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Pre-1600

* 393Roman emperor
Theodosius I Theodosius I ( ; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also known as Theodosius the Great, was Roman emperor from 379 to 395. He won two civil wars and was instrumental in establishing the Nicene Creed as the orthodox doctrine for Nicene C ...
proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a
war elephant A war elephant is an elephant that is Animal training, trained and guided by humans for combat purposes. Historically, the war elephant's main use was to charge (warfare), charge the enemy, break their ranks, and instill terror and fear. Elep ...
corps of the Southern Han at Shao. * 1229 – The episcopal seat is moved from Nousiainen to Koroinen (located near the current centre of Turku) by the permission of Pope Gregory IX. The date is starting to be considered as the founding of Turku. * 1264 – In the conflict between King
Henry III of England Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. The son of John, King of England, King John and Isabella of Ang ...
and his rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, King
Louis IX of France Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians. Following the death of his father, Louis VI ...
issues the Mise of Amiens, a one-sided decision in favour of Henry that later leads to the Second Barons' War. * 1368Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims himself the Hongwu Emperor, beginning the
Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...
. * 1546 – Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the ''Tiers Livre'', his sequel to '' Gargantua and Pantagruel''. * 1556 – The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits
Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...
province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. * 1565 – The Deccan Sultanates defeat Rama Raya of the
Vijayanagara Empire The Vijayanagara Empire, also known as the Karnata Kingdom, was a late medieval Hinduism, Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, belongi ...
at the Battle of Talikota, resulting in over 100,000 casualties and the destruction of the capital Vijayanagara. * 1570James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray,
regent In a monarchy, a regent () is a person appointed to govern a state because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been dete ...
for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such. * 1571 – The Royal Exchange opens in London. * 1579 – The Union of Utrecht forms a
Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...
republic in the Netherlands.


1601–1900

* 1656Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his '' Lettres provinciales''. * 1719 – The Principality of
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (, ; ; ), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein ( ), is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked, doubly landlocked Swiss Standard German, German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east ...
is created within the
Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium ...
. * 1755Moscow University is established (12 January 1755 O.S.). * 1789Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) when Bishop John Carroll, Rev. Robert Molyneux, and Rev. John Ashton purchase land for the proposed academy for the education of youth. * 1793Second Partition of Poland. * 1795 – After crossing the frozen Zuiderzee, the French cavalry captured 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns, in a rare occurrence of surrender of naval vessels to land forces. * 1846Slavery in Tunisia is abolished. * 1849Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor. * 1870 – In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre. * 1879Anglo-Zulu War: The Battle of Rorke's Drift ends. * 1899 – The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first president. * 1900
Second Boer War The Second Boer War (, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and ...
: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.


1901–present

* 1904Ålesund Fire: The Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style. * 1909 – , a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS ''Florida'', off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The ''Republic'' sinks the next day. * 1912 – The International Opium Convention is signed at
The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...
. * 1919 – The First Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Velykomykhailivka. * 1920 – The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies. * 1937 – The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow
Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...
's regime. * 1941Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...
. * 1942
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 Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea. * 1943 – World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in
Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
from the German–Italian Panzer Army. * 1945 – World War II: German admiral Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal. * 1950 – The Knesset resolves that
Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...
is the capital of Israel. * 1957 – American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee". * 1958 – After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves
Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
. * 1960 – The bathyscaphe USS ''Trieste'' breaks a depth record by descending to in the Pacific Ocean. * 1963 – The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attack the Portuguese Army stationed in Tite. * 1964 – The 24th Amendment to the
United States Constitution The Constitution of the United States is the Supremacy Clause, supreme law of the United States, United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally includi ...
, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified. * 1967Diplomatic relations between 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 ...
and
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...
are established. * 1967 – Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty-one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the
Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
. * 1968USS ''Pueblo'' (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by the Korean People's Navy. * 1982World Airways Flight 30 overshoots the runway at Logan International Airport in
Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
, Massachusetts, and crashes into Boston Harbor. Two people are missing and presumed dead. * 1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry,
James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by Honorific nick ...
, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and
Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the ...
. * 1987Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan sends a " letter of death" to Somali President Siad Barre, proposing the genocide of the Isaaq people. * 1997
Madeleine Albright Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Körbelová, later Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political science, political scientist who served as the 64th United States Secretary of State, United S ...
becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State. * 1998Netscape announces Mozilla, with the intention to release Communicator code as open source. * 2001 – Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Chinese Communist Party to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution. * 2002 – U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in
Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...
, Pakistan and subsequently murdered. * 2003 – A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted. * 2018 – A 7.9 earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities. * 2018 – A double car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, kills at least 33 people and wounds "dozens" of others. The victims include both military personnel and civilians, according to local officials. * 2018 – The China–United States trade war begins when President Donald Trump places tariffs on Chinese solar panels and washing machines. * 2022 – Mutinying Burkinabè soldiers led by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba depose and detain President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré amid widespread anti-government protests. * 2024Northwestern Air Flight 738 crashes after takeoff from Fort Smith Airport, Northwest Territories, Canada, killing six people.


Births


Pre-1600

* 1350Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (died 1419) * 1378Louis III, Elector Palatine (died 1436) * 1514Hai Rui, Chinese politician (died 1587) * 1585Mary Ward, English Catholic Religious Sister (died 1645)


1601–1900

* 1622Abraham Diepraam, Dutch painter (died 1670) * 1719John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (died 1790) * 1737John Hancock, American general and politician, first
Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The governor is the chief executive, head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonw ...
(died 1793) * 1745William Jessop, English engineer, built the Cromford Canal (died 1814) * 1752Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1832) * 1780Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (died 1827) * 1783Stendhal, French novelist (died 1842) * 1786Auguste de Montferrand, French-Russian architect, designed Saint Isaac's Cathedral and Alexander Column (died 1858) * 1799Alois Negrelli, Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire (died 1858) * 1809Surendra Sai, Indian activist (died 1884) * 1813Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (died 1895) *
1828 Events January–March * January 4 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, Comte de Villèle, as Prime Minister of France. * January 8 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organiz ...
Saigō Takamori, Japanese samurai (died 1877) * 1832Édouard Manet, French painter (died 1883) * 1833Muthu Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (died 1879) * 1838Marianne Cope, German-American nun and saint (died 1918) * 1840Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (died 1905) * 1846Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist and mathematician (died 1915) * 1853John Marks Moore, American politician (died 1902) * 1855John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (died 1926) * 1857Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (died 1936) * 1862David Hilbert, German mathematician and academic (died 1943) * 1862 – Frank Shuman, American inventor and engineer (died 1918) * 1872Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (died 1946) * 1872 – Jože Plečnik, Slovenian architect, designed Plečnik Parliament (died 1957) * 1876Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954) * 1878Rutland Boughton, English composer (died 1960) * 1880Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama, Mexican politician (died 1967) * 1889Claribel Kendall, American mathematician (died 1965) * 1894Jyotirmoyee Devi, Indian author (died 1988) * 1896Alf Blair, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1944) * 1896 – Alf Hall, English-South African cricketer (died 1964) * 1897Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian freedom fighter and politician (died 1945) * 1897 – Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (died 2000) * 1897 – Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author (died 1978) * 1897 – William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (died 1989) * 1898Georg Kulenkampff, German violinist (died 1948) * 1898 – Randolph Scott, American actor (died 1987) * 1898 – Freda Utley, English scholar and author (died 1978) * 1899Glen Kidston, English racing driver and pilot (died 1931) * 1900William Ifor Jones, Welsh organist and conductor (died 1988)


1901–present

* 1901Arthur Wirtz, American businessman (died 1983) * 1903Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Minister of National Education of Colombia (died 1948) * 1905Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter (died 2000) * 1907Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (died 1968) * 1907 – Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981) * 1910Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (died 1953) * 1912Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director and manager (died 2009) * 1913Jean-Michel Atlan, Algerian-French painter (died 1960) * 1913 – Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (died 2007) * 1915Herma Bauma, Austrian javelin thrower and handball player (died 2003) * 1915 – W. Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991) * 1915 – Potter Stewart, American lawyer and judge (died 1985) * 1916David Douglas Duncan, American photographer and journalist (died 2018) * 1916 – Airey Neave, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 1979) * 1918Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999) * 1918Charlie Kerins, Executed Irish Republican (died 1944) * 1918 – Florence Rush, American social worker and theorist (died 2008) * 1919Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (died 2011) * 1919 – Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (died 2013) * 1919 – Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (died 1962) * 1919 – Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (died 1996) * 1920Gottfried Böhm, German architect (died 2021) * 1920 – Henry Eriksson, Swedish runner (died 2000) * 1920 – Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (died 2010) * 1922Leon Golub, American painter and academic (died 2004) * 1922 – Tom Lewis, Australian politician, 33rd
Premier of New South Wales The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster system, Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales actin ...
(died 2016) * 1923Horace Ashenfelter, American runner (died 2018) * 1923 – Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author (died 1996) * 1924Frank Lautenberg, American soldier, businessman, and politician (died 2013) * 1925Marty Paich, American pianist, composer, producer, and conductor (died 1995) * 1926Bal Thackeray, Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician (died 2012) * 1927Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (died 1994) * 1927 – Fred Williams, Australian painter (died 1982) * 1928Jeanne Moreau, French actress (died 2017) * 1929Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster (died 2008) * 1929 – Filaret Denysenko, Ukrainian religious leader, Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate * 1929 – Phillip Knightley, Australian journalist, author, and critic (died 2016) * 1929 – John Polanyi, German-Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate * 1930Tanya Savicheva, Russian child diarist (died 1944) * 1930Mervyn Rose, Australian tennis player (died 2017) * 1930 – Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017) * 1930 – Teresa Żylis-Gara, Polish operatic soprano (died 2021) * 1932George Allen, English footballer (died 2016) * 1932 – Larri Thomas, American actress and dancer (died 2013) * 1933Bill Hayden, Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia (died 2023) * 1933 – Chita Rivera, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2024) * 1934Lou Antonio, American actor and director * 1934 – Pierre Bourgault, Canadian journalist and politician (died 2003) * 1935Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (died 2016) * 1935 – Tom Reamy, American author (died 1977) * 1936Jerry Kramer, American football player and sportscaster * 1936 – Cécile Ousset, French pianist *
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 ...
Giant Baba, Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded All Japan Pro Wrestling (died 1999) * 1938 – Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor * 1939Ed Roberts, American activist (died 1995) * 1940Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic (died 2015) * 1940 – Joe Dowell, American singer (died 2016) * 1941Jock R. Anderson, Australian economist and academic * 1941 – João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (died 2014) * 1942Laurie Mayne, Australian cricketer *1942 – Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Mongolian politician, 1st President of Mongolia (died 2025) * 1942 – Herman Tjeenk Willink, Dutch judge and politician * 1943Gary Burton, American musician * 1943 – Gil Gerard, American actor * 1943 – Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (died 2010) * 1944Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer (died 2019) * 1945Mike Harris, Canadian politician, 22nd Premier of Ontario *
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 ...
Arnoldo Alemán, Nicaraguan lawyer and politician, President of Nicaragua * 1946 – Boris Berezovsky, Russian-English businessman and mathematician (died 2013) * 1946 – Marie Charlotte Fayanga, Central African politician and diplomat (died 2021) * 1947Tom Carper, American captain and politician, 71st Governor of Delaware * 1947 – Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian politician, President of Indonesia * 1948Anita Pointer, American singer-songwriter (died 2022) *
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...
Charlie Papazian, American nuclear engineer, brewer and author. * 1950Richard Dean Anderson, American actor, producer, and composer * 1950 – Guida Maria, Portuguese actress (died 2018) * 1950 – Suzanne Scotchmer, American economist and academic (died 2014) * 1950 – Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (died 2012) * 1951Chesley Sullenberger, American airline pilot and safety expert * 1952Omar Henry, South African cricketer * 1952 – Jaroslav Pouzar, Czech ice hockey player * 1953John Luther Adams, American composer * 1953 – Alister McGrath, Irish priest, historian, and theologian * 1953 – Antonio Villaraigosa, American politician, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles * 1953 – Robin Zander, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1954Trevor Hohns, Australian cricketer * 1957Caroline, Princess of Hanover * 1958Sergey Litvinov, Russian hammer thrower (died 2018) * 1959Clive Bull, English radio host * 1960Greg Ritchie, Australian cricketer * 1961Peter Mackenzie, American actor * 1961 – Yelena Sinchukova, Russian long jumper * 1962David Arnold, English composer * 1962 – Aivar Lillevere, Estonian footballer and coach * 1962 – Elvira Lindo, Spanish journalist and author * 1962 – Boris McGiver, American actor * 1963Gail O'Grady, American actress * 1964Jonatha Brooke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1964 – Mariska Hargitay, American actress and producer * 1964 – Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyanese economist and politician, 7th President of Guyana * 1965Louie Clemente, American drummer * 1966Damien Hardman, Australian surfer * 1966 – Haywoode Workman, American basketball player and referee * 1967Owen Cunningham, Australian rugby league player * 1968Taro Hakase, Japanese violinist and composer * 1968 – Petr Korda, Czech-Monégasque tennis player * 1969Andrei Kanchelskis, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager * 1969 – Brendan Shanahan, Canadian ice hockey player and actor * 1969 – Susen Tiedtke, German long jumper * 1970Richard Šmehlík, Czech ice hockey player * 1970 – Spyridon Vasdekis, Greek long jumper * 1971Kevin Mawae, American football player and coach * 1971 – Adam Parore, New Zealand cricketer and mountaineer * 1971 – Claire Rankin, Canadian actress * 1972Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor * 1973Tomas Holmström, Swedish ice hockey player * 1974Glen Chapple, English cricketer * 1974 – Rebekah Elmaloglou, Australian actress * 1974 – Richard T. Slone, English painter * 1974 –
Tiffani Thiessen Tiffani Amber Thiessen (born January 23, 1974) is an American actress. Her roles as List of Saved by the Bell characters#Kelly Kapowski, Kelly Kapowski on NBC's ''Saved by the Bell'' (1989–1993) and its Saved by the Bell#Spin-offs, spin-off me ...
, American actress * 1975Phil Dawson, American football player * 1975 – Tito Ortiz, American mixed martial artist *
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 ...
Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player and scout * 1976 – Anne Margrethe Hausken, Norwegian orienteering competitor * 1976 – Alex Shaffer, American skier *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
Scott Hannan, Canadian ice hockey player * 1979 – Larry Hughes, American basketball player * 1979 – Dawn O'Porter, Scottish-English fashion designer and journalist * 1979 – Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player and coach * 1979 – Maria Stepanova, Russian basketball player * 1981Rob Friend, Canadian soccer player * 1981 – Julia Jones, American actress * 1982Oceana Mahlmann, German singer and songwriter * 1982 – Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player * 1982 – Andrew Rock, American sprinter * 1983Irving Saladino, Panamanian long jumper * 1984Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer * 1985San E, South Korean rapper * 1985 – Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer * 1985 – Doutzen Kroes, Dutch model and actress * 1985 – Yevgeny Lukyanenko, Russian pole vaulter * 1985 – Aselefech Mergia, Ethiopian runner * 1985 – Jeff Samardzija, American baseball and football player * 1986Gelete Burka, Ethiopian runner * 1986 – Marc Laird, Scottish footballer * 1986 – José Enrique, Spanish footballer * 1986 – Steven Taylor, English footballer * 1986 – Sandro Viletta, Swiss skier * 1987Leo Komarov, Estonian-Finnish ice hockey player * 1990Alex Silva, Canadian wrestler * 1991Steve Birnbaum, American soccer player * 1992Reina Triendl, Japanese model and actress * 1994Addison Russell, American baseball player * 1996Keita Bates-Diop, American basketball player * 1996Ruben Loftus-Cheek, English footballer * 1998XXXTentacion, American rapper (died 2018) *
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 ...
Alban Lafont, French footballer * 2001Olga Danilović, Serbian tennis player * 2002Joško Gvardiol, Croatian footballer * 2002 – Nicola Zalewski, Polish footballer *
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
Julio Enciso, Paraguayan footballer


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 667Ildefonsus, bishop of Toledo * 989Adalbero, archbishop of
Reims Reims ( ; ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, and the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 12th most populous city in Fran ...
* 1002
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was the Holy Roman emperor and King of Italy from 996 until his death in 1002. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto III was the only son of Emperor Otto II and his wife Theophanu. Otto III was cro ...
(born 980) * 1199Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Moroccan caliph (born 1160) * 1252Isabella, Queen of Armenia * 1297Florent of Hainaut, Prince of Achaea (born c. 1255) * 1423Margaret of Bavaria, Burgundian regent (born 1363) * 1516
Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand II, also known as Ferdinand I, Ferdinand III, and Ferdinand V (10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), called Ferdinand the Catholic, was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516. As the husband and co-ruler of Queen Isabella I of ...
(born 1452) * 1548Bernardo Pisano, Italian priest, scholar, and composer (born 1490) * 1549Johannes Honter, Romanian-Hungarian cartographer and theologian (born 1498) * 1567
Jiajing Emperor The Jiajing Emperor (16September 150723January 1567), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizong of Ming, personal name Zhu Houcong, art name, art names Yaozhai, Leixuan, and Tianchi Diaosou, was the 12th List of emperors of the Ming ...
of China (born 1507) * 1570James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Scottish politician (born 1531)


1601–1900

* 1620John Croke, English politician and judge (born 1553) * 1622William Baffin, English explorer and navigator (born 1584) * 1650Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (born 1584) * 1744Giambattista Vico, Italian historian and philosopher (born 1668) * 1785Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician and academic (born 1717) * 1789Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (born 1724) * 1789 – John Cleland, English author (born 1709) * 1800Edward Rutledge, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina (born 1749) * 1803Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, founded Guinness (born 1725) * 1805Claude Chappe, French engineer (born 1763) * 1806William Pitt the Younger, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1759) * 1810Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (born 1776) * 1812Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (born 1764) * 1820Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (born 1767) * 1833Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (born 1757) * 1837John Field, Irish pianist and composer (born 1782) * 1866Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (born 1785) * 1875Charles Kingsley, English priest and author (born 1819) * 1883Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (born 1832) * 1893Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1825) * 1893 – William Price, Welsh physician, Chartist, and neo-Druid (born 1800) * 1893 – José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (born 1817)


1901–present

* 1921Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (born 1877) * 1922René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (born 1886) * 1922 – Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (born 1855) * 1923Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (born 1849) * 1931Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (born 1881) * 1937Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (born 1876) * 1939Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (born 1903) * 1943Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (born 1887) * 1944Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1863) * 1947Pierre Bonnard, French painter (born 1867) * 1956Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (born 1893) * 1963Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (born 1908) * 1966T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (born 1895) * 1971Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (born 1871) * 1973Alexander Onassis, American-Greek businessman (born 1948) * 1973 – Kid Ory, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1886) *
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 ...
Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (born 1898) * 1977Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (born 1903) * 1978Terry Kath, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1946) * 1978 – Jack Oakie, American actor (born 1903) * 1980Giovanni Michelotti, Italian engineer (born 1921) * 1981Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (born 1910) * 1983Fred Bakewell, English cricketer and coach (born 1908) * 1984Muin Bseiso, Palestinian-Egyptian poet and critic (born 1926) * 1985James Beard, American chef and cookbook author for whom the James Beard Foundation Awards are named (born 1905) * 1986Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and painter (born 1921) * 1988Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (born 1896) * 1989
Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (11 May 190423 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí ( ; ; ), was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, ...
, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1904) * 1989 – Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish race car driver (born 1961) * 1990Allen Collins, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1952) * 1991Northrop Frye, Canadian author and critic (born 1912) * 1992Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (born 1924) * 1993Keith Laumer, American soldier, author, and diplomat (born 1925) * 1994Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (born 1917) * 1994 – Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (born 1929) *
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 ...
Joe D'Amato, Italian director and cinematographer (born 1936) * 1999 – Jay Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded the Hyatt Corporation (born 1922) * 2002Paul Aars, American race car driver (born 1934) * 2002 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (born 1930) * 2002 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (born 1938) * 2003Nell Carter, American actress and singer (born 1948) *
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
Bob Keeshan, American television personality and producer (born 1927) * 2004 – Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (born 1920) * 2005Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, English lieutenant and politician (born 1921) * 2005 – Johnny Carson, American talk show host, television personality, and producer (born 1925) * 2007Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian sociologist and politician (born 1928) * 2007 – E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer (born 1918) * 2007 – Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist and author (born 1932) *
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 ...
Robert W. Scott, American farmer and politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (born 1929) * 2010Kermit Tyler, American colonel and pilot (born 1913) * 2010 – Earl Wild, American pianist and composer (born 1915) *
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 ...
Jack LaLanne, American fitness instructor, author, and television host (born 1914) * 2012Wesley E. Brown, American lawyer and jurist (born 1907) * 2012 – Maurice Meisner, American historian, author, and academic (born 1931) * 2012 – Bingham Ray, American businessman, co-founded October Films (born 1954) * 2013
Józef Glemp Józef Glemp (18 December 192923 January 2013) was a Polish Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was List of bishops and archbishops of Warsaw, Archbishop of Warsaw from 1981 to 2006, and was elevated to the cardinalate ...
, Polish cardinal (born 1929) * 2013 – Peter van der Merwe, South African cricketer and referee (born 1937) * 2013 – Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet, French bishop (born 1922) * 2014Yuri Izrael, Russian meteorologist and journalist (born 1930) * 2014 – Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (born 1926) * 2015Ernie Banks, American baseball player and coach (born 1931) * 2015 – Prosper Ego, Dutch activist, founded the Oud-Strijders Legioen (born 1927) * 2015 – Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (born 1924) * 2016Jimmy Bain, Scottish bassist (born 1947) * 2016 – Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach (born 1921) * 2017Bobby Freeman, American singer, songwriter and record producer (born 1940) * 2017 – Gorden Kaye, English actor (born 1941) * 2018Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, composer and singer (born 1939) * 2018 – Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet (born 1914) * 2018 – Wyatt Tee Walker, American civil rights activist and pastor (born 1928) * 2019Aloysius Pang, Singaporean actor (born 1990) * 2019 – Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean Afro Jazz musician (born 1952) * 2021Hal Holbrook, American actor and director (born 1925) * 2021 – Larry King, American journalist and talk show host (born 1933) * 2021 – Song Yoo-jung, South Korean actress and model (born 1994) * 2024Charles Osgood, American radio and television commentator, writer and musician (born 1933) * 2024Melanie Safka, American Emmy winning singer-songwriter (born 1947)


Holidays and observances

* Bounty Day ( Pitcairn Islands) *Christian feast day: ** Abakuh ** Marianne of Molokai ** Emerentiana ** Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary ** Ildefonsus of Toledo ** Phillips Brooks ( Episcopal Church (USA)) ** January 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti ( Assam, Orissa, Tripura, and West Bengal, India) * World Freedom Day (
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
and South Korea)


References


External links


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