On This Day: January 7th

A series of wildfires ravage the Greater Los Angeles area, resulting in at least 16 deaths and 13,401 structures destroyed.

The longest U.S. House of Representatives speaker election since the December 1859 – February 1860 U.S. speaker election concludes and Kevin McCarthy is elected 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

The 6.4Mw 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes kill four and injure nine in southern Puerto Rico.

Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, executing twelve people and wounding eleven others.

A car bomb explodes outside a police college in the Yemeni capital Sanaa with at least 38 people reported dead and more than 63 injured.

A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.

The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.

A British Aerospace Jetstream 41 operating as United Express Flight 6291 crashes in Gahanna, Ohio, killing five of the eight people on board.

The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as president.

Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.