* January 7-The opening of Parliament is televised for the first time

* January 7-The federal government formally apologizes for the past mistreatment of First Nations.

* January 7-The iMac G4 is introduced by Apple, Inc., as the next generation iMac.

* January 7-The North Pacific Coast Railroad begins narrow gauge railway service north from San Francisco Bay.

* January 7-The Tate Gallery, London, is flooded by the River Thames.

After the troops based in different parts of British East and Central Africa territories were placed under a central command, the regiment born thereof was officially designated “ King's African Rifles ” on 1 January 1902.

* The King's attempt to seize the five members 4 January 1642

* Castle Rock ( newsletter ), a monthly newsletter about Stephen King published from January 1985 through December 1989, edited by Christopher Spruce, King's brother-in-law

Forster was elected an honorary fellow of King's College, Cambridge in January 1946, and lived for the most part in the college, doing relatively little.

On the night of 16 January 1549, Thomas broke into the King's apartments at Hampton Court Palace.

Kirkcaldy of Grange was a trusted lieutenant of the Regent, but after Moray's murder in January 1570 his allegiance to the King's cause began to waver.

In January 1951, Franklin started working as a research associate at King's College London in the Medical Research Council's ( MRC ) Biophysics Unit, directed by John Randall.

In January 1834 Cotman was appointed Master of Landscape Drawing at King's College School in London, partly on the recommendation of J M W Turner.

King's Day, in January.

U. S. postal records indicate that a post office was established at King's Tavern on January 29, 1829, with a George King noted as the postmaster ; the office was named " Kingsville " on January 8, 1830.

Since January 1691 Marlborough had been in contact with the exiled James II in Saint-Germain, anxious to obtain the erstwhile King's pardon for deserting him in 1688 – a pardon essential for the success of his future career in the not altogether unlikely event of a Jacobite restoration.

The work opened at the King's Theatre in January 1739 to a warm reception, and was quickly followed by the less successful oratorio Israel in Egypt ( which may also have come from Jennens ).

Having said this, a survey conducted by Varsity Newspaper in January 2009 revealed that the average parental income of students at King's is slightly higher than that of most other Cambridge students.

The honour was conferred upon Fadden by King George VI in London on 31 January 1952, only a week before the King's death.

* Journey's End: Captain Stanhope ( January – February 1998 )-directed by David Evans-Rees ( King's Head Theatre )

The Iron Guard briefly formed the government in 1940 under Horia Sima after the King's abdication but Hitler ended up backing the more conservative General Antonescu in January 1941 and the Iron Guard was eliminated from government and purged.

King's acronym, KFK, was revealed to mean " Kerry Fuckin ' King " in the January 2007 Issue of Guitar World.

The Country Wife was first performed in January 1675, by the King's Company, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

* January 16-First performance of George Frideric Handel's oratorio Saul at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, London.

* January 31-The King's Men perform Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at St. James's Palace.

* January 1-The King's Men perform Cymbeline at the court of King Charles I of England.

* January 22-The King's Men perform Davenant's The Wits at the Blackfriars Theatre.

* January 1-The King's Men act Henry IV, Part 1 at Whitehall Palace.

* January 18-The King's Men perform Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at Whitehall Palace.

In January 2009, Kane appeared in the TV series Two and a Half Men as the mother of Alan Harper's receptionist.

On January 2, 1930, Hawks's brother Kenneth Hawks died while shooting the film Such Men Are Dangerous.

By January 1983, Men at Work had the top album and single in both the US and the UK-a feat never achieved previously by an Australian act.

It was released on DVD for the first time on January 9, 2001, and included an audio commentary by Reiner, a 35-minute " Making Of " documentary featuring interviews with Reiner, Ephron, Crystal, and Ryan, seven deleted scenes, and a music video for " It Had To Be You " by Harry Connick, Jr. A Collector's Edition DVD was released on January 15, 2008, including a new audio commentary with Reiner, Ephron, and Crystal, eight deleted scenes, all new featurettes ( It All Started Like This, Stories Of Love, When Rob Met Billy, Billy On Harry, I Love New York, What Harry Meeting Sally Meant, So Can Men And Women Really Be Friends?

Men arrested in raids awaiting deportation hearings on Ellis Island, January 13, 1920

Olivia Newton-John and Stephen Elliott in January 2012 at the premier of A Few Best Men in Sydney, Australia

In January 2011, Newton-John began filming A Few Best Men in Australia with director Stephan Elliott in the role of mother of bride.

On 6 January 1661, 50 Fifth Monarchy Men, headed by a wine-cooper named Thomas Venner, tried to gain possession of London in the name of " King Jesus ".

On January 21, 2008, El Records released the record Rebel Poets in America, which included classic poetry readings with jazz accompaniment by both Patchen and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, including such Patchen classics as " The Murder of Two Men by a Young Kid Wearing Lemon Colored Gloves " and " I Went To The City.

On 29 January 1393, a party was held to celebrate the wedding of one of the queen's ladies-in-waiting at the Hôtel Saint-Pol known as the Bal des Ardents ( the " Ball of the Burning Men ").

The single " Gallant Men " made Dirksen, 71 years 3 days old, the oldest person to reach the Hot 100's top 40 at the time ( 7 January 1967 ), at # 33, on its way to peak at # 29 two weeks later, about 2 1 / 2 years before Moms Mabley would, at 75 years 4 months old, unseat him with her version of " Abraham, Martin And John " peaking at # 35.

In January 1993 A Few Good Men had its premiere in German language at the Volkstheater, Vienna, Austria ( translation: Gunther Baumann, director: Erhard Pauer, Daniel Kaffee: Alfons Haider ).

Thomas Venner ( died 19 January 1661 ) was a cooper and rebel who became the last leader of the Fifth Monarchy Men, who tried unsuccessfully to overthrow Oliver Cromwell in 1657, and subsequently led a coup in London against the newly-restored government of Charles II.

In late 1967 the band became The Status Quo, and in January 1968 they released the psychedelic-flavoured " Pictures of Matchstick Men ".

* January 25-The Lady Elizabeth's Men perform the formerly controversial Eastward Ho at Court

** On January 11, the playing company that had been the Admiral's Men, then Prince Henry's Men, becomes the Elector Palatine's ( or Palsgrave's ) Men.

* January 12-The King's Men and Queen Anne's Men unite for the first of two Court performances in January, with Thomas Heywood's The Silver Age