Major Events
- Jan 1 A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Japan's western coast, killing an estimated 120 people and injuring more than 100
- Jan 1 Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE become BRICS members
- Jan 1 Ethiopia makes a controversial deal with Somaliland to lease part of its coastline, including becoming the first country to recognise it as a separate country from Somalia [1]
- Jan 2 Claudine Gay, Harvard University's first Black president, resigns following testimony to Congress on anti-semitism and amid plagiarism allegations [1]
- Jan 2 Japan Airlines Flight 516 crashes into Coast Guard plane and burns during landing at Haneda airport in Tokyo; all 379 passengers and crew on board the JAL Airbus evacuate safely, 5 of the 6 Coast Guard members are killed
- Jan 3 In an all-English final, Luke Humphries claims his first PDC World Darts Championship with a 7-4 win over 16-year-old prodigy Luke Littler at the Alexandra Palace, London
- Jan 3 Jeffery Epstein court documents listing his associates made public from 2015 defamation trial of Ghislaine Maxwell [1]
- Jan 3 Lowest January temperature of -43.6 C (minus 46.5 F), recorded in Sweden for 25 years in Kvikkjokk-Årrenjarka, Swedish Lapland, amid a very cold spell across Scandinavia [1]
- Jan 3 Two explosions kill at least 95 people during a commemorative ceremony marking the assassination of Qasem Soleimani in Kerman, Iran
- Jan 4 Diplomatic row erupts between India and the Maldives after Indian PM Narendra Modi encourages Indians to travel to the Lakshadweep islands instead [1]
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Famous Weddings in 2024
- Jan 13 Former NZ PM Jacinda Ardern (43) marries Clarke Gayford (47) at a vineyard in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand [1]
- Feb 11 American R&B singer Usher (45) weds third wife, long-time partner and American music industry executive Jenn Goicoechea (40) at Vegas Weddings, Las Vegas, hours after he performs at the Super Bowl half time show [1]
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