Events
Pre-1600
*
337
__NOTOC__
Year 337 (Roman numerals, CCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Felicianus and Titianus (or, less frequently, year 1090 ''Ab urbe condita ...
–
Constantine II,
Constantius II, and
Constans succeed their father
Constantine I
Constantine I (27 February 27222 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He played a Constantine the Great and Christianity, pivotal ro ...
as co-emperors. The
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...
is divided between the three
Augusti.
*
1000 –
Battle of Svolder,
Viking Age
The Viking Age (about ) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. The Viking Age applies not only to their ...
.
*
1141 –
Yelü Dashi, the
Liao dynasty general who founded the
Qara Khitai, defeats the
Seljuq and
Kara-Khanid forces at the
Battle of Qatwan.
*
1320 – In the
Battle of Saint George, the
Byzantines under
Andronikos Asen ambush and defeat the forces of the
Principality of Achaea
The Principality of Achaea () or Principality of Morea was one of the vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom of Thes ...
, securing possession of
Arcadia.
*
1488 –
Anne becomes sovereign
Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the
union of Brittany and France.
*
1493 –
Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of
Croats
The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...
in
Croatian struggle against the invasion by the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
.
* 1493 –
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus (; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italians, Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed Voyages of Christopher Columbus, four Spanish-based voyages across the At ...
, with 17 ships and 1,200 men, sails on second voyage from Cadiz.
*
1499 – The citizens of Lisbon celebrate the triumphal return of the explorer
Vasco de Gama, completing his two-year journey around the
Cape of Good Hope
The Cape of Good Hope ( ) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.
A List of common misconceptions#Geography, common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Afri ...
to India.
*
1513 –
James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the
Battle of Flodden, ending Scotland's involvement in the
War of the League of Cambrai
The War of the League of Cambrai, sometimes known as the War of the Holy League and several other names, was fought from February 1508 to December 1516 as part of the Italian Wars of 1494–1559. The main participants of the war, who fough ...
.
*
1543 –
Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is
crowned "
Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of
Stirling
Stirling (; ; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in Central Belt, central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town#Scotland, market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the roya ...
.
*
1561 – The ultimately unsuccessful
Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile
French Catholics and
Protestants
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...
.
*
1588 –
Thomas Cavendish in his ship
''Desire'' enters
Plymouth
Plymouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers River Plym, Plym and River Tamar, Tamar, about southwest of Exeter and ...
and completes the first deliberately planned
voyage of circumnavigation.
1601–1900
*
1739 –
Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in
Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the
American Revolution
The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a colonial rebellion and war of independence in which the Thirteen Colonies broke from British America, British rule to form the United States of America. The revolution culminated in the American ...
, erupts near
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the List of municipalities in South Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atla ...
.
*
1776 – The
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was a series of legislature, legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of British America, Great Britain in North America, and the newly declared United States before, during, and after ...
officially names its
union of states the United States.
*
1791 –
Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President
George Washington
George Washington (, 1799) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot (American Revoluti ...
.
*
1796 –
Grenelle camp affair, a failed uprising by supporters of
Gracchus Babeuf against the
French Directory
The Directory (also called Directorate; ) was the system of government established by the Constitution of the Year III, French Constitution of 1795. It takes its name from the committee of 5 men vested with executive power. The Directory gov ...
*
1801 –
Alexander I of Russia
Alexander I (, ; – ), nicknamed "the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first king of Congress Poland from 1815, and the grand duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825. He ruled Russian Empire, Russia during the chaotic perio ...
confirms the privileges of
Baltic provinces.
*
1839 –
John Herschel
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet (; 7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and experimental photographer who invented the blueprint and did botanical work. ...
takes the first glass plate
photograph
A photograph (also known as a photo, or more generically referred to as an ''image'' or ''picture'') is an image created by light falling on a photosensitivity, photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor. Th ...
.
*
1845 – Possible start of the
Great Famine of Ireland.
*
1850 – The
Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
's claimed territory to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
's pre-annexation debt.
*1850 –
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
is admitted as the thirty-first
U.S. state.
*
1855 –
Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...
: The
Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
*
1863 –
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
: The
Union Army enters
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga ( ) is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Tennessee River and borders Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the south. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee ...
.
*
1892 –
Amalthea becomes the last moon to be discovered without the use of photography.
1901–present
*
1914 –
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
: The creation of the
Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
*
1922 – The
Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in
Smyrna
Smyrna ( ; , or ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, Turkey. Due to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence, and its good inland connections, Smyrna ...
.
*
1923 –
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...
, the founder of the
Republic of Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
, founds the
Republican People's Party
The Republican People's Party (RPP; , CHP ) is a Kemalism, Kemalist and Social democracy, social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal ...
.
*
1924 –
Hanapepe massacre occurs on
Kauai
Kauai (), anglicized as Kauai ( or ), is one of the main Hawaiian Islands.
It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the 21st-largest island in the United States. Kauai lies 73 m ...
, Hawaii.
*
1936
Events January–February
* January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House.
* January 28 – Death and state funer ...
– The crews of
Portuguese Navy frigate and destroyer ''
Dão''
mutinied against the
Salazar dictatorship's support of
General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the
Spanish Republic.
*
1939 –
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
: The
Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German
invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Second Polish Republic, Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak R ...
.
* 1939 – Burmese national hero
U Ottama dies in prison after a
hunger strike to protest Britain's
colonial government.
*
1940 –
George Stibitz
George Robert Stibitz (April 30, 1904 – January 31, 1995) was an American researcher at Bell Labs who is internationally recognized as one of the fathers of the modern digital computer. He was known for his work in the 1930s and 1940s on the r ...
pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
* 1940 –
Treznea Massacre in
Transylvania
Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...
.
*
1942
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
– World War II: A
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
ese floatplane
drops incendiary bombs on
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
.
*
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 � ...
– World War II: The
Allies land at
Salerno and
Taranto, Italy.
*
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
Fatherland Front takes power in
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-
Soviet
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
government is established.
*
1945 –
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part ...
: The
Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on January 3, 1868, until the Constitution of Japan took effect on May 3, 1947. From Japan–Kor ...
formally surrenders to
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
.
*
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
– First case of a
computer bug
A software bug is a design defect ( bug) in computer software. A computer program with many or serious bugs may be described as ''buggy''.
The effects of a software bug range from minor (such as a misspelled word in the user interface) to sev ...
being found: A
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
lodges in a
relay of a
Harvard Mark II computer at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
.
*
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
–
Kim Il Sung
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as its first Supreme Leader (North Korean title), supreme leader from North Korea#Founding, its establishm ...
declares the
establishment of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
*
1954
Events
January
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...
– The 6.7
Chlef earthquake shakes northern
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...
–
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the ...
appears on ''
The Ed Sullivan Show
''The Ed Sullivan Show'' is an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York City, New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the ''CB ...
'' for the first time.
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
– The
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws. It is headed by the secretary of housing and u ...
is established.
* 1965 –
Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near
New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...
, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.
*
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
– The
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson.
*
1969 – In Canada, the
Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
* 1969 –
Allegheny Airlines Flight 863 collides in mid-air with a
Piper PA-28 Cherokee over
Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana, killing all 83 people on board both aircraft.
*
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
– A British airliner is hijacked by the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to
Dawson's Field in
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
.
*
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 ...
– The four-day
Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by
state troopers retaking the
prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, or remand center, is a facility where Prisoner, people are Imprisonment, imprisoned under the authority of the State (polity), state ...
.
*
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, ...
– In
Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
's
Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
*
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 ...
– Two Aeroflot flights
collide in mid-air over
Anapa, Soviet Union, killing 70.
*
1988 –
Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes in
Khu Khot
file:วัดสายไหม1.jpg, 250px, Lam Luk Ka Road in the area of Wat Sai Mai temple near Khu Khot BTS station
Khu Khot (, ) is a ''tambon'' (sub-district) in Lam Luk Ka district of Pathum Thani province, Bangkok Metropolitan Region, ...
, Thailand, while on approach to
Don Muang International Airport, killing 76.
*
1990 –
Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184
Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in
Batticaloa District.
*
1991 –
Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...
declares independence from the
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
.
*
1993
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as:
* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
–
Israeli–Palestinian peace process
Intermittent discussions are held by various parties and proposals put forward in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict through a peace process. Since the 1970s, there has been a parallel effort made to find terms upon which ...
: The
Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ) is a Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinians, Palestinian people in both the occupied Pale ...
officially recognizes
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
as a legitimate state.
*
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
–
Space Shuttle program:
Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' is launched on
STS-64.
*
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 ...
–
Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the
Northern Alliance,
is assassinated in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
by two
al-Qaeda
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, caption = Jihadist flag, Flag used by various al-Qaeda factions
, founder = Osama bin Laden{{Assassinated, Killing of Osama bin Laden
, leaders = {{Plainlist,
* Osama bin Lad ...
assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
*
2006 – Space Shuttle Program:
Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' is launched on
STS-115 to resume
assembling the International Space Station. It is the first ISS assembly mission after the
''Columbia'' disaster back in 2003.
*
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
Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula (, , or , , ) or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated north-east of Africa on the Arabian plate. At , comparable in size to India, the Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world.
Geographically, the ...
, is ceremonially inaugurated.
*
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
– The
Indian space agency puts into orbit its
heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful
PSLV launches.
* 2012 – A
wave of attacks kills more than 100 people and injure 350 others across
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...
.
*
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
– The album
Songs of Innocence by
U2 is digitally released at no charge to all customers of the
iTunes Music Store, appearing automatically in the "purchased" section of over 500 million users worldwide.
*
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 ...
–
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. ...
becomes the
longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
*
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
– The government of
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...
conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest
nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
calling it "maniacal recklessness".
Births
Pre-1600
*
214/
15 –
Aurelian
Aurelian (; ; 9 September ) was a Roman emperor who reigned from 270 to 275 AD during the Crisis of the Third Century. As emperor, he won an unprecedented series of military victories which reunited the Roman Empire after it had nearly disinte ...
, Roman emperor (died 275)
*
384
__NOTOC__
Year 384 (Roman numerals, CCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Richomeres, Ricomer and Clearchus (consul), Clearchus (or, less frequently, ye ...
–
Honorius, Roman emperor (died 423)
*
1349 –
Albert III, Duke of Austria (died 1395)
*
1427 –
Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (died 1464)
*
1466 –
Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shōgun (died 1523)
*
1558 –
Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur (died 1602)
*
1585 –
Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician (died 1642)
1601–1900
*
1629 –
Cornelis Tromp, Dutch general (died 1691)
*
1700 –
Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (died 1780)
*
1711 –
Thomas Hutchinson, English historian and politician,
Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay (died 1780)
*
1721 –
Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (died 1808)
*
1731 –
Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican priest, historian, and scholar (died 1787)
*
1737 –
Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist (died 1798)
*
1754 –
William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th
Governor of New South Wales
The governor of New South Wales is the representative of the monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia, Governor-General of Australia at the national level, the governor ...
(died 1817)
*
1755 –
Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician (died 1808)
*
1777 –
James Carr, American soldier and politician (died 1818)
*
1778
Events
January–March
* January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Sea captain, Captain James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution (1771), HMS ''Resolution'' and HMS Discovery (1774), HMS ''Discovery'', first views Oahu, Oʻahu th ...
–
Clemens Brentano, German poet and author (died 1842)
*
1789 –
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, Polish rabbi (died 1866)
*
1807 –
Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish-English archbishop and philologist (died 1886)
*
1823 –
Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and academic (died 1891)
*
1828
Events
January–March
* January 4 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, Comte de Villèle, as Prime Minister of France.
* January 8 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organiz ...
–
Leo Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; ,Throughout Tolstoy's whole life, his name was written as using Reforms of Russian orthography#The post-revolution re ...
, Russian author and playwright (died 1910)
*
1834 –
Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (died 1903)
*
1853
Events
January–March
* January 6 –
** Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida.
**U.S. President-elect ...
–
Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and merchant (died 1926)
*
1855 –
Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (died 1927)
*
1863 –
Herbert Henry Ball, English-Canadian journalist and politician (died 1943)
*
1868 –
Mary Hunter Austin, American author, poet, and critic (died 1934)
*
1873 –
Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American theater and film director (died 1943)
*
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 ...
–
Frank Chance, American baseball player and manager (died 1924)
*
1877
Events January
* January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act 1876, introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
* January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876: Batt ...
–
James Agate, English journalist, author, and critic (died 1947)
*
1878 –
Adelaide Crapsey, American poet and critic (died 1914)
* 1878 –
Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (died 1958)
* 1878 –
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña Sr. (, ; zh, c=吳文釗, poj=Gô͘ Bûn-chiau; September 9, 1878 – October 19, 1961) was a Filipino people, Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the List of presidents of the Philippines, fourth president of the Ph ...
, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th
President of the Philippines
The president of the Philippines (, sometimes referred to as ) is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-ch ...
(died 1961)
*
1882 –
Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (died 1962)
*
1885 –
Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (died 1969)
* 1885 –
Clare Sheridan, English sculptor and author (died 1970)
*
1887 –
Alf Landon
Alfred Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887October 12, 1987) was an American oilman and politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 1936 presidential ...
, American lieutenant, banker, and politician, 26th
Governor of Kansas (died 1987)
*
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 ...
–
Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded
KFC (died 1980)
*
1894 –
Arthur Freed, American composer and producer (died 1973)
* 1894 –
Humphrey Mitchell, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 14th
Canadian Minister of Labour (died 1950)
* 1894 –
Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer and soldier (died 1976)
*
1898 –
Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (died 1973)
*
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 ...
–
Neil Hamilton, American stage, film and television actor (died 1984)
* 1899 –
Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1984)
* 1899 –
Bruno E. Jacob, American academic, founded the
National Forensic League (died 1979)
*
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...
–
James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (died 1954)
1901–present
*
1903 –
Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian (died 1995)
* 1903 –
Edward Upward, English author (died 2009)
* 1903 –
Phyllis A. Whitney, American author (died 2008)
*
1904 –
Feroze Khan, Indian-Pakistani field hockey player and coach (died 2005)
* 1904 –
Arthur Laing, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th
Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs (died 1975)
*
1905 –
Joseph E. Levine, American film producer, founded
Embassy Pictures (died 1987)
* 1905 –
Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, Indian philosopher and poet (died 1981)
*
1906 –
Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor and educator (died 1971)
*
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 ...
–
Leon Edel, American author and critic (died 1997)
*
1908 –
Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and author (died 1950)
* 1908 –
Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral (died 1945)
*
1911
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia.
* January 3
** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...
–
Paul Goodman, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1972)
* 1911 –
John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th
Prime Minister of Australia
The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister is the chair of the Cabinet of Australia and thus the head of the Australian Government, federal executive government. Under the pr ...
(died 2002)
*
1914 –
John Passmore, Australian philosopher and academic (died 2004)
*
1918
The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
–
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th
President of Italy (died 2012)
*
1919 –
Gottfried Dienst, Swiss footballer and referee (died 1998)
* 1919 –
Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (died 1996)
*
1920 –
Neil Chotem, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2008)
* 1920 –
Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and physicist (died 1993)
* 1920 –
Robert Wood Johnson III, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1970)
*
1922 –
Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (died 2000)
* 1922 –
Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (died 2017)
* 1922 –
Manolis Glezos, Greek journalist and politician (died 2020)
* 1922 –
Warwick Estevam Kerr, Brazilian geneticist, entomologist, and engineer (died 2018)
*
1923 –
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American physician and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (died 2008)
* 1923 –
Cliff Robertson, American actor (died 2011)
*
1924 –
Jane Greer
Jane Greer (born Bettejane Greer; September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001) was an American film and television actress best known for her role as ''femme fatale'' Kathie Moffat in the 1947 film noir ''Out of the Past''. In 2009, ''The Guardian'' ...
, American actress (died 2001)
* 1924 –
Sylvia Miles, American actress (died 2019)
* 1924 –
Russell M. Nelson, American captain, surgeon, and religious leader
* 1924 –
Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (died 2003)
*
1926 –
Louise Abeita,
Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (died 2014)
* 1926 –
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian theologian and author (died 2022)
*
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 ...
–
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such albums as ''My Fa ...
, American drummer and bandleader (died 2004)
* 1927 –
Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Russian sociologist and economist (died 2013)
*
1928 –
Moses Anderson, American Roman Catholic bishop (died 2013)
* 1928 –
Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (died 2007)
*
1929 –
Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter (died 2004)
*
1930 –
Francis Carroll, Australian archbishop
(died 2024)
*
1931 –
Robin Hyman, English author and publisher (died 2017)
* 1931 –
Zoltán Latinovits
Zoltán Latinovits (9 September 1931, in Budapest – 4 June 1976, in Balatonszemes) was a Hungarian actor.
Early life
His mother divorced his father Oszkár Latinovits in 1941 and married István Frenreisz, a medical doctor, with whom she ha ...
, Hungarian actor and author (died 1976)
* 1931 –
Ida Mae Martinez, American wrestler (died 2010)
* 1931 –
Shirley Summerskill, English physician and politician
* 1931 –
Margaret Tyzack, English actress (died 2011)
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
–
Carm Lino Spiteri, Maltese architect and politician (died 2008)
*
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 ...
–
Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th
President of Dominica (died 2015)
* 1934 –
Sonia Sanchez, American poet, playwright, and activist
*
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
–
Gopal Baratham, Singaporean neurosurgeon and author (died 2002)
* 1935 –
Nadim Sawalha, Jordanian-born English actor
* 1935 –
Chaim Topol, Israeli actor, singer, and producer (died 2023)
*
1936
Events January–February
* January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House.
* January 28 – Death and state funer ...
–
William Bradshaw, Baron Bradshaw, English academic and politician
*
1938
Events
January
* January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS).
* January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...
–
John Davis, English anthropologist and academic (died 2017)
* 1938 –
Jay Ward, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2012)
*
1939 –
Ron McDole, American football player
*
1940 –
Hugh Morgan, Australian businessman
* 1940 –
Joe Negroni, American doo-wop singer (died 1978)
*
1941 –
Syed Abid Ali, Indian cricketer
* 1941 –
Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1967)
* 1941 –
Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the
C programming language (died 2011)
*
1942
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
–
The Iron Sheik, Iranian-American wrestler and actor (died 2023)
* 1942 –
Inez Foxx, American singer (died 2022)
* 1942 –
Danny Kalb, American singer and guitarist (died 2022)
*
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 � ...
–
Frank Clark, English footballer, manager and chairman
*
1945 –
Ton van Heugten, Dutch motocross racer (died 2008)
* 1945 –
Dee Dee Sharp, American singer
* 1945 –
Doug Ingle, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2024)
*
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 ...
–
Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (died 2014)
* 1946 –
Bruce Palmer, Canadian folk-rock bass player (died 2004)
*
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
–
David Rosenboom, American composer and educator
* 1947 –
Freddy Weller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1947 –
T. M. Wright, American author, poet, and illustrator (died 2015)
*
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025
* January 2 – Luis ...
–
John Curry, English figure skater (died 1994)
* 1949 –
Daniel Pipes, American historian and author
* 1949 –
Joe Theismann, American football player and sportscaster
* 1949 –
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born 9 September 1949), commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired Indonesian Army, army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and the second president of Ind ...
, Indonesian general and politician, 6th
President of Indonesia
*
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...
–
Gogi Alauddin, Pakistani
squash player and coach
* 1950 –
John McFee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
–
Alexander Downer, Australian economist and politician, 34th
Minister of Foreign Affairs for Australia
* 1951 –
Tom Wopat, American actor and singer
*
1952 –
Angela Cartwright, English-American actress, author, and singer
* 1952 –
Per Jørgensen, Norwegian singer and trumpet player
[ (in Norwegian)]
* 1952 –
Dave Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...
–
Janet Fielding, Australian actress
*
1954
Events
January
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...
–
Walter Davis, American basketball player (died 2023)
*
1955 –
John Kricfalusi, Canadian voice actor, animator, director, and screenwriter
*
1957
Events January
* January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany.
* January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
* January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...
–
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, French pianist and educator
*
1959 –
Tom Foley, American baseball player and coach
* 1959 –
Éric Serra
Éric Serra (; born 9 September 1959) is a French film composer, known as a frequent collaborator of director Luc Besson. He is a five-time César Award nominee, winning once for '' The Big Blue'' (1988).
Early life
Serra was born in Sain ...
, French composer and producer
*
1960 –
Hugh Grant, English actor and producer
* 1960 –
Bob Hartley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
* 1960 –
Johnson Righeira, Italian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor
* 1960 –
Bob Stoops, American football player and coach
* 1960 –
Kimberly Willis Holt, American author
*
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 ...
– Chris Coons, American lawyer and politician
* 1963 – Roberto Donadoni, Italian footballer and manager
* 1963 – Neil Fairbrother, English cricketer
*1964 – Aleksandar Hemon, Bosnian-American author and critic
* 1964 – Skip Kendall, American golfer
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
– Charles Esten, American actor, comedian, and musician
* 1965 – Dan Majerle, American basketball player and coach
* 1965 – Constance Marie, American actress
* 1965 – Marcel Peeper, Dutch footballer
*
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
– Georg Hackl, German luger and coach
* 1966 – Kevin Hatcher, American ice hockey player
* 1966 – Adam Sandler, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
* 1966 – Brian Smith (rugby, born 1966), Brian Smith, Australian-Irish rugby player and coach
*1967 – B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player and sportscaster
* 1967 – Chris Caffery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1967 – Mark Shrader, American wrestler
[Pro Wrestling Illustrated. "Statistics for Professional Wrestlers." ''PWI 2001 Wrestling Almanac and Book of Facts''. Vol. IV. No. 1. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Co., 2001. (p. 50)]
* 1967 – Akshay Kumar, Indian actor and producer
*1968 – Jon Drummond, American sprinter and coach
* 1968 – Clive Mendonca, English footballer
* 1968 – Julia Sawalha, English actress
*
1969 – Rachel Hunter, New Zealand model and actress
* 1969 – Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian politician
*
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
– Natalia Streignard, Spanish-Venezuelan actress
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
– Eric Stonestreet, American actor
* 1971 – Henry Thomas, American actor and guitarist
*
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, ...
– Mike Hampton, American baseball player and coach
* 1972 – Natasha Kaplinsky, English journalist
* 1972 – Jakko Jan Leeuwangh, Dutch speed skater
* 1972 – Miriam Oremans, Dutch tennis player
* 1972 – Xavi Pascual (basketball), Xavi Pascual, Spanish professional basketball coach
* 1972 – Félix Rodríguez (baseball), Félix Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
* 1972 – Goran Višnjić, Croatian-American actor
*1973 – Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player
*1974 – Vikram Batra, Indian captain (died 1999)
* 1974 – Shane Crawford, Australian footballer and television host
* 1974 – Marcos Curiel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1974 – Jun Kasai, Japanese wrestler
* 1974 – Gok Wan, English fashion stylist, author, and television host
*1975 – Michael Bublé, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
* 1975 – Anton Oliver, New Zealand rugby player
*
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 ...
– Emma de Caunes, French actress
* 1976 – El Intocable, Mexican wrestler
* 1976 – Hanno Möttölä, Finnish basketball player
* 1976 – Joey Newman, American composer and conductor
* 1976 – Mattias Öhlund, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1976 – Aki Riihilahti, Finnish footballer and coach
* 1976 – Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
*1977 – Kyle Snyder (baseball), Kyle Snyder, American baseball player and coach
* 1977 – Fatih Tekke, Turkish footballer and manager
*1978 – Kurt Ainsworth, American baseball player and businessman, co-founded Marucci Sports
* 1978 – Shane Battier, American basketball player and sportscaster
*1979 – Wayne Carlisle, Northern Irish footballer and coach
* 1979 – Nikki DeLoach, American actress and singer
*1980 – Todd Coffey, American baseball player
* 1980 – Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (died 2012)
* 1980 – David Fa'alogo, New Zealand rugby league player
* 1980 – Michelle Williams (actress), Michelle Williams, American actress
*1981 – Julie Gonzalo, Argentine-American actress
*1982 – John Kuhn, American football player
* 1982 – Graham Onions, English cricketer
* 1982 – Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
* 1982 – Eugênio Rômulo Togni, Brazilian footballer
*1983 – Vitolo (footballer, born 1983), Vitolo, Spanish footballer
* 1983 – Kyle Davies (baseball), Kyle Davies, American baseball player
* 1983 – Edwin Jackson (baseball), Edwin Jackson, American baseball player
* 1983 – Cleveland Taylor, English footballer
*1984 – Jaouad Akaddar, Moroccan footballer (died 2012)
* 1984 – Brad Guzan, American soccer player
* 1984 – James Hildreth, English cricketer
* 1984 – Michalis Sifakis, Greek footballer
*1985 – Lior Eliyahu, Israeli basketball player
* 1985 – Martin Johnson (musician), Martin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1985 – Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer
* 1985 – J. R. Smith, American basketball player
*1986 – Michael Bowden (baseball), Michael Bowden, American baseball player
* 1986 – Chamu Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer
* 1986 – Timothy Granaderos, American actor and model
* 1986 – Luc Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player
* 1986 – Keith Yandle, American hockey player
*1987 – Markus Jürgenson, Estonian footballer
* 1987 – Alexis Palisson, French rugby player
* 1987 – Andrea Petkovic, German tennis player
* 1987 – Afrojack, Dutch-Surinamese DJ, record producer, and remixer
* 1987 – Ahmed Elmohamady, Egyptian footballer
* 1987 – Nicole Aniston, American actress and model
*
1988 – Danilo D'Ambrosio, Italian footballer
* 1988 – Will Middlebrooks, American baseball player
*1989 – Alfonzo Dennard, American football player
* 1989 – Casey Hayward, American football player
*
1990 – Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1990), Billy Hamilton, American baseball player
* 1990 – Shaun Johnson, New Zealand rugby league player
* 1990 – Haley Reinhart, American singer-songwriter and actress
* 1990 – Andrew Smith (basketball, born 1990), Andrew Smith, American basketball player (died 2016)
* 1990 – Jordan Tabor, English footballer (died 2014)
*
1991 – Kelsey Asbille, American actress
* 1991 – Lauren Daigle, American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter
* 1991 – Hunter Hayes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1991 – Oscar (footballer, born 1991), Oscar, Brazilian footballer
* 1991 – Danilo Pereira (Portuguese footballer), Danilo Pereira, Bissauan-Portuguese footballer
*1992 – Shannon Boyd, Australian rugby league player
* 1992 – Damian McGinty, Northern Irish actor and singer
* 1992 – Kristiāns Pelšs, Latvian ice hockey player (died 2013)
*
1993
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as:
* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
– Cameron Cullen, Australian rugby league player
* 1993 – Crazy Mary Dobson, American wrestler
* 1993 – Ryōhei Katō, Japanese gymnast
* 1993 – Sharon van Rouwendaal, Dutch swimmer
*
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
– Clinton Gutherson, Australian rugby league player
*1996 – Gabby Williams, American-French basketball player
*1997 – Billy Bainbridge, Australian rugby league player
*1998 – Jordan Nwora, Nigerian-American basketball player
*2000 – Ricky Pearsall, American football player
*
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 ...
– Hailey Van Lith, American basketball player
*2003 – Luke Hughes (ice hockey), Luke Hughes, American ice hockey player
Deaths
Pre-1600
* 906 – Adalbert von Babenberg, Frankish nobleman
*
1000 – Olaf Tryggvason, Olaf I, king of Norway
*1031 – Kang Kam-ch'an, Korean general (born 948)
*1087 – William the Conqueror, English king (born c. 1028)
*1191 – Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia, Conrad II, duke of Bohemia
*1271 – Yaroslav of Tver, Russian Grand Prince (born 1230)
*1282 – Saint Ingrid of Skänninge, Ingrid of Skänninge, Swedish abbess and saint
*1285 – Kunigunda of Halych, queen regent of Bohemia (born 1245)
*1398 – James I of Cyprus, James I, king of Cyprus (born 1334)
*1435 – Robert Harling (knight), Robert Harling, English knight
*1438 – Edward, King of Portugal, Edward, king of Portugal (born 1391)
*1487 – Chenghua Emperor, Chenghua, emperor of China (born 1447)
*
1488 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany, Francis II, duke of Brittany (born 1433)
*
1513 – James IV of Scotland, James IV, king of Scotland (born 1473)
* 1513 – George Douglas, Master of Angus, George Douglas, Scottish nobleman (born 1469)
* 1513 – William Douglas of Glenbervie, Scottish nobleman (born 1473)
* 1513 – William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose, Scottish politician (born 1464)
* 1513 – George Hepburn (bishop), George Hepburn, Scottish bishop
* 1513 – Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell, Scottish politician, Lord High Admiral of Scotland
* 1513 – Adam Hepburn of Craggis, Scottish nobleman
* 1513 – David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis, Scottish soldier (born 1478)
* 1513 – Alexander Lauder of Blyth, Scottish politician
* 1513 – Alexander Stewart (archbishop of St Andrews), Alexander Stewart, Scottish archbishop (born 1493)
* 1513 – Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox, Scottish politician (born 1488)
*1569 – Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Dutch painter (born 1525)
*1583 – Humphrey Gilbert, English explorer and politician (born 1539)
*1596 – Anna Jagiellon, Polish queen (born 1523)
1601–1900
*1603 – George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (born 1547)
*1611 – Eleanor de' Medici, Italian noblewoman (born 1567)
*1612 – Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese daimyō (born 1570)
*1676 – Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal (born 1612)
*1680 – Henry Marten (regicide), Henry Marten, English lawyer and politician (born 1602)
*1703 – Charles de Saint-Évremond, French-English soldier, author, and critic (born 1610)
*
1755 – Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German historian and author (born 1694)
*1806 – William Paterson (judge), William Paterson, Irish-American judge and politician, 2nd Governor of New Jersey (born 1745)
*1815 – John Singleton Copley, American-English colonial and painter (born 1738)
*
1834 – James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor and navigator (born 1787)
*1841 – Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (born 1778)
*1891 – Jules Grévy, French politician, 4th President of the French Republic (born 1813)
*1893 – Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (born 1807)
*
1898 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (born 1842)
1901–present
*1901 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (born 1864)
*
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 ...
– Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (born 1840)
*1909 – E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1848)
*1910 – Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, American lawyer and politician, United States Solicitor General (born 1859)
*1915 – Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded Spalding (sports equipment), Spalding (born 1850)
*
1923 – Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca, Brazilian president (born 1855)
*
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 ...
– Roger Fry, English painter and critic (born 1866)
*
1941 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (born 1869)
*
1942
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
– Adele Kurzweil, Austrian Holocaust victim (born 1925)
*
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 � ...
– Carlo Bergamini (admiral), Carlo Bergamini, Italian admiral (born 1888)
* 1943 – Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (born 1863)
*
1945 – Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (born 1872)
*
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...
– Victor Hémery, French racing driver (born 1876)
*
1955 – Carl Friedberg, German pianist and educator (born 1872)
*1958 – Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (born 1886)
*
1959 – Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (born 1883)
*
1960 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (born 1911)
*
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 ...
– Edwin Linkomies, Finnish academic, professor and the Prime Minister of Finland (born 1894)
*
1969 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (born 1928)
*1975 – Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer (born 1906)
* 1975 – John McGiver, American actor (born 1913)
*
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 ...
– Mao Zedong, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (born 1893)
*1978 – Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish linguist, poet, and author (born 1892)
* 1978 – Jack L. Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (born 1892)
*1979 – Norrie Paramor, English composer, conductor, and producer (born 1914)
*1980 – John Howard Griffin, American journalist and author (born 1920)
*1981 – Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (born 1907)
* 1981 – Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (born 1901)
*1984 – Yılmaz Güney, Palme d'Or award-winning Kurdish film director, scenarist, actor, novelist and activist (born 1937)
*1985 – Neil Davis (cameraman), Neil Davis, Australian photographer and journalist (born 1934)
* 1985 – Paul Flory, American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
* 1985 – Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (born 1896)
*1986 – Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator (born 1893)
*
1990 – Nicola Abbagnano, Italian philosopher and academic (born 1901)
* 1990 – Samuel Doe, Liberian field marshal and politician, 21st President of Liberia (born 1951)
* 1990 – Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar (born 1930)
*
1993
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as:
* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
– Larry Noble (actor), Larry Noble, English comedian and actor (born 1914)
* 1993 – Helen O'Connell, American singer (born 1920)
*
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
– Patrick O'Neal (actor), Patrick O'Neal, American actor (born 1927)
*1996 – Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter (born 1911)
*1997 – Richie Ashburn, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1927)
* 1997 – John Hackett (British Army officer), John Hackett, Australian-English general and author (born 1910)
* 1997 – Burgess Meredith, American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)
*1998 – Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)
* 1998 – Bill Cratty, American dancer and choreographer (born 1951)
*1999 – Arie de Vroet, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1918)
* 1999 – Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (born 1946)
* 1999 – Ruth Roman, American actress (born 1922)
*2000 – Julian Critchley, English lawyer and politician (born 1930)
*
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 ...
–
Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan), Afghan Minister of Defense (born 1953)
*2003 – Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (born 1908)
* 2003 – Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia), Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1916)
*2004 – Ernie Ball, American guitarist and businessman (born 1930)
* 2004 – Caitlin Clarke, American actress (born 1952)
*
2006 – Gérard Brach, French director and screenwriter (born 1927)
* 2006 – Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (born 1955)
* 2006 – Matt Gadsby, English footballer (born 1979)
* 2006 – William Bernard Ziff Jr., American businessman, founded Ziff Davis (born 1930)
*
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
– Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (born 1921)
* 2012 – John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer, born 1989), John McCarthy, Australian footballer (born 1989)
* 2012 – Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (born 1920)
* 2012 – Ron Tindall, English footballer and manager (born 1935)
*2013 – Sunila Abeysekera, Sri Lankan scholar and activist (born 1952)
* 2013 – Alberto Bevilacqua, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1934)
* 2013 – Saul Landau, American journalist, director, and author (born 1936)
*
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
– Montserrat Abelló i Soler, Spanish poet and translator (born 1918)
* 2014 – Firoza Begum (singer), Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (born 1930)
* 2014 – Graham Joyce, English author and educator (born 1954)
*
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 ...
– Annemarie Bostroem, German poet, playwright, and songwriter (born 1922)
* 2015 – Einar H. Ingman Jr., American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1929)
* 2015 – K. Kunaratnam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (born 1934)
* 2024 – John Cassaday, American comic book artist and writer (born 1971)
* 2024 – James Earl Jones, American actor (born 1931)
* 2024 – Caterina Valente, Italian-French singer and dancer (born 1931)
Holidays and observances
*Christian calendar of saints, feast day:
**Charles Lowder (Calendar of saints (Church of England), Church of England)
**Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
**Frédéric Ozanam
**St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral (Memphis, Tennessee)#Constance and her companions, Constance, Nun, and her Companions (Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church), Episcopal Church)
**Our Lady of Sanctuary of Arantzazu, Arantzazu (Oñati)
**Peter Claver
**Synaxis of Ss. Joachim and Saint Anne, Anna, an Afterfeast. (Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
**September 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Armored Forces Day (Ukraine)
*California Admission Day (
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
, United States)
*Children's Day (Costa Rica)
*Chrysanthemum Day or ''Kiku no Sekku'' (Japan)
*Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence (Slovakia)
*Emergency Services Day (United Kingdom)
*Day of the Foundation of the Republic, Independence Day or Republic Day, celebrates the proclamation of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) in 1948.
*Independence Day (Tajikistan), celebrates the independence of
Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...
from USSR in 1991.
*Martyrs' Day (Afghanistan) (date may fall on September 8, follows a non-Gregorian calendar, see List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar)
*Remembrance for Herman the Cheruscan (The Troth)
References
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