66 people on this day in history.
2020 The Australian bushfires of 2019, or "Black Summer", that have killed as many as 500 million animals so far continues into the new year as the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) are deployed to New South Wales to assist mass evacuation efforts on this day in history.
2021 The African Continental Free Trade Area comes into effect on this day in history.
2023 Avenger's actor Jeremy Renner is accidentally run over by a snowplow, breaking more than 30 bones in his body near Reno, Nevada [1] on January - 01.
2023 On this day in history luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in as the 39th President of Brazil, his third term in office
2023 Croatia adopts the euro and joins the Schengen Area, becoming the 20th member state of the Eurozone and the 27th member of the Schengen Area. This is the first enlargement of the Eurozone since Lithuania's entry in 2015, and the first enlargement of the Schengen Area since Liechtenstein's entry in 2011 on January - 01.
2024 On this day in history egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates become BRICS members.
2024 The Republic of Artsakh is formally dissolved as Nagorno-Karabakh was recaptured by Azerbaijan on this day in history.
2024 A 7.5 Mww earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan (Noto Peninsula), killing at least 462 people and injuring 1,344 others.A further five are killed the next day when a Coast Guard aircraft carrying humanitarian aid collides with a Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 aircraft, destroying both aircraft. All 379 people aboard the passenger jet are evacuated safely on this day in history.
2024 Ethiopia announces an agreement with Somaliland to use the port of Berbera. Ethiopia also says that it will eventually recognize Somaliland's independence, becoming the first country to do so on January - 01.
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