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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 ...
. * 1497Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India. * 1579Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.


1601–1900

* 1663Charles 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 ...
. * 1709Peter 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. * 1822Chippewas 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. * 1864Ikedaya 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. * 1892St. 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

* 1912Henrique 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). * 1960Francis 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 ...
. * 1962Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement. * 1965Canadian 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. * 1994Kim 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. * 2003Sudan 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

* 1478Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian linguist, poet, and playwright (died 1550) * 1528Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (died 1580) * 1538Alberto Bolognetti, Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1585) * 1545Carlos, Prince of Asturias (died 1568) * 1593Artemisia 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) * 1760Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic (died 1826) * 1766Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (died 1842) * 1779Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect (died 1851) * 1819Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer (died 1907) * 1830Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State (died 1915) * 1831John 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) * 1836Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1914) * 1838Eli 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) * 1839John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company (died 1937) * 1851Arthur Evans, English archaeologist and academic (died 1941) * 1851 – John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (died 1916) * 1857Alfred Binet, French psychologist and graphologist (died 1911) * 1867Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (died 1945) * 1876Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1936) * 1882Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (died 1961) * 1885Ernst 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) * 1890Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter (died 1973) * 1892Richard Aldington, English author and poet (died 1962) * 1892 – Pavel Korin, Russian painter (died 1967) * 1893R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author (died 1968) * 1894Pyotr 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) * 1895Igor 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) * 1898Melville Ruick, American actor (died 1972) * 1900George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (died 1959)


1901–present

* 1904Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (died 2008) * 1905Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director (died 1997) * 1906Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place (died 2005) * 1907George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (died 1995) * 1908Louis 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) * 1909Alan Brown, English soldier (died 1971) * 1909 – Ike Petersen, American football player (died 1995) * 1910Carlos Betances Ramírez, Puerto Rican general (died 2001) * 1911Ken Farnes, English cricketer (died 1941) * 1913Alejandra Soler, Spanish politician (died 2017) * 1914Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 2010) * 1914 – Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player (died 1993) * 1915Neil D. Van Sickle, American Air Force major general (died 2019) * 1915 – Lowell English, United States Marine Corps general (died 2005) * 1916Jean Rouverol, American author, actress and screenwriter (died 2017) * 1917Pamela Brown, English actress (died 1975) * 1917 – Faye Emerson, American actress (died 1983) * 1917 – J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (died 1999) * 1918Paul 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) * 1919Walter Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th President of West Germany (died 2016) * 1920Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (died 1995) * 1921John 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) * 1923Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler (died 2019) * 1923 – Val Bettin, American actor (died 2021) * 1924Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (died 2005) * 1924 – Charles C. Droz, American politician * 1925Marco 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) * 1926David 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) * 1927Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician (died 2017) * 1927 – Khensur Lungri Namgyel, Tibetan religious leader * 1927 – Bob Beckham, American country singer (died 2013) * 1928Balakh Sher Mazari, former prime minister of Pakistan (died 2022) * 1930Jerry Vale, American singer (died 2014) * 1933Antonio Lamer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Chief Justice of Canada (died 2007) * 1934Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (died 2012) * 1934 – Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter (died 1982) * 1934 – Edward D. DiPrete, American politician * 1935John 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) * 1939Ed Lumley, Canadian businessman and politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Communications (died 2025) * 1940Joe B. Mauldin, American bass player and songwriter (died 2015) * 1941Dario 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 * 1944Jaimoe, American drummer * 1944 – Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer * 1945Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st President of the Swiss Confederation * 1947Kim Darby, American actress * 1947 – Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (died 2016) * 1947 – Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian religious leader, founded the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae * 1948Raffi, 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) * 1951Alan Ashby, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster * 1951 – Anjelica Huston, American actress and director * 1952Larry Garner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1952 – Jack Lambert, American football player and sportscaster * 1952 – Marianne Williamson, American author and activist * 1956Terry Puhl, Canadian baseball player and coach * 1957Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter * 1957 – Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian journalist and author * 1958Kevin 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 * 1959Pauline Quirke, English actress * 1960Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league player and coach * 1961Ces 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 * 1962Joan Osborne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1963Mark Christopher, American director and screenwriter * 1964Alexei Gusarov, Russian ice hockey player and manager * 1965Dan Levinson, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader * 1966Ralf Altmeyer, German-Chinese virologist and academic * 1966 – Shadlog Bernicke, Nauruan politician * 1966 – Michael Hite, American politician * 1967Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer * 1967 – Charlie Cardona, Colombian singer * 1968Billy Crudup, American actor * 1968 – Shane Howarth, New Zealand rugby player and coach * 1969Sugizo, 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 * 1971Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player and coach * 1972Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player * 1972 – Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer * 1972 – Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor * 1973Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress and writer * 1974Hu 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 * 1977Christian 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 * 1980Eric Chouinard, American-Canadian ice hockey player * 1980 – Robbie Keane, Irish footballer * 1981Wolfram Müller, German runner * 1981 – Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player * 1982Shonette Azore-Bruce, Barbadian netball player * 1982 – Sophia Bush, American actress and director * 1982 – Hakim Warrick, American basketball player * 1983John Bowker, American baseball player * 1983 – Rich Peverley, Canadian ice hockey player * 1986Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer * 1987Josh Harrison, American baseball player * 1988Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (died 2012) * 1988 – Jesse Sergent, New Zealand cyclist * 1989Yarden Gerbi, Israeli Judo champion * 1989 – Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer (died 2012) * 1990Kevin Trapp, German footballer * 1991Virgil van Dijk, Dutch footballer * 1992Ariel Camacho, Mexican singer-songwriter (died 2015) * 1992 – Son Heung-min, Korean footballer * 1993David Corenswet, American actor * 1996Marlon Humphrey, American football player * 1997Bryce Love, American football player * 1998Maya 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

* 689Kilian, 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 ...
* 810Pepin 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) * 873Gunther, 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 ...
* 900Qatr al-Nada, wife of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tadid * 901Grimbald, French-English monk and saint (born 827) * 975Edgar the Peaceful, English king (born 943) * 1153Pope Eugene III (born 1087) * 1253Theobald I of Navarre (born 1201) * 1261Adolf IV of Holstein, Count of Schauenburg * 1390Albert 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) * 1538Diego de Almagro, Spanish general and explorer (born 1475)


1601–1900

* 1623Pope Gregory XV (born 1554) * 1689Edward 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) * 1716Robert South, English preacher and theologian (born 1634) * 1721Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (born 1649) * 1784Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (born 1735) * 1794Richard Mique, French architect (born 1728) * 1820Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (born 1816) * 1823Henry Raeburn, Scottish portrait painter (born 1756) * 1822Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (born 1792) * 1850Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (born 1774) * 1859Oscar I of Sweden (born 1799) * 1873Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (born 1805) * 1887Ben Holladay, American businessman (born 1819) * 1895Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (born 1821)


1901–present

* 1905Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (born 1834) * 1913Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (born 1880) * 1917Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (born 1877) * 1921Ellen Oliver (suffragette), British suffragette and purity activist (born 1870) * 1930Joseph 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) * 1933Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (born 1863) * 1934Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (born 1848) * 1939Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (born 1859) * 1941Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (born 1874) * 1942Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (born 1856) * 1942 – Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1881) * 1943Jean Moulin, French soldier (born 1899) * 1950Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (born 1878) * 1952August 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) * 1965Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (born 1881) * 1967Vivien Leigh, British actress (born 1913) * 1968Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (born 1882) * 1971Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (born 1893) * 1972Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian writer and politician (born 1936) * 1973Gene 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 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 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) * 1981Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (born 1902) * 1985Phil Foster, American actor and screenwriter (born 1913) * 1985 – Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1909) * 1986Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (born 1909) * 1987Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (born 1903) * 1987 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and author (born 1896) * 1988Ray Barbuti, American runner and football player (born 1905) * 1990Howard Duff, American actor (born 1913) * 1991James Franciscus, American actor (born 1934) * 1993Abul Hasan Jashori, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and freedom fighter (born 1918) * 1994Christian-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) * 1996Irene Prador, Austrian-born actress and writer (born 1911) * 1998Lilí 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 ...
Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930) * 2001John O'Shea, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1920) * 2002Ward 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 ...
Paula Danziger, American author and educator (born 1944) * 2005Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (born 1911) * 2006June Allyson, American actress and singer (born 1917) * 2007Chandra Shekhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (born 1927) * 2007 – Jack B. Sowards, American screenwriter and producer (born 1929) * 2008John 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 ...
Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (born 1924) * 2011 – Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (born 1918) * 2012Muhammed 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) * 2013Dick 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) * 2015Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (born 1945) * 2015 – James Tate, American poet (born 1943) * 2016Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist (born 1928) * 2018Tab Hunter, American actor, pop singer, film producer and author (born 1931) * 2020Naya Rivera, American actress, model and singer (born 1987) * 2020 – Alex Pullin, Australian snowboarder (born 1987) * 2022Shinzo 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 ...
)


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