1865 – Congress passes, by a vote of 121-24, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States except as punishment for a crime
1924 – Herma Szabo of Austria wins the ladies figure skating gold medal at the Chamonix Winter Olympics; only women’s event at the Games
1925 – Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes president of Angola
1944 – US forces invade Kwajalein Atoll
1961 – USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights
1966 – USSR launches Luna 9 towards Moon
1972 – British Home Secretary Reginald Maudling to House of Commons on ‘Bloody Sunday’, “The Army returned the fire directed at them with aimed shots and inflicted a number of casualties on those who were attacking them with firearms and with bombs”
1981 – 38th Golden Globes: Ordinary People, Robert De Niro, and Mary Tyler Moore win
2010 – 26th Sundance Film Festival: “Winter’s Bone”, directed by Debra Granik, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
2015 – Atlanta Hawks set a new NBA monthly win record as they move to 17-0 for January, with a 91-85 win against the Philadelphia 76ers