From 10.00am (AEDT) – Critics Choice Awards – Los Angeles, and broadcast live on Stan

The World Economic Forum (on until 19 January) – Davos, Switzerland

Foreign Minister Penny Wong travels to the Middle East to visit Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and the UAE

Wikipedia Day

Anniversary of:

of Henry VIII declaring himself head of the Church in England (1535), and of Elizabeth I becoming Queen of England (1559)

the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcano, which was the largest this century (2022)

the assassination of Afghani politician Mursal Nabizada. She was the first politician from the previous administration to be killed in Kabul since the Taliban takeover (2023)

Tuesday

12.00am (AEDT) – Election season kicks off in the US with the first primary election for Republicans to pick their candidate for president – Iowa