A Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crashes near Hejce, Hungary, killing 42. Date: January 19, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
Four-man Team N2i, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the Antarctic pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1965 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance. Date: January 19, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day…
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast. Date: January 19, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI. Date: January 19, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others. Date: January 19, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's probe lands on the moon, making Japan the 5th country to land a spacecraft on the moon. Date: January 19, 2024 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 2024 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bytedance and sister companies are banned from the United States for "security concerns". Date: January 19, 2025 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 2025 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship. Date: January 18, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day (Today)
First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece. Date: January 18, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)
Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia. Date: January 18, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)