Events
Pre-1600
*
1099
Year 1099 ( MXCIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
First Crusade
* January 16 – The Crusaders, under Raymond IV, count of Toulouse (Raymond of Saint-Gilles), leave Antioch, and he ...
– Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the
siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
*
1167 – The Byzantines defeat the Hungarian army
decisively at Sirmium, forcing the Hungarians to sue for peace.
*
1283
Year 1283 ( MCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* June 1 – Treaty of Rheinfelden: The 11-year-old Rudolf II is forced to relinquish his claim on the Duchies of Austr ...
–
Roger of Lauria
Roger of Lauria (''c''. 1245 – 17 January 1305), was a Calabrian knight who served the Crown of Aragon as admiral of the Aragonese navy during the War of the Sicilian Vespers. He was probably the most successful and talented naval tacticia ...
, commanding the
Aragonese fleet,
defeats an
Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on
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 ...
.
*
1497
Year 1497 ( MCDXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* February 7 (Shrove Tuesday) – Followers of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of "immoral" objects, at the '' Bonfire ...
–
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama ( , ; – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India, first European to reach India by sea.
Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link ...
sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
*
1579
Year 1579 ( MDLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Monday of the Proleptic Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 6 – The Union of Arras unites the s ...
–
Our Lady of Kazan
''Our Lady of Kazan'', also called ''Mother of God of Kazan'' (), is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan, and a palladium of all o ...
, a holy
icon
An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic Church, Catholic, and Lutheranism, Lutheran churches. The most common subjects include Jesus, Mary, mother of ...
of the
Russian Orthodox Church
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; ;), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (), is an autocephaly, autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The Primate (bishop), p ...
, is discovered underground in the city of
Kazan
Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...
,
Tatarstan
Tatarstan, officially the Republic of Tatarstan, sometimes also called Tataria, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is a part of the Volga Federal District; and its capital city, capital and largest city i ...
.
1601–1900
*
1663
Events
January–March
* January 10 – The Royal African Company is granted a Royal Charter by Charles II of England.
* January 23 – The Treaty of Ghilajharighat is signed in India between representatives of the Mughal ...
–
Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and King of Ireland, Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
Charles II was the eldest su ...
grants
John Clarke a
Royal charter
A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, but ...
to
Rhode Island
Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...
.
*
1709
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Friday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Battle of St. John's: The French capture St. John' ...
–
Peter I of Russia
Peter I (, ;
– ), better known as Peter the Great, was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696. From this year, ...
defeats
Charles XII of Sweden
Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII () or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.), was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of ...
at the
Battle of Poltava
The Battle of Poltava took place 8 July 1709, was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. The Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeated the Swedish army commanded by Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld. The battle would l ...
, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
*
1716
Events
January–March
* January 16 – The application of the Nueva Planta decrees to Catalonia make it subject to the laws of the Crown of Castile, and abolishes the Principality of Catalonia as a political entity, conclud ...
– The
Battle of Dynekilen
The naval Battle of Dynekilen () took place on 8 July 1716 during the Great Northern War between a Dano-Norwegian fleet under Peter Tordenskjold and a Swedish fleet under Olof Strömstierna. The battle resulted in a Dano-Norwegian victory.
...
forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
*
1730
Events
January–March
* January 30 (January 19 O.S.) – At dawn, Emperor Peter II of Russia dies of smallpox, aged 14 in Moscow, on the eve of his projected marriage.
* February 26 (February 15 O.S.) – Anna of Russia ( ...
– An estimated
magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a
tsunami
A tsunami ( ; from , ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and underwater explosions (including detonations, ...
that damages more than of Chile's coastline.
*
1741
Events
January–March
* January 13
** Lanesborough, Massachusetts is created as a township.
** Conventicle Act of 1741 is introduced in Denmark-Norway.
*February 13 – Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister of Great Britain ...
– Reverend
Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards may refer to:
Musicians
*Jonathan and Darlene Edwards, pseudonym of bandleader Paul Weston and his wife, singer Jo Stafford
*Jonathan Edwards (musician) (born 1946), American musician
**Jonathan Edwards (album), ''Jonathan Edward ...
preaches to his congregation in
Enfield, Connecticut
Enfield is a New England town, town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, first settled by John and Robert Pease of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Planning Region. ...
his most famous sermon, "
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is a sermon written by the American theologian Jonathan Edwards, preached to his own congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts, to profound effect, and again on July 8, 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut. The ...
"; an influence for the
First Great Awakening
The First Great Awakening, sometimes Great Awakening or the Evangelical Revival, was a series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its thirteen North American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. The revival movement permanently affected Pro ...
.
*
1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
– French forces hold
Fort Carillon
Fort Carillon, presently known as Fort Ticonderoga, was constructed by Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Governor of New France, to protect Lake Champlain from a British invasion. Situated on the lake some south of Fort Saint-Frédéric, it wa ...
against the
British
British may refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
* British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...
at
Ticonderoga, New York
Ticonderoga () is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Essex County, New York, Essex County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 5,042 at the 2010 census. The name comes from the Mohawk language, Mohawk ' ...
.
*
1760
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan forces defeat the Marathas.
* January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over th ...
– British forces defeat French forces in the
last naval battle in
New France
New France (, ) was the territory colonized by Kingdom of France, France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Kingdom of Great Br ...
.
*
1775
Events
Summary
The American Revolutionary War began this year, with the first military engagement on April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's ride. The Second Continental Congress took various steps tow ...
– The
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, and signed on July 8, 1775, in a final attempt to avoid war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in America. The Congress had already authoriz ...
is signed by the
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was a series of legislature, legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of British America, Great Britain in North America, and the newly declared United States before, during, and after ...
of the
Thirteen Colonies
The Thirteen Colonies were the British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America which broke away from the British Crown in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and joined to form the United States of America.
The Thirteen C ...
of North America.
*
1776
Events January–February
* January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces.
* January ...
– Church bells (possibly including the
Liberty Bell
The Liberty Bell, previously called the State House Bell or Old State House Bell, is an iconic symbol of American Revolution, American independence located in Philadelphia. Originally placed in the steeple of Pennsylvania State House, now know ...
) are rung after
John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the
Declaration of Independence of the United States
The Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen States of America in the original printing, is the founding document of the United States. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the Second Continen ...
.
*
1808
Events January–March
* January 1
** The importation of slaves into the United States is formally banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect. However Americans still continue the slave trade by transpor ...
– Promulgation of the
Bayonne Statute
The Bayonne Statute (),Ignacio Fernández Sarasola, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Retrieved 2010-03-12. also called the Bayonne Constitution () or the Bayonne Charter (), was a constitution or a royal charter () approved in Bayonne, Fra ...
, a royal charter
Joseph Bonaparte
Joseph Bonaparte (born Giuseppe di Buonaparte, ; ; ; 7 January 176828 July 1844) was a French statesman, lawyer, diplomat and older brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. During the Napoleonic Wars, the latter made him King of Naples (1806–1808), an ...
intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
*
1822
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
* January 3 – The famous French explorer, Aimé Bonpland, is imprisoned in Paraguay on charges of espionage. ...
–
Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
to the United Kingdom.
*
1853
Events
January–March
* January 6 –
** Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida.
**U.S. President-elect ...
– The
Perry Expedition
]
The Perry Expedition (, , "Arrival of the Black Ships") was a diplomatic and military expedition in two separate voyages (1852–1853 and 1854–1855) to the Tokugawa shogunate () by warships of the United States Navy. The goals of this expedit ...
arrives in
Edo (Tokyo), Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
*
1859
Events
January–March
* January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico.
* January 24 ( O. S.) – Under the rule of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia are uni ...
– King
Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of
Sweden–Norway
Sweden and Norway or Sweden–Norway (; ), officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, and known as the United Kingdoms, was a personal union of the separate kingdoms of Sweden and Norway under a common monarch and common foreign poli ...
.
*
1864
Events
January
* January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song "Beautiful Dream ...
–
Ikedaya Incident
The , also known as the Ikedaya affair or Ikedaya riot, was an armed encounter between the Shishi (organization), ''shishi'' which included masterless samurai (''rōnin'') formally employed by the Chōshū Domain, Chōshū, Tosa Domain, Tosa ...
: The
Choshu Han shishi's planned
Shinsengumi
The was a small secret police organization, elite group of swordsmen that was organized by commoners and low rank samurai, commissioned by the (military government) during Japan's Bakumatsu period (late Tokugawa shogunate) in 1863. It was ac ...
sabotage on
Kyoto
Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...
, Japan at Ikedaya.
*
1874
Events
January
* January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx.
* January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time.
* January 3 – Third Carlist War: Battle of Caspe &n ...
– The
Mounties
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; , GRC) is the Law enforcement in Canada, national police service of Canada. The RCMP is an agency of the Government of Canada; it also provides police services under contract to 11 Provinces and terri ...
begin their
March West
The March West was the initial journey of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) to the Canadian prairies, made between July 8 and October 9, 1874.
It was the result of the force being deployed to what is now southern Alberta in response to the ...
.
*
1876
Events
January
* January 1
** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol.
*January 27 – The Northampton Bank robbery occurs in Massachusetts.
February
* Febr ...
– The
Hamburg massacre prior to the
1876 United States presidential election
United States presidential election, Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 7, 1876. Republican Party (United States), Republican Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio very narrowly defeated Democratic Party (United Sta ...
results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
*
1879
Events January
* January 1
** The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War.
** Brahms' Violin Concerto is premiered in Leipzig with Joseph Joachim ...
– Sailing ship departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
*
1889
Events January
* January 1
** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada.
** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas ...
– The first issue of ''
The Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...
'' is published.
*
1892
In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated. This means that the International Date Line was drawn from the east of the country to go west.
Events
January
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing imm ...
–
St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the
Great Fire of 1892
The Great Fire of 8 July 1892 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador is remembered as the worst disaster ever to befall that city. Previous "Great Fires" had occurred in St. John's, during 1819 and 1846.
Timeline
At approximately 4:45 in th ...
.
*
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 ...
– The death of crime boss
Soapy Smith
Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II (November 2, 1860 – July 8, 1898) was an American con artist and gangster in the American frontier and the Klondike.
Smith operated confidence schemes across the Western United States, and had a large hand ...
, killed in the
Shootout on Juneau Wharf
The Shootout on Juneau Wharf was a Gunfighter#Famous gunfights, gunfight between Soapy Smith, Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, Frank H. Reid, and Jesse Murphy that took place on Friday, July 8, 1898, at approximately 9:15 p.m. in Skagway, Ala ...
, releases
Skagway, Alaska
The Municipality and Borough of Skagway is a borough in Alaska on the Alaska Panhandle. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,240, up from 968 in 2010. The population doubles in the summer tourist season in order to deal with the large ...
from his iron grip.
1901–present
*
1912
This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15.
In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...
–
Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads
an unsuccessful royalist attack against the
First Portuguese Republic
The First Portuguese Republic (; officially: ''República Portuguesa'', Portuguese Republic) spans a complex 16-year period in the history of Portugal, between the end of the History of Portugal (1834-1910), period of constitutional monarchy ma ...
in
Chaves.
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
– The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity indice ...
reaches its lowest level of the
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and ...
, closing at 41.22.
*
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...
– The first
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
test match between the
Wallabies of Australia and the
Springboks of South Africa is played at
Newlands Stadium
The Newlands Stadium is located in Cape Town, South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 51,900 people, but is not an all-seater venue.
Various sports teams used the stadium as their home base, including:
* Stormers in Super Rugby
* Wester ...
in
Cape Town
Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...
.
*
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Feb ...
– Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan sign the
Treaty of Saadabad.
*
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
– Reports are broadcast that a
UFO
An unidentified flying object (UFO) is an object or phenomenon seen in the sky but not yet identified or explained. The term was coined when United States Air Force (USAF) investigations into flying saucers found too broad a range of shapes ...
crash-landed in
Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell () is a city in and the county seat of Chaves County, New Mexico, Chaves County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 48,422 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in New Mexico, fi ...
in what became known as the
Roswell UFO incident
The Roswell Incident started in 1947 with the recovery of debris near Roswell, New Mexico. It later became the basis for conspiracy theories alleging that the United States military recovered a crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft. The debri ...
.
*
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) ...
– The
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 ...
accepts its first female recruits into a program called the
Women's Air Force (WAF).
*
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 ...
–
Francis Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929August 1, 1977) was an American pilot who served as a United States Air Force officer and a CIA employee. Powers is best known for his involvement in the 1960 U-2 incident, when he was shot down while fly ...
is charged with
espionage
Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering, as a subfield of the intelligence field, is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information ( intelligence). A person who commits espionage on a mission-specific contract is called an ...
resulting from his flight over the
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
.
*
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 ...
–
Ne Win
Ne Win (; ; 24 May 1911 – 5 December 2002), born Shu Maung (; ), was a Burmese army general, politician and Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974, and also President of Burma from 1962 to 1981. Ne Win was Burma's mili ...
besieges and blows up the
Rangoon University
The University of Yangon (also Yangon University; , ; formerly Rangoon College, University of Rangoon and Rangoon Arts and Sciences University), located in Kamayut, Yangon, is the oldest university in Myanmar's modern education system and the b ...
Student Union building to crush the
Student Movement
Student activism or campus activism is work by students to cause political, environmental, economic, or social change. In addition to education, student groups often play central roles in democratization and winning civil rights.
Modern stu ...
.
*
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 ...
–
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 is destroyed by a bomb near
100 Mile House
100 Mile House is a district municipality located in the South Cariboo region of central British Columbia, Canada.
History
100 Mile House was originally known as Bridge Creek House, named after the creek running through the area. Its origins ...
, Canada, killing 52.
*
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 ...
–
King
King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...
Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi
Mwambutsa IV Bangiricenge (6 May 1912 – 26 March 1977) was the penultimate king (''mwami'') of Burundi who ruled between 1915 and 1966. He succeeded to the throne on the death of his father Mutaga IV Mbikije (reigned 1908–15). Born while B ...
is deposed by his son Prince
Charles Ndizi.
*
1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
– The
Chrysler wildcat strike begins in
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...
.
*
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
–
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...
delivers a special congressional message enunciating
Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the
.
*
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, ...
– Israeli
Mossad
The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (), popularly known as Mossad ( , ), is the national intelligence agency of the Israel, State of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with M ...
assassinate Palestinian writer
Ghassan Kanafani
Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani (; 8 April 1936 – 8 July 1972) was a prominent Palestinian literature, Palestinian author and Palestinian militant, militant, considered to be a leading novelist of his generation and one of the Arab world's leading Pa ...
.
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
– The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland Rugby League team, Queensland who defeat New South Wales Rugby League team, New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
* 1980 – Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport in the then Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board.
*1982 – A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months.
*1988 – The Island Express (train), Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari Peruman railway accident, derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala in India killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
*1994 – Kim Jong Il begins to assume List of leaders of North Korea, supreme leadership of North Korea upon the Death and state funeral of Kim Il Sung, death of his father, Kim Il Sung.
*1994 – Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' is launched on STS-65, an international science mission.
*2003 – Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan New International Airport, Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.
*2011 – Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' is launched in the STS-135, final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
*2014 – Israel launches an 2014 Gaza War, offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the 2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers, kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.
*2014 – The worst historical defeat of Brazil national football team, Brazil against the Germany national football team, Germany with a result of 1-7 in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup that has been dubbed the Mineirazo.
Births
Pre-1600
*1478 – Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian linguist, poet, and playwright (died 1550)
*1528 – Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (died 1580)
*1538 – Alberto Bolognetti, Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1585)
*1545 – Carlos, Prince of Asturias (died 1568)
*1593 – Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (died 1653)
1601–1900
*1621 – Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (died 1695)
*
1760
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan forces defeat the Marathas.
* January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over th ...
– Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic (died 1826)
*1766 – Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (died 1842)
*1779 – Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect (died 1851)
*1819 – Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer (died 1907)
*1830 – Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State (died 1915)
*1831 – John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola (died 1888)
*1836 – Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1914)
*1838 – Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company (died 1898)
* 1838 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin, Zeppelin Airship Company (died 1917)
*1839 – John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company (died 1937)
*1851 – Arthur Evans, English archaeologist and academic (died 1941)
* 1851 – John Murray (Victorian politician), John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (died 1916)
*1857 – Alfred Binet, French psychologist and graphologist (died 1911)
*1867 – Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (died 1945)
*
1876
Events
January
* January 1
** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol.
*January 27 – The Northampton Bank robbery occurs in Massachusetts.
February
* Febr ...
– Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1936)
*1882 – Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (died 1961)
*1885 – Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic (died 1977)
* 1885 – Hugo Boss (fashion designer), Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (died 1948)
*1890 – Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter (died 1973)
*
1892
In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated. This means that the International Date Line was drawn from the east of the country to go west.
Events
January
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing imm ...
– Richard Aldington, English author and poet (died 1962)
* 1892 – Pavel Korin, Russian painter (died 1967)
*1893 – R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author (died 1968)
*1894 – Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
*1895 – Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
*
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 ...
– Melville Ruick, American actor (died 1972)
*1900 – George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (died 1959)
1901–present
*1904 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (died 2008)
*1905 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director (died 1997)
*1906 – Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place (died 2005)
*1907 – George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (died 1995)
*1908 – Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (died 1975)
* 1908 – Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (died 1979)
* 1908 – V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao, Indian economist, politician, professor and educator (died 1991)
*1909 – Alan Brown (British Army officer), Alan Brown, English soldier (died 1971)
* 1909 – Ike Petersen, American football player (died 1995)
*1910 – Carlos Betances Ramírez, Puerto Rican general (died 2001)
*1911 – Ken Farnes, English cricketer (died 1941)
*1913 – Alejandra Soler, Spanish politician (died 2017)
*1914 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 2010)
* 1914 – Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player (died 1993)
*1915 – Neil D. Van Sickle, American Air Force major general (died 2019)
* 1915 – Lowell English, United States Marine Corps general (died 2005)
*1916 – Jean Rouverol, American author, actress and screenwriter (died 2017)
*1917 – Pamela Brown (actress), Pamela Brown, English actress (died 1975)
* 1917 – Faye Emerson, American actress (died 1983)
* 1917 – J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (died 1999)
*1918 – Paul B. Fay, American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 2009)
* 1918 – Irwin Hasen, American illustrator (died 2015)
* 1918 – Oluf Reed-Olsen, Norwegian resistance member and pilot (died 2002)
* 1918 – Julia Pirie, British spy working for MI5 (died 2008)
* 1918 – Edward B. Giller, American Major General (died 2017)
* 1918 – Craig Stevens (actor), Craig Stevens, American actor (died 2000)
*1919 – Walter Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th List of German presidents, President of West Germany (died 2016)
*1920 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (died 1995)
*1921 – John Money, New Zealand psychologist and sexologist, known for his research on gender identity, and responsible for controversial involuntary Sex reassignment surgery, sex reassignment of David Reimer (died 2006)
*1923 – Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler (died 2019)
* 1923 – Val Bettin, American actor (died 2021)
*1924 – Johnnie Johnson (musician), Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (died 2005)
* 1924 – Charles C. Droz, American politician
*1925 – Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (died 2014)
* 1925 – Arthur Imperatore Sr., Italian-American businessman (died 2020)
* 1925 – Bill Mackrides, American football quarterback (died 2019)
* 1925 – Dominique Nohain, French actor, screenwriter and director (died 2017)
*1926 – David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (died 2014)
* 1926 – John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician (died 2019)
* 1926 – Martin Riesen, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender (died 2003)
* 1926 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (died 2004)
*1927 – Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician (died 2017)
* 1927 – Khensur Lungri Namgyel, Tibetan religious leader
* 1927 – Bob Beckham, American country singer (died 2013)
*1928 – Balakh Sher Mazari, former prime minister of Pakistan (died 2022)
*1930 – Jerry Vale, American singer (died 2014)
*
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...
– Antonio Lamer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Chief Justice of Canada (died 2007)
*1934 – Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (died 2012)
* 1934 – Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter (died 1982)
* 1934 – Edward D. DiPrete, American politician
*1935 – John David Crow, American football player and coach (died 2015)
* 1935 – Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer (died 2024)
* 1935 – Vitaly Sevastyanov, Russian engineer and cosmonaut (died 2010)
*1938 – Diane Clare, English actress (died 2013)
*1939 – Ed Lumley, Canadian businessman and politician, 8th Minister of Communications (Canada), Canadian Minister of Communications (died 2025)
*1940 – Joe B. Mauldin, American bass player and songwriter (died 2015)
*1941 – Dario Gradi, Italian-English footballer, coach, and manager
*1942 – Phil Gramm, American economist and politician
*1944 – Jaimoe, American drummer
* 1944 – Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer
*1945 – Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st President of the Swiss Confederation
*
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
– Kim Darby, American actress
* 1947 – Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (died 2016)
* 1947 – Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian religious leader, founded the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
*
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) ...
– Raffi (musician), Raffi, Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter
* 1948 – Ruby Sales, American civil-rights activist
*1949 – Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur
* 1949 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (died 2009)
*1951 – Alan Ashby, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
* 1951 – Anjelica Huston, American actress and director
*1952 – Larry Garner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1952 – Jack Lambert (American football), Jack Lambert, American football player and sportscaster
* 1952 – Marianne Williamson, American author and activist
*1956 – Terry Puhl, Canadian baseball player and coach
*1957 – Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter
* 1957 – Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian journalist and author
*1958 – Kevin Bacon, American actor and musician
* 1958 – Andreas Carlgren, Swedish educator and politician, 8th Minister for the Environment (Sweden), Swedish Minister for the Environment
* 1958 – Tzipi Livni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 18th Justice Minister of Israel
*1959 – Pauline Quirke, English actress
*
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 ...
– Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league player and coach
*1961 – Ces Drilon, Filipino journalist
* 1961 – Andy Fletcher (musician), Andrew Fletcher, English keyboard player (died 2022)
* 1961 – Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2024)
* 1961 – Karl Seglem, Norwegian saxophonist and record producer
*
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 ...
– Joan Osborne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*1963 – Mark Christopher (director), Mark Christopher, American director and screenwriter
*1964 – Alexei Gusarov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
*
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 ...
– Dan Levinson, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader
*
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 ...
– Ralf Altmeyer, German-Chinese virologist and academic
* 1966 – Shadlog Bernicke, Nauruan politician
* 1966 – Michael Hite, American politician
*1967 – Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
* 1967 – Charlie Cardona, Colombian singer
*
1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
– Billy Crudup, American actor
* 1968 – Shane Howarth, New Zealand rugby player and coach
*1969 – Sugizo, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
*
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
– Beck, American singer-songwriter and producer
* 1970 – Mark Butler, Australian politician
* 1970 – Sylvain Gaudreault, Canadian educator and politician
* 1970 – Todd Martin, American tennis player and coach
*1971 – Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player and coach
*
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, ...
– Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1972 – Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer
* 1972 – Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor
*1973 – Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress and writer
*1974 – Hu Liang, Chinese field hockey player
*1976 – Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer
* 1976 – Ellen MacArthur, English sailor
*1977 – Christian Abbiati, Italian footballer
* 1977 – Paolo Tiralongo, Italian cyclist
* 1977 – Milo Ventimiglia, American actor, director, and producer
* 1977 – Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
* 1978 – Urmas Rooba, Estonian footballer
*1979 – Mat McBriar, American football player
* 1979 – Ben Jelen, Scottish-American singer-songwriter
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
– Eric Chouinard, American-Canadian ice hockey player
* 1980 – Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
*1981 – Wolfram Müller, German runner
* 1981 – Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
*1982 – Shonette Azore-Bruce, Barbadian netball player
* 1982 – Sophia Bush, American actress and director
* 1982 – Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
*1983 – John Bowker (baseball), John Bowker, American baseball player
* 1983 – Rich Peverley, Canadian ice hockey player
*1986 – Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
*1987 – Josh Harrison, American baseball player
*1988 – Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (died 2012)
* 1988 – Jesse Sergent, New Zealand cyclist
*1989 – Yarden Gerbi, Israeli Judo champion
* 1989 – Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer (died 2012)
*1990 – Kevin Trapp, German footballer
*1991 – Virgil van Dijk, Dutch footballer
*1992 – Ariel Camacho, Mexican singer-songwriter (died 2015)
* 1992 – Son Heung-min, Korean footballer
*1993 – David Corenswet, American actor
*1996 – Marlon Humphrey, American football player
*1997 – Bryce Love, American football player
*1998 – Maya Hawke, American actress
* 1998 – Jaden Smith, American actor and rapper
*1999 – İpek Öz, Turkish tennis player
Deaths
Pre-1600
* 689 – Saint Kilian, Kilian, Irish bishop
* 810 – Pepin of Italy, son of Charlemagne (born 773)
* 873 – Gunther (archbishop of Cologne), Gunther, archbishop of Cologne
* 900 – Qatr al-Nada, wife of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tadid
* 901 – Grimbald, French-English monk and saint (born 827)
* 975 – Edgar the Peaceful, English king (born 943)
*1153 – Pope Eugene III (born 1087)
*1253 – Theobald I of Navarre (born 1201)
*1261 – Adolf IV of Holstein, Count of Schauenburg
*1390 – Albert of Saxony (philosopher), Albert of Saxony, Bishop of Halberstadt and German philosopher (born circa 1320)
*1538 – Diego de Almagro, Spanish general and explorer (born 1475)
1601–1900
*1623 – Pope Gregory XV (born 1554)
*1689 – Edward Wooster, English-American settler (born 1622)
*1695 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (born 1629)
*
1716
Events
January–March
* January 16 – The application of the Nueva Planta decrees to Catalonia make it subject to the laws of the Crown of Castile, and abolishes the Principality of Catalonia as a political entity, conclud ...
– Robert South, English preacher and theologian (born 1634)
*1721 – Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (born 1649)
*1784 – Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (born 1735)
*1794 – Richard Mique, French architect (born 1728)
*1820 – Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (born 1816)
*1823 – Henry Raeburn, Scottish portrait painter (born 1756)
*
1822
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
* January 3 – The famous French explorer, Aimé Bonpland, is imprisoned in Paraguay on charges of espionage. ...
– Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (born 1792)
*1850 – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (born 1774)
*
1859
Events
January–March
* January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico.
* January 24 ( O. S.) – Under the rule of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia are uni ...
– Oscar I of Sweden (born 1799)
*1873 – Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (born 1805)
*1887 – Ben Holladay, American businessman (born 1819)
*1895 – Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (born 1821)
1901–present
*1905 – Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (born 1834)
*1913 – Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (born 1880)
*1917 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (born 1877)
*1921 – Ellen Oliver (suffragette), British suffragette and purity activist (born 1870)
*1930 – Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1856)
*
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...
– Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (born 1863)
*1934 – Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (born 1848)
*1939 – Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (born 1859)
*1941 – Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (born 1874)
*1942 – Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (born 1856)
* 1942 – Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1881)
*1943 – Jean Moulin, French soldier (born 1899)
*1950 – Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (born 1878)
*1952 – August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (born 1890)
*1956 – Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and critic (born 1881)
*
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 ...
– Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (born 1881)
*1967 – Vivien Leigh, British actress (born 1913)
*
1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
– Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (born 1882)
*1971 – Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (born 1893)
*
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, ...
–
Ghassan Kanafani
Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani (; 8 April 1936 – 8 July 1972) was a prominent Palestinian literature, Palestinian author and Palestinian militant, militant, considered to be a leading novelist of his generation and one of the Arab world's leading Pa ...
, Palestinian writer and politician (born 1936)
*1973 – Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (born 1924)
* 1973 – Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Education Minister of Israel (born 1884)
* 1973 – Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (born 1877)
*1979 – Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)
* 1979 – Michael Wilding, English actor (born 1912)
* 1979 – Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
* 1981 – Joe McDonnell (hunger striker), Irish Republican Army member (born 1951)
*1981 – Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (born 1902)
*1985 – Phil Foster, American actor and screenwriter (born 1913)
* 1985 – Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1909)
*1986 – Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (born 1909)
*1987 – Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Minister of Justice (Canada), Canadian Minister of Justice (born 1903)
* 1987 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and author (born 1896)
*1988 – Ray Barbuti, American runner and football player (born 1905)
*1990 – Howard Duff, American actor (born 1913)
*1991 – James Franciscus, American actor (born 1934)
*1993 – Abul Hasan Jashori, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and freedom fighter (born 1918)
*1994 – Christian-Jaque, French director and screenwriter (born 1904)
* 1994 – Kim Il Sung, North Korean commander and politician, Eternal leaders of North Korea#Presidency of North Korea before 1994, President of North Korea (born 1912)
* 1994 – Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (born 1927)
* 1994 – Dick Sargent, American actor (born 1930)
*1996 – Irene Prador, Austrian-born actress and writer (born 1911)
*1998 – Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (born 1905)
*1999 – Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930)
*2001 – John O'Shea (director), John O'Shea, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1920)
*2002 – Ward Kimball, American animator and trombonist (born 1914)
*2004 – Paula Danziger, American author and educator (born 1944)
*2005 – Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (born 1911)
*2006 – June Allyson, American actress and singer (born 1917)
*2007 – Chandra Shekhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (born 1927)
* 2007 – Jack B. Sowards, American screenwriter and producer (born 1929)
*2008 – John Templeton, American-born British businessman and philanthropist (born 1912)
*2009 – Midnight (musician), Midnight, American singer-songwriter (born 1962)
*2011 – Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (born 1924)
* 2011 – Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (born 1918)
*2012 – Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi Arabian politician (born 1934)
* 2012 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (born 1917)
* 2012 – Gyang Dalyop Datong, Nigerian physician and politician (born 1959)
* 2012 – Martin Pakledinaz, American costume designer (born 1953)
*2013 – Dick Gray, American baseball player (born 1931)
* 2013 – Edmund Morgan (historian), Edmund Morgan, American historian and author (born 1916)
* 2013 – Claudiney Ramos, Brazilian footballer (born 1980)
* 2013 – Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (born 1913)
* 2013 – Sundri Uttamchandani, Indian author (born 1924)
* 2013 – Brett Walker, American songwriter and producer (born 1961)
*2014 – Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1930)
* 2014 – John Evans (Idaho governor), John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (born 1925)
* 2014 – Ben Pangelinan, Guamanian businessman and politician (born 1956)
* 2014 – Howard Siler, American bobsledder and coach (born 1945)
* 2014 – Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (born 1953)
*2015 – Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (born 1945)
* 2015 – James Tate (writer), James Tate, American poet (born 1943)
*2016 – Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist (born 1928)
*2018 – Tab Hunter, American actor, pop singer, film producer and author (born 1931)
*2020 – Naya Rivera, American actress, model and singer (born 1987)
* 2020 – Alex Pullin, Australian snowboarder (born 1987)
*2022 – Shinzo Abe, Japanese politician (born 1954)
* 2022 – Larry Storch, American actor and comedian (born 1923)
* 2022 – Luis Echeverría, Mexican lawyer and politician (born 1922)
* 2022 – Tony Sirico, American actor (born 1942)
Holidays and observances
* Christian Calendar of saints, Feast Day:
** Abda and Sabas
** Auspicius of Trier
** Grimbald
** Saint Kilian, Kilian and Saint Totnan, Totnan
** Peter and Fevronia Day, Saints Peter and Fevronia Day (Russian Orthodox)
** Procopius of Scythopolis
** Sunniva and companions
** Theobald of Marly
** July 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Armed Forces Day#Ukraine, Air Force and Air Defense Forces Day (Ukraine)
References
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