January 1 - The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Slovakia and the Czech Republic separate in the so-called Velvet Divorce.
January 3 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
January 5 - Washington State executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the first legal hanging in America since 1965).
January 9 - Jean-Claude Romand kills his family and tries to burn himself inside his home in France.
January 14 - The Polish ferry Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen in the Baltic Sea, killing 54 people.
January 15 - Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as 'The Beast', is arrested in Palermo, Sicily after 23 years as a fugitive.
January 18 - For the first time, Martin Luther King Day is officially observed in all 50 U.S. states.
January 19 - IBM announces a $4.97 billion loss for 1992, the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history.
January 19 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM inspectors to use its own aircraft to fly into Iraq, and begins military operations in the demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait, and the northern Iraqi no-fly zones. U.S. forces fire approximately 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Baghdad factories linked to Iraq's illegal nuclear weapons program. Iraq then informs UNSCOM that it will be able to resume its flights.
January 20 - Bill Clinton succeeds George H.W. Bush as the 42nd President of the United States of America.
January 25 - Catherine Callbeck becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, becoming the first elected female premier in Canada (Rita Johnston was Canada's first unelected female Premier).
January 25 - Mir Aimal Kasi fires a rifle and kills 2 employees outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
January 26 - Václav Havel is elected President of the Czech Republic.
January 31 - The Buffalo Bills become the first team to lose 3 consecutive Super Bowls as they are defeated by the Dallas Cowboys, 52-17, in Super Bowl XXVII.
2007-03-26 13:05:21
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answered by It's Just My Opinion 4
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I went into Google and typed "January 26, 1993" with the quotes around the dates. Try it and you will find a lot of info on that date.
2007-03-26 13:10:05
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answered by Searcher 7
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Václav Havel elected President of the Czech Republic.
Cameron Bright, Canadian actor, was born
Jeanne Sauvé, Governor-General of Canada, died (b. 1922)
Bill Clinton said he was going to revoke the ban on homosexuals in the armed forces
You should check out the `chronicles of the .... century`books they give newspaper clippings from around the world for each day on a century basis.
2007-03-26 13:11:10
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answered by ilovem_owen 1
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Czech Republic elected Vaclav Havel as the new president. Other than that check the answer above for other January events.
2007-03-26 13:08:23
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answered by Anonymous
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in case you realize which you have royal blood in you, and you're a Prince/Princess. then you definately could take it for the helpful and understand what you're able to do. What would take place in case you got here upon which you have royal blood i does no longer care what human beings think of or say to me i does no longer say no longer something in any respect. this is you , you have royal blood
2016-12-19 14:38:04
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answered by ochs 4
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Who cares?
2007-03-26 13:16:47
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answered by ? 2
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