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Pre-1600

* 451Attila the Hun captures
Metz Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...
in
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First '' Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in
jurisprudence Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be. It investigates issues such as the definition of law; legal validity; legal norms and values ...
, is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor
Justinian I Justinian I (, ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovatio imperii'', or "restoration of the Empire". This ambition was ...
. * 1141
Empress Matilda Empress Matilda (10 September 1167), also known as Empress Maud, was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter and heir of Henry I, king of England and ruler of Normandy, she went to ...
becomes the first female ruler of England, adopting the title "Lady of the English". * 1348 – Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV charters Prague University. * 1449Felix V abdicates his claim to the
papacy The pope is the bishop of Rome and the Head of the Church#Catholic Church, visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff. From the 8th century until 1870, the po ...
, ending the reign of the final Antipope. * 1521Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu. * 1541Francis Xavier leaves
Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...
on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.


1601–1900

* 1724 – Premiere performance of Bach's '' St John Passion'', BWV 245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig. * 1767 – End of
Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767) The Burmese–Siamese War of 1765–1767, also known as the war of the second fall of Ayutthaya () was the second military conflict between Burma under the Konbaung dynasty and Ayutthaya Kingdom under the Siamese List of Thai monarchs#Ban Phlu ...
. * 1788Settlers establish
Marietta, Ohio Marietta is a city in Washington County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located in Appalachian Ohio, southeastern Ohio at the confluence of the Muskingum River, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, northeast of Parkersburg, West Virginia ...
, the first permanent settlement created by U.S. citizens in the recently organized
Northwest Territory The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was formed from part of the unorganized western territory of the United States after the American Revolution. Established ...
. * 1790Russo-Turkish war (1787–1792): Greek privateer Lambros Katsonis loses three of his ships in the Battle of Andros. *
1795 Events January–June * January – Central England records its coldest ever month, in the CET records dating back to 1659. * January 14 – The University of North Carolina opens to students at Chapel Hill, becoming the ...
– The
French First Republic In the history of France, the First Republic (), sometimes referred to in historiography as Revolutionary France, and officially the French Republic (), was founded on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution. The First Republic lasted un ...
adopts the kilogram and gram as its primary unit of mass. * 1798 – The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the
United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
and the
Spanish Empire The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy (political entity), Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered ...
. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812. * 1805Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the
Missouri River The Missouri River is a river in the Central United States, Central and Mountain states, Mountain West regions of the United States. The nation's longest, it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Moun ...
. * 1805 – German composer
Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...
premieres his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in
Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
. *
1824 Events January–March * January 1 – John Stuart Mill begins publication of The Westminster Review. The first article is by William Johnson Fox * January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of th ...
– The Mechanics' Institution is established in
Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
, England at the Bridgewater Arms hotel, as part of a national movement for the education of working men. The institute is the precursor to three Universities in the city: the
University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...
, UMIST and the Metropolitan University of Manchester (MMU). * 1831Pedro II becomes Emperor of
Empire of Brazil The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and Uruguay until the latter achieved independence in 1828. The empire's government was a Representative democracy, representative Par ...
. * 1862
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee. * 1868Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.


1901–present

* 1906Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates
Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
. * 1906 – The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over
Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
. * 1922Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms. * 1926Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister
Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 un ...
. * 1927
AT&T AT&T Inc., an abbreviation for its predecessor's former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the w ...
engineer Herbert Ives transmits the first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to
New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary
Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and ...
). * 1933
Prohibition in the United States The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, an ...
is repealed for
beer Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grain—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used. The grain is mashed to convert starch in the ...
of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the
Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution The Twenty-first Amendment (Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition in the United States, prohibition on alcohol. The Twent ...
. (Now celebrated as National Beer Day in the
United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
.) * 1933 –
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...
issues the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service banning Jews and political dissidents from civil service posts. * 1939
Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 un ...
declares an Italian protectorate over
Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...
and forces King Zog I into exile. * 1939
Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 un ...
invades Albania. * 1940Booker T. Washington becomes the first
African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. *
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...
The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches. * 1943 – Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist
Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic (), usually referred to as the prime minister of Greece (), is the head of government of the Greece, Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Cabinet of Greece, Greek Cabinet. The officeholder's of ...
during the Axis Occupation. * 1943 – The
National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...
makes
helmets A helmet is a form of protective gear worn to protect the Human head, head. More specifically, a helmet complements the skull in protecting the human brain. Ceremonial or symbolic helmets (e.g., a Custodian helmet, policeman's helmet in the Unite ...
mandatory. * 1944 – In the Fragheto massacre, soldiers belonging to the German 356th Infantry Division kill 30 Italian civilians and 15 partisans near Casteldelci in central-northern Italy. * 1945
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
: The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship '' Yamato'', one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by
United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
aircraft during Operation Ten-Go. *
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
– The
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 ...
annexes
East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's ...
as the Kaliningrad Oblast of the
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the Russian Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the labo ...
. *
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
World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Gen ...
is established by the
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
. * 1954 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his " domino theory" speech during a news conference. * 1955
Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, ...
resigns as
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister Advice (constitutional law), advises the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, sovereign on the exercise of much of the Royal prerogative ...
amid indications of failing health. *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...
Francoist Spain agrees to surrender its
protectorate A protectorate, in the context of international relations, is a State (polity), state that is under protection by another state for defence against aggression and other violations of law. It is a dependent territory that enjoys autonomy over ...
in
Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
. * 1964
IBM International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is ...
announces the System/360. *
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 ...
– Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate in Washington, D.C., against the termination of the Colville tribe. * 1968 – Two-time
Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...
British World Champion Jim Clark dies in an accident during a
Formula Two Formula Two (F2) is a type of Open-wheel car, open-wheel formula racing category first codified in 1948. It was replaced in 1985 by Formula 3000, but revived by the FIA from 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship season, 2009 to 2012 FIA Formula Two C ...
race in Hockenheim. * 1969 – The
Internet The Internet (or internet) is the Global network, global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a internetworking, network of networks ...
's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1. *
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...
: President
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 ...
announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization. *
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, ...
– Vietnam War: Communist forces overrun the South Vietnamese town of Loc Ninh. *
1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
– Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party after being arrested for faking his own death. * 1977 – German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light. *
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 Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
– Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President
Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924December 29, 2024) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party ...
. *
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 ...
– During the
Iran hostage crisis The Iran hostage crisis () began on November 4, 1979, when 66 Americans, including diplomats and other civilian personnel, were taken hostage at the Embassy of the United States in Tehran, with 52 of them being held until January 20, 1981. Th ...
, the United States severs relations with Iran. * 1982 – Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh is arrested. * 1983 – During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first
Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable launch system, reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. ...
spacewalk. * 1988 – Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov orders the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. * 1989Soviet submarine ''Komsomolets'' sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway, killing 42 sailors. * 1990 – A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry '' Scandinavian Star'', killing 159 people. * 1990 – John Poindexter is convicted for his role in the Iran–Contra affair. In 1991 the convictions are reversed on appeal. *
1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
Rwandan genocide The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Gre ...
: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda, and soldiers kill the civilian Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana. * 1994 – Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy. * 1995
First Chechen War The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War, was a struggle for independence waged by the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria against the invading Russia, Russian Federation from 1994 to 1996. After a mutually agreed on treaty ...
: Russian paramilitary troops begin a
massacre A massacre is an event of killing people who are not engaged in hostilities or are defenseless. It is generally used to describe a targeted killing of civilians Glossary of French words and expressions in English#En masse, en masse by an armed ...
of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya. *
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 crashes near Ceyhan in southern Turkey, killing six people. * 2001
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
launches the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter. * 2003
Iraq War The Iraq War (), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with 2003 invasion of Iraq, the invasion by a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition, which ...
: U.S. troops capture Baghdad;
Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...
's Ba'athist regime falls two days later. *2003 – Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide demands reparations of $21 billion from France for the Haiti Independence Debt. *
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
– First release of Git distributed version control system. *
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
– Former
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
vian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces. * 2009 – Mass protests begin across
Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...
under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent. *
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
– The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza, marking the first short-range missile intercept ever. * 2011 – A gunman opens fire at an elementary school in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the sixth-most-populous city in the Americas. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city wa ...
, killing twelve children and injuring 22 others before committing suicide. * 2017 – A man deliberately drives a hijacked truck into a crowd of people in
Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
, killing five people and injuring fifteen others. * 2017 – U.S. President
Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45 ...
orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack. * 2018 – Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is arrested for corruption by determination of Judge Sérgio Moro, from the " Car-Wash Operation". Lula stayed imprisoned for 580 days, after being released by the Brazilian Supreme Court. * 2018 – Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War. * 2020
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
:
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
ends its lockdown in
Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...
. * 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigns for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on USS ''Theodore Roosevelt'' and the dismissal of Brett Crozier. * 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the National public health institutes, national public health agency of the United States. It is a Federal agencies of the United States, United States federal agency under the United S ...
announces that the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant has become the dominant strain of
COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
in the United States. * 2022Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the
Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all Federal tribunals in the United States, U.S. federal court cases, and over Stat ...
, becoming the first black female justice.


Births


Pre-1600

* 1206Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (died 1253) * 1330John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English nobleman (died 1352) * 1470Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (died 1498) * 1506Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint, co-founded the
Society of Jesus The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. It was founded in 1540 ...
(died 1552) * 1539Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (died 1584)


1601–1900

* 1613Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (died 1675) * 1644François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (died 1730) * 1648John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1721) * 1652Pope Clement XII (died 1740) * 1713Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist (died 1801) * 1718Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (died 1800) * 1727Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist (died 1806) * 1763Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (died 1846) * 1770William Wordsworth, English poet (died 1850) * 1772Charles Fourier, French philosopher (died 1837) * 1780William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian (died 1842) * 1803James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago (died 1859) * 1803 – Flora Tristan, French author and activist (died 1844) * 1811Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1881) * 1817Francesco Selmi, Italian chemist and patriot (died 1881) * 1848Randall Davidson, Scottish archbishop (died 1930) * 1859Walter Camp, American football player and coach (died 1925) * 1860Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (died 1951) * 1867Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (died 1953) * 1870Gustav Landauer, German theorist and activist (died 1919) * 1871Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar (died 1927) * 1873John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (died 1934) * 1874Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter (died 1939) *
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 ...
Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer (died 1945) * 1882Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer (died 1971) * 1882 – Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd
Chancellor of Germany The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal Cabinet of Germany, government of Germany. The chancellor is the chief executive of the Federal Government of Germany, ...
(died 1934) * 1883
Gino Severini Gino Severini (7 April 1883 – 26 February 1966) was an Italian Painting, painter and a leading member of the Futurism (art), Futurist movement. For much of his life he divided his time between Paris and Rome. He was associated with neo-classici ...
, Italian-French painter and author (died 1966) * 1884Clement Smoot, American golfer (died 1963) *
1886 Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British rule in Burma, British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5–January 9, 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson ...
Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier (died 1971) * 1889Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (died 1957) *
1890 Events January * January 1 – The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony in the Horn of Africa. * January 2 – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House. * January 11 – 1890 British Ultimatum: The Uni ...
Paul Berth, Danish footballer (died 1969) * 1890 – Victoria Ocampo, Argentine writer (died 1979) * 1890 – Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist (died 1998) * 1891Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (died 1958) * 1892Julius Hirsch, German footballer (died 1945) * 1893José Sobral de Almada Negreiros, Portuguese artist (died 1970) *1893 – Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (died 1969) * 1895John Bernard Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor (died 1942) * 1895 – Margarete Schön, German actress (died 1985) * 1896Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis (died 1974) * 1897Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot (died 1918) * 1897 –
Walter Winchell Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic and c ...
, American journalist and radio host (died 1972) * 1899Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (died 1972) * 1900Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (died 1975) * 1900 – Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (died 1984)


1901–present

* 1902Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (died 1941) * 1903M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (died 1965) * 1903 – Edwin T. Layton, American admiral (died 1984) * 1904Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician (died 1996) * 1908Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader (died 1976) * 1908 – Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower (died 1994) * 1909Robert Charroux, French author and critic (died 1978) * 1910Melissanthi, Greek poet, teacher and journalist (died 1990) * 1913Louise Currie, American actress (died 2013) * 1913 – Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician (died 2007) * 1914Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1995) * 1914 – Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou, Greek sprinter (died 2011) * 1915Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (died 1977) * 1915 –
Billie Holiday Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made significant contributions to jazz music and pop ...
, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1959) * 1915 – Henry Kuttner, American author (died 1958) * 1916Anthony Caruso, American actor (died 2003) * 1917R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (died 2012) *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach (died 2017) * 1919Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter (died 1992) * 1919 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (died 2012) * 1920Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (died 2012) * 1921Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (died 1992) * 1922Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer (died 2003) * 1924Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter (died 2009) * 1925Chaturanan Mishra, Indian trade union leader and politician (died 2011) * 1925 – Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (died 2011) * 1927Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist (died 2003) * 1927 – Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper (died 2004) * 1928James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (died 2014) * 1928 – Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998) * 1928 – James White, Northern Irish author and educator (died 1999) * 1929Bob Denard, French soldier (died 2007) * 1929 – Joe Gallo, American gangster (died 1972) * 1930Jane Priestman, English interior designer (died 2021) * 1930 – Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company (died 2009) * 1930 – Andrew Sachs, German-English actor and screenwriter (died 2016) * 1930 – Roger Vergé, French chef and restaurateur (died 2015) * 1931Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (died 1989) * 1931 – Daniel Ellsberg, American activist and author (died 2023) * 1931 – Ted Kotcheff, Canadian film and television director (died 2025) * 1932Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (died 2013) * 1933Wayne Rogers, American actor, investor, and producer (died 2015) * 1933 – Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (died 2004) * 1934Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (died 2007) *
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1935 – Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (died 2023) * 1937Charlie Thomas, American singer (died 2023) *
1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...
Jerry Brown Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic P ...
, American lawyer and politician, 34th and 39th Governor of California * 1938 – Spencer Dryden, American drummer (died 2005) * 1938 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (died 2008) * 1938 – Iris Johansen, American author * 1939 – Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1939 – David Frost, English journalist and game show host (died 2013) * 1939 – Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (died 1977) * 1939 – Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (died 1992) * 1940 – Marju Lauristin, Estonian academic and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs *1941 – James Di Pasquale, American composer * 1941 – Peter Fluck, English puppet maker and illustrator * 1941 – Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (died 2018) * 1941 – Gorden Kaye, English actor (died 2017) *1942 – Jeetendra, Indian actor, TV and film producer *
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...
– Mick Abrahams, English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1943 – Dennis Amiss, English cricketer and manager * 1944 – Shel Bachrach, American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist (died 2024) * 1944 – Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (died 2012) * 1944 – Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor * 1944 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (died 2002) * 1944 – Gerhard Schröder, German lawyer and politician, 7th List of chancellors of Germany, Chancellor of Germany * 1944 – Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager * 1945 – Megas, Icelandic singer-songwriter * 1945 – Gerry Cottle, English circus owner (died 2021) * 1945 – Marilyn Friedman, American philosopher and academic * 1945 – Martyn Lewis, Welsh journalist and author * 1945 – Joël Robuchon, French chef and author (died 2018) * 1945 – Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (died 2010) * 1945 – Hans van Hemert, Dutch songwriter and producer (died 2024) *
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
– Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player * 1946 – Colette Besson, French runner and educator (died 2005) * 1946 – Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian poet, playwright, and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick * 1946 – Robert Metcalfe, American engineer and entrepreneur * 1946 – Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenian politician and diplomate * 1946 – Stan Winston, American special effects designer and makeup artist (died 2008) *1947 – Patricia Bennett, American singer * 1947 – Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer (died 2020) * 1947 – Michèle Torr, French singer and author *
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) ...
– John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer * 1948 – Arnie Robinson, American athlete (died 2020) * 1948 – Ecaterina Andronescu, Romanian politician *1949 – Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana *1950 – Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary * 1950 – Neil Folberg, American-Israeli photographer *1951 – Bruce Gary, American drummer (died 2006) * 1951 – Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist *1952 – David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic * 1952 – Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete * 1952 – Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer * 1952 – Dennis Hayden (actor), Dennis Hayden, American actor *1953 – Santa Barraza, American mixed media artist * 1953 – Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic * 1954 – Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1954 – Tony Dorsett, American football player * 1955 – Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (died 2014) * 1955 – Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...
– Annika Billström, Swedish businesswoman and politician, 16th List of mayors of Stockholm, Mayor of Stockholm * 1956 – Christopher Darden, American lawyer and author * 1956 – Georg Werthner, Austrian decathlete *1957 – Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor * 1957 – Thelma Walker, British politician *1958 – Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1958 – Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect *1960 – Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor * 1960 – Sandy Powell (costume designer), Sandy Powell, English costume designer *1961 – Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor * 1961 – Pascal Olmeta, French footballer * 1961 – Brigitte van der Burg, Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician *1962 – Jon Cruddas, English lawyer and politician * 1962 – Andrew Hampsten, American cyclist *1963 – Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish businessman * 1963 – Nick Herbert, English businessman and politician, Minister for Policing * 1963 – Dave Johnson (decathlete), Dave Johnson, American decathlete and educator * 1964 – Jace Alexander, American actor and director * 1964 – Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor * 1964 – Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player *
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 ...
– Bill Bellamy, American comedian, actor, and producer * 1965 – Rozalie Hirs, Dutch composer and poet * 1965 – Alison Lapper, English painter and photographer * 1965 – Nenad Vučinić, Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach *1966 – Richard Gomez, Filipino actor and politician * 1966 – Zvika Hadar, Israeli entertainer * 1966 – Béla Mavrák, Hungarian tenor singer * 1966 – Gary Wilkinson (snooker player), Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player *1967 – Artemis Gounaki, Greek-German singer-songwriter * 1967 – Bodo Illgner, German footballer * 1967 – Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player * 1968 – Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer and sportscaster * 1968 – Jennifer Lynch, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1968 – Jože Možina, Slovenian historian, sociologist and journalist * 1968 – Vasiliy Sokov, Russian triple jumper * 1969 – Ricky Watters, American football player *1970 – Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator * 1970 – Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2011) *
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
– Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (died 2008) * 1971 – Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater *
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, ...
– Tim Peake, British astronaut *1973 – Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer * 1973 – Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch lawyer and politician, List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands, Dutch Minister of Defence * 1973 – Carole Montillet, French skier * 1973 – Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter * 1973 – Brett Tomko, American baseball player *1975 – Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer * 1975 – Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster * 1975 – Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist * 1975 – Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player * 1975 – John Cooper (musician), John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player * 1975 – Simon Woolford, Australian rugby league player *
1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
– Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer * 1976 – Martin Buß, German high jumper * 1976 – Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician * 1976 – Aaron Lohr, American actor * 1976 – Barbara Jane Reams, American actress * 1976 – Gang Qiang, Chinese anchor * 1977 – Tama Canning, Australian-New Zealand cricketer * 1977 – Karin Haydu, Slovak actress *
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 Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
– Jo Appleby, English soprano * 1978 – Duncan James, English singer-songwriter and actor * 1978 – Lilia Osterloh, American tennis player *1979 – Adrián Beltré, Dominican-American baseball player * 1979 – Patrick Crayton, American football player * 1979 – Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player * 1979 – Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player *
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 ...
– Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer * 1980 – Bruno Covas, Brazilian lawyer, politician (died 2021) * 1980 – Tetsuji Tamayama, Japanese actor *1981 – Hitoe Arakaki, Japanese singer *1981 – Kazuki Watanabe (musician), Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (died 2000) * 1981 – Vanessa Olivarez, American singer-songwriter, and actress * 1981 – Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer * 1982 – Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress * 1982 – Sonjay Dutt, American wrestler * 1982 – Kelli Young, English singer * 1983 – Davidson Brothers, Hamish Davidson, Australian musician * 1983 – Franck Ribéry, French footballer * 1983 – Jon Stead, English footballer * 1983 – Jakub Smrž, Czech motorcycle rider * 1983 – Janar Talts, Estonian basketball player *1984 – Hiroko Shimabukuro, Japanese singer *1985 – KC Concepcion, Filipino actress and singer * 1985 – Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician *1986 – Brooke Brodack, American comedian * 1986 – Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist * 1986 – Andi Fraggs, English singer-songwriter and producer * 1986 – Christian Fuchs, Austrian footballer * 1986 – Choi Si-won, South Korean singer and actor *1987 – Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer * 1987 – Eelco Sintnicolaas, Dutch decathlete * 1987 – Jamar Smith, American football player * 1988 – Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer * 1988 – Ed Speleers, English actor and producer * 1989 – Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer * 1989 – Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player * 1989 – Teddy Riner, French judoka * 1990 – Nickel Ashmeade, Jamaican sprinter * 1990 – Anna Bogomazova, Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler * 1990 – Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player * 1990 – Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer *1991 – Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer * 1991 – Anne-Marie (singer), Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter *1992 – Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast * 1992 – Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer *1993 – Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler *
1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
– Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater * 1994 – Aaron Gray (rugby league), Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player * 1994 – Josh Hader, American baseball player *1996 – Emerson Hyndman, American international soccer player *1997 – Rafaela Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player


Deaths


Pre-1600

*AD 30 – Jesus, Jesus Christ (possible Chronology of Jesus#Date of crucifixion, date of the crucifixion) (born ''circa'' 4 BC) * 821 – George the Standard-Bearer, archbishop of Mytilene (born c. 776) * 924 – Berengar I of Italy (born 845) *1201 – Baha al-Din Qaraqush, regent of Egypt and builder of the Cairo Citadel * 1206 – Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine *1340 – Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia (born 1308) *1498 – Charles VIII of France (born 1470) *1499 – Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (born 1442) *1501 – Minkhaung II, king of Ava (born 1446)


1601–1900

*1606 – Edward Oldcorne, English martyr (born 1561) *1614 – El Greco, Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1541) *1638 – Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyō (born 1576) *1651 – Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (born 1603) *1658 – Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (born 1595) *1661 – Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (born 1604) *1663 – Francis Cooke, English-American settler (born 1583) *1668 – William Davenant, English poet and playwright (born 1606) *1719 – Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (born 1651) *1739 – Dick Turpin, English criminal (born 1705) *1747 – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (born 1676) *1761 – Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (born 1701) *1766 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (born 1685) * 1767 – Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (born 1715) *1779 – Martha Ray, English singer (born 1746) *1782 – Taksin, Thai king (born 1734) *1789 – Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (born 1725) *1789 – Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (born 1722) *1801 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (born 1724) *1804 – Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general (born 1743) * 1811 – Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (born 1757) *1823 – Jacques Charles, French physicist and mathematician (born 1746) *1833 – Antoni Radziwiłł, Lithuanian composer and politician (born 1775) *1836 – William Godwin, English journalist and author (born 1756) *1849 – Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (born 1777) *1850 – William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (born 1762) *1858 – Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (born 1781) * 1868Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (born 1825) *1879 – Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (born 1820) * 1884 – Maria Doolaeghe, Flemish novelist (born 1803) *1885 – Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (born 1804) * 1889 – Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (born 1823) * 1889 – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (born 1823) * 1891 – P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, The Barnum & Bailey Circus (born 1810)


1901–present

* 1917 – Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (born 1861) *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
– David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (born 1885) * 1918 – George E. Ohr, American potter (born 1857) * 1920 – Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (born 1841) * 1922 – James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (born 1855) * 1928 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (born 1873) * 1932 – Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (born 1875) *
1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...
– Suzanne Valadon, French painter (born 1865) * 1939 – Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1879) *
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...
– Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (born 1871) * 1943 – Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (born 1859) *1947 – Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (born 1863) *1949 – John Gourlay (soccer), John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (born 1872) *1950 – Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (born 1883) * 1955 – Theda Bara, American actress (born 1885) *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...
– Fred Appleby, English runner (born 1879) *1960 – Henri Guisan, Swiss general (born 1874) *
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 ...
– Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1919) *1966 – Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (born 1919) * 1968 – Edwin Baker (CNIB), Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (born 1893) * 1968 – Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (born 1936) *
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, ...
Joe Gallo, American gangster (born 1929) * 1972 – Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (born 1905) *1981 – Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (born 1935) * 1981 – Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (born 1899) * 1982 – Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (born 1948) *1984 – Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1924) *1985 – Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (born 1888) *1986 – Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist (born 1912) * 1990 – Ronald Evans (astronaut), Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (born 1933) *1991 – Memduh Ünlütürk, Turkish general (born 1913) *1992 – Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1903) * 1992 – Antonis Tritsis, Greek high jumper and politician, 71st List of mayors of Athens, Mayor of Athens (born 1937) *
1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
– Lee Brilleaux, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952) * 1994 – Albert Guðmundsson (footballer, born 1923), Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician (born 1923) * 1994 – Golo Mann, German historian and author (born 1909) * 1994 – Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwandan chemist, academic, and politician, Prime Minister of Rwanda (born 1953) * 1995 – Philip Jebb, English architect and politician (born 1927) *1997 – Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1923) * 1997 – Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1935) *1998 – Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican painter and illustrator (born 1905) *
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
– Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (born 1911) * 2001 – David Graf, American actor (born 1950) * 2001 – Beatrice Straight, American actress (born 1914) *2002 – John Agar, American actor (born 1921) * 2003 – Cecile de Brunhoff, French pianist and author (born 1903) * 2003 – David Greene (director), David Greene, English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921) *2004 – Victor Argo, American actor (born 1934) * 2004 – Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (born 1901) *
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
– Cliff Allison, English race car driver (born 1932) * 2005 – Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1922) * 2005 – Bob Kennedy, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1920) * 2005 – Melih Kibar, Turkish composer and educator (born 1951) *2007 – Johnny Hart, American author and illustrator (born 1931) * 2007 – Barry Nelson (actor), Barry Nelson, American actor (born 1917) *2008 – Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (born 1915) *
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
– Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (born 1947) *
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
– Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (born 1922) *2012 – Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (born 1984) * 2012 – Satsue Mito, Japanese zoologist and academic (born 1914) * 2012 – Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Syrian cardinal (born 1930) * 2012 – David E. Pergrin, American colonel and engineer (born 1917) * 2012 – Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, Pakistani politician (born 1959) * 2012 – Mike Wallace, American television news journalist (born 1918) *2013 – Marty Blake, American businessman (born 1927) * 2013 – Les Blank, American director and producer (born 1935) * 2013 – Andy Johns, English-American record producer (born 1950) * 2013 – Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (born 1931) * 2013 – Irma Ravinale, Italian composer and educator (born 1937) * 2013 – Mickey Rose, American screenwriter (born 1935) * 2013 – Carl Williams (boxer), Carl Williams, American boxer (born 1959) *2014 – George Dureau, American painter and photographer (born 1930) * 2014 – James Alexander Green, American-English mathematician and academic (born 1926) * 2014 – V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (born 1923) * 2014 – Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (born 1952) * 2014 – John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (born 1931) * 2014 – George Shuffler, American guitarist (born 1925) * 2014 – Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (born 1927) * 2014 – Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (born 1942) *2015 – Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana (born 1919) * 2015 – José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1981) * 2015 – Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (born 1926) * 2015 – Richard Henyekane, South African footballer (born 1983) * 2015 – Geoffrey Lewis (actor), Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (born 1935) *2016 – Blackjack Mulligan, American professional wrestler (born 1942) * 2017 – Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca, Romanian historian and philologist (born 1941) *2019 – Seymour Cassel, American actor (born 1935) * 2020 – John Prine, American country folk singer-songwriter (born 1946) * 2020 – Herb Stempel, American television personality (born 1926) * 2021 – Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1950) *2023 – Ben Ferencz, American lawyer (born 1920) *2023 – Philippe Bouvatier, French cyclist (born 1964) *2024 – Jerry Grote, American baseball player (born 1942) *2024 – Joe Kinnear, Irish football player and manager (born 1946) *2025 – William Finn, American composer and lyricist (born 1952) *2025 – Greg Millen, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1957)


Holidays and observances

* Christian Calendar of saints, feast days: **Aibert, Aibert of Crespin **Alexander Rawlins, Blessed Alexander Rawlins **Edward Oldcorne, Blessed Edward Oldcorne and Ralph Ashley, Blessed Ralph Ashley **Notker the Stammerer, Blessed Notker the Stammerer **Brynach **Hegesippus (chronicler), Hegesippus **Henry Walpole **Hermann Joseph **Jean-Baptiste de La Salle **Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (Eastern Orthodox Church, Episcopal Church (USA)) **April 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Flag Day (Slovenia) *Genocide Memorial Day (Rwanda), and its related observance: **International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide (
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) *Motherhood and Beauty Day (Armenia) *National Beer Day (United States) *Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume Day (Tanzania) *Public holidays in Mozambique, Women's Day (Mozambique) *Veterans' Day (Belgium) *World Health Day (International observance)


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