15th January to 21st January

15th January
588bc  Babylonian forces start siege of Jerusalem
1943   The Pentagon dedicated for use by the US Department of Defence
1991   United Nations deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait expires

16th January
1780   Battle of Cape St Vincent, British fleet under Admiral Rodney defeat Spanish
1809   Battle of Coruna, British rearguard repulse French attacks
1945   Hitler enters the Berlin Bunker

17th January
1781   Battle of Cowpens, US forces defeat British in South Carolina
1966   B52 and tanker accident drops 4 hydrogen bombs near Palomares, Spain
1991   Operation Desert Storm starts air attacks on Iraqi forces

18th January
1911   Eugene Ely lands aircraft on USS Pennsylvania, starting Naval Aviation
1913   Battle of Lemnos, Greek Navy defeat Ottoman fleet
1944   Siege of Leningrad ends

19th January
1812   British start the assault on Ciudad Rodrigo
1862   Battle of Mill Springs, Union forces defeat Confederates
1915   Zeppelins raid Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn

20th January
1839   Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats Bolivian and Peruvian forces
1887   US Senate allows US Navy to lease Pearl Harbour
1943   Gen. Eaker persuades Churchill to continue daylight bombing by 8th Air Force

21st January
1941   Australian and British troops attack Tobruk
1954   USS Nautilus launched, the worlds first atomic submarine
1968   Battle of Khe Sanh commences, Vietnam