Events
Pre-1600
*
585 BC
The year 585 BC was a year of the Roman calendar, pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 169 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 585 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Do ...
–
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus ( legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, celebrates a
triumph for his
victories over the
Sabines
The Sabines (; lat, Sabini; it, Sabini, all exonyms) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome.
The Sabines di ...
, and the surrender of
Collatia
Collatia was an ancient town of central Italy, c. 15 km northeast of Rome by the ''Via Collatina''.
It appears in the legendary history of Rome as captured by Tarquinius Priscus. Vergil speaks of it as a Latin colony of Alba Longa. ...
.
*
509 BC – The
Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, also known as the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus ( la, Aedes Iovis Optimi Maximi Capitolini; it, Tempio di Giove Ottimo Massimo; ) was the most important temple in Ancient Rome, located on the Capitolin ...
on Rome's
Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the
ides of September.
*
379 –
Yax Nuun Ahiin I is crowned as 15th
Ajaw of
Tikal
Tikal () (''Tik’al'' in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala. It is one of the largest archeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Co ...
*
533
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Year 533 ( DXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iustinianus without colleague (or, less frequently, ye ...
–
Belisarius
Belisarius (; el, Βελισάριος; The exact date of his birth is unknown. – 565) was a military commander of the Byzantine Empire under the emperor Justinian I. He was instrumental in the reconquest of much of the Mediterranean ter ...
of the
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantin ...
defeats
Gelimer and the
Vandals at the
Battle of Ad Decimum, near
Carthage
Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the clas ...
, North Africa.
*
1229 –
Ögedei Khan
Ögedei Khagan (also Ogodei;, Mongolian: ''Ögedei'', ''Ögüdei''; – 11 December 1241) was second khagan- emperor of the Mongol Empire. The third son of Genghis Khan, he continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun.
...
is proclaimed
Khagan
Khagan or Qaghan (Mongolian:; or ''Khagan''; otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣 ), or , tr, Kağan or ; ug, قاغان, Qaghan, Mongolian Script: ; or ; fa, خاقان ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, Khaghan, Kaghan, Khakan, Khakhan ...
of the
Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii:
Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 millio ...
.
*
1437
Year 1437 ( MCDXXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* February 20– 21 – James I of Scotland is fatally stabbed at Perth in a f ...
–
Battle of Tangier: a
Portuguese expeditionary force initiates a failed attempt to seize the Moroccan citadel of
Tangier.
1601–1900
*
1609
Events
January–June
* January – The Basque witch trials begin.
* January 15 – One of the world's first newspapers, ''Avisa Relation oder Zeitung'', begins publication in Wolfenbüttel (Holy Roman Empire).
* January 3 ...
–
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson ( 1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States.
In 1607 and ...
reaches the river that would later be named after him – the
Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between Ne ...
.
*
1645 –
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were a series of related conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, then separate entities united in a pers ...
: Scottish Royalists are defeated by Covenanters at the
Battle of Philiphaugh.
*
1743
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, become the first white people to see the Rocky Mountains from the eastern side (the Spanish conquistadors ...
– Great Britain, Austria and the
Kingdom of Sardinia
The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-S ...
sign the
Treaty of Worms.
*
1759 –
Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...
in the
Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European Great Powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Other concurrent conflicts include the French and Indian War (1754– ...
, known in the United States as the
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. At the st ...
.
*
1782 –
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of ...
: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the
Great Siege of Gibraltar.
*
1788
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth ...
– The
Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
*
1791 – King
Louis XVI of France accepts the
new constitution.
*
1808
Events January–March
* January 1
** The importation of slaves into the United States is banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect; African slaves continue to be imported into Cuba, and until the island ab ...
–
Finnish War: In the
Battle of Jutas
The Battle of Jutas ( fi, Juuttaan taistelu, sv, Slaget vid Jutas) was fought on Tuesday, 13 September 1808 between Swedish and Russian troops south of Nykarleby in Ostrobothnia, Finland. Before the battle the Swedish army was in retreat aft ...
, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General
Georg Carl von Döbeln
Georg Carl von Döbeln (29 April 1758 – 16 February 1820) was a Swedish '' friherre'' (baron), Lieutenant general and above all known for his efforts on the Swedish side during the Finnish War.
Early life
Georg Carl was born at the Stora ...
beat the
Russians
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, pop1 ...
, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.
*
1812 –
War of 1812
The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It ...
: A supply wagon sent to relieve
Fort Harrison
Fort Harrison, later renamed Fort Burnham, was an important component of the Confederate defenses of Richmond during the American Civil War. Named after Lieutenant William Harrison, a Confederate engineer, it was the largest in the series of fort ...
is ambushed in the
Attack at the Narrows.
*
1814 – In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture
Baltimore
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...
. During the battle,
Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes
the United States' national anthem.
*
1843
Events January–March
* January
** Serial publication of Charles Dickens's novel ''Martin Chuzzlewit'' begins in London; in the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States.
** Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" ...
– The Greek Army
rebels
Rebels may refer to:
* Participants in a rebellion
* Rebel groups, people who refuse obedience or order
* Rebels (American Revolution), patriots who rejected British rule in 1776
Film and television
* ''Rebels'' (film) or ''Rebelles'', a 2019 ...
(
OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king
Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
*
1847 –
Mexican–American War
The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the (''United States intervention in Mexico''), was an armed conflict between the United States and Second Federal Republic of Mexico, Mexico f ...
: Six teenage military
cadet
A cadet is an officer trainee or candidate. The term is frequently used to refer to those training to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. Its meaning may vary between countries which can include youths in ...
s known as
Niños Héroes die defending
Chapultepec Castle in the
Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General
Winfield Scott
Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as a general in the United States Army from 1814 to 1861, taking part in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the early s ...
capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War.
*
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 ...
– Vermont railroad worker
Phineas Gage survives an iron rod in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate discussion of the nature of the brain and its functions.
*
1862 –
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 ...
:
Union soldiers find a copy of
Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, towards the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Nort ...
's
battle plans in a field outside
Frederick, Maryland
Frederick is a city in and the county seat of Frederick County, Maryland. It is part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area, Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area. Frederick has long been an important crossroads, located at the inter ...
. It is the prelude to the
Battle of Antietam.
*
1880 – The
Basuto Gun War breaks out after the
Basuto launch a rebellion against the
Cape Colony.
*
1882 –
Anglo-Egyptian War: The
Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
*
1898 –
Hannibal Goodwin patents
celluloid photographic film.
*
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 c ...
–
Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
* 1899 –
Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of
Mount Kenya.
*
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), ...
– Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the
Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the
Philippine–American War
The Philippine–American War or Filipino–American War ( es, Guerra filipina-estadounidense, tl, Digmaang Pilipino–Amerikano), previously referred to as the Philippine Insurrection or the Tagalog Insurgency by the United States, was an arm ...
.
1901–present
*
1906 – The
Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
*
1914 –
World War I
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: The
Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
*
1922 – The final act of the
Greco-Turkish War, the
Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
*
1923
Events
January–February
* January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
– Following a
military coup in Spain,
Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
*
1933 –
Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman
elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
*
1942 –
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 ...
: Second day of the
Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeat attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
*
1944 – World War II: Start of the
Battle of Meligalas between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist security battalions.
*
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
– Deputy Prime Minister of India
Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
to
integrate it with the
Indian Union Union of India or Indian Union may refer to:
* The country of India
* Dominion of India (1947–1950)
* The Government of India, whose legal name is "Union of India" as per Article 300 of the Indian constitution
* Political integration of India
...
.
* 1948 –
Margaret Chase Smith is elected
United States senator
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and p ...
, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S.
House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
*
1953 –
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev ...
is appointed
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
*
1956 – The
IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use
disk storage.
*
1956 – The
dike around the Dutch
polder East Flevoland is closed.
*
1962 – An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit
James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.
*
1964 –
South Vietnamese
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
Generals
Lâm Văn Phát and
Dương Văn Đức
Lieutenant General Dương Văn Đức (1927–2000) was a Vietnamese army officer. He is best known for leading a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh on 14 September 1964. He was a supporter of the Đại Việt Quốc Dân Đảng (D ...
fail in a
coup attempt against General
Nguyễn Khánh.
* 1964 –
Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of 20,000 West Berliners on Sunday, in
Waldbühne.
*
1968
The year was highlighted by Protests of 1968, protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechos ...
–
Cold War:
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic
The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the ...
leaves the
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact (WP) or Treaty of Warsaw, formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republi ...
.
*
1971 – State police and
National Guardsmen storm New York's
Attica Prison to quell a
prison revolt, which claimed 43 lives.
* 1971 – Chairman
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong pronounced ; also Romanization of Chinese, romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the List of national founde ...
's second in command and successor Marshal
Lin Biao
)
, serviceyears = 1925–1971
, branch = People's Liberation Army
, rank = Marshal of the People's Republic of China Lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China
, commands ...
flees China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in
Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 millio ...
, killing all aboard.
*
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...
–
General Motors introduces
Diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-ca ...
, with
Oldsmobile Diesel engine, in the
Delta 88,
Oldsmobile 98, and
Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser models amongst others.
*
1979 – South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of
Venda
Venda () was a Bantustan in northern South Africa, which is fairly close to the South African border with Zimbabwe to the north, while to the south and east, it shared a long border with another black homeland, Gazankulu. It is now part of the ...
(not recognised outside South Africa).
*
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 Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...
–
Spantax Flight 995 crashes at
Málaga Airport during a
rejected takeoff, killing 50 of the 394 people on board.
*
1985 – ''
Super Mario Bros.'' is released in Japan for the
NES, which starts the ''
Super Mario'' series of platforming games.
*
1986 – A
magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Kalamata, Greece with a maximum
Modified Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''), killing at least 20 and causing heavy damage in the city.
*
1987 –
Goiânia accident
The Goiânia accident was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on September 13, 1987, in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, after a forgotten radiotherapy source was stolen from an abandoned hospital site in the city. It was subsequen ...
: A
radioactive
Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. A material containing unstable nuclei is consi ...
object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in
Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from
radiation poisoning.
*
1988 –
Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by
Hurricane Wilma in
2005 (based on
barometric pressure).
*
1989 – Largest anti-
Apartheid
Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...
march in South Africa, led by
Desmond Tutu.
*
1993 – Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until ...
shakes hands with
Palestine Liberation Organization chairman
Yasser Arafat
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...
at the
White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C., NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. preside ...
after signing the
Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
*
1997 – A
German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army S ...
Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter is a retired military strategic airlifter that served with the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), its successor organization the Military Airlift Command (MAC), and finally the Air Mobility Command (AMC) of th ...
collide in mid-air near
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and e ...
, killing 33.
*
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 ...
– Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commerc ...
.
*
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 ...
– The
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the
United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; french: link=no, Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Cur ...
.
* 2007 – The
McLaren F1 team are found guilty of
possessing confidential information from the Ferrari team, fined $100 million, and excluded from the constructors' championship standings.
*
2008 –
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders wi ...
, India, is hit by a
series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
* 2008 –
Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to
Galveston Island,
Houston
Houston (; ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas, the Southern United States#Major cities, most populous city in the Southern United States, the List of United States cities by population, fourth-most pop ...
, and surrounding areas.
*
2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...
–
Taliban
The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pas ...
insurgents
attack the United States consulate in Herat,
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bord ...
, with two members of the
Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured.
*
2018 – The
Merrimack Valley gas explosions: One person is killed, 25 are injured, and 40 homes are destroyed when excessive natural gas pressure caused fires and explosions.
Births
Pre-1600
*
AD 64 –
Julia Flavia, Roman daughter of
Titus (d. AD 91)
*
678 –
K'inich Ahkal Mo' Nahb III, Mayan ruler (d. 730)
*
1087
Year 1087 ( MLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – The Taifa of Valencia falls under the domination of Rodrigo Díaz de Viva ...
–
John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1143)
*
1373
Year 1373 ( MCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* March 24 – The Treaty of Santarém is signed between Ferdinand I of Portu ...
–
Minkhaung I, King of Ava (d. 1431)
[(Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 55): Tuesday, 12th waning of Thadingyut 735 ME = 13 September 1373; ]
*
1475
Year 1475 (Roman numerals, MCDLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 10 – Battle of Vaslui (Moldavian–Ottoman Wars): Stephen I ...
–
Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal (d. 1507)
*
1502
Year 1502 ( MDII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 1 – Portuguese explorers, led by Gonçalo Coelho, sail into Guanabara B ...
–
John Leland, English poet and historian (d. 1552)
*
1521
1521 ( MDXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1521st year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 521st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year ...
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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 15204 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550–1553 and 1558–1572) and Lord High Treasurer from ...
, English academic and politician,
Lord High Treasurer (d. 1598)
*
1594
Events
January–June
* March 21 – Henry IV enters his capital of Paris for the first time.
* April 17 – Hyacinth of Poland is canonized.
* May
** Uprising in Banat of Serbs against Ottoman rule ends with the public ...
–
Francesco Manelli, Italian
theorbo player and composer (d. 1667)
1601–1900
*
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 ...
–
Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (d. 1698)
*
1755
Events
January–March
* January 23 (O. S. January 12, Tatiana Day, nowadays celebrated on January 25) – Moscow University is established.
* February 13 – The kingdom of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the ...
–
Oliver Evans, American inventor, engineer and businessman (d. 1819)
*
1802
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, begins removal of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens, claiming they were at risk of destruction during the Ot ...
–
Arnold Ruge
Arnold Ruge (13 September 1802 – 31 December 1880) was a German philosopher and political writer. He was the older brother of Ludwig Ruge.
Studies in university and prison
Born in Bergen auf Rügen, he studied in Halle, Jena and Heidelberg. ...
, German philosopher and author (d. 1880)
*
1813 –
John Sedgwick, American general and educator (d. 1864)
*
1818
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Empire.
** Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' is published anonymously in London.
* January 2 – ...
–
Lucy Goode Brooks, Former American slave and a founder of
Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans (later the Friends Association for Colored Children and currently Friends' Association for Children) was an African American orphanage at 112 West Charity Street in Richmond, Virginia. It began as a program to pro ...
(d. 1900)
*
1819 –
Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (d. 1896)
*
1830 –
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (d. 1916)
*
1842 –
John H. Bankhead
John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842March 1, 1920) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama between 1907 and 1920.
Life and career
Bankhead was born on September 13, 1842, at Moscow, present-day Lamar County, Alabama (near ...
, American soldier and politician (d. 1920)
*
1851
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion.
* January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly.
...
–
Walter Reed, American physician and biologist (d. 1902)
*
1857 –
Michał Drzymała, Polish rebel and activist (d. 1937)
* 1857 –
Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded
The Hershey Company (d. 1945)
*
1860 –
John J. Pershing
General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Wes ...
, American general and lawyer (d. 1948)
*
1865 –
William Birdwood, Indian-English field marshal (d. 1951)
*
1872 –
Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician and diplomat, 44th
Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan ( Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of Stat ...
(d. 1951)
*
1873
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar.
** The California Penal Code goes into effect.
* January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat ...
–
Constantin Carathéodory, German mathematician and author (d. 1950)
*
1874 –
Henry F. Ashurst
Henry Fountain Ashurst (September 13, 1874 – May 31, 1962) was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two Senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of the Arizona Territorial l ...
, American lawyer and politician (d. 1962)
* 1874 –
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...
, Austrian composer and painter (d. 1951)
*
1876 –
Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1941)
*
1877
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
* January 8 – Great Sio ...
–
Wilhelm Filchner, German-Swiss explorer (d. 1957)
* 1877 –
Stanley Lord, English captain (d. 1962)
*
1880 –
Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded
Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company—originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays—and t ...
(d. 1958)
*
1882 –
Ramón Grau
Ramón Grau San Martín (13 September 1881 in La Palma, Pinar del Río Province, Spanish Cuba – 28 July 1969 in Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban physician who served as President of Cuba from 1933 to 1934 and from 1944 to 1948. He was the last ...
, Cuban physician and politician, 6th
President of Cuba (d. 1969)
*
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 ...
–
LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (d. 1956)
* 1883 –
Petros Voulgaris, Greek admiral and politician, 136th
Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1957)
*
1885 –
Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1962)
*
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 ...
–
Amelie Beese, German pilot and sculptor (d. 1925)
* 1886 –
Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic,
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. 1975)
*
1887 –
Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss biochemist and academic,
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. 1976)
*
1890 –
Antony Noghès, French-Monegasque businessman, founded the
Monaco Grand Prix (d. 1978)
*
1891
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany.
** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence.
**Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
–
Max Pruss, German captain and pilot (d. 1960)
*
1893 –
Larry Shields, American clarinet player (d. 1953)
*
1894
Events January–March
* January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire.
* January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...
–
J. B. Priestley, English novelist and playwright (d. 1984)
* 1894 –
Julian Tuwim
Julian Tuwim (13 September 1894 – 27 December 1953), known also under the pseudonym "Oldlen" as a lyricist, was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition. He was educated in Łódź and in Warsaw where he studied la ...
, Polish poet, playwright, and director (d. 1953)
*
1895 –
Morris Kirksey, American rugby player and sprinter (d. 1981)
*
1898 –
Roger Désormière, French conductor and composer (d. 1963)
* 1898 –
C. Sittampalam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1964)
*
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 c ...
–
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (d. 1938)
1901–present
*
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 ...
–
Claudette Colbert, American actress (d. 1996)
* 1904 –
Alberta Williams King, American civil rights organizer, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1974)
*
1904 –
Gladys George, American actress (d. 1954)
*
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 ...
–
Chu Berry, American saxophonist (d. 1941)
* 1908 –
Karolos Koun, Greek director and playwright (d. 1987)
* 1908 –
Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th
President of the European Commission (d. 1995)
* 1908 –
Mae Questel, American actress and vocal artist (d. 1998)
*
1909 –
Ray Bowden, English footballer (d. 1998)
* 1909 –
Frits Thors
Alexander Frederik Paul "Frits" Thors (13 September 1909 – 19 April 2014) was a Dutch journalist and news anchor. Thors was best known as the newscaster of the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, NTS-Journaal from 1965 until 1972.
Biography
Prior to ...
, Dutch journalist and radio host (d. 2014)
*
1911 –
Bill Monroe
William Smith "Bill" Monroe (; September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, who created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the " Father of Bluegrass".
The genre take ...
, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (d. 1996)
*
1912 –
Maurice K. Goddard
Maurice K. Goddard (September 13, 1912 – September 14, 1995) was the driving force behind the creation of 45 Pennsylvania state parks during his 24 years as a cabinet officer for six governors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Goddard w ...
, American colonel and politician (d. 1995)
* 1912 –
Reta Shaw, American actress (d. 1982)
*
1914 –
Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (d. 1994)
*
1916 –
Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
*
1917 –
Carol Kendall Carol Kendall may refer to
* Carol Kendall (writer) (1917–2012), writer of children's books
* Carol Kendall (scientist), scientist at United States Geological Survey
See also
* Carroll Kendall (1890–1975), Canadian ice hockey player
{{Hn ...
, American historian and author (d. 2012)
* 1917 –
Robert Ward Robert Ward may refer to:
Politicians
*Robert Ward (MP for City of York)
* Robert Ward (1754–1831), Irish MP for Wicklow Borough, Killyleagh and Bangor
* Robert Ward (American politician) (1952–2021), American lawyer and politician
* Robert War ...
, American soldier, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
*
1918 –
Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 2015)
* 1918 –
Dick Haymes, Argentinian actor and singer (d. 1980)
*
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the ...
–
Mary Midgley, English philosopher and author (d. 2018)
* 1919 –
George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, Austrian-English journalist, publisher, and philanthropist (d. 2016)
*
1920 –
Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American journalist and author (d. 2012)
*
1922 –
Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (d. 1999)
* 1922 –
Caroline Duby Glassman
Caroline Duby Glassman (September 13, 1922 – July 10, 2013) was an American attorney and former jurist in the state of Maine. A native of Oregon, she completed college and law school in that state before moving to Portland, Maine, where she ...
, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
*
1923
Events
January–February
* January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
–
Édouard Boubat, French photographer and journalist (d. 1999)
*
1924 –
Harold Blair, Australian tenor and educator (d. 1976)
* 1924 –
Scott Brady, American actor (d. 1985)
* 1924 –
Maurice Jarre, French composer and conductor (d. 2009)
*
1925 –
Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
*
1926 –
Andrew Brimmer, American economist and academic (d. 2012)
* 1926 –
Emile Francis, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2022)
* 1926 –
J. Frank Raley Jr.
John Frank Raley Jr. (September 13, 1926 – August 21, 2012) was a Maryland politician"J. Frank Raley, Jr. (1926 - 2012)", The Slackwater Center, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and an advocate for education,"St. Mary’s College Mourns the ...
, American soldier and politician (d. 2012)
*
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
* ...
–
Laura Cardoso, Brazilian actress
*
1928 –
Robert Indiana, American painter and sculptor (d. 2018)
* 1928 –
Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek soldier and politician, 175th
Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2010)
*
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 ...
–
Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, English publisher and philanthropist (d. 2015)
*
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
–
Barbara Bain, American actress
* 1931 –
Robert Bédard, Canadian tennis player and sportscaster
* 1931 –
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Australian sprinter and politician, 33rd
Governor of South Australia
* 1931 –
Rein Maran
Rein Maran (born 13 September 1931, in Tartu) is an Estonian cinematographer, director, and professor, most notable for teaching at Tallinn University. In 1972, he graduated from a cinematography school. In 1967 he joined Tallinnfilm, and lat ...
, Estonian cinematographer
* 1931 –
Lauretta Ngcobo, South African novelist and essayist (d. 2015)
*
1932 –
Fernando González Pacheco
Fernando González Pacheco (September 13, 1932 – February 11, 2014), also known as Pacheco, was a Colombian television host, announcer, journalist[Radoslav Brzobohatý
Radoslav Brzobohatý (; 13 September 1932 – 12 September 2012) was a Czech film and television actor.
Brzobohatý was born in Vrútky, Czechoslovakia. He appeared in many Czech TV shows, including ''30 Cases of Major Zeman'', ''Ulice'' an ...](_bla ...<br></span></div>, Spanish-Colombian journalist and actor (d. 2014)
* 1932 – <div class=)
, Czech actor (d. 2012)
* 1932 –
Bengt Hallberg, Swedish pianist and composer (d. 2013)
*
1933 –
Eileen Fulton, American actress
* 1933 –
Donald Mackay, Australian businessman and activist (d. 1977)
* 1933 –
Lewie Steinberg, American bass player (d. 2016)
*
1934 –
Tony Pickard
Tony Pickard (born 13 September 1934) is a British former tennis player turned coach. He is best known as the longtime coach of former world No. 1 Stefan Edberg
Stefan Bengt Edberg (; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional ...
, English tennis player and coach
*
1936 –
Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian activist, founded
National Vanguard (d. 2019)
*
1937 –
Don Bluth
Donald Virgil Bluth (; born September 13, 1937) is an American film director, animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequen ...
, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded
Sullivan Bluth Studios and
Fox Animation Studios
*
1938 –
John Smith
John Smith is a common personal name. It is also commonly used as a placeholder name and pseudonym, and is sometimes used in the United States and the United Kingdom as a term for an average person. It may refer to:
People
:''In chronological ...
, Scottish lawyer and politician,
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1994)
*
1939 –
Arleen Auger, American soprano and educator (d. 1993)
* 1939 –
Richard Kiel, American actor and voice artist (d. 2014)
* 1939 –
Guntis Ulmanis, Latvian economist and politician, 5th
President of Latvia
The president of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Valsts prezidents ) is head of state and commander-in-chief of the National Armed Forces of the Republic of Latvia.
The term of office is four years. Before 1999, it was three years. The president may be e ...
* 1939 –
Joel-Peter Witkin, American photographer
*
1940 –
Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician,
President of Costa Rica,
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
* 1940 –
Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman
*
1941 –
Tadao Ando, Japanese architect and academic, designed
Piccadilly Gardens
* 1941 –
David Clayton-Thomas, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1941 –
Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Ahmet Necdet Sezer (; born 13 September 1941) is a Turkish statesman and judge who served as the tenth president of Turkey from 2000 to 2007. Previously he was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from 1998 to 2002. The Grand Nationa ...
, Turkish judge and politician, 10th
President of the Republic of Turkey
*
1942 –
Michel Côté, Canadian businessman and politician
*
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 – ...
–
Mildred D. Taylor, American author
*
1944 –
Carol Barnes, English journalist (d. 2008)
* 1944 –
Jacqueline Bisset, English actress and producer
* 1944 –
Peter Cetera, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
* 1944 –
Midget Farrelly, Australian surfer (d. 2016)
*
1945 –
Noël Godin, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1945 –
Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (d. 2002)
*
1946 –
Frank Marshall, American director and producer
* 1946 –
Henri Kuprashvili, Georgian swimmer
*
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
–
Nell Carter, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
* 1948 –
Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist and academic
* 1948 –
Sitiveni Rabuka, Fijian general and politician, 3rd
Prime Minister of Fiji
*
1949 –
John W. Henry, American businessman
*
1950 –
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish lawyer and politician, 8th
Prime Minister of Poland
The President of the Council of Ministers ( pl, Prezes Rady Ministrów, lit=Chairman of the Council of Ministers), colloquially referred to as the prime minister (), is the head of the cabinet and the head of government of Poland. The responsibi ...
* 1950 –
Pat Holland, English footballer and manager
* 1950 –
Jeff Lowe, American mountaineer (d. 2018)
*
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
–
Anne Devlin, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
* 1951 –
Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Sudanese politician, 1st
President of South Sudan
* 1951 –
Jean Smart, American actress
*
1952 –
Réjean Giroux
Réjean Giroux (born September 13, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association. He is the father of NHL and KHL player Alexandre Giroux. As a youth, Giroux ...
, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1952 –
Randy Jones, American pop and disco singer
* 1952 –
Don Was, American bass player and producer
*
1954 –
Steve Kilbey, English-Australian singer-songwriter and bass player
*
1955 –
Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan, English rower and politician,
Minister for Sport and the Olympics
* 1955 –
Joe Morris, American guitarist and composer
*
1956 –
Alain Ducasse, French-Monégasque chef
* 1956 –
Anne Geddes, Australian-New Zealand photographer and fashion designer
* 1956 –
Martin Hurson,
Irish Republican
Irish republicanism ( ga, poblachtánachas Éireannach) is the political movement for the unity and independence of Ireland under a republic. Irish republicans view British rule in any part of Ireland as inherently illegitimate.
The develop ...
, hunger striker (d. 1981)
* 1956 –
Joni Sledge
Joan Elise Sledge (September 13, 1956 – March 10, 2017) was an American singer best known as a founding member of the family vocal group Sister Sledge. The group was known for their hits during the mid-1970s through the mid-1990s; most notably ...
, American singer and songwriter (d. 2017)
*
1957
1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, 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, t ...
–
Vinny Appice, American rock drummer
* 1957 –
Judy Blumberg, American ice dancer and sportscaster
* 1957 –
Mal Donaghy, Irish footballer and manager
* 1957 –
Brad Hooker, English-American philosopher and academic
* 1957 –
Eleanor King
Eleanor Campbell King (1906–1991) was an American modern dancer, choreographer, and educator. She was a member of the original Humphrey-Weidman company, where she was a principal dancer in the pioneering modern dance movement in New York Cit ...
, English lawyer and judge
* 1957 –
John G. Trueschler
John G. Trueschler (born September 13, 1957), was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, District 42.
Background
In the 2002 election, Trueschler won his first election. He won a seat in District 42, which covers portions of Baltimore Co ...
, American lawyer and politician
* 1957 –
Mark Wiebe, American golfer
* 1957 –
Keith Black, American neurosurgeon and academic
* 1957 –
Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines
*
1958 –
Bobby Davro, English comedian and actor
* 1958 –
Paweł Przytocki
Paweł Przytocki (born 13 September 1958 in Krosno), is a Polish conductor of classical music.
Education
Przytocki studied at the Academy of Music in Kraków, graduating with distinction from the Faculty of Conducting under Professor Jerzy ...
, Polish conductor and academic
* 1958 –
Kōji Tamaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
*
1959 –
Tatyana Mitkova
Tatyana Rostislavovna Mitkova (russian: Татья́на Ростисла́вовна Митко́ва) (born September 13, 1957 in Moscow) is a Russian television journalist for NTV. She became famous in 1991 for refusing to read the official S ...
, Russian journalist
*
1960 –
Kevin Carter
Kevin Carter (13 September 1960 – 27 July 1994) was a South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He was the recipient in 1994 of a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph depicting the 1993 famine in Sudan. He died by suicid ...
, South African photojournalist (d. 1994)
*
1961 –
Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1961 –
KK Null
, known by his stage name KK Null, is a Japanese experimental multi-instrumentalist active since the early 1980s. He began as a guitarist but learned how to compose, sing, play drums, and create electronic music. He also studied Butoh dance at ...
, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1961 –
Peter Roskam, American lawyer and politician
*
1962 –
Neal Lancaster, American golfer
* 1962 –
Tõnu Õnnepalu, Estonian author
*
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 ...
–
Yuri Alexandrov, Russian boxer (d. 2013)
* 1963 –
Antony Galione
Antony Giuseppe Galione (born 13 September 1963) is a British pharmacologist. He is a professor and Wellcome Trust senior investigator in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford.
Early life and education
Antony Giuseppe Gal ...
, Professor of Pharmacology at the
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in contin ...
* 1963 –
Theodoros Roussopoulos
Theodoros Roussopoulos (; born 13 September 1963) is a Greek politician. He was Minister of State and Government Spokesman from 7 March 2004 until 23 October 2008, as well as one of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis's closest aides. Theodoros Rouss ...
, Greek journalist and politician
* 1963 –
Robin Smith, South African-English cricketer
*
1964 –
Tavis Smiley, American talk show host, journalist, and author
*
1965 –
Annie Duke, American poker player and author
* 1965 –
Jeff Ross, American comedian, director, and author
* 1965 –
Zak Starkey, English drummer
*
1966 –
Maria Furtwängler, German physician and actress
* 1966 –
Brendan Hall
Brendan Hall (born 13 September 1966) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He mostly played , but he also spent time playing and occasionally .
Playing career
Hall was a Canberra juni ...
, Australian rugby league player
*
1967 –
Michael Johnson, American former sprinter and journalist
* 1967 –
Tim "Ripper" Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1967 –
Stephen Perkins, American drummer and songwriter
*
1968
The year was highlighted by Protests of 1968, protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechos ...
–
Brad Johnson, American football player
* 1968 –
Bernie Williams, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and guitarist
*
1969 –
Daniel Fonseca, Uruguayan footballer
* 1969 –
Tyler Perry, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1969 –
Shane Warne, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2022)
*
1970 –
Lee Abramson, American bass player and composer (d. 2016)
* 1970 –
Martín Herrera, Argentinian footballer
* 1970 –
Louise Lombard, English actress
*
1971 –
Ben Alexander, Australian rugby league player (d. 1992)
* 1971 –
Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player and coach
* 1971 –
Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
* 1971 –
Manabu Namiki, Japanese pianist and composer
*
1973 –
Christine Arron, French runner
* 1973 –
Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer and manager
* 1973 –
Carlo Nash, English footballer and photographer
*
1974 –
Travis Knight, American basketball player
* 1974 –
Éric Lapointe, Canadian football player
* 1974 –
Craig Rivet, Canadian ice hockey player
*
1975 –
Akihiro Asai, Japanese race car driver
* 1975 –
Joe Don Rooney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1975 –
Idan Tal, Israeli footballer
*
1976 –
Ro Khanna
Rohit Khanna (; born September 13, 1976) is an American politician, lawyer, and academic serving as the U.S. representative from California's 17th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he defeated eight-term incumb ...
, American politician
* 1976 –
Craig McMillan, New Zealand cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
* 1976 –
Elvis Mihailenko, Latvian boxer, trainer, and sportscaster
* 1976 –
José Théodore, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
* 1976 –
Puma Swede, Swedish pornographic actress
*
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...
–
Fiona Apple, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pianist
* 1977 –
Ivan De Battista
Ivan De Battista (born 13 September 1977) is a Maltese actor, director, author, and poet/lyricist.
Early life and education
Ivan De Battista was born in Gżira, Malta to Martin and Irene De Battista, the oldest of three brothers. His acting s ...
, Maltese actor, singer, director, and producer
* 1977 –
Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter and drummer
*
1978 –
Swizz Beatz, American rapper and producer
* 1978 –
Peter Sunde, Swedish businessman
* 1978 –
Masato Shibata
is a Japanese professional wrestler primarily working for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where he competes as part of the Damnation T.A unit under the ring name . He was previously known under the name .
Professional wrestling career Style-E, IGF and ...
, Japanese wrestler
*
1979 –
Geike Arnaert, Belgian singer
* 1979 –
Tony Henry, English footballer
*
1980 –
Andreas Biermann, German footballer (d. 2014)
* 1980 –
Han Chae-young, South Korean actress
* 1980 –
Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player
* 1980 –
Evangelos Nastos
Vangelis Nastos ( gr, Βαγγέλης Νάστος; born 13 September 1980) is a Greek former football defender who last played for Veria in the Greek Super League.
Club career
Nastos is a youth product of PAOK FC and had contract with the clu ...
, Greek footballer
* 1980 –
Viren Rasquinha, Indian field hockey player
*
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 ...
–
Koldo Fernández
Koldo Fernández de Larrea (born 13 September 1981) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2014 for the and teams. He now works as a transfer agent within the sport.
Born in Vitoria-Gast ...
, Spanish cyclist
* 1981 –
Angelina Love, Canadian-American wrestler
*
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 Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...
–
Lloyd Dyer
Lloyd Richard Dyer (born 13 September 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. During his 18 years as a professional, Dyer spent the majority of his career in the Football League, most notably with West Bromw ...
, English footballer
* 1982 –
Nenê, Brazilian basketball player
* 1982 –
Rickie Weeks, American baseball player
* 1982 –
Colin Marston, American guitarist, bassist, and producer/engineer
* 1982 –
Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player
*
1983 –
James Bourne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1983 –
Molly Crabapple, American illustrator and journalist
* 1983 –
Ryan Del Monte
Ryan Del Monte (born September 13, 1983) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the American Hockey League (AHL).
Playing career
Del Monte started the 2010-11 ECHL season, 2010–11 season with the Cincinnat ...
, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1983 –
Eduard Ratnikov, Estonian footballer
*
1984 –
Nabil Abou-Harb
Nabil Zouheir Abou-Harb ( ar, نبيل أبو حرب; born September 13, 1984) is an American filmmaker, writer, producer, and director. He is also co-founder of "Five on Fifty Films" and has directed and produced a number of commercials.
Earl ...
, American director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1984 –
Baron Corbin, American wrestler
*
1985 –
David Jordan, English singer-songwriter
* 1985 –
Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
Tom Learoyd-Lahrs (born 13 September 1985 in Tweed Heads, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s, he played in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. A New South Wa ...
, Australian rugby league player
*
1986 –
Steve Colpaert
Steve Colpaert (born 13 September 1986) is a Belgian former international footballer who played professionally as a defender. He has played for Eendracht Aalst since 2020.
Career
Born in Etterbeek, Colpaert began his senior career during the 2 ...
, Belgian footballer
* 1986 –
Derek Hardman
Derek Hardman (born September 13, 1986) is an American football guard who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Eastern Kentucky.
Professional caree ...
, American football player
* 1986 –
Kamui Kobayashi, Japanese race car driver
* 1986 –
Sean Williams, American basketball player
*
1987 –
Edenilson Bergonsi
Edenilson Bergonsi (born 13 September 1987), sometimes known as just Edenilson, is a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gibraltar National League side F.C. Bruno's Magpies, Bruno's Magpies. He al ...
, Brazilian footballer
* 1987 –
Jonathan de Guzmán
Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán (born 13 September 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sparta Rotterdam. Born in Canada, he represented the Netherlands internationally.
De Guzmán is Canadian-born, but made himself ...
, Canadian-Dutch footballer
* 1987 –
Luke Fitzgerald, Irish rugby player
* 1987 –
Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgarian tennis player
*
1988 –
Luis Rentería
Luis Gabriel Rentería (September 13, 1988 – March 6, 2014) was a Panamanian football forward, who played at the end of his professional career for Tauro in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol.
Club career
Nicknamed ''Matagatos'' (Catkiller), R ...
, Panamanian footballer (d. 2014)
* 1988 –
Keith Treacy
Keith Patrick Treacy (born 13 September 1988) is an Irish footballer who is a former Republic of Ireland international who last played for St Patrick's Athletic. He spent his youth at Belvedere and began his professional career at Blackburn Rove ...
, Irish footballer
*
1989 –
Elysée Irié Bi Séhi, Ivorian footballer
* 1989 –
Kenny Edwards, New Zealand rugby league player
* 1989 –
Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (d. 2013)
* 1989 –
Thomas Müller, German footballer
* 1989 –
William Owusu, Ghanaian footballer
*
1990 –
Aoi Nakabeppu, Japanese model and actress
* 1990 –
Luciano Narsingh
Luciano Narsingh (born 13 September 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Ekstraklasa club Miedź Legnica. He is right-footed and usually plays as a right winger but can also play as a left winger, and both side of attacking mi ...
, Dutch footballer
*
1991 –
Ksenia Afanasyeva, Russian gymnast
*
1993 –
Niall Horan
Niall James Horan ( ; born 13 September 1993) is an Irish singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of the boy band One Direction, formed in 2010 on the singing competition ''The X Factor''. The group released five albums and went ...
, Irish singer
* 1993 –
Alice Merton
Alice Florence Clarissa Merton (born 13 September 1993) is a German-Canadian singer and songwriter. Merton achieved mainstream success with her debut single, " No Roots". In 2017, she released her first EP of the same name and in 2018, she rele ...
, Irish-Canadian singer and songwriter
*
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...
–
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Slovak tennis player
*1994 –
Leonor Andrade, Portuguese singer
* 1994 –
Cameron Munster
Cameron Munster (born 13 September 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL and Australia at international level.
Munster has played for Queensland in the State of Orig ...
, Australian rugby league player
*
1995 –
Jerry Tollbring, Swedish handball player
* 1995 –
João Carlos Almeida Leandro, Portuguese footballer
Deaths
Pre-1600
*
81 –
Titus, Roman emperor (b. AD 39)
*
413
__NOTOC__
Year 413 ( CDXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Herclianus and Lucius (or, less frequently, year 1166 ...
–
Marcellinus of Carthage,
martyr
A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external ...
and
saint
*
531 –
Kavad I,
Sasanian King of Kings of
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
(b. 473)
*
864 –
Pietro Tradonico, doge of
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...
*
908 –
Cormac mac Cuilennáin, king of
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following th ...
(Ireland)
*
1171
Year 1171 ( MCLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* March 12 – Emperor Manuel I (Komnenos) orders the arrest of all Venetians ...
–
Al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph (b. 1151)
*
1313
Year 1313 ( MCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* November 9 – Battle of Gammelsdorf: Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frede ...
–
Notburga, Austrian saint (b. 1265)
*
1409 –
Isabella of Valois, queen consort of England (b. 1389)
*
1488
__NOTOC__
Year 1488 ( MCDLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 8 – The Royal Netherlands Navy is formed, by the decree of Maximillian of Austria.
* February ...
–
Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1434)
*
1506 –
Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna (, , ; September 13, 1506) was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini.
Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g. by lowering the horizon in ord ...
, Italian painter and engraver (b. 1431)
*
1557 –
John Cheke, English scholar and politician,
Secretary of State for England (b. 1514)
*
1592 –
Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author (b. 1533)
*
1598
__NOTOC__
Events
January–June
* February 21 – Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia, following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I; the ''Time of Troubles'' starts.
* April 13 – Edict of Nantes (promulgated April 30 ...
–
Philip II of Spain
Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal fro ...
(b. 1526)
1601–1900
*
1612
Events
January–June
* January 6 – Axel Oxenstierna becomes Lord High Chancellor of Sweden. He persuades the Riksdag of the Estates to grant the Swedish nobility the right and privilege to hold all higher offices of governme ...
–
Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden (b. 1550)
*
1632 –
Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (b. 1586)
*
1759 –
James Wolfe, English general (b. 1727)
*
1766 –
Benjamin Heath, English scholar and author (b. 1704)
*
1800
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 18), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 12 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 16), ...
–
Claude Martin
Major-General Claude Martin (5 January 1735 – 13 September 1800) was a French army officer who served in the French and later British East India companies in colonial India. Martin rose to the rank of major-general in the British East India C ...
, French-English general and explorer (b. 1735)
*
1806 –
Charles James Fox
Charles James Fox (24 January 1749 – 13 September 1806), styled ''The Honourable'' from 1762, was a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the arch-riv ...
, English soldier and politician,
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, known as the foreign secretary, is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Seen as ...
(b. 1749)
*
1808
Events January–March
* January 1
** The importation of slaves into the United States is banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect; African slaves continue to be imported into Cuba, and until the island ab ...
–
Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1718)
*
1813 –
Hezqeyas, Ethiopian emperor
*
1847 –
Nicolas Oudinot, French general (b. 1767)
*
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 ...
–
İbrahim Şinasi, Turkish journalist, author, and translator (b. 1826)
*
1872 –
Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (b. 1804)
*
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 ...
–
Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th
Governor of Rhode Island
The governor of Rhode Island is the head of government of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's Army National Guard and Air National Guard. The current governor is Democrat Dan McKee. In their capac ...
(b. 1824)
*
1885 –
Friedrich Kiel, German composer and educator (b. 1821)
*
1894
Events January–March
* January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire.
* January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...
–
Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (b. 1841)
1901–present
*
1905 –
René Goblet, French lawyer and politician, 52nd
Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
*
1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
–
Rajanikanta Sen, Bangladeshi poet and composer (b. 1865)
*
1912 –
Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (b. 1843)
* 1912 –
Nogi Maresuke, Japanese general (b. 1849)
*
1913 –
Aurel Vlaicu, Romanian pilot and engineer (b. 1882)
*
1915 –
Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th
Governor of Ohio (b. 1835)
*
1918 –
Frederic Crowninshield
Frederic Crowninshield (1845–1918) was an American artist and author.
Life
Crowninshield was born in Boston on November 27, 1845 into the Crowninshield family.
His father was Edward Augustus Crowninshield (1817–1859) and mother was Caroline ...
, American artist and author (b. 1845)
*
1928 –
Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (b. 1861)
*
1929 –
Jatindra Nath Das, Indian activist (b. 1904)
*
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
–
Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (b. 1882)
*
1937 –
David Robertson, Scottish rugby player and golfer (b. 1869)
*
1941 –
Elias Disney
Elias Charles Disney (February 6, 1859September 13, 1941) was a Canadian-American construction worker and entrepreneur. He is best known as the father of Roy and Walt Disney, co-founders of The Walt Disney Company.
Biography
Early life
Disne ...
, Canadian-American farmer and businessman (b. 1859)
*
1944 –
W. Heath Robinson
William Heath Robinson (31 May 1872 – 13 September 1944) was an English cartoonist, illustrator and artist, best known for drawings of whimsically elaborate machines to achieve simple objectives.
In the UK, the term "Heath Robinson contr ...
, English cartoonist (b. 1872)
*
1946 –
Amon Göth, Austrian captain and Nazi war criminal (b. 1908)
* 1946 –
Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1875)
* 1946 –
William Watt, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th
Premier of Victoria (b. 1871)
*
1949 –
August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic,
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 (b. 1874)
*
1953 –
Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (b. 1868)
*
1960 –
Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (b. 1885)
*
1967 –
Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden
Muhammad Binladin ( ar, محمد بن لادن, translit=Muḥammad Binlādin; – 3 September 1967) was a Saudi tycoon who founded the Saudi Binladin Group. He worked primarily in the construction industry and became the wealthiest non-royal Sa ...
, Yemeni-Saudi Arabian businessman, founded
Saudi Binladin Group (b. 1903)
* 1967 –
Robert George, English air marshal and politician, 24th
Governor of South Australia (b. 1896)
* 1967 –
Leonard Lord, English businessman (b. 1896)
*
1971 –
Lin Biao
)
, serviceyears = 1925–1971
, branch = People's Liberation Army
, rank = Marshal of the People's Republic of China Lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China
, commands ...
, Chinese general and politician, 2nd
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1907)
*
1973 –
Betty Field, American actress (b. 1913)
* 1973 –
Sajjad Zaheer, Indian poet and philosopher (b. 1905)
*
1975 –
Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer
Mudikondan Venkatarama Iyer (Tamil: முடிகொண்டான் வெங்கடராம ஐயர் 15 October 1897 – 13 September 1975) was a
South Indian Carnatic music singer and musicologist. He was also known as Mudikondan ( ...
, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1897)
*
1976 –
Armand Mondou
Joseph Armand Mondou (June 27, 1905 - September 13, 1976) was a Canadian ice hockey forward.
Mondou was born in Yamaska, Quebec. He played his entire National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens. He made his NHL debut in 1928 and ret ...
, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
* 1976 –
Albert Tessier, Canadian priest, historian, and director (b. 1895)
*
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...
–
Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (b. 1882)
*
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 Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...
–
Reed Crandall, American illustrator (b. 1917)
*
1985 –
Dane Rudhyar, French-American astrologer, composer, and author (b. 1895)
*
1987 –
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy (; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director and producer. In his youth he played juvenile roles in vaudeville and silent film comedies.
During the 1930s, LeRoy was one of the two great practitioners o ...
, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1900)
*
1991 –
Robert Irving, English soldier and conductor (b. 1913)
* 1991 –
Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1936)
* 1991 –
Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American production manager and producer (b. 1901)
*
1993 –
Carl Voss, American ice hockey player and referee (b. 1907)
*
1996 –
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the b ...
, American rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1971)
*
1997 –
Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1915)
* 1997 –
Georgios Mitsibonas, Greek footballer (b. 1962)
*
1998 –
Necdet Calp, Turkish civil servant and politician (b. 1922)
* 1998 –
Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
* 1998 –
Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman (b. 1918)
* 1998 –
George Wallace, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th
Governor of Alabama (b. 1919)
*
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ...
–
Benjamin Bloom, American psychologist and academic (b. 1913)
*
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
–
Betty Jeffrey
Agnes Betty Jeffrey, OAM (14 May 1908 – 13 September 2000) was an Australian writer who wrote about her Second World War nursing experiences in the book ''White Coolies''.
Life
Jeffrey was a nurse in the 2/10th Australian General Hospita ...
, Australian nurse and author (b. 1908)
*
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 ...
–
Johnny Craig, American sailor and illustrator (b. 1926)
* 2001 –
Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English ice hockey player and tennis player (b. 1921)
* 2001 –
Dorothy McGuire, American actress (b. 1916)
*
2002 –
George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the
Flag of Canada
The national flag of Canada (french: le Drapeau national du Canada), often simply referred to as the Canadian flag or, unofficially, as the Maple Leaf or ' (; ), consists of a red field with a white square at its centre in the ratio of , in ...
(b. 1907)
*
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– ...
–
Frank O'Bannon
Frank Lewis O'Bannon (January 30, 1930 – September 13, 2003) was an American politician who served as the 47th governor of Indiana from 1997 until his death in 2003. As of October 2022, he remains the most recent United States Governor to h ...
, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, 47th
Governor of Indiana (b. 1930)
*
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 ...
–
Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-invented the
birth-control pill (b. 1925)
*
2005 –
Toni Fritsch, Austrian footballer (b. 1945)
* 2005 –
Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian lawyer and politician, 25th
President of Colombia
The president of Colombia ( es, Presidente de Colombia), officially known as the president of the Republic of Colombia ( es, Presidente de la República de Colombia) or president of the nation ( es, Presidente de la Nacion) is the head of stat ...
(b. 1916)
*
2006 –
Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th
Governor of Texas (b. 1933)
*
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 ...
–
Whakahuihui Vercoe
Whakahuihui "Hui" Vercoe (4 June 1928 – 13 September 2007) was an Anglican bishop in New Zealand. He was the Archbishop of New Zealand from 2004 to 2006, the first person from the Māori church to hold that office. He was also Bishop of Aote ...
, New Zealand archbishop (b. 1928)
*
2009 –
Paul Burke, American actor (b. 1926)
*
2011 –
Walter Bonatti, Italian mountaineer and journalist (b. 1930)
*
2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
–
William Duckworth, American composer and author (b. 1943)
* 2012 –
Peter Lougheed, Canadian football player, lawyer, and politician, 10th
Premier of Alberta (b. 1928)
* 2012 –
Edgar Metcalfe, English-Australian actor and director (b. 1933)
* 2012 –
Ranganath Misra, Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st
Chief Justice of India (b. 1926)
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2013
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Olusegun Agagu, Nigerian politician, 15th
Governor of Ondo State (b. 1948)
* 2013 –
Robert J. Behnke
Dr. Robert J. Behnke (December 30, 1929 – September 13, 2013) was an American fisheries biologist and conservationist who was recognized as a world authority on the classification of salmonid fishes. He was popularly known as "Dr. Trout" or "T ...
, American biologist and academic (b. 1929)
* 2013 –
Rick Casares, American football player (b. 1931)
* 2013 –
Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian trade union leader and politician (b. 1950)
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2014
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Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (b. 1936)
* 2014 –
Helen Filarski, American baseball player (b. 1924)
* 2014 –
Milan Galić, Serbian footballer (b. 1938)
* 2014 – Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (b. 1931)
*2015 – Vivinho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1961)
* 2015 – Erma Bergmann, American baseball player (b. 1924)
* 2015 – Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (b. 1931)
* 2015 – Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1955)
*2016 – Jonathan Riley-Smith, British historian (b. 1938)
*2017 – Pete Domenici, American politician, senator of New Mexico (b. 1932)
*2019 – Eddie Money, American musician (b. 1949)
*2022 – Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic (b. 1930)
Holidays and observances
* Christian calendar of saints, feast day:
**Feast of the Cross#September 13, Feast of the Cross (Assyrian Church of the East)
** Saint Aimé, Aimé (Amatus)
** Saint Ame, Ame
** Eulogius of Alexandria
** John Chrysostom
**
Marcellinus of Carthage
** Maurilius of Angers, Maurilius (Maurille) of Angers
** Nectarius of Autun
** Venerius the Hermit
** Wulfthryth of Wilton, Wulfthryth (Wilfrida) of Wilton
** September 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
* Day of the Programmer, during a non-leap year. (International)
* Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)
* Engineer's Day (Mauritius)
* Roald Dahl#Death and legacy, Roald Dahl Day (Africa, United Kingdom, Latin America)
References
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Days of the year
September