January 1

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January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

153 BC – For the first time, Roman consuls begin their year in office on January 1.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
45 BC – The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Republic, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
42 BC – The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
193 – The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor.<ref name="Birley2012">Template:Cite book</ref>
404 – Saint Telemachus tries to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and is stoned to death by the crowd. This act impresses the Christian Emperor Honorius, who issues a historic ban on gladiatorial fights.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
417 – Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum) (probable).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
947 – Emperor Taizong of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty captures Daliang, ending the dynasty and empire of the Later Jin.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1001 – Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II (probable).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1068 – Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1259 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1438 – Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1502 – The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is first explored by the Portuguese.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1515 – Twenty-year-old Francis, Duke of Brittany, succeeds to the French throne following the death of his father-in-law, Louis XII.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1527 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I, Archduke of Austria as King of Croatia in the 1527 election in Cetin.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1600 – Scotland recognises January 1 as the start of the year, instead of March 25.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1604 – The Masque of Indian and China Knights is performed by courtiers of James VI and I at Hampton Court.<ref>Martin Butler, The Stuart Court Masque and Political Culture (Cambridge, 2008), p. 63.</ref>
1651 – Charles II is crowned King of Scotland at Scone Palace.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1700 – Russia begins using the Anno Domini era instead of the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1707 – John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1725 – J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his chorale cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41, which features the trumpet fanfares from the beginning also in the end.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1739 – Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1772 – The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, are issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1773 – The hymn that becomes known as "Amazing Grace", previously titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17, Faith's Review and Expectation", is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Burning of Norfolk – Norfolk, Virginia, is burned to the ground by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1776 – General George Washington hoists the first United States flag, the Continental Union Flag, at Prospect Hill.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1781 – American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1788 – The first edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1801 – The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is proclaimed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1801 – Ceres, the largest and first known object in the Asteroid belt, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1804 – French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black-majority republic and second independent country in North America after the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1806 – The French Republican Calendar is abolished.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1808 – The United States bans the importation of slaves.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1810 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1818 – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (anonymously) publishes the pioneering work of science fiction, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, in London.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1822 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1834 – Most of Germany forms the Zollverein customs union, the first such union between sovereign states.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1845 – The Philippines moves its national calendar to align with other Asian countries' calendars by skipping Tuesday, December 31, 1844. The change has been ordered by Governor–General Narciso Claveria to reform the country's calendar so that it aligns with the rest of Asia. Its territory has been one day behind the rest of Asia for 323 years since the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in the Philippines on March 16, 1521.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1847 – The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh, United States, by a group of Sisters of Mercy from Ireland;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.
1860 – The first Polish postage stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1861 – Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1863 – American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1877 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1885 – Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1890 – Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1892 – Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1898 – New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
1899 – Spanish rule ends in Cuba.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1900 – Nigeria becomes a British protectorate with Frederick Lugard as high commissioner.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1901 – The Southern Nigeria Protectorate is established within the British Empire.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1901 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1902 – The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1910 – Captain David Beatty is promoted to rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1912 – The Republic of China is established.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1914 – The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1923 – Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1927 – New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1928 – Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran to seek asylum in France. He is the only member of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Soviet Union.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1929 – The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1932 – The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1934 – Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1934 – A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1945 – World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed, attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1947 – Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1947 – The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens.<ref name="Senate1952">Template:Cite book</ref> Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
1948 – The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1949 – United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1956 – Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1957 – George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1957 – Lèse majesté in Thailand is strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after the Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.<ref name="CMU">Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Rp
1958 – The European Economic Community is established.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1960 – Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1962 – Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1964 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.<ref>Template:Cite book Template:Dead link</ref>
1965 – The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.<ref name="single-unix-spec-4.16">Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1976 – A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Bombay, India, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, killing all 213 people on board.<ref name="ASN">Template:ASN accident</ref>
1979 – the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and Taiwan Relations Act enter into force. Through the Communiqué, the United States establishes normal diplomatic relations with China.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Through the Act, the United States guarantees military support for Taiwan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Greece is admitted into the European Community.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1982 – Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1983 – The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1984 – The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1984 – Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1985 – The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1985 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 crashes into Mount Illimani in Bolivia, killing all 29 aboard.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1988 – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1989 – The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1990 – David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1993 – Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1994 – The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1994 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1995 – The World Trade Organization comes into being.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1995 – The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1995 – Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1998 – Following a currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1998 – Argentinian physicist Juan Maldacena publishes a landmark paper initiating the study of AdS/CFT correspondence, which links string theory and quantum gravity.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1999 – The Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>
2001 – Greece adopts the Euro, becoming the 12th Eurozone country.<ref name=":0" />
2004 – In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – Bulgaria and Romania join the EU.<ref>Enlargement, 3 years after Template:Webarchive, Europa (web portal)</ref>
2007 – Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2009 – Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2010 – A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.<ref name="Times">Template:Cite news</ref>
2011 – A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.<ref name="reuters">Template:Cite news</ref>
2011 – Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017 – An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills 39 people and injures 79 others.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023 – Croatia officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 20th Eurozone country, and becomes the 27th member of the Schengen Area.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – A 7.5 Template:M earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan, killing more than 500 people and injuring over 1,000 others.<ref name="SANKEI">Template:Cite news</ref> A majority of direct deaths were due to collapsed homes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Disney's copyright protection on Steamboat Willie and the original Mickey Mouse expires as they enter the public domain.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Artsakh ceases to exist.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – 14 people are killed and 35 others injured during a vehicle-ramming and shooting attack in New Orleans, Louisiana.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

766 – Ali al-Ridha, 8th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam (d. 818)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1431 – Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1449 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian politician (d. 1492)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1467 – Sigismund I the Old, Polish king (d. 1548)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1484 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1531)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1511 – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, first-born child of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon (d. 1511)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1557 – Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1606)<ref name="auto">Template:Cite book</ref>
1600 – Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1649)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1628 – Christoph Bernhard, German composer and theorist (d. 1692)<ref name="Don1996">Template:Cite book</ref>
1655 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (d. 1728)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1684 – Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch scholar and author (d. 1748)<ref name="auto"/>
1704 – Soame Jenyns, English author, poet, and politician (d. 1787)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1711 – Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1714 – Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian soprano and author (d. 1800)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1714 – Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (d. 1780)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1735 – Paul Revere, American silversmith and engraver (d. 1818)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1745 – Anthony Wayne, American general and politician (d. 1796)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1752 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress, sewed flags for the Pennsylvania Navy during the Revolutionary War (d. 1836)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1768 – Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author (d. 1849)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1769 – Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician (d. 1821)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1774 – André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic (d. 1860)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1779 – William Clowes, English publisher (d. 1847)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1803 – Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson (d. 1874)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1806 – Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (d. 1853)<ref name="Gaige1969">Template:Cite book</ref>
1809 – Achille Guenée, French lawyer and entomologist (d. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1813 – George Bliss, American politician (d. 1868)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1814 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebellion leader and king (d. 1864)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1818 – William Gamble, Irish-born American general (d. 1866)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1819 – Arthur Hugh Clough, English-Italian poet and academic (d. 1861)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1819 – George Foster Shepley, American general (d. 1878)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1823 – Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and activist (d. 1849)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1833 – Robert Lawson, Scottish-New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (d. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1834 – Ludovic Halévy, French author and playwright (d. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1839 – Ouida, English-Italian author and activist (d. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1848 – John W. Goff, Irish-American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1852 – Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist and academic (d. 1904)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1854 – James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist and academic (d. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1854 – Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1940)<ref>Template:Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
1857 – Tim Keefe, American baseball player (d. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1858 – Heinrich Rauchinger, Kraków-born painter (d. 1942)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1859 – Michael Joseph Owens, American inventor (d. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1859 – Thibaw Min, Burmese king (d. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1860 – Michele Lega, Italian cardinal (d. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1863 – Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (d. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1864 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (d. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1864 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1867 – Mary Acworth Evershed, English astronomer and scholar (d. 1949)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1874 – Frank Knox, American publisher and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1874 – Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (d. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1877 – Alexander von Staël-Holstein, German sinologist and orientalist (d. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1878 – Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer (d. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1879 – E. M. Forster, English author and playwright (d. 1970)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1879 – William Fox, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres (d. 1952)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1883 – William J. Donovan, American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1959)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1883 – Noe Khomeriki, Georgian Social Democrat politician (d. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1884 – Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (d. 1949)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1887 – Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1888 – Chesley Bonestell, American painter, designer, and illustrator<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1888 – John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand rifle (d. 1974)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1888 – Georgios Stanotas, Greek general (d. 1965)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref>
1889 – Charles Bickford, American actor (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1889 – Seabury Quinn, American author (d. 1969)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1890 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (d. 1966)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1891 – Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1969)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1892 – Mahadev Desai, Indian author and activist (d. 1942)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1892 – Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (d. 1958)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1892 – Manuel Roxas, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines (d. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1893 – Mordechai Frizis, Greek colonel (d. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1893 – Heinie Miller, American football player and coach (d. 1964)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1894 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist and mathematician (d. 1974)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1894 – Edward Joseph Hunkeler, American clergyman (d. 1970)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 1972)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1899 – Randolfo Pacciardi, centre-left Italian politician (d. 1991) <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1900 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese soldier and diplomat (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1900 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1902 – Buster Nupen, Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1902 – Hans von Dohnányi, German jurist and political dissident (d. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1904 – Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (d. 1982)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1905 – Stanisław Mazur, Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1905 – Lise Lindbæk, Norwegian journalist and war correspondent (d. 1961)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1906 – Manuel Silos, Filipino filmmaker and actor (d. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1907 – Kinue Hitomi, Japanese sprinter and long jumper (d. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1909 – Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1909 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (d. 1959)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1909 – Peggy Dennis, American-Russian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1911 – Basil Dearden, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1971)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1911 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1911 – Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1911 – Audrey Wurdemann, American poet and author (d. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1912 – Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician and historian (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1912 – Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1912 – Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet and academic (d. 1991)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1914 – Noor Inayat Khan, British SOE agent (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1917 – Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="mblank" />
1918 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1918 – Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1919 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer and actor (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1919 – Carole Landis, American actress (d. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1919 – Sheila Mercier, British actress, Emmerdale Farm (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1919 – Bones McKinney, American basketball player (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1919 – J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1919 – Mai Dhai, Pakistani folk singerTemplate:Cn
1920 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1921 – Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1921 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor and academic (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1921 – Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1921 – Johnny Logan, American basketball player (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1922 – Ernest Hollings, American soldier and politician, 106th Governor of South Carolina (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1923 – Barbara Baxley, American actress (d. 1990)<ref name="mblank">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="nypl">Template:Cite web</ref>
1923 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1923 – Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist and composer (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1924 – Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatorial Guinean politician, 1st President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (d. 1979)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1925 – Matthew Beard, American child actor (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1925 – Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1926 – Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1927 – Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1927 – James Reeb, American clergyman and political activist (d. 1965)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1927 – Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1927 – Doak Walker, American football player and businessman (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1928 – Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (d. 1984)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1928 – Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian, author, and academic<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1929 – Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="mblank" />
1929 – Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor and stuntman, portrayed Godzilla from 1954 to 1972 (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1930 – Ty Hardin, American actor (d. 2017)<ref name="mblank" />
1930 – Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1932 – Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor (d. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1933 – James Hormel, American philanthropist and diplomat (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1933 – Joe Orton, English dramatist (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="mblank" />
1934 – Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host (d. 1984)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1934 – Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian politician, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1935 – Om Prakash Chautala, Indian politician (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1936 – James Sinegal, American businessman, co-founded Costco<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1938 – Frank Langella, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="mblank" />
1939 – Michèle Mercier, French actress<ref>Michèle Mercier at the British Film Institute Template:Better source needed</ref>
1939 – Phil Read, English motorcycle racer and businessman (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1939 – Senfronia Thompson, American politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1939 – Younoussi Touré, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (d. 2022)<ref>"Assemblée nationale: aux commandes ..."Template:Dead link, L'Essor, number 16,042, 28 September 2007 Template:In lang.</ref>
1942 – Dennis Archer, American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn, English dentist and politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Country Joe McDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Alassane Ouattara, Ivorian economist and politician, President of the Ivory Coast<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Gennadi Sarafanov, Russian pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1943 – Tony Knowles, American soldier and politician, 7th Governor of Alaska<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1943 – Don Novello, American comedian, screenwriter and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="mblank" />
1943 – Vladimir Šeks, Croatian lawyer and politician, 16th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1944 – Barry Beath, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1944 – Jimmy Hart, American professional wrestling manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1944 – Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani field hockey player and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2020)
1944 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1944 – Mati Unt, Estonian author, playwright, and director (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1945 – Victor Ashe, American politician and former United States Ambassador to Poland<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1945 – Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1945 – Jimmy Jones, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – Rivellino, Brazilian footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1946 – Claude Steele, American social psychologist and academic<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1947 – Jon Corzine, American sergeant and politician, 54th Governor of New Jersey<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1948 – Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish economist, academic, and politician, 57th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1948 – Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Russian Minister of Defence (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1948 – Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1949 – Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician and diplomat<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1950 – Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby league player and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1950 – Tony Currie, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1952 – Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1953 – Gary Johnson, American businessman and politician, 29th Governor of New Mexico<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1954 – Richard Edson, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1954 – Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1954 – Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
1954 – Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Finance<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Mary Beard, English classicist, academic and presenter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1956 – Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1956 – Royce Ayliffe, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1956 – Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fund<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1956 – Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1956 – Martin Plaza, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1957 – Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1958 – Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian rapper and DJ <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1958 – Dave Silk, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1959 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan colonel, pilot, and astronaut<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Azali Assoumani, Comorian colonel and politician, President of the Comoros<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1959 – Adrian Hall, English director and former actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1961 – Sam Backo, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1962 – Anton Muscatelli, Italian-Scottish economist and academic<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Jean-Marc Gounon, French racing driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964 – Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Anna Burke, Australian businesswoman and politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives<ref>Template:Cite Au Parliament</ref>
1966 – Ivica Dačić, Serbian journalist and politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1966 – Tihomir Orešković, Croatian–Canadian businessman, 11th Prime Minister of Croatia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1967 – Tawera Nikau, New Zealand rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1968 – Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer<ref>Template:FIFA player</ref>
1969 – Morris Chestnut, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – Verne Troyer, American actor (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Sergei Kiriakov, Russian footballer and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Sammie Henson, American wrestler and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Bobby Holík, Czech-American ice hockey player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1972 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1974 – Christian Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Industry<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1975 – Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1975 – Joe Cannon, American soccer player and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1975 – Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1975 – Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1976 – Tank, American singer, songwriter, producer, and actor<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Vidya Balan, Indian actress <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Elin Nordegren, Swedish-American model<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Jonas Armstrong, Irish-English actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1981 – Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer<ref name="auto1">Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Eden Riegel, American actress<ref name="AP" />
1982 – Egidio Arévalo, Uruguayan footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – David Nalbandian, Argentine tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Calum Davenport, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Fernando San Emeterio, Spanish basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Michael Witt, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Kenoh, Japanese professional wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Glen Davis, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Lee Sung-min, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Gilbert Brulé, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Meryl Davis, American ice dancer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Patric Hörnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Marcel Gecov, Czech footballer<ref name="auto1"/>
1988 – Dallas Keuchel, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Jason Pierre-Paul, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Julia Glushko, Israeli tennis player<ref>"Julia Glushko," Template:Webarchive wtatennis.com.</ref>
1990 – Ali Maâloul, Tunisian football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Glen Rice Jr., American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Darius Slay, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Xavier Su'a-Filo, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Nathaniel Peteru, New Zealand rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Shane Duffy, Irish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Larry Nance Jr., American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Abdoulaye Doucouré, Malian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Brendan Elliot, Australian rugby league player<ref name="auto2">Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – LaMonte Wade Jr., American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Sardar Azmoun, Iranian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Poppy, American singer and YouTube personality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Andreas Pereira, Brazilian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Mahmoud Dahoud, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Mathias Jensen, Danish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Noah Kahan, American singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1997 – Keegan Hipgrave, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Gonzalo Montiel, Argentine footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Cristina Bucșa, Moldovan-Spanish tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Edwuin Cetré, Colombian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Enock Mwepu, Zambian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Frank Onyeka, Nigerian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – Tomás Chancalay, Argentine footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – Azmy Qowimuramadhoni, Indonesian-Azerbaijani badminton player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Nicolas Kühn, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Ice Spice, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Angourie Rice, Australian actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Winter, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002 – Simon Adingra, Ivorian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – Daria Trubnikova, Russian rhythmic gymnast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Lamine Camara, Senegalese footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 – Ian Subiabre, Argentine footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

138 – Lucius Aelius, adopted son and intended successor of Hadrian (b. 101)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
404 – Telemachus, Christian monk and martyr<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
898 – Odo I, Frankish king (b. 860)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
951 – Ramiro II, king of León and Galicia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1031 – William of Volpiano, Italian abbot (b. 962)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1189 – Henry of Marcy, Cistercian abbot (b. Template:Circa)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1204 – Haakon III, king of Norway (b. 1182)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1387 – Charles II, king of Navarre (b. 1332)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1496 – Charles d'Orléans, count of Angoulême (b. 1459)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1515 – Louis XII, king of France (b. 1462)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1559 – Christian III, king of Denmark (b. 1503)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1560 – Joachim du Bellay, French poet and critic (b. 1522)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1617 – Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1558)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1697 – Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1625)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1716 – William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1748 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1766 – James Francis Edward Stuart, Jacobite pretender (b. 1688)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1780 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1782 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1789 – Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1793 – Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1817 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1846 – John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1853 – Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1862 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1881 – Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1892 – Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1894 – Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1896 – Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1901–present

1901 – Ignatius L. Donnelly, American politician and promoter of pseudoscience and pseudohistory (b. 1831)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1906 – Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)<ref>Template:Dictionary of Australian Biography</ref>
1918 – William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1921 – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1923 – Willie Keeler, American baseball player (b. 1872)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1928 – Loie Fuller, American dancer (b. 1862)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1929 – Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)<ref>Mustafa Necati page Template:In lang Template:Webarchive Accessed 2 March 2019</ref>
1931 – Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1937 – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1940 – Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1943 – Jenő Rejtő, Hungarian journalist (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1944 – Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1944 – Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1953 – Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1955 – Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian colloid chemist, academic, and scientific administrator (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1954 – Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1954 – Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1955 – Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1958 – Edward Weston, American photographer (b. 1886)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1960 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1961 – Alastair Denniston, Scottish cryptologist (b. 1881)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)<ref name="Lane1995">Template:Cite book</ref>
1969 – Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1971 – Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1977 – Roland Hayes, American lyric tenor and composer (b. 1887)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1978 – Carle Hessay, German-Canadian painter (b. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1980 – Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1981 – Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1982 – Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1984 – Alexis Korner, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1984 – Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega, known as "Cagancho", Spanish bullfighter (b. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Clementine Hunter, American folk artist (b. 1886 or 1887)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and admiral, co-developed COBOL (b. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1994 – Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1900)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1994 – Cesar Romero, American actor (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1994 – Edward Arthur Thompson, Irish historian and academic (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Arleigh Burke, American admiral (b. 1901)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1996 – Arthur Rudolph, German-American engineer (b. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)<ref>Kruth, J. (2007) "To Live's to Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt".</ref>
1998 – Helen Wills, American tennis player and coach (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2001 – Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – Joe Foss, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1915)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Shirley Chisholm, American educator and politician (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2005 – Ngo Van, Vietnamese revolutionary (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 – Harry Magdoff, American economist and journalist (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – Roland Levinsky, South African-English biochemist and academic (b. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 – Darrent Williams, American football player (b. 1982)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008 – Pratap Chandra Chunder, Indian educator and politician (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2009 – Claiborne Pell, American politician (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009 – Helen Suzman, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010 – Lhasa de Sela, American-Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1972)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
2012 – Bob Anderson, English fencer (b. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Kiro Gligorov, Macedonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
2012 – Nay Win Maung, Burmese physician, businessman, and activist (b. 1962)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012 – Tommy Mont, American football player and coach (b. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist (b. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – Patti Page, American singer and actress (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b. 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – Juanita Moore, American actress (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2015 – Ulrich Beck, German sociologist (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – Donna Douglas, American actress (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2015 – Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (b. 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – William Lloyd Standish, United States District Judge (b. 1930)<ref>Template:FJC Bio</ref>
2016 – Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016 – Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2017 – Tony Atkinson, British economist (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017 – Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018 – Robert Mann, American violinist (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
2018 – Jon Paul Steuer, American actor (b. 1984)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019 – Paul Neville, Australian politician (b. 1940)<ref>Reid, Emma (1 January 2019) Tributes flow for former MP Paul Neville Template:Webarchive, NewsMail. Retrieved 3 March 2020.</ref>
2019 – Pegi Young, American singer, songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist (b. 1952) <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2019 – George, last known Achatinella apexfulva (b. Template:Circa)<ref name=Atlantic>Ed Yong (2019) "The Last of Its Kind" Template:Webarchive The Atlantic, July 2019. Accessed June 26, 2023.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 – Lexi Alijai, American rapper (b. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 – Alexander Frater, British travel writer and journalist (b. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – Don Larsen, American baseball player (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 – Barry McDonald, Australian rugby union player (b. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – David Stern, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1942)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2021 – Carlos do Carmo, Portuguese fado singer (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2021 – Mark Eden, English actor (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – Elmira Minita Gordon, Belizean educator and psychologist (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – Floyd Little, American football player (b. 1942)
2022 – Gary Burgess, British broadcaster and journalist (b. 1975)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2022 – Dan Reeves, American football player and coach (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023 – Fred White, American musician and songwriter (b. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Lynja, American celebrity chef and YouTuber (b. 1956)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025 – David Lodge, English author and critic (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025 – Chad Morgan, Australian musician (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025 – Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1951)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
- Basil the Great (Eastern Orthodox Church)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Feast of the Circumcision of Christ<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  - Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Anglican Communion, Lutheran Church)<ref name=Crump>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Fulgentius of Ruspe<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God;<ref name=Crump /> and its related observances:
  - World Day of Peace<ref name=Crump />
- January 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The last day of Kwanzaa (African-Americans)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The eighth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Global Family Day<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Jump-up Day (Montserrat)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Japanese New Year<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Novy God Day (Russia)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Polar Bear Swim Day<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Public Domain Day (multiple countries)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

References

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External links

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