Events

Pre-1600

Thespis Thespis (; grc-gre, Θέσπις; fl. 6th century BC) was an Ancient Greek poet. He was born in the ancient city of Icarius (present-day Dionysos, Greece). According to certain Ancient Greek sources and especially Aristotle, he was the first p ...

of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. * 1248 – Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King

Ferdinand III of Castile Ferdinand III ( es, Fernando, link=no; 1199/120130 May 1252), called the Saint (''el Santo''), was King of Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230 as well as King of Galicia from 1231. He was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguel ...

. * 1499 – Pretender to the throne

Perkin Warbeck Perkin Warbeck ( 1474 – 23 November 1499) was a pretender to the English throne claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called " Princes in the Tower". Richard, were he ali ...

is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the

Tower of London The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is sepa ...

. He had invaded England in

1497 Year 1497 ( MCDXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 7 ( Shrove Tuesday) – Followers of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousan ...

, claiming to be the lost son of King

Edward IV of England Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in Englan ...

. * 1531 – The Second War of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.

1601–1900

1644 It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+(-10(X)+50(L))+(-1(I)+5(V)) = 1644). Events January–March * January 22 – The Royalist Oxford Parliament is first assembled by King ...

–

John Milton John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual. His 1667 epic poem ''Paradise Lost'', written in blank verse and including over ten chapters, was written in a time of immense religious flux and polit ...

publishes '' Areopagitica'', a pamphlet decrying

censorship Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments ...

. *

1733 Events January–March * January 13 – Borommarachathirat V becomes King of Siam (now Thailand) upon the death of King Sanphet IX. * January 27 – George Frideric Handel's classic opera, ''Orlando'' is performed for the ...

– The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the

Danish West Indies The Danish West Indies ( da, Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with ; Saint John ( da, St. Jan) with ; and Saint Croix with . The ...

. * 1808 – French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela. * 1863 –

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by state ...

: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at

Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, it also extends into Marion County, Tennessee, Marion County on its west ...

, and counter-attack Confederate troops. * 1867 – The

Manchester Martyrs The "Manchester Martyrs" () is a term used by Irish nationalists to refer to three men—William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin and Michael O'Brien—who were executed following their conviction of murder in 1867 after an attack on a police van ...

are hanged in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...

, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two

Irish Republican Brotherhood The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB; ) was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland between 1858 and 1924.McGee, p. 15. Its counterpart in the United States ...

members from custody. *

1876 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League, National League of Professional Ba ...

– Corrupt

Tammany Hall Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was a New York City political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789 as the Tammany Society. It became the main loc ...

leader William Magear Tweed (better known as

Boss Tweed William Magear Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878), often erroneously referred to as William "Marcy" Tweed (see below), and widely known as "Boss" Tweed, was an American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany ...

) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain. *

1890 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa. ** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River. * January 2 ** The steamship '' ...

– King

William III of the Netherlands William III ( Dutch: ''Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk''; English: ''William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis''; 19 February 1817 – 23 November 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death i ...

dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.

1901–present

* 1910 –

Johan Alfred Ander Johan Alfred Andersson Ander (27 November 1873 – 23 November 1910) was a convicted Swedish murderer and the last person to be executed in Sweden. The only person to be executed in Sweden following the instatement of the guillotine, he remains ...

becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden. *

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide schedule ...

– Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from

Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

, occupied seven months earlier in response to the

Tampico Affair The Tampico Affair began as a minor incident involving U.S. Navy sailors and the Mexican Federal Army loyal to Mexican dictator General Victoriano Huerta. On April 9, 1914, nine sailors had come ashore to secure supplies and were detained by M ...

. *

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' breaks ...

–

Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. A ...

, 29th

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 Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal gove ...

, signs

Willis–Campbell Act The Willis–Campbell Act of 1921 was a piece of legislation in the United States intended to clarify and tighten regulations around the medicinal use of alcohol during Prohibition. The law, sponsored by Republican Sen. Frank B. Willis of Ohio an ...

, into law, prohibiting doctors from prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes. *

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 h ...

–

Edwin Hubble Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer. He played a crucial role in establishing the fields of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology. Hubble proved that many objects previously ...

's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside our own

Milky Way The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes our Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked ey ...

, is first published in ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

''. *

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 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a max ...

– An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the

Ogaden Ogaden (pronounced and often spelled ''Ogadēn''; so, Ogaadeen, am, ውጋዴ/ውጋዴን) is one of the historical names given to the modern Somali Region, the territory comprising the eastern portion of Ethiopia formerly part of the Harar ...

discovers an Italian garrison at

Walwal Welwel (, also transliterated Walwaal; ), is a town in eastern Ethiopia known as the Ogaden. Located in the Werder Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of with an elevation of 570 meters above sea level. Welwel has ...

, well within

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...

n territory. This leads to the

Abyssinia Crisis The Abyssinia Crisis (; ) was an international crisis in 1935 that originated in what was called the Walwal incident during the ongoing conflict between the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Ethiopia (then commonly known as "Abyssinia"). The Le ...

. *

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 forbidde ...

–

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 World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

: is sunk by the German battleships and . *

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *January ...

– World War II:

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

becomes a signatory of the

Tripartite Pact The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940 by, respectively, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Galeazzo Ciano and Saburō Kurusu. It was a defensive militar ...

, officially joining the

Axis powers The Axis powers, ; it, Potenze dell'Asse ; ja, 枢軸国 ''Sūjikukoku'', group=nb originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were ...

. *

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

– World War II: The

Deutsche Opernhaus Deutsch or Deutsche may refer to: *''Deutsch'' or ''(das) Deutsche'': the German language, in Germany and other places *''Deutsche'': Germans, as a weak masculine, feminine or plural demonym *Deutsch (word), originally referring to the Germanic ve ...

on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of

Charlottenburg Charlottenburg () is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Established as a town in 1705 and named after Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort of Prussia, it is best known for Charlottenburg Palace, the la ...

is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

and be called the

Deutsche Oper Berlin The Deutsche Oper Berlin is a German opera company located in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. The resident building is the country's second largest opera house (after Munich's) and also home to the Berlin State Ballet. Since 2004, the D ...

. * 1943 – World War II:

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''

Makin

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fall to American forces. *

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 No ...

– World War II: The Lotta Svärd Movement is disbanded under the terms of the armistice treaty in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...

after the

Continuation War The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944, as part of World War II.; sv, fortsättningskriget; german: Fortsetzungskrie ...

. * 1946 – French naval bombardment of

Hai Phong Haiphong ( vi, Hải Phòng, ), or Hải Phòng, is a major industrial city and the third-largest in Vietnam. Hai Phong is also the center of technology, economy, culture, medicine, education, science and trade in the Red River delta. Haiphong w ...

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...

, kills thousands of civilians. *

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 Yiji ...

– The

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are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia. *

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 ...

–

French President The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (french: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency is ...

Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for " Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals". *

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

– The BBC broadcasts ''

An Unearthly Child ''An Unearthly Child'' (sometimes referred to as ''100,000 BC'') is the first serial of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One, BBC TV in four weekly parts from 23 November to 14 Decem ...

'' (starring

William Hartnell William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the first incarnation of the Doctor in '' Doctor Who'' from 1963 to 1966. In film, Hartnell notably appeared in '' Bri ...

), the first episode of the first story from the first series of '' Doctor Who'', which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama. *

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

– Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizi ...

, including the

United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the Organs of the United Nations, six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international security, international peace and security, recommending the admi ...

, for the first time. *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

– The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at launching the N1 rocket. *

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom K ...

– Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government. *

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phil ...

– Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment. *

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – ...

– Cyclone kills about 1,000 people in eastern Sri Lanka. * 1978 – The

Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 (Aka "The Final Acts of the Regional Administrative LF/MF Broadcasting Conference (Regions 1 and 3) Geneva, 1975" or simply "GE75") is the internationally agreed frequency plan which was drawn up to implement th ...

goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's

longwave In radio, longwave, long wave or long-wave, and commonly abbreviated LW, refers to parts of the radio spectrum with wavelengths longer than what was originally called the medium-wave broadcasting band. The term is historic, dating from the e ...

and

mediumwave Medium wave (MW) is the part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM broadcasting, AM radio broadcasting. The spectrum provides about 120 channels with more limited sound quality than FM stations on the FM broadcast band. Du ...

broadcasting frequencies. *

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Syst ...

– The 6.9 Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''), killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934. *

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...

–

Iran–Contra affair The Iran–Contra affair ( fa, ماجرای ایران-کنترا, es, Caso Irán–Contra), often referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal, the McFarlane affair (in Iran), or simply Iran–Contra, was a political scandal in the United States ...

: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the

Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian intelligence agency, foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gat ...

the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to ...

. *

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

– Gunmen

hijack Hijack may refer to: Films * ''Hijack'' (1973 film), an American made-for-television film * ''Hijack!'', a 1975 British film sponsored by the Children's Film Foundation - see Children's Film Foundation filmography * ''Hijack'' (2008 film), a Bol ...

EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo met ...

. When the plane lands in

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...

ian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid. *

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 ...

–

Queen Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...

lead singer

Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter, who achieved worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in th ...

announces in a statement that he is HIV-positive. He dies the following day.. *

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engines ...

– The first smartphone, the

IBM Simon The IBM Simon Personal Communicator (simply known as IBM Simon) is a handheld, touchscreen PDA designed by International Business Machines (IBM), and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric. Although the term "smartphone" was not coined until 199 ...

, is introduced at

COMDEX COMDEX (an abbreviation of COMputer Dealers' EXhibition) was a computer expo trade show held in the Las Vegas Valley of Nevada, United States, each November from 1979 to 2003. It was one of the largest computer trade shows in the world, usually ...

Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vega ...

. *

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on b ...

– Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125. *

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

– The

Convention on Cybercrime The Convention on Cybercrime, also known as the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime or the Budapest Convention, is the first international treaty seeking to address Internet and computer crime (cybercrime) by harmonizing national laws, improving ...

is signed in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

, Hungary. *

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...

–

Rose Revolution The Rose Revolution or Revolution of Roses ( ka, ვარდების რევოლუცია, tr) was a nonviolent change of power that occurred in Georgia in November 2003. The event was brought about by widespread protests over the ...

: Georgian president

Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze ( ka, ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე}, romanization of Georgian, romanized: ; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgians, Georgian politician a ...

resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections. *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

– The

Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi ( ka, თბილისის წმინდა სამების საკათედრო ტაძარი ''Tbilisis cminda samebis sakatedro tadzari''), commonly known as Sameba ( ka, სა� ...

, the largest religious building in

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...

, is consecrated. *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris (dwarf planet), Er ...

–

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa. Sirleaf was born in Monr ...

is elected

president of Liberia The president of the Republic of Liberia is the head of state and government of Liberia. The president serves as the leader of the executive branch and as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Liberia. Prior to the independence of Liberi ...

and becomes the first woman to lead an African country. * 2006 – A series of bombings kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in

Sadr City Sadr City ( ar, مدينة الصدر, translit=Madīnat aṣ-Ṣadr), formerly known as Al-Thawra ( ar, الثورة, aṯ-Ṯawra) and Saddam City ( ar, مدينة صدام, Madīnat Ṣaddām), is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. ...

, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003. *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

– , a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...

after hitting an

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near the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...

. There are no fatalities. *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

– The

Maguindanao massacre The Maguindanao massacre, also known as the Ampatuan massacre, named after the town where mass graves of victims were found, occurred on the morning of November 23, 2009, in the town of Ampatuan in then-undivided Maguindanao (which is now Magui ...

occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines; 58 opponents of Andal Ampatuan Jr. are kidnapped and killed. *

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

– Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. * 2011 –

Arab Spring The Arab Spring ( ar, الربيع العربي) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in Tunisia in response to corruption and econom ...

: After 11 months of

protests in Yemen The Yemeni Revolution ( intifada), also known as the Yemeni Revolution of Dignity followed the initial stages of the Tunisian Revolution and occurred simultaneously with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and other Arab Spring protests in the ...

, Yemeni president

Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar (, ''ʿAlī ʿAbdullāh Ṣāliḥ al-Aḥmar;'' 21 March 1947There is a dispute as to Saleh's date of birth, some saying that it was on 21 March 1942. See: However, by Saleh's own confession, he was born in 1947 al ...

signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity. *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

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Blue Origin Blue Origin, LLC is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company headquartered in Kent, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chairman of Amazon, the company is ...

New Shepard New Shepard is a fully reusable suborbital launch vehicle developed by Blue Origin for space tourism. The vehicle is named after Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut in space. The vehicle is capable of vertical takeoff and vertical land ...

space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing. *

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 ...

– Founders of Italian fashion brand

Dolce & Gabbana Dolce & Gabbana (), also known by initials D&G, is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1985 in Legnano by Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The house specializes in ready-to-wear, handbags, accessories, and cos ...

issue an apology following a series of offensive advertisements on social media promoting a fashion show in Shanghai, China, which was canceled. *

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 ...

– The last

Sumatran rhinoceros The Sumatran rhinoceros (''Dicerorhinus sumatrensis''), also known as the Sumatran rhino, hairy rhinoceros or Asian two-horned rhinoceros, is a rare member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant species of rhinoceros. It is the o ...

in Malaysia, Imam, dies, making the species officially extinct in the country.

Births

Pre-1600

* 870 –

Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

, Byzantine emperor (d.

913 __NOTOC__ Year 913 ( CMXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * June 6 – Emperor Alexander III dies of exhaustion while playing ...

) * 912 –

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (german: Otto der Große, it, Ottone il Grande), was East Francia, East Frankish king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the olde ...

(d. 973) * 1190 –

Pope Clement IV Pope Clement IV ( la, Clemens IV; 23 November 1190 – 29 November 1268), born Gui Foucois ( la, Guido Falcodius; french: Guy de Foulques or ') and also known as Guy le Gros (French for "Guy the Fat"; it, Guido il Grosso), was bishop of Le P ...

(d. 1268) *

1221 Year 1221 ( MCCXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * November – Emperor Theodore I (Laskaris) dies after a 16-year reign and ...

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Alfonso X of Castile Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, es, el Sabio; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, León and Kingdom of Galicia, Galicia from 30 May 1252 until his death in 1284. During the April 1257 Imperial election, election of 1257, ...

(d. 1284) *

1402 Year 1402 ( MCDII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 29 – King Jogaila of the Poland– Lithuania Union answers the rumblings ...

–

Jean de Dunois Jean d'Orléans, Count of Dunois (23 November 1402 – 24 November 1468), known as the "Bastard of Orléans" (french: bâtard d'Orléans) or simply Jean de Dunois, was a French military leader during the Hundred Years' War who participated in m ...

, French soldier (d. 1468) *

1417 Year 1417 ( MCDXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * June 29 – An English fleet, led by the Earl of Huntingdon, defeats a fleet of G ...

–

William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel William Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel, 6th Baron Maltravers (23 November 1417 – 1487) was an English nobleman. Born on 23 November 1417, William was the second son of John Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel (1385–1421), and Eleanor Berkeley ( ...

, English politician (d. 1487) * 1496 –

Clément Marot Clément Marot (23 November 1496 – 12 September 1544) was a French Renaissance poet. Biography Youth Marot was born at Cahors, the capital of the province of Quercy, some time during the winter of 1496–1497. His father, Jean Marot (c ...

, French poet (d. 1544) * 1508 – Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, youngest son of Henry the Middle (d. 1549) * 1553 –

Prospero Alpini Prospero Alpini (also known as Prosper Alpinus, Prospero Alpinio and Latinized as Prosperus Alpinus) (23 November 15536 February 1617) was a Venetian physician and botanist. He travelled around Egypt and served as the fourth prefect in charge of ...

, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)

1601–1900

1632 Events January–March * January – The Holland's Leguer, a brothel in London, is closed after having been besieged for a month. * February 22 – Galileo's ''Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems'' is publi ...

–

Jean Mabillon Dom Jean Mabillon, O.S.B., (; 23 November 1632 – 27 December 1707) was a French Benedictine monk and scholar of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He is considered the founder of the disciplines of palaeography and diplomatics. Early life Mabi ...

, French monk and scholar (d. 1707) * 1641 –

Anthonie Heinsius Anthonie (or Antonius) Heinsius (23 November 1641, Delft – 3 August 1720, The Hague) was a Dutch statesman who served as Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1689 to his death in 1720. Life Heinsius was born at Delft on 23 November 1641, son of ...

, Dutch lawyer and politician (d. 1720) * 1687 –

Jean Baptiste Senaillé Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * ...

, French violinist and composer (d. 1730) * 1705 –

Thomas Birch Thomas Birch (23 November 17059 January 1766) was an English historian. Life He was the son of Joseph Birch, a coffee-mill maker, and was born at Clerkenwell. He preferred study to business but, as his parents were Quakers, he did not go to ...

, English historian and author (d. 1766) *

1715 Events For dates within Great Britain and the British Empire, as well as in the Russian Empire, the "old style" Julian calendar was used in 1715, and can be converted to the "new style" Gregorian calendar (adopted in the British Empire i ...

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Pierre Charles Le Monnier Pierre Charles Le Monnier (; 23 November 1715 – 3 April 1799) was a French astronomer. His name is sometimes given as Lemonnier. Biography Le Monnier was born in Paris, where his father Pierre (1675–1757), also an astronomer, was professor ...

, French astronomer and author (d. 1799) * 1719 –

Spranger Barry Spranger Barry (23 November 1719 – 10 January 1777) was an Irish actor. Life He was born in Skinner's Row, Dublin, the son of a silversmith, to whose business he was brought up. He took over the business but was not successful. His fir ...

, Irish actor (d. 1777) *

1749 Events January–March * January 3 ** Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. ** The first issue of ''Berlingske'', Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, ...

–

Edward Rutledge Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749 – January 23, 1800) was an American Founding Father and politician who signed the Continental Association and was the youngest signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th gove ...

, American captain and politician, 39th

Governor of South Carolina The governor of South Carolina is the head of government of South Carolina. The governor is the '' ex officio'' commander-in-chief of the National Guard when not called into federal service. The governor's responsibilities include making ye ...

(d. 1800) *

1760 Events January–March * January 9 – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan forces defeat the Marathas. * January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over the ...

–

François-Noël Babeuf François-Noël Babeuf (; 23 November 1760 – 27 May 1797), also known as Gracchus Babeuf, was a French proto-communist, revolutionary, and journalist of the French Revolutionary period. His newspaper ''Le tribun du peuple'' (''The Tribune o ...

, French journalist and activist (d. 1797) *

1781 Events January–March * January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament, aged 21. * January 1 – Industrial Revolution: The Iron Bridge opens across the River Severn in E ...

–

Theodor Valentin Volkmar Theodor Valentin Volkmar (23 November 1781 in Frankenberg (Eder) – 8 February 1847 in Marburg) was a German jurist and politician and two-time mayor of Marburg, from 1833 until 1835 and again from December 1835 until his retirement due to i ...

, German lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Marburg (d. 1847) * 1785 – Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1853) *

1803 Events * January 1 – The first edition of Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière's ''Almanach des gourmands'', the first guide to restaurant cooking, is published in Paris. * January 5 – William Symington demonstrates his ...

– Theodore Dwight Weld, American author and activist (d. 1895) *

1804 Events January–March * January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic, having the only successful slave revolt ever. * February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa. * Februar ...

– Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th

(d. 1869) *

1820 Events January–March *January 1 – Nominal beginning of the Trienio Liberal in Spain: A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament (March 7). * January 8 – General Maritime ...

–

Isaac Todhunter Isaac Todhunter FRS (23 November 1820 – 1 March 1884), was an English mathematician who is best known today for the books he wrote on mathematics and its history. Life and work The son of George Todhunter, a Nonconformist minister, ...

, English mathematician and author (d. 1884) *

1837 Events January–March * January 1 – The destructive Galilee earthquake causes 6,000–7,000 casualties in Ottoman Syria. * January 26 – Michigan becomes the 26th state admitted to the United States. * February – Charles Dickens ...

–

Johannes Diderik van der Waals Johannes Diderik van der Waals (; 23 November 1837 – 8 March 1923) was a Dutch theoretical physicist and thermodynamicist famous for his pioneering work on the equation of state for gases and liquids. Van der Waals started his career as a s ...

, Dutch physicist and thermodynamicist,

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...

laureate (d. 1923) * 1838 –

Stephanos Skouloudis Stefanos Skouloudis ( el, Στέφανος Σκουλούδης; 23 November 1838 – 19 August 1928) was a Greek banker, diplomat and the 34th Prime Minister of Greece. Early life He was born in Istanbul (then Constantinople) on 23 November 1 ...

, Greek banker and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1928) * 1858 – Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (d. 1938) *

1860 Events January–March * January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. * January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachuset ...

–

Hjalmar Branting Karl Hjalmar Branting (; 23 November 1860 – 24 February 1925) was a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) from 1907 until his death in 1925, and three times Prime Minister of Sweden. When Branting cam ...

, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th

Prime Minister of Sweden The prime minister ( sv, statsminister ; literally translating to "Minister of State") is the head of government of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are su ...

laureate (d. 1925) *

1864 Events January–March * January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster (" Oh! Susanna", " Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song ...

–

Henry Bourne Joy Henry Bourne Joy (November 23, 1864 – November 6, 1936) was an American businessman and President of the Packard Motor Car Company. He was a major developer of automotive activities as well as being a social activist. In 1913, Joy and C ...

, American businessman (d. 1936) *

1868 Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Ja ...

– Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (d. 1953) * 1869 –

Valdemar Poulsen Valdemar Poulsen (23 November 1869 – 23 July 1942) was a Danish engineer who made significant contributions to early radio technology. He developed a magnetic wire recorder called the telegraphone in 1898 and the first continuous wave rad ...

, Danish engineer (d. 1942) * 1871 – William Watt, Australian accountant and politician, 24th

Premier of Victoria The premier of Victoria is the head of government in the Australian state of Victoria. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria, and is the leader of the political party able to secure a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assembl ...

(d. 1946) *

1875 Events January–March * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of th ...

–

Anatoly Lunacharsky Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky (russian: Анато́лий Васи́льевич Лунача́рский) (born Anatoly Aleksandrovich Antonov, – 26 December 1933) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Bolshevik Soviet People' ...

, Russian journalist and politician (d. 1933) *

–

Manuel de Falla Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was an Andalusian Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first ha ...

, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1946) *

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 ...

–

Frank Pick Frank Pick Hon. RIBA (23 November 1878 – 7 November 1941) was a British transport administrator. After qualifying as a solicitor in 1902, he worked at the North Eastern Railway, before moving to the Underground Electric Railways Compan ...

, English lawyer and businessman (d. 1941) *

1883 Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * Janua ...

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José Clemente Orozco José Clemente Orozco (November 23, 1883 – September 7, 1949) was a Mexican caricaturist and painter, who specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro ...

, Mexican painter (d. 1949) *

1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...

–

Eduards Smiļģis Eduards Smiļģis (23 November 1886 – 19 April 1966) was a Latvian actor and theatre director. He became a People's Artist of the USSR in 1948. Smiļģis founded the Dailes Theatre The Dailes Theatre ( lv, Dailes teātris) is a professiona ...

, Latvian actor and director (d. 1966) *

1887 Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...

–

Boris Karloff William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), better known by his stage name Boris Karloff (), was an English actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film ''Frankenstein'' (1931) (his 82nd film) established ...

, English actor (d. 1969) * 1887 –

Henry Moseley Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley (; 23 November 1887 – 10 August 1915) was an English physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic num ...

, English physicist and chemist (d. 1915) *

1888 In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...

–

Harpo Marx Arthur "Harpo" Marx (born Adolph Marx; November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, mime artist, and harpist, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Gro ...

, American comedian and musician (d. 1964) *

1889 Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in th ...

– Harry Sunderland, Australian-English journalist and businessman (d. 1964) *

–

El Lissitzky Lazar Markovich Lissitzky (russian: link=no, Ла́зарь Ма́ркович Лиси́цкий, ; – 30 December 1941), better known as El Lissitzky (russian: link=no, Эль Лиси́цкий; yi, על ליסיצקי), was a Russian artist ...

, Russian photographer and architect (d. 1941) * 1892 –

Erté Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990) was a Russian-born French artist and designer known by the pseudonym Erté, from the French pronunciation of his initials (, EHR TEH). He was a 20th-century artist and designer in an ar ...

, Russian-French illustrator and designer (d. 1990) *

1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...

–

Klement Gottwald Klement Gottwald (; 23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953–titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman from ...

, Czechoslovak politician,

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...

of the

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, ČSSR, formerly known from 1948 to 1960 as the Czechoslovak Republic or Fourth Czechoslovak Republic, was the official name of Czechoslovakia from 1960 to 29 March 1990, when it was renamed the Czechoslovak ...

(d. 1953) * 1896 – Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st

Yokozuna , or , is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers (''rikishi''), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments. This is the on ...

(d. 1960) *

1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punit ...

– Nirad C. Chaudhuri, British-Indian historian, author, and critic (d. 1999) * 1897 –

Karl Gebhardt Karl Franz Gebhardt (23 November 1897 – 2 June 1948) was a German medical doctor and a war criminal during World War II. He served as Medical Superintendent of the Hohenlychen Sanatorium, Consulting Surgeon of the ''Waffen-SS'', Chief Surgeon in ...

, German physician and war criminal (d. 1948) *

1899 Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a ...

– Manuel dos Reis Machado, Brazilian martial artist and educator (d. 1974)

1901–present

1901 Events January * January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Min ...

– Bennie Osler, South African rugby player (d. 1962) * 1902 – Aaron Bank, American colonel (d. 2004) * 1902 –

Victor Jory Victor Jory (November 23, 1902 – February 12, 1982) was a Canadian-American actor of stage, film, and television. He initially played romantic leads, but later was mostly cast in villainous or sinister roles, such as Oberon in ''A Midsummer N ...

, Canadian-American actor (d. 1982) * 1903 – Joe Nibloe, Scottish footballer (d. 1976) *

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony is ...

– K. Alvapillai, Sri Lankan civil servant (d. 1979) *

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, a ...

– Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (d. 1989) *

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship French cruiser Jean Bart ( ...

–

Lars Leksell Lars Leksell (1907–1986) was a Swedish physician and Professor of Neurosurgery at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the inventor of radiosurgery. Life and career Lars Leksell was born in Fässberg Parish, Sweden on Novemb ...

, Swedish physician and neurosurgeon (d. 1986) * 1907 –

Run Run Shaw Sir Run Run Shaw (19 November 1907 – 7 January 2014), also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat-fu, was a Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist. He was one of the most influential figures in the Asian entertainment industry. He founde ...

, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded

Shaw Brothers Studio Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011. In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shangh ...

and TVB (d. 2014) *

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 4 ...

– Nelson S. Bond, American author and playwright (d. 2006) *

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * J ...

–

Nigel Tranter Nigel Tranter OBE (23 November 1909 – 9 January 2000) was a writer of a wide range of books on castles, particularly on themes of architecture and history. He also specialised in deeply researched historical novels that cover centuries of Sco ...

, Scottish historian and author (d. 2000) *

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ** German geophysicist Alfred ...

–

George O'Hanlon George O'Hanlon (November 23, 1912 – February 11, 1989) was an American actor and writer. He was best known for his role as Joe McDoakes in the Warner Bros.' live-action ''Joe McDoakes'' short subjects from 1942 to 1956 and as the voice of Georg ...

, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1989) *

– Donald Nixon, American businessman (d. 1987) * 1914 –

Wilson Tucker Wilson Tucker may refer to: * Wilson Tucker (politician) (born 1984), Australian politician * Wilson Tucker (writer) Arthur Wilson "Bob" Tucker (November 23, 1914 – October 6, 2006) was an American author who became well known as a writer o ...

, American projectionist and author (d. 2006) *

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January *January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

–

John Dehner John Dehner (DAY-ner) (born John Dehner Forkum, also credited Dehner Forkum; November 23, 1915February 4, 1992) was an American stage, radio, film, and television actor. From the late 1930s to the late 1980s, he amassed a long list of performan ...

, American actor (d. 1992) * 1915 –

Marc Simont Marc Simont (November 23, 1915 – July 13, 2013) was a Paris-born American artist, political cartoonist, and illustrator of more than a hundred children's books. Inspired by his father, Spanish painter Joseph Simont, he began drawing at an earl ...

, French-American illustrator (d. 2013) * 1915 – Anne Burns, British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot (d. 2001) *

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

–

Michael Gough Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was a British character actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arth ...

, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2011) * 1916 – P. K. Page, English-Canadian author and poet (d. 2010) *

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own m ...

– Paul Celan, Romanian-French poet and translator (d. 1970) *

–

Fred Buscaglione Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione (; 23 November 1921 – 3 February 1960) was an Italian singer and actor who became very popular in the late 1950s. His public persona – the character he played both in his songs and his movies – was of a humoro ...

, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960) *

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann, the day after Éamon de Valera ...

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Manuel Fraga Iribarne Manuel Fraga Iribarne (; 23 November 1922 – 15 January 2012) was a Spanish professor and politician in Francoist Spain, who was also the founder of the People's Party. Fraga was Minister of Information and Tourism between 1962 and 1969, Amba ...

, Spanish politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia (d. 2012) * 1922 – Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2008) *1923 – Daniel Brewster, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2007) * 1923 – Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (d. 2012) * 1923 – Gloria Whelan, American author and poet *

– Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist (d. 2014) * 1924 – Josephine D'Angelo, American baseball player and educator (d. 2013) * 1924 – Paula Raymond, American model and actress (d. 2003) * 1924 – Colin Turnbull, English-American anthropologist and author (d. 1994) *1925 – José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 1990) * 1925 – Johnny Mandel, American composer and conductor (d. 2020) *1926 – Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 2011) * 1926 – R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005) *1927 – John Cole (journalist), John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author (d. 2013) * 1927 – Guy Davenport, American author and scholar (d. 2005) * 1927 – Angelo Sodano, Italian cardinal (d. 2022) *1928 – Jerry Bock, American composer (d. 2010) * 1928 – John Coleman (Australian footballer), John Coleman, Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 1973) * 1928 – Elmarie Wendel, American actress and singer (d. 2018) *1930 – Geeta Dutt, Indian singer and actress (d. 1972) * 1930 – Jack McKeon, American baseball player and manager *1932 – Michel David-Weill, French-American banker *1933 – Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer and conductor (d. 2020) * 1933 – Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and activist (d. 1977) *

– Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (d. 1994) * 1934 – Robert Towne, American actor, director, and screenwriter *1935 – Ken Eastwood, Australian cricketer * 1935 – Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 1971) *1938 – Patrick Kelly (Archbishop of Liverpool), Patrick Kelly, English archbishop *

– Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (d. 2001) *

– Luis Tiant, Cuban-American baseball player and coach *1941 – Alan Mullery, English footballer and manager * 1941 – Franco Nero, Italian actor and producer *1942 – Susan Anspach, American actress (d. 2018) *

– Andrew Goodman (activist), Andrew Goodman, American activist (d. 1964) * 1943 – Sue Nicholls, English actress * 1943 – David Nolan (libertarian), David Nolan, American activist and politician (d. 2010) * 1943 – Petar Skansi, Croatian basketball player and coach (d. 2022) *

– Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer * 1944 – Peter Lindbergh, German-French photographer and director * 1944 – James Toback, American actor, director, and screenwriter *1945 – Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014) * 1945 – Jim Doyle, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Wisconsin * 1945 – Tony Pond, English racing driver (d. 2002) * 1946 – Diana Quick, English actress * 1946 – Bobby Rush, American activist and politician *1947 – Jean-Pierre Foucault, French radio and television host *1948 – Bruce Vilanch, American actor and screenwriter * 1948 – Frank Worthington, English footballer and manager (d. 2021) *1949 – Alan Paul, American singer-songwriter and actor * 1949 – Sandra Stevens, English singer *1950 – Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri, Indian indologist, author, and academic * 1950 – Carlos Eire, Cuban-born American author and academic * 1950 – Charles Schumer, American lawyer and politician * 1950 – Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1950), Paul Wilson, Scottish footballer (d. 2017) *1951 – Maik Galakos, Greek footballer and manager *1952 – Bill Troiano, American tuba player and educator *1953 – Rick Bayless, American chef and author * 1953 – Francis Cabrel, French singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1953 – Johan de Meij, Dutch trombonist, composer, and conductor * 1953 – Martin Kent, Australian cricketer *1954 – Pete Allen (musician), Pete Allen, English clarinet player and saxophonist * 1954 – Glenn Brummer, American baseball player * 1954 – Bruce Hornsby, American singer-songwriter and pianist * 1954 – Aavo Pikkuus, Estonian cyclist *

– Steven Brust, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and author * 1955 – Ludovico Einaudi, Italian pianist and composer * 1955 – Mary Landrieu, American politician *1956 – Bruce Edgar, New Zealand cricketer * 1956 – Shane Gould, Australian swimmer and coach * 1956 – Karin Guthke, German diver *1958 – Martin Snedden, New Zealand cricketer and lawyer *

– Maxwell Caulfield, English-American actor *1960 – Robin Roberts (newscaster), Robin Roberts, American sportscaster and journalist *

– Keith Ablow, American psychiatrist and author * 1961 – Nicolas Bacri, French composer * 1961 – Merv Hughes, Australian cricketer * 1961 – Peter Stanford, English journalist and author *1962 – Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan union leader and politician, List of Presidents of Venezuela, President of Venezuela *

– Gwynne Shotwell, American businesswoman, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX *1964 – Marilyn Kidd, Australian rower * 1964 – Frank Rutherford, Bahamian triple jumper *1965 – Jennifer Michael Hecht, American historian, author, and poet *1966 – Vincent Cassel, French actor and producer * 1966 – Kevin Gallacher, Scottish footballer and sportscaster * 1966 – Jerry Kelly, American golfer * 1967 – Gary Kirsten, South African cricketer and coach * 1967 – Salli Richardson, American actress, director, and producer *1968 – Robert Denmark, English runner and coach * 1968 – Anthony Sullivan (rugby), Anthony Sullivan, English rugby league and union player * 1968 – Kirsty Young, Scottish journalist *1969 – Olivier Beretta, Monégasque racing driver * 1969 – Mike Lünsmann, German footballer * 1969 – Robin Padilla, Filipino actor, martial artist, and screenwriter *1970 – Zoë Ball, English radio and television host * 1970 – Oded Fehr, Israeli-American actor * 1970 – Danny Hoch, American actor and screenwriter * 1970 – Karsten Müller, German chess player and author *

– Khaled Al-Muwallid, Saudi Arabian footballer * 1971 – Lisa Arch, American actress * 1971 – Vin Baker, American basketball player and coach * 1971 – Chris Hardwick, American comedian, actor, producer, and television host *

– Christopher James Adler, American drummer *

– Saku Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player *

– Tony Renna, American race car driver (d. 2003) * 1976 – Murat Salar, German-Turkish footballer and manager * 1976 – Kohei Suwama, Japanese wrestler *1977 – Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver * 1977 – Adam Eaton (pitcher), Adam Eaton, American baseball player *

– Tommy Marth, American saxophonist (d. 2012) *1979 – Kelly Brook, English model and actress * 1979 – Ivica Kostelić, Croatian skier *

– Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leonean child soldier and American author * 1980 – Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player *1982 – Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player * 1982 – Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter * 1983 – Fatih Yiğituşağı, Turkish footballer *1984 – Amruta Khanvilkar, Indian actress and dancer * 1984 – Justin Turner, American baseball player *

– Viktor An, South Korean speed skater *1987 – Nicklas Bäckström, Swedish ice hockey player * 1987 – Snooki, American reality television personality *1990 – Shaun Hutchinson, English footballer * 1990 – Eddy Kim, South Korean singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1990 – Alena Leonova, Russian figure skater * 1990 – Christopher Quiring, German footballer *

– Ahmed Shehzad, Pakistani cricketer *

– Miley Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and actress * 1992 – Gabriel Landeskog, Swedish ice hockey player *1994 – Wes Burns, Welsh footballer *1995 – Kelly Rosen, Estonian footballer *

– Anna Yanovskaya, Russian ice dancer

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 386 – Emperor Fei of Jin, Jin Feidi, emperor of the Jin dynasty (266–420), Jin Dynasty (b. 342) * 947 – Berthold, Duke of Bavaria (b. 900) * 955 – Eadred, English king (b. 923) *1161 – Adam of Ebrach, Adam, Abbot of Ebrach Abbey, Ebrach *1183 – William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (b. 1116) *1407 – Louis I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1372) *1457 – Ladislaus the Posthumous, Hungarian king (b. 1440) *1464 – Blessed Margaret of Savoy (b. 1390) * 1499 –

, pretender to the English throne (b. c. 1474) *1503 – Bona of Savoy (b. 1449) * 1503 – Margaret of York (b. 1446) *1534 – Beatriz Galindo, Spanish Latinist and educator (b. c. 1465) *1572 – Bronzino, Italian painter and poet (b. 1503) *1585 – Thomas Tallis, English composer (b. c.1505)

1601–1900

*1616 – Richard Hakluyt, English priest and author (b. 1552) *1682 – Claude Lorrain, French-Italian painter and engraver (b. 1604) *1763 – Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff, German field marshal and diplomat (b. 1673) *1769 – Constantine Mavrocordatos, Greek prince (b. 1711) *

– Roger Newdigate, English politician (b. 1719) *

– Richard Graves, English minister and author (b. 1715) * 1804 – Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1747) *1807 – Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (b. 1747) *1814 – Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (b. 1744) *1844 – Thomas Henderson (astronomer), Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer (b. 1798) *1833 – Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France), French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1762) *

–

(b. 1817) *

– Ichiyō Higuchi, Japanese writer (b. 1872) *

– Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded White Star Line (b. 1837)

1901–present

– John Burdon-Sanderson, English physiologist and academic (b. 1828) *

– Naimuddin, Bengali writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1832) * 1910 – Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician and murderer (b. 1862) *1923 – Andy O'Sullivan (Irish republican), Andy O'Sullivan, Irish Republican Hunger Striker *1927 – Miguel Pro, Mexican priest and martyr (b. 1891) *

– Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895) *1937 – Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bangladeshi-Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (b. 1858) * 1937 – George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (b. 1858) * 1937 – Miklós Kovács (poet), Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene cantor and poet (b. 1857) *

– Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd

(b. 1867) *

– Ernie Jones (Australian sportsman), Ernie Jones, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1869) *1948 – Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900) *1958 – Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880) * 1958 – Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1883) *1966 – Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland (b. 1882) *1970 – Yusof Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910) *

– Marie Wilson (American actress), Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916) *1973 – Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, director, and producer (b. 1889) *

– Notable victims of the Massacre of the Sixty: ** Abiye Abebe, Ethiopian general and politician (b. 1918) ** Aman Andom, Ethiopian general and politician, List of Presidents of Ethiopia, President of Ethiopia (b. 1924) ** Aklilu Habte-Wold, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1912) ** Asrate Kassa, Ethiopian commander (b. 1922) ** Endelkachew Makonnen, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1927) * 1974 – Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1920) *

– André Malraux, French theorist and author (b. 1901) *1979 – Merle Oberon, Indian-born British actress (b. 1911) * 1979 – Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944) *1982 – Grady Nutt, American minister and author (b. 1934) *1983 – Juhan Muks, Estonian painter (b. 1899) * 1983 – Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938) *1984 – Leonard Baker, American historian and author (b. 1931) *1990 – Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1916) *

– Klaus Kinski, German-American actor and director (b. 1926) *

– Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1903) * 1992 – Jean-François Thiriart, Belgian politician (b. 1922) *1994 – Art Barr, American wrestler (b. 1966) * 1994 – Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (b. 1911) *1995 – Louis Malle, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932) * 1995 – Junior Walker, American singer and saxophonist (b. 1931) *

– Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (b. 1943) * 1996 – Art Porter, Jr., American saxophonist and songwriter (b. 1961) * 1996 – Idries Shah, Indian author, thinker and teacher in the Sufism, Sufi tradition. *1997 – Jorge Mas Canosa, Cuban-American businessman (b. 1939) *2000 – Brian Rawlinson, English actor and playwright (b. 1931) *

– Bo Belinsky, American baseball player (b. 1936) * 2001 – Mary Whitehouse, English educator and activist (b. 1910) *2002 – Roberto Matta, Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1911) *

– Pete Franklin, American radio host (b. 1928) *

– Constance Cummings, American-English actress (b. 1910) * 2005 – Frank Gatski, American football player and soldier (b. 1919) * 2006 – Jesús Blancornelas, Mexican journalist, co-founded ''Zeta (magazine), Zeta Magazine'' (b. 1936) * 2006 – Nick Clarke, English journalist (b. 1948) * 2006 – Betty Comden, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1917) * 2006 – Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy and defector (b. 1962) * 2006 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (b. 1930) * 2006 – Anita O'Day, American singer (b. 1919) * 2006 – Willie Pep, American boxer and referee (b. 1922) *

– Joe Kennedy (baseball), Joe Kennedy, American baseball player (b. 1979) * 2007 – Óscar Carmelo Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager (b. 1971) * 2007 – Robert Vesco, American-Cuban financier (b. 1935) * 2007 – Pat Walsh (rugby union), Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union player (b. 1936) *

– José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian (b. 1921) *

– Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter and sculptor (b. 1914) * 2010 – Joyce Howard, English-American actress (b. 1922) * 2011 – Jim Rathmann, American race car driver (b. 1928) *2012 – José Luis Borau, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929) * 2012 – Chuck Diering, American baseball player (b. 1923) * 2012 – Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1931) * 2012 – Diana Isaac, English-New Zealand businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1921) *2013 – Connie Broden, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1932) * 2013 – Costanzo Preve, Italian philosopher and theorist (b. 1943) *2014 – Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (b. 1936) * 2014 – Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (b. 1916) * 2014 – Murray Oliver, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937) * 2014 – Pat Quinn (ice hockey), Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1943) *

– Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1925) * 2015 – Manmeet Bhullar, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1980) * 2015 – Douglass North, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920) *2016 – Rita Barberá Nolla, Spanish politician (b. 1948) * 2016 – Ralph Branca, American baseball player (b. 1926) * 2016 – Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (b. 1930) * 2016 – Joe Esposito (author), Joe Esposito, road manager for Elvis Presley (b. 1938) *2017 – Stela Popescu, Romanian actress (b. 1935) *2020 – Tarun Gogoi, Indian Chief Minister of Assam (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances

* Christian feast day: ** Alexander Nevsky (Repose, Russian Orthodox Church) ** Beatification, Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro – one of Saints of the Cristero War (Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church) ** Columbanus ** Felicitas of Rome ** Paulinus of Wales ** Pope Clement I (Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and the Lutheran Church) ** Trudo (or Trond) ** Vulfetrude, Wilfetrudis (or Vulfetrude) * Labor Thanksgiving Day (Japan) * Repudiation Day (Frederick County, Maryland, United States) * Rudolf Maister Day (Slovenia) * St George's Day (Georgia) or ''Giorgoba'' (

)

References

External links

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