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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[532]] &ndash; [[Nika riots]] in [[Constantinople]]: A quarrel between supporters of different [[Chariot racing|chariot]] teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the [[Hippodrome of Constantinople|Hippodrome]] escalates into violence.<ref>{{cite book|author=Merry Ottin|title=Land of Emperors and Sultans: The Forgotten Cultures of Asia Minor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrkqAAAAMAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Crown Publishers|page=125}}</ref>
* [[630]] &ndash; [[Conquest of Mecca]]: [[Muhammad]] and his followers conquer the city, and the [[Quraysh]] association of clans surrenders.<ref>''Muhammad: Islam’s First Great General'', by Richard A. Gabriel, p.176.</ref>
* [[930]] &ndash; [[Sack of Mecca]] by the [[Qarmatians]].<ref> {{Das Reich des Mahdi|pages=229–230}}</ref>
*[[1055]] &ndash; [[Theodora III Porphyrogenita|Theodora]] is crowned empress of the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>{{citation |last= Norwich |first= John Julius |title =Byzantium: The Apogee | publisher=Penguin|location=London |year=1993 |isbn= 978-0-14-011448-5|pages=298–300}}</ref>
*[[1158]] &ndash; [[Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia]] becomes King of [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wihoda|first=Martin|translator-last=Millerová|translator-first=Kateřina|title=Vladislaus Henry: The Formation of Moravian Identity|location=Leiden|publisher=Brill|date=2015|isbn=9789004250499|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0aGXCgAAQBAJ|page=21}}</ref>
*[[1569]] &ndash; First recorded [[lottery]] in [[Kingdom of England|England]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item102765.html|title=The First National Lottery|website=www.bl.uk|access-date=2021-01-10|archive-date=2016-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121143959/http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item102765.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1654]] &ndash; [[Arauco War]]: A Spanish army [[battle of Río Bueno|is defeated]] by local [[Huilliche people|Mapuche-Huilliches]] as it tries to cross [[Bueno River]] in [[Zona Sur|Southern Chile]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Historia general de Chile|last=Barros Arana|first=Diego|publisher=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes|location=Alicante|url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/historia-general-de-chile-tomo-cuarto--0/html/ff2f1efc-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_69.html#I_15_|edition=Digital edition based on the second edition of 2000|volume=Tomo cuarto|language=es|chapter=Capítulo XIV|author-link=Diego Barros Arana|pages=346–347}}</ref>
*[[1759]] &ndash; The first American [[life insurance]] company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of [[Unum|Unum Group]]), is incorporated in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Two Hundred Years Old|work=The Weekly Underwriter|date=February 3, 1917|page=146|hdl=2027/uc1.c2605613?urlappend=%3Bseq=186|access-date=January 11, 2020|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2605613?urlappend=%3Bseq=186}}</ref>
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[William Herschel]] [[Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons|discovers]] [[Titania (moon)|Titania]] and [[Oberon (moon)|Oberon]], two [[Moons of Uranus|moon]]s of [[Uranus]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Moore|first=Patrick|title=The Data Book of Astronomy|location=Bristol, U.K.|publisher=Institute of Physics Publishing|date=2000|isbn=9780750306201|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fDDpBwAAQBAJ|page=193}}</ref>
*[[1805]] &ndash; The [[Michigan Territory]] is created.<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers Program|title=Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=1943|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DKLhheZht0C|page=632|isbn=9781623760212}}</ref>
*[[1820]] &ndash; The [[Great Savannah Fire of 1820]] destroys over 400 buildings in [[Savannah, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Coulter |first=E. Merton |author-link=E. Merton Coulter |date=March 1939 |title=The Great Savannah Fire of 1820 |journal=[[The Georgia Historical Quarterly]] |publisher=[[Georgia Historical Society]] |volume=XXIII |issue=1 |pages=1–27 |issn=2169-852X |jstor=40576606 |oclc=565102618}}</ref>
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Taiping Rebellion]]: [[Hong Xiuquan]] proclaims the [[Taiping Heavenly Kingdom]], starting the [[Jintian Uprising]].<ref name="Fairbank2006">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=nBDC2cqb6I0C&pg=RA2-PA206 China: A New History]'', John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman. Harvard, 2006.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Jian |first1=Youwen |title=The Taiping Revolutionary Movement |date=1973 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |page=65}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Alabama]] secedes from the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Morel Moxley|author2=Emily Moxley|title=Oh, What a Loansome Time I Had: The Civil War Letters of Major William Morel Moxley, Eighteenth Alabama Infantry, and Emily Beck Moxley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pT1AAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA14|year=2002|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-1118-6|pages=14}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: The three-day [[Battle of Arkansas Post (1863)|Battle of Arkansas Post]] concludes as General [[John Alexander McClernand|John McClernand]] and Admiral [[David Dixon Porter]] capture Fort Hindman and secure control over the [[Arkansas River]] for the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Christ|first=Mark K.|title=Civil War Arkansas, 1863: The Battle for a State|location=Norman, Okla.|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|date=2014|isbn=9780806144337|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jDoVtwDPuBsC|pages=64–80}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Terry L.|title=Historical Dictionary of the Civil War|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=2011|isbn=9780810879539|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ET6CDfczq9gC|page=xxxi}}</ref>
*  1863 &ndash; American Civil War: {{ship|CSS|Alabama}} [[Action off Galveston Light|encounters and sinks]] the {{USS|Hatteras|1861|6}} off Galveston Lighthouse in [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Terry L.|title=Historical Dictionary of the Civil War|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=2011|isbn=9780810879539|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ET6CDfczq9gC|page=xxxi}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; The [[Anglo-Zulu War]] begins.<ref>{{cite book|last=Knight|first=Ian|title=Companion to the Anglo-Zulu War|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, U.K.|publisher=Pen & Sword Books|date=2008|isbn=9781844158010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g1Z-AwAAQBAJ|page=ix}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Grand Canyon National Park|Grand Canyon National Monument]] is created.
*[[1912]] &ndash; Immigrant textile workers in [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]], [[1912 Lawrence Textile Strike|go on strike]] when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.<ref>{{cite book|last=Poirier|first=Clarisse A.|chapter=The Committee of Ten: The Local Heroes Who Faced Lawrence's Mill Men and Won in 1912|title=The Great Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912: New Scholarship on the Bread and Roses Strike of 1912|editor1-last=Forrant|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Siegenthaler|editor2-first=Jurg K.|location=Amityville, N.Y.|publisher=Baywood Publishing Co.|date=2014|isbn=9780895038616|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_-nDQAAQBAJ|page=48}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[HMCS Karluk|''Karluk'']], flagship of the [[Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1916|Canadian Arctic Expedition]], [[Last voyage of the Karluk|sinks after being crushed by ice]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Robert Bartlett (explorer)|last= Bartlett|first= Robert|author2=Ralph Hale |url= https://archive.org/details/lastvoyageofkarl00bartuoft|title= The Last Voyage of the ''Karluk''|publisher= McLelland, Goodchild and Stewart|location= Toronto|year= 1916 |pages=90&ndash;91}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; The [[Kingsland Explosion|Kingsland munitions factory explosion]] occurs as a result of [[sabotage]].
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Leonard Thompson (diabetic)|Leonard Thompson]] becomes the first person to be injected with insulin.
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Occupation of the Ruhr]]: Troops from [[France]] and [[Belgium]] occupy the [[Ruhr]] area to force [[Germany]] to make its [[World War I]] reparation payments.
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Louis B. Mayer]], head of film studio [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM), announces the creation of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]], at a banquet in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=1998|isbn=9781579580568|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnzsAgAAQBAJ|page=1}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Amelia Earhart]] becomes the first person to fly solo from [[Hawaii]] to [[California]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] forces [[Battle of Kuala Lumpur|capture Kuala Lumpur]], the capital of the Federated Malay States.
*  1942 &ndash; World War II: Japanese forces attack [[Tarakan Island|Tarakan]] in [[Dutch Borneo|Borneo]], [[Dutch East Indies|Netherlands Indies]] ([[Battle of Tarakan (1942)|Battle of Tarakan]])
*[[1943]] &ndash; The [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] agrees to the [[Sino-British Treaty for the Relinquishment of Extra-Territorial Rights in China|Sino-British New Equal Treaty]] and the [[Sino-American Treaty for the Relinquishment of Extraterritorial Rights in China|Sino-American New Equal Treaty]].
*  1943 &ndash; Italian-American anarchist [[Carlo Tresca]] is assassinated in [[New York City]].
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Enver Hoxha]], Secretary General of the [[Party of Labour of Albania|Communist Party of Albania]], declares the [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania|People's Republic of Albania]] with himself as head of state.
*[[1949]] &ndash; The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as [[KDKA-TV]] in [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
*[[1957]] &ndash; The [[African Convention]] is founded in [[Dakar|Dakar, Senegal]].
*[[1959]] &ndash; 36 people are killed when [[Lufthansa Flight 502]] crashes on approach to [[Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport]] in Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation D-ALAK Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590111-0 |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Throgs Neck Bridge]] over the [[East River]], linking [[New York City]]'s boroughs of [[The Bronx]] and [[Queens]], opens to road traffic.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: While tied to its pier in [[Russian Shipyard Number 10|Polyarny]], the [[Soviet submarine B-37]] is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
*  1962 &ndash; An avalanche on [[Huascarán]] in [[Peru]] causes around 4,000 deaths.<ref>{{cite news |title=1962: Thousands killed in Peru landslide |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/11/newsid_3306000/3306665.stm |access-date=10 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Surgeon General of the United States]] Dr. [[Luther Terry]], M.D., publishes the landmark report ''[[Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service]]'' saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
*[[1966]] &ndash; The [[Tbilisi Metro]] is opened.<ref name="TTC History">{{cite web |title=Tbilisi Transport Company History |url=http://ttc.com.ge/index.php/en/history |access-date=19 July 2020 |website=ttc.com.ge |publisher=Tbilisi Transport Company}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[East Pakistan]] renames itself [[Bangladesh]].
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Major League Baseball]] owners vote in approval of the [[American League]] adopting the [[designated hitter]] position.
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[United Airlines Flight 2885]] crashes after takeoff from [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport]], killing three.<ref name="ntsb2">{{cite web |date=October 31, 1983 |title=United Airlines Flight 2885, N8053U, McDonnell Douglas DC-8-54F, Detroit, Michigan, January 11, 1983 |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8307.pdf |access-date=February 8, 2015 |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |id=NTSB/AAR-83/07}} - [https://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR83-07.pdf Copy at] [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University]].</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; The [[Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges|Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia]] is officially opened.
*[[1994]] &ndash; The [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the [[Official Irish Republican Army|IRA]] and its political arm [[Sinn Féin]].
*[[1995]] &ndash; 51 people are killed in a [[Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256|plane crash]] in [[María La Baja]], Colombia.<ref name="safety5">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-9-14 HK-3839X Maria La Baja |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950110-1 |access-date=2019-03-08 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[STS-72]] launches from the [[Kennedy Space Center]] marking the start of the 74th [[Space Shuttle]] mission and the 10th flight of ''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warnock |first=Lynda |title=STS-72 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-72.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=www.nasa.gov |publisher=NASA}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; Over 100 people are killed in the [[Sidi-Hamed massacre]] in [[Algeria]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/11/newsid_4075000/4075725.stm|title=1998: 100 die in massacre in Algeria|date=January 11, 1998|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Governor of Illinois|Illinois Governor]] [[George Ryan]] commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on [[Illinois]]'s death row based on the [[Jon Burge]] scandal.
*[[2013]] &ndash; One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a [[Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt|failed attempt]] to free a French hostage in [[Bulo Marer]], [[Somalia]].
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei]]: Municipal health officials in [[Wuhan]] announce the first recorded death from [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=9 August 2021 |title=Covid-19 Pandemic Timeline Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/health/covid-19-pandemic-timeline-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=2022-01-11 |website=CNN}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[347]] &ndash; [[Theodosius I]], Roman emperor (d. 395)
* [[889]] &ndash; [[Abd-ar-Rahman III]], first [[Caliph of Córdoba]] (d. 961)
*[[1113]] &ndash; [[Wang Chongyang]], Chinese religious leader and poet (d. 1170)
*[[1209]] &ndash; [[Möngke Khan]], Mongolian emperor (d. 1259) 
*[[1322]] &ndash; [[Emperor Kōmyō]] of Japan (d. 1380)
*[[1359]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-En'yū]] of Japan (d. 1393)
*[[1395]] &ndash; [[Michele of Valois]], daughter of Charles VI of France (d. 1422)
*[[1503]] &ndash; [[Parmigianino]], Italian artist (d. 1540)
*[[1589]] &ndash; [[William Strode (of Barrington)|William Strode]], English politician (d. 1666)
*[[1591]] &ndash; [[Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire]] (d. 1646)
===1601–1900===
*[[1624]] &ndash; [[Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw]], Dutch painter (d. 1680)
*[[1630]] &ndash; [[John Rogers (Harvard)|John Rogers]], English-American minister, physician, and academic (d. 1684)
*[[1638]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Steno]], Danish bishop and anatomist (d. 1686)
*[[1642]] &ndash; [[Johann Friedrich Alberti]], German organist and composer (d. 1710)
*[[1650]] &ndash; [[Diana Glauber]], Dutch-German painter (d. 1721)<ref>{{cite book|first=Willemina|last=van der Meer|title=Biografische Index van de Benelux Volume 1. A-Dijxhoorn|location=Munich|publisher=K.G. Saur|year=1997|language=NL|page=530|isbn=978-3-59832-645-5}}</ref>
*[[1671]] &ndash; [[François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie]], French general and diplomat (d. 1745)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Alexander Hamilton]], Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (d. 1804)
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Samuel Bentham]], English engineer and architect (d. 1831)
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[Oliver Wolcott Jr.]], American lawyer and politician, 2nd [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]], 24th [[Governor of Connecticut]] (d. 1833)
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Vincenzo Borg]], Maltese merchant and rebel leader (d. 1837)
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Joseph Jackson Lister]], English physicist (d. 1869)
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[William Thomas Brande]], English chemist and academic (d. 1866)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Ányos Jedlik]], Hungarian physicist and engineer (d. 1895)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Ezra Cornell]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Western Union]] and [[Cornell University]] (d. 1874)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[James Paget]], English surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899)
*  1814 &ndash; [[Socrates Nelson]], American businessman and politician (d. 1867)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Folsom|first=W. H. C.|url=https://archive.org/stream/fiftyyearsinnort00folsuoft#page/58/mode/2up|title=Fifty Years in the Northwest|publisher=Pioneer Press Company|year=1888|editor-last=Edwards|editor-first=E. E.|pages=58–59|author-link=W.H.C. Folsom}}</ref>
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[John A. Macdonald]], Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. 1891)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Bayard Taylor]], American poet, author, and critic (d. 1878)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Eugenio María de Hostos]], Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist (d. 1903)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[William James]], American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Adolf Eberle]], German painter (d. 1914)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Albert Victor Bäcklund]], Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1912)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Joseph Charles Arthur]], American pathologist and mycologist (d. 1942)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Constantin Fehrenbach]], German lawyer and politician, 4th [[List of Chancellors of Germany#Weimar Republic (Reichskanzler) (1919–1933)|Chancellor of Weimar Germany]] (d. 1926)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Georgios Jakobides]], Greek painter and sculptor (d. 1932)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Christian Sinding]], Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1941)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Fred Archer (jockey)|Fred Archer]], English jockey (d. 1886)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Harry Gordon Selfridge]], American-English businessman, founded [[Selfridges]] (d. 1947)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston]], English politician, 35th [[Governor-General of India]] (d. 1925)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Thomas Dixon, Jr.]], American minister, lawyer, and politician (d. 1946)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[John Ernest Adamson]], English educationalist and Director of Education of the [[Colony of Transvaal]] (d.1950)<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB|last=Kallaway|first=Peter|date=6 January 2011|title=Adamson, Sir John Ernest|url=https://www-oxforddnb-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30338}}</ref>
*1867 &ndash; [[Edward B. Titchener]], English psychologist and academic (d. 1927)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Cai Yuanpei]], Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1940)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Alexander Stirling Calder]], American sculptor and educator (d. 1945)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[G. W. Pierce]], American physicist and academic (d. 1956)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[John Callan O'Laughlin]], American soldier and journalist (d. 1949)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Reinhold Glière]], Russian composer and academic (d. 1956)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Elmer Flick]], American baseball player (d. 1971)
*  1876 &ndash; [[Thomas Hicks (athlete)|Thomas Hicks]], American runner (d. 1952)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Theodoros Pangalos (general)|Theodoros Pangalos]], Greek general and politician, [[List of heads of state of Greece|President of Greece]] (d. 1952)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Alice Paul]], American activist and suffragist (d. 1977)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[George Zucco]], British actor (d. 1960)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hess|first1=Earl J.|last2=Dabholkar|first2=Pratibha A.|title=The Cinematic Voyage of 'The Pirate': Kelly, Garland, and Minnelli at Work|location=Columbia, Mo.|publisher=University of Missouri Press|date=2014|isbn=9780826220226|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pn3EAwAAQBAJ|page=223}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Aldo Leopold]], American ecologist and author (d. 1948)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Joseph B. Keenan]], American jurist and politician (d. 1954)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Calvin Bridges]], American geneticist and academic (d. 1938)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Max Carey]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
*  1890 &ndash; [[Oswald de Andrade]], Brazilian poet and critic (d. 1954)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Andrew Sockalexis]], American runner (d. 1919)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Ellinor Aiki]], Estonian painter (d. 1969)
*  1893 &ndash; [[Charles Fraser (rugby league)|Charles Fraser]], Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1981)
*  1893 &ndash; [[Anthony M. Rud]], American journalist and author (d. 1942)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Laurens Hammond]], American engineer and businessman, founded the [[Hammond Clock Company]] (d. 1973)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Bernard DeVoto]], American historian and author (d. 1955)
*  1897 &ndash; [[August Heissmeyer]], German [[SS]] officer (d. 1979)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Eva Le Gallienne]], English-American actress, director, and producer (d. 1991)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Kwon Ki-ok]], Korean pilot (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite book |first=Justin |last=Corfield |title=Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang |location=London |publisher=Anthem Press |year=2014 |page=115 |isbn=978-1-78308-341-1}}</ref>
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Maurice Duruflé]], French organist and composer (d. 1986)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Alan Paton]], South African author and activist (d. 1988)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 11: Amanda Peet, Mary J. Blige |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/11/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-11-Amanda-Peet-Mary-J-Blige/4611673397878/#:~:text=birthdays%20for%20Jan.-,11%3A%20Amanda%20Peet%2C%20Mary%20J.,Blige |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=11 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Clyde Kluckhohn]], American anthropologist and theorist (d. 1960)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Albert Hofmann]], Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of [[LSD]] (d. 2008)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Pierre Mendès France]], French lawyer and politician, 142nd [[List of Prime Ministers of France|Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1982)
*  1907 &ndash; [[Abraham Joshua Heschel]], Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Lionel Stander]], American actor and activist (d. 1994)<ref>{{cite book|last=Young|first=Jordan R.|title=Roman Polanski: Behind the Scenes of His Classic Early Films|location=Essex, Conn.|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|date=2023|isbn=9781493067923|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_dWEEAAAQBAJ|page=37}}</ref>
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Arthur Lambourn]], New Zealand rugby player (d. 1999)
*  1910 &ndash; [[Shane Paltridge]], Australian soldier and politician (d. 1966)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Tommy Duncan]], American singer-songwriter (d. 1967) 
*  1911 &ndash; [[Nora Heysen]], Australian painter (d. 2003)
*  1911 &ndash; [[Zenkō Suzuki]], Japanese politician, 70th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 2004)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Don "Red" Barry]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Karl Stegger]], Danish actor (d. 1980)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Luise Krüger]], German javelin thrower (d. 2001)
*  1915 &ndash; [[Paddy Mayne]], British colonel and lawyer (d. 1955)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Bernard Blier]], Argentinian-French actor (d. 1989)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[John Robarts]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Premier of Ontario]] (d. 1982)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Robert C. O'Brien (author)|Robert C. O'Brien]], American author and journalist (d. 1973)
*  1918 &ndash; [[Spencer Walklate]], Australian rugby league player and soldier (d. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/spencer-walklate/summary.html|title = Spencer Walklate - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Mick McManus (wrestler)|Mick McManus]], English wrestler (d. 2013)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Gory Guerrero]], American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990)
*  1921 &ndash; [[Juanita M. Kreps]], American economist and politician, 24th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (d. 2010)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Jerome Bixby]], American author and screenwriter (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite book|last=Reginald|first=Robert|title=Contemporary Science Fiction Authors|location=Los Angeles|publisher=Unicorn and Son|date=1970|oclc=156326|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mSGOTZKpZk0C|page=21|isbn=978-1-4344-7858-0 }}</ref>
*  1923 &ndash; [[Ernst Nolte]], German historian and philosopher (d. 2016)
*  1923 &ndash; [[Carroll Shelby]], American race car driver, engineer, and businessman, founded [[Carroll Shelby International]] (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian Laban|title=Winners: a who's who of motor racing champions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pMweYFCjPAAC|year=1981|publisher=Orbis|isbn=978-0-85613-042-7|page=162}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Roger Guillemin]], French-American physician and endocrinologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2024)
*  1924 &ndash; [[Sam B. Hall, Jr.]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1994)
*  1924 &ndash; [[Slim Harpo]], American blues singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1970)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Grant Tinker]], American television producer, co-founded [[MTM Enterprises]] (d. 2016)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Lev Dyomin]], Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1998)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[David L. Wolper]], American director and producer (d. 2010)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Dmitri Bruns]], Estonian architect and theorist (d. 2020)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Ron Mulock]], Australian lawyer and politician, 10th [[Deputy Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 2014)
*  1930 &ndash; [[Rod Taylor]], Australian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Betty Churcher]], Australian painter, historian, and curator (d. 2015)
*  1931 &ndash; [[Mary Rodgers]], American composer and author (d. 2014)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Alfonso Arau]], Mexican actor and director
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Goldie Hill]], American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Jean Chrétien]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Prime Minister of Canada]]<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1934 &ndash; [[Mitchell Ryan]], American actor (d. 2022)<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Eva Hesse]], German-American sculptor and educator (d. 1970)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Felix Silla]], Italian character actor, circus performer, voice artist, and stuntman (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Tate|first1=Marsha Ann|last2=Houser|first2=Eric|title=What America Watched: Television Favorites From the Cornfields to the Cosmos, 1960s-1990s|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2022|isbn=9781476680576|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aD1ZEAAAQBAJ|page=118}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Arthur Scargill]], English miner, activist, and politician<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Crick|title=Scargill and the miners|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=madMAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Penguin|page=26|isbn=9780140523553}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Anne Heggtveit]], Canadian alpine skier
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Andres Tarand]], Estonian geographer and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Estonia]]
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Gérson]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Bud Acton]], American basketball player
*  1942 &ndash; [[Clarence Clemons]], American saxophonist and actor (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Mohammed Abdul-Hayy]], Sudanese poet and academic (d. 1989)
*  1944 &ndash; [[Shibu Soren]], Indian politician, 3rd [[Chief Minister of Jharkhand]]
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Christine Kaufmann]], German actress, author, and businesswoman (d. 2017)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Naomi Judd]], American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2022)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1946 &ndash; [[Tony Kaye (musician)|Tony Kaye]], English progressive rock keyboard player and songwriter
*  1946 &ndash; [[John Piper (theologian)|John Piper]], American theologian and author
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Hamish Macdonald (rugby player)|Hamish Macdonald]], New Zealand rugby player
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Fritz Bohla]], German footballer and manager
*  1948 &ndash; [[Joe Harper (footballer)|Joe Harper]], Scottish footballer and manager
*  1948 &ndash; [[Wajima Hiroshi]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 54th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 2018)
*  1948 &ndash; [[Madeline Manning]], American runner and coach
*  1948 &ndash; [[Terry Williams (drummer)|Terry Williams]], Welsh drummer
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Daryl Braithwaite]], Australian singer-songwriter
*  1949 &ndash; [[Chris Ford]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Ford |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76733/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1949 &ndash; [[Mohammad Reza Rahimi]], Iranian lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Vice President of Iran]]
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Charlie Huhn]], American rock singer and guitarist 
*  1951 &ndash; [[Willie Maddren]], English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
*  1951 &ndash; [[Philip Tartaglia]], Scottish archbishop (d. 2021)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Bille Brown]], Australian actor and playwright (d. 2013)
*  1952 &ndash; [[Ben Crenshaw]], American golfer and architect
*  1952 &ndash; [[Michael Forshaw]], Australian lawyer and politician
*  1952 &ndash; [[Diana Gabaldon]], American author<ref>{{cite web|title=Flagstaff's Famous Faces|website=Arizona Daily Sun|date=December 14, 2023|accessdate=January 10, 2024|url=https://azdailysun.com/news/flagstaffs-famous-faces/collection_f4dab536-7d5f-5d85-acf9-154c1e4f9112.html#1}}</ref>
*  1952 &ndash; [[Lee Ritenour]], American guitarist, composer, and producer
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Graham Allen (politician)|Graham Allen]], English politician, [[Vice-Chamberlain of the Household]]
*  1953 &ndash; [[Kostas Skandalidis]], Greek engineer and politician, [[Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food (Greece)|Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Food]]
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Jaak Aaviksoo]], Estonian physicist and politician, 26th [[Minister of Defence (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Defence]]
*  1954 &ndash; [[Kailash Satyarthi]], Indian engineer, academic, and activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[David Grant (rugby league)|David Grant]], Australian rugby league player (d. 1994)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/david-grant/summary.html|title=David Grant - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*  1956 &ndash; [[Big Bank Hank]], American rapper (d. 2014)
*  1956 &ndash; [[Robert Earl Keen]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1956 &ndash; [[Phyllis Logan]], Scottish actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Darryl Dawkins]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
*  1957 &ndash; [[Peter Moore (Australian rules footballer)|Peter Moore]], Australian rules footballer and coach
*  1957 &ndash; [[Bryan Robson]], English footballer and manager
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Vicki Peterson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Brett Bodine]], American NASCAR driver<ref>{{cite book|author=William M. Burt|title=Race Fans Reference: Understanding Winston Cup Racing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AaGqc_UGKZ0C|date=1 January 1995|publisher=ALASTRA Corp.|isbn=978-0-9648129-0-1|pages=5–7}}</ref>
*  1959 &ndash; [[Rob Ramage]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Jasper Fforde]], English author<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1961 &ndash; [[Lars-Erik Torph]], Swedish racing driver (d. 1989)
*  1961 &ndash; [[Karl von Habsburg]], Austrian politician, Head of the [[House of Habsburg-Lorraine]]
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Chris Bryant]], Welsh politician, [[Minister of State for Europe]]
*  1962 &ndash; [[Kim Coles]], American actress and comedian<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1962 &ndash; [[Susan Lindauer]], American journalist and activist
*  1962 &ndash; [[Brian Moore (rugby union)|Brian Moore]], English rugby player
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Tracy Caulkins]], American-Australian swimmer<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1963 &ndash; [[Jason Connery]], Italian-born British actor and director<ref>{{cite book|last=Sellers|first=Robert|title=Sean Connery: A Celebration|location=London|publisher=Robert Hale|date=1999|isbn=9780709061250|page=168}}</ref>
*  1963 &ndash; [[Petra Schneider]], German swimmer
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Albert Dupontel]], French actor and director
*  1964 &ndash; [[Ralph Recto]], Filipino lawyer and politician
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Mascarita Sagrada]], Mexican wrestler
*  1965 &ndash; [[Aleksey Zhukov]], Russian footballer and coach
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Marc Acito]], American author and screenwriter
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Michael Healy-Rae]], Irish politician
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Anders Borg]], Swedish economist and politician, [[Minister for Finance (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for Finance]]
*  1968 &ndash; [[Tom Dumont]], American guitarist and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1968 &ndash; [[Steve Mavin]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/steve-mavin/summary.html|title=Steve Mavin - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Manny Acta]], Dominican-American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Manfredi Beninati]], Italian painter and sculptor
*  1970 &ndash; [[Chris Jent]], American basketball player and coach
*  1970 &ndash; [[Malcolm D. Lee]], American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1970 &ndash; [[Ken Ueno]], American composer
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Mary J. Blige]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 11, 2023 includes celebrities Mary J. Blige, Amanda Peet |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-11-2023-includes-celebrities-mary-j-blige-amanda-peet.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=11 January 2023}}</ref>
*  1971 &ndash; [[Jeff Orford]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Christian Jacobs]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor 
*  1972 &ndash; [[Anthony Lledo]], Danish composer
*  1972 &ndash; [[Amanda Peet]], American actress and playwright<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Rahul Dravid]], Indian cricketer
*  1973 &ndash; [[Rockmond Dunbar]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Roman Görtz]], German footballer
*  1974 &ndash; [[Cody McKay]], Canadian baseball player
*  1974 &ndash; [[Jens Nowotny]], German footballer
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Rory Fitzpatrick]], American ice hockey player
*  1975 &ndash; [[Dan Luger]], English rugby player and coach
*  1975 &ndash; [[Matteo Renzi]], Italian politician, 56th [[Prime Minister of Italy]]
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Efthimios Rentzias]], Greek basketball player
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Shamari Buchanan]], American football player
*  1977 &ndash; [[Anni Friesinger-Postma]], German speed skater
*  1977 &ndash; [[Shane Kelly (rugby league)|Shane Kelly]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/shane-kelly/summary.html|title=Shane Kelly - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*  1977 &ndash; [[Olexiy Lukashevych]], Ukrainian long jumper
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Vallo Allingu]], Estonian basketball player
*  1978 &ndash; [[Holly Brisley]], Australian actress
*  1978 &ndash; [[Michael Duff (footballer)|Michael Duff]], Irish footballer
*  1978 &ndash; [[Emile Heskey]], English footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Darren Lynn Bousman]], American director and screenwriter
*  1979 &ndash; [[Michael Lorenz (footballer)|Michael Lorenz]], German footballer
*  1979 &ndash; [[Terence Morris]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/morrite01.html|title=Terence Morris Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
*  1979 &ndash; [[Siti Nurhaliza]], Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-12|title=Biodata Dan Latar Belakang Penyanyi Siti Nurhaliza|url=https://iluminasi.com/bm/biodata-dan-latar-belakang-penyanyi-siti-nurhaliza.html|access-date=2021-07-12|website=iluminasi|language=ms-MY}}</ref>
*  1979 &ndash; [[Henry Shefflin]], Irish hurler
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Josh Hannay]], Australian rugby league player and coach
*  1980 &ndash; [[Damien Wilkins]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Damien Wilkins |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2863/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Tony Allen (basketball)|Tony Allen]], American basketball player
*  1982 &ndash; [[Clint Greenshields]], Australian-French rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/clint-greenshields/summary.html|title=Clint Greenshields - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*  1982 &ndash; [[Blake Heron]], American actor (d. 2017)
*  1982 &ndash; [[Son Ye-jin]], South Korean actress
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[André Myhrer]], Swedish skier
*  1983 &ndash; [[Ted Richards]], Australian rules footballer
*  1983 &ndash; [[Adrian Sutil]], German racing driver
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Kevin Boss]], American football player
*  1984 &ndash; [[Dario Krešić]], Croatian footballer
*  1984 &ndash; [[Matt Mullenweg]], American web developer and businessman, co-created [[WordPress]]
*  1984 &ndash; [[Stijn Schaars]], Dutch footballer
*  1984 &ndash; [[Glenn Stewart]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/glenn-stewart/summary.html|title=Glenn Stewart - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Dennis Dixon]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Dixon |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/11390/dennis-dixon |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1985 &ndash; [[Newton Faulkner]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1985 &ndash; [[Aja Naomi King]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Scotty Cranmer]], American BMX rider
*  1987 &ndash; [[Danuta Kozák]], Hungarian sprint canoer
*  1987 &ndash; [[Daniel Semenzato]], Italian footballer
*  1987 &ndash; [[Jamie Vardy]], English footballer
*  1987 &ndash; [[Kim Young-kwang (actor)|Kim Young-kwang]], South Korean actor and model
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Epiphanny Prince]], American-Russian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Epiphanny Prince |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/202259 |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Demario Davis]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Demario Davis |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14958/demario-davis |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1989 &ndash; [[Kane Linnett]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Malik Jackson (defensive lineman)|Malik Jackson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Malik Jackson |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15047/malik-jackson |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Andrea Bertolacci]], Italian footballer
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Dani Carvajal]], Spanish footballer
*  1992 &ndash; [[Lee Seung-hoon (rapper)|Lee Seung-hoon]], South Korean rapper and dancer
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Chris Boucher (basketball)|Chris Boucher]], Saint Lucian-Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Boucher |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628449/chris-boucher |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1993 &ndash; [[Park Junghwan]], South Korean Go player<ref>{{Cite web |title=기사정보 - 한국기원 |url=http://m.baduk.or.kr/record/gisa_info.asp?PRPL_CODE=10000457 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=m.baduk.or.kr |language=ko}}</ref>
*  1993 &ndash; [[Michael Keane (footballer, born 1993)|Michael Keane]], English footballer
*  1993 &ndash; [[Will Keane]], Irish footballer
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Nick Solak]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Solak Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/nick-solak-669256 |website=MLB.com |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |access-date=March 9, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Leroy Sané]], German footballer
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Cody Simpson]], Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Thomas Mikaele]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/thomas-mikaele/summary.html|title=Thomas Mikaele - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Jeanette Hegg Duestad]], Norwegian sport shooter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeanette Hegg Duestad |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/145679 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=24 March 2024 }}</ref>
*  1999 &ndash; [[Lim Sung-jin]], South Korean volleyball player<ref>{{cite news|last=Kim|first=Jin-su|script-title=ko:한국전력 '삼각 편대' 날자 "중위권 긴장해" [프로배구]|url=http://www.sportsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=461307|access-date=November 2, 2024|website=SportsQ|date=January 11, 2024|language=ko}}</ref>
*  1999 &ndash; [[Brandon Wakeham]], Australian-Fijian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/brandon-wakeham/summary.html|title=Brandon Wakeham - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Lee Chae-yeon (singer, born 2000)|Chaeyeon]], South Korean singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ko:이채연 프로필 |url=https://m.search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=mtp_hty.top&where=m&query=%EC%9D%B4%EC%B1%84%EC%97%B0 |access-date=December 22, 2020 |publisher=Naver People Search |language=ko}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Elly De La Cruz]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Elly De La Cruz - Cincinnati Reds |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/elly-de-la-cruz-682829 |website=MLB.com |access-date=January 10, 2025}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 140|140]] &ndash; [[Pope Hyginus]], Bishop of Rome (b. 74) 
* [[705]] &ndash; [[Pope John VI]] (b. 655)
* [[782]] &ndash; [[Emperor Kōnin]] of Japan (b. 709) 
* [[812]] &ndash; [[Staurakios]], Byzantine emperor
* [[844]] &ndash; [[Michael I Rangabe]], Byzantine emperor (b. 770)
* [[887]] &ndash; [[Boso of Provence]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[937]] &ndash; [[Empress Cao (Li Siyuan's wife)|Cao]], empress of [[Later Tang]]
*   937 &ndash; [[Li Chongmei]], prince of Later Tang
*   937 &ndash; [[Li Congke]], emperor of Later Tang (b. 885)
*   937 &ndash; [[Empress Liu (Li Congke's wife)|Liu]], empress of Later Tang
*[[1055]] &ndash; [[Constantine IX Monomachos]], Byzantine emperor (b. 1000)
*[[1068]] &ndash; [[Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen]]
*[[1083]] &ndash; [[Otto of Nordheim]] (b. 1020)
*[[1266]] &ndash; [[Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania]]
*[[1344]] &ndash; [[Thomas Charlton (bishop)|Thomas Charlton]], Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
*[[1372]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Lancaster]], English noblewoman (b. 1318)
*[[1396]] &ndash; [[Isidore Glabas]], Metropolitan bishop of [[Thessalonica]] (b.c. 1341)
*[[1397]] &ndash; [[Skirgaila]], Grand Duke of Lithuania
*[[1494]] &ndash; [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]], Italian painter (b. 1449)
*[[1495]] &ndash; [[Pedro González de Mendoza]], Spanish cardinal (b. 1428)
*[[1546]] &ndash; [[Gaudenzio Ferrari]], Italian painter and sculptor (b. c. 1471)
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[Min Bin]], king of Arakan (b. 1493)
===1601–1900===
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar]], Spanish poet and painter (b. 1583)
*[[1696]] &ndash; [[Charles Albanel]], French priest, missionary, and explorer (b. 1616)
*[[1703]] &ndash; [[Johann Georg Graevius]], German scholar and critic (b. 1632)
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Pierre Jurieu]], French priest and theologian (b. 1637)
*[[1735]] &ndash; [[Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje]] (b. 1670)
*[[1753]] &ndash; [[Hans Sloane]], Irish-English physician and academic (b. 1660)
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Louis Bertrand Castel]], French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1688)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schier|first1=Donald Stephen|title=Louis Bertrand Castel, anti-Newtonian scientist|date=1941|publisher=The Torch press|location=Cedar Rapids, Iowa|page=57|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?q1=1757;id=uc1.%24b36247;view=image;seq=77;num=57;start=1;sz=10;page=root;size=100;orient=0|access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref>
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Louis-François Roubiliac]], French-English sculptor (b. 1695)
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Caspar Abel]], German poet, historian, and theologian (b. 1676)
*[[1771]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens]], French philosopher and author (b. 1704)
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[François Joseph Paul de Grasse]], French admiral (b. 1722)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[William Williams Pantycelyn]], Welsh composer and poet (b. 1717)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Heraclius II of Georgia]] (b. 1720)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Domenico Cimarosa]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1749)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry]], Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1736)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[John Molson]], Canadian businessman, founded the [[Molson|Molson Brewing Company]] (b. 1763)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Francis Scott Key]], American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Gustavus Vaughan Brooke]], Irish actor (b. 1818)
*  1866 &ndash; [[John Woolley (educator)|John Woolley]], English minister and academic (b. 1816)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Stuart Donaldson]], English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1812)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Theodor Schwann]], German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Georges-Eugène Haussmann]], French urban planner (b. 1809)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Johnny Briggs (cricketer)|Johnny Briggs]], English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[William Sawyer (politician)|William Sawyer]], Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Carl Jacobsen]], Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Steinar Schjøtt]], Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Constantine I of Greece]] (b. 1868)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hardy]], English novelist and poet (b. 1840)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Elfrida Andrée]], Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1841)<ref>{{cite book|first=Mary Frech|last=McVicker|title=Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century|location=Jefferson|publisher=McFarland|year=2016|isbn=978-0-78649-513-9|page=69}}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[James Milton Carroll]], American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Nuri Conker]], Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Emanuel Lasker]], German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (b. 1868)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Galeazzo Ciano]], Italian politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)|Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1903)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Eva Tanguay]], Canadian singer (b. 1879)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Jean de Lattre de Tassigny]], French general (b. 1889)
*  1952 &ndash; [[Aureliano Pertile]], Italian tenor and educator (b. 1885)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Noe Zhordania]], Georgian journalist and politician, [[Prime Minister of Georgia]] (b. 1868)
*  1953 &ndash; [[Roberta Fulbright]], American businesswoman (b.1874)<ref>{{cite news|ref={{harvid|''Moberly Monitor-Index''|1953}}|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Death Claims the Mother of Sen. Fulbright|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4844428/moberly_monitorindex/|access-date=5 August 2020 |newspaper=[[Moberly Monitor-Index]]|date=12 January 1953|location=Moberly, Missouri|pages=7 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Oscar Straus (composer)|Oscar Straus]], Austrian composer (b. 1870)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Randel |first1=Don Michael |title=The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians |date=30 October 2002 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-25572-2 |page=866 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXILEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT866 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Robert Garran]], Australian lawyer and politician, [[Solicitor-General of Australia]] (b. 1867)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Elena Gerhardt]], German soprano and actress (b. 1883)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Arthur Nock]], English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (b. 1902)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Wally Pipp]], American baseball player (b. 1893)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Alberto Giacometti]], Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901)
*  1966 &ndash; [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], Indian academic and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. 1904)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Moshe Zvi Segal]], Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Richmal Crompton]], English author and educator (b. 1890)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Padraic Colum]], Irish poet and playwright (b. 1881)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Max Lorenz (tenor)|Max Lorenz]], German tenor and actor (b. 1901)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Barbara Pym]], English author (b. 1913)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Beulah Bondi]], American actress (b. 1889)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Edward Buzzell]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
*  1985 &ndash; [[William McKell]], Australian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Governor-General of Australia]] (b. 1891)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Sid Chaplin]], English author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
*  1986 &ndash; [[Andrzej Czok]], Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Albert Ferber]], Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Pappy Boyington]], American colonel and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1912)
*  1988 &ndash; [[Isidor Isaac Rabi]], Polish-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1898)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Ray Moore (broadcaster)|Ray Moore]], English radio host (b. 1942)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Carolyn Haywood]], American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Carl David Anderson]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1905)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Helmut Poppendick]], German physician (b. 1902)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Josef Gingold]], Belarusian-American violinist and educator (b. 1909)
*  1995 &ndash; [[Onat Kutlar]], Turkish author and poet (b. 1936)
*  1995 &ndash; [[Lewis Nixon III|Lewis Nixon]], U.S. Army captain (b. 1918)
*  1995 &ndash; [[Theodor Wisch]], German general (b. 1907)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Roger Crozier]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fischler |first1=Stan |title=Detroit Red Wings: Greatest Moments and Players |date=7 November 2017 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-68358-159-8 |page=<!-- ebook, no page numbers --> |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzKCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT324 |chapter=31 Roger Allan Crozier}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Fabrizio De André]], Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
*  1999 &ndash; [[Naomi Mitchison]], Scottish author and poet (b. 1897)
*  1999 &ndash; [[Brian Moore (novelist)|Brian Moore]], Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Ivan Combe]], American businessman, invented [[Clearasil]] (b. 1911)
*  2000 &ndash; [[Bob Lemon]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
*  2000 &ndash; [[Betty Archdale]], English-Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1907)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Denys Lasdun]], English architect, co-designed the [[Royal National Theatre]] (b. 1914)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Henri Verneuil]], French-Armenian director and playwright (b. 1920)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Jože Pučnik]], Slovenian sociologist and politician (b. 1932)
*[[2004]] – [[Spalding Gray]], American actor, writer, and performance artist (b. [[1941]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-01-02 |title=The final riddle of Spalding Gray |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/the-final-riddle-of-spalding-gray/26203318.html |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Solveig Dommartin]], French-German actress (b. 1961)
*  2007 &ndash; [[Robert Anton Wilson]], American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Edmund Hillary]], New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (b. 1919)
*  2008 &ndash; [[Carl Karcher]], American businessman, co-founded [[Carl's Jr.]] (b. 1917)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Miep Gies]], Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (b. 1909)
*  2010 &ndash; [[Éric Rohmer]], French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1920)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[David Nelson (actor)|David Nelson]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan]], Iranian physicist and academic (b. 1980)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Gilles Jacquier]], French journalist and photographer (b. 1968)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Edgar Kaiser, Jr]], American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1942)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Wally Osterkorn]], American basketball player (b. 1928)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Steven Rawlings]], English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1961)
*  2012 &ndash; [[David Whitaker (composer)|David Whitaker]], English composer and conductor (b. 1931)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Guido Forti]], Italian businessman, founded the [[Forti|Forti Racing Team]] (b. 1940)
*  2013 &ndash; [[Nguyễn Khánh]], Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd [[Leaders of South Vietnam|President of South Vietnam]] (b. 1927)
*  2013 &ndash; [[Mariangela Melato]], Italian actress (b. 1941)
*  2013 &ndash; [[Tom Parry Jones]], Welsh chemist, invented the [[breathalyzer]] (b. 1935)
*  2013 &ndash; [[Alemayehu Shumye]], Ethiopian runner (b. 1988)
*  2013 &ndash; [[Aaron Swartz]], American programmer and activist (b. 1986)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schofield |first1=Jack |title=Aaron Swartz obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/13/aaron-swartz |access-date=25 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=13 January 2013}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Keiko Awaji]], Japanese actress (b. 1933)
*  2014 &ndash; [[Muhammad Habibur Rahman]], Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, [[List of Prime Ministers of Bangladesh|Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] (b. 1928)
*  2014 &ndash; [[Chai Trong-rong]], Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935)
*  2014 &ndash; [[Ariel Sharon]], Israeli general and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. 1928)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Jenő Buzánszky]], Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925) 
*  2015 &ndash; [[Anita Ekberg]], Swedish-Italian model and actress (b. 1931)
*  2015 &ndash; [[Chashi Nazrul Islam]], Bangladeshi director and producer (b. 1941)
*  2015 &ndash; [[Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle]], American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1918)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Monte Irvin]], American baseball player (b. 1919)
*  2016 &ndash; [[David Margulies]], American actor (b. 1937)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Adenan Satem]], Malaysian politician and [[Chief Minister of Sarawak]], [[Malaysia]] (b. 1944)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Edgar Ray Killen]], American murderer (b. 1925)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Michael Atiyah]], British-Lebanese mathematician (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://royalsociety.org/news/2019/01/tribute-to-former-president-of-the-royal-society-sir-michael-atiyah|title=A tribute to former President of the Royal Society Sir Michael Atiyah OM FRS (1929 - 2019)|website=The Royal Society|date=2019-01-11}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Carole Cook]], American actress and singer (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Carole Cook, Lucille Ball Protégé and 'Sixteen Candles' Actress, Dies at 98|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/carole-cook-dead-lucille-ball-protege-sixteen-candles-actress-1235297334/ |access-date=11 January 2023 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=11 January 2023}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* [[Children's Day]] ([[Tunisia]]) 
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Anastasius of Suppentonia]] ([[Roman Catholic]])
** [[Leucius of Brindisi]] ([[Roman Catholic]])
** [[Paulinus II of Aquileia]]
** [[Pope Hyginus]]
** [[Theodosius the Cenobiarch]]
** [[Thomas of Cori]]
** [[Vitalis of Gaza]] ([[Roman Catholic]])
** [[January 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Eugenio María de Hostos Day]] ([[Puerto Rico]])
* [[Public holidays in Morocco|Independence Resistance Day]] ([[Morocco]])
* [[Kagami biraki]] ([[Japan]])
* [[National Human Trafficking Awareness Day]] ([[United States]])
* [[Republic Day (Albania)]]
* [[Carmentalia]] ([[January 11th]] and [[January 15th]]) ([[Rome]])
* [[Prithvi Jayanti]] ([[Nepal]])<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hyolmo|first=Kunga|date=12 January 2020|title=298th Prithvi Jayanti observed across the country (with photos)|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/84258/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124164920/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/84258/|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=12 January 2021|website=My Republica|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/11 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=11}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/11 Historical Events on January 11]

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[[Category:Days of January]]