ΠΟΙΟΙ ΔΙΑΒΑΖΟΥΝ ΑΥΤΟ ΤΟ ΙΣΤΟΛΟΓΙΟ
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Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Εξέχουσα προσωπικότητα της Χριστιανικής Εκκλησίας, σπουδαίος ιεράρχης και κορυφαίος θεολόγος, γι’ αυτό και ανακηρύχτηκε Άγιος και Μέγας... |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Διήγημα του Αλέξανδρου Παπαδιαμάντη, που δημοσιεύτηκε την Πρωτοχρονιά του 1895 στην εφημερίδα «Ακρόπολις» του Βλάσση Γαβιηλίδη... |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Την Πρωτοχρονιά του 1523 οι Οθωμανικές Δυνάμεις του Σουλεϊμάν του Μεγαλοπρεπούς καταλαμβάνουν τη Ρόδο, την οποία θα κρατήσουν για τα επόμενα 390 χρόνια. Οι ιωαννίτες ιππότες και 4.000 ροδίτες παίρνουν το δρόμο της εξορίας... |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Τα χρονολογικά συστήματα που χρησιμοποιήθηκαν ανά τους αιώνες είναι εκατοντάδες. Σχεδόν κάθε πολιτισμός ανέπτυσσε το δικό του, λίγα όμως κατόρθωσαν να επιβιώσουν... |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Γάλλος συγγραφέας και παιδαγωγός, γνωστός παγκόσμια ως ο πρωτεργάτης της αναβίωσης των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων. |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Ηπειρώτης έμπορος, τραπεζίτης, Φιλικός και πολιτικός. Υπήρξε ο πρώτος διοικητής της Εθνικής Τράπεζας της Ελλάδας κι ένας από τους θεμελιωτές της οικονομικής συγκρότησης του ελληνικού κράτους. Γεννήθηκε την 1η Ιανουαρίου του 1788... |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Τίτλος εφημερίδας, που εκδιδόταν στο Μεσολόγγι από τον Ελβετό φιλέλληνα Ιωάννη - Ιάκωβο Μάγερ. Το πρώτο φύλλο κυκλοφόρησε την Πρωτοχρονιά του 1824... |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Το νησί Έλις, στ'ανοιχτά του Μανχάταν, υπήρξε ο κύριος σταθμός υποδοχής των μεταναστών που έφταναν στην Αμερική, αναζητώντας μια καλύτερη τύχη. Εγκαινιάστηκε την 1η Ιανουαρίου του 1892... |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST ¨Έλληνας πολιτικός, ηγετικό στέλεχος του ΠΑΣΟΚ, με κυριότερη συνεισφορά την ίδρυση του ΑΣΕΠ για την αξιοκρατική πρόσληψη των δημοσίων υπαλλήλων. |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Ήταν Πρωτοχρονιά του 1934 όταν εγκαινιάστηκαν οι φυλακές στο νησί Αλκατράζ των ΗΠΑ. Η λέξη «Αλκατράζ» προέρχεται από την ισπανική λέξη για το θαλασσοπούλι... |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Το διήγημα του Αλέξανδρου Παπαδιαμάντη «Γουτού Γουπατού» δημοσιεύτηκε την Πρωτοχρονιά του 1899 στην εφημερίδα «Ακρόπολις». |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Ο πρώτος μήνας του έτους, με διάρκεια 31 ημέρες. Αρχικά ήταν ο ενδέκατος μήνας του ρωμαϊκού ημερολογίου και οφείλει το όνομά του στον διπρόσωπο θεό των Ρωμαίων Ιανό... |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Κάθε χρόνο την 1η Ιανουαρίου η Εκκλησία τιμά την Περιτομή του Χριστού, δηλαδή την αφαίρεση από το θείο βρέφος του δέρματος, που καλύπτει τη βάλανο του γεννητικού του οργάνου. |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Αναχωρητής και μάρτυς, η μνήμη του οποίου τιμάται από την Εκκλησία την 1η Ιανουαρίου. |
Posted: 31 Dec 2018 05:30 PM PST Έθιμο της Πρωτοχρονιάς, με πανελλαδική εμβέλεια. Ακόμα και σήμερα πολλοί άνθρωποι είναι ιδιαίτερα προσεκτικοί για το ποιος θα μπει πρώτος στο σπίτι τους... |
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Article 16
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Article 15
2016Taking the stage in Times Square to ring in the new year, Mariah Carey gets through "Auld Lang Syne" but then stops singing and narrates the technical problems to the crowd as the backing track plays on.More
2015Natalie Cole dies of heart failure at age 65. The singer (daughter of Nat King Cole) battled health problems for much of her life; drug use led to hepatitis C, and in 2009 she had a kidney transplant. Cole won nine Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist of 1975 and Record of the Year for "Unforgettable in 1992."More
1994Rod Stewart plays a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, drawing a crowd estimated at 3.5 million (the fireworks help goose that number). Guinness declares it the largest free rock concert ever.
1984Def Lepparddrummer Rick Allen loses an arm when he crashes his Corvette. He continues with the band, using computer aids and relying more on his feet.More
1972Dick Clark begins a new holiday tradition as his first New Year's Rockin' Eve concert is broadcast on NBC; guests include Three Dog Night and Al Green.More
1966The Monkees'"I'm A Believer," written by Neil Diamond, hits #1 in America. The song stays at the top for seven weeks.
2017Rabbi Shmuley Boteach places an ad in the Washington Post claiming that Lordeis an anti-Semite because she cancelled a concert in Israel in protest over the treatment of Palestinians.
2014Six months after divorcing salsa singer Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez officially drops her married name (Muñiz).
2009Blues singer Earl Gaines dies at age 74, after his declining health forces him to cancel a European tour.
2008At halftime of the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, 40,148 fans perform the "Y.M.C.A." dance while the Village People perform, establishing a Guinness World Record. It is the most memorable part of the game, which Oregon State wins 3-0 over Pittsburgh.
2002Phish jump back in the pond with a concert at Madison Square Garden, their first show since going on hiatus in October 2000.
2000Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson marries actress Kate Hudson in Aspen, Colorado. Their seven-year marriage includes the birth of their son, Ryder.
1997Floyd Cramer, pianist and forerunner of the "Nashville sound," dies of lung cancer at age 64. He played piano as a session musician on Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel."
1996Queen Elizabeth II announces that Paul McCartney will be knighted - these announcements are traditionally made on New Year's Eve.
1991After 62 years, Radio Luxembourg, Europe's oldest commercial radio station, goes off the air for good.
1991Ted Nugent, who often donates meat from his kills to charity, serves about 200 pounds of venison courtesy of the Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger program at a Detroit soup kitchen, telling clients, "I kill it, you grill it."
1985Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash at age 45. A child star on The Ozzie and Harriet Show, he became a teen idol as a singer, charting 36 hits on the Top 40.
1982E Street Band guitarist Miami Steve and/or Little Steven Van Zandt marries Maureen Santora at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Little Richard officiates, Bruce Springsteen is the best man, and Percy Sledgesings "When A Man Loves A Woman" during the reception.
1980Bruce Springsteen plays an epic show at the Nassau Coliseum lasting 4 hours, 38 minutes and covering 38 songs. The best we can tell, it's the longest Springsteen show ever.
1978The Runaways play their final show at Cow Palace, near San Francisco. The all-female hard-rock band have been through several line-up changes, but are finally torn apart through conflict between Joan Jett, who wants to take the band in a glam-rock direction, and Lita Ford who wishes to stay in the hard-rock genre. The band formally split the following April.
1978Bauhaus play their first show, performing at the Cromwell Public House in Wellingborough, UK.
Mötley Crüe Play Their Final Concert
2015Mötley Crüe play their last show: a New Year's Eve concert in Los Angeles complete with Nikki Sixx's flamethrower bass and Tommy Lee's drum roller coaster.
When the band sets out on their "Final Tour" in 2014, they make sure it sticks, signing a legal document stating they will never tour again as Mötley Crüe. The goal is to go out on top before they kill each other, or worse, end up playing county fairs and nostalgia shows.
The band formed in 1981 and rose to the top of the hair metal hierarchy with hits like "Dr. Feelgood" and "Girls, Girls, Girls." Along the way, they set new standards in infighting and excess. By 1987, all members are high-functioning alcoholics (drink of choice: Jack Daniel's), and bass player Nikki Sixx has developed a nasty cocaine problem.
They soldier on, losing Vince Neil from 1992-1997 and Tommy Lee from 1999-2004. In 2005, Lee returns, and Crüe resumes their cycle of touring, now in separate buses.
For their last show, they play the city where they spawned: Los Angeles. Lee's drum kit is attached to the "Crüecify" roller coaster, which extends into the crowd. During his drum solo, it takes him over the crowd and upside down, but then almost in a tribute to Spinal Tap, it stalls and the roadies come to his rescue.
In their four decades, the band has gotten pretty good at pyro, and lots of stuff is on fire throughout the performance. Apparently the fire marshal is a fan, since Nikki Sixx is allowed to bring out a bass attached to a flamethrower and shoot blasts 30 feet high. He uses it to light their pentagram logo on fire.
After a balloon drop to celebrate the new year, they play "Kickstart My Heart" and return for an emotional encore of "Home Sweet Home." Looking back on their years of destructive debauchery, each band member is shocked that they made it this far - alive.
The band formed in 1981 and rose to the top of the hair metal hierarchy with hits like "Dr. Feelgood" and "Girls, Girls, Girls." Along the way, they set new standards in infighting and excess. By 1987, all members are high-functioning alcoholics (drink of choice: Jack Daniel's), and bass player Nikki Sixx has developed a nasty cocaine problem.
They soldier on, losing Vince Neil from 1992-1997 and Tommy Lee from 1999-2004. In 2005, Lee returns, and Crüe resumes their cycle of touring, now in separate buses.
For their last show, they play the city where they spawned: Los Angeles. Lee's drum kit is attached to the "Crüecify" roller coaster, which extends into the crowd. During his drum solo, it takes him over the crowd and upside down, but then almost in a tribute to Spinal Tap, it stalls and the roadies come to his rescue.
In their four decades, the band has gotten pretty good at pyro, and lots of stuff is on fire throughout the performance. Apparently the fire marshal is a fan, since Nikki Sixx is allowed to bring out a bass attached to a flamethrower and shoot blasts 30 feet high. He uses it to light their pentagram logo on fire.
After a balloon drop to celebrate the new year, they play "Kickstart My Heart" and return for an emotional encore of "Home Sweet Home." Looking back on their years of destructive debauchery, each band member is shocked that they made it this far - alive.
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Article 13
INTERLIFE “προσφέρω …αλλιώς”:
Ενίσχυση Κοινωνικών Παντοπωλείων και συσσιτίων
στη Βόρεια Ελλάδα
Με κίνητρο την προσφορά στο κοινωνικό σύνολο στην περίοδο των Χριστουγέννων, η INTERLIFE Ασφαλιστική προχώρησε, για άλλη μια φορά, στη δωρεά τριών τόνων τροφίμων που διατέθηκαν σε Κοινωνικά Παντοπωλεία και Συσσίτιαενώ η συνολική προσφορά της εταιρίας το 2018 ανέρχεται σε έξι τόνους.
Συγκεκριμένα, αποδέκτες της προσφοράς ήταν τα Κοινωνικά Παντοπωλεία των Δήμων Αλεξανδρούπολης, Κομοτηνής, Τρικκαίων, Ηγουμενίτσας καθώς και η Δομή Παροχών Αγαθών του Ιερού Ναού Αγ. Κωνσταντίνου & Ελένης Αμυνταίου.
Η πρωτοβουλία αυτή εντάσσεται στην ενίσχυση ευπαθών ομάδων της κοινωνίας που πλήττονται ιδιαίτερα από την Οικονομική Κρίση, μέσα από το πρόγραμμα Εταιρικής Κοινωνικής Ευθύνης «προσφέρω …αλλιώς» που υλοποιεί η εταιρία.
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Article 12
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Article 11
Σε κλίμα συγκίνησης το "τελευταίο αντίο"στην Μαριάννα Τόλη
Παρουσία συγγενών, φίλων και συναδέλφων της, κηδεύτηκε η αγαπημένη ηθοποιός που έφυγε από τη ζωή το Σάββατο.
Το τελευταίο αντίο στην αγαπημένη ηθοποιό είπαν ο γιος της Χριστόφορος, συγγενείς, φίλοι και συνεργάτες της το πρωί της Δευτέρας, στο Α'Νεκροταφείο Αθηνών όπου και τελέστηκε η νεκρώσιμος ακολουθία.
Ανάμεσά τους, ο Πασχάλης, η Μπέσυ Αργυράκη και ο Ρόμπερτ Γουίλιαμς, με τους οποίους η Μαριάννα Τόλη είχε τραγουδήσει το "Μάθημα Σολφέζ" στη σκηνή της Eurovision το 1977, σε μία από τις πιο αγαπημένες και επιτυχημένες ελληνικές συμμετοχές στην ιστορία του διαγωνισμού.
Παρόντες από τον καλλιτεχνικό χώρο ήταν ακόμη και άλλοι γνωστοί συνάδελφοί της, όπως Γιάννης Φέρτης, Ιεροκλής Μιχαηλίδης, Βάσια Τριφύλλη, Δημήτρης Πιατάς, Σπύρος Μπίμπιλας, Ισμήνη Καλέση, κ.α.
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Article 10
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' is the movie fans have been waiting a decade for
The opening line of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" says that this will make things better — and it couldn't be more apt.
For any fan who felt George Lucas' prequel series, which spanned from 1999 to 2005, was a let down, the quote speaks directly to you. This is the film you've been waiting for.
I had the pleasure of attending a screening of "The Force Awakens" (TFA) Tuesday evening and it's very obvious this film was made by a fan (director J.J. Abrams) for fans.
The seventh installment in the saga, taking place 30 years after the events of "Return of the Jedi," is like a giant reunion party with a group of best friends you haven't seen in ages. You catch up, reminisce, and go out on another crazy adventure together. It's a lot of feel good fun while setting the stage for the next films. There are many callbacks and nods to the original trilogy. It's nostalgic.
As soon as the Lucasfilm logo and the opening crawl begin you'll probably be grinning through much of the film's beginning as I was, if not for the sheer feeling of watching a "Star Wars" movie then because of John Williams' familiar score once again.
If you've managed to avoid trailers and any types of spoilers up until this point (first of all, congrats, that's nothing short of a miracle) then you will be in for a roller coaster of emotions.
You'll laugh, you'll almost definitely cry (unless you're some heartless Sith monster), but mostly, you'll be cheering.
I'm not going to talk about the film's main plot here because 1. I can't do that without giving away any spoilers and 2. I don't think that's what you're here for given we're still a few days from release.
All you want to know right now are two things: Is the film any good and will you like it?
Both of the answers to those questions are a resounding yes.
From the moment the Millennium Falcon soars through the skies of Jakku just like in the first teaser, you're strapped in for 2 hours and 16 minutes of non-stop action.
TFA has everything you'd want from a "Star Wars" movie: Han Solo, epic lightsaber battles, more Han Solo, X-wing pilots being amazing at their jobs, Han Solo in the Millennium Falcon, Stormtroopers stinking at their jobs, a Death Star endangering the galaxy, and an adorable ball droid BB-8 who you'll want to go and purchase immediately following the film, that is, if you haven't already.
The two favorites — other than BB-8 — are definitely Adam Driver's mysterious Kylo Ren and newcomer Daisy Ridley's equally mysterious scavenger character, Rey.
The former will be your new favorite flawed and misguided villain. Driver's captivating every time he's on screen and as a viewer you crave to learn more about this Vader-obsessed youth with a fiery temper to match his lightsaber.
Ridley reminded me of Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games" series — her character Rey is a spunky, independent, tough young woman who can more than hold her own. One almost wonders if script notes said to make Rey a Katniss Everdeen-like character to help drive the "Star Wars" movies into the 21st century. There's never been a girl quite like Rey in a "Star Wars" movie.
Oh and of course there's BB-8, but you already knew you'd love him (or is it her?) from Disney's aggressive marketing of the character. If you're not won over yet by the tiny robot you will be as you chuckle at the droid's movements and noises.
And that's the most surprising thing about "The Force Awakens"— how much you'll laugh throughout the film.
EW's Anthony Breznican noted this after the premiere and I can't even count the amount of times people laughed out loud during the film. That's out of the ordinary for a "Star Wars" film. I've recently gone back and watched the entire saga and though you may chuckle a few times, you're not sitting there laughing wholeheartedly.
And it's not just any one character who's bringing the laughs. It's a combination of the large ensemble — Han, the new droid BB-8, Finn (John Boyega), Rey, and, from the moment he's on screen, Resistance pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac). Even Kylo, one of the new villains, has a few funny moments (though those may be more unintentional).
That said, I can see why some may get a bit frustrated or may reflect back on the film a few days later and feel it is just "all right."
"The Force Awakens" is easily better than all the prequel films, however, I wouldn't rank it higher than anything in the original trilogy except maybe "Return of the Jedi."
That's because a lot of the film feels derivative.
The basic structure of TFA is similar to "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope."
In the 1977 film, Luke ends up with a droid that has some secret information on the desert planet of Tatooine and needs to hunt out a long lost Jedi named Ben Kenobi.
I can't say much here without giving away the basic plot, but it's not a spoiler for me to tell you Rey ends up with a droid on a desert planet in TFA. That's been in nearly every teaser and trailer.
It kind of makes you wonder what George Lucas' original idea was for Episode VII.
I'm not saying you're watching the same movie over again, but TFA is pretty much "A New Hope" 2.0.
There are also many conveniences which occur throughout the film to help carry the plot along without ever being explained.
Still, there are many new things Abrams and the crew do for Episode VII to make its mark on the franchise.
One is putting women front and center in the film in Rey, General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), and Captain Phasma. The other is that it's incredibly refreshing to see a "Star Wars" movie partially from the viewpoint of a Stormtrooper. Boyega plays the part wonderfully.
Overall, the film brings the series back to its roots while tying in the prequel and original trilogies. "Star Wars" has always been the story of Anakin Skywalker and his family. With Darth Vader at peace at the end of 1983's "Return of the Jedi" I was worried about how the following films would carry on that legacy. TFA helps carry the series into the next chapter of that story.
By the time the end of the film comes, you'll wish you were sticking around for episode VIII because May 26, 2017 — the release date for the next film in the new trilogy — is simply too far away.
That's all I'm going to say for now because you don't really need to know much more going in and you probably don't want to know anything else at the moment.
Oh and for those who have been reading every rumor you could possibly find on the movie, you won't be disappointed, but you won't be as surprised by the film's developments either.
There's much more I want to discuss from the film though so after the first showings start coming out Thursday night, check back here for some more in-depth discussions. There will be heavy spoiler warnings abound.
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Article 9
BING CROSBY’S PALM SPRINGS RANCHO MIRAGE
Το εξοχικό του Bing Crosby, στην
«παιδική
χαρά
των Αμερικανών προέδρων»
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EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST. 1/1
- 153 BC – For the first time, Roman consuls begin their year in office on January 1.[2]
- 45 BC – The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year.[3]
- 42 BC – The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar.
- 193 – The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor.[4]
- 417 – Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum) (probable)[5].
- 1001 – Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II (probable).[6]
- 1068 – Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor.[7]
- 1259 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.[8]
- 1438 – Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.
- 1502 – The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is first explored by the Portuguese.[9]
- 1515 – Twenty-year-old Francis, Duke of Brittany, succeeds to the French throne following the death of his father-in-law, Louis XII.[10]
- 1527 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.[11]
- 1583 to 1700 – see January 11
- 1600 – Scotland recognises January 1 as the start of the year, instead of March 25.[12]
- 1651 – Charles II is crowned King of Scotland.[13]
- 1700 – Russia begins using the Anno Domini era instead of the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1701 to 1800 – see January 12
- 1801 to 1900 – see January 13
- 1901 to 2100 – see January 14
- 1707 – John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon.[14]
- 1739 – Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.[15]
- 1772 – The first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, is issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.[16]
- 1773 – The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.[17]
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.[18]
- 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.[19]
- 1788 – First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.[20]
- 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.[21]
- 1801 – Ceres, the largest and first known object in the Asteroid belt, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.[22]
- 1803 – Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam.
- 1804 – French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and second independent country in North America after the United States.[23]
- 1806 – The French Republican Calendar is abolished.[24]
- 1808 – The United States bans the importation of slaves.[25]
- 1810 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales.[26]
- 1822 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus. [27]
- 1847 – The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh, United States, by a group of Sisters of Mercy from Ireland;[28] the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.
- 1860 – The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.[29]
- 1861 – Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.[30]
- 1863 – American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.[31]
- 1877 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.[32]
- 1885 – Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones)
- 1890 – Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.[33]
- 1892 – Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.[34]
- 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.[35]
- 1901 – Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.[36]
- 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.[37]
- 1902 – The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.[38]
- 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.[39]
- 1912 – The Republic of China is established.[40]
- 1914 – The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.[41]
- 1923 – Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
- 1927 – New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.[42]
- 1928 – Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.[43]
- 1929 – The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.[44]
- 1932 – The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.[45]
- 1934 – Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.[46]
- 1934 – A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.[47]
- 1942 – The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
- 1945 – World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops kill 60 German POWs at Chenogne.
- 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.[48]
- 1947 – Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.[49]
- 1947 – The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens.[50] Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
- 1948 – The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.[51]
- 1949 – United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.[52]
- 1956 – Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.[53]
- 1957 – George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.[54]
- 1958 – European Economic Community is established.[55]
- 1959 – Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.[56]
- 1960 – Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.[57]
- 1962 – Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.[58]
- 1964 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.[59]
- 1965 – The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- 1971 – Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
- 1973 – Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community.
- 1978 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing all 213 people on board.[60]
- 1979 – Formal diplomatic relations are established between China and the United States.[61]
- 1981 – Greece is admitted into the European Community.[62]
- 1982 – Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.[63]
- 1983 – The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
- 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.[64]
- 1984 – Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.[65]
- 1985 – The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
- 1987 – The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.[66]
- 1988 – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.[67]
- 1989 – The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion.[68]
- 1990 – David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.[69]
- 1993 – Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.[70]
- 1994 – The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas.[71]
- 1994 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect.[72]
- 1995 – The World Trade Organization comes into being.[73]
- 1995 – The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.[74]
- 1995 – Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU.[75]
- 1998 – Following a currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.[76]
- 1999 – Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece later adopts the euro).
- 2002 – Euro currency becomes legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.
- 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.
- 2007 – Bulgaria and Romania join the EU.
- 2007 – Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia killing all 102 people on board.[77]
- 2009 – Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.[78]
- 2010 – A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.[79]
- 2011 – A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.[80]
- 2011 – Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.[81]
- 2013 – At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
- 2015 – The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.[82]
- 2017 – An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills at least 39 people and injures more than 60 others.[83]
- 1431 – Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)[84]
- 1449 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian politician (d. 1492)[85]
- 1467 – Sigismund I the Old, Polish king (d. 1548)[86]
- 1484 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1531)[87]
- 1511 – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, first-born child of Henry VIII of England (d. 1511)[88]
- 1557 – Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1606)[89]
- 1600 – Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1649)[90]
- 1628 – Christoph Bernhard, German composer and theorist (d. 1692)[91]
- 1655 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (d. 1728)[92]
- 1684 – Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch scholar and author (d. 1748)[93]
- 1704 – Soame Jenyns, English author, poet, and politician (d. 1787)[94]
- 1711 – Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)[95]
- 1714 – Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian soprano and author (d. 1800)[96]
- 1714 – Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (d. 1780)[97]
- 1735 – Paul Revere, American silversmith and engraver (d. 1818)[98]
- 1745 – Anthony Wayne, American general and politician (d. 1796)[99]
- 1752 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the Flag of the United States (d. 1836)[100]
- 1768 – Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author (d. 1849)[101]
- 1769 – Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician (d. 1821)[102]
- 1774 – André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic (d. 1860)[103]
- 1779 – William Clowes, English publisher (d. 1847)[104]
- 1803 – Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson (d. 1874)[105]
- 1806 – Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (d. 1853)[106]
- 1809 – Achille Guenée, French lawyer and entomologist (d. 1880)[107]
- 1813 – George Bliss, American politician (d. 1868)[108]
- 1814 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebellion leader and king (d. 1864)[109]
- 1818 – William Gamble, Irish-born American general (d. 1866)[110]
- 1819 – Arthur Hugh Clough, English-Italian poet and academic (d. 1861)[111]
- 1819 – George Foster Shepley, American general (d. 1878)[112]
- 1823 – Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and activist (d. 1849)[113]
- 1833 – Robert Lawson, Scottish-New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (d. 1902)[114]
- 1834 – Ludovic Halévy, French author and playwright (d. 1908)[115]
- 1839 – Ouida, English-Italian author and activist (d. 1908)[116]
- 1848 – John W. Goff, Irish-American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)[117]
- 1852 – Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist and academic (d. 1904)[118]
- 1854 – James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist and academic (d. 1941)[119]
- 1854 – Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1940)
- 1857 – Tim Keefe, American baseball player (d. 1933)[120]
- 1859 – Michael Joseph Owens, American inventor (d. 1923)[121]
- 1859 – Thibaw Min, Burmese king (d. 1916)[122]
- 1860 – Michele Lega, Italian cardinal (d. 1935)[123]
- 1863 – Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (d. 1937)[124]
- 1864 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (d. 1946)[125]
- 1864 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)[126]
- 1867 – Mary Ackworth Evershed, English astronomer and scholar (d. 1949)[127]
- 1874 – Frank Knox, American publisher and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)[128]
- 1874 – Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (d. 1927)[129]
- 1877 – Alexander von Staël-Holstein, German sinologist and orientalist (d. 1937)[130]
- 1878 – Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer (d. 1929)[131]
- 1879 – E. M. Forster, English author and playwright (d. 1970)[132]
- 1879 – William Fox, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres (d. 1952)[133]
- 1883 – William J. Donovan, American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1959)[134]
- 1884 – Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (d. 1949)[135]
- 1884 – Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Egyptian-Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1970)
- 1887 – Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945)[136]
- 1888 – Georgios Stanotas, Greek general (d. 1965)[137]
- 1888 – John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand rifle (d. 1974)[138]
- 1889 – Charles Bickford, American actor (d. 1967)[139]
- 1890 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (d. 1966)[140]
- 1891 – Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1969)[141]
- 1892 – Mahadev Desai, Indian author and activist (d. 1942)[142]
- 1892 – Manuel Roxas, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines (d. 1948)[143]
- 1893 – Mordechai Frizis, Greek colonel (d. 1940)[144]
- 1894 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist and mathematician (d. 1974)[145]
- 1894 – Edward Joseph Hunkeler, American clergyman (d. 1970)[146]
- 1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 1972)[147]
- 1900 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese soldier and diplomat (d. 1986)[148]
- 1900 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1990)[149]
- 1902 – Buster Nupen, Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer (d. 1977)[150]
- 1902 – Hans von Dohnányi, German jurist and political dissident (d. 1945)[151]
- 1904 – Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (d. 1982)[152]
- 1905 – Stanisław Mazur, Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist (d. 1981)[153]
- 1906 – Manuel Silos, Filipino filmmaker and actor[154]
- 1907 – Kinue Hitomi, Japanese sprinter and long jumper (d. 1931)[155]
- 1909 – Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)[156]
- 1909 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (d. 1959)[157]
- 1911 – Audrey Wurdemann, American poet and author (d. 1960)[158]
- 1911 – Basil Dearden, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1971)[159]
- 1911 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)[160]
- 1911 – Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (d. 2012)[161]
- 1912 – Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician and historian (d. 1995)
- 1912 – Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)[162]
- 1912 – Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet and academic (d. 1991)[163]
- 1914 – Noor Inayat Khan, British SOE agent (d. 1944)[164]
- 1917 – Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (d. 2016)[165]
- 1918 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)[166]
- 1918 – Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (d. 1997)[167]
- 1919 – Carole Landis, American actress (d. 1948)
- 1919 – J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (d. 2010)[168]
- 1919 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer and actor (d. 1990)[169]
- 1920 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (d. 2007)[170]
- 1921 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor and academic (d. 1998)[171]
- 1921 – Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (d. 1986)[172]
- 1921 – Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (d. 2013)[173]
- 1922 – Ernest Hollings, American soldier and politician, 106th Governor of South Carolina[174]
- 1923 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress[175]
- 1923 – Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist and composer (d. 1999)[176]
- 1924 – Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatorial Guinean politician, 1st President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (d. 1979)[177]
- 1925 – Matthew Beard, American child actor (d. 1981)[178]
- 1925 – Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2005)[179]
- 1926 – Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2008)[180]
- 1927 – Doak Walker, American football player and businessman (d. 1998)[181]
- 1927 – James Reeb, American clergyman and political activist (d. 1965)[182]
- 1927 – Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 2007)[183]
- 1927 – Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate[184]
- 1928 – Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (d. 1984)[185]
- 1928 – Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian, author, and academic[186]
- 1929 – Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2012)[187]
- 1930 – Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer[188]
- 1930 – Gaafar Nimeiry, Egyptian-Sudanese politician, 4th President of the Sudan (d. 2009)[189]
- 1932 – Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor (d. 1989)[190]
- 1933 – James Hormel, American philanthropist and diplomat[191]
- 1933 – Joe Orton, English dramatist (d. 1967)[192]
- 1934 – Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host (d. 1984)[193]
- 1934 – Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian politician, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs[194]
- 1935 – Om Prakash Chautala, Indian politician[195]
- 1936 – James Sinegal, American businessman, co-founded Costco[196]
- 1938 – Frank Langella, American actor
- 1939 – Michèle Mercier, French actress[197]
- 1939 – Phil Read, English motorcycle racer and businessman[198]
- 1939 – Senfronia Thompson, American politician[199]
- 1941 – Younoussi Touré, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali
- 1942 – Alassane Ouattara, Ivorian economist and politician, President of the Ivory Coast (doubtful[200])
- 1942 – Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn, English dentist and politician[201]
- 1942 – Country Joe McDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[202]
- 1942 – Dennis Archer, American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit[203]
- 1942 – Gennadi Sarafanov, Russian pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2005)[204]
- 1943 – Don Novello, American comedian (Father Guido Sarducci), screenwriter and producer[205]
- 1943 – Tony Knowles, American soldier and politician, 7th Governor of Alaska[206]
- 1943 – Vladimir Šeks, Croatian lawyer and politician, 16th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament[207]
- 1944 – Barry Beath, Australian rugby league player
- 1944 – Mati Unt, Estonian author, playwright, and director (d. 2005)[208]
- 1944 – Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese field marshal and politician, 7th President of Sudan
- 1944 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (d. 2013)[209]
- 1944 – Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani field hockey player and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan[210]
- 1945 – Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver[211]
- 1945 – Victor Ashe, American politician and former United States Ambassador to Poland[212]
- 1946 – Claude Steele, American social psychologist and academic[213]
- 1946 – Rivellino, Brazilian footballer and manager
- 1947 – Jon Corzine, American sergeant and politician, 54th Governor of New Jersey[214]
- 1948 – Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish economist, academic, and politician, 57th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
- 1948 – Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician (d. 2018)[215]
- 1948 – Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Russian Minister of Defence (d. 2012)[216]
- 1949 – Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician and diplomat[217]
- 1950 – Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1950 – Deepa Mehta, Indian-Canadian director and screenwriter
- 1951 – Martha P. Haynes, American astronomer and academic
- 1951 – Nana Patekar, Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director
- 1951 – Radia Perlman, American software designer and network engineer
- 1952 – Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer[218]
- 1953 – Gary Johnson, American businessman and politician, 29th Governor of New Mexico[219]
- 1954 – Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician[220]
- 1954 – Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (d. 2012)[221]
- 1954 – Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
- 1955 – Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (d. 2000)
- 1955 – LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player[222]
- 1955 – Mary Beard, English scholar, academic, and classicist
- 1955 – Precious, Canadian wrestler and manager
- 1956 – Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
- 1956 – Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fund[223]
- 1956 – Martin Plaza, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1957 – Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece[224]
- 1958 – Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian rapper and DJ [225]
- 1959 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan colonel, pilot, and astronaut[226]
- 1959 – Azali Assoumani, Comorian colonel and politician, President of the Comoros[227]
- 1959 – Michel Onfray, French philosopher and author
- 1959 – Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach[228]
- 1961 – Sam Backo, Australian rugby league player
- 1962 – Anton Muscatelli, Italian-Scottish economist and academic[229]
- 1963 – Srđan Dragojević, Serbian film director and screenwriter
- 1963 – Jean-Marc Gounon, French racing driver[230]
- 1964 – Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress[231]
- 1965 – Miki Higashino, Japanese pianist and composer
- 1966 – Anna Burke, Australian businesswoman and politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives[232]
- 1966 – Ivica Dačić, Serbian journalist and politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia[233]
- 1966 – Tihomir Orešković, Croatian–Canadian businessman, 11th Prime Minister of Croatia[234]
- 1967 – Tawera Nikau, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1968 – Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer[235]
- 1969 – Morris Chestnut, American actor
- 1971 – Bobby Holík, Czech-American ice hockey player and coach[236]
- 1971 – Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician[237]
- 1971 – Sammie Henson, American wrestler and coach[238]
- 1972 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer[239]
- 1974 – Jonah Peretti, American entrepreneur and publisher
- 1974 – Christian Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Industry[240]
- 1975 – Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player[241]
- 1975 – Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player and coach[242]
- 1975 – Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player[243]
- 1975 – Joe Cannon, American soccer player and sportscaster[244]
- 1978 – Philip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer and priest[245]
- 1979 – Vidya Balan, Indian actress [246]
- 1981 – Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver[247]
- 1982 – David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player[248]
- 1982 – Egidio Arévalo Ríos, Uruguayan footballer[249]
- 1983 – Melaine Walker, Jamaican hurdler[250]
- 1983 – Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer[251]
- 1984 – Michael Witt, Australian rugby league player
- 1985 – Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer[252]
- 1985 – Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player[253]
- 1986 – Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player[254]
- 1986 – Ramses Barden, American football player[255]
- 1987 – Meryl Davis, American ice dancer[256]
- 1989 – Jason Pierre-Paul, American football player[257]
- 1992 – Nathaniel Peteru, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1994 – Brendan Elliot, Australian rugby league player
- 138 – Lucius Aelius, adopted son and intended successor of Hadrian (b. 101)[258]
- 404 – Telemachus, Christian monk and martyr[259]
- 466 – Qianfei, Chinese emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 449)
- 680 – Javanshir, Albanian king (b. 616)
- 827 – Adalard of Corbie, Frankish abbot
- 898 – Odo I, Frankish king (b. 860)[260]
- 951 – Ramiro II, king of León and Galicia
- 1031 – William of Volpiano, Italian abbot (b. 962)
- 1189 – Henry of Marcy, Cistercian abbot (b. c. 1136)[261]
- 1204 – Haakon III, king of Norway (b. 1182)[262]
- 1387 – Charles II, king of Navarre (b. 1332)[263]
- 1496 – Charles d'Orléans, count of Angoulême (b. 1459)[264]
- 1515 – Louis XII, king of France (b. 1462)[265]
- 1559 – Christian III, king of Denmark (b. 1503)[266]
- 1560 – Joachim du Bellay, French poet and critic (b. 1522)[267]
- 1617 – Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1558)[268]
- 1697 – Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1624)
- 1716 – William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)[269]
- 1748 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)[270]
- 1780 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713)[271]
- 1782 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)[272]
- 1789 – Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)[273]
- 1793 – Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712)[274]
- 1796 – Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician and chemist (b. 1735)
- 1813 – Gioacchino Navarro, Maltese priest and poet (b. 1748)
- 1817 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)[275]
- 1846 – John Torrington, English soldier and explorer (b. 1825)
- 1853 – Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)[276]
- 1862 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
- 1881 – Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)[277]
- 1892 – Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)[278]
- 1894 – Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)[279]
- 1896 – Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
- 1906 – Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
- 1918 – William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
- 1919 – Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (b. 1881)
- 1921 – Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)[280]
- 1922 – István Kühár, Slovene priest and politician (b. 1887)
- 1929 – Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
- 1931 – Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)[281]
- 1937 – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)[282]
- 1940 – Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)[283]
- 1944 – Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)[284]
- 1944 – Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)[285]
- 1953 – Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)[286]
- 1954 – Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)[287]
- 1954 – Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)[288]
- 1955 – Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
- 1960 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)[289]
- 1965 – Emma Asson, Estonian historian and politician (b. 1889)
- 1966 – Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)[290]
- 1969 – Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)[291]
- 1971 – Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)
- 1972 – Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)[292]
- 1978 – Carle Hessay, German-Canadian painter (b. 1911)
- 1980 – Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1891)
- 1981 – Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (b. 1920)
- 1982 – Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)
- 1984 – Alexis Korner, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)[293]
- 1992 – Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and admiral, co-developed COBOL (b. 1906)[294]
- 1994 – Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1900)
- 1994 – Cesar Romero, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1994 – Edward Arthur Thompson, Irish historian and academic (b. 1914)
- 1995 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
- 1996 – Arleigh Burke, American admiral (b. 1901)
- 1996 – Arthur Rudolph, German-American engineer (b. 1906)
- 1997 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
- 1997 – Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
- 1998 – Helen Wills, American tennis player and coach (b. 1905)
- 2001 – Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2002 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (b. 1944)
- 2003 – Joe Foss, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1915)
- 2005 – Shirley Chisholm, American educator and politician (b. 1924)
- 2005 – Eugene J. Martin, American painter (b. 1938)
- 2006 – Harry Magdoff, American economist and journalist (b. 1913)
- 2007 – Roland Levinsky, South African-English biochemist and academic (b. 1943)
- 2007 – Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (b. 1912)
- 2008 – Pratap Chandra Chunder, Indian educator and politician
- 2009 – Claiborne Pell, American politician (b. 1918)
- 2010 – Lhasa de Sela, American-Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1972)
- 2011 – Marin Constantin, Romanian composer and conductor (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Kiro Gligorov, Bulgarian-Macedonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Nay Win Maung, Burmese physician, businessman, and activist (b. 1962)
- 2012 – Tommy Mont, American football player and coach (b. 1922)
- 2013 – Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist (b. 1945)[295]
- 2013 – Patti Page, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
- 2014 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (b. 1910)
- 2014 – Juanita Moore, American actress (b. 1914)
- 2014 – William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b. 1950)[296]
- 2015 – Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (b. 1950)
- 2015 – Donna Douglas, American actress (b. 1932)
- 2015 – Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (b. 1932)[297]
- 2015 – Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1934)
- 2016 – Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1925)
- 2016 – Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1932)
- 2016 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (b. 1930)
- 2017 – Derek Parfit, British philosopher (b. 1942)
- 2017 – Tony Atkinson, British economist (b. 1944)[298]
- 2017 – Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (b. 1926)
- 2018 – Robert Mann, American violinist (b. 1920)[299]
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ΣΗΜΕΡΑ-1 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ
1735: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός χαράκτης, Πολ Ρεβερέ.
1752: γεννιέται η Μπέτσι Ρος, που έραψε την πρώτη αμερικανική σημαία.
1803: ο ’Αγιος Δομίνικος, που μετονομάζεται σε Αϊτή, αποκτά την ανεξαρτησία του.
1822: ψηφίζεται από την Εθνοσυνέλευση της Επιδαύρου το πρώτο Ελληνικό Σύνταγμα.
1838: διεξάγεται η πρώτη επίσημη ιπποδρομία στην Αδελαΐδα της νότιας Αυστραλίας.
1840: διεξάγεται το πρώτο καταγεγραμμένο ματς μπόουλινγκ στην Αμερική, στο Knickerbocker Alleys της Νέας Υόρκης.
1863: γεννιέται στο Παρίσι ο βαρόνος Πιέρ Ντε Κουμπερτέν, ο άνθρωπος, που αφιέρωσε τη ζωή και την περιουσία του στο όνειρο της αναβίωσης των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων και συνέταξε το κείμενο του Ολυμπιακού Όρκου. Θα οριστεί πρώτος πρόεδρος της ΔΟΕ και θα μείνει σε αυτή τη θέση μέχρι το 1925. Η καρδιά του είναι θαμμένη στο μνημείο στην Αρχαία Ολυμπία.
1863: με παρότρυνση του Αμερικανού Προέδρου Αβραάμ Λίνκολν, υπογράφεται η Διακήρυξη της Απελευθέρωσης των σκλάβων στα ομόσπονδα κράτη των ΗΠΑ.
1876: πραγματοποιείται η πρώτη παρέλαση μίμων στη Φιλαδέλφεια των ΗΠΑ.
1879: γεννιέται ο λογοτέχνης Έντουαρντ Φόρστερ.
1881: κυκλοφορεί το πρώτο βρετανικό περιοδικού σκακιού.
1890: χρησιμοποιούνται δίχτυα για πρώτη φορά σε ποδοσφαιρικό αγώνα στο Bolton της Αγγλίας.
1895: γεννιέται ο Έντγκαρ Χούβερ, εγκληματολόγος και επί 48 χρόνια διευθυντής του FBI.
1898: στις ΗΠΑ, το Μπρούκλιν συγχωνεύεται με το Μανχάταν.
1900: γεννιέται Ισπανός βιολιστής Ξαβιέ Κουγκάτ.
1900: ο κόσμος υποδέχεται τον 20ο αιώνα με ποικίλα συναισθήματα. Δεξιώσεις και εκδηλώσεις ευφορίας γίνονται στις ΗΠΑ και τη Βρετανία, την ίδια ώρα, που στην Ινδία εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες άνθρωποι πεθαίνουν από την πείνα.
1901: ο κόμης του Χόουπταουν ορκίζεται πρώτος κυβερνήτης των Ομόσπονδων Αυστραλιανών Αποικιών.
1909: γεννιέται ο γερουσιαστής Μπάρι Γκολντγουότερ, που υποστήριξε το δικαίωμα κατάταξης των ομοφυλοφίλων στις αμερικανικές ένοπλες δυνάμεις.
1909: στην Κωνσταντινούπολη, δέκα χιλιάδες διαδηλωτές πραγματοποιούν συλλαλητήριο διαμαρτυρίας εναντίον της ένωσης της Κρήτης με την Ελλάδα.
1919: γεννιέται ο συγγραφέας Ζερόμ- Ντέιβιντ Σάλινγκερ.
1919: στη Γερμανία, η Ρόζα Λούξεμπουργκ και ο Καρλ Λίμπκνεχτ ιδρύουν το Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα.
1920: ανακωχή υπογράφει η Εσθονία με τους Σοβιετικούς, καθώς ο Κόκκινος Στρατός προελαύνει προς τις ακτές της Μαύρης Θάλασσας.
1921: για την επίλυση της ελληνοτουρκικής διαφοράς, η Αγγλία προτείνει την αυτονόμηση της Σμύρνης και της περιοχής της μέχρι την Προύσα, υπό Έλληνα διοικητή και την προστασία του ΟΗΕ. Οι πληθυσμοί του αυτόνομου αυτού κράτους θα αποφάσιζαν αργότερα με δημοψήφισμα αν θα ήθελαν να ενωθούν με την Ελλάδα ή την Τουρκία.
1933: γεννιέται ο θεατρικός συγγραφέας Τζοϊ Όρτον.
1941: στο Βέλγιο, συνεργασία με τους Ναζί ζητά ο Λεόν Ντεγκρέλ, αρχηγός της φιλοβασιλικής κίνησης.
1942: 26 κράτη εκδίδουν τη Διακήρυξη του ΟΗΕ, επιβεβαιώνοντας τη συνεργασία κατά του Αξονα.
1946: ο ΕΝΙΑC, ο πρώτος ηλεκτρονικός υπολογιστής, ολοκληρώνεται από τους Μοτσλ και Έκερτ.
1949: αιγυπτιακά πολεμικά πλοία βομβαρδίζουν το Τελ Αβίβ.
1950: ο Μάο δέχεται να συζητήσει στη Μόσχα τους όρους της σινοσοβιετικής συμφωνίας.
1951: δημιουργείται το πρώτο συνδρομητικό τηλεοπτικό δίκτυο, στο οποίο συμμετέχουν 300 αμερικανικές οικογένειες, που πληρώνουν 1 δολάριο ανά ταινία.
1953: πεθαίνει ο τραγουδιστής Χανκ Γουίλιαμς.
1954: το Cotton και το Rose Bowl αποτελούν τις πρώτες έγχρωμες αθλητικές μεταδόσεις τηλεόρασης.
1959: στην Κούβα, οι επαναστάτες του Φιντέλ Κάστρο κυριαρχούν, αφού εξαναγκάζουν σε φυγή τον δικτάτορα Φουλγκένσιο Μπατίστα.
1960: το Καμερούν αποκτά την ανεξαρτησία του από τη Γαλλία.
1961: ο λιβανικός στρατός συλλαμβάνει 40 άτομα για συνωμοσία εναντίον της κυβέρνησης.
1961: "στην Ταϊβάν, ο εθνικιστής Τσανγκ αποκαλύπτει την αποστολή πρακτόρων για την υποκίνηση εξέγερσης στη Λαϊκή Κίνα και ""προφητεύει""την πτώση του καθεστώτος του Πεκίνου."
1962: "οι Μπιτλς κάνουν την πρώτη τους οντισιόν για τη δισκογραφική εταιρία ""Ντέκα""."
1965: ο Στάνλεϊ Μάθιους είναι ο πρώτος επαγγελματίας ποδοσφαιριστής, που χρίζεται ιππότης από τη βασίλισσα της Αγγλίας.
1971: η Χιλή εθνικοποιεί τις τράπεζες.
1973: η Βρετανία, η Ιρλανδία και η Δανία γίνονται μέλη της ΕΟΚ.
1974: "ο 28χρονος George Best παίζει το τελευταίο παιχνίδι του με τα χρώματα της Μάντσεστερ Γιουνάιτεντ εναντίον της QPR (3-0), τερματίζοντας την 11χρονη καριέρα του στους ""μπέμπηδες""."
1979: "αρχίζει το ""Διεθνές Έτος Παιδιού"", καθώς, σύμφωνα με τον ΟΗΕ, 50 εκατ. παιδιά γίνονται αντικείμενο εκμετάλλευσης από τρίτους με τη χωρίς αμοιβή εργασία τους."
1981: η Ελλάδα γίνεται το 10ο μέλος της ΕΟΚ, ακριβώς 23 χρόνια μετά τη συγκρότηση της Κοινότητας.
1986: ιδρύεται η ομάδα της Benetton στη Φόρμουλα 1 με έδρα το Witney της Αγγλίας.
1991: "στο Ισραήλ, αστυνομία και στρατός τίθενται σε επιφυλακή για ενδεχόμενες ταραχές από τον εορτασμό της ""Ημέρας της Φατάχ"", της 26ης επετείου από την πρώτη επιχείρηση της οργάνωσης."
1992: η Ελλάδα αναγνωρίζει επίσημα εννέα Δημοκρατίες της πρώην ΕΣΣΔ, που αποτελούν τη ρωσική ομοσπονδία.
1992: στο Ελ Σαλβαδόρ, κυβέρνηση και αριστεροί αντάρτες, οι οποίοι βρίσκονται σε εμφύλιο πόλεμο εδώ και 12 χρόνια, συμφωνούν σε ένα ειρηνευτικό σχέδιο.
1993: 50 νεκροί στην Κολομβία, θύματα βίας αλλά και των εορταστικών εκδηλώσεων, λόγω Πρωτοχρονιάς.
1993: μετά από επτά χρόνια σκληρών διαπραγματεύσεων, η Ενιαία Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα αποτελεί πλέον γεγονός. Με το γύρισμα του χρόνου, 1.000 πυρσοί ανάβουν στις 12 χώρες-μέλη, από τις Αζόρες μέχρι τη Ρόδο, για να συμβολίσουν την κατάργηση των συνόρων μεταξύ των μελών της ΕΟΚ.
1993: "το ""Euronews"", το πρώτο πολύγλωσσο ευρωπαϊκό δορυφορικό κανάλι, εκπέμπει επίσημα."
1994: η Ελλάδα διαδέχεται το Βέλγιο στην Προεδρία της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.
1994: με τρίτο παγκόσμιο πόλεμο απειλεί τη Γερμανία ο ακροδεξιός ρώσος πολιτικός Βλαντιμίρ Ζιρινόφσκι, αν αναλάβει ο ίδιος την εξουσία.
1995: η Αυστρία, η Σουηδία και η Φινλανδία εντάσσονται στην Ε.Ε.
1997: "ο προπονητής της Μίντλεσμπρο Μπράιαν Ρόμπσον κάνει το ντεμπούτο του ως παίκτης μιας αποδεκατισμένης από γρίπη και τραυματισμούς ""Μπόρο""στην 21η αγωνιστική της Premiership, που όπως θέλει η παράδοση γίνεται ανήμερα Πρωτοχρονιάς, χάνοντας από την ’ρσεναλ με 2-0."
2000: "το περιοδικό ""World Soccer""στο ετήσιο δημοψήφισμά του ανακοινώνει τους καλύτερους για το 1999. Καλύτερη ομάδα η Mάντσεστερ Γιουνάιτεντ (με ποσοστό ρεκόρ 61.19%), καλύτερος παίκτης ο Ριβάλντο της Μπαρτσελόνα (42.27%), καλύτερος προπονητής ο σερ ’Αλεξ Φέργκιουσον της Μάντσεστερ Γιουνάιτεντ (60.67%)."
2002: το Ευρώ αντικαθιστά τη Δραχμή και τα εθνικά νομίσματα άλλων 11 κρατών - μελών της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης. Οι εορταστικές εκδηλώσεις για την έλευση του ευρώ γέμισαν τον ουρανό της Ευρώπης με τη λάμψη των βεγγαλικών. Στην χώρα μας ο πρωθυπουργός Κώστας Σημίτης είναι ο πρώτος Έλληνας, που έλαβε το πρώτο χαρτονόμισμα, σε μία ειδική εκδήλωση στην Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος
1752: γεννιέται η Μπέτσι Ρος, που έραψε την πρώτη αμερικανική σημαία.
1803: ο ’Αγιος Δομίνικος, που μετονομάζεται σε Αϊτή, αποκτά την ανεξαρτησία του.
1822: ψηφίζεται από την Εθνοσυνέλευση της Επιδαύρου το πρώτο Ελληνικό Σύνταγμα.
1838: διεξάγεται η πρώτη επίσημη ιπποδρομία στην Αδελαΐδα της νότιας Αυστραλίας.
1840: διεξάγεται το πρώτο καταγεγραμμένο ματς μπόουλινγκ στην Αμερική, στο Knickerbocker Alleys της Νέας Υόρκης.
1863: γεννιέται στο Παρίσι ο βαρόνος Πιέρ Ντε Κουμπερτέν, ο άνθρωπος, που αφιέρωσε τη ζωή και την περιουσία του στο όνειρο της αναβίωσης των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων και συνέταξε το κείμενο του Ολυμπιακού Όρκου. Θα οριστεί πρώτος πρόεδρος της ΔΟΕ και θα μείνει σε αυτή τη θέση μέχρι το 1925. Η καρδιά του είναι θαμμένη στο μνημείο στην Αρχαία Ολυμπία.
1863: με παρότρυνση του Αμερικανού Προέδρου Αβραάμ Λίνκολν, υπογράφεται η Διακήρυξη της Απελευθέρωσης των σκλάβων στα ομόσπονδα κράτη των ΗΠΑ.
1876: πραγματοποιείται η πρώτη παρέλαση μίμων στη Φιλαδέλφεια των ΗΠΑ.
1879: γεννιέται ο λογοτέχνης Έντουαρντ Φόρστερ.
1881: κυκλοφορεί το πρώτο βρετανικό περιοδικού σκακιού.
1890: χρησιμοποιούνται δίχτυα για πρώτη φορά σε ποδοσφαιρικό αγώνα στο Bolton της Αγγλίας.
1895: γεννιέται ο Έντγκαρ Χούβερ, εγκληματολόγος και επί 48 χρόνια διευθυντής του FBI.
1898: στις ΗΠΑ, το Μπρούκλιν συγχωνεύεται με το Μανχάταν.
1900: γεννιέται Ισπανός βιολιστής Ξαβιέ Κουγκάτ.
1900: ο κόσμος υποδέχεται τον 20ο αιώνα με ποικίλα συναισθήματα. Δεξιώσεις και εκδηλώσεις ευφορίας γίνονται στις ΗΠΑ και τη Βρετανία, την ίδια ώρα, που στην Ινδία εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες άνθρωποι πεθαίνουν από την πείνα.
1901: ο κόμης του Χόουπταουν ορκίζεται πρώτος κυβερνήτης των Ομόσπονδων Αυστραλιανών Αποικιών.
1909: γεννιέται ο γερουσιαστής Μπάρι Γκολντγουότερ, που υποστήριξε το δικαίωμα κατάταξης των ομοφυλοφίλων στις αμερικανικές ένοπλες δυνάμεις.
1909: στην Κωνσταντινούπολη, δέκα χιλιάδες διαδηλωτές πραγματοποιούν συλλαλητήριο διαμαρτυρίας εναντίον της ένωσης της Κρήτης με την Ελλάδα.
1919: γεννιέται ο συγγραφέας Ζερόμ- Ντέιβιντ Σάλινγκερ.
1919: στη Γερμανία, η Ρόζα Λούξεμπουργκ και ο Καρλ Λίμπκνεχτ ιδρύουν το Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα.
1920: ανακωχή υπογράφει η Εσθονία με τους Σοβιετικούς, καθώς ο Κόκκινος Στρατός προελαύνει προς τις ακτές της Μαύρης Θάλασσας.
1921: για την επίλυση της ελληνοτουρκικής διαφοράς, η Αγγλία προτείνει την αυτονόμηση της Σμύρνης και της περιοχής της μέχρι την Προύσα, υπό Έλληνα διοικητή και την προστασία του ΟΗΕ. Οι πληθυσμοί του αυτόνομου αυτού κράτους θα αποφάσιζαν αργότερα με δημοψήφισμα αν θα ήθελαν να ενωθούν με την Ελλάδα ή την Τουρκία.
1933: γεννιέται ο θεατρικός συγγραφέας Τζοϊ Όρτον.
1941: στο Βέλγιο, συνεργασία με τους Ναζί ζητά ο Λεόν Ντεγκρέλ, αρχηγός της φιλοβασιλικής κίνησης.
1942: 26 κράτη εκδίδουν τη Διακήρυξη του ΟΗΕ, επιβεβαιώνοντας τη συνεργασία κατά του Αξονα.
1946: ο ΕΝΙΑC, ο πρώτος ηλεκτρονικός υπολογιστής, ολοκληρώνεται από τους Μοτσλ και Έκερτ.
1949: αιγυπτιακά πολεμικά πλοία βομβαρδίζουν το Τελ Αβίβ.
1950: ο Μάο δέχεται να συζητήσει στη Μόσχα τους όρους της σινοσοβιετικής συμφωνίας.
1951: δημιουργείται το πρώτο συνδρομητικό τηλεοπτικό δίκτυο, στο οποίο συμμετέχουν 300 αμερικανικές οικογένειες, που πληρώνουν 1 δολάριο ανά ταινία.
1953: πεθαίνει ο τραγουδιστής Χανκ Γουίλιαμς.
1954: το Cotton και το Rose Bowl αποτελούν τις πρώτες έγχρωμες αθλητικές μεταδόσεις τηλεόρασης.
1959: στην Κούβα, οι επαναστάτες του Φιντέλ Κάστρο κυριαρχούν, αφού εξαναγκάζουν σε φυγή τον δικτάτορα Φουλγκένσιο Μπατίστα.
1960: το Καμερούν αποκτά την ανεξαρτησία του από τη Γαλλία.
1961: ο λιβανικός στρατός συλλαμβάνει 40 άτομα για συνωμοσία εναντίον της κυβέρνησης.
1961: "στην Ταϊβάν, ο εθνικιστής Τσανγκ αποκαλύπτει την αποστολή πρακτόρων για την υποκίνηση εξέγερσης στη Λαϊκή Κίνα και ""προφητεύει""την πτώση του καθεστώτος του Πεκίνου."
1962: "οι Μπιτλς κάνουν την πρώτη τους οντισιόν για τη δισκογραφική εταιρία ""Ντέκα""."
1965: ο Στάνλεϊ Μάθιους είναι ο πρώτος επαγγελματίας ποδοσφαιριστής, που χρίζεται ιππότης από τη βασίλισσα της Αγγλίας.
1971: η Χιλή εθνικοποιεί τις τράπεζες.
1973: η Βρετανία, η Ιρλανδία και η Δανία γίνονται μέλη της ΕΟΚ.
1974: "ο 28χρονος George Best παίζει το τελευταίο παιχνίδι του με τα χρώματα της Μάντσεστερ Γιουνάιτεντ εναντίον της QPR (3-0), τερματίζοντας την 11χρονη καριέρα του στους ""μπέμπηδες""."
1979: "αρχίζει το ""Διεθνές Έτος Παιδιού"", καθώς, σύμφωνα με τον ΟΗΕ, 50 εκατ. παιδιά γίνονται αντικείμενο εκμετάλλευσης από τρίτους με τη χωρίς αμοιβή εργασία τους."
1981: η Ελλάδα γίνεται το 10ο μέλος της ΕΟΚ, ακριβώς 23 χρόνια μετά τη συγκρότηση της Κοινότητας.
1986: ιδρύεται η ομάδα της Benetton στη Φόρμουλα 1 με έδρα το Witney της Αγγλίας.
1991: "στο Ισραήλ, αστυνομία και στρατός τίθενται σε επιφυλακή για ενδεχόμενες ταραχές από τον εορτασμό της ""Ημέρας της Φατάχ"", της 26ης επετείου από την πρώτη επιχείρηση της οργάνωσης."
1992: η Ελλάδα αναγνωρίζει επίσημα εννέα Δημοκρατίες της πρώην ΕΣΣΔ, που αποτελούν τη ρωσική ομοσπονδία.
1992: στο Ελ Σαλβαδόρ, κυβέρνηση και αριστεροί αντάρτες, οι οποίοι βρίσκονται σε εμφύλιο πόλεμο εδώ και 12 χρόνια, συμφωνούν σε ένα ειρηνευτικό σχέδιο.
1993: 50 νεκροί στην Κολομβία, θύματα βίας αλλά και των εορταστικών εκδηλώσεων, λόγω Πρωτοχρονιάς.
1993: μετά από επτά χρόνια σκληρών διαπραγματεύσεων, η Ενιαία Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα αποτελεί πλέον γεγονός. Με το γύρισμα του χρόνου, 1.000 πυρσοί ανάβουν στις 12 χώρες-μέλη, από τις Αζόρες μέχρι τη Ρόδο, για να συμβολίσουν την κατάργηση των συνόρων μεταξύ των μελών της ΕΟΚ.
1993: "το ""Euronews"", το πρώτο πολύγλωσσο ευρωπαϊκό δορυφορικό κανάλι, εκπέμπει επίσημα."
1994: η Ελλάδα διαδέχεται το Βέλγιο στην Προεδρία της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.
1994: με τρίτο παγκόσμιο πόλεμο απειλεί τη Γερμανία ο ακροδεξιός ρώσος πολιτικός Βλαντιμίρ Ζιρινόφσκι, αν αναλάβει ο ίδιος την εξουσία.
1995: η Αυστρία, η Σουηδία και η Φινλανδία εντάσσονται στην Ε.Ε.
1997: "ο προπονητής της Μίντλεσμπρο Μπράιαν Ρόμπσον κάνει το ντεμπούτο του ως παίκτης μιας αποδεκατισμένης από γρίπη και τραυματισμούς ""Μπόρο""στην 21η αγωνιστική της Premiership, που όπως θέλει η παράδοση γίνεται ανήμερα Πρωτοχρονιάς, χάνοντας από την ’ρσεναλ με 2-0."
2000: "το περιοδικό ""World Soccer""στο ετήσιο δημοψήφισμά του ανακοινώνει τους καλύτερους για το 1999. Καλύτερη ομάδα η Mάντσεστερ Γιουνάιτεντ (με ποσοστό ρεκόρ 61.19%), καλύτερος παίκτης ο Ριβάλντο της Μπαρτσελόνα (42.27%), καλύτερος προπονητής ο σερ ’Αλεξ Φέργκιουσον της Μάντσεστερ Γιουνάιτεντ (60.67%)."
2002: το Ευρώ αντικαθιστά τη Δραχμή και τα εθνικά νομίσματα άλλων 11 κρατών - μελών της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης. Οι εορταστικές εκδηλώσεις για την έλευση του ευρώ γέμισαν τον ουρανό της Ευρώπης με τη λάμψη των βεγγαλικών. Στην χώρα μας ο πρωθυπουργός Κώστας Σημίτης είναι ο πρώτος Έλληνας, που έλαβε το πρώτο χαρτονόμισμα, σε μία ειδική εκδήλωση στην Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
January 1st: On this Day | |
1953, American singer-songwriter and musician singer Hank Williams died of a heart attack brought on by a lethal cocktail of pills and alcohol aged 29. Williams is regarded as one of the most important country music artists of all time. 35 of his singles (five released posthumously) were placed in the Top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, 11 of which ranked at No.1, including 'Cold, Cold Heart,''Hey, Good Lookin', 'I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive,' and 'Your Cheatin' Heart.' During his last years Williams's consumption of alcohol, morphine and painkillers severely compromised his professional life. | |
1956, Bill Haley's 'Rock Around the Clock' went to No.1 on the UK singles chart for the second time. The single is often cited as the biggest-selling vinyl rock and roll single of all time with sales over 25m. | |
1957, BBC Television aired its new rock & roll show 'Cool For Cats' for the first time. With a miniscule budget, the program was forced to rely on artists miming and the talents of a resident dance group (led by Douglas Squires). Ker Robertson, the first host, was succeeded after a few weeks by Kent Walton, later better known for his ITV wrestling commentaries | |
1959, Johnny Cash played a free concert for the inmates of San Quentin Prison, California. One of the audience members was 19 year-old Merle Haggard, who was in the midst of a 15 year sentence (he served three years) for grand theft auto and armed robbery. | |
1962, The Beatles auditioned for Decca Records in West Hampstead, London. A&R boss at Decca Dick Rowe turned them down in what is considered one of the biggest mistakes in music industry history, Decca decided to reject the band, selecting instead Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. | |
1964, The first edition of the BBC TV show Top Of The Pops was transmitted from an old church hall in Manchester, England. Acts miming to their latest releases included The Rolling Stones, (I Wanna Be Your Man), The Dave Clark Five, (Glad All Over), The Hollies, (Stay), and The Swinging Blue Jeans, (Hippy Hippy Shake). The first song played was Dusty Springfield's 'I Only Want To Be With You'. Also featured on disc and film, The Beatles (I Want to Hold Your Hand), Freddie & the Dreamers, Cliff Richard and the Shadows and Gene Pitney. | |
1966, Simon and Garfunkel started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Sounds Of Silence', a No.13 hit in the UK. | |
1967, The Doors made their first live television appearance lip-synching their first single 'Break on Through' on Shebang, KTLA-TV Channel 5 in Los Angeles. The single peaked No. 126 on the US chart mainly due to lack of airplay after censors objected to the drug use implied by the line "she gets high", which is repeated in the middle section of the song. | |
1968, Billboard magazine reported that for the first time albums had outsold singles in the US with album sales reaching over 192 million units. | |
1969, Marmalade were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of The Beatles song 'Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da', which features on The White Album. | |
1977, Genesis played the first of three nights at the new-look Rainbow Theatre, London, tickets cost £2.50 ($4.25). The theatre had been completely renovated at a cost of £80,000 ($136,000). | |
1977, The Clash played the opening night at punk's first real venue, The Roxy Club in London. | |
1982, ABBA made their final live appearance as a group when they played in Stockholm, Sweden. | |
1984, Alexis Korner died of lung cancer aged 55. Know as "the Founding Father of British Blues", he was a major force behind the UK early 60s R&B scene. Formed Blues Incorporated; members at various times included Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Long John Baldry, Graham Bond and Charlie Watts. Had hits with CCS, including a version of Led Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love' which was used as the theme for BBC's Top Of The Pops for several years. He became a radio presenter in the Seventies. | |
1989, Nirvana signed a one-year recording contract with Sub Pop records. The Seattle based label began not as a record label but as a fanzine (called Subterranean Pop), in the early 80s, also signed Soundgarden and Mudhoney. | |
1990, New American radio station WKRL in Florida played the Led Zeppelin track 'Stairway To Heaven' for 24 hours, as a prelude to an all Zeppelin format. | |
1997, American singer songwriter Townes Van Zandt died age 52. His music has been covered by such notable and varied musicians as Bob Dylan, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Cowboy Junkies, Andrew Bird, Alison Krauss, and Gillian Welch. Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard covered his song 'Pancho and Lefty', scoring a No.1 hit on the Billboard country music charts. | |
2002, Eric Clapton married 25-year old Melia McEnery the mother of his baby daughter at a secret ceremony at the 15th Century St Mary Magdalen Church in Ripley, Surrey, England. | |
2005, In most of Europe, copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier, including Bill Haley's 'Rock Around the Clock', and 'Only You' by The Platters. | |
2007, Queen beat The Beatles to be crowned greatest British band of all time by BBC Radio 2 listeners in the UK. They pipped the Fab Four in a live contest, trouncing other finalists The Rolling Stones, Oasis and Take That. The bands were judged on song-writing, lyrics, live performances, originality and showmanship. More than 20,000 listeners voted by email, text and phone. | |
2008, The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) reported that the number of music downloads sold in the UK in the final week of 2007 was double the total of 12 months earlier. In total there were 2.95 million downloads in seven days, the highest ever recorded for any weekly period. And when the whole of the year was taken into account, 77.5 million downloads were sold in the UK in 2007. | |
2009, According to official UK sales figures Duffy's debut album Rockferry came top of the year-end chart, with 1.685 million copies sold. Take That had the second biggest seller with The Circus, Kings of Leon, Only By The Night was third, Spirit by Leona Lewis was fourth and Coldplay had the fifth biggest seller with Viva La Vida. X Factor winner Alexandra Burke had the UK's top-selling single after her version of Hallelujah sold 888,000 copies in the last two weeks of the year. | |
2011, Chuck Berry cut short a concert at Congress Theater, Chicago, Illinois after collapsing on stage an hour into the show. Berry slumped over a keyboard and did not move for a couple of minutes before being helped off stage, he returned 15 minutes later only to be forced off again almost immediately. The 84 year-old later re-emerged on stage but told fans he had no strength to continue performing. | |
2013, Patti Page, one of the most popular artists of the 1950s, died at the age of 85. She recorded four US No.1 hits, including 'Tennessee Waltz' and the novelty record '(How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window'. Page recorded her first hit single, 'Confess' in 1947. Because of a strike, background singers were not available to provide harmony vocals for the song, so instead, Page decided to overdub her own, thus, Page became the first pop artist to overdub her vocals on a song. | |
2013, Ultravox's 1981 hit 'Vienna' was voted the UK's favourite number two single. The song topped a poll by BBC Radio 2 and the Official Charts Company to find the greatest track to miss out on the number one spot. Vienna was held off by novelty track 'Shaddup You Face' by Joe Dolce. 'Fairytale of New York' by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl was voted into second place. Other songs to feature included The Beatles 'Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever', The Who's 'My Generation' and Don McLean's 'American Pie'. | |
January 1st: Born on this day | |
1942, Born on this day, Joe McDonald, vocals, Country Joe and the Fish, 1968 US hit 'I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die.' | |
1950, Born on this day, English musician Morgan Fisher, keyboards from Mott The Hoople, 1972 UK No.3 & US No.37 single 'All The Young Dudes', a song David Bowieoffered the band on hearing they were about to split up. | |
1952, Born on this day. Andy Johns, producer and engineer who worked on classic albums by Led Zeppelin, (Led Zeppelin II and all albums through to Physical Graffiti), the Rolling Stones, (Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street, Jimi Hendrix (Axis: Bold as Love), Van Halen and many others. Johns, the younger brother of noted producer Glyn Johns died on April 7th 2013. | |
1956, Born on this day, Diane Warren, US songwriter. Warren has written over 80 US Top 20 hits including; Aerosmith, 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing', LeAnn Rimes, 'How Do I Live', Toni Braxton, 'Un- Break My Heart', plus hits for Cher, Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, Rod Stewart and Ace Of Base. | |
1956, Born on this day, Australian vocalist, guitarist, songwriter Martin Plaza from Mental As Anything best known for their 1985 hit 'Live It Up'. Plaza also had the 1986 No. 2 hit in Australia with his cover of the 1960s Unit 4+2 song 'Concrete and Clay'. | |
1956, Born on this day, Andy Gill a founding member and guitarist for the English post-punk group Gang of Four. Their debut album, Entertainment!, was ranked as fifth greatest punk album of all time. | |
1958, Born on this day, Joseph Saddler, (Grandmaster Flash), 1982 UK No.8 single 'The Message.' Major force in early Rap music, was given his nickname after his rapid hand movements on the record decks. | |
1968, Born on this day, Rick J. Jordan (born Hendrik Stedler), German techno group Scooter who have sold over 14 million records and are considered the most successful single-record German act with 20 top ten hits. 2008 UK No.1 album 'Jumping All Over The World.' | |
1980, Born on this day, English guitarist Richie Faulkner. He joined Judas Priest in April 2010 replacing guitarist K. K. Downing. He also arranged music for actor Christopher Lee's heavy metal album Charlemagne: The Omens of Death, which was released on 27 May 2013, Lee's 91st birthday. | |
1985, Born on this day, British songwriter, record producer and musician Shahid Khan, best known as Naughty Boy. Had the 2013 No.1 hit 'La La La', featuring Sam Smith and 'Lifted', a collaboration with Emeli Sandé. |
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Entertainment and arts figures we lost in 2018
As the year draws to a close, it is time to remember the figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment figures who died in 2018. Here is a look back at some of those we said farewell to.
January
The year began with the deaths of three musical giants - jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela, Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan and The Fall's Mark E Smith.
Other notable artists from the world of music to leave us included Motorhead guitarist Eddie Clarke, French singer France Gall and Kinks bassist Jim Rodford.
We also said goodbye to fantasy author Ursula K Le Guin, Maid Marian actor Howard Lew Lewis, author Peter Mayle, Teletubbies actor Simon Shelton, Police Academy director Hugh Wilson, cult TV star Peter Wyngarde and Home and Away actress Jessica Falkholt.
February
Two faces from the small screen - House of Cards actor Reg E Cathey and Frasier's John Mahoney - left us in February, as did Lewis Gilbert, the director of Alfie, Educating Rita and three James Bond films.
Others to take their leave this month included The Vicar of Dibley's Emma Chambers, The Crystals' Barbara Ann Alston, The Real Thing singer Eddy Amoo, film composer Johann Johannsson, Pixar animator Bud Luckey, Hollywood producer Jill Messick and author Penny Vincenzi.
March
Three much-loved television stars bowed out in March: long-time Bullseye host Jim Bowen, Eurovision Song Contest host Katie Boyle and tattyfilarious comedian Ken Dodd.
The same month also saw the deaths of French actress Stephane Audran, Heartbeat actor Bill Maynard, rapper Craig Mack and South Korean actor Jo Min-ki.
April
The deaths of Swedish DJ Avicii (real name Tim Bergling), Austin Powers actor Verne Troyer and TV presenter Dale Winton cast a sombre pall over April.
We also said goodbye to two directors of international repute - double Oscar-winner Milos Forman and Italian film-maker Vittorio Taviani.
April also saw abstract artist Gillian Ayres, W1A actor Alex Beckett, sitcom writer Ronald Chesney, Marine-turned-actor R Lee Ermey, Twin Peaks actress Pamela Gidley and Overtones member Timmy Matley depart.
May
Superman actress Margot Kidder left us the same month we said goodbye to two American literary greats. Philip Roth was the author of Portnoy's Complaint, American Pastoral and many other novels, while Tom Wolfe gave us The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
British film editor Anne V Coates, Frightened Rabbit singer Scott Hutchison, Minder star Glynn Edwards, Irish playwright Tom Murphy and US actor Clint Walker also passed away, as did Jerry Maren, one of the original Munchkin actors from The Wizard of Oz.
June
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, EastEnders actor Leslie Grantham and fashion designer Kate Spade were among the famous people who left us in June.
Others included Elvis Presley's drummer DJ Fontana, "Bond girl" Eunice Gayson, former Love Island contestant Sophie Gradon, Twin Town actress Helen Griffin, Jackson family patriarch Joe Jackson, former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Danny Kirwan, artist Malcolm Morley and Irish actor Derrick O'Connor.
Fans also paid tribute to US rapper XXXTentacion - real name Jahseh Onfroy - after he was shot and killed in Florida at the age of 20.
July
Hollywood said goodbye to 1950s idol Tab Hunter, while the theatre world bade farewell to Cats choreographer Gillian Lynne and playwright Hugh Whitemore.
Others to leave us included Colditz actor Bernard Hepton, Crossroads and The Archers actress Carolyn Jones, Stig of the Dump author Clive King, composer Oliver Knussen, French film-maker Claude Lanzmann, cinematographer Robby Muller, Alexander McQueen muse Annabelle Neilson and musician Richard Swift.
There was also radio silence for Adrian Cronauer, the US DJ who inspired Robin Williams' character in Good Morning, Vietnam.
August
Laughter turned to tears in August with the death of Barry Chuckle, one half of the comedy duo the Chuckle Brothers. The same month also saw the deaths of novelist VS Naipaul and "queen of soul" Aretha Franklin.
In the month we lost a queen, we also said farewell to a pair of Kings - Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King and jazz singer Morgana King.
Others to depart included US playwright Neil Simon, film actress Barbara Harris, songwriter Tony Hiller, Huntress frontwoman Jill Janus, LazyTown actor Stefan Karl Stefansson and Broadway star Carole Shelley.
September
Another much-loved duo lost a member in September when Chas Hodges - one half of Chas and Dave - died at 74. The same month also saw the deaths of BBC radio presenter Rachael Bland and '70s movie heartthrob Burt Reynolds.
We also said goodbye to Heartbeat actor Peter Benson, Carry On actress Liz Fraser, Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz, Morecambe and Wise choreographer Ernest Maxin, US rapper Mac Miller, It'll Be Alright on the Night host Denis Norden, Blake's 7 star Jacqueline Pearce and Dudley Sutton, who played Tinker in Lovejoy.
October
More musical luminaries left us in October - suave French singing star Charles Aznavour and Jefferson Airplane co-founder Marty Balin - as did much-loved Rainbow presenter Geoffrey Hayes.
Others we lost included Beatles sound engineer Geoff Emerick, Steptoe and Son writer Ray Galton, All That Remains guitarist Oli Herbert, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory actress Diana Sowle, The Walking Dead's Scott Wilson and rapper Young Greatness.
November
Newsreader Richard Baker signed off at the age of 93. November also saw the deaths of Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci and comic book legend Stan Lee.
We also said farewell to director Nicolas Roeg, Beverley Sisters twin Babs Beverley, Vicar of Dibley actor John Bluthal, Hong Kong film mogul Raymond Chow, screenwriter William Goldman, US magician and actor Ricky Jay, SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg, Love Story composer Francis Lai, boy band member Devin Lima, Electric Light Orchestra cellist Hugh McDowell and stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil.
December
The end of the year brought the sad news that Absolutely Fabulous and Terry and June star June Whitfield, Buzzcocks lead singer Pete Shelley and jazz star Nancy Wilson had left us.
As 2018 drew to a close, time also caught up with Dr Hook singer Ray Sawyer,actress and director Penny Marshall, TV art historian Sister Wendy Beckett, US actor Philip Bosco, British-born actor Donald Moffat, Israeli author Amos Oz and Alien's Bafta-winning production designer Michael Seymour.
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Το εξερευνητικό σκάφος New Horizons της NASA πέταξε σήμερα πάνω από το πιο μακρινό ουράνιο σώμα που έχει ποτέ μελετηθεί από τον άνθρωπο, ανακοίνωσε ο Άλαν Στερν, επιστημονικός διευθυντής της αποστολής.
«Εμπρός New Horizons!», αναφώνησε ο Άλαν Στερν ενώ η ομάδα του επευφημούσε στο εργαστήριο εφαρμοσμένης Φυσικής Johns Hopkins, στο Μέριλαντ, τη στιγμή που, στις 07:33 ώρα Ελλάδας, το New Horizons έστρεφε τις κάμερές του στο Ultima Thule, ένα παγωμένο απομεινάρι από το σχηματισμό του ηλιακού συστήματος.
«Ποτέ μέχρι τώρα ένα διαστημικό σκάφος δεν είχε εξερευνήσει ένα τόσο απομακρυσμένο αντικείμενο», υπογράμμισε ο Στερν.
Το Ultima Thule βρίσκεται σε απόσταση περίπου 6,4 δισεκατομμμυρίων χιλιομέτρων από τη Γη. Οι επιστήμονες ελπίζουν πως η παρατήρησή του θα τους επιτρέψει να κατανοήσουν καλύτερα πώς σχηματίσθηκε το ηλιακό σύστημα.
Το σκάφος πρόκειται να τραβήξει 900 φωτογραφίες σε μερικά δευτερόλεπτα, καθώς θα πετάει πάνω από το Ultima Thule σε απόσταση περίπου 3.500 χιλιομέτρων.
«Τώρα είναι απλώς ζήτημα χρόνου να δούμε τα δεδομένα να φθάνουν», δήλωσε ο Τζον Σπένσερ, επιστήμονας του Southwest Research Institute.
Τα μέλη της ομάδας αναμένεται να γνωρίζουν γύρω στις 17:00 (ώρα Ελλάδας) αν η συλλογή δεδομένων ήταν επιτυχημένη.
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'All I Want for Christmas Is You' broke a Spotify streaming record on Christmas Eve
NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey’s 24-year-old Christmas classic is so popular it set a new one-day streaming record on Spotify on Christmas Eve.
Chart Data reported that “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” released in 1994, was played 10.8 million times on Spotify on Monday. The song bested the record set by rapper-singer XXXTentacion, who logged 10.4 million streams with “SAD!” a day after his death in June.
Spotify wouldn’t comment on the news when reached by The Associated Press. Carey called the new feat “such an amazing Christmas gift” in an Instagram post on Tuesday.
Every holiday season “All I Want for Christmas Is You” begins to climb the Billboard charts as its popularity resurfaces. This year the song reached its highest peak — No. 6 — on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; it’s currently No. 7 on the chart.
The success has helped Carey’s first Christmas album, 1994′s “Merry Christmas,” spend its fourth week at No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B albums chart.
The current Hot 100 chart features 20 holiday songs:
- No. 7, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You”
- No. 10, Andy Williams’ “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”
- No. 11, Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
- No. 12, Burl Ives’ “A Holly Jolly Christmas”
- No. 13, Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock”
- No. 17, Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)”
- No. 27, Wham!’s “Last Christmas”
- No. 28, Gene Autry’s “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
- No. 32, Dean Martin’s “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow”
- No. 33, The Ronettes’ “Sleigh Ride”
- No. 34, Jose Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad”
- No. 35, Gene Autry’s “Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)”
- No. 41, Perry Como’s ”(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays”
- No. 42, Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters’ “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”
- No. 45, John & Yoko/The Plastic Ono Band’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” (with the Harlem Community Choir)
- No. 47, Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime”
- No. 48, Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”
- No. 50, Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
- No. 68, Katy Perry’s “Cozy Little Christmas"
- No. 90, Lauren Daigle’s “The Christmas Song”
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Οι καλύτερες τηλεοπτικές εμφανίσεις για το 2018
Οι αστέρες του κινηματογράφου και της μουσικής και το 2018 έκαναν τη... γύρα τους στα talk show της αμερικανικής τηλεόρασης για να προωθήσουν τις δουλειές τους, από τα νέα τους μουσικά άλμπουμ μέχρι τις ταινίες που συμμετέχουν ή τα εμπορικά σήματα που προωθούν
Το Billboard παρουσίασε σε έναν κατάλογο τις καλύτερες τηλεοπτικές εμφανίσεις για το 2018.
Αριάνα Γκράντε στο The Tonight Show με τον Τζίμι Φάλον
Πρώτη και καλύτερη η Αριάνα Γκράντε εμφανίστηκε στο μέρος του μουσικού Challenge στο The Tonight Show. Ερμήνευσε το τραγούδι του Drake «God’s Plan» και ξεσήκωσε το κοινό
Πρώτη και καλύτερη η Αριάνα Γκράντε εμφανίστηκε στο μέρος του μουσικού Challenge στο The Tonight Show. Ερμήνευσε το τραγούδι του Drake «God’s Plan» και ξεσήκωσε το κοινό
Cardi B στο Saturday Night Live
Ήδη κυκλοφορούσαν οι φήμες της εγκυμοσύνης της κι αυτές επιβεβαιώθηκαν κατά τη δεύτερη εμφάνισή της στο SNL. Ενώ τραγουδούσε το νέο της τραγούδι «Be Careful» η κάμερα έκανε ζουμ στην κοιλιά της ράπερ και σχεδόν οι τηλεθεατές μπορούσαν να διακρίνουν το μωρό της Cardi να κλωτσάει κάτω από το λευκό της φόρεμα.
Ήδη κυκλοφορούσαν οι φήμες της εγκυμοσύνης της κι αυτές επιβεβαιώθηκαν κατά τη δεύτερη εμφάνισή της στο SNL. Ενώ τραγουδούσε το νέο της τραγούδι «Be Careful» η κάμερα έκανε ζουμ στην κοιλιά της ράπερ και σχεδόν οι τηλεθεατές μπορούσαν να διακρίνουν το μωρό της Cardi να κλωτσάει κάτω από το λευκό της φόρεμα.
Post Malone στο The Tonight Show με τον Τζίμι Φάλον
Ενώ ο Post έφτασε στο Billboard Hot 100 δύο φορές με τα τραγούδια του «Rockstar» και «Psycho» παρέμεινε ταπεινός. Στο The Tonight Show, ο Malone πήγε στο αγαπημένο του εστιατόριο, το Olive Garden, με τον οικοδεσπότη Τζίμι Φάλον, όπου προσπάθησαν να δοκιμάσουν κρασί και εξέπληξαν με την ατελείωτη κατανάλωση κριτσινιών και σαλάτας.
Ενώ ο Post έφτασε στο Billboard Hot 100 δύο φορές με τα τραγούδια του «Rockstar» και «Psycho» παρέμεινε ταπεινός. Στο The Tonight Show, ο Malone πήγε στο αγαπημένο του εστιατόριο, το Olive Garden, με τον οικοδεσπότη Τζίμι Φάλον, όπου προσπάθησαν να δοκιμάσουν κρασί και εξέπληξαν με την ατελείωτη κατανάλωση κριτσινιών και σαλάτας.
Ο Πολ ΜακΚάρτνεϊ στο The Late Late Show με τον Τζέιμς Κορντέν
Το θρυλικό «σκαθάρι» ακολούθησε τον παρουσιαστή σε ένα από τα πιο δυνατά «Carpool Karaoke», στην πατρίδα του, το Λίβερπουλ. Ο ΜακΚάρτνεϊ έκανε στάσεις σε τοποθεσίες που σηματοδότησαν τη ζωή του όπως το Penny Lane, που αποτέλεσε πηγή έμπνευσης για το ομώνυμο τραγούδι, αλλά και στο σπίτι όπου έζησε τα παιδικά του χρόνια, ενώ έκανε και μία έκπληξη σε παμπ της πόλης.
Το θρυλικό «σκαθάρι» ακολούθησε τον παρουσιαστή σε ένα από τα πιο δυνατά «Carpool Karaoke», στην πατρίδα του, το Λίβερπουλ. Ο ΜακΚάρτνεϊ έκανε στάσεις σε τοποθεσίες που σηματοδότησαν τη ζωή του όπως το Penny Lane, που αποτέλεσε πηγή έμπνευσης για το ομώνυμο τραγούδι, αλλά και στο σπίτι όπου έζησε τα παιδικά του χρόνια, ενώ έκανε και μία έκπληξη σε παμπ της πόλης.
BTS στο The Tonight Show
Τα μέλη του νεανικού συγκροτήματος BTS παρουσίασε τις εξαιρετικές του δεξιότητες στο χορό όταν πήραν μέρος στο Fortnite Dance Challenge του The Tonight Show με τον Τζίμι Φάλον. Τα αγόρια έπρεπε να μιμηθούν τις χορευτικές κινήσεις των χαρακτήρων του παιχνιδιού.
Τα μέλη του νεανικού συγκροτήματος BTS παρουσίασε τις εξαιρετικές του δεξιότητες στο χορό όταν πήραν μέρος στο Fortnite Dance Challenge του The Tonight Show με τον Τζίμι Φάλον. Τα αγόρια έπρεπε να μιμηθούν τις χορευτικές κινήσεις των χαρακτήρων του παιχνιδιού.
Λιν Μάνουελ Μιράντα και Έμιλι Μπλαντ στο The Late Late Show
Για να προωθήσει την επιστροφή της Mary Poppins, ο Μιράντα και η Μπλαντ ανταποκρίθηκαν στη μουσική πρόκληση που τους απηύθυνε ο Τζέιμς Κορντέν. Οι δύο αστέρες έπρεπε να τραγουδήσουν και να χορέψουν τραγούδια και χορούς από 22 μιούζικαλ σε 12 λεπτά. Με γρήγορες αλλαγές κοστουμιών και εναλλασσόμενο σκηνικό, ερμήνευσαν κομμάτια από μιούζικαλ όπως η Εβίτα, Ο μάγος του Οζ και το Τραγουδώντας στη Βροχή.
Για να προωθήσει την επιστροφή της Mary Poppins, ο Μιράντα και η Μπλαντ ανταποκρίθηκαν στη μουσική πρόκληση που τους απηύθυνε ο Τζέιμς Κορντέν. Οι δύο αστέρες έπρεπε να τραγουδήσουν και να χορέψουν τραγούδια και χορούς από 22 μιούζικαλ σε 12 λεπτά. Με γρήγορες αλλαγές κοστουμιών και εναλλασσόμενο σκηνικό, ερμήνευσαν κομμάτια από μιούζικαλ όπως η Εβίτα, Ο μάγος του Οζ και το Τραγουδώντας στη Βροχή.
Οι κριτές του The Voice στο The Tonight Show
Η Κέλλυ Κλάρκσον, η Τζένιφερ Χάντσον, ο Άνταμ Λέβιν και ο Μπλέικ Σέλτον έδωσαν συνέντευξη στον Τζίμι Φάλον και τραγούδησαν χωρίς μουσική κλασικά κομμάτια όπως τα «She Will Be Loved», «Spotlight», «I"ll Name the Dogs», και «Stronger (What Doesn"t Kill You)».
Η Κέλλυ Κλάρκσον, η Τζένιφερ Χάντσον, ο Άνταμ Λέβιν και ο Μπλέικ Σέλτον έδωσαν συνέντευξη στον Τζίμι Φάλον και τραγούδησαν χωρίς μουσική κλασικά κομμάτια όπως τα «She Will Be Loved», «Spotlight», «I"ll Name the Dogs», και «Stronger (What Doesn"t Kill You)».
Ο Μπομπ Ντίλαν στο The Tonight Show
Ο θρυλικός τραγουδιστής και τραγουδοποιός εμφανίστηκε στο σόου χωρίς να πει λέξη. Ήταν εκεί για να προωθήσει το ουίσκι Heaven"s Door, ωστόσο η εμφάνισή του ήταν μία από τις πιο αξέχαστες του 2018.
Ο θρυλικός τραγουδιστής και τραγουδοποιός εμφανίστηκε στο σόου χωρίς να πει λέξη. Ήταν εκεί για να προωθήσει το ουίσκι Heaven"s Door, ωστόσο η εμφάνισή του ήταν μία από τις πιο αξέχαστες του 2018.
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