Events

Pre-1600

* 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. * 29 BC – Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. * 1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival

Macbeth ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...

. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. * 1183 – Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. * 1264 – After tricking the Venetian

galley A galley is a type of ship optimised for propulsion by oars. Galleys were historically used for naval warfare, warfare, Maritime transport, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding Europe. It developed in the Mediterranean world during ...

fleet into sailing east to the Levant, the Genoese capture an entire Venetian trade convoy at the Battle of Saseno. * 1352 – War of the Breton Succession: Anglo-Bretons defeat the French in the Battle of Mauron. * 1370 –

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (; ; ; 14 May 1316 – 29 November 1378''Karl IV''. In: (1960): ''Geschichte in Gestalten'' (''History in figures''), vol. 2: ''F–K''. 38, Frankfurt 1963, p. 294), also known as Charles of Luxembourg, born Wenceslaus (, ), was H ...

, grants city privileges to

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; , formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the Ohře and Teplá (river), Teplá ri ...

. * 1385 – Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85: Battle of Aljubarrota: Portuguese forces commanded by John I of Portugal defeat the Castilian army of John I of Castile. * 1592 – The first sighting of the

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and from Cape Dub ...

by John Davis. * 1598 –

Nine Years' War The Nine Years' War was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between Kingdom of France, France and the Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg), Grand Alliance. Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial poss ...

: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.

1601–1900

* 1720 – The Spanish military Villasur expedition is defeated by Pawnee and

Otoe The Otoe ( Chiwere: Jiwére) are a Native American people of the Midwestern United States. The Otoe language, Chiwere, is part of the Siouan family and closely related to that of the related Iowa, Missouria, and Ho-Chunk tribes. Histori ...

warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska. * 1784 – Russian colonization of North America: Awa'uq Massacre: The Russian fur trader Grigory Shelikhov storms a Kodiak Island Alutiit refuge rock on Sitkalidak Island, killing 500+ Alutiit.Richard A. Knecht, Sven Haakanson, and Shawn Dickson (2002).
Awa'uq: discovery and excavation of an 18th century Alutiiq refuge rock in the Kodiak Archipelago
. In ''To the Aleutians and Beyond'':, Bruno Frohlich, Albert S. Harper, and Rolf Gilberg, editors, pp. 177–191. Publications of the National Museum Ethnographical Series, Vol. 20. Department of Ethnography, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. the Anthropology of William S. Laughlin. * 1790 – The Treaty of Wereloe ended the 1788–1790 Russo-Swedish War. * 1791 – Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution. * 1814 – A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ended the Swedish–Norwegian War. * 1816 – The United Kingdom formally annexes the

Tristan da Cunha Tristan da Cunha (), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcano, volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is one of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascensi ...

archipelago, administering the islands from the

Cape Colony The Cape Colony (), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British Empire, British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope. It existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when it united with three ...

in South Africa. * 1842 – American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

. * 1848 –

Oregon Territory The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the United States, Union as the Oreg ...

is organized by

act of Congress An act of Congress is a statute enacted by the United States Congress. Acts may apply only to individual entities (called Public and private bills, private laws), or to the general public (Public and private bills, public laws). For a Bill (law) ...

. * 1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

, Germany, is completed. * 1885 – Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint. * 1893 – France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration. * 1900 – Battle of Peking: The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.

1901–present

* 1901 – The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21. * 1914 –

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive. * 1917 – World War I: The

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

, which had heretofore been shipping labourers to Europe to assist in the war effort, officially declares war on the Central Powers, although it will continue to send to Europe labourers instead of combatants for the remaining duration of the war. * 1920 – The 1920 Summer Olympics, having started four months earlier, officially open in

Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

, with the newly adopted Olympic flag and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history. * 1921 – Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia). * 1933 – Loggers cause a

forest fire A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire ( in Australia), dese ...

in the Coast Range of

Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; destroying of land. *

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

–

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served ...

signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired. *

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

– Rainey Bethea is hanged in

Owensboro, Kentucky Owensboro is a Home rule in the United States, home rule-class city in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States, of which it is also the county seat. It is the List of cities in Kentucky, fourth-most populous city in the state. Owensboro is loca ...

in the last known public execution in the United States. * 1941 –

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, ...

and

sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims. * 1947 –

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

gains

independence Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of ...

from the

British Empire The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, colonies, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, mandates, and other Dependent territory, territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It bega ...

as the

Dominion of Pakistan The Dominion of Pakistan, officially Pakistan, was an independent federal dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations, which existed from 14 August 1947 to Pakistan Day, 23 March 1956. It was created by the passing of the Indian Independence ...

, due to the

partition of India The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Dominion of India, Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Paki ...

. *

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

– An Idaho Department of Fish and Game program to relocate beavers known as Beaver drop occurred. This program relocated beavers from Northwestern Idaho to Central Idaho by airplane and then parachuting the beavers into the Chamberlain Basin . * 1959 – Founding and first official meeting of the

American Football League The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, AFL–NFL merger, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Foot ...

. * 1967 – UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967 declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal. * 1969 –

The Troubles The Troubles () were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed t ...

: British troops are deployed in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ...

as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner. *

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

–

Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...

declares independence from Britain. *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

– An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany killing 156 people. *

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

–

Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa (; ; born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 Polish presidential election, 1990 election, Wałę ...

leads strikes at the

Gdańsk Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...

, Poland shipyards. *

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

– Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "

Carlos the Jackal Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (; born 12 October 1949), also known as Carlos the Jackal () or simply Carlos, is a Venezuelan convict who conducted a series of assassinations and terrorist bombings from 1973 to 1985. A committed Marxist–Leninist, ...

", is captured. * 1996 – Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. * 2003 – A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada. *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

– Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca,

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew. * 2006 – Lebanon War: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the

United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, an ...

's approval of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, formally ending hostilities between

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

and

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. * 2006 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike. * 2007 – The Kahtaniya bombings kill at least 500 people. *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

–

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi. * 2013 – UPS Airlines Flight 1354 crashes short of the runway at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing both crew members on board. * 2015 – The U.S. Embassy in

Havana, Cuba Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba–United States relations were broken off. * 2018 – The collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, left 16 people injured and 43 people killed. * 2021 – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

, killing at least 2,248 people and causing a humanitarian crisis. * 2022 – An explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozens. * 2023 – Former U.S. President

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45 ...

is charged in

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

along with 18 others in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election in that state, his fourth indictment of 2023.

Births

Pre-1600

* 1479 – Catherine of York (died 1527) * 1499 – John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford, English politician (died 1526) * 1502 – Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter (died 1550) * 1530 – Giambattista Benedetti, Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1590) * 1552 – Paolo Sarpi, Italian writer (died 1623) * 1599 – Méric Casaubon, Swiss-English scholar and author (died 1671)

1601–1900

* 1642 – Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1723) * 1653 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (died 1688) * 1688 – Frederick William I of Prussia (died 1740) * 1714 – Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (died 1789) * 1738 – Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1793) * 1742 – Pope Pius VII (died 1823) * 1758 – Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (died 1836) * 1777 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (died 1851) * 1802 – Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet and novelist (died 1838) * 1814 – Charlotte Fowler Wells, American phrenologist and publisher (died 1901) * 1817 – Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1874) * 1840 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychologist and author (died 1902) * 1847 – Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician (died 1922) * 1848 – Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer and author (died 1915) * 1851 – Doc Holliday, American dentist and gambler (died 1887) * 1860 – Ernest Thompson Seton, American author, artist, and naturalist (died 1946) * 1863 – Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (died 1940) * 1865 – Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic (died 1952) * 1866 –

Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning wa ...

, Belgian mathematician and academic (died 1962) * 1867 – Cupid Childs, American baseball player (died 1912) * 1867 – John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright,

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...

laureate (died 1933) * 1871 – Guangxu Emperor of China (died 1908) * 1875 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (died 1957) *

1876 Events January * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. *January 27 – The Northampton Bank robbery occurs in Massachusetts. February * Febr ...

– Alexander I of Serbia (died 1903) * 1881 – Francis Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1953) * 1883 – Ernest Everett Just, American biologist and academic (died 1941) *

1886 Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British rule in Burma, British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5–January 9, 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson ...

– Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Canadian-American physicist and academic (died 1950) * 1889 – Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1976) *

1890 Events January * January 1 – The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony in the Horn of Africa. * January 2 – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House. * January 11 – 1890 British Ultimatum: The Uni ...

– Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (died 1946) * 1892 – Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (died 1988) * 1894 – Frank Burge, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1958) * 1895 – Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (died 1973) * 1895 – Amaza Lee Meredith, American architect (died 1984) * 1896 – Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (died 1917) * 1896 – Theodor Luts, Estonian director and cinematographer (died 1980) * 1900 – Margret Boveri, German journalist (died 1975)

1901–present

* 1910 – Nüzhet Gökdoğan, Turkish astronomer and mathematician (died 2003) * 1910 – Willy Ronis, French photographer (died 2009) * 1910 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer (died 1995) *

1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...

– Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (died 1985) * 1913 – Hector Crawford, Australian director and producer (died 1991) * 1913 – Paul Dean, American baseball player (died 1981) * 1914 – Herman Branson, American physicist, chemist, and academic (died 1995) * 1915 – B. A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and publisher (died 1998) * 1916 – Frank and John Craighead, American naturalists (twins, Frank d. 2001, John d. 2016) * 1916 – Wellington Mara, American businessman (died 2005) * 1923 – Alice Ghostley, American actress (died 2007) * 1924 – Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect, designed the

Hedmark Museum Anno Museum (formerly ''Hedmarks fylkesmuseum'') in Hamar, Norway is a regional museum for the municipalities of Stange, Hamar (which now includes Vang, Hedmark, Vang), Løten, and Ringsaker in central eastern Norway. It includes the medieval Ca ...

(died 2009) * 1924 – Georges Prêtre, French conductor (died 2017) * 1925 – Russell Baker, American critic and essayist (died 2019) * 1926 –

René Goscinny René Goscinny (; ; 14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French comic editor and writer, who created the ''Asterix, Astérix'' comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Born in France to a Jewish family from Poland, he spent his chil ...

, French author and illustrator (died 1977) * 1926 – Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist (died 2017) * 1928 –

Lina Wertmüller Arcangela Felice Assunta "Lina" Wertmüller (; 14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art film, art house films ''Seven Beauties'',' ''The Seduction of Mimi'', ''Lov ...

, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2021) * 1929 – Giacomo Capuzzi, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi from 1989 to 2005 (died 2021). * 1929 – Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (died 1971) * 1930 – Arthur Latham, British politician and Member of Parliament (died 2016) * 1930 – Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (died 2013) * 1931 – Frederic Raphael, American journalist, author, and screenwriter *

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

– Lee Hoffman, American author (died 2007) * 1933 – Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and academic,

laureate (died 2021) *

– John Brodie, American football player *

1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

– Bennie Muller, Dutch footballer (died 2024) * 1941 – David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023) * 1941 – Connie Smith, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist *

1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...

– Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013) *

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...

– Ronnie Campbell, English miner and politician (died 2024) * 1943 – Ben Sidran, American jazz and rock keyboardist * 1945 – Steve Martin, American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter * 1945 – Wim Wenders, German director, producer, and screenwriter *

1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...

– Antonio Fargas, American actor * 1946 – Larry Graham, American soul/funk bass player and singer-songwriter * 1946 – Susan Saint James, American actress * 1946 – Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver and businessman (died 2010) * 1947 – Maddy Prior, English folk singer * 1947 – Danielle Steel, American author * 1947 – Joop van Daele, Dutch footballer *

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

– Bob Backlund, American wrestler * 1949 – Morten Olsen, Danish footballer *

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

–

Gary Larson Gary Larson (born August 14, 1950) is an American cartoonist who created ''The Far Side'', a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to more than 1,900 newspapers for fifteen years. The series ended on January 1, 1995, ...

, American cartoonist * 1951 – Slim Dunlap, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024) * 1951 – Carl Lumbly, American actor * 1952 – Debbie Meyer, American swimmer *

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

–

James Horner James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American film composer. He worked on more than 160 film and television productions between 1978 and 2015. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements alongside tr ...

, American composer and conductor (died 2015) * 1954 – Mark Fidrych, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2009) * 1954 – Stanley A. McChrystal, American general *

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

– Jackée Harry, American actress and television personality * 1956 – Andy King, English footballer and manager (died 2015) * 1956 – Rusty Wallace, American race car driver * 1957 –

Peter Costello Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957) is an Australian businessman, lawyer and former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia in Howard government, government of John Howard from 1996 to 2007. He is the longest-serving trea ...

, Australian lawyer and politician * 1959 – Frank Brickowski, American basketball player * 1959 – Marcia Gay Harden, American actress * 1959 – Magic Johnson, American basketball player and coach * 1960 – Sarah Brightman, English singer and actress * 1960 – Fred Roberts, American basketball player * 1961 – Susan Olsen, American actress and radio host *

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

– Mark Gubicza, American baseball player * 1963 – José Cóceres, Argentinian golfer * 1964 – Neal Anderson, American football player and coach * 1964 – Jason Dunstall, Australian footballer *

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

– Paul Broadhurst, English golfer *

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

– Halle Berry, American model, actress, and producer * 1966 – Karl Petter Løken, Swedish-Norwegian footballer * 1968 – Ben Bass, American actor * 1968 – Catherine Bell, English-American actress and producer * 1968 – Darren Clarke, Northern Irish golfer * 1968 – Jason Leonard, English rugby player * 1969 – Tracy Caldwell Dyson, American chemist and astronaut * 1969 – Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer * 1970 – Kevin Cadogan, American rock guitarist *

– Raoul Bova, Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1971 – Benito Carbone, Italian footballer * 1971 – Peter Franzén, Finnish actor * 1971 – Mark Loretta, American baseball player *

– Laurent Lamothe, Haitian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Haiti *

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

– Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer * 1973 – Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer * 1974 – Chucky Atkins, American basketball player * 1974 – Christopher Gorham, American actor *

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

– Mike Vrabel, American football player *

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

– Fabrizio Donato, Italian triple jumper * 1977 – Juan Pierre, American baseball player *

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

– Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer * 1978 – Greg Rawlinson, New Zealand rugby player *

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

– Paul Burgess, Australian pole vaulter *

– Peter Malinauskas, Australian politician, 47th

Premier of South Australia The premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia. The Government of South Australia follows the Westminster system, with a Parliament of South Australia acting as the legislature. The premier i ...

* 1981 – Earl Barron, American basketball player * 1981 – Paul Gallen, Australian rugby league player, boxer, and sportscaster * 1981 – Julius Jones, American football player * 1981 – Kofi Kingston, Ghanaian-American wrestler * 1981 – Scott Lipsky, American tennis player *

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

– Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (died 2014) * 1983 – Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress * 1983 – Lamorne Morris, American actor and comedian * 1983 – Spencer Pratt, American television personality * 1984 – Eva Birnerová, Czech tennis player * 1984 – Clay Buchholz, American baseball player * 1984 – Giorgio Chiellini, Italian footballer * 1984 – Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player * 1984 – Nick Grimshaw, English radio and television host * 1984 – Nicola Slater, Scottish tennis player * 1984 – Robin Söderling, Swedish tennis player * 1985 – Christian Gentner, German footballer * 1985 – Shea Weber, Canadian ice hockey player * 1986 – Braian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer *

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

– Johnny Gargano, American wrestler *1987 – David Peralta, Venezuelan baseball player *1987 – Tim Tebow, American football and baseball player and sportscaster * 1989 – Ander Herrera, Spanish footballer * 1989 – Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player * 1991 – Richard Freitag, German ski jumper * 1991 – Giovanny Gallegos, Mexican baseball player *

– Maya Jama, British TV presenter. * 1995 – Léolia Jeanjean, French tennis player * 1997 – Greet Minnen, Belgian tennis player * 1998 – Doechii, American rapper *

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

– Johan Rojas, Dominican baseball player *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

– Marsai Martin, American actress and producer

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 582 – Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine emperor * 1040 – Duncan I of Scotland * 1167 – Rainald of Dassel, Italian archbishop * 1204 – Minamoto no Yoriie, second Shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate * 1433 – John I of Portugal (born 1357) * 1464 – Pope Pius II (born 1405) * 1573 – Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese daimyō (born 1548)

1601–1900

* 1691 – Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, Irish soldier and politician (born 1630) * 1716 – Madre María Rosa, Capuchin nun from Spain, to Peru (born 1660) * 1727 – William Croft, English organist and composer (born 1678) * 1774 – Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (born 1716) * 1784 – Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-born English painter and academic (born 1718) * 1852 – Margaret Taylor, First Lady of the United States (born 1788) * 1854 – Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (born 1787) * 1860 –

André Marie Constant Duméril André Marie Constant Duméril (1 January 1774 – 14 August 1860) was a French zoologist. He was professor of anatomy at the National Museum of Natural History (France), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from 1801 to 1812, when he became pr ...

, French zoologist and entomologist (born 1774) * 1870 –

David Farragut David Glasgow Farragut (; also spelled Glascoe; July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first Rear admiral (United States), rear admiral, Vice admiral (United State ...

, American admiral (born 1801) *

– Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (born 1852) * 1891 – Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (born 1803)

1901–present

* 1905 –

Simeon Solomon Simeon Solomon (9 October 1840 – 14 August 1905) was a British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelites who was noted for his depictions of Jewish life and same-sex desire. His career was cut short as a result of public scandal following h ...

, English soldier and painter (born 1840) * 1909 – William Stanley, British engineer and author (born 1829) * 1922 – Rebecca Cole, American physician and social reformer (born 1846) * 1928 –

Klabund Alfred Henschke (4 November 1890 – 14 August 1928), better known by his pseudonym Klabund, was a German writer. Life Klabund, born Alfred Henschke in 1890 in Krosno Odrzańskie, Crossen, was the son of an apothecary. At the age of 16 he came ...

, German author and poet (born 1890) *

– Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (born 1876) * 1941 – Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (born 1894) * 1941 – Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic,

laureate (born 1854) *

– Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (born 1871) *

– Eliška Misáková, Czech gymnast (born 1926) * 1951 –

William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His extravagant methods of yellow jou ...

, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (born 1863) * 1954 – Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (born 1868) * 1955 – Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, Librarian of Congress (born 1861) *

– Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (born 1898) * 1956 – Konstantin von Neurath, German lawyer and politician, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1873) * 1958 – Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist,

laureate (born 1900) * 1963 – Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1906) * 1964 – Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (born 1934) *

– Vello Kaaristo, Estonian skier (born 1911) * 1967 – Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1931) *

– Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (born 1906) * 1972 – Jules Romains, French author and poet (born 1885) *

– Fred Gipson, American journalist and author (born 1908) *

– Nicolas Bentley, English author and illustrator (born 1907) *

– Dorothy Stratten, Canadian-American model and actress (born 1960) * 1981 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (born 1894) * 1981 – Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (born 1910) * 1982 – Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (born 1904) * 1984 – Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1904) * 1984 – J. B. Priestley, English novelist and playwright (born 1894) * 1985 – Gale Sondergaard, American actress (born 1899) * 1988 – Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939) * 1988 – Robert Calvert, South African-English singer-songwriter and playwright (born 1945) * 1988 – Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded

Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello. Founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), the company built Auto Avio Costruzioni 815, its first car in 1940, adopted its current name in 1945, and be ...

(born 1898) * 1991 – Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver (born 1920) *

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

– John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (born 1904) *

– Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss author,

laureate (born 1905) * 1994 – Alice Childress, American actress, playwright, and author (born 1912) * 1996 –

Sergiu Celibidache Sergiu Celibidache (; ; 13 August 1996) was a Romanian people, Romanian Conducting, conductor, composer, musical theorist, and teacher. Educated in his native Romania, and later in Paris and Berlin, Celibidache's career in music spanned over fi ...

, Romanian conductor and composer (born 1912) *

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

– Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1918) * 2002 – Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (born 1923) * 2003 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer (born 1929) *

– Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born American novelist, essayist, and poet,

laureate (born 1911) * 2004 – Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (born 1918) * 2006 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (born 1949) * 2007 – Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (born 1913) *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

– Herman Leonard, American photographer (born 1923) *

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

– Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1945) * 2012 – Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess player (born 1923) * 2012 – Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (born 1919) *

– Jack Germond, American journalist and author (born 1928) *

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

– Leonard Fein, American journalist and academic, co-founded '' Moment Magazine'' (born 1934) * 2014 – George V. Hansen, American politician (born 1930) * 2015 – Bob Johnston, American songwriter and producer (born 1932) * 2016 – Fyvush Finkel, American actor (born 1922) * 2018 – Jill Janus, American singer (born 1975) * 2019 – Polly Farmer, Australian footballer and coach (born 1935) *

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

– Julian Bream, English classical guitarist and lutenist (born 1933) * 2020 – Angela Buxton, British tennis player (born 1934) * 2020 – James R. Thompson, American politician, Governor of Illinois (born 1936) * 2021 – Michael Aung-Thwin, American historian and scholar of Burmese and Southeast Asian history (born 1946) * 2023 – Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, Bangladeshi Islamic lecturer, politician (born 1940) * 2024 – Gena Rowlands, American actress (born 1930)

Holidays and observances

*Christian feast day: ** Arnold of Soissons ** Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia ** Eusebius of Rome ** Jonathan Myrick Daniels ( Episcopal Church) ** Maximilian Kolbe * National Navajo Code Talkers Day is a holiday in the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

honoring Navajo

code talkers A code talker was a person employed by the military during wartime to use a little-known language as a means of secret communication. The term is most often used for United States service members during the World Wars who used their knowledge ...

in the military. *

Falklands Day Falklands Day is the celebration of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis (English explorer), John Davis in 1592, and is celebrated on 14 August. It was once seen as the National Day of the Falklands, but has largely been re ...

is the celebration of the first sighting of the

by John Davis in 1592. *

Independence Day An independence day is an annual event memorialization, commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or Sovereign state, statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or after the end of a milit ...

celebrates the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947. * Partition Horrors Remembrance Day commemorates the victims and sufferings of people during the Partition of India in 1947.

References

External links

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