Portal:Geography/Selected anniversaries/January
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- 1 January 2006 – University of Oklahoma College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences started, when it and the College of Earth and Energy were spun off of the old College of Geosciences
- 12 January 2001 – National Geographic Channel launched in the United States
- 25 January 1983 – Creation of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (pictured) in Mexico
- 27 January 1888 – Formation of the National Geographic Society