1832-Charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde
1909-David, Mawson & Mackay reach south magnetic pole
1913-British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland
1925-Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council
1939-Comic strip "Superman" debuts
1943 -60ºF (-51ºC), Island Park Dam ID (state record)
11944-General Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London
1951-Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi
1952 New Dutch bible translation finished
1956-Egyptian President Nassar pledges to reconquer Palestine
1963-Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore" premieres
1966-Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center
1967-First black government installed in Bahamas
1970-Colonel Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya
1974-"Jaws" by Peter Benchley is published
1979-Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt
1980-Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession
1981-John Lennon's "Woman" is released in UK
1984-Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados-possession of cannabis
1985 -"Playboy" announces end of stapling centerfolds
1989-Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague
1991-Operation Desert Storm begins - U.S. & 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (air war begins January 17 at 2:38AM (local time) with an Apache helicopter attack)