Taal Volcano
Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.
January
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2026
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Artem Kotenko
Artem Kotenko, Ukrainian singer
A devastating earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, resulting in approximately 230,000 deaths and displacing over 1.5 million...
"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
Theodore Roosevelt
January 2016 Istanbul bombing
Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
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Theodore Roosevelt
"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
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January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
2026
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Rick Garcia (activist)
Rick Garcia (activist), American LGBTQ rights activist (born 1956)
2025
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