Events
Pre-1600
*
1400 – The
Trần dynasty of
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by
Hồ Quý Ly, a court official.
*
1540 –
Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his Wives of Henry VIII, six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. ...
; the last religious community to be closed during the
Dissolution of the Monasteries.
*
1568 – The
Peace of Longjumeau is signed, ending the second phase of the
French Wars of Religion
The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholic Church, Catholics and Protestantism, Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease di ...
.
1601–1900
*
1775 –
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...
:
Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "
Give me liberty or give me death!" – at
St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
*
1801 –
Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then
strangled, and finally trampled to death inside his bedroom at
St. Michael's Castle.
*
1806 – After traveling through the
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase () was the acquisition of the Louisiana (New France), territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River#Watershed, Mississipp ...
and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers
Lewis and Clark and their
Corps of Discovery begin their arduous journey home.
*
1821 –
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...
: Battle and fall of city of
Kalamata.
*
1839 – A
massive earthquake destroys the former capital
Inwa of the
Konbaung dynasty, present-day
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
.
*
1848 – The ship ''
John Wickliffe'' arrives at
Port Chalmers
Port Chalmers () is a town serving as the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Port Chalmers lies ten kilometres inside Otago Harbour, some 15 kilometres northeast of Dunedin's city centre.
History
Early Māori settlement
The or ...
carrying the first Scottish settlers for
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from ("fort of Edin"), the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of S ...
, New Zealand.
Otago
Otago (, ; ) is a regions of New Zealand, region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island and administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local go ...
province is founded.
*
1857 –
Elisha Otis's first
elevator is installed at 488
Broadway New York City.
*
1862 –
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
: The
First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of
Stonewall Jackson's
Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
*
1868 – The
University of California
The University of California (UC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university, research university system in the U.S. state of California. Headquartered in Oakland, California, Oakland, the system is co ...
is founded in
Oakland, California
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major We ...
when the
Organic Act is signed into law.
*
1879 –
War of the Pacific: The
Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
and the joint forces of
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
and
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 ...
.
*
1885 –
Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the
Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
.
*
1888 – In England,
The Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...
, the world's oldest professional
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
league, meets for the first time.
*
1889 – The
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in
Qadian, British India.
1901–present
*
1901 –
Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the
First Philippine Republic, is captured at
Palanan, Isabela by the forces of American General
Frederick Funston.
*
1905 –
Eleftherios Venizelos calls for
Crete
Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...
's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the
Theriso revolt.
*
1909 –
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as Teddy or T.R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York (state), New York politics, incl ...
leaves New York for a post-
presidency safari
A safari (; originally ) is an overland journey to observe wildlife, wild animals, especially in East Africa. The so-called big five game, "Big Five" game animals of Africa – lion, African leopard, leopard, rhinoceros, African elephant, elep ...
in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, Education center, education and Research institute, research centers, created by the Federal government of the United States, U.S. government "for the increase a ...
and
National Geographic Society.
*
1913 – A
tornado outbreak kills more than 240 people in the central United States, while an ongoing
flood
A flood is an overflow of water (list of non-water floods, or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant con ...
in the Ohio River watershed was killing 650 people.
*
1918 –
First World War
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 ...
: On the third day of the German
Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the
Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming
prisoners of war
*
1919 – In
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 ...
, Italy,
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 un ...
founds his
Fascist
Fascism ( ) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural soci ...
political movement.
*
1931 –
Bhagat Singh,
Shivaram Rajguru and
Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the
Indian independence movement
The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British Raj, British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed.
The first nationalistic ...
.
*
1933 – The ''
Reichstag'' passes the
Enabling Act of 1933, making
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 ...
dictator of Germany.
*
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 ...
– Signing of the
Constitution of the
Commonwealth of the Philippines.
*
1939 – The
Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the
Slovak air force in
Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the
Slovak–Hungarian War.
*
1940 – The
Lahore Resolution (''Qarardad-e-Pakistan'' or ''Qarardad-e-Lahore'') is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the
All-India Muslim League.
*
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 ...
–
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
becomes the first
Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as
Republic Day in Pakistan.
*
1965 –
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
launches
Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew:
Gus Grissom and
John Young).
*
1977 – The first of
The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist
David Frost interviewing former United States President
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...
about the
Watergate scandal and the
Nixon tapes.
*
1978 – The first
UNIFIL troops arrived in
Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
for
peacekeeping mission along the
Blue Line.
*
1980 – Archbishop
Óscar Romero of
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
*
1982 –
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
's government, headed by
Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General
Efraín Ríos Montt
José Efraín Ríos Montt (; 16 June 1926 – 1 April 2018) was a Guatemalan military officer, politician, and dictator who served as ''de facto'' President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983. His brief tenure as chief executive was one of the blo ...
.
*
1983 –
Strategic Defense Initiative: President
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...
makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
*
1988 – Angolan and Cuban forces defeat South Africa in the
Battle of Cuito Cuanavale.
*
1991 – The
Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of
Charles Taylor's
National Patriotic Front of Liberia, invades
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...
in an attempt to overthrow
Joseph Saidu Momoh, sparking the 11-year
Sierra Leone Civil War.
*
1994 – At an election rally in
Tijuana
Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...
, Mexican presidential candidate
Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by
Mario Aburto Martínez.
* 1994 – A United States Air Force (USAF)
F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF
C-130 at
Pope Air Force Base and then crashes, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground alongside destroying a
Starlifter by accident. This later became known as the
Green Ramp disaster.
* 1994 –
Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain,
Kemerovo Oblast,
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
, killing 75.
*
1996 –
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
holds its
first direct elections and chooses
Lee Teng-hui as
President.
*
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 ...
– Gunmen assassinate
Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...
's
Vice President
A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...
Luis María Argaña.
*
2001 – The Russian ''
Mir'' space station is
disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near
Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
.
*
2003 –
Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the
invasion of Iraq.
*
2008 – Official opening of
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...
, India
*
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
–
FedEx Express Flight 80: A
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from
Guangzhou
Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
, China crashes at Tokyo's
Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
*
2010 – The
Affordable Care Act becomes law in the United States.
*
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
– The
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Gen ...
(WHO) reports cases of
Ebola in the forested rural region of southeastern Guinea, marking the beginning of the largest Ebola outbreak in history.
*
2018 –
President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a
mass corruption scandal before certain
impeachment by the
opposition-majority
Congress of Peru.
*
2019 – The
Kazakh capital of Astana was renamed to
Nur-Sultan.
* 2019 – The US-backed ''Syrian Democratic Forces''
capture the town of
Baghuz in Eastern Syria, declaring military victory over the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS occupied signi ...
after four years of fighting, although the group maintains a scattered presence and sleeper cells across Syria and Iraq.
*
2020 –
Prime Minister
A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
Boris Johnson put the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
into its first national lockdown in response to
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
.
*
2021 – A container ship
runs aground and obstructs the
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal (; , ') is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, Indo-Mediterranean, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest ...
for six days.
*
2025
So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...
–
Israel Defense Forces kill 15 aid workers in the
Rafah paramedic massacre.
Births
Pre-1600
*
1338 –
Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (died 1374)
*
1430 –
Margaret of Anjou (died 1482)
*
1514 –
Lorenzino de' Medici, Italian writer and assassin (died 1548)
*
1599 –
Thomas Selle, German composer (died 1663)
1601–1900
*
1614 –
Jahanara Begum, Mughal princess (died 1681)
*
1643 –
Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Spanish Dominican lay sister and mystic (died 1731)
*
1732 –
Princess Marie Adélaïde of France (died 1800)
*
1749 –
Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (died 1827)
*
1750 –
Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer (died 1812)
*
1754 –
Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (died 1802)
*
1769 –
Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general and diplomat (died 1832)
* 1769 –
William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (died 1839)
*
1823 –
Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th
Vice President of the United States (died 1885)
*
1826 –
Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (died 1917)
*
1834 –
Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (died 1858)
*
1838 –
Marie Adam-Doerrer, Swiss women's rights activist and unionist (died 1908)
*
1842 –
Friedrich Amelung, Estonian-German historian, businessman and composer (died 1909)
* 1842 –
Susan Jane Cunningham, American mathematician (died 1921)
*
1858 –
Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician,
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 1941)
*
1860 –
Horatio Bottomley, British politician and businessman (died 1933)
*
1862 –
Nathaniel Reed, American criminal (died 1950)
*
1868 –
Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician (died 1923)
*
1869 –
Calouste Gulbenkian, Turkish-Armenian businessman and philanthropist (died 1955)
*
1872 –
Michael Joseph Savage, Australian-New Zealand union leader and politician, 23rd
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 1940)
*
1874 –
Grantley Goulding, English hurdler (died 1947)
* 1874 –
J. C. Leyendecker, German-American painter and illustrator (died 1951)
*
1876 –
Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet and activist (died 1924)
* 1876 –
Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, Burmese poet, writer and political leader (died 1964)
*
1878 –
Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1934)
*
1880 –
Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician,
Finnish Minister of the Interior (died 1922)
*
1881 –
Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (died 1969)
* 1881 –
Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer,
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 1958)
* 1881 –
Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (died 1965)
*
1882 –
Emmy Noether
Amalie Emmy Noether (23 March 1882 – 14 April 1935) was a German mathematician who made many important contributions to abstract algebra. She also proved Noether's theorem, Noether's first and Noether's second theorem, second theorems, which ...
, Jewish German-American mathematician, physicist and academic (died 1935)
*
1884 –
Joseph Boxhall, English sailor (died 1967)
*
1885 –
Platt Adams, American jumper and politician (died 1961)
* 1885 –
Roque González Garza, Mexican general and acting president (1915) (died 1962)
*
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 ...
–
Frank Irons, American long jumper (died 1942)
*
1887 –
Josef Čapek, Czech painter and poet (died 1945)
* 1887 –
Rudolf Kinau, German author (died 1975)
* 1887 –
Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (died 1927)
* 1887 –
Sidney Hillman, Lithuanian-born American labor leader (died 1946)
*
1891 –
Po Kya, Burmese author and educationist (died 1942)
*
1893 –
Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director and production designer (died 1960)
* 1893 –
Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu, Indian engineer and businessman (died 1974)
*
1894 –
Arthur Grimsdell, English international footballer and cricketer (died 1963)
*
1895 –
Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator (died 2001)
* 1895 –
Dane Rudhyar, French-American astrologer, author and composer (died 1985)
*
1898 –
Louis Adamic, Slovenian-American author, translator and politician (died 1951)
* 1898 –
Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma (died 1984)
*
1899 –
Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (died 1943)
*
1900 –
Erich Fromm
Erich Seligmann Fromm (; ; March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and set ...
, German psychologist and sociologist (died 1980)
1901–present
*
1901 –
Bhakti Hridaya Bon, Indian guru and religious writer (died 1982)
*
1903 –
Frank Sargeson, New Zealand writer (died 1982)
*
1905 –
Lale Andersen, German chanson singer-songwriter (died 1972)
*
1907 –
Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist 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 1992)
*
1909 –
Charles Werner, American cartoonist (died 1997)
*
1910 –
Jerry Cornes, English runner, colonial officer and educator (died 2001)
* 1910 –
Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer and screenwriter (died 1998)
*
1912 –
Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American children's author and critic (died 1996)
* 1912 –
Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach (died 2013)
* 1912 –
Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (died 1977)
*
1913 –
Abidin Dino, Turko-French painter and illustrator (died 1993)
*
1914 –
Milbourne Christopher, American magician and author (died 1984)
*
1915 –
Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (died 2014)
* 1915 –
Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain (died 1991)
*
1917 –
Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (died 1998)
*
1918 –
Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (died 1992)
* 1918 –
Helene Hale, American politician (died 2013)
* 1918 –
Naoki Kazu, Japanese football player (died 1940s)
*
1919 –
Carl Graffunder, American architect and educator (died 2013)
* 1919 –
Subhadra Joshi, Indian freedom activist and politician (died 2003)
[Subhadra Joshi (nee Datta) – A Brief Biographical Account]
Commemoration Volume. p. 30. seculardemocracy.in
*
1920 –
Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (died 2013)
* 1920 –
Neal Edward Smith, American pilot, lawyer and politician (died 2021)
*
1921 –
Donald Campbell, English race car driver (died 1967)
* 1921 –
Peter Lawler, Australian public servant (died 2017)
*
1922 –
Marty Allen, American comedian and actor (died 2018)
* 1922 –
Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor (died 1990)
*
1923 –
Angelo Ingrassia, American soldier and judge (died 2013)
*
1924 –
Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American lieutenant and politician (died 2013)
* 1924 –
Olga Kennard, English crystallographer and academic (died 2023)
* 1924 –
John Madin
John Hardcastle Dalton Madin (23 March 1924 – 8 January 2012) was an English architect. His company, known as John H D Madin & Partners from 1962 and the John Madin Design Group from 1968, was active in Birmingham, England, Birmingham fo ...
, English architect (died 2012)
* 1924 –
Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor of
Liquid Paper (died 1980)
*
1925 –
David Watkin, English cinematographer (died 2008)
*
1928 –
Lee Sexton, American banjo player (died 2021)
*
1929 –
Roger Bannister, English middle-distance runner, neurologist and academic (died 2018)
* 1929 –
Michael Manser, English architect and engineer (died 2016)
* 1929 –
Mark Rydell, American actor, director and producer
*
1931 –
Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (died 2005)
* 1931 –
Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player and author (died 2016)
* 1931 –
Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Russian skier (died 2013)
*
1932 –
Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2024)
*
1933 –
Norman Bailey, English opera singer and educator (died 2021)
* 1933 –
Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist and academic (died 2024)
*
1934 –
Alan Baddeley, English psychologist
* 1934 –
Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician and physicist (died 2017)
*
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 ...
–
Barry Cryer, English comedian, actor and screenwriter (died 2022)
*
1936 –
Jannis Kounellis, Greek painter and sculptor (died 2017)
*
1937 –
Craig Breedlove, American race car driver (died 2023)
* 1937 –
Tony Burton, American actor, comedian, boxer and football player (died 2016)
* 1937 –
Robert Gallo, American physician and academic
*
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 ...
–
Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (died 2012)
*
1942 –
Michael Haneke, Austrian director, producer and screenwriter
* 1942 –
Jimmy Miller, American record producer and musician (died 1994)
* 1942 –
Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian, scholar and activist (died 1980)
*
1943 –
Andrew Crockett, Scottish-English economist and banker (died 2012)
* 1943 –
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish singer, author and director (died 2001)
*
1944 –
Tony McPhee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
* 1944 –
Michael Nyman, English composer of minimalist music and pianist
* 1944 –
Ric Ocasek, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (died 2019)
*
1945 –
Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter and director (died 2021)
* 1945 –
David Grisman, American mandolin player and composer
*
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 ...
–
Alan Bleasdale, English screenwriter and producer
*
1947 –
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, American author
*
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) ...
–
Wasim Bari, Pakistani cricketer
* 1948 –
Marie Malavoy, German-Canadian educator and politician
*
1950 –
Corinne Cléry, French actress
* 1950 –
Phil Lanzon, English keyboard player and songwriter
* 1950 –
Ahdaf Soueif, Egyptian author and translator
*
1951 –
Ron Jaworski, American football player and sportscaster
* 1951 –
Adrian Reynard, English businessman, founded
Reynard Motorsport
*
1952 –
Francesco Clemente, Italian painter and illustrator
* 1952 –
Kim Stanley Robinson, American author
* 1952 –
Rex Tillerson, American businessman, engineer and diplomat; 69th
United States Secretary of State
*
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 ...
–
Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player (died 1990)
* 1953 –
Chaka Khan, American singer-songwriter
* 1953 –
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian zoologist and businesswoman
*
1954 –
Geno Auriemma, Italian-American basketball player and coach
* 1954 –
Kenneth Cole, American fashion designer, founded
Kenneth Cole Productions
* 1954 –
Mary Fee, Scottish Labour Party politician
* 1954 –
Paul Price, English-Welsh footballer and manager
*
1955 –
Moses Malone, American basketball player (died 2015)
*
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 ...
–
José Manuel Barroso
José Manuel Durão Barroso (; born 23 March 1956) is a Portuguese politician and law professor. He previously served from 2002 to 2004 as the List of Prime Ministers of Portugal, 114th prime minister of Portugal and from 2004–2014 as the 11 ...
, Portuguese academic and politician, 115th
Prime Minister of Portugal
*
1957 –
Lucio Gutiérrez, Ecuadorian politician, 52nd
President of Ecuador
The president of Ecuador (), officially called the constitutional president of the Republic of Ecuador (), serves as the head of state and head of government of Ecuador. It is the highest political office in the country as the head of the exec ...
* 1957 –
Robbie James, Welsh footballer and manager (died 1998)
* 1957 –
Amanda Plummer, American actress
*
1958 –
Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist
* 1958 –
Hugh Grant, Scottish business executive
* 1958 –
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
*
1959 –
Catherine Keener, American actress
*
1960 –
Haris Romas, Greek actor, screenwriter, and lyricist
* 1960 –
Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen, Scottish lawyer and politician, 2nd
Deputy First Minister of Scotland
*
1961 –
Roger Crisp, English philosopher and academic
* 1961 –
Craig Green, New Zealand rugby player
* 1961 –
Helmi Johannes, Indonesian journalist and producer
*
1962 –
Steve Redgrave, English rower
*
1963 –
Juan Ramón López Caro, Spanish footballer and manager
* 1963 –
Míchel, Spanish footballer and manager
* 1963 –
Ana Fidelia Quirot, Cuban runner
*
1964 –
Hope Davis, American actress
*
1965 –
Richard Grieco, American actor, artist, and model
* 1965 –
Gary Whitehead, American poet and painter
*
1966 –
Lorenzo Daniel, American sprinter
* 1966 –
Marin Hinkle, American actress
* 1966 –
Vasilis Vouzas, Greek footballer and manager
*
1968 –
Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn (, ; born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the frontman, main vocalist, and lyricist of the rock band Blur (band), Blur and the co-creator and primary musical con ...
, English singer-songwriter, producer and actor
* 1968 –
Mike Atherton, English cricketer and journalist
* 1968 –
Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer and manager
* 1968 –
Pierre Palmade, French actor and screenwriter
*
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 ...
–
Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian model
* 1971 –
Gail Porter, Scottish model and television host
* 1971 –
Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
* 1971 –
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese wrestler
*
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, ...
–
Jonas Björkman, Swedish-Monégasque tennis player and coach
* 1972 –
Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer
* 1972 –
Judith Godrèche, French actress and author
*
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 ...
–
Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
* 1973 –
Wim Eyckmans, Belgian race car driver
* 1973 –
Jason Kidd
Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the List of current NBA head coaches, head coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regar ...
, American basketball player and coach
* 1973 –
Bojana Radulović, Serbian-Hungarian handball player
*
1974 –
Mark Hunt, New Zealand mixed martial artist
* 1974 –
Randall Park, American actor, director and screenwriter
*
1975 –
Burak Gürpınar, Turkish drummer
* 1975 –
Andy Turner, English footballer and manager
*
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 ...
–
Chris Hoy, Scottish cyclist
* 1976 –
Smriti Irani, Indian actress, producer and politician,
Indian Minister of Human Resource Development
* 1976 –
Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle racer
* 1976 –
Michelle Monaghan, American actress
* 1976 –
Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player
* 1976 –
Keri Russell, American actress
* 1976 –
Benny Sa, Chinese television host
* 1976 –
Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian race car driver
*
1977 –
Miklos Perlus, Canadian actor and screenwriter
*
1978 –
Simon Gärdenfors, Swedish illustrator
* 1978 –
Perez Hilton, American blogger
* 1978 –
Walter Samuel, Argentine footballer
* 1978 –
Nicholle Tom, American actress
* 1978 –
Liu Ye, Chinese actor
*
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 ...
–
Mark Buehrle, American baseball player
* 1979 –
Donncha O'Callaghan, Irish rugby player
*
1981 –
Pavel Brendl, Czech ice hockey player
* 1981 –
Erin Crocker, American race car driver
* 1981 –
Tony Peña Jr., Dominican baseball player
* 1981 –
Shelley Rudman, English bobsledder
* 1981 –
Giuseppe Sculli, Italian footballer
* 1981 –
Brett Young, American singer-songwriter
*
1982 –
José Contreras Arrau, Chilean footballer
* 1982 –
Andrea Musacco, Italian footballer
* 1982 –
Evgeni Striganov, Estonian ice dancer
*
1983 –
Hakan Balta, Turkish footballer
* 1983 –
Mo Farah, Somali-English runner
* 1983 –
Sascha Riether, German footballer
* 1983 –
Jerome Thomas, English footballer
*
1984 –
Ryan Araña, Filipino basketball player
* 1984 –
Brandon Marshall, American football player
*
1985 –
Maurice Jones-Drew, American football player
* 1985 –
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, American tennis player
*
1986 –
Patrick Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1986 –
Andrea Dovizioso, Italian motorcycle racer
* 1986 –
Brett Eldredge, American singer-songwriter and musician
* 1986 –
Kangana Ranaut, Indian actress
*
1987 –
Alan Toovey, Australian footballer
*
1988 –
Dellin Betances, American baseball player
* 1988 –
Jason Kenny, English cyclist
* 1988 –
Michal Neuvirth, Czech ice hockey player
*
1989 –
Ayesha Curry, Canadian-American chef, author and television personality
* 1989 –
Nikola Gulan, Serbian footballer
* 1989 –
Luis Fernando Silva, Mexican footballer
*
1990 –
Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish race car driver
* 1990 –
Mark Barberio, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1990 –
Princess Eugenie, English royal
* 1990 –
Gordon Hayward, American basketball player
* 1990 –
Robert Zickert, German footballer
*
1991 –
Facundo Campazzo, Argentine basketball player
* 1991 –
Erik Haula, Finnish ice hockey player
* 1991 –
Gregg Wylde, Scottish footballer
*
1992 –
Tolga Ciğerci, German-Turkish footballer
* 1992 –
Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player
* 1992 –
Vanessa Morgan, Canadian actress
*
1993 –
Eddy Chen, member of violin duo TwoSet Violin
*1993 –
Quinn Cook, American basketball player
* 1993 –
Tomáš Hyka, Czech ice hockey player
* 1993 –
Dmitrij Jaškin, Russian-Czech ice hockey player
* 1993 –
Aytaç Kara, Turkish footballer
*
1994 –
Nick Powell, English footballer
* 1994 –
Oskar Sundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1994 –
Bridger Zadina, American actor
*
1995 –
Kevin Kauber, Estonian footballer
* 1995 –
Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist
* 1995 –
Victoria Pedretti, American actress
* 1995 –
Ozan Tufan, Turkish footballer
*
1996 –
Alexander Albon, Thai-British race car driver
* 1996 –
Joel Kiviranta, Finnish ice hockey player
*
1997 –
Ben Manenti, Australian cricketer
Deaths
Pre-1600
*
59 –
Agrippina the Younger, Roman empress (born 15)
*
851 –
Zhou Chi, Chinese historian and politician (born 793)
*
1022 –
Zhen Zong, Chinese emperor (born 968)
*
1103 –
Eudes I, duke of Burgundy (born 1058)
*
1361 –
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, English politician,
Lord High Steward of England (born 1310)
*
1369 –
Peter, king of Castile and León (born 1334)
*
1483 –
Yolande, duchess of Lorraine (born 1428)
*
1548 –
Itagaki Nobukata, Japanese samurai (born 1489)
*
1555 –
Julius III, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1487)
*
1559 –
Gelawdewos, Ethiopian emperor (born 1521)
*
1596 –
Henry Unton, English diplomat (born 1557)
1601–1900
*
1606 –
Justus Lipsius, Flemish philologist and scholar (born 1547)
*
1618 –
James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish police officer and politician (born 1575)
*
1629 –
Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, English landowner and politician (born 1580)
*
1675 –
Anthoni van Noordt, Dutch organist and composer (born 1619)
*
1680 –
Nicolas Fouquet, French politician (born 1615)
*
1712 –
Zebi Hirsch Kaidanover, Lithuanian-born rabbi and writer (born c. 1650)
*
1742 –
Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French historian and author (born 1670)
*
1747 –
Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (born 1675)
*
1748 –
Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (born 1684)
*
1754 –
Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and critic (born 1693)
*
1783 –
Charles Carroll, English barrister and politician (born 1723)
*
1792 –
Luís António Verney, Portuguese philosopher and pedagogue (born 1713)
*
1801 –
Paul I, Russian emperor (born 1754)
*
1842 –
Stendhal, French novelist (born 1783)
*
1862 –
Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (born 1817)
*
1883 –
Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (born 1818)
*
1884 – Henry C. Lord, American businessman (born 1824)
1901–present
*
1910 – Nadar (photographer), Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (born 1820)
*
1914 – Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (born 1832)
*
1923 – Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (born 1869)
*1927 – Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (born 1859)
*
1931 –
Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (born 1908)
* 1931 –
Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (born 1907)
* 1931 –
Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (born 1907)
*
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 ...
– Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (born 1875)
*
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 ...
– Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (born 1877)
* 1953 – Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (born 1887)
*
1955 – Artur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (born 1875)
*
1960 – Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (born 1881)
* 1960 – Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (born 1878)
*
1961 – Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (born 1882)
* 1961 – Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1887), Jack Russell, English cricketer (born 1887)
*
1963 – Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and logician (born 1887)
*
1964 – Peter Lorre, American actor (born 1904)
*
1965 – Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (born 1885)
*1967 – Lalla Carlsen, Norwegian singer and actress (born 1889)
*
1968 – Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (born 1918)
*
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, ...
– Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (born 1895)
*
1978 – Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Israeli biochemist and academic (born 1893)
* 1978 – Halyna Kuzmenko, Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary (born 1897)
*
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 ...
– Ted Anderson (footballer), Ted Anderson, English footballer (born 1911)
*
1980 – Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist and academic (born 1928)
*
1981 – Beatrice Tinsley, English-New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (born 1941)
*1981 – Mike Hailwood, English motorcyclist (born 1940)
*
1985 – Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching, English physicist and engineer (born 1913)
*1985 – Peter Charanis, Greek-American scholar and educator (born 1908)
*
1986 – Moshe Feinstein, American Orthodox Rabbi and posek (born 1895)
*
1987 – Olev Roomet, Estonian singer and violinist (born 1901)
*
1990 – John Dexter, English director and producer (born 1925)
*
1991 – Margaret Atwood Judson, American historian and author (born 1899)
* 1991 – Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1913)
*
1992 – Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-German economist, philosopher, and academic, Nobel Prize in Economics, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
* 1992 – Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1949)
*
1994 –
Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican economist and politician (born 1950)
* 1994 – Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (born 1921)
*
1995 – Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer and coach (born 1956)
*
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 ...
–
Luis María Argaña, Paraguayan judge and politician, Vice President of Paraguay (born 1932)
* 1999 – Osmond Borradaile, Canadian director and cinematographer (born 1898)
*
2001 – Rowland Evans, American journalist (born 1921)
* 2001 – Margaret Ursula Jones, Margaret Jones, British Archaeology, archaeologist (born 1916)
* 2001 – Robert Laxalt, American author (born 1923)
* 2001 – David McTaggart, Canadian badminton player and environmentalist (born 1932)
*2002 – Eileen Farrell, American soprano (born 1920)
* 2002 – Ben Hollioake, Australian-English cricketer (born 1977)
*
2003 – Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-English flute player and journalist (born 1926)
*2004 – Rupert Hamer, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Premier of Victoria (born 1916)
*2006 – David B. Bleak, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1932)
* 2006 – Desmond Doss, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1919)
* 2006 – Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer (born 1918)
*2007 – Paul Cohen (mathematician), Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (born 1934)
* 2007 – Eric Medlen, American race car driver (born 1973)
*
2008 – Vaino Vahing, Estonian psychiatrist, author, and playwright (born 1940)
*
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
– Ghukas Chubaryan, Armenian sculptor (born 1923)
* 2009 – Raúl Macías, Mexican boxer and trainer (born 1934)
*2011 – Jean Bartik, American computer scientist and engineer (born 1924)
* 2011 – Rosario Morales, Puerto Rican poet and writer (born 1930)
* 2011 – Elizabeth Taylor, American-British actress, socialite and humanitarian (born 1932)
*2012 – Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalian politician, President of Somalia (born 1934)
* 2012 – Jim Duffy (animator), Jim Duffy, American animator, director, and producer (born 1937)
* 2012 – Naji Talib, Iraqi politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Iraq (born 1917)
* 2012 – Lonnie Wright, American basketball and football player (born 1945)
*2013 – Boris Berezovsky (businessman), Boris Berezovsky, Russian-born Soviet-British mathematician and businessman (born 1946)
* 2013 – Onofre Corpuz, Filipino economist, historian, and academic (born 1926)
* 2013 – Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (born 1917)
* 2013 – Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (born 1919)
*
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
– Dave Brockie, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1963)
* 2014 – Jaroslav Šerých, Czech painter and illustrator (born 1928)
* 2014 – Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (born 1932)
*2015 – Gian Vittorio Baldi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)
* 2015 – Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (born 1923)
* 2015 – Bobby Lowther, American basketball player and lieutenant (born 1923)
* 2015 – Lil' Chris, English singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality (born 1990)
*2016 – Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1926)
* 2016 – Ken Howard, American actor (born 1944)
*2017 – Miroslava Breach, Mexican investigative journalist (born 1962)
*
2021 – George Segal, American actor (born 1934)
*2021 – Julie Pomagalski, French snowboarder (born 1980)
*2022 – Madeleine Albright, Czechoslovakian-American diplomat, 64th
United States Secretary of State (born 1937)
*
2025
So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...
– Mia Love, American politician (born 1975)
Holidays and observances
* Christian feast day:
**Gregory the Illuminator (Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church)
** Saint Gwinear, Gwinear
** Joseph Oriol
** Saint Ottone Frangipane, Ottone Frangipane
** Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (Maronite Church)
** Turibius of Mogrovejo
** Victorian, Frumentius and Companions
** March 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
* Pole and Hungarian cousins be, Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship (Hungary and Poland)
* Day of the Sea (
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
)
* Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Day (Azerbaijan)
* Pakistan Day (
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
)
* Promised Messiah Day (
Ahmadiyya)
* World Meteorological Day
References
External links
BBC: On This Day*
Historical Events on March 23
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