January 5 edit
1950: A Lisunov Li-2 carrying most of VVS Moscow (the ice hockey team of the Soviet Air Forces) crashed while attempting to land at Koltsovo Airport, Yekaterinburg, USSR (now Russia) during a major snowstorm, killing all on board.
1998: Cyclone Susan reached peak intensity as a Category 5 storm on the Australian cyclone scale it approached Vanuatu.
2004: Cyclone Heta reached peak intensity near the island of Niue.