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Pre-1600

* 671Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock ( clepsydra) called ''Rokoku''. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of ÅŒtsu. * 1190
Third Crusade The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187. F ...
: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to
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 ...
. * 1225Pope Honorius III issues the bull Vineae Domini custodes in which he approves the mission of Dominican friars to Morocco. * 1329 – The Battle of Pelekanon is the last attempt of the
Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived History of the Roman Empire, the events that caused the ...
to retain its cities in
Asia Minor Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...
. * 1358Battle of Mello: The peasant forces of the Jacquerie are crushed by the army of the French nobility. * 1523
Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city will not recognise him as the successor of
Christian II of Denmark A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words '' Christ'' and ''C ...
. * 1539
Council of Trent The Council of Trent (), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent (or Trento), now in northern Italy, was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation at the time, it has been described as the "most ...
:
Pope Paul III Pope Paul III (; ; born Alessandro Farnese; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death, in November 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era follo ...
sends out letters to his
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 ...
s, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to
Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...
. * 1596Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk discover Bear Island.


1601–1900

* 1619
Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...
: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt. * 1624 – Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands. *
1692 Events January–March * January 24 – At least 75 residents of what is now York, Maine are killed in the Raid on York (1692), Candlemas Massacre, carried out by French soldiers led by missionary Louis-Pierre Thury, along with a ...
Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near
Salem, Massachusetts Salem ( ) is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located on the North Shore (Massachusetts), North Shore of Greater Boston. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 with English colonists. Salem was one ...
, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries". * 1719
Jacobite risings Jacobitism was a political ideology advocating the restoration of the senior line of the House of Stuart to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British throne. When James II of England chose exile after the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, ...
: Battle of Glen Shiel. * 1782 – King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day
Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
) is crowned. * 1786 – A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the
Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...
province of China. *
1793 The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I. Events January–June * January 7 – The Ebel riot occurs in Sweden. * January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to ...
– The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo. * 1793 – French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the
Jacobins The Society of the Friends of the Constitution (), renamed the Society of the Jacobins, Friends of Freedom and Equality () after 1792 and commonly known as the Jacobin Club () or simply the Jacobins (; ), was the most influential List of polit ...
gain control of the
Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety () was a committee of the National Convention which formed the provisional government and war cabinet during the Reign of Terror, a violent phase of the French Revolution. Supplementing the Committee of General D ...
installing the '' revolutionary dictatorship''. * 1805First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States. * 1829 – The first Boat Race between the
University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...
and the
University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...
takes place on the
Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after th ...
in
London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
. * 1838Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight
Aboriginal Australians Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands. Humans first migrated to Australia (co ...
are murdered. * 1854 – The
United States Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a United States Service academies, federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as United States Secre ...
graduates its first class of students. * 1861
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
. * 1863 – During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops. * 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in
Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
. * 1868Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated. * 1871Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea. * 1878League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the
Balkans The Balkans ( , ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throug ...
were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of
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,
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,
Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
, and Greece. *
1886 Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British rule in Burma, British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5–January 9, 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson ...
Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, long fissure across the mountain peak. * 1898
Spanish–American War The Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was fought between Restoration (Spain), Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine (1889), USS ''Maine'' in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the ...
: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held
Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
.


1901–present

* 1916 – The Arab Revolt against the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca. *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
– The Austro-Hungarian battleship sinks off the
Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
n coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel. * 1924
Fascist Fascism ( ) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural soci ...
s kidnap and kill Italian
Socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...
leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome. *
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
– Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and
Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a global, peer-led Mutual aid, mutual-aid fellowship focused on an abstinence-based recovery model from alcoholism through its spiritually inclined twelve-step program. AA's Twelve Traditions, besides emphasizing anon ...
is founded in
Akron, Ohio Akron () is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Ohio, fifth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 190,469 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Akron metr ...
, United States, by him and Bill Wilson. * 1935 – Chaco War ends: A truce is called between
Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
and
Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...
who had been fighting since
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
. * 1940
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 ...
:
Fascist Italy Fascist Italy () is a term which is used in historiography to describe the Kingdom of Italy between 1922 and 1943, when Benito Mussolini and the National Fascist Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship. Th ...
declares war on France and the United Kingdom, beginning an invasion of southern France. * 1940 – World War II: U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served ...
denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the
University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his The Lawn, Academical Village, a World H ...
. * 1940 – World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends. *
1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
– World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of ''Obergruppenführer''
Reinhard Heydrich Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( , ; 7 March 1904 â€“ 4 June 1942) was a German high-ranking SS and police official during the Nazi era and a principal architect of the Holocaust. He held the rank of SS-. Many historians regard Heydrich ...
. *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
– World War II: Six hundred forty-three men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France. * 1944 – World War II: In Distomo,
Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (; modern Greek, modern: ; ancient Greek, ancient: ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Greece (adm ...
, Greece, 228 men, women and children are massacred by German troops. * 1944 – In
baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game. * 1945Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate
Brunei Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...
. *
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
Saab produces its first automobile. *
1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...
John Diefenbaker John George Diefenbaker (September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative party leader between 1930 an ...
leads the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC; ) was a Centrism, centre to centre-right List of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada that existed from 1942 to 2003. From Canadian Confederation in 1867 unti ...
to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of
Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ...
government. * 1960Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashes near Mackay Airport in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, killing 29. *
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
– The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his
New Frontier The term ''New Frontier'' was used by Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech, delivered July 15, in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memo ...
Program. * 1964 – United States Senate breaks a 75-day
filibuster A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision. It is sometimes referred to as "talking a bill to death" or "talking ...
against the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 () is a landmark civil rights and United States labor law, labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on Race (human categorization), race, Person of color, color, religion, sex, and nationa ...
, leading to the bill's passage. *
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
– The
Six-Day War The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states, primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan from 5 to 10June ...
ends:
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 ...
and
Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
agree to a cease-fire. *
1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later. *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
– The
African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid and has governed the country since 1994, when the 1994 South African general election, fir ...
in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader
Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( , ; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 â€“ 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa f ...
. * 1982Lebanon War: The Syrian Arab Army defeats the Israeli Defense Forces in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub. *
1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...
June Democratic Struggle: The June Democratic Struggle starts in South Korea, and people protest against the government. * 1990British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities. * 1991 – Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009. *
1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
– China conducts a nuclear test for DF-31 warhead at Area C (Beishan), Lop Nur, its prominence being due to the Cox Report. * 1996 – Peace talks begin in
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ...
without the participation of
Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( ; ; ) is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The History of Sinn Féin, original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffit ...
. *
1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...
– Before fleeing his northern stronghold,
Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coined in the 1960s by Norodom Sihano ...
leader
Pol Pot Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled the communist state of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 until Cambodian–Vietnamese War, his overthrow in 1979. During ...
orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members. *
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 ...
Kosovo War:
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suspends its airstrikes after
Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Милошевић, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the President of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugos ...
agrees to withdraw
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n forces from
Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...
. *
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...
canonizes
Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
's first female saint, Saint Rafqa. * 2002 – The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom. * 2003 – The ''Spirit'' rover is launched, beginning
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
's
Mars Exploration Rover NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission was a robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, ''Spirit (rover), Spirit'' and ''Opportunity (rover), Opportunity'', exploring the planet Mars. It began in 2003 with the launch of the two rove ...
mission. *
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
Sudan Airways Flight 109 crashes at Khartoum International Airport, killing 30 people. *
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 ...
– Eighty-eight year-old James Wenneker von Brunn opens fire inside the
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and fatally shoots Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended. *
2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
''Opportunity'' rover, sends it last message back to
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. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019. *
2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
A plane crash in
Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...
leaves 10 people dead, including the country's Vice President Saulos Chilima. *
2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...
– Eleven people are killed, including the perpetrator, and eleven others are injured, in a mass shooting at a
secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...
in
Graz Graz () is the capital of the Austrian Federal states of Austria, federal state of Styria and the List of cities and towns in Austria, second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. On 1 January 2025, Graz had a population of 306,068 (343,461 inc ...
,
Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
.


Births


Pre-1600

* 867Emperor Uda of Japan (died 931) * 940Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian
mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...
and
astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. Astronomers observe astronomical objects, such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, galax ...
(died 998) * 1213
Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (also spelled Araqi; ; 1213/14 – 1289) was a Persian Sufi poet of the 13th-century. He is principally known for his mixed prose and poetry work, the ''Lama'at'' ("Divine flashes"), as well as his '' divan'' (collection of s ...
, Persian poet and philosopher (died 1289) * 1465Mercurino Gattinara, Italian statesman and jurist (died 1530) * 1513Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1561–1582) (died 1582) * 1557Leandro Bassano, Italian painter (died 1622)


1601–1900

* 1632Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (died 1710) * 1688
James Francis Edward Stuart James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 16881 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs (British political party), Whigs or the King over the Water by Jacobitism, Jacobites, was the House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of Ki ...
, claimant to the English and Scottish throne (died 1766) * 1713Princess Caroline of Great Britain (died 1757) * 1716Carl Gustaf Ekeberg, Swedish physician and explorer (died 1784) * 1753William Eustis, American physician and politician, 12th
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 1825) *
1804 Events January–March * January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic. * February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa. * February 14 – The First Serbian uprising begins th ...
Hermann Schlegel Hermann Schlegel (10 June 1804 – 17 January 1884) was a German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist. Early life and education Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimulated ...
, German ornithologist and herpetologist (died 1884) * 1819Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1877) * 1825Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (died 1897) * 1832Edwin Arnold, English poet and journalist (died 1904) * 1832 –
Nicolaus Otto Nicolaus August Otto (10 June 1832 – 26 January 1891) was a German engineer who successfully developed the compressed charge internal combustion engine which ran on petroleum gas and led to the modern internal combustion engine. The Associa ...
, German engineer (died 1891) * 1832Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (died 1920) * 1835Rebecca Latimer Felton, American educator and politician (died 1930) * 1839Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish lawyer and politician, 19th
Prime Minister of Denmark The prime minister of Denmark (, , ) is the head of government in the Kingdom of Denmark comprising the three constituent countries: Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Before the creation of the modern office, the kingdom did not init ...
(died 1912) *
1840 Events January–March * January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the ''Herald Sun'' of Melbourne, Australia, ''The Port Phillip Herald'', is founded. * January 10 – Uniform Penny Post is introduced in the United Kingdom. * Janu ...
Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (died 1920) *
1843 Events January–March * January 3 – The '' Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms'' (海國圖志, ''Hǎiguó Túzhì'') compiled by Wei Yuan and others, the first significant Chinese work on the West, is published in China. * J ...
Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1900) * 1851Cora Agnes Benneson, American attorney (died 1919) * 1854Sarah Grand, Irish feminist writer (died 1943) * 1859Emanuel Nobel, Swedish-Russian businessman (died 1932) * 1862Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (died 1937) * 1863Louis Couperus, Dutch author and poet (died 1923) * 1864Ninian Comper, Scottish architect (died 1960) * 1865Frederick Cook, American physician and explorer (died 1940) * 1878Margarito Bautista, Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (died 1961) *
1880 Events January *January 27 – Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the incandescent light bulb. Edison filed for a US patent for an electric lamp using "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected ... to platina contact wires." gr ...
André Derain, French painter and sculptor (died 1954) * 1882Nils Økland, Norwegian Esperantist and teacher (died 1969) * 1884Leone Sextus Tollemache, English captain (died 1917) *
1886 Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British rule in Burma, British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5–January 9, 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson ...
Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor and producer (died 1973) * 1891Al Dubin, Swiss-American songwriter (died 1945) * 1893Hattie McDaniel, American actress (died 1952) *
1897 Events January * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punitive expedit ...
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918) * 1898Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (died 1983) *
1899 Events January * January 1 ** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), p ...
Stanisław Czaykowski, Polish racing driver (died 1933)


1901–present

* 1901Frederick Loewe, Austrian-American composer (died 1988) * 1904Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet (died 1955) *
1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...
Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (died 1975) * 1907 – Dicky Wells, American jazz trombonist (died 1985)Wells's exact date of birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been born on June 10, 1907 * 1909Lang Hancock, Australian soldier and businessman (died 1992) * 1910Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (died 1958) * 1910 –
Howlin' Wolf Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. He was at the forefront of transforming acoustic Delta blues into electric Chica ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976) *
1911 Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...
Ralph Kirkpatrick, American
harpsichord A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a musical keyboard, keyboard. Depressing a key raises its back end within the instrument, which in turn raises a mechanism with a small plectrum made from quill or plastic that plucks one ...
player and musicologist (died 1984) * 1911 – Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (died 1977) *
1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...
Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (died 1980) * 1913Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (died 2007) * 1913 – Benjamin Shapira, German-Israeli biochemist and academic (died 1993) * 1914Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Turkish poet and playwright (died 1988) * 1915
Saul Bellow Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915April 5, 2005) was a Canadian-American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only write ...
, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer,
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 2005) * 1916Peride Celal, Turkish author (died 2013) * 1916 – William Rosenberg, American entrepreneur, founded
Dunkin' Donuts DD IP Holder LLC, doing business as Dunkin', and originally Dunkin' Donuts, is an American multinational coffee and doughnut company, as well as a quick service restaurant. It was founded by Bill Rosenberg in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 19 ...
(died 2002) *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
Patachou, French singer and actress (died 2015) * 1918 – Barry Morse, English-Canadian actor and director (died 2008) * 1919Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (died 2007) * 1919 –
Kevin O'Flanagan Kevin Patrick O'Flanagan (10 June 1919 – 26 May 2006) was an Irish sportsman, physician and sports administrator. An outstanding all-rounder, he represented his country at both soccer and rugby union. He was also a noted Sprint (running), spri ...
, Irish footballer, rugby player, and physician (died 2006) * 1921Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (died 2021) * 1921 – Jean Robic, French cyclist (died 1980) * 1922Judy Garland, American actress and singer (died 1969) * 1922 – Bill Kerr, South African-Australian actor (died 2014) * 1922 – Mitchell Wallace, Australian rugby league player (died 2016) * 1923Paul Brunelle, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1994) * 1923 –
Robert Maxwell Ian Robert Maxwell (born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch; 10 June 1923 – 5 November 1991) was a Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor, politician and fraudster. After escaping the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, ...
, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (died 1991) * 1924Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (died 2015) *
1925 Events January * January 1 – The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria (1925–1930), State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini m ...
Leo Gravelle, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2013) * 1925 – Nat Hentoff, American historian, author, and journalist (died 2017) * 1925 – James Salter, American novelist and short-story writer (died 2015) * 1926Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (died 2013) * 1926 –
Lionel Jeffries Lionel Charles Jeffries (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was an English actor, director, and screenwriter. He appeared primarily in films and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Golden ...
, English actor, screenwriter and film director (died 2010) *
1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...
Claudio Gilberto Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (died 2023) * 1927 – László Kubala, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2002) * 1927 – Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (died 2013) * 1927 – Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (died 2013) * 1927 – Eugene Parker, American astrophysicist and academic (died 2022) *
1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris B ...
Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (died 2012) * 1929
James McDivitt James Alton McDivitt Jr. (June 10, 1929 – October 13, 2022) was an American test pilot, United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut in the Project Gemini, Gemini and Apollo programs. He joined the USAF in ...
, American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2022) * 1929 – Ian Sinclair, Australian farmer and politician, 42nd Australian Minister for Defence * 1929 – Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn, British Labour Party politician (died 2016) * 1929 – E. O. Wilson, American biologist, author, and academic (died 2021) * 1930Aranka Siegal, Czech-American author and Holocaust survivor * 1930 – Carmen Cozza, American baseball and football player (died 2018) * 1930 – Theo Sommer, German journalist (died 2022) * 1930 – Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (died 2013) * 1931Bryan Cartledge, English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia * 1931 –
João Gilberto João Gilberto (born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira – ; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he w ...
, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019) *
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
Pierre Cartier, French mathematician and academic (died 2024) *
1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...
Chuck Fairbanks, American football player and coach (died 2013) *
1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
Peter Gibson, English lawyer and judge * 1934 – Tom Pendry, Baron Pendry, English politician (died 2023) *
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
Vic Elford, English racing driver (died 2022) * 1935 – Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (died 1983) * 1935 – Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (died 2015) *
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 ...
Rahul Bajaj, Indian businessman and politician (died 2022) * 1938 – Violetta Villas, Belgian-Polish singer-songwriter and actress (died 2011) * 1938 – Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak, Indian mathematician and academic (died 2009) * 1940Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist (died 2007) * 1940 – John Stevens, English drummer (died 1994) * 1941Mickey Jones, American drummer (died 2018) * 1941 – Shirley Owens, American singer * 1941 – Jürgen Prochnow, German actor * 1941 – David Walker, Australian racing driver *
1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
Gordon Burns, Northern Irish journalist * 1942 – Chantal Goya, French singer and actress * 1942 – Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, Scottish lawyer and judge * 1942 – Preston Manning, Canadian politician *
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 †...
Simon Jenkins, English journalist and author * 1943 – Sigríður Jóhannesdóttir, Icelandic politician *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (died 1972) * 1944 – Rick Price, English rock bass player (died 2022) *
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
Michel Bastarache, Canadian businessman, lawyer, and jurist * 1947 –
Ken Singleton Kenneth Wayne Singleton (born June 10, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and designated hitter from to , most prominently as a member ...
, American baseball player and sportscaster * 1947 – Robert Wright, English air marshal *
1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...
Elías Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player *
1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
Dan Fouts, American football player and sportscaster * 1951 – Tony Mundine, Australian boxer * 1951 – Burglinde Pollak, German pentathlete *
1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...
Kage Baker, American author (died 2010) *
1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...
Eileen Cooper, English painter and academic * 1953 – John Edwards, American lawyer and politician * 1953 – Garry Hynes, Irish director and producer * 1953 – Don Maitz, American artist * 1953 – Christine St-Pierre, Canadian journalist and politician *
1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...
Moya Greene, Canadian businesswoman * 1954 – Rich Hall, American actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1955Annette Schavan, German theologian and politician * 1955 – Andrew Stevens, American actor and producer * 1958Elain Harwood, English architectural historian (died 2023) * 1958 – Yu Suzuki, Japanese game designer and producer * 1959
Carlo Ancelotti Carlo Ancelotti (; born 10 June 1959) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Brazil national team. Nicknamed "Carletto" in Italy and "Don Carlo" in Spain, he is regarded as one of the greatest ...
, Italian footballer and manager * 1959 – Ernie C, American heavy metal guitarist, songwriter, and producer * 1959 – Eliot Spitzer, American lawyer and politician, 54th
Governor of New York The governor of New York is the head of government of the U.S. state of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor ...
* 1960Nandamuri Balakrishna, Indian film actor and politician * 1961Kim Deal, American singer-songwriter and musician * 1961 –
Maxi Priest Max Alfred Elliott (born 10 June 1961), known by his stage name Maxi Priest, is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with an Contemporary R&B, R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion. ...
, English singer-songwriter *
1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
Gina Gershon, American actress, singer and author * 1962 – Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian poet and author (died 1982) * 1962 – Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993) * 1962 – Tzi Ma, Hong Kong American character actor * 1962 – Brent Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach *
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
Brad Henry, American lawyer and politician, 26th
Governor of Oklahoma The governor of Oklahoma is the head of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the governor serves as the head of the Oklahoma Executive (government), executive branch, of the government of Oklahoma. The gover ...
* 1963 – Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
Susanne Albers, German computer scientist and academic * 1965 – Elizabeth Hurley, English model, actress, and producer * 1965 –
Joey Santiago Joseph Alberto Santiago (born June 10, 1965) is a Filipino-American guitarist and composer. Active since 1986, Santiago is best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the alternative rock band Pixies. After the band's breakup in 1993, ...
, American alternative rock musician *
1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
David Platt, English footballer and manager *
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
Emma Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1967 – Darren Robinson, American rapper (died 1995) * 1967 – Elizabeth Wettlaufer, Canadian nurse and serial killer * 1968Bill Burr, American comedian and actor * 1968 – Derek Dooley, American football player and coach * 1969Craig Hancock, Australian rugby league player * 1969 – Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer * 1969 –
Kate Snow Kate Snow (born June 10, 1969) is an American television journalist for NBC News, serving as Senior National Correspondent to various NBC platforms, including ''Today (American TV program), Today'', ''NBC Nightly News'', ''Dateline NBC'', and MSNB ...
, American journalist *
1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
Mike Doughty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1970 – Katsuhiro Harada, Japanese game designer, director, and producer * 1970 – Alex Santos, Filipino journalist * 1970 – Shane Whereat, Australian rugby league player * 1970 – Sarah Wixey, Welsh sport shooter *
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
JoJo Hailey, American singer * 1971 – Bobby Jindal, American journalist and politician, 55th
Governor of Louisiana The governor of Louisiana (; ) is the chief executive of the U.S. state government of Louisiana. The governor also serves as the commander in chief of the Louisiana National Guard. Republican Jeff Landry has held the office since January 8, ...
* 1971 – Bruno Ngotty, French footballer * 1971 – Erik Rutan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1971 – Kyle Sandilands, Australian radio and television host *
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
Steven Fischer, American director and producer * 1972 – Radmila Å ekerinska, Macedonian politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia * 1972 – Sundar Pichai, Indian-American businessman * 1972 – Eric Upashantha, Sri Lankan cricketer *
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
Faith Evans, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress * 1973 – Flesh-n-Bone, American rapper and actor * 1973 – Pokey Reese, American baseball player * 1974Dustin Lance Black, American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist *
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer *
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 ...
Alari Lell, Estonian footballer * 1976 –
Esther Ouwehand Esther Ouwehand (; born 10 June 1976) is a Dutch politician and former marketing manager serving as party leader, leader of the Party for the Animals (, PvdD) and its parliamentary group in the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Re ...
, Dutch politician * 1976 – Hadi Saei, Iranian martial artist *
1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
Adam Darski (Nergal), Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1977 – Mike Rosenthal, American football player and coach *
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
Raheem Brock, American football player * 1978 – Subhash Khot, Indian-American mathematician and computer scientist *
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 ...
Evgeni Borounov, Russian ice dancer and coach * 1979 – Kostas Louboutis, Greek footballer *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
Jessica DiCicco, American actress and voice actress * 1980 – Matuzalém, Brazilian footballer * 1980 – Ovie Mughelli, American football player * 1980 – Dmitri Uchaykin, Russian ice hockey player (died 2013) * 1980 – Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (died 2013) * 1981Mat Jackson, English racing driver * 1981 – Albie Morkel, South African cricketer * 1981 – Andrey Yepishin, Russian sprinter * 1982Tara Lipinski, American figure skater * 1982 – Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland * 1982 – Ana Lúcia Souza, Brazilian ballerina and journalist *
1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
Jade Bailey, Barbadian athlete * 1983 – Marion Barber III, American football player (died 2022) * 1983 – Aaron Davey, Australian footballer * 1983 – Leelee Sobieski, American actress and producer * 1983 – Steve von Bergen, Swiss footballer * 1984Johanna Kedzierski, German sprinter * 1984 – Dirk Van Tichelt, Belgian martial artist * 1984 – Betsy Sodaro, American actress *
1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...
Richard Chambers, Irish rower * 1985 – Celina Jade, Hong Kong-American actress * 1985 –
Kaia Kanepi Kaia Kanepi (; born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian inactive professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 15 on 20 August 2012 and has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. Described as a 'resident Grand Slam up ...
, Estonian tennis player * 1985 – Dane Nielsen, Australian rugby league player * 1985 – Andy Schleck, Luxembourger cyclist * 1985 – Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer * 1986Al Alburquerque, Dominican baseball player * 1986 – Marco Andreolli, Italian footballer *
1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...
Martin Harnik, German-Austrian footballer * 1987 – Amobi Okoye, Nigerian-American football player * 1988Jeff Teague, American basketball player *
1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...
David Miller, South African cricketer * 1989 – Mustapha Carayol, Gambian footballer * 1989 – Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model * 1991Alexa Scimeca Knierim, American figure skater *
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
Kate Upton, American model and actress * 1996Wen Junhui, Chinese singer and actor *
1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...
Cheung Ka-long, Hong Kong foil fencer, 2020 Olympic champion *
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
Ryan Papenhuyzen, Australian rugby league player *
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 ...
Rafael Leão, Portuguese footballer * 1999 – Blanche, Belgian singer *
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
Julien Alfred, Saint Lucian medal-winning 100m sprinter at the 2024 Summer Olympics.


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AD 38 AD 38 ( XXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iulianus and Asprenas (or, less frequently, year 791 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination AD 38 for ...
Julia Drusilla, Roman sister of
Caligula Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), also called Gaius and Caligula (), was Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in 41. He was the son of the Roman general Germanicus and Augustus' granddaughter Ag ...
(born 16 AD) * 223
Liu Bei Liu Bei (, ; ; 161 – 10 June 223), courtesy name Xuande (), was a China, Chinese warlord in the late Han dynasty#Eastern Han, Eastern Han dynasty who later became the founding Emperor of China, emperor of Shu Han, one of the Three Kingdoms of ...
, Chinese emperor (born 161) * 779
Emperor Daizong of Tang Emperor Daizong of Tang (11 November 726According to Daizong's biography in the ''Old Book of Tang'', he was born on the 13th day in the 12th month of the 14th year of the Kaiyuan era of Tang Xuanzong's reign. This date corresponds to 11 Nov 72 ...
(born 727) * 754Abul Abbas al-Saffah, Muslim caliph (born 721) * 871Odo I, Frankish nobleman * 903Cheng Rui, Chinese
warlord Warlords are individuals who exercise military, Economy, economic, and Politics, political control over a region, often one State collapse, without a strong central or national government, typically through informal control over Militia, local ...
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932 Year 932 (Roman numerals, CMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Alberic II of Spoleto, Alberic II leads an uprising at Rome against his stepfather Hugh of Italy, Hu ...
Dong Zhang, Chinese general * 942Liu Yan, emperor of Southern Han (born 889) * 1075
Ernest, Margrave of Austria Ernest (, 1027 – 10 June 1075), known as Ernest the Brave (''Ernst der Tapfere''), was the Margrave of Austria from 1055 to his death in 1075. He was a member of the House of Babenberg.Lingelbach 1913, p. 90. Biography He was born to Margrave A ...
(born 1027) * 1141Richenza of Northeim (born 1087) * 1190
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (; ), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aa ...
(born 1122) * 1261Matilda of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born 1210) * 1338Kitabatake Akiie, Japanese governor (born 1318) *
1364 Year 1364 (Roman numerals, MCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 15 – Joint kings Magnus IV of Sweden, Magnus Eriksson and Haakon VI of Norway, Haakon Magnusson ...
Agnes of Austria (born 1281) * 1424Ernest, Duke of Austria (born 1377) * 1437Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (born 1370) * 1468Idris Imad al-Din, supreme leader of
Tayyibi Isma'ilism Tayyibi Isma'ilism () is the only surviving sect of the Musta'li Ismailism, Musta'li branch of Isma'ilism, the other being the extinct Hafizi Isma'ilism, Hafizi branch. Followers of Tayyibi Isma'ilism are found in various Bohra communities: Dawoo ...
, scholar and historian (born 1392) * 1552Alexander Barclay, English poet and author (born 1476) * 1556Martin Agricola, German composer and theorist (born 1486) *
1580 1580 (Roman numerals, MDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 31 – Portuguese succession crisis of 1580: The death of Henry, King of Portugal, with no direct heirs, leads ...
Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born 1524–25)


1601–1900

* 1604Isabella Andreini, Italian actress (born 1562) * 1607John Popham, English politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1531) *
1654 Events January–March * January 6 – In India, Jaswant Singh of Marwar (in the modern-day state of Rajasthan) is elevated to the title of Maharaja by Emperor Shah Jahan. * January 11 – Arauco War – Battle of Río B ...
Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (born 1598) * 1680Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish lawyer and politician (born 1635) *
1692 Events January–March * January 24 – At least 75 residents of what is now York, Maine are killed in the Raid on York (1692), Candlemas Massacre, carried out by French soldiers led by missionary Louis-Pierre Thury, along with a ...
Bridget Bishop, Colonial Massachusetts woman hanged as a witch during the Salem witch trials (born 1632) * 1735Thomas Hearne, English historian and author (born 1678) * 1753Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt, German architect (born 1678) * 1776Hsinbyushin, Burmese king (born 1736) * 1776 – Leopold Widhalm, Austrian instrument maker (born 1722) * 1791Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (born 1720) * 1811Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (born 1728) * 1831Hans Karl von Diebitsch, German-Russian field marshal (born 1785) * 1836André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (born 1775) * 1849Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician (born 1784) * 1849 –
Robert Brown Robert Brown may refer to: Robert Brown (born 1965), British Director, Animator and author Entertainers and artists * Washboard Sam or Robert Brown (1910–1966), American musician and singer * Robert W. Brown (1917–2009), American printmaker ...
, Scottish botanist (born 1773) * 1868Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia (born 1823) *
1899 Events January * January 1 ** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), p ...
Ernest Chausson, French composer (born 1855)


1901–present

* 1901Robert Williams Buchanan, Scottish poet, author, and playwright (born 1841) * 1902Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan priest and poet (born 1845) * 1906Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th
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 1845) * 1909Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (born 1822) * 1914Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect (born 1845) *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
Arrigo Boito, Italian author, poet, and composer (born 1842) * 1923Pierre Loti, French soldier and author (born 1850) * 1924Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (born 1885) * 1926
Antoni Gaudí Antoni Gaudí i Cornet ( , ; ; 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalans, Catalan architect and designer from Spain, widely known as the greatest exponent of Catalan ''Modernisme''. Gaudí's works have a style, with most located in Barc ...
, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (born 1852) * 1930Adolf von Harnack, German historian and theologian (born 1851) *
1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
Frederick Delius file:Fritz Delius (1907).jpg, Delius, photographed in 1907 Frederick Theodore Albert Delius (born Fritz Theodor Albert Delius; ; 29 January 1862 – 10 June 1934) was an English composer. Born in Bradford in the north of England to a prospero ...
, English composer and educator (born 1862) *
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...
John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (born 1856) * 1937
Robert Borden Sir Robert Laird Borden (June 26, 1854 â€“ June 10, 1937) was a Canadian lawyer and Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942), Conservative politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known ...
, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th
Prime Minister of Canada The prime minister of Canada () is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority of the elected House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons ...
(born 1854) * 1939Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania (born 1890) * 1940
Marcus Garvey Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (17 August 188710 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) (commonly known a ...
, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (born 1887) *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician and academic (born 1910) *
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 ...
Jack Johnson, American boxer (born 1878) *
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
Alexander Bethune, Canadian businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (born 1852) *
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 ...
Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator,
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 1882) * 1955Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (born 1876) * 1958Angelina Weld Grimké, American journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1880) * 1959Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian politician (born 1883) *
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
Timothy Birdsall, English cartoonist (born 1936) *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
Vahap Özaltay, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1908) *
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
Spencer Tracy, American actor (born 1900) *
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
Michael Rennie, English actor (born 1909) *
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
William Inge, American playwright and novelist (born 1913) * 1974Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (born 1900) *
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 ...
Adolph Zukor Adolph Zukor (; ; January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'' (June 16, 1976), p. 76. He produced one of Ameri ...
, American film producer, co-founded
Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Paramount ...
(born 1873) * 1982Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1945) * 1984Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, Turkish author and poet (born 1901) * 1986Merle Miller, American author and playwright (born 1919) *
1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...
Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (born 1943) * 1988Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (born 1908) * 1991Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (born 1902) *
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
Hachidai Nakamura, Chinese-Japanese pianist and composer (born 1931) *
1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
Les Dawson, English comedian, actor, writer and presenter (born 1931) * 1996George Hees, Canadian soldier, football player, and politician (born 1910) * 1996 – Jo Van Fleet, American actress (born 1915) *
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
Jim Hearn, American baseball player (born 1921) * 1998 –
Hammond Innes Ralph Hammond Innes (15 July 1913 – 10 June 1998) was a British novelist who wrote over 30 novels, as well as works for children and travel books. Biography Innes was born in Horsham, Sussex, and educated at Feltonfleet School, Cobham, Surrey ...
, English author (born 1913) *
2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
Hafez al-Assad Hafez al-Assad (6 October 193010 June 2000) was a Syrian politician and military officer who was the president of Syria from 1971 until Death and state funeral of Hafez al-Assad, his death in 2000. He was previously the Prime Minister of Syria ...
, Syrian general and politician, 18th
President of Syria The president of Syria (), officially the president of the Syrian Arab Republic, is the head of state and head of government of Syria. The president directs the executive branch and serves as the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Army and Syrian ...
(born 1930) * 2000 – Brian Statham, English cricketer (born 1930) *
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
Leila Pahlavi, Princess of Iran (born 1970) * 2002John Gotti, American mobster (born 1940) * 2003Donald Regan, American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff (born 1918) * 2003 – Bernard Williams, English philosopher and academic (born 1929) * 2003 – Phil Williams, Welsh academic and politician (born 1939) *
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 ...
Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1930) * 2004 – Odette Laure, French actress and singer (born 1917) * 2004 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th
Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic (), usually referred to as the prime minister of Greece (), is the head of government of the Greece, Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Cabinet of Greece, Greek Cabinet. The officeholder's of ...
(born 1904) *
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer, designed the Pitts Special (born 1915) *
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist (born 1940) *
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani author and diplomat (born 1928) *
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 ...
Stelios Skevofilakas, Greek footballer (born 1940) *
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
Basil Schott, American archbishop (born 1939) * 2010 – Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer (born 1941) *
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 ...
Brian Lenihan Jnr, Irish lawyer and politician, 25th Irish Minister for Finance (born 1959) *
2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
Piero Bellugi, Italian conductor (born 1924) * 2012 – Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (born 1944) * 2012 – Will Hoebee, Dutch songwriter and producer (born 1947) * 2012 – Georges Mathieu, French painter and academic (born 1921) * 2012 – Joshua Orwa Ojode, Kenyan politician (born 1958) * 2012 – George Saitoti, Kenyan economist and politician, 6th Vice-President of Kenya (born 1945) * 2012 – Sudono Salim, Chinese-Indonesian businessman, founded Bank Central Asia (born 1916) * 2012 – Gordon West, English footballer (born 1943) *
2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
Doug Bailey, American political consultant (born 1933) * 2013 – Enrique Orizaola, Spanish footballer and coach (born 1922) * 2013 – Barbara Vucanovich, American lawyer and politician (born 1921) *2014 – Marcello Alencar, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Rio de Janeiro (born 1925) * 2014 – Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (born 1951) * 2014 – Robert M. Grant (theologian), Robert M. Grant, American theologian and academic (born 1917) * 2014 – Jack Lee (politician), Jack Lee, American radio host and politician (born 1920) *2015 – Robert Chartoff, American film producer and philanthropist (born 1933) * 2015 – Wolfgang Jeschke, German author and publisher (born 1936) *2016 – Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter (born 1994) * 2016 – Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1928) *2017 – Julia Perez, Indonesian singer and actress (born 1980) *
2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
– Neal E. Boyd, American singer, winner of the 2008 season of ''America's Got Talent'' (born 1975) *2020 – Claudell Washington, American baseball player (born 1954) *2023 – Ted Kaczynski, American mathematician and domestic terrorist (born 1942) *
2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
– 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash, Victims in the 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash: ** Saulos Chilima, Malawian economist and politician (born 1973) **Patricia Shanil Muluzi, Malawian teacher, politician, and former First Lady of Malawi (born 1964) * 2024 – Steele Hall, Australian politician, 36th Premier of South Australia (born 1928) * 2025 – Suchinda Kraprayoon, Thai army general, 19th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1933)


Holidays and observances

*World Art Nouveau Day (Worldwide) *Christian feast day: **Bardo (bishop), Bardo **Getulius, Amancius and Cerealus **Guardian Angel of Portugal **John of Tobolsk (Russian Orthodox Church) **Landry of Paris **Maurinus of Cologne **Maximus of Aveia, Maximus of Aveia (or of Aquila) **Maximus of Naples **Olivia of Palermo, Olivia **June 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Portugal Day, also Day of Camões (Portugal and the Portuguese people, Portuguese communities)


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