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* 653
Pope Martin I Pope Martin I (, ; between 590 and 600 – 16 September 655), also known as Martin the Confessor, was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 649 to his death 16 September 655. He had served as Pope Theodore I's ambassador to Constantinople, and was pap ...
is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. * 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
. * 1300
Turku Cathedral Turku Cathedral (, ) is the only medieval basilica in Finland and the Mother Church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It is the central church of the Lutheran Archdiocese of Turku and the seat of the Lutheran Archbishop of Turku, Arch ...
is consecrated by Bishop Magnus I in the city of
Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...
(). * 1397 – The
Kalmar Union The Kalmar Union was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by Queen Margaret I of Denmark, Margaret of Denmark. From 1397 to 1523, it joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden (then in ...
is formed under the rule of
Margaret I of Denmark Margaret I (; March 1353 – 28 October 1412) was Queen regnant of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (which included Finland) from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian kingdoms together for ...
. * 1462
Vlad the Impaler Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler ( ) or Vlad Dracula (; ; 1428/31 – 1476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He is often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian hi ...
attempts to assassinate
Mehmed II Mehmed II (; , ; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (; ), was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from August 1444 to September 1446 and then later from February 1451 to May 1481. In Mehmed II's first reign, ...
( The Night Attack at Târgovişte), forcing him to retreat from
Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ; : , : ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Munteni ...
. * 1497Battle of Deptford Bridge: Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof. * 1565Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru. * 1579
Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake ( 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English Exploration, explorer and privateer best known for making the Francis Drake's circumnavigation, second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580 (bein ...
claims a land he calls '' Nova Albion'' (modern
California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
) for
England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
. * 1596 – The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of
Spitsbergen Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipel ...
.


1601–1900

* 1631Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband,
Mughal emperor The emperors of the Mughal Empire, who were all members of the Timurid dynasty (House of Babur), ruled the empire from its inception on 21 April 1526 to its dissolution on 21 September 1857. They were supreme monarchs of the Mughal Empire in ...
Shah Jahan Shah Jahan I, (Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram; 5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), also called Shah Jahan the Magnificent, was the Emperor of Hindustan from 1628 until his deposition in 1658. As the fifth Mughal emperor, his reign marked the ...
I, will spend the next 17 years building her
mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type o ...
, the
Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal ( ; ; ) is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal Empire, Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan () to house the tomb of his belo ...
. * 1665Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War. *
1673 Events January–March * January 22 – Impersonator Mary Carleton is hanging, hanged at Newgate Prison in London, for multiple thefts and returning from penal transportation. * February 10 – Molière's ''comédie-ballet ...
French explorers
Jacques Marquette Jacques Marquette, Society of Jesus, S.J. (; June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, was a French Society of Jesus, Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. M ...
and
Louis Jolliet Louis Jolliet (; September 21, 1645after May 1700) was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary, were the first non-Natives to explore ...
reach the
Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...
and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course. * 1767Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights
Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian language, Tahitian , ; ) is the largest island of the Windward Islands (Society Islands), Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located in the central part of t ...
and is considered the first European to reach the island. *
1773 Events January–March * January 1 – The hymn that becomes known as '' Amazing Grace'', at this time titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by curate John Newton in the town of Olney, Buck ...
Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar. * 1775
American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...
: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill. *
1789 Events January–March * January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet '' What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution. * January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential election ...
– In
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
, the Third Estate declares itself the
National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...
. *
1794 Events January–March * January 1 – The Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in Aarhus (Denmark). * January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United St ...
– Foundation of Anglo-Corsican Kingdom. *
1795 Events January–June * January – Central England records its coldest ever month, in the CET records dating back to 1659. * January 14 – The University of North Carolina opens to students at Chapel Hill, becoming the ...
– The burghers of Swellendam expel the
Dutch East India Company The United East India Company ( ; VOC ), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered company, chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world. Established on 20 March 1602 by the States Ge ...
magistrate and declare a republic. * 1839 – In the
Kingdom of Hawaii The Hawaiian Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ɛ ɐwˈpuni həˈvɐjʔi, was an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country from 1795 to 1893, which eventually encompassed all of the inhabited Hawaii ...
,
Kamehameha III Kamehameha III (born Kauikeaouli) (March 17, 1814 – December 15, 1854) was the third king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1825 to 1854. His full Hawaiian name was Keaweaweula Kīwalaō Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa and then lengthened to Keaweaweula K ...
issues the edict of toleration which gives
Roman Catholics The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
the freedom to worship in the
Hawaiian Islands The Hawaiian Islands () are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the Hawaii (island), island of Hawaii in the south to nort ...
. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result. *
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 ...
– The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the
New Zealand Wars The New Zealand Wars () took place from 1845 to 1872 between the Colony of New Zealand, New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori people, Māori on one side, and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other. Though the wars were initi ...
, takes place. * 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 Vienna, Virginia. *
1863 Events January * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate States of America an official war goal. The signing ...
– American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign. *
1876 Events January * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. *January 27 – The Northampton Bank robbery occurs in Massachusetts. February * Febr ...
American Indian Wars The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, was a conflict initially fought by European colonization of the Americas, European colonial empires, the United States, and briefly the Confederate States o ...
: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred
Sioux The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin ( ; Dakota/ Lakota: ) are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America. The Sioux have two major linguistic divisions: the Dakota and Lakota peoples (translati ...
and Cheyenne led by
Crazy Horse Crazy Horse ( , ; – September 5, 1877) was a Lakota people, Lakota war leader of the Oglala band. He took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against encroachment by White Americans, White American settlers on Nativ ...
beat back
General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...
George Crook George R. Crook (September 8, 1828 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. He is best known for commanding U.S. forces in the Geronimo Campaign, 1886 campaign that ...
's forces at Rosebud Creek in
Montana Territory The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1864, until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted as the 41st state in the Union as the state of Montana. Original boundaries ...
. *
1877 Events January * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act 1876, introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876: Batt ...
– American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The
Nez Perce The Nez Perce (; autonym in Nez Perce language: , meaning 'we, the people') are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who still live on a fraction of the lands on the southeastern Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest. This region h ...
defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory. * 1885 – The
Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World''; ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of French Thir ...
arrives in
New York Harbor New York Harbor is a bay that covers all of the Upper Bay. It is at the mouth of the Hudson River near the East River tidal estuary on the East Coast of the United States. New York Harbor is generally synonymous with Upper New York Bay, ...
. *
1898 Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen ...
– The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established. *
1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...
Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious F ...
: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in
Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...
, China.


1901–present

* 1901 – The
College Board The College Board, styled as CollegeBoard, is an American not-for-profit organization that was formed in December 1899 as the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) to expand access to higher education. While the College Board is not an asso ...
introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the
SAT The SAT ( ) is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States. Since its debut in 1926, its name and Test score, scoring have changed several times. For much of its history, it was called the Scholastic Aptitude Test ...
. * 1910Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight. * 1922Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic. * 1929 – The town of Murchison, New Zealand is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster. * 1930 – U.S. President
Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and ...
signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law. *
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 ...
Bonus Army The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstration (protest), demonstrators—17,000 veterans of United States in World War I, U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-193 ...
: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the
United States Capitol The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the Seat of government, seat of the United States Congress, the United States Congress, legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, federal g ...
as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. *
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 ...
Union Station massacre: In
Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri, abbreviated KC or KCMO, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by List of cities in Missouri, population and area. The city lies within Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson, Clay County, Missouri, Clay, and Pl ...
, four
FBI The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and Federal law enforcement in the United States, its principal federal law enforcement ag ...
agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash. *
1939 This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...
– Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in
Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...
outside the Saint-Pierre prison. *
1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *Janu ...
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 ...
: is attacked and sunk by the
Luftwaffe The Luftwaffe () was the aerial warfare, aerial-warfare branch of the before and during World War II. German Empire, Germany's military air arms during World War I, the of the Imperial German Army, Imperial Army and the of the Imperial Ge ...
near
Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department in western France, in traditional Brittany. The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Oc ...
, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster. * 1940 – World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in
Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
from Italian forces. * 1940 – The three
Baltic states The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, and the OECD. The three sovereign states on the eastern co ...
of
Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
,
Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
and
Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
fall under the occupation of 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 ...
. *
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 ...
Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
declares
independence Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of ...
from Denmark and becomes a
republic A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a State (polity), state in which Power (social and political), political power rests with the public (people), typically through their Representat ...
. *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
United Airlines Flight 624, a
Douglas DC-6 The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, Douglas reworked it after the war to compete ...
, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board. *
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, ...
– Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land. *
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 ...
Cold War The Cold War was a period of global Geopolitics, geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 unt ...
: East Germany Workers Uprising: In
East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into
East Berlin East Berlin (; ) was the partially recognised capital city, capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. From 1945, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet occupation sector of Berlin. The American, British, and French se ...
to quell a rebellion. * 1958 – The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing 18 ironworkers and injuring others. * 1960 – The
Nez Perce The Nez Perce (; autonym in Nez Perce language: , meaning 'we, the people') are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who still live on a fraction of the lands on the southeastern Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest. This region h ...
tribe is awarded $4 million for of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty. *
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
United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on question ...
rules 8–1 in ''
Abington School District v. Schempp ''Abington School District v. Schempp'', 374 U.S. 203 (1963),. was a Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court case in which the Court decided 8–1 in favor of the respondent, Edward Schempp, on behalf of his son Ellery Sc ...
'' against requiring the reciting of
Bible The Bible is a collection of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and esteemed in other Abrahamic religions such as Islam. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally writt ...
verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools. * 1963 – A day after South Vietnamese President
Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm ( , or ; ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955) and later the first president of South Vietnam ( Republic of ...
announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed. *
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 ...
Nuclear weapons testing Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of Nuclear explosion, their explosion. Nuclear testing is a sensitive political issue. Governments have often performed tests to si ...
:
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
announces a successful test of its first
thermonuclear weapon A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater destructive power than first-generation nuclear bombs, a more compact size, a lowe ...
. *
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 ...
– U.S. President
Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...
in a televised press conference called
drug abuse Substance misuse, also known as drug misuse or, in older vernacular, substance abuse, is the use of a drug in amounts or by methods that are harmful to the individual or others. It is a form of substance-related disorder, differing definitions ...
"America's public enemy number one", starting the War on drugs. *
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, ...
Watergate scandal The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the Presidency of Richard Nixon, administration of President Richard Nixon. The scandal began in 1972 and ultimately led to Resignation of Richard Nixon, Nix ...
: Five
White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest (Washington, D.C.), NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president ...
operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the
Democratic National Committee The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal executive leadership board of the United States's Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. According to the party charter, it has "general responsibility for the affairs of the ...
during an attempt by members of the administration of President Richard M. Nixon to illegally
wiretap Wiretapping, also known as wire tapping or telephone tapping, is the monitoring of telephone and Internet-based conversations by a third party, often by covert means. The wire tap received its name because, historically, the monitoring connecti ...
the political opposition as part of a broader campaign to subvert the democratic process. *
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 ...
Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist. *
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 ...
– With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct. *
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 ...
Interflug Flight 102 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Berlin Schönefeld Airport, killing 21 people. *
1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
Apartheid Apartheid ( , especially South African English:  , ; , ) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised by an ...
: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth. *
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 ...
– A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President
Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1961 to ...
(this would be later codified in START II). *
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 ...
– Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. *
2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
– Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in
Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the List of municipalities in South Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atla ...
. *
2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
– A series of wildfires in central
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...
kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others. *
2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President
Joe Biden Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...
, to become the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.


Births


Pre-1600

* 801Drogo of Metz, Frankish bishop (died 855) * 1239
Edward I Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Latin: Malleus Scotorum), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 125 ...
, English king (died 1307) * 1530François de Montmorency, French nobleman (died 1579) *
1571 Year 1571 ( MDLXXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 11 – The Austrian nobility are granted freedom of religion. * January 23 – The Royal Exchange opens in Lond ...
Thomas Mun, English writer on economics (died 1641)


1601–1900

* 1603Joseph of Cupertino, Italian mystic and saint (died 1663) * 1604John Maurice, Dutch nobleman (died 1679) * 1610Birgitte Thott, Danish scholar, writer and translator (born 1662) * 1631Gauharara Begum, Mughal princess (died 1706) *
1682 Events January–March * January 7 – The Republic of Genoa forbids the unauthorized printing of newspapers and all handwritten newssheets; the ban is lifted after three months. * January 12 – Scottish minister James Ren ...
Charles XII Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII () or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.), was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of ...
, Swedish king (died 1718) * 1691Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (died 1765) * 1693Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (died 1775) * 1704John Kay, English engineer, invented the Flying shuttle (died 1780) * 1714César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (died 1784) * 1718George Howard, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Minorca (died 1796) *
1778 Events January–March * January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Sea captain, Captain James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution (1771), HMS ''Resolution'' and HMS Discovery (1774), HMS ''Discovery'', first views Oahu, Oʻahu th ...
Gregory Blaxland Gregory Blaxland (17 June 1778 – 1 January 1853) was an English pioneer farmer and explorer in Australia, noted especially for initiating and co-leading the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains by European settlers. Early life ...
, English-Australian explorer (died 1853) *
1800 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 18), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 12 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 16), ...
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, English-Irish astronomer and politician (died 1867) * 1808Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (died 1845) * 1810Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet and translator (died 1876) *
1811 Events January–March * January 8 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes, in St. Charles and St. James Parishes, Louisiana. * January 17 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Calderón ...
Jón Sigurðsson Jón Sigurðsson (17 June 1811 – 7 December 1879) was the leader of the 19th century icelandic nationalism, Icelandic independence movement. Biography Born at Hrafnseyri, in Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of ...
, Icelandic scholar and politician (died 1879) *
1818 Events January–March * January 1 ** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Confederacy, Maratha Empire. ** English author Mary Shelley publishes the novel ''Frankenstein ...
Charles Gounod Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ...
, French composer and academic (died 1893) * 1818 – Sophie of Württemberg, queen of the Netherlands (died 1877) * 1821E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (died 1888) * 1832
William Crookes Sir William Crookes (; 17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was an English chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing ...
, English chemist and physicist (died 1919) *
1833 Events January–March * January 3 – The United Kingdom reasserts British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. * February 6 (January 25 on the Greek calendar) – Prince Otto Friedrich Ludwig of Bavaria arr ...
Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president (died 1893) * 1858Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician, 44th
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 1914) * 1861Pete Browning, American baseball player (died 1905) * 1861 – Omar Bundy, American general (died 1940) *
1863 Events January * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate States of America an official war goal. The signing ...
Charles Michael, duke of Mecklenburg (died 1934) * 1865Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American physician (died 1915) *
1867 There were only 354 days this year in the newly purchased territory of Alaska. When the territory transferred from the Russian Empire to the United States, the calendric transition from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar was made with only 1 ...
Flora Finch, English-American actress (died 1940) * 1867 – John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian (died 1948) * 1867 – Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (died 1922) * 1871
James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ...
, American author, journalist, and activist (died 1938) *
1876 Events January * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. *January 27 – The Northampton Bank robbery occurs in Massachusetts. February * Febr ...
William Carr, American rower (died 1942) * 1876 – Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author (died 1922) *
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 ...
Carl Van Vechten Carl Van Vechten (; June 17, 1880December 21, 1964) was an American writer and Fine-art photography, artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary estate, literary executor of Gertrude Stein. He gained fame ...
, American author and photographer (died 1964) * 1881Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter (died 1955) * 1882Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1918) * 1882 –
Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century c ...
, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1971) * 1888
Heinz Guderian Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (; 17 June 1888 – 14 May 1954) was a German general during World War II who later became a successful memoirist. A pioneer and advocate of the "blitzkrieg" approach, he played a central role in the development of ...
, German general (died 1954) *
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 ...
Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint (died 1911) *
1898 Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen ...
M. C. Escher Maurits Cornelis Escher (; ; 17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made woodcuts, lithography, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of which were Mathematics and art, inspired by mathematics. Despite wide popular int ...
, Dutch illustrator (died 1972) * 1898 – Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (died 1961) * 1898 – Joe McKelvey, Executed
Irish republican Irish republicanism () is the political movement for an Irish republic, void of any British rule. Throughout its centuries of existence, it has encompassed various tactics and identities, simultaneously elective and militant and has been both w ...
(died 1922) * 1898 – Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter (died 2009) *
1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...
Martin Bormann Martin Ludwig Bormann (17 June 1900 – 2 May 1945) was a German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery, private secretary to Adolf Hitler, and a war criminal. Bormann gained immense power by using his position as Hitler ...
, German politician (died 1945) * 1900 – Evelyn Irons, Scottish journalist and war correspondent (died 2000)


1901–present

* 1902
Sammy Fain Sammy Fain (born Samuel E. Feinberg; June 17, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American composer of popular music. In the 1920s and early 1930s, he contributed numerous songs that form part of The Great American Songbook, and to Broadway theatr ...
, American pianist and composer (died 1989) * 1902 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (died 1982) * 1903Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie (died 1977) * 1904
Ralph Bellamy Ralph Rexford Bellamy (June 17, 1904 – November 29, 1991) was an American actor whose career spanned 65 years on stage, film, and television. During his career, he played leading roles as well as supporting roles, garnering acclaim and award ...
, American actor (died 1991) * 1904 – J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (died 1988) * 1904 – Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (died 1989) *
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 ...
Maurice Cloche Maurice Cloche (17 June 1907, in Commercy, Meuse (department), Meuse – 20 March 1990, in Bordeaux, France) was a French people, French film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. Best known for his Oscar-winning film ''Monsieur V ...
, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1990) * 1909Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (died 2004) * 1909 – Ralph E. Winters, Canadian-American film editor (died 2004) * 1910
Red Foley Clyde Julian "Red" Foley (June 17, 1910 – September 19, 1968) was an American musician who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II. For more than two decades, Foley was one of the biggest stars of the gen ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1968) * 1910 – George Hees, Canadian football player and politician (died 1996) *
1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...
John Hersey John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to no ...
, American journalist and author (died 1993) * 1915David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player (died 1973) * 1915 – Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (died 1981) * 1916Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999) *
1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (died 2010) *
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 ...
Ajahn Chah, Thai monk and educator (died 1992) * 1919William Kaye Estes, American psychologist and academic (died 2011) * 1919 – John Moffat, Scottish lieutenant and pilot (died 2016) * 1919 – Beryl Reid, English actress (died 1996) * 1920Jacob H. Gilbert, American lawyer and politician (died 1981) * 1920 – Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress (died 2015) * 1920 –
François Jacob François Jacob (; 17 June 1920 – 19 April 2013) was a French biologist who, together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through regulation of transcription. He shared the 1965 Nobel ...
, French biologist and geneticist,
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 2013) * 1920 – Peter Le Cheminant, English air marshal and politician,
Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey The lieutenant governor of Guernsey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the lieutenant governor is to act as the ''de facto'' head of state in Guern ...
(died 2018) * 1922John Amis, English journalist and critic (died 2013) *
1923 In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Thursday, 1 March ' ...
Elroy Hirsch Elroy Leon "Crazylegs" Hirsch (June 17, 1923 – January 28, 2004) was an American professional American football, football player, sport executive and actor. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and the College Football H ...
, American football player (died 2004) * 1923 – Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (died 2014) * 1923 – Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian and academic (died 1999) *
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 ...
Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (died 2014) *
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 ...
Martin Böttcher, German composer and conductor (died 2019) * 1927 –
Wally Wood Wallace Allan Wood (June 17, 1927 – November 2, 1981) was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comics's titles such as ''Weird Science (comic), Weird Science'', ''Weird Fantasy'', an ...
, American author, illustrator, and publisher (died 1981) *
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 ...
Juan María Bordaberry, President of Uruguay (died 2011) * 1929Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (died 2016) * 1929 – Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (died 1984) * 1930Cliff Gallup, American guitarist (died 1988) * 1930 – Brian Statham, English cricketer (died 2000) * 1931John Baldessari, American painter and illustrator (died 2020) *
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 ...
Derek Ibbotson George Derek Ibbotson (17 June 1932 – 23 February 2017) was an English runner who excelled in athletics in the 1950s. His most famous achievement was setting a new world record in the mile in 1957. Biography Ibbotson was born on 17 J ...
, English runner (died 2017) * 1932 – John Murtha, American colonel and politician (died 2010) *
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 ...
Harry Browne, American soldier and politician (died 2006) * 1933 – Christian Ferras, French violinist (died 1982) * 1933 –
Maurice Stokes Maurice Stokes (June 17, 1933 – April 6, 1970) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Cincinnati/Rochester Royals of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1955 to 1958. Stokes was a three-time NBA All-Star, ...
, American basketball player (died 1970) *
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 ...
Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist (died 2018) * 1936 –
Ken Loach Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is a retiredhttps://variety.com/2024/film/global/ken-loach-retirement-the-old-oak-jonathan-glazer-oscars-speech-1235956589/ English filmmaker. His socially critical directing style and socialist views ar ...
, English director, producer, and screenwriter * 1937Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager (died 2013) * 1937 –
Ted Nelson Theodor Holm Nelson (born June 17, 1937) is an American pioneer of information technology, philosopher, and sociologist. He coined the terms ''hypertext'' and ''hypermedia'' in 1963 and published them in 1965. According to his 1997 ''Forbes'' p ...
, American sociologist and philosopher * 1937 – Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian fashion designer, television presenter and politician (died 2009) *
1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *Janu ...
George Akerlof, American economist 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 * 1940 – Bobby Bell, American football player * 1940 – Chuck Rainey, American bassist * 1941Nicholas C. Handy, English chemist and academic (died 2012) *
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 ...
Mohamed ElBaradei Mohamed Mostafa ElBaradei (, ; born 17 June 1942) is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat who served as the vice president of Egypt on an interim basis from 14 July 2013 until his resignation on 14 August 2013. He was the Director General of ...
, Egyptian politician, Vice President of Egypt,
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 * 1942 – Doğu Perinçek, Turkish lawyer and politician * 1942 – Roger Steffens, American actor and producer *
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...
Newt Gingrich Newton Leroy Gingrich (; né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1 ...
, American historian and politician, 58th
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House or House speaker, is the Speaker (politics), presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the United ...
* 1943 – Barry Manilow, American singer-songwriter and producer * 1943 –
Chantal Mouffe Chantal Mouffe (; born 17 June 1943) is a Belgian political theorist, formerly teaching at University of Westminster. She is best known for her and Ernesto Laclau's contribution to the development of the so-called Essex School of discourse ana ...
, Belgian theorist and author * 1943 –
Burt Rutan Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (; born June 17, 1943) is a retired American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, and energy-efficient air and space craft. He designed the recor ...
, American engineer and pilot *
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 ...
Randy Johnson Randall David Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed, "the Big Unit," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (1988–2009) for six teams, primarily the Seattle Mariners and Arizo ...
, American football player (died 2009) * 1944 – Chris Spedding, English singer-songwriter and guitarist *
1945 1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat. Events World War II will be ...
Tommy Franks, American general * 1945 –
Ken Livingstone Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born 17 June 1945) is an English former politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was Local Government Act 1985, abolished in 1986, and as Mayor of Londo ...
, English politician, 1st
Mayor of London The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority. The role was created in 2000 after the Greater London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. The current ...
* 1945 –
Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx (, ), is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an ...
, Belgian cyclist and sportscaster * 1945 – Art Bell, American broadcaster and author (died 2018) *1946 – Peter Rosei, Austrian author, poet, and playwright *1947 – Christopher Allport, American actor (died 2008) * 1947 – Timothy Wright, American gospel singer, pastor (died 2009) * 1947 – Linda Chavez, American journalist and author * 1947 – George S. Clinton, American composer and songwriter * 1947 – Gregg Rolie, American rock singer-songwriter and keyboard player * 1947 – Paul Young (singer, born 1947), Paul Young, English singer-songwriter (died 2000) *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
– Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player and manager * 1948 – Jacqueline Jones, American historian and academic * 1948 – Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player and politician (died 1992) * 1948 – Karol Sikora, English physician and academic *1949 – Snakefinger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1987) * 1949 – John Craven (economist), John Craven, English economist and academic * 1949 – Russell Smith (singer), Russell Smith, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019) *1950 – Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director *1951 – Starhawk, American author and activist * 1951 – John Garrett (ice hockey), John Garrett, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster * 1951 – Joe Piscopo, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter *
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, ...
– Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager * 1952 – Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education *
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 ...
– Vernon Coaker, English educator and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence * 1953 – Juan Muñoz (sculptor), Juan Muñoz, Spanish sculptor and storyteller (died 2001) *1954 – Mark Linn-Baker, American actor and director *1955 – Mati Laur, Estonian historian, author, and academic * 1955 – Bob Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1955 – Cem Hakko, Turkish fashion designer and businessman *1956 – Iain Milne, Scottish rugby player *1957 – Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013) * 1957 – Martin Dillon (musician), Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (died 2005) * 1957 – Uģis Prauliņš, Latvian composer * 1958 – Pierre Berbizier, French rugby player and coach * 1958 – Jello Biafra, American singer-songwriter and producer * 1958 – Bobby Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1958 – Sam Hamad, Syrian-Canadian academic and politician * 1958 – Jon Leibowitz, American lawyer and politician * 1958 – Daniel McVicar, American actor *1959 – Carol Anderson, American author and historian * 1959 – Lawrence Haddad, South African-English economist and academic * 1959 – Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach * 1960 – Adrián Campos, Spanish race car driver (died 2021) * 1960 – Thomas Haden Church, American actor *1961 – Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese actor and singer *1962 – Michael Monroe, Finnish singer-songwriter and saxophonist *
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 ...
– Greg Kinnear, American actor, television presenter, and producer *1964 – Rinaldo Capello, Italian race car driver * 1964 – Michael Gross (swimmer), Michael Gross, German swimmer * 1964 – Steve Rhodes, English cricketer and coach *1965 – Dermontti Dawson, American football player and coach * 1965 – Dan Jansen, American speed skater and sportscaster * 1965 – Dara O'Kearney, Irish runner and poker player *1966 – Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras, Iraqi journalist and author * 1966 – Tory Burch, American fashion designer and philanthropist * 1966 – Ken Clark (running back), Ken Clark, American football player (died 2013) * 1966 – Diane Modahl, English runner * 1966 – Jason Patric, American actor *
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 ...
– Dorothea Röschmann, German soprano and actress * 1967 – Eric Stefani, American keyboard player and composer *1968 – Steve Georgallis, Australian rugby league player and coach * 1968 – Minoru Suzuki, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist *1969 – Paul Tergat, Kenyan runner * 1969 – Geoff Toovey, Australian rugby league player and coach * 1969 – Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (died 2013) *1970 – Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player * 1970 – Will Forte, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter * 1970 – Jason Hanson, American football player * 1970 – Popeye Jones, American basketball player and coach * 1970 – Michael Showalter, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1970 – Alan Dowson, English football manager and former professional player *
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 ...
– Paulina Rubio, Mexican pop singer * 1971 – Mildred Fox, Irish politician *1973 – Leander Paes, Indian tennis player *1974 – Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer *1975 – Joshua Leonard, American actor, director, and screenwriter * 1975 – Juan Carlos Valerón, Spanish footballer * 1975 – Phiyada Akkraseranee, Thai actress and model *1976 – Scott Adkins, English actor and martial artist * 1976 – Sven Nys, Belgian cyclist *1977 – Bartosz Brożek, Polish philosopher and jurist * 1977 – Tjaša Jezernik, Slovenian tennis player * 1977 – Mark Tauscher, American football player and sportscaster *1978 – Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer * 1978 – Travis Roche, Canadian ice hockey player *1979 – Nick Rimando, American soccer player * 1979 – Tyson Apostol, American television personality * 1979 – Young Maylay, American rapper, producer, and voice actor *1980 – Elisa Rigaudo, Italian race walker * 1980 – Jeph Jacques, American author and illustrator * 1980 – Venus Williams, American tennis player *1981 – Kyle Boller, American football player * 1981 – Shane Watson, Australian cricketer *1982 – Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer * 1982 – Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player (died 2016) * 1982 – Stanislava Hrozenská, Slovak tennis player * 1982 – Stefan Hodgetts, English racing driver * 1982 – Arthur Darvill, English actor * 1982 – Jodie Whittaker, English actress *1983 – Lee Ryan, English singer/actor * 1983 – Vlasis Kazakis, Greek footballer *1984 – Michael Mathieu, Bahamian sprinter * 1984 – Si Tianfeng, Chinese race walker *
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 ...
– Özge Akın, Turkish sprinter * 1985 – Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player * 1985 – Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer *1986 – Apoula Edel, Armenian footballer * 1986 – Helen Glover (rower), Helen Glover, English rower *
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 ...
– Kendrick Lamar, American rapper * 1987 – Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer and actress *1988 – Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player * 1988 – Shaun MacDonald (footballer, born 1988), Shaun MacDonald, Welsh footballer * 1988 – Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer *
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 ...
– Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer * 1989 – Simone Battle, American singer and actress (died 2014) *1990 – Jordan Henderson, English footballer * 1990 – Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player *
1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
– Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player *1993 – Nikita Kucherov, Russian ice hockey player *
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 ...
– Amari Cooper, American football player *1995 – Clément Lenglet, French footballer * 1995 – Aoi Morikawa, Japanese actress and model *1997 – KJ Apa, New Zealand actor * 1997 – Raluca Șerban, Romanian-Cypriot tennis player *1999 – Henri Jokiharju, Finnish ice hockey player * 1999 – Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstani tennis player *2000 – Odessa A'zion, American actress


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 656 – Uthman, caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate (born 579) * 676 – Pope Adeodatus II, Adeodatus, pope of the Catholic Church * 811 – Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, Japanese shōgun (born 758) * 850 – Tachibana no Kachiko, Japanese empress (born 786) * 900 – Fulk (archbishop of Reims), Fulk, French archbishop and chancellor *1025 – Bolesław I the Brave, Polish king (born 967) *1091 – Dirk V, Count of Holland, Dirk V, count of Holland (born 1052) *1207 – Ji Gong, Daoji, Chinese buddhist monk (born 1130) *1219 – David, Earl of Huntingdon, David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon *1361 – Ingeborg of Norway, princess consort and regent of Sweden (born 1301) *1400 – Jan of Jenštejn, archbishop of Prague (born 1348) *1463 – Catherine of Portugal (nun), Catherine of Portugal, Portuguese princess (born 1436) *1501 – John I Albert, Polish king (born 1459) * 1565Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shōgun (born 1536)


1601–1900

* 1631Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal princess (born 1593) *1649 – Injo of Joseon, Korean king (born 1595) *1674 – Jijabai, Dowager Queen, mother of Shivaji (born 1598) *1694 – Philip Howard (cardinal), Philip Howard, English cardinal (born 1629) *1696 – John III Sobieski, Polish king (born 1629) *1719 – Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (born 1672) *1734 – Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, Minister of Defence (France), French Secretary of State for War (born 1653) *1740 – Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1687) *1762 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (born 1674) *1771 – Daskalogiannis, Greek rebel leader (born 1722) * 1775 – John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (born 1722) *1797 – Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (born 1742) *1813 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (born 1726) * 1821 – Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (born 1785) * 1839 – Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (born 1774) *1866 – Joseph Méry, French poet and author (born 1798) *1889 – Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (born ~1840) *
1898 Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen ...
– Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (born 1833)


1901–present

* 1904 – Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (born 1839) *
1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...
– Julien Félix, French military officer and aviator (born 1869) *
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 ...
– Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia), Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1883) *
1939 This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...
– Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1893) * 1939 – Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (born 1908) *
1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *Janu ...
– Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865) * 1941 – Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (born 1862) * 1941 – Đorđe Bogić, protopresbyter of the Serbian Orthodox Church, victim of Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia, Genocide of Serbs (born 1911) *
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 ...
– Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1853) *
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, ...
– Jack Parsons (rocket engineer), Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (born 1914) *1954 – Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (born 1920) *1956 – Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (born 1878) * 1956 – Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (born 1892) * 1956 – Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (born 1926) *1957 – Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (born 1873) * 1957 – J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (born 1888) *1961 – Jeff Chandler, American actor (born 1918) *
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 ...
– Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (born 1882) *1968 – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1901) *1974 – Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (born 1889) *1975 – James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (born 1893) *1979 – Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (born 1898) * 1979 – Duffy Lewis, American baseball player and manager (born 1888) *1981 – Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (born 1889) * 1981 – Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (born 1889) *1982 – Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (born 1920) *1983 – Peter Mennin, American composer and educator (born 1923) *
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 ...
– John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1913) *1986 – Kate Smith, American singer (born 1907) *
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 ...
– Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1936) *1996 – Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (born 1922) * 1996 – Curt Swan, American illustrator (born 1920) *1999 – Basil Hume, English cardinal (born 1923) *2000 – Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (born 1931) *2001 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919) * 2001 – Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (born 1925) *2002 – Willie Davenport, American sprinter and hurdler (born 1943) * 2002 – Fritz Walter, German footballer (born 1920) *2004 – Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1926) *2006 – Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (born 1962) *2007 – Gianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (born 1944) * 2007 – Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer (born 1933) *2008 – Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (born 1922) *2009 – Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (born 1929) * 2009 – Darrell Powers, American sergeant (born 1923) *2011 – Rex Mossop, Australian rugby player and sportscaster (born 1928) *2012 – Stéphane Brosse, French mountaineer (born 1971) * 2012 – Patricia Brown (baseball), Patricia Brown, American baseball player (born 1931) * 2012 – Nathan Divinsky, Canadian mathematician and chess player (born 1925) * 2012 – Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (born 1965) * 2012 – Fauzia Wahab, Pakistani actress and politician (born 1956) *2013 – Michael Baigent, New Zealand-English theorist and author (born 1948) * 2013 – Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi playwright and producer (born 1930) * 2013 – Pierre F. Côté, Canadian lawyer and civil servant (born 1927) * 2013 – Bulbs Ehlers, American basketball player (born 1923) * 2013 – James Holshouser, American politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (born 1934) *2014 – Patsy Byrne, English actress (born 1933) * 2014 – Éric Dewailly, Canadian epidemiologist and academic (born 1954) * 2014 – Stanley Marsh 3, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1938) * 2014 – Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (born 1923) * 2014 – Larry Zeidel, Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1928) *
2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
– Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (born 1937) * 2015 – John David Crow, American football player and coach (born 1935) * 2015 – Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (born 1924) * 2015 – Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (born 1920) * 2015 – Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (born 1973) *
2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
– Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (born 1948) *2019 – Gloria Vanderbilt, American artist, author actress, fashion designer, heiress and socialite (born 1924) * 2019 – Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian professor and politician, first elected List of presidents of Egypt, president of Egypt after 2011 Egyptian revolution, Egyptian revolution (born 1951) *2020 – Jean Kennedy Smith, American activist, humanitarian, author and diplomat (United States Ambassador to Ireland, 1993–1998) (born 1928) *
2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
– Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (born 1924)


Holidays and observances

*Christian feast day: **Albert Chmielowski **Botolph (England and Scandinavia) **Gondulphus of Berry **Saint Hervé, Hervé **Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches) **Rainerius **Samuel Barnett (reformer), Samuel and Henrietta Barnett (Calendar of saints (Church of England), Church of England) **June 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Father's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala) *Icelandic National Day, celebrates the independence of
Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
from Kingdom of Denmark in 1944. *June 2017 Portugal wildfires, National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Forest Fires (
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...
) *Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day (
Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
) *World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International observance, international) *Zemla Intifada, Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)


References


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