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Pre-1600

* 461
Libius Severus Libius Severus (died 465), sometimes enumerated as Severus III, was emperor of the Western Roman Empire from 461 to his death in 465. A native of Lucania,Cassiodorus, ''Chronicle''; ''Chronica Gallica of 511'', 636. Severus was the fourth of the ...
is declared emperor of the
Western Roman Empire The Western Roman Empire comprised the western provinces of the Roman Empire at any time during which they were administered by a separate independent Imperial court; in particular, this term is used in historiography to describe the period fr ...
. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum''
Ricimer Flavius Ricimer ( , ; – 18/19 August 472) was a Romanized Germanic general who effectively ruled the remaining territory of the Western Roman Empire from 461 until his death in 472, with a brief interlude in which he contested power with An ...
. *
636 Year 636 ( DCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 636 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became t ...
– The
Rashidun Caliphate The Rashidun Caliphate ( ar, اَلْخِلَافَةُ ٱلرَّاشِدَةُ, al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was ruled by the first four successive caliphs of Muhammad after his ...
defeats the
Sasanian Empire The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the History of Iran, last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th cen ...
at the
Battle of al-Qādisiyyah The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah ( ar, مَعْرَكَة ٱلْقَادِسِيَّة, Maʿrakah al-Qādisīyah; fa, نبرد قادسیه, Nabard-e Qâdisiyeh) was an armed conflict which took place in 636 CE between the Rashidun Caliphate and the ...
in
Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
. *
1493 Year 1493 ( MCDXCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 19 – Treaty of Barcelona: Charles VIII of France returns Cerdagne a ...
Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus * lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo * es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón * pt, Cristóvão Colombo * ca, Cristòfor (or ) * la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...
goes ashore on an island called Borinquen he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed again
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...
).


1601–1900

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1794 Events January–March * January 1 – The Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in Aarhus (Denmark). * January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United States ...
– The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign
Jay's Treaty The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, commonly known as the Jay Treaty, and also as Jay's Treaty, was a 1794 treaty between the United States and Great Britain that averted ...
, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the
American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
. * 1802 – The
Garinagu The Garifuna people ( or ; pl. Garínagu in Garifuna) are a people of mixed free African and indigenous American ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language, and Vincentian Cr ...
arrive at British Honduras (present-day
Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...
). *
1808 Events January–March * January 1 ** The importation of slaves into the United States is banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect; African slaves continue to be imported into Cuba, and until the island ab ...
Finnish War The Finnish War ( sv, Finska kriget, russian: Финляндская война, fi, Suomen sota) was fought between the Gustavian era, Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from 21 February 1808 to 17 September 1809 as part of the Napoleonic ...
: The Convention of Olkijoki in
Raahe Raahe (; sv, Brahestad; ) is a town and municipality of Finland. Founded by Swedish statesman and Governor General of Finland Count Per Brahe the Younger in 1649, it is one of 10 historic wooden towns (or town centers) remaining in Finland. Examp ...
ends hostilities in
Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. *
1816 This year was known as the ''Year Without a Summer'', because of low temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere, possibly the result of the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption in Indonesia in 1815, causing severe global cooling, catastrophic in s ...
Warsaw University The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...
is established. *
1847 Events January–March * January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government. * January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in the Mexican–American War in California. * January 16 – John C. Frémont ...
– The second Canadian railway line, the
Montreal and Lachine Railroad The Montreal and Lachine Railroad opened on November 19, 1847, with service between Bonaventure Station in Montreal and the St. Lawrence River in Lachine. Built to bypass the Lachine Rapids, it was 12 km long. The railway merged with the La ...
, is opened. * 1863
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
: U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...
delivers the
Gettysburg Address The Gettysburg Address is a Public speaking, speech that President of the United States, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, Soldiers' National Cemetery, ...
at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Gettysburg (; non-locally ) is a borough and the county seat of Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address are named for this town. Gettysburg is home to th ...
. * 1881 – A meteorite
lands Land is the solid surface of the Earth that is not covered by water. Land, lands, The Land, or the Lands may also refer to: Entertainment and media Film * ''Land'' (1987 film), a British television film by Barry Collins * ''Land'' (2018 film), ...
near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of
Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...
, Ukraine. *
1885 Events January–March * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 4 – ...
Serbo-Bulgarian War The Serbo-Bulgarian War or the Serbian–Bulgarian War ( bg, Сръбско-българска война, ''Srăbsko-bălgarska voyna'', sr, Српско-бугарски рат, ''Srpsko-bugarski rat'') was a war between the Kingdom of Serb ...
: Bulgarian victory in the
Battle of Slivnitsa The Battle of Slivnitsa ( bg, Битка при Сливница, sr, Битка на Сливници) was a victory of the Bulgarian army over the Serbians on 17–19 November 1885 in the Serbo-Bulgarian War. It solidified the unification ...
solidifies the unification between the
Principality of Bulgaria The Principality of Bulgaria ( bg, Княжество България, Knyazhestvo Balgariya) was a vassal state under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire. It was established by the Treaty of Berlin in 1878. After the Russo-Turkish War ende ...
and
Eastern Rumelia Eastern Rumelia ( bg, Източна Румелия, Iztochna Rumeliya; ota, , Rumeli-i Şarkî; el, Ανατολική Ρωμυλία, Anatoliki Romylia) was an autonomous province (''oblast'' in Bulgarian, ''vilayet'' in Turkish) in the Otto ...
.


1901–present

*
1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...
– The
Doom Bar The Doom Bar (previously known as Dunbar sands, Dune-bar, and similar names) is a sandbar at the mouth of the estuary of the River Camel, where it meets the Celtic Sea on the north coast of Cornwall, England. Like two other permanent sandbanks ...
in
Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
claims two ships, ''Island Maid'' and ''Angele'', the latter killing the entire crew except the captain. *
1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...
First Balkan War The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...
: The Serbian Army captures
Bitola Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...
, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia. *
1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...
Samuel Goldwyn Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; yi, שמואל געלבפֿיש; August 27, 1882 (claimed) January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer. He was best known for being the founding contributor a ...
and
Edgar Selwyn Edgar Selwyn (October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944) was a prominent figure in American theatre and film in the first half of the 20th century. An actor, playwright, theatre director, director and theatrical producer, producer on Broadway ( ...
establish
Goldwyn Pictures Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company that operated from 1916 to 1924 when it was merged with two other production companies to form the major studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was founded on November 19, 1 ...
. *
1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
: Battle between HMAS ''Sydney'' and HSK ''Kormoran''. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...
seamen. *
1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
– World War II:
Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 19422 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (later re ...
:
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
forces under General
Georgy Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov ( rus, Георгий Константинович Жуков, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ˈʐukəf, a=Ru-Георгий_Константинович_Жуков.ogg; 1 December 1896 – ...
launch the
Operation Uranus Operation Uranus (russian: Опера́ция «Ура́н», Operatsiya "Uran") was the codename of the Soviet Red Army's 19–23 November 1942 strategic operation on the Eastern Front of World War II which led to the encirclement of Axis ...
counterattack A counterattack is a tactic employed in response to an attack, with the term originating in "war games". The general objective is to negate or thwart the advantage gained by the enemy during attack, while the specific objectives typically seek ...
s at
Stalingrad Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...
, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor. * 1942 –
Mutesa II Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II (modern spelling: Muteesa) (19 November 1924 – 21 November 1969) was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda in Uganda from 22 November 1939 until his death. He was the thirty- ...
is crowned the 35th and last
Kabaka the kabaka Palace in kireka Kabaka is the title of the king of the Kingdom of Buganda.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, According to the traditions of the Baganda they are ruled by two kings, one spiritual and ...
(king) of
Buganda Buganda is a Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda, Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Buganda's Districts of Uganda, Central Region, inclu ...
, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993. *
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 – ...
– Holocaust:
Nazis Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Na ...
liquidate
Janowska concentration camp Janowska concentration camp ( pl, Janowska, russian: Янов or "Yanov", uk, Янівський табір) was a German Nazi concentration camp combining elements of labor, transit, and extermination camps. It was established in September 194 ...
in Lemberg (
Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...
), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt. *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...
– World War II: U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
announces the sixth War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in
war bond War bonds (sometimes referred to as Victory bonds, particularly in propaganda) are debt securities issued by a government to finance military operations and other expenditure in times of war without raising taxes to an unpopular level. They are ...
s to help pay for the war effort. * 1944 – World War II: Thirty members of the
Luxembourgish resistance When Luxembourg was invaded and annexed by Nazi Germany in 1940, a national consciousness started to come about. From 1941 onwards, the first resistance groups, such as the '' Letzeburger Ro'de Lé'w'' or the ''PI-Men'', were founded. Operating un ...
defend the town of
Vianden Vianden ( lb, Veianen or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in the Oesling, north-eastern Luxembourg, with over 1,800 inhabitants. It is the capital of the canton of Vianden, which is part of the district of Diekirch. Vianden lies on t ...
against a larger
Waffen-SS The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscripts from both occup ...
attack in the Battle of Vianden. *
1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
,
Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
and Sweden join the
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
. *
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 cr ...
– US General
Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...
becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe. *
1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
– Greek Field Marshal
Alexander Papagos Alexandros Papagos ( el, Αλέξανδρος Παπάγος; 9 December 1883 – 4 October 1955) was a Greek army officer who led the Hellenic Army in World War II and the later stages of the subsequent Greek Civil War. The only Greek career of ...
becomes the 152nd
Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic ( el, Πρωθυπουργός της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, Prothypourgós tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), colloquially referred to as the prime minister of Greece ( el, Πρωθυ ...
. *
1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
Télé Monte Carlo TMC (; originally short for Télé Monte-Carlo) is a Franco– Monégasque general entertainment television channel, owned by the French media holding company Groupe TF1. History The oldest private channel in Europe, TMC dates back to 1954, i ...
, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince
Rainier III Rainier III (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi; 31 May 1923 – 6 April 2005) was Prince of Monaco from 1949 to his death in 2005. Rainier ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 years, making him one of the longest-ruling ...
. *
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 ...
– ''
National Review ''National Review'' is an American conservative editorial magazine, focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs. The magazine was founded by the author William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955. Its editor-in-chief i ...
'' publishes its first issue. *
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
– The establishment of
TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and ...
, the first wireless commercial
television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth ...
in Hong Kong. *
1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
Apollo program:
Apollo 12 Apollo 12 (November 14–24, 1969) was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, by NASA from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Commander Pete Conra ...
astronauts
Pete Conrad Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer and aviator, and test pilot, and commanded the Apollo 12 space mission, on which he became the third person to ...
and
Alan Bean Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, NASA astronaut and painter; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon. He was selected to become an astron ...
land at ''
Oceanus Procellarum Oceanus Procellarum ( la, Ōceanus procellārum, lit=Ocean of Storms) is a vast lunar mare on the western edge of the near side of the Moon. It is the only one of the lunar maria to be called an "Oceanus" (ocean), due to its size: Oceanus Proc ...
'' (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth
human Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...
s to walk on the
Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...
. * 1969 –
Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player
Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA, ...
scores his 1,000th goal. *
1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
TAP Air Portugal Flight 425 TAP Flight 425 was a regular flight from Brussels, Belgium, to Santa Catarina Airport (informally known as Funchal Airport or Madeira Airport; now the Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport), Portugal, with an intermediate scheduled stop in Lis ...
crashes in the
Madeira Islands ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira") , song_type = Regional anthem , image_map=EU-Portugal_with_Madeira_circled.svg , map_alt=Location of Madeira , map_caption=Location of Madeira , subdivision_type=Sovereign st ...
, killing 131. *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
Iran hostage crisis On November 4, 1979, 52 United States diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over t ...
:
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
ian leader
Ayatollah Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیت‌الله, āyatollāh) is an Title of honor, honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century. Etymology The title is originally derived from ...
Ruhollah Khomeini Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...
orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran. *
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
San Juanico disaster The San Juan Ixhuatepec explosions of 1984, also known as the San Juanico disaster, was an industrial disaster caused by a series of explosions at a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank farm in San Juan Ixhuatepec, Tlalnepantla de Baz, State of Me ...
: A series of explosions at the
Pemex Pemex (a portmanteau of Petróleos Mexicanos, which translates to ''Mexican Petroleum'' in English; ) is the Mexican state-owned petroleum company managed and operated by the Mexican government. It was formed in 1938 by nationalization and expr ...
petroleum Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crud ...
storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City starts a major fire and kills about 500 people. *
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 ...
Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
: In
Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...
, U.S. President
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
and
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
General Secretary
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...
meet Meet may refer to: People with the name * Janek Meet (born 1974), Estonian footballer * Meet Mukhi (born 2005), Indian child actor Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Meet'' (TV series), an early Australian television series which aired on ABC du ...
for the first time. * 1985 –
Pennzoil Pennzoil is an American motor oil brand currently owned by Shell plc. The former Pennzoil Company had been established in 1913 in Pennsylvania, being active in business as an independent firm until it was acquired by Shell in 2002, becoming a bra ...
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, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud. *
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n communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president
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as well as internal treachery within
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and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia. *
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– In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers. *
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collide at
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, killing 14. *
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. *
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: The People's Republic of China launches its first
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. * 1999 –
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becomes the first person to win the top prize in the TV game show ''
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''. *
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– The Greek
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– The worst brawl in
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in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914. *
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– A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in
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kills 23 people and injures 160 others. *
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Births


Pre-1600

*1417 – Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern (d. 1480) *1464 – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (d. 1526) *1503 – Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1547) *1563 – Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English poet and politician (d. 1626) *1600 – Charles I of England, Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1649) * 1600 – Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian and diplomat (d. 1669)


1601–1900

*1617 – Eustache Le Sueur, French painter and educator (d. 1655) *1700 – Jean-Antoine Nollet, French priest and physicist (d. 1770) *1711 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian physicist, chemist, astronomer, and geographer (d. 1765) *1722 – Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (d. 1809) * 1722 – Benjamin Chew, American lawyer and judge (d. 1810) *1752 – George Rogers Clark, American general (d. 1818) *1765 – Filippo Castagna, Maltese politician (d. 1830) *1770 – Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor and academic (d. 1844) * 1802 – Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (d. 1866) *1805 – Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and engineer, developed the Suez Canal (d. 1894) *
1808 Events January–March * January 1 ** The importation of slaves into the United States is banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect; African slaves continue to be imported into Cuba, and until the island ab ...
– Janez Bleiweis, Slovenian journalist, physician, and politician (d. 1881) *1812 – Karl Schwarz, German theologian and politician (d. 1885) *1828 – Rani of Jhansi, Rani Lakshmibai, Indian queen (d. 1858) *1831 – James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, 20th President of the United States (d. 1881) *1833 – Wilhelm Dilthey, German psychologist, sociologist, and historian (d. 1911) *1834 – Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (d. 1924) *1843 – Richard Avenarius, German-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1896) * 1843 – C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (d. 1914) *1845 – Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (d. 1939) *1859 – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1935) *1862 – Billy Sunday, American baseball player and evangelist (d. 1935) *1873 – Elizabeth McCombs, the first woman elected to the Parliament of New Zealand (d. 1935) *1875 – Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician, 1st List of heads of state of the Soviet Union, Head of State of The Soviet Union (d. 1946) *1876 – Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist (d. 1964) *1877 – Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (d. 1947) *1883 – Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1957) *1887 – James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955) *1888 – José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban-American chess player and theologian (d. 1942) *1889 – Clifton Webb, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1966) *1892 – Thomas Clay, English footballer and coach (d. 1949) * 1892 – Huw T. Edwards, Welsh poet and politician (d. 1970) *1893 – René Voisin, French trumpet player (d. 1952) *1894 – Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (d. 1987) *1895 – Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (d. 1989) * 1895 – Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (d. 1964) *1897 – Quentin Roosevelt, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1918) *1898 – Klement Jug, Slovenian philosopher and mountaineer (d. 1924) * 1898 – Arthur R. von Hippel, German-American physicist and academic (d. 2003) *1899 – Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian religious leader and scholar (d. 1992) * 1899 – Allen Tate, American poet and critic (d. 1979) *1900 – Bunny Ahearne, Irish-English ice hockey player and manager (d. 1985) * 1900 – Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian mathematician and hydrodynamicist (d. 1980) * 1900 – Anna Seghers, German author and politician (d. 1983)


1901–present

*1901 – Nina Bari, Russian mathematician (d. 1961) *1904 – Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr., American murderer (d. 1971) *1905 – Eleanor Audley, American actress (d. 1991) * 1905 – Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, composer and bandleader (d. 1956) *1906 – Franz Schädle, German SS officer (d. 1945) *1907 – Jack Schaefer, American author (d. 1991) * 1907 – Hans Liska, Austrian-German artist (d. 1983)Manfred H. Grieb: ''Liska, Hans''. In: ''Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon: Bildende Künstler, Kunsthandwerker, Gelehrte, Sammler, Kulturschaffende und Mäzene vom 12. bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts.'' Walter de Gruyter, 2011, , p. 930
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*1909 – Peter Drucker, Austrian-American theorist, educator, and author (d. 2005). * 1909 – Carlos López Moctezuma, Mexican actor (d. 1980). *1910 – Adrian Conan Doyle, English race car driver, author, and explorer (d. 1970) *
1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...
– Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (d. 2015) * 1912 – George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) * 1912 – Robert Simpson (meteorologist), Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (d. 2014) *1915 – Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974) *1917 – Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984) *1919 – Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2006) * 1919 – Alan Young, English-Canadian actor, singer, and director (d. 2016) * 1919 – Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican nationalist (d. 2010) *1920 – Gene Tierney, American actress and singer (d. 1991) *1921 – Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach (d. 1993) * 1921 – Peter Ruckman, American pastor and educator (d. 2016) *1922 – Salil Chowdhury, Indian director, playwright, and composer (d. 1995) * 1922 – Yuri Knorozov, Ukrainian-Russian linguist, epigrapher, and ethnographer (d. 1999) * 1922 – Rajko Mitić, Serbian footballer and coach (d. 2008) *1923 – Louis D. Rubin, Jr., American author, critic, and academic (d. 2013) *1924 – Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (d. 2014) * 1924 – William Russell (English actor), William Russell, English actor * 1924 – Knut Steen, Norwegian-Italian sculptor (d. 2011) * 1924 – Margaret Turner-Warwick, English physician and academic (d. 2017) *1925 – Zygmunt Bauman, Polish-English sociologist, historian, and academic (d. 2017) *1926 – Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2006) * 1926 – Pino Rauti, Italian journalist and politician (d. 2012) * 1926 – Barry Reckord, Jamaican playwright and screenwriter (d. 2011) *1928 – Dara Singh, Indian wrestler, actor, and politician (d. 2012) *1929 – Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and scholar (d. 2004) *1930 – Kurt Nielsen, Danish tennis player, referee, and sportscaster (d. 2011) *1932 – Eleanor F. Helin, American astronomer (d. 2009) *1933 – Larry King, American journalist and talk show host (d. 2021) * 1933 – Jerry Sheindlin, American judge and author *1934 – Kurt Hamrin, Swedish footballer and scout * 1934 – Valentin Ivanov (footballer, born 1934), Valentin Ivanov, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2011) * 1934 – David Lloyd-Jones (conductor), David Lloyd-Jones, English conductor (d. 2022) *1935 – Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-American biochemist and scholar (d. 1990) * 1935 – Jack Welch, American engineer, businessman, and author (d. 2020) *1936 – Dick Cavett, American actor and talk show host * 1936 – Ray Collins (musician), Ray Collins, American singer (d. 2012) * 1936 – Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate *1937 – Penelope Leach, English psychologist and author *1938 – Len Killeen, South African rugby league player (d. 2011) * 1938 – Frank Misson, Australian cricketer * 1938 – Ted Turner, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Turner Broadcasting System *1939 – Emil Constantinescu, Romanian academic and politician, 3rd President of Romania * 1939 – Tom Harkin, American lawyer and politician * 1939 – Jane Mansbridge, American political scientist and academic * 1939 – Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer (d. 2017) * 1939 – Richard Zare, American chemist and academic *1940 – Gary Gruber, author and expert on test-prep (d. 2019) *
1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...
– Denny Doherty, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2007) * 1941 – Dan Haggerty, American actor and producer (d. 2016) * 1941 – Tommy Thompson, American captain and politician, 19th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services *
1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
– Roland Clift, English engineer and academic * 1942 – Larry Gilbert, American golfer (d. 1998) * 1942 – Calvin Klein, American fashion designer, founded Calvin Klein (fashion house), Calvin Klein Inc. * 1942 – Sharon Olds, American poet and academic *
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 – ...
– Fred Lipsius, American saxophonist and educator * 1943 – Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban-American baseball player and manager (d. 1990) *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...
– Agnes Baltsa, Greek soprano and actress * 1944 – Dennis Hull, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster * 1945 – Hans Monderman, Dutch engineer (d. 2008) *1945 – Bobby Tolan, American baseball player and manager *1947 – Bob Boone, American baseball player and manager * 1947 – Anfinn Kallsberg, Faroese politician, 10th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands * 1947 – Lamar S. Smith, American lawyer and politician *1949 – Raymond Blanc, French chef and author * 1949 – Ahmad Rashad, American football player and sportscaster *
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 cr ...
– Peter Biyiasas, Greek-Canadian chess player *1951 – Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain *1953 – Robert Beltran, American actor * 1953 – Tom Villard, American actor (d. 1994) *
1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
– Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egyptian field marshal and politician, 6th President of Egypt * 1954 – Réjean Lemelin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1954 – Kathleen Quinlan, American actress *
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 ...
– Sam Hamm, American screenwriter and producer *1956 – Peter Carter (diplomat), Peter Carter, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Estonia (d. 2014) * 1956 – Eileen Collins, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut * 1956 – Ann Curry, Guamanian-American journalist * 1956 – Glynnis O'Connor, American actress * 1956 – Sergiy Vilkomir, Ukrainian-born computer scientist (d. 2020) *1957 – Ofra Haza, Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2000) * 1957 – Tom Virtue, American actor *1958 – Isabella Blow, English magazine editor (d. 2007) * 1958 – Algirdas Butkevičius, Lithuanian sergeant and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania, 12th Prime Minister of Lithuania * 1958 – Terrence C. Carson, American actor and singer * 1958 – Annette Gordon-Reed, American historian, author, and academic * 1958 – Charlie Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1958 – Michael Wilbon, American sportscaster and journalist *1959 – Robert Barron (bishop), Robert Barron, American bishop, author, and theologian * 1959 – Jo Bonner, American politician * 1959 – Allison Janney, American actress *1960 – Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003) * 1960 – Matt Sorum, American drummer, songwriter, and producer *1961 – Jim L. Mora, American football player and coach * 1961 – Meg Ryan, American actress and producer * 1961 – Pernille Svarre, Danish athlete *1962 – Jodie Foster, American actress, director, and producer * 1962 – Sean Parnell, American lawyer and politician, 12th Governor of Alaska * 1962 – Dodie Boy Peñalosa, Filipino boxer and trainer *1963 – Terry Farrell (actress), Terry Farrell, American actress * 1963 – Jon Potter, English-American field hockey player *1964 – Fred Diamond, American-English mathematician and academic * 1964 – Vincent Herring, American saxophonist and flute player * 1964 – Phil Hughes (footballer, born 1964), Phil Hughes, Irish footballer and coach * 1964 – Jung Jin-young (actor), Jung Jin-young, South Korean actor * 1964 – Irina Laricheva (shooter), Irina Laricheva, Russian target shooter (d. 2020) * 1964 – Eric Musselman, American basketball player and coach * 1964 – Nicholas Patrick, English-American engineer and astronaut * 1964 – Peter Rohde, Australian footballer and coach * 1964 – Tony Ryall, New Zealand banker and politician, 38th Minister of Health (New Zealand), New Zealand Minister of Health * 1964 – Ronnie Sinclair, Scottish footballer and coach * 1964 – Alfredo Zaiat, Argentine economist and journalist * 1964 – Shawn Holman, American baseball pitcher *1965 – Laurent Blanc, French footballer and manager * 1965 – Douglas Henshall, Scottish actor * 1965 – Jason Pierce, English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1965 – Paulo S. L. M. Barreto, Brazilian cryptographer and academic * 1965 – Paul Weitz (filmmaker), Paul Weitz, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright *1966 – Shmuley Boteach, American rabbi and author * 1966 – Gail Devers, American sprinter and hurdler * 1966 – Rocco DiSpirito, American chef and author * 1966 – Kakhaber Kacharava, Georgian footballer and manager * 1966 – Jason Scott Lee, American actor and martial artist *
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
– Yaroslav Blanter, Russian physicist * 1967 – Randi Kaye, American journalist *
1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
– Philippe Adams, Belgian race car driver * 1969 – Erika Alexander, American actress and screenwriter * 1969 – Ertuğrul Sağlam, Turkish footballer and coach * 1969 – Richard Virenque, Moroccan-French cyclist and sportscaster *1971 – Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, American author and activist * 1971 – Justin Chancellor, English bass player * 1971 – Jeremy McGrath, American motorcycle racer * 1971 – Alice Peacock, American singer-songwriter * 1971 – Tony Rich, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician *1972 – Sandrine Holt, English-American model and actress *1973 – Billy Currington, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1973 – Savion Glover, American dancer and choreographer *1975 – Toby Bailey, American basketball player and agent * 1975 – Sushmita Sen, Indian actress, model and Miss Universe 1994 *1976 – Jack Dorsey, American businessman, co-founded Twitter * 1976 – Robin Dunne, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1976 – Jun Shibata, Japanese singer-songwriter * 1976 – Petr Sýkora, Czech ice hockey player * 1976 – Stylianos Venetidis, Greek footballer and manager *
1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
– Kerri Strug, American gymnast and runner *1978 – Dries Buytaert, Belgian computer programmer * 1978 – Matt Dusk, Canadian singer * 1978 – Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech discus thrower and shot putter *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
– Keith Buckley, American singer-songwriter * 1979 – Mahé Drysdale, New Zealand rower * 1979 – John-Ford Griffin, American baseball player * 1979 – Ryan Howard, American baseball player * 1979 – Larry Johnson (running back), Larry Johnson, American football player * 1979 – Leam Richardson, English footballer and manager *1980 – Courtney Anderson, American football player * 1980 – Otis Grigsby, American football player * 1980 – Vladimir Radmanović, Serbian basketball player *1981 – Marcus Banks, American basketball player * 1981 – André Lotterer, German race car driver * 1981 – Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, Argentine rugby player * 1981 – DJ Tukutz, South Korean DJ, producer, and songwriter * 1981 – Mark Wallace (cricketer), Mark Wallace, Welsh-English cricketer *1983 – Chandra Crawford, Canadian skier * 1983 – Adam Driver, American actor * 1983 – Daria Werbowy, Polish-Canadian model *
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
– Dawid Kucharski, Polish footballer * 1984 – Brittany Maynard, American activist (d. 2014) *
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 ...
– Chris Eagles, English footballer * 1985 – Alex Mack, American football player *1986 – Sam Betty, English rugby player * 1986 – Jeannie Ortega, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress * 1986 – Michael Saunders, Canadian baseball player * 1986 – Jessicah Schipper, Australian swimmer * 1986 – Milan Smiljanić, Serbian footballer *1987 – Sílvia Soler Espinosa, Spanish tennis player *
1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
– Timo Eichfuss, Estonian basketball player * 1988 – Patrick Kane, American ice hockey player *1989 – John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer, born 1989), John McCarthy, Australian footballer (d. 2012) * 1989 – Roman Sergeevich Trofimov, Russian ski jumper * 1989 – Tyga, American rapper *1990 – Marquise Goodwin, American football player * 1990 – John Moore (ice hockey), John Moore, American ice hockey player * 1990 – Benedikt Schmid, German footballer *1991 – Marina Marković, Serbian basketball player * 1991 – Fabien Antunes, French footballer *1992 – Cameron Bancroft (cricketer), Cameron Bancroft, Australian cricketer *1993 – Kerim Frei, Austrian footballer * 1993 – Suso (footballer), Suso, Spanish footballer *
1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...
– Ibrahima Mbaye, Senegalese footballer *1995 – Vanessa Axente, Hungarian model *1997 – Kotonowaka Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler *1997 – The McCaughey septuplets *
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
– Evgenia Medvedeva, Russian figure skater


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 496 – Pope Gelasius I * 498 – Pope Anastasius II * 930 – Yan Keqiu, Chinese chief strategist *1034 – Theodoric II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia (b. c. 990) *1092 – Malik-Shah I, Seljuk Sultan (b. 1055) *1288 – Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1230) *1298 – Mechtilde, Saxon saint (b. c. 1240) *1350 – Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu (b. 1315) *1481 – Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (b. 1472) *1557 – Bona Sforza, Italian wife of Sigismund I the Old (b. 1494) *1577 – Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese daimyō (b. 1508) *1581 – Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia (b. 1554)


1601–1900

*1630 – Johann Hermann Schein, German singer and composer (b. 1586) *1649 – Caspar Schoppe, German scholar and author (b. 1576) *1665 – Nicolas Poussin, French-Italian painter (b. 1594) *1672 – John Wilkins, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1614) *1679 – Roger Conant (colonist), Roger Conant, Massachusetts governor (b. 1592) *1692 – Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright (b. 1642) *1703 – Man in the Iron Mask, French prisoner *1723 – Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier (b. 1632) *1772 – William Nelson (governor), William Nelson, American politician, List of colonial governors of Virginia, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1711) *1773 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician (b. 1722) *1785 – Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer (b. 1720) *1798 – Wolfe Tone, Irish general (b. 1763) *1804 – Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer (b. 1728) *1810 – Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1727) *1822 – Johann Georg Tralles, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1763) *1828 – Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1797) *1831 – Titumir, Bengali revolutionary (b. 1782) *1850 – Richard Mentor Johnson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th Vice President of the United States (b. 1780) *1868 – Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian general (b. 1798) *1883 – Carl Wilhelm Siemens, German-English engineer (b. 1823) *1887 – Emma Lazarus, American poet (b. 1849) *1897 – William Seymour Tyler, American historian and academic (b. 1810)


1901–present

*1910 – Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (b. 1835) *1915 – Joe Hill (activist), Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist (b. 1879) *1918 – Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1838) *1924 – Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880) *1928 – Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (b. 1864) *1931 – Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet and translator (b. 1897) *1938 – Lev Shestov, Ukrainian-Russian philosopher and theologian (b. 1866) *
1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
– Bruno Schulz, Polish painter and critic (b. 1892) *
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 – ...
– Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 29th Makuuchi#Yokozuna, Yokozuna (b. 1895) *1949 – James Ensor, Belgian painter (b. 1860) *
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 cr ...
– Aage Redal, Danish actor (b. 1891) *
1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
– Walter Bartley Wilson, English footballer and manager (b. 1870) *
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 ...
– Marquis James, American journalist and author (b. 1891) *1956 – Francis L. Sullivan, English-American actor (b. 1903) *1959 – Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1892) *1960 – Phyllis Haver, American actress (b. 1899) *1962 – Grigol Robakidze, Georgian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1880) *1963 – Carmen Boni, Italian-French actress (b. 1901) * 1963 – Henry B. Richardson, American archer (b. 1889) *
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
– Charles J. Watters, American priest and soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927) *1968 – May Hollinworth, Australian theatre producer and director (b. 1895) *1970 – Lewis Sargent, American actor (b. 1903) * 1970 – Maria Yudina, Soviet pianist (b. 1899) *1974 – George Brunies, American trombonist (b. 1902) * 1974 – Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (b. 1928) *1975 – Roger D. Branigin, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Governor of Indiana (b. 1902) * 1975 – Rudolf Kinau, Low German writer (b. 1887) * 1975 – Elizabeth Taylor (novelist), English novelist, (b. 1912) *1976 – Basil Spence, Indian-Scottish architect and academic, designed the Coventry Cathedral (b. 1907) *1983 – Tom Evans (musician), Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947) *
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 ...
– Stepin Fetchit, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1902) * 1985 – Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (b. 1900) *
1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
– Christina Onassis, American-Greek businesswoman (b. 1950) * 1988 – Peggy Parish, American author (b. 1927) *1989 – Grant Adcox, American race car driver (b. 1950) *1990 – Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician (b. 1900) *1991 – Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (b. 1907) *1992 – Bobby Russell, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940) * 1992 – Diane Varsi, American actress (b. 1938) *
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
– Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (b. 1920) * 1998 – Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928) * 1998 – Bernard Thompson (director), Bernard Thompson, English director and producer (b. 1926) *
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
– Alexander Liberman, Russian-American artist and publisher (b. 1912) *2001 – Marcelle Ferron, Canadian painter and stained glass artist (b. 1924) *2003 – Ian Geoghegan, Australian race car driver (b. 1939) *
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 6 ...
– George Canseco, Filipino journalist and composer (b. 1934) * 2004 – Piet Esser, Dutch sculptor and academic (b. 1914) * 2004 – Helmut Griem, German actor and director (b. 1932) * 2004 – Trina Schart Hyman, American author and illustrator (b. 1939) * 2004 – Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942) * 2004 – John Vane, English pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927) *2005 – Erik Balling, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924) * 2005 – Steve Belichick, American football player, coach and scout (b. 1919) *2007 – Kevin DuBrow, American singer-songwriter (b. 1955) * 2007 – Mike Gregory, English rugby player and coach (b. 1964) *2009 – Johnny Delgado, Filipino actor (b. 1948) *
2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
– Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1952) *2011 – Ömer Lütfi Akad, Turkish director and screenwriter (b. 1916) * 2011 – John Neville (actor), John Neville, English actor (b. 1925) * 2011 – Ruth Stone, American poet and author (b. 1915) *2012 – John Hefin, Welsh director and producer (b. 1941) * 2012 – Shiro Miya, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1943) * 2012 – Warren Rudman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1930) * 2012 – Boris Strugatskiy, Russian author (b. 1933) *
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...
– Babe Birrer, American baseball player (b. 1928) * 2013 – Dora Dougherty Strother, American pilot and academic (b. 1921) * 2013 – Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist (b. 1939) * 2013 – Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) * 2013 – Charlotte Zolotow, American author and poet (b. 1915) *2014 – Roy Bhaskar, English philosopher and academic (b. 1944) * 2014 – Jeremiah Coffey, Irish-Australian bishop (b. 1933) * 2014 – Pete Harman, American businessman (b. 1919) * 2014 – Richard A. Jensen, American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1934) * 2014 – Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (b. 1950) * 2014 – Mike Nichols, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931) *2015 – Armand (singer), Armand, Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1946) * 2015 – Allen E. Ertel, American lawyer and politician (b. 1937) * 2015 – Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950) * 2015 – Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (b. 1953) * 2015 – Mal Whitfield, American runner and diplomat (b. 1924) *2017 – Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer (b. 1934) * 2017 – Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer (b. 1938) * 2017 – Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player (b. 1968) * 2017 – Della Reese, American singer and actress (b. 1931) * 2017 – Mel Tillis, American singer and songwriter (b. 1932) * 2022 – Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist, best known as Tommy Oliver in the Power Rangers franchise (b. 1973)


Holidays and observances

* Christian feast day: ** Obadiah (Eastern Catholic Church) ** Raphael Kalinowski ** Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician ** November 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico (
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...
) * Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Russia, Belarus) * Flag Day (Brazil) * Garifuna Settlement Day (
Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...
) * International Men's Day * Liberation Day (Mali) * Martyrs' Day (India)#19 November, Martyrs' Day (Uttar Pradesh, India) * National Day of Monaco, The Sovereign Prince's Day (Monaco) * Women's Entrepreneurship Day * World Toilet Day


References


External links

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