January 7

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Events

Pre-1600

49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army, prompting the tribunes who support him to flee to where Caesar is waiting in Ravenna.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1325 – Afonso IV becomes King of Portugal.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1558 – French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

1601–1900

1608 – Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1610 – Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following night.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1708 – Battle of Zlatoust: Battle between Bashkir and Tatar rebels and the government troops of the Tsardom of Russia. It is one of the events of the Bashkir rebellion of 1704–1711.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1708 – Bashkir rebels besiege Yelabuga.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1738 – A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1782 – The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1785 – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1835 – Template:HMS, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1867 – The Kingstree jail fire kills 22 freedmen in Reconstruction-era South Carolina.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1894 – Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1904 – The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1919 – Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1920 – The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1922 – Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64–57 vote.Template:Fact
1927 – The first transatlantic commercial telephone service is established from New York City to London.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1928 – A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1931 – Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1935 – Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1940 – Winter War: Battle of Raate Road: The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1948 – Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1950 – In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.<ref>Template:ASN accident</ref>
1954 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1968 – Surveyor program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36A.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1972 – Iberia Flight 602 crashes near Ibiza Airport, killing all 104 people on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – In his second shooting spree of the week, Mark Essex fatally shoots seven people and wounds five others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, before being shot to death by police officers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Third Indochina War: Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1980 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1984 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1985 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1989 – Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City in one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history.<ref name=strep>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1993 – The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as president.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1993 – Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – A British Aerospace Jetstream 41 operating as United Express Flight 6291 crashes in Gahanna, Ohio, killing five of the eight people on board.<ref name="ASN">Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, executing twelve people and wounding eleven others.<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
2015 – A car bomb explodes outside a police college in the Yemeni capital Sana'a with at least 38 people reported dead and more than 63 injured.<ref name="BBC1">Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – The 6.4Template:M 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes kill four and injure nine in southern Puerto Rico.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2023 – The longest U.S. House of Representatives speaker election since the December 1859 – February 1860 U.S. speaker election concludes and Kevin McCarthy is elected 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – A series of wildfires ravage the Greater Los Angeles area, resulting in at least 16 deaths and 13,401 structures destroyed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

889 – Li Bian, emperor of Southern Tang (d. 943)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1355 – Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (d. 1397)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1414 – Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen (d. 1451)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Aut (1882). Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden (in Dutch). Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff/Utrecht: J. L. Beijers. p. 92.</ref>
1502 – Pope Gregory XIII (d. 1585)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1634 – Adam Krieger, German organist and composer (d. 1666)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1647 – William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1685 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish agronomist and businessman (d. 1761)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1706 – Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1713 – Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian opera director and manager (d. 1785)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1718 – Israel Putnam, American general (d. 1790)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1746 – George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1823)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1768 – Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king (d. 1844)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1797 – Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845–1846) (d. 1849)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1800 – Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1814 – Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (d. 1837)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1815 – Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (d. 1882)<ref name="Hanson1884">Template:Cite book</ref>
1827 – Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time (d. 1915)
1830 – Albert Bierstadt, American painter (d. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1831 – Heinrich von Stephan, German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union (d. 1897)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1832 – James Munro, Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1834 – Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (d. 1874)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1837 – Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded the White Star Line Shipping Company (d. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1844 – Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (d. 1879)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1852 – Quianu Robinson, New Mexican Congressman and political ally of Conrad Hilton (d. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1858 – Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer and journalist (d. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1863 – Anna Murray Vail, American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden (d. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1871 – Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1873 – Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist (d. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1873 – Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (d. 1976)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1875 – Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1876 – William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer (d. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1877 – William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1889 – Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina (d. 1982)<ref>In "Stravinsky: Discoveries and Memories" (Craft, Robert, Naxos Books, 2013, Template:ISBN, p. 154), Robert Craft recalls that "after an emotionally and physically exhausting day...Vera abruptly announced that she could not keep up, and that she was four years older than the dates on her passport." This would mean her true birth date was 1/7/1885, and her age at death 97.</ref>
1890 – Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, American soldier, pulp magazine writer, and pioneer of the American comic book (d. 1965)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1891 – Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (d. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1895 – Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (d. 1974)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1898 – Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (disputed;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> d. 1941)
1899 – Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (d. 1963)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1899 – F. Orlin Tremaine, American magazine executive, writer, and magazine editor (Astounding Stories) (d. 1956)<ref>Template:Cite book; Template:Cite news</ref>
1900 – John Brownlee, Australian actor and singer (d. 1969)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1903 – Alan Napier, English actor (d. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1903 – Hooley Smith, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1963)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1904 – Joseph Whitty, Irish Republican died while on hunger strike at Curragh Internment camp (d.1923).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1908 – Red Allen, American trumpet player (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1910 – Orval Faubus, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1912 – Charles Addams, American cartoonist, created The Addams Family (d. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1913 – Francis de Wolff, English actor (d. 1984)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1913 – Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1993)
1916 – W. L. Jeyasingham, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (d. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1916 – Babe Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1920 – Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor (d. 1992)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1921 – Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1921 – Chester Kallman, American poet and translator (d. 1975)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1922 – Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1922 – Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1923 – Hugh Kenner, Canadian scholar and critic (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
1923 – Vaklush Tolev, Bulgarian theologian, educator, public figure and lecturer (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1924 – Geoffrey Bayldon, English actor (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1925 – Gerald Durrell, Indian-English zookeeper, conservationist and author, founded Durrell Wildlife Park (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1926 – Kim Jong-pil, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 11th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2018)
1928 – William Peter Blatty, American author and screenwriter (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1929 – Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1929 – Terry Moore, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1931 – Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier (d. 2013)<ref>Mirja Eteläpää. hs.fi (obituary in Finnish)</ref>
1933 – Elliott Kastner, American-English film producer (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1934 – Jean Corbeil, Canadian lawyer and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1934 – Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 5th President of Cyprus (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1935 – Kenny Davern, American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1935 – Valery Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1935 – Li Shengjiao, Chinese diplomat and international jurist (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1936 – Hunter Davies, Scottish author and journalist<ref name=autogeneratedqos>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – Bob Boland, Australian rugby league player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – Lou Graham, American golfer<ref name="GHT">Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – Rory Storm, English singer-songwriter (d. 1972)<ref name="search.findmypast.co.uk">Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – John Steiner, English actor (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – John E. Walker, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Vasily Alekseyev, Russian-German weightlifter and coach (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1943 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, known for one thousand origami cranes (d. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1944 – Mike McGear, British performing artist and rock photographer<ref name="Murrells1978">Template:Cite book</ref>
1944 – Kotaro Suzumura, Japanese economist and academic (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1945 – Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1945 – Raila Odinga, Kenyan engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Kenya<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1946 – Michele Elliott, author, psychologist and founder of child protection charity Kidscape<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – Jann Wenner, American publisher, co-founded Rolling Stone<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1947 – Tony Elliott, English publisher, founded Time Out<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> (d. 2020)
1948 – Kenny Loggins, American singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1950 – Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2016)<ref name="El Universal">Template:Cite web</ref>
1950 – Erin Gray, American actress and model<ref name="AP" />
1952 – Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1953 – Robert Longo, American painter and sculptor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1954 – Alan Butcher, English cricketer and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1955 – Mamata Shankar, Indian-Bengali actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1956 – David Caruso, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1957 – Nicholson Baker, American novelist and essayist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1957 – Katie Couric, American television journalist, anchor, and author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1959 – Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, English accountant and politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Kathy Valentine, American bass player and songwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1960 – David Marciano, American actor<ref name="AP" />
1960 – Loretta Sanchez, American politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1961 – John Thune, American lawyer and politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1962 – Aleksandr Dugin, Russian political analyst and strategist known for his fascist views<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1962 – Ron Rivera, American football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1962 – Hallie Todd, American actress<ref name="AP" />
1963 – Rand Paul, American politician and physician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964 – Nicolas Cage, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1965 – Five for Fighting, American singer-songwriter and pianist<ref>"California Births, 1905–1995". Family Tree Legends Records Collection (Online Database). Pearl Street Software. Retrieved July 5, 2010.</ref>
1965 – Alessandro Lambruschini, Italian runner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1967 – Nick Clegg, English academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1967 – Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
1967 – Ricky Stuart, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – Rex Lee, American actor<ref name="AP" />
1969 – Marco Simone, Italian footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Andy Burnham, English politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1970 – Doug E. Doug, American actor<ref name="AP" />
1971 – Kevin Rahm, American actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1971 – Jeremy Renner, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1972 – Donald Brashear, American-Canadian ice hockey player and mixed martial artist<ref name=Brashear>Template:Cite news</ref>
1974 – Alenka Bikar, Slovenian sprinter and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1976 – Vic Darchinyan, Armenian-Australian boxer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1976 – Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1976 – Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – Dustin Diamond, American actor and comedian (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – Sofi Oksanen, Finnish author and playwright<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – Brent Sopel, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Dean Cosker, English cricketer and umpire<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Reggie Austin, American actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1979 – Aloe Blacc, American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman and philanthropist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Reece Simmonds, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Marquis Daniels, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Travis Friend, Zimbabwean cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Lauren Cohan, American-English actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Brett Dalton, American actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1983 – Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Cappie Pondexter, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Robert Ri'chard, American actor<ref name="AP" />
1984 – Jon Lester, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1985 – Wayne Routledge, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Davide Astori, Italian footballer (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Stefan Babović, Serbian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Scott Pendlebury, Australian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Robert Sheehan, Irish actor<ref name="UPI" />
1990 – Liam Aiken, American actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1990 – Gentleman Jack Gallagher, English mixed martial artist and wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Camryn Grimes, American actress<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Tucker Barnhart, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Caster Semenya, South African sprinter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Michael Walters, Australian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Erik Gudbranson, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Tohu Harris, New Zealand rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Jarnell Stokes, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Lee Sun-bin, South Korean actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – MacKenzie Weegar, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Jordan Bell, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstani tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Alex Nedeljkovic, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Ozzie Albies, Curaçaoan baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Lamar Jackson, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Marcus Scribner, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – Ryan Dunn, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Sofia Wylie, American actress, singer, and dancer<ref name="UPI" />
2012 – Blue Ivy Carter, American singer and actress<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

312 – Lucian of Antioch, Christian martyr, saint, and theologian (b. 240)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
838 – Babak Khorramdin, Iranian leader of the Khurramite uprising against the Abbasid Caliphate<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
856 – Aldric, bishop of Le Mans Template:Fact
1131 – Canute Lavard, Danish prince and saint (b. 1096)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1285 – Charles I of Naples (b. 1226)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1325 – Denis of Portugal (b. 1261)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1355 – Inês de Castro, Castilian noblewoman (b. 1325)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1400 – John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English Earl (b. 1350)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1451 – Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy a.k.a. Antipope Felix V (b. 1383)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1529 – Peter Vischer the Elder, German sculptor (b. 1455)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1536 – Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1566 – Louis de Blois, Flemish monk and author (b. 1506)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1619 – Nicholas Hilliard, English painter and goldsmith (b. 1547)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1625 – Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer and author (b. 1560)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1655 – Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1658 – Theophilus Eaton, American farmer and politician, 1st Governor of the New Haven Colony (b. 1590)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1694 – Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (b. 1618)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1700 – Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1715 – François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1758 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1767 – Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1770 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1812 – Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1830 – John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1830 – Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1858 – Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1864 – Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1888 – Golam Ali Chowdhury, Bengali landlord and philanthropist (b. 1824)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1892 – Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1893 – Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1912 – Sophia Jex-Blake, English physician and feminist (b. 1840)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1919 – Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1920 – Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1927 – Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
1931 – Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
1932 – André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1936 – Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1941 – Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1943 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American inventor and engineer (b. 1856)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1951 – René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (b. 1886)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1960 – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player and coach (b. 1878)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1963 – Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)<ref>Moore, Arthur Edward (1876–1963) – Australian Dictionary of Biography Retrieved 1 February 2015.</ref>
1964 – Reg Parnell, English racing driver and manager (b. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1967 – David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1967 – Carl Schuricht, German-Swiss conductor (b. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1968 – J. L. B. Smith, South African chemist and academic (b. 1897)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1972 – John Berryman, American poet and scholar (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1981 – Alvar Lidell, English journalist and radio announcer (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1981 – Eric Robinson, Australian businessman and politician, 2nd Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1926)
1984 – Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1986 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican author, screenwriter, and photographer (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Zara Cisco Brough, American Nipmuc Indian chief and fashion designer (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Trevor Howard, English actor (b. 1913)<ref>Pettigrew Trevor Howard: A Personal Biography, London: Peter Owen, 2001, p. 26 and p. 245</ref>
1989 – Hirohito, Japanese emperor (b. 1901)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1990 – Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1992 – Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1951)<ref name=NYTObi>Template:Cite news</ref>
1995 – Murray Rothbard, American economist, historian, and theorist (b. 1926)<ref>David Stout, Obituary: Murray N. Rothbard, Economist And Free-Market Exponent, 68, The New York Times, January 11, 1995.</ref>
1996 – Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1998 – Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1998 – Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2000 – Gary Albright, American wrestler (b. 1963)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – James Carr, American singer (b. 1942)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2002 – Avery Schreiber, American comedian and actor (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004 – Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Pierre Daninos, French author (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 – Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and author (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – Bobby Hamilton, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2007 – Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist, author, and academic (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2008 – Alwyn Schlebusch, South African academic and politician, Vice State President of South Africa (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Tony Blankley, British-born American child actor, journalist and pundit (b. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
2014 – Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – Mompati Merafhe, Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana (b. 1936)<ref>"General Merafhe passes on" Template:Webarchive, Botswana Daily News Online, 7 January 2015.</ref>
2015 – Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Georges Wolinski, Tunisian-French cartoonist (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016 – Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016 – John Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
2016 – Kitty Kallen, American singer (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
2016 – Judith Kaye, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1938)<ref>Sam Roberts, Judith S. Kaye, First Woman to Serve as New York's Chief Judge, Dies at 77, The New York Times (January 7, 2016)</ref>
2016 – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (b. 1936)
2017 – Mário Soares, Portuguese politician; 16th President of Portugal (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018 – Jim Anderton, Former New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2018 – France Gall, French singer (b. 1947)<ref>Maev Kennedy, "France Gall: French singer who inspired My Way dies age 70", The Guardian, 8 January 2018</ref>
2020 – Neil Peart, Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1952)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 – Silvio Horta, American screenwriter and television producer (b. 1974)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 – Elizabeth Wurtzel, author and feminist (b. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2021 – Michael Apted, English filmmaker (b. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – Tommy Lasorda, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – Henri Schwery, Swiss cardinal (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (b. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025 – Jean-Marie Le Pen, French intelligence officer and politician (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:
Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar, Rastafari)
Distaff Day (medieval Europe)
Nanakusa-no sekku (Japan)
Pioneer's Day (Liberia)
Tricolour Day or Festa del Tricolore (Italy)
Victory from Genocide Day (Cambodia)

References

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External links

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