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It is celebrated as
New Year's Day by those still following the
Julian calendar.
Events
- 1129 - Formal approval of the Knights Templar at the Council of Troyes.
- 1301 - Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpads in Hungary.
- 1501 - Martin Luther, 17, enters the University of Erfurt.
- 1514 - Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.
- 1539 - Spain annexes Cuba.
- 1639 - The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut", the first written constitution that created a government, was adopted in Connecticut.
- 1690 - The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany.
- 1724 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
- 1761 - The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in India between the Afghanistans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marhatas. The Afghan victory changed the course of Indian History.
- 1784 - American Revolutionary War: The United States ratifies a peace treaty with England.
- 1805 - Path Unseen written by American novelist Markwell Scott first began publishing.
- 1814 - Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.
- 1832 - American author Edgar Allan Poe publishes his first short story, "Metzengerstein."
- 1858 - Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
- 1907 - An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
- 1938 - Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
- 1943 - World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
- 1943 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel via fixed-wing aircraft while in office (Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill to discuss World War II).
- 1950 - The first prototype of the MiG-17 takes off for the first time.
- 1951 - The National Football League has its first Pro Bowl Game (Los Angeles, California).
- 1953 - President Josip Broz Tito is elected president of Yugoslavia.
- 1954 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
- 1967 - Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love. Between 20,000 to 30,000 people attend.
- 1969 - An explosion aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) near Hawaii kills 27 people.
- 1972 - Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Denmark monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
- 1973 - Super Bowl VII: The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins. The Dolphins become the first National Football League team to go undefeated in a season.
- 1975 - Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther".
- 1994 - President of the United States Bill Clinton and President of Russia Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords.
- 1998 - Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis).
- 1998 - An Afghanistan cargo plane crashes into a mountain in southwest Pakistan killing more than 50 people.
- 2000 - A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnia and Herzegovinan Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
- 2000 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a record high of 11,722.98.
- 2004 - The national flag of Georgia (country), the so-called "Flag of Georgia (country)", was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
- 2005 - Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn (planet)'s moon Titan (moon).
Births
- 83 BC - Marcus Antonius, Roman politician (d. 30 BC)
- 1451 - Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (d. 1522)
- 1477 - Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (d. 1552)
- 1507 - Catherine of Austria, Infanta of Spain and queen of Portugal
- 1551 - Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d. 1608)
- 1615 - John Biddle (Unitarian), English theologian (d. 1662)
- 1684 - Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
- 1684 - Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (d. 1742)
- 1702 - Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (d. 1737)
- 1705 - Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French governor (d. 1786)
- 1741 - Benedict Arnold, American general notorious for treason (d. 1801)
- 1780 - Henry Baldwin (judge), U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1844)
- 1792 - Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)
- 1793 - John C. Clark, American politician (d. 1852)
- 1798 - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (d. 1872)
- 1800 - Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Köchel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1877)
- 1806 - Matthew Fontaine Maury American oceanographer (d. 1873)
- 1818 - Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (d. 1898)
- 1836 - Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
- 1841 - Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
- 1850 - Pierre Loti, French writer (d. 1923)
- 1861 - Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1926)
- 1875 - Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1965)
- 1882 - Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
- 1886 - Hugh Lofting, English author (d. 1947)
- 1892 - Hal Roach, American film producer (d. 1992)
- 1896 - John Dos Passos, American author (d. 1970)
- 1896 - Martin Niemöller, German theologian (d. 1984)
- 1904 - Emily Hahn, American writer (d. 1997)
- 1904 - Babe Siebert, National Hockey League player (d. 1939)
- 1905 - Cecil Beaton, English photographer (d. 1980)
- 1906 - William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)
- 1907 - Georges-Émile Lapalme, Quebec politician (d. 1985)
- 1908 - Russ Columbo, American singer (d. 1934)
- 1909 - Joseph Losey, American theatre and film director (d. 1984)
- 1914 - Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Mark Goodson, American game show producer (d. 1992)
- 1917 - Billy Butterfield, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1988)
- 1919 - Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician
- 1919 - Andy Rooney, American journalist
- 1921 - Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Guy Williams, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1925 - Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (d. 1970)
- 1925 - Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (d. 2000)
- 1926 - Tom Tryon, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1926 - Warren Mitchell, English actor
- 1928 - Lars Forssell, Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy (d. 2007)
- 1931 - Caterina Valente, French-born singer
- 1932 - Don Garlits, American race car driver
- 1933 - Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (d. 2003)
- 1934 - Richard Briers, English actor
- 1934 - Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (d. 1977)
- 1935 - Lucille Wheeler, Canadian alpine skier
- 1937 - Ken Higgs, English cricketer
- 1938 - Jack Jones (singer), American singer
- 1938 - Allen Toussaint, American singer
- 1940 - Julian Bond, American civil rights activist
- 1941 - Faye Dunaway, American actress
- 1941 - Milan Kucan, Slovenian statesman
- 1942 - Dave Campbell, American baseball player
- 1943 - Shannon Lucid, American astronaut
- 1943 - Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor
- 1943 - José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", Venezuelan singer
- 1944 - Marjoe Gortner, American evangelist
- 1944 - Nina Totenberg, American journalist
- 1946 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer (d. 2004)
- 1947 - Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
- 1947 - Maria Farantouri, Greek singer
- 1948 - T-Bone Burnett, American producer
- 1948 - Carl Weathers, American actor
- 1948 - Valery Kharlamov, Soviet Union ice hockey player (d. 1981)
- 1949 - Lawrence Kasdan, American director
- 1949 - Mary Robison, American writer
- 1950 - Marco Antonio da Silva Ramos, Brazilian composer
- 1952 - Sydney Biddle Barrows, American author
- 1952 - Maureen Dowd, American writer
- 1952 - Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Prime Minister of Romania
- 1954 - Jim Duggan, American wrestler
- 1956 - Ben Heppner, Canadian singer
- 1956 - Étienne Daho, French singer and songwriter
- 1957 - Suzanne Danielle, English actress
- 1957 - Anchee Min, Chinese writer
- 1959 - Geoff Tate, American musician (Queensrÿche)
- 1962 - Michael McCaul, American politician
- 1963 - Steven Soderbergh, American director
- 1964 - Shepard Smith, American news anchor
- 1964 - Mark Addy, British actor
- 1964 - Ernest Miller, American wrestler
- 1965 - Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (d. 2006)
- 1965 - Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player
- 1965 - Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, British chef
- 1967 - Kerri Green, American actress
- 1967 - Emily Watson, English actress
- 1967 - Saskia Wickham, British actress
- 1967 - Zakk Wylde, American musician (Black Label Society)
- 1968 - LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
- 1969 - Jason Bateman, American actor
- 1969 - David Grohl, American drummer and composer
- 1970 - Gene Snitsky, American professional wrestler
- 1971 - Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
- 1972 - Predrag Gosta, Yugoslav-born conductor
- 1972 - Kyle Brady, American football player
- 1972 - Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist
- 1973 - Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
- 1977 - Darren Purse, English footballer
- 1977 - Narain Karthikeyan, Indian race car driver
- 1978 - Just Blaze, African American hip hop producer
- 1978 - Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
- 1979 - Karen Elson, British supermodel
- 1979 - Angela Lindvall, American supermodel
- 1980 - Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
- 1980 - Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
- 1980 - Byron Leftwich, American football player
- 1980 - Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
- 1981 - Rosa (singer), Spanish singer
- 1981 - Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian football
- 1982 - Víctor Valdés, Spanish goalkeeper
- 1982 - Caleb Followill, American musician (Kings of Leon)
- 1984 - Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
- 1986 - Gary Brolsma, American internet celebrity
- 1988 - Mikalah Gordon, American singer
Deaths
- 1163 - Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
- 1331 - Odoric of Pordenone, Italian explorer (b. 1286)
- 1640 - Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)
- 1676 - Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b. 1602)
- 1679 - Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)
- 1701 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (b. 1628)
- 1742 - Edmond Halley, English scientist (b. 1656)
- 1753 - George Berkeley, Irish theologian (b. 1685)
- 1786 - Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
- 1788 - François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)
- 1825 - George Dance the Younger, English architect (b. 1741)
- 1867 - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (b. 1780)
- 1889 - Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (b. 1834)
- 1898 - Lewis Carroll, English writer and mathematician (b. 1832)
- 1901 - Charles Hermite, French mathematician (b. 1822)
- 1905 - Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b. 1840)
- 1915 - Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824)
- 1920 - John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (b. 1864)
- 1937 - Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (b. 1889)
- 1942 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian writer (b. 1883)
- 1949 - Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (b. 1882)
- 1952 - Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (b. 1878)
- 1957 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
- 1961 - Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
- 1965 - Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
- 1966 - Bill Carr, American athlete (b. 1909)
- 1966 - Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1906)
- 1970 - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1972 - King Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
- 1977 - Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
- 1977 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (b. 1916)
- 1977 - Anais Nin, French author (b. 1903)
- 1978 - Harold Abrahams, British athlete (b. 1899)
- 1978 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1978 - Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1979 - Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)
- 1980 - Robert Ardrey, American author (b. 1908)
- 1984 - Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1902)
- 1986 - Daniel Balavoine, French singer (b. 1952)
- 1986 - Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
- 1988 - Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party (b. 1902)
- 1990 - Mani Madhava Chakyar, Legendary Koodiyattam artist and Sanskrit scholar (b. 1899)
- 1997 - Dollard Ménard, French Canadian general (b. 1913)
- 1999 - Bryn Terfel, British musician (b. 1961)
- 2001 - Burkhard Heim, German physicist (b. 1925)
- 2003 - Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (b. 1902)
- 2004 - Uta Hagen, American actress (b. 1919)
- 2004 - Ron O'Neal, American actor (b. 1937)
- 2004 - Valfar, Norwegian musician (Windir)
- 2005 - Charlotte MacLeod, American writer (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Conroy Maddox, English painter (b. 1912)
- 2005 - Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
- 2005 - Jesús-Rafael Soto, Venezuelan kinetic artist (b. 1923)
- 2006 - Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
- 2006 - Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2006 - Mark Philo, English footballer (b. 1984)
- 2006 - Henri Colpi, French film editor and director (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934)
- 2007 - Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (b. 1924)
Holidays and observances
Religious feast days
- Barba'shminAttwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.
- Felix of Nola
- Macrina the Elder
- Saint Mungo
- Saint Sava
- January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
References
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On this day in Canada
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It is celebrated as New Year's Day by those still following the
Julian calendar.
Events
- 1129 - Formal approval of the Knights Templar at the Council of Troyes.
- 1301 - Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpads in Hungary.
- 1501 - Martin Luther, 17, enters the University of Erfurt.
- 1514 - Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.
- 1539 - Spain annexes Cuba.
- 1639 - The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut", the first written constitution that created a government, was adopted in Connecticut.
- 1690 - The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany.
- 1724 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
- 1761 - The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in India between the Afghanistans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marhatas. The Afghan victory changed the course of Indian History.
- 1784 - American Revolutionary War: The United States ratifies a peace treaty with England.
- 1805 - Path Unseen written by American novelist Markwell Scott first began publishing.
- 1814 - Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.
- 1832 - American author Edgar Allan Poe publishes his first short story, "Metzengerstein."
- 1858 - Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
- 1907 - An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
- 1938 - Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
- 1943 - World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
- 1943 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel via fixed-wing aircraft while in office (Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill to discuss World War II).
- 1950 - The first prototype of the MiG-17 takes off for the first time.
- 1951 - The National Football League has its first Pro Bowl Game (Los Angeles, California).
- 1953 - President Josip Broz Tito is elected president of Yugoslavia.
- 1954 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
- 1967 - Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love. Between 20,000 to 30,000 people attend.
- 1969 - An explosion aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) near Hawaii kills 27 people.
- 1972 - Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Denmark monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
- 1973 - Super Bowl VII: The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins. The Dolphins become the first National Football League team to go undefeated in a season.
- 1975 - Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther".
- 1994 - President of the United States Bill Clinton and President of Russia Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords.
- 1998 - Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis).
- 1998 - An Afghanistan cargo plane crashes into a mountain in southwest Pakistan killing more than 50 people.
- 2000 - A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnia and Herzegovinan Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
- 2000 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a record high of 11,722.98.
- 2004 - The national flag of Georgia (country), the so-called "Flag of Georgia (country)", was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
- 2005 - Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn (planet)'s moon Titan (moon).
Births
- 83 BC - Marcus Antonius, Roman politician (d. 30 BC)
- 1451 - Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (d. 1522)
- 1477 - Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (d. 1552)
- 1507 - Catherine of Austria, Infanta of Spain and queen of Portugal
- 1551 - Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d. 1608)
- 1615 - John Biddle (Unitarian), English theologian (d. 1662)
- 1684 - Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
- 1684 - Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (d. 1742)
- 1702 - Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (d. 1737)
- 1705 - Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French governor (d. 1786)
- 1741 - Benedict Arnold, American general notorious for treason (d. 1801)
- 1780 - Henry Baldwin (judge), U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1844)
- 1792 - Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)
- 1793 - John C. Clark, American politician (d. 1852)
- 1798 - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (d. 1872)
- 1800 - Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Köchel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1877)
- 1806 - Matthew Fontaine Maury American oceanographer (d. 1873)
- 1818 - Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (d. 1898)
- 1836 - Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
- 1841 - Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
- 1850 - Pierre Loti, French writer (d. 1923)
- 1861 - Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1926)
- 1875 - Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1965)
- 1882 - Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
- 1886 - Hugh Lofting, English author (d. 1947)
- 1892 - Hal Roach, American film producer (d. 1992)
- 1896 - John Dos Passos, American author (d. 1970)
- 1896 - Martin Niemöller, German theologian (d. 1984)
- 1904 - Emily Hahn, American writer (d. 1997)
- 1904 - Babe Siebert, National Hockey League player (d. 1939)
- 1905 - Cecil Beaton, English photographer (d. 1980)
- 1906 - William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)
- 1907 - Georges-Émile Lapalme, Quebec politician (d. 1985)
- 1908 - Russ Columbo, American singer (d. 1934)
- 1909 - Joseph Losey, American theatre and film director (d. 1984)
- 1914 - Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Mark Goodson, American game show producer (d. 1992)
- 1917 - Billy Butterfield, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1988)
- 1919 - Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician
- 1919 - Andy Rooney, American journalist
- 1921 - Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Guy Williams, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1925 - Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (d. 1970)
- 1925 - Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (d. 2000)
- 1926 - Tom Tryon, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1926 - Warren Mitchell, English actor
- 1928 - Lars Forssell, Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy (d. 2007)
- 1931 - Caterina Valente, French-born singer
- 1932 - Don Garlits, American race car driver
- 1933 - Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (d. 2003)
- 1934 - Richard Briers, English actor
- 1934 - Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (d. 1977)
- 1935 - Lucille Wheeler, Canadian alpine skier
- 1937 - Ken Higgs, English cricketer
- 1938 - Jack Jones (singer), American singer
- 1938 - Allen Toussaint, American singer
- 1940 - Julian Bond, American civil rights activist
- 1941 - Faye Dunaway, American actress
- 1941 - Milan Kucan, Slovenian statesman
- 1942 - Dave Campbell, American baseball player
- 1943 - Shannon Lucid, American astronaut
- 1943 - Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor
- 1943 - José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", Venezuelan singer
- 1944 - Marjoe Gortner, American evangelist
- 1944 - Nina Totenberg, American journalist
- 1946 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer (d. 2004)
- 1947 - Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
- 1947 - Maria Farantouri, Greek singer
- 1948 - T-Bone Burnett, American producer
- 1948 - Carl Weathers, American actor
- 1948 - Valery Kharlamov, Soviet Union ice hockey player (d. 1981)
- 1949 - Lawrence Kasdan, American director
- 1949 - Mary Robison, American writer
- 1950 - Marco Antonio da Silva Ramos, Brazilian composer
- 1952 - Sydney Biddle Barrows, American author
- 1952 - Maureen Dowd, American writer
- 1952 - Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Prime Minister of Romania
- 1954 - Jim Duggan, American wrestler
- 1956 - Ben Heppner, Canadian singer
- 1956 - Étienne Daho, French singer and songwriter
- 1957 - Suzanne Danielle, English actress
- 1957 - Anchee Min, Chinese writer
- 1959 - Geoff Tate, American musician (Queensrÿche)
- 1962 - Michael McCaul, American politician
- 1963 - Steven Soderbergh, American director
- 1964 - Shepard Smith, American news anchor
- 1964 - Mark Addy, British actor
- 1964 - Ernest Miller, American wrestler
- 1965 - Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (d. 2006)
- 1965 - Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player
- 1965 - Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, British chef
- 1967 - Kerri Green, American actress
- 1967 - Emily Watson, English actress
- 1967 - Saskia Wickham, British actress
- 1967 - Zakk Wylde, American musician (Black Label Society)
- 1968 - LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
- 1969 - Jason Bateman, American actor
- 1969 - David Grohl, American drummer and composer
- 1970 - Gene Snitsky, American professional wrestler
- 1971 - Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
- 1972 - Predrag Gosta, Yugoslav-born conductor
- 1972 - Kyle Brady, American football player
- 1972 - Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist
- 1973 - Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
- 1977 - Darren Purse, English footballer
- 1977 - Narain Karthikeyan, Indian race car driver
- 1978 - Just Blaze, African American hip hop producer
- 1978 - Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
- 1979 - Karen Elson, British supermodel
- 1979 - Angela Lindvall, American supermodel
- 1980 - Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
- 1980 - Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
- 1980 - Byron Leftwich, American football player
- 1980 - Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
- 1981 - Rosa (singer), Spanish singer
- 1981 - Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian football
- 1982 - Víctor Valdés, Spanish goalkeeper
- 1982 - Caleb Followill, American musician (Kings of Leon)
- 1984 - Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
- 1986 - Gary Brolsma, American internet celebrity
- 1988 - Mikalah Gordon, American singer
Deaths
- 1163 - Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
- 1331 - Odoric of Pordenone, Italian explorer (b. 1286)
- 1640 - Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)
- 1676 - Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b. 1602)
- 1679 - Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)
- 1701 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (b. 1628)
- 1742 - Edmond Halley, English scientist (b. 1656)
- 1753 - George Berkeley, Irish theologian (b. 1685)
- 1786 - Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
- 1788 - François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)
- 1825 - George Dance the Younger, English architect (b. 1741)
- 1867 - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (b. 1780)
- 1889 - Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (b. 1834)
- 1898 - Lewis Carroll, English writer and mathematician (b. 1832)
- 1901 - Charles Hermite, French mathematician (b. 1822)
- 1905 - Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b. 1840)
- 1915 - Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824)
- 1920 - John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (b. 1864)
- 1937 - Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (b. 1889)
- 1942 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian writer (b. 1883)
- 1949 - Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (b. 1882)
- 1952 - Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (b. 1878)
- 1957 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
- 1961 - Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
- 1965 - Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
- 1966 - Bill Carr, American athlete (b. 1909)
- 1966 - Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1906)
- 1970 - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1972 - King Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
- 1977 - Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
- 1977 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (b. 1916)
- 1977 - Anais Nin, French author (b. 1903)
- 1978 - Harold Abrahams, British athlete (b. 1899)
- 1978 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1978 - Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1979 - Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)
- 1980 - Robert Ardrey, American author (b. 1908)
- 1984 - Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1902)
- 1986 - Daniel Balavoine, French singer (b. 1952)
- 1986 - Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
- 1988 - Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party (b. 1902)
- 1990 - Mani Madhava Chakyar, Legendary Koodiyattam artist and Sanskrit scholar (b. 1899)
- 1997 - Dollard Ménard, French Canadian general (b. 1913)
- 1999 - Bryn Terfel, British musician (b. 1961)
- 2001 - Burkhard Heim, German physicist (b. 1925)
- 2003 - Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (b. 1902)
- 2004 - Uta Hagen, American actress (b. 1919)
- 2004 - Ron O'Neal, American actor (b. 1937)
- 2004 - Valfar, Norwegian musician (Windir)
- 2005 - Charlotte MacLeod, American writer (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Conroy Maddox, English painter (b. 1912)
- 2005 - Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
- 2005 - Jesús-Rafael Soto, Venezuelan kinetic artist (b. 1923)
- 2006 - Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
- 2006 - Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2006 - Mark Philo, English footballer (b. 1984)
- 2006 - Henri Colpi, French film editor and director (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934)
- 2007 - Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (b. 1924)
Holidays and observances
Religious
feast days
- Barba'shminAttwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.
- Felix of Nola
- Macrina the Elder
- Saint Mungo
- Saint Sava
- January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
References
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On this day in Canada
January 14 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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