Forward Planner: News Anniversaries for the next 6 months

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January 2025

1 Year (2024)
Jan 01: BRICS: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates become BRICS members.
Jan 19: Japan becomes the fifth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, with its SLIM mission.
Jan 26: Israel–Hamas war: The UN's International Court of Justice rules that Israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, but stops short of ordering an immediate halt to operations.

5 Years (2020)
Jan 03: 2019–20 Persian Gulf crisis: A U.S. drone strike at Baghdad International Airport kills Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
Jan 28: President of the United States Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu announce the Trump peace plan.
Jan 30: The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the sixth time that this measure has been invoked since 2009.
Jan 31: The United Kingdom and Gibraltar formally withdraw from the European Union at 11PM (GMT), beginning an 11-month transition period.

10 Years (2015)
Jan 02: Cargo ship 'Cemfjord' capsises off Pentland Firth, Scotland. All 8 crew lost.
Jan 07: Terrorist gunmen kill 12 in attack on office of French satirical magazine, Paris.
Jan 09: US court sentences London Islamic preacher Abu Hamza to life in prison.
Jan 15: UK: Death of Ethel Lang, aged 114. Last person born in reign of Queen Victoria.
Jan 19: Death of British actress Anne Kirkbride ('Deirdre Barlow' in 'Coronation Street').
Jan 22: Death of former UK Home Secretary Leon Brittan aged 75.
Jan 24: UK: Defection of UKIP MEP Amjad Bashir to the Conservative Party.
Jan 26: C of E consecrates Rev Libby Lane as 1st female bishop, York Minster.

15 Years (2010)
Jan 04: Opening of Burj Khalifa in Dubai: world's tallest building.
Jan 12: Haito Earthquake: Approx 230,000 killed in capital, Port-au-Prince.
Jan 22: Death of English actress Jean Simmons ('Breakfast at Tiffany's') aged 80.
Jan 27: Death of American author J.D.Salinger aged 91 ('Catcher In The Rye').
Jan 29: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair appears before Iraq Inquiry.

25 Years (2000)
Jan 11: 7 fishermen drown off Scottish coast as dredger 'Solway Harvester' sinks.
Jan 12: Sven Goran Eriksson is 1st foreign manager of England Football team.
Jan 19: Death of Austrian-born actress Hedy Lamarr aged 87.
Jan 31: Family GP Dr Harold Shipman jailed for life for murder of 15 of his patients.

30 Years (1995)
Jan 01: 53 year old serial killer Fred West found hanged in prison in Birmingham.
Jan 07: Death of UK comedian & entertainer Larry Grayson aged 71.
Jan 09: Death of British comedian Peter Cook aged 57.
Jan 17: Powerful earthquake close to port of Kobe, Japan. Over 6,000 killed.
Jan 22: Death of Rose Kennedy, mother of John & Bobby Kennedy.
Jan 24: Start of the O.J.Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles.
Jan 25: French & Man Utd footballer Eric Cantona kicks a fan at Crystal Palace.
Jan 27: Man Utd's Eric Cantona banned from football for 9 months attack on a fan.
Jan 30: Death of British naturalist Gerald Durrell aged 70.

35 Years (1990)
Jan 01: Poland withdraws from the Warsaw Pact.
Jan 04: UK BBC TV broadcasts 1st episode of comedy 'One Foot In The Grave'.
Jan 06: Death of Scottish actor Ian Charleson aged 40 ('Chariots of Fire').
Jan 07: Leaning Tower of Pisa closed to public for 1st time over safety fears.
Jan 11: Over 300,000 demonstrate in faviour of independence in Lithuania.
Jan 14: Death of British actor Terry Thomas aged 78.
Jan 15: Death of Scottish actor Gordon Jackson aged 66 ('The Great Escape', 'The Professionals').
Jan 15: Death of Scottish film & TV actor Gordon Jackson aged 66.
Jan 25: Death of Hollywood actress Ava Gardner aged 67.
Jan 31: Russia's 1st McDonald's fast food shop opens in Moscow.

40 Years (1985)
Jan 28: USA for Africa record 'We Are The World' to raise money for famine relief.
Jan 29: Oxford University refuses Honorary Degree for UK PM Margaret Thatcher.

45 Years (1980)
Jan 01: UK: 1st episode of BBC TV holiday camp comedy 'Hi De Hi".
Jan 03: Naturalist Joy Adamson murdered in Kenya aged 69. Author of 'Born Free'.
Jan 07: Indian election: Indira Gandhi voted back into power.
Jan 18: Death of English Society photographer Sir Cecil beaton aged 76.
Jan 22: Russian nuclear physicist Dr Andrei Sakharov sent into internal exile.
Jan 27: Rhodesian opposition leader Robert Mugabe returns after five years in exile.
Jan 30: UK: BBC broadcasts 1st edition of current affairs programme 'Newsnight'.

50 Years (1975)
Jan 01: Senior White House officials found guilty of Watergate Cover-Up.
Jan 02: UK: ITV broadcasts 1st episode of police drama 'The Sweeney'.
Jan 04: UK: Broadcast of 1st episode of situation comedy 'The Good Life' on BBC TV.
Jan 14: 17-year-old heiress Lesley Whittle kidnapped from her home in Shropshire.

55 Years (1970)
Jan 01: UK: 1st showing of historial drama series 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII' on BBC TV.
Jan 05: UK: 1st edition of 'A Question of Sport' on BBC TV (presenter David Vine).
Jan 16: Col Gaddafi is Libya leader after leading coup against King Idris.

70 Years (1955)
Jan 23: UK: York-Bristol express train crashes at Sutton Coldfield station. 17 killed.

75 Years (1950)
Jan 21: Death of British writer George Orwell from tuberculosis ('Animal Farm'; '1984').
Jan 26: India becomes independent republic after nearly 100 years of British rule.

80 Years (1945)
Jan 15: WW2: Soviet Red Army liberates city of Krakow in Poland.
Jan 17: WW2: Russian troops liberate Warsaw, Poland.
Jan 20: Franklin D.Roosevelt inaugurated USA President for 4th term in office.
Jan 21: Birth of British actor Martin Shaw ('The Professionals', 'Judge John Deed').
Jan 27: WW2: Russian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz, Poland.

85 Years (1940)
Jan 08: WW2: Start of food rationing in Britain (bacon, butter & sugar).
Jan 22: Birth of British actor John Hurt.

90 Years (1935)
Jan 08: Birth of American rock & roll singer Elvis Presley.
Jan 24: Birth of broadcaster Bamber Gascoigne ('University Challenge').

100 Years (1925)
Jan 03: Benito Mussolini declares himself dictator of Italy.
Jan 26: Birth of American film actor Paul Newman ('Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid'; 'The Sting').

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