* January 15 – Vermont declares its independence from New York, becoming the Vermont Republic, an independent country, a status it retains until it joins the United States as the 14th state in 1791.

The Central American country of Belize, another former British colony, also still retains the principle of the Riot Act ; it was last read on 21 January 2005, during the 2005 Belize unrest.

Countryside, as a separate governmental entity, ceased to exist on January 15, 2003, although the neighborhood retains the name informally.

In a letter of 31 January 1985 to Cardinal Giuseppe Siri, regarding the book Poem of the Man God, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger ( then Prefect of the Congregation, who later became Pope Benedict XVI ), referred to the 1966 notification of the Congregation as follows: " After the dissolution of the Index, when some people thought the printing and distribution of the work was permitted, people were reminded again in L ' Osservatore Romano ( 15 June 1966 ) that, as was published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis ( 1966 ), the Index retains its moral force despite its dissolution.

Wieman joined the University of British Columbia on 1 January 2007 and is heading a well-endowed science education initiative there ; he retains a twenty percent appointment at the University of Colorado at Boulder to head the science education project he founded in Colorado.

The community was long organized as a township, and retains " Township " in its official name, but adopted a home rule charter in 1973 ( taking effect on January 5, 1976 ) and is no longer subject to the Pennsylvania Township Code.

Today BAE Systems retains a small facility at Prestwick for its BAE Systems Regional Aircraft division, with the adjoining main manufacturing site, producing components for Airbus and Boeing aircraft, having been sold to Spirit AeroSystems in January 2006.

* January 30-Wilfred Benítez retains his WBC world Jr. Middleweight title with a fifteen round unanimous decision over Roberto Durán in Las Vegas.

* January 31-In the first world title fight scheduled for twelve rounds instead of fifteen in various decades, Rafael Orono retains his WBC world Jr. Bantamweight championship with a four round knockout over Pedro Romero in Caracas, Venezuela.

* January 22-Mike Tyson retains his undisputed world Heavyweight championship with a fourth round knockout win against former world champion Larry Holmes in Atlantic City.

* January 15-Joe Frazier retains his world Heavyweight title with a five round knockout of Terry Daniels in New Orleans.

* January 23-In a rematch of their 1966 title fight, Emile Griffith again retains the world's Middleweight title with a fifteen round decision over Joey Archer, New York City.

The church was designated a Grade I listed building on 4 January 1950 ; and its reconstruction retains the listing.

* January 16-In the first world title fight of the decade, Willie Pep retains his world Featherweight title, with a fifth round knockout of Charley Riley, St. Louis.

* January 27-World Light-Heavyweight champion Archie Moore retains the title with a third consecutive fifteen round decision over former world champion Joey Maxim, in Miami.

* January 18-Sandy Saddler retains his world Featherweight title with a thirteenth round knockout of future world Jr. Lightweight champion Flash Elorde, in San Francisco.

* January 17-Fritzie Zivic retains his world Welterweight title with a twelfth round knockout of Henry Armstrong at their New York rematch.

* January 9-In a rematch of their controversial 1941 bout, Joe Louis retains his world Heavyweight title with a first round knockout of Buddy Baer, at New York.

* January 20-Marcel Thil retains the world Middleweight title by a fourth round disqualification against Lou Brouillard, Paris, France.

* January 1-Freddie Steele retains his National Boxing Association world Middleweight title with a ten round decision win over former world champion Gorilla Jones, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

* January 19-In a rematch, Benny Lynch retains the world Flyweight title with a fifteen round decision over Small Montana, in London.

* January 25-Joe Louis retains the world Heavyweight title with a first round knockout of world Light-Heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis in the first round, in New York.

* January 14-Benny Leonard retains the world Lightweight title with a sixth round knockout of Richie Mitchell, at New York.

Nobody Kills Santa Claus, the second episode of the first series ( transmitted 30 January 1965 ), is very different from the programme's later style — for instance the character of Marker still retains some of the " tough guy " heroism that Burke was keen to move away from.

Mosley regained the WBA Welterweight Championship from Antonio Margarito on January 24, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Margarito fought Shane Mosley on January 24, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California to defend his WBA title and for the vacant Lineal Welterweight Championship of Lineal Champs and Cyber Boxing Zone ( CBZ ).

* January 17-Tim Witherspoon defeats Tony Tubbs by a fifteen round decision in Atlanta, to win the WBA world Heavyweight title and become only the third boxer, after Floyd Patterson and Muhammad Ali, to become two-time world Heavyweight champions.

* January 21-The third and final chapter of the Duran-De Jesus trilogy, as Roberto Durán re-unifies his WBA world Lightweight championship with the WBC one, defeating Esteban De Jesús by a knockout in round twelve at Las Vegas.

Leonard Dorin Doroftei (, also known as Leonard Dorin, though his surname is Doroftei ; born 10 April 1970 ) is a Romanian-Canadian former boxer, the WBA Lightweight World Champion from 5 January 2002 to 24 October 2003.

On 5 January 2002 he won the WBA world lightweight title, winning in a split decision over Argentinian boxer Raul Horacio Balbi 112-115, 114-113, 115-112.

The arena's attendance record is held by the fight between World WBA Welterweight Champion, Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley with a crowd of 20, 820 set on January 25, 2009.

On Saturday January 27, 2006 Virgil Hill defeated previously undefeated Russian cruiserweight Valery Brudov by unanimous decision to win the ' regular ' WBA World Cruiserweight championship.

In 1985 Witherspoon regained his NABF belt by impressively destroying James Broad in two rounds, and retaining it with a twelve round decision over James " Bonecrusher " Smith, earning a match against reigning WBA ( World Boxing Association ) champion Tony Tubbs on January 17, 1986.

On 11 January 2010, Mundine defended his WBA International Middleweight belt against ' Deadly ' Rob Medley.

* January 20 Nicolay Valuev successfully defends his WBA Heavyweight title by defeating Jameel McCline, by technical knockout aun McCline blows out his knee.

He defended that title successfully four times, then lost it, on January 3, 1995 to the then future WBA light middleweight champion Laurent Boudouani, in Épernay, France, by knockout in round nine.

The division was then later recognized by the World Boxing Council ( WBC ) in October 1987, the World Boxing Association ( WBA ) in January 1988, and the World Boxing Organization ( WBO ) in August 1989.

This bout, on 7 January 2006, was for the undisputed ( WBA / WBC / IBF ) cruiserweight championship.

On 27 January 2009 Styles took charge of this game, and with the scores 1-0 he wrongly sent off Paul Robinson of WBA who later went on to lose the game.

Matt Skelton faced WBA Heavyweight Champion Ruslan Chagaev on 19 January 2008 in Düsseldorf.

On January 20, 2007 McCline challenged WBA heavyweight title holder Nikolai Valuev, in what was the first ever heavyweight title fight on Swiss soil.