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361 __NOTOC__ Year 361 ( CCCLXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Taurus and Florentius (or, less frequently, year 1114 ' ...
– Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in
Cilicia Cilicia (); el, Κιλικία, ''Kilikía''; Middle Persian: ''klkyʾy'' (''Klikiyā''); Parthian: ''kylkyʾ'' (''Kilikiyā''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from the northeastern coas ...
; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin
Julian Julian may refer to: People * Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363 * Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots * Saint Julian (disambiguation), several Christian saints * Julian (give ...
rightful successor. *
1333 Year 1333 ( MCCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * May 18 – Siege of Kamakura in Japan: Forces loyal to Emperor Go-Daigo, led by Nitta Y ...
– The
River Arno The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber. Source and route The river originates on Monte Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a sou ...
floods causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani. * 1468
Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops. *
1492 Year 1492 ( MCDXCII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. 1492 is considered to be a significant year in the history of the West, Europe, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Spain, and the Ne ...
Peace of Etaples between Henry VII of England and
Charles VIII of France Charles VIII, called the Affable (french: l'Affable; 30 June 1470 – 7 April 1498), was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of 13.Paul Murray Kendall, ''Louis XI: The Universal Spider'' (Ne ...
. *
1493 Year 1493 ( MCDXCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 19 – Treaty of Barcelona: Charles VIII of France returns Cerdagne a ...
Christopher Columbus first sights the island of
Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...
in the Caribbean Sea. *
1534 __NOTOC__ Year 1534 ( MDXXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 15 – The Parliament of England passes the ''Act Respecting th ...
– English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King
Henry VIII Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...
head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.


1601–1900

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1783 Events January–March * January 20 – At Versailles, Great Britain signs preliminary peace treaties with the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain. * January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, ...
– The American
Continental Army The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies (the Thirteen Colonies) in the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was establis ...
is disbanded. *
1793 The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I. Events January–June * January 7 – The Ebel riot occurs in Sweden. * January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fl ...
– French playwright, journalist and
feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...
Olympe de Gouges is guillotined. *
1812 Events January–March * January 1 – The ''Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch'' (the Austrian civil code) enters into force in the Austrian Empire. * January 19 – Peninsular War: The French-held fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo Siege of ...
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 ...
's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma. *
1817 Events January–March * January 1 – Sailing through the Sandwich Islands, Otto von Kotzebue discovers New Year Island. * January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, starts crossing the ...
– The
Bank of Montreal The Bank of Montreal (BMO; french: Banque de Montréal, link=no) is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services company. The bank was founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 1817 as Montreal Bank; while its head office remains in ...
, Canada's oldest
chartered bank The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China (informally The Chartered Bank) was a bank incorporated in London in 1853 by Scotsman James Wilson, under a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria.
, opens in Montreal. *
1838 Events January–March * January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London. * January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration o ...
– '' The Times of India'', the world's largest circulated English language daily
broadsheet A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long Vertical and horizontal, vertical pages, typically of . Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner (format), Berliner and Tabloid (newspaper format), ta ...
newspaper is founded as ''The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce''. *
1848 1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the polit ...
– A greatly revised Dutch constitution, which transfers much authority from the king to his parliament and ministers, is proclaimed. *
1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...
Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as ''Gioxeppe Gaibado''. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as ''Jousé'' or ''Josep''. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patr ...
and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's
Temporal power Temporal power is a term of art in medieval and early modern political philosophy to refer to worldly power, as contrasted with spiritual power. * The temporal power (simply), the state (polity) or secular authority, in contrast to the Church or sp ...
in Rome (it would be achieved three years later). *
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 Jap ...
John Willis Menard John Willis Menard (April 3, 1838 – October 8, 1893) was a federal government employee, poet, newspaper publisher and politician born in Kaskaskia, Illinois to parents who were Louisiana Creoles from New Orleans. After moving to New Orleans, on ...
(R-LA) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated. *
1881 Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The C ...
– The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile. *
1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...
– France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.


1901–present

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1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...
– With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
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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 46 ...
William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States. *
1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...
Chevrolet Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941) and ous ...
officially enters the automobile market in competition with the
Ford Model T The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927. It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, which made car travel available to middle-class Americans. The relati ...
. *
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
– The
German Revolution of 1918–19 German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...
begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel. *
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 ma ...
Russian Civil War: The
Russian Army The Russian Ground Forces (russian: Сухопутные войска В Sukhoputnyye voyska V, also known as the Russian Army (, ), are the Army, land forces of the Russian Armed Forces. The primary responsibilities of the Russian Gro ...
retreats to Crimea, after a successful offensive by the Red Army and Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine. *
1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
– The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred. *
1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...
Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24. *
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece. *
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...
George II of Greece George II ( el, Γεώργιος Βʹ, ''Geórgios II''; 19 July Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S.:_7_July.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>O.S.:_7_July">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html"_;"title="nowiki/ ...
regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite. *
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected the 32nd President of the United States. *
1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
World War II: The
Koli Point action The Koli Point action, during 3–12 November 1942, was an engagement between U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army forces and Imperial Japanese Army forces around Koli Point on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign. The U.S. forces were under th ...
begins during the
Guadalcanal Campaign The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in th ...
and ends on November 12. *
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: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany. *
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: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and
Rudolf Viest Rudolf Viest (24 September 1890, Revúca, Gömör és Kis-Hont County, Kingdom of Hungary, – 1945 ?, Flossenbürg concentration camp ?, Germany) was a Slovak military leader, member of the Czechoslovak government in exile, member of the Slova ...
, are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces. *
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 ...
– The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent. *
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...
– Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs. *
1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
Air India Flight 245 crashes into Mont Blanc, while on approach to Geneva Airport, killing all 48 people on board. *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
Suez Crisis The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression ( ar, العدوان الثلاثي, Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel,Also known as the Suez War or 1956 Wa ...
: The Khan Yunis killings by the
Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...
in Egyptian-controlled Gaza result in the deaths of 275 Palestinians. * 1956 – Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops prepare for the final assault. *
1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches '' Sputnik 2''. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika. *
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
– The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is established by an
Act of Congress An Act of Congress is a statute enacted by the United States Congress. Acts may apply only to individual entities (called Public and private bills, private laws), or to the general public (Public and private bills, public laws). For a Bill (law) ...
after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft. *
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 ...
U Thant is unanimously appointed as the 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations, becoming the first non-European individual to occupy the post. *
1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson. *
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins. *
1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
– Vietnam War: U.S. President
Richard M. Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was t ...
addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the " silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies. *
1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
Mariner program: NASA launches the ''
Mariner 10 ''Mariner 10'' was an American Robotic spacecraft, robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury (planet), Mercury and Venus. It was the first spacecraft to perform flybys of multiple planets. ''Ma ...
'' toward
Mercury Mercury commonly refers to: * Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun * Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg * Mercury (mythology), a Roman god Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to: Companies * Merc ...
. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet. *
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, are murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail. *
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 Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...
gains its independence from the United Kingdom. *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of
Klansmen The Ku Klux Klan (), commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and ...
and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...
– A Latin Carga
Convair CV-880 The Convair 880 is an American narrow-body jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics. It was designed to compete with the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 by being smaller but faster, a niche that failed to create demand. Whe ...
crashes at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela, killing four. *
1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
– The
Salang Tunnel fire Salang Tunnel fire may refer to: * 1982 Salang Tunnel fire * 2022 Salang Tunnel fire {{disambig ...
in Afghanistan by kills 150–2000 people. *
1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...
Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine ''
Ash-Shiraa ''Ash-Shiraa'' (or ''Al-Shiraa'') (Arabic: الشراع, ''The Sail'' in English) is an Arabic weekly magazine published in Lebanon. The magazine is one of the oldest publications in the country. History and profile ''Ash-Shira'' was launched i ...
'' reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon. * 1986 – The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands independence from the United States. *
1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n Tamil
mercenaries A mercenary, sometimes also known as a soldier of fortune or hired gun, is a private individual, particularly a soldier, that joins a military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any o ...
attempt to
overthrow Overthrow may refer to: * Overthrow, a change in government, often achieved by force or through a coup d'état. **The 5th October Overthrow, or Bulldozer Revolution, the events of 2000 that led to the downfall of Slobodan Milošević in the former ...
the Maldivian government. At President
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (; dv, މައުމޫން ޢަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް; born 29 December 1937) is a Maldivian politician and an Islamic scholar who served as the President of Maldives from 1978 to 2008. After serving as Minister of Trans ...
's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours. *
1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
– Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President
George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
and Independent candidate
Ross Perot Henry Ross Perot (; June 27, 1930 – July 9, 2019) was an American business magnate, billionaire, politician and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. He ran an inde ...
in the
1992 United States presidential election The 1992 United States presidential election was the 52nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1992. Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas defeated incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush, independent ...
. *
1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...
Abdullah Çatlı, the leader of the Turkish ultranationalist organization Grey Wolves, dies in the
Susurluk car crash The Susurluk car crash took place on 3 November 1996 in the small town of Susurluk, in Turkey's Balıkesir Province. It resulted in the death of three of the passengers: Abdullah Çatlı, a former ultra-rightist militant wanted by police for mult ...
, leading to the resignation of
Interior Minister An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...
Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party). *
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
– The United States imposes economic sanctions against
Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and
East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historical ...
. *
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, replacing the Twin Towers after they were destroyed during the September 11 attacks. *
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
– The
2020 United States presidential election The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Ha ...
takes place between
Democratic Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic ...
Joe Biden and Republican incumbent President Donald Trump. On November 7, Biden was declared the winner.


Births


Pre-1600

* AD 39
Lucan Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November 39 AD – 30 April 65 AD), better known in English as Lucan (), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (modern-day Córdoba), in Hispania Baetica. He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial ...
, Roman poet (d. 65) *
1500 Year 1500 (Roman numerals, MD) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The year 1500 was not a leap year in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar. The year was seen as being especially important by many Christians in Europe, ...
Benvenuto Cellini Benvenuto Cellini (, ; 3 November 150013 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. His best-known extant works include the ''Cellini Salt Cellar'', the sculpture of ''Perseus with the Head of Medusa'', and his autobiography ...
, Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1571) *
1505 __NOTOC__ Year 1505 ( MDV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * June 6 – The M8.2–8.8 Lo Mustang earthquake strikes Nepal, causing sev ...
Achilles Gasser, German physician and astrologer (d. 1577) *
1527 Year 1527 (Roman numerals, MDXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June *January 1 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, F ...
Tilemann Heshusius, Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (d. 1588) *
1560 Year 1560 ( MDLX) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 7 – In the Kingdom of Scotland, French troops commanded by Henri Cleutin and ...
Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of th ...
, Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1609) * 1587Samuel Scheidt, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1654)


1601–1900

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1604 Events January–June * January 1 – '' The Masque of Indian and China Knights'' is performed by courtiers of James VI and I at Hampton Court. * January 14 – The Hampton Court Conference is held between James I of England ...
Osman II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1622) *
1618 Events January–June * February 26 – Osman II deposes his uncle Mustafa I as Ottoman sultan (until 1622). * March 8 – Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (after some initial calculations, he so ...
Aurangzeb Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...
, Mughal emperor of India (d. 1707) *
1656 Events January–March * January 5 – The First War of Villmergen, a civil war in the Confederation of Switzerland pitting its Protestant and Roman Catholic cantons against each other, breaks out but is resolved by March 7. The ...
Georg Reutter Georg Reutter (3 November 1656 – 29 August 1738) was an Austrian organist, theorbo player, and composer. Biography Georg Reutter was born in Vienna and became a pupil of Johann Caspar Kerll, whom he later succeeded as organist at St. Stephen ...
, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1738) *
1659 Events January–March * January 14 – In the Battle of the Lines of Elvas, fought near the small city of Elvas in Portugal during the Portuguese Restoration War, the Spanish Army under the command of Luis Méndez de Haro suff ...
Hui-bin Jang, Royal consort (d. 1701) *
1689 Events January–March * January 22 (January 12, 1688 O.S.) – Glorious Revolution in England: The Convention Parliament is convened to determine if King James II of England, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, vacated th ...
Jan Josef Ignác Brentner, Czech composer (d. 1742) *
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, ...
Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (d. 1819) *
1757 Events January–March * January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India. * January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt ...
Robert Smith Robert Smith or Bob Smith, or similar, may refer to: Business * Robert MacKay Smith (1802–1888), Scottish businessman, meteorologist and philanthropist who founded Glasgow University's Mackay Smith Prizes * Robert Barr Smith (1824–1915), ...
, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of State (d. 1842) *
1777 Events January–March * January 2 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army repulses a British attack by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, in a second ...
Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848) *
1793 The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I. Events January–June * January 7 – The Ebel riot occurs in Sweden. * January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fl ...
Stephen F. Austin, American businessman and politician (d. 1836) *
1794 Events January–March * January 1 – The Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in Aarhus (Denmark). * January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United States ...
William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (d. 1878) *
1799 Events January–June * January 9 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound, to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the French Revolutionary Wars. * January ...
William Sprague III, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1856) *
1801 Events January–March * January 1 ** The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland is completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the abolition of the Parliament of I ...
Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher, founded the Baedeker Publishing Company (d. 1859) * 1801 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835) *
1815 Events January * January 2 – Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke in Seaham, county of Durham, England. * January 3 – Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussi ...
John Mitchel, Irish journalist and activist (d. 1875) *
1816 This year was known as the ''Year Without a Summer'', because of low temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere, possibly the result of the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption in Indonesia in 1815, causing severe global cooling, catastrophic in s ...
Jubal Early, American general and lawyer (d. 1894) * 1816 –
Calvin Fairbank Calvin Fairbank (November 3, 1816 – October 12, 1898) was an American abolitionist and Methodist minister from New York state who was twice convicted in Kentucky of aiding the escape of slaves, and served a total of 19 years in the Kentucky S ...
, American minister and activist (d. 1898) *
1845 Events January–March * January 10 – Elizabeth Barrett receives a love letter from the younger poet Robert Browning; on May 20, they meet for the first time in London. She begins writing her ''Sonnets from the Portuguese''. * January 23 ...
Edward Douglass White, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921) *
1852 Events January–March * January 14 – President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic. * January 15 – Nine men representing various Jewish charitable organizations come tog ...
Emperor Meiji , also called or , was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. Reigning from 13 February 1867 to his death, he was the first monarch of the Empire of Japan and presided over the Meiji era. He was the figur ...
of Japan (d. 1912) *
1854 Events January–March * January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''. * January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born. * January 9 – The Teut ...
Carlo Fornasini ''Cavaliere dottore'' Carlo Fornasini (3 November 185424 December 1931) was an Italian micropalaeontologist who specialised in Foraminifera ('forams'). He was a pioneer in using fossil forams to sequence marine sedimentary deposits by their rel ...
, Italian micropalaeontologist (d. 1931) *
1856 Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voyag ...
Jim McCormick, Scottish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1918) *
1857 Events January–March * January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, ''Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. * January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating. * Janua ...
Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (d. 1918) *
1862 Events January–March * January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria. * January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico. * January ...
Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (d. 1916) *
1863 Events January–March * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaims t ...
Alfred Perot, French physicist and academic (d. 1925) *
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 ...
Harry Staley, American baseball player (d. 1910) *
1871 Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby player and manager (d. 1943) *1875 – Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer and conductor (d. 1910) *1876 – Stephen Alencastre, American bishop and missionary (d. 1940) *1877 – Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean general and politician, 20th President of Chile (d. 1960) *1878 – Bangalore Nagarathnamma, Indian Carnatic music, Carnatic singer and activist (d. 1952) *1882 – Yakub Kolas, Belarusian writer (d. 1956) *1884 – Joseph William Martin, Jr., American publisher and politician, 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1968) *1887 – Samuil Marshak, Russian author and poet (d. 1964) *1887 – Eileen Hendriks, British geologist (d. 1978) *1890 – Harry Stephen Keeler, American author (d. 1967) * 1890 – Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch-Brazilian priest and missionary (d. 1943) *1894 – William George Barker, Canadian pilot and colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1930) * 1894 – Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1964) *1896 – Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator (d. 1970) *1899 – Ralph Greenleaf, American billiards player (d. 1950) * 1899 – Rezső Seress, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1968) * 1899 – Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (d. 1986) *1900 – Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Adidas (d. 1978)


1901–present

*1901 – Leopold III of Belgium (d. 1983) * 1901 – André Malraux, French historian, theorist, and author (d. 1976) * 1901 – Lionel Hitchman, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1969) *
1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...
– Walker Evans, American photographer and journalist (d. 1975) *1905 – Lois Mailou Jones, American painter and academic (d. 1998) *1906 – Julia Boyer Reinstein, American teacher and historian (d. 1998) *
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 46 ...
– Giovanni Leone, Italian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Italy (d. 2001) * 1908 – Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player, wrestler, and coach (d. 1990) *1909 – James Reston, Scottish-American journalist and author (d. 1995) *1910 – Karel Zeman, Czech director, animator, production designer, and screenwriter (d. 1989) *
1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...
– Kick Smit, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 1974) *1912 – Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (d. 2006) *1915 – Hal Jackson, American journalist and radio host (d. 2012) *1917 – Annapurna Maharana, Indian activist (d. 2012) *
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
– Claude Barma, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992) * 1918 – Bob Feller, American sailor, baseball player, and sportscaster (d. 2010) * 1918 – Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (d. 2007) * 1918 – Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 2003) *1919 – Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (d. 1995) * 1919 – Ludovic Kennedy, Scottish journalist and author (d. 2009) * 1919 – Květa Legátová, Czech author (d. 2012) *
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 ma ...
– Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet, educator, and activist (d. 1993) *1921 – Charles Bronson, American soldier and actor (d. 2003) *1922 – Dennis McDermott, English-Canadian union leader and diplomat, List of Canadian ambassadors and high commissioners to Ireland, Canadian Ambassador to Ireland (d. 2003) *1923 – Violetta Elvin, Russian ballerina (d. 2021) * 1923 – Tomás Ó Fiaich, Irish cardinal (d. 1990) * 1923 – Yamaguchi Hitomi, Japanese author and critic (d. 1995) *1924 – Marc Breaux, American actor, director, and choreographer (d. 2013) * 1924 – Samuel Ruiz, Mexican bishop (d. 2011) *1926 – Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania * 1926 – Maurice Couture, Canadian archbishop (d. 2018) * 1926 – Robert W. Wilson (philanthropist), Robert W. Wilson, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) *1927 – Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (d. 2004) * 1927 – Peggy McCay, American actress (d. 2018) * 1927 – Odvar Nordli, Norwegian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Norway (d. 2018) *1928 – Goseki Kojima, Japanese illustrator (d. 2000) * 1928 – Bill Morrison (Australian politician), Bill Morrison, Australian politician and diplomat, 37th Minister for Defence (Australia), Australian Minister for Defence (d. 2013) * 1928 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese animator and producer (d. 1989) * 1928 – George Yardley, American basketball player (d. 2004) *
1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
– Alfonso Orueta, Chilean footballer, manager, and politician (d. 2012) *
1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...
– Phil Crane, American academic and politician (d. 2014) * 1930 – William H. Dana, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014) * 1930 – Mable John, American blues singer (d. 2022) * 1930 – D. James Kennedy, American pastor and author (d. 2007) * 1930 – Brian Robinson (cyclist), Brian Robinson, English cyclist (d. 2022) * 1930 – Tsutomu Seki, Japanese astronomer and academic * 1930 – Lois Smith, American actress * 1930 – Frits Staal, Dutch philosopher and scholar (d. 2012) *1931 – Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean soldier and politician, 7th List of Premiers of North Korea, Premier of North Korea (d. 2005) * 1931 – Monica Vitti, Italian actress, singer, and screenwriter (d. 2022) * 1931 – Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (d. 2007) *
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
– Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, 9th Taoiseach, Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2014) * 1932 – Gerry Ehman, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006) *1933 – John Barry (composer), John Barry, English-American composer and conductor (d. 2011) * 1933 – Ken Berry, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2018) * 1933 – Jeremy Brett, English actor (d. 1995) * 1933 – Aneta Corsaut, American actress (d. 1995) * 1933 – Michael Dukakis, American lawyer, academic, and politician, 65th Governor of Massachusetts * 1933 – Amartya Sen, Indian economist and academic, Nobel Prize in Economics, Nobel Prize laureate *1934 – Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster * 1934 – Hans Janmaat, Dutch businessman, educator, and politician (d. 2002) *
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...
– Ingrid Rüütel, Estonian philologist and academic, 3rd First Lady of Estonia *
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
– Roy Emerson, Australian-American tennis player and coach * 1936 – Takao Saito, Japanese author and illustrator, created ''Golgo 13'' (d. 2021) *1937 – Dietrich Möller, German lawyer and politician, 15th List of mayors of Marburg, Mayor of Marburg * 1937 – Jim Houston, American football player (d. 2018) *1938 – Martin Dunwoody, English mathematician and academic * 1938 – Akira Kobayashi, Japanese actor * 1938 – Jean Rollin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010) *1940 – Sonny Rhodes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021) *
1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
– Martin Cruz Smith, American author and screenwriter *
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 – ...
– Bert Jansch, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011) *
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 ...
– Jan Boerstoel, Dutch poet and songwriter *1945 – Ken Holtzman, American baseball player and manager * 1945 – Gerd Müller, German footballer and manager (d. 2021) * 1945 – Nick Simper, English bass guitarist *
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 ...
– Reinhard Karl, German mountaineer, photographer, and author (d. 1982) * 1946 – Wataru Takeshita, Japanese lawyer and politician (d. 2021) *1947 – Mazie Hirono, Japanese-American lawyer and politician, U.S. Senator from Hawaii * 1947 – Siiri Oviir, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Minister of Social Affairs (Estonia), Estonian Minister of Social Affairs * 1947 – Faraj Sarkohi, Iranian journalist and critic *1948 – Lulu (singer), Lulu, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress * 1948 – Takashi Kawamura (politician), Takashi Kawamura, Japanese politician * 1948 – Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (d. 1974) * 1948 – Rick Kreuger, American baseball player and coach * 1948 – Rainer Zobel, German footballer, coach, and manager *
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...
– Mike Evans (actor), Mike Evans, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2006) * 1949 – Osamu Fujimura, Japanese engineer and politician * 1949 – Stephen Oliver (scientist), Stephen Oliver, English biochemist and academic * 1949 – Larry Holmes, American boxer and talk show host * 1949 – Anna Wintour, English-American journalist *
1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
– Massimo Mongai, Italian journalist and author (d. 2016) * 1950 – Joe Queenan (author), Joe Queenan, American author and critic *1951 – Dwight Evans (Baseball), Dwight Evans, American baseball player and coach * 1951 – Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist * 1951 – André Wetzel, Dutch footballer and manager *1952 – Roseanne Barr, American comedian, actress, and producer * 1952 – Jim Cummings, American voice actor * 1952 – David Ho (scientist), David Ho, Taiwanese-American scientist *1953 – Kate Capshaw, American actress and producer * 1953 – Helios Creed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1953 – Larry Herndon, American baseball player and coach * 1953 – Dennis Miller, American comedian, producer, and talk show host * 1953 – Vilma Santos, Filipino actress and politician *1954 – Adam Ant, English singer-songwriter and actor * 1954 – Kathy Kinney, American actress and comedian *1955 – Teresa De Sio, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1955 – Anne Milton, English nurse and politician * 1955 – Phil Simms, American football player and sportscaster *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
– Cathy Jamieson, Scottish politician, 2nd Minister for Justice (Scotland), Scottish Minister for Justice * 1956 – Kevin Murphy (actor), Kevin Murphy, American actor, puppeteer, producer, and screenwriter * 1956 – Gary Ross, American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1956 – Bob Welch (baseball), Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014) *
1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
– Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and martial artist * 1957 – Gary Olsen, English actor (d. 2000) * 1957 – Steve Johnson (basketball), Steve Johnson, American basketball player *1958 – Brady Hoke, American football coach *1959 – Hal Hartley, American director, producer, and screenwriter *
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
– Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player, coach, and sportscaster * 1960 – Ian McNabb, English singer-songwriter and musician *
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 ...
– David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, English businessman * 1961 – Dave Hahn, Japanese-American mountaineer and journalist * 1961 – Greg Townsend, American football player *1962 – Gabe Newell, American businessman, co-founded Valve Corporation, Valve * 1962 – David J. Schiappa, American lawyer and politician * 1962 – Jacqui Smith, English lawyer and politician *1963 – Davis Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1963 – Shigeaki Hattori, Japanese race car driver * 1963 – Ian Wright, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster * 1963 – Howard Ballard, American football player *
1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
– Algimantas Briaunis, Lithuanian footballer and manager * 1964 – Bryan Young (cricketer), Bryan Young, New Zealand cricketer *1965 – Gert Heerkes, Dutch footballer and manager * 1965 – Ann Scott (French novelist), Ann Scott, French-English author * 1965 – Mike Springer, American golfer *
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
– Mike O'Neill (ice hockey), Mike O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player * 1967 – Mark Roberts (singer), Mark Roberts, Welsh singer and guitarist * 1967 – Steven Wilson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *1968 – Alberto Iñurrategi, Spanish mountaineer * 1968 – Paul Quantrill, Canadian baseball player and coach *
1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
– Robert Miles, Swiss-Italian DJ and producer (d. 2017) * 1969 – Petteri Orpo, Finnish politician * 1969 – Niels van Steenis, Dutch rower *1970 – Geir Frigård, Norwegian footballer * 1970 – Jeanette J. Epps, American aerospace engineer and astronaut * 1970 – Doug Zmolek, American ice hockey player *1971 – Diego Alessi, Italian race car driver * 1971 – Unai Emery, Spanish football manager and former player * 1971 – Dylan Moran, Irish actor, comedian, and screenwriter * 1971 – Alison Williamson, English archer * 1971 – Dwight Yorke, Tobagonian footballer and coach *1972 – Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer and manager (d. 2017) * 1972 – Michael Hofmann (footballer, born 1972), Michael Hofmann, German footballer * 1972 – Marko Koers, Dutch runner * 1972 – Armando Benitez, Dominican baseball player *
1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
– Ben Fogle, English television host and author * 1973 – Sticky Fingaz, American rapper, producer, and actor * 1973 – Christian Picciolini, American businessman and manager * 1973 – Chrissie Swan, Australian radio and television host * 1973 – Mick Thomson, American guitarist *1974 – Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player and coach *
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
– Darren Sharper, American football player and sportscaster *1976 – Guillermo Franco, Argentinian-Mexican footballer * 1976 – Jake Shimabukuro, American ukulele player and composer *1977 – Marcel Ketelaer, German footballer * 1977 – Greg Plitt, American model and actor (d. 2015) * 1977 – Damien Woody, American football player *
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 Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
– Tim McIlrath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1978 – Jonas Howden Sjøvaag, Norwegian drummer * 1978 – Hiroko Sakai, Japanese softball player *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
– Pablo Aimar, Argentinian footballer * 1979 – Beau McDonald, Australian footballer and coach *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...
– Hans N. Andersen, Hans Andersen, Danish motorcycle racer *1981 – Diego López Rodríguez, Diego López, Spanish footballer * 1981 – Vicente Matías Vuoso, Argentinian-Mexican footballer * 1981 – Rodrigo Millar, Chilean footballer * 1981 – Sten Pentus, Estonian race car driver * 1981 – Karlos Dansby, American football player *
1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
– Moniek Kleinsman, Dutch speed skater * 1982 – Evgeni Plushenko, Russian figure skater * 1982 – Egemen Korkmaz, Turkish footballer * 1982 – Janel McCarville, American professional basketball player * 1982 – Jay Harrison, Canadian ice hockey player * 1982 – Pekka Rinne, Finnish ice hockey player *1983 – Myrna Braza, Norwegian singer-songwriter * 1983 – Tamba Hali, American football player *1984 – Christian Bakkerud, Danish race car driver (d. 2011) * 1984 – Ryo Nishikido, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor * 1984 – LaMarr Woodley, American football player *1985 – Tyler Hansbrough, American basketball player * 1985 – Philipp Tschauner, German footballer *
1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...
– Paul Derbyshire, Italian rugby player * 1986 – Davon Jefferson, American basketball player * 1986 – Piet Velthuizen, Dutch footballer * 1986 – Heo Young-saeng, South Korean singer *1987 – Courtney Barnett, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1987 – Colin Kaepernick, American football player * 1987 – Ty Lawson, American basketball player * 1987 – Felix Schütz, German ice hockey player * 1987 – Gemma Ward, Australian model and actress * 1987 – Kyle Seager, American baseball player *
1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
– Jessie Loutit, Canadian rower *1989 – Paula DeAnda, American singer-songwriter and actress * 1989 – Joyce Jonathan, French singer-songwriter and guitarist *1990 – Ellyse Perry, Australian footballer and cricketer *1991 – Damisha Croney, Barbadian netball player *
1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
– Joe Clarke (canoeist), Joe Clarke, English slalom canoeist * 1992 – Valeria Solovyeva, Russian tennis player *1993 – Kenny Golladay, American football player * 1993 – Martina Trevisan, Italian tennis player *1995 – Kendall Jenner, American television personality and model *
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
– Kyle Benjamin, American race car driver * 1997 – Connor McGovern (American football, born 1997), Connor McGovern, American football player * 1997 – Izuchuckwu Anthony, Nigerian footballer * 1997 – Filip Forejtek, Czech skier * 1997 – Sarthak Golui, Indian footballer * 1997 – Agustín Guiffrey, Argentinian footballer * 1997 – Michael Kelly (footballer, born 1997), Michael Kelly, Scottish footballer * 1997 – Takumi Kitamura, Japanese actor * 1997 – Marco Klepoch, Slovak figure skater * 1997 – Łukasz Kozub, Polish volleyball player * 1997 – Lázaro Martínez (triple jumper), Lázaro Martínez, Cuban athlete *1998 – Maddison Elliott, Australian paralympic swimmer *2001 – Hailey Baptiste, American tennis player


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Pre-1600

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361 __NOTOC__ Year 361 ( CCCLXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Taurus and Florentius (or, less frequently, year 1114 ' ...
Constantius II, Roman emperor (b. 317) * 753 – Saint Pirmin, Spanish-German monk and saint (b. 700) *1219 – Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, English baron and rebel (b. c. 1170) *1220 – Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal, spouse of King Afonso II of Portugal (b. 1186) *1254 – John III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine emperor (b. 1193) *1324 – Petronilla de Meath, Irish suspected witch (b. c. 1300) *1373 – Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (b. 1343) *1428 – Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English general and politician (b. 1388) *1456 – Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, father of King Henry VII of England (b. 1431) *1580 – Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian and author (b. 1512) *1584 – Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and saint (b. 1538) *1599 – Andrew Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (b. c. 1563) *1600 – Richard Hooker, English priest and theologian (b. 1554)


1601–1900

*1639 – Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (b. 1579) *1643 – John Bainbridge (astronomer), John Bainbridge, English astronomer and academic (b. 1582) * 1643 – Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b. 1577) *1676 – Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, 110th List of Ottoman Grand Viziers, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1635) *1711 – John Ernest Grabe, German theologian and academic (b. 1666) *1787 – Robert Lowth, English bishop and academic (b. 1710) *
1793 The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I. Events January–June * January 7 – The Ebel riot occurs in Sweden. * January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fl ...
Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and activist (b. 1748) *
1794 Events January–March * January 1 – The Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in Aarhus (Denmark). * January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United States ...
– François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1715) *1850 – William E. Shannon, Irish-born American politician (b. 1821/1822) *1858 – Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and author (b. 1807) *1869 – Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1792) *1890 – Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss lawyer and politician, 1st List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1811) *1891 – Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813) *1900 – Carrie Steele Logan, American Philanthropy, philanthropist, founder of the oldest black orphanage in the United States (b. ~1829)


1901–present

*1914 – Georg Trakl, Austrian-Polish pharmacist and poet (b. 1887) *1917 – Léon Bloy, French author and poet (b. 1846) *
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
– Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1857) *1926 – Annie Oakley, American entertainer and target shooter (b. 1860) *1927 – Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist and author (b. 1860) *
1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
– Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1883) *1933 – Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1853) *1939 – Charles Tournemire, French organist and composer (b. 1870) *
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...
– Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (b. 1861) *1954 – Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor (b. 1869) *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
– Jean Metzinger, French artist, (b. 1883) *
1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
– Wilhelm Reich, Ukrainian-Austrian psychotherapist and author (b. 1897) *
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
– Paul Willis (actor), Paul Willis, American actor and director (b. 1901) *1962 – L. O. Wenckebach, Dutch sculptor and painter (b. 1895) *1968 – Vern Stephens, American baseball player (b. 1920) *
1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
– Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer (b. 1898) *
1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
– Marc Allégret, Swiss-French director and screenwriter (b. 1900) *
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
Tajuddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician, 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1925) * 1975 – Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi captain and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1919) * 1975 – Syed Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, President of Bangladesh (b. 1925) * 1975 – Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1926) *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...
– Caroline Mytinger, American painter and author (b. 1897) *1983 – Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer (b. 1901) *1983 – Jerry Pentland, Australian fighter ace (b. 1894) *1987 – Mary Shane, American sportscaster and educator (b. 1945) *
1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
– Henri van Praag, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and educator (b. 1916) *1989 – Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist (b. 1893) *1990 – Kenan Erim, Turkish archaeologist and academic (b. 1929) * 1990 – Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Ministry of Health (Turkey), Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1914) * 1990 – Mary Martin, American actress and singer (b. 1913) *1991 – Chris Bender (singer), Chris Bender, American singer (b. 1972) *1993 – Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin (b. 1895) *1994 – Valter Palm, Estonian-American boxer (b. 1905) *1995 – Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician (b. 1887) *
1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...
– Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (b. 1921) *
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
– Ronald Barnes (carillonist), Ronald Barnes, American carillon player and composer (b. 1927) *1998 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator, co-created ''Batman'' (b. 1915) *1999 – Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928) *2001 – Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-English historian and author (b. 1909) *2002 – Lonnie Donegan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931) * 2002 – Jonathan Harris, American actor (b. 1914) *2003 – Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet and educator (b. 1923) *2004 – Sergejs Žoltoks, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1972) *2006 – Paul Mauriat, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1925) * 2006 – Marie Rudisill, American author (b. 1911) * 2006 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorean footballer (b. 1937) *2007 – Aleksandr Dedyushko, Belarusian-Russian actor (b. 1962) * 2007 – Martin Meehan (Irish republican), Martin Meehan, PIRA volunteer and Irish republican politician (b. 1945) * 2007 – Ryan Shay, American runner (b. 1979) *2008 – Jean Fournet, French conductor (b. 1913) *2009 – Francisco Ayala (novelist), Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist, author, and critic (b. 1906) * 2009 – Archie Baird, Scottish footballer, journalist, and educator (b. 1919) * 2009 – Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (b. 1917) *2010 – Jerry Bock, American composer (b. 1928) * 2010 – Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician and diplomat, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1938) * 2010 – Jim Clench, Canadian bass player (b. 1949) *2011 – Peeter Kreitzberg, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1948) *2012 – Carmélia Alves, Brazilian singer (b. 1923) * 2012 – George Chesterton, English cricketer and coach (b. 1922) * 2012 – Tommy Godwin (cyclist born 1920), Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist and coach (b. 1920) * 2012 – Mükerrem Hiç, Turkish academic, author, and politician (b. 1929) * 2012 – Thomas K. McCraw, American historian and academic (b. 1940) * 2012 – Kailashpati Mishra, Indian activist and politician, 18th List of Governors of Gujarat, Governor of Gujarat (b. 1923) *2013 – Nick Cardy, American soldier and illustrator (b. 1920) * 2013 – Gerard Cieślik, Polish footballer and manager (b. 1927) * 2013 – Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (b. 1925) * 2013 – William J. Coyne, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936) * 2013 – Rupert Gerritsen, Australian historian and author (b. 1953) * 2013 – Leonard Long, Australian painter and educator (b. 1911) *
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
– Augusto Martelli, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1940) * 2014 – Gordon Tullock, American economist and academic (b. 1922) * 2014 – Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (b. 1950) *2015 – Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi businessman and politician (b. 1944) * 2015 – Howard Coble, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1931) * 2015 – Tom Graveney, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1927) * 2015 – Lauretta Ngcobo, South African novelist and essayist (b. 1931) *2016 – Kay Starr, American singer (b. 1922) *2018 – Sondra Locke, American actress and director (b. 1944)


Holidays and observances

* Christian feast day: **Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Greek Orthodox Church) **Clydog **Cristiolus **Elias I of Antioch (Syriac Orthodox Church) **Saint Ermengol, Ermengol (Hermengaudius) **Gaudiosus of Tarazona **Gwenhael **Hubertus **Saint Libertine, Libertine **Saint Malachy, Malachy O' More **Beatification, Blessed Manuel Lozano Garrido **Martin de Porres **Papulus **Saint Pirmin, Pirmin **Richard Hooker (Anglican Communion) **Rumwold of Buckingham ** Blessed Rupert Mayer **Saint Silvia, Silvia **Saint Winifred, Winifred **November 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Culture Day (Japanese calendar#National holidays, Japan) *Flag Day (United Arab Emirates) *Independence Day (Panama), Independence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
in 1903. *Independence Day (Dominica), Independence Day, celebrates the independence of
Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...
from the United Kingdom in 1978. *Independence Day (Micronesia), Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986. *Public holidays in Ecuador, Independence Day of Cuenca (Ecuador) *Mother's Day (East Timor) *Victory Day (Maldives)


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