Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre. Date: January 21, 2023 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21…
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)