Events
Pre-1600
*
800 – A council is convened in the
Vatican, at which
Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first E ...
is to judge the accusations against
Pope Leo III
Pope Leo III (died 12 June 816) was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 26 December 795 to his death. Protected by Charlemagne from the supporters of his predecessor, Adrian I, Leo subsequently strengthened Charlemagne's position ...
.
*
1420
Year 1420 ( MCDXX) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* March – The Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque in Didymoteicho is inaugurated.
* May 21 &nd ...
–
Henry V of England
Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the ...
enters
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
alongside his father-in-law King
Charles VI of France
Charles VI (3 December 136821 October 1422), nicknamed the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé) and later the Mad (french: le Fol or ''le Fou''), was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He is known for his mental illness and psychotic ...
.
*
1577 – Courtiers
Christopher Hatton and
Thomas Heneage
Sir Thomas Heneage PC (1532 – 17 October 1595) was an English politician and courtier at the court of Elizabeth I.
Early and personal life
Thomas Heneage the Younger was born at Copt Hall, Epping, Essex, the son of Sir Robert Heneage and L ...
are
knight
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the Christian denomination, church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood ...
ed by Queen
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".
Eli ...
.
1601–1900
*
1640 – End of the
Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King
João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of
personal union
A personal union is the combination of two or more states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct. A real union, by contrast, would involve the constituent states being to some extent interli ...
of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the
Philippine Dynasty.
*
1662 – Diarist
John Evelyn
John Evelyn (31 October 162027 February 1706) was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, who is now best known as a diarist. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society.
John Evelyn's diary, or m ...
records skating on the frozen lake in
St James's Park, London, watched by
Charles II and
Queen Catherine.
*
1768
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London.
* February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House ...
– The former
slave ship
Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves. Such ships were also known as "Guineamen" because the trade involved human trafficking to and from the Guinea coast ...
''
Fredensborg
Fredensborg () is a railway town located in Fredensborg Municipality, North Zealand, some 30 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is most known for Fredensborg Palace, one of the official residences of the Danish Royal Family. As of 1 Jan ...
'' sinks off
Tromøya in Norway.
*
1821 –
José Núñez de Cáceres
José Núñez de Cáceres y Albor (March 14, 1772 – September 11, 1846) was a Dominican politician and writer. He is known for being the leader of the independence movement against Spain in 1821 and the only president of the short-lived Repu ...
wins the independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain and names the new territory the
Republic of Spanish Haiti
The Independent Republic of Spanish Haiti ( es, República del Haití Español), also called the Independent State of Spanish Haiti () was the independent state that resulted from the defeat of Spanish colonialists from Santo Domingo on November ...
.
*
1822 –
Pedro I is crowned
Emperor of Brazil
The monarchs of Brazil ( Portuguese: ''monarcas do Brasil'') were the imperial heads of state and hereditary rulers of Brazil from the House of Braganza that reigned from the creation of the Brazilian monarchy in 1815 as a constituent kingdom o ...
.
*
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
–
United States presidential election
The election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not dir ...
: Since no candidate received a majority of the total
electoral college votes in the election, the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the
Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
*
1828 – Argentine general
Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor
Manuel Dorrego, beginning the
Decembrist revolution.
*
1834 – Slavery is abolished in the
Cape Colony
The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope, which existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when it united with ...
in accordance with the
Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
*
1862
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria.
* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
– In his
State of the Union Address President
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation throu ...
reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War, Civil War. The Proclamation c ...
.
*
1865
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City.
* January 13 – American Civil War : Second Battle of Fort Fisher ...
–
Shaw University
Shaw University is a private Baptist historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in ...
, the first
historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Sout ...
.
*
1878 – President
Rutherford B. Hayes gets the first telephone installed in the
White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in ...
.
*
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...
– Nicaragua sells canal rights to U.S. for $5 million. The canal agreement fails in March 1901. Great Britain rejects amended treaty
1901–present
*
1913 – The
Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the
Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
* 1913 –
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, ...
, having obtained
self rule
__NOTOC__
Self-governance, self-government, or self-rule is the ability of a person or group to exercise all necessary functions of regulation without intervention from an external authority. It may refer to personal conduct or to any form of ...
from
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...
after the
First Balkan War
The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...
, is annexed by Greece.
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
–
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the A ...
unites with
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
, following the incorporation of
Bessarabia
Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds o ...
(
March 27) and
Bukovina
Bukovinagerman: Bukowina or ; hu, Bukovina; pl, Bukowina; ro, Bucovina; uk, Буковина, ; see also other languages. is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe (or both).Klaus Peter Berge ...
(
November 28) and thus concluding the
Great Union.
* 1918 –
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...
becomes a
sovereign state
A sovereign state or sovereign country, is a political entity represented by one central government that has supreme legitimate authority over territory. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined ter ...
, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
* 1918 – The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 191 ...
) is proclaimed.
*
1919 –
Lady Astor becomes the first female
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
(MP) to take her seat in the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England.
The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 ...
. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
*
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...
– The
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...
's first United States-based franchise, the
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making ...
, plays their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant
Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.
*
1934 –
Sergei Kirov is
assassinated
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, paving way for the repressive
Great Purge
The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Yezhov'), was Soviet General Secreta ...
, and
Vinnytsia massacre
The Vinnytsia massacre was the mass execution of between 9,000 and 11,000 people in the Ukrainian town of Vinnytsia by the Soviet secret police NKVD during the Great Purge in 1937–1938, which Nazi Germany discovered during its occupation of ...
by
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.
In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...
,
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet Union, Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as Ge ...
.
*
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
–
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
: A day after the beginning of the
Winter War
The Winter War,, sv, Vinterkriget, rus, Зи́мняя война́, r=Zimnyaya voyna. The names Soviet–Finnish War 1939–1940 (russian: link=no, Сове́тско-финская война́ 1939–1940) and Soviet–Finland War 1 ...
in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
, the
Cajander III Cabinet resigns and is replaced by the
Ryti I Cabinet, while the
Finnish Parliament
The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ...
move from
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
to
Kauhajoki
Kauhajoki (; literally “ Scoop River”) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region, southwest of the city of Seinäjoki. The population of Kauhajoki ...
to escape the
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
airstrikes.
*
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...
– World War II: Emperor
Hirohito
Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...
of Japan gives his tacit approval to the decision of the imperial council to initiate war against the United States.
* 1941 – World War II:
Fiorello La Guardia
Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (; born Fiorello Enrico LaGuardia, ; December 11, 1882September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives and served as the 99th Mayor of New York City fr ...
,
Mayor of New York City
The mayor of New York City, officially Mayor of the City of New York, is head of the executive branch of the government of New York City and the chief executive of New York City. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property ...
and Director of the
Office of Civilian Defense, signs
Administrative Order 9, creating the
Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a congressionally chartered, federally supported non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). CAP is a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded mem ...
.
*
1952 – The ''
New York Daily News
The New York ''Daily News'', officially titled the ''Daily News'', is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, NJ. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson as the ''Illustrated Daily News''. It was the first U.S. daily printed in ...
'' reports the news of
Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of
sex reassignment surgery
Gender-affirming surgery (GAS) is a surgical procedure, or series of procedures, that alters a transgender or transsexual person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble those associated with their identified gender, and a ...
.
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
–
American Civil Rights Movement: In
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County, Alabama, Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the Gulf Coastal Plain, coas ...
, seamstress
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's
racial segregation
Racial segregation is the systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life. Racial segregation can amount to the international crime of apartheid and a crime against humanity under the Statute of the Intern ...
laws, an incident which leads to that city's
bus boycott.
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
– The
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...
attains self-rule within the
French Union
The French Union () was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the " French Empire" (). It was the formal end of the "indigenous" () status of French subj ...
.
* 1958 – The
Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
*
1959 –
Cold War
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: Opening date for signature of the
Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
–
Patrice Lumumba is arrested by
Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the president of Zaire from 1965 to 1997 (known as the Democratic Republic o ...
's men on the banks of the
Sankuru River, for inciting the army to rebellion.
*
1963 –
Nagaland
Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...
, became the 16th state of India.
*
1964 –
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb
North Vietnam
North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; vi, Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa), was a socialist state supported by the Soviet Union (USSR) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Southeast Asia that existed f ...
.
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
– Vietnam War: The first
draft lottery in the United States is held since
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
.
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
–
Cambodian Civil War
The Cambodian Civil War ( km, សង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិលកម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ) was a civil war in Cambodia fought between the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (known as the Khmer Rouge, supported by North Vi ...
:
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979 ...
rebels intensify assaults on
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand ...
n government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
* 1971 – Purge of
Croatian Spring
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leaders starts in
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...
at the meeting of the
League of Communists at the
Karađorđevo estate
*
1973 –
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
gains self-government from Australia.
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...
–
TWA Flight 514
Trans World Airlines Flight 514, registration N54328, was a Boeing 727-231 en route from Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus, Ohio to Washington Dulles International that crashed into Mount Weather, Virginia, on Sunday, 1974. All 92 aboard, ...
, a
Boeing 727
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
After the heavy 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller air ...
, crashes northwest of
Dulles International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport , typically referred to as Dulles International Airport, Dulles Airport, Washington Dulles, or simply Dulles ( ), is an international airport in the Eastern United States, located in Loudoun County and F ...
, killing all 92 people on board.
* 1974 –
Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of
John F. Kennedy International Airport.
*
1981 –
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a
McDonnell Douglas MD-80
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second gene ...
, crashes in
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
, killing all 180 people on board.
*
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
–
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...
conducts the
Controlled Impact Demonstration
The Controlled Impact Demonstration (or colloquially the Crash In the Desert) was a joint project between NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that intentionally crashed a remotely controlled Boeing 720 aircraft to acquire ...
, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
*
1988 –
World AIDS Day
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is proclaimed worldwide by the
UN member states
The United Nations member states are the sovereign states that are members of the United Nations (UN) and have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. The UN is the world's largest intergovernmental organization.
The criter ...
.
* 1988 –
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...
, is named as the
Prime Minister of Pakistan
The prime minister of Pakistan ( ur, , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Pak ...
, becoming the first female leader to lead a muslim nation.
*
1989
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–
Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel
Reform the Armed Forces Movement
The Reform the Armed Forces Movement, also referred to by the acronym RAM, was a cabal of officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) known for several attempts to seize power in the Philippines during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, som ...
attempts to oust
Philippine President
The president of the Philippines ( fil, Pangulo ng Pilipinas, sometimes referred to as ''Presidente ng Pilipinas'') is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of t ...
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (; ; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipina politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People ...
in a failed bloody
coup d'état
A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
.
* 1989 –
Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because t ...
:
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In t ...
's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
–
Channel Tunnel
The Channel Tunnel (french: Tunnel sous la Manche), also known as the Chunnel, is a railway tunnel that connects Folkestone (Kent, England, UK) with Coquelles ( Hauts-de-France, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover ...
sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet beneath the seabed.
*
1991 – Cold War:
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
voters overwhelmingly approve a
referendum for independence from the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
.
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
– In the Indian state of
Bihar
Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...
,
Ranvir Sena
The Ranvir Sena is a militia functioning as a landlord group, mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The group was formed by Bhumihar landlords in 1994, with the aim to counter the influence of various left-wing militants, Naxalite groups ...
attacks the
CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
* 1997 –
Heath High School shooting in
West Paducah, Kentucky.
*
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...
–
Vicente Fox Quesada
Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006. After campaigning as a right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the ...
is inaugurated as the
president of Mexico
The president of Mexico ( es, link=no, Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States ( es, link=no, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the ...
, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.
*
2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
– The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the
much larger child sexual exploitation in
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after ...
,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
.
*
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
–
Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women
The women's association football match between Arsenal Women and Bristol City Women was played at Arsenal's home venue, Meadow Park, Borehamwood, on 1 December 2019. It was part of the 2019–20 Football Association Women's Super League ...
breaks the record for most goals scored in a
FA Women's Super League match, with
Vivianne Miedema involved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals.
*
2020 – The
Arecibo Telescope collapsed.
Births
Pre-1600
*
624
__NOTOC__
Year 624 ( DCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 624 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era be ...
–
Hasan ibn Ali
Hasan ibn Ali ( ar, الحسن بن علي, translit=Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī; ) was a prominent early Islamic figure. He was the eldest son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ...
, the second Shia Imam (d. 670)
[Shaykh Mufid. ''Kitab Al Irshad.'' p.279-289](_blank)
.
*
1081
Year 1081 ( MLXXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* April 1 – Emperor Nikephoros III is forced to abdicate the throne, and r ...
–
Louis VI, French king (d. 1137)
*
1083
Year 1083 ( MLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* January 6 – A Castilian army, under Count Gonzalo Salvadórez and his son-in-law ...
–
Anna Komnene
Anna Komnene ( gr, Ἄννα Κομνηνή, Ánna Komnēnḗ; 1 December 1083 – 1153), commonly Latinized as Anna Comnena, was a Byzantine princess and author of the ''Alexiad'', an account of the reign of her father, the Byzantine emperor, ...
, Byzantine physician and scholar (d. 1153)
*
1415 –
Jan Długosz, Polish historian (d. 1480)
*
1438 –
Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, son of Charles I (d. 1503)
*
1443 –
Magdalena of France, French princess (d. 1495)
*
1521 –
Takeda Shingen
, of Kai Province, was a pre-eminent ''daimyō'' in feudal Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyō with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period.
Shingen was a warlord of great ...
, Japanese daimyō (d. 1573)
*
1525 –
Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)
*
1530
Year 1530 ( MDXXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1530th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 530th year of the 2nd millennium, the 30 ...
–
Bernardino Realino
Bernardino Realino (1 December 1530 – 2 July 1616) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Jesuits. His entire career was devoted to the areas of Naples and Lecce. Realino pursued a career in law and served in sever ...
, Italian Jesuit (d. 1616)
*
1561 –
Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess consort of Pomerania-Wolgast (d. 1631)
*
1580
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Events
January–June
* January 31 – Portuguese succession crisis of 1580: The death of Henry, King of Portugal, with no direct heirs, leads to conflict between his potential successors, including King Philip II of ...
–
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1 December 1580 – 24 June 1637), often known simply as Peiresc, or by the Latin form of his name, Peirescius, was a French astronomer, antiquary and savant, who maintained a wide correspondence with scientis ...
, French astronomer and historian (d. 1637)
1601–1900
*
1690 –
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, (1 December 16906 March 1764) was an English lawyer and politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a close confidant of the Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister between 1754 and 1 ...
, English lawyer and politician,
Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (d. 1764)
*
1709 –
Franz Xaver Richter, Czech composer, violinist, and conductor (d. 1789)
*
1716 –
Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791)
*
1743 –
Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (d. 1817)
*
1761 –
Marie Tussaud
Anna Maria "Marie" Tussaud (; née Grosholtz; 1 December 1761 – 16 April 1850) was a French artist known for her wax sculptures and Madame Tussauds, the wax museum she founded in London.
Biography
Marie Tussaud was born 1 December 1761 in ...
, French-English sculptor, founded
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (d. 1850)
*
1792
Events
January–March
* January 9 – The Treaty of Jassy ends the Russian Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire over Crimea.
* February 18 – Thomas Holcroft produces the comedy '' The Road to Ruin'' in London.
* February ...
–
Nikolai Lobachevsky
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky ( rus, Никола́й Ива́нович Лобаче́вский, p=nʲikɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ləbɐˈtɕɛfskʲɪj, a=Ru-Nikolai_Ivanovich_Lobachevsky.ogg; – ) was a Russian mathematician and geometer, ...
, Russian mathematician and geometer (d. 1856)
*
1800 –
Mihály Vörösmarty
Mihály Vörösmarty (archaically English: Michael Vorosmarthy 1 December 180019 November 1855) was an important Hungarian poet and dramatist.
Biography
He was born at Puszta-Nyék (now Kápolnásnyék), of a noble Roman Catholic family. ...
, Hungarian poet (d. 1855)
*
1805
After thirteen years the First French Empire abolished the French Republican Calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 11 – The Michigan Territory is created.
* February 7 – King Anouvong become ...
–
9th Dalai Lama
Lungtok Gyatso, shortened from Lobzang Tenpai Wangchuk Lungtok Gyatso (also spelled Lungtog Gyatso and Luntok Gyatso; 1 December 18056 March 1815), was the 9th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was the only Dalai Lama to die in childhood and was first of a ...
, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader (d. 1815)
*
1844
In the Philippines, it was the only leap year with 365 days, as December 31 was skipped when 1845 began after December 30.
Events
January–March
* January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives ...
–
Alexandra of Denmark (d. 1925)
*
1846 –
Ledi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (d. 1923)
*
1847 –
Julia A. Moore, American poet (d. 1920)
*
1855 –
John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st
Premier of Tasmania
The premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly is invited by the governor of ...
(d. 1943)
*
1869 –
Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (d. 1923)
*
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
–
Archie MacLaren, English cricketer (d. 1944)
*
1883
Events
January–March
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* Janua ...
–
Henry Cadbury
Henry Joel Cadbury (December 1, 1883 – October 7, 1974) was an American biblical scholar, Quaker historian, writer, and non-profit administrator.
Life
A graduate of Haverford College, Cadbury was a Quaker throughout his life, as well as ...
, American historian, scholar, and academic (d. 1974)
*
1884 –
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (Karl Schmidt until 1905; 1 December 1884 – 10 August 1976) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker; he was one of the four founders of the artist group Die Brücke.
Life and work
Schmidt-Rottluff was born in Ro ...
, German painter and etcher (d. 1976)
*
1886 –
Rex Stout
Rex Todhunter Stout (; December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and ...
, American detective novelist (d. 1975)
* 1886 –
Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, 1st
Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
*
1894 –
Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral
Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral (1 December 1894 in Belém – 29 November 1982 in São Paulo) was a Brazilian herpetologist.
As a youngster, he collected snakes for Augusto Emilio Goeldi (1859-1917). He studied medicine in Salvador, Bahi ...
, Brazilian herpetologist (d. 1982)
*
1895 –
Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author (d. 1977)
*
1896 –
Georgy Zhukov
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov ( rus, Георгий Константинович Жуков, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ˈʐukəf, a=Ru-Георгий_Константинович_Жуков.ogg; 1 December 1896 – ...
, Russian general and politician, 2nd
Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (d. 1974)
*
1898 –
Stuart Garson
Stuart Sinclair Garson (December 1, 1898 – May 5, 1977) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He served as the 12th premier of Manitoba from 1943 to 1948, and later became a Federal cabinet minister.
Life and career
Born in St. Catharine ...
, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th
Premier of Manitoba
The premier of Manitoba (french: premier ministre du Manitoba) is the first minister (i.e., head of government or chief executive) for the Canadian province of Manitoba—as well as the ''de facto'' President of the province's Executive Council ...
(d. 1977)
* 1898 –
Cyril Ritchard
Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard (1 December 1898 – 18 December 1977), known professionally as Cyril Ritchard, was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook in ...
, Australian-American actor and singer (d. 1977)
*
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...
–
Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (d. 1987)
1901–present
*
1901 –
Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator (d. 1988)
*
1903 –
Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet
economic planner, member of the
(d. 1950)
*
1905 –
Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach (d. 1994)
*
1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
–
Alicia Markova
Dame Alicia Markova DBE (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was a British ballerina and a choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet. Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and touring internat ...
, English ballerina and choreographer (d. 2004)
*
1911
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia.
* ...
–
Calvin Griffith
Calvin Robertson Griffith (December 1, 1911 – October 20, 1999), born Calvin Griffith Robertson, was a Canadian-born American Major League Baseball team owner. As president, majority owner and ''de facto'' general manager of the Washington Se ...
, Canadian-American businessman (d. 1999)
*
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6
** German geophysicist Alfred ...
–
Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (d. 2010)
* 1912 –
Minoru Yamasaki
was an American architect, best known for designing the original World Trade Center in New York City and several other large-scale projects. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. He and fellow architect Edward ...
, American architect, designed the
World Trade Center (d. 1986)
*
1913 –
Mary Martin
Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American actress and singer. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein, she originated many leading roles on stage over her career, including Nellie Forbush in ''South Pacific'' (194 ...
, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
*
1916 –
Wan Li
Wan Li (1 December 1916 – 15 July 2015) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician. During a long administrative career in the People's Republic of China, he served successively as Vice Premier, Chairman of the Standing Committee of ...
, Chinese educator and politician, 4th
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
The vice premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China () are high-ranking officials under the premier and above the state councillors and ministers. Generally, the title is held by multiple individuals at any given time, wi ...
(d. 2015)
*
1917 –
Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (d. 1995)
*
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
–
Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, Japanese priest, 1st
Bishop of Naha (d. 2014)
*
1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil.
** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' bre ...
–
Vernon McGarity, American sergeant,
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of val ...
recipient (d. 2013)
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
–
Vsevolod Bobrov, Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager (d. 1979)
*
1923 –
Dick Shawn, American actor (d. 1987)
* 1923 –
Stansfield Turner
Stansfield Turner (December 1, 1923 January 18, 2018) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as President of the Naval War College (1972–1974), commander of the United States Second Fleet (1974–1975), Supreme Allied Commander N ...
, American admiral and academic, 12th
Director of Central Intelligence
The director of central intelligence (DCI) was the head of the American Central Intelligence Agency from 1946 to 2005, acting as the principal intelligence advisor to the president of the United States and the United States National Security C ...
(d. 2018)
*
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...
–
Masao Horiba, Japanese businessman, founded
Horiba (d. 2015)
*
1925 –
Martin Rodbell
Martin Rodbell (December 1, 1925 – December 7, 1998) was an American biochemist and molecular endocrinologist who is best known for his discovery of G-proteins. He shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Alfred G. Gilman fo ...
, American biochemist and endocrinologist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 1998)
*
1926 –
Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (d. 2013)
* 1926 –
Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2018)
* 1926 –
Keith Michell, Australian actor (d. 2015)
* 1926 –
Robert Symonds, American actor (d. 2007)
* 1926 –
Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner
Colin Christopher Paget Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner (1 December 1926 – 27 August 2010) was a British aristocrat. He was the son of Christopher Grey Tennant, 2nd Baron Glenconner, and Pamela Winefred Paget. He was also the nephew of Edward ...
, Scottish businessman (d. 2010)
*
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
...
–
Micheline Bernardini
Micheline Bernardini (born 1 December 1927) is a French former nude dancer at the Casino de Paris who agreed to model, on 5 July 1946, Louis Réard's two-piece swimsuit, which he called the bikini, named four days after the first test of an Ame ...
, French dancer and model
*
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
–
Emily McLaughlin
Emily McLaughlin (December 1, 1928 – April 26, 1991) was an American actress, known for her long-standing role as original character Nurse Jessie Brewer on the daytime soap opera ''General Hospital'' from 1963 until 1991.
Early life
McLaug ...
, American actress (d. 1991)
* 1928 –
Malachi Throne
Malachi Throne (December 1, 1928 – March 13, 2013) was an American actor, noted for his guest-starring roles on ''Star Trek'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'', ''Lost in Space'', ''Batman'', ''Land ...
, American actor (d. 2013)
*
1929 –
David Doyle, American actor (d. 1997)
*
1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...
–
Marie Bashir
Dame Marie Roslyn Bashir (born 1 December 1930) is the former and second longest-serving Governor of New South Wales. Born in Narrandera, New South Wales, Bashir graduated from the University of Sydney in 1956 and held various medical positio ...
, Australian psychiatrist, academic, and politician, 37th
Governor of New South Wales
The governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governors of the A ...
* 1930 –
Joachim Hoffmann
Joachim Hoffmann (1 December 1930 – 8 February 2002) was a German historian who was the academic director of the German Armed Forces Military History Research Office.
Life
Joachim Hoffmann was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, in 1930. In ...
, German historian and author (d. 2002)
*
1931 –
Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (d. 1986)
* 1931 –
Jim Nesbitt
Jim Nesbitt (December 1, 1931 – November 29, 2007) was an American country music singer. He had his first hit with "Please Mr. Kennedy" in 1961. It was released on Dot Records and became a number 11 hit on the Billboard charts. His bigge ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
* 1931 –
George Maxwell Richards
George Maxwell Richards (1 December 1931 – 8 January 2018) was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth President of Trinidad and Tobago, in office from 2003 to 2013. He was the first President of Trinidad and Tobago and hea ...
, Trinidadian politician, 4th
President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2018)
*
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
–
Lou Rawls
Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American record producer, singer, composer and actor. Rawls released more than 60 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably his s ...
, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006)
* 1933 –
Violette Verdy
Violette Verdy (born Nelly Armande Guillerm; 1 December 1933 – 8 February 2016) was a French ballerina, choreographer, teacher, and writer who worked as a dance company director with the Paris Opera Ballet in France and the Boston Ballet in t ...
, French ballerina (d. 2016)
*
1934 –
Billy Paul, American soul singer (d. 2016)
* 1935 –
Sola Sierra
Sola Sierra (1 December 1935 – 1 July 1999) was a Chilean human rights activist. She was director of Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared and campaigned to find out the truth about the people who disappeared during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorsh ...
, Chilean human rights activist (d. 1999)
*
1936 –
Igor Rodionov, Russian general and politician, 3rd
Russian Minister of Defence
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, Минобороны России, informally abbreviated as МО, МО РФ or Minoboron) is the govern ...
(d. 2014)
*
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into ...
–
Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano and actress (d. 2005)
* 1937 –
Gordon Crosse
Gordon Crosse (1 December 1937 – 21 November 2021) was an English composer.
Biography
Crosse was born in Bury, Lancashire on 1 December 1937, and in 1961 graduated from St Edmund Hall, Oxford with a first class honours degree in music, where h ...
, English composer and academic (d. 2021)
* 1937 –
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (born 1 December 1937) is a Latvian politician who served as the sixth President of Latvia from 1999 to 2007. She is the first woman to hold the post. She was elected President of Latvia in 1999 and re-elected for the seco ...
, Latvian psychologist and politician,
President of Latvia
The president of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Valsts prezidents ) is head of state and commander-in-chief of the National Armed Forces of the Republic of Latvia.
The term of office is four years. Before 1999, it was three years. The president may be ...
*
1938
Events
January
* January 1
** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime.
** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France ...
–
Sandy Nelson, American rock and roll drummer
*
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
–
Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American retired professional golfer who is regarded as one of the greatest players in golf history. He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. Trevino won six major championships and ...
, American golfer and sportscaster
*
1940 –
Mike Denness, Scottish cricketer and referee (d. 2013)
* 1940 –
Richard Pryor
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, and is widely regarded as on ...
, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
* 1940 –
Tasso Wild
Tasso Wild (born 1 December 1940) is a former German football midfielder who played for 1. FC Nürnberg and Hertha BSC.
Career
Wild started his career with 1. FC Nürnberg. Between 1959 and 1963, he made 74 appearances for in the Oberliga Süd ...
, German footballer
* 1940 –
Jerry Lawson, American electronic engineer and inventor (d. 2011)
*
1942 –
Mohamed Kamel Amr, Egyptian politician,
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs
* 1942 –
John Crowley, American author and academic
* 1942 –
Ross Edwards
Ross Edwards (born 1 December 1942) is a former Australian cricketer. Edwards played in 20 Test matches for Australia, playing against England, West Indies and Pakistan. He also played in nine One Day Internationals including the 1975 Crick ...
, Australian cricketer
*
1943 –
Kenny Moore, American runner and journalist
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
–
Eric Bloom, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1944 –
John Densmore, American drummer and songwriter
* 1944 –
Michael Hagee
Michael William Hagee (born December 1, 1944) is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 33rd Commandant of the Marine Corps from 2003 to 2006, succeeding General James L. Jones on January 13, 2003. He stepped d ...
, American general
* 1944 –
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun ( ar, الطاهر بن جلون; born in Fes, Morocco, 1 December 1944) is a Moroccan writer. All of his work is written in French although his first language is Darija. He became known for his 1985 novel ''L’Enfant de Sable ...
, Moroccan author and poet
*
1945 –
Bette Midler
Bette Midler (;'' Inside the Actors Studio'', 2004 born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, comedian and author. Throughout her career, which spans over five decades, Midler has received numerous accolades, including four Golden ...
, American singer-songwriter, actress and producer
*
1946
Events January
* January 6 - The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four occupation zones.
* January 10
** The ...
–
Jonathan Katz
Jonathan Paul Katz (born December 1, 1946) is an American actor and comedian best known for his starring role in the animated sitcom '' Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist'' as Dr. Katz. He also is known for voicing Erik Robbins in the UPN/Adult S ...
, American comedian and actor
* 1946 –
Kemal Kurspahić, Bosnian journalist and author
* 1946 –
Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer-songwriter and pianist
*
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
–
Alain Bashung
Alain Bashung (, born Alain Claude Baschung; 1 December 1947 – 14 March 2009) was a French singer, songwriter and actor. Credited with reviving the French chanson in "a time of French musical turmoil", he is often regarded in his home country a ...
, French singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009)
* 1947 –
Bob Fulton
Robert Fulton (1 December 1947 – 23 May 2021), also nicknamed "Bozo", was an Australian international rugby league footballer, coach and later commentator. Fulton played, coached, selected for and has commentated on the game with great succe ...
, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)
*
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
–
George Foster, American baseball player and radio host
* 1948 –
Sarfraz Nawaz
Sarfraz Nawaz Malik ( Punjabi, ur, ) (born 1 December 1948) is a former Pakistani Test cricketer and politician, who was instrumental in Pakistan's first Test series victories over India and England. Between 1969 and 1984, he played 55 Tests ...
, Pakistani cricketer and politician
* 1948 –
John Roskelley, American mountaineer and author
* 1948 –
Neil Warnock
Neil Warnock (born 1 December 1948) is an English former football manager and player. He is also a television and radio pundit. In a managerial career spanning five decades, Warnock has managed sixteen different clubs from the Premier League to ...
, English footballer and manager
* 1948 –
N. T. Wright, English bishop and scholar
* 1948 –
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa (1 December 1948 – 15 December 2012) was a Nigerian politician. He was appointed Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Nigeria in July 2005, and returned as Deputy Governor in the April 2007 elections. He was sworn in as Gove ...
, Nigerian civil servant and politician,
Governor of Kaduna State (d. 2012)
*
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 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
–
Jan Brett, American author and illustrator
* 1949 –
Pablo Escobar
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; ; 1 December 19492 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar is the wealthiest criminal i ...
, Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist (d. 1993)
* 1949 –
Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and politician, 35th
President of Chile
The president of Chile ( es, Presidente de Chile), officially known as the President of the Republic of Chile ( es, Presidente de la República de Chile), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Chile. The president is re ...
*
1950 –
Manju Bansal, Indian biologist and academic
* 1950 –
Ross Hannaford
Ross Andrew Hannaford (1 December 1950 – 8 March 2016) was an Australian musician, active in numerous local bands. He was often referred to by his nickname "Hanna". Widely regarded as one of the country's finest rock guitarists, he was best kn ...
, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
* 1950 –
Gary Panter, American illustrator and painter
* 1950 –
Filippos Petsalnikos, Greek lawyer and politician, Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights, Greek Minister of Justice (d. 2020)
* 1950 – Richard Keith (actor), Richard Keith, American actor and drummer
*1951 – Obba Babatundé, American actor, director, and producer
* 1951 – Doug Mulray, Australian radio and television host
* 1951 – Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1987)
* 1951 – Nozipho Schroeder, South African lawn bowler
* 1951 – Treat Williams, American actor
*
1952 – Stephen Poliakoff, English director, producer, and playwright
*1954 – Alan Dedicoat, English journalist
* 1954 – Judith Hackitt, English chemist and engineer
* 1954 – François Van der Elst, Belgian footballer (d. 2017)
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
– Veikko Aaltonen, Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1955 – Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress
* 1955 – Pat Spillane, Irish footballer and sportscaster
* 1955 – Karen Tumulty, American journalist
* 1955 – Udit Narayan, Indian playback singer
*1956 – Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (d. 2022)
*1957 – Chris Poland, American guitarist and songwriter
* 1957 – Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2011)
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
– Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and manager
* 1958 – Candace Bushnell, American journalist and author
* 1958 – Alberto Cova, Italian runner
* 1958 – Gary Peters (politician), Gary Peters, American politician
*
1959 – Billy Childish, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter
* 1959 – Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
– Carol Alt, American model and actress
* 1960 – Shirin M. Rai, Indian-English political scientist and academic
* 1960 – Jane Turner, Australian actress and producer
*1961 – Safra Catz, Israeli-American businesswoman
* 1961 – Raymond E. Goldstein, American biophysicist and academic
* 1961 – Jeremy Northam, English actor
*1962 – Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater
* 1962 – Pamela McGee, American basketball player and coach
*
1963 – Marco Greco, Brazilian race car driver
* 1963 – Nathalie Lambert, Canadian speed skater
* 1963 – Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
*
1964 – Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer
* 1964 – Jo Walton, Welsh-Canadian author and poet
*1965 – Henry Honiball, South African rugby player
* 1965 – Magnifico (musician), Magnifico, Slovenian singer
*1966 – Andrew Adamson, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1966 – Katherine LaNasa, American actress, ballet dancer, and choreographer
* 1966 – Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player and coach
*1967 – Nestor Carbonell, American actor
* 1967 – Reggie Sanders, American baseball player
*1968 – Justin Chadwick, English actor and director
* 1968 – Sarah Fitzgerald, Australian squash player
* 1968 – Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
– Richard Carrier, American author and blogger
*1970 – Jonathan Coulton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1970 – Kirk Rueter, American baseball player
* 1970 – Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress, and singer
* 1970 – Tisha Waller, American high jumper and educator
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
– Christian Pescatori, Italian race car driver
* 1971 – Mika Pohjola, Finnish-American pianist and composer
* 1971 – John Schlimm, American author and educator
*1972 – Stanton Barrett, American race car driver and stuntman
* 1972 – Bart Millard, American singer-songwriter
*
1973 – Steve Gibb, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...
– Costinha, Portuguese footballer and manager
*1975 – Matt Fraction, American author
* 1975 – Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, American keyboard player and producer (d. 2014)
* 1975 – Farah Shah, Pakistani actress and host
* 1975 – Thomas Schie, Norwegian racing driver and sportscaster
* 1975 – Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
*1976 – Tomasz Adamek, Polish boxer
* 1976 – Laura Ling, American journalist and author
* 1976 – Evangelos Sklavos, Greek basketball player
*1977 – Brad Delson, American guitarist and producer
* 1977 – Sophie Guillemin, French actress
* 1977 – Lee McKenzie, Scottish journalist
*1978 – Mat Kearney, American musician
*1979 – Ryan Malone, American ice hockey player
* 1979 – Stephanie Brown Trafton, American discus thrower
*1980 – Iftikhar Anjum, Pakistani cricketer
* 1980 – Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer and politician
* 1980 – Mubarak Hassan Shami, Kenyan-Qatari runner
* 1980 – Gianna Terzi, Greek singer
*
1981 – Park Hyo-shin, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
* 1981 – Luke McPharlin, Australian footballer
* 1981 – I Made Wirawan, Indonesian footballer
*1982 – Riz Ahmed, English actor and rapper
* 1982 – Christos Kalantzis, Greek footballer
* 1982 – Christos Melissis, Greek footballer
*1985 – Janelle Monáe, American singer-songwriter and producer
* 1985 – Emiliano Viviano, Italian footballer
*1986 – DeSean Jackson, American football player
*1987 – Simon Dawkins, English footballer
* 1987 – Tabarie Henry, Virgin Islander sprinter
* 1987 – Vance Joy, Australian singer-songwriter
* 1987 – Brett Williams (footballer, born 1987), Brett Williams, English footballer
*
1988 – Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer, and model
* 1988 – Dan Mavraides, Greek-American basketball player
* 1988 – Tyler Joseph, American musician and singer
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
– Sotelúm, Mexican trumpet player, composer, and producer
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
– Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player
*
1991 – Hilda Melander, Swedish tennis player
* 1991 – Sun Yang, Chinese swimmer
*1992 – Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer
* 1992 – Javier Báez, Puerto Rican baseball player
* 1992 – Linos Chrysikopoulos, Greek basketball player
* 1992 – Marco van Ginkel, Dutch footballer
*1993 – Reena Pärnat, Estonian archer
* 1993 – Beau Webster, Australian cricketer
*1994 – Seedy Njie, English footballer
*1995 – Agnė Čepelytė, Lithuanian tennis player
* 1995 – Jenna Fife, Scottish footballer
* 1995 – James Wilson (footballer, born 1995), James Wilson, English footballer
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
– Sada Williams, Barbadian sprinter
*1999 – Nico Schlotterbeck, German footballer
*2001 – Carole Monnet, French tennis player
Deaths
Pre-1600
* 217 – Judah ha-Nasi, Yehudah HaNasi, 'Nasi (Hebrew title), Nasi', Rabbi and editor of the Mishnah (b. 135)
* 660 – Saint Eligius, Eligius, Frankish bishop and saint (b. 588)
* 948 – Gao Conghui, Chinese governor and prince (b. 891)
* 969 – Fujiwara no Morotada, Japanese statesman (b. 920)
*1018 – Thietmar of Merseburg, German bishop (b. 975)
*1135 – Henry I of England, Henry I, king of England (b. 1068)
*1241 – Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1214)
*1255 – Muhammad III of Alamut, Nizari Ismaili Imam
*1335 – Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (b. 1305)
*1374 – Magnus IV of Sweden, Magnus Ericson, king of Sweden (b. 1316)
*1433 – Emperor Go-Komatsu, Go-Komatsu, emperor of Japan (b. 1377)
*1455 – Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian goldsmith and sculptor (b. 1378)
*
1521 – Pope Leo X, Leo X, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1475)
*
1530
Year 1530 ( MDXXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1530th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 530th year of the 2nd millennium, the 30 ...
– Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Margaret of Austria, duchess of Savoy (b. 1480)
*
1580
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Events
January–June
* January 31 – Portuguese succession crisis of 1580: The death of Henry, King of Portugal, with no direct heirs, leads to conflict between his potential successors, including King Philip II of ...
– Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (b. 1509)
*1581 – Alexander Briant, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr and saint (b. 1556)
* 1581 – Edmund Campion, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (b. 1540)
* 1581 – Ralph Sherwin, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (b. 1550)
1601–1900
*1633 – Isabella Clara Eugenia, infanta of Spain (b. 1566)
*
1640 – Miguel de Vasconcelos, Portuguese politician, List of Prime Ministers of Portugal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1590)
*1660 – Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (b. 1592)
*1729 – Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1665)
*1750 – Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)
*1755 – Maurice Greene (composer), Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (b. 1696)
*1767 – Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (b. 1710)
*1825 – Alexander I of Russia, Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777)
*
1865
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City.
* January 13 – American Civil War : Second Battle of Fort Fisher ...
– Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
*1866 – George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
*1867 – Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
*
1884 – William Swainson (lawyer), William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General (New Zealand), Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
1901–present
*
1913 – Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
*1914 – Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
*
1916 – Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
*
1923 – Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
*
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
– José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
*
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
– Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
*
1934 – Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
*1935 – Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
*
1942 – Leon Wachholz, Polish scientist and medical examiner (b. 1867)
*
1943 – Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
*
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
– Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
* 1947 – G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
*
1950 – Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
*1954 – Fred Rose (songwriter), Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
– Elizabeth Peratrovich, Alaskan-American civil rights activist (b. 1911)
*
1964 – J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)
* 1964 – Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
*1968 – Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)
* 1968 – Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
*
1973 – David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
*1975 – Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)
* 1975 – Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (b. 1898)
* 1975 – Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (b. 1906)
*
1981 – Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
*
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
– Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911)
*1986 – Frank McCarthy (producer), Frank McCarthy, American general and film producer (b. 1912)
*1987 – James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1924)
* 1987 – Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1918)
*
1988 – J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (b. 1904)
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
– Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931)
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
– Carla Lehmann, Canadian-English actress (b. 1917)
*
1991 – Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete (b. 1906)
* 1991 – George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
*1993 – Ray Gillen, American singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
*1995 – Hopper Levett, English cricketer (b. 1908)
* 1995 – Colin Tapley, New Zealand-English actor (b. 1907)
* 1995 – Maxwell R. Thurman, American general (b. 1931)
*1996 – Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1928)
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
– Michel Bélanger, Canadian banker and businessman (b. 1929)
* 1997 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (b. 1908)
* 1997 – Endicott Peabody, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1920)
*2001 – Ellis R. Dungan, American director and producer (b. 1909)
*2002 – Edward L. Beach Jr., American captain and author (b. 1918)
* 2002 – Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
*2003 – Clark Kerr, American economist and academic (b. 1911)
* 2003 – Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (b. 1928)
*2004 – Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1911)
* 2004 – Bill Brown (goalkeeper), Bill Brown, Scottish-Canadian footballer (b. 1931)
*2005 – Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (b. 1938)
* 2005 – Mary Hayley Bell, English actress and playwright (b. 1911)
* 2005 – Freeman V. Horner, American soldier,
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of val ...
recipient (b. 1922)
*2006 – Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
* 2006 – Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian (b. 1937)
*2007 – Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player and footballer (b. 1929)
* 2007 – Anton Rodgers, British actor (b. 1933)
*2008 – Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
* 2008 – Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (b. 1917)
*2010 – Adriaan Blaauw, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1914)
* 2010 – Hillard Elkins, American actor and producer (b. 1929)
*2011 – Christa Wolf, German author and critic (b. 1929)
*2012 – Jovan Belcher, American football player (b. 1987)
* 2012 – Arthur Chaskalson, South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (b. 1931)
* 2012 – Rick Majerus, American basketball player and coach (b. 1948)
* 2012 – Ed Price (Florida politician), Ed Price, American soldier, pilot, and politician (b. 1918)
*2013 – Richard Coughlan, English drummer (b. 1947)
* 2013 – Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (b. 1925)
* 2013 – Edward Heffron, American soldier (b. 1923)
* 2013 – Martin Sharp, Australian cartoonist and songwriter (b. 1942)
*2014 – Mario Abramovich, Argentinian violinist and composer (b. 1926)
* 2014 – Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (b. 1938)
* 2014 – Rocky Wood, New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1959)
*2015 – Rob Blokzijl, Dutch physicist and computer scientist (b. 1943)
* 2015 – Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (b. 1925)
* 2015 – John F. Kurtzke, American neurologist and academic (b. 1926)
* 2015 – Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (b. 1930)
* 2015 – Trevor Obst, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1940)
*
2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
– Vivian Lynn, New Zealand artist (b. 1931)
* 2018 – Ken Berry, American actor, dancer, and singer (b. 1933)
*
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
– Paula Tilbrook, English actress (b. 1930)
*
2020 – Arnie Robinson, American athlete (b. 1948)
*2022 – Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach (b. 1938)
Holidays and observances
*Days of Military Honour, Battle of the Sinop Day (Russia)
*Christian feast day:
**Alexander Briant
**Ansanus
**Beatification, Blessed Bruna Pellesi
**Castritian
**Blessed Charles de Foucauld
**Edmund Campion
**Saint Eligius, Eligius
**Evasius
**Saint Grwst, Grwst
**Nahum
**Nicholas Ferrar (Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church), Episcopal Church)
**Ralph Sherwin
**Ursicinus of Brescia
**December 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Damrong Rajanubhab Day (Thailand)
*Earliest day on which Farmers' Day (Ghana), Farmer's Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday in December. (Ghana)
*Earliest day on which Good Neighborliness Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in December. (Turkmenistan)
*Earliest day on which Sindhi Cultural Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in December. (Sindhi diaspora)
*First President Day (Kazakhstan)
*Freedom and Democracy Day (Chad)
*Great Union Day, celebrates the Union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918. (Romania)
*Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica)
*National Day (Myanmar)
*Republic Day (Central African Republic)
*Restoration of Independence Day (Portugal)
*Rosa Parks Day (Ohio and Oregon, United States)
*Self-governance Day or ''Fullveldisdagurinn'' (Iceland)
*Teachers' Day (Panama)
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World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourning those who have died of the disease. The acquired imm ...
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References
External links
BBC: On This Day*
Historical Events on December 1Today in Canadian History
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