Events
Pre-1600
*
217 BC –
Battle of Raphia
The Battle of Raphia, also known as the Battle of Gaza, was fought on 22 June 217 BC near modern Rafah between the forces of Ptolemy IV Philopator, king and pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt and Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire during ...
:
Ptolemy IV Philopator
egy, Iwaennetjerwymenkhwy Setepptah Userkare Sekhemankhamun Clayton (2006) p. 208.
, predecessor = Ptolemy III
, successor = Ptolemy V
, horus = ''ḥnw-ḳni sḫꜤi.n-sw-it.f'Khunuqeni sekhaensuitef'' The strong youth whose ...
of Egypt defeats
Antiochus III the Great
Antiochus III the Great (; grc-gre, Ἀντίoχoς Μέγας ; c. 2413 July 187 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic king and the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 222 to 187 BC. He ruled over the region of Syria and large parts of the r ...
of the
Seleucid kingdom.
*
168 BC –
Battle of Pydna
The Battle of Pydna took place in 168 BC between Rome and Macedon during the Third Macedonian War. The battle saw the further ascendancy of Rome in the Hellenistic world and the end of the Antigonid line of kings, whose power traced back t ...
:
Romans under
Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat
Macedonian King
Perseus
In Greek mythology, Perseus (Help:IPA/English, /ˈpɜːrsiəs, -sjuːs/; Greek language, Greek: Περσεύς, Romanization of Greek, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus ...
who surrenders after the battle, ending the
Third Macedonian War
The Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC) was a war fought between the Roman Republic and King Perseus of Macedon. In 179 BC, King Philip V of Macedon died and was succeeded by his ambitious son Perseus. He was anti-Roman and stirred anti-Roman ...
.
*
813 –
Battle of Versinikia
The Battle of Versinikia ( bg, Битката при Версиникия; el, Μάχη της Βερσινικίας) was fought in 813 between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire, near the city of Adrianople (Edirne).
While the Bu ...
: The
Bulgars
The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari, Proto-Bulgarians) were Turkic semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian steppe and the Volga region during the 7th century. They became known as nomad ...
led by
Krum
Krum ( bg, Крум, el, Κροῦμος/Kroumos), often referred to as Krum the Fearsome ( bg, Крум Страшни) was the Khan of Bulgaria from sometime between 796 and 803 until his death in 814. During his reign the Bulgarian territory ...
defeat the
Byzantine
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantin ...
army near
Edirne
Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis (Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, ...
. Emperor
Michael I Michael I may refer to:
* Pope Michael I of Alexandria, Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark in 743–767
* Michael I Rhangabes, Byzantine Emperor (died in 844)
* Michael I Cerularius, Patriarch Michael I of Constantin ...
is forced to abdicate in favor of
Leo V the Armenian
Leo V the Armenian ( gr, Λέων ὁ ἐξ Ἀρμενίας, ''Leōn ho ex Armenias''; 775 – 25 December 820) was the Byzantine emperor from 813 to 820. A senior general, he forced his predecessor, Michael I Rangabe, to abdicate and assumed ...
.
*
910 – The
Hungarians
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defeat the
East Frankish
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army near the
Rednitz River, killing its leader
Gebhard, Duke of
Lotharingia
Lotharingia ( la, regnum Lotharii regnum Lothariense Lotharingia; french: Lotharingie; german: Reich des Lothar Lotharingien Mittelreich; nl, Lotharingen) was a short-lived medieval successor kingdom of the Carolingian Empire. As a more durable ...
(Lorraine).
*
1527
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Events
January–June
*January 1 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the ...
–
Fatahillah expels
Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Port ...
forces from
Sunda Kelapa
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, now regarded as the foundation of
Jakarta.
*
1593
Events
January–December
* January – Siege of Pyongyang (1593): A Japanese invasion is defeated in Pyongyang by a combined force of Korean and Ming troops.
* January 18 – Siamese King Naresuan, in combat on elephant back, ...
–
Battle of Sisak
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: Allied Christian troops defeat the
Ottomans
The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922).
Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...
.
1601–1900
*
1633
Events
January–March
* January 20 – Galileo Galilei, having been summoned to Rome on orders of Pope Urban VIII, leaves for Florence for his journey. His carriage is halted at Ponte a Centino at the border of Tuscany, where ...
– The
Holy Office
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in Rome forces
Galileo Galilei
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He w ...
to
recant
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Philosophy
Philosophically recantation is linked to a genuine change of opinion, of ...
his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
*
1774
Events
January–March
* January 21 – Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I.
* January 27
** An angry crowd in Boston, Massachusetts seizes, tars, and feathers British customs c ...
– The British pass the
Quebec Act
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, setting out rules of governance for the colony of
Quebec
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in British North America.
*
1783
Events
January–March
* January 20 – At Versailles, Great Britain signs preliminary peace treaties with the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain.
* January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, ...
– A poisonous cloud caused by the
eruption
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of the
Laki
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volcano in
Iceland
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reaches
Le Havre
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in France.
*
1807 – In the
''Chesapeake''–''Leopard'' affair, the British warship attacks and boards the American frigate .
*
1813
Events
January–March
* January 18–January 23 – War of 1812: The Battle of Frenchtown is fought in modern-day Monroe, Michigan between the United States and a British and Native American alliance.
* January 24 – ...
–
War of 1812
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: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
,
Laura Secord
Laura Secord ( Ingersoll; 13 September 1775 – 17 October 1868) was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for having walked out of American-occupied territory in 1813 to warn British forces of an impending American atta ...
sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant
James FitzGibbon.
*
1839
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The first photograph of the Moon is taken, by French photographer Louis Daguerre.
* January 6 – Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years.
* January 9 � ...
–
Cherokee
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leaders
Major Ridge
Major Ridge, The Ridge (and sometimes Pathkiller II) (c. 1771 – 22 June 1839) (also known as ''Nunnehidihi'', and later ''Ganundalegi'') was a Cherokee leader, a member of the tribal council, and a lawmaker. As a warrior, he fought in the ...
,
John Ridge
John Ridge, born ''Skah-tle-loh-skee'' (ᏍᎦᏞᎶᏍᎩ, Yellow Bird) ( – 22 June 1839), was from a prominent family of the Cherokee Nation, then located in present-day Georgia. He went to Cornwall, Connecticut, to study at the Foreign Mis ...
, and
Elias Boudinot
Elias Boudinot ( ; May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress (more accurately referred to as the Congress of the Confederation) and served as President ...
are assassinated for signing the
Treaty of New Echota
The Treaty of New Echota was a treaty signed on December 29, 1835, in New Echota, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, by officials of the United States government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction, the Treaty Party.
The tre ...
, which had resulted in the
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was an ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government. As part of the Indian removal, members of the Cherokee, ...
.
*
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the B ...
– The
United States Department of Justice
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is created by the
U.S. Congress
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.
*
1893
Events
January–March
* January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America.
* Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson.
* January 6 – Th ...
– The
Royal Navy
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battleship accidentally rams the
British Mediterranean Fleet
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flagship
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which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir
George Tryon
Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon (4 January 1832 – 22 June 1893) was a British admiral who died when his flagship HMS ''Victoria'' collided with HMS ''Camperdown'' during manoeuvres off Tripoli, Lebanon.
Early life
Tryon was born at Bulw ...
.
*
1897
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City.
* January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punit ...
–
British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...
,
Maharashtra, India by the
Chapekar brothers
The Chapekar Brothers, Damodar Hari Chapekar (25 June 1869 – 18 April 1898), Balkrishna Hari Chapekar (1873 – 12 May 1899, also called Bapurao) and Vasudeo Hari Chapekar (1880 – 8 May 1899), also spelt Wasudeva or Wasudev, were Indian r ...
and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
*
1898
Events
January–March
* 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, B ...
–
Spanish–American War
, partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence
, image = Collage infobox for Spanish-American War.jpg
, image_size = 300px
, caption = (cl ...
: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the
U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at
Daiquirí,
Cuba
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, about east of
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana.
The municipality extends over , and contains ...
. Lt. Gen.
Arsenio Linares y Pombo
Arsenio Linares y Pombo (22 October 1848 – 7 August 1914) was a Spanish military officer and government official. Born in Valencia, he earned the rank of lieutenant in 1868 and participated in operations against rebellions in Cuba, and in ...
of the
Spanish Army
The Spanish Army ( es, Ejército de Tierra, lit=Land Army) is the terrestrial army of the Spanish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is one of the oldest active armies — dating back to the late 15th century.
The ...
outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
1901–present
*
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 11 – The French warship French cruiser Jean Bart ( ...
– The
London Underground
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The U ...
's
Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
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opens.
*
1911
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia.
* Ja ...
–
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
Born during the reign of his grandmother Q ...
and
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 186724 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-E ...
are
crowned King and Queen of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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.
* 1911 –
Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the
Magonista rebellion of 1911
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in the
Second Battle of Tijuana.
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
– The
Hammond Circus Train Wreck
The Hammond Circus Train Wreck occurred on June 22, 1918, and was one of the worst train wrecks in U.S. history. Eighty-six people were reported to have died and another 127 were injured when a locomotive engineer fell asleep and ran his troop ...
kills 86 and injures 127 near
Hammond, Indiana
Hammond ( ) is a city in Lake County, Indiana, Lake County, Indiana. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area, and the only city in Indiana to border Chicago. First settled in the mid-19th century, it is one of the oldest cities of northern L ...
.
*
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
*January ...
–
World War II
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: France is forced to sign the
Second Compiègne
The Armistice of 22 June 1940 was signed at 18:36 near Compiègne, France, by officials of Nazi Germany and the Third French Republic. It did not come into effect until after midnight on 25 June.
Signatories for Germany included Wilhelm Keit ...
armistice
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with
Germany
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, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
*
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...
– World War II:
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
invades the
Soviet Union
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in
Operation Barbarossa
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.
*
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
– World War II:
Erwin Rommel is promoted to
Field Marshal
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after the
Axis capture of Tobruk
The Axis capture of Tobruk, also known as the Fall of Tobruk and the Second Battle of Tobruk (17–21 June 1942) was part of the Western Desert campaign in Libya during the Second World War. The battle was fought by the ( in Italian), a German ...
.
* 1942 – The
Pledge of Allegiance
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is formally adopted by US Congress.
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in No ...
– World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's
Operation Bagration
Operation Bagration (; russian: Операция Багратио́н, Operatsiya Bagration) was the codename for the 1944 Soviet Byelorussian strategic offensive operation (russian: Белорусская наступательная оп� ...
against the
Army Group Centre
Army Group Centre (german: Heeresgruppe Mitte) was the name of two distinct strategic German Army Groups that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II. The first Army Group Centre was created on 22 June 1941, as one of three German Army fo ...
.
* 1944 – U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the
G.I. Bill
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s). The original G.I. Bill expired in 1956, bu ...
.
*
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
– World War II: The
Battle of Okinawa
The , codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army (USA) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) forces against the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). The initial invasion of ...
comes to an end.
*
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
– The ship brought the first group of 802
West Indian
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immigrants to
Tilbury
Tilbury is a port town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England. The present town was established as separate settlement in the late 19th century, on land that was mainly part of Chadwell St Mary. It contains a 16th century fort and an anc ...
, marking the start of
modern immigration to the United Kingdom
Since 1945, immigration to the United Kingdom, controlled by British immigration law and to an extent by British nationality law, has been significant, in particular from the Republic of Ireland and from the former British Empire, especially ...
.
* 1948 – King
George VI
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formally gives up the title "
Emperor of India
Emperor or Empress of India was a title used by British monarchs from 1 May 1876 (with the Royal Titles Act 1876) to 22 June 1948, that was used to signify their rule over British India, as its imperial head of state. Royal Proclamation of 2 ...
", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
*
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wo ...
–
Air France Flight 117 crashes on approach to
Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport in
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands— Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...
, killing 112 people.
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime 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 Lyndo ...
– The
Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.
*
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 is ...
–
Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader
Thích Trí Quang
Thích Trí Quang ( Hán Nôm: 釋智光) (21 December 1923 – 8 November 2019) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk best known for his role in leading South Vietnam's Buddhist population during the Buddhist crisis in 1963, and in later Bu ...
was arrested as the military junta of
Nguyen Cao Ky crushed the
Buddhist Uprising.
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
** Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
– The
Cuyahoga River
The Cuyahoga River ( , or ) is a river located in Northeast Ohio that bisects the City of Cleveland and feeds into Lake Erie.
As Cleveland emerged as a major manufacturing center, the river became heavily affected by industrial pollution, so ...
catches fire in
Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the
Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Its objective is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters; recognizing the responsibiliti ...
and the creation of the
Environmental Protection Agency
A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale f ...
.
*
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government).
* January 6 – ...
–
Charon
In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (; grc, Χάρων) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of Hades, the Greek underworld. He carries the souls of those who have been given funeral rites across the rivers Acheron and Styx, which separate the wo ...
, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the
United States Naval Observatory
United States Naval Observatory (USNO) is a scientific and military facility that produces geopositioning, navigation and timekeeping data for the United States Navy and the United States Department of Defense. Established in 1830 as the Depo ...
by
James W. Christy
James Walter "Jim" Christy (born September 15, 1938) is an American astronomer known for discovering Charon, the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto.
Early years
Christy was born in 1938 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended the University of ...
.
*
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
– Former
Liberal Party
The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left.
__TOC__ Active liberal parties
This is a l ...
leader
Jeremy Thorpe
John Jeremy Thorpe (29 April 1929 – 4 December 2014) was a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979, and as leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976. In May 1979 he was tried at th ...
was acquitted of
conspiracy to murder
Conspiracy to murder is a statutory offence defined by the intent to commit murder.
England and Wales
The offence of conspiracy to murder was created in statutory law by section 4 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and retained as ...
Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him.
*
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...
–
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic, a trading name of Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited and Virgin Atlantic International Limited, is a British airline with its head office in Crawley, England. The airline was established in 1984 as British Atlantic Airways, and ...
launches with its first flight from
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
to
Newark.
*
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal enter ...
– The famous
Hand of God goal
"The hand of God" ( es, La mano de Dios) was a handling goal scored by Argentine footballer Diego Maradona during the Argentina v England quarter finals match of the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The goal was illegal under association football rules bec ...
, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
*1990 – Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
*2000 – Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan, Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.
*2002 – An earthquake measuring 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, M
w 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake, strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
*2009 – A Washington Metro, Washington D.C Metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten (WMATA station), Fort Totten station June 2009 Washington Metro train collision, collides into another train waiting to enter the station. Nine people are killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others are injured.
*2012 – Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is Impeachment of Fernando Lugo, removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
* 2012 – A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is June 2012 interception of Turkish aircraft, shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.
*2015 – The National Assembly (Afghanistan), Afghan National Assembly building is 2015 Kabul Parliament attack, attacked by gunmen after a suicide bombing. All six of the gunmen are killed and 18 people are injured.
*2022 – An June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake, earthquake occurs in eastern Afghanistan resulting in over 1,000 deaths.
Births
Pre-1600
* 662 – Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Rui Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 716)
* 916 – Sayf al-Dawla, founder of the Emirate of Aleppo (d. 967)
*AD 1000, 1000 – Robert I, Duke of Normandy, Robert I, duke of Normandy (d. 1035)
*1373 – Jadwiga of Poland#Pregnancy and death (1399), Elizabeth Bonifacia, heiress of Poland (d. 1399)
*1427 – Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Italian writer and wife of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (d. 1482)
*1450 – Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara, Eleanor of Naples, duchess of Ferrara (d. 1493)
*1477 – Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, English nobleman (d. 1530)
*
1593
Events
January–December
* January – Siege of Pyongyang (1593): A Japanese invasion is defeated in Pyongyang by a combined force of Korean and Ming troops.
* January 18 – Siamese King Naresuan, in combat on elephant back, ...
– Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English landowner and Parliamentarian commander (d. 1671)
1601–1900
*1680 – Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (d. 1754).
*1684 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
*1704 – John Taylor (classical scholar), John Taylor, English author and scholar (d. 1766)
*1713 – Lord John Sackville, John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (d. 1765)
*1738 – Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813).
*1757 – George Vancouver, English lieutenant and explorer (d. 1798).
*1763 – Étienne Méhul, French pianist and composer (d. 1817).
*1767 – Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher, academic, and politician, Interior Minister of Prussia (d. 1835).
*1792 – James Beaumont Neilson, Scottish engineer and businessman (d. 1865)
*1805 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1872).
*1820 – James Hutchison Stirling, Scottish physician and philosopher (d. 1909).
*1834 – William Chester Minor, American surgeon and linguist (d. 1920)
*1837 – Paul Morphy, American chess player (d. 1884)
* 1837 – Ernst Ziller, German-Greek architect, designed the Presidential Mansion, Athens, Presidential Mansion (d. 1923)
*1844 – Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (d. 1906)
*1845 – Tom Dula, American soldier (d. 1868)
* 1845 – Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1906).
* 1850 – Ignác Goldziher, Hungarian scholar of Islam (d. 1921).
*1855 – Samuel Morris (cricketer), Samuel Morris, Australian cricketer (d. 1931)
*1856 – H. Rider Haggard, Henry Rider Haggard, English novelist (d. 1925).
*1861 – Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (d. 1914)
*1864 – Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician and academic (d. 1909)
*1871 – William McDougall (psychologist), William McDougall, English psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
*1873 – Filippo Silvestri, Italian entomologist and academic (d. 1949)
*1874 – Walter Friedrich Otto, German philologist and scholar (d. 1958)
*1876 – Pascual Díaz y Barreto, Mexican archbishop (d. 1936)
*1879 – Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)
*1880 – Johannes Drost, Dutch swimmer (d. 1954)
*1884 – James Rector, American sprinter and lawyer (d. 1949)
*1885 – Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
*1887 – Julian Huxley, English biologist and academic (d. 1975)
*1888 – Harold Hitz Burton, American lawyer and politician, 45th List of mayors of Cleveland, Mayor of Cleveland (d. 1964)
*1890 – Aleksander Warma, Estonian commander and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1970)
*1891 – Franz Alexander, Hungarian psychoanalyst and physician (d. 1964)
*1892 – Robert Ritter von Greim, German general and pilot (d. 1945)
*1894 – Bernard Ashmole, English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1988)
*1896 – Leonard W. Murray, Canadian admiral (d. 1971)
*
1897
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City.
* January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punit ...
– Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (d. 1973)
* 1897 – Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist and philosopher (d. 1990)
*
1898
Events
January–March
* 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, B ...
– Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss soldier and author (d. 1970)
*1899 – Richard Gurley Drew, American engineer, invented Masking tape (d. 1980)
* 1899 – Michał Kalecki, Polish economist and academic (d. 1970)
*1900 – Oskar Fischinger, German-American abstract artist, filmmaker, and painter (d. 1967)
1901–present
*1901 – Elias Katz, Finnish runner and coach (d. 1947)
*1902 – Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (d. 1950)
*1903 – John Dillinger, American criminal (d. 1934)
* 1903 – Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (d. 1988)
*1906 – William Kneale, English logician and philosopher (d. 1990)
* 1906 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American pilot and author (d. 2001)
* 1906 – Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
*
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 11 – The French warship French cruiser Jean Bart ( ...
– Eriks Ādamsons, Latvian writer, poet, and novelist (d. 1946)
*1909 – Katherine Dunham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2006)
* 1909 – Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Spanish aristocratic (d. 2002)
* 1909 – Mike Todd, American producer and manager (d. 1958)
*1910 – John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Indian-English lieutenant and mountaineer (d. 1998)
* 1910 – Anne Ziegler, English singer (d. 2003)
* 1910 – Konrad Zuse, German computer scientist and engineer, invented the Z3 (computer), Z3 computer (d. 1995)
*
1911
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia.
* Ja ...
– Vernon Kirby, South African tennis player (d. 1994)
*1912 – Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
* 1912 – Raymonde Allain, French model and actress (d. 2008)
*1913 – Sándor Weöres, Hungarian poet and author (d. 1989)
*1914 – Mei Zhi, Chinese author and essayist (d. 2004)
*1915 – Dolf van der Linden, Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1999)
* 1915 – Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter and coach (d. 2001)
* 1915 – Randolph Hokanson, American pianist (d. 2018)
* 1915 – Thomas Quinn Curtiss, American writer, and film and theatre critic (d. 2000)
*1916 – Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
* 1916 – Richard Eastham, American actor (d. 2005)
* 1916 – Emil Fackenheim, German Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi (d. 2003)
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
– Cicely Saunders, English nurse, social worker, physician and writer (d. 2005)
* 1918 – Yeoh Ghim Seng, Singaporean politician, acting President of Singapore (d. 1993)
*1919 – Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
* 1919 – Henri Tajfel, Polish social psychologist (d. 1982)
* 1919 – Clifton McNeely, American basketball player and coach (d. 2003)
*1920 – James H. Pomerene, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2008)
* 1920 – Jovito Salonga, Filipino lawyer and politician, 14th President of the Senate of the Philippines (d. 2016)
*1921 – Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991)
* 1921 – Barbara Vucanovich, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
* 1921 – Radovan Ivšić, Croatian writer (d. 2009)
* 1921 – Barbara Perry (actress), Barbara Perry, American actress (d. 2019)
*1922 – Bill Blass, American fashion designer, founded Bill Blass Group (d. 2002)
* 1922 – Clair Cameron Patterson, American scientist (d. 1995)
*1923 – José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
*1924 – Christopher Booth, English clinician and historian (d. 2012)
* 1924 – Larkin Kerwin, Canadian physicist and academic (d. 2004)
*1926 – George Englund, American film editor, director, producer and actor (d. 2017)
* 1926 – Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 2014)
*1927 – Anthony Low, Indian-English historian and academic (d. 2015)
*1928 – Ralph Waite, American actor and director (d. 2014)
*1929 – Bruce Kent, English activist and laicised Roman Catholic priest (d. 2022)
*1930 – Yuri Artyukhin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1998)
* 1930 – Walter Bonatti, Italian journalist and mountaineer (d. 2011)
*1931 – Ruby Garrard Woodson, American educator and cultural historian (d. 2008)
*1932 – Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, Princess of Iran (d. 2001)
* 1932 – Yevgeny Kychanov, Russian orientalist, historian, and academic (d. 2013)
* 1932 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
* 1932 – June Salter, Australian actress (d. 2001)
* 1932 – Prunella Scales, English actress
* 1932 – John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, English businessman and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
*1933 – Dianne Feinstein, American politician
*1934 – James Bjorken, American physicist, author, and academic
*1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
* 1936 – Ferran Olivella, Spanish footballer
* 1936 – Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian accordion player and composer
*1937 – Chris Blackwell, English record producer, co-founded Island Records
* 1937 – Bernie McGann, Australian saxophonist and composer (d. 2013)
*1939 – Don Matthews, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2017)
* 1939 – Ed Paschke, Polish-American painter and academic (d. 2004)
*
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
*January ...
– Joan Busfield, English sociologist, psychologist, and academic
* 1940 – Hubert Chesshyre, English historian and author (d. 2020)
* 1940 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
* 1940 – Esther Rantzen, English journalist
*
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...
– Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
* 1941 – Terttu Savola, Finnish journalist and politician
*1943 – Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor and director
* 1943 – Brit Hume, American journalist and author
* 1943 – J. Michael Kosterlitz, British-American physicist
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in No ...
– Peter Asher, English singer, guitarist, and producer
* 1944 – Helmut Dietl, German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
*
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
– Rainer Brüderle, German economist and politician, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Germany), German Minister of Economics and Technology
*1946 – Linda Bond, Canadian 19th General of The Salvation Army
* 1946 – Sheila Hollins, Baroness Hollins, English psychiatrist and academic
* 1946 – Eliades Ochoa, Cuban singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1946 – Józef Oleksy, Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (d. 2015)
* 1946 – Stephen Waley-Cohen, English journalist and businessman
*1947 – Octavia E. Butler, American author (d. 2006)
* 1947 – Howard Kaylan, American pop-rock singer-songwriter and musician
* 1947 – Bruno Latour, French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist
* 1947 – Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
* 1947 – Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian lieutenant and politician, President of Ghana (d. 2020)
*
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
– James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss, Scottish businessman
* 1948 – Todd Rundgren, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*1949 – Larry Junstrom, American bass player (d. 2019)
* 1949 – Brian Leveson, English lawyer and judge
* 1949 – Alan Osmond, American singer and producer
* 1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress
* 1949 – Luís Filipe Vieira, Portuguese businessman
* 1949 – Lindsay Wagner, American actress
* 1949 – Elizabeth Warren, American academic and politician
*1950 – Sharon Maughan, English actress
* 1950 – Adrian Năstase, Romanian lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Romania
* 1950 – Greg Oliphant, Australian rugby league player
* 1950 – Zenonas Petrauskas, Lithuanian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
* 1950 – Tom Alter, Indian actor (d. 2017)
*1951 – Brian Cookson, British cyclist and sports administrator
* 1951 – Craig Gruber, American bass player (d. 2015)
* 1951 – Humphrey Ocean, English painter and academic
*1952 – Graham Greene (actor), Graham Greene, Canadian actor
* 1952 – Santokh Singh, Malaysian football player
*1953 – Wim Eijk, Dutch cardinal
* 1953 – Mauro Francaviglia, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
* 1953 – Cyndi Lauper, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
* 1953 – Bruce McAvaney, Australian journalist and sportscaster
*1954 – Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
*1955 – Green Gartside, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1955 – Christine Orengo, British academic and educator
*1956 – Darryl Brohman, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
* 1956 – Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
* 1956 – Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani agriculturist and politician, 25th Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan), Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs
* 1956 – Tim Russ, American actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1956 – Markus Schatte, German footballer, manager, and coach
* 1956 – Derek Forbes, Scottish bass player and guitarist
*1957 – Danny Baker, English journalist and screenwriter
* 1957 – Garry Gary Beers, Australian bass player, songwriter, and producer
* 1957 – Kevin Bond (English footballer), Kevin Bond, English footballer and manager
* 1957 – Michael Stratton, English geneticist and academic
*1958 – Rocío Banquells, Mexican pop singer and actress
* 1958 – Bruce Campbell, American actor, director, producer and writer
*1959 – Michael Kinane, Irish jockey
* 1959 – Nicola Sirkis, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1959 – Daniel Xuereb, French footballer
*1960 – Erin Brockovich, American lawyer and environmentalist
* 1960 – Margrit Klinger, German runner
* 1960 – Tracy Pollan, American actress
*1961 – Jimmy Somerville, Scottish singer-songwriter
*
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wo ...
– Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1962 – Bobby Gillespie, Scottish musician and singer-songwriter
* 1962 – Clyde Drexler, American basketball player and coach
* 1962 – Gerald Hillringhaus, German footballer
*1963 – Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61st Makuuchi#Yokozuna, Yokozuna
* 1963 – John Tenta, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2006)
*1964 – Cadillac Anderson, American basketball player
* 1964 – Amy Brenneman, American actress
* 1964 – Dan Brown, American author and academic
* 1964 – Miroslav Kadlec, Czech footballer
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime 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 Lyndo ...
– Uwe Boll, German director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1965 – Ľubomír Moravčík, Czech footballer and manager
*
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 is ...
– Michael Park (co-driver), Michael Park, English racing driver (d. 2005)
* 1966 – Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress
* 1966 – Dean Woods, Australian cyclist
*1968 – Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player and coach
* 1968 – Miri Yu, Zainichi, Korean novelist
*1971 – Gary Connolly, English rugby player
* 1971 – Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress and comedian
* 1971 – Kurt Warner, American football player and sportscaster
*1972 – Damien Oliver, Australian jockey
*1973 – Carson Daly, American radio and television host
*1974 – Jo Cox, British MP (d. 2016)
* 1974 – Vijay (actor), Vijay, Indian actor
*1975 – Urmas Reinsalu, Estonian academic and politician, 28th Minister of Defence (Estonia), Estonian Minister of Defence
*
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government).
* January 6 – ...
– Champ Bailey, American football player
* 1978 – Dan Wheldon, English racing driver (d. 2011)
*
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
– Joey Cheek, American speed skater
* 1979 – Thomas Voeckler, French cyclist
*1980 – Ilya Bryzgalov, Russian ice hockey player
* 1980 – Stephanie Jacobsen, Hong Kong-Australian actress
*1981 – Sione Lauaki, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2017)
* 1981 – Aquivaldo Mosquera, Colombian footballer
*1982 – Andoni Iraola, Spanish footballer
* 1982 – Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
* 1982 – Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model
*1983 – Allar Raja, Estonian rower
*
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...
– Dustin Johnson, American golfer
* 1984 – Rubén Iván Martínez, Spanish footballer
* 1984 – Jerome Taylor, Jamaican cricketer
* 1984 – Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
*1985 – Thomas Leuluai, New Zealand rugby league player
*1987 – Danny Green (basketball), Danny Green, American basketball player
*1987 – Lee Min-ho, South Korean actor, singer, model, creative director and businessman
* 1987 – Nikita Rukavytsya, Ukrainian-Australian footballer
*1988 – Omri Casspi, Israeli basketball player
*1989 – Cédric Mongongu, Congolese footballer
* 1989 – Jung Yong-hwa, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
*1990 – Sebastian Jung, German footballer
*1991 – Hugo Mallo, Spanish footballer
*1992 – Ura Kazuki, Japanese sumo wrestler
* 1992 – Harry Reid (actor), Harry Reid, British actor
*1993 – Loris Karius, German footballer
*1994 – Sebastien Haller, French footballer
* 1994 – Carlos Vinícius Santos de Jesus, Brazilian footballer
*1996 – Mikel Merino, Spanish footballer
*1999 – Sam Retford, Australian-English actor
Deaths
Pre-1600
* 207 BC – Hasdrubal Barca, Ancient Carthage, Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War (b. 245 BC)
* 431 – Paulinus of Nola, Christian bishop and poet (b. 354)
*
910 –
Gebhard, Frankish nobleman
* 910 – Gerhard I of Metz, Gerhard I, Frankish nobleman
* 947 – Qian Hongzuo, king of Wuyue (b. 928)
*1017 – Leo Passianos, Byzantine general
*1101 – Roger I of Sicily, Norman nobleman (b. 1031)
*1276 – Pope Innocent V, Innocent V, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1225)
*1343 – Aimone, Count of Savoy (b. 1291)
*1429 – Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
*1521 – Leonardo Loredan, Italian politician, 76th Doge of Venice (b. 1436)
*1535 – John Fisher, English bishop and saint (b. 1469)
1601–1900
*1632 – James Whitelocke, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of Chester (b. 1570)
*1634 – Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
*1664 – Katherine Philips, Anglo-Welsh poet (b. 1631)
*1699 – Josiah Child, English merchant, economist, and politician (b. 1630)
*1714 – Matthew Henry, Welsh minister and author (b. 1662)
*1766 – Carlo Zimech, Maltese priest and painter (b. 1696)
*1868 – Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
*1872 – Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentinian general (b. 1792)
*1874 – Howard Staunton, English chess player (b. 1810)
*1892 – Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic (b. 1819)
*1894 – Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop and missionary (b. 1823)
1901–present
*1905 – Francis Lubbock, American colonel and politician, 9th List of Governors of Texas, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
*1913 – Ștefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet and translator (b. 1875)
*1925 – Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
*1928 – A. B. Frost, American illustrator and painter (b. 1851)
*1931 – Armand Fallières, French politician, 9th President of France (b. 1841)
*1933 – Tim Birkin, English racing driver and lieutenant (b. 1896)
*1935 – Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (b. 1866)
*1936 – Moritz Schlick, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1882)
*1938 – C. J. Dennis, Australian poet and author (b. 1876)
*
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
*January ...
– Monty Noble, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1873)
*
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
– August Froehlich, German priest and activist (b. 1891)
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1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
– Isamu Chō, Japanese general (b. 1895)
* 1945 – Mitsuru Ushijima, Japanese general (b. 1887)
*1956 – Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer and novelist (b. 1873)
*1959 – Hermann Brill, German educator and politician, 8th List of Ministers-President of Thuringia, Minister-President of Thuringia (b. 1895)
*1964 – Havank, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1904)
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1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime 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 Lyndo ...
– David O. Selznick, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1902)
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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 is ...
– Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (b. 1883)
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1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
** Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
– Judy Garland, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
*1970 – Đặng Thùy Trâm, Vietnamese surgeon and author (b. 1942)
*1974 – Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (b. 1892)
*1977 – Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
* 1977 – Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
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1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
– Louis Chiron, Monégasque race car driver (b. 1899)
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1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...
– Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
*1987 – Fred Astaire, American actor and dancer (b. 1899)
*1988 – Dennis Day, American singer and actor (b. 1916)
*1990 – Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
*1993 – Pat Nixon, American educator, 37th First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
*1995 – Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter (b. 1931)
* 1995 – Al Hansen, American sculptor and author (b. 1927)
*1997 – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
* 1997 – Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1919)
*2003 – Vasil Bykaŭ, Belarusian war novelist (b. 1924)
*2004 – Bob Bemer, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1920)
* 2004 – Mattie Stepanek, American poet and author (b. 1990)
*2007 – Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)
*2008 – Natalia Bekhtereva, Russian neuroscientist and psychologist (b. 1924)
* 2008 – George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1937)
* 2008 – Dody Goodman, American actress and dancer (b. 1914)
*2011 – Coşkun Özarı, Turkish footballer and coach (b. 1931)
*2012 – Juan Luis Galiardo, Spanish actor and producer (b. 1922)
*2013 – Henning Larsen, Danish architect, designed the Copenhagen Opera House (b. 1925)
* 2013 – Allan Simonsen (racing driver), Allan Simonsen, Danish race car driver (b. 1978)
*2014 – Fouad Ajami, Lebanese-American author and academic (b. 1945)
* 2014 – Rama Narayanan, Indian director and producer (b. 1949)
*2015 – James Horner, American composer and conductor (b. 1953)
*2017 – Mao Kobayashi (actress), Mao Kobayashi, Japanese newscaster and actress (b. 1982)
* 2017 – Quett Masire, Botswanan politician (b. 1926)
*2018 – Vinnie Paul, American musician (b. 1964)
*2022 – Bruton Smith, American racetrack promoter (b. 1927)
* 2022 – Yves Coppens, French anthropologist (b. 1934)
Holidays and observances
* Christian feast day:
** Aaron of Aleth
** Saint Alban, Alban, first recorded Martyr in Britain (commemoration, Anglicanism)
** Blessed Pope Innocent V
** Eusebius of Samosata (Eastern Orthodox Church)
** John Fisher (Catholic Church)
** Nicetas of Remesiana
** Paulinus of Nola
** Thomas More (Catholic Church)
** June 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
* Anti-Fascist Struggle Day (Croatia)
* Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)
* Father's Day (Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey)
* Teachers' Day (El Salvador)
* Windrush Day (UK)
[Badshah, Nadeem (18 June 2018)]
"UK makes Windrush Day official with £500k grant to support events"
''The Guardian''.
References
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Days of the year
June