Page 9: Historical Events In January - 12

1993  Doctors announce Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease   

1993  Carles Mira, Spanish director (Que Nos Quiten Lo Bailao), dies at 45   

1994  Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder.   

1994  Bob Horen, dies of cancer at 67   

1995  Major earthquake results in the deaths of 5092 in Kobe Japan.   

1995  Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles   

1995  Pope John Paul II begins visit to Southeast Asia.   

1995  Francis Lopez, songwriter, dies at 77   

1996  Russian troops arrived in Bosnia on a peace keeping mission with the NATO countries.   

1996  Edmund Happold, engineer, dies at 65.   

1997  Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated   

1997  Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space   

1997  In this year, Tiger Woods claims Mercedes Championships.   

1997  Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher, dies at 95   

2005  Deep Impact is launched from Kennedy Space Center by a Delta 2 rocket   

2006  A stampede during the Stoning of the devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, results in the deaths of 362 pilgrims   

2007  Comet McNaught, the brightest comet in over 40 years, makes perihelion   

2007  The US Embassy in Athens is attacked with a rocket propelled grenade, which caused minimal damage and no injuries.   

2010  A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. With a confirmed death toll over 230000 it is one of the deadliest on record   

2010  Haiti earthquake in Haiti killing 100000-316000 people   

2013  A failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia, results in 18 deaths.   

2014  71st Golden Globe Awards: 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle win.   

2017  US President Barack Obama in surprise presentation awards Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.   

2020  1st ATP Cup Men's Tennis, Sydney: Novak Đoković and Viktor Troicki beat Spanish pair Pablo Carreño Busta and Feliciano López 6-3, 6-4 to clinch inaugural title for Serbia, 2-1; Đoković beats Raphael Nadal 6-2, 7-6   

2020  Taal Volcano in Luzon erupts, leading to the evacuation of thousands of people.   

2023  US Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden 's handling of classified documents [1]   

2024  Operation Prosperity Guardian: A U.S.-led coalition launches airstrikes at Houthi militant locations in Yemen, marking a retaliation to the Houthis' attacks on ships in the Red Sea   

2025  "Zootopia 2" is recorded as becoming the quickest PG-rated film to reach $1 Billion at the box office worldwide [1]   

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1483  Hendrik van nassau-dillenburg en dietz: Gov/viceroy of holland   

1483  Henry iii of nassau-breda: German noblem   

1492  Andreas alicatus: Italian author   

1562  Charles emanuel i: The great, duke of savoy   

1576  Peter scriverius: Dutch lawyer/historian   

1577  Jan baptist van helmont: Flemish chemist   

1580  Jean baptiste van helmont: Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)   

1580  Lord alexander ruthven: Scottish nobleman   

0689  Benedict biscop: English saint,   

1049  Abu sa'id ibn aboa al-chair: Persian mystic,   

1167  Aelred of hexham/rievaulx: English abbot/saint,   

1321  Maria of brabant: Wife of philip iii of france (b. 1256)   

1390  Peter van herenthals: Dutch theologist/church historian,   

1519  Maximilian i of hapsburg: German kaiser,   

1537  Lorenzo di credi: Italian painter,   

1665  Pierre de fermat: French mathematician (fermat therorem),