Events
Pre-1600
*
800
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– A council is convened in the
Vatican
Vatican may refer to:
Vatican City, the city-state ruled by the pope in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum
The Holy See
* The Holy See, the governing body of the Catholic Church and sovereign entity recognized ...
, at which
Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Holy ...
is to judge the accusations against
Pope Leo III
Pope Leo III (died 12 June 816) was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 26 December 795 to his death. Protected by Charlemagne from the supporters of his predecessor, Adrian I, Leo subsequently strengthened Charlemagne's position b ...
.
*
1420
Year 1420 ( MCDXX) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* March – The Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque in Didymoteicho is inaugurated.
* May 21 &nd ...
–
Henry V of England
Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the ...
enters
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
alongside his father-in-law King
Charles VI of France
Charles VI (3 December 136821 October 1422), nicknamed the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé) and later the Mad (french: le Fol or ''le Fou''), was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He is known for his mental illness and psychotic ...
.
*
1577 – Courtiers
Christopher Hatton
Sir Christopher Hatton KG (1540 – 20 November 1591) was an English politician, Lord Chancellor of England and a favourite of Elizabeth I of England. He was one of the judges who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason.
Early years
Sir ...
and
Thomas Heneage
Sir Thomas Heneage PC (1532 – 17 October 1595) was an English politician and courtier at the court of Elizabeth I.
Early and personal life
Thomas Heneage the Younger was born at Copt Hall, Epping, Essex, the son of Sir Robert Heneage and Lucy ...
are
knight
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the Gr ...
ed by Queen
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England and List of Irish monarchs, Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is ...
.
1601–1900
*
1640
Events
January–March
* January 6 – The Siege of Salses ends almost six months after it had started on June 9, 1639, with the French defenders surrendering to the Spanish attackers.
* January 17 – A naval battle over ...
– End of the
Iberian Union
pt, União Ibérica
, conventional_long_name =Iberian Union
, common_name =
, year_start = 1580
, date_start = 25 August
, life_span = 1580–1640
, event_start = War of the Portuguese Succession
, event_end = Portuguese Restoration War
, ...
: Portugal acclaims as King
João IV of Portugal
John IV ( pt, João, ; 19 March 1604 – 6 November 1656), nicknamed John the Restorer ( pt, João, o Restaurador), was the King of Portugal whose reign, lasting from 1640 until his death, began the Portuguese restoration of independence from ...
, ending 59 years of
personal union
A personal union is the combination of two or more states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct. A real union, by contrast, would involve the constituent states being to some extent interlink ...
of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the
Philippine Dynasty
The Philippine dynasty ( pt, dinastia filipina), also known as the House of Habsburg in Portugal, was the third royal house of Portugal. It was named after the three Habsburg Spanish kings, all named Philip (; , ), who ruled Portugal between 1 ...
.
*
1662 – Diarist
John Evelyn
John Evelyn (31 October 162027 February 1706) was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, who is now best known as a diarist. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society.
John Evelyn's diary, or memo ...
records skating on the frozen lake in
St James's Park
St James's Park is a park in the City of Westminster, central London. It is at the southernmost tip of the St James's area, which was named after a leper hospital dedicated to St James the Less. It is the most easterly of a near-continuous c ...
, London, watched by
Charles II and
Queen Catherine.
*
1768
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London.
* February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
– The former
slave ship
Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves. Such ships were also known as "Guineamen" because the trade involved human trafficking to and from the Guinea coast ...
''
Fredensborg
Fredensborg () is a railway town located in Fredensborg Municipality, North Zealand, some 30 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is most known for Fredensborg Palace, one of the official residences of the Danish Royal Family. As of 1 Janua ...
'' sinks off
Tromøya
Tromøya () or Tromøy () (historic: ''Tromø'') is the largest island in Southern Norway. The island is entirely located in the municipality of Arendal in Agder county, Norway. The island has about 5,300 residents (in 2015) which gives it a p ...
in Norway.
*
1821
Events
January–March
* January 21 – Peter I Island in the Antarctic is first sighted, by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
* January 28 – Alexander Island, the largest in Antarctica, is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Be ...
–
José Núñez de Cáceres
José Núñez de Cáceres y Albor (March 14, 1772 – September 11, 1846) was a Dominican politician and writer. He is known for being the leader of the independence movement against Spain in 1821 and the only president of the short-lived Repu ...
wins the independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain and names the new territory the
Republic of Spanish Haiti.
*
1822
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
*January 3 - The famous French explorer, Aimé Bonpland, is made prisoner in Paraguay accused of being a spy. ...
–
Pedro I is crowned
Emperor of Brazil
The monarchs of Brazil (Portuguese: ''monarcas do Brasil'') were the imperial heads of state and hereditary rulers of Brazil from the House of Braganza that reigned from the creation of the Brazilian monarchy in 1815 as a constituent kingdom of ...
.
*
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) , Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, ...
–
United States presidential election
The election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not dire ...
: Since no candidate received a majority of the total
electoral college votes in the election, the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...
is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the
Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twelfth Amendment (Amendment XII) to the United States Constitution provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president. It replaced the procedure provided in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3, by which the Electoral Colleg ...
.
*
1828
Events
January–March
* January 4 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Comte de Villèle, as Prime Minister of France.
* January 8 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.
* January 22 – Arthu ...
– Argentine general
Juan Lavalle
Juan Galo Lavalle (17 October 1797 – 9 October 1841) was an Argentine military and political figure.
Biography
Lavalle was born in Buenos Aires to María Mercedes González Bordallo and Manuel José Lavalle, general accountant of rents and t ...
makes a coup against governor
Manuel Dorrego
Manuel Dorrego (11 June 1787 – 13 December 1828) was an Argentine statesman and soldier. He was governor of Buenos Aires in 1820, and then again from 1827 to 1828.
Life and politics
Dorrego was born in Buenos Aires on 11 June 1787 to José An ...
, beginning the
Decembrist revolution.
*
1834
Events
January–March
* January – The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is chartered in Wilmington, North Carolina.
* January 1 – Zollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states.
* January 3 ...
– Slavery is abolished in the
Cape Colony
The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British Empire, British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope, which existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when i ...
in accordance with the
Slavery Abolition Act 1833
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire. It was passed by Earl Grey's reforming administrati ...
.
*
1862
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria.
* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
– In his
State of the Union Address
The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of each calendar year on the current conditio ...
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 ...
reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the Civil War. The Proclamation changed the legal sta ...
.
*
1865
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at Broad Street (Manhattan), 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City.
* January 13 – American Civil War : Sec ...
–
Shaw University
Shaw University is a private Baptist historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in ...
, the first
historically black university
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. Mo ...
in the southern United States, is founded in
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats, seat of Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County in the United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most ...
.
*
1878
Events January–March
* January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire.
* January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
* January 17 – Battle o ...
– President
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governor ...
gets the first telephone installed in the
White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. ...
.
*
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), 2 ...
– Nicaragua sells canal rights to U.S. for $5 million. The canal agreement fails in March 1901. Great Britain rejects amended treaty
1901–present
*
1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...
– The
Buenos Aires Metro
The Buenos Aires Underground ( es, Subterráneo de Buenos Aires, links=no), locally known as Subte (), is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first section of this network (Plaza de Mayo–Plaz ...
, the first underground railway system in the
Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
* 1913 –
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...
, having obtained
self rule from
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
after the
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 ...
, is annexed by Greece.
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
–
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
unites with
Romania
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, following the incorporation of
Bessarabia
Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...
(
March 27
Events Pre-1600
*1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and Interdict (Catholic canon law), interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. ...
) and
Bukovina
Bukovinagerman: Bukowina or ; hu, Bukovina; pl, Bukowina; ro, Bucovina; uk, Буковина, ; see also other languages. is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe (or both).Klaus Peter BergerT ...
(
November 28
Events Pre-1600
* 587 – Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir.
* 936 – Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt again ...
) and thus concluding the
Great Union
In Romanian historiography, the Great Union ( ro, Marea Unire) or Great Union of 1918 () was the series of political unifications the Kingdom of Romania had with several of the so-called Romanian historical regions, starting with Bessarabia on ...
.
* 1918 –
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 ...
becomes a
sovereign state
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, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
* 1918 – The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...
) is proclaimed.
*
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...
–
Lady Astor
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945.
Astor's first husband was America ...
becomes the first female
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) to take her seat in the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England.
The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 me ...
. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
*
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...
– The
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
's first United States-based franchise, the
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...
, plays their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant
Boston Arena
Matthews Arena (formerly Boston Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the world's oldest multi-purpose athletic building still in use, as well as the oldest arena in use for ice hockey.
The arena opened in 1910 on what ...
indoor hockey facility.
*
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 ...
–
Sergei Kirov
Sergei Mironovich Kirov (né Kostrikov; 27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) was a Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary whose assassination led to the first Great Purge.
Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and membe ...
is
assassinated
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, paving way for the repressive
Great Purge
The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Nikolay Yezhov, Yezhov'), was General ...
, and
Vinnytsia massacre
The Vinnytsia massacre was the mass execution of between 9,000 and 11,000 people in the Ukrainian town of Vinnytsia by the Soviet secret police NKVD during the Great Purge in 1937–1938, which Nazi Germany discovered during its occupation of Ukr ...
by
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED O ...
,
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...
.
*
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
–
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 ...
: A day after the beginning of the
Winter War
The Winter War,, sv, Vinterkriget, rus, Зи́мняя война́, r=Zimnyaya voyna. The names Soviet–Finnish War 1939–1940 (russian: link=no, Сове́тско-финская война́ 1939–1940) and Soviet–Finland War 1 ...
in
Finland
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, the
Cajander III Cabinet
Aimo Cajander's third cabinet was the 22nd government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from March 12, 1937 to December 1, 1939. It was Majority government
A majority government is a government by one or more governing parties t ...
resigns and is replaced by the
Ryti I Cabinet
Risto Ryti's first cabinet was the 23rd government of Republic of 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 n ...
, while the
Finnish Parliament
The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ...
move from
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
to
Kauhajoki
Kauhajoki (; literally “Scoop River”) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region, southwest of the city of Seinäjoki. The population of Kauhajoki is ...
to escape the
Soviet
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airstrikes.
*
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: Emperor
Hirohito
Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...
of Japan gives his tacit approval to the decision of the imperial council to initiate war against the United States.
* 1941 – World War II:
Fiorello La Guardia
Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (; born Fiorello Enrico LaGuardia, ; December 11, 1882September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives and served as the 99th Mayor of New York City fro ...
,
Mayor of New York City
The mayor of New York City, officially Mayor of the City of New York, is head of the executive branch of the government of New York City and the chief executive of New York City. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property ...
and Director of the
Office of Civilian Defense
Office of Civilian Defense was a United States federal emergency war agency set up May 20, 1941, by to co-ordinate state and federal measures for protection of civilians in case of war emergency. Its two branches supervised protective function ...
, signs
Administrative Order 9, creating the
Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a congressionally chartered, federally supported non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). CAP is a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded mem ...
.
*
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 ...
– The ''
New York Daily News
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'' reports the news of
Christine Jorgensen
Christine Jorgensen (May 30, 1926 – May 3, 1989) was an American trans woman who was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery. She had a career as a successful actress, singer and rec ...
, the first notable case of
sex reassignment surgery
Gender-affirming surgery (GAS) is a surgical procedure, or series of procedures, that alters a transgender or transsexual person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble those associated with their identified gender, and alle ...
.
*
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 ...
–
American Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a nonviolent social and political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized institutional racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement throughout the United ...
: In
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...
, seamstress
Rosa Parks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the ...
refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's
racial segregation
Racial segregation is the systematic separation of people into race (human classification), racial or other Ethnicity, ethnic groups in daily life. Racial segregation can amount to the international crime of apartheid and a crimes against hum ...
laws, an incident which leads to that city's
bus boycott.
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
– The
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...
attains self-rule within the
French Union
The French Union () was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the " French Empire" (). It was the formal end of the "indigenous" () status of French subje ...
.
* 1958 – The
Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
*
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
–
Cold War
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: Opening date for signature of the
Antarctic Treaty
russian: link=no, Договор об Антарктике es, link=no, Tratado Antártico
, name = Antarctic Treaty System
, image = Flag of the Antarctic Treaty.svgborder
, image_width = 180px
, caption ...
, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
–
Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Émery Lumumba (; 2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then known as the Republic of the Congo) from June u ...
is arrested by
Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the president of Zaire from 1965 to 1997 (known as the Democratic Republic o ...
's men on the banks of the
Sankuru River
The Sankuru River is a major river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its approximate length of 1,200 km"Sankuru River" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 10, p. 278. ...
, for inciting the army to rebellion.
*
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 Cov ...
–
Nagaland
Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...
, became the 16th state of India.
*
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
–
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb
North Vietnam
North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; vi, Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa), was a socialist state supported by the Soviet Union (USSR) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Southeast Asia that existed f ...
.
*
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 ...
– Vietnam War: The first
draft lottery in the United States is held since
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 ...
.
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
–
Cambodian Civil War
The Cambodian Civil War ( km, សង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិលកម្ពុជា, Romanization of Khmer#UNGEGN, UNGEGN: ) was a civil war in Cambodia fought between the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (known as the Khme ...
:
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. ...
rebels intensify assaults on
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...
n government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
* 1971 – Purge of
Croatian Spring
The Croatian Spring ( hr, Hrvatsko proljeće), or Maspok, was a political conflict that took place from 1967 to 1971 in the Socialist Republic of Croatia, at the time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. As one of six republic ...
leaders starts in
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
at the meeting of the
League of Communists at the
Karađorđevo estate
The Karađorđevo ( sr-Cyrl, Карађорђево) estate lies 10 km north-west of Bačka Palanka, Serbia. The estate covers an area of and features a manor house, hunting ground, stud farm, agricultural facilities, and forest and wetlan ...
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
–
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
gains self-government from Australia.
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
–
TWA Flight 514
Trans World Airlines Flight 514, registration N54328, was a Boeing 727-231 en route from Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus, Ohio to Washington Dulles International that crashed into Mount Weather, Virginia, on Sunday, 1974. All 92 aboard, ...
, a
Boeing 727
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
After the heavy 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airpo ...
, crashes northwest of
Dulles International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport , typically referred to as Dulles International Airport, Dulles Airport, Washington Dulles, or simply Dulles ( ), is an international airport in the Eastern United States, located in Loudoun County and Fai ...
, killing all 92 people on board.
* 1974 –
Northwest Airlines Flight 6231
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231 was the fatal crash of a Boeing 727 on December 1, 1974 in Harriman State Park near Stony Point, New York, just north of the New York City area. The Northwest Airlines 727 had been chartered to pick up the ...
, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of
John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport (colloquially referred to as JFK Airport, Kennedy Airport, New York-JFK, or simply JFK) is the main international airport serving New York City. The airport is the busiest of the seven airports in the Avia ...
.
*
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
–
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 was a McDonnell Douglas MD-81 aircraft operating a Yugoslavian charter flight to the French island of Corsica. On 1 December, 1981, the flight crashed on Corsica's Mont San-Pietro, killing all 180 people on boar ...
, a
McDonnell Douglas MD-80
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second gene ...
, crashes in
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
, killing all 180 people on board.
*
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 ...
–
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
conducts the
Controlled Impact Demonstration
The Controlled Impact Demonstration (or colloquially the Crash In the Desert) was a joint project between NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that intentionally crashed a remotely controlled Boeing 720 aircraft to acquire d ...
, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
*
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 ...
–
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourning those who have died of the disease. The acquired immun ...
is proclaimed worldwide by the
UN member states
The United Nations member states are the sovereign states that are members of the United Nations (UN) and have equal representation in the United Nations General Assembly, UN General Assembly. The UN is the world's largest international o ...
.
* 1988 –
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...
, is named as the
Prime Minister of Pakistan
The prime minister of Pakistan ( ur, , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Paki ...
, becoming the first female leader to lead a muslim nation.
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
–
Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel
Reform the Armed Forces Movement
The Reform the Armed Forces Movement, also referred to by the acronym RAM, was a cabal of officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) known for several attempts to seize power in the Philippines during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, som ...
attempts to oust
Philippine President
The president of the Philippines ( fil, Pangulo ng Pilipinas, sometimes referred to as ''Presidente ng Pilipinas'') is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of t ...
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (; ; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipina politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People P ...
in a failed bloody
coup d'état
A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
.
* 1989 –
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 ...
:
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...
–
Channel Tunnel
The Channel Tunnel (french: Tunnel sous la Manche), also known as the Chunnel, is a railway tunnel that connects Folkestone (Kent, England, UK) with Coquelles ( Hauts-de-France, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. ...
sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet beneath the seabed.
*
1991
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...
– Cold War:
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
voters overwhelmingly approve a
referendum for independence from the
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 ...
.
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
– In the Indian state of
Bihar
Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...
,
Ranvir Sena
The Ranvir Sena is a militia functioning as a landlord group, mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The group was formed by Bhumihar landlords in 1994, with the aim to counter the influence of various left-wing militants, Naxalite groups ...
attacks the
CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
* 1997 –
Heath High School shooting
The Heath High School shooting occurred at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, United States, on December 1, 1997. 14-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on a group of students, killing three and injuring five.
Shooting
On Decemb ...
in
West Paducah, Kentucky
West Paducah is an unincorporated community in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. Its elevation is 361 feet (110 m).
History
The Heath High School shooting occurred at Heath High School in West Paducah on Monday, December 1, 1997. Fourt ...
.
*
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
–
Vicente Fox Quesada
Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006. After campaigning as a right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the ...
is inaugurated as the
president of Mexico
The president of Mexico ( es, link=no, Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States ( es, link=no, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the Co ...
, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.
*
2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
– The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the
much larger child sexual exploitation in
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...
,
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 ...
.
*
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
–
Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women breaks the record for most goals scored in a
FA Women's Super League
The Women's Super League (WSL), currently known as the Barclays Women's Super League (BWSL) for sponsorship reasons, is the highest league of women's football in England. Established in 2010, it is run by the Football Association and features t ...
match, with
Vivianne Miedema
Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid "Vivianne" Miedema (; born 15 July 1996) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for FA Women's Super League (FA WSL) club Arsenal W.F.C., Arse ...
involved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals.
*
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
– The
Arecibo Telescope
The Arecibo Telescope was a spherical reflector radio telescope built into a natural sinkhole at the Arecibo Observatory located near Arecibo, Puerto Rico. A cable-mount steerable receiver and several radar transmitters for emitting signals wer ...
collapsed.
Births
Pre-1600
*
624
__NOTOC__
Year 624 ( DCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 624 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era be ...
–
Hasan ibn Ali
Hasan ibn Ali ( ar, الحسن بن علي, translit=Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī; ) was a prominent early Islamic figure. He was the eldest son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ...
, the second Shia Imam (d. 670)
[Shaykh Mufid. ''Kitab Al Irshad.'' p.279-289](_blank)
.
*
1081
Year 1081 ( MLXXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* April 1 – Emperor Nikephoros III is forced to abdicate the throne, and ...
–
Louis VI, French king (d. 1137)
*1083 – Anna Komnene, Byzantine physician and scholar (d. 1153)
*1415 – Jan Długosz, Polish historian (d. 1480)
*1438 – Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, son of Charles I (d. 1503)
*1443 – Magdalena of France, French princess (d. 1495)
*1521 – Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimyō (d. 1573)
*1525 – Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)
*1530 – Bernardino Realino, Italian Jesuit (d. 1616)
*1561 – Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess consort of Pomerania-Wolgast (d. 1631)
*1580 – Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (d. 1637)
1601–1900
*1690 – Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (d. 1764)
*1709 – Franz Xaver Richter, Czech composer, violinist, and conductor (d. 1789)
*1716 – Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791)
*1743 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (d. 1817)
*1761 – Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (d. 1850)
*1792 – Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and geometer (d. 1856)
*1800 – Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet (d. 1855)
*1805 – 9th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader (d. 1815)
*1844 – Alexandra of Denmark (d. 1925)
*1846 – Ledi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (d. 1923)
*1847 – Julia A. Moore, American poet (d. 1920)
*1855 – John Evans (Australian politician), John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (d. 1943)
*1869 – Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (d. 1923)
*1871 – Archie MacLaren, English cricketer (d. 1944)
*1883 – Henry Cadbury, American historian, scholar, and academic (d. 1974)
*1884 – Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter and etcher (d. 1976)
*1886 – Rex Stout, American detective novelist (d. 1975)
* 1886 – Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
*1894 – Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist (d. 1982)
*1895 – Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author (d. 1977)
*1896 – Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence (Soviet Union), Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (d. 1974)
*1898 – Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1977)
* 1898 – Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer (d. 1977)
*
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), 2 ...
– Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (d. 1987)
1901–present
*1901 – Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator (d. 1988)
*1903 – Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet Planned economy, economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1950)
*1905 – Alex Wilson (Canadian sprinter), Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach (d. 1994)
*1910 – Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (d. 2004)
*1911 – Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (d. 1999)
*1912 – Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (d. 2010)
* 1912 – Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center (d. 1986)
*
1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...
– Mary Martin, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
*1916 – Wan Li, Chinese educator and politician, 4th List of vice premiers of the People's Republic of China, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 2015)
*1917 – Thomas Hayward (tenor), Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (d. 1995)
*1920 – Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, Japanese priest, 1st Bishop of Naha (d. 2014)
*1921 – Vernon McGarity, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
*1922 – Vsevolod Bobrov, Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager (d. 1979)
*1923 – Dick Shawn, American actor (d. 1987)
* 1923 – Stansfield Turner, American admiral and academic, 12th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 2018)
*
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...
– Masao Horiba, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba (d. 2015)
*1925 – Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
*1926 – Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (d. 2013)
* 1926 – Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2018)
* 1926 – Keith Michell, Australian actor (d. 2015)
* 1926 – Robert Symonds, American actor (d. 2007)
* 1926 – Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, Scottish businessman (d. 2010)
*1927 – Micheline Bernardini, French dancer and model
*1928 – Emily McLaughlin, American actress (d. 1991)
* 1928 – Malachi Throne, American actor (d. 2013)
*1929 – David Doyle (actor), David Doyle, American actor (d. 1997)
*1930 – Marie Bashir, Australian psychiatrist, academic, and politician, 37th Governor of New South Wales
* 1930 – Joachim Hoffmann, German historian and author (d. 2002)
*1931 – Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (d. 1986)
* 1931 – Jim Nesbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
* 1931 – George Maxwell Richards, Trinidadian politician, 4th List of Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago, President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2018)
*1933 – Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006)
* 1933 – Violette Verdy, French ballerina (d. 2016)
*
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 ...
– Billy Paul, American soul singer (d. 2016)
* 1935 – Sola Sierra, Chilean human rights activist (d. 1999)
*1936 – Igor Rodionov, Russian general and politician, 3rd Ministry of Defence (Russia), Russian Minister of Defence (d. 2014)
*1937 – Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano and actress (d. 2005)
* 1937 – Gordon Crosse, English composer and academic (d. 2021)
* 1937 – Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Latvian psychologist and politician, President of Latvia
*1938 – Sandy Nelson, American rock and roll drummer
*
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
– Lee Trevino, American golfer and sportscaster
*1940 – Mike Denness, Scottish cricketer and referee (d. 2013)
* 1940 – Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
* 1940 – Tasso Wild, German footballer
* 1940 – Jerry Lawson (engineer), Jerry Lawson, American electronic engineer and inventor (d. 2011)
*1942 – Mohamed Kamel Amr, Egyptian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Egypt), Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs
* 1942 – John Crowley (author), John Crowley, American author and academic
* 1942 – Ross Edwards, Australian cricketer
*1943 – Kenny Moore, American runner and journalist
*1944 – Eric Bloom, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1944 – John Densmore, American drummer and songwriter
* 1944 – Michael Hagee, American general
* 1944 – Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan author and poet
*1945 – Bette Midler, American singer-songwriter, actress and producer
*1946 – Jonathan Katz, American comedian and actor
* 1946 – Kemal Kurspahić, Bosnian journalist and author
* 1946 – Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer-songwriter and pianist
*1947 – Alain Bashung, French singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009)
* 1947 – Bob Fulton, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)
*1948 – George Foster (baseball), George Foster, American baseball player and radio host
* 1948 – Sarfraz Nawaz, Pakistani cricketer and politician
* 1948 – John Roskelley, American mountaineer and author
* 1948 – Neil Warnock, English footballer and manager
* 1948 – N. T. Wright, English bishop and scholar
* 1948 – Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian civil servant and politician, Governor of Kaduna State (d. 2012)
*1949 – Jan Brett, American author and illustrator
* 1949 – Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist (d. 1993)
* 1949 – Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and politician, 35th President of Chile
*1950 – Manju Bansal, Indian biologist and academic
* 1950 – Ross Hannaford, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
* 1950 – Gary Panter, American illustrator and painter
* 1950 – Filippos Petsalnikos, Greek lawyer and politician, Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights, Greek Minister of Justice (d. 2020)
* 1950 – Richard Keith (actor), Richard Keith, American actor and drummer
*1951 – Obba Babatundé, American actor, director, and producer
* 1951 – Doug Mulray, Australian radio and television host
* 1951 – Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1987)
* 1951 – Nozipho Schroeder, South African lawn bowler
* 1951 – Treat Williams, American actor
*
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 ...
– Stephen Poliakoff, English director, producer, and playwright
*1954 – Alan Dedicoat, English journalist
* 1954 – Judith Hackitt, English chemist and engineer
* 1954 – François Van der Elst, Belgian footballer (d. 2017)
*
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 ...
– Veikko Aaltonen, Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1955 – Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress
* 1955 – Pat Spillane, Irish footballer and sportscaster
* 1955 – Karen Tumulty, American journalist
* 1955 – Udit Narayan, Indian playback singer
*1956 – Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (d. 2022)
*1957 – Chris Poland, American guitarist and songwriter
* 1957 – Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2011)
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
– Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and manager
* 1958 – Candace Bushnell, American journalist and author
* 1958 – Alberto Cova, Italian runner
* 1958 – Gary Peters (politician), Gary Peters, American politician
*
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
– Billy Childish, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter
* 1959 – Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
– Carol Alt, American model and actress
* 1960 – Shirin M. Rai, Indian-English political scientist and academic
* 1960 – Jane Turner, Australian actress and producer
*1961 – Safra Catz, Israeli-American businesswoman
* 1961 – Raymond E. Goldstein, American biophysicist and academic
* 1961 – Jeremy Northam, English actor
*1962 – Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater
* 1962 – Pamela McGee, American basketball player and coach
*
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 Cov ...
– Marco Greco, Brazilian race car driver
* 1963 – Nathalie Lambert, Canadian speed skater
* 1963 – Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
*
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
– Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer
* 1964 – Jo Walton, Welsh-Canadian author and poet
*1965 – Henry Honiball, South African rugby player
* 1965 – Magnifico (musician), Magnifico, Slovenian singer
*1966 – Andrew Adamson, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1966 – Katherine LaNasa, American actress, ballet dancer, and choreographer
* 1966 – Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player and coach
*1967 – Nestor Carbonell, American actor
* 1967 – Reggie Sanders, American baseball player
*1968 – Justin Chadwick, English actor and director
* 1968 – Sarah Fitzgerald, Australian squash player
* 1968 – Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer
*
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 ...
– Richard Carrier, American author and blogger
*1970 – Jonathan Coulton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1970 – Kirk Rueter, American baseball player
* 1970 – Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress, and singer
* 1970 – Tisha Waller, American high jumper and educator
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
– Christian Pescatori, Italian race car driver
* 1971 – Mika Pohjola, Finnish-American pianist and composer
* 1971 – John Schlimm, American author and educator
*1972 – Stanton Barrett, American race car driver and stuntman
* 1972 – Bart Millard, American singer-songwriter
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
– Steve Gibb, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
– Costinha, Portuguese footballer and manager
*1975 – Matt Fraction, American author
* 1975 – Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, American keyboard player and producer (d. 2014)
* 1975 – Farah Shah, Pakistani actress and host
* 1975 – Thomas Schie, Norwegian racing driver and sportscaster
* 1975 – Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
*1976 – Tomasz Adamek, Polish boxer
* 1976 – Laura Ling, American journalist and author
* 1976 – Evangelos Sklavos, Greek basketball player
*1977 – Brad Delson, American guitarist and producer
* 1977 – Sophie Guillemin, French actress
* 1977 – Lee McKenzie, Scottish journalist
*1978 – Mat Kearney, American musician
*1979 – Ryan Malone, American ice hockey player
* 1979 – Stephanie Brown Trafton, American discus thrower
*1980 – Iftikhar Anjum, Pakistani cricketer
* 1980 – Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer and politician
* 1980 – Mubarak Hassan Shami, Kenyan-Qatari runner
* 1980 – Gianna Terzi, Greek singer
*
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
– Park Hyo-shin, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
* 1981 – Luke McPharlin, Australian footballer
* 1981 – I Made Wirawan, Indonesian footballer
*1982 – Riz Ahmed, English actor and rapper
* 1982 – Christos Kalantzis, Greek footballer
* 1982 – Christos Melissis, Greek footballer
*1985 – Janelle Monáe, American singer-songwriter and producer
* 1985 – Emiliano Viviano, Italian footballer
*1986 – DeSean Jackson, American football player
*1987 – Simon Dawkins, English footballer
* 1987 – Tabarie Henry, Virgin Islander sprinter
* 1987 – Vance Joy, Australian singer-songwriter
* 1987 – Brett Williams (footballer, born 1987), Brett Williams, English footballer
*
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 ...
– Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer, and model
* 1988 – Dan Mavraides, Greek-American basketball player
* 1988 – Tyler Joseph, American musician and singer
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
– Sotelúm, Mexican trumpet player, composer, and producer
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...
– Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player
*
1991
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...
– Hilda Melander, Swedish tennis player
* 1991 – Sun Yang, Chinese swimmer
*1992 – Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer
* 1992 – Javier Báez, Puerto Rican baseball player
* 1992 – Linos Chrysikopoulos, Greek basketball player
* 1992 – Marco van Ginkel, Dutch footballer
*1993 – Reena Pärnat, Estonian archer
* 1993 – Beau Webster, Australian cricketer
*1994 – Seedy Njie, English footballer
*1995 – Agnė Čepelytė, Lithuanian tennis player
* 1995 – Jenna Fife, Scottish footballer
* 1995 – James Wilson (footballer, born 1995), James Wilson, English footballer
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
– Sada Williams, Barbadian sprinter
*1999 – Nico Schlotterbeck, German footballer
*2001 – Carole Monnet, French tennis player
Deaths
Pre-1600
* 217 – Judah ha-Nasi, Yehudah HaNasi, 'Nasi (Hebrew title), Nasi', Rabbi and editor of the Mishnah (b. 135)
* 660 – Saint Eligius, Eligius, Frankish bishop and saint (b. 588)
* 948 – Gao Conghui, Chinese governor and prince (b. 891)
* 969 – Fujiwara no Morotada, Japanese statesman (b. 920)
*1018 – Thietmar of Merseburg, German bishop (b. 975)
*1135 – Henry I of England, Henry I, king of England (b. 1068)
*1241 – Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1214)
*1255 – Muhammad III of Alamut, Nizari Ismaili Imam
*1335 – Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (b. 1305)
*1374 – Magnus IV of Sweden, Magnus Ericson, king of Sweden (b. 1316)
*1433 – Emperor Go-Komatsu, Go-Komatsu, emperor of Japan (b. 1377)
*1455 – Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian goldsmith and sculptor (b. 1378)
*1521 – Pope Leo X, Leo X, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1475)
*1530 – Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Margaret of Austria, duchess of Savoy (b. 1480)
*1580 – Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (b. 1509)
*1581 – Alexander Briant, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr and saint (b. 1556)
* 1581 – Edmund Campion, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (b. 1540)
* 1581 – Ralph Sherwin, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (b. 1550)
1601–1900
*1633 – Isabella Clara Eugenia, infanta of Spain (b. 1566)
*
1640
Events
January–March
* January 6 – The Siege of Salses ends almost six months after it had started on June 9, 1639, with the French defenders surrendering to the Spanish attackers.
* January 17 – A naval battle over ...
– Miguel de Vasconcelos, Portuguese politician, List of Prime Ministers of Portugal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1590)
*1660 – Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (b. 1592)
*1729 – Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1665)
*1750 – Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)
*1755 – Maurice Greene (composer), Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (b. 1696)
*1767 – Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (b. 1710)
*1825 – Alexander I of Russia, Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777)
*
1865
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at Broad Street (Manhattan), 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City.
* January 13 – American Civil War : Sec ...
– Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
*1866 – George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
*1867 – Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
*1884 – William Swainson (lawyer), William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General (New Zealand), Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
1901–present
*
1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...
– Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
*1914 – Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
*1916 – Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
*1923 – Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
*1928 – José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
*1933 – Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
*
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 ...
– Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
*1935 – Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
*1942 – Leon Wachholz, Polish scientist and medical examiner (b. 1867)
*1943 – Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
*1947 – Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
* 1947 – G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
*1950 – Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
*1954 – Fred Rose (songwriter), Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
– Elizabeth Peratrovich, Alaskan-American civil rights activist (b. 1911)
*
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
– J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)
* 1964 – Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
*1968 – Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)
* 1968 – Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
– David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
*1975 – Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)
* 1975 – Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (b. 1898)
* 1975 – Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (b. 1906)
*
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
– Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
*
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 ...
– Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911)
*1986 – Frank McCarthy (producer), Frank McCarthy, American general and film producer (b. 1912)
*1987 – James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1924)
* 1987 – Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1918)
*
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 ...
– J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (b. 1904)
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
– Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931)
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...
– Carla Lehmann, Canadian-English actress (b. 1917)
*
1991
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...
– Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete (b. 1906)
* 1991 – George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
*1993 – Ray Gillen, American singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
*1995 – Hopper Levett, English cricketer (b. 1908)
* 1995 – Colin Tapley, New Zealand-English actor (b. 1907)
* 1995 – Maxwell R. Thurman, American general (b. 1931)
*1996 – Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1928)
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
– Michel Bélanger, Canadian banker and businessman (b. 1929)
* 1997 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (b. 1908)
* 1997 – Endicott Peabody, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1920)
*2001 – Ellis R. Dungan, American director and producer (b. 1909)
*2002 – Edward L. Beach Jr., American captain and author (b. 1918)
* 2002 – Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
*2003 – Clark Kerr, American economist and academic (b. 1911)
* 2003 – Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (b. 1928)
*2004 – Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1911)
* 2004 – Bill Brown (goalkeeper), Bill Brown, Scottish-Canadian footballer (b. 1931)
*2005 – Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (b. 1938)
* 2005 – Mary Hayley Bell, English actress and playwright (b. 1911)
* 2005 – Freeman V. Horner, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922)
*2006 – Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
* 2006 – Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian (b. 1937)
*2007 – Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player and footballer (b. 1929)
* 2007 – Anton Rodgers, British actor (b. 1933)
*2008 – Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
* 2008 – Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (b. 1917)
*2010 – Adriaan Blaauw, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1914)
* 2010 – Hillard Elkins, American actor and producer (b. 1929)
*2011 – Christa Wolf, German author and critic (b. 1929)
*2012 – Jovan Belcher, American football player (b. 1987)
* 2012 – Arthur Chaskalson, South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (b. 1931)
* 2012 – Rick Majerus, American basketball player and coach (b. 1948)
* 2012 – Ed Price (Florida politician), Ed Price, American soldier, pilot, and politician (b. 1918)
*2013 – Richard Coughlan, English drummer (b. 1947)
* 2013 – Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (b. 1925)
* 2013 – Edward Heffron, American soldier (b. 1923)
* 2013 – Martin Sharp, Australian cartoonist and songwriter (b. 1942)
*2014 – Mario Abramovich, Argentinian violinist and composer (b. 1926)
* 2014 – Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (b. 1938)
* 2014 – Rocky Wood, New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1959)
*2015 – Rob Blokzijl, Dutch physicist and computer scientist (b. 1943)
* 2015 – Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (b. 1925)
* 2015 – John F. Kurtzke, American neurologist and academic (b. 1926)
* 2015 – Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (b. 1930)
* 2015 – Trevor Obst, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1940)
*
2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
– Vivian Lynn, New Zealand artist (b. 1931)
* 2018 – Ken Berry, American actor, dancer, and singer (b. 1933)
*
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
– Paula Tilbrook, English actress (b. 1930)
*
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
– Arnie Robinson, American athlete (b. 1948)
*2022 – Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach (b. 1938)
Holidays and observances
*Days of Military Honour, Battle of the Sinop Day (Russia)
*Christian feast day:
**Alexander Briant
**Ansanus
**Beatification, Blessed Bruna Pellesi
**Castritian
**Blessed Charles de Foucauld
**Edmund Campion
**Saint Eligius, Eligius
**Evasius
**Saint Grwst, Grwst
**Nahum
**Nicholas Ferrar (Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church), Episcopal Church)
**Ralph Sherwin
**Ursicinus of Brescia
**December 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Damrong Rajanubhab Day (Thailand)
*Earliest day on which Farmers' Day (Ghana), Farmer's Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday in December. (Ghana)
*Earliest day on which Good Neighborliness Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in December. (Turkmenistan)
*Earliest day on which Sindhi Cultural Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in December. (Sindhi diaspora)
*First President Day (Kazakhstan)
*Freedom and Democracy Day (Chad)
*Great Union Day, celebrates the Union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918. (Romania)
*Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica)
*National Day (Myanmar)
*Republic Day (Central African Republic)
*Restoration of Independence Day (Portugal)
*Rosa Parks Day (Ohio and Oregon, United States)
*Self-governance Day or ''Fullveldisdagurinn'' (Iceland)
*Teachers' Day (Panama)
*
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourning those who have died of the disease. The acquired immun ...
,
and its related observances:
**Day Without Art
References
External links
BBC: On This Day*
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