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EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 1/1

History[edit]

During the Middle Ages under the influence of the Catholic Church, many countries in western Europe moved the start of the year to one of several important Christian festivals – December 25 (the Nativity of Jesus), March 1, March 25 (the Annunciation), or even Easter. Eastern European countries (most of them with populations showing allegiance to the Orthodox Church) began their numbered year on September 1 from about 988.^{[citation needed]}

In England, January 1 was celebrated as the New Year festival, but from the 12th century to 1752 the year in England began on March 25 (Lady Day). So, for example, the Parliamentary record notes the execution of Charles I as occurring on January 30, 1648, (as the year did not end until March 24), although modern histories adjust the start of the year to January 1 and record the execution as occurring in 1649.

Most western European countries changed the start of the year to January 1 before they adopted the Gregorian calendar. For example, Scotland changed the start of the Scottish New Year to January 1 in 1600. England, Ireland and the British colonies changed the start of the year to January 1 in 1752. Later that year in September, the Gregorian calendar was introduced throughout Britain and the British colonies. These two reforms were implemented by the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750.

January 1 became the official start of the year as follows:

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 Dutch Republic (northern)
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
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 – An infuriated Roman mob tears Telemachus, a Christian monk, to pieces for trying to stop a gladiators' fight in the public arena held in Rome.
414 – Galla Placidia, half-sister of Emperor Honorius, is married to the Visigothic king Ataulf at Narbonne. The wedding is celebrated with Roman festivities and magnificent gifts from the Gothic booty.
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 and no longer uses the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.
1707 – John V is crowned King of Portugal.
1739 – Bouvet 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, 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.
1800 – The Dutch East India Company is dissolved.
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 – The dwarf planet Ceres 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 importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
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.
1845 – The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn, New York City is completed.
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.
1863 – The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska.
1870 – Adolf Loos, architect, co-founder of modern architecture, baptized in St. Thomas church, Brno, Moravia
1873 – Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar.
1877 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
1880 – 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.
1890 – The Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, is first held.
1892 – Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.
1894 – The Manchester Ship Canal, is officially opened to traffic.
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.
1906 – British India officially adopts Indian Standard Time.
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.
1909 – Drilling begins on the Lakeview Gusher.
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.
1911 – Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control.
1912 – The Republic of China is established.
1913 – The British Board of Censors is established.
1916 – German troops abandon Yaoundé and their Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
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.
1927 – Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar: December 18, 1926 (Julian), is immediately followed by January 1, 1927 (Gregorian).
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.
1939 – Sydney, Australia, swelters in 45 ˚C (113 ˚F) heat, a record for the city.
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 massacre 30 SS prisoners 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, that later became 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.
1948 – The Constitution of Italy comes into force.
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
1954 – NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
1956 – Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
1956 – A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
1957 – George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Elizabeth II.
1957 – An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough RUC barracks during Operation Harvest; two IRA volunteers killed.
1958 – The European Economic Community is established.
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.
1962 – United States Navy SEALs established.
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.
1966 – A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins.
1966 – After a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic.
1970 – Unix time begins at 00:00:00 UTC/GMT.
1971 – Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
1971 – Hellenic Railways Organisation, the Greek national railway company, is founded.
1973 – Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Ireland are admitted into the European Economic Community.
1977 – Charter 77 published its first document.
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.
1978 – The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands becomes effective.
1979 – Formal diplomatic relations are established between China and the United States.
1980 – Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
1981 – Greece is admitted into the European Community.
1981 – Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States.
1982 – Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1982 – ITV franchise ATV gets replaced by Central
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 Internet's Domain Name System is created.
1985 – The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
1986 – Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Netherlands.
1986 – Spain and Portugal are admitted into the European Community.
1987 – A value-added tax is introduced in Greece for the first time.
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.
1992 – The Russian Federation is formally established.
1993 – Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
1993 – A single market within the European Community is introduced.
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 comes into effect.
1995 – The World Trade Organization goes into effect.
1995 – Sweden, Austria, and Finland are admitted into the European Union.
1995 – The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe becomes the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
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.
1997 – Zaire officially joins the World Trade Organization.
1997 – Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1998 – Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
1998 – The European Central Bank is established.
1999 – The Euro currency is introduced in 11 countries - members of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).
2002 – Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.
2002 – Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
2002 – The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially comes into force.
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 officially join the European Union. Slovenia joins Eurozone.
2007 – Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.
2008 – Cyprus and Malta join the Eurozone.
2009 – Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.
2009 – Slovakia joins the Eurozone.
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.
2011 – The Kallikratis plan becomes the new administrative system of Greece.
2011 – Estonia joins the Eurozone.
2012 – A Moldovan civilian is fatally wounded by a Russian peacekeeper in the Transnistrian security zone, leading to demonstrations against Russia.
2013 – At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
2014 – Latvia joins the Eurozone.
2015 – Lithuania joins the Eurozone.

Births[edit]

871 – Zwentibold, Frankish son of Arnulf of Carinthia (d. 900)
1431 – Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
1449 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian politician (d. 1492)
1467 – Sigismund I the Old, Polish king (d. 1548)
1484 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1531)
1511 – Henry, Duke of Cornwall (d. 1511)
1516 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, Swedish wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
1557 – Stephen Bocskay, Romanian prince (d. 1606)
1600 – Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (d. 1649)
1614 – John Wilkins, English bishop (d. 1672)
1618 – Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682)
1628 – Christoph Bernhard, German composer (d. 1692)
1638 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
1655 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (d. 1728)
1684 – Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch scholar (d. 1748)
1704 – Soame Jenyns, English author (d. 1787)
1709 – Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, German-Dutch organ builder (d. 1770)
1711 – Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
1714 – Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
1714 – Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian soprano and author (d. 1800)
1735 – Paul Revere, American military officer (d. 1818)
1745 – Anthony Wayne, American general and politician (d. 1796)
1750 – Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician (d. 1801)
1752 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress, designed the Flag of the United States (d. 1836)
1768 – Maria Edgeworth, British-Irish author (d. 1849)
1774 – André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)
1779 – William Clowes, British printer (d. 1847)
1803 – Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician (d. 1869)
1806 – Lionel Kieseritzky, Baltic German/French chess player (d. 1853)
1814 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel leader (d. 1864)
1819 – Arthur Hugh Clough, British poet (d. 1861)
1823 – Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and activist (d. 1849)
1833 – Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (d. 1902)
1834 – Ludovic Halévy, French playwright (d. 1908)
1839 – Ouida, British author (d. 1908)
1848 – John W. Goff, Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
1852 – Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)
1854 – James George Frazer, British anthropologist (d. 1941)
1859 – Thibaw Min, Burmese king (d. 1916)
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 – Dirk van Erp, Dutch-American coppersmith and metalsmith (d. 1933)
1860 – Jan Vilímek, Czech illustrator and painter (d. 1938)
1863 – Baron de Coubertin (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 (d. 1946)
1867 – Lew Fields, American actor, producer, and manager (d. 1941)
1868 – Snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937)
1871 – Montagu Toller, English cricketer (d. 1948)
1873 – Mariano Azuela, Mexican author (d. 1952)
1874 – Frank Knox, American publisher and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)
1874 – Gustave Whitehead, German-American engineer (d. 1927)
1876 – Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
1877 – Alexander von Staël-Holstein, German orientalist (d. 1937)
1878 – Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer (d. 1929)
1879 – E. M. Forster, British author (d. 1970)
1879 – William Fox, Hungarian-American film producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres (d. 1952)
1880 – Vajiravudh, Thai king (d. 1925)
1883 – William J. Donovan, American intelligence chief (d. 1959)
1885 – Béla Balogh, Hungarian director (d. 1945)
1887 – Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral and intelligence chief (d. 1945)
1888 – John Garand, Canadian-American engineer and designer, 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 (d. 1966)
1891 – Sampurnanand, Indian politician (d. 1969)
1892 – Mahadev Desai, Indian activist (d. 1942)
1892 – Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (d. 1958)
1892 – Manuel Roxas, Filipino politician, 5th President of the Philippines (d. 1948)
1893 – Mordehai Frizis, Greek army officer (d. 1940)
1894 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)
1894 – Shitsu Nakano, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2007)
1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 1972)
1900 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
1900 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
1902 – Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d. 1977)
1904 – Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (d. 1970)
1904 – Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician, 5th President of Pakistan (d. 1982)
1905 – Stanisław Mazur, Polish mathematician (d. 1981)
1906 – Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
1906 – Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Turkish entrepreneur (d. 1966)
1907 – Kinue Hitomi, Japanese athlete (d. 1931)
1908 – Bill Tapia, American singer and guitarist (d. 2011)
1909 – Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
1909 – Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricketer (d. 1949)
1909 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian politician (d. 1959)
1911 – Basil Dearden, British director (d. 1971)
1911 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1911 – Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist (d. 2012)
1911 – Audrey Wurdemann, American poet (d. 1960)
1912 – Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Soviet Russian mathematician (d. 1995)
1912 – Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)
1912 – Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (d. 1991)
1917 – Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)
1917 – Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
1918 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
1918 – Edgar Price, American pilot and politician (d. 2012)
1919 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990)
1919 – Carole Landis, American actress (d. 1948)
1919 – J. D. Salinger, American author (d. 2010)
1919 – Yoshio Tabata, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1920 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (d. 2007)
1920 – Willie Fennell, Australian comedian and actor (d. 1992)
1920 – Virgilio Savona, Italian singer-songwriter (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 2009)
1920 – Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist (d. 2013)
1921 – Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher (d. 1986)
1921 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor (d. 1998)
1921 – Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (d. 2013)
1921 – Alain Mimoun, French runner (d. 2013)
1921 – John Strawson, British general (d. 2014)
1922 – Ernest Hollings, American 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 (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 (d. 1981)
1925 – Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat (d. 2005)
1925 – Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (d. 2007)
1926 – Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player (d. 2008)
1926 – Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
1927 – Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 2007)
1927 – Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2001)
1927 – Yvonne Sanson, Greek actress (d. 2003)
1927 – Vernon L. Smith, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 – Doak Walker, American football player (d. 1998)
1928 – Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1928 – Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian
1929 – Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer, co-founded Orange Sky Golden Harvest
1929 – Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2012)
1929 – Joseph Lombardo, American mob boss
1929 – Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor
1930 – Jean-Pierre Duprey, French poet and sculptor (d. 1959)
1930 – Ty Hardin, American actor
1930 – Gaafar Nimeiry, Sudanese politician, 4th President of the Sudan (d. 2009)
1930 – Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer
1931 – Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (d. 2013)
1932 – Leman Çıdamlı, Turkish actress (d. 2012)
1932 – Jackie Parker, American football player (d. 2006)
1932 – Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor (d. 1989)
1933 – James Hormel, American philanthropist and diplomat
1933 – Joseph Koo, Chinese composer
1933 – Frederick Lowy, Canadian psychiatrist and academic
1933 – Joe Orton, British author and playwright (d. 1967)
1933 – Norman Yemm, Australian actor
1934 – Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian diplomat
1935 – Brian G. Hutton, American actor and director (d. 2014)
1935 – B. Kliban, American cartoonist (d. 1990)
1936 – Yōko Mitsui, Japanese poet (d. 2014)
1936 – Don Nehlen, American football player and coach
1936 – James Sinegal, American businessman, co-founded Costco
1937 – John Fuller, British poet
1937 – Petros Markaris, Greek author
1937 – Matt Robinson, American actor (d. 2002)
1937 – Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg, Polish author (d. 1995)
1938 – Clay Cole, American television host and producer (d. 2010)
1938 – Robert Jankel, British businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (d. 2005)
1938 – Frank Langella, American actor
1939 – Michèle Mercier, French actress
1939 – Steve Kahan, American actor
1941 – Asrani, Indian actor and producer
1941 – Martin Evans, British scientist
1941 – Younoussi Touré, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali
1942 – Dennis Archer, American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit
1942 – Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn, British dentist
1942 – Al Hunt, American journalist
1942 – Country Joe McDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish)
1942 – Alassane Ouattara, Ivorian politician, President of the Ivory Coast
1942 – Gennadi Sarafanov, Soviet astronaut (d. 2005)
1942 – Judy Stone, Australian singer
1943 – Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1943 – Stanley Kamel, American actor (d. 2008)
1943 – Tony Knowles, American politician, 7th Governor of Alaska
1943 – Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian scientist
1943 – Don Novello, American actor
1943 – Ronald Perelman, American businessman, founded MacAndrews & Forbes
1943 – Vladimir Šeks, Croatian politician
1944 – Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese politician, 7th President of Sudan
1944 – Jimmy Hart, American wrestling manager and singer (The Gentrys)
1944 – Jeremy Hindley, British horse trainer (d. 2013)
1944 – Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan
1944 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist (d. 2013)
1944 – Mati Unt, Estonian director (d. 2005)
1945 – Peter Duncan, Australian politician
1945 – Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver
1945 – Martin Schanche, Norwegian race car driver
1946 – Grady Allen, American football player (d. 2012)
1946 – Carl B. Hamilton, Swedish economist and politician
1946 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (d. 2001)
1946 – Roberto Rivelino, Brazilian footballer
1946 – Shelby Steele, American author and director
1946 – Alain Voss, Brazilian-French illustrator (d. 2011)
1947 – Jon Corzine, American politician, 54th Governor of New Jersey
1947 – Leonard Thompson, American golfer
1948 – Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish politician, 57th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
1948 – Pavel Grachev, Russian general (d. 2012)
1948 – Ian Lister, Scottish footballer (d. 2013)
1948 – Joe Petagno, American illustrator
1948 – Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician
1948 – Ampon Tangnoppakul, Thai criminal (d. 2012)
1948 – Ismael Zambada García, Mexican drug lord
1949 – Max Azria, Tunisian-French fashion designer
1949 – Olivia Goldsmith, American author (d. 2004)
1949 – Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician
1949 – Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer
1950 – Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby league player and coach
1950 – Morgan Fisher, British keyboard player and songwriter (Mott the Hoople and Morgan)
1950 – Deepa Mehta, Indian-Canadian director and screenwriter
1950 – James Richardson, American poet
1951 – Prospero Gallinari, Italian terrorist (d. 2013)
1951 – Ashfaq Hussain, Pakistani-Canadian poet and journalist
1951 – Nana Patekar, Indian actor
1951 – Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver
1952 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatari ruler, 7th Emir of Qatar
1952 – Stephanie Faracy, American actress
1952 – Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer
1952 – Rosario Marchese, Italian-Canadian politician
1952 – İbrahim Tatlıses, Turkish folk singer and former actor
1953 – Alpha Blondy, Ivorian-American singer-songwriter
1953 – Greg Carmichael, British guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
1953 – Gary Johnson, American politician
1953 – Lynn Jones, American baseball player
1954 – Richard Edson, American drummer and actor (Sonic Youth and Konk)
1954 – Bob Menendez, American politician
1954 – Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet (d. 2012)
1954 – Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek politician
1955 – Mary Beard, British classicist
1955 – LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
1955 – Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (d. 2000)
1955 – Georgina von Etzdorf, Peruvian-British textile designer
1956 – Sergei Avdeyev, Russian astronaut
1956 – Mark R. Hughes, American businessman, founded Herbalife (d. 2000)
1956 – Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician
1956 – Sheila McCarthy, Canadian actress and singer
1956 – Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (d. 2011)
1956 – Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese pianist and composer
1956 – Kōji Yakusho, Japanese actor
1957 – Urmas Arumäe, Estonian lawyer
1957 – Mark Hurd, American businessman
1957 – Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish actress
1957 – Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
1958 – Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian rapper and DJ (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
1958 – Dave Silk, American ice hockey player
1959 – Andy Andrews, American tennis player
1959 – Azali Assoumani, Comorian politician, President of the Comoros
1959 – Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
1959 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan pilot and astronaut
1959 – Michel Onfray, French philosopher
1959 – Lysa Thatcher, American porn actress
1960 – Rayo de Jalisco, Jr., Mexican wrestler
1960 – Michael Seibert, American ice dancer
1960 – Toomas Vitsut, Estonian businessman and politician
1960 – Danny Wilson, English footballer and manager
1961 – Sergei Babayan, Armenian-American pianist
1961 – Sam Backo, Australian rugby player
1961 – Sam Palahnuk, American video game designer
1961 – Fiona Phillips, British journalist
1962 – Anton Muscatelli, Italian conomist
1963 – Camila Batmanghelidjh, British businesswoman
1963 – Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer
1963 – Mukesh Gadhvi, Indian politician (d. 2013)
1963 – Jean-Marc Gounon, French race car driver
1963 – Linda Henry, British actress
1963 – Lina Kačiušytė, Lithuanian swimmer
1963 – Dražen Ladić, Croatian footballer
1964 – Juliana Donald, American actress
1964 – Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress
1965 – John Sullivan, American politician
1965 – Andrew Valmon, American runner
1966 – Anna Burke, Australian politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
1966 – Ivica Dačić, Serbian politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia
1967 – Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Spanish director
1967 – Tim Dog, American rapper (Ultramagnetic MCs)
1967 – Vasilis Lipiridis, Greek basketball player
1967 – Sharon Small, British actress
1967 – Gorsha Sur, Russian ice dancer
1967 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000)
1967 – Spencer Tunick, American photographer
1968 – Felix Chong, Hong Kong screenwriter
1968 – Miki Higashino, Japanese composer
1968 – Sophie Okonedo, British actress
1968 – Joey Stefano, American porn actor (d. 1994)
1968 – Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
1969 – Morris Chestnut, American actor
1969 – Nicolle Dickson, Australian actress
1969 – Melissa DiMarco, Canadian actress and producer
1969 – Paul Lawrie, British golfer
1969 – Christi Paul, American journalist
1969 – Verne Troyer, American actor and stuntman
1970 – Sergei Kiriakov, Russian footballer
1970 – Kimberly Page, American wrestling manager and actress
1971 – Sammie Henson, American wrestler
1971 – Bobby Holík, Czech ice hockey player
1971 – Rodney Leinhardt, American wrestler
1971 – Phoebus, Greek songwriter
1971 – Juan Carlos Plata, Guatemalan footballer
1971 – Chris Potter, American saxophonist and composer
1971 – Jyotiraditya Scindia, Indian politician
1972 – Garrett K. Gomez, American jockey
1972 – Yermakhan Ibraimov, Kazakh boxer
1972 – Barron Miles, American-Canadian football player
1972 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer
1973 – Shelda Bede, Brazilian volleyball player
1973 – Li Fang, Chinese tennis player
1973 – Danny Lloyd, American actor
1973 – Magnus Sahlgren, Swedish guitarist (Lake of Tears, Dismember, and Tiamat)
1973 – Bryan Thao Worra, Laotian-American author, poet, and playwright
1974 – Christian Paradis, Canadian politician
1974 – Hamilton Ricard, Colombian footballer
1974 – Giorgos Theodotou, Cypriot footballer
1975 – Mohamed Albuflasa, Bahraini poet
1975 – Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player
1975 – Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
1975 – Joe Cannon, American soccer player
1975 – Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Eiichiro Oda, Japanese illustrator
1975 – Bengt Sæternes, Norwegian footballer
1975 – Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player
1977 – Leoš Friedl, Czech tennis player
1977 – María de la Paz Hernández, Argentinian field hockey player
1977 – Bobby Roode, Canadian wrestler
1977 – Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian footballer
1977 – Andrei Stoliarov, Russian tennis player
1977 – Jerry Yan, Taiwanese actor and singer (F4)
1978 – Vidya Balan, Indian model and actress
1978 – Nina Bott, German actress
1978 – Yohann Diniz, French race walker
1978 – Philip Mulryne, Irish footballer
1979 – Brody Dalle, Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Distillers Spinnerette)
1979 – Koichi Domoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KinKi Kids)
1979 – Fadi El Khatib, Lebanese basketball player
1979 – Kathryn Thomas, Irish television presenter
1980 – Lazaros Agadakos, Greek basketball player
1980 – Richie Faulkner, British guitarist (Judas Priest)
1980 – Karina Jacobsgaard, Danish tennis player
1980 – Elin Nordegren, Swedish-American model
1980 – Daniil Sapljoshin, Estonian kickboxer
1981 – Jonas Armstrong, Irish-British actor
1981 – Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian race car driver
1981 – Abdülkadir Koçak, Turkish boxer
1981 – Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
1981 – Eden Riegel, American actress
1981 – Jacqui Maxwell, Australian actress
1982 – Egidio Arévalo Ríos, Uruguayan footballer
1982 – David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
1982 – Luke Rodgers, English footballer
1983 – Calum Davenport, English footballer
1983 – Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model
1983 – Thomas Morrison, British actor
1983 – Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer
1983 – Melaine Walker, Jamaican hurdler
1984 – Cheung Kin Fung, Hong Kong footballer
1984 – Christian Eigler, German footballer
1984 – Mohammed Ghaddar, Lebanese footballer
1984 – Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
1984 – Alok Kapali, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 – Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
1984 – Rubens Sambueza, Argentinian footballer
1984 – Michael Witt, Australian rugby player
1985 – Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Steven Davis, Irish footballer
1985 – Eyjólfur Héðinsson, Icelandic footballer and model
1985 – Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
1986 – Glen Davis, American basketball player
1986 – Lee Sungmin, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Super Junior)
1986 – Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
1987 – Gilbert Brulé, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Gia Coppola, American film director
1987 – Estefanía Craciún, Uruguayan tennis player
1987 – Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
1987 – Devin Setoguchi, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Nelufar Hedayat, Afghan-British journalist
1988 – Ghazala Javed, Pakistani singer (d. 2012)
1988 – Grzegorz Panfil, Polish tennis player
1990 – Safaa Rashed, Iraqi weightlifter
1992 – Daniel Kofi Agyei, Ghanaian footballer
1992 – René Binder, Austrian race car driver
1992 – Ali Ferydoon, Irani footballer
1992 – He Kexin, Chinese gymnast
1992 – Jack Wilshere, English footballer
1993 – Jon Flanagan, English footballer
1993 – Michael Olaitan, Nigerian footballer

Deaths[edit]

379 – Basil of Caesarea, Greek bishop (b. 329)
510 – Eugendus, French abbot (b. 449)
680 – Javanshir, king of Caucasian Albania (b. 616)
898 – Odo of France (b. 860)
962 – Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (b. 940)
1204 – Haakon III of Norway (b. 1170)
1387 – Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332)
1515 – Louis XII of France (b. 1462)
1559 – Christian III of Denmark (b. 1503)
1560 – Joachim du Bellay, French poet (b. 1522)
1617 – Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter (b. 1558)
1697 – Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1624)
1748 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1667)
1759 – Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie, French diplomat (b. 1705)
1766 – James Francis Edward Stuart, English son of James II of England (b. 1688)
1782 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
1789 – Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, British politician (b. 1716)
1793 – Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter (b. 1712)
1796 – Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735)
1800 – Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (b. 1716)
1817 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (b. 1743)
1846 – John Torrington, British soldier and explorer (b. 1825)
1853 – Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
1862 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)
1881 – Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
1892 – Roswell B. Mason, American politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
1894 – Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)
1896 – Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
1906 – Hugh Nelson, British-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
1918 – William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet (b. 1858)
1919 – Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (b. 1881)
1921 – Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
1922 – István Kühár, Slovene priest and politician (b. 1887)
1931 – Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
1940 – Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author (b. 1865)
1941 – József Konkolics, Hungarian-Slovene author (d. 1861)
1942 – Otto Liiv, Estonian historian and archivist (b. 1905)
1944 – Edwin Lutyens, British 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 (Drifting Cowboys) (b. 1923)
1954 – Leonard Bacon, American poet (b. 1887)
1954 – Duff Cooper, British politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)
1955 – Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
1955 – Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist (b. 1894)
1957 – Seán South, Irish militant (b. 1928)
1958 – Edward Weston, American photographer (b. 1886)
1960 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1909)
1964 – Bechara El Khoury, Lebanese politician, 6th President of Lebanon (b. 1890)
1965 – Emma Asson, Estonian politician (b. 1889)
1966 – Vincent Auriol, French politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)
1968 – Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, American publisher, founded DC Comics (b. 1890)
1969 – Bruno Söderström, Swedish pole vaulter (b. 1888)
1971 – Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)
1972 – Maurice Chevalier, French actor (b. 1888)
1973 – Sergei Kourdakov, Soviet navy officer and KGB agent (b. 1951)
1978 – Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (b. 1908)
1980 – Pietro Nenni, Italian politician (b. 1891)
1981 – Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (b. 1920)
1982 – Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)
1984 – Alexis Korner, French-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blues Incorporated and Collective Consciousness Society) (b. 1928)
1985 – Sigerson Clifford, Irish poet, playwright, and civil servant (b. 1913)
1985 – Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (b. 1905)
1986 – Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
1987 – Lloyd Haynes, American actor (b. 1934)
1987 – Jack Latham, American actor, and news anchor (b. 1914)
1989 – Aleka Stratigou, Greek actress (b. 1926)
1992 – Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and navy officer, 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 (b. 1914)
1995 – Fred West, British serial killer (b. 1941)
1995 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1996 – Arleigh Burke, American admiral (b. 1901)
1996 – Arthur Rudolph, German engineer (b. 1906)
1997 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
1997 – Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
1998 – Helen Wills, American tennis player (b. 1905)
2000 – Colin Vaughan, Australian journalist (b. 1931)
2001 – Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)
2002 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (b. 1944)
2003 – Joe Foss, American pilot, politician, and broadcaster, 20th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1915)
2003 – Dumitru Tinu, Romanian journalist (b. 1940)
2003 – Royce D. Applegate, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1939)
2005 – Shirley Chisholm, American educator, politician, and author (b. 1924)
2005 – Eugene J. Martin, American painter (b. 1938)
2006 – Dawn Lake, Australian comedian, actress, and singer (b. 1927)
2006 – Harry Magdoff, American journalist (b. 1913)
2006 – Hugh McLaughlin, Irish publisher and inventor, invented the Water hog (b. 1918)
2007 – Leon Davidson, American engineer and scientist (b. 1922)
2007 – Roland Levinsky, South African scientist (b. 1943)
2007 – Darrent Williams, American football player (b. 1982)
2008 – Salvatore Bonanno, American son of Joseph Bonanno (b. 1932)
2008 – Peter Caffrey, Irish actor (b. 1949)
2008 – Pratap Chandra Chunder, Indian politician (b. 1919)
2008 – Harold Corsini, American photographer (b. 1919)
2009 – Aarne Arvonen, Finnish super-centenarian (b. 1897)
2009 – Claiborne Pell, American politician (b. 1918)
2009 – Nizar Rayan, Palestinian Hamas leader (b. 1962)
2009 – Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan Kenyan terrorist (b. 1960)
2009 – Ron Asheton American guitarist and songwriter (The Stooges, The New Order, Destroy All Monsters and New Race) (b. 1948)
2010 – Lhasa de Sela, American-Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1972)
2011 – Marin Constantin, Romanian composer and conductor (b. 1925)
2011 – Reynaldo Dagsa, Filipino politician
2011 – Flemming Jørgensen, Danish singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (Bamses Venner) (b. 1947)
2012 – Gary Ablett, English footballer and manager (b. 1965)
2012 – Bob Anderson, British fencer, stuntman, and choreographer (b. 1922)
2012 – Kiro Gligorov, Bulgarian-Macedonian politician, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1917)
2012 – Alessandro Liberati, Italian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1954)
2012 – Nay Win Maung, Burmese physician, businessman, and activist (b. 1962)
2012 – Fred Milano, American singer (The Belmonts and Dion and the Belmonts) (b. 1939)
2012 – Tommy Mont, American football player and coach (b. 1922)
2012 – Carlos Soria, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
2012 – Yafa Yarkoni, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1925)
2013 – Yuri Alexandrov, Soviet and Russian boxer (b. 1963)
2013 – Lory Blanchard, New Zealand rugby player and coach (b. 1924)
2013 – Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer (b. 1951)
2013 – Ross Davis, American baseball player (b. 1918)
2013 – Lloyd Hartman Elliott, American academic (b. 1918)
2013 – Allan Hancox, British-Kenyan judge, Chief Justice of Kenya (b. 1932)
2013 – Roz Howard, American race car driver (b. 1922)
2013 – Christopher Martin-Jenkins, British journalist (b. 1945)
2013 – Patti Page, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
2013 – Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (b. 1928)
2014 – Peter Austin, British brewer, founded Ringwood Brewery (b. 1921)
2014 – Pete DeCoursey, American journalist (b. 1961)
2014 – Michael Glennon, Australian priest (b. 1944)
2014 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (b. 1910)
2014 – Billy McColl, British actor (b. 1951)
2014 – William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b. 1950)
2014 – Juanita Moore, American actress (b. 1914)
2014 – Josep Seguer, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2014 – Tabby Thomas, American singer, pianist, and guitarist (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances[edit]

Christian feast day:
- Basil the Great (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Feast of the Circumcision of Christ
- Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Lutheran Church)
- Fulgentius of Ruspe
- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, the Octave Day of Christmas, considered a holy day of obligation in some countries (Catholic Church)
- Telemachus
- World Day of Peace (Catholic Church)
- January 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Italy)
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia related observances:
- Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia)
- Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State (Czech Republic)
Earliest day on which Handsel Monday can fall, while January 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of the year (Scotland)
Founding Day (Taiwan)
Global Family Day (International)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Brunei from United Kingdom in 1984
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Haiti from France in 1804
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Sudan from United Kingdom in 1956
National Tree Planting Day (Tanzania)
New Year's Day (many countries around the world using the Gregorian calendar)
Public Domain Day
The eighth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
The last day of Kwanzaa (United States)
The presidents of Brazil and Switzerland take possession.
Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba)

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