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• 1362 Grand Duchy of Lithuania
• 1522 Republic of Venice
• 1544 Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
• 1556 Spain, Portugal
• 1559 Prussia, Sweden
• 1564 France
• 1576 Southern Netherlands
• 1579 Duchy of Lorraine
• 1583 Northern Netherlands
• 1600 Scotland
• 1700 Russia
• 1721 Tuscany
• 1752 Great Britain (excluding Scotland) and its colonies

Events[edit]

• 153 BC – Roman consuls begin their year in office.
• 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.
• 42 BC – The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar.
• AD 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
• 193 – The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor.
• 404 – Telemachus, a Christian monk, is killed for attempting to stop a gladiators' fight in the public arena held in Rome.
• 417 – Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum).
• 1001 – Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II.
• 1068 – Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor.
• 1259 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.
• 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.
• 1515 – King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne.
• 1527 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
• 1600 – Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25.
• 1651 – Charles II is crowned King of Scotland.
• 1700 – Russia begins using the Anno Domini era instead of the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1707 – John V is crowned King of Portugal.
• 1739 – The world's remotest island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
• 1772 – The first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London, England.
• 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.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
• 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.
• 1788 – First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
• 1801 – The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1801 – Ceres, the largest and first known object in the Asteroid belt, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
• 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
• 1806 – The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
• 1808 – The United States bans the importation of slaves.
• 1810 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales
• 1812 – The Bishop of Durham, Shute Barrington, orders troops from Durham Castle to break up a miners' strike in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham
• 1822 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
• 1833 – The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
• 1847 – The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh by the Sisters of Mercy; the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.
• 1860 – First Polish stamp is issued.
• 1861 – Porfirio Díaz conquers Mexico City, Mexico.
• 1863 – American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
• 1877 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
• 1881 – Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
• 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.
• 1892 – Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.
• 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.
• 1901 – Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
• 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.
• 1902 – The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
• 1908 – For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.
• 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.
• 1912 – The Republic of China is established.
• 1914 – The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
• 1920 – The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
• 1923 – Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
• 1927 – The Cristero War begins in Mexico.
• 1928 – Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
• 1929 – The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
• 1932 – The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
• 1934 – Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.
• 1934 – Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".
• 1937 – Safety glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• 1947 – 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.
• 1947 – The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
• 1948 – The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
• 1949 – United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
• 1950 – Standard practice uses this day as the origin of the age scale Before Present
• 1956 – Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
• 1957 – George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Elizabeth II.
• 1958 – European Economic Community established on this day.
• 1959 – Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution.
• 1960 – Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
• 1962 – Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
• 1964 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
• 1965 – The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
• 1971 – Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
• 1973 – Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Ireland are admitted into the European Economic Community.
• 1978 – Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing 213.
• 1979 – Formal diplomatic relations are established between China and the United States.
• 1981 – Greece is admitted into the European Community.
• 1982 – Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• 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.
• 1984 – Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
• 1985 – The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
• 1986 – Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Netherlands.
• 1988 – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
• 1989 – The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion.
• 1990 – David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.
• 1993 – Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
• 1994 – The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
• 1994 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect.
• 1995 – The World Trade Organization goes into effect.
• 1995 – The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
• 1996 – Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Netherlands.
• 1998 – Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
• 1999 – Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exceptions 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 – Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Sulawesi Strait, Indonesia with 102 people on board.
• 2009 – Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.
• 2010 – A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.
• 2011 – A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
• 2013 – At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
• 2016 – The Address Downtown Dubai burns over midnight as the New Year is rung in. The blaze started on the night of New Year's Eve 2015, by currently unknown causes. There was one fatality.
• 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.
• 2017 – Portuguese politician and diplomat António Guterres was officially elected Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Births[edit]

• 377 – Arcadius, Byzantine emperor (d. 408)
• 1431 – Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
• 1449 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian politician (d. 1492)
• 1453 – Bernardin Frankopan, Croatian nobleman, diplomat and soldier (d. 1529)
• 1465 – Lachlan Cattanach Maclean, 11th Chief, Scottish clan chief (d. 1523)
• 1467 – Sigismund I the Old, Polish king (d. 1548)
• 1484 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1531)
• 1488 – Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1543)
• 1500 – Solomon Molcho, Portuguese mystic (d. 1532)
• 1509 – Guillaume Le Testu, French privateer (d. 1573)
• 1515 – Johann Weyer, Dutch physician (d. 1588)
• 1516 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
• 1526 – Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary to Latin America, patron saint of Colombia (d. 1581)
• 1530 – Thomas Bromley, English lord chancellor (d. 1587)
• 1545 – Magnus Heinason, Faroese naval hero (d. 1589)
• 1548 – Giordano Bruno, Italian mathematician, friar, philosopher, poet, and cosmological theorist (d. 1600)
• 1557 – Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1606)
• 1560 – Hugh Myddelton, Welsh businessman (d. 1631)
• 1561 – Thomas Walsingham, English spymaster (d. 1630)
• 1579 – Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, Dutch mayor (d. 1638)
• 1584 – Charles de Lorme, French physician (d. 1678)
• 1586 – Pau Claris i Casademunt, Catalan ecclesiastic (d. 1641)
• 1600 – Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1649)
• 1628 – Christoph Bernhard, German composer and theorist (d. 1692)
• 1638 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
• 1638 – Nicolas Steno, Danish pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop (d. 1686)
• 1650 – George Rooke, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1709)
• 1655 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (d. 1728)
• 1684 – Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch scholar and author (d. 1748)
• 1704 – Soame Jenyns, English author, poet, and politician (d. 1787)
• 1711 – Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
• 1714 – Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian soprano and author (d. 1800)
• 1714 – Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (d. 1780)
• 1735 – Paul Revere, American silversmith and engraver (d. 1818)
• 1745 – Anthony Wayne, American general and politician (d. 1796)
• 1750 – Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician, 1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1801)
• 1752 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the Flag of the United States (d. 1836)
• 1768 – Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author (d. 1849)
• 1769 – Marie Lachapelle, French obstetrician (d. 1821)
• 1769 – Jane Marcet, British science writer (d. 1858)
• 1774 – André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic (d. 1860)
• 1779 – William Clowes, English publisher (d. 1847)
• 1803 – Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson (d. 1874)
• 1803 – Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1869)
• 1806 – Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (d. 1853)
• 1809 – Achille Guenée, French lawyer and entomologist (d. 1880)
• 1813 – George Bliss, American politician (d. 1868)
• 1814 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebellion leader and king (d. 1864)
• 1818 – William Gamble, American general (d. 1866)
• 1819 – Arthur Hugh Clough, English-Italian poet and academic (d. 1861)
• 1819 – George Foster Shepley, American general (d. 1878)
• 1823 – Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and activist (d. 1849)
• 1833 – Robert Lawson, Scottish-New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (d. 1902)
• 1834 – Ludovic Halévy, French author and playwright (d. 1908)
• 1839 – Ouida, English-Italian author and activist (d. 1908)
• 1848 – John W. Goff, Irish-American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
• 1852 – Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist and academic (d. 1904)
• 1854 – James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist and academic (d. 1941)
• 1854 – Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1940)
• 1857 – Tim Keefe, American baseball player (d. 1933)
• 1859 – Thibaw Min, Burmese king (d. 1916)
• 1859 – Michael Joseph Owens, American inventor (d. 1923)
• 1860 – John Cassidy, Irish sculptor and painter (d. 1939)
• 1860 – Dan Katchongva, American tribal leader and activist (d. 1972)
• 1860 – Michele Lega, Italian cardinal (d. 1935)
• 1860 – Jan Vilímek, Czech illustrator and painter (d. 1938)
• 1863 – Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (d. 1937)
• 1864 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)
• 1864 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (d. 1946)
• 1867 – Mary Ackworth Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (d. 1949)
• 1867 – Lew Fields, American actor, producer, and manager (d. 1941)
• 1871 – Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1948)
• 1874 – Frank Knox, American publisher and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)
• 1874 – Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (d. 1927)
• 1877 – Alexander von Staël-Holstein, German sinologist and orientalist (d. 1937)
• 1878 – Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer (d. 1929)
• 1879 – E. M. Forster, English author and playwright (d. 1970)
• 1879 – William Fox, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres (d. 1952)
• 1883 – William J. Donovan, American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1959)
• 1883 – Mary Forbes, English actress (d. 1974)
• 1883 – Dimitrios Semsis, Greek violinist and composer (d. 1950)
• 1884 – Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (d. 1949)
• 1884 – José Quirante, Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 1964)
• 1884 – Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Egyptian-Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1970)
• 1887 – Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945)
• 1888 – John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand rifle (d. 1974)
• 1888 – Georgios Stanotas, Greek general (d. 1965)
• 1889 – Charles Bickford, American actor (d. 1967)
• 1890 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (d. 1966)
• 1891 – Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1969)
• 1892 – Mahadev Desai, Indian author and activist (d. 1942)
• 1892 – Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (d. 1958)
• 1892 – Manuel Roxas, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines (d. 1948)
• 1893 – Mordechai Frizis, Greek colonel (d. 1940)
• 1894 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist and mathematician (d. 1974)
• 1894 – Edward Joseph Hunkeler, American clergyman (d. 1970)
• 1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 1972)
• 1899 – Jack Beresford, British rower (d. 1977)
• 1900 – Sam Berger, Canadian sports businessman (d. 1992)
• 1900 – Paola Borboni, Italian film actress (d. 1995) ^[1]
• 1900 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1990)
• 1900 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese soldier and diplomat (d. 1986)
• 1900 – Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar, Indian scholar and teacher of Hindustani classical music (d. 1974)
• 1902 – Hans von Dohnányi, German jurist and political dissident (d. 1945)
• 1902 – Buster Nupen, South African cricketer and lawyer (d. 1977)
• 1903 – Dwight Taylor, American screenwriter and author (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (d. 1982)
• 1905 – Stanisław Mazur, Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist (d. 1981)
• 1907 – Kinue Hitomi, Japanese sprinter and long jumper (d. 1931)
• 1909 – Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1909 – Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricketer (d. 1949)
• 1909 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (d. 1959)
• 1910 – Koesbini, Indonesian composer (d. 1991)
• 1911 – Audrey Wurdemann, American poet and author (d. 1960)
• 1911 – Basil Dearden, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1971)
• 1911 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player and lieutenant (d. 1986)
• 1911 – Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (d. 2012)
• 1912 – Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician and historian (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)
• 1912 – Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet and academic (d. 1991)
• 1917 – Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (d. 2016)
• 1918 – Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (d. 1997)
• 1918 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
• 1918 – Ed Price, American soldier, pilot, and politician (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer and actor (d. 1990)
• 1919 – Carole Landis, American actress (d. 1948)
• 1919 – J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (d. 2010)
• 1919 – Yoshio Tabata, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (d. 1986)
• 1921 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor and academic (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (d. 2013)
• 1921 – John Strawson, English general (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Ernest Hollings, American soldier and politician, 106th Governor of South Carolina
• 1922 – Roz Howard, American race car driver (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Jerry Robinson, American illustrator (d. 2011)
• 1923 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
• 1923 – Daniel Gorenstein, American mathematician and academic (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Milt Jackson, American vibraphonist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Charlie Munger, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1924 – Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatorial Guinean politician, 1st President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (d. 1979)
• 1925 – Matthew Beard, American actor and singer (d. 1981)
• 1925 – Wahiduddin Khan, Indian religious scholar and peace activist
• 1925 – Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2008)
• 1927 – Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2001)
• 1927 – James Reeb, American clergyman and political activist (d. 1965)
• 1927 – Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1927 – Doak Walker, American football player and businessman (d. 1998)
• 1928 – Khan Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2009)
• 1928 – Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (d. 1984)
• 1928 – Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian, author, and academic
• 1929 – Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer, co-founded Orange Sky Golden Harvest
• 1929 – Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Jean-Pierre Duprey, French poet and sculptor (d. 1959)
• 1930 – Ty Hardin, American actor (d. 2017)
• 1930 – Gaafar Nimeiry, Egyptian-Sudanese politician, 4th President of the Sudan (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer
• 1932 – Jackie Parker, American football player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1932 – Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor (d. 1989)
• 1933 – James Hormel, American philanthropist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Luxembourg
• 1933 – Ford Konno, American swimmer
• 1933 – Joe Orton, English author and playwright (d. 1967)
• 1934 – Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host (d. 1984)
• 1934 – Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian politician, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1935 – Om Prakash Chautala, Indian former politician
• 1936 – Don Nehlen, American football player and coach
• 1936 – James Sinegal, American businessman, co-founded Costco
• 1937 – John Fuller, English poet and author
• 1937 – Matt Robinson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 1938 – Robert Jankel, English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Frank Langella, American actor
• 1939 – Michèle Mercier, French actress
• 1939 – Phil Read, English motorcycle racer and businessman
• 1939 – Senfronia Thompson, American politician
• 1939 – Mohamed El Yazghi, Moroccan politician
• 1941 – Martin Evans, English-Welsh geneticist and academic
• 1941 – Younoussi Touré, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1942 – Dennis Archer, American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit
• 1942 – Al Hunt, American journalist
• 1942 – Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn, English dentist and politician
• 1942 – Billy Lothridge, American football player (d. 1996)
• 1942 – Country Joe McDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 – Alassane Ouattara, Ivorian economist and politician, President of the Ivory Coast
• 1942 – Gennadi Sarafanov, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2005)
• 1942 – Judy Stone, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1943 – Jerilyn Britz, American golfer
• 1943 – Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
• 1943 – Don Novello, American comedian (Father Guido Sarducci), screenwriter and producer
• 1943 – Ronald Perelman, American businessman and philanthropist, founded MacAndrews & Forbes
• 1943 – Tony Knowles, American soldier and politician, 7th Governor of Alaska
• 1943 – Vladimir Šeks, Croatian lawyer and politician, 16th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
• 1944 – Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese field marshal and politician, 7th President of Sudan
• 1944 – Barry Beath, Australian rugby league player
• 1944 – Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1944 – Jimmy Hart, American wrestling manager and singer
• 1944 – Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani field hockey player and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1944 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1944 – Mati Unt, Estonian author, playwright, and director (d. 2005)
• 1945 – Victor Ashe, American politician and former United States Ambassador to Poland
• 1945 – Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver
• 1945 – Martin Schanche, Norwegian race car driver
• 1946 – Rivellino, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1946 – Carl B. Hamilton, Swedish economist and politician
• 1946 – Shelby Steele, American journalist, author, and director
• 1946 – Claude Steele, African-American social psychologist and academic
• 1947 – Jon Corzine, American sergeant and politician, 54th Governor of New Jersey
• 1947 – Leon Patillo, American singer and evangelist
• 1947 – Leonard Thompson, American golfer
• 1948 – Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish economist, academic, and politician, 57th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1948 – Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Russian Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
• 1948 – Joe Petagno, American illustrator
• 1948 – Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician
• 1949 – Max Azria, Tunisian-French fashion designer
• 1949 – Olivia Goldsmith, American author (d. 2004)
• 1949 – Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician and diplomat
• 1950 – Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1950 – Tony Currie, English footballer
• 1950 – Morgan Fisher, Keyboard player for Mott the Hoople
• 1950 – Deepa Mehta, Indian-Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1950 – James Richardson, American poet and academic
• 1951 – Ashfaq Hussain, Pakistani-Canadian poet and journalist
• 1951 – Martha P. Haynes, American astronomer and academic
• 1951 – Nana Patekar, Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director
• 1951 – Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver
• 1951 – Radia Perlman, American software designer and network engineer
• 1952 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatari ruler, 7th Emir of Qatar
• 1952 – Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer
• 1952 – Rosario Marchese, Italian-Canadian educator and politician
• 1953 – Gary Johnson, American businessman and politician, 29th Governor of New Mexico
• 1953 – Lynn Jones, American baseball player and coach
• 1954 – Richard Edson, American drummer
• 1954 – Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician
• 1954 – Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (d. 2012)
• 1954 – Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
• 1955 – Mary Beard, English scholar, academic, and classicist
• 1955 – LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
• 1955 – Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (d. 2000)
• 1955 – Precious, Canadian wrestler and manager
• 1955 – Simon Schaffer, British academic and historian of Science and Philosophy
• 1956 – Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
• 1956 – Andy Gill, English guitarist and singer-songwriter
• 1956 – Mark R. Hughes, American businessman, founder of Herbalife (d. 2000)
• 1956 – Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
• 1956 – Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (d. 2011)
• 1956 – Martin Plaza, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 – Kōji Yakusho, Japanese actor.
• 1957 – Urmas Arumäe, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
• 1957 – Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
• 1958 – Dave Silk, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 – Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian rapper and DJ
• 1959 – Andy Andrews, American tennis player
• 1959 – Azali Assoumani, Comorian colonel and politician, President of the Comoros
• 1959 – Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1959 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1959 – Michel Onfray, French philosopher and author
• 1960 – Michael Seibert, American ice dancer and choreographer
• 1960 – Toomas Vitsut, Estonian businessman and politician
• 1960 – Danny Wilson, English footballer and manager
• 1961 – Sergei Babayan, Armenian-American pianist and academic
• 1961 – Sam Backo, Australian rugby league player
• 1961 – Fiona Phillips, English journalist
• 1962 – Anton Muscatelli, Italian-Scottish economist and academic
• 1963 – Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer and manager
• 1963 – Jean-Marc Gounon, French race car driver
• 1964 – Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress
• 1965 – Andrew Valmon, American runner and coach
• 1965 – John Sullivan, American real estate agent and politician
• 1966 – Anna Burke, Australian businesswoman and politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
• 1966 – Ivica Dačić, Serbian journalist and politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia
• 1967 – John Digweed, English DJ, record producer, and actor
• 1967 – Tawera Nikau, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1967 – Reza Sheykholeslam, Iranian politician
• 1967 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000)
• 1967 – Spencer Tunick, American photographer
• 1968 – Miki Higashino, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1968 – Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
• 1969 – Morris Chestnut, American actor and producer
• 1969 – Paul Lawrie, Scottish golfer and journalist
• 1969 – Verne Troyer, American actor and stuntman
• 1970 – Sergei Kiriakov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1971 – Sammie Henson, American wrestler and coach
• 1971 – Bobby Holík, Czech-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 – Andre Marriner, English association football referee
• 1971 – Juan Carlos Plata, Guatemalan footballer
• 1971 – Chris Potter, American saxophonist and composer
• 1971 – Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician
• 1971 – Denise Stapley, American former game show contestant, winner of Survivor: Philippines
• 1972 – Barron Miles, American-Canadian football player and coach
• 1972 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer
• 1973 – Shelda Bede, Brazilian volleyball player
• 1973 – Danny Lloyd, American actor and educator
• 1973 – Magnus Sahlgren, Swedish guitarist and linguist
• 1973 – Bryan Thao Worra, Laotian-American author, poet, and playwright
• 1974 – Christian Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Industry
• 1975 – Mohamed Albuflasa, Bahraini poet and activist
• 1975 – Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player and coach
• 1975 – Sonali Bendre, Indian actress and model
• 1975 – Joe Cannon, American soccer player and sportscaster
• 1975 – Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Eiichiro Oda, Japanese manga artist
• 1975 – Bengt Sæternes, Norwegian footballer and manager
• 1975 – Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player
• 1976 – Mustafa Doğan, Turkish-German footballer and sportscaster
• 1977 – Rosena Allin-Khan, British politician
• 1977 – Leoš Friedl, Czech tennis player
• 1977 – María de la Paz Hernández, Argentinian field hockey player
• 1977 – Craig Reucassel, Australian comedian and television host
• 1978 – Philip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer and priest
• 1979 – Vidya Balan, Indian actress.
• 1979 – Brody Dalle, Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 – Koichi Domoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
• 1980 – Richie Faulkner, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1980 – Karina Jacobsgaard, Danish tennis player
• 1981 – Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian race car driver
• 1982 – David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
• 1982 – Egidio Arévalo Ríos, Uruguayan footballer
• 1982 – Luke Rodgers, English footballer
• 1983 – Calum Davenport, English footballer
• 1983 – Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer
• 1983 – Melaine Walker, Jamaican hurdler
• 1984 – Lance Brooks, American discus thrower
• 1984 – Christian Eigler, German footballer
• 1984 – Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
• 1984 – Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Rubens Sambueza, Argentinian footballer
• 1984 – Michael Witt, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 – Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
• 1985 – Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
• 1986 – Ramses Barden, American football player
• 1986 – Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
• 1986 – Lee Sung-min, South Korean singer and actor
• 1986 – Glen Davis, American basketball player
• 1987 – Gilbert Brulé, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
• 1987 – Serdar Özkan, Turkish footballer
• 1987 – Ryan Perrilloux, American football player
• 1987 – Devin Setoguchi, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Grzegorz Panfil, Polish tennis player
• 1989 – Stefan Reinartz, German footballer
• 1989 – Bae Geu-rin, South Korean actress
• 1989 – Jason Pierre-Paul, American football player
• 1991 – Darius Slay, American football player
• 1992 – Daniel Kofi Agyei, Ghanaian footballer
• 1992 – Nathaniel Peteru, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1992 – Jack Wilshere, English footballer
• 1993 – Jon Flanagan, English footballer
• 1993 – Michael Olaitan, Nigerian footballer
• 1994 – Brendan Elliot, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 – Craig Murray, Scottish footballer

Deaths[edit]

• 138 – Lucius Aelius, adopted son and intended successor of Hadrian (b. 101)
• 404 – Telemachus, Christian monk and martyr
• 466 – Emperor Qianfei, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (b. 449)
• 510 – Eugendus, French abbot and saint (b. 449)
• 680 – Javanshir, Albanian king (b. 616)
• 827 – Adalard of Corbie, Frankish abbot
• 898 – Odo of France (b. 860)
• 951 – Ramiro II, king of León and Galicia
• 962 – Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (b. 940)
• 1189 – Henry of Marcy, Cistercian abbot (b. c. 1136)
• 1204 – Haakon III of Norway (b. 1170)
• 1387 – Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332)
• 1496 – Charles, Count of Angoulême (b. 1459)
• 1515 – Louis XII of France (b. 1462)
• 1559 – Christian III of Denmark (b. 1503)
• 1560 – Joachim du Bellay, French poet and critic (b. 1522)
• 1617 – Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1558)
• 1697 – Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1624)
• 1716 – William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)
• 1748 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)
• 1780 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713)
• 1782 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
• 1789 – Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)
• 1793 – Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712)
• 1796 – Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician and chemist (b. 1735)
• 1817 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)
• 1846 – John Torrington, English soldier and explorer (b. 1825)
• 1853 – Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1862 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1881 – Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
• 1892 – Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 – Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 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)
• 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)
• 1937 – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 – Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
• 1944 – Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1944 – Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1953 – Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
• 1954 – Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)
• 1954 – Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)
• 1955 – Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
• 1960 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1965 – Emma Asson, Estonian historian and politician (b. 1889)
• 1966 – Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)
• 1969 – Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1969 – Bruno Söderström, Swedish pole vaulter and javelin thrower (b. 1888)
• 1971 – Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)
• 1972 – Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)
• 1978 – Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (b. 1908)
• 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)
• 1985 – Sigerson Clifford, Irish poet, playwright, and civil servant (b. 1913)
• 1992 – Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and admiral, co-developed COBOL (b. 1906)
• 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)
• 2000 – Colin Vaughan, Australian-Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1931)
• 2001 – Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2002 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (b. 1944)
• 2003 – Royce D. Applegate, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1939)
• 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 – Leon Davidson, American chemist and engineer (b. 1922)
• 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
• 2008 – Harold Corsini, American photographer and educator (b. 1919)
• 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)
• 2013 – Patti Page, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Pete DeCoursey, American journalist (b. 1961)
• 2014 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (b. 1910)
• 2014 – William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b. 1950)
• 2014 – Juanita Moore, American actress (b. 1914)
• 2015 – Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Donna Douglas, American actress (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1934)
• 2015 – Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (b. 1950)
• 2016 – Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1932)
• 2016 – Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1925)
• 2016 – Mike Oxley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
• 2016 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (b. 1930)
• 2017 – Tony Atkinson, British economist (b. 1944)
• 2017 – Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (b. 1926)
• 2017 – Derek Parfit, British philosopher (b. 1942)

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Το είπε και το έκανε: Ο Αντώνης Ρέμος έκανε... Μύκονο το 

πολυτελές τουριστικό θέρετρο των Αλπεων, Κουρσεβέλ.

Στη μια και μοναδική συναυλία που έδωσε χθες 29 Δεκεμβρίου το νεόκτιστο σαλέ 

1.000 τ.μ. που φιλοξενεί το Nammos της Μυκόνου στη... χειμερινή του εκδοχή 

γέμισε ασφυκτικά.

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αλλά και Αραβες κροίσοι, ξόδεψαν πολλές χιλιάδες ευρώ για να ακούσουν τον 

Αντώνη Ρέμο. Το κόστος διαμονής τη βραδιά στο εν λόγω θέρετρο ανέρχεται σε 

2.200 με 2.500 ευρώ.

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Προσφέρθηκαν ακόμη εκλεκτά εδέσματα από τη χώρα μας. Είναι χαρακτηριστικό 

ότι η τσιπούρα έφτασε στην Κουρσεβέλ αεροπορικώς μέχρι τη Λιόν, και από εκεί

 οδικώς μέχρι το χειμερινό θέρετρο. Η τιμή της στον κατάλογο; 160 ευρώ το κιλό.

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 και ο ήχος έφτανε μέχρι την κορυφή του βουνού, όπου μπορούσαν να ακούν όλοι 

οι σκιέρ.

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• 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.
• 533 – Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
• 1492 – Reconquista: the Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
• 1680 – Trunajaya rebellion: Amangkurat II of Mataram and his bodyguards stabbed Trunajaya to death a month after the rebel leader was captured by the Dutch East India Company.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
• 1788 – Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 1791 – Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
• 1818 – The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded.
• 1833 – Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
• 1860 – The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
• 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River (a.k.a. Battle of Murfreesboro) resumes in central Tennessee after a day's respite, resulting in a significant Union victory.
• 1865 – Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as Brazilian and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
• 1900 – American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
• 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China.
• 1920 – The second Palmer Raid takes place with another 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities.
• 1941 – World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
• 1942 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.
• 1942 – World War II: Manila, Philippines is captured by Japanese forces.
• 1945 – World War II: Nuremberg, Germany is severely bombed by Allied forces.
• 1949 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
• 1955 – Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera is assassinated.
• 1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
• 1963 – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory.
• 1967 – Ronald Reagan is sworn in as Governor of California.
• 1971 – The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
• 1974 – United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
• 1975 – A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.
• 1976 – The Gale of January 1976 begins, which results in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, resulting in at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
• 1981 – One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
• 1991 – Sharon Pratt Kelly becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
• 1992 – Leaders of armed opposition declare the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia deposed during a military coup in Georgia.
• 1993 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35-100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.
• 1999 – A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13 °F (-25 °C); 68 deaths are reported.
• 2004 – Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.
• 2006 – An explosion in a coal mine in Sago, West Virginia traps and kills 12 miners, leaving only one survivor.

Births[edit]

• 869 – Yōzei, Japanese emperor (d. 949)
• 1403 – Basilios Bessarion, Greek cardinal and scholar (d. 1472)
• 1462 – Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1522)
• 1509 – Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman (d. 1572)
• 1642 – Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1693)
• 1647 – Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (d. 1676)
• 1699 – Osman III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1757)
• 1713 – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)
• 1727 – James Wolfe, English general (d. 1759)
• 1732 – František Brixi, Czech organist and composer (d. 1771)
• 1777 – Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator (d. 1857)
• 1822 – Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician (d. 1888)
• 1827 – Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician (d. 1914)
• 1833 – Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (d. 1893)
• 1836 – Queen Emma of Hawaii (d. 1885)
• 1836 – Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (d. 1917)
• 1837 – Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1910)
• 1851 – Ludwig von Graff, Austrian zoologist (d. 1924)
• 1852 – Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (d. 1937)
• 1857 – M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (d. 1935)
• 1860 – William Corless Mills, American historian and curator (d. 1928)
• 1860 – Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer (d. 1931)
• 1862 – Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (d. 1919)
• 1866 – Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar (d. 1957)
• 1870 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (d. 1938)
• 1870 – Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman (d. 1929)
• 1873 – Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (d. 1897)
• 1873 – Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist (d. 1960)
• 1876 – Aquiles Serdán, Mexican activist and politician (d. 1910)
• 1878 – Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society (d. 1970)
• 1879 – Rudolf Bauer, Hungarian discus thrower (d. 1932)
• 1884 – Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education (d. 1973)
• 1885 – Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
• 1886 – Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author (d. 1959)
• 1886 – Florence Lawrence, Canadian-American actress (d. 1938)
• 1886 – Billy Zulch, South African cricketer (d. 1924)
• 1889 – Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1973)
• 1890 – Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian-American poet and playwright (d. 1951)
• 1891 – Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (d. 1990)
• 1892 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)
• 1893 – Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)
• 1895 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish lieutenant and diplomat (d. 1948)
• 1896 – Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1954)
• 1896 – Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer (d. 1982)
• 1897 – Jim Londos, Greek-American wrestler (d. 1975)
• 1897 – Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian (d. 1965)
• 1898 – Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, American economist and lawyer (d. 1989)
• 1899 – Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (d. 1967)
• 1900 – William Haines, American actor and interior designer (d. 1973)
• 1900 – Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy (d. 1965)
• 1901 – Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society (d. 1939)
• 1902 – Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 2007)
• 1904 – Truus Klapwijk, Dutch diver and swimmer (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Jainendra Kumar, Indian author and translator (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1938)
• 1905 – Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (d. 1998)
• 1905 – Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1909 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (d. 2009)
• 1909 – Barry Goldwater, American general and politician (d. 1998)
• 1913 – Anna Lee, English-American actress (d. 2004)
• 1913 – Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992)
• 1914 – Kenny Clarke, American drummer and composer (d. 1985)
• 1914 – Noor Inayat Khan, British SOE agent (d. 1944)
• 1916 – Zypora Spaisman, Polish-American midwife and actress and producer of the Yiddish stage (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (d. 2003)
• 1918 – Willi Graf, German physician and activist (d. 1943)
• 1919 – Beatrice Hicks, American engineer (d. 1979)
• 1920 – Isaac Asimov, Russian-American chemist, author, and academic (d. 1992)
• 1921 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Rachel Waterhouse, English historian and author
• 1924 – Evgenios Spatharis, Greek puppeteer, actor, and director (d. 2009)
• 1925 – William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Gino Marchetti, American football player
• 1928 – Avie Bennett, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2017)
• 1928 – Robert Goralski, American journalist and author (d. 1988)
• 1928 – Kate Molale, South African activist and politician (d. 1980)
• 1928 – Dan Rostenkowski, American Congressman (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Julius La Rosa, American traditional pop singer (d. 2016)
• 1931 – James D. Murray, Scottish mathematician and academic
• 1931 – Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1932 – Peter Redgrove, English poet, author, and playwright (d. 2003)
• 1933 – Ed Casey, Australian banker and politician (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Seiichi Morimura, Japanese author
• 1933 – Richard Riley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of Education
• 1933 – Keith Thomas, Welsh historian, author, and academic
• 1935 – David McKee, English author and illustrator
• 1935 – Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer and academic (d. 1987)
• 1936 – Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (d. 1992)
• 1938 – David Bailey, English photographer and painter
• 1938 – Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer
• 1938 – Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author and educator
• 1938 – Goh Kun, South Korean politician, 31st Prime Minister of South Korea
• 1938 – Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer (d. 1973)
• 1938 – Dana Ulery, American computer scientist
• 1940 – Jim Bakker, American televangelist
• 1940 – Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2015)
• 1942 – Thomas Hammarberg, Swedish lawyer and diplomat
• 1942 – Dennis Hastert, American educator and politician, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1942 – Hugh Shelton, American general
• 1943 – Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer (d. 2004)
• 1944 – Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
• 1944 – Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia
• 1946 – Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
• 1947 – Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author
• 1947 – Calvin Hill, American football player
• 1947 – David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic
• 1948 – Judith Miller, American journalist and author
• 1948 – Joyce Wadler, American journalist and author
• 1949 – Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter
• 1949 – Jean Krier, Luxembourger poet (d. 2013)
• 1949 – Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic (d. 2006)
• 1950 – Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach
• 1951 – Jim Essian, American baseball player and coach
• 1951 – Alexander Pogrebinsky, Ukrainian-American painter and educator
• 1952 – Indulis Emsis, Latvian biologist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1952 – Wendy Phillips, American actress
• 1952 – Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1953 – Vincent Racaniello, American virologist, author, and academic
• 1953 – Jacques Tichelaar, Dutch educator and politician
• 1954 – Henry Bonilla, American broadcaster and politician
• 1954 – Glenn Goins, American R&B/funk guitarist and singer (Parliament-Funkadelic) (d. 1978)
• 1956 – Lynda Barry, American cartoonist and author
• 1957 – Beppe Gabbiani, Italian race car driver
• 1958 – Helen Goodman, English lawyer and politician
• 1958 – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist and educator
• 1959 – Kirti Azad, Indian cricketer and politician
• 1960 – Raman Lamba, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
• 1961 – Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
• 1961 – Todd Haynes, American director and screenwriter
• 1961 – Craig James, American football player and sportscaster
• 1961 – Robert Wexler, American lawyer and politician
• 1963 – David Cone, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1963 – Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
• 1964 – Michael McCann, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1964 – Rumesh Ratnayake, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1964 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
• 1965 – Greg Swindell, American baseball player and coach
• 1967 – Tia Carrere, American actress
• 1967 – Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavik City
• 1967 – Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
• 1968 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor and producer
• 1968 – Anky van Grunsven, Dutch horse rider
• 1969 – István Bagyula, Hungarian pole vaulter
• 1969 – William Fox-Pitt, English horse rider and journalist
• 1969 – Robby Gordon, American race car driver
• 1969 – Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian businessman and politician, 16th Finance Minister of Austria
• 1969 – Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
• 1969 – Christy Turlington, American model
• 1970 – Eric Whitacre, American composer and conductor
• 1971 – Taye Diggs, American actor
• 1971 – Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress
• 1971 – Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
• 1972 – Adam Elliot, Australian animator and screenwriter
• 1972 – Paweł Januszewski, Polish hurdler
• 1972 – Rodney MacDonald, Canadian educator and politician, 26th Premier of Nova Scotia
• 1972 – Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player and manager
• 1973 – Lucy Davis, English actress
• 1974 – Jason de Vos, Canadian soccer player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Ludmila Formanová, Czech runner
• 1974 – Tomáš Řepka, Czech footballer
• 1975 – Chris Cheney, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
• 1975 – Dax Shepard, American actor
• 1975 – Jeff Suppan, American baseball player
• 1975 – Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player
• 1976 – Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek jumper
• 1976 – Paz Vega, Spanish actress
• 1977 – Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1977 – Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
• 1977 – Aleš Píša, Czech ice hockey player
• 1978 – Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American dancer
• 1978 – Megumi Toyoguchi, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1978 – Yoon Se-ah, South Korean actress
• 1979 – Jonathan Greening, English footballer and coach
• 1980 – Georgios Dedas, Greek basketball player
• 1980 – Melvin Holwijn, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Jérôme Pineau, French cyclist
• 1981 – Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
• 1981 – Ryan Garko, American baseball player
• 1981 – Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
• 1981 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 – Kate Bosworth, American actress
• 1984 – Otacílio Jales, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Ivan Dodig, Croatian tennis player
• 1986 – Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (d. 2012)
• 1986 – Nicolás Bertolo, Argentinian footballer
• 1986 – Trombone Shorty, American trumpet player and composer
• 1988 – Joseph Paulo, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
• 1988 – Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player
• 1988 – Mandy Harvey, American jazz musician, singer, and songwriter
• 1990 – Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer
• 1990 – Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (d. 2014)
• 1990 – Chris Sabburg, Australian cricketer
• 1991 – Luis Pedro Cavanda, Belgian footballer
• 1991 – Davide Santon, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
• 1993 – Bryson Tiller, American singer-songwriter

Deaths[edit]

• 951 – Liu Chengyou, Emperor Yin of the Later Han
• 951 – Su Fengji, Chinese official and chancellor
• 1096 – William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William II of England
• 1169 – Bertrand de Blanchefort, sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1109)
• 1184 – Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, daughter of Andronikos Komnenos
• 1470 – Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
• 1512 – Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (b. 1460)
• 1514 – William Smyth, English bishop and academic (b. 1460)
• 1543 – Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (b. 1497)
• 1557 – Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (b. 1494)
• 1613 – Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1539)
• 1726 – Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1849 – Micanopy, American tribal chief (b. 1780)
• 1861 – Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 – George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 – James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 – Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 – Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 – Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 – Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 – Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 – Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 – Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 – James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 1950 – Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1951 – William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1953 – Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founded Gucci (b. 1881)
• 1959 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American author (b. 1880)
• 1960 – Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
• 1963 – Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 – Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)
• 1968 – Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (b. 1913)
• 1974 – Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1977 – Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
• 1983 – Dick Emery, English comedian and actor (b. 1915)
• 1986 – Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1987 – Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (b. 1899)
• 1989 – Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954)
• 1990 – Alan Hale Jr., American film and television actor (b. 1921)
• 1990 – Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence (b. 1910)
• 1994 – Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician; 17th Governor of Washington (b. 1914)
• 1994 – Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French lawyer and businessman (b. 1915)
• 1995 – Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician; 3rd President of Somalia (b. 1919)
• 1995 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1996 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and author (b. 1915)
• 1999 – Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 2000 – Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Patrick O'Brian, English author and translator (b. 1914)
• 2001 – William P. Rogers, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Frank Kelly Freas, American illustrator and painter (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist and physician (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1913)
• 2007 – A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (b. 1951)
• 2007 – Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1941)
• 2007 – Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
• 2007 – David Perkins, American geneticist and academic (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Robert C. Solomon, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1942)
• 2008 – George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish journalist and author (b. 1925)
• 2008 – Lee S. Dreyfus, American sailor, academic, and politician, 40th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (b. 1935)
• 2010 – David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (b. 1958)
• 2011 – Anne Francis, American actress (b. 1930)
• 2011 – Bali Ram Bhagat, Indian politician; 16th Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1922)
• 2011 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Larry Reinhardt, American guitarist (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (b. 1953)
• 2012 – William P. Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Yoshiro Hayashi, Japanese golfer (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Elizabeth Jane Howard, English author and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Michael J. Matthews, American lawyer and politician; 34th Mayor of Atlantic City (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Jay Traynor, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 2015 – Derek Minter, English motorcycle racer (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (b. 1929)
• 2016 – Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabian religious leader (b. 1959)
• 2016 – Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
• 2016 – Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1935)
• 2017 – John Berger, English art critic and painter (b. 1926)
• 2017 – Albert Brewer, American politician, Governor of Alabama (1968–1971) (b. 1928)
• 2017 – Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (b. 1933)