The Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City, Utah. The Mackinaw City Winterfest Snow Sculpting Competition opens in Mackinaw City, Michigan.
Students call day-long protests in Quito, Peru, against the economic plan of the government.
D.C. On the horizon On Friday, January 17, a summit meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States takes place in Moscow. On Saturday, January 18, Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland, holds an international hot air balloon festival. On Sunday, January 19, the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Los Angeles. On Monday, January 20, President Bill Clinton will be inaugurated for his second term in Washington. On Tuesday, January 21, the trial of millionaire John du Pont for the slaying of Olympic champion wrestler David Schultz begins in Pennsylvania.