Events

Pre-1600

* 639 –

Ashina Jiesheshuai Ashina Jiesheshuai ( zh, t=阿史那結社率, s=阿史那结社率, p=Ashǐnà Jiēshèshuai, w=Ashihna Chieh-she-shuai;:zh:s:新唐書/卷002, ''New Book of Tang'' Vol. 2''Zizhi Tongjian'', :zh:s:資治通鑑/卷195, vol. 195.:zh:s:舊唐書/� ...

and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace. * 715 –

Pope Gregory II Pope Gregory II (; 669 – 11 February 731) was the Pope, bishop of Rome from 19 May 715 to his death on 11 February 731.934 – The

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived History of the Roman Empire, the events that caused the ...

reconquers Melitene under the leadership of John Kourkouas. * 1051 – Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev. * 1445 –

John II of Castile John II of Castile (; 6 March 1405 – 20 July 1454) was King of Castile and León from 1406 to 1454. He succeeded his older sister, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, as Prince of Asturias in 1405. Regency John was the son of King Henry ...

defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo. * 1499 –

Catherine of Aragon Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, historical Spanish: , now: ; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was List of English royal consorts, Queen of England as the Wives of Henry VIII, first wife of King Henry VIII from their marr ...

is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12. * 1535 – French explorer

Jacques Cartier Jacques Cartier (; 31 December 14911 September 1557) was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. Jacques Cartier was the first Europeans, European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, wh ...

sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage). *

1536 Year 1536 ( MDXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March *January 6 – The Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, the oldest European school of higher learning in the Americas, is ...

–

Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn (; 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was List of English royal consorts, Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the Wives of Henry VIII, second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution, by beheading ...

, the second wife of

Henry VIII of England Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his Wives of Henry VIII, six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. ...

, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest. * 1542 – The Prome Kingdom falls to the

Taungoo Dynasty ''taungnguumainn saat'' , conventional_long_name = Toungoo dynasty , common_name = Taungoo dynasty , status = Empire/ Kingdom , event_start = Independence from Ava Kingdom , year_start = 15 ...

in present-day

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

1601–1900

* 1643 –

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...

: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power. * 1649 – An Act of Parliament declaring England a

Commonwealth A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the 15th century. Originally a phrase (the common-wealth ...

is passed by the

Long Parliament The Long Parliament was an Parliament of England, English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660, making it the longest-lasting Parliament in English and British history. It followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament, which had convened f ...

. England would be a

republic A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a State (polity), state in which Power (social and political), political power rests with the public (people), typically through their Representat ...

for the next eleven years. * 1655 – The

Invasion of Jamaica The Invasion of Jamaica took place in May 1655, during the 1654 to 1660 Anglo-Spanish War, when an English expeditionary force captured Spanish Jamaica. It was part of an ambitious plan by Oliver Cromwell to acquire new colonies in the Americ ...

begins during the Anglo-Spanish War. * 1743 –

Jean-Pierre Christin Jean-Pierre Christin (31 May 1683 – 19 January 1755) was a French physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and musician. His proposal in 1743 to reverse the Celsius thermometer scale (from water boiling at 0 degrees and ice melting at 100 degree ...

developed the centigrade temperature scale. * 1749 – King

George II of Great Britain George II (George Augustus; ; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland, Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Electorate of Hanover, Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Em ...

grants the

Ohio Company The Ohio Company, formally known as the Ohio Company of Virginia, was a land speculation company organized for the settlement by Virginians of the Ohio Country (approximately the present U.S. state of Ohio) and to trade with the Native Ameri ...

a charter of land around the forks of the

Ohio River The Ohio River () is a river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to its river mouth, mouth on the Mississippi Riv ...

. *

1776 Events January–February * January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces. * January ...

–

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...

: A

Continental Army The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War. It was formed on June 14, 1775, by a resolution passed by the Second Continental Co ...

garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars. *

1780 Events January–March * January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet. * February 19 – The legislature of New York votes to all ...

– New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the

New England New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the ...

states and parts of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

. * 1802 –

Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

founds the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

. *

1828 Events January–March * January 4 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, Comte de Villèle, as Prime Minister of France. * January 8 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organiz ...

– U.S. President

John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams (; July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825. During his long diploma ...

signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, sparking outrage in the South and leading to the Nullification crisis. *

1845 Events January–March * January 1 – The Philippines began reckoning Asian dates by hopping the International Date Line through skipping Tuesday, December 31, 1844. That time zone shift was a reform made by Governor–General Narciso ...

– Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England. * 1848 –

Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War (Spanish language, Spanish: ''guerra de Estados Unidos-México, guerra mexicano-estadounidense''), also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, ...

: Mexico ratifies the

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). It was signed on 2 February 1848 in the town of Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City, Guadalupe Hidalgo. After the defeat of its army and the fall of the cap ...

thus ending the war and ceding

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million. * 1883 – Buffalo Bill's first ''Buffalo Bill's Wild West'' opens in Omaha, Nebraska. *

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 ...

–

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European ...

annexes Tonga Island. * 1900 –

Second Boer War The Second Boer War (, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and ...

: British troops relieve Mafeking.

1901–present

1911 Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...

–

Parks Canada Parks Canada ()Parks Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Parks Canada Agency (). is the agency of the Government of Canada which manages the country's 37 National Parks, three National Marine Co ...

, the world's first

national park A national park is a nature park designated for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance. It is an area of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that is protecte ...

service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior. *

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

– The Norwegian football club

Rosenborg BK Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg () or RBK, is a Norwegian professional association football, football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien (football), Eliteserien. The club has won a record 26 league titles ...

is founded. * 1919 –

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...

lands at

Samsun Samsun is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and a major Black Sea port. The urban area recorded a population of 738,692 in 2022. The city is the capital of Samsun Province which has a population of ...

on the

Anatolia Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...

coast, initiating what is later termed the

Turkish War of Independence , strength1 = May 1919: 35,000November 1920: 86,000Turkish General Staff, ''Türk İstiklal Harbinde Batı Cephesi'', Edition II, Part 2, Ankara 1999, p. 225August 1922: 271,000Celâl Erikan, Rıdvan Akın: ''Kurtuluş Savaşı tarih ...

. *

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 First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

– The

United States Congress The United States Congress is the legislature, legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, including a Lower house, lower body, the United States House of Representatives, ...

passes the

Emergency Quota Act __NOTOC__ The Emergency Quota Act, also known as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, the Per Centum Law, and the Johnson Quota Act (ch. 8, of May 19, 1921), was formulated mainly in response to the lar ...

establishing national quotas on immigration. * 1922 – The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established. *

1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator 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 independen ...

– Finnish cavalry general C. G. E. Mannerheim is appointed the

field marshal Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army (in countries without the rank of Generalissimo), and as such, few persons a ...

. *

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

– Zveno and the

Bulgarian Army The Bulgarian Army (), also called Bulgarian Armed Forces, is the military of Bulgaria. The commander-in-chief is the president of Bulgaria. The Ministry of Defense is responsible for political leadership, while overall military command is in ...

engineer a

coup d'état A coup d'état (; ; ), or simply a coup , is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to powe ...

and install Kimon Georgiev as the new

Prime Minister of Bulgaria The Prime Minister of Bulgaria () is the head of government of Bulgaria. They are oftentimes the leader of a political coalition in the Bulgarian parliament, known as the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unica ...

. *

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 ...

–

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 ...

: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to

Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reci ...

for repairs. *

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 � ...

– Winston Churchill's second wartime address to the U.S. Congress *

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat. Events World War II will be ...

–

Syrian Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend ...

demonstrators in

Damascus Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...

are fired upon by French troops injuring twelve, leading to the Levant Crisis. *

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 ...

– A barge containing munitions destined for

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# ...

explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city. * 1950 –

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 ...

announces that the

Suez Canal The Suez Canal (; , ') is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, Indo-Mediterranean, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest ...

is closed to

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 ...

i ships and commerce. *

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

– The

North Vietnamese Army The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), officially the Vietnam People's Army (VPA; , , ), also recognized as the Vietnamese Army (), the People's Army () or colloquially the Troops ( ), is the national Military, military force of the Vietnam, S ...

establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to

South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered Diplomatic recognition, international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the ...

; the resulting route is the

Ho Chi Minh trail The Ho Chi Minh Trail (), also called Annamite Range Trail () was a Military logistics, logistical network of roads and trails that ran from North Vietnam to South Vietnam through the kingdoms of Kingdom of Laos, Laos and Cambodia (1953–1970), ...

. * 1961 – Venera program: '' Venera 1'' becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing

Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is often called Earth's "twin" or "sister" planet for having almost the same size and mass, and the closest orbit to Earth's. While both are rocky planets, Venus has an atmosphere much thicker ...

(the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data). * 1961 – At

Silchar Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is second largest city of Assam after Guwahati in terms of population and GDP. It is also administrative capital of Barak Valley division. It is locate ...

Railway Station,

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the

Bengali Language Movement The Bengali language movement was a political movement in East Bengal (modern-day Bangladesh) in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government ...

. *

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 ...

– A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at

Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh and Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), Eig ...

, New York City. The highlight is

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe ( ; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde stereotype#Blonde bombshell, blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex ...

's rendition of " Happy Birthday". *

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

– The ''New York Post Sunday Magazine'' publishes

Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, civil and political rights, civil rights activist and political philosopher who was a leader of the civil rights move ...

Letter from Birmingham Jail The "Letter from Birmingham Jail", also known as the "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" and "The Negro Is Your Brother", is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King Jr. It says that people have a moral responsibility to b ...

. *

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 ...

– Mars probe program: '' Mars 2'' is launched by the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

. * 1986 – The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...

. *

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

–

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

ns vote for independence in a

referendum A referendum, plebiscite, or ballot measure is a Direct democracy, direct vote by the Constituency, electorate (rather than their Representative democracy, representatives) on a proposal, law, or political issue. A referendum may be either bin ...

. *

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

– SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to

José María Córdova International Airport José María Córdova International Airport is an international airport located in the city of Rionegro, south-east of Medellín, and is the List of the busiest airports in Colombia, second largest airport in Colombia after El Dorado Internatio ...

Medellín Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...

, Colombia, killing 132. *

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

–

Space Shuttle program The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its ...

: '' Space Shuttle Endeavour'' is launched on mission STS-77. *

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

– The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of

grassroots A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or continent movement. Grassroots movements and organizations use collective action from volunteers at the local level to imp ...

efforts. *

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 ...

– Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' is launched on mission STS-101 to resupply the

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was Assembly of the International Space Station, assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United ...

. *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

–

President of Romania The president of Romania () is the head of state of Romania. The president is directly elected by a two-round system, and, following a modification to the Romanian Constitution in 2003, serves for five years. An individual may serve two ter ...

Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension. *

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 ...

– The

Royal Thai Armed Forces The Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF; ; ) are the armed forces of the Kingdom of Thailand. The Highest Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (จอมทัพไทย; ) is the King of Thailand. The armed forces are managed by the Minist ...

concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders. *

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 ...

– Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of

Brindisi Brindisi ( ; ) is a city in the region of Apulia in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Historically, the city has played an essential role in trade and culture due to its strategic position ...

, killing one person and injuring five others. * 2012 – A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

n city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people. *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

– The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of

crude oil Petroleum, also known as crude oil or simply oil, is a naturally occurring, yellowish-black liquid chemical mixture found in geological formations, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. The term ''petroleum'' refers both to naturally occurring u ...

onto an area in

considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast. *

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

– EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ...

while traveling from

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

, killing all on board. *

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

– The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion. *2024 – 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash, A helicopter crash in Iran leaves 8 people dead, including the country's president Ebrahim Raisi & foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Births

Pre-1600

*1400 – John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English soldier and politician (died 1462) *1462 – Baccio D'Agnolo, Italian woodcarver, sculpture, sculptor and architect (died 1543) *1476 (or 1474) – Helena of Moscow, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania and Queen consort of Poland (died 1513) *1593 – Claude Vignon, French painter (died 1670)

1601–1900

*1616 – Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (died 1667) *1639 – Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland, English soldier and noble (died 1665) *1700 – José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician (died 1770) *1724 – Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (died 1779) *1744 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom (died 1818) *1762 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (died 1814) *1773 – Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (died 1854) *1795 – Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1873) *1827 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (France), French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1896) *1832 – James Watney junior, James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer (died 1886) *1857 – John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist (died 1938) *1861 – Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (died 1931) *1871 – Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (died 1963) *1874 – Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier (died 1955) *1878 – Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter (died 1953) *1879 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (died 1964) *1880 – Albert Richardson (architect), Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House (died 1964) *1881 –

(official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (died 1938) *1884 – David Curtiss Munson, David Munson, American runner (died 1953) *1886 – Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General (died 1968) *1887 – Ion Jalea, Romanian soldier and sculptor (died 1983) *1889 – Tản Đà, Vietnamese poet and author (died 1939) * 1889 – Henry B. Richardson, American archer (died 1963) *1890 – Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German-American illustrator (died 1962) * 1890 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (died 1969) *1891 – Oswald Boelcke, German captain and pilot (died 1916) *1893 – H. Bonciu, Romanian author, poet, and journalist (died 1950) *1897 – Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1918) *1898 – Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and painter (died 1974) *1899 – Lothar Rădăceanu, Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician (died 1955)

1901–present

*1902 – Lubka Kolessa, Ukrainian-Canadian pianist and educator (died 1997) *1903 – Ruth Ella Moore, American scientist (died 1994) *1904 – Sven Thofelt, Swedish modern pentathlete and épée fencer (died 1993) *1906 – Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (died 2007) *1908 – Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1956) * 1908 – Merriam Modell, American author (died 1994) * 1908 – Percy Williams (sprinter), Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (died 1982) *1909 – Nicholas Winton, English banker and humanitarian (died 2015) *1910 – Alan Melville, South African cricketer (died 1983) *1913 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (died 1996) *1914 – Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002) * 1914 – Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2005) * 1914 – John Vachon, American photographer and journalist (died 1975) *1915 – Renée Asherson, English actress (died 2014) *1918 – Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic (died 2000) * 1919 – Georgie Auld, Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader (died 1990) * 1919 – Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (died 2013) *1920 – Tina Strobos, Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II (died 2012) *

– Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot (died 2013) * 1921 – Harry W. Brown (pilot), Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (died 1991) * 1921 – Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2002) * 1921 – Yuri Kochiyama, American activist (died 2014) * 1921 – Karel van het Reve, Dutch historian and author (died 1999) * 1922 – Arthur Gorrie, Australian hobby shop proprietor (died 1992) *1924 – Sandy Wilson, English composer and songwriter (died 2014) *1925 – Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 1998) * 1925 – Malcolm X, American minister and activist (died 1965) *1926 – Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic (died 2019) * 1926 – Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (died 2009) *1927 – Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (died 2005) *1928 – Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (died 1982) * 1928 – Thomas Kennedy (RAF officer), Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal (died 2013) * 1928 – Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach (died 2010) * 1928 – Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (died 2015) *1929 – Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer (died 2013) * 1929 – Richard Larter, Australian painter (died 2014) * 1929 – John Stroger, American politician (died 2008) *1930 – Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (died 2012) * 1930 – Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright and director (died 1965) *1931 – Bob Anderson (racing driver), Bob Anderson, English race car driver (died 1967) * 1931 – Trevor Peacock, English actor, screenwriter and songwriter (died 2021) *1932 – Alma Cogan, English singer (died 1966) * 1932 – Paul Erdman, American economist and author (died 2007) * 1932 – Bill Fitch, American basketball player and coach (died 2022) * 1932 – Elena Poniatowska, Mexican intellectual and journalist *

– Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, author, and academic (died 2021) *

– Ruskin Bond, Indian author and poet * 1934 – Jim Lehrer, American journalist and author (died 2020) *1935 – David Hartman (TV personality), David Hartman, American journalist and television personality *1937 – Pat Roach, English wrestler (died 2004) *1938 – Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (died 1989) * 1938 – Herbie Flowers, English musician (died 2024) * 1938 – Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach *1939 – Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter * 1939 – James Fox, English actor * 1939 – Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-American actress and makeup artist * 1939 – Jānis Lūsis, Latvian javelin thrower and coach (died 2020) * 1939 – Dick Scobee, American pilot, and astronaut (died 1986) *1940 – Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist * 1940 – Mickey Newbury, American country/pop singer-songwriter (died 2002) *1941 – Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012) * 1941 – Igor Judge, Baron Judge, Maltese-English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (died 2023) *

– Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research, Digital Research Inc. (died 1994) * 1942 – Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician *

– Eddie May, English footballer and manager (died 2012) * 1943 – Shirrel Rhoades, American author, publisher, and academic *1944 – Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (died 2019) *

– Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter and guitarist *1946 – Claude Lelièvre, Belgian activist * 1946 – Michele Placido, Italian actor and director * 1946 – André the Giant, French-American wrestler and actor (died 1993) *1947 – Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1947 – Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician * 1947 – David Helfgott, Australian pianist *1948 – Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress *1949 – Dusty Hill, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2021) * 1949 – Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, English politician * 1949 – Archie Manning, American football player *

– Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (died 1998) *1951 – Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (died 2001) * 1951 – Dick Slater, American wrestler (died 2018) *1952 – Charlie Spedding, English runner * 1952 – Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager *1953 – Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, Scottish lawyer and judge * 1953 – Shavarsh Karapetyan, Armenian finswimmer * 1953 – Florin Marin, Romanian footballer and manager * 1953 – Victoria Wood, English actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (died 2016) *1954 – Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster * 1954 – Lena Einhorn, Swedish director, writer and physician * 1954 – Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor * 1954 – Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer *1955 – James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java (programming language), Java *1956 – Oliver Letwin, English philosopher and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster * 1956 – Martyn Ware, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer *1957 – Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach * 1957 – James Reyne, Nigerian-Australian singer-songwriter * 1961 – Vadim Cojocaru, Moldovan politician (died 2021) * 1961 – Gregory Poirier, American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1961 – Wayne Van Dorp, Canadian ice hockey player *

– Richard Taylor (mathematician), English mathematician, involved in completing the proof of Fermat's last theorem and the Sato-Tate conjecture. *

– Filippo Galli, Italian footballer and manager *1964 – Peter Jackson (rugby league), Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (died 1997) * 1964 – John Lee (placekicker), John Lee, South Korean-American football player * 1964 – Miloslav Mečíř, Slovak tennis player *1965 – Maile Flanagan, American actress, producer, and screenwriter *1966 – Marc Bureau (ice hockey), Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster * 1966 – Jodi Picoult, American author and educator * 1966 – Polly Walker, English actress *1967 – Alexia (Italian singer), Alexia, Italian singer * 1967 – Geraldine Somerville, Irish-born English actress *1968 – Kyle Eastwood, American actor and bass player *1970 – Stuart Cable, Welsh drummer (died 2010) * 1970 – K. J. Choi, South Korean golfer * 1970 – Regina Narva, Estonian chess player * 1970 – Nia Zulkarnaen, Indonesian actress, singer and producer *

– Ross Katz, American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1971 – Andres Salumets, Estonian biologist, biochemist, and educator *1972 – Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter * 1972 – Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter *1973 – Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver *1974 – Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster * 1974 – Emma Shapplin, French soprano * 1974 – Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian actor *1975 – Pretinha, Brazilian footballer * 1975 – London Fletcher, American football player * 1975 – Josh Paul, American baseball player and manager * 1975 – Jonas Renkse, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *1976 – Ed Cota, American basketball player * 1976 – Kevin Garnett, American basketball player *1977 – Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer * 1977 – Wouter Hamel, Dutch singer and guitarist * 1977 – Brandon Inge, American baseball player * 1977 – Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress *1978 – Marcus Bent, English footballer * 1978 – Dave Bus, Dutch footballer *1979 – Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer * 1979 – Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer * 1979 – Shooter Jennings, American country singer, songwriter *1980 – Tony Hackworth, English footballer *1981 – Luciano Figueroa, Argentinian footballer * 1981 – Yo Gotti, American rapper * 1981 – Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player * 1981 – Sina Schielke, German sprinter * 1981 – Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer *1982 – Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer * 1982 – Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer * 1982 – Klaas Vantornout, Belgian cyclist *1983 – Michael Che, American comedian * 1983 – Jessica Fox (actress), Jessica Fox, English actress *1984 – Marcedes Lewis, American football player *1985 – Malakai Black, Dutch professional wrestler * 1986 – Mario Chalmers, American basketball player *1987 – Michael Angelakos, American singer-songwriter and producer * 1987 – David Edgar (footballer), David Edgar, Canadian soccer player * 1987 – Mariano Torres, Argentinian footballer *

– Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter *1992 – Michele Camporese, Italian footballer * 1992 – Ola John, Dutch footballer * 1992 – Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player * 1992 – Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player * 1992 – Marshmello, American electronic music producer and DJ * 1992 – Sam Smith (singer), Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter * 1992 – Heather Watson, British tennis player * 1992 – Lainey Wilson, American singer-songwriter *1994 – Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer *1995 – Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player *

– Michael Carcone, Canadian ice hockey player *2001 – Elizabeth Mandlik, American tennis player *2002 – Riccardo Calafiori, Italian footballer *2003 – JoJo Siwa, Jojo Siwa, American dancer, singer, actress, and YouTube personality

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 804 – Alcuin, English monk and scholar (born 735) * 956 – Robert (archbishop of Trier), Robert, archbishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier, Trier * 988 – Dunstan, English archbishop and saint (born 909) *1102 – Stephen, Count of Blois (born 1045) *1125 – Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Duke of Kyiv *1164 – Saint Bashnouna,

ian saint and martyr *1218 – Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor *1296 – Pope Celestine V (born 1215) *1303 – Saint Ivo of Kermartin, French canon lawyer (born 1253) *1319 – Louis, Count of Évreux (born 1276) *1389 – Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Muscovy (born 1350) *1396 – John I of Aragon (born 1350) *1526 – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (born 1464) *1531 – Jan Łaski (1456–1531), Jan Łaski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (born 1456) *

–

, Queen of England (1533–1536); second wife of

1601–1900

*1601 – Costanzo Porta, Italian composer (born 1528) *1609 – García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete (born 1535) *1610 – Thomas Sanchez, Spanish priest and theologian (born 1550) *1623 – Mariam-uz-Zamani, Empress of the Mughal Empire (born 1542) *1637 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (born 1588) *1715 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1661) *1777 – Button Gwinnett, British-born American politician and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (born 1735) *1786 – John Stanley (composer), John Stanley, English organist and composer (born 1712) *1795 – Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (born 1729) * 1795 – James Boswell, Scottish biographer (born 1740) *1798 – William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (born 1722) *1821 – Camille Jordan (politician), Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (born 1771) *1825 – Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (born 1760) *1831 – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (born 1793) *1864 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (born 1804) *1865 – Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (born 1811) *1872 – John Baker (Australian politician), John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia (born 1813) *1876 – Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (born 1801) *1885 – Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (born 1809) *1895 – José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (born 1853) *1898 – William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1809)

1901–present

*1901 – Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st List of Presidents of the South African Republic, President of the South African Republic (born 1819) *1903 – Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (born 1856) *1904 – Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (born 1851) * 1904 – Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (born 1839) *1906 – Gabriel Dumont (Métis leader), Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis people (Canada), Métis leader (born 1837) *1907 – Benjamin Baker (engineer), Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (born 1840) *1912 – Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (born 1847) *1915 – John Simpson Kirkpatrick, English-Australian soldier (born 1892) *1918 – Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (born 1885) *1935 – T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist (born 1888) *1936 – Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar (born 1875) *1939 – Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (born 1869) *

– Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (born 1865) *

– Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (born 1889) *1946 – Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (born 1869) *

– Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (born 1884) *1954 – Charles Ives, American composer and educator (born 1874) *1958 – Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (born 1870) *1958 – Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (born 1927) * 1958 – Ronald Colman, English actor (born 1891) *

– Gabriele Münter, German painter (born 1877) *

– Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (born 1871) *1969 – Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1901) *

– Ogden Nash, American poet (born 1902) *1978 – Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (born 1898) *1980 – Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (born 1906) *1983 – Jean Rey (politician), Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (born 1902) *1984 – John Betjeman, English poet and academic (born 1906) *1985 – Maqbular Rahman Sarkar, Bangladeshi academic (born 1928) * 1986 – Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (born 1931) *1987 – James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (born 1915) *1989 – Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (born 1910) *1994 – Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1912) * 1994 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States (born 1929) * 1994 – Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (born 1945) *

– John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (born 1917) *1998 – Sōsuke Uno, Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1922) *2001 – Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (born 1916) * 2001 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (born 1946) *2002 – John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1911) * 2002 – Walter Lord, American historian and author (born 1917) *2004 – Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress and screenwriter (born 1907) *

– Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach (born 1940) * 2007 – Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (born 1914) *2008 – Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright and screenwriter (born 1928) *2009 – Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916) * 2009 – Nicholas Maw, English composer and academic (born 1935) *2009 – Clint Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1913) *2011 – Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 8th Taoiseach, Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1926) * 2011 – Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American artist (born 1944) *

– Bob Boozer, American basketball player (born 1937) * 2012 – Tamara Brooks, American conductor and educator (born 1941) * 2012 – Ian Burgess, English race car driver (born 1930) * 2012 – Gerhard Hetz, German-Mexican swimmer (born 1942) * 2012 – Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (born 1918) *2013 – G. Sarsfield Ford, American lawyer and jurist (born 1933) * 2013 – Robin Harrison (pianist), Robin Harrison, English-Canadian pianist and composer (born 1932) * 2013 – Neil Reynolds, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1940) *2014 – Simon Andrews (motorcycle racer), Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer (born 1982) * 2014 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (born 1926) * 2014 – Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (born 1930) * 2014 – Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar (born 1931) * 2014 – Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author (born 1932) * 2014 – Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer (born 1934) *

– Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (born 1935) * 2015 – Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1924) * 2015 – Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, socialite; 31st Second Lady of the United States (born 1926) * 2015 – Robert S. Wistrich, English historian, author, and academic (born 1945) *

– Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor (born 1919) * 2016 – Morley Safer, Canadian-born American journalist (born 1931) *2017 – Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (born 1944) * 2017 – Stanislav Petrov, Lt. Colonel in Soviet Air Defence Forces (born 1939) *

– Zhengzhang Shangfang, Chinese linguist (born 1933) *2021 – Paul Mooney (comedian), Paul Mooney, American comedian (born 1941) *2023 – Andy Rourke, English bassist (born 1964) *2024 – Christian Malanga, Congolese politician, businessman and military officer (born 1983) *2024 – 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash, Victims in the 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash: ** Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iranian politician (born 1964) ** Ebrahim Raisi, 8th President of Iran (born 1960)

Holidays and observances

* Christian feast day: ** Calocerus (Eastern Orthodox Church) ** Crispin of Viterbo ** Dunstan (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church; commemoration, Anglicanism) ** Ivo of Kermartin ** Joaquina Vedruna de Mas ** Maria Bernarda Bütler ** Pope Celestine V, Peter Celestine ** Pudentiana (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church) ** May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Greek genocide#Political recognition, Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day (Greece) * Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Turkey, Northern Cyprus) * Remembrance Day (Sri Lanka) * Ho Chi Minh, Hồ Chí Minh's Birthday (Vietnam) * Malcolm X Day (United States of America) * AIDS.gov, National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States) * Hepatitis Testing Day (United States) * Mother's Day (Kyrgyzstan)

References

External links

BBC: On This Day
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