TODAY IN HISTORY
• Armed Forces Remembrance Day • Martin Luther King Jr. Day • 2022 - Nigeria
PDP chieftain, Bode George vowed to leave Nigeria if APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu emerges President in 2023. Nothing he does not have anything against the former Lagos governor he said Tinubu will be the greatest joke on the international plane if he is elected President of Nigeria
• 2020 - Nigeria
Senator Hope Uzodinma was sworn in as governor of Imo State following the earlier ousting of former governor Emeka Ihedioha by the Supreme Court.
• Abubakar Malami, Attorney General of the Federation declared Southwest security outfit, Amotekun illegal.
• 2020 - Japan
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirmed the first case of COVID- 19 in Japan.
• 2019 - UK
Theresa May's UK government suffered the biggest government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPS voted against the European Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230.
• 2016 - Kenya
The Kenyan Army suffered its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al- Shabaab Islamic insurgents in Somalia. 150 Kenyan soldiers were killed in the battle.
• 2001 - USA
Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, written and maintained by a community of volunteers, collectively known as Wikipedians, was launched.
• 1991 - USA
The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expired, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
• 1970 - Libya
Muammar Gaddafi was proclaimed premier of Libya. He ruled Libya until his killing in 2011 by NATObacked rebel forces.
• 1970 - Nigeria
Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrendered following an unsuccessful 32month fight for independence from Nigeria.
• 1966 - Nigeria
The First Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was overthrown in a military coup d'état.
• 1929 - USA
American civil rights activist and Baptist minister, Martin Luther King Jr. was born. King, famous for his ‘ I have a dream’ speech, was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism, which protested racial discrimination. He was assassinated in 1968.