Portal:Singapore/Selected anniversaries/January

• 29 January 1819: Sir Stamford Raffles arrives in Singapore.
• 29 January 1983: The Singapore Cable Car disaster occurs, killing 7 people and trapping another 13 people in the cable car cabins.
• 31 January 1974: The Japanese Red Army bombs petroleum tanks at Pulau Bukom and hijacks a ferry boat in what is known as the Laju incident.

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