- 6 January 1941 – Four Freedoms speech given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 18 January 2012 – Series of coordinated Protests against SOPA and PIPA (Wikipedia blackout pictured)
- 21 January 2010 – Decision reached in Supreme Court of the United States case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
- 25 January 2011 – Beginning of 2011–2012 Egyptian revolution