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5 people are killed and 6 others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.
Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus.
A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.
A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.
The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
Korean War: An estimated 200-1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered in what becomes the Ganghwa massacre.
The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.
In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England.
The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada, completing the Reconquista.
Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras.
Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.
Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia.
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