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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1236]] – King [[Henry III of England]] marries [[Eleanor of Provence]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Hassall |first=W.G. |title=They Saw it Happen: An Anthology of Eye-witnesses' Accounts of Events in British History. Volume 2 |location=Oxford, U.K. |publisher=Blackwell |year=1957 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bbMqAQAAMAAJ |page=112}}</ref> *[[1301]] – [[Andrew III of Hungary]] dies, ending the [[Árpád dynasty]] in Hungary.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kirschbaum |first=Stanislav J. |title=Historical Dictionary of Slovakia |location=Lanham, Md. |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |year=2014 |isbn=9780810880290 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wzefAgAAQBAJ |page=xxviii}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1761]] – The [[Third Battle of Panipat]] is fought in India between the [[Afghanistan|Afghan]]s under [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]] and the Marathas.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bhattacherje |first=S.B. |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Events and Dates |location=New Delhi |publisher=Sterling |year=2018 |isbn=9788120740747 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGVSvXuCsyUC |page=B7}}</ref> *[[1784]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Ratification Day (United States)|Ratification Day, United States]]: Congress ratifies the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] with [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Levin |first=Phyllis Lee |title=The Remarkable Education of John Quincy Adams |location=New York |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2016 |isbn=9781250081384 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGffAwAAQBAJ |page=83}}</ref> * [[1797]] – The [[Battle of Rivoli]] is fought with a decisive French victory by [[Napoleon Bonaparte]], marking the beginning of the end of the [[War of the First Coalition]] and the start of French hegemony over Italy for two decades.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historynet.com/napoleonic-wars-battle-of-rivoli/ |title=Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Rivoli |date=July 31, 2006}}</ref> *[[1814]] – [[Treaty of Kiel]]: [[Frederick VI of Denmark]] cedes the Kingdom of [[Norway]] to [[Charles XIII of Sweden]] in return for [[Pomerania]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Lindgren |first=Raymond E. |title=Norway-Sweden: Union, Disunion, and Scandinavian Integration |location=Princeton, N.J. |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2016 |isbn=9780691652641 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CD3WCgAAQBAJ |page=9}}</ref> *[[1858]] – [[Napoleon III]] of France escapes an assassination attempt made by [[Felice Orsini]] and his accomplices in Paris.<ref>{{cite book |last=Goldstein |first=Robert Justin |title=Political Repression in 19th Century Europe |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |year=2010 |isbn=9780415555647 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zYLR_ewddRoC |page=208}}</ref> *[[1899]] – {{RMS|Oceanic|1899|6}}, the largest ship afloat since {{SS|Great Eastern}}, is launched.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/2021/01/14/oceanic-1899-giant-time/ |title=Oceanic — A Giant of Her Time |last=Edwards |first=John |work=Ocean Liners Magazine |date=January 14, 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.whitestarhistory.com/oceanic2 |title=Oceanic (II) |website=White Star Line History |access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s ''[[Tosca]]'' opens in Rome.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jacques |last=Legrand |title=Chronicle of the World |publisher=Ecam Publication |year=1989 |page=10 |isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – An [[1907 Kingston earthquake|earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica]] kills more than 1,000 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Douglas L. |last2=Bellini |first2=John J. |last3=Bartolini |first3=Tony J. |last4=Lord |first4=Kenneth M. |chapter=Significance of Caribbean and Regional Earthquakes in the Determination of Seismic Attenuation and Hazard Assessments in Florida |title=Proceedings of the Caribbean Conference on Natural Hazards, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Windstorms, Floods: October 11–15, 1993 |editor-last=Ambeh |editor-first=William B. |location=St. Anns, Trinidad & Tobago |publisher=The University of the West Indies |year=1994 |oclc=32006175 |page=96}}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[Roald Amundsen]]'s [[Amundsen's South Pole expedition|South Pole expedition]] makes landfall on the eastern edge of the [[Ross Ice Shelf]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Flaherty |first=Leo |title=Roald Amundsen and the Quest for the South Pole |location=New York |publisher=Chelsea House Publishers |year=1992 |isbn=9780791013083 |page=76}}</ref> *[[1939]] – Norway claims [[Queen Maud Land]] in Antarctica.<ref>{{cite book |last=Burke |first=David |chapter=Aviation, History of |title=Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. Volume 1: A-K |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |editor-last=Riffenburgh |editor-first=Beau |year=2007 |isbn=9780415970242 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fRJtB2MNdJMC |page=115}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[World War II]]: Japan begins [[Operation Ke]], the successful operation to evacuate its forces from [[Guadalcanal]] during the [[Guadalcanal Campaign]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Lewin |first=Ronald |title=The Other Ultra |location=London |publisher=Hutchinson |year=1982 |isbn=9780091474706 |page=174}}</ref> * 1943 – World War II: [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Winston Churchill]] begin the [[Casablanca Conference]] to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stewart |first=Vance |title=Three Against One: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin vs Adolph Hitler |location=Santa Fe, N.M. |publisher=Sunstone Press |year=2002 |isbn=9780865343771 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xl4E8umwVsEC |page=162}}</ref> * [[1951]] – [[National Airlines Flight 83]] crashes during landing at [[Philadelphia International Airport]], killing seven passengers and crew.<ref name="ASN">{{cite web |title=Accident report of National Airlines Flight 83 |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19510114-0 |access-date=November 26, 2016 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[NBC]]'s long-running morning news program ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]'' debuts, with host [[Dave Garroway]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Sternberg |first=Joel |chapter=Garroway At Large |title=Encyclopedia of Television |editor-last=Newcomb |editor-first=Horace |editor-link=Horace Newcomb |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=9780203937341 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUXIAgAAQBAJ |page=957}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Josip Broz Tito]] is elected the first [[List of heads of state of Yugoslavia|President of Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Lansford |editor-first=Tom |title=Political Handbook of the World 2015 |location=Thousand Oaks, Calif. |publisher=SAGE Publications |year=2015 |isbn=9781483371573 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdWTBwAAQBAJ |page=1269}}</ref> *[[1954]] – The [[Hudson Motor Car Company]] merges with [[Nash-Kelvinator]] Corporation forming the [[American Motors Corporation]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Hogan |first=William Thomas |title=Economic History of the Iron and Steel Industry in the United States |location=Lexington, Mass. |publisher=Heath |year=1971 |isbn=9780669599640 |page=1872 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Mahoney |first=Tom |title=The Story of George Romney: Builder, Salesman, Crusader |location=New York |publisher=Harper |year=1960 |oclc=1130007900 |page=171}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Kripalu Maharaj]] is named fifth [[Jagadguru]] (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.<ref>{{cite book |last=Melton |first=J. Gordon |title=Encyclopedia of American Religions |location=Detroit |publisher=Gale |year=2003 |isbn=9780787663841 |page=1010}}</ref> *[[1960]] – The [[Reserve Bank of Australia]], the country's [[central bank]] and [[banknote]] issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gifford |first1=J.L.K. |last2=Wood |first2=J. Vivian |title=Australian Banking |location=Brisbane |publisher=University of Queensland Press |year=1960 |oclc=4930748 |page=167}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Counterculture of the 1960s]]: The [[Human Be-In]] takes place in [[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]]'s [[Golden Gate Park]], launching the [[Summer of Love]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Anthony |first1=Gene |last2=McClure |first2=Michael |author-link2=Michael McClure |title=The Summer of Love: Haight-Ashbury at Its Highest |location=San Francisco |publisher=Last Gasp |year=1995 |isbn=9780867194210 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=acPHXpbzQ_AC}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[USS Enterprise fire|USS ''Enterprise'' fire]]: An accidental explosion aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}} near Hawaii kills 28 people.<ref>{{cite news |last=Beecher |first=William |author-link=William M. Beecher |title=Enterprise Fire Linked to Air Jet |work=The New York Times |date=January 30, 1969 |page=19}}</ref> *[[1972]] – Queen [[Margrethe II of Denmark]] ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederik or Christian since 1513. *[[1973]] – [[Elvis Presley]]'s concert ''[[Aloha from Hawaii]]'' is broadcast live via [[communications satellite|satellite]], and sets the record as the [[List of most watched television broadcasts|most watched broadcast]] by an individual entertainer in television history. *[[1993]] – [[Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz|Sinking of the MS ''Jan Heweliusz'']]: In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry [[MS Jan Heweliusz|MS ''Jan Heweliusz'']] sinks off the coast of [[Rügen]], drowning 55 passengers and crew; nine crew-members are saved. *[[2004]] – The national flag of the [[Georgia (country)|Republic of Georgia]], the so-called "[[Flag of Georgia (country)|five cross flag]]", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years. *[[2010]] – [[Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen|Yemen declares an open war]] against the terrorist group [[al-Qaeda]]. *[[2011]] – President [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] of Tunisia seeks refuge in Saudi Arabia after a series of demonstrations against his regime, considered to be the birth of the [[Arab Spring]]. *[[2016]] – [[2016 Jakarta attacks|Multiple explosions]] reported near the [[Sarinah Building]], [[Jakarta]], followed by shootout between perpetrators and the [[Indonesian National Police|police]], killing seven people. The [[Islamic State|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] claimed responsibility.<ref>{{Cite web |last=BBC News |title=As it happened: Jakarta attacks |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-35309116 |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=[[BBC]] |date=January 13, 2016}}</ref> *[[2019]] – A [[Saha Airlines]] [[Boeing 707]] [[2019 Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crash|crashes]] at [[Fath Air Base]] near [[Karaj]] in [[Alborz Province]], Iran, killing 15 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-3J9C EP-CPP Fat'h Airport |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20190114-0 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[2024]] – Queen Margrethe II [[Abdication of Margrethe II|abdicates]] as [[Monarchy of Denmark|Queen of Denmark]] and is succeeded by her son, [[Frederik X]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/dronning-margrethe-av-danmark-gar-av-1.16697543 |title=Dronning Margrethe av Danmark går av |trans-title=Queen Margrethe of Denmark abdicates |first=Silja Björklund |last=Einarsdóttir |date=December 31, 2023 |website=NRK |access-date=January 1, 2024 |archive-date=December 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231174727/https://www.nrk.no/norge/dronning-margrethe-av-danmark-gar-av-1.16697543 |url-status=live}}</ref> ==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> ===Pre-1600=== *[[83 BC]] – [[Mark Antony]], Roman general and politician (d. 30 BCE)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Suetonius |author2=Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus |author3=Caius Suetonius Tranquillus |title=Divus Claudius |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9yVR5Fac278C&pg=PA106 |date=March 15, 2001 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-59676-3 |page=106}}</ref> *[[1131]] – [[Valdemar I of Denmark]] (d. 1182)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Lillie Rollins Crawford |author2=Robert Junious Crawford |title=Roos Af Hjelmsäter: A Swedish Noble Family with Allied Families and Emigrants |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EqtPAAAAMAAJ |year=1996 |publisher=Gateway Press |page=74}}</ref> *[[1273]] – [[Joan I of Navarre]], queen regnant of Navarre, queen consort of France (d. 1305)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Anne Commire |author2=Deborah Klezmer |title=Women in World History: Jab-Kyt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-zsOAQAAMAAJ |year=2000 |publisher=Yorkin Publications |isbn=978-0-7876-4067-5 |page=184}}</ref> *[[1451]] – [[Franchinus Gaffurius]], Italian composer and theorist (d. 1522)<ref>{{cite book |author=Musical Association (Great Britain) |title=Proceedings of the Musical Association |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KdUPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA81 |year=1879 |publisher=Stanley Lucas, Weber & Company |page=81}}</ref> *[[1477]] – [[Hermann of Wied]], German archbishop (d. 1552) *[[1476]] – [[Anne St Leger, Baroness de Ros]], English baroness (d. 1526) *[[1507]] – [[Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal]] (d. 1578)<ref>{{cite book |title=Portuguese Studies Review |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wxoXAQAAMAAJ |year=2007 |publisher=International Conference Group on Portugal |page=180}}</ref> * 1507 – [[Luca Longhi]], Italian painter (d. 1580) *[[1551]] – [[Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak]], Grand vizier of emperor [[Akbar]] (d. 1602) *[[1552]] – [[Alberico Gentili]], Italian-English academic and jurist (d. 1608) ===1601–1900=== *[[1683]] – [[Gottfried Silbermann]], German instrument maker (d. 1753) *[[1684]] – [[Johann Matthias Hase]], German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (d. 1742) * 1684 – [[Jean-Baptiste van Loo]], French painter (d. 1745) *[[1699]] – [[Jakob Adlung]], German organist, historian, and theorist (d. 1762) *[[1700]] – [[Picander]], German poet and playwright (d. 1764) *[[1702]] – [[Emperor Nakamikado]] of Japan (d. 1737) *[[1705]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]], French sailor, explorer, and politician (d. 1786) *[[1741]] – [[Benedict Arnold]], American-British general (d. 1801)<ref>{{cite book |author=Barry Wilson |title=Benedict Arnold: A Traitor in Our Midst |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hXjZqdV0mwkC&pg=PA3 |year=2001 |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |isbn=978-0-7735-2150-6 |page=3}}</ref> *[[1749]] – [[James Garrard]], American farmer, Baptist minister and politician (d. 1822)<ref>{{cite book |last=Harrison |first=Lowell H. |author-link=Lowell H. Harrison |editor=John E. Kleber |others=Associate editors: [[Thomas D. Clark]], Lowell H. Harrison, and [[James C. Klotter]] |title=The Kentucky Encyclopedia |year=1992 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |location=[[Lexington, Kentucky]] |isbn=0-8131-1772-0 |url=http://www.kyenc.org/entry/g/GARRA01.html |access-date=December 11, 2011 |archive-date=January 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113011854/http://www.kyenc.org/entry/g/GARRA01.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1767]] – [[Maria Theresa of Austria (1767–1827)|Maria Theresa of Austria]] (d. 1827)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Anne Commire |author2=Deborah Klezmer |title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EkEOAQAAMAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Yorkin Publications |isbn=978-0-7876-4074-3 |page=367}}</ref> *[[1780]] – [[Henry Baldwin (judge)|Henry Baldwin]], American judge and politician (d. 1844)<ref>{{cite book |last=Hannan |first=Caryn |title=Connecticut Biographical Dictionary |year=2008 |publisher=State History Publications |isbn=978-1-878592-59-0 |pages=59–61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pd_ETIlgTxgC&pg=PA59 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1792]] – [[Christian de Meza]], Danish general (d. 1865) *[[1793]] – [[John C. Clark]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1852) *[[1798]] – [[Johan Rudolph Thorbecke]], Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (d. 1872) *[[1800]] – [[Ludwig Ritter von Köchel]], Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher (d. 1877) *[[1806]] – [[Charles Hotham]], English-Australian soldier and politician, 1st [[Governor of Victoria]] (d. 1855) * 1806 – [[Matthew Fontaine Maury]], American astronomer, oceanographer, and historian (d. 1873) *[[1818]] – [[Zachris Topelius]], Finnish author and journalist (d. 1898) *[[1819]] – [[Dimitrie Bolintineanu]], Romanian poet and politician (d. 1872) *[[1824]] – [[Vladimir Stasov]], Russian critic (d. 1906) *[[1834]] – [[Duncan Gillies]], Scottish-Australian politician, 14th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1903)<ref name=DoAB>{{Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Duncan|Last=Gillies|shortlink=0-dict-biogG.html#gillies1}}</ref> *[[1836]] – [[Henri Fantin-Latour]], French painter and lithographer (d. 1904) *[[1841]] – [[Berthe Morisot]], French painter (d. 1895)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Commire, Anne |title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia |volume=11 |year=2001 |publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group |location=Waterford |isbn=978-0-78764-070-5 |page=448}}</ref> *[[1845]] – [[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne]], English politician, 34th [[Governor-General of India]] (d. 1927) *[[1949|1849]] – [[Frank Cowper]], English yachtsman, author and illustrator (d. 1930)<ref>Staff writer (1907). "Cowper, Frank, M.A Ox." Who’s Who (UK). ''A & C Black, London.'' p. 399</ref> *[[1850]] – [[Pierre Loti]], French captain and author (d. 1923) *[[1856]] – [[J. F. Archibald]], Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded ''[[The Bulletin (Australian periodical)|The Bulletin]]'' (d. 1919) *[[1861]] – [[Mehmed VI]], Ottoman sultan (d. 1926) *[[1862]] – [[Carrie Derick]], Canadian botanist and geneticist (d. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/carrie-derick |title=Carrie Derick |last=Gillett |first=Margaret |date=December 16, 2013 |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> *[[1863]] – [[Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa]], Portuguese general and politician, 10th [[President of Portugal]] (d. 1929) * 1863 – [[Richard F. Outcault]], American author and illustrator (d. 1928) *[[1869]] – [[Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze]], French polo player and politician (d. 1937) *[[1870]] – [[George Pearce]], Australian carpenter and politician (d. 1952) *[[1875]] – [[Albert Schweitzer]], French-German physician and philosopher, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1965) *[[1882]] – [[Hendrik Willem van Loon]], Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944) *[[1883]] – [[Nina Ricci (designer)|Nina Ricci]], Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1970) *[[1886]] – [[Hugh Lofting]], English author and poet, created ''[[Doctor Dolittle]]'' (d. 1947) *[[1887]] – [[Hugo Steinhaus]], Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1972) *[[1892]] – [[Martin Niemöller]], German pastor and theologian (d. 1984) * 1892 – [[Hal Roach]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 1992) * 1892 – [[George Wilson (footballer, born 1892)|George Wilson]], English footballer (d. 1961) *[[1894]] – [[Ecaterina Teodoroiu]], Romanian soldier and nurse (d. 1917) *[[1896]] – [[John Dos Passos]], American novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)<ref>{{cite book |author=Jay Parini |title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMhMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA394 |year=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-515653-9 |page=394}}</ref> *[[1897]] – [[Hasso von Manteuffel]], German general and politician (d. 1978) *[[1899]] – [[Carlos P. Romulo]], Filipino soldier and politician, [[President of the United Nations General Assembly]] (d. 1985) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Bebe Daniels]], American actress (d. 1971) * 1901 – [[Alfred Tarski]], Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1983) *[[1904]] – [[Cecil Beaton]], English photographer, painter, and costume designer (d. 1980)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 14: Holland Taylor, Steven Soderbergh |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/14/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-14-Holland-Taylor-Steven-Soderbergh/4321673659807/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=January 12, 2024 |date=January 14, 2023}}</ref> * 1904 – [[Emily Hahn]], American journalist and author (d. 1997) * 1904 – [[Babe Siebert]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1939) *[[1905]] – [[Mildred Albert]], American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (d. 1991)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/albert-mildred-elizabeth-levine |title=Mildred Elizabeth Levine Albert | Jewish Women's Archive |last=Alpern |first=Sara |website=jwa.org |access-date=August 2, 2019}}</ref> * 1905 – [[Takeo Fukuda]], Japanese politician, 67th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 1995) *[[1905]] – [[Sterling Holloway]], American actor (d. 1992)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Louise Mooney |author2=Roland Turner |title=The Annual Obituary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7F8YAAAAIAAJ |year=1992 |publisher=St. Martin's |page=607 |isbn=9781558623194}}</ref><ref name="Ancestry">{{cite web |title=Draft card for Sterling Price Halloway |via=Ancestry.com |url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/43995_01_00078-01409 |access-date=January 19, 2023}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[William Bendix]], American actor (d. 1964) *[[1907]] – [[Georges-Émile Lapalme]], Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1985) *[[1908]] – [[Russ Columbo]], American singer, violinist, and actor (d. 1934) *[[1909]] – [[Brenda Forbes]], English-American actress (d. 1996) * 1909 – [[Joseph Losey]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984) *[[1911]] – [[Anatoly Rybakov]], Russian-American author (d. 1998) *[[1912]] – [[Tillie Olsen]], American short story writer (d. 2007) *[[1914]] – [[Harold Russell]], Canadian-American soldier and actor (d. 2002) * 1914 – [[Selahattin Ülkümen]], Turkish diplomat (d. 2003) *[[1915]] – [[Mark Goodson]], American game show producer, created ''[[Family Feud]]'' and ''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' (d. 1992) *[[1919]] – [[Giulio Andreotti]], Italian journalist and politician, 41st [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (d. 2013) * 1919 – [[Andy Rooney]], American soldier, journalist, critic, and television personality (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1920]] – [[Bertus de Harder]], Dutch footballer and manager (d. 1982) *[[1921]] – [[Murray Bookchin]], American author and philosopher (d. 2006) * 1921 – [[Kenneth Bulmer]], American author (d. 2005) * 1921 – [[Ken Sailors]], American basketball player (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite web |last=McDonald |first=Williams |title=Kenny Sailors, a Pioneer of the Jump Shot, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/sports/basketball/kenny-sailors-a-pioneer-of-the-jump-shot-dies-at-95.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 12, 2024 |date=January 30, 2016}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Hank Biasatti]], Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hank Biasatti |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/hank-biasatti-110972 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref> * 1922 – [[Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington]] (d. 2010) *[[1923]] – [[Gerald Arpino]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2008) * 1923 – [[Fred Beckey]], American mountaineer and author (d. 2017) *[[1924]] – [[Carole Cook]], American actress and singer (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |last=Barnes |first=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=January 11, 2023 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 11, 2023}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Guy Williams (actor)|Guy Williams]], American actor (d. 1989)<ref>{{cite book |last=Aaker |first=Everett |title=Television Western Players, 1960/1975: A Biographical Dictionary |location=Jefferson, N.C. |publisher=McFarland & Company |year=2017 |isbn=9781476662503 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltUkDwAAQBAJ |page=2084}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Jean-Claude Beton]], Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded [[Orangina]] (d. 2013) * 1925 – [[Moscelyne Larkin]], American ballerina (d. 2012) * 1925 – [[Yukio Mishima]], Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970) *[[1926]] – [[Frank Aletter]], American actor (d. 2009) * 1926 – [[Warren Mitchell]], English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015) * 1926 – [[Tom Tryon]], American actor and author (d. 1991) *[[1927]] – [[Zuzana Růžičková]], Czech harpsichord player (d. 2017) *[[1928]] – [[Lars Forssell]], Swedish author, poet, and songwriter (d. 2007) * 1928 – [[Hans Kornberg]], German-English biologist and academic (d. 2019) * 1928 – [[Garry Winogrand]], American photographer and author (d. 1984) *[[1929]] – [[Peter Barkworth]], English actor (d. 2006)<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Barkworth, star of 'The Power Game' and 'Telford's Change' who enjoyed a prolific career on stage and small screen |work=The Independent |date=October 25, 2006 |access-date=January 14, 2023 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-barkworth-421454.html}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Johnny Grande]], American pianist and accordion player (d. 2006) * 1930 – [[Kenny Wheeler]], Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (d. 2014) *[[1931]] – [[Frank Costigan]], Australian lawyer and politician (d. 2009) * 1931 – [[Martin Holdgate]], English biologist and academic * 1931 – [[Caterina Valente]], Italian-French singer and dancer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nossiter |first=Adam |date=September 23, 2024 |title=Caterina Valente, Singer Who Was a Star on Two Continents, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/arts/music/caterina-valente-dead.html |access-date=September 28, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Don Garlits]], American race car driver and engineer<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1933]] – [[Stan Brakhage]], American director and producer (d. 2003) *[[1934]] – [[Richard Briers]], English actor (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite news |last=Coveney |first=Michael |title=Richard Briers obituary |work=The Guardian |date=February 18, 2013 |access-date=January 14, 2023 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/18/richard-briers}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Pierre Darmon]], French tennis player<ref>Joseph Siegman (2020). [https://books.google.com/books?id=o_j1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA223 ''Jewish Sports Legends; The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame'']</ref> * 1934 – [[Alberto Rodríguez Larreta]], Argentinian race car driver (d. 1977) *[[1936]] – [[Clarence Carter]], American blues and soul singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer *[[1937]] – [[J. Bernlef]], Dutch author and poet (d. 2012) * 1937 – [[Ken Higgs]], English cricketer and coach (d. 2016) * 1937 – [[Leo Kadanoff]], American physicist and academic (d. 2015) * 1937 – [[Rao Gopal Rao]], Indian actor, producer, and politician (d. 1994) * 1937 – [[Sonny Siebert]], American baseball player * 1937 – [[Billie Jo Spears]], American country singer (d. 2011) *[[1938]] – [[Morihiro Hosokawa]], Japanese journalist and politician, 79th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] * 1938 – [[Jack Jones (singer)|Jack Jones]], American singer and actor<ref name="UPI"/> (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 25, 2024 |title=Grammy-winning crooner Jack Jones, known for singing 'The Love Boat' theme, dies at 86 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-s1-5165293/love-boat-theme-singer-jack-jones-dies |access-date=October 25, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Allen Toussaint]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2015) *[[1939]] – [[Kurt Moylan]], Guamanian businessman and politician, 1st [[Lieutenant Governor of Guam]] *[[1940]] – [[Julian Bond]], American academic and politician (d. 2015)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1940 – [[Ron Kostelnik]], American football player (d. 1993) * 1940 – [[Siegmund Nimsgern]], German opera singer * 1940 – [[Trevor Nunn]], English director and composer * 1940 – [[Vasilka Stoeva]], Bulgarian discus thrower *[[1941]] – [[Nicholas Brooks (historian)|Nicholas Brooks]], English historian (d. 2014) * 1941 – [[Faye Dunaway]], American actress and producer<ref>{{cite book |author1=Charles Reagan Wilson |author2=William R. Ferris |title=Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Literature-Recreation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlWPAopfSdAC |year=1991 |publisher=Anchor Books |isbn=978-0-385-41547-7 |page=203}}</ref> * 1941 – [[Gibby Gilbert]], American golfer * 1941 – [[Barry Jenner]], American actor (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite news |last=Siemaszko |first=Corky |title='Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' Actor Barry Jenner Dead at 75 |work=NBC News |date=August 11, 2016 |access-date=January 15, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/star-trek-deep-space-nine-actor-barry-jenner-dead-75-n628156}}</ref> * 1941 – [[Milan Kučan]], Slovenian politician, 1st [[President of Slovenia]] *[[1942]] – [[Dave Campbell (infielder)|Dave Campbell]], American baseball player and sportscaster * 1942 – [[Gerben Karstens]], Dutch cyclist (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 8, 2022 |title=Gerben Karstens Death: Dutch Former Cyclist Gerben Karstens is Dead - ABC News247 |url=https://www.abcnews247.com/gerben-karstens-death-dutch-former-cyclist-gerben-karstens-is-dead/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008145327/https://www.abcnews247.com/gerben-karstens-death-dutch-former-cyclist-gerben-karstens-is-dead/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 8, 2022 |access-date=October 8, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Angelo Bagnasco]], Italian cardinal * 1943 – [[Mariss Jansons]], Latvian conductor (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mariss Jansons obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/01/mariss-jansons-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=November 30, 2020 |language=en |date=December 1, 2019}}</ref> * 1943 – [[Shannon Lucid]], American biochemist and astronaut<ref name="UPI"/> * 1943 – [[Holland Taylor]], American actress and playwright<ref name=CheckingIn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2jMzAAAAIBAJ&pg=3312,6051624&dq=holland-taylor |title=Checking in with Holland Taylor |first=Jay |last=Bobbin |newspaper=[[The Free Lance-Star]] |location=Fredericksburg, VA |date=August 21, 2005 |access-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Marjoe Gortner]], American actor and evangelist<ref name="UPI"/> * 1944 – [[Graham Marsh]], Australian golfer and architect * 1944 – [[Nina Totenberg]], American journalist<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1945]] – [[Kathleen Chalfant]], American actress * 1945 – [[Maina Gielgud]], English ballerina and director *[[1947]] – [[Taylor Branch]], American historian and author * 1947 – [[Bev Perdue]], American educator and politician, 73rd [[Governor of North Carolina]] * 1947 – [[Bill Werbeniuk]], Canadian snooker player (d. 2003) *[[1948]] – [[T Bone Burnett]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1948 – [[Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan]], Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan * [[1948]] – [[Nasrollah Mardani]], Iranian poet, (d. 2004)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nasrollah Mardani |url=https://artmag.ir/en/nasrollahmardani/ |website=Art Magazine |access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref> * 1948 – [[Carl Weathers]], American football player and actor (d. 2024)<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 14, 2023 includes celebrities Dave Grohl, Carl Weathers |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-14-2023-includes-celebrities-dave-grohl-carl-weathers.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=January 12, 2024 |date=January 14, 2023}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Lawrence Kasdan]], American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="UPI"/> * 1949 – [[Mary Robison]], American short story writer and novelist * 1949 – [[İlyas Salman]], Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter * 1949 – [[Lamar Williams]], American bass player (d. 1983) *[[1950]] – [[Arthur Byron Cover]], American author and screenwriter * 1950 – [[Swen Nater]], Dutch-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Swen Nater |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77689/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref> * 1950 – [[Rambhadracharya]], Indian religious leader, scholar, and author *[[1951]] – [[Ron Behagen]], American basketball player * 1951 – [[O. Panneerselvam]], Indian politician, 7th [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] *[[1952]] – [[Sydney Biddle Barrows]], American businesswoman and author * 1952 – [[Maureen Dowd]], American journalist and author<ref name="UPI"/> * 1952 – [[Konstantinos Iosifidis]], Greek footballer and manager * 1952 – [[Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu]], Romanian engineer and politician, 60th [[Prime Minister of Romania]] *[[1953]] – [[David Clary]], English chemist and academic * 1953 – [[Denzil Douglas]], Caribbean educator and politician, 2nd [[List of Prime Ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis|Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis]] * 1953 – [[Hans Westerhoff]], Dutch biologist and academic *[[1954]] – [[Jim Duggan]], American professional wrestler<ref>{{cite web |last=Birch |first=Nathan |title=America's Tough Guy: 10 Things You May Not Know About Hacksaw Jim Duggan |url=https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/hacksaw-jim-duggan-10-facts/ |publisher=[[Uproxx]] |access-date=January 11, 2023 |date=January 14, 2016}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Étienne Daho]], Algerian-French singer-songwriter and producer *[[1957]] – [[Anchee Min]], Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author *[[1959]] – [[Geoff Tate]], German-American singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"/> *[[1961]] – [[Rob Hall]], New Zealand mountaineer (d. 1996) *[[1963]] – [[Steven Soderbergh]], American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1964]] – [[Beverly Kinch]], English long jumper and sprinter * 1964 – [[Sergei Nemchinov]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sergei Nemchinov |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/sergei-nemchinov-8457491 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref> * 1964 – [[Shepard Smith]], American television journalist<ref name="AP"/> *[[1965]] – [[Marc Delissen]], Dutch field hockey player, coach, and lawyer * 1965 – [[Bob Essensa]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1965 – [[Jemma Redgrave]], English actress<ref>{{cite book |last=Adler |first=Tim |title=The House of Redgrave: The Lives of a Theatrical Dynasty |location=London |publisher=Aurum Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=9781845136239 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lKv0AgAAQBAJ&dq=Jemma+Redgrave+%2214+January%22&pg=PT182 |page=94}}</ref> * 1965 – [[Slick Rick]], English-American rapper and producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1966]] – [[Terry Angus]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=198/ |title=Terry Angus |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref> * 1966 – [[Marko Hietala]], Finnish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer * 1966 – [[Nadia Maftouni]], Iranian philosopher<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sooremehr.ir/author/2935 |publisher=Soore Mehr Publications |title=Nadia Maftouni |language=fa |access-date=Oct 19, 2021 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019054509/https://sooremehr.ir/author/2935 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1966 – [[Dan Schneider (TV producer)|Dan Schneider]], American TV producer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2015/01/top_celebrity_birthdays_for_ja_8.html |title=Top celebrity birthdays for January 14, 2015 include LL Cool J, Dave Grohl |newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer]] |location=[[Cleveland]] |date=January 14, 2015}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Leonardo Ortolani]], Italian author and illustrator, created ''[[Rat-Man (comics)|Rat-Man]]'' * 1967 – [[Emily Watson]], English actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1967 – [[Zakk Wylde]], American guitarist and singer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://loudwire.com/tags/zakk-wylde/ |title=Zakk Wylde > Loudwire |website=loudwire.com |access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Ruel Fox]], English-Montserratian footballer, manager and chairman<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/tottenham-hotspur-fc/ruel-fox-10155/league-appearances_a14582/ |title=Ruel FOX |website=sporting-heroes.net |access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref> * 1968 – [[LL Cool J]], American rapper and actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1969]] – [[Jason Bateman]], American actor, director, and producer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/people/jason-bateman-522670 |title=Jason Bateman: Actor, Film Actor, Television Actor (1969–) |publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]]) |access-date=January 1, 2018 |archive-date=March 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150324161734/http://www.biography.com/people/jason-bateman-522670 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1969 – [[Martin Bicknell]], English cricketer * 1969 – [[Dave Grohl]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fooarchive.com/news/?m=200901 |title=Happy 40th Birthday Dave Grohl! |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219031209/http://www.fooarchive.com/news/?m=200901 |archive-date=February 19, 2009 |website=fooarchive.com |date=January 14, 2009}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Lasse Kjus]], Norwegian skier<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/lasse-kjus |title=Lasse Kjus |website=IOC |access-date=December 3, 2020}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Bert Konterman]], Dutch footballer and manager * 1971 – [[Antonios Nikopolidis]], Greek footballer and manager *[[1972]] – [[Kyle Brady]], American football player and sportscaster * 1972 – [[Dion Forster]], South African minister, theologian, and author * 1972 – [[James Key (Formula One)|James Key]], English engineer *[[1973]] – [[Giancarlo Fisichella]], Italian race car driver * 1973 – [[Paul Tisdale]], English footballer and manager *[[1974]] – [[Kevin Durand]], Canadian actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1974 – [[David Flitcroft]], English footballer and manager *[[1975]] – [[Georgina Cates]], English actress * 1975 – [[Jordan Ladd]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1976]] – [[Vincenzo Chianese]], Italian footballer *[[1977]] – [[Narain Karthikeyan]], Indian race car driver * 1977 – [[Terry Ryan (ice hockey, born 1977)|Terry Ryan]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1978]] – [[Shawn Crawford]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web |title=Shawn Crawford |url=https://www.olympic.org/shawn-crawford |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=April 18, 2020}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Karen Elson]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and model * 1979 – [[Evans Soligo]], Italian footballer *[[1980]] – [[Clive Clarke]], Irish footballer * 1980 – [[Cory Gibbs]], American soccer player * 1980 – [[Byron Leftwich]], American football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Byron Leftwich |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4465/byron-leftwich |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Abdelmalek Cherrad]], Algerian footballer * 1981 – [[Jadranka Đokić]], Croatian actress * 1981 – [[Hyleas Fountain]], American heptathlete<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14310374 |title=Hyleas Fountain |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Concepción Montaner]], Spanish long jumper *[[1982]] – [[Marc Broussard]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1982 – [[Zach Gilford]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1982 – [[Léo Lima]], Brazilian footballer * 1982 – [[Thomas Longosiwa]], Kenyan runner * 1982 – [[Víctor Valdés]], Spanish footballer *[[1983]] – [[Cesare Bovo]], Italian footballer * 1983 – [[Vincent Jackson]], American football player (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Vincent Jackson |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/8475/vincent-jackson |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Jason Krejza]], Australian cricketer *[[1984]] – [[Erick Aybar]], American baseball player * 1984 – [[Erika Matsuo]], Japanese violinist * 1984 – [[Mike Pelfrey]], American baseball player *[[1985]] – [[Aaron Brooks (basketball)|Aaron Brooks]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Brooks |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201166/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Jake Choi]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1985 – [[Joel Rosario]], Dominican-American jockey * 1985 – [[Shawn Sawyer]], Canadian figure skater *[[1986]] – [[Yohan Cabaye]], French footballer * 1986 – [[Alessio Cossu]], Italian footballer * 1986 – [[Matt Riddle]], American mixed martial artist and wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Matthew Riddle |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2335828/matthew-riddle |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=January 11, 2023}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Jess Fishlock]], Welsh footballer<ref>{{FIFA player|265535}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Atsushi Hashimoto]], Japanese actor *[[1988]] – [[Kacey Barnfield]], English actress * 1988 – [[Hakeem Nicks]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Hakeem Nicks |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/12586/hakeem-nicks |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Jack P. Shepherd]], English actor *[[1989]] – [[Frankie Bridge]], English singer-songwriter and dancer * 1989 – [[Emma Greenwell]], American-English actress<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1990]] – [[Kacy Catanzaro]], American athlete and wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Kacy Catanzaro |url=https://towsontigers.com/sports/womens-gymnastics/roster/kacy-catanzaro/236 |publisher=[[Towson University]] |access-date=January 11, 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Lelisa Desisa]], Ethiopian runner * 1990 – [[Grant Gustin]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP"/> * 1990 – [[Áron Szilágyi]], Hungarian fencer *[[1992]] – [[Robbie Brady]], Irish footballer * 1992 – [[Chieh-Yu Hsu]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chieh-Yu Hsu - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/chieh-yu-hsu_prs229995/person.shtml |access-date=October 19, 2022 |website=Eurosport |language=en}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Wang Qiang (tennis)|Qiang Wang]], Chinese tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Qiang Wang | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/314429/qiang-wang |access-date=October 17, 2022 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Daniel Bessa]], Brazilian footballer * 1993 – [[David Nwaba]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=David Nwaba |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1628021/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Kai (entertainer, born 1994)|Kai]], South Korean singer, model, actor and dancer *[[1997]] – [[Francesco Bagnaia]], Italian motorcycle racer<ref>{{Cite web |title=MotoGP™ Riders |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profile/Francesco+Bagnaia |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=www.motogp.com}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Maddison Inglis]], Australian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maddison Inglis | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/321179/maddison-inglis |access-date=October 20, 2022 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Declan Rice]], English footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=D. Rice: Summary |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/declan-rice/408158/ |access-date=April 12, 2020 |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |archive-date=July 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709140337/https://uk.soccerway.com/players/declan-rice/408158/ |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Emerson Royal]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emerson Royal |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/63654/Emerson-Royal/overview |website=[[Premier League]] |access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref> * 1999 – [[D'Andre Swift]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=D'Andre Swift |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4259545/d'andre-swift |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Jonathan David]], Canadian soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan David |url=https://canadasoccer.com/profile/?id=6522&teamId=2068 |website=[[Canadian Soccer Association]] |date=January 28, 2020 |access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Cora Jade]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Michael |title=Cora Jade Celebrates 21st Birthday With Revealing Selfie |url=https://www.ringsidenews.com/2022/01/14/cora-jade-celebrates-21st-birthday-with-revealing-selfie/ |publisher=Ringside News |access-date=January 12, 2024 |date=January 14, 2022}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[JJ Peterka]], German ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=JJ Peterka |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/jj-peterka-8482175 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=September 23, 2024}}</ref> <!--Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Deaths== <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> ===Pre-1600=== * [[769]] – [[Cui Huan]], chancellor of the Tang Dynasty * [[927]] – [[Wang Yanhan]], king of [[Min (Ten Kingdoms)|Min]] ([[Ten Kingdoms]]) * [[937]] – [[Zhang Yanlang]], Chinese official * [[973]] – [[Ekkehard I]], Frankish monk and poet<ref>{{cite book |author=Ludwig Schmid |title=Die älteste Geschichte des erlauchten Gesamthauses der königlichen und fürstlichen Hohenzollern |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BmcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA325 |year=1884 |publisher=H. Laupp |page=325 |language=de}}</ref> *[[1092]] – [[Vratislaus II of Bohemia]] *[[1163]] – [[Ladislaus II of Hungary]] (b. 1131) *[[1236]] – [[Saint Sava]], Serbian archbishop and saint (b. 1175) *[[1301]] – [[Andrew III of Hungary]] (b. 1265) *[[1331]] – [[Odoric of Pordenone]], Italian priest and explorer (b. 1286) *[[1465]] – [[Thomas Beckington]], English statesman and prelate *[[1476]] – [[John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk]] (b. 1444) *[[1555]] – [[Jacques Dubois]], French anatomist (b. 1478) ===1601–1900=== *[[1640]] – [[Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry]], English lawyer, judge, and politician, [[Attorney General for England and Wales]] (b. 1578) *[[1648]] – [[Caspar Barlaeus]], Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (b. 1584) *[[1676]] – [[Francesco Cavalli]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1602) *[[1679]] – [[Jacques de Billy]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1602) *[[1701]] – [[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1628) *[[1753]] – [[George Berkeley]], Anglo-Irish philosopher and author (b. 1685) *[[1766]] – [[Frederick V of Denmark]] (b. 1723) *[[1776]] – [[Edward Cornwallis]], English general and politician, [[Governor of Gibraltar]] (b. 1713) *[[1786]] – [[Michael Arne]], English organist and composer (b. 1741) * 1786 – [[Meshech Weare]], American lawyer and politician, 1st [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (b. 1713) *[[1823]] – [[Athanasios Kanakaris]], Greek politician (b. 1760) *[[1825]] – [[George Dance the Younger]], English architect and surveyor (b. 1741) *[[1833]] – [[Seraphim of Sarov]], Russian monk and saint (b. 1759) *[[1867]] – [[Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres]], French painter and illustrator (b. 1780) *[[1874]] – [[Johann Philipp Reis]], German physicist and academic, invented the [[Reis telephone]] (b. 1834) *[[1883]] – [[Napoléon Coste]], French guitarist and composer (b. 1806) *[[1888]] – [[Stephen Heller]], Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813) *[[1889]] – [[Ema Pukšec]], Croatian soprano (b. 1834) *[[1892]] – [[Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale]] (b. 1864)<ref>Official statement of [[Dighton Probyn|Sir Dighton Probyn]] released to the press and quoted in many newspapers, e.g. "The Death of the Duke of Clarence: Description of His Last Hours". (15 January 1892). ''The Times''. Issue 33535, p. 9, col. F.</ref> * 1892 – [[Alexander Jackson Davis|Alexander J. Davis]], American architect (b. 1803) *[[1898]] – [[Lewis Carroll]], English novelist, poet, and mathematician (b. 1832)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Lewis Carroll |author2=Edward Wakeling |title=Rediscovered Lewis Carroll Puzzles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PMSk75TnYI0C&pg=PA11 |year=1996 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=978-0-486-28861-1 |page=11}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Mandell Creighton]], English bishop and historian (b. 1843) * 1901 – [[Charles Hermite]], French mathematician and theorist (b. 1822) *[[1905]] – [[Ernst Abbe]], German physicist and engineer (b. 1840) *[[1907]] – [[Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet]], Scottish soldier and politician, 6th [[Governor of New Zealand]] (b. 1832) *[[1908]] – [[Holger Drachmann]], Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846) *[[1915]] – [[Richard Meux Benson]], English priest and saint, founded the [[Society of St. John the Evangelist]] (b. 1824) *[[1919]] – [[Platon (Kulbusch)|Platon]], Estonian bishop and saint (b. 1869) *[[1920]] – [[John Francis Dodge]], American businessman, co-founded the [[Dodge|Dodge Automobile Company]] (b. 1864) *[[1926]] – [[August Sedláček]], Czech historian and author (b. 1843) *[[1934]] – [[Ioan Cantacuzino]], Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863) *[[1937]] – [[Jaishankar Prasad]], Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889) *[[1938]] – [[Jaakko Mäki]], Finnish politician (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Jaakko Mäki |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911109.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501004312/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911109.aspx |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Porfirio Barba-Jacob]], Colombian poet and author (b. 1883) *[[1943]] – [[Laura E. Richards]], American author and poet (b. 1850) *[[1944]] – [[Mehmet Emin Yurdakul]], Turkish author and politician (b. 1869) *[[1949]] – [[Harry Stack Sullivan]], American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892) *[[1951]] – [[Gregorios Xenopoulos]], Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867) *[[1952]] – [[Artur Kapp]], Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1878) *[[1957]] – [[Humphrey Bogart]], American actor (b. 1899) *[[1959]] – [[Eivind Berggrav]], Norwegian bishop and translator (b. 1884) *[[1961]] – [[Barry Fitzgerald]], Irish actor (b. 1888) *[[1965]] – [[Jeanette MacDonald]], American actress and singer (b. 1903) *[[1966]] – [[Sergei Korolev]], Ukrainian-Russian engineer and academic (b. 1906) *[[1968]] – [[Dorothea Mackellar]], Australian poet and author (b. 1885) *[[1970]] – [[William Feller]], Croatian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906) * 1970 – [[Asım Gündüz]], Turkish general (b. 1880) *[[1972]] – [[Horst Assmy]], German footballer (b. 1933) * 1972 – [[Frederik IX of Denmark]] (b. 1899) *[[1976]] – [[Abdul Razak Hussein]], Malaysian lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]] (b. 1922) *[[1977]] – [[Anthony Eden]], English soldier and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1897) * 1977 – [[Peter Finch]], English-Australian actor (b. 1916) * 1977 – [[Anaïs Nin]], French-American essayist and memoirist (b. 1903) *[[1978]] – [[Harold Abrahams]], English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (b. 1899) * 1978 – [[Kurt Gödel]], Austrian-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1906) * 1978 – [[Robert Heger]], German conductor and composer (b. 1886) * 1978 – [[Blossom Rock]], American actress (b. 1895) *[[1980]] – [[Robert Ardrey]], American-South African author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1908) * 1981 – [[G. Lloyd Spencer]], American lieutenant and politician (b. 1893) *[[1984]] – [[Ray Kroc]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1902) *[[1986]] – [[Donna Reed]], American actress (b. 1921) *[[1987]] – [[Turgut Demirağ]], Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921) * 1987 – [[Douglas Sirk]], German-Swiss director and screenwriter (b. 1900) *[[1988]] – [[Georgy Malenkov]], Russian engineer and politician, 5th [[Premier of the Soviet Union]] (b. 1902) *[[1991]] – [[Gordon Bryant]], Australian educator and politician (b. 1914) *[[1995]] – [[Alexander Gibson (conductor)|Alexander Gibson]], Scottish conductor (b. 1926) *[[1996]] – [[Onno Tunç]], Armenian-Turkish composer (b. 1948) *[[1997]] – [[Dollard Ménard]], Canadian general (b. 1913) *[[2000]] – [[Leonard Weisgard]], American author and illustrator (b. 1916) *[[2004]] – [[Uta Hagen]], German-American actress (b. 1919) * 2004 – [[Ron O'Neal]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1937) *[[2005]] – [[Charlotte MacLeod]], Canadian-American author (b. 1922) * 2005 – [[Conroy Maddox]], English painter and educator (b. 1912) * 2005 – [[Rudolph Moshammer]], German fashion designer (b. 1940) * 2005 – [[Jesús Rafael Soto]], Venezuelan sculptor and painter (b. 1923) *[[2006]] – [[Henri Colpi]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1921) * 2006 – [[Jim Gary]], American sculptor (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/feb/14/guardianobituaries.usa |title=Obituary: Jim Gary |first=Andrew |last=Roth |newspaper=The Guardian |date=February 14, 2006 |via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> * 2006 – [[Shelley Winters]], American actress (b. 1920) *[[2007]] – [[Vassilis Photopoulos]], Greek painter, director, and set designer (b. 1934) *[[2008]] – [[Judah Folkman]], American physician, biologist, and academic (b. 1933) *[[2009]] – [[Jan Kaplický]], Czech architect, designed the [[Selfridges Building, Birmingham|Selfridges Building]] (b. 1937) * 2009 – [[Ricardo Montalbán]], Mexican actor (b. 1920) *[[2010]] – [[Antonio Fontán]], Spanish journalist and academic (b. 1923) *[[2011]] – [[Georgia Carroll]], American singer, model and actress (b. 1919) *[[2012]] – [[Txillardegi]], Spanish linguist and politician (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[Dan Evins]], American businessman, founded [[Cracker Barrel Old Country Store]] (b. 1935) * 2012 – [[Arfa Karim]], Pakistani student and computer prodigy, youngest [[Microsoft Certified Professional]] in 2004 (b. 1995) * 2012 – [[Giampiero Moretti]], Italian entrepreneur and race car driver (b. 1940) * 2012 – [[Rosy Varte]], Armenian-French actress (b. 1923) *[[2013]] – [[Conrad Bain]], Canadian-American actor (b. 1923) *[[2014]] – [[Jon Bing]], Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (b. 1944) * 2014 – [[Juan Gelman]], Argentinian poet and author (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[Flavio Testi]], Italian composer and musicologist (b. 1923) *[[2015]] – [[Bob Boyd (basketball)|Bob Boyd]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1930) * 2015 – [[Zhang Wannian]], Chinese general (b. 1928) *[[2016]] – [[René Angélil]], Canadian music producer, talent manager, and singer (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 14, 2016 |title=René Angélil, Céline Dion's husband and former manager, dead at 73 CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ren%C3%A9-ang%C3%A9lil-dead-c%C3%A9line-dion-s-husband-dead-at-73-1.3007809 |access-date=March 12, 2021 |work=CBC |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Alan Rickman]], English actor (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Rickman obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/alan-rickman-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=January 14, 2021 |language=en |date=January 14, 2016}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Zhou Youguang]], Chinese sociologist, (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/world/asia/zhou-youguang-who-made-writing-chinese-as-simple-as-abc-dies-at-111.html |title=Zhou Youguang, Who Made Writing Chinese as Simple as ABC, Dies at 111 |work=The New York Times |date=January 14, 2017 |access-date=January 14, 2025 |last=Fox |first=Margalit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204130605/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/world/asia/zhou-youguang-who-made-writing-chinese-as-simple-as-abc-dies-at-111.html |archive-date=February 4, 2017 |url-status=live |url-access=registration}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Spanky Manikan]], Filipino veteran actor (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/36853/veteran-actor-spanky-manikan-dies-at-75/story |title=Veteran actor Spanky Manikan dies at 75 |last=Ramos |first=Jansen |website=[[GMA Network]] |language=fil |date=January 15, 2018 |access-date=January 14, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418081352/https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/36853/veteran-actor-spanky-manikan-dies-at-75/story}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Cyrille Regis]], French Guianan-English footballer (b. 1958)<ref>{{cite news |title=Cyrille Regis obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/15/cyrille-regis-obituary |access-date=January 14, 2025 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |first=Peter |last=Mason |date=January 15, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-date=June 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606153714/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/15/cyrille-regis-obituary}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Joël Robert|Joel Robert]], Belgian motorcycle racer (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roscoe |first=Matthew |date=January 13, 2021 |title=Belgian Motocross Legend Joël Robert Has Passed Away Aged 77 |url=https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/01/13/belgian-motocross-legend-joel-robert-has-passed-away-aged-77/ |access-date=January 15, 2021 |newspaper=Euro Weekly News |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Mukarram Jah]], 8th [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite news |first=Srinivasa |last=Rao Apparasu |work=Hindustan Times |title=Last Nizam of Hyderabad dies in Turkey, to be laid to rest in India |date=January 16, 2023 |access-date=January 16, 2023 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/last-nizam-of-hyd-dies-in-turkey-to-be-laid-to-rest-in-india-101673806423213.html}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Arthur Blessitt]], American Christian preacher (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=January 24, 2025 |title=Arthur Blessitt, Who Carried a Cross Around the World, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/arthur-blessitt-dead.html |access-date=February 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 – [[Tony Slattery]], British actor, comedian and television personality (b. 1959)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=January 14, 2025 |title=Tony Slattery, Actor and Comedian Known for 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?,' Dies at 65 |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/tony-slattery-dead-actor-comedian-whose-line-is-it-anyway-1236273934/ |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[feast day]]: ** [[Barba'shmin]] ** [[Devasahayam Pillai]] ([[Catholic Church]]) ** [[Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)]] ** [[Eivind Berggrav]] ([[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Lutheran]]) ** [[Felix of Nola]] ** [[Macrina the Elder]] ** [[Odoric of Pordenone]] ** [[January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[Defender of the Motherland Day]] ([[Uzbekistan]]) * [[Feast of the Ass]] ([[Medieval Christianity]]) * [[Flag Day (Georgia)]] * [[National Forest Conservation Day]] ([[Thailand]]) * [[Old New Year]], and its related observance: **[[Azhyrnykhua]] ([[Abkhazia]]) **[[Yennayer]] ([[Berbers]]) * [[Ratification Day (United States)]] * [[Sidereal time|Sidereal]] [[winter solstice]] celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; marking the transition of the Sun to Capricorn, and the first day of the six months [[Uttarayana]] period. ''(see [[April 14]])'': **[[Magh Bihu]] ([[Assam]]) ** [[Maghe Sankranti]] ([[Nepal]]) ** [[Maghi]] ([[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Haryana]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]) ** [[Makar Sankranti]] ([[India]]) ** The first day of [[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]] ([[Tamil Nadu]]) ** [[Uttarayan]] ([[Uttarakhand]], [[Gujarat]] and [[Rajasthan]]) * [[World Logic Day]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000371483 |website=UNESCO Digital Library |access-date=January 11, 2020 |title=Proclamation of a World Logic Day (40th Session of UNESCO General Conference, 2019)}}</ref> ([[UNESCO]]) ==Notes== In the 20th and 21st centuries the [[Julian calendar]] is 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar, thus January 14 is sometimes celebrated as New Year's Day ([[Old New Year]]) by religious groups who use the Julian calendar. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/14 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=14}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/14 Historical Events on January 14] {{months}} [[Category:Days of January]]
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