Chinese Zodiac Signs. Photo: Pagoda Projects
Chinese Zodiac Signs. Photo: Pagoda Projects

Auspicious Activities/ Auspicious Times of Lunar Calendar

Today is a good day for Sacrifice, Coming-of-age ceremony, Wedding, Meet Friend/Relative, Adopting Children, Weaving Fishing Net, and Avoid anything else. You’d better do these things between some period of times including 23:00-00:59(子時), 01:00-02:59(丑時), 05:00-06:59(卯時), 11:00-12:59(午時), 15:00-16:59(申時), 17:00-18:59(酉時), according to Your Chinese Astrology.

*An auspicious time is a good time of the day, particularly a time in which good things are likely to happen. It usually is said about a time that opens up a new future, or might open up a new future.

Inauspicious Activities/ Inauspicious Times of Lunar Date Today

To avoid bad things coming in your way, you shouldn’t do these things on January 28, or Dec 16 (2020) on lunar date: Moving, Residence Relocation, Build a Temple, Stove Installation, Treatment/Surgery, Funeral. To avoid possible bad lucks, you should keep things away from these periods of Inauspicious Times: 03:00-04:59(寅時), 07:00-08:59(辰時), 9:00-10:59(巳時), 13:00-14:59(未時), 19:00-20:59(戌時), 21:00-22:59(亥時).

Here are details of Lucky/Unlucky Hours and Directions throughout 12 Hours of Lunar Calendar Today January 28 for 12 Zodiac Signs:

1. Time Periods: Rat -Zi (23:00-00:59)

Good/Bad: Good

Clash: Ren Wu/ Horse (1942, 2002)

Evil Directions: South

Auspicious Activities: Take Office, Travel, Sacrifice, Thanksgiving Ritual

Inauspicious Activities: Pray for Good Luck, Praying for Pregnancy

Lucky Direction: South East

Wealth Direction: North

2. Time Periods: Chou – Ox (01:00-02:59)

Good/Bad: Good

Clash: Gui Wei/ Sheep (1943, 2003)

Evil Directions: East

Auspicious Activities: Pray for Good Luck, Praying for Pregnancy, Marriage Engagement, Wedding, Travel, Decorating House, Business Trading, Bed Installation, Sacrifice

Inauspicious Activities: Nothing

Lucky Direction: North East

Wealth Direction: North

3. Time Periods: Yin – Tiger (03:00-04:59)

Good/Bad: Bad

Clash: Jia Shen/ Monkey (1944, 2004)

Evil Directions: North

Auspicious Activities: Praying for Pregnancy, Wedding, Decorating House, Business Trading, Take Office, Travel

Inauspicious Activities: Pray for Good Luck, Thanksgiving Ritual, Decorating House, Break Ground for Building

Lucky Direction: North West

Wealth Direction: East

4. Time Periods: Mao – Rabbit (05:00 -06:59)

Good/Bad: Bad

Clash: Yi You/ Rooster (1945, 2005)

Evil Directions: West

Auspicious Activities: Decorating House, Bed Installation, Marriage Engagement, Wedding, Adopting Children

Inauspicious Activities: Take Office, Travel

Lucky Direction: South West

Wealth Direction: South

5. Time Periods: Chen- Dragon (07:00- 08:59)

Good/Bad: Good

Clash: Bing Xu/ Dog (1946, 2005)

Evil Directions: South

Auspicious Activities: Praying for Pregnancy, Marriage Engagement, Wedding, Decorating House, Business Trading, Bed Installation

Inauspicious Activities: Take Office, Travel, Pray for Good Luck, Consecration Ceremony

Lucky Direction: South

Wealth Direction: South

6. Time Periods: Si- Snake (09:00-10:59)

Good/Bad: Bad

Clash: Ding Hai/ Pig (1947, 2007)

Evil Directions: East

Auspicious Activities: Marriage Engagement, Wedding, Decorating House

Inauspicious Activities: Take Office, Travel, Decorating House, Break Ground for Building, Pray for Good Luck, Consecration Ceremony

Lucky Direction: South East

Wealth Direction: South

7. Time Periods: Wu – Horse (11:00-12:59)

Good/Bad: Good

Clash: Wu Zi – Rat (1949-2008)

Evil Directions: North

Auspicious Activities: Nothing Suitable

Inauspicious Activities: Nothing

Lucky Direction: North East

Wealth Direction: South East

8. Time Periods: Wei – Sheep (13:00-14:59)

Good/Bad: Bad

Clash: Ji Chou – Ox (1949, 2009)

Evil Directions: West

Auspicious Activities: Nothing Suitable

Inauspicious Activities: Decorating House, Break Ground for Building, Take Office, Travel

Lucky Direction: North West

Wealth Direction: South East

9. Time Periods: Shen – Monkey (15:00-16-59)

Good/Bad: Bad

Clash: Geng Yin –Tiger (1950, 2010)

Evil Directions: South

Auspicious Activities: Pray for Good Luck, Praying for Pregnancy, Marriage Engagement, Wedding, Travel, Decorating House, Business Trading, Bed Installation

Inauspicious Activities: Build House, Encoffining

Lucky Direction: South West

Wealth Direction: West

10. Time Periods: You – Rooster (17:00-18:59)

Good/Bad: Bad

Clash: Xin Mao – Rabit (1951, 2011)

Evil Directions: East

Auspicious Activities: Decorating House, Sacrifice, Pray for Good Luck, Thanksgiving Ritual, Travel, Marriage Engagement, Wedding, Take Office

Inauspicious Activities: Nothing

Lucky Direction: South

Wealth Direction: West

11. Time Periods: Xu- Dog (19:00-20:59)

Good/Bad: Good

Clash: Ren Chen – Dragon (1952, 2012)

Evil Directions: North

Auspicious Activities: Travel, Wedding, Adopting Children

Inauspicious Activities: ake Office, Take Legal Action, Pray for Good Luck, Praying for Pregnancy, Board a Ship

Lucky Direction: South East

Wealth Direction: North

12. Time Periods: Hai – Pig (21:00-22:59)

Good/Bad: Good

Clash: Gui Si – Snake (1953, 2013)

Evil Directions: West

Auspicious Activities: Praying for Pregnancy, Travel, Wedding

Inauspicious Activities: Pray for Good Luck, Thanksgiving Ritual, Consecration Ceremony, Decorating House, Funeral

Lucky Direction: North East

Wealth Direction: North

History Events on January 28

Photo: Time and Date
Photo: Time and Date

* 1824 William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)

* 1830 Opera "Fra Diavolo" by Daniel Auber, premieres in Paris

* 1846 Battle of Allwal, British beat Sikhs in Punjab

* 1848 King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution

* 1851 Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered

* 1855 The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway

* 1860 Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua

* 1864 Battle of New Bern, North Carolina

* 1865 Confederate President Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners

* 1871 Paris surrenders to Prussians

* 1878 1st telephone exchange (New Haven, Connecticut)

* 1878 George W Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator

* 1878 Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper

* 1881 Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British

* 1885 Commission for Auguste Rodin's sculpture 'The Burghers of Calais' signed by the Municipal Council of Calais.

* 1887 England all out for 45 v Aust SCG, their lowest total ever

* 1887 In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.

* 1887 Work begins on the Eiffel Tower in Paris

* 1893 Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet & Ophelia" premieres in Boston

* 1899 American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress

* 1902 Carnegie Institute founded in Washington, D.C.

* 1904 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them

* 1909 US military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time

* 1911 Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo

* 1914 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC)

* 1914 Beverly Hills, California, is incorporated

* 1915 1st US ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)

* 1915 The United States Coast Guard is created by merging the US Life Saving Service & the US Revenue Cutter Service

* 1915 US President Woodrow Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates

* 1916 Louis Brandeis is appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States after being nominated by President Woodrow Wilson

* 1916 German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain & France

* 1916 Opera "Goyescas" premieres (NYC)

* 1917 Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California

* 1918 Strike on Berlin ammunition factory

* 1918 Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.

* 1922 J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL

* 1922 Knickerbocker Storm, Washington, D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater collapses, killing 98 patrons

* 1923 Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent

* 1925 -46°F (-43°C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record)

* 1927 Serbian-Croatian-Slavic government of Oezonowitsj falls

* 1928 Christopher Hornsrud chosen Prime Minister of Norway

* 1929 Australian Championships Women's Tennis, Adelaide: Daphne Akhurst retains title; beats Louise Bickerton 6-1, 5-7, 6-2

* 1929 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Englishman Colin Gregory wins his only Grad Slam title, beating Richard Schlesinger of Australia 6-2, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5

* 1932 1st US state unemployment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin)

* 1932 Japanese forces attack Shanghai.

* 1933 French government of Paul Boncour falls

* 1933 German government of Von Schleicher falls

* 1933 The name "Pakistan" is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali and gradually accepted by Muslims in the Indian sub-continent who use it to push for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia

* 1934 1st US ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock, Vermont)

* 1935 Iceland becomes 1st western country to legalize abortion

* 1936 Pravda criticizes Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth"

* 1939 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Emily Hood Westacott beats Nell Hall Hopman 6-1, 6-2 for her only Grand Slam singles title

* 1939 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Australian John Bromwich wins his 1st Australian title; beats doubles partner Adrian Quist 6-4, 6-1, 6-3

* 1940 Chicago's Les Cunningham scores 5 points in one period to set an NHL record that stands until 1978; records 2 goals & 3 assists in a 10:04 span during the 3d period of an 8-1 win over Montreal

* 1941 French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.

* 1942 Soviet troops under General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine

* 1942 German troops occupy Benghazi Libya

* 1942 WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same"

* 1943 Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals

* 1944 683 British bombers attack Berlin

* 1944 Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah" premieres in Pittsburgh

* 1944 U-271 & U-571 sunk off Ireland

* 1945 Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java

* 1945 General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell and truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China

* 1945 Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands

* 1947 "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000

* 1948 President Manuel Roxas granted full amnesty to all so-called Philippine collaborators

* 1948 A plane crash in the Diablo mountains kills 28 bracero farm workers being sent back to Mexico, inspiring Woodie Guthrie's song "Deportee"

* 1949 NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith

* 1949 UN Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia

* 1950 Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud

* 1951 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

* 1951 "La Vie Commence Demain" the 1st X-rated movie, depicting artificial insemination, opens in London

* 1952 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Thelma Coyne Long beats Helen Angwin 6-2, 6-3 for 1st of her 2 Australian singles titles

* 1952 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Ken McGregor wins his first and only Grand Slam event; upsets fellow Australian Frank Sedgman 7-5, 12-10, 2-6, 6-2

* 1953 WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting

* 1953 19-year old Derek Bentley is hanged in Wandsworth Prison, London, controversially convicted of the murder of a police officer. He was pardoned on 30th July 1998.

* 1954 1954 NFL Draft: Bobby Garrett from University of Stanford first pick by Cleveland Browns

* 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st appearance on National TV (Dorsey Bros Stage Show)

* 1956 Austrian skier Toni Sailer wins the giant slalom at the Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics on his way to a sweep of the 3 alpine skiing events at the Games

* 1956 Italy goes 1-2 in the 2-man bobsleigh at the Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics; along with silver in 4-man event, the only medals for the home nation at the Games

* 1957 "Tonight! America After Dark" premieres, with Jack Lescoulie & Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (between Steve Allen & Jack Paar)

* 1957 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Shirley Fry Irvin wins all-American final; beats Althea Gibson 6-3, 6-4 for her only Australian singles title

* 1957 Australian Championship Men's Tennis: Ashley Cooper wins 1st of 2 straight Australian titles; beats fellow Australian Neale Fraser 6-3, 9-11, 6-4, 6-2

* 1958 Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor

* 1958 Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck

* 1958 The Lego company patents their design of Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today

* 1959 Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US

* 1960 1st photograph bounced off Moon, Washington, D.C.

* 1960 "The Goon Show"'s final episode on BBC radio

* 1960 NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) & Minnesota Vikings (1961) franchises

* 1960 A new version of "La fille mal gardée" choreographed by Frederick Ashton debuts by the Royal Ballet with Nadia Nerina debuts at Covent Garden, London

* 1961 Republic of Rwanda proclaimed

* 1962 Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia & survives

* 1963 -34°F (-37°C), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record)

* 1963 "Still" single released by Bill Anderson (Billboard no. 1 U.S. Hot Country Singles 1963)

* 1965 The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV

* 1967 Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together"

* 1968 29th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Chandler Harper

* 1968 Goose Goslin & Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame

* 1968 Radiation alert following B-52 crash in Arctic air base of Thule in Greenland

* 1968 Thai boxer Chartchai Chionoi retains his world flyweight title with a 13th-round TKO of home favourite Efren Torres in Mexico City; first of 3 meetings between the pair

* 1969 2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville

* 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in North America

* 1969 1969 NFL Draft: O.J. Simpson from USC first pick by Buffalo Bills

* 1970 Lubomír Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia

* 1971 1971 NFL Draft: Jim Plunkett from Stanford University first pick by New England Patriots

* 1972 Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods grabs 30 rebounds for 2nd consecutive game

* 1972 The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association place "special emphasis on the necessity for a peaceful incident-free day" at the next march on 30 January in an effort to avoid violence

* 1973 "Barnaby Jones" premieres on CBS TV

* 1973 Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont

* 1973 Mickey Welch, George Kelly & Billy Evans elected to Hall of Fame

* 1973 Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"

* 1973 In the run up to the first anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' there is serious rioting in Derry, North Ireland

* 1973 30th Golden Globes: The Godfather, Marlon Brando and Liv Ullmann win

* 1974 Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, & Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame

* 1975 8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio

* 1975 1975 NFL Draft: Steve Bartkowski from University of California first pick by Atlanta Falcons

* 1976 E. A. S. Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through NZ at Eden Park

* 1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak

* 1978 Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders

* 1978 Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife

* 1978 35th Golden Globes: "The Turning Point", Richard Burton, & Jane Fonda win

* 1979 "The Wiz" closes at Majestic Theater in NYC after 1,672 performances

* 1979 Arthur Kopit's "Wings" premieres in NYC

* 1979 Pope John Paul II addresses the Third General Conference of Latin American Episcopate in Puebla, Mexico

* 1980 37th Golden Globes: "Kramer vs. Kramer", Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field win

* 1980 USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.

* 1980 New York coach Red Holzman wins his 600th NBA game, only the second (after Red Auerbach) coach at the time to reach the plateau, as the Knicks beat Golden State, 107-103

* 1981 "5 O'Clock Girl" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 12 performances

* 1981 William J. Casey becomes 13th director of CIA (until 1987)

* 1981 Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision

* 1982 US General Dozier freed from Red Brigade of Padua, Italy

* 1982 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

* 1982 Italian police rescue, James Dozier, a US Brigadier General, held hostage by the Red Brigade for 6 weeks

* 1984 Edmonton center Wayne Gretzky's NHL record point scoring streak ends at 51 games when Oilers beaten 4-2 by LA Kings; Gretzky totals 61-92-153 during the period

* 1984 41st Golden Globes: Terms of Endearment, Tom Courtenay, Robert Duvall, & Shirley MacLaine win

* 1984 Record 295,000 dominoes toppled in Fuerth, West Germany

* 1985 Charity single "We Are the World" is recorded by supergroup USA for Africa (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and other pop stars)

* 1985 12th American Music Awards: Cyndi Lauper & Lionel Richie win

* 1985 Houston's Bill Fitch becomes the 6th coach in NBA history to post 600 wins as the Rockets beat the New Jersey Nets, 97-93

* 1986 "Uptown... It's Hot!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 24 performances

* 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, with all 7 crew members killed, including Christa McAuliffe who was to be the first teacher in space

* 1986 Angolan revolutionary and leader of UNITA, Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, D.C.

* 1987 US Foreign minister George P Shultz meets African National Congress leader Oliver Tambo

* 1987 Wrestler Jim Neidhart indicted for assaulting a flight attendant

* 1988 "Saratina!" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 597 performances

* 1988 Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional

* 1988 Denver Nuggets point guard Michael Adams takes record streak to 79 consecutive games with at least one 3-point field goal in 117-102 loss against Indiana at Market Square Arena; streak ends next game

* 1988 New York Rangers' Marcel Dionne scores a 2nd period power play goal in 5-2 win in Philadelphia to become the first player in NHL history to get 20 goals in each of his first 17 seasons

* 1989 46th Golden Globes: "Rain Man", Dustin Hoffman, & Jodie Foster win

* 1989 David Boon completes 7th Test century, 149 v WI at SCG

* 1989 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf of Germany beats Czech Helena Suková 6-4, 6-4 for her 6th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd Australian singles crown

* 1990 "Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London

* 1990 Super Bowl XXIV, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA: San Francisco 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10; MVP: Joe Montana, SF, QB

* 1990 Romanian protest against Ion Iliescu government

* 1990 Australian Open Men's Tennis: American-based Czech star Ivan Lendl of wins 8th and last career Grand Slam title; beats Stefan Edberg 4-6, 7-6, 5-2; Edberg retires injured

* 1991 "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV

* 1991 18th American Music Awards: M. C. Hammer & Janet Jackson

* 1991 David Boon completes ninth Test century, 121 v England at Adelaide

* 1991 Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule

* 1992 David Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 v India at Adelaide

* 1992 St. Louis right wing Brett Hull becomes 2nd player (after Wayne Gretzky) in NHL history to record back-to-back seasons of 50 goals in 50 games; #50 comes in 3-3 Blues' tie in Los Angeles

* 1994 Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose California, 1 dead

* 1994 Inna Lassovskaja jumps ladies world record (14.78m)

* 1995 Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise

* 1995 Australian Open Women's tennis: Mary Pierce of France beats Spain's Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6-3, 6-2 for her 1st career Grand Slam title and her only Australian singles title

* 1996 "Hello Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 118 performances

* 1996 Super Bowl XXX, Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ: Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17; MVP: Larry Brown, Dallas, CB

* 1996 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Boris Becker of Germany wins his 6th and last career Grand Slam title; beats American Michael Chang 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2

* 1996 12th Sundance Film Festival: "Welcome to the Dollhouse" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

* 1998 Michelangelo's "Christ & the Woman of Samaria" sold for $7.4 million

* 2001 Super Bowl XXXV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL: Baltimore Ravens beat New York Giants, 34-7; MVP: Ray Lewis, Baltimore, LB

* 2001 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi retains title; beats Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 for his 3rd Australian trophy

* 2001 17th Sundance Film Festival: "The Believer", directed by Henry Bean, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

* 2002 TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92.

* 2006 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Amélie Mauresmo of France wins her first Grand Slam title; beats Justine Henin 6-1, 2-0; Henin retires from stomach cramps

* 2007 23rd Sundance Film Festival: "Padre Nuestro", directed by Christopher Zalla, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

* 2010 Five murderers of Bangladeshi President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman hanged: Lieutenant Colonel Syed Faruq Rahman, Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Major Bazlul Huda and Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed

* 2011 Hundreds of thousands of protesters fill the Egyptian's streets against the Hosni Mubarak's regime in demonstrations referred to as the "Friday of Anger"

* 2012 Death toll from coordinated bombing attacks in Kano, Nigeria, reaches 185

* 2012 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Victoria Azarenka becomes first Belarusian player to win Grand Slam singles title; beats Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-3, 6-0

* 2013 10 people are killed and 11 are injured in after a freight train collides with a bus in Heihe City, China

* 2013 Iran’s Pishgam rocket successfully completes a return trip of sending a monkey into space

* 2013 20 people are killed after a Bombardier CRJ200 airliner crashes outside Almaty, Kazakhstan

* 2014 Peter Cosgrove is named the next Governor-General of Australia

* 2014 DNA analysis confirms that the 6th century Plague of Justinian was caused by a variant of Yersinia pestis (the same bacteria for the Black Death)

* 2016 Seventh Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by Fox, held in Des Moines, Iowa

* 2017 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams defeats older sister Venus Williams 6–4, 6–4 for her 7th Australian title and record 23rd Grand Slam event singles victory

* 2017 US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull have a contentious phone call over deal for US to take 1,250 refugees

* 2018 60th Grammy Awards: Bruno Mars wins Best Song "That's What I Like," and Best Album "24K Magic"

* 2018 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Marin Čilic 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to win his record 20th Grand Slam title

* 2018 Seven survivors from missing Kiribati ferry carrying 100 people rescued after week at sea

* 2018 French drivers Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia win their 6th Monte Carlo Rally in an M-Sport Ford WRT

* 2018 63rd NHL All Star Games, Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL: Pacific Division All Stars win four-team, 3-on-3 tournament; MVP: Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks, RW

* 2018 NFL Pro Bowl, Orlando, FL: AFC beats NFC, 24-23; MVPs: Delanie Walker, Tennessee Titans, TE; Von Miller, Denver Broncos, LB

* 2019 US Justice Department charges Chinese firm Huawei with bank and wire fraud

* 2019 Draft framework for peace agreement to end 17-year conflict in Afghanistan agreed by US and Afghan negotiators

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