January 24

At least 70 people are killed and 10 others missing after major landslides in West Java, Indonesia.

An Ilyushin Il-76 crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, killing all 74 people on board.

Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts.

At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.

Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.

The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.

Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.

An Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes at Nizhnevartovsk Airport, killing 27 people.

About 20,000 protestors march in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.

The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.

Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.

The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.

Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.

Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc.

Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.

Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.

The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.

World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.

World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.

The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.

Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company starts selling the first canned beer.

The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.

The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).

In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.

World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.

The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.

Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.

The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.

The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.

California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.

Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.

Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the action of Picheuta.

During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).

Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.

King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.

Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647.

King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.

Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary.

The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.

Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.

Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.