A fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu Province, Turkey, results in 78 people dead and 51 injured. Date: January 21, 2025 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 2025 📅 On This Day (Today)
Newly formed automaker General Motors (GM) buys into the Oakland Motor Car Company, which later becomes GM's long-running Pontiac division. Date: January 20, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty. Date: January 20, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)
The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die. Date: January 20, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)
A German officer is killed in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers. Date: January 20, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish question". Date: January 20, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day…
World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months. Date: January 20, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies. Date: January 20, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations. Date: January 20, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pakistan launches its nuclear weapons program, a few weeks after its defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, as well as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Date: January 20, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)