Events
Pre-1600
*
241 BC –
First Punic War
The First Punic War (264–241 BC) was the first of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the early 3rd century BC. For 23 years, in the longest continuous conflict and grea ...
:
Battle of the Aegates: The
Romans sink the
Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
*
298 – Roman Emperor
Maximian concludes his campaign in
North Africa
North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...
and makes a triumphal entry into
Carthage
Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classic ...
.
*
947 – The
Later Han is founded by
Liu Zhiyuan. He declares himself emperor.
*
1496 – After establishing the city of
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...
,
Christopher Columbus departs for Spain, leaving his brother in command.
*
1535 – Spaniard Fray
Tomás de Berlanga, the fourth Bishop of
Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...
, discovers the
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands () are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the equator, west of the mainland of South America. They form the Galápagos Province of the Republic of Ecuador, with a population of sli ...
by chance on his way to
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
.
1601–1900
*
1607 –
Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of
Yaqob and
Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in
Gojjam, making him
Emperor of Ethiopia
The emperor of Ethiopia (, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse (, "emperor"), was the hereditary monarchy, hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975. The emperor w ...
.
*
1629 –
Charles I dissolves the
Parliament of England
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the Great Council of England, great council of Lords Spi ...
, beginning the eleven-year period known as the
Personal Rule.
*
1661 – French "Sun King"
Louis XIV
LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the List of longest-reign ...
begins his personal rule of
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 ...
after the death of his premier, the Cardinal
Mazarin.
*
1735 – An agreement between
Nader Shah and Russia is signed near
Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories.
*
1762 – French
Huguenot Jean Calas
Jean Calas (1698 – 10 March 1762) was a merchant living in Toulouse, France, who was tried, judicially tortured, and executed for the murder of his son, despite his protestations of innocence. Calas was a Protestant in an officially Catholic so ...
, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit ...
to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
*
1814 – Emperor
Napoleon I
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
is defeated at the
Battle of Laon in France.
*
1830 – The
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
*
1831 – The
French Foreign Legion is created by
Louis Philippe, the King of France, from the foreign regiments of the
Kingdom of France
The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the Middle Ages, medieval and Early modern France, early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe from th ...
.
*
1848 – The
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...
, ending the
Mexican–American War
The Mexican–American War (Spanish language, Spanish: ''guerra de Estados Unidos-México, guerra mexicano-estadounidense''), also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, ...
.
*
1861 –
El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of
Ségou, destroying the
Bamana Empire of
Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...
.
*
1873 – The first Azerbaijani play, ''The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran'', prepared by
Akhundov, is performed by
Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and
Najaf-bey Vezirov.
*
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 ...
– The first successful
test of a telephone is made by
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell (; born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born Canadian Americans, Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He als ...
.
*
1891 –
Almon Strowger patents the
Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
1901–present
*
1906 – The
Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
*
1909 – By signing the
Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909,
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
relinquishes its
sovereignty
Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within a state as well as external autonomy for states. In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the person, body or institution that has the ultimate au ...
over the
Malay states of
Kedah
Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman (دار الأمان; Arabic for 'The Safe Abode') and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of ...
,
Kelantan
Kelantan (; Kelantan-Pattani Malay, Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate''; ) is a state in Malaysia. The capital, Kota Bharu, includes the royal seat of Kubang Kerian. The honorific, honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' ("The Blissful Abode"). ...
,
Perlis
Perlis (Kedah Malay language, Kedah Malay (Perlis dialect): ''Peghelih'') is a Negeri, state of Malaysia in the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It is the smallest state in Malaysia by area and population. The state borders the Thai ...
and
Terengganu, which become
British protectorates.
*
1922 –
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...
is arrested in India, tried for
sedition
Sedition is overt conduct, such as speech or organization, that tends toward rebellion against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent toward, or insurrection against, establ ...
, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an
appendicitis
Appendicitis is inflammation of the Appendix (anatomy), appendix. Symptoms commonly include right lower abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever and anorexia (symptom), decreased appetite. However, approximately 40% of people do not have these t ...
operation.
*
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 ...
– The
Long Beach earthquake affects the
Greater Los Angeles Area
Greater Los Angeles is the most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. state of California, encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino County and Riverside County in the east, ...
, leaving around 108 people dead.
*
1944 –
Greek Civil War: The
Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the
National Liberation Front.
*
1945 –
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 U.S. Army Air Force
firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
*
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025
* January 2 – Luis ...
–
Mildred Gillars ("
Axis Sally") is convicted of
treason
Treason is the crime of attacking a state (polity), state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to Coup d'état, overthrow its government, spy ...
.
*
1952 –
Fulgencio Batista leads a
successful coup in
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
.
*
1959 –
Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of
Tibetans surround the
Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
*
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
– Military Prime Minister of
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered Diplomatic recognition, international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the ...
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacks rival General
Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating
large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
*
1969 – In
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Tenne ...
,
James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating
Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
*
1970 –
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...
: Captain
Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with
My Lai war crimes.
*
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 ...
–
John Gorton resigns as
Prime Minister of Australia
The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister is the chair of the Cabinet of Australia and thus the head of the Australian Government, federal executive government. Under the pr ...
and the leader of the
Liberal Party of Australia after a secret ballot
vote of confidence, being replaced in both positions by
William McMahon.
*
1974 –
1974 Belgian general election: Elections are held in Belgium for all 212 seats in the
Chamber of Representatives, the
Belgian Socialist Party taking the majority with 59.
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
– Vietnam War:
Ho Chi Minh Campaign:
North Vietnam
North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; ; VNDCCH), was a country in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1976, with sovereignty fully recognized in 1954 Geneva Conference, 1954. A member of the communist Eastern Bloc, it o ...
ese troops
attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025.
The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...
in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
*
1977 – Astronomers discover the
rings of Uranus.
*
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
–
1979 International Women's Day protests in Tehran: Protestor involvement peaks with 15,000 Iranian women and girls performing a three‐hour-long sit‐in at the
Courthouse of Tehran.
*
1982 –
Syzygy: All nine planets recognized at this time —
Mercury to
Pluto
Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of Trans-Neptunian object, bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Su ...
— align on the same side of the
Sun.
*
1989 –
Air Ontario Flight 1363, a
Fokker F-28 Fellowship, crashes at
Dryden Regional Airport in
Dryden, Ontario, Canada, killing 24.
*
1990 – In
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
,
Prosper Avril is ousted eighteen months after seizing power in a
coup d'état
A coup d'état (; ; ), or simply a coup
, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to powe ...
in
September 1988.
*
1991 –
1991 Salvadoran legislative election: The
Nationalist Republican Alliance wins 39 of the 84 seats in the
Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
The Legislative Assembly () is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador.
History
The organization was founded in 1824 as the Central American Congress ().
Structure
The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body.
Until ...
.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...
(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I''
*
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
– The
Dot-com bubble peaks with the
NASDAQ Composite
The Nasdaq Composite (ticker symbol ^IXIC) is a stock market index that includes almost all stocks listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500, it is one of the three most-followed stock market i ...
stock market index reaching 5,048.62.
*
2006 – The ''
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter'' arrives at
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", because of its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous carbon dioxide () atmosphere. At the average surface level the atmosph ...
.
*
2017 – The
impeachment of
President Park Geun-hye of
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
in response to a
major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's
Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
*
2019 –
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a
Boeing 737 MAX, crashes shortly after take off, killing all 157 passengers and crew. This and the prior
Lion Air Flight 610 led to all 387 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
being grounded worldwide.
*
2022 –
2022 Hungarian presidential election: The
National Assembly of Hungary
The National Assembly ( ) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to four-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proportional representation: a mixed-member m ...
elects former minister for Family Affairs,
Katalin Novák, as
president of Hungary in a 137–51 vote, becoming the first female president in the country's history.
*
2023 –
Silicon Valley Bank collapses due to a
run on its deposits, in the
second largest bank failure in US history. Its operations are taken over by the
FDIC.
*
2024 –
2024 Portuguese legislative election: Elections are held in Portugal for all 230 seats in the
Assembly of the Republic. The
Partido Socialista loses its absolute majority to the
Partido Social Democrata, winning 77 and 79 seats respectively.
Births
Pre-1600
*
1452 –
Ferdinand II, King of
Castile and
León (died 1516)
*
1503 –
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1564)
*
1536 –
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, (10 March 1536 or 1538 2 June 1572), was an English nobleman and politician. He was a second cousin of Queen Elizabeth I and held many high offices during the earlier part of her reign.
Norfolk was the s ...
, English politician,
Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (died 1572)
*
1596 –
Princess Maria Elizabeth of Sweden, daughter of King Charles IX of Sweden (died 1618)
1601–1900
*
1604 –
Johann Rudolf Glauber, German-Dutch alchemist and chemist (died 1670)
*
1628 –
François Girardon, French sculptor (died 1715)
* 1628 –
Marcello Malpighi
Marcello Malpighi (10 March 1628 – 30 November 1694) was an Italians, Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "founder of microscopical anatomy, histology and father of physiology and embryology". Malpighi's name is borne by ...
, Italian physician and biologist (died 1694)
*
1653 –
John Benbow, Royal Navy admiral (died 1702)
*
1656 –
Giacomo Serpotta, Italian Rococo sculptor (died 1732)
*
1709 –
Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (died 1746)
*
1749 –
Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian-American priest and poet (died 1838)
*
1769 –
Joseph Williamson, English businessman and philanthropist (died 1840)
*
1772 –
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German poet and critic (died 1829)
*
1777 –
Louis Hersent, French painter (died 1860)
*
1787 –
Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician,
Prime Minister of Spain
The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government (), is the head of government of Spain. The prime minister nominates the Spanish government departments, ministers and chairs the Council of Ministers (Spain), Council of Mini ...
(died 1862)
* 1787 –
William Etty, English painter and academic (died 1849)
*
1788 –
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German author, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1857)
* 1788 –
Edward Hodges Baily, English sculptor (died 1867)
*
1789 –
Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (died 1850)
*
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 ...
–
Joseph Légaré, Canadian painter and glazier, artist, seigneur and political figure (died 1855)
*
1810 –
Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet and lawyer (died 1886)
*
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 ...
–
Evelyn Abbott, English classical scholar (died 1901)
*
1844 –
Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (died 1908)
* 1844 –
Marie Euphrosyne Spartali, British Pre-Raphaelite painter (died 1927)
*
1845 –
Alexander III of Russia (died 1894)
*
1846 –
Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of
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 ...
(died 1850)
*
1850 –
Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (died 1906)
*
1853
Events
January–March
* January 6 –
** Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida.
**U.S. President-elect ...
–
Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th
Prime Minister of New Zealand
The prime minister of New Zealand () is the head of government of New Zealand. The prime minister, Christopher Luxon, leader of the New Zealand National Party, took office on 27 November 2023.
The prime minister (informally abbreviated to P ...
(died 1930)
*
1867 –
Hector Guimard
Hector Guimard (, 10 March 1867 – 20 May 1942) was a French architect and designer, and a prominent figure of the Art Nouveau style. He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Beranger, the first Art Nouveau apartment building i ...
, French-American architect (died 1942)
* 1867 –
Lillian Wald, American nurse, humanitarian, and author, founded the
Henry Street Settlement (died 1940)
*
1870 –
David Riazanov, Russian theorist and politician (died 1938)
*
1873 –
Jakob Wassermann, German-Austrian soldier and author (died 1934)
*
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 ...
–
Anna Hyatt Huntington, American sculptor (died 1973)
*
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 ...
–
Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Mexican diplomat and president (1930-1932) (died 1963)
*
1881 –
Jessie Boswell, English painter (died 1956)
*
1888 –
Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (died 1961)
*
1890
Events
January
* January 1 – The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony in the Horn of Africa.
* January 2 – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House.
* January 11 – 1890 British Ultimatum: The Uni ...
–
Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th
Premier of Tasmania (died 1939)
*
1892 –
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss-French composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. Honegger was a member of Les Six. For Halbreich, '' Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher'' is "more even ...
, French composer and educator (died 1955)
* 1892 –
Gregory La Cava
Gregory La Cava (March 10, 1892 – March 1, 1952) was an American film director of Italian descent best known for his films of the 1930s, including ''My Man Godfrey'' and ''Stage Door'', which earned him nominations for Academy Award for Best ...
, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1952)
*
1896 –
Frederick Coulton Waugh, British cartoonist, painter, teacher and author (died 1973)
*
1900 –
Violet Brown, Jamaican supercentenarian, oldest Jamaican ever (died 2017)
* 1900 –
Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician (died 1943)
1901–present
*
1901 –
Michel Seuphor, Belgian painter (died 1999)
*
1903 –
Edward Bawden, English artist and illustrator (died 1989)
* 1903 –
Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (died 1931)
* 1903 –
Clare Boothe Luce, American playwright, journalist, and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to Italy
Since 1840, the United States has had diplomacy, diplomatic representation in the Italian Republic and its predecessor nations, the Kingdom of Sardinia and then the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946), Kingdom of Italy, with a break in relations fro ...
(died 1987)
*
1915 –
Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor and furniture designer (died 1978)
* 1915 –
Joža Horvat, Croatian writer (died 2012)
*
1917 –
David Hare, American Surrealist artist, sculptor, photographer and painter (died 1992)
*
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 ...
–
Günther Rall, German general and pilot (died 2009)
*
1919 –
Leonor Oyarzún, Chilean socialite,
First Lady of Chile from 1990 to 1994 (died 2022)
*
1920 –
Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded
Peet's Coffee & Tea (died 2007)
*
1923 –
Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (died 2015)
*
1924 –
Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (died 2017)
*
1925 –
Bob Lanier, American lawyer, banker, and politician,
Mayor of Houston (died 2014)
*
1926 –
Marques Haynes, American basketball player (died 2015)
*
1927 –
Claude Laydu, Belgian-French actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)
*
1928 –
Sara Montiel, Spanish actress (died 2013)
* 1928 –
James Earl Ray, American criminal; assassin of
Martin Luther King Jr. (died 1998)
*
1929 –
Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (died 2012)
*
1930 –
Sándor Iharos, Hungarian runner (died 1996)
*
1931 –
Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (died 2001)
*
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 ...
–
Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender, English politician (died 2019)
*
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 ...
–
Ralph Emery
Walter Ralph Emery (March 10, 1933 – January 15, 2022) was an American country music disc jockey, radio and television host from McEwen, Tennessee.
Emery promoted numerous stars on his radio and TV shows, and was called the Dick Clark (ent ...
, American country music disc jockey, radio and television host (died 2022)
*
1934 –
Gergely Kulcsár, Hungarian javelin thrower (died 2020)
*
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
–
Polly Farmer, Australian footballer and coach (died 2019)
*
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 ...
–
Sepp Blatter
Joseph Sepp Blatter (born Josef Blatter; 10 March 1936) is a Swiss former association football, football administrator who served as the list of Presidents of FIFA, eighth president of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been banned from participatin ...
, Swiss businessman and
eighth president of FIFA
*
1937 –
María Kodama, Argentine writer and translator (died 2023)
*1937 –
Sam Hall, American diver, legislator, and mercenary (died 2014)
*
1938
Events
January
* January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS).
* January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...
–
Norman Blake, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1938 –
Ron Mix, American football player
*
1939 –
Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian activist and author (died 2013)
* 1939 –
Irina Press, Ukrainian-Russian hurdler and pentathlete (died 2004)
*
1940 –
LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (died 2012)
* 1940 –
Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist
* 1940 –
David Rabe, American playwright and screenwriter
*
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 � ...
–
Peter Berresford Ellis, English historian and author
*
1944 –
Richard Gant, American actor
*
1945 –
Katharine Houghton, American actress and playwright
* 1945 –
Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician,
Indian Minister of Railways (died 2001)
*
1946
1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
–
Curley Culp, American football player (died 2021)
* 1946 –
Gérard Garouste, French contemporary artist
* 1946 –
Jim Valvano, American basketball player and coach (died 1993)
*
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
–
Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th
Prime Minister of Canada
The prime minister of Canada () is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority of the elected House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons ...
* 1947 –
Tom Scholz, American musician and songwriter
*
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) ...
–
Austin Carr, American basketball player
*
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...
–
Aloma Wright, American actress
*
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
–
Gloria Diaz, Filipino actress and beauty queen,
Miss Universe 1969
*
1952 –
Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician,
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (died 2018)
*
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 ...
–
Paul Haggis, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
*
1955 –
Toshio Suzuki, Japanese race car driver
*
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 ...
–
Robert Llewellyn, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1956 –
Larry Myricks, American long jumper and sprinter
* 1956 –
Odile Buisson, French gynecologist, advocate for women's right to pleasure
*
1957 –
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden (10 March 19572 May 2011) was a militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, Bin Laden participated in the Afghan ''mujahideen'' against the Soviet Union, and support ...
, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded
al-Qaeda
, image = Flag of Jihad.svg
, caption = Jihadist flag, Flag used by various al-Qaeda factions
, founder = Osama bin Laden{{Assassinated, Killing of Osama bin Laden
, leaders = {{Plainlist,
* Osama bin Lad ...
(died 2011)
* 1957 –
Shannon Tweed, Canadian model and actress
*
1958 –
Garth Crooks, English footballer and sportscaster
* 1958 –
Steve Howe, American baseball player (died 2006)
* 1958 –
Sheikh Mohammad Illias, Bengali politician
* 1958 –
Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
*
1961 –
Laurel Clark, American captain, physician, and astronaut (died 2003)
* 1961 –
Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast and actor
*
1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
Events January
* January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
–
Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director
* 1962 –
Seiko Matsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter
*
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 ...
–
Jeff Ament, American bass player and songwriter
* 1963 –
Rick Rubin, American record producer
*
1964 –
Greg Campbell, Australian cricketer
* 1964 –
Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter
* 1964 –
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (Edward Antony Richard Louis; born 10 March 1964) is a member of the British royal family. He is the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the youngest sibling of King ...
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
–
Jillian Richardson, Canadian sprinter
* 1965 –
Rod Woodson, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
*
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
–
Edie Brickell, American singer-songwriter
* 1966 –
Mike Timlin, American baseball player
*
1968 –
Alma Čardžić, Bosnian singer
* 1968 –
Pavel Srníček
Pavel Srníček (10 March 1968 – 29 December 2015) was a Czech association football, football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper.
In a career that lasted from 1990 to 2007, he not ...
, Czech footballer and coach (died 2015)
*
1969 –
Paget Brewster, American actress
*
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 ...
–
Jon Hamm, American actor and director
*
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, ...
–
Beth Buchanan, Australian actress
[Usher, Robin (17 July 2008]
"Swimming in success"
'' SMH.com.au'' (Retrieved: 1 March 2010)
* 1972 –
Matt Kenseth, American NASCAR driver
* 1972 –
Timbaland
Timothy Zachery Mosley (born March 10, 1972), known professionally as Timbaland, is an American record producer and rapper. Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, he is widely acclaimed for his distinctive production work and "stuttering" rhythm ...
, American rapper and producer
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
–
Jason Croker, Australian rugby league player
* 1973 –
Liu Qiangdong, Chinese entrepreneur, billionaire, founder of
JD.com
* 1973 –
Chris Sutton, English footballer
* 1973 –
Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer and manager
*
1974 –
Cristián de la Fuente
Cristián Andrés de la Fuente Sabarots (; born March 10, 1974) is a Chilean actor, presenter, model and producer. He began his career appearing in the Chilean telenovelas before moving to United States for starring in television series ''Family ...
, Chilean actor, model, producer, and television host
*
1976
Events January
* January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
–
Barbara Schett, Austrian tennis player
*
1977 –
Shannon Miller, American gymnast
* 1977 –
Robin Thicke, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
* 1977 –
Bree Turner, American actress
*
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
–
Benjamin Burnley, American musician
* 1978 –
Camille, French singer-songwriter and actress
*
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
–
Edi Gathegi, Kenyan-American actor
* 1979 –
Danny Pudi, American actor
*
1981 –
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o Fils (; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian Association football, football administrator and former Football player, player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation. He is often regarded as one of the ...
, Cameroonian footballer
* 1981 –
Steven Reid, English-Irish footballer
*
1982 –
Kwame Brown, American basketball player
* 1982 –
Dr Disrespect, American live streamer
* 1982 –
Logan Mankins, American football player
* 1982 –
Thomas Middleditch, Canadian-American comedian and actor
*
1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
–
Étienne Boulay, Canadian football player
* 1983 –
Janet Mock, American journalist, author, and activist
* 1983 –
Rafe Spall, English actor
* 1983 –
Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter
*
1984 –
Tim Brent, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1984 –
Ben May, English footballer
* 1984 –
Olivia Wilde, American actress and director
*
1986 –
Sergei Shirokov, Russian ice hockey player
*
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 ...
–
Martellus Bennett, American football player
* 1987 –
Greg Eastwood, New Zealand rugby league player
* 1987 –
Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player
* 1987 –
Emeli Sandé, British singer-songwriter
* 1987 –
Māris Štrombergs, Latvian BMX racer
*
1988 –
Clarissa dos Santos, Brazilian basketball player
* 1988 –
Josh Hoffman, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
* 1988 –
Ego Nwodim, American actress
* 1988 –
Quincy Pondexter, American basketball player and coach
* 1988 –
Ivan Rakitić, Croatian football player
*
1989 –
Simon Moser, Swiss ice hockey player
* 1989 –
Dayán Viciedo, Cuban baseball player
*
1990 –
Stefanie Vögele, Swiss tennis player
*
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 ...
–
Neeskens Kebano, French-Congolese footballer
* 1992 –
Emily Osment, American actress and singer-songwriter
*
1993 –
Jack Butland, English footballer
* 1993 –
Aminata Namasia, Congolese politician
*
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 ...
–
Bad Bunny, Puerto Rican rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, and wrestler
* 1994 –
Nikita Parris, English footballer
*
1995 –
Zach LaVine, American basketball player
* 1995 –
Sergey Mozgov, Russian ice dancer
*
1997 –
Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player
*
1998 –
Justin Herbert
Justin Patrick Herbert (born March 10, 1998) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks football, Orego ...
, American football player
*
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
–
Cole Kmet, American football player
*
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
–
Nick Bolton, American football player
*
2002 –
Keon Johnson, American basketball player
*
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
–
Matt Poitras, Canadian ice hockey player
*
2008 –
Francesco Camarda, Italian footballer
Deaths
Pre-1600
*
483 –
Pope Simplicius
*
948 –
Liu Zhiyuan,
Shatuo founder of the
Later Han dynasty (born 895)
*
1291 –
Arghun, Mongol ruler in
Persia
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
(born c. 1258)
*
1315 –
Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian mystic
*
1513 –
John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander and politician,
Lord High Constable of England (born 1442)
*
1528 –
Balthasar Hübmaier, German/Moravian Anabaptist leader
*
1572 –
William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester
*
1585 –
Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (born 1517)
1601–1900
*1682 – Jacob van Ruisdael, Dutch painter and etcher (born 1628)
*1724 – Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (born 1641)
*1776 – Élie Catherine Fréron, French author and critic (born 1718)
*1792 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1713)
*1826 – John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (born 1758)
*1832 – Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1752)
*
1861 – Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, playwright, and ethnographer (born 1814)
*1872 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (born 1805)
*1895 – Charles Frederick Worth, English-French fashion designer (born 1825)
*1897 – Savitribai Phule, Indian poet and activist (born 1831)
*1898 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (born 1817)
1901–present
*1910 – Karl Lueger, Austrian lawyer and politician List of mayors of Vienna, Mayor of Vienna (born 1844)
* 1910 – Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1824)
*1913 – Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (born c. 1820)
*
1925 – Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (born 1878)
*
1937 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (born 1884)
*
1940 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (born 1891)
*1942 – Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (born 1865)
*
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) ...
– Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, visual artist, and ballet dancer (born 1900)
* 1948 – Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (born 1886)
*
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
– Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (born 1872)
*
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
– Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (born 1888)
* 1966 – Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (born 1903)
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
– Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale (1960 – 1973), Governor of Kenya (1952 – 1959), High Commissioner for Southern Africa (1944 – 1951), Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1942 – 1944) (born 1903)
* 1973 – Li Mi (Republic of China general), Li Mi, Chinese lieutenant general and anti-communist, Taiwanese nationalist (born 1902)
[Jonathan Spence, Spence, Jonathan D. ''The Search for Modern China'', W.W. Norton and Company. (1999) pp. 527–528. .]
* 1973 – Richard Sharples, British politician, incumbent Governor of Bermuda (1972–1973) (born 1916)
*
1977 – E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (born 1906)
*1985 – Konstantin Chernenko, Russian soldier and politician, List of heads of state of the Soviet Union, Head of State of The Soviet Union (born 1911)
* 1985 – Bob Nieman, American baseball player (born 1927)
*
1986 – Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (born 1907)
*
1988 – Andy Gibb, Australian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1958)
*
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 ...
– Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and composer (born 1925)
*1996 – Ross Hunter, American film producer (born 1926)
*
1997 – LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (born 1929)
*
1998 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor and director (born 1913)
*
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
– Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (born 1919)
*2005 – Dave Allen (comedian), Dave Allen, Irish-English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1936)
*2007 – Ernie Ladd, American football player and wrestler (born 1938)
*2010 – Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian scholar and academic (born 1928)
* 2010 – Corey Haim, Canadian actor (born 1971)
*2011 – Bill Blackbeard, American author and illustrator (born 1926)
*2012 – Jean Giraud, French author and illustrator (born 1938)
* 2012 – Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)
*2013 – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, British born Swedish Princess (born1915)
*2015 – Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1952)
*2016 – Ken Adam, German-English production designer and art director (born 1921)
* 2016 – Roberto Perfumo, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster (born 1942)
* 2016 – Jovito Salonga, Filipino lawyer and politician, 14th President of the Senate of the Philippines (born 1920)
* 2016 – Anita Brookner, English novelist and art historian (born 1928)
*
2022 – John Elliott (historian), John Elliott, English historian and academic (born 1930)
*2025 – Stanley R. Jaffe, American film producer and director (born 1940)
*2025 – Carl Lundström, Swedish businessman and activist (born 1960)
Holidays and observances
*Christian feast day
**Saint Attala, Attala
**Harriet Tubman (Calendar of Saints (Lutheran), Lutheran)
**John Ogilvie (saint), John Ogilvie
**Macarius of Jerusalem
**Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
**
Pope Simplicius
**Sojourner Truth (Calendar of Saints (Lutheran), Lutheran)
**March 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Harriet Tubman Day (United States, United States of America)
*Holocaust Memorial Days, Holocaust Remembrance Day (Bulgaria)
*Mario#Legacy, Mario Day (Globalization, Globally)
*Men's Day (Poland)
*AIDS.gov, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
*Székely Freedom Day (Romania)
*Tibetan Uprising Day (Tibetan independence movement)
References
External links
BBC: On This Day*
Historical Events on March 10
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Days of March