Portal:Geography/Selected anniversaries/January

• 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