January 15, 1929Martin Luther King Jr., American Baptist Minister and civil rights leader, is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He won the Nobel Peace prize in 1964 and was assassinated in 1968.

January 16, 1991The White House announces the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. Because of the time difference, it was early January 17 in the Persian Gulf when the attack began.

January 17, 1841British mountain climber, Sir Georg