Portal:Jakarta/Selected anniversaries/January
14 January 2016 –
multiple explosions and gunfire
were reported near the
Sarinah shopping mall
in central Jakarta, Indonesia. One blast went off in a Burger King restaurant outside the mall.
15 January 2004 –
TransJakarta
(pictured)
, the
bus rapid transit
system of Jakarta, commenced operations
15–16 January 1974 – During a visit by Japanese Prime Minister
Kakuei Tanaka
,
widespread riots
break out, leading to the formal disbanding of President
Suharto
's
personal assistants