Church of England The Church of England ordains Libby Lane as their first female bishop, at York Minster, United Kingdom.
Syriza A single day after the radical-left SYRIZA party wins the Greek elections, it forms an anti-austerity coalition government with the right-wing Independent Greeks.
Virginia The US Eastern District Court of Virginia convicts a disgruntled former CIA officer, Jeffrey Alexander Sterling, of leaking secrets to a reporter. All nine charges he faced stem from a secret CIA mission to derail Iran's nuclear weapons program.
FBI The US FBI arrests three alleged Russian Foreign Intelligence Service spies working in the United States. The three men sought secrets about US economic plans and proposed sanctions against Moscow.
U.S. Secret Service The U.S. Secret Service recovers a flying drone from the lawn at the White House.
F-16 Fighting Falcon An F-16 jet belonging to the Hellenic Air Force crashes in southern Spain during a NATO exercise, killing ten people and injuring 21.
January 2015 nor'easter The blizzard causes the cancellation of over 6,000 flights, the cancellation of public transport services in New York City and Boston, and the Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo ordering of cars off the road in thirteen counties.
The blizzard begins as an ongoing winter storm across the Central and Eastern United States. States of New Jersey through New York and New England enact blizzard warnings.
2014–15 Russian financial crisis Standard & Poor's ratings agency cuts Russia's credit rating to junk status due to the impact of falling oil prices and sanctions.
India India honors billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates and his wife Melinda with the Padma Bhushan award for their work on improving health in developing countries.