Events
Pre-1600
*
1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the
siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
*
1167 – The Byzantines defeat the Hungarian army
decisively at Sirmium, forcing the Hungarians to sue for peace.
*
1283 –
Roger of Lauria
Roger of Lauria (''c''. 1245 – 17 January 1305), was a Calabrian knight who served the Crown of Aragon as admiral of the Aragonese navy during the War of the Sicilian Vespers. He was probably the most successful and talented naval tacticia ...
, commanding the
Aragonese fleet,
defeats an
Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on
Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
.
*
1497 –
Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
*
1579 –
Our Lady of Kazan, a holy
icon of the
Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of
Kazan,
Tatarstan.
1601–1900
*
1663 –
Charles II of England grants
John Clarke a
Royal charter to
Rhode Island
Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...
.
*
1709 –
Peter I of Russia defeats
Charles XII of Sweden at the
Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
*
1716 – The
Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
*
1730 – An estimated
magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a
tsunami
A tsunami ( ; from , ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and underwater explosions (including detonations, ...
that damages more than of Chile's coastline.
*
1741 – Reverend
Jonathan Edwards preaches to his congregation in
Enfield, Connecticut his most famous sermon, "
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"; an influence for the
First Great Awakening.
*
1758 – French forces hold
Fort Carillon against the
British at
Ticonderoga, New York.
*
1760 – British forces defeat French forces in the
last naval battle in
New France
New France (, ) was the territory colonized by Kingdom of France, France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Kingdom of Great Br ...
.
*
1775 – The
Olive Branch Petition is signed by the
Continental Congress of the
Thirteen Colonies of North America.
*
1776 – Church bells (possibly including the
Liberty Bell) are rung after
John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the
Declaration of Independence of the United States.
*
1808 – Promulgation of the
Bayonne Statute, a royal charter
Joseph Bonaparte intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
*
1822 –
Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
to the United Kingdom.
*
1853 – The
Perry Expedition arrives in
Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
*
1859 – King
Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of
Sweden–Norway.
*
1864 –
Ikedaya Incident: The
Choshu Han shishi's planned
Shinsengumi sabotage on
Kyoto
Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...
, Japan at Ikedaya.
*
1874 – The
Mounties begin their
March West.
*
1876 – The
Hamburg massacre prior to the
1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
*
1879 – Sailing ship departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
*
1889 – The first issue of ''
The Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...
'' is published.
*
1892 –
St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the
Great Fire of 1892.
*
1898 – The death of crime boss
Soapy Smith, killed in the
Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases
Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
1901–present
*
1912 –
Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads
an unsuccessful royalist attack against the
First Portuguese Republic in
Chaves.
*
1932 – The
Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and ...
, closing at 41.22.
*
1933 – The first
rugby union test match between the
Wallabies of Australia and the
Springboks of South Africa is played at
Newlands Stadium in
Cape Town
Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...
.
*
1937 – Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan sign the
Treaty of Saadabad.
*
1947 – Reports are broadcast that a
UFO crash-landed in
Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the
Roswell UFO incident.
*
1948 – The
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...
accepts its first female recruits into a program called the
Women's Air Force (WAF).
*
1960 –
Francis Gary Powers is charged with
espionage
Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering, as a subfield of the intelligence field, is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information ( intelligence). A person who commits espionage on a mission-specific contract is called an ...
resulting from his flight over the
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
.
*
1962 –
Ne Win besieges and blows up the
Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the
Student Movement.
*
1965 –
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 is destroyed by a bomb near
100 Mile House, Canada, killing 52.
*
1966 –
King
King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...
Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince
Charles Ndizi.
*
1968 – The
Chrysler wildcat strike begins in
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...
.
*
1970 –
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...
delivers a special congressional message enunciating
Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
*
1972 – Israeli
Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer
Ghassan Kanafani.
*
1980 – The inaugural
1980 State of Origin game is won by
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
who defeat
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
20–10 at
Lang Park.
* 1980 –
Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near
Almaty International Airport in the then
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
) killing all 166 people on board.
*
1982 – A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the
Dujail Massacre over the next several months.
*
1988 – The
Island Express train travelling from
Bangalore
Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...
to
Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into
Ashtamudi Lake,
Kerala
Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
in
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
*
1994 –
Kim Jong Il begins to assume
supreme leadership of
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...
upon the
death
Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose sh ...
of his father,
Kim Il Sung.
*1994 –
Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' is launched on
an international science mission.
*
2003 –
Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near
Port Sudan Airport during an
emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.
*
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 ...
–
Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' is launched in the
final mission of the U.S.
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. ...
program.
*
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
–
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
launches an
offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the
kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.
*2014 – The worst historical defeat of
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
against the
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
with a result of 1-7 in the semi-finals of the
2014 FIFA World Cup that has been dubbed the
Mineirazo.
Births
Pre-1600
*
1478 –
Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian linguist, poet, and playwright (died 1550)
*
1528 –
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (died 1580)
*
1538 –
Alberto Bolognetti, Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1585)
*
1545 –
Carlos, Prince of Asturias (died 1568)
*
1593 –
Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (died 1653)
1601–1900
*
1621 –
Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine (, ; ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French Fable, fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''La Fontaine's Fables, Fables'', which provided a model for subs ...
, French author and poet (died 1695)
*
1760 –
Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic (died 1826)
*
1766 –
Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (died 1842)
*
1779 –
Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect (died 1851)
*
1819 –
Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer (died 1907)
*
1830 –
Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th
United States Assistant Secretary of State (died 1915)
*
1831 –
John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a cola soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8 billion company beverage servings ...
(died 1888)
*
1836 –
Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician,
Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1914)
*
1838 –
Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded
Eli Lilly and Company (died 1898)
* 1838 –
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the
Zeppelin Airship Company (died 1917)
*
1839 –
John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the
Standard Oil Company (died 1937)
*
1851 –
Arthur Evans, English archaeologist and academic (died 1941)
* 1851 –
John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd
Premier of Victoria (died 1916)
*
1857 –
Alfred Binet, French psychologist and graphologist (died 1911)
*
1867 –
Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (died 1945)
*
1876 –
Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician,
Prime Minister of Greece (died 1936)
*
1882 –
Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (died 1961)
*
1885 –
Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic (died 1977)
* 1885 –
Hugo Boss
Hugo Boss AG (stylized in all caps) is a designer fashion company headquartered in Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company sells clothing, Fashion accessory, accessories, footwear, and Leather, leather goods. Hugo Boss is one of the ...
, German fashion designer, founded
Hugo Boss
Hugo Boss AG (stylized in all caps) is a designer fashion company headquartered in Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company sells clothing, Fashion accessory, accessories, footwear, and Leather, leather goods. Hugo Boss is one of the ...
(died 1948)
*
1890 –
Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter (died 1973)
*
1892 –
Richard Aldington, English author and poet (died 1962)
* 1892 –
Pavel Korin, Russian painter (died 1967)
*
1893 –
R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author (died 1968)
*
1894 –
Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize
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 1984)
*
1895 –
Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic,
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 1971)
*
1898 –
Melville Ruick, American actor (died 1972)
*
1900 –
George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (died 1959)
1901–present
*
1904 –
Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (died 2008)
*
1905 –
Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director (died 1997)
*
1906 –
Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the
IDS Center and
PPG Place (died 2005)
*
1907 –
George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd
Governor of Michigan (died 1995)
*
1908 –
Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (died 1975)
* 1908 –
Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st
Vice President of the United States (died 1979)
* 1908 –
V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao, Indian economist, politician, professor and educator (died 1991)
*
1909 –
Alan Brown, English soldier (died 1971)
* 1909 –
Ike Petersen, American football player (died 1995)
*
1910 –
Carlos Betances Ramírez, Puerto Rican general (died 2001)
*
1911 –
Ken Farnes, English cricketer (died 1941)
*
1913 –
Alejandra Soler, Spanish politician (died 2017)
*
1914 –
Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th
Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 2010)
* 1914 –
Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player (died 1993)
*
1915 –
Neil D. Van Sickle, American Air Force major general (died 2019)
* 1915 –
Lowell English, United States Marine Corps general (died 2005)
*
1916 –
Jean Rouverol, American author, actress and screenwriter (died 2017)
*
1917 –
Pamela Brown, English actress (died 1975)
* 1917 –
Faye Emerson, American actress (died 1983)
* 1917 –
J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (died 1999)
*
1918 –
Paul B. Fay, American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th
United States Secretary of the Navy (died 2009)
* 1918 –
Irwin Hasen, American illustrator (died 2015)
* 1918 –
Oluf Reed-Olsen, Norwegian resistance member and pilot (died 2002)
* 1918 –
Julia Pirie, British spy working for MI5 (died 2008)
* 1918 –
Edward B. Giller, American Major General (died 2017)
* 1918 –
Craig Stevens, American actor (died 2000)
*
1919 –
Walter Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th
President of West Germany (died 2016)
*
1920 –
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (died 1995)
*
1921 –
John Money, New Zealand psychologist and sexologist, known for his research on
gender identity, and responsible for controversial involuntary
sex reassignment of
David Reimer (died 2006)
*
1923 –
Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler (died 2019)
* 1923 –
Val Bettin, American actor (died 2021)
*
1924 –
Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (died 2005)
* 1924 –
Charles C. Droz, American politician
*
1925 –
Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (died 2014)
* 1925 –
Arthur Imperatore Sr., Italian-American businessman (died 2020)
* 1925 –
Bill Mackrides, American football quarterback (died 2019)
* 1925 –
Dominique Nohain, French actor, screenwriter and director (died 2017)
*
1926 –
David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (died 2014)
* 1926 –
John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician (died 2019)
* 1926 –
Martin Riesen, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender (died 2003)
* 1926 –
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (died 2004)
*
1927 –
Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician (died 2017)
* 1927 –
Khensur Lungri Namgyel, Tibetan religious leader
* 1927 –
Bob Beckham, American country singer (died 2013)
*
1928 –
Balakh Sher Mazari, former prime minister of Pakistan (died 2022)
*
1930 –
Jerry Vale, American singer (died 2014)
*
1933 –
Antonio Lamer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th
Chief Justice of Canada (died 2007)
*
1934 –
Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (died 2012)
* 1934 –
Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter (died 1982)
* 1934 –
Edward D. DiPrete, American politician
*
1935 –
John David Crow, American football player and coach (died 2015)
* 1935 –
Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer (died 2024)
* 1935 –
Vitaly Sevastyanov, Russian engineer and cosmonaut (died 2010)
*
1938
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 ...
–
Diane Clare, English actress (died 2013)
*
1939 –
Ed Lumley, Canadian businessman and politician, 8th
Canadian Minister of Communications (died 2025)
*
1940 –
Joe B. Mauldin, American bass player and songwriter (died 2015)
*
1941 –
Dario Gradi, Italian-English footballer, coach, and manager
*
1942 –
Phil Gramm
William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of United States Congress, Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, Gr ...
, American economist and politician
*
1944 –
Jaimoe, American drummer
* 1944 –
Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer
*
1945 –
Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st
President of the Swiss Confederation
*
1947 –
Kim Darby, American actress
* 1947 –
Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (died 2016)
* 1947 –
Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian religious leader, founded the
Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
*
1948 –
Raffi, Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter
* 1948 –
Ruby Sales, American civil-rights activist
*
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 ...
–
Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur
* 1949 –
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (died 2009)
*
1951 –
Alan Ashby, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
* 1951 –
Anjelica Huston, American actress and director
*
1952 –
Larry Garner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1952 –
Jack Lambert, American football player and sportscaster
* 1952 –
Marianne Williamson, American author and activist
*
1956 –
Terry Puhl, Canadian baseball player and coach
*
1957 –
Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter
* 1957 –
Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian journalist and author
*
1958 –
Kevin Bacon, American actor and musician
* 1958 –
Andreas Carlgren, Swedish educator and politician, 8th
Swedish Minister for the Environment
* 1958 –
Tzipi Livni
Tziporah Malka "Tzipi" Livni (, ; born 8 July 1958) is an Israeli politician, diplomat and lawyer.
A former member of the Knesset and leader in the center-left political camp, Livni is a former Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel), foreign mini ...
, Israeli lawyer and politician, 18th
Justice Minister of Israel
*
1959 –
Pauline Quirke, English actress
*
1960 –
Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league player and coach
*
1961 –
Ces Drilon, Filipino journalist
* 1961 –
Andrew Fletcher, English keyboard player (died 2022)
* 1961 –
Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2024)
* 1961 –
Karl Seglem, Norwegian saxophonist and record producer
*
1962 –
Joan Osborne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
1963 –
Mark Christopher, American director and screenwriter
*
1964 –
Alexei Gusarov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
*
1965 –
Dan Levinson, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader
*
1966 –
Ralf Altmeyer, German-Chinese virologist and academic
* 1966 –
Shadlog Bernicke, Nauruan politician
* 1966 –
Michael Hite, American politician
*
1967 –
Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
* 1967 –
Charlie Cardona, Colombian singer
*
1968 –
Billy Crudup, American actor
* 1968 –
Shane Howarth, New Zealand rugby player and coach
*
1969 –
Sugizo, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
*
1970 –
Beck
Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970), known mononymously as Beck, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi mus ...
, American singer-songwriter and producer
* 1970 –
Mark Butler, Australian politician
* 1970 –
Sylvain Gaudreault, Canadian educator and politician
* 1970 –
Todd Martin, American tennis player and coach
*
1971 –
Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player and coach
*
1972 –
Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1972 –
Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer
* 1972 –
Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor
*
1973 –
Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress and writer
*
1974 –
Hu Liang, Chinese field hockey player
*
1976
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 ...
–
Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer
* 1976 –
Ellen MacArthur, English sailor
*
1977 –
Christian Abbiati, Italian footballer
* 1977 –
Paolo Tiralongo, Italian cyclist
* 1977 –
Milo Ventimiglia, American actor, director, and producer
* 1977 –
Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
* 1978 –
Urmas Rooba, Estonian footballer
*
1979
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 ...
–
Mat McBriar, American football player
* 1979 –
Ben Jelen, Scottish-American singer-songwriter
*
1980 –
Eric Chouinard, American-Canadian ice hockey player
* 1980 –
Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
*
1981 –
Wolfram Müller, German runner
* 1981 –
Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
*
1982 –
Shonette Azore-Bruce, Barbadian netball player
* 1982 –
Sophia Bush, American actress and director
* 1982 –
Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
*
1983 –
John Bowker, American baseball player
* 1983 –
Rich Peverley, Canadian ice hockey player
*
1986 –
Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
*
1987 –
Josh Harrison, American baseball player
*
1988 –
Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (died 2012)
* 1988 –
Jesse Sergent, New Zealand cyclist
*
1989 –
Yarden Gerbi, Israeli Judo champion
* 1989 –
Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer (died 2012)
*
1990 –
Kevin Trapp, German footballer
*
1991 –
Virgil van Dijk, Dutch footballer
*
1992 –
Ariel Camacho, Mexican singer-songwriter (died 2015)
* 1992 –
Son Heung-min, Korean footballer
*
1993 –
David Corenswet, American actor
*
1996 –
Marlon Humphrey, American football player
*
1997 –
Bryce Love, American football player
*
1998 –
Maya Hawke, American actress
* 1998 –
Jaden Smith, American actor and rapper
*
1999
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 ...
–
İpek Öz, Turkish tennis player
Deaths
Pre-1600
*
689 –
Kilian, Irish
bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...
*
810 –
Pepin of Italy, son of
Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was List of Frankish kings, King of the Franks from 768, List of kings of the Lombards, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian ...
(born 773)
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873 –
Gunther, archbishop of
Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
*
900 –
Qatr al-Nada, wife of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tadid
*
901 –
Grimbald, French-English monk and saint (born 827)
*
975 –
Edgar the Peaceful, English king (born 943)
*
1153 –
Pope Eugene III (born 1087)
*
1253 –
Theobald I of Navarre (born 1201)
*
1261 –
Adolf IV of Holstein, Count of Schauenburg
*
1390 –
Albert of Saxony,
Bishop of Halberstadt and German
philosopher
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
(born circa 1320)
*
1538 –
Diego de Almagro, Spanish general and explorer (born 1475)
1601–1900
*
1623 –
Pope Gregory XV (born 1554)
*
1689 –
Edward Wooster, English-American settler (born 1622)
*
1695 –
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens, Halen, Lord of Zeelhem, ( , ; ; also spelled Huyghens; ; 14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution ...
, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (born 1629)
*
1716 –
Robert South, English preacher and theologian (born 1634)
*
1721 –
Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (born 1649)
*
1784 –
Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (born 1735)
*
1794 –
Richard Mique, French architect (born 1728)
*
1820 –
Octavia Taylor, daughter of
Zachary Taylor (born 1816)
*
1823 –
Henry Raeburn, Scottish portrait painter (born 1756)
*
1822 –
Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (born 1792)
*
1850 –
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (born 1774)
*
1859 –
Oscar I of Sweden (born 1799)
*
1873 –
Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (born 1805)
*
1887 –
Ben Holladay, American businessman (born 1819)
*
1895 –
Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (born 1821)
1901–present
*
1905 –
Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (born 1834)
*
1913 –
Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (born 1880)
*
1917 –
Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (born 1877)
*
1921 –
Ellen Oliver (suffragette), British suffragette and purity activist (born 1870)
*
1930 –
Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th
Prime Minister of New Zealand
The prime minister of New Zealand () is the head of government of New Zealand. The prime minister, Christopher Luxon, leader of the New Zealand National Party, took office on 27 November 2023.
The prime minister (informally abbreviated to P ...
(born 1856)
*
1933 –
Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (born 1863)
*
1934 –
Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (born 1848)
*
1939 –
Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (born 1859)
*
1941 –
Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (born 1874)
*
1942 –
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (born 1856)
* 1942 –
Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th
Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1881)
*
1943 –
Jean Moulin, French soldier (born 1899)
*
1950 –
Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (born 1878)
*
1952 –
August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (born 1890)
*
1956 –
Giovanni Papini
Giovanni Papini (9 January 18818 July 1956) was an Italian journalist, essayist, novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, and Italian philosophy, philosopher. A controversial literary figure of the early and mid-twentieth century, he ...
, Italian journalist, author, and critic (born 1881)
*
1965 –
Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (born 1881)
*
1967 –
Vivien Leigh, British actress (born 1913)
*
1968 –
Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (born 1882)
*
1971 –
Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (born 1893)
*
1972 –
Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian writer and politician (born 1936)
*
1973 –
Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (born 1924)
* 1973 –
Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th
Education Minister of Israel (born 1884)
* 1973 –
Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (born 1877)
*
1979
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 ...
–
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize
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laureate (born 1906)
* 1979 –
Michael Wilding, English actor (born 1912)
* 1979 –
Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic,
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 (born 1917)
* 1981 –
Joe McDonnell (hunger striker), Irish Republican Army member (born 1951)
*
1981 –
Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (born 1902)
*
1985 –
Phil Foster, American actor and screenwriter (born 1913)
* 1985 –
Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1909)
*
1986 –
Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (born 1909)
*
1987 –
Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th
Canadian Minister of Justice (born 1903)
* 1987 –
Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and author (born 1896)
*
1988 –
Ray Barbuti, American runner and football player (born 1905)
*
1990 –
Howard Duff, American actor (born 1913)
*
1991 –
James Franciscus, American actor (born 1934)
*
1993 –
Abul Hasan Jashori, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and freedom fighter (born 1918)
*
1994 –
Christian-Jaque, French director and screenwriter (born 1904)
* 1994 –
Kim Il Sung, North Korean commander and politician,
President of North Korea (born 1912)
* 1994 –
Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (born 1927)
* 1994 –
Dick Sargent, American actor (born 1930)
*
1996 –
Irene Prador, Austrian-born actress and writer (born 1911)
*
1998 –
Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (born 1905)
*
1999
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 ...
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Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930)
*
2001 –
John O'Shea, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1920)
*
2002 –
Ward Kimball, American animator and trombonist (born 1914)
*
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 ...
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Paula Danziger, American author and educator (born 1944)
*
2005 –
Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (born 1911)
*
2006 –
June Allyson, American actress and singer (born 1917)
*
2007 –
Chandra Shekhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th
Prime Minister of India (born 1927)
* 2007 –
Jack B. Sowards, American screenwriter and producer (born 1929)
*
2008 –
John Templeton, American-born British businessman and philanthropist (born 1912)
*
2009
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 ...
–
Midnight, American singer-songwriter (born 1962)
*
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 ...
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Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (born 1924)
* 2011 –
Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (born 1918)
*
2012 –
Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi Arabian politician (born 1934)
* 2012 –
Ernest Borgnine, American actor (born 1917)
* 2012 –
Gyang Dalyop Datong, Nigerian physician and politician (born 1959)
* 2012 –
Martin Pakledinaz, American costume designer (born 1953)
*
2013 –
Dick Gray, American baseball player (born 1931)
* 2013 –
Edmund Morgan, American historian and author (born 1916)
* 2013 –
Claudiney Ramos, Brazilian footballer (born 1980)
* 2013 –
Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (born 1913)
* 2013 –
Sundri Uttamchandani, Indian author (born 1924)
* 2013 –
Brett Walker, American songwriter and producer (born 1961)
*
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
–
Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1930)
* 2014 –
John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th
Governor of Idaho (born 1925)
* 2014 –
Ben Pangelinan, Guamanian businessman and politician (born 1956)
* 2014 –
Howard Siler, American bobsledder and coach (born 1945)
* 2014 –
Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (born 1953)
*
2015 –
Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (born 1945)
* 2015 –
James Tate, American poet (born 1943)
*
2016 –
Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist (born 1928)
*
2018 –
Tab Hunter, American actor, pop singer, film producer and author (born 1931)
*
2020 –
Naya Rivera, American actress, model and singer (born 1987)
* 2020 –
Alex Pullin, Australian snowboarder (born 1987)
*
2022 –
Shinzo Abe, Japanese politician (born 1954)
* 2022 –
Larry Storch, American actor and comedian (born 1923)
* 2022 –
Luis Echeverría, Mexican lawyer and politician (born 1922)
* 2022 –
Tony Sirico, American actor (born 1942)
Holidays and observances
* Christian
Feast Day:
**
Abda and Sabas
**
Auspicius of Trier
**
Grimbald
**
Kilian and
Totnan
**
Saints Peter and Fevronia Day (
Russian Orthodox
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; ;), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (), is an autocephaly, autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The Primate (bishop), p ...
)
**
Procopius of Scythopolis
**
Sunniva and companions
**
Theobald of Marly
**
July 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*
Air Force and Air Defense Forces Day (
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
)
References
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