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Pre-1600

* 503 BC
Roman consul A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum'' (an ascending sequence of public offices to which politic ...
Agrippa Menenius Lanatus Agrippa Menenius Lanatus (died 493 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 503 BC, with Publius Postumius Tubertus. He was victorious over the Sabines and was awarded a triumph which he celebrated on 4 April, 503 BC. According to Livy, he als ...
celebrates a
triumph The Roman triumph (Latin triumphus) was a celebration for a victorious military commander in ancient Rome. For later imitations, in life or in art, see Trionfo. Numerous later uses of the term, up to the present, are derived directly or indirectl ...
for a military victory over the
Sabines The Sabines (; lat, Sabini; it, Sabini, all exonyms) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. The Sabines divid ...
. * 190
Dong Zhuo Dong Zhuo () (died 22 May 192), courtesy name Zhongying, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. At the end of the reign of the Eastern Han, Dong Zhuo was a general and powerful minist ...
has his troops evacuate the capital
Luoyang Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of Luo River (Henan), Luo River and Yellow River in the west of Henan province. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the ...
and burn it to the ground. *
611 __NOTOC__ Year 611 (Roman numerals, DCXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 611 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini ...
– Maya king Uneh Chan of
Calakmul Calakmul (; also Kalakmul and other less frequent variants) is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche, deep in the jungles of the greater Petén Basin region. It is from the Guatemalan border. Calakmul was one of the large ...
sacks rival city-state
Palenque Palenque (; Yucatec Maya language, Yucatec Maya: ), also anciently known in the Itza Language as Lakamhaʼ ("Big Water or Big Waters"), was a Maya city City-state, state in southern Mexico that perished in the 8th century. The Palenque ruins dat ...
in southern Mexico. *
801 __NOTOC__ Year 801 ( DCCCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Emperor Charlemagne formally cedes Nordalbian territory (modern-day Schleswig-H ...
– King
Louis the Pious Louis the Pious (german: Ludwig der Fromme; french: Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aqui ...
captures
Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
from the
Moors The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages. Moors are not a distinct or ...
after a siege of several months. * 1268 – A five-year Byzantine–Venetian peace treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor
Michael VIII Palaiologos Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus ( el, Μιχαὴλ Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, Mikhaēl Doukas Angelos Komnēnos Palaiologos; 1224 – 11 December 1282) reigned as the co-emperor of the Empire ...
. * 1423 – Death of the Venetian
Doge A doge ( , ; plural dogi or doges) was an elected lord and head of state in several Italian city-states, notably Venice and Genoa, during the medieval and renaissance periods. Such states are referred to as " crowned republics". Etymology The ...
Tommaso Mocenigo Tommaso Mocenigo (1343–1423) was ''doge'' (chief magistrate) of the Republic of Venice from 1414 until his death. Biography He commanded the crusading fleet in the expedition to Nicopolis in 1396 and also won battles against the Genoes ...
, under whose rule victories were achieved against the
Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...
and against the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
at the
Battle of Gallipoli (1416) The Battle of Gallipoli occurred on 29 May 1416 between a squadron of the Venetian navy and the fleet of the Ottoman Empire off the Ottoman naval base of Gallipoli. The battle was the main episode of a brief conflict between the two powers, re ...
. * 1581
Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake ( – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer, sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer, and politician. Drake is best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580 (t ...
is knighted by Queen
Elizabeth I Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". El ...
for completing a
circumnavigation Circumnavigation is the complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical object, astronomical body (e.g. a planet or natural satellite, moon). This article focuses on the circumnavigation of Earth. The first recorded circ ...
of the world.


1601–1900

* 1609
Moriscos Moriscos (, ; pt, mouriscos ; Spanish for "Moorish") were former Muslims and their descendants whom the Roman Catholic church and the Spanish Crown commanded to convert to Christianity or face compulsory exile after Spain outlawed the open ...
are expelled from the
Kingdom of Valencia Kingdom commonly refers to: * A monarchy ruled by a king or queen * Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy Kingdom may also refer to: Arts and media Television * ''Kingdom'' (British TV series), a 2007 British television drama s ...
. * 1660
Declaration of Breda The Declaration of Breda (dated 4 April 1660) was a proclamation by Charles II of England in which he promised a general pardon for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum for all those who recognized Charles as the la ...
by King
Charles II of Great Britain Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and King of England, Scotland and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of ...
promises, among other things, a general pardon to all royalists and opponents of the monarchy for crimes committed during the
English Civil War The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of re ...
and the
Interregnum An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next (coming from Latin '' ...
. *
1796 Events January–March * January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.) * February 1 – The capital ...
Georges Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French natural history, naturalist and zoology, zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier ...
delivers the first
paleontological Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (geology), epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes t ...
lecture. * 1814
Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
abdicates (conditionally) for the first time and names his son
Napoleon II , house = Bonaparte , father = Napoleon I, Emperor of the French , mother = Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma , birth_date = , birth_place = Tuileries Palace, Paris, French Empire ...
as
Emperor of the French Emperor of the French (French: ''Empereur des Français'') was the title of the monarch and supreme ruler of the First and the Second French Empires. Details A title and office used by the House of Bonaparte starting when Napoleon was procla ...
, followed by unconditional abdication two days later. * 1818 – The
United States Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washing ...
, affirming the
Second Continental Congress The Second Continental Congress was a late-18th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolutionary War. The Congress was creating a new country it first named "United Colonies" and in 1 ...
, adopts the
flag of the United States The national flag of the United States, United States of America, often referred to as the ''American flag'' or the ''U.S. flag'', consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rect ...
with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (20 at that time). * 1841
William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841, and had the shortest pres ...
dies of
pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severity ...
, becoming the first
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...
to die in office, and setting the record for the briefest administration. Vice President
John Tyler John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president dire ...
succeeds Harrison as President. * 1865
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 ...
: A day after
Union Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...
forces capture
Richmond, Virginia (Thus do we reach the stars) , image_map = , mapsize = 250 px , map_caption = Location within Virginia , pushpin_map = Virginia#USA , pushpin_label = Richmond , pushpin_m ...
, 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 ...
visits the
Confederate Confederacy or confederate may refer to: States or communities * Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities * Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between 1 ...
capital. *
1866 Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman tr ...
Alexander II of Russia Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Poland and Gra ...
narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by
Dmitry Karakozov Dmitry Vladimirovich Karakozov (russian: Дми́трий Влади́мирович Карако́зов; – ) was a Russian political activist and the first revolutionary in the Russian Empire to make an attempt on the life of a tsar. His ...
in the city of
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. * 1887
Argonia, Kansas Argonia is a city in Sumner County, Kansas, Sumner County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 456. History Argonia was founded in 1881. It was named for the ship ''Argo'' in ...
elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.


1901–present

* 1905 – In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and
Dharamshala Dharamshala (; also spelled Dharamsala) is the winter capital of Himachal Pradesh, India. It serves as administrative headquarters of the Kangra district after being relocated from Kangra, a city located away from Dharamshala, in 1855. The ...
. *
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 ...
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 ...
: Greek aviator
Emmanouil Argyropoulos Emmanouil Argyropoulos ( el, Εμμανουήλ Αργυρόπουλος; 1889 – 4 April 1913) was a Greek pioneer aviator of the early 20th century. Apart from being the first Greek aviator who performed a flight over his homeland, he also be ...
becomes the first pilot to die in the
Hellenic Air Force , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = 8 November , equipment = , equipment_label ...
when his plane crashes. *
1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...
– The
Schutzstaffel The ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS; also stylized as ''ᛋᛋ'' with Armanen runes; ; "Protection Squadron") was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe d ...
(SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's
Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that crea ...
in
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. * 1933
U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...
airship An airship or dirigible balloon is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air under its own power. Aerostats gain their lift from a lifting gas that is less dense than the surrounding air. In early ...
is wrecked off the
New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
coast due to severe weather. *
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 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 ...
: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians. *
1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...
– World War II:
United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...
troops liberate
Ohrdruf forced labor camp Ohrdruf was a German forced labor and concentration camp located near Ohrdruf, south of Gotha, in Thuringia, Germany. It was part of the Buchenwald concentration camp network. Operation Created in November 1944 near the town of Ohrdruf, sout ...
in Germany. * 1945 – World War II: United States Army troops capture Kassel. * 1945 – World War II: Soviet
Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...
troops liberate
Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
from
German occupation German-occupied Europe refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly occupied and civil-occupied (including puppet governments) by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 an ...
and occupy the country themselves. *
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 ...
– Greek judge and archeologist Panagiotis Poulitsas is appointed
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 ...
in the midst of the
Greek Civil War The Greek Civil War ( el, ο Eμφύλιος όλεμος ''o Emfýlios'' 'Pólemos'' "the Civil War") took place from 1946 to 1949. It was mainly fought against the established Kingdom of Greece, which was supported by the United Kingdom ...
. * 1949
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 ...
: Twelve nations sign the
North Atlantic Treaty The North Atlantic Treaty, also referred to as the Washington Treaty, is the treaty that forms the legal basis of, and is implemented by, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The treaty was signed in Washington, D.C., on 4 April 194 ...
creating the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
. * 1958 – The
CND The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nucle ...
peace symbol A number of peace symbols have been used many ways in various cultures and contexts. The dove and olive branch was used symbolically by early Christians and then eventually became a secular peace symbol, popularized by a ''Dove'' lithograph b ...
is displayed in public for the first time in
London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
. *1960 – France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan. *1963 – Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film), Bye Bye Birdie, a musical romantic comedy film directed by George Sidney, was released. *1964 – The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop chart. *1967 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church. *1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. is Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated by James Earl Ray at a National Civil Rights Museum, motel in Memphis, Tennessee. * 1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6. *1969 – Dr. Denton Cooley Implant (medicine), implants the first temporary artificial heart. *1973 – The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated. * 1973 – A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the ''Hanoi Taxi'', makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming. *1975 – Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. * 1975 – Vietnam War: A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, Lockheed C-5A Galaxy Operation Babylift, transporting orphans, 1975 Tân Sơn Nhứt C-5 accident, crashes near Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people. *1977 – Southern Airways Flight 242 crashes in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, killing 72. *1979 – Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed. *1981 – Iran–Iraq War: The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an Attack on H3, attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft. *1983 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle ''Space Shuttle Challenger, Challenger'' makes its maiden voyage into space on STS-6. *1984 – President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons. *1988 – List of Governors of Arizona, Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office. *1990 – The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the 7th National People's Congress, Seventh National People's Congress. *1991 – Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania. * 1991 – Forty-one people are 1991 Sacramento hostage crisis, taken hostage inside a Good Guys (American company), Good Guys! Electronics store in Sacramento, California. 3 of the hostage takers and 3 hostages are killed *1994 – Three people are killed when KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 crashes at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. *1996 – Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. *2002 – The MPLA government of Angola and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War. *2009 – France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO. *2010 – 2010 Baja California earthquake, A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits south of the Mexico-United States border, Mexico-USA border, killing two and damaging buildings across the two countries. *2013 – More than 70 people are killed in a 2013 Thane building collapse, building collapse in Thane, India. *2017 – Syria conducts an Khan Shaykhun chemical attack, air strike on Khan Shaykhun using Syria chemical weapons program, chemical weapons, killing 89 civilians. *2020 – China holds a national day of mourning for martyrs who died in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, novel coronavirus disease outbreak.


Births


Pre-1600

* 188 – Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) *1436 – Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut (d. 1501) *1490 – Vojtěch I of Pernstein, Bohemian nobleman (d. 1534) *1492 – Ambrosius Blarer, German-Swiss theologian and reformer (d. 1564) *1572 – William Strachey, English author (d. 1621) *1586 – Richard Saltonstall, English diplomat (d. 1661) *1593 – Edward Nicholas, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1669)


1601–1900

*1640 – Gaspar Sanz, Spanish guitarist, composer, and priest (d. 1710) *1646 – Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (d. 1715) *1648 – Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor (d. 1721) *1676 – Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian composer (d. 1760) *1688 – Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1768) *1718 – Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (d. 1783) *1752 – Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer (d. 1837) *1760 – Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan organist and composer (d. 1797) *1762 – Stephen Storace, English actor and composer (d. 1796) *1772 – Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement (d. 1810) *1780 – Edward Hicks, American minister and painter (d. 1849) *1785 – Bettina von Arnim, German author, illustrator, and composer (d. 1859) *1792 – Thaddeus Stevens, American lawyer and politician (d. 1868) *1802 – Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (d. 1887) * 1818 – Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American author and poet (d. 1883) *1819 – Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) *1821 – Linus Yale Jr., American engineer and businessman (d. 1868) *1826 – Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (d. 1901) *1829 – Owen Suffolk, Australian bushranger, poet, confidence-man and author (d. ?) *1835 – John Hughlings Jackson, English physician and neurologist (d. 1911) *1842 – Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1891) *1843 – William Henry Jackson, American painter and photographer (d. 1942) *1846 – Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet and educator (d. 1870) *1851 – James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1931) *1853 – Remy de Gourmont, French poet, novelist, and critic (d. 1915) *1868 – Philippa Fawcett, English mathematician and educator (d. 1948) *1869 – Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (d. 1958) *1875 – Pierre Monteux, Sephardic Jewish French-American viola player and conductor (d. 1964) *1876 – Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter and poet (d. 1958) *1878 – Walter Conrad Arensberg, American art collector, critic and poet (d. 1954) * 1878 – Stylianos Lykoudis, Greek admiral and historian (d. 1958) *1879 – Gustav Goßler, German rower (d. 1940) *1884 – James Alberione, Italian priest, founded the Society of St. Paul (d. 1971) * 1884 – Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (d. 1943) *1886 – Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (d. 1964) *1888 – Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (d. 1958) * 1888 – Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish historian and academic (d. 1975) *1889 – Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1968) *1892 – Italo Mus, Italian painter (d. 1967) * 1892 – Edith Södergran, Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-Finnish poet (d. 1923) *1895 – Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator (d. 1991) *1896 – Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1955) *1897 – Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (d. 1975) *1898 – Agnes Ayres, American actress (d. 1940) *1899 – Hillel Oppenheimer, German-Israeli botanist and academic (d. 1971)


1901–present

*1902 – Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French journalist and author (d. 1969) * 1902 – Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author and poet (d. 1935) * 1905 – Eugène Bozza, French composer and conductor (d. 1991) * 1905 – Erika Nõva, Estonian architect and engineer (d. 1987) *1906 – Bea Benaderet, Turkish-Irish-American television, radio, and voice actress (d. 1968) * 1906 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. 1995) *1907 – Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1981) *1910 – Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese physician and academic (d. 1967) *
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 ...
– Dave Brown (rugby league, born 1913), Dave Brown, Australian rugby league player (d. 1974) * 1913 – Rosemary Lane (actress), Rosemary Lane, American actress and singer (d. 1974) * 1913 – Frances Langford, American actress and singer (d. 2005) * 1913 – Jules Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (d. 1980) * 1913 – Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983) *1914 – Richard Coogan, American actor (d. 2014) * 1914 – Marguerite Duras, French novelist, screenwriter, and director (d. 1996) * 1914 – David W. Goodall, Australian ecologist and botanist (d. 2018) *1915 – Louis Archambault, Canadian sculptor (d. 2003) *1916 – Nikola Ljubičić, Serbian general and politician, 10th List of Presidents of Serbia, President of Serbia (d. 2005) * 1916 – Mickey Owen, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005) * 1916 – David White (actor), David White, American actor (d. 1990) *1918 – George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, English soldier and politician, Leader of the House of Lords (d. 2007) *1920 – Ignatius IV of Antioch, Greek patriarch (d. 2012) *1921 – Orunamamu, American-Canadian author and educator (d. 2014) * 1921 – Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (d. 2015) *1922 – Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (d. 2004) *1923 – Peter Vaughan, English actor (d. 2016) * 1923 – Gene Reynolds, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2020) *1924 – Bob Christie (racing driver), Bob Christie, American race car driver (d. 2009) * 1924 – Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972) *
1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...
– Dettmar Cramer, German footballer and manager (d. 2015) * 1925 – Frank Truitt, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014) * 1925 – Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1979) * 1925 – Emmett Williams, American poet and author (d. 2007) * 1926 – Ronnie Masterson, Irish actress (d. 2014) *1927 – Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1998) *1928 – Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet (d. 2014) * 1928 – Jimmy Logan, Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 2001) * 1928 – Monty Norman, English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2022) *1929 – Humbert Allen Astredo, American actor (d. 2016) *1930 – Netty Herawaty, Indonesian actress (d. 1989) *1931 – James Dickens, English politician (d. 2013) * 1931 – Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence officer * 1931 – Catherine Tizard, New Zealand politician, 16th List of Governors-General of New Zealand, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2021) *1932 – Clive Davis, American record producer, founded Arista Records and J Records * 1932 – Richard Lugar, American lieutenant and politician, 44th List of mayors of Indianapolis, Mayor of Indianapolis (d. 2019) * 1932 – Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992) * 1932 – Johanna Reiss, Dutch-American author * 1932 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and producer (d. 1986) * 1933 – Bill France Jr., American businessman (d. 2007) * 1933 – Brian Hewson, English runner * 1933 – Bapu Nadkarni, Indian cricketer (d. 2020) *1934 – Helen Hanft, American actress (d. 2013) * 1934 – Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and activist (d. 1996) *1935 – Geoff Braybrooke, English-New Zealand soldier and politician (d. 2013) * 1935 – Kenneth Mars, American actor and comedian (d. 2011) * 1935 – Trevor Griffiths, English playwright and educator *1938 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, American businessman and academic (d. 1989) *1939 – JoAnne Carner, American golfer * 1939 – Darlene Hooley, American educator and politician * 1939 – Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer (d. 2018) *1940 – Richard Attwood, English race car driver * 1940 – Sharon Sheeley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2002) *1941 – Zia Uddin, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician *1942 – Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014) * 1942 – Kitty Kelley, American journalist and biographer * 1942 – Elizabeth Levy, American author *
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 ...
– Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician * 1944 – Mary Kenny, Irish journalist, author, and playwright * 1944 – Bob McDill, American country music songwriter * 1944 – Craig T. Nelson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1944 – Nelson Prudêncio, Brazilian triple jumper and educator (d. 2012) * 1944 – Toktamış Ateş, Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer (d. 2013) *
1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...
– Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French-German educator and politician * 1945 – Caroline McWilliams, American actress (d. 2010) *
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 ...
– Colin Coates, Australian speed skater * 1946 – Dave Hill, English guitarist * 1946 – Katsuaki Satō, Japanese martial artist and coach * 1946 – György Spiró, Hungarian author and playwright * 1946 – Bubba Wyche, American football player and coach *1947 – Wiranto, Indonesian general and politician * 1947 – Ray Fosse, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2021) * 1947 – Eliseo Soriano, Filipino minister and television host (d. 2021) *1948 – Abdullah Öcalan, Turkish activist * 1948 – Berry Oakley, American bass player (d. 1972) * 1948 – Richard Parsons (businessman), Richard Parsons, American lawyer and businessman * 1948 – Dan Simmons, American author * 1948 – Derek Thompson (actor), Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor * 1948 – Pick Withers, English drummer * 1949 – Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican-American singer (d. 1999) * 1949 – Litsa Diamanti, Greek singer * 1949 – Shing-Tung Yau, Chinese-American mathematician and academic *1950 – Christine Lahti, American actress and director *1951 – John Hannah (American football), John Hannah, American football player and coach *1952 – Rosemarie Ackermann, German high jumper * 1952 – Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2010) * 1952 – Gregg Hansford, Australian race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1995) * 1952 – Cherie Lunghi, English actress and dancer * 1952 – Karen Magnussen, Canadian figure skater and coach * 1952 – Gary Moore, Northern Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2011) * 1952 – Villy Søvndal, Danish educator and politician, List of Danish foreign ministers, Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs *1953 – Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician * 1953 – Henry Fotheringham, South African cricketer * 1953 – Simcha Jacobovici, Canadian director, producer, journalist, and author * 1953 – Sammy Wilson (politician), Sammy Wilson, Northern Irish politician, 31st Lord Mayor of Belfast * 1953 – Chen Yi (composer), Chen Yi, Chinese violinist and composer *1956 – Evelyn Hart, Canadian ballerina * 1956 – Tom Herr, American baseball player and manager * 1956 – David E. Kelley, American screenwriter and producer *1957 – Paul Downton, English cricketer * 1957 – Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter * 1957 – Graeme Kelling, Scottish guitarist (d. 2004) * 1957 – Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese singer and trumpet player * 1958 – Peter Baltes, German bass player * 1958 – Cazuza, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1990) * 1958 – Rodney Eade, Australian footballer and coach *1959 – Phil Morris (actor), Phil Morris, American actor and screenwriter *1960 – Jonathan Agnew, English cricketer and sportscaster * 1960 – Jane Eaglen, English soprano * 1960 – Godknows Igali, Nigerian diplomat, civil servant and technocrat * 1960 – Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-Australian actor and producer *1961 – Hildi Santo-Tomas, American interior decorator *1962 – Craig Adams (musician), Craig Adams, English bass player and songwriter * 1962 – Kailasho Devi, Indian social worker and politician *1963 – A. Michael Baldwin, American actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1963 – Jack Del Rio, American football player and coach * 1963 – Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2020) * 1963 – Jane McDonald, English singer and broadcaster * 1963 – Graham Norton, Irish actor and talk show host *1964 – Branco (footballer), Branco, Brazilian footballer and coach * 1964 – Dr. Chud, American drummer and singer * 1964 – Anthony Clark (actor), Anthony Clark, American actor * 1964 – David Cross, American actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1964 – Paul Parker (footballer), Paul Parker, England international footballer and TV pundit * 1964 – Đặng Thân, Vietnamese writer and poet *1965 – Vinny Burns, English guitarist and producer * 1965 – Robert Downey Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter *1966 – Nancy McKeon, American actress * 1966 – Mike Starr (musician), Mike Starr, American bass player (d. 2011) * 1966 – Christos Tsekos (basketball), Christos Tsekos, Greek basketball player *1967 – Edith Masai, Kenyan-German runner * 1967 – George Mavrotas, Greek water polo player and politician *1968 – Jesús Rollán, Spanish water polo player (d. 2006) *1969 – Piotr Anderszewski, Polish pianist and composer * 1969 – Karren Brady, English journalist and businesswoman *1970 – Georgios Amanatidis, Greek footballer and manager * 1970 – Dimitris Basis, Greek singer * 1970 – Greg Garcia (producer), Greg Garcia, American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1970 – Barry Pepper, Canadian actor and producer * 1970 – Jason Stoltenberg, Australian tennis player * 1970 – Josh Todd (musician), Josh Todd, American singer-songwriter and actor * 1970 – Yelena Yelesina, Russian high jumper *1971 – Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1971 – Malik Yusef, American actor, producer, and poet * 1971 – John Zandig, American wrestler and promoter *1972 – Jim Dymock, Australian rugby league player and coach * 1972 – Jill Scott (singer), Jill Scott, American singer-songwriter and actress * 1972 – Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish bass player *1973 – Chris Banks (American football), Chris Banks, American football player (d. 2014) * 1973 – David Blaine, American magician and producer * 1973 – Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer * 1973 – Peter Hoekstra (footballer), Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer and coach * 1973 – Chris McCormack (triathlete), Chris McCormack, Australian triathlete and coach * 1973 – Kelly Price, American singer-songwriter *1975 – Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman * 1975 – Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish skier * 1975 – Joyce Giraud, Puerto Rican television actress and producer, Miss Puerto Rico, Miss Puerto Rico 1994 * 1975 – Pamela Ribon, American actress, screenwriter, and author * 1975 – Miranda Lee Richards, American singer-songwriter * 1975 – Scott Rolen, American baseball player * 1975 – Kevin Weekes, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster *1976 – Nathan Blacklock, Australian rugby player * 1976 – Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (d. 1997) * 1976 – Emerson Ferreira da Rosa, Brazilian footballer * 1976 – James Roday, American actor, director, and screenwriter *1977 – Stephan Bonnar, American mixed martial artist * 1977 – Keith Bulluck, American football player and sportscaster * 1977 – Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer * 1977 – Stephen Mulhern, English magician and television host * 1977 – Omarr Smith, American football player and coach *1978 – Jason Ellison, American baseball player and scout * 1978 – Alan Mahon, Irish footballer *1979 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008) * 1979 – Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey player * 1979 – Natasha Lyonne, American actress * 1979 – Andy McKee, American guitarist * 1979 – Maksim Opalev, Russian canoeist *1980 – Johnny Borrell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1980 – Trevor Moore (comedian), Trevor Moore, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021) * 1980 – Eric Steinbach, American football player * 1980 – Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver *1981 – Currensy, American rapper * 1981 – Eduardo Luís Carloto, Brazilian footballer * 1981 – Casey Daigle, American baseball player * 1981 – Anna Pyatykh, Russian triple jumper * 1981 – Ned Vizzini, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013) *1982 – Justin Cook, American voice actor and producer * 1982 – Magnus Lindgren (chef), Magnus Lindgren, Swedish chef (d. 2012) *1983 – Evgeny Artyukhin, Russian ice hockey player * 1983 – Eric Andre, American comedian * 1983 – Ben Gordon, American basketball player * 1983 – Doug Lynch (ice hockey), Doug Lynch, Canadian ice hockey player * 1983 – Natalie Pike, Scottish-English model and actress * 1983 – Amanda Righetti, American actress *1984 – Sean May, American basketball player * 1984 – Arkady Vyatchanin, Russian swimmer *1985 – Rudy Fernández (basketball), Rudy Fernández, Spanish basketball player * 1985 – Dudi Sela, Israeli tennis player * 1985 – Ricardo Vilar, Brazilian footballer *1986 – Eunhyuk, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer * 1986 – Cameron Barker, Canadian ice hockey player * 1986 – Maurice Manificat, French skier * 1986 – Aiden McGeady, Scottish-born Irish footballer * 1986 – Alexander Tettey, Norwegian footballer *1987 – Sami Khedira, German footballer * 1987 – McDonald Mariga, Kenyan footballer * 1987 – Cameron Maybin, American baseball player * 1987 – Marcos Vellidis, Greek footballer * 1987 – Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress *1988 – Frank Fielding, English footballer *1989 – Vurnon Anita, Dutch footballer * 1989 – Steven Finn, English cricketer * 1989 – Chris Herd, Australian footballer *1991 – Yui Koike, Japanese singer and actress *1991 – Asia Muhammad, American tennis player * 1991 – Justin O'Neill, Australian rugby league player * 1991 – Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress and singer * 1991 – Marlon Stöckinger, Filipino race car driver *1992 – Lucy May Barker, English actress and singer * 1992 – Christina Metaxa, Cypriot singer-songwriter * 1992 – Ricky Dillon, American youtuber and singer *1993 – Samir Carruthers, English footballer * 1993 – Frank Kaminsky, American basketball player *1994 – Shunsuke Nishikawa, Japanese actor * 1994 – Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer and actress *1996 – Austin Mahone, American singer-songwriter and actor


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 397 – Ambrose, Roman archbishop and saint (b. 338) * 636 – Isidore of Seville, Spanish archbishop and saint (b. 560) * 814 – Plato of Sakkoudion, Byzantine monk and saint (b. 735) * 896 – Pope Formosus, Formosus, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 816) * 911 (year), 911 – Liu Yin (Southern Han), Liu Yin, Chinese warlord and governor (b. 874) * 931 – Kong Xun, Chinese official and governor (b. 884) * 968 – Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Arab prince and poet (b. 932) * 991 – Reginold of Eichstätt, Reginold, bishop of Eichstätt *1284 – Alfonso X of Castile, Alfonso X, king of Castile and León (b. 1221) *1292 – Pope Nicholas IV, Nicholas IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1227) *1406 – Robert III of Scotland, Robert III, king of Scotland (b.1337) *1483 – Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (b. c. 1405) *1536 – Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460) *1538 – Elena Glinskaya, Grand Princess and regent of Russia *1588 – Frederick II of Denmark, Frederick II, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1534) *1596 – Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b. 1533)


1601–1900

* 1609 – Carolus Clusius, Flemish botanist, mycologist, and academic (b. 1526) *1617 – John Napier, Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1550) *1643 – Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1583) *1661 – Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish field marshal (b. 1580) *1743 – Daniel Neal, English historian and author (b. 1678) *1761 – Théodore Gardelle, Swiss painter (b. 1722) *1766 – John Taylor (classical scholar), John Taylor, English librarian and scholar (b. 1704) *1774 – Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, playwright and poet (b. 1728) *1792 – James Sykes (Continental Congress), James Sykes, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725) *1807 – Jérôme Lalande, French astronomer and academic (b. 1732) *1817 – André Masséna, French general (b. 1758) * 1841
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(b. 1773) *1846 – Solomon Sibley, American lawyer and politician, 1st List of mayors of Detroit, Mayor of Detroit (b. 1769) *1861 – John McLean, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Postmaster General (b. 1785) *1863 – Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790) *1864 – Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American commander and paleontologist (b. 1808) *1870 – Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. 1802) *1874 – Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826) *1875 – Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (b. 1837) *1878 – Richard M. Brewer, American criminal (b. 1850) *1879 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist and meteorologist (b. 1803) *1883 – Peter Cooper, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union (b. 1791) *1890 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (b. 1820) * 1890 – Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (b. 1812)


1901–present

*1912 – Charles Brantley Aycock, American lawyer and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1859) * 1912 – Isaac K. Funk, American minister, lexicographer, and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (b. 1839) *
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 ...
Emmanouil Argyropoulos Emmanouil Argyropoulos ( el, Εμμανουήλ Αργυρόπουλος; 1889 – 4 April 1913) was a Greek pioneer aviator of the early 20th century. Apart from being the first Greek aviator who performed a flight over his homeland, he also be ...
, Greek pioneer aviator (b. 1889) * 1913 – Konstantinos Manos, Greek politician, poet, soldier and sportsman (b. 1869) *1919 – William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832) * 1919 – Jacinta and Francisco Marto, Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1908) *1923 – John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher, created the Venn diagram (b. 1834) *1928 – Konstantinos Maleas, Greek painter (b. 1879) *1929 – Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (b. 1844) *1931 – André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin, Michelin Tyre Company (b. 1853) *1932 – Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853) * 1933 – Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator (b. 1842) *
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 ...
– Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect (b. 1878) *1951 – George Albert Smith, American religious leader, 8th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870) *1953 – Carol II of Romania (b. 1893) *1957 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (b. 1909) * 1958 – Johnny Stompanato, American soldier and bodyguard (b. 1925) *1961 – Harald Riipalu, Estonian military commander (b. 1912) * 1961 – Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1873) *1963 – Oskari Tokoi, Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (b. 1873) *1967 – Al Lewis (lyricist), Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901) * 1967 – Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898) *1968 – Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize laureate (Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated) (b. 1929) *1972 – Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American pastor and politician (b. 1908) * 1972 – Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and academic (b. 1902) *1976 – Harry Nyquist, Swedish engineer and theorist (b. 1889) *1977 – Andrey Dikiy, Ukrainian-American journalist, historian, and politician (b. 1893) *1979 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (b. 1928) * 1979 – Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903) *1980 – Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917) *1983 – Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. 1899) * 1983 – Bernard Vukas, Croatian football player, played for 1953 FIFA's "Rest of the World" team against England at Wembley (b. 1927) *1984 – Oleg Antonov (aircraft designer), Oleg Antonov, Russian-Ukrainian engineer and businessman, founded Antonov (b. 1906) *1985 – Kate Roberts (author), Kate Roberts, Welsh author and activist (b. 1891) *1987 – C. L. Moore, American author and academic (b. 1911) * 1987 – Chögyam Trungpa, Tibetan guru, poet, and scholar (b. 1939) * 1987 – Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1911) *1991 – Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. 1920) * 1991 – Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist (b. 1911) * 1991 – H. John Heinz III, American soldier and politician (b. 1938) * 1991 – Graham Ingels, American illustrator (b. 1915) *1992 – Yvette Brind'Amour, Canadian actress and director (b. 1918) * 1992 – Jack Hamilton (footballer, born 1928), Jack Hamilton, Australian footballer (b. 1928) * 1992 – Arthur Russell (musician), Arthur Russell, American singer-songwriter and cellist (b. 1951) *1993 – Alfred Mosher Butts, American game designer, invented Scrabble (b. 1899) * 1993 – Douglas Leopold, Canadian radio and television host (b. 1947) *1995 – Kenny Everett, English radio and television host (b. 1944) * 1995 – Priscilla Lane, American actress (b. 1915) *1996 – Barney Ewell, American runner and long jumper (b. 1918) * 1996 – Boone Guyton, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1913) *1997 – Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (b. 1900) * 1997 – Alparslan Türkeş, Turkish colonel and politician, 39th List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1917) *1999 – Lucille Lortel, American actress, artistic director and producer (b. 1900) * 1999 – Early Wynn, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1920) *2001 – Liisi Oterma, Finnish astronomer (b. 1915) * 2001 – Ed Roth, American illustrator and engineer (b. 1932) * 2001 – Maury Van Vliet, American-Canadian academic (b. 1913) *2003 – Anthony Caruso (actor), Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916) *2004 – Briek Schotte, Belgian cyclist and coach (b. 1919) *2005 – Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1924) *2007 – Bob Clark, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941) * 2007 – Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic (b. 1935) *2008 – Francis Tucker, South African race car driver (b. 1923) *2009 – Maxine Cooper, American actress, activist and photographer (b. 1924) *2011 – Scott Columbus, American drummer (b. 1956) * 2011 – Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, and activist (b. 1958) *2012 – A. Dean Byrd, American psychologist and academic (b. 1948) * 2012 – Dimitris Christoulas, Greek pensioner who committed suicide in public (b. 1935) * 2012 – Anne Karin Elstad, Norwegian author and educator (b. 1938) * 2012 – Claude Miller, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942) * 2012 – Dubravko Pavličić, Croatian footballer (b. 1967) * 2012 – Roberto Rexach Benítez, Puerto Rican academic and politician, 10th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico (b. 1929) *2013 – Bengt Blomgren, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923) * 2013 – Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (b. 1942) * 2013 – Carmine Infantino, American illustrator (b. 1925) * 2013 – Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928) * 2013 – Ian Walsh (rugby league), Ian Walsh, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1933) * 2013 – Noboru Yamaguchi (author), Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese author (b. 1972) *2014 – İsmet Atlı, Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1931) * 2014 – Wayne Henderson (musician), Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer (b. 1939) * 2014 – Kumba Ialá, Bissau-Guinean soldier and politician, List of heads of state of Guinea-Bissau, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1953) * 2014 – Margo MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician (b. 1943) * 2014 – Curtis Bill Pepper, American journalist and author (b. 1917) * 2014 – Muhammad Qutb, Egyptian author and academic (b. 1919) *2015 – Jamaluddin Jarjis, Malaysian engineer and politician (b. 1951) * 2015 – Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918) * 2015 – Donald N. Levine, American sociologist and academic (b. 1931) * 2015 – Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author and poet (b. 1931) *2016 – Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress (b. 1930)


Holidays and observances

* Children's Day (Hong Kong, Taiwan) * Christian Calendar of saints, feast day: ** Benedict the Moor ** Gaetano Catanoso ** Isidore of Seville ** Martin Luther King Jr. (Episcopal Church (USA)) ** Reginald Heber (Anglican Church of Canada) ** Tigernach of Clones ** Plato of Sakkoudion ** April 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Independence Day (Senegal), Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Senegal from France (1960). * Peace Day (Angola) * One of the possible days for Qingming Festival.


References


External links


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