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Pre-1600

* 296Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. * 763 – The
Byzantine 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 the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...
army of emperor
Constantine V Constantine V (; July 718 – 14 September 775) was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. His reign saw a consolidation of Byzantine security from external threats. As an able military leader, Constantine took advantage of Third Fitna, civil war ...
defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. * 1422Battle of Arbedo between the duke of
Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
and the
Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...
cantons. * 1521 – Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre. * 1559 – King
Henry II of France Henry II (; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was List of French monarchs#House of Valois-Angoulême (1515–1589), King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I of France, Francis I and Claude of France, Claude, Du ...
is mortally wounded in a
jousting Jousting is a medieval and renaissance martial game or hastilude between two combatants either on horse or on foot. The joust became an iconic characteristic of the knight in Romantic medievalism. The term is derived from Old French , ultim ...
match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery. * 1598 – The Spanish-held
Castillo San Felipe del Morro Castillo San Felipe del Morro (English language , English: Promontory Castle of Saint Philip), most commonly known as ''El Morro'' (The Promontory), is a large Medieval fortification, fortress and citadel in the Old San Juan historic quarter of ...
in
San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan ( , ; Spanish for "Saint John the Baptist, John") is the capital city and most populous Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the ...
having been besieged for fifteen days, surrenders to an English force under Sir George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland.


1601–1900

*
1632 Events January–March * January 8 – University of Amsterdam is established at the site of the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam. * January 31 – The dissection of a body for the benefit of medical students is carried o ...
– The
University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.
is founded. * 1651The Deluge:
Khmelnytsky Uprising The Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack–Polish War, Khmelnytsky insurrection, or the National Liberation War, was a Cossack uprisings, Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Poli ...
: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory. * 1688 – The Immortal Seven issue the
Invitation to William The ''Invitation to William'' was a letter sent by seven Englishmen (six nobles and a bishop), later referred to as "the Immortal Seven", to stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange, dated 30 June 1688 (Julian calendar, 10 July Gregorian cal ...
, which would culminate in the
Glorious Revolution The Glorious Revolution, also known as the Revolution of 1688, was the deposition of James II and VII, James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II, Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange ...
. * 1703 – The Battle of Ekeren between a Dutch force and a French force. * 1758
Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a Great Power conflict fought primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and South Asia. The protagonists were Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and Kingdom of Prus ...
: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King
Frederick the Great Frederick II (; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled ''King in Prussia'', declaring himself ''King of Prussia'' after annexing Royal Prussia ...
from
Moravia Moravia ( ; ) is a historical region in the eastern Czech Republic, roughly encompassing its territory within the Danube River's drainage basin. It is one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The medieval and early ...
. *
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 ...
Northwest Indian War The Northwest Indian War (1785–1795), also known by other names, was an armed conflict for control of the Northwest Territory fought between the United States and a united group of Native Americans in the United States, Native American na ...
: Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery. * 1805 – Under ''An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments'', adopted by the U.S. Congress on January 11, 1805, the
Michigan Territory The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan. Detroit ...
is organized. * 1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses
Niagara Falls Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the Canada–United States border, border between the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York (s ...
on a
tightrope Tightrope walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope. It has a long tradition in various countries and is commonly associated with the circus. Other skills similar to tightrope walking include slack rope ...
. *
1860 Events January * January 2 – The astronomer Urbain Le Verrier announces the discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan (hypothetical planet), Vulcan at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. * January 10 &ndas ...
– The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the
Oxford University Museum of Natural History The Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. It also contains a lecture theatre which is used by the univers ...
takes place. *
1864 Events January * January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song "Beautiful Dream ...
U.S. President The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War ...
grants
Yosemite Valley Yosemite Valley ( ; ''Yosemite'', Miwok for "killer") is a U-shaped valley, glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. The valley is about long a ...
to
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 "public use, resort and recreation". * 1882Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the
assassination Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are orde ...
of
U.S. President The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...
James Garfield James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until Assassination of James A. Garfield, his death in September that year after being shot two months ea ...
. *
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 ...
– The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from
Montreal, Quebec Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on
July 4 Events Pre-1600 * 362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and procla ...
. * 1892 – The Homestead Strike begins near
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...
,
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
. *
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 ...
– A savage fire wrecked three steamships docked at a pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. Over 200 crew members and passengers are killed, and hundreds injured.


1901–present

* 1905
Albert Einstein Albert Einstein (14 March 187918 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence f ...
sends the article '' On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies'', in which he introduces
special relativity In physics, the special theory of relativity, or special relativity for short, is a scientific theory of the relationship between Spacetime, space and time. In Albert Einstein's 1905 paper, Annus Mirabilis papers#Special relativity, "On the Ele ...
, for publication in ''
Annalen der Physik ''Annalen der Physik'' (English: ''Annals of Physics'') is one of the oldest scientific journals on physics; it has been published since 1799. The journal publishes original, peer-reviewed papers on experimental, theoretical, applied, and mathem ...
''. *
1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
– The United States Congress passes the
Meat Inspection Act The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) is an American law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly ...
and
Pure Food and Drug Act The s:Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, also known as the Wiley Act and Harvey Washington Wiley, Dr. Wiley's Law, was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws enacted by the United States Con ...
. * 1908 – The
Tunguska Event The Tunguska event was a large explosion of between 3 and 50 TNT equivalent, megatons that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate (now Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia, on the morning of 30 June 1908. The explosion over ...
, the largest
impact event An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. Impact events have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though the most frequent involve asteroids, comets or meteoroids and have minimal effe ...
on
Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...
in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over
Eastern Siberia Eastern Siberia is a part of Siberia that incorporates the territory located between the Yenisei River in the west and the Pacific Ocean divides in the east. Its area is equal to 7.2 million sq. km.Galina Samoylova (Г. С. Самойлова)ВР...
. *
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 ...
– The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in
Regina, Saskatchewan Regina ( ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 Canadian census, ...
. * 1916
World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the
Royal Sussex Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foo ...
take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué 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 ...
. *
1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...
– U.S. President
Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he was one of the most ...
appoints former President
William Howard Taft William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) served as the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices. ...
as
Chief Justice of the United States The chief justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and is the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. federal judiciary. Appointments Clause, Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution g ...
. * 1922 – In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State
Charles Evans Hughes Charles Evans Hughes (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American politician, academic, and jurist who served as the 11th chief justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...
and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic. *
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 ...
– The Night of the Long Knives,
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...
's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place. *
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 ...
– Emperor
Haile Selassie Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen or ''Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles#Lij, Lij'' Tafari; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles, Rege ...
of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the
League of Nations The League of Nations (LN or LoN; , SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace ...
against Italy's invasion of his country. * 1937 – The world's first
emergency telephone number An emergency telephone number is a number that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance. The emergency number differs from country to country; it is typically a three-digit number so that it can be easily remembered and ...
, 999, is introduced in London. *
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 World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces. *
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 ...
– The first
Chevrolet Corvette The Chevrolet Corvette is a line of American two-door, two-seater sports cars manufactured and marketed by General Motors under the Chevrolet marque since 1953. Throughout eight generations, indicated sequentially as C1 to C8, the Corvette is not ...
rolls off the assembly line in
Flint, Michigan Flint is the largest city in Genesee County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. Located along the Flint River (Michigan), Flint River northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the Central Michigan, Mid Michigan region. Flin ...
. *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...
– A TWA Super Constellation and a
United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. is a Major airlines of the United States, major airline in the United States headquartered in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois that operates an extensive domestic and international route network across the United States and six ...
DC-7 collide above the
Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is long, up to wide and attains a depth of over a mile (). The canyon and adjacent rim are contained within Grand Canyon Nati ...
in
Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners. *1959 – A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa, 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood. *1960 – Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). *1963 – Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Sicilian Mafia, Mafia boss Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco, Salvatore Greco, kills seven Polizia di Stato, police officers and Italian Army, military personnel near Palermo. *1966 – The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminism, feminist organization, is founded. *1968 – Pope Paul VI issues the ''Credo of the People of God''. *1971 – The crew of the Soviet Union, Soviet ''Soyuz 11'' spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. *1972 – The first leap second is added to the UTC time system. *1973 – 1973 Eclipse Flight of Concorde 001, Concorde 001 intercepts the path of a total solar eclipse and follows the moon's shadow, experiencing the longest total eclipse observation. *1974 – The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins. *1977 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. *1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days. *1986 – The Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Court rules in ''Bowers v. Hardwick'' that states can outlaw Homosexuality, homosexual acts between consenting adults. *1989 – A 1989 Sudanese coup d'état, coup d'état in Sudan deposes the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani. *1990 – East and West Germany German reunification, merge their economies. *1993 – Malta is officially subdivided into 68 Local councils of Malta, local councils by the Local Councils Act. *1994 – During a test flight of an Airbus A330, Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, the aircraft Airbus Industrie Flight 129, crashes killing all seven people on board. *2007 – A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a 2007 Glasgow Airport attack, failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before. *2009 – Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310, Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash. *2013 – Nineteen firefighters die controlling a Yarnell Hill Fire, wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. * 2013 – June 2013 Egyptian protests, Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party (Egypt), Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. *2015 – A Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board 2015 Sumatra Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash, crashes in a residential area in Medan, Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths. *2019 – Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to 2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). *2021 – The Tiger Fire ignites near Black Canyon City, Arizona, and goes on to burn of land before being fully contained on July 30. *2023 – A Tajikistan, Tajik citizen with Islamic State, ISIS connections, wanted in Tajikistan for murder and kidnapping, ChiÈ™inău International Airport shooting, kills two people at ChiÈ™inău International Airport in Moldova, after being denied entry to the country.


Births


Pre-1600

*1286 – John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English magnate (died 1347) *1468 – John, Elector of Saxony (died 1532) *1470 – Charles VIII of France (died 1498) *1478 – John, Prince of Asturias, Son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (died 1497) *1503 – John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (died 1554) *1533 – Martín de Rada, Spanish missionary (died 1578) *1588 – Giovanni Maria Sabino, Italian organist, composer, and educator (died 1649)


1601–1900

*1641 – Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (died 1719) *1685 – John Gay, English poet and playwright (died 1732) * 1688 – Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (died 1756) *1722 – Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister (died 1795) *1755 – Paul Barras, French soldier and politician (died 1829) *1789 – Horace Vernet, French painter and academic (died 1863) *1791 – Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist (died 1841) *1803 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (died 1849) *1807 – Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German author, poet, and playwright (died 1887) *1817 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (died 1911) *1843 – Ernest Mason Satow, English orientalist and diplomat (died 1929) *
1864 Events January * January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song "Beautiful Dream ...
– Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect and archaeologist (died 1945) *1884 – Georges Duhamel (author), Georges Duhamel, French author and critic (died 1966) *1889 – Archibald Frazer-Nash, English motor car designer, engineer and founder of Frazer Nash (died 1965) *1890 – Paul Boffa, Maltese physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (died 1962) *1891 – Man Mountain Dean, American wrestler and sergeant (died 1953) * 1891 – Ed Lewis (wrestler), Ed Lewis, American wrestler and manager (died 1966) * 1891 – Stanley Spencer, English painter (died 1959) * 1892 – Pierre Blanchar, Algerian-French actor and director (died 1963) *1893 – Nellah Massey Bailey, American politician and librarian (died 1956) * 1893 – Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (died 1973) *1895 – Heinz Warneke, German-American sculptor and educator (died 1983) *1899 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (died 1990)


1901–present

* 1905 – John Van Ryn, American tennis player (died 1999) *
1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
– Anthony Mann, American actor and director (died 1967) *1907 – Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (died 1950) * 1908 – Winston Graham, English author (died 2003) * 1908 – Luigi Rovere, Italian film producer (died 1996) * 1908 – Rob Nieuwenhuys, Dutch writer (died 1999) *1909 – Juan Bosch (politician), Juan Bosch, 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (died 2001) *1911 – CzesÅ‚aw MiÅ‚osz, Polish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004) * 1911 – Nagarjun, Indian poet (died 1998) *
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 ...
– Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (died 2003) * 1912 – Dan Reeves (American football executive), Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1971) * 1912 – María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (died 2009) *1913 – Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Colombia (died 2007) * 1913 – Harry Wismer, American sportscaster (died 1967) *1914 – Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (died 2001) * 1914 – Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (died 1994) *1917 – Susan Hayward, American actress (died 1975) * 1917 – Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (died 2010) * 1917 – Willa Kim, American costume designer (died 2016) *1919 – Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (died 2007) *1920 – Eleanor Ross Taylor, American poet and educator (died 2011) *
1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...
– Washington SyCip, American-Filipino accountant (died 2017) *1924 – Max Trepp, Swiss sprinter (died 1990) *1925 – Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (died 2010) * 1925 – Ebrahim Amini, Iranian politician (died 2020) *1926 – Paul Berg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023) *1927 – Shirley Fry Irvin, American tennis player (died 2021) * 1927 – James Goldman, American screenwriter and playwright (died 1998) * 1927 – Mario Lanfranchi, Italian director, screenwriter, producer, collector and actor (died 2022) * 1927 – Frank McCabe (basketball), Frank McCabe, American basketball player (died 2021) *1928 – Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli, Islamic philosopher, theologian, mathematician and mystic (died 2021) * 1928 – Nathaniel Tarn, American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator *1929 – Yang Ti-liang, Chinese judge (died 2023) *1930 – Ben Atchley, American politician (died 2018) * 1930 – Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian politician (died 2021) * 1930 – Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad, Syrian bishop (died 2018) *1931 – Yo-Yo Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2013) * 1931 – Andrew Hill (jazz musician), Andrew Hill, American pianist and composer (died 2007) * 1931 – Ronald Rene Lagueux, American judge (died 2023) * 1931 – Kaye Vaughan, American football player (died 2023) *1933 – Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach and manager (died 2011) * 1933 – Joan Murrell Owens, American educator and marine biologist (died 2011) * 1933 – M. J. K. Smith, English cricketer and rugby player * 1933 – Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022) * 1933 – Cookie (cockatoo), Cookie, Australian Major Mitchell's cockatoo, oldest recorded parrot (died 2016) *
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 ...
– Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author (died 1997) *1935 – John Harlin, American pilot and mountaineer (died 1966) *
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 ...
– Assia Djebar, Algerian-French author and translator (died 2015) * 1936 – Nancy Dussault, American actress and singer * 1936 – Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (died 2013) * 1936 – Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002) * 1937 – Larry Henley, American singer-songwriter (died 2014) *1938 – Billy Mills, American sprinter *1938 – Jeri Taylor, American screenwriter (died 2024) *1939 – Tony Hatch, English pianist, composer, and producer * 1939 – Barry Hines, English author and screenwriter (died 2016) * 1939 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (died 2014) *1940 – Mark Spoelstra, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007) *1941 – Peter Pollock, South African cricketer and author *1942 – Robert Ballard, American lieutenant and oceanographer * 1942 – Ron Harris (ice hockey), Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player and coach *1943 – Florence Ballard, American pop/soul singer (died 1976) * 1943 – Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Indian director and screenwriter *
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 ...
– Terry Funk, American wrestler (died 2023) * 1944 – Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist and author * 1944 – Glenn Shorrock, English-Australian singer-songwriter * 1944 – Ron Swoboda, American baseball player and sportscaster *1949 – Uwe Kliemann, German footballer, coach, and manager * 1949 – Andy Scott (guitarist), Andy Scott, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1949 – Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut (died 1981) *1951 – Stanley Clarke, American bass player and composer *1952 – Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician and academic * 1952 – David Garrison, American actor and singer *
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 ...
– Hal Lindes, American-English guitarist and film score composer *1954 – Stephen Barlow (conductor), Stephen Barlow, English organist, composer, and conductor * 1954 – Pierre Charles (Dominican politician), Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (died 2004) * 1954 – Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia * 1954 – Wayne Swan, Australian academic and politician, 14th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia *1955 – Brian Vollmer, Canadian singer * 1955 – Egils Levits, Latvian judge, jurist, 10th President of Latvia *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...
– Volker Beck (athlete), Volker Beck, German hurdler and coach * 1956 – David Lidington, English historian, academic, and politician, Minister of State for Europe * 1956 – David Alan Grier, American actor, singer, and comedian *1957 – Bud Black, American baseball player and manager * 1957 – Sterling Marlin, American race car driver *1958 – Pam Royle, British television presenter, journalist and voice coach * 1958 – Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer *1959 – Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor * 1959 – Daniel Goldhagen, American political scientist, author, and academic * 1959 – Brendan Perry, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1959 – Sakis Tsiolis, Greek footballer and manager * 1959 – Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma, Indian-English businesswoman and politician *1960 – Jack McConnell, Scottish educator and politician, 3rd First Minister of Scotland * 1960 – Murray Cook, Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer *1961 – Lynne Jolitz, American computer scientist and programmer * 1961 – Clive Nolan, English musician, composer and producer *1962 – Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player (died 2020) * 1962 – Julianne Regan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist *1963 – Olha Bryzhina, Ukrainian sprinter * 1963 – Rupert Graves, English actor, director, and screenwriter * 1963 – Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist and songwriter *1964 – Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg * 1964 – Mark Waters (director), Mark Waters, American director and producer *1965 – Steve Duchesne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach * 1965 – Cho Jae-hyun, South Korean actor * 1965 – Anna Levandi, Russian figure skater and coach * 1965 – Gary Pallister, English footballer and sportscaster * 1965 – Mitch Richmond, American basketball player *1966 – Mike Tyson, American boxer and actor *1967 – Patrik Bodén, Swedish javelin thrower * 1967 – David Busst, English footballer and manager * 1967 – Victoria Kaspi, American-Canadian astrophysicist and academic *1968 – Phil Anselmo, American singer-songwriter and producer *1969 – Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician * 1969 – Uta Rohländer, German sprinter * 1969 – Sébastien Rose, Canadian director and screenwriter *1970 – Brian Bloom, American actor and screenwriter * 1970 – Antonio Chimenti, Italian footballer and manager * 1970 – Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player and manager *1971 – Monica Potter, American actress *1972 – Sandra Cam, Belgian swimmer * 1972 – Molly Parker, Canadian actress *1973 – Chan Ho Park, South Korean baseball player * 1973 – Frank Rost, German footballer and manager *1974 – Katrin Auer, Austrian politician * 1974 – Hezekiél Sepeng, South African runner *1975 – James Bannatyne, New Zealand footballer * 1975 – Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver *1978 – Ben Cousins, Australian footballer * 1978 – Patrick Ivuti, Kenyan runner * 1978 – Claudio Rivalta, Italian footballer *1979 – Sylvain Chavanel, French cyclist *1980 – Rade Prica, Swedish footballer * 1980 – Seyi Olofinjana, Nigerian footballer * 1980 – Ryan ten Doeschate, Dutch cricketer *1981 – Can Artam, Turkish race car driver * 1981 – Matt Kirk, Canadian football player * 1981 – Barbora Å potáková, Czech javelin thrower * 1981 – Ben Utecht, American football player *1982 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress * 1982 – Ignacio Carrasco, Mexican footballer *1983 – Marcus Burghardt, German cyclist * 1983 – Katherine Ryan, UK-based Canadian comedian and presenter * 1983 – Cheryl (singer), Cheryl, English singer and TV personality *1984 – Fantasia Barrino, American singer-songwriter and actress * 1984 – Dax Harwood, American wrestler * 1984 – Tunku Ismail Idris, Crown Prince of Johor, Malaysia *1985 – Trevor Ariza, American basketball player * 1985 – Michael Phelps, American swimmer * 1985 – Cody Rhodes, American wrestler * 1985 – Fabiana Vallejos, Argentinian footballer *1986 – Alicia Fox, American wrestler, model, and actress * 1986 – Fredy Guarín, Colombian footballer * 1986 – Nicola Pozzi, Italian footballer * 1986 – Allegra Versace, Italian-American businesswoman *1987 – Ryan Cook (baseball), Ryan Cook, American baseball player * 1987 – Andrew Hedgman, New Zealand runner *1988 – Jacksfilms, American YouTuber * 1988 – Joe Mazzulla, American basketball coach *1989 – Asbel Kiprop, Kenyan runner * 1989 – Steffen Liebig, German rugby player * 1989 – David Myers (Australian footballer), David Myers, Australian footballer *1993 – Trea Turner, American baseball player *1995 – bbno$, Canadian singer-songwriter *1997 – A. J. Brown, American football player * 1997 – Reuben Garrick, Australian rugby league player *1998 – Tom Davies (footballer, born 1998), Tom Davies, English footballer


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 350 – Nepotianus, Roman ruler * 710 – Saint Erentrude, Erentrude, Frankish abbess *AD 888, 888 – Æthelred (archbishop), Æthelred, archbishop of Diocese of Canterbury, Canterbury *1066 – Theobald of Provins, St.Theobald Of Provins *1181 – Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester, Welsh politician (born 1147) *1224 – Adolf of Osnabrück, German monk and bishop (born 1185) *1278 – Pierre de la Broce, French courtier *1337 – Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (born 1290) *1364 – ArnoÅ¡t of Pardubice, Czech archbishop (born 1297) *1538 – Charles II, Duke of Guelders (born 1467) *1522 – Johann Reuchlin, German humanist and Hebrew scholar (born 1455)


1601–1900

*1607 – Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (born 1538) *1649 – Simon Vouet, French painter (born 1590) *1660 – William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (born 1575) *1666 – Alexander Brome, English poet and playwright (born 1620) *1670 – Henrietta of England (born 1644) *1704 – John Quelch (pirate), John Quelch, English pirate (born 1665) *1708 – Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (born 1684) *1709 – Edward Lhuyd, Welsh botanist, linguist, and geographer (born 1660) *1785 – James Oglethorpe, English general and politician, 1st List of colonial governors of Georgia, Colonial Governor of Georgia (born 1696) *1796 – Abraham Yates Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1724) *1857 – Alcide d'Orbigny, French zoologist and paleontologist (born 1802) * 1882Charles J. Guiteau, American preacher and lawyer, assassin of James A. Garfield (born 1841) * 1882 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (born 1827) *1890 – Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American organist and composer (born 1819)


1901–present

* 1908 – Thomas Hill (American painter), Thomas Hill, American painter (born 1829) *1913 – Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer (born 1873) * 1916 – Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn, American correspondent, author, and poet (born 1847) *1917 – Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (born 1861) * 1917 – Dadabhai Naoroji, Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader (born 1825) *1919 – John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1842) *1932 – Bruno Kastner, German actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1890) *
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 ...
– Karl Ernst, German soldier (born 1904) * 1934 – Erich Klausener, German soldier and politician (born 1885) * 1934 – Gustav Ritter von Kahr, German lawyer and politician, List of Ministers-President of Bavaria, Minister-President of Bavaria (born 1862) * 1934 – Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant and politician (born 1892) * 1934 – Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany (born 1882) *1941 – Yefim Fomin, Belarusian politician (born 1909) * 1941 – Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (born 1875) *1948 – Prince Sabahaddin, Turkish-Swiss sociologist and academic (born 1879) *1949 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (born 1868) *1951 – Yrjö Saarela, Finnish wrestler and coach (born 1884) *
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 ...
– Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (born 1874) * 1953 – Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer and civil servant (born 1874) *1954 – Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1873) *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...
– Thorleif Lund, Norwegian actor (born 1880) *1959 – José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher and politician (born 1882) *1961 – Lee de Forest, American inventor, invented the audion tube (born 1873) *1966 – Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (born 1906) * 1966 – Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction (born 1904) *1968 – Ernst Marcus (zoologist), Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (born 1893) *1971 – Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer (born 1943) * 1971 – Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (born 1900) * 1971 – Georgy Dobrovolsky Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (born 1928) * 1971 – Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian footballer (born 1938) * 1971 – Viktor Patsayev, Kazakh engineer and astronaut (born 1933) * 1971 – Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1935) *1973 – Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author (born 1904) * 1973 – Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (born 1903) *1974 – Alberta Williams King, Civil rights activist (born 1904) *1976 – Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and umpire (born 1898) *1984 – Lillian Hellman, American author and playwright (born 1905) *1985 – Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (born 1933) *1995 – Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian general and astronaut (born 1921) * 1995 – Gale Gordon, American actor and voice artist (born 1906) *1996 – Lakis Petropoulos, Greek footballer and manager (born 1932) *2001 – Chet Atkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1924) * 2001 – Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer (born 1937) *2002 – Chico Xavier, Brazilian medium and author (born 1910) *2003 – Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (born 1924) * 2003 – Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (born 1915) *2004 – Eddie Burns, Australian rugby league player (born 1916) *2007 – Sahib Singh Verma, Indian librarian and politician, 4th List of Chief Ministers of Delhi, Chief Minister of Delhi (born 1943) *2009 – Pina Bausch, German dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1940) * 2009 – Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (born 1933) *2012 – Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (born 1942) * 2012 – Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician, 7th List of Prime Ministers of Israel, Prime Minister of Israel (born 1915) * 2012 – Michael J. Ybarra, American journalist and author (born 1966) *2013 – Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (born 1917) * 2013 – Akpor Pius Ewherido, Nigerian politician (born 1963) * 2013 – Kathryn Morrison (legislator), Kathryn Morrison, American educator and politician (born 1942) * 2013 – Thompson Oliha, Nigerian footballer (born 1968) * 2013 – Keith Seaman, Australian politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (born 1920) *2014 – Frank Cashen, American businessman (born 1925) * 2014 – Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930) * 2014 – Željko Å turanović, Montenegrin lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Montenegro (born 1960) *2015 – Charles W. Bagnal, American general (born 1934) * 2015 – Robert Dewar, English-American computer scientist and academic (born 1945) * 2015 – Arthur Porter (physician), Arthur Porter, Canadian physician and academic (born 1956) * 2015 – Leonard Starr, American author and illustrator (born 1925) *2017 – Barry Norman, English television presenter (born 1933) * 2017 – Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician (born 1927) *2018 – Smoke Dawg, Canadian rapper (born 1996) *2021 – Raj Kaushal, Indian Film Director and Producer (born 1971) *2022 – Technoblade, American YouTuber and streamer (born 1999)


Holidays and observances

* Christian feast day: ** Paul the Apostle, St.Paul the Apostle (solo feast day) ** Mary of Jerusalem, St.Mary of Jerusalem, mother of Mark the Evangelist, Apostle Mark the Evangelist first Bishop of Patriarch of Alexandria, Alexandria and Byblos ** Saint Martial, St.Martial ** Season of Apostles, Feast of the Apostles in the New Testament, 12 Apostles is on June 30 (marks the end of the Pentecost season, Season of Pentecost and the beginning of the Season of Apostles) ** First Martyrs of the Church of Rome ** Theobald of Provins, St. Theobald of Provins ** Adolf of Osnabrück, St. Adolf of Osnabrück ** Otto of Bamberg, St. Otto of Bamberg ** June 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Armed Forces Day (Guatemala) * Asteroid Day (International observance) * General Prayer Day (Central African Republic) * Independence Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo), celebrates the independence of Democratic Republic of the Congo from Belgium in 1960. * Navy Day (Israel) * Philippine–Spanish Friendship Day (Philippines) * Revolution Day (Sudan) * Teachers' Day (Dominican Republic)


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