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753 BC This article concerns the period 759 BC – 750 BC. Events and trends * 756 BCE—Founding of Cyzicus. * c. 756 BC–Founding of Trabzon * 755 BC— Ashur-nirari V succeeds Ashur-Dan III as king of Assyria * 755 BC—Aeschylus, eponymous archo ...
Romulus Romulus (, ) was the legendary founder and first king of Rome. Various traditions attribute the establishment of many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, and social institutions to Romulus and his contemporaries. Although many of th ...
founds
Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
( traditional date). *
43 BC __NOTOC__ Year 43 BC was either a common year starting on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday or a leap year starting on Sunday or Monday of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting ...
Battle of Mutina The Battle of Mutina took place on 21 April 43 BC between the forces loyal to the Roman Senate, Senate under consuls Gaius Vibius Pansa and Aulus Hirtius, supported by the forces of Augustus, Caesar Octavian, versus the forces of Mark Antony ...
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Mark Antony Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman people, Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the Crisis of the Roman Republic, transformation of the Roman Republic ...
is again defeated in battle by
Aulus Hirtius Aulus Hirtius (; – 43 BC) was consul of the Roman Republic in 43 BC and a writer on military subjects. He was killed during his consulship in battle against Mark Antony at the Battle of Mutina. Biography He was a legate of Julius Caesar's st ...
, who is killed. Antony fails to capture
Mutina Modena (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025. A town, and seat of an archbi ...
and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after. *
900 __NOTOC__ Year 900 ( CM) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Abbasid Caliphate * Spring – Forces under the Transoxianian emir Isma'il ibn Ahmad are victorious at Balkh (Northern Afghan ...
– The
Laguna Copperplate Inscription The Laguna Copperplate Inscription is an official acquittance ( debt relief) certificate inscribed onto a copper plate in the Shaka year 822 ( Gregorian A.D. 900). It is the earliest-known, extant, calendar-dated document found within the Phil ...
(the earliest known written document found in what is now the
Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
): the Commander-in-Chief of the
Kingdom of Tondo Kingdom commonly refers to: * A monarchic state or realm ruled by a king or queen. ** A monarchic chiefdom, represented or governed by a king or queen. * Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy Kingdom may also refer to: Arts and me ...
, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations. * 1092 – The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan
archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
by
Pope Urban II Pope Urban II (; – 29 July 1099), otherwise known as Odo of Châtillon or Otho de Lagery, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 March 1088 to his death. He is best known for convening the Council of Clermon ...
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1506 Year 1506 (Roman numerals, MDVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 14 – The Classical antiquity, classical statue of ''Laocoön and His Sons'' is unearthed in Rome. ...
– The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics. *
1509 Year 1509 (Roman numerals, MDIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 21 – The Kingdom of Portugal, Portuguese first arrive at the Seven Islands of Bombay and land at M ...
Henry VIII 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. ...
ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII. *
1526 Year 1526 (Roman numerals, MDXXVI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 14 – Treaty of Madrid (1526), Treaty of Madrid: Peace is declared between Francis I of France and ...
– The last ruler of the
Lodi dynasty The Lodi dynasty was an Afghan royal family that ruled Sultanate of Delhi from 1451 to 1526. It was the fifth and final dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, and was founded by Bahlul Lodi when he replaced the Sayyid dynasty. Bahlul Lodi Followin ...
,
Ibrahim Lodi Ibrahim Khan Lodi (; 1480 – 21 April 1526) was the last Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate, who became Sultan in 1517 after the death of his father Sikandar Khan. He was the last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, reigning for nine years until 1526, whe ...
is defeated and killed by
Babur Babur (; 14 February 148326 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. He was also ...
in the
First Battle of Panipat The First Battle of Panipat, on 21 April 1526 was fought between the invading forces of Babur against Ibrahim Khan Lodi, the List of sultans of Delhi, Sultan of Delhi, in North India. Babur's forces, em ...
.


1601–1900

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1615 Events January–March * January 1 – The New Netherland Company is granted a three-year monopoly in North American trade, between the 40th and 45th parallels. * January 30 – Japan's diplomatic mission to Europe, led b ...
– The
Wignacourt Aqueduct The Wignacourt Aqueduct () is a 17th-century Aqueduct (water supply), aqueduct in Malta, which was built by the Knights Hospitaller, Order of Saint John to carry water from springs in Dingli and Rabat, Malta, Rabat to the newly built capital ci ...
is inaugurated in
Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
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1782 Events January–March * January 7 – The first American commercial bank (Bank of North America) opens. * January 15 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris (financier), Robert Morris goes before the United States Con ...
– The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as
Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...
, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King
Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke Phutthayotfa Chulalok (born Thongduang; 20 March 1737 – 7 September 1809), also known by his regnal name Rama I, was the founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom (now Thailand) and the first King of Siam from the reigning Chakri dynasty. He ascen ...
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1789 Events January–March * January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet '' What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution. * January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential election ...
John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before Presidency of John Adams, his presidency, he was a leader of ...
sworn in as first US Vice President (nine days before George Washington). * 1789 –
George Washington's reception at Trenton George Washington's reception at Trenton was a celebration hosted by the Ladies of Trenton social club on April 21, 1789, in Trenton, New Jersey, as George Washington, then president-elect, journeyed from his home at Mount Vernon to First inaug ...
is hosted by the Ladies of Trenton as he journeys to New York City for his first inauguration. *
1792 Events January–March * January 9 – The Treaty of Jassy ends the Russian Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire over Crimea. * January 25 – The London Corresponding Society is founded. * February 18 – Thomas Holcrof ...
Tiradentes Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (; 12 November 1746 – 21 April 1792), known as Tiradentes (), was a leading member of the Colonial Brazil, colonial Brazilian revolutionary movement known as the Inconfidência Mineira, whose aim was full i ...
, a
revolutionary A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates for, a revolution. The term ''revolutionary'' can also be used as an adjective to describe something producing a major and sudden impact on society. Definition The term—bot ...
leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is
hanged, drawn and quartered To be hanged, drawn and quartered was a method of torture, torturous capital punishment used principally to execute men convicted of High treason in the United Kingdom, high treason in medieval and early modern Britain and Ireland. The convi ...
. *
1796 Events January–March * January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.) * February 1 – The capital of Upper Can ...
War of the First Coalition The War of the First Coalition () was a set of wars that several European powers fought between 1792 and 1797, initially against the Constitutional Cabinet of Louis XVI, constitutional Kingdom of France and then the French First Republic, Frenc ...
: In the climax of the Montenotte Campaign,
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 ...
decisively defeats the army of Piedmont at the
Battle of Mondovi A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force c ...
, leading to Piedmont's surrender a week later and decisively turning the Italian campaign in France's favor. *
1802 Events January–March * January 5 – Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, begins removal of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens, claiming they are at risk of destruction during the Ott ...
– Twelve thousand Wahhabis sack Karbala, killing over three thousand inhabitants. *
1806 Events January–March *January 1 ** The French Republican Calendar is abolished. ** The Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon. *January 5 – The body of British naval leader Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state ...
Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa. *
1809 Events January–March * January 5 – The Treaty of the Dardanelles, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Ottoman Empire, is concluded. * January 10 – Peninsular War – French Marshal Jean ...
– Two Austrian army corps are driven from
Landshut Landshut (; ) is a town in Bavaria, Germany, on the banks of the Isar, River Isar. Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free state (government), Free State of Bavaria, and the seat of the surrou ...
by a
First French Empire The First French Empire or French Empire (; ), also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. It lasted from ...
army led by
Napoleon 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 ...
as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the
Battle of Eckmühl The Battle of Eckmühl fought on 22 April 1809, was the turning point of the 1809 Campaign, also known as the War of the Fifth Coalition. Napoleon I had been unprepared for the start of hostilities on 10 April 1809, by the Austrians under ...
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1821 Events January–March * January 21 – Peter I Island in the Antarctic is first sighted, by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. * January 26 – Congress of Laibach convenes to deal with outstanding international issues, particularly ...
Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire The grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire ( or ''Sadr-ı Azam'' (''Sadrazam''); Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish: or ) was the ''de facto'' prime minister of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, sultan in the Ottoman Empire, with the absolute p ...
; he remains in power for only nine days before being sent into exile. *
1836 Events January–March * January 1 — Hill Street Academy is named Colombo Academy and acquired by the Government, establishing the first public school in Sri Lanka. * January 1 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand ...
Texas Revolution The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the Centralist Republic of Mexico, centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of ...
: The
Battle of San Jacinto The Battle of San Jacinto (), fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day La Porte and Deer Park, Texas, was the final and decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Samuel Houston, the Texan Army engaged and defeated General A ...
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Republic of Texas The Republic of Texas (), or simply Texas, was a country in North America that existed for close to 10 years, from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. Texas shared borders with Centralist Republic of Mexico, the Republic of the Rio Grande, an ...
forces under
Sam Houston Samuel Houston (, ; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two indi ...
defeat troops under Mexican General
Antonio López de Santa Anna Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876),Callcott, Wilfred H., "Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez De,''Handbook of Texas Online'' Retrieved 18 April 2017. often known as Santa Anna, wa ...
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1856 Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – The American sidewheel steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatl ...
Australian labour movement The Australian labour movement began in the early 19th century and since the late 19th century has included industrial (Australian unions) and political wings (Australian Labor Party). Trade unions in Australia may be formed on the basis of cra ...
: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an
eight-hour day The eight-hour day movement (also known as the 40-hour week movement or the short-time movement) was a social movement to regulate the length of a working day, preventing excesses and abuses of working time. The modern movement originated i ...
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1894 Events January * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * Ja ...
– Norway formally adopts the
Krag–Jørgensen The Krag–Jørgensen is a repeating bolt-action rifle designed by the Norwegians Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen in the late 19th century. It was adopted as a standard arm by Norway, Denmark, and the United States. About 300 we ...
bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years. *
1898 Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen ...
Spanish–American War The Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was fought between Restoration (Spain), Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine (1889), USS ''Maine'' in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the ...
: The United States Navy begins a blockade of
Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
n ports. When the
U.S. Congress The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Representatives, and an upper body, the U.S. Senate. They both ...
issued a
declaration of war A declaration of war is a formal act by which one state announces existing or impending war activity against another. The declaration is a performative speech act (or the public signing of a document) by an authorized party of a national gov ...
on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.


1901–present

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1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...
Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near
Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...
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1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
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German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
fighter ace
Manfred von Richthofen Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (; 2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), known in English as Baron von Richthofen or the Red Baron, was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of th ...
, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
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1926 In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the ...
Al-Baqi cemetery ''Jannat al-Baqī'' (, "The Baqi'", ) is the oldest and first Islamic cemetery of Medina located in the Hejazi region of present-day Saudi Arabia. It is also known as ''Baqi al-Gharqad'' (, meaning "Baqiʿ of the Boxthorn"). Al-Baqi is reporte ...
, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by
Wahhabis Wahhabism is an exonym for a Salafi revivalist movement within Sunni Islam named after the 18th-century Hanbali scholar Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. It was initially established in the central Arabian region of Najd and later spread to other ...
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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 ...
– The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the
Loch Ness Monster The Loch Ness Monster (), known affectionately as Nessie, is a mythical creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is often described as large, long-necked, and with one or more humps protrud ...
, is published in the ''
Daily Mail The ''Daily Mail'' is a British daily Middle-market newspaper, middle-market Tabloid journalism, tabloid conservative newspaper founded in 1896 and published in London. , it has the List of newspapers in the United Kingdom by circulation, h ...
'' (in 1994, it is revealed to be a hoax). *
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 ...
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 ...
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Soviet 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 ...
forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters. *
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
– The U.S. Weather Bureau records that a
tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the ...
which struck Timber Lake, South Dakota was , among the widest tornadoes on record. *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 United Nations Security Council Resolution 47, adopted on 21 April 1948, concerns the resolution of the Kashmir conflict. After hearing arguments from both India and Pakistan, the Council increased the size of the UN Commission created by the ...
relating to
Kashmir conflict The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict over the Kashmir region, primarily between India and Pakistan, and also between China and India in the northeastern portion of the region. The conflict started after the partition of India in 1 ...
is adopted. *
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 ...
– The Nainital wedding massacre occurs, killing 22 members of the Harijan caste. *
1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...
Secretary's Day Administrative Professionals Day (also known as Secretaries Day or Admins Day) is a day observed yearly in a small number of countries. It is not a public holiday in any of them. In some countries, it falls within Administrative Professionals W ...
(now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated. *
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 thir ...
United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a
United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...
fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now
Enterprise, Nevada Enterprise is an unincorporated town in the Las Vegas Valley in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 221,831 at the 2020 U.S. census, up from 14,676 at the 2000 census. It was founded on December 17, 1996. As in other uninc ...
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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 * Janu ...
Brasília Brasília ( ; ) is the capital city, capital of Brazil and Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. Located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino ...
, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital,
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...
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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 ...
– The
Seattle World's Fair The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) was a world's fair held April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962, in Seattle, Washington, United States.World's Fair A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specific site for a perio ...
in the United States since World War II. *
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 first election of the
Universal House of Justice The Universal House of Justice is the nine-member supreme ruling body of the Baháʼí Faith. It was envisioned by Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, as an institution that could legislate on issues not already addressed in the ...
is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the
Baháʼí Faith The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the Baháʼí Faith and the unity of religion, essential worth of all religions and Baháʼí Faith and the unity of humanity, the unity of all people. Established by ...
. *
1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...
– A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, of radioactive
plutonium Plutonium is a chemical element; it has symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is a silvery-gray actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air, and forms a dull coating when oxidized. The element normally exhibits six allotropes and four ...
in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed. *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
– The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season. *
1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
Rastafari movement Rastafari is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s. It is classified as both a new religious movement and a social movement by scholars of religion. There is no central authority in control of the movement and much ...
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Haile Selassie Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen or ''Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles#Lij, Lij'' Tafari; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles, Rege ...
of
Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
visits
Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day. *
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
– A few days before the
general election A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ...
in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads 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 ...
, establishing a
military regime A military dictatorship, or a military regime, is a type of dictatorship in which power is held by one or more military officers. Military dictatorships are led by either a single military dictator, known as a strongman, or by a council of mi ...
that lasts for seven years. *
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
– Astronauts John Young (astronaut), John Young and Charles Duke fly Apollo 16's Apollo Lunar Module to the Moon's surface, the fifth NASA Apollo Program crewed lunar landing. *1975 – Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, as Xuân Lộc district, Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, Battle of Xuân Lộc, falls. *1977 – ''Annie (musical), Annie'' opens on Broadway theatre, Broadway. *1982 – Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves. *1985 – The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege. *1987 – The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people. *1989 – 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang. *1993 – The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution. *2004 – Five suicide car bombers 21 April 2004 Basra bombings, target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160. *2010 – The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev; it was unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014. *2012 – Two trains are involved in a Amsterdam Westerpark train collision, head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, killing one person and injuring 116 others. *2014 – The American city of Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River (Michigan), Flint River, beginning the ongoing Flint water crisis which has caused lead poisoning in up to 12,000 people, and at least 12 deaths from Legionnaires' disease, ultimately leading to criminal indictments against 15 people, five of whom have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. *2019 – 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings, Eight bombs explode at churches, hotels, and other locations in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing at least 269. *2021 – Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala (402) sinks in the Bali Sea during a military drill, killing all 53 on board.


Births


Pre-1600

*1132 – Sancho VI of Navarre, Sancho VI, king of Navarre (died 1194) *1488 – Ulrich von Hutten, German religious reformer (died 1523) *1523 – Marco Antonio Bragadin, Venetian lawyer and military officer (died 1571) *1555 – Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter and etcher (died 1619)


1601–1900

*1619 – Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch founder of Cape Town (died 1677) *1630 – Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten, Dutch-English painter (died 1700) *1631 – Francesco Maidalchini, Catholic cardinal (died 1700) *1642 – Simon de la Loubère, French mathematician, poet, and diplomat (died 1729) *1651 – Joseph Vaz, Sri Lankan priest, missionary, and saint (died 1711) *1652 – Michel Rolle, French mathematician and academic (died 1719) *1671 – John Law (economist), John Law, Scottish economist (died 1729) *1673 – Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1742) *1713 – Louis de Noailles, French general (died 1793) *1730 – Antonín Kammel, Czech violinist and composer (died 1788) *1752 – Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, List of Naval Ministers of France, French Minister of Marine and the Colonies (died 1807) * 1752 – Humphry Repton, English gardener and author (died 1818) *1774 – Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1862) *1775 – Alexander Anderson (illustrator), Alexander Anderson, Scottish-American illustrator and engraver (died 1870) *1783 – Reginald Heber, English priest (died 1821) *1790 – Manuel Blanco Encalada, Spanish-Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (died 1876) *1810 – John Putnam Chapin, American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago (died 1864) *1811 – Alson Sherman, American merchant and politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago (died 1903) *1814 – Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist (died 1906) *1816 – Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (died 1855) *1837 – Fredrik Bajer, Danish lieutenant and politician, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1922) *1838 – John Muir, Scottish-American environmentalist and author (died 1914) *1854 – William Stang, German-American bishop (died 1907) *1864 – Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (died 1920) *1868 – Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (died 1932) * 1868 – Mary Rogers Miller, American author and educator (died 1971) *1870 – Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1941) *1874 – Vincent Scotto, French composer and actor (died 1952) *1882 – Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961) *1885 – Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (died 1967) *1887 – Joe McCarthy (baseball manager), Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (died 1978) *1889 – Marcel Boussac, French businessman (died 1980) * 1889 – Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971) * 1889 – Efrem Zimbalist, Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1985) *1892 – Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and racing driver (died 1956) *1893 – Romeo Bertini, Italian runner (died 1973) *1897 – Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, Norwegian Army general and war historian (died 1975) *
1898 Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen ...
– Maurice Wilson, English soldier, pilot, and mountaineer (died 1934) *1899 – Randall Thompson, American composer and academic (died 1984)


1901–present

*1903 – Luis Saslavsky, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995) *1904 – Jean Hélion, French painter (died 1987) * 1904 – Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (died 1945) *1905 – Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (died 1996) *1911 – Ivan Combe, American businessman, developed Clearasil (died 2000) * 1911 – Kemal Satır, Turkish physician and politician (died 1991) *1912 – Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (died 2012) * 1912 – Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (died 1982) *1913 – Norman Parkinson, English photographer (died 1990) *
1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...
– Angelo Savoldi, Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling (died 2013) *1915 – Garrett Hardin, American ecologist, author, and academic (died 2003) * 1915 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (died 2001) *1916 – Estella B. Diggs, American businesswoman and politician (died 2013) *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
– Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016) *1919 – Don Cornell, American singer (died 2004) * 1919 – Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor (died 1981) * 1919 – Licio Gelli, Italian financer (died 2015) *1922 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter (died 1987) * 1922 – Allan Watkins, Welsh-English cricketer (died 2011) *1923 – John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (died 2009) *1924 – Ira Louvin, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (died 1965) *1925 – Anthony Mason (judge), Anthony Mason, Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia * 1925 – John Swinton of Kimmerghame, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire (died 2018) *
1926 In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the ...
– Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II, her other realms (died 2022) * 1926 – Arthur Rowley, English footballer, manager, and cricketer (died 2002) *1927 – Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (died 1991) *1928 – Jack Evans (ice hockey), Jack Evans, Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1996) *1930 – Hilda Hilst, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (died 2004) * 1930 – Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (died 1989) * 1930 – Dieter Roth, German-Swiss illustrator and sculptor (died 1998) * 1930 – Jack Taylor (referee), Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (died 2012) *1931 – Morgan Wootten, American high school basketball coach (died 2020) *1932 – Slide Hampton, African-American trombonist and composer (died 2021) * 1932 – Elaine May, American actress, comedian, director, and screenwriter * 1932 – Angela Mortimer, English tennis player *1933 – Edelmiro Amante, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2013) * 1933 – Easley Blackwood, Jr., American pianist, composer, and educator (died 2023) * 1933 – Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (died 2014) *1935 – Charles Grodin, American actor and talk show host (died 2021) * 1935 – Thomas Kean, American academic and politician, 48th Governor of New Jersey *1936 – James Dobson, American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family * 1936 – Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2009) *1937 – Gary Peters (baseball), Gary Peters, American baseball player (died 2023) * 1937 – Ben Zinn, Israeli-born American academic and former international soccer player *1939 – John McCabe (composer), John McCabe, English pianist and composer (died 2015) * 1939 – Sister Helen Prejean, American nun, activist, and author * 1939 – Reni Santoni, American actor (died 2020) *1940 – Jacques Caron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1940 – Souleymane Cissé (film director), Souleymane Cissé, Malian director, producer, and screenwriter *1941 – David L. Boren, David Boren, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma (died 2025) *1942 – Geoffrey Palmer (New Zealand politician), Geoffrey Palmer, New Zealand politician, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand *
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 ...
– Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, Indian cricketer and umpire * 1945 – Mark Wainberg, Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (died 2017) * 1945 – Diana Darvey, English actress, singer and dancer (died 2000) *1947 – Al Bumbry, American baseball player * 1947 – Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor * 1947 – John Weider, English bass player *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
– Gary Condit, American businessman and politician * 1948 – Paul Davis (singer), Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2008) * 1948 – Josef Flammer, Swiss ophthalmologist * 1948 – Dieter Fromm, German runner *1949 – Patti LuPone, American actress and singer *
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 ...
– Shivaji Satam, Indian actor *1951 – Tony Danza, American actor and producer * 1951 – Michael Freedman, American mathematician and academic * 1951 – Bob Varsha, American sportscaster * 1951 – Steve Vickers (ice hockey), Steve Vickers, Canadian ice hockey player *
1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...
– Gerald Early, American author and academic * 1952 – Cheryl Gillan, British businesswoman and politician, Secretary of State for Wales (died 2021) *1953 – John Brumby, Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria *1954 – Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1954 – James Morrison (actor), James Morrison, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1954 – Mike Wingfield, South African academic and scientist *1955 – Murathan Mungan, Turkish author, poet, and playwright *1956 – Peter Kosminsky, English director, producer, and screenwriter * 1956 – Phillip Longman, German-American demographer and journalist *1957 – Hervé Le Tellier, French linguist and author * 1957 – Herbert Wetterauer, German painter, sculptor, and author *
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 thir ...
– Andie MacDowell, American model, actress, and producer * 1958 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese illustrator (died 2009) * 1958 – Michael Zarnock, American author *1959 – Tim Jacobus, American illustrator and painter * 1959 – Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist *1961 – David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (died 2011) *
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 ...
– Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (died 2004) *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
– Fiona Kelleghan, American academic, critic and librarian *1969 – Toby Stephens, English actor *1970 – Rob Riggle, American actor and comedian *1971 – Michael Turner (comics), Michael Turner, American author and illustrator (died 2008) *1973 – Steve Backshall, English naturalist, writer, and television presenter *1974 – David Peachey, Australian rugby league player *1976 – Petero Civoniceva, Fijian-Australian rugby league player *1977 – Gyula Koi, Hungarian scholar and educator * 1977 – Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater *1979 – Virginie Basselot, French chef * 1979 – James McAvoy, Scottish actor *1980 – Tony Romo, American football player and announcer *1983 – Tarvaris Jackson, American football player (died 2020) * 1983 – Kim Wall (sprinter), Kim Wall, British sprinter *1988 – Ricky Berens, American swimmer * 1988 – Jencarlos Canela, American singer-songwriter and actor *1989 – Nikki Cross, Scottish wrestler *1992 – Isco, Spanish footballer * 1992 – Joc Pederson, American baseball player *1994 – Ludwig Augustinsson, Swedish footballer *1996 – Arianne Hartono, Dutch tennis player *1997 – Mikel Oyarzabal, Spanish footballer *1998 – Jarrett Allen, American basketball player *1999 – Choi Hyun-suk, South Korean rapper *2003 – Xavi Simons, Dutch footballer *2007 – Princess Isabella of Denmark, daughter of King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark *2008 – Hyein, South Korean singer


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 234 – Emperor Xian of Han, Chinese emperor (born 181) * 586 – Liuvigild, king of the Visigoths * 847 – Odgar, Frankish archbishop of Mainz * 866 – Bardas, ''de facto'' regent of the Byzantine Empire * 941 – Bajkam, ''de facto'' regent of the Abbasid Caliphate *1073 – Pope Alexander II *1109 – Anselm of Canterbury, Italian-English archbishop and saint (born 1033) *1136 – Stephen, Count of Tréguier Breton noblemen (born ) *1142 – Peter Abelard, French philosopher and theologian (born 1079) *1213 – Maria of Montpellier, Lady of Montpellier, Queen of Aragon (born 1182) *1329 – Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (born 1282) *1400 – John Wittlebury, English politician (born 1333) *
1509 Year 1509 (Roman numerals, MDIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 21 – The Kingdom of Portugal, Portuguese first arrive at the Seven Islands of Bombay and land at M ...
– Henry VII of England (born 1457) *1557 – Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1495) *1574 – Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1519) *1591 – Sen no Rikyū, Japanese exponent of the tea ceremony (born 1522)


1601–1900

*1650 – Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi, Japanese samurai (born 1607) *1668 – Jan Boeckhorst, Flemish painter (born ) *1699 – Jean Racine, French playwright and poet (born 1639) *1719 – Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (born 1640) *1720 – Antoine Hamilton, Irish-French soldier and author (born 1646) *1722 – Robert Beverley, Jr., English historian and author (born 1673) *1736 – Prince Eugene of Savoy (born 1663) *1740 – Thomas Tickell, English poet and author (born 1685) *1758 – Francesco Zerafa, Maltese architect (born 1679) *1815 – Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (born 1746) *1825 – Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (born 1765) *1852 – Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (born 1787) *1863 – Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (born 1782) *1900 – Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (born 1819)


1901–present

*1910 – Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (born 1835) *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
Manfred von Richthofen Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (; 2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), known in English as Baron von Richthofen or the Red Baron, was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of th ...
, German captain and pilot (born 1892) *1924 – Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (born 1858) *1930 – Robert Bridges, English poet and author (born 1844) *1932 – Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (born 1864) *1938 – Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani National philosopher and poet (born 1877) *1941 – Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (born 1875) *
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 ...
– Walter Model, German field marshal (born 1891) *
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
– John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (born 1883) *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
– Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (born 1887) *
1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...
– Leslie Banks, American actor, director and producer (born 1890) *1954 – Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (born 1897) *1956 – Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1895) *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
– Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892) *1971 – François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (born 1907) *1973 – Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1894) * 1973 – Kemal Tahir, Turkish journalist and author (born 1910) *1977 – Gummo Marx, American vaudevillian and talent agent (born 1892) *1978 – Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (born 1947) * 1978 – Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and academic (born 1877) *1980 – Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist and academic (born 1894) * 1980 – Sohrab Sepehri, Iranian poet and painter (born 1928) *1983 – Walter Slezak, Austrian-American actor and singer (born 1902) *1984 – Marcel Janco, Romanian-Israeli artist (born 1895) * 1984 – Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian engineer and mountaineer (born 1943) *1985 – Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini (born 1922) * 1985 – Tancredo Neves, Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (born 1910) *1986 – Marjorie Eaton, American painter and actress (born 1901) * 1986 – Salah Jahin, Egyptian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1930) *1987 – Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1906) *1990 – Erté, Russian-French illustrator (born 1892) *1991 – Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (born 1909) *1992 – Väinö Linna, Finnish author (born 1920) *1996 – Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (born 1925) * 1996 – Jimmy Snyder (sports commentator), Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (born 1919) *1998 – Jean-François Lyotard, French sociologist and philosopher (born 1924) *1999 – Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Buddy Rogers, American actor (born 1904) *2003 – Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (born 1933) *2005 – Zhang Chunqiao, Chinese writer and politician, member of the Gang of Four (born 1917) *2010 – Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947) * 2010 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (born 1920) * 2010 – Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (born 1930) *2011 – Catharina Halkes, Dutch theologian and academic (born 1920) *2012 – Doris Betts, American author and academic (born 1932) *2013 – Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (born 1929) * 2013 – Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor, author, and educator (born 1905) *2014 – George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (born 1936) * 2014 – Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (born 1930) *2016 – Prince (musician), Prince, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1958) *2017 – Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer (born 1972) *2018 – Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1900) *2019 – Polly Higgins, Scottish barrister, author and environmental lobbyist (born 1968) *2024 – Terry A. Anderson, American journalist (born 1947) *2025 – Pope Francis (born 1936)


Holidays and observances

* Christian Calendar of saints, feast day: **Abdecalas **Anastasius Sinaita **Anselm of Canterbury **Beuno **Conrad of Parzham **Holy Infant of Good Health **Shemon Bar Sabbae **Wolbodo **April 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Natale di Roma (Rome)Plutarch, ''Parallel Lives - Life of Romulus''
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*Parilia (ancient Rome) *Civil Services of India#Civil Services Day, Civil Service Day (India) * Grounation Day (Rastafari) *National Tea Day (United Kingdom) *Arbor Day#Kenya, National Tree Planting Day (Kenya) *San Jacinto Day (Texas)


References


Sources

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External links


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