January 31. United States Congress abolishes slavery, 1865.
January 30. Hitler sworn in as Chancellor of Germany, 1933.
January 18. Joseph Stalin proposes to ban Trotsky from the Politburo in 1929.
January 17. President Eisenhower gives ‘Military Industrial Complex’ warning in address to the American nation, 1961.
January 12. United States House of Representatives denies women the right to vote, 1915
January 10. Florida secedes from the Union, 1861.
January 9. Anson Jones, first President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide, 1858.
