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Events
- 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.
- 1276 - Pope Innocent V becomes Pope.
- 1287 - The treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon.
- 1525 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
- 1643 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga.
- 1720 - Sweden and Kingdom of Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm (1720).
- 1789 - The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1793 - After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is guillotined.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
- 1864 - The Tauranga Campaign starts during the Maori Wars.
- 1887 - The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed.
- 1887 - Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city.
- 1899 - Opel manufactured its first automobile .
- 1907 - The Kenora Thistles win the Stanley Cup, representing the smallest town (Kenora, Ontario) ever to win ice hockey's ultimate prize, or any major North American sports title.
- 1908 - New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
- 1911 - The first Monte Carlo Rally.
- 1915 - Kiwanis International founded in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1919 - Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin, Sinn Féin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
- 1921 - The Italian Communist Party is founded at Livorno.
- 1924 - Vladimir Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin begins to purge his rivals to clear way for his leadership.
- 1925 - Albania declares itself a republic.
- 1927 - First live radio commentary of a football (soccer) match anywhere in the world- Arsenal F.C. vs. Sunderland A.F.C. at Arsenal Stadium. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
- 1941 - World War II: Australian and United Kingdom forces attack Battle of Tobruk, Libya.
- 1950 - Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
- 1954 - The first Nuclear marine propulsion submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), is Ship naming and launching in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, then the First Lady of the United States.
- 1958 - The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashed, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
- 1968 - Simon & Garfunkel release the Original Soundtrack to The Graduate, which tops the pop charts and brings Paul Simon a Grammy for Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh - One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
- 1969 - An experimental underground nuclear reactor at Lucens Vad, Switzerland, released radiation into a cavern, which was then sealed.
- 1972 - Tripura becomes a full- fledged state in India.
- 1976 - Commercial service of Concorde begins with Concorde#Scheduled_flights routes.
- 1977 - President of the United States Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all United States Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
- 1985 - Because January 20 had fallen on a Sunday, Ronald Reagan's public inaugural ceremony (for his second term as President of the United States) was moved to Monday, January 21. Due to bad weather, the ceremony was held indoors in the United States Capitol.
- 1997 - Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
- 1999 - War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) of cocaine on board.
- 2001 - The first comic of El Goonish Shive is posted.
- 2002 - Canadian Dollar sets all-time low against the US Dollar (US$0.6179).
- 2004 - Canada: The residence of reporter Juliet O'Neill is searched by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigating leaks concerning the deportation of Maher Arar.
- 2004 - NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies with Flash Memory management and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
- 2005 - In Belize's Belmopan, the Unrest in Belize in 2005 erupts into riots.
Births
- 1338 - King Charles V of France (d. 1380)
- 1721 - James Murray (military officer), British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)
- 1804 - Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)
- 1815 - John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900)
- 1824 - Stonewall Jackson, American Confederate Army general (d. 1863)
- 1825 - Imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)
- 1827 - Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (d. 1900)
- 1829 - King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (d. 1907)
- 1848 - Henri Duparc, French composer (d. 1933)
- 1855 - John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)
- 1860 - Karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915)
- 1867 - Ludwig Thoma, German writer (d. 1921)
- 1867 - Maxime Weygand, French general (d. 1965)
- 1882 - Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician (d. 1937)
- 1883 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (d. 1929)
- 1884 - Roger Nash Baldwin, American social activist (d. 1981)
- 1885 - Umberto Nobile, Italian politician (d. 1978)
- 1887 - Georges Vezina, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1926)
- 1895 - Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (d. 1972)
- 1897 - René Iché, French sculptor (d. 1954)
- 1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian born American composer (d. 1977)
- 1901 - Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer (d. 1978)
- 1905 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer (d. 1957)
- 1905 - Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (d. 1978)
- 1906 - Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer
- 1909 - Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer
- 1910 - Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
- 1912 - Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2000)
- 1918 - Richard D. Winters, American war hero
- 1921 - Howard Unruh, American mass murderer
- 1922 - Telly Savalas, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1922 - Paul Scofield, English actor
- 1923 - Lola Flores, Spanish singer (d. 1995)
- 1924 - Benny Hill, British actor, comedian, and singer (d. 1992)
- 1926 - Steve Reeves, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1927 - Clive Churchill, Australian rugby player (d. 1985)
- 1932 - John Chaney (basketball coach), American basketball coach
- 1934 - Audrey Dalton, Irish actress
- 1936 - Koji Hashimoto (director), Japanese film director (d. 2005)
- 1937 - Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria
- 1938 - Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer
- 1938 - John Savident, British actor
- 1938 - Wolfman Jack, disk jockey and actor (d. 1995)
- 1940 - Jack Nicklaus, American golfer
- 1941 - Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor
- 1941 - Richie Havens, American musician
- 1941 - Ivan Putski, Polish professional wrestler
- 1942 - Mac Davis, American musician
- 1942 - Edwin Starr, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1946 - Johnny Oates, baseball player and manager (d. 2004)
- 1947 - Jill Eikenberry, American actress
- 1947 - Pye Hastings, English singer and musician (Caravan (band))
- 1950 - Billy Ocean, West Indian musician
- 1952 - Marco Camenisch, Swiss environmental activist
- 1952 - Louis Menand, American writer and critic
- 1953 - Paul Allen, American entrepreneur
- 1955 - Jeff Koons, American artist
- 1956 - Robby Benson, American actor
- 1956 - Geena Davis, American actress
- 1957 - Greg Ryan (soccer), American soccer coach
- 1958 - Michael Wincott, Canadian actor
- 1962 - Tyler Cowen, American economist
- 1962 - Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
- 1963 - Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-born basketball player
- 1963 - Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player
- 1965 - Jam Master Jay, American disc jockey (d. 2002)
- 1966 - Robert Del Naja, English musician
- 1968 - Charlotte Ross, American actress
- 1968 - Ulrica Messing, Swedish politician
- 1969 - Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese manga artist
- 1970 - Ken Leung, American actor
- 1970 - Mark Trojanowski, American musician (Sister Hazel)
- 1971 - Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player
- 1971 - Doug Weight, American ice hockey player
- 1971 - Brian Giles, American baseball player
- 1972 - Cat Power (Chan Marshall), American musician
- 1972 - Alan Benes, American baseball player
- 1972 - Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer
- 1974 - Alex Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
- 1974 - Rove McManus, Australian show host and comedian
- 1975 - Nicky Butt, English footballer
- 1975 - Antonio Álvarez Pérez, Spanish footballer
- 1975 - Casey FitzRandolph, American speed skater
- 1975 - Yuji Ide, Japanese racing driver
- 1976 - Emma Bunton, English singer (Spice Girls)
- 1977 - Al Baxter, Australian rugby player
- 1977 - Phil Neville, English footballer
- 1977 - Rick Ross (rapper), American rapper
- 1978 - Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1979 - Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player
- 1979 - Byung-Hyun Kim, Korean baseball player
- 1979 - Spider Loc, American rapper and a member of G-Unit
- 1980 - Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1980 - Dave Kitson, English footballer
- 1981 - Andy Lee (musician), Korean rapper (Shinhwa)
- 1981 - Ivan Ergic, Serbian footballer
- 1981 - Gillian Chung, Hong Kong singer (Twins (group))
- 1981 - Jamie Dalrymple, English cricketer
- 1981 - Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 - Izabella Miko, Polish-born actress and model
- 1981 - Alex Ubago, Spanish-Basque singer-songwriter
- 1982 - Dean Whitehead, English footballer
- 1983 - Moritz Volz, German footballer
- 1983 - Maryse Ouellet, French-Canadian model and wrestler
- 1985 - Alex Pérez, Spanish footballer
- 1985 - Matt Unicomb, Australian basketball player
- 1990 - Jacob Smith (actor), American actor
- 2004 - Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
Deaths
- 304 - Saint Agnes (martyred)
- 917 - Erchanger, Duke of Swabia
- 1118 - Pope Paschal II
- 1519 - Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer
- 1527 - Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador
- 1546 - Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)
- 1609 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, French Protestant scholar (b. 1540)
- 1638 - Ignazio Donati, Italian composer
- 1683 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, British politician (b. 1621)
- 1699 - Obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616)
- 1706 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
- 1710 - Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (b. 1638)
- 1722 - Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661)
- 1731 - Thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669)
- 1766 - James Quin, English actor (b. 1693)
- 1773 - Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689)
- 1774 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1717)
- 1793 - King Louis XVI of France (executed) (b. 1754)
- 1795 - Samuel Wallis, English navigator (b. 1728)
- 1809 - Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (b. 1729)
- 1814 - Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737)
- 1823 - Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761)
- 1831 - Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet (b. 1781)
- 1851 - Albert Lortzing, German composer (b. 1801)
- 1870 - Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812)
- 1872 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (b. 1791)
- 1881 - Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)
- 1891 - Calixa Lavallée, Canadian composer (b. 1842)
- 1901 - Elisha Gray, American inventor (b. 1835)
- 1914 - Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857)
- 1919 - Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852)
- 1924 - Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (b. 1870)
- 1926 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1843)
- 1928 - George Washington Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858)
- 1931 - Felix Blumenfeld, Russian composer (b. 1863)
- 1932 - Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer (b. 1880)
- 1933 - George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852)
- 1948 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (b. 1876)
- 1950 - George Orwell, British writer (b. 1903)
- 1955 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (b. 1880)
- 1956 - Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)
- 1959 - Cecil B. DeMille, American director (b. 1881)
- 1959 - Carl Switzer, American actor (b. 1927)
- 1961 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (b. 1887)
- 1967 - Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)
- 1968 - Will Lang Jr., American magazine executive (b. 1914)
- 1977 - Sandro Penna, Italian poet (b. 1906)
- 1978 - Freda Utley, British scholar and author. (b. 1898)
- 1984 - Jackie Wilson, American musician (b. 1934)
- 1984 - Giannis Skarimpas, Greek writer, dramatist, and poet (b. 1893)
- 1985 - James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903)
- 1985 - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
- 1987 - Charles Goodell, American politician (b. 1926)
- 1989 - Billy Tipton, American musician (b. 1914)
- 1989 - Carl Furillo, American Baseball player (b. 1922)
- 1993 - Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player (b. 1903)
- 1996 - René Marc Jalbert, sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly of Quebec (b. 1921)
- 1997 - Colonel Tom Parker, American manager of Elvis Presley (b. 1909)
- 1998 - Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920)
- 1999 - Susan Strasberg, American actress (b. 1938)
- 1999 - Charles Brown (musician), American blues singer and pianist (b. 1920)
- 2001 - Byron De La Beckwith, American white supremacist (b. 1921)
- 2002 - Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)
- 2004 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (b. 1929)
- 2005 - Parveen Babi, Indian actress (b. 1955)
- 2005 - John L. Hess, American journalist (b. 1917)
- 2005 - Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (b. 1907)
- 2006 - Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo (b. 1944)
Holidays and observances
- Martin Luther King Day, 2008
- Mauritius - Thaipoosam Cavadee.
- UN Arms Day
Religious observances
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On this day in Canada
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Events
- 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.
- 1276 - Pope Innocent V becomes Pope.
- 1287 - The treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon.
- 1525 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
- 1643 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga.
- 1720 - Sweden and Kingdom of Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm (1720).
- 1789 - The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1793 - After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is guillotined.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
- 1864 - The Tauranga Campaign starts during the Maori Wars.
- 1887 - The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed.
- 1887 - Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city.
- 1899 - Opel manufactured its first automobile .
- 1907 - The Kenora Thistles win the Stanley Cup, representing the smallest town (Kenora, Ontario) ever to win ice hockey's ultimate prize, or any major North American sports title.
- 1908 - New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
- 1911 - The first Monte Carlo Rally.
- 1915 - Kiwanis International founded in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1919 - Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin, Sinn Féin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
- 1921 - The Italian Communist Party is founded at Livorno.
- 1924 - Vladimir Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin begins to purge his rivals to clear way for his leadership.
- 1925 - Albania declares itself a republic.
- 1927 - First live radio commentary of a football (soccer) match anywhere in the world- Arsenal F.C. vs. Sunderland A.F.C. at Arsenal Stadium. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
- 1941 - World War II: Australian and United Kingdom forces attack Battle of Tobruk, Libya.
- 1950 - Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
- 1954 - The first Nuclear marine propulsion submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), is Ship naming and launching in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, then the First Lady of the United States.
- 1958 - The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashed, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
- 1968 - Simon & Garfunkel release the Original Soundtrack to The Graduate, which tops the pop charts and brings Paul Simon a Grammy for Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh - One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
- 1969 - An experimental underground nuclear reactor at Lucens Vad, Switzerland, released radiation into a cavern, which was then sealed.
- 1972 - Tripura becomes a full- fledged state in India.
- 1976 - Commercial service of Concorde begins with Concorde#Scheduled_flights routes.
- 1977 - President of the United States Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all United States Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
- 1985 - Because January 20 had fallen on a Sunday, Ronald Reagan's public inaugural ceremony (for his second term as President of the United States) was moved to Monday, January 21. Due to bad weather, the ceremony was held indoors in the United States Capitol.
- 1997 - Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
- 1999 - War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) of cocaine on board.
- 2001 - The first comic of El Goonish Shive is posted.
- 2002 - Canadian Dollar sets all-time low against the US Dollar (US$0.6179).
- 2004 - Canada: The residence of reporter Juliet O'Neill is searched by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigating leaks concerning the deportation of Maher Arar.
- 2004 - NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies with Flash Memory management and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
- 2005 - In Belize's Belmopan, the Unrest in Belize in 2005 erupts into riots.
Births
- 1338 - King Charles V of France (d. 1380)
- 1721 - James Murray (military officer), British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)
- 1804 - Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)
- 1815 - John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900)
- 1824 - Stonewall Jackson, American Confederate Army general (d. 1863)
- 1825 - Imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)
- 1827 - Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (d. 1900)
- 1829 - King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (d. 1907)
- 1848 - Henri Duparc, French composer (d. 1933)
- 1855 - John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)
- 1860 - Karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915)
- 1867 - Ludwig Thoma, German writer (d. 1921)
- 1867 - Maxime Weygand, French general (d. 1965)
- 1882 - Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician (d. 1937)
- 1883 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (d. 1929)
- 1884 - Roger Nash Baldwin, American social activist (d. 1981)
- 1885 - Umberto Nobile, Italian politician (d. 1978)
- 1887 - Georges Vezina, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1926)
- 1895 - Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (d. 1972)
- 1897 - René Iché, French sculptor (d. 1954)
- 1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian born American composer (d. 1977)
- 1901 - Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer (d. 1978)
- 1905 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer (d. 1957)
- 1905 - Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (d. 1978)
- 1906 - Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer
- 1909 - Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer
- 1910 - Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
- 1912 - Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2000)
- 1918 - Richard D. Winters, American war hero
- 1921 - Howard Unruh, American mass murderer
- 1922 - Telly Savalas, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1922 - Paul Scofield, English actor
- 1923 - Lola Flores, Spanish singer (d. 1995)
- 1924 - Benny Hill, British actor, comedian, and singer (d. 1992)
- 1926 - Steve Reeves, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1927 - Clive Churchill, Australian rugby player (d. 1985)
- 1932 - John Chaney (basketball coach), American basketball coach
- 1934 - Audrey Dalton, Irish actress
- 1936 - Koji Hashimoto (director), Japanese film director (d. 2005)
- 1937 - Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria
- 1938 - Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer
- 1938 - John Savident, British actor
- 1938 - Wolfman Jack, disk jockey and actor (d. 1995)
- 1940 - Jack Nicklaus, American golfer
- 1941 - Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor
- 1941 - Richie Havens, American musician
- 1941 - Ivan Putski, Polish professional wrestler
- 1942 - Mac Davis, American musician
- 1942 - Edwin Starr, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1946 - Johnny Oates, baseball player and manager (d. 2004)
- 1947 - Jill Eikenberry, American actress
- 1947 - Pye Hastings, English singer and musician (Caravan (band))
- 1950 - Billy Ocean, West Indian musician
- 1952 - Marco Camenisch, Swiss environmental activist
- 1952 - Louis Menand, American writer and critic
- 1953 - Paul Allen, American entrepreneur
- 1955 - Jeff Koons, American artist
- 1956 - Robby Benson, American actor
- 1956 - Geena Davis, American actress
- 1957 - Greg Ryan (soccer), American soccer coach
- 1958 - Michael Wincott, Canadian actor
- 1962 - Tyler Cowen, American economist
- 1962 - Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
- 1963 - Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-born basketball player
- 1963 - Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player
- 1965 - Jam Master Jay, American disc jockey (d. 2002)
- 1966 - Robert Del Naja, English musician
- 1968 - Charlotte Ross, American actress
- 1968 - Ulrica Messing, Swedish politician
- 1969 - Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese manga artist
- 1970 - Ken Leung, American actor
- 1970 - Mark Trojanowski, American musician (Sister Hazel)
- 1971 - Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player
- 1971 - Doug Weight, American ice hockey player
- 1971 - Brian Giles, American baseball player
- 1972 - Cat Power (Chan Marshall), American musician
- 1972 - Alan Benes, American baseball player
- 1972 - Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer
- 1974 - Alex Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
- 1974 - Rove McManus, Australian show host and comedian
- 1975 - Nicky Butt, English footballer
- 1975 - Antonio Álvarez Pérez, Spanish footballer
- 1975 - Casey FitzRandolph, American speed skater
- 1975 - Yuji Ide, Japanese racing driver
- 1976 - Emma Bunton, English singer (Spice Girls)
- 1977 - Al Baxter, Australian rugby player
- 1977 - Phil Neville, English footballer
- 1977 - Rick Ross (rapper), American rapper
- 1978 - Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1979 - Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player
- 1979 - Byung-Hyun Kim, Korean baseball player
- 1979 - Spider Loc, American rapper and a member of G-Unit
- 1980 - Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1980 - Dave Kitson, English footballer
- 1981 - Andy Lee (musician), Korean rapper (Shinhwa)
- 1981 - Ivan Ergic, Serbian footballer
- 1981 - Gillian Chung, Hong Kong singer (Twins (group))
- 1981 - Jamie Dalrymple, English cricketer
- 1981 - Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 - Izabella Miko, Polish-born actress and model
- 1981 - Alex Ubago, Spanish-Basque singer-songwriter
- 1982 - Dean Whitehead, English footballer
- 1983 - Moritz Volz, German footballer
- 1983 - Maryse Ouellet, French-Canadian model and wrestler
- 1985 - Alex Pérez, Spanish footballer
- 1985 - Matt Unicomb, Australian basketball player
- 1990 - Jacob Smith (actor), American actor
- 2004 - Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
Deaths
- 304 - Saint Agnes (martyred)
- 917 - Erchanger, Duke of Swabia
- 1118 - Pope Paschal II
- 1519 - Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer
- 1527 - Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador
- 1546 - Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)
- 1609 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, French Protestant scholar (b. 1540)
- 1638 - Ignazio Donati, Italian composer
- 1683 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, British politician (b. 1621)
- 1699 - Obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616)
- 1706 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
- 1710 - Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (b. 1638)
- 1722 - Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661)
- 1731 - Thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669)
- 1766 - James Quin, English actor (b. 1693)
- 1773 - Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689)
- 1774 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1717)
- 1793 - King Louis XVI of France (executed) (b. 1754)
- 1795 - Samuel Wallis, English navigator (b. 1728)
- 1809 - Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (b. 1729)
- 1814 - Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737)
- 1823 - Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761)
- 1831 - Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet (b. 1781)
- 1851 - Albert Lortzing, German composer (b. 1801)
- 1870 - Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812)
- 1872 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (b. 1791)
- 1881 - Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)
- 1891 - Calixa Lavallée, Canadian composer (b. 1842)
- 1901 - Elisha Gray, American inventor (b. 1835)
- 1914 - Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857)
- 1919 - Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852)
- 1924 - Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (b. 1870)
- 1926 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1843)
- 1928 - George Washington Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858)
- 1931 - Felix Blumenfeld, Russian composer (b. 1863)
- 1932 - Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer (b. 1880)
- 1933 - George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852)
- 1948 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (b. 1876)
- 1950 - George Orwell, British writer (b. 1903)
- 1955 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (b. 1880)
- 1956 - Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)
- 1959 - Cecil B. DeMille, American director (b. 1881)
- 1959 - Carl Switzer, American actor (b. 1927)
- 1961 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (b. 1887)
- 1967 - Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)
- 1968 - Will Lang Jr., American magazine executive (b. 1914)
- 1977 - Sandro Penna, Italian poet (b. 1906)
- 1978 - Freda Utley, British scholar and author. (b. 1898)
- 1984 - Jackie Wilson, American musician (b. 1934)
- 1984 - Giannis Skarimpas, Greek writer, dramatist, and poet (b. 1893)
- 1985 - James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903)
- 1985 - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
- 1987 - Charles Goodell, American politician (b. 1926)
- 1989 - Billy Tipton, American musician (b. 1914)
- 1989 - Carl Furillo, American Baseball player (b. 1922)
- 1993 - Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player (b. 1903)
- 1996 - René Marc Jalbert, sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly of Quebec (b. 1921)
- 1997 - Colonel Tom Parker, American manager of Elvis Presley (b. 1909)
- 1998 - Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920)
- 1999 - Susan Strasberg, American actress (b. 1938)
- 1999 - Charles Brown (musician), American blues singer and pianist (b. 1920)
- 2001 - Byron De La Beckwith, American white supremacist (b. 1921)
- 2002 - Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)
- 2004 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (b. 1929)
- 2005 - Parveen Babi, Indian actress (b. 1955)
- 2005 - John L. Hess, American journalist (b. 1917)
- 2005 - Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (b. 1907)
- 2006 - Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo (b. 1944)
- 2007 - Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977)
Holidays and observances
- Martin Luther King Day, 2008
- Mauritius - Thaipoosam Cavadee.
- UN Arms Day
Religious observances
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On this day in Canada