Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
2016 (Thursday) 2015 (Wednesday) January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 358 days remain until the end of the year (359 in leap years ).
1865 – Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951) 1867 – Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios (d. 1939) 1867 – Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel, pilot, and polo player (d. 1934)
January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 341 days remain until the end of the year (342 in leap years ).
2016 (Thursday) 2015 (Wednesday) January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 351 days remain until the end of the year (352 in leap years ).
2007 – The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history. [41] 2008 – A Let L-410 Turbolet crashes in the Los Roques Archipelago in Venezuela, killing 14 people. [42] 2010 – The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai. [43]
1875 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris. [6] 1895 – Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. [7] 1900 – Irish nationalist leader John Edward Redmond calls for revolt against British rule. [8]
Get breaking entertainment news and the latest celebrity stories from AOL. All the latest buzz in the world of movies and TV can be found here.
Macarius of Egypt ( Western Christianity) Maurus and Placidus ( Order of Saint Benedict) Paul the Hermit. January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Earliest day on which Martin Luther King Jr. Day can fall (the 15th being his birthday), while January 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in January.