January This Day In History

Videos from This Day In History with a brief description together with this day in history date in January where the video can be found.
1st January : The Beatles Old Footage 1962
2nd January : The Andrews Sisters 1942
2nd January : Ibrox Disaster 1971
3rd January : Lord Haw Haw World War II
4th January : Watergate 1974
5th January : Lassie Come Home 1943
5th January : Kamikaze Pilots 1945
6th January : Jackie Robinson 1967
6th January : East Coast Blizzard 1996
7th January : H-Bomb 1953
7th January : The Kray Twins 1965
8th January : Food Rationing Britain 1940
9th January : Datsun Commercial
10th January : The Beatles 1964
11th January : Bing Crosby 1928
11th January : Bank Of America buys Countrywide Financial 2008
12th January : Bee Gees
12th January : Great Pyramids Of Egypt
13th January : Frisbee Begins 1957
13th January : Wyatt Earp 1929
13th January : Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison 1968
14th January : IRAN Hostage Crisis Ends 1981
14th January : George Wallace 1968
14th January : Marilyn Monroe
15th January : Hill Street Blues 1981
15th January : Duke Ellington 1942
15th January : Bonanza 1973
15th January : Princess Diana Angola 1997
16th January : Galapagos Islands
16th January : First Corvette 1953
16th January : Space Shuttle Columbia Launch 2003
17th January : 50s fashion montage
17th January : BBC Breakfast TV launch 1983
19th January : The Apple Lisa Launched 1983
19th January : Howard Hughes H1 Record 1930s
20th January : John F. Kennedy inauguration 1961
20th January : Soccer Hooligans 80s
21st January : Monte Carlo Rally Mini 1966
21st January : First Concorde Flights 1976
22nd January : Queen Victoria Funeral 1901
22nd January : Apple Macintosh 1984 Commercial
22nd January : Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet 1970
23rd January : The Queen Mary 1936
23rd January : Roots TV Mini Series 1977
24th January : Ted Bundy 1989
24th January : Churchill Funeral 1965
25th January : The Beatles 1964
25th January : Burns Day Storm 1990
26th January : Glendale Train Crash 2005
26th January : Phantom of the Opera 1988
26th January : India Independence 1950
26th January : President Bill Clinton denies having "sexual relations" 1998
27th January : Apollo 1 Accident 1967
27th January : Michael Jackson Pepsi 1984
28th January : Challenger Explodes 1986
28th January : Elvis Presley "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956
28th January : Fantasy Island 1978
29th January : Sleeping Beauty 1959
29th January : Tommy Dorsey 1937
29th January : Dolly Parton's "9 to 5"
30th January : The Flying Wallendas 1962
30th January : Beatles last public performance 1969
30th January : Hitler 1933
31st January : Dr Harold Shipman 2000
31st January : Chimp in Space 1961
1 New Anti-Smoking laws came into effect with regard to advertising which it was hoped would cut down the number of smoking related diseases each year
2 January is the start of a new year and also signal led the beginning of the new millennium
3 In Europe the start of the new year also was the start of the new European Currency in 11 nations
4 January 1st 2000 signaled the beginning of the new millennium and also major concerns over computer programmes written in the 80's causing some panic and concern of the Millennium Bug, in fact most of the work and testing for problems was done in the two years prior and very few problems occurred

Major Holidays In January

Australia Day Australia January 26th
New Year's Day January 1st
Martin Luther King Day U.S.A. 3rd Monday
Republic Day India January 26th