Makin
atolls
An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical parts of the oceans and seas where corals can develop. Most of ...
fall to American forces.
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1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
– World War II: The
Lotta Svärd Movement is disbanded under the terms of the
armistice treaty in
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
after the
Continuation War
The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet–Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II. It began with a Finnish declaration of war on 25 June 1941 and ended on 19 ...
.
*
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 ...
– French naval bombardment of
Hai Phong
Haiphong or Hai Phong (, ) is the third-largest city in Vietnam and is the principal port city of the Red River Delta. The municipality has an area of , consisting of 8 urban districts, 6 rural districts and 1 municipal city (sub-city). Two ...
,
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 ...
, kills thousands of civilians.
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1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
– The
Cocos Islands
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands (), officially the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (; ), are an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean, comprising a small archipelago approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka and rel ...
are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
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1959
Events
January
* January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...
–
French President
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency is the supreme magistracy of the country, the pos ...
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free France, Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Re ...
declares in a speech in
Strasbourg
Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...
his vision for "
Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
*
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
– The first episode of ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...
'' (''
An Unearthly Child
''An Unearthly Child'' (sometimes referred to as ''100,000 BC'') is the first serial of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One, BBC TV in four weekly parts from 23 November to 14 Decem ...
'') is broadcast by the BBC, which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.
*
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 ...
– Representatives of the People's Republic of China
attend the
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
, including the
United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, an ...
, for the first time.
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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, ...
– The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at launching the
N1 rocket
The N1 (from , "Carrier Rocket"; Cyrillic: Н1) was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle intended to deliver payloads beyond low Earth orbit. The N1 was the Soviet counterpart to the US Saturn V and was intended to enable crewed travel to the Mo ...
.
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...
– Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are
executed by the provisional military government.
*
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 ...
–
Jacques Mayol
Jacques Mayol (1 April 1927 – 22 December 2001) was a French diver and the holder of many world records in free diving. The 1988 film ''The Big Blue'', directed by Luc Besson, was inspired by his life story and that of his friend, Enzo Maiorca. ...
is the first man to reach a depth of undersea without breathing equipment.
*
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 ...
–
Cyclone
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an ant ...
kills about 1,000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.
* 1978 – The
Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975
The Final Acts of the Regional Administrative LF/MF Broadcasting Conference (Regions 1 and 3) Geneva, 1975 is the internationally agreed frequency plan which was drawn up to implement the provisions of the Final Acts of the Regional Administrati ...
goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's
longwave
In radio, longwave (also spelled long wave or long-wave and commonly abbreviated LW) is the part of the radio spectrum with wavelengths longer than what was originally called the medium-wave (MW) broadcasting band. The term is historic, dati ...
and
mediumwave
Medium wave (MW) is a part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM broadcasting, AM radio broadcasting. The spectrum provides about 120 channels with more limited sound quality than FM stations on the FM broadcast band. Duri ...
broadcasting frequencies.
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
– The 6.9
Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum
Mercalli intensity
The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS) measures the effects of an earthquake at a given location. This is in contrast with the seismic magnitude usually reported for an earthquake.
Magnitude scales measure the inherent force or ...
of X (''Extreme''), killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934.
*
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...
–
Iran–Contra affair
The Iran–Contra affair (; ), also referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal, the Iran Initiative, or simply Iran–Contra, was a political scandal in the United States that centered on arms trafficking to Iran between 1981 and 1986, facilitat ...
:
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 ...
signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...
the authority to recruit and support
Contra
Contra may refer to:
Places
* Contra, Virginia
* Contra Costa Canal, an aqueduct in the U.S. state of California
* Contra Costa County, California
* Tenero-Contra, a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerla ...
rebels in
Nicaragua
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...
.
*
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...
– Gunmen
hijack
Hijack, Highjack, or High Jack may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Hijack'' (1973 film), an American television action film
* ''Hijack!'' (1975 film), a British children's drama film
* ''Hijack'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi-language action f ...
EgyptAir Flight 648
EgyptAir Flight 648 was a regularly scheduled international flight between Athens Ellinikon International Airport (Greece) and Cairo International Airport (Egypt). On 23 November 1985, a Boeing 737-266 airliner, servicing the flight was hijacke ...
en route from
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...
to
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
. When the plane lands in
Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
,
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
ian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.
*
1991
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
–
Queen
Queen most commonly refers to:
* Queen regnant, a female monarch of a kingdom
* Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
* Queen (band), a British rock band
Queen or QUEEN may also refer to:
Monarchy
* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
* Q ...
lead singer
Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen (band), Queen. Regarded as one of the gre ...
announces in a statement that he is HIV-positive. He dies the following day.
*
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 ...
– The first smartphone, the
IBM Simon
The IBM Simon Personal Communicator (simply known as IBM Simon) is a cellular phone and personal digital assistant (PDA) designed by International Business Machines (IBM), released in 1994. Built on an x86 processor, the IBM Simon features a ...
, is introduced at
COMDEX in
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-l ...
.
*
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
–
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was a scheduled international flight serving the route Addis Ababa–Nairobi–Brazzaville–Lagos–Abidjan. On 23 November 1996, the aircraft serving the flight, a Boeing 767-200ER, was hijacked en route from A ...
is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of
Comoros
The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Moroni, ...
after running out of fuel, killing 125.
*
2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
– The
Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
The Convention on Cybercrime, also known as the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime or the Budapest Convention, is the first international treaty seeking to address Internet and computer crime (cybercrime) harmonizing national laws, improving in ...
is signed in
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
, Hungary.
*
2002
The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
–
Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' launches on
STS-113
STS-113 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle ''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour''. During the 14-day mission in late 2002, ''Endeavour'' and its crew extended the ISS backbone with the Int ...
to the
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was Assembly of the International Space Station, assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United ...
carrying the
Expedition 6
Expedition 6 was the sixth expedition to the International Space Station (25 November 2002 – 3 May 2003). It was the last three-man crew to reside on the station until the arrival of STS-121 in 2006, delivering the final astronaut of Expedi ...
crew and the
P1 truss.
*
2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
–
Rose Revolution
The Rose Revolution or Revolution of Roses ( ka, ვარდების რევოლუცია, tr) was a nonviolent change of power that occurred in Georgia in November 2003. The event was brought about by widespread protests over the ...
:
Georgian president
Eduard Shevardnadze
Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze ( ka, ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia (country), Georgi ...
resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
*
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 ...
– The
Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi
The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi ( ka, თბილისის წმინდა სამების საკათედრო ტაძარი ''Tbilisis tsminda samebis sakatedro tadzari''), commonly known as Sameba ( ka, სა� ...
, the largest religious building in
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
, is consecrated.
*
2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
–
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ellen Eugenia Johnson Sirleaf (born 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa.
Sirleaf was born in Monrovia to a Gol ...
is
elected Elected may refer to:
* "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973
* ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008
*The Elected, an American indie rock band
See also
*Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population ch ...
president of Liberia
The president of the Republic of Liberia is the head of state and government of Liberia. The president serves as the leader of the executive branch and as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Liberia.
Prior to the independence of Liber ...
and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
*
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
– A
series of bombings kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in
Sadr City
Sadr City (), formerly known as Al-Thawra () and Saddam City (), is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in 1959 by Prime Minister of Iraq, Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim, Abdul Karim Qassim and named Al-Rafidain Distric ...
, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.
*
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
– , a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
after hitting an
iceberg
An iceberg is a piece of fresh water ice more than long that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water. Smaller chunks of floating glacially derived ice are called "growlers" or "bergy bits". Much of an i ...
near the
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the n ...
. There are no fatalities.
*
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 ...
– The
Maguindanao massacre
The Maguindanao massacre (also known as the Ampatuan massacre, named after the town where mass graves of victims were found) occurred on the morning of November 23, 2009, in the town of Ampatuan in Maguindanao, Philippines (now located in Ma ...
occurs in
Ampatuan, Maguindanao
Ampatuan (), officially the Municipality of Ampatuan ( Maguindanaon: ''Inged nu Ampatuan''; Iranun: ''Inged a Ampatuan''; ), is a municipality in the province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...
, Philippines; 58 opponents of
Andal Ampatuan Jr.
Andal Uy Ampatuan Jr. (born August 15, 1976) is a Filipino convicted mass murderer and former politician. He is one of the main perpetrators of the Maguindanao massacre along with his father, brothers, and nephews. At the time of the massacre, ...
are kidnapped and killed.
*
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
–
Bombardment of Yeonpyeong
The Bombardment of Yeonpyeongdo () was an artillery engagement between the North Korean military and South Korean forces stationed on the island Yeonpyeongdo on 23 November 2010. Following a South Korean artillery exercise in disputed waters ...
: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.
*
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
–
Arab Spring
The Arab Spring () was a series of Nonviolent resistance, anti-government protests, Rebellion, uprisings, and Insurgency, armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began Tunisian revolution, in Tunisia ...
: After 11 months of
protests in Yemen, Yemeni president
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Ali Abdullah Saleh Affash (21 March 1947There is a dispute as to Saleh's date of birth, some saying that it was on 21 March 1942. See: However, by Saleh's own confession (an interview recorded in a YouTube video), he was born in 1947.4 Decembe ...
signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.
*
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
–
Blue Origin
Blue Origin Enterprises, L.P. is an American space technology company headquartered in Kent, Washington. The company operates the suborbital New Shepard rocket and the heavy-lift New Glenn rocket. In addition to producing engines for its own ...
's
New Shepard
New Shepard is a Reusable launch vehicle, fully reusable Sub-orbital spaceflight, sub-orbital launch vehicle developed for space tourism by Blue Origin. The vehicle is named after Alan Shepard, who became the List of space travelers by nationali ...
space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing.
*
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
– Founders of Italian fashion brand
Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana (), also known by initials D&G, is an Italian Luxury goods, luxury fashion house founded in 1985 in Legnano by Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The house specializes in ready-to-wear, handbags, accessories, ...
issue an apology following a series of offensive advertisements on social media promoting a fashion show in Shanghai, China, which was canceled.
*
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
– The last
Sumatran rhinoceros
The Sumatran rhinoceros (''Dicerorhinus sumatrensis''), also known as the Sumatran rhino, hairy rhinoceros or Asian two-horned rhinoceros, is a rare member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant species of rhinoceros; it is the o ...
in Malaysia, Imam, dies, making the species officially extinct in the country.
Births
Pre-1600
*
870
__NOTOC__
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–
Alexander
Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here ar ...
, Byzantine emperor (died
913
__NOTOC__
Year 913 ( CMXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* June 6 – Emperor Alexander III dies of exhaustion while playing the game '' tzykanion'' (Byzantine n ...
)
*
912 –
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), known as Otto the Great ( ) or Otto of Saxony ( ), was East Francia, East Frankish (Kingdom of Germany, German) king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the eldest son o ...
(died
973
Year 973 ( CMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – The Byzantine army, led by General Melias ( Domestic of the Schools in the East), continues the op ...
)
*
1190
Year 1190 (MCXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – A German expeditionary force (some 15,000 men) led by Emperor Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick ...
–
Pope Clement IV
Pope Clement IV (; 23 November 1190 – 29 November 1268), born Gui Foucois (; or ') and also known as Guy le Gros ( French for "Guy the Fat"; ), was bishop of Le Puy (1257–1260), archbishop of Narbonne (1259–1261), cardinal of Sabina ( ...
(died 1268)
*
1221
Year 1221 ( MCCXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* November – Emperor Theodore I Laskaris dies after a 16-year reign and is succeeded by his son-in-law John III Do ...
–
Alfonso X of Castile
Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, ; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, Kingdom of León, León and Kingdom of Galicia, Galicia from 1 June 1252 until his death in 1284. During the April 1257 Imperial election, election of 1 ...
(died 1284)
*
1402
Year 1402 ( MCDII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 29 – King Jogaila of the Poland–Lithuania Union answers the rumblings against his rule of Poland, by marrying A ...
–
Jean de Dunois
Jean d'Orléans, Count of Dunois (23 November 1402 – 24 November 1468), known as the "Bastard of Orléans" () or simply Jean de Dunois, was a French military leader during the Hundred Years' War who participated in military campaigns with Joan ...
, French soldier (died 1468)
*
1417
Year 1417 (Roman numerals, MCDXVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 19 – After the dismissal of Al-Musta'in (Cairo), Al-Musta'in as Caliph of Cairo by the Sultan Shaykh ...
–
William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel
William Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel, 6th Baron Maltravers (23 November 1417 – 1487) was an English nobleman.
Born on 23 November 1417, William was the second son of John Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel (1385–1421), and Eleanor Berkeley (d ...
, English politician (died 1487)
*
1496
Year 1496 ( MCDXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* February – Pietro Bembo's ''Petri Bembi de Aetna Angelum Chalabrilem liber'', a description of a journey to Mount Etna, ...
–
Clément Marot
Clément Marot (23 November 1496 – 12 September 1544) was a French Renaissance poet. He was influenced by the writers of the late 15th century and paved the way for the Pléiade, and is undoubtedly the most important poet at the court of Fr ...
, French poet (died 1544)
*
1508
__NOTOC__
Year 1508 ( MDVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 24 – Maximilian, King of the Romans, requests permission to march to Rome through Venetian territory, ...
–
Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Francis of Brunswick-Lüneburg (23 November 1508 – 23 November 1549) was the youngest son of Henry the Middle. Following a thirty-year joint reign of Brunswick-Lüneburg with his brother Ernest the Confessor, he ruled the newly founded Duchy o ...
, youngest son of Henry the Middle (died 1549)
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1553
Year 1553 ( MDLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The siege of Metz in France, started by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor during the Italian War of 1551–59 o ...
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Prospero Alpini
Prospero Alpini (also known as Prosper Alpinus, Prospero Alpinio and Latinized as Prosperus Alpinus) (23 November 15536 February 1617) was a Venetian physician and botanist. He travelled around Egypt and served as the fourth prefect in charge of ...
, Italian physician and botanist (died 1617)
1601–1900
*
1632
Events
January–March
* January 8 – University of Amsterdam is established at the site of the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam.
* January 31 – The dissection of a body for the benefit of medical students is carried o ...
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Jean Mabillon
Dom Jean Mabillon , (; 23 November 1632 – 27 December 1707) was a French Benedictine monk and scholar of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He is considered the founder of the disciplines of palaeography and diplomatics.
Early life
Mabillon w ...
, French monk and scholar (died 1707)
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1641
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The stratovolcano Mount Parker (Philippines), Mount Parker in the Philippines has a major eruption.
* January 14 – Battle of Malacca (1641), The Battle of Malacca concludes with the D ...
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Anthonie Heinsius
Anthonie Heinsius (23 November 1641 – 3 August 1720) was a Dutch statesman who served as Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1689 to his death in 1720. Heinsius was an able negotiator and one of the greatest and most obstinate opponents of the ex ...
, Dutch lawyer and politician (died 1720)
*
1687
Events
January–March
* January 3 – With the end of latest of the Savoyard–Waldensian wars in the Duchy of Savoy between the Savoyard government and Protestant Italians known as the Waldensians, Victor Amadeus III, Duke o ...
–
Jean Baptiste Senaillé
Jean may refer to:
People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
Fictional characters
* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* Jea ...
, French violinist and composer (died 1730)
*
1705
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Sunday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 8 – George Frideric Handel's first opera, ''Almira'', is p ...
–
Thomas Birch
Thomas Birch (23 November 17059 January 1766) was an English historian.
Life
He was the son of Joseph Birch, a coffee-mill maker, and was born at Clerkenwell.
He preferred study to business but, as his parents were Quakers, he did not go to ...
, English historian and author (died 1766)
*
1715
Events
For dates within Great Britain and the British Empire, as well as in the Russian Empire, the "old style" Julian calendar was used in 1715, and can be converted to the "new style" Gregorian calendar (adopted in the British Empire in ...
–
Pierre Charles Le Monnier
Pierre Charles Le Monnier (; 20 November 1715 – 31 May 1799) was a French astronomer. His name is sometimes given as Lemonnier.
Biography
Le Monnier was born in Paris, where his father Pierre Lemonnier (physicist), Pierre (1675–1757), also ...
, French astronomer and author (died 1799)
*
1719
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Carolean Death March begins: A catastrophic retreat by a largely-Finnish Swedish- Carolean army under the command of Carl Gustaf Armfeldt across the Tydalen mountains in a blizzard kills aroun ...
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Spranger Barry
Spranger Barry (23 November 1719 – 10 January 1777) was an Irish actor.
Life
He was born in Skinner's Row, Dublin, the son of a silversmith, to whose business he was brought up. He took over the business but was not successful.
His ...
, Irish actor (died 1777)
*
1749
Events
January–March
* January 3
** Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
** The first issue of ''Berlingske'', Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, i ...
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Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749 – January 23, 1800) was an American Founding Father and politician who signed the Continental Association and was the youngest signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th govern ...
, American captain and politician, 39th
Governor of South Carolina
The governor of South Carolina is the head of government of South Carolina. The governor is the ''ex officio'' commander-in-chief of the National Guard when not called into federal service. The governor's responsibilities include making year ...
(died 1800)
*
1760
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan forces defeat the Marathas.
* January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over th ...
–
François-Noël Babeuf
François-Noël Babeuf (; 23 November 1760 – 27 May 1797), also known as Gracchus Babeuf, was a French proto-communist, revolutionary, and journalist of the French Revolutionary period. His newspaper ''Le tribun du peuple'' (''The Tribune of ...
, French journalist and activist (died 1797)
*
1781
Events
January–March
* January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament of Great Britain, Parliament, aged 21.
* January 1 – Industrial Revolution: The Iron Bridge opens ...
–
Theodor Valentin Volkmar
Theodor Valentin Volkmar (23 November 1781 in Frankenberg (Eder) – 8 February 1847 in Marburg) was a German jurist and politician
A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elec ...
, German lawyer and politician, 1st
Mayor of Marburg (died 1847)
*
1785
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Burmese Konbaung Dynasty annexes the Mrauk U Kingdom of Arakan.
** The first issue of the '' Daily Universal Register'', later known as ''The Times'', is published in London.
* January 7 &nd ...
–
Jan Roothaan
Jan Philipp Roothaan, SJ (23 November 1785 – 8 May 1853) was a Dutch Jesuit, elected twenty-first Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. Roothaan was a decisive figure in the reestablishment of the order after the Suppression of the Societ ...
, Dutch priest, 21st
Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (died 1853)
*
1803
Events January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière's ''Almanach des gourmands'', the first guide to restaurant cooking, is published in Paris.
* January 4 – William Symingt ...
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Theodore Dwight Weld
Theodore Dwight Weld (November 23, 1803 – February 3, 1895) was one of the architects of the American abolitionist movement during its formative years from 1830 to 1844, playing a role as writer, editor, speaker, and organizer. He is best kno ...
, American author and activist (died 1895)
*
1804
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic.
* February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa.
* February 14 – The First Serbian uprising begins th ...
–
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. A northern Democratic Party (United States), Democrat who believed that the Abolitionism in the United States, abolitio ...
, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th
President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...
(died 1869)
*
1820
Events
January–March
*January 1 – A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament to meet on March 7, becoming the nominal beginning of the "Trienio Liberal" in History of Spain (1 ...
–
Isaac Todhunter
Isaac Todhunter FRS (23 November 1820 – 1 March 1884), was an English mathematician who is best known today for the books he wrote on mathematics and its history.
Life and work
The son of George Todhunter, a Nonconformist minister, ...
, English mathematician and author (died 1884)
*
1837
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The destructive Galilee earthquake causes thousands of deaths in Ottoman Syria.
* January 26 – Michigan becomes the 26th state admitted to the United States.
* February 4 – Seminoles attack Fo ...
–
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Johannes Diderik van der Waals (; 23 November 1837 – 8 March 1923) was a Dutch theoretical physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1910 "for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids". Van der Waals started his car ...
, Dutch physicist and thermodynamicist,
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 1923)
*
1838
Events
January–March
* January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London.
* January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration ...
–
Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and politician, 97th
Prime Minister of Greece
The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic (), usually referred to as the prime minister of Greece (), is the head of government of the Greece, Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Cabinet of Greece, Greek Cabinet.
The officeholder's of ...
(died 1928)
*
1858
Events
January–March
* January 9
** Revolt of Rajab Ali: British forces finally defeat Rajab Ali Khan of Chittagong.
** Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
* January 14 – Orsini affair: Pi ...
–
Albert Ranft
Albert Adam Ranft (23 November 1858 – 5 October 1938) was a Swedish theatre director and actor.
Biography
Albert Adam Ranft was born in Stockholm, the son of Adolf Fredrik Ranft and Katarina Amalia Reijhell. His brother Gustaf Adolf Ranft ...
, Swedish actor and director (died 1938)
*
1860
Events
January
* January 2 – The astronomer Urbain Le Verrier announces the discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan (hypothetical planet), Vulcan at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 &ndas ...
–
Hjalmar Branting
Karl Hjalmar Branting (; 23 November 1860 – 24 February 1925) was a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) from 1907 until his death in 1925, and three times Prime Minister of Sweden. When Branting c ...
, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th
Prime Minister of Sweden
The prime minister of Sweden (, "minister of state") is the head of government of the Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are subject to th ...
,
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 1925)
*
1864
Events
January
* January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song "Beautiful Dream ...
–
Henry Bourne Joy
Henry Bourne Joy (November 23, 1864 – November 6, 1936) was an American businessman and President of the Packard Motor Car Company. He was a major developer of automotive activities as well as being a social activist.
In 1913, Joy and ...
, American businessman (died 1936)
*
1868
Events
January
* January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries.
* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsu ...
–
Mary Brewster Hazelton
Mary Brewster Hazelton (November 23, 1868 – September 13, 1953) was an American portrait painter. She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she was later an instructor. Among her other achievements, Hazelton was the ...
, American painter (died 1953)
*
1869
Events January
* January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan.
* January 5 – Scotland's second oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded.
* January 20 – Elizabe ...
–
Valdemar Poulsen
Valdemar Poulsen (23 November 1869 – 23 July 1942) was a Danish engineer who developed a magnetic wire recorder called the telegraphone in 1898. He also made significant contributions to early radio technology, including the first continuous w ...
, Danish engineer (died 1942)
* 1869 –
Johan Scharffenberg
Johan Scharffenberg (23 November 1869 – 1 February 1965) was a Norwegian psychiatrist, politician, speaker and writer.
Early life
Scharffenberg was born in Moss as the son of military officer Hedvard Carl Scharffenberg (1819–1893) and C ...
, Norwegian psychiatrist (died 1965)
*
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Bapaume – Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
–
William Watt, Australian accountant and politician, 24th
Premier of Victoria
The premier of Victoria is the head of government of the state of Victoria in Australia. The premier leads the Cabinet of Victoria and selects its ministers. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria, must be a member of the Vic ...
(died 1946)
*
1875
Events
January
* January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the year (Third C ...
–
Anatoly Lunacharsky
Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky (, born ''Anatoly Aleksandrovich Antonov''; – 26 December 1933) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Soviet People's Commissariat for Education, People's Commissar (minister) of Education, as well ...
, Russian journalist and politician (died 1933)
*
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 ...
–
Sara Prinsep, British salon organiser (died 1959)
*
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 ...
–
Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was a Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20t ...
, Spanish pianist and composer (died 1946)
*
1878
Events January
* January 5 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Shipka Pass IV – Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire.
* January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
* January 17 – Russo-Turkish War: ...
–
Frank Pick
Frank Pick Royal Institute of British Architects, Hon. RIBA (23 November 1878 – 7 November 1941) was a British transport administrator. After qualifying as a solicitor in 1902, he worked at the North Eastern Railway (UK), North Eastern Ra ...
, English lawyer and businessman (died 1941)
*
1883
Events
January
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* January 16 – ...
–
José Clemente Orozco
José Clemente Orozco (November 23, 1883 – September 7, 1949) was a Mexican caricaturist and painter, who specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siquei ...
, Mexican painter (died 1949)
*
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 ...
–
Eduards Smiļģis
Eduards Smiļģis (23 November 1886 – 19 April 1966) was a Latvian and Soviet actor and theatre director. He became a People's Artist of the USSR in 1948.
Smiļģis founded the Dailes Theatre in Riga in 1920 and was its chief director until ...
, Latvian actor and director (died 1966)
*
1887
Events January
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the United States Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
–
Boris Karloff
William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), known professionally as Boris Karloff () and occasionally billed as Karloff the Uncanny, was a British actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film ''Frankenstei ...
, English actor (died 1969)
* 1887 –
Henry Moseley
Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley (; 23 November 1887 – 10 August 1915) was an English physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic numb ...
, English physicist and chemist (died 1915)
*
1888
Events January
* January 3 – The great telescope (with an objective lens of diameter) at Lick Observatory in California is first used.
* January 12 – The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory and the states of Montana, M ...
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Harpo Marx
Arthur "Harpo" Marx (born Adolph Marx; November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was an American comedian and harpist, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Groucho and Chico, Harp ...
, American comedian and musician (died 1964)
*
1889
Events January
* January 1
** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada.
** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas ...
–
Harry Sunderland
Harry Sunderland (23 November 1889 – 15 January 1964) was an Australian rugby league football administrator and journalist.
Sunderland was born in Gympie, Queensland in 1889. From 1913 to 1922, Sunderland was the Queensland Rugby League's ...
, Australian-English journalist and businessman (died 1964)
*
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 ...
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El Lissitzky
El Lissitzky (, born Lazar Markovich Lissitzky , ; – 30 December 1941), was a Soviet Jewish artist, active as a painter, illustrator, designer, printmaker, photographer, and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian avant-garde, h ...
, Russian photographer and architect (died 1941)
*
1892
In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated. This means that the International Date Line was drawn from the east of the country to go west.
Events
January
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing imm ...
–
Erté
Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990), known by the pseudonym Erté (from the French pronunciation of his initials: ), was a Russian-born French people, French artist and designer. He worked in several fields, including fashi ...
, Russian-French illustrator and designer (died 1990)
*
1896
Events
January
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports Wilhelm Röntgen's dis ...
–
Klement Gottwald
Klement Gottwald (; 23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953 – titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman f ...
, Czechoslovak politician,
President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
*'' Præsident ...
of the
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, (Czech language, Czech and Slovak language, Slovak: ''Československá socialistická republika'', ČSSR) known from 1948 to 1960 as the Czechoslovak Republic (''Československá republika)'', Fourth Czecho ...
(died 1953)
* 1896 –
Tsunenohana Kan'ichi
was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Okayama. He was the sport's 31st ''yokozuna''.
Career
He was born . He made his professional debut in January 1910 and reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in May 1917. He won his first top divis ...
, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st
Yokozuna
, or , is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers ('' rikishi''), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments.
This is the o ...
(died 1960)
*
1897
Events
January
* January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City.
* January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punitive expedit ...
–
Nirad C. Chaudhuri, British-Indian historian, author, and critic (died 1999)
* 1897 –
Karl Gebhardt
Karl Franz Gebhardt (23 November 1897 – 2 June 1948) was a Nazi physician and a war criminal. Gebhardt was the main coordinator of a series of medical atrocities performed on inmates of the concentration camps at Ravensbrück and Auschwitz. ...
, German physician and war criminal (died 1948)
*
1899
Events January
* January 1
** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), p ...
–
Manuel dos Reis Machado
Manuel dos Reis Machado, commonly called Mestre Bimba (; November 23, 1900 – February 5, 1974), was a Brazilian capoeira ''mestre'' and the founder of the '' capoeira regional'' style. Bimba was one of the best capoeiristas of his time, undefe ...
, Brazilian martial artist and educator (died 1974)
1901–present
*
1901
December 13 of this year is the beginning of signed 32-bit Unix time, and is scheduled to end in January 19, 2038.
Summary
Political and military
1901 started with the unification of multiple British colonies in Australia on January ...
–
Bennie Osler
Benjamin Louwrens Osler (23 November 1901 – 28 April 1962) was a rugby union footballer who played internationally for South Africa. Osler played mainly at fly-half for both South Africa, and his provincial team of Western Province.
Osler wa ...
, South African rugby player (died 1962)
*
1902
Events
January
* January 1
** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's ...
–
Aaron Bank
Aaron Bank (November 23, 1902 – April 1, 2004) was a United States Army colonel who founded the US Army Special Forces, commonly known as the "Green Berets". He is also known for his exploits as an OSS officer during World War II, when h ...
, American colonel (died 2004)
* 1902 –
Victor Jory
Victor Jory (November 23, 1902 – February 12, 1982) was a Canadian-American actor of stage, film, and television. He initially played romantic leads, but later was mostly cast in villainous or sinister roles, such as Oberon in ''A Midsummer Ni ...
, Canadian-American actor (died 1982)
*
1903
Events January
* January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India.
* January 10 – The Aceh Sultanate was fully annexed by the Dutch forces, deposing the last sultan, marking the end of the Aceh War that have lasted for al ...
–
Joe Nibloe, Scottish footballer (died 1976)
*
1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...
–
K. Alvapillai
Kovindapillai Alvapillai, OBE (23 November 1905 – 17 February 1979) was a leading Ceylon Tamil civil servant.
Early life
Alvapillai was born on 23 November 1905. He was the son of Kovindapillai and Seethevi Pillai (Thangam) from Thumpalai ne ...
, Sri Lankan civil servant (died 1979)
*
1906
Events
January–February
* January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
–
Betti Alver
Elisabet "Betti" Alver ( – 19 June 1989), was one of Estonia's most notable poets. She was among the first generation to be educated in schools of an independent Estonia. She went to grammar school in Tartu.
Writing
She began as a prose w ...
, Estonian author and poet (died 1989)
*
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...
–
Lars Leksell
Lars Leksell (24 November 1907 – 12 January 1986) was a Swedish physician and professor of Neurosurgery at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the inventor of radiosurgery.
Life and career
Lars Leksell was born in Fässberg Pa ...
, Swedish physician and neurosurgeon (died 1986)
* 1907 –
Run Run Shaw
Sir Run Run Shaw (born Shao Renleng; 19 November 1907 – 7 January 2014), also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat-fu, was a Hong Kong businessman, filmmaker, and philanthropist. He was one of the foremost influential movie moguls in the East As ...
, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded
Shaw Brothers Studio
Shaw Brothers (HK) Limited () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, operating from 1925 to 2011.
In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shang ...
and
TVB
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...
(died 2014)
*
1908
This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time.
Events
January
* January ...
–
Nelson S. Bond
Nelson Slade Bond (November 23, 1908 – November 4, 2006) was an American writer. His works included books, magazine articles, and scripts used in radio, for television and on the stage.
The 1998 recipient of the Nebula Author Emeritus award ...
, American author and playwright (died 2006)
*
1909
Events
January–February
* January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escapes death by fleeing across ice floes.
* January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
* Janu ...
–
Nigel Tranter
Nigel Tranter OBE (23 November 1909 – 9 January 2000) was a writer of a wide range of books on history and architecture, both fiction and non-fiction. He was best-known for his popular and well-researched historical novels, covering centurie ...
, Scottish historian and author (died 2000)
*
1912
This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15.
In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...
–
George O'Hanlon
George O'Hanlon (November 23, 1912 – February 11, 1989) was an American actor, comedian and writer. He was best known for his role as Joe McDoakes in the Warner Bros.' live-action ''Joe McDoakes'' short subjects from 1942 to 1956 and as the voic ...
, American actor and screenwriter (died 1989)
*
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...
–
Donald Nixon
Francis Donald Nixon (November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987) was a younger brother of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
Family
He was the third of five sons:
*Harold Nixon (June 1, 1909 – March 7, 1933)
*Richard Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April ...
, American businessman (died 1987)
* 1914 –
Wilson Tucker, American projectionist and author (died 2006)
*
1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
*January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
*January 1
* ...
–
Anne Burns
Anne Burns (23 November 1915 – 22 January 2001) was a British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot. She had a career of nearly 40 years in the Royal Aircraft Establishment as an engineer and an expert in wind shear.
As a glider pilot ...
, British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot (died 2001)
* 1915 –
John Dehner
John Dehner (DAY-ner; born John Dehner Forkum; November 23, 1915February 4, 1992), also credited Dehner Forkum, was an American stage, radio, film, and television character actor.
From the late 1930s to the late 1980s, he amassed a long list o ...
, American actor (died 1992)
* 1915 –
Marc Simont
Marc Simont (November 23, 1915 – July 13, 2013) was a Paris-born American artist, political cartoonist, and illustrator of more than a hundred children's books. Inspired by his father, Spanish painter Joseph Simont, he began drawing at an earl ...
, French-American illustrator (died 2013)
*
1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that has been stored ...
–
Michael Gough
Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was a British actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer horror films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arthur Holmwoo ...
, Malaysian-English actor (died 2011)
* 1916 –
P. K. Page
Patricia Kathleen Page, (23 November 1916 – 14 January 2010) was a Canadian poet,Peter ScowenP.K. Page dies at age 93 ''The Globe and Mail'', 14 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010. though the citation as she was inducted as a Fellow of th ...
, English-Canadian author and poet (died 2010)
*
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...
–
Paul Celan
Paul Celan (; ; born Paul Antschel; 23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a German-speaking Romanian poet, Holocaust survivor, and literary translation, literary translator. He adopted his pen name (an anagram of the Romanian spelling Ancel ...
, Romanian-French poet and translator (died 1970)
*
1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil.
** The Spanish lin ...
–
Fred Buscaglione
Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione (; 23 November 1921 – 3 February 1960) was an Italian singer and actor who became very popular in the late 1950s. His public persona – the character he played both in his songs and his movies – was of a humoro ...
, Italian singer and actor (died 1960)
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
–
Manuel Fraga Iribarne
Manuel Fraga Iribarne (; 23 November 1922 – 15 January 2012) was a Spanish professor and politician during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, who was also one of the founders of the People's Alliance (AP). Fraga was Minister of Informatio ...
, Spanish politician, 3rd
President of the Xunta of Galicia
The president of the Regional Government of Galicia (, ), is the head of government of Galicia. The president leads the executive branch of the regional government.
The current office is established under the Galician Statute of Autonomy
...
(died 2012)
* 1922 –
, Vietnamese soldier and politician, 6th
Prime Minister of Vietnam
The prime minister of Vietnam () is the head of government of Vietnam who presides over the meetings of the Government (formerly the Council of Ministers). The prime minister directs the work of government members, and may propose deputy prime ...
(died 2008)
*
1923
In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Thursday, 1 March ' ...
–
Daniel Brewster, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2007)
* 1923 –
Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (died 2012)
* 1923 –
Gloria Whelan
Gloria Whelan (born November 23, 1923) is an American poet, short story writer, and novelist known primarily for children's and young adult fiction. She won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000 for the novel '' Hom ...
, American author and poet
*
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in Ch ...
–
Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist (died 2014)
* 1924 –
Josephine D'Angelo
Josephine "Jo Jo" D'Angelo (November 23, 1924 – August 18, 2013) was an American baseball left fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 135 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.
...
, American baseball player and educator (died 2013)
* 1924 –
Paula Raymond
Paula Raymond (born Paula Ramona Wright; November 23, 1924 – December 31, 2003) was an American model and actress who played the leading lady in numerous movies and television series including ''Crisis'' (1950) with Cary Grant. She was th ...
, American model and actress (died 2003)
* 1924 –
Colin Turnbull
Colin Macmillan Turnbull (23 November 1924 – 28 July 1994) was a British-American anthropologist who came to public attention with the popular books '' The Forest People'' (on the Mbuti Pygmies of Zaire) and '' The Mountain People'' (on the I ...
, English-American anthropologist and author (died 1994)
*
1925
Events January
* January 1 – The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria (1925–1930), State of Syria.
* January 3 – Benito Mussolini m ...
–
José Napoleón Duarte
José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes (23 November 1925 – 23 February 1990) was a El Salvador, Salvadoran politician who served as President of El Salvador from 1 June 1984 to 1 June 1989. He was mayor of San Salvador before running for president in ...
, Salvadoran engineer and politician,
President of El Salvador
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
*'' Præsident ...
(died 1990)
* 1925 –
Johnny Mandel
John Alfred Mandel (November 23, 1925June 29, 2020) was an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Benn ...
, American composer and conductor (died 2020)
* 1925 –
William Tebeau
William Henry Tebeau (November 23, 1925 – July 5, 2013) in 1948 became the first African-American man to graduate from Oregon State College. He was an engineer for ODOT for 36 years. A residence hall at OSU and Highway 126 between Eugene an ...
, African-American engineer (died 2013)
*
1926
In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the ...
–
Sathya Sai Baba
Sathya Sai Baba (born Ratnakaram Sathyanarayana Raju; 23 November 192624 April 2011) was an Indian godman, guru and philanthropist. At the age of 14, he claimed to be the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba and left his home saying "my devote ...
, Indian guru and philosopher (died 2011)
* 1926 –
R. L. Burnside
R. L. Burnside (November 23, 1926 – September 1, 2005) was an American Hill country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He played music for most of his life but received little recognition until 1995 when Burnside recorded and toured with ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)
*
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...
–
John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author (died 2013)
* 1927 –
Guy Davenport
Guy Mattison Davenport (November 23, 1927 – January 4, 2005) was an American writer, translator, illustrator, painter, intellectual, and teacher.
Life
Guy Davenport was born in Anderson, South Carolina, in the foothills of Appalachia on Novem ...
, American author and scholar (died 2005)
* 1927 –
Angelo Sodano
Angelo Raffaele Sodano (23 November 1927 – 27 May 2022) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019 and previously as the Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006; S ...
, Italian cardinal (died 2022)
*
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris B ...
–
Jerry Bock
Jerrold Lewis Bock (November 23, 1928November 3, 2010) was an American musical theater composer. He received the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Sheldon Harnick for their 1959 musical '' Fiorello!'' and the Tony A ...
, American composer (died 2010)
* 1928 –
John Coleman, Australian rules footballer and coach (died 1973)
* 1928 –
Elmarie Wendel
Elmarie Louise Wendel (November 23, 1928 –July 21, 2018) was an American actress and singer best known as Mamie Dubcek on the NBC sitcom ''3rd Rock from the Sun''.
Early life
Born on a farm in Howard County, Iowa, one of five siblings, Wend ...
, American actress and singer (died 2018)
* 1928 –
Brendan Pereira
Brendan Conan Pereira (23 November 1928 – 21 July 2024), also known as BCP, was an Indian advertising Creative Director.
Background
Brendan Pereira was born on 23 November 1928, to Albert and Louise Pereira. He attended St. Isabel's and St. ...
, Indian advertising executive (died 2024)
*
1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
– Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian writer (died 2024)
*1930 – Geeta Dutt, Indian singer and actress (died 1972)
* 1930 – Jack McKeon, American baseball player and manager
* 1932 – Renato Martino, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (died 2024)
*1932 – Michel David-Weill, French-American banker (died 2022)
*1933 – Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer and conductor (died 2020)
* 1933 – Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and activist (died 1977)
*
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
– Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (died 1994)
* 1934 – Robert Towne, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2024)
* 1934 – James R. Hogg, American admiral (died 2025)
*1935 – Ken Eastwood, Australian cricketer
* 1935 – Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut (died 1971)
*1938 – Patrick Kelly (Archbishop of Liverpool), Patrick Kelly, English archbishop
*
1939
This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...
– Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (died 2001)
*
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
Events
Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
*Janu ...
– Luis Tiant, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (died 2024)
*1941 – Alan Mullery, English footballer and manager
* 1941 – Franco Nero, Italian actor and producer
*1942 – Susan Anspach, American actress (died 2018)
*
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 � ...
– Andrew Goodman (activist), Andrew Goodman, American activist (died 1964)
* 1943 – Sue Nicholls, English actress
* 1943 – David Nolan (libertarian), David Nolan, American activist and politician (died 2010)
* 1943 – Petar Skansi, Croatian basketball player and coach (died 2022)
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
– Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer
* 1944 – Peter Lindbergh, German-French photographer and director (died 2019)
* 1944 – James Toback, American actor, director, and screenwriter
*1945 – Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)
* 1945 – Jim Doyle, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Wisconsin
* 1945 – Tony Pond, English racing driver (died 2002)
*
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 ...
– Diana Quick, English actress
* 1946 – Bobby Rush, American activist and politician
*1947 – Jean-Pierre Foucault, French radio and television host
*1948 – Bård Breivik, Norwegian sculptor and art instructor (died 2016)
* 1948 – Bruce Vilanch, American actor and screenwriter
* 1948 – Frank Worthington, English footballer and manager (died 2021)
*1949 – Alan Paul, American singer-songwriter and actor
* 1949 – Sandra Stevens, English singer
*1950 – Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri, Indian indologist, author, and academic
* 1950 – Carlos Eire, Cuban-born American author and academic
* 1950 – Charles Schumer, American lawyer and politician
* 1950 – Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1950), Paul Wilson, Scottish footballer (died 2017)
*1951 – Maik Galakos, Greek footballer and manager
*1953 – Rick Bayless, American chef and author
* 1953 – Francis Cabrel, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1953 – Johan de Meij, Dutch trombonist, composer, and conductor
* 1953 – Martin Kent, Australian cricketer
*1954 – Pete Allen (musician), Pete Allen, English clarinet player and saxophonist
* 1954 – Glenn Brummer, American baseball player
* 1954 – Bruce Hornsby, American singer-songwriter and pianist
* 1954 – Aavo Pikkuus, Estonian cyclist
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
– Steven Brust, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and author
* 1955 – Ludovico Einaudi, Italian pianist and composer
* 1955 – Mary Landrieu, American politician
*1956 – Bruce Edgar, New Zealand cricketer
* 1956 – Shane Gould, Australian swimmer and coach
* 1956 – Karin Guthke, German diver
*1957 – Andrew Toney, American basketball player
*1958 – Martin Snedden, New Zealand cricketer and lawyer
*
1959
Events
January
* January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...
– Maxwell Caulfield, English-American actor
*1960 – Robin Roberts (newscaster), Robin Roberts, American sportscaster and journalist
*
1961
Events January
* January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union.
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...
– Keith Ablow, American psychiatrist and author
* 1961 – Nicolas Bacri, French composer
* 1961 – Merv Hughes, Australian cricketer
* 1961 – Peter Stanford, English journalist and author
*1962 – Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan union leader and politician, List of Presidents of Venezuela, President of Venezuela
*
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 ...
– Arto Heiskanen, Finnish professional hockey player (died 2023)
* 1963 – Gwynne Shotwell, American businesswoman, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX
*1964 – Steve Alford, American basketball player and coach
* 1964 – Marilyn Kidd, Australian rower
* 1964 – Frank Rutherford, Bahamian triple jumper
*1965 – Jennifer Michael Hecht, American historian, author, and poet
*1966 – Vincent Cassel, French actor and producer
* 1966 – Kevin Gallacher, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
* 1966 – Michelle Gomez, Scottish actress
* 1966 – Jerry Kelly, American golfer
*1967 – Gary Kirsten, South African cricketer and coach
* 1967 – Salli Richardson, American actress, director, and producer
*1968 – Miloš Babić, Serbian basketball player
* 1968 – Robert Denmark, English runner and coach
* 1968 – Anthony Sullivan (rugby), Anthony Sullivan, English rugby league and union player
* 1968 – Kirsty Young, Scottish journalist
*1969 – Olivier Beretta, Monégasque racing driver
* 1969 – Mike Lünsmann, German footballer
* 1969 – Robin Padilla, Filipino actor, martial artist, and screenwriter
*1970 – Zoë Ball, English radio and television host
* 1970 – Oded Fehr, Israeli-American actor
* 1970 – Danny Hoch, American actor and screenwriter
* 1970 – Karsten Müller, German chess player and author
*
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 ...
– Khaled Al-Muwallid, Saudi Arabian footballer
* 1971 – Ashraf Amaya, American basketball player
* 1971 – Vin Baker, American basketball player and coach
* 1971 – Chris Hardwick, American comedian, actor, producer, and television host
*
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
– Christopher James Adler, American drummer
* 1972 – Alf-Inge Haaland, Norwegian footballer
* 1972 – Kurupt, American rapper and producer
* 1972 – Helen Luz, Brazilian basketball player
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...
– Saku Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player
* 1974 – Malik Rose, American basketball player, sportscaster, and executive
*
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 ...
– Page Kennedy, American actor and rapper
* 1976 – Tony Renna, American race car driver (died 2003)
* 1976 – Murat Salar, German-Turkish footballer and manager
* 1976 – Kohei Suwama, Japanese wrestler
*1977 – Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver
* 1977 – Adam Eaton (pitcher), Adam Eaton, American baseball player
*1979 – Kelly Brook, English model and actress
* 1979 – Ivica Kostelić, Croatian skier
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
– Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leonean child soldier and American author
* 1980 – Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
* 1980 – Kirk Penney, New Zealand basketball player
*1982 – Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1982 – Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
*1983 – Fatih Yiğituşağı, Turkish footballer
*1984 – Lucas Grabeel, American actor, singer, and songwriter
* 1984 – Amruta Khanvilkar, Indian actress and dancer
* 1984 – Justin Turner, American baseball player
*
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...
– Viktor An, South Korean speed skater
*1987 – Nicklas Bäckström, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1987 – Snooki, American reality television personality
*1990 – Shaun Hutchinson, English footballer
* 1990 – Eddy Kim, South Korean singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1990 – Alena Leonova, Russian figure skater
* 1990 – Christopher Quiring, German footballer
*
1991
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
– Christian Cueva, Peruvian footballer
* 1991 – Willian José, Brazilian footballer
* 1991 – Ahmed Shehzad, Pakistani cricketer
*
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 ...
– Miley Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and actress
* 1992 – Gabriel Landeskog, Swedish ice hockey player
*1994 – Wes Burns, Welsh footballer
*1995 – Kelly Rosen, Estonian footballer
*
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
– Alexis Ren, American social media personality, model, and actress
* 1996 – James Maddison,
* 1996 – Anna Yanovskaya, Russian ice dancer
*1998 – Caoimhín Kelleher, Irish footballer
*1999 – Boubacar Kamara, French footballer
*
2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
– Tino Anjorin, English footballer
Deaths
Pre-1600
* 386 – Emperor Fei of Jin, Jin Feidi, emperor of the Jin dynasty (266–420), Jin Dynasty (born 342)
* 947 – Berthold, Duke of Bavaria (born 900)
* 955 – Eadred, English king (born 923)
*1161 – Adam of Ebrach, Adam, Abbot of Ebrach Abbey, Ebrach
*1183 – William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (born 1116)
*1407 – Louis I, Duke of Orléans (born 1372)
*1457 – Ladislaus the Posthumous, Hungarian king (born 1440)
*1464 – Blessed Margaret of Savoy (born 1390)
*
1499
Year 1499 ( MCDXCIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 8 – Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany, in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles V ...
–
Perkin Warbeck
Perkin Warbeck ( – 23 November 1499) was a pretender to the English throne claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called "Princes in the Tower". Richard, were he alive, would ...
, pretender to the English throne (born c. 1474)
*1503 – Bona of Savoy (born 1449)
* 1503 – Margaret of York (born 1446)
*1534 – Beatriz Galindo, Spanish Latinist and educator (born c. 1465)
*1572 – Bronzino, Italian painter and poet (born 1503)
*1585 – Thomas Tallis, English composer (born c.1505)
1601–1900
*1616 – Richard Hakluyt, English priest and author (born 1552)
*1682 – Claude Lorrain, French-Italian painter and engraver (born 1604)
*1763 – Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff, German field marshal and diplomat (born 1673)
*1769 – Constantine Mavrocordatos, Greek prince (born 1711)
*
1803
Events January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière's ''Almanach des gourmands'', the first guide to restaurant cooking, is published in Paris.
* January 4 – William Symingt ...
– Roger Newdigate, English politician (born 1719)
*
1804
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic.
* February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa.
* February 14 – The First Serbian uprising begins th ...
– Richard Graves, English minister and author (born 1715)
* 1804 – Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (born 1747)
*1807 – Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (born 1747)
*1814 – Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (born 1744)
*1844 – Thomas Henderson (astronomer), Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer (born 1798)
*1833 – Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France), French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1762)
*
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 ...
–
William III of the Netherlands
William III (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk''; English: ''William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis''; 19 February 1817 – 23 November 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until ...
(born 1817)
*
1896
Events
January
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports Wilhelm Röntgen's dis ...
– Ichiyō Higuchi, Japanese writer (born 1872)
*
1899
Events January
* January 1
** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), p ...
– Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded White Star Line (born 1837)
1901–present
*
1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...
– John Burdon-Sanderson, English physiologist and academic (born 1828)
*
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...
– Naimuddin, Bengali writer and Islamic scholar (born 1832)
*
1910
Events
January
* January 6 – Abé people in the French West Africa colony of Côte d'Ivoire rise against the colonial administration; the rebellion is brutally suppressed by the military.
* January 8 – By the Treaty of Punakha, t ...
– Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician and murderer (born 1862)
*
1923
In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Thursday, 1 March ' ...
– Andy O'Sullivan (Irish republican), Andy O'Sullivan, Irish republicanism, Irish Republican Hunger Striker
*
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
– Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (born 1895)
*1937 – Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (born 1858)
* 1937 – George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (born 1858)
*
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
Events
Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
*Janu ...
– Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd
Premier of Victoria
The premier of Victoria is the head of government of the state of Victoria in Australia. The premier leads the Cabinet of Victoria and selects its ministers. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria, must be a member of the Vic ...
(born 1867)
*1958 – Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (born 1880)
*1966 – Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland (born 1882)
*1970 – Yusof Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (born 1910)
*
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, ...
– Marie Wilson (American actress), Marie Wilson, American actress (born 1916)
*1973 – Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, director, and producer (born 1889)
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1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...
– Notable victims of the Massacre of the Sixty:
** Abiye Abebe, Ethiopian general and politician (born 1918)
** Aman Andom, Ethiopian general and politician, List of Presidents of Ethiopia, President of Ethiopia (born 1924)
** Aklilu Habte-Wold, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (born 1912)
** Asrate Kassa, Ethiopian commander (born 1922)
** Endelkachew Makonnen, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (born 1927)
* 1974 – Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (born 1920)
*
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 ...
– André Malraux, French theorist and author (born 1901)
*1979 – Merle Oberon, Indian-born British actress (born 1911)
* 1979 – Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)
*1982 – Grady Nutt, American minister and author (born 1934)
*1983 – Juhan Muks, Estonian painter (born 1899)
* 1983 – Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)
*1984 – Leonard Baker, American historian and author (born 1931)
*1990 – Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (born 1916)
*
1991
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
– Klaus Kinski, German-American actor and director (born 1926)
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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 ...
– Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (born 1903)
* 1992 – Jean-François Thiriart, Belgian politician (born 1922)
*1994 – Art Barr, American wrestler (born 1966)
* 1994 – Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (born 1911)
*1995 – Louis Malle, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
* 1995 – Junior Walker, American singer and saxophonist (born 1931)
*
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
– Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (born 1943)
* 1996 – Art Porter, Jr., American saxophonist and songwriter (born 1961)
* 1996 – Idries Shah, Indian author, thinker and teacher in the Sufism, Sufi tradition.
*1997 – Jorge Mas Canosa, Cuban-American businessman (born 1939)
*
2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
– Bo Belinsky, American baseball player (born 1936)
* 2001 – Mary Whitehouse, English educator and activist (born 1910)
*
2002
The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
– Roberto Matta, Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (born 1911)
*
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 ...
– Pete Franklin, American radio host (born 1928)
*
2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
– Constance Cummings, American-English actress (born 1910)
* 2005 – Frank Gatski, American football player and soldier (born 1919)
*
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
– Jesús Blancornelas, Mexican journalist, co-founded ''Zeta (magazine), Zeta Magazine'' (born 1936)
* 2006 – Nick Clarke, English journalist (born 1948)
* 2006 – Betty Comden, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (born 1917)
* 2006 – Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy and defector (born 1962)
* 2006 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (born 1930)
* 2006 – Anita O'Day, American singer (born 1919)
* 2006 – Willie Pep, American boxer and referee (born 1922)
*
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
– Joe Kennedy (baseball), Joe Kennedy, American baseball player (born 1979)
* 2007 – Óscar Carmelo Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager (born 1971)
* 2007 – Robert Vesco, American-Cuban financier (born 1935)
* 2007 – Pat Walsh (rugby union), Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union player (born 1936)
*
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 ...
– José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian (born 1921)
*
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
– Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter and sculptor (born 1914)
* 2010 – Joyce Howard, English-American actress (born 1922)
*
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
– Jim Rathmann (race car driver), Jim Rathmann, American race car driver (born 1928)
*2012 – José Luis Borau, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)
* 2012 – Chuck Diering, American baseball player (born 1923)
* 2012 – Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer (born 1931)
* 2012 – Diana Isaac, English-New Zealand businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1921)
*2013 – Connie Broden, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1932)
* 2013 – Costanzo Preve, Italian philosopher and theorist (born 1943)
*2014 – Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (born 1936)
* 2014 – Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (born 1916)
* 2014 – Murray Oliver, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1937)
* 2014 – Pat Quinn (ice hockey), Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1943)
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2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
– Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (born 1925)
* 2015 – Manmeet Bhullar, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1980)
* 2015 – Douglass North, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)
*2016 – Rita Barberá Nolla, Spanish politician (born 1948)
* 2016 – Ralph Branca, American baseball player (born 1926)
* 2016 – Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (born 1930)
* 2016 – Joe Esposito (author), Joe Esposito, road manager for Elvis Presley (born 1938)
*2017 – Stela Popescu, Romanian actress (born 1935)
*2020 – Tarun Gogoi, Indian Chief Minister of Assam (born 1934)
*2024 – Rico Carty, Dominican baseball player (born 1939)
*2024 – Fred R. Harris, American politician (born 1930)
*2024 – Chuck Woolery, American game show host and television personality (born 1941)
Holidays and observances
* Christian feast day:
** Alexander Nevsky (Repose, Russian Orthodox Church)
** Beatification, Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro – one of Saints of the Cristero War (Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church)
** Columbanus
** Felicitas of Rome
** Paulinus of Wales
** Pope Clement I (Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and the Lutheran Church)
** Trudo (or Trond)
** Vulfetrude, Wilfetrudis (or Vulfetrude)
* Labor Thanksgiving Day (Japan)
* Repudiation Day (Frederick County, Maryland, United States)
* Rudolf Maister Day (Slovenia)
* St George's Day (Georgia) or ''Giorgoba'' (
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
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