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'''January 1''' is the first day of the calendar year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in [[leap year]]s). This day is also known as [[New Year's Day]] since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[153 BC]] &ndash; For the first time, [[Roman consul]]s begin their year in office on January 1.<ref>{{cite book|first=Arthur Ernest|last=Gordon|author-link=Arthur E. Gordon|title=Illustrated Introduction to Latin Epigraphy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywI6SDUggk4C&pg=PA229|year=1983|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-03898-1|page=229}}</ref>
*[[45 BC]] &ndash; The [[Julian calendar]] takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Republic, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year.<ref>{{cite book|title=Origines Kalendariae Italicae Nundinal Calendars of Ancient Italy, Nundinal of Calendar of Romulus, Calendar of Numa Pompilius, Calendar of the Decemvirs, Irregular Roman Calendar, and Julian Correctio Tables of the Roman Calendar, from V. C. 4 of Varro, B. C. 750, to V. C. 1108 A. D 355. 4 by Edward Greswell, B.D: Vol. 4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u-_gTMsfSgIC&pg=PA103|year=1854|publisher=University Press|page=103}}</ref>
*[[42 BC]] &ndash; The [[Roman Senate]] posthumously [[Apotheosis|deifies]] [[Julius Caesar]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Koortbojian|first=Michael|date=2013|title=The Divinization of Caesar and Augustus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QZI2AQAAQBAJ|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=29|isbn=978-0-521-19215-6}}</ref>
* [[193]] &ndash; The Senate chooses [[Pertinax]] against his will to succeed [[Commodus]] as [[Roman emperor]].<ref name="Birley2012">{{cite book|first=Anthony R|last=Birley|author-link=Anthony Birley|title=Marcus Aurelius: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CzYRFge0NnsC&pg=PT15|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-69569-0|page=15}}</ref>
*[[AD 404|404]] &ndash; [[Saint Telemachus]] tries to stop a [[gladiator]]ial fight in a Roman [[amphitheatre]], and is [[Stoning|stoned to death]] by the crowd. This act impresses the Christian Emperor [[Honorius (emperor)|Honorius]], who issues a historic ban on gladiatorial fights.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Catholic Worker|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DlRDAQAAIAAJ|year=1991|page=6}}</ref>
* [[417]] &ndash; [[Emperor Honorius]] forces [[Galla Placidia]] into marriage to [[Constantius III|Constantius]], his famous general (''[[magister militum]]'') (probable).<ref>{{cite book|first=Hagith|last=Sivan|title=Galla Placidia: The Last Roman Empress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDqdL_OKAVgC&pg=PA67|date=15 September 2011|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-537912-9|page=67}}</ref>
* [[947]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Taizong of Liao|Taizong]] of the [[Khitan people|Khitan]]-led [[Liao dynasty]] captures [[Kaifeng|Daliang]], ending the dynasty and empire of the [[Later Jin (Five Dynasties)|Later Jin]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hung|first=Hing Ming|title=Ten States, Five Dynasties, One Great Emperor: How Emperor Taizu Unified China in the Song Dynasty|location=New York|publisher=Algora Publishing|date=2014|isbn=9781628940725|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfhKBAAAQBAJ|pages=26–27}}</ref>
*[[1001]] &ndash; Grand Prince [[Stephen I of Hungary]] is named the first [[King of Hungary]] by [[Pope Sylvester II]] (probable).<ref>{{cite book|first=Attila|last=Zsoldos|title=Saint Stephen and his country: a newborn kingdom in Central Europe: Hungary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IgoiAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Lucidus|isbn=9789638616395}}</ref>
*[[1068]] &ndash; [[Romanos IV Diogenes]] marries [[Eudokia Makrembolitissa]] and is crowned [[Byzantine Emperor]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Alexander Daniel|last=Beihammer|title=Byzantium and the Emergence of Muslim-Turkish Anatolia, Ca. 1040-1130|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HyYlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA134|date=17 February 2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-351-98386-0|pages=134–}}</ref>
*[[1259]] &ndash; [[Michael VIII Palaiologos]] is proclaimed co-emperor of the [[Empire of Nicaea]] with his ward [[John IV Laskaris]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Cambridge Medieval History Series volumes 1-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9lHeh36S8ooC&pg=PT1682|publisher=Plantagenet Publishing|pages=1682–|id=GGKEY:G636GD76LW7}}</ref>
*[[1438]] &ndash; [[Albert II of Germany|Albert II of Habsburg]] is crowned [[King of Hungary]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Henry Melvill Gwatkin|author2=James Pounder Whitney|author3=Joseph Robson Tanner|title=The Cambridge Medieval History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FXy4gSfjukYC|year=1936|publisher=Macmillan|page=134}}</ref>
*[[1502]] &ndash; The present-day location of [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]], is first explored by the [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]].<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Higgs|title=Queer Sites: Gay Urban Histories Since 1600|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0oKFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA138|date=4 January 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-72467-3|pages=138–}}</ref>
*[[1515]] &ndash; Twenty-year-old [[Francis I of France|Francis, Duke of Brittany]], succeeds to the [[List of French monarchs|French throne]] following the death of his father-in-law, [[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]].<ref>{{cite book|first=James|last=Bacon|title=The Life and Times of Francis the First, King of France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IYwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA116|year=1830|publisher=E. Bull|pages=116–}}</ref>
*[[1527]] &ndash; Croatian nobles elect [[Ferdinand I, Archduke of Austria]] as [[King of Croatia]] in the [[1527 election in Cetin]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopædia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zuJFAAAAYAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., William Benton Publisher|isbn=978-0-85229-173-3}}</ref>
*[[1600]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] recognises January 1 as the start of the year, instead of March 25.<ref>{{cite book|first=Robert|last=Lindsay|author-link=Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie|title=The Historie and Cronicles of Scotland: From the Slauchter of King James the First to the Ane Thousande Fyve Hundreith Thrie Scoir Fyftein Zeir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XK9HAAAAYAAJ|year=1899|publisher=Society}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; ''[[The Masque of Indian and China Knights]]'' is performed by courtiers of [[James VI and I]] at [[Hampton Court]].<ref>Martin Butler, ''The Stuart Court Masque and Political Culture'' (Cambridge, 2008), p. 63.</ref>
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] is [[Scottish coronation of Charles II|crowned]] [[King of Scotland]] at [[Scone Palace]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Charles Knight's school history of England, abridged from the Popular history of England. &#91;With&#93; Questions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d30BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA360|year=1865|pages=360–|last1=Knight|first1=Charles}}</ref>
*[[1700]] &ndash; Russia begins using the [[Anno Domini]] era instead of the [[Anno Mundi]] era of the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Lancet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RYpMAQAAMAAJ|year=1900|publisher=J. Onwhyn|page=351}}</ref>
*[[1707]] &ndash; [[John V of Portugal|John V]] is proclaimed King of Portugal and the [[Algarves]] in Lisbon.<ref>{{cite book|first=William Harrison|last=De Puy|title=The world-wide encyclopedia and gazetteer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HORTAAAAYAAJ|year=1908|publisher=The Christian herald}}</ref>
* [[1725]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] leads the first performance of his [[Chorale cantata cycle|chorale cantata]] [[Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41|''Jesu, nun sei gepreiset'', BWV 41]], which features the trumpet fanfares from the beginning also in the end.<ref>{{cite web
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*[[1739]] &ndash; [[Bouvet Island]], the world's remotest island,<ref>{{cite book | last = LastName | first = FirstName | title = The world factbook 2014-15 | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | location = Washington, D.C. | year = 2015 | isbn = 9780160925535 | page=105}}</ref> is discovered by French explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Paul|last=Simpson-Housley|title=Antarctica: Exploration, Perception and Metaphor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0zWIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA69|date=11 March 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-89121-4|pages=69–}}</ref>
*[[1772]] &ndash; The first [[traveler's cheque]]s, which could be used in 90 European cities, are issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.<ref>{{cite book|first=Patrick|last=Robertson|title=The book of firsts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yaAvAAAAMAAJ|year=1974|publisher=C. N. Potter : distributed by Crown Publishers|isbn=9780517515778}}</ref>
*[[1773]] &ndash; The hymn that becomes known as "[[Amazing Grace]]", previously titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17, Faith's Review and Expectation", is first used to accompany a sermon led by [[John Newton]] in the town of [[Olney, Buckinghamshire]], England.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jonathan|last=Aitken|author-link=Jonathan Aitken|title=John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6pDZAAAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Continuum|isbn=978-0-8264-9383-5}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Burning of Norfolk]] &ndash; [[Norfolk, Virginia]], is burned to the ground by combined [[Royal Navy]] and [[Continental Army]] action.<ref>{{cite book|first=Benson John|last=Lossing|author-link=Benson John Lossing|title=A Pictorial History of the United States: For School and Families|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0YdH-UN-80kC&pg=PA182|year=1857|publisher=Mason Bros.|page=182}}</ref>
*  1776 &ndash; General [[George Washington]] hoists the first [[United States]] flag, the [[Continental Union Flag]], at [[Prospect Hill Monument|Prospect Hill]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.almanac.com/content/flag-day-celebration-american-flag|title=Flag Day 2020: Celebrating the American Flag|first=Old Farmer's|last=Almanac|author-link=Old Farmer's Almanac|website=Old Farmer's Almanac|date=16 November 2023|access-date=30 December 2019|archive-date=10 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610184657/https://www.almanac.com/content/flag-day-celebration-american-flag|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1781]] &ndash; 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.<ref>{{cite book|first=Gavin K.|last=Watt|title=The Burning of the Valleys: Daring Raids from Canada Against the New York Frontier in the Fall of 1780|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AI95lnfrKSEC&pg=PA269|date=1 March 1997|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-1-55488-312-7|page=269}}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; The first edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of London, previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published.<ref>{{cite book|title=Macmillan's Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DmcyAQAAMAAJ|year=1879|publisher=Macmillan and Company}}</ref>
*[[1801]] &ndash; The legislative union of [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed, and the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] is proclaimed.<ref>{{cite book|title=Annual Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zeYxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA41|year=1802|page=41}}</ref>
*  1801   &ndash; [[Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]], the largest and first known object in the [[Asteroid belt]], is discovered by [[Giuseppe Piazzi]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Schmadel|first=Lutz|author-link=Lutz D. Schmadel|title=Dictionary of minor planet names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWrB1jPCa8AC&pg=PA15|edition=5th|year=2003|publisher=Springer|location=Germany|isbn=978-3-540-00238-3|page=15}}</ref>
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Saint-Domingue|French rule]] ends in [[Haiti]]. Haiti becomes the first black-majority republic and second independent country in [[North America]] after the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Paul|last=Finkelman|author-link=Paul Finkelman|title=Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass Three-volume Set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cCMbE4KKlX4C&pg=RA1-PA139|date=6 April 2006|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-516777-1|pages=1–}}</ref>
*[[1806]] &ndash; The [[French Republican Calendar]] is abolished.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jean|last=Brissaud|title=A History of French Public Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jkkP1k1vIyYC&pg=PA551|year=2001|publisher=Beard Books|isbn=978-1-58798-101-2|page=551}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; The United States [[Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves|bans the importation of slaves]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=George Hooker|last1=Colton|first2=James Davenport|last2=Whelpley|author-link2=James Davenport Whelpley|title=The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art, and Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6OlBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA565|year=1849|publisher=Wiley and Putnam|page=565}}</ref>
*[[1810]] &ndash; Major-General [[Lachlan Macquarie]] officially becomes [[Governor of New South Wales]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15401674|title=Governor Macquarie|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=1 March 1913|page=7|publisher=National Library of Australia|access-date=17 January 2022|archive-date=17 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117091832/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15401674|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Mary Shelley|Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]] (anonymously) publishes the pioneering work of science fiction, ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus]]'', in London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is published {{!}} January 1, 1818 |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/frankenstein-published |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=HISTORY |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1822]] &ndash; The [[Greek Constitution of 1822]] is adopted by the [[First National Assembly at Epidaurus]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Albert P.|last1=Blaustein|author-link1=Albert Blaustein|first2=Gisbert H.|last2=Flanz|title=Constitutions of the Countries of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLNWAAAAYAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Oceana Publications|isbn=9780379004670}}</ref>
*[[1834]] &ndash; Most of Germany forms the ''[[Zollverein]]'' customs union, the first such union between sovereign states.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iit.adelaide.edu.au/system/files/media/documents/2019-11/Discussion%20Paper%202019-05%20Florian%20Ploeckl%20131119.pdf|title=A Novel Institution: The Zollverein and the Origins of the Customs Union|last=Ploeckl|first=Florian|date=2019|access-date=2020-10-04|archive-date=2020-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307123334/https://iit.adelaide.edu.au/system/files/media/documents/2019-11/Discussion%20Paper%202019-05%20Florian%20Ploeckl%20131119.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1845]] &ndash; The Philippines moves its national calendar to align with other Asian countries' calendars by skipping Tuesday, December 31, 1844. The change has been ordered by Governor–General [[Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa|Narciso Claveria]] to reform the country's calendar so that it aligns with the rest of Asia. Its territory has been one day behind the rest of Asia for 323 years since the arrival of [[Ferdinand Magellan]] in the Philippines on March 16, 1521.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Anri|last=Ichimura|url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/philippines-international-date-line-time-a00304-20210217-lfrm|title=For Over 300 Years, the Philippines Was One Day Behind Every Country in Asia|publisher=EsquireMag.ph|date=February 17, 2021|access-date=March 1, 2023|language=EN|archive-date=March 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301123820/https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/philippines-international-date-line-time-a00304-20210217-lfrm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1847]] &ndash; The world's first [[UPMC Mercy|"Mercy" Hospital]] is founded in [[Pittsburgh]], United States, by a group of [[Sisters of Mercy]] from Ireland;<ref>{{cite book|first=Mary|last=Brignano|title=Beyond the Bounds: A History of UPMC|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Jfv9HPdwAEC&pg=PA159|date=September 2009|publisher=Dorrance Publishing|isbn=978-1-4349-0283-2|pages=159–}}</ref> the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Postage stamps and postal history of Poland#First Polish stamp|The first Polish postage stamp]] is issued, replacing the [[Postage stamps and postal history of Russia|Russian stamps]] previously in use.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Stamp-collector's magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6awEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA186|year=1863|pages=1–}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Liberal Party (Mexico)|Liberal]] forces supporting [[Benito Juárez]] enter [[Mexico City]].<ref>{{cite book|ref=Kirkwood|title=History of Mexico.|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmexico00burt|url-access=registration|last=Kirkwood|first=Burton|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated|location=Westport, CT|isbn=978-1-4039-6258-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofmexico00burt/page/103 103]}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Emancipation Proclamation]] takes effect in [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] territory.<ref>{{cite book|first=Louis P.|last=Masur|author-link=Louis Masur|title=Lincoln's Hundred Days|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKM9EZBKqyMC|date=22 September 2012|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-07133-9}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Queen Victoria]] of the United Kingdom is proclaimed [[Empress of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/4923428e-ba8a-4f32-abb7-2f1192c28592|title=Proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India at the Imperial Assemblage, Delhi|website=The National Archives|access-date=25 October 2018|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404173102/https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/4923428e-ba8a-4f32-abb7-2f1192c28592|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; Twenty-five nations adopt [[Sandford Fleming]]'s proposal for [[standard time]] (and also, [[time zone]]s).<ref>{{cite book|first=Ian R.|last=Bartky|title=One Time Fits All: The Campaigns for Global Uniformity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rC6sAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA272|year=2007|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-5642-6|page=272}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Eritrea]] is consolidated into a [[colony]] by the [[Government of Italy|Italian government]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Belula|last=Tecle-Misghina|title=Asmara - an urban history: Rivista L'architettura delle città - UNESCO Chair Series n. 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ebqZBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA30|date=11 February 2015|publisher=Edizioni Nuova Cultura|isbn=978-88-6812-354-3|pages=30–}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Ellis Island]] begins processing [[Immigration to the United States|immigrants into the United States]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Eithne|last=Loughrey|title=Annie Moore: First in Line for America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4HG66yhiY5QC|year=1999|publisher=Mercier Press Ltd|isbn=978-1-85635-245-1}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[New York City|New York, New York]] annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the [[City of Greater New York]]. The four initial [[Boroughs of New York City|boroughs]], [[Manhattan]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Queens]], and [[The Bronx]], are joined on January 25 by [[Staten Island]] to create the modern city of five boroughs.
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Spanish rule]] ends in [[Cuba]].<ref>{{cite book|first=S.|last=Steinberg|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1965-66: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qY3LDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA912|date=26 December 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-27094-7|pages=912–}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Nigeria]] becomes a British protectorate with [[Frederick Lugard]] as high commissioner.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=10|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; The [[Southern Nigeria Protectorate]] is established within the British Empire.<ref>{{cite book|last=Oluniyi|first=Olufemi Olayinka|title=Reconciliation in Northern Nigeria: The Space for Public Apology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dGAyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA69|date=9 August 2017|publisher=Frontier Press|isbn=978-978-949-527-6|page=69}}</ref>
*  1901   &ndash; The British colonies of [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[South Australia]], [[Tasmania]], and [[Western Australia]] [[Federation of Australia|federate]] as the [[Australia|Commonwealth of Australia]]; [[Edmund Barton]] is appointed the first [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jeannie|last=Meekins|title=Sir Edmund Barton: The First Prime Minister of Australia: Educational Version|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PkGtAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT15|publisher=Learning Island|pages=15–|id=GGKEY:PBLCUNU87RW}}</ref>
*[[1902]] &ndash; The first American [[college football]] [[bowl game]], the [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] between [[University of Michigan|Michigan]] and [[Stanford University|Stanford]], is held in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Gary|last=Migdol|title=Stanford: Home of Champions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ntBDmB_fYo8C&pg=PA28|year=1997|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-57167-116-5|page=28}}</ref>
*[[1910]] &ndash; Captain [[David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty|David Beatty]] is promoted to [[rear admiral]], and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for [[British royal family|royal family]] members) since [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]].<ref>{{cite book|first=William Scott|last=Chalmers|author-link=William Scott Chalmers|title=The Life and Letters of David, Earl Beatty, Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Borodale of Wexford, Baron Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby, P.C., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., D.C.L., LL. D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jPIxAQAAIAAJ|year=1951|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; The [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]] is established.<ref>{{cite book|first=Bruce A.|last=Elleman|title=Modern Chinese Warfare, 1795-1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HkaFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA149|date=28 July 2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-61008-2|pages=149–}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line|SPT Airboat Line]] becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a [[Fixed-wing aircraft|winged aircraft]].<ref>{{cite news|title=First Commercial Air Ship Line in World Inaugurated|newspaper=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|date=January 2, 1914|page=1}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; Britain's Railways are grouped into the [[List of railway companies involved in the 1923 grouping#The Big Four|Big Four]]: [[London and North Eastern Railway|LNER]], [[Great Western Railway|GWR]], [[Southern Railway (UK)|SR]], and [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Railways Act 1921 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/11-12/55/enacted |publisher=HMSO |access-date=25 August 2021 |date=19 August 1921 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112024029/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/11-12/55/enacted |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; New [[Mexico|Mexican]] oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the [[Cristero War]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Ernest|last=Gruening|author-link=Ernest Gruening|title=Mexico and Its Heritage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IzELAAAAYAAJ|year=1929|publisher=Century Company}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Boris Bazhanov]] defects through [[Iran]] to seek asylum in [[France]]. He is the only member of [[Joseph Stalin]]'s secretariat to have defected from the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Boris|last1=Bazhanov|author-link1=Boris Bazhanov|first2=David W.|last2=Doyle|author-link2=David W. Doyle|title=Bazhanov and the damnation of Stalin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0_ANAQAAMAAJ|date=30 April 1990|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=978-0-8214-0948-0}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; The former municipalities of [[Point Grey, British Columbia]] and [[South Vancouver, British Columbia]] are [[Merger (politics)|amalgamated]] into [[Vancouver]].<ref>{{cite book|author=British Columbia. Parliament|author-link=Parliament of British Columbia|title=Sessional Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uR5KAQAAIAAJ|year=1939}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; The [[United States Post Office Department]] issues [[1932 Washington Bicentennial|a set of 12 stamps]] commemorating the 200th anniversary of [[Washington's Birthday|George Washington's birth]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Scott monthly journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gaAuAAAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Scott Publishing Co.}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Alcatraz Island]] in [[San Francisco Bay]] becomes a [[United States Federal Prison|United States federal prison]].<ref>{{cite book|first=John Thomas|last=Gillespie|title=Historical Fiction for Young Readers (grades 4-8): An Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q4FU4cAO2DYC&pg=PT438|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59158-621-0|page=438}}</ref>
*  1934 &ndash; A "[[Nazi eugenics|Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring]]" comes into effect in [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Alan R.|last=Rushton|title=Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg: The German Red Cross and the Plan to Kill "Unfit" Citizens 1933-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSlyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA59|date=9 October 2018|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-5275-1843-8|page=59}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; The [[Declaration by United Nations]] is signed by twenty-six nations.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Department of State|author-link=United States Department of State|title=Toward the Peace: Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zd09AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2|year=1945|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=2}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The German ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' launches ''[[Operation Bodenplatte]]'', a massive, but failed, attempt to knock out [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] air power in northern Europe in a single blow.<ref>{{cite book|first1=John|last1=Manrho|first2=Ron|last2=Putz|title=Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope : the Attack on Allied Airfields New Year's Day, 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqAKAAAACAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Hikoki Publications|isbn=978-1-902109-40-4}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: The American and British occupation zones in [[Allied-occupied Germany]], after World War II, merge to form the [[Bizone]], which later (with the French zone) became part of [[West Germany]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Hans-Joachim|last=Braun|title=The German Economy in the Twentieth Century (Routledge Revivals): The German Reich and the Federal Republic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CzCtAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA105|date=22 October 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-83644-2|page=105}}</ref>
*  1947 &ndash; The [[Canadian Citizenship Act 1946]] comes into effect, converting [[British subject]]s into [[Canadian nationality law|Canadian citizens]].<ref name="Senate1952">{{cite book|author=Canada. Parliament. Senate|author-link=Senate of Canada|title=Debates: Official Report (Hansard).|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSkSAQAAMAAJ|year=1952}}</ref> Prime Minister [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] becomes the first Canadian citizen.
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[Transport in England#Rail|British railway network]] is [[Nationalization|nationalized]] to form [[British Rail]]ways.<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Parker|title=The Official History of Privatisation: Popular capitalism, 1987-97|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7vUMMrKmVvQC&pg=PA434|year=2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-69221-2|pages=434–}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[United Nations]] [[Ceasefire|cease-fire]] takes effect in [[Kashmir]] from one minute before midnight. [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948|War between India and Pakistan]] stops accordingly.<ref>{{cite book|first1=J. C.|last1=Aggarwal|first2=S. P.|last2=Agrawal|title=Modern History of Jammu and Kashmir: Ancient times to Shimla Agreement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XNqOjvaAb9cC&pg=PA412|year=1995|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-557-7|page=412}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Sudan]] achieves independence from [[Egypt]] and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|first=Tim|last=Niblock|title=Class and Power in Sudan: The Dynamics of Sudanese Politics, 1898-1985|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z07_UZIl79UC&pg=PA209|year=1987|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-88706-480-7|pages=209–}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[George Town, Penang]], is made a city by a [[royal charter]] of Queen [[Elizabeth II]] of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Ric|last1=Francis|first2=Colin|last2=Ganley|title=Penang Trams, Trolleybuses & Railways: Municipal Transport History, 1880s-1963|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71SEYVAtqgoC&pg=PA63|year=2006|publisher=Areca Books|isbn=978-983-42834-0-7|page=63}}</ref>
*  1957 &ndash; [[Lèse majesté in Thailand]] is strengthened to include "[[insult (legal)|insult]]" and changed to a crime against [[national security]], after the Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.<ref name="CMU">{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cmu.ac.th/law2011/journal/20682.pdf|title=Ramification and Re-Sacralization of the Lese Majesty Law in Thailand|access-date=2020-08-01|archive-date=2020-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216141425/https://www.law.cmu.ac.th/law2011/journal/20682.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|6,18}}
*[[1958]] &ndash; The [[European Economic Community]] is established.<ref>{{cite book|first=G.|last=Sundaram|title=India and the European Union|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-86aS6LxtcC&pg=PA10|year=1997|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7023-623-8|page=10}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Cuban Revolution]]: [[Fulgencio Batista]], dictator of [[Cuba]], is overthrown by [[Fidel Castro]]'s forces.<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard E.|last=Welch|title=Response to Revolution: The United States and the Cuban Revolution, 1959-1961|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kbk-pqgwU20C&pg=PA217|year=1985|publisher=UNC Press Books|isbn=978-0-8078-4136-5|page=217}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Cameroon]] achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hilary V.|last=Lukong|title=The Cameroon-Nigeria Border Dispute. Management and Resolution, 1981-2011: Management and Resolution, 1981-2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDVHeK2cNTkC&pg=PA1|year=2011|publisher=African Books Collective|isbn=978-9956-717-59-0|pages=1–}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Western Samoa Trust Territory|Western Samoa]] achieves independence from [[New Zealand]]; its name is changed to the [[Independent State of Western Samoa]].<ref>{{cite book|author=New Zealand. Parliament|author-link=New Zealand Parliament|title=Parliamentary Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ppQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA3265|pages=3265–}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; The [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]] is divided into the independent republics of [[Zambia]] and [[Malawi]], and the British-controlled [[Rhodesia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United Nations|author-link=United Nations|title=Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General: Status as at 31 December 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=COTPTORbCS4C&pg=PR30|date=7 April 2004|publisher=United Nations Publications|isbn=978-92-1-133570-5|pages=30–}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; The [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan]] is founded in [[Kabul|Kabul, Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Thomas Ruttig|url=http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_9674-544-2-30.pdf|title=Islamists, Leftists – and a Void in the Center. Afghanistan's Political Parties and where they come from (1902–2006)|publisher=Konrad Adenauer Siftung|access-date=20 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327080610/http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_9674-544-2-30.pdf|archive-date=27 March 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; The defined beginning of [[Unix time]], at 00:00:00.<ref name="single-unix-spec-4.16">{{cite web|url=http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_16|title=The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, section 4.16 Seconds Since the Epoch|publisher=[[The Open Group]]|access-date=22 Jan 2017|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222113543/http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_16|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Cigarette]] [[Nicotine marketing|advertisements]] are banned on [[Television in the United States|American television]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Tobacco Regulation |url=http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/nc/nc2b.htm |website=Schaffer Library of Drug Policy |access-date=25 August 2021 |archive-date=16 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616014106/http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/nc/nc2b.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Denmark]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and the [[United Kingdom]] are admitted into the [[European Economic Community]].<ref>{{cite book|first=A.|last=Italianer|author-link=Alexander Italianer|title=Theory and Practice of International Trade Linkage Models|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s23yCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA248|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-009-4472-5|page=248}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; A bomb explodes on board [[Middle East Airlines Flight 438]] over [[Qaisumah]], [[Saudi Arabia]], killing all 81 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19760101-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 720-023B OD-AFT Al Qaysumah|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-12-31|archive-date=2021-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604201811/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19760101-1|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Air India Flight 855]], a [[Boeing 747]], crashes into the [[Arabian Sea]] off the coast of [[Mumbai|Bombay, India]], due to instrument failure, [[spatial disorientation]], and [[pilot error]], killing all 213 people on board.<ref name="ASN">{{ASN accident|title=VT-EBD |id=19780101-1 }}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; the [[Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations]] and [[Taiwan Relations Act]] enter into force. Through the Communiqué, the United States establishes normal diplomatic relations with China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/countries/issues/china-us-relations|title=Chronology of U.S.-China Relations, 1784-2000|access-date=2019-12-04|archive-date=2019-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204132934/https://history.state.gov/countries/issues/china-us-relations|url-status=dead}}</ref> Through the Act, the United States guarantees military support for Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web |title=H.R.2479 - Taiwan Relations Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/2479 |website=Congress.gov |date=10 April 1979 |publisher=Library of Congress |quote=Makes this Act effective as of January 1, 1979. |access-date=December 27, 2023 |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228045225/https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/2479 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Greece]] is admitted into the European Community.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Dionyssis G.|last1=Dimitrakopoulos|first2=Argyris G.|last2=Passas|title=Greece in the European Union|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Wh0P0bhB3sC&pg=PT17|date=24 February 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-51551-6|pages=17–}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Peru]]vian [[Javier Pérez de Cuéllar]] becomes the first [[Latin America]]n to hold the title of [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Rotary International|author-link=Rotary International|title=The Rotarian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vjEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14|date=May 1995|publisher=Rotary International|page=14}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; The [[ARPANET]] officially changes to using TCP/IP, the [[Internet Protocol]], effectively creating the [[Internet]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Deze|last1=Zeng|first2=Lin|last2=Gu|first3=Song|last3=Guo|title=Cloud Networking for Big Data|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6wvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|date=9 December 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-24720-5|page=4}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; The original [[AT&T Corporation|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]] [[Competition law|antitrust]] [[Breakup of the Bell System|suit against AT&T]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Robert J.|last1=Chapuis| first2=A. E. Jr. |last2=Joel|author-link2=Amos E. Joel Jr.|title=100 Years of Telephone Switching|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=07NmhqkOqwsC&pg=PA545|year=2003|publisher=IOS Press|isbn=978-1-58603-372-9|pages=545–}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Brunei]] becomes independent of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|first=Nicholas|last=Tarling|author-link=Nicholas Tarling|title=The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia: pt.1. From c.1800 to the 1930s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U0trzUvic-8C&pg=PA127|year=1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-66372-4|page=127}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; The first British [[mobile phone]] call is made by Michael Harrison to his father [[Ernest Harrison|Sir Ernest Harrison]], chairman of [[Vodafone]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Neate |first1=Rupert |title=New Year's Day mobile phone call made history and started a new era |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/dec/31/new-years-eve-mobile-phone-call-made-history |access-date=25 August 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=31 December 2014}}</ref>
*1985   &ndash; [[Eastern Air Lines Flight 980]] crashes into [[Illimani|Mount Illimani]] in Bolivia, killing all 29 aboard.<ref>{{cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-225 N819EA Nevado Illimani |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850101-0 |access-date=19 March 2016 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; The [[Pueblo of Isleta|Isleta Pueblo]] tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/01/us/new-mexico-indians-pick-first-woman-governor.html|title=NEW MEXICO INDIANS PICK FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR|last=AP|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 1987|access-date=2018-10-31|archive-date=2018-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101095526/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/01/us/new-mexico-indians-pick-first-woman-governor.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] comes into existence, creating the largest [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] [[religious denomination|denomination]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Günther|last1=Gassmann|first2=Mark W.|last2=Oldenburg|title=Historical Dictionary of Lutheranism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLlKBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA142|date=10 October 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7482-4|pages=142–}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[Montreal Protocol]] comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to [[ozone depletion]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Stephen O.|last1=Andersen|author-link1=Stephen O. Andersen|first2=K.|last2=Madhava Sarma|first3=Lani|last3=Sinclair|title=Protecting the Ozone Layer: The United Nations History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zuesUPcIOq8C&pg=PA100|year=2012|publisher=Earthscan|isbn=978-1-84977-226-6|page=100}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[David Dinkins]] is sworn in as [[New York City]]'s first black [[Mayor of New York City|mayor]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Chris|last=McNickle|title=The Power of the Mayor: David Dinkins: 1990-1993|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eb2oC42lFWwC&pg=PA95|date=1 November 2012|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-1-4128-4959-3|pages=95–}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Dissolution of Czechoslovakia]]: [[Czechoslovakia]] is divided into the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia|Slovak Republic]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Michael|last1=Kraus|first2=Allison|last2=Stanger|author-link2=Allison Stanger|title=Irreconcilable Differences?: Explaining Czechoslovakia's Dissolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LllN7rChpeYC&pg=PA331|year=2000|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8476-9021-3|pages=331–}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; The [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation]] initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of [[Chiapas]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Alex|last=Khasnabish|title=Zapatismo Beyond Borders: New Imaginations of Political Possibility|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKd3n79J8GAC&pg=PA4|year=2008|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-9633-3|pages=4–}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; The [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) comes into effect.<ref>{{cite book|first=Leslie Alan|last=Glick|title=Understanding the North American Free Trade Agreement: Legal and Business Consequences of NAFTA|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0G7ZRmi6f3UC&pg=PA198|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Kluwer Law International B.V.|isbn=978-90-411-3205-5|page=198}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; The [[World Trade Organization]] comes into being.<ref>{{cite book|first=K.R.|last=Gupta|title=A Study of World Trade Organisation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m6KresowWH8C&pg=PA39|year=2008|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0976-6|pages=39–}}</ref>
*  1995 &ndash; The [[Draupner wave]] in the [[North Sea]] in [[Norway]] is detected, confirming the existence of [[Rogue wave|freak waves]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Tom S.|last=Garrison|title=Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bjx-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT328|date=1 January 2015|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-305-48057-5|pages=328–}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Austria]], [[Finland]] and [[Sweden]] [[1995 enlargement of the European Union|join the EU]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Aparajita|last=Endow|title=France, Germany and the European Union: Maastricht and After|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gWjbqowVTMsC&pg=PA56|year=2003|publisher=Aakar Books|isbn=978-81-87879-12-1|pages=56–}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; Following a [[Monetary reform in Russia, 1998|currency reform]], Russia begins to circulate new [[Russian ruble|rubles]] to stem [[inflation]] and promote confidence.<ref>{{cite book|title=Economic Trends Quarterly Issue: Kazakstan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PT-SAAAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=European Commission, DGIA, NIS/Tacis services}}</ref>
* 1998 – Argentinian physicist [[Juan Maldacena]] publishes a landmark paper initiating the study of [[AdS/CFT correspondence]], which links [[string theory]] and [[quantum gravity]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Maldacena| first1=Juan | title=The Large N limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity | journal=Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics | volume=2 | issue=4 | year=1998 | pages=231–252 | arxiv=hep-th/9711200|bibcode = 1998AdTMP...2..231M | doi=10.4310/ATMP.1998.V2.N2.A1}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; The [[Euro]] currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the [[European Union]] (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).<ref name=":0">{{cite book|first=Sampat|last=Mukherjee|title=Modern Economic Theory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4d6FmT2c13cC&pg=PA922|year=2002|publisher=New Age International|isbn=978-81-224-1414-1|page=922}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash;  [[Greece]] adopts the [[Euro]], becoming the 12th [[Eurozone]] country.<ref name=":0" />
*[[2004]] &ndash; In a [[Motion of no confidence|vote of confidence]], General [[Pervez Musharraf]] wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the [[Electoral College (Pakistan)|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 of Pakistan|President]] until October 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/01/opinion/pakistan-s-dubious-referendum.html|title=Pakistan's Dubious Referendum|date=2002-05-01|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-09-21|archive-date=2017-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819064119/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/01/opinion/pakistan-s-dubious-referendum.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]] [[2007 enlargement of the European Union|join the EU]].<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/5th_enlargement/index_en.htm Enlargement, 3 years after] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625150449/http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/5th_enlargement/index_en.htm|date=25 June 2009}}, [[Europa (web portal)]]</ref>
*  2007 &ndash; [[Adam Air Flight 574]] breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the [[Makassar Strait]], [[Indonesia]], killing all 102 people on board.<ref>{{cite book|title=Tempo: Indonesia's Weekly News Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D44TAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Arsa Raya Perdana}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; Sixty-six people die in a [[Santika Club fire|nightclub fire]] in [[Bangkok|Bangkok, Thailand]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|author-link=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|title=Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kd2bAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA33|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-61535-329-3|page=33}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; A suicide car bomber [[2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing|detonates at a volleyball tournament]] in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.<ref name="Times">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6973227.ece|title=Slaughter on the volleyball field as Taleban wreak revenge on villagers|last=Hussain|first=Zahid|date=1 January 2010|newspaper=[[The Times]]|access-date=1 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107022510/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6973227.ece|archive-date=7 January 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; A bomb [[2011 Alexandria bombing|explodes]] as [[Copts|Coptic Christians]] in [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]], leave a new year service, killing 23 people.<ref name="reuters">{{Cite news|title=Egypt church blast death toll rises to 23|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7010M020110104|work=Reuters|access-date=16 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107073232/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7010M020110104|archive-date=7 January 2011|url-status=live|date=4 January 2011|df=dmy}}</ref>
*  2011 &ndash; [[Estonia]] officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th [[Eurozone]] country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12098513|title=Estonia becomes 17th member of the euro zone|date=31 December 2010|website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=14 November 2018|archive-date=7 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107004045/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12098513|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a [[2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede|stampede]] after celebrations at [[Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny|Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium]] in [[Abidjan]], [[Ivory Coast]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-01-01|title=Stampede after fireworks kills 61 in Ivory Coast|url=https://www.arabnews.com/about-60-crushed-death-ivory-coast-stadium-stampede|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Arab News|archive-date=2021-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923130556/https://www.arabnews.com/about-60-crushed-death-ivory-coast-stadium-stampede|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; The [[Eurasian Economic Union]] comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/nae/news/Pages/01-01-2015-1.aspx|title=The Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union is effective|website=Eurasian Economic Commission|access-date=2 November 2018|archive-date=7 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007055314/http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/nae/news/Pages/01-01-2015-1.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; An [[Istanbul nightclub shooting|attack on a nightclub]] in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]], during New Year's celebrations, kills 39 people and injures 79 others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-court-remands-44-in-nightclub-attack-trial-2890721|title=Turkish court remands 44 in nightclub attack trial|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|website=Yeni Şafak|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-date=16 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216102729/http://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-court-remands-44-in-nightclub-attack-trial-2890721|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Croatia]] officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 20th Eurozone country, and becomes the 27th member of the [[Schengen Area]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/croatia-ap-slovenia-zagreb-european-central-bank-b2254185.html|title=Croatia rings in New Year as fully integrated EU member|last=Niksic|first=Sabina|website=The Independent|date=January 2023|access-date=1 January 2023|archive-date=1 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101035431/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/croatia-ap-slovenia-zagreb-european-central-bank-b2254185.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; A 7.5 {{M|ww}} [[2024 Noto earthquake|earthquake strikes]] the western coast of [[Japan]], killing more than 500 people and injuring over 1,000 others.<ref name="SANKEI">{{cite news|title=Earthquake death toll expected to exceed 500; 15 additional deaths confirmed in Ishikawa|trans-title=Jishin shisha 500-ri chō mitōshi, Ishikawa de kanren-shi 15-ri o tsuika nintei|url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20241219-MKJZRKFEVJO6JBRMULEIHVYPQQ/|newspaper=[[Sankei Shimbun]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:地震死者500人超見通し、石川で関連死15人を追加認定|date=19 December 2024|access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref> A majority of direct deaths were due to collapsed homes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shisha no 8-wari chō, kaoku tōkai de ken shimei kōhyō no 80 jinchū Notohantō jishin|trans-title=More than 80% of fatalities occurred due to collapsed houses; names of 80 people released by prefecture in Noto Peninsula Earthquake|language=ja|script-title=ja:死者の8割超、家屋倒壊で 県氏名公表の80人中 能登半島地震|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/da2ec17906ad1f868f3c33c0bbab29b7f3635751|access-date=19 January 2024|work=[[Mainichi Shimbun]]|date=18 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119000804/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/da2ec17906ad1f868f3c33c0bbab29b7f3635751|archive-date=19 January 2024|url-status=dead|publisher=[[Yahoo Japan]]}}</ref>
* 2024  &ndash; Disney's copyright protection on ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'' and the original [[Mickey Mouse]] expires as they [[2024 in public domain|enter the public domain]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Disney's earliest Mickey and Minnie Mouse enter public domain as US copyright expires |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67833411 |access-date=January 1, 2024 |website=[[BBC News]] |date=January 2024 |archive-date=January 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101052650/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67833411 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2024  &ndash; [[Republic of Artsakh|Artsakh]] ceases to exist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/28/europe/nagorno-karabakh-officially-dissolve-intl/index.html|title=Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from next year. How did this happen?|website=[[CNN]]|date=28 September 2023|access-date=January 12, 2024|archive-date=30 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930020313/https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/28/europe/nagorno-karabakh-officially-dissolve-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; 14 people are killed and 35 others injured during a [[2025 New Orleans truck attack|vehicle-ramming and shooting attack]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Driver 'hell-bent on carnage' kills 10, injures 30 on New Year's Day in New Orleans |url=https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-car-bourbon-street-63a1b43d615af365cb8ba6f5f0583eca |website=AP News |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[766]] &ndash; [[Ali al-Ridha]], 8th [[Imamate (Twelver doctrine)|Imam]] of [[Twelver]] [[Shia Islam]] (died 818)<ref>{{cite book |last=Shabbar |first=S.M.R. |date=1997 |title=Story of the Holy Ka'aba |url=http://www.al-islam.org/story-of-the-holy-kaaba-and-its-people-shabbar/ninth-imam-muhammad-ibn-%E2%80%98ali-al-taqi-al-jawad |publisher=Muhammadi Trust of Great Britain |access-date=28 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022080310/http://www.al-islam.org/story-of-the-holy-kaaba-and-its-people-shabbar/ninth-imam-muhammad-ibn-%E2%80%98ali-al-taqi-al-jawad |archive-date=22 October 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
*[[1431]] &ndash; [[Pope Alexander VI]] (died 1503)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Frederick Converse Beach|author2=George Edwin Rines|title=The Encyclopedia Americana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sGVMAAAAMAAJ|year=1903|publisher=The Americana company}}</ref>
*[[1449]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], Italian politician (died 1492)<ref>{{cite book|author=E. B. Fryde|title=Humanism and Renaissance Historiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2g0PH9JTFmIC&pg=PA127|date=1 January 1983|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-907628-24-8|pages=127–}}</ref>
*[[1467]] &ndash; [[Sigismund I the Old]], Polish king (died 1548)<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica (firma)|title=Encyclopaedia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GPJMAQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|isbn=978-0-85229-173-3}}</ref>
*[[1484]] &ndash; [[Huldrych Zwingli]], Swiss pastor and theologian (died 1531)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Christianus Brekelmans|author2=Magne Saebo|author3=Menahem Haran|title=Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: The History of Its Interpretation: II: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OMlT-FViF40C&pg=PA414|year=1996|publisher=Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht|isbn=978-3-525-53982-8|pages=414–}}</ref>
*[[1511]] &ndash; [[Henry, Duke of Cornwall]], first-born child of [[Henry VIII of England]] and [[Catherine of Aragon]] (died 1511)<ref>{{cite book|author1=E. B. Pryde|author2=D. E. Greenway|author3=S. Porter|author4=I. Roy|title=Handbook of British Chronology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcgxEvGAK_kC&pg=PA457|date=23 February 1996|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-56350-5|pages=457–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Henry son of Henry VIII |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/henry-son-of-henry-viii |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=11 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1557]] &ndash; [[Stephen Bocskay]], Prince of Transylvania (died 1606)<ref name="auto">{{cite book|author1=Hugh Chisholm|author2=James Louis Garvin|title=The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature & General Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRJGAQAAIAAJ|year=1926|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Limited}}</ref>
*[[1600]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Spanheim]], Dutch theologian and academic (died 1649)<ref>{{cite book|title=Chambers's Encyclopædia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DX5RAAAAYAAJ|year=1892|publisher=Edinburgh}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[Christoph Bernhard]], German composer and theorist (died 1692)<ref name="Don1996">{{cite book|author=Randel Don|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA74|year=1996|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-37299-3|page=74}}</ref>
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Christian Thomasius]], German jurist and philosopher (died 1728)<ref>{{cite book|title=Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AxciAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA413|year=1871|publisher=J. B. Lippincott & Company|pages=413–}}</ref>
*[[1684]] &ndash; [[Arnold Drakenborch]], Dutch scholar and author (died 1748)<ref name="auto"/>
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Soame Jenyns]], English author, poet, and politician (died 1787)<ref>{{cite book|author=Andrew Crichton|title=Converts from Infidelity: Hon. Robert Boyle. Captain James Wilson. Soame Jenyns. Dr. Thomas Bateman. Baron Haller. Rev. John Newton. M. De La Harpe. John Bunyan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h6EPAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA172|year=1827|publisher=Constable & Company|page=172}}</ref>
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Baron Franz von der Trenck]], Austrian soldier (died 1749)<ref>{{cite book|title=Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifhMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA532|year=1872|publisher=W & R Chambers|page=532}}</ref>
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Mancini]], Italian soprano and author (died 1800)<ref>{{cite book|author=Johann Adam Hiller|title=Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation by Johann Adam Hiller|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=keomPQV-Q8gC&pg=PA170|date=12 April 2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-42898-9|page=170}}</ref>
*  1714 &ndash; [[Kristijonas Donelaitis]], Lithuanian pastor and poet (died 1780)<ref>{{cite book|author=Kristijonas Donelaitis|title=The seasons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DUMMAAAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Lithuanian Days Publishers}}</ref>
*[[1735]] &ndash; [[Paul Revere]], American silversmith and engraver (died 1818)<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen Guernsey Cook Ensko|title=American Silversmiths and Their Marks: The Definitive (1948) Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8nrTbSTv6SMC&pg=PA109|year=1983|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-24428-0|page=109}}</ref>
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[Anthony Wayne]], American general and politician (died 1796)<ref>{{cite book|author=Benson John Lossing|title=The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution: Or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBcXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA177|year=1852|publisher=Harper & Bros.|page=177}}</ref>
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[Betsy Ross]], American seamstress, sewed flags for the Pennsylvania Navy during the Revolutionary War (died 1836)<ref>{{cite book|author=Marla R. Miller|title=Betsy Ross and the Making of America |year=2010|publisher=Henry Holt|pages=36,183,343}}</ref>
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Maria Edgeworth]], Anglo-Irish author (died 1849)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jean E. Friedman|author2=Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein|title=Ways of Wisdom: Moral Education in the Early National Period|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQ0cFkRDtn4C&pg=PA245|year=2001|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-2252-0|pages=245–}}</ref>
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Marie-Louise Lachapelle]], French [[obstetrician]] (died 1821)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Benjamin F. Shearer|author2=Barbara Smith Shearer|title=Notable Women in the Life Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYpSDgYH4FwC|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-29302-3}}</ref>
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[André Marie Constant Duméril]], French zoologist and academic (died 1860)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUhDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA433|year=1860|publisher=R. Newton|page=433}}</ref>
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[William Clowes (printer)|William Clowes]], English publisher (died 1847)<ref>{{cite book|title=Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: Second Supplement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3TFQAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA140|year=1858|publisher=Knight & Company|page=140}}</ref>
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Edward Dickinson]], American politician and father of poet [[Emily Dickinson]] (died 1874)<ref>{{cite book|title=Dickinson Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u-byAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=D-H Press}}</ref>
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Lionel Kieseritzky]], Estonian-French chess player (died 1853)<ref name="Gaige1969">{{cite book|author=Jeremy Gaige|title=A Catalog of Chessplayers & Problemists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiPwAAAAMAAJ|year=1969}}</ref>
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Achille Guenée]], French lawyer and entomologist (died 1880)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ROJGAQAAMAAJ|year=1881|publisher=Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Limited}}</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[George Bliss (Congressman)|George Bliss]], American politician (died 1868)<ref>{{cite book|author=Samuel Alanson Lane|title=Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County &#91;O.&#93;|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nyAWAAAAYAAJ|year=1892|publisher=Beacon Job Department}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Hong Xiuquan]], Chinese rebellion leader and king (died 1864)<ref>{{cite book|title=Modern China and its revolutionary process|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-KBQAQAAIAAJ|year=1985|isbn=978-0-520-05030-3| last1=Scalapino | first1=Robert A. | last2=Yu | first2=George T. | publisher=University of California Press }}</ref>
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[William Gamble (general)|William Gamble]], Irish-born American general (died 1866)<ref>{{cite book| author=Ezra J. Warner Jr. |title=Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PSgcaLic-AC&pg=PA165|date=1 June 1964|publisher=LSU Press|isbn=978-0-8071-0822-2|page=165}}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Arthur Hugh Clough]], English-Italian poet and academic (died 1861)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Cambridge History of English Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sRQ9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA103|year=1932|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=103–|id=GGKEY:LDDLEYAE1Q0}}</ref>
*  1819 &ndash; [[George Foster Shepley (judge)|George Foster Shepley]], American general (died 1878)<ref>{{cite book| author=Ezra J. Warner Jr. |title=Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PSgcaLic-AC&pg=PA436|date=1 June 1964|publisher=LSU Press|isbn=978-0-8071-0822-2|page=436}}</ref>
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Sándor Petőfi]], Hungarian poet and activist (died 1849)<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Reményi|title=Sándor Petöfi, Hungarian Poet (1823-1849)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gLVAAAAMAAJ|year=1953|publisher=Hungarian Reformed Federation of America}}</ref>
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Robert Lawson (architect)|Robert Lawson]], Scottish-New Zealand architect, designed the [[Otago Boys' High School]] and [[Knox Church, Dunedin|Knox Church]] (died 1902)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2l5/lawson-robert-arthur|title=Lawson, Robert Arthur|website=Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date=10 November 2018|archive-date=21 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221175645/https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2l5/lawson-robert-arthur|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Ludovic Halévy]], French author and playwright (died 1908)<ref>{{cite book|title=Catalogue of an Exhibition of One Hundred Famous First Editions in English and French Literature from December 1st to 14th, 1909|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-lEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA64|year=1834|publisher=E.D. North|pages=64–}}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Ouida]], English-Italian author and activist (died 1908)<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank Northen Magill|title=Masterplots Cyclopedia of World Authors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OdVOAQAAMAAJ|year=1958|publisher=Salem Press}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[John W. Goff]], Irish-American lawyer and politician (died 1924)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mmTXAAAAMAAJ|year=1925|publisher=The Society}}</ref>
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Eugène-Anatole Demarçay]], French chemist and academic (died 1904)<ref>{{cite book|author=Mary Elvira Weeks|title=The Discovery of the Elements ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YFBDAAAAIAAJ|year=1933|publisher=Mack printing Company}}</ref>
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[James George Frazer]], Scottish anthropologist and academic (died 1941)<ref>{{cite book|title=Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDJdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA112|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803122006/https://books.google.com/books?id=SDJdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA112|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 3, 2020|date=11 November 1984|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|isbn=978-1-349-07587-4|page=112}}</ref>
*  1854 &ndash; [[Thomas Waddell]], Irish-Australian politician, 15th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (died 1940)<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=A R |last=Buck |title =Waddell, Thomas (1854? - 1940) |id2=waddell-thomas-1626 |access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Tim Keefe]], American baseball player (died 1933)<ref>{{cite book|author=Tom Owens|title=Greatest baseball players of all time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F6WE9At5BKYC|year=1990|publisher=Publications International|isbn=978-0-88176-696-7}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Rauchinger]], Kraków-born painter (died 1942)<ref>{{cite book|author=W. Aichelburg|chapter=Rauchinger Heinrich, Maler|chapter-url=https://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl_8/438.pdf|title=[[Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950]]|language=de|volume=8|page=438|access-date=Nov 23, 2020|archive-date=October 9, 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl_8/438.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Michael Joseph Owens]], American inventor (died 1923)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Milton Killits|title=Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, 1623-1923|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zc95AAAAMAAJ|year=1923|publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company}}</ref>
*  1859   &ndash; [[Thibaw Min]], Burmese king (died 1916)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Percy Hardiman|title=Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6bkMAAAAIAAJ|year=1900|publisher=superintendent, Government printing, Burma}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Michele Lega]], Italian cardinal (died 1935)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exMsAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-1094-1}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Pierre de Coubertin]], French historian and educator, founded the [[International Olympic Committee]] (died 1937)<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher R. Hill|title=Olympic Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IPToAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA5|year=1996|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-4451-9|page=5}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Alfred Stieglitz]], American photographer and curator (died 1946)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alfred Stieglitz|author2=Weston Naef|author3=J. Paul Getty Museum|title=Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9c_0KXfl0kC&pg=PA140|year=1995|publisher=Getty Publications|isbn=978-0-89236-303-2|page=140}}</ref>
*  1864 &ndash; [[Qi Baishi]], Chinese painter (died 1957)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sealsociety.org/seal-artists/qi-baishi/|title=Qi Baishi 齊白石 (1864-1957)|website=Seal Society|access-date=14 November 2018|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801231551/https://www.sealsociety.org/seal-artists/qi-baishi/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Mary Acworth Evershed]], English astronomer and scholar (died 1949)<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qus0AQAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Astral Press}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Frank Knox]], American publisher and politician, 46th [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (died 1944)<ref>{{cite book|author=Perry J. Ashley|title=American newspaper journalists, 1926-1950|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vFkYAAAAIAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Gale Research Co.|isbn=9780810317079}}</ref>
*  1874 &ndash; [[Gustave Whitehead]], German-American pilot and engineer (died 1927)<ref>{{cite book|title=FAA General Aviation News: A DOT/FAA Flight Standards Safety Publication|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HmVBDCr8zwAC|year=1977|publisher=Office of Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Alexander von Staël-Holstein]], German sinologist and orientalist (died 1937)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Serge Elisséeff|author2=Charles Sidney Gardner|author3=James Roland Ware|title=Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YGgLAAAAIAAJ|year=1938|publisher=Harvard-Yenching Institute.}}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Agner Krarup Erlang]], Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer (died 1929)<ref>{{cite book|author=Akademiet for de tekniske videnskaber (Denmark)|title=Transactions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bIcPAQAAIAAJ|year=1946}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[E. M. Forster]], English author and playwright (died 1970)<ref>{{cite book|author=Norman Page|title=E-M-Forster|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QERdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803121842/https://books.google.com/books?id=QERdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 3, 2020|date=22 January 1988|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|isbn=978-1-349-19008-9|page=1}}</ref>
*  1879 &ndash; [[William Fox (producer)|William Fox]], Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the [[Fox Film Corporation]] and [[Fox Theatres]] (died 1952)<ref>{{cite book|author=Sara Pendergast|title=Writers and production artists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SKgzAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-453-5}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[William J. Donovan]], American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1959)<ref>{{cite book|author=John C. Fredriksen|title=American Military Leaders: A-L. v. 2. M-Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-7MwvwL5UR0C&pg=PA224|year=1999|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-001-7|page=224}}</ref>
*  1883 &ndash; [[Noe Khomeriki]], Georgian Social Democrat politician (died 1924)<ref>{{cite book |last=Smele |first=Jonathan |date=2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGyMCwAAQBAJ |title=Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page=570 |isbn=978-1-4422-5280-6 |access-date=2 October 2023 |archive-date=1 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101153853/https://books.google.com/books?id=jGyMCwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Chikuhei Nakajima]], Japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded [[Nakajima Aircraft Company]] (died 1949)<ref>{{cite book|title=Automotive Industries, the Automobile|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RLQSAQAAMAAJ|date=January 1937|publisher=Class Journal Company}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Canaris]], German admiral (died 1945)<ref>{{cite book|author=James A. Moncure|title=Research guide to european historical biography: 1450-present. A-Col (1-514), appendices 1-9 maps|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kswUAQAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Beacham Pub.|isbn=978-0-933833-28-9}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Chesley Bonestell]], American painter, designer, and illustrator<ref>{{cite book|last=Scheutz|first=Melvin H.|title=A Chesley Bonestell Space Art Chronology|location=Parkland, Fla.|publisher=Universal Publishers|date=1999|isbn=9781581128291|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Saqk5QJyVAC|page=xxix}}</ref>
*  1888 &ndash; [[John Garand]], Canadian-American engineer, designed the [[M1 Garand|M1 Garand rifle]] (died 1974)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Winfield Scott Downs|author2=American Historical Company|title=Encyclopedia of American biography: New series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CKEbAQAAMAAJ|year=1950|publisher=American Historical Society}}</ref>
*  1888 &ndash; [[Georgios Stanotas]], Greek general (died 1965)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://armyold.army.gr/default.php?pname=Article&art_id=90963&cat_id=14&la=2|title=Adoption Ceremony of Class of 2015 of the Career NCO School|website=Hellenic Army General Staff|access-date=16 November 2018}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Charles Bickford]], American actor (died 1967)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Paul Michael|author2=James Robert Parish|title=Movie Greats: The Players, Directors, Producers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQwnAQAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Garland Books}}</ref>
*  1889 &ndash; [[Seabury Quinn]], American author (died 1969)<ref>{{cite book|last=Ashley|first=Michael|title=Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction|location=New York|publisher=Taplinger Publishing Company|date=1978|isbn=9780800882754|page=152}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Anton Melik]], Slovenian geographer and academic (died 1966)<ref>{{cite book|title=Geografski vestnik|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hgUNAQAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Geografsko Drustvo.}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Sampurnanand]], Indian educator and politician, 3rd [[List of Governors of Rajasthan|Governor of Rajasthan]] (died 1969)<ref>{{cite book|author=C. M. Jain|title=State Legislatures in India: The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly; a Comparative Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hk8FAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=S. Chand}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Mahadev Desai]], Indian author and activist (died 1942)<ref>{{cite book|author=Mohan B. Daryanani|title=Who's who on Indian stamps|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZPtAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Mohan B. Daryanani|isbn=978-84-931101-0-9}}</ref>
*  1892 &ndash; [[Artur Rodziński]], Polish-American conductor (died 1958)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ewen |first1=David |title=Musicians since 1900 |date=1 January 1978 |publisher=HW Wilson Company |isbn=978-0-8242-0565-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VV0YAAAAIAAJ |access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref>
*  1892 &ndash; [[Manuel Roxas]], Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th [[President of the Philippines]] (died 1948)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Joseph Liow|author2=Michael Leifer|title=Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G5KLBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA324|date=20 November 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-62233-8|page=324}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Mordechai Frizis]], Greek colonel (died 1940)<ref>{{cite book|title=Los Muestros|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esLrAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=R. Capuia}}</ref>
*  1893 &ndash; [[Heinie Miller]], American football player and coach (died 1964)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heinie Miller |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MillHe20.htm |access-date=December 3, 2023 |website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] |archive-date=December 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203221703/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MillHe20.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Satyendra Nath Bose]], Indian physicist and mathematician (died 1974)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Satyendranath Bose|author2=Kameshwar C. Wali|title=Satyendra Nath Bose: His Life and Times : Selected Works (with Commentary)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L01pDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA462|year=2009|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=978-981-279-070-5|page=462}}</ref>
*  1894 &ndash; [[Edward Joseph Hunkeler]], American clergyman (died 1970)<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in the Midwest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZtmAAAAMAAJ|year=1949|publisher=A.N. Marquis}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[J. Edgar Hoover]], American law enforcement official; 1st [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (died 1972)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ray Wannall|title=The Real J. Edgar Hoover: For the Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UyhRbBHzneEC&pg=PA13|year=2000|publisher=Turner Publishing Company|isbn=978-1-56311-553-0|page=13}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Randolfo Pacciardi]], centre-left Italian politician (died 1991) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Archivio Randolfo Pacciardi (1919 aprile 22 - 1991 aprile 16). Profilo storico-biografico |url=https://archivio.camera.it/inventari/profilo/fondo-randolfo-pacciardi |website=Archivio storico della Camera dei Deputati |language=it |access-date=2023-10-06 |archive-date=2024-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101153920/https://archivio.camera.it/inventari/profilo/fondo-randolfo-pacciardi |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Chiune Sugihara]], Japanese soldier and diplomat (died 1986)<ref>{{cite book|author=Pierre Moulin|title=Dachau, Holocaust, and US Samurais: Nisei Soldiers First in Dachau?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_sUqcKOeIKIC&pg=PA183|year=2007|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4259-3801-7|page=183}}</ref>
*  1900 &ndash; [[Xavier Cugat]], Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1990)<ref>{{cite book|author=Matt S. Meier|title=Notable Latino Americans: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlIUAQAAIAAJ|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-29105-0}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Buster Nupen]], Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer (died 1977)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46594.html|title=Buster Nupen|website=cricinfo|access-date=12 November 2018|archive-date=12 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112182438/http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46594.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1902 &ndash; [[Hans von Dohnányi]], German jurist and political dissident (died 1945)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ilona Von Dohnanyi|author2=James A. Grymes|title=Ernst von DohnÃ¡nyi: A Song of Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RuMfn57fsEQC&pg=PA45|date=12 July 2002|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-10928-0|page=45}}</ref>
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry]], Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th [[President of Pakistan]] (died 1982)<ref>{{cite book|title=Current World Leaders: biography and news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zDQoAQAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Almanac of Current World Leaders}}</ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Stanisław Mazur]], Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist (died 1981)<ref>{{cite book|title=Studia mathematica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0iU5AAAAIAAJ|year=1982}}</ref>
*1905 &ndash; [[Lise Lindbæk]], Norwegian journalist and war correspondent (died 1961)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Lise Lindbæk |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=23 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Lise_Lindb%C3%A6k |language=no |access-date=13 March 2024 |archive-date=13 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313034705/https://snl.no/Lise_Lindb%C3%A6k |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Manuel Silos]], Filipino filmmaker and actor (died 1988)<ref>{{cite book|title=Focus on Filipino Films: A Sampling, 1951-1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PoQvAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Experimental cinema of the Philippines}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Kinue Hitomi]], Japanese sprinter and long jumper (died 1931)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Karen Christensen|author2=Allen Guttmann|author3=Gertrud Pfister|title=International encyclopedia of women and sports. 2. &#91;H - R&#93;|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-LYYAAAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Macmillan Reference USA|isbn=978-0-02-864952-8}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Dana Andrews]], American actor (died 1992)<ref>{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AZaAAAAYAAJ|year=1960|publisher=H. W. Wilson Co.}}</ref>
*  1909 &ndash; [[Stepan Bandera]], Ukrainian soldier and politician (died 1959)<ref>{{cite book|title=Murdered by Moscow: Petlura, Konovalets, Bandera: Three Leaders of the Ukrainian National Liberation Movement, Assassinated at the Orders of Stalin and Khrushchov|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tB7VAAAAMAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Ukrainian Publishers}}</ref>
*  1909 &ndash; [[Peggy Dennis]], American-Russian journalist, author, and activist (died 1993)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weigand |first=Kate |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WSaMu4F06AQC |title=Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century |date=2004 |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |isbn=978-0-674-01488-6 |editor-last=Ware |editor-first=Susan |pages=168–169 |language=en |chapter=Dennis, Peggy}}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Basil Dearden]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1971)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Paul Wells|author2=Alan Burton|author3=Tim O'Sullivan|title=Liberal directions: Basil Dearden and postwar British film culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-KlZAAAAMAAJ|date=December 1997|publisher=Flicks Books|isbn=978-0-948911-24-8}}</ref>
*  1911 &ndash; [[Hank Greenberg]], American baseball player (died 1986)<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter M. Gareffa|title=Newsmakers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mFmAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=9780810322028}}</ref>
*  1911 &ndash; [[Roman Totenberg]], Polish-American violinist and educator (died 2012)<ref>{{cite book|author=Stanley Sadie|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yVUNAQAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|isbn=978-0-333-23111-1}}</ref>
*  1911 &ndash; [[Audrey Wurdemann]], American poet and author (died 1960)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Heinz Dietrich Fischer|author2=Erika J. Fischer|title=Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1917-2000: Journalists, Writers and Composers on Their Ways to the Coveted Awards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2o4Ywn4LJwC&pg=PA270|year=2002|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-598-30186-5|page=270}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko]], Russian mathematician and historian (died 1995)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=J J |last2=Robertson |first2=E F |title=Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko - Biography |url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Gnedenko/ |access-date=2021-12-16 |website=Maths History |language=en |archive-date=2021-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202122757/https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Gnedenko/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1912 &ndash; [[Kim Philby]], British spy (died 1988)<ref>{{cite book|author=Benjamin Frankel|title=The Cold War, 1945-1991: Leaders and other important figures in the United States and Western Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iSwYAAAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=978-0-8103-8927-4}}</ref>
*  1912 &ndash; [[Nikiforos Vrettakos]], Greek poet and academic (died 1991)<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f5loAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Pella Publishing Company}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Noor Inayat Khan]], British [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent (died 1944)<ref>{{cite book|title=Spies at work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ek1QAQAAIAAJ|year=1954|last1 = Seth|first1 = Ronald| author-link = Ronald Seth}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Shannon Bolin]], American actress and singer (died 2016)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Daniel C. Blum|author2=John A. Willis|title=Theatre World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qg9lAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Crown Publishing Company}}</ref><ref name="mblank" />
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Patrick Anthony Porteous]], Scottish colonel, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (died 2000)<ref>{{cite book|author=David Harvey|title=Monuments to Courage: 1917-1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bls-AQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=K. and K. Patience}}</ref>
*  1918 &ndash; [[Willy den Ouden]], Dutch swimmer (died 1997)<ref>{{cite book|title=Modern Astrology: The "Astrologers' Magazine".|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JeMcAQAAMAAJ|year=1934}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Rocky Graziano]], American boxer and actor (died 1990)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Deborah Andrews|author2=Roland Turner|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6VIYAAAAIAAJ|year=1990|publisher=St. James Pr.|isbn=9781558620926|access-date=2018-11-09|archive-date=2023-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207124838/https://books.google.com/books?id=6VIYAAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1919 &ndash; [[Carole Landis]], American actress (died 1948)<ref>{{cite book|author=Caryn Hannan|title=Wisconsin Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V08bjkJeXkAC&pg=PA228|date=1 January 2008|publisher=State History Publications|isbn=978-1-878592-63-7|page=228}}</ref>
*  1919 &ndash; [[Sheila Mercier]], British actress, ''[[Emmerdale Farm]]'' (died 2019)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_S4f-nobIxEC&q=Sheila+Rix+Mercier+born+1+January+1919&pg=PA179|title=Some Joe You Don't Know: An American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities|first=Anthony|last=Slide|date=10 March 1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313295508|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*  1919 &ndash; [[Bones McKinney]], American basketball player (died 1997)<ref>{{cite web |title=Horace McKinney |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77546/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 December 2023 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230073556/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77546/career |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1919 &ndash; [[J. D. Salinger]], American soldier and author (died 2010)<ref>{{cite book|author=John C. Unrue|title=J.D. Salinger|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbMwAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-5739-0}}</ref>
*1919 &ndash;  [[Mai Dhai]], Pakistani folk singer{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Osvaldo Cavandoli]], Italian cartoonist (died 2007)<ref>{{cite book|author=Giannalberto Bendazzi|title=Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0azMCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA220|date=23 October 2015|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-317-51991-1|page=220}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Ismail al-Faruqi]], Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (died 1986)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ismail Raji Al-Faruqi|title=Islam and Other Faiths|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sPo9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|year=1998|publisher=IIIT|isbn=978-0-86037-276-9|page=11}}</ref>
*  1921 &ndash; [[César Baldaccini]], French sculptor and academic (died 1998)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alex Kayser|author2=Andy Warhol|title=Artists' portraits|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IC04AQAAIAAJ|date=August 1981|publisher=H.N. Abrams|isbn=9780810922228}}</ref>
*  1921 &ndash; [[Regina Bianchi]], Italian actress (died 2013)<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in Italy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r2dmAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Who's Who in Italy|isbn = 9788885246379}}</ref>
*  1921 &ndash; [[Johnny Logan (basketball)|Johnny Logan]], American basketball player (died 1977)<ref>{{cite web |title=Johnny Logan |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77403/boxscores?Season=1949-50&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&PerMode=PerGame |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 December 2023 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230073555/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77403/boxscores?Season=1949-50&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&PerMode=PerGame |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Ernest Hollings]], American soldier and politician, 106th [[Governor of South Carolina]] (died 2019)<ref>{{cite book|author=David T. Ballantyne|title=New Politics in the Old South: Ernest F. Hollings in the Civil Rights Era|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O_k6DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1806|date=15 November 2016|publisher=University of South Carolina Press|isbn=978-1-61117-704-6|page=1806}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Barbara Baxley]], American actress (died 1990)<ref name="mblank">{{Cite magazine |title=Just Some New Year's Broadway Babies |date=2010-01-01 |magazine=[[Playbill]] |url=https://playbill.com/article/just-some-new-years-broadway-babies-com-191765 |last=Blank |first=Matthew |access-date=2024-01-05 |issn=0551-0678 |quote=…Barbara Baxley…Shannon Bolin…Ty Hardin…Clare Holman…Larry L. King…Frank Langella…Kate Levering…Colin Morgan…Don Novello…Michael O'Haughey…Joe Orton…Louise Pitre…Eden Riegel… |archive-date=2024-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106031048/https://playbill.com/article/just-some-new-years-broadway-babies-com-191765 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nypl">{{Cite web|url=https://archives.nypl.org/the/18640|title=archives.nypl.org -- Barbara Baxley papers|website=archives.nypl.org|access-date=2024-01-06|archive-date=2024-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106031049/https://archives.nypl.org/the/18640|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1923 &ndash; [[Valentina Cortese]], Italian actress (died 2019)<ref>{{cite book|author1=G. Colombo|author2=Who's Who in Italy S. R. L.|author3=Who's Who in Italy|title=Who's Who in Italy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnhmAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Who's Who In Italy|isbn=9788885246447}}</ref>
*  1923 &ndash; [[Milt Jackson]], American jazz vibraphonist and composer (died 1999)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Fordham|title=Jazz on CD: the essential guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F2LvGtKgp_MC|date=April 1996|publisher=Kyle Cathie|isbn=978-1-85626-204-0}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Francisco Macías Nguema]], Equatorial Guinean politician, 1st [[List of heads of state of Equatorial Guinea|President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea]] (died 1979)<ref>{{cite book|author=Neil A. Hamilton|title=Founders of Modern Nations: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zRPvAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-87436-750-8}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Matthew Beard (American actor)|Matthew Beard]], American child actor (died 1981)<ref>{{cite book|author=Leonard Maltin|title=The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oajo8oYuNIAC|year=1992|publisher=Crown|isbn=978-0-517-58325-8}}</ref>
*  1925 &ndash; [[Paul Bomani]], Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st [[Minister of Finance (Tanzania)|Tanzanian Minister of Finance]] (died 2005)<ref>{{cite book|author=Raph Uwechue|title=Africa Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9EAOAQAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Africa Journal Limited|isbn=978-0-903274-17-3}}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Kazys Petkevičius]], Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2008)<ref>{{cite book|title=Who is who in Lithuania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JqBmAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Kas yra kas Lietuvoje, UAB Neolitas|isbn = 9789986709046}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Maurice Béjart]], French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (died 2007)<ref>{{cite book|title=Academic American Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJMJAAAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Aretê Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-933880-00-9}}</ref>
*  1927 &ndash; [[James Reeb]], American clergyman and political activist (died 1965)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Christopher M. Richardson|author2=Ralph E. Luker|title=Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CafcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA376|date=11 June 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-0-8108-8037-5|page=376}}</ref>
*  1927 &ndash; [[Vernon L. Smith]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Breit|author2=Barry T. Hirsch|title=Lives of the Laureates: Twenty-three Nobel Economists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4e3HnrXez4YC&pg=PA355|year=2009|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-01276-8|page=355}}</ref>
*  1927 &ndash; [[Doak Walker]], American football player and businessman (died 1998)<ref>{{cite book|title=Famous American Athletes of Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dalQAQAAMAAJ|year=1949|publisher=L.C. Page}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Ernest Tidyman]], American author and screenwriter (died 1984)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Riggs|title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NP9kAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-7876-4636-3}}</ref>
*  1928 &ndash; [[Gerhard Weinberg]], German-American historian, author, and academic<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmich.edu/colleges/class/Abel/Speakers/Pages/Gerhard-Weinberg-Fall-2009.aspx|title=Gerhard Weinberg - Fall 2009|website=Central Michigan University|access-date=22 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Larry L. King]], American journalist, author, and playwright (died 2012)<ref>{{cite book|author=Larry L. King|title=Warning, Writer at Work: The Best Collectibles of Larry L. King|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bIVC8LImXwwC&pg=PA289|year=1985|publisher=TCU Press|isbn=978-0-87565-016-6|page=289}}</ref><ref name="mblank" />
*  1929 &ndash; [[Haruo Nakajima]], Japanese actor and stuntman, portrayed [[Godzilla]] from 1954 to 1972 (died 2017)<ref>{{cite book|last=Ryfle|first=Steve|title=Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G"|location=Toronto|publisher=ECW Press|date=1998|isbn=9781550223484|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cqSOkywWeX4C|page=178|access-date=2024-01-02|archive-date=2023-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922211037/https://books.google.com/books?id=cqSOkywWeX4C|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Ty Hardin]], American actor (died 2017)<ref name="mblank" />
*  1930 &ndash; [[Frederick Wiseman]], American director and producer<ref>{{cite book|title=International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Directors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IFvv_Qo7-iEC|year=1997|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-301-9}}</ref> 
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Patanè]], Italian conductor (died 1989)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Deborah Andrews|author2=Roland Turner|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1QYAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=St. James Pr.|isbn=9781558620568}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[James Hormel]], American philanthropist and diplomat (died 2021)<ref>{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1YwYAAAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=H.W. Wilson}}</ref>
*  1933 &ndash; [[Joe Orton]], English dramatist (died 1967)<ref>{{cite book|author=Susan Rusinko|title=Joe Orton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQlaAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Twayne Publishers|isbn=978-0-8057-7034-6}}</ref><ref name="mblank" />
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Alan Berg]], American lawyer and radio host (died 1984)<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen Singular|title=Talked to Death: The Murder of Alan Berg and the Rise of the Neo-Nazis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QwU_6CZwVZMC|year=1989|publisher=Berkley Books|isbn=978-0-425-11329-5}}</ref>
*  1934 &ndash; [[Lakhdar Brahimi]], Algerian politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Algeria)|Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Tempo: Indonesia's Weekly News Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3rMTAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Arsa Raya Perdana}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Om Prakash Chautala]], Indian politician (died 2024)<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Asian and Australasian Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ge25AAAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Bowker-Saur|isbn=978-0-86291-593-3}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[James Sinegal]], American businessman, co-founded [[Costco]]<ref>{{cite book|title=BusinessWeek|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjW3AAAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=McGraw-Hill}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Frank Langella]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/frank-langella/|title=Frank Langella. Biography, news, photos and videos|website=hellomagazine.com|date=8 October 2009|access-date=26 August 2020|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124121833/https://www1.hellomagazine.com/profiles/frank-langella/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mblank" />
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Michèle Mercier]], French actress<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170929045634/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f90394d ''Michèle Mercier''] at the [[British Film Institute]]{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}</ref>
*  1939 &ndash; [[Phil Read]], English motorcycle racer and businessman (died 2022)<ref>{{cite book|title=Cycle World Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IbScMu5Lkw0C&pg=RA11-PA60|date=January 2008|page=11}}</ref>
*  1939 &ndash; [[Senfronia Thompson]], American politician<ref>{{cite book|title=Texas State Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhKibokhGvEC|year=1977|publisher=Texas Publishing Company}}</ref>
*  1939 &ndash; [[Younoussi Touré]], Malian politician, [[Prime Minister of Mali]] (died 2022)<ref>[http://www.essor.gov.ml/jour/cgi-bin/view_article.pl?id=16746 "Assemblée nationale: aux commandes ..."]{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''L'Essor'', number 16,042, 28 September 2007 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Dennis Archer]], American lawyer and politician, 67th [[Mayor of Detroit]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ellen Campbell|author2=Jill K. Moore|title=The Michigan Supreme Court Historical Reference Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0mXhAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society}}</ref>
*  1942 &ndash; [[Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn]], English dentist and politician<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in European Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WN6eAAAAIAAJ|date=December 1990|publisher=Bowker-Saur|isbn=978-0-86291-911-5}}</ref>
*  1942 &ndash; [[Country Joe McDonald]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite book|author=Brock Helander|title=The Rockin' 60s: The People Who Made the Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mbHDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT172|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Schirmer Trade Books|isbn=978-0-85712-811-9|pages=172–}}</ref>
*  1942 &ndash; [[Alassane Ouattara]], Ivorian economist and politician, [[List of heads of state of Ivory Coast|President of the Ivory Coast]]<ref>{{cite book|title=West Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7U4OAQAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Afrimedia International}}</ref>
*  1942 &ndash; [[Gennadi Sarafanov]], Russian pilot and cosmonaut (died 2005)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service|author2=United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space and Technology|title=Astronauts and cosmonauts biographical and statistical data: report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LioTG1SDqaMC|year=1994|publisher=U.S. G.P.O.|isbn=9780160439483}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Tony Knowles (politician)|Tony Knowles]], American soldier and politician, 7th [[Governor of Alaska]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kim A. Summers|author2=Sally M. Walker|title=The Teacher's Calendar, School Year 2000-2001: The Day-by-day Directory to Holidays, Historic Events, Birthdays and Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ESUSAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-2521-7|access-date=2018-11-13|archive-date=2023-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207122242/https://books.google.com/books?id=ESUSAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1943 &ndash; [[Don Novello]], American comedian, screenwriter and producer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kathleen J. Edgar|author2=Joshua Kondek|title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_dkAAAAMAAJ|date=October 1998|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-2058-5}}</ref><ref name="mblank" />
*  1943 &ndash; [[Vladimir Šeks]], Croatian lawyer and politician, 16th [[Speaker of the Croatian Parliament]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?sec=4945|title=Members of the 7th Parliament|website=Croatian Parliament|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116000903/http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?sec=4945|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1944 &ndash; [[Barry Beath]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/barry-beath/summary.html|title=Barry Beath - Career Stats & Summary|website=Rugby League Project|access-date=2021-01-01|archive-date=2020-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024091609/https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/barry-beath/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1944 &ndash; [[Jimmy Hart]], American professional wrestling manager<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mac |first1=Eddie |title=This Day in Wrestling History (Jan. 1): RAW is K-Fed |url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/2017/1/1/14134542/today-pro-wrestling-history-jan-1-wwe-raw-is-k-fed |publisher=[[CageSide Seats]] |access-date=30 December 2023 |date=1 January 2017 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230073553/https://www.cagesideseats.com/2017/1/1/14134542/today-pro-wrestling-history-jan-1-wwe-raw-is-k-fed |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1944 &ndash; [[Zafarullah Khan Jamali]], Pakistani field hockey player and politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Impact International|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5mYxAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=News & Media}}</ref> (died 2020)
*  1944 &ndash; [[Teresa Torańska]], Polish journalist and author (died 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://culture.pl/en/artist/teresa-toranska|title=Teresa Torańska|website=culture.pl|author=Janusz R. Kowalczy|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-date=15 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115195317/https://culture.pl/en/artist/teresa-toranska|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1944 &ndash; [[Mati Unt]], Estonian author, playwright, and director (died 2005)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Play: Short Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LcrfAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Perioodika}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Victor Ashe]], American politician and former United States Ambassador to Poland<ref>{{cite book|title=Tennessee Blue Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rosuAAAAIAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Secretary of State}}</ref>
*  1945 &ndash; [[Jacky Ickx]], Belgian racing driver<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian Laban|title=Winners: a who's who of motor racing champions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pMweYFCjPAAC|year=1981|publisher=Orbis|isbn=978-0-85613-042-7}}</ref>
*  1945 &ndash; [[Jimmy Jones (basketball)|Jimmy Jones]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jimmy Jones |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77186/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 December 2023 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230073554/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77186/career |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Rivellino]], Brazilian footballer and manager<ref>{{Cite news|title=Roberto Rivellino&nbsp;– Goals in International Matches|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/rivellino-intlg.html|access-date=13 June 2020|archive-date=15 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815035537/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/rivellino-intlg.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1946 &ndash; [[Claude Steele]], American social psychologist and academic<ref>{{cite book|author=Shirelle Phelps|title=Contemporary Black Biography: Profiles from the International Black Community|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RCV2AAAAMAAJ|date=10 December 1996|publisher=Gale|isbn=9780787601010}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Jon Corzine]], American sergeant and politician, 54th [[Governor of New Jersey]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Congressional Directory, 2005-2006, 109th Congress, Convened January 4, 2005|year = 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L-_zoKQ-mvQC&pg=PA168|publisher=Government Printing Office|pages=168–|isbn = 9780160724671|id=GGKEY:J7SFJ9GERDN}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Devlet Bahçeli]], Turkish economist, academic, and politician, 57th [[Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Devlet Bahçeli Biography |url=http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/milletvekillerimiz_sd.bilgi?p_donem=24&p_sicil=5801 |website=[[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] |access-date=25 August 2021 |language=Turkish |archive-date=14 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214215423/http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/milletvekillerimiz_sd.bilgi?p_donem=24&p_sicil=5801 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1948 &ndash; [[Pavel Grachev]], Russian general and politician, 1st [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Russian Minister of Defence]] (died 2012)<ref>{{cite book|title=JPRS Report: Central Eurasia. Military affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ps4xAQAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service}}</ref>
*  1948 &ndash; [[Dick Quax]], New Zealand runner and politician (died 2018)<ref>{{cite book|author=Seppo Luhtala|title=Top Distance Runners of the Century: Motivation, Pain, Success: World-Class Athletes Tell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4m_eB0RvYsC&pg=PA217|year=2002|publisher=Meyer & Meyer Verlag|isbn=978-1-84126-069-3|page=217}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Borys Tarasyuk]], Ukrainian politician and diplomat<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.dk/samling/20061/almdel/UPN/bilag/12/313221.pdf|title=MR. BORYS TARASYUK - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine|website=ft.dk|access-date=12 December 2018|archive-date=16 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216030854/https://www.ft.dk/samling/20061/almdel/UPN/bilag/12/313221.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Wayne Bennett (rugby league)|Wayne Bennett]], Australian rugby league player and coach<ref>{{cite book|author1=David Becker|author2=Scott Hill|title=The Coaches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmeiwqAur3kC&pg=PA38|year=2010|publisher=Sports Wisdom|isbn=978-0-9807672-0-9|page=38}}</ref>
*  1950 &ndash; [[Tony Currie (footballer)|Tony Currie]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2020/june/legends-on-legends-sheffield-united/|title=Martin Chivers on Tony Currie|website=Tottenham Hotspur|access-date=20 October 2020|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021082452/https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2020/june/legends-on-legends-sheffield-united/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Shaji N. Karun]], Indian director and cinematographer<ref>{{cite book|author=S. N. Sadasivan|title=A Social History of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Be3PCvzf-BYC&pg=PA690|year=2000|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-170-0|page=690}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Gary Johnson]], American businessman and politician, 29th [[Governor of New Mexico]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jaci Jarrett Masztal|author2=Diane M. Salamon|title=Journey to the Top: Life Stories and Insights from Fifty Governors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=80oIAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Hats Office|isbn=978-1-58736-146-3}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Richard Edson]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-01-01 |title=Happy Birthday To New Rochelle's Richard Edson |url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/newrochelle/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-new-rochelles-richard-edson/429015/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=New Rochelle Daily Voice |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014165319/https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/newrochelle/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-new-rochelles-richard-edson/429015/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1954 &ndash; [[Bob Menendez]], American lawyer and politician<ref>{{cite book|author=Congress (U S ) Joint Committee on Printing|title=Official Congressional Directory 114th Congress, 2015-2016, Convened January 2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4Som-OxRt4C&pg=PA169|date=30 March 2016|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=978-0-16-092997-7|pages=169–}}</ref>
*  1954 &ndash; [[Dennis O'Driscoll]], Irish poet and critic (died 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9801096/Dennis-ODriscoll.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9801096/Dennis-ODriscoll.html |archive-date=2022-01-10 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Dennis O'Driscoll|date=14 January 2013|website=The Telegraph|access-date=12 December 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  1954 &ndash; [[Yannis Papathanasiou]], Greek engineer and politician, [[Ministry of Finance (Greece)|Greek Minister of Finance]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gr/english/synthesh/mp.asp?MPID=501|title=Curriculum Vitae|publisher=at [[Hellenic Parliament]] website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050208213543/http://www.parliament.gr/english/synthesh/mp.asp?MPID=501|archive-date=February 8, 2005|access-date=July 2, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Mary Beard (classicist)|Mary Beard]], English classicist, academic and presenter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/aug/24/classics|title=Up Pompeii with the roguish don|date=24 August 2008|author=Robert McCrum|website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=16 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916202912/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/aug/24/classics|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1955 &ndash; [[LaMarr Hoyt]], American baseball player (died 2021)<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Baseball Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZOBAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=The Sporting News.|isbn = 9780892042081}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Sergei Avdeyev]], Russian engineer and astronaut<ref>{{cite book|author1=Rex Hall|author2=David Shayler|title=Soyuz: A Universal Spacecraft|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbGchpi1HP8C&pg=PA427|date=7 May 2003|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-85233-657-8|page=427}}</ref>
*  1956 &ndash; [[Royce Ayliffe]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/royce-ayliffe/summary.html|title=Royce Ayliffe - Career Stats & Summary|website=Rugby League Project|access-date=2021-01-01|archive-date=2021-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117221540/https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/royce-ayliffe/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1956 &ndash; [[Christine Lagarde]], French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, [[International Monetary Fund]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Nick Heath-Brown|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lDkUDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA19|date=7 February 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-57823-8|pages=19–}}</ref>
*  1956 &ndash; [[Mike Mitchell (basketball, born 1956)|Mike Mitchell]], American basketball player (died 2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Mitchell |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77615/boxscores-advanced |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 December 2023 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230073553/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77615/boxscores-advanced |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1956 &ndash; [[Martin Plaza]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/245050-Martin-Plaza|title=Martin Plaza|website=Discogs|access-date=2020-08-26|archive-date=2020-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215102512/https://www.discogs.com/artist/245050-Martin-Plaza|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Evangelos Venizelos]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Greece]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/en/Vouleftes/Viografika-Stoicheia/?MPId=60c2d57c-9936-469b-91fd-66ed27eaad3f|title=Evangelos Venizelos|website=Hellenic Parliament|access-date=3 November 2018|archive-date=4 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104010124/https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/en/Vouleftes/Viografika-Stoicheia/?MPId=60c2d57c-9936-469b-91fd-66ed27eaad3f|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Grandmaster Flash]], Barbadian rapper and DJ <ref>{{cite book|author=Steve Hochman|title=Popular Musicians: The Doobie Brothers-Paul McCartney|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jB8KAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-0-89356-988-4}}</ref>
*  1958 &ndash; [[Dave Silk]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dave Silk |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/dave-silk-8451361 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=30 December 2023 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230073554/https://www.nhl.com/player/dave-silk-8451361 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Abdul Ahad Mohmand]], Afghan colonel, pilot, and astronaut<ref>{{cite book|title=Joint Publications Research Service Report. Science and Technology. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Space|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-WH0AAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service}}</ref>
*  1959 &ndash; [[Azali Assoumani]], Comorian colonel and politician, [[List of heads of state of Comoros|President of the Comoros]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Les de Villiers|title=Africa 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwOJYNcMxR0C|date=1 October 2002|publisher=Business Books International|isbn=978-0-916673-11-6}}</ref>
*  1959 &ndash; [[Panagiotis Giannakis]], Greek basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/panagiotis-giannakis|title=Panagiotis Giannakis|website=Olympic.org|access-date=12 December 2018|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804054532/https://www.olympic.org/panagiotis-giannakis|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1959 &ndash; [[Adrian Hall (actor)|Adrian Hall]], English director and former actor<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=The Spotlight. Index to Actresses—Part 2. Index to Children|chapter=Adrian Hall|location=London|publisher=The Spotlight|date=Autumn 1971|oclc=269257955|page=2985}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Sam Backo]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/sam-backo/summary.html|title=Sam Backo - Career Stats & Summary|website=Rugby League Project|access-date=2021-01-01|archive-date=2020-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104235302/https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/sam-backo/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Anton Muscatelli]], Italian-Scottish economist and academic<ref>{{cite web|title=MUSCATELLI, Prof. (Vito) Antonio|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U245261/MUSCATELLI_Prof._Vito_Antonio?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0|work=[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=December 2008|access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Jean-Marc Gounon]], French racing driver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/jean-marc-gounon|title=Jean-Marc Gounon|website=MotorSport database|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001054/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/jean-marc-gounon|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Dedee Pfeiffer]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/21/Dedee-Pfeiffer.html|title=Dedee Pfeiffer Biography (1964-)|website=Film Reference|access-date=3 December 2018|archive-date=4 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704063531/http://www.filmreference.com/film/21/Dedee-Pfeiffer.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Anna Burke]], Australian businesswoman and politician, 28th [[Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives]]<ref>{{Cite Au Parliament |name=Ms Anna Burke MP |mpid=83S |access-date=2021-11-04}}</ref>
*  1966 &ndash; [[Ivica Dačić]], Serbian journalist and politician, 95th [[Prime Minister of Serbia]]<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe|title=Serbia's Leadership of the OSCE: Hearing Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, First Session, February 25, 2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xapn6foIA0IC|year=2015|publisher=U.S. Government Publishing Office}}</ref>
*  1966 &ndash; [[Tihomir Orešković]], Croatian–Canadian businessman, 11th [[Prime Minister of Croatia]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Palgrave Macmillan|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2017: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBs9DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA375|date=28 February 2017|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-349-68398-7|pages=375–}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Tawera Nikau]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/nrl-tawera-nikau-torn-between-facts-and-fairytales/ROOOLRTXUNGWSESLJGR5QOAR5E/|title=NRL: Tawera Nikau torn between facts and fairytales|date=1 October 2016|website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=20 October 2020|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021120204/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/nrl-tawera-nikau-torn-between-facts-and-fairytales/ROOOLRTXUNGWSESLJGR5QOAR5E/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Davor Šuker]], Croatian footballer<ref>{{FIFA player|155711}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Morris Chestnut]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Morris Chestnut Gets Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/walk-of-fame-star-for-morris-chestnut-to-be-unveiled/2854606/ |publisher=[[KNBC]] |access-date=28 December 2022 |date=23 March 2022 |archive-date=28 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228180400/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/walk-of-fame-star-for-morris-chestnut-to-be-unveiled/2854606/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1969 &ndash; [[Verne Troyer]], American actor (died 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://obits.mlive.com/amp/obituaries/southeast-michigan/188808338|title=Verne Troyer Obituary (1969 - 2018) - MLive.com|website=obits.mlive.com|date=25 April 2018|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127201844/https://obits.mlive.com/amp/obituaries/southeast-michigan/188808338|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Sergei Kiriakov]], Russian footballer and coach<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/sergey-kiryakov/|title=Sergey Kiryakov|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2025-05-07}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Sammie Henson]], American wrestler and coach<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/01/sports/sydney-2000-freestyle-wrestling-silver-medalists-do-much-agonizing-in-defeat.html|title=SYDNEY 2000: FREESTYLE WRESTLING; Silver Medalists Do Much Agonizing in Defeat|date=1 October 2000|author=Richard Sandomir|website=New York Times|access-date=20 December 2018|archive-date=20 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220231037/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/01/sports/sydney-2000-freestyle-wrestling-silver-medalists-do-much-agonizing-in-defeat.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1971 &ndash; [[Bobby Holík]], Czech-American ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/holikbo01.html|title=Bobby Holik|website=Hockey Reference|access-date=3 December 2018|archive-date=22 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022181521/https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/holikbo01.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1971 &ndash; [[Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia]], Indian politician<ref>{{cite news|title=The evolution of Honorable Shri. Jyotiraditya Scindia|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/the-evolution-of-jyotiraditya-scindia/articleshow/11710390.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=2002-06-02|access-date=4 November 2018|archive-date=2022-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719171525/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/the-evolution-of-jyotiraditya-scindia/articleshow/11710390.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Lilian Thuram]], French footballer<ref>{{cite book|author=Laurent Dubois|title=Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6kwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA78|date=9 February 2011|publisher=Univ of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-26978-1|pages=78–}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Christian Paradis]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th [[Minister of Industry (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Industry]]<ref>{{cite book|author=John Zeyad Bejermi|title=Canadian Parliamentary Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3W8kAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Borealis Press|isbn=978-0-88887-350-7}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Chris Anstey]], Australian basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite book|author=Sporting News|title=Official NBA Register: Every Player, Every Stat!, 1999-2000 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RmBX067yjXgC|date=August 1999|publisher=Sporting News Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-89204-620-1}}</ref>
*  1975 &ndash; [[Joe Cannon (soccer)|Joe Cannon]], American soccer player and sportscaster<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espnfc.us/player/37022/joe-cannon |title=Joe Cannon Player Profile – ESPN FC |website=[[ESPN FC]] |access-date=March 25, 2016 |archive-date=April 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411215156/http://www.espnfc.us/player/37022/joe-cannon |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1975 &ndash; [[Becky Kellar-Duke]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/becky-kellar-duke/|title=Becky Kellar (Duke)|website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website|date=18 September 2011|access-date=20 December 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071846/https://olympic.ca/team-canada/becky-kellar-duke/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1975 &ndash; [[Fernando Tatís]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite book|author=Steve Gietschier|title=Chase's sports calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|date=1 November 1999|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-2600-9}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Tank (American singer)|Tank]], American singer, songwriter, producer, and actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 1, 2023 includes celebrities Grandmaster Flash, Frank Langella |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-1-2023-includes-celebrities-grandmaster-flash-frank-langella.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=30 December 2023 |date=1 January 2023 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230073553/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-1-2023-includes-celebrities-grandmaster-flash-frank-langella.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Vidya Balan]], Indian actress <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/lifestyle/vidya-balan-birthday-special-heres-how-the-40-year-old-diva-breaks-the-fashion-code-of-bollywood-view-pics-567078.html|title=Vidya Balan Birthday Special: Here's How The 40 Year Old Diva Breaks The Fashion Code Of Bollywood-View Pics!|date=January 1, 2019|website=LatestLY|access-date=January 1, 2019|archive-date=January 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101100927/https://www.latestly.com/lifestyle/vidya-balan-birthday-special-heres-how-the-40-year-old-diva-breaks-the-fashion-code-of-bollywood-view-pics-567078.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Elin Nordegren]], Swedish-American model<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 1: Morris Chestnut, Christine Lagarde |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/01/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-1-Morris-Chestnut-Christine-Lagarde/7351672506800/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=30 December 2023 |date=1 January 2023 |archive-date=2 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102000509/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/01/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-1-Morris-Chestnut-Christine-Lagarde/7351672506800/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Jonas Armstrong]], Irish-English actor<ref>{{Cite news|title=Celebrity-Birthdays-Jan01|work=Times Colonist|date=January 1, 2024|accessdate=January 1, 2024|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/today-in-history-and-celebrity-birthdays/celebrity-birthdays-jan01-8044211|archive-date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101222015/https://www.timescolonist.com/today-in-history-and-celebrity-birthdays/celebrity-birthdays-jan01-8044211|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1981 &ndash; [[Zsolt Baumgartner]], Hungarian racing driver<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/1221.html|title=Zsolt Baumgartner|website=ESPN|access-date=12 November 2018|archive-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617165856/http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/1221.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1981 &ndash; [[Mladen Petrić]], Croatian footballer<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fulham-fc/10/|title=Fulham FC » Players from A-Z|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=30 December 2019|archive-date=7 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007055306/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fulham-fc/10/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1981 &ndash; [[Eden Riegel]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Egidio Arévalo]], Uruguayan footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://palermocalcio.it/it/1213/squadra/scheda.php?id=9432 |publisher=US Città di Palermo |language=it |access-date=15 November 2018 |title=AREVALO EGIDIO RAUL RIOS |archive-date=7 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307215217/http://palermocalcio.it/it/1213/squadra/scheda.php?id=9432 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  1982 &ndash; [[David Nalbandian]], Argentine tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=30015743|title=David Nalbandian|website=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit|access-date=28 November 2018|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123141913/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=30015743|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Calum Davenport]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/tottenham-hotspur/10/|title=Tottenham Hotspur » Players from A-Z|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=30 December 2019|archive-date=7 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007055306/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/tottenham-hotspur/10/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1983 &ndash; [[Park Sung-hyun (archer)|Park Sung-hyun]], South Korean archer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldarchery.org/news/141973/best-olympic-archers-all-time-3-park-sung-hyun|title=BEST OLYMPIC ARCHERS OF ALL-TIME: #3 PARK SUNG-HYUN|website=World Archery|date=23 June 2016|access-date=8 November 2018|archive-date=29 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229190154/https://worldarchery.org/news/141973/best-olympic-archers-all-time-3-park-sung-hyun|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Paolo Guerrero]], Peruvian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=4 June 2018 |access-date=15 December 2019 |archive-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619164139/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  1984 &ndash; [[Fernando San Emeterio]], Spanish basketball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fernando SAN EMETERIO at the FIBA EuroBasket 2017 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/player/Fernando-San-Emeterio |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107202931/https://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/player/Fernando-San-Emeterio |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1984 &ndash; [[Michael Witt]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/michael-witt/summary.html|title=Michael Witt - Career Stats & Summary|website=Rugby League Project|access-date=2021-01-01|archive-date=2021-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501215900/https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/michael-witt/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Jeff Carter]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Carter |url=https://www.nhl.com/penguins/player/jeff-carter-8470604 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=30 December 2023 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230073553/https://www.nhl.com/penguins/player/jeff-carter-8470604 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1985 &ndash; [[Steven Davis]], Northern Irish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishfa.com/ifa-international/squads/senior-men/steven-davis|title=Steven Davis|website=Irish Football Association|access-date=23 November 2018|archive-date=23 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123200902/https://www.irishfa.com/ifa-international/squads/senior-men/steven-davis|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1985 &ndash; [[Kenoh]], Japanese professional wrestler<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenoh |script-title=ja:拳王 |url=https://www.noah.co.jp/profile/10/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128042754/https://www.noah.co.jp/profile/10/ |archive-date=November 28, 2023 |access-date=January 1, 2024 |website=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]] |language=ja}}</ref>
*  1985 &ndash; [[Tiago Splitter]], Brazilian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=B5P |title=Tiago Splitter |publisher=ACB.com |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180203203112/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=B5P |archive-date=2018-02-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Pablo Cuevas]], Uruguayan tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/players/overview/atpc882.html|title=Pablo Cuevas|website=Wimbledon Championships|access-date=8 November 2018|archive-date=22 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122071337/http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/players/overview/atpc882.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1986 &ndash; [[Glen Davis (basketball)|Glen Davis]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glen Davis Stats|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/davisgl01.html|access-date=2021-01-29|website=Basketball-Reference.com|archive-date=2021-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121010245/https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/davisgl01.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1986 &ndash; [[Colin Morgan]], Northern Irish actor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/01/UPI-Almanac-for-Tuesday-Jan-1-2019/8591546197138/|title=UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019|work=[[United Press International]]|date=1 January 2019|access-date=2 September 2019|archive-date=2 September 2019 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20190902213942/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/01/UPI-Almanac-for-Tuesday-Jan-1-2019/8591546197138/|url-status=live|quote= actor Colin Morgan in 1986}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Lee Sung-min (singer)|Lee Sung-min]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|title='슈주' 시원, 성민에 생일 축하..'케익 범벅 인증샷'|url=https://m.starnewskorea.com/article/2012010109360202736|work=스타뉴스|date=1 January 2012|access-date=20 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Gilbert Brulé]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Gilbert Brule |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/gilbert-brule-8471680 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=30 December 2023 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230073553/https://www.nhl.com/player/gilbert-brule-8471680 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1987 &ndash; [[Meryl Davis]], American ice dancer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/meryl-davis|title=Meryl Davis|website=Olympic.org|access-date=12 December 2018|archive-date=1 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901084225/https://www.olympic.org/meryl-davis|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1987 &ndash; [[Patric Hörnqvist]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/patric-hornqvist-8471887|title=Patric Hornqvist Stats and News|website=NHL.com|access-date=2020-06-13|archive-date=2020-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613083129/https://www.nhl.com/player/patric-hornqvist-8471887|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Marcel Gecov]], Czech footballer<ref name="auto1"/>
*  1988 &ndash; [[Dallas Keuchel]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dallas Keuchel |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/dallas-keuchel-572971 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=28 December 2022 |archive-date=28 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228180400/https://www.mlb.com/player/dallas-keuchel-572971 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jason Pierre-Paul]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/jasonpierre-paul/496843/profile|title=Jason Pierre-Paul|website=NFL|access-date=12 November 2018|archive-date=12 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112223603/http://www.nfl.com/player/jasonpierre-paul/496843/profile|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Julia Glushko]], Israeli tennis player<ref>[https://www.wtatennis.com/players/312889/julia-glushko "Julia Glushko,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801234129/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/312889/julia-glushko |date=2020-08-01 }} wtatennis.com.</ref>
*  1990 &ndash; [[Ali Maâloul]], Tunisian football player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF|title=2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players|publisher=FIFA|page=31|date=14 July 2018|access-date=14 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619164139/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF|archive-date=19 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Glen Rice Jr.]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Glen Rice |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203318/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 December 2023 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230073554/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203318/career |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1991 &ndash; [[Darius Slay]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Darius Slay|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/dariusslay/2540288/profile|website=NFL.com|access-date=26 March 2020|archive-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021060350/http://www.nfl.com/player/dariusslay/2540288/profile|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1991 &ndash; [[Xavier Su'a-Filo]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/Sua-Xa00.htm|title=Xavier Su'a-Filo Stats|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2020-12-01|archive-date=2020-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206095153/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/Sua-Xa00.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Nathaniel Peteru]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.therhinos.co.uk/player/nathaniel-peteru/|title=Nathaniel Peteru|website=Leeds Rhinos|date=16 January 2019|access-date=20 October 2020|archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017195349/https://www.therhinos.co.uk/player/nathaniel-peteru/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*1992 &ndash; [[Shane Duffy]], Irish footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/player/shane-duffy |title=Shane Duffy {{!}} Norwich City Football Club |website=Norwich City |access-date=1 January 2024 |archive-date=6 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206142737/https://www.canaries.co.uk/player/shane-duffy |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Larry Nance Jr.]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry Nance Jr. |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1626204/larry-nance-jr |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 December 2023 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230073553/https://www.nba.com/player/1626204/larry-nance-jr |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Abdoulaye Doucouré]], Malian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Abdoulaye Doucouré|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/13823/Abdoulaye-Doucour%C3%A9/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=1 January 2024|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929013756/https://www.premierleague.com/players/13823/Abdoulaye-Doucour%C3%A9/overview|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Brendan Elliot]], Australian rugby league player<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/brendan-elliot/summary.html|title=Brendan Elliot - Career Stats & Summary|website=Rugby League Project|access-date=2021-01-01|archive-date=2018-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604161351/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/brendan-elliot/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* 1994 &ndash; [[LaMonte Wade Jr.]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=LaMonte Wade Jr. |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wadela01.shtml |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=1 January 2024 |archive-date=31 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231185238/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wadela01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Sardar Azmoun]], Iranian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Sardar Azmoun|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/sardar-azmoun/178142/|website=Soccerway|access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>
* 1995 &ndash; [[Poppy (entertainer)|Poppy]], American singer and YouTube personality<ref>{{Cite web|first=Alexandra|last=Simon|url=https://www.grunge.com/427366/what-you-didnt-know-about-poppys-music-career/|title=What You Didn't Know About Poppy's Music Career|work=Grunge|date=February 8, 2022|access-date=March 5, 2022|archive-date=March 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306053143/https://www.grunge.com/427366/what-you-didnt-know-about-poppys-music-career/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Andreas Pereira]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andreas Pereira|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/10476/Andreas-Pereira/overview|access-date=1 January 2024|website=[[Premier League]]|archive-date=18 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118080829/https://www.premierleague.com/players/10476/Andreas-Pereira/overview|url-status=live}}</ref>
*1996 &ndash; [[Mahmoud Dahoud]], German footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mahmoud Dahoud|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/12128/Mahmoud-Dahoud/overview|access-date=1 January 2024|website=[[Premier League]]|archive-date=19 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119181404/https://www.premierleague.com/players/12128/Mahmoud-Dahoud/overview|url-status=live}}</ref>
*1996 &ndash; [[Mathias Jensen]], Danish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mathias Jensen|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/49726/Mathias-Jensen/overview|access-date=1 January 2024|website=[[Premier League]]|archive-date=1 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101221731/https://www.premierleague.com/players/49726/Mathias-Jensen/overview|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Noah Kahan]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/playlists/8342346/noah-kahan-playlist-takeover-tuesday-mexico-trip |title=Takeover Tuesday |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2018-03-22 |language=en-US |archive-date=2018-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417223258/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/playlists/8342346/noah-kahan-playlist-takeover-tuesday-mexico-trip |url-status=live}}</ref>
*1997 &ndash; [[Keegan Hipgrave]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.titans.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/gold-coast-titans/keegan-hipgrave/|title=Official NRL profile|website=Gold Coast Titans|access-date=20 October 2020|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021143735/https://www.titans.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/gold-coast-titans/keegan-hipgrave/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*1997 &ndash; [[Gonzalo Montiel]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/40153/Gonzalo-Montiel/overview |title=Gonzalo Montiel |access-date=1 January 2024 |website=[[Premier League]] |archive-date=1 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101214827/https://www.premierleague.com/players/40153/Gonzalo-Montiel/overview |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Cristina Bucșa]], Moldovan-Spanish tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cristina Bucsa {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/321158/cristina-bucsa |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017174250/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/321158/cristina-bucsa |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1998 &ndash; [[Edwuin Cetré]], Colombian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=E. Cetré|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/edwin-steven-cetre-angulo/398782/|website=Soccerway|access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>
*1998 &ndash; [[Enock Mwepu]], Zambian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Enock Wepu|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/25467/Enock-Mwepu/overview|access-date=1 January 2024|website=[[Premier League]]|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002085551/https://www.premierleague.com/players/25467/Enock-Mwepu/overview|url-status=live}}</ref>
*1998 &ndash; [[Frank Onyeka]], Nigerian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Frank Onyeka|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/108612/Frank-Onyeka/overview|access-date=1 January 2024|website=[[Premier League]]|archive-date=1 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101221731/https://www.premierleague.com/players/108612/Frank-Onyeka/overview|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Tomás Chancalay]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Tomás Chancalay|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/tomas-chancalay/|website=[[Major League Soccer]]|access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>
*1999 &ndash; [[Azmy Qowimuramadhoni]], Indonesian-Azerbaijani badminton player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Azmy QOWIMURAMADHONI (77163) – BWF - Tournament Software |url=https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/fc542377-9953-4440-88a2-9ae09b4192b3 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Badminton World Federation |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107203458/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/fc542377-9953-4440-88a2-9ae09b4192b3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Kühn]], German footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicolas Kühn|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/nikolas-gerrit-kuhn/454183/|website=Soccerway|access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>
* 2000 &ndash; [[Ice Spice]], American rapper<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neog |first=Anupal Sraban |title=Ice Spice age explored as rapper parties with Drake in Toronto |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-ice-spice-age-explored-rapper-parties-drake-toronto |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |date=24 August 2022 |language=en-us |archive-date=2023-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303034200/https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-ice-spice-age-explored-rapper-parties-drake-toronto |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Angourie Rice]], Australian actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Turnbull |first1=Tiffanie |title=Today's Birthday 1/1 |url=https://7news.com.au/news/social/todays-birthday-11-c-627902 |publisher=[[Seven News]] |access-date=28 December 2022 |date=31 December 2019 |archive-date=25 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425235543/https://7news.com.au/news/social/todays-birthday-11-c-627902 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2001   &ndash; [[Winter (singer)|Winter]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite news|date=10 April 2023|title=서울숲에 윈터 팬클럽 기부 벤치정원 조성|url=https://www.kidshankook.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=6660|language=Korean|work=소년한국일보|access-date=25 October 2024}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Simon Adingra]], Ivorian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Simon Adingra|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/126317/Simon-Adingra/overview|access-date=1 January 2024|website=1 January 2024|archive-date=1 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101215817/https://www.premierleague.com/players/126317/Simon-Adingra/overview|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Daria Trubnikova]], Russian rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{Cite web|title=Darya Trubnikova {{!}} VK|url=https://vk.com/id213789619|access-date=2022-01-01|website=vk.com|language=en|archive-date=2020-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319174521/https://vk.com/id213789619|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Lamine Camara]], Senegalese footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Lamine Camara|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/lamine-camara/850764/|website=Soccerway|access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Ian Subiabre]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Ian Subiabre|url=https://www.cariverplate.com.ar/ver-jugador-ian-subiabre-1847|website=[[Club Atlético River Plate]]|access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 138|138]] &ndash; [[Lucius Aelius]], adopted son and intended successor of [[Hadrian]] (born 101)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Brian W. Jones|author2=R. D. Milns|title=The Use of Documentary Evidence in the Study of Roman Imperial History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WPMeAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Sydney University Press|isbn=978-0-424-00105-0}}</ref>
*[[AD 404|404]] &ndash; [[Saint Telemachus|Telemachus]], Christian monk and martyr<ref>{{cite book|author=Alban Butler|title=The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vmhHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA21|year=1868|publisher=J. Duffy|pages=21–}}</ref>
* [[898]] &ndash; [[Odo of France|Odo I]], Frankish king (born 860)<ref>{{cite book|author=Marc Bloch|title=Feudal Society: Vol 2: Social Classes and Political Organisation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZ-KAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA108|date=November 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-95582-4|pages=108–}}</ref>
* [[951]] &ndash; [[Ramiro II of León|Ramiro II]], king of León and Galicia<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles F. H. Evans|title=Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pK1pAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy|page=324}}</ref>
*[[1031]] &ndash; [[William of Volpiano]], Italian abbot (born 962)<ref>{{cite book|author=Alma Colk Santosuosso|title=Letter Notations in the Middle Ages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JIpA92X1MEYC|year=1989|publisher=Institute of Mediaeval Music.|isbn=978-0-931902-63-5}}</ref>
*[[1189]] &ndash; [[Henry of Marcy]], Cistercian abbot (born {{Circa|1136}})<ref>{{cite book|author=Frederick I (Holy Roman Emperor)|title=The Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa: The History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick and Related Texts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qWbXCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA41|date=31 May 2013|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4724-1396-3|page=41}}</ref>
*[[1204]] &ndash; [[Haakon III of Norway|Haakon III]], king of Norway (born 1182)<ref>{{cite book|title=Icelandic Sagas and Other Historical Documents Relating to the Settlements and Descents of the Northmen on the British Isles: Orkneyinga saga, and Magnus saga, with appendices. Edited by Gudbrand Vigfusson, M.A|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCTvAAAAMAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Kraus Reprint}}</ref>
*[[1387]] &ndash; [[Charles II of Navarre|Charles II]], king of Navarre (born 1332)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward|author2=William Leist Readwin Cates|title=Encyclopaedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZeI0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA313|year=1872|publisher=Lee and Shepard|page=313}}</ref>
*[[1496]] &ndash; [[Charles, Count of Angoulême|Charles d'Orléans]], count of Angoulême (born 1459)<ref>{{cite book|author=Samuel Bentley|title=Excerpta historica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=emgNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA344|year=1831|publisher=S. Bentley|page=344}}</ref>
*[[1515]] &ndash; [[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]], king of France (born 1462)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ralph E. Giesey|title=The Royal Funeral Ceremony in Renaissance France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G5yuNbIuPKwC&pg=PA113|year=1960|publisher=Librairie Droz|isbn=978-2-600-02987-2|pages=113–}}</ref>
*[[1559]] &ndash; [[Christian III of Denmark|Christian III]], king of Denmark (born 1503)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Brown|title=Memoirs of the Courts of Sweden and Denmark: During the Reigns of Christian VII. of Denmark and Gustavus III. and IV. of Sweden|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-TTR2QIMHw8C&pg=PA203|year=1818|publisher=Grolier Society|pages=203–}}</ref>
*[[1560]] &ndash; [[Joachim du Bellay]], French poet and critic (born 1522)<ref>{{cite book|author=Joachim Du Bellay|title=Joachim Du Bellay: "The Regrets," with "The Antiquities of Rome," Three Latin Elegies, and "The Defense and Enrichment of the French Language." A Bilingual Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hqoBKQTpxRMC&pg=PR9|date=12 September 2006|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=0-8122-3941-5|page=9}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1617]] &ndash; [[Hendrik Goltzius]], Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1558)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ira Moskowitz|title=Great Drawings of All Time: German, Flemish and Dutch, thirteenth through nineteenth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-dOAAAAYAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Kodansha International|isbn=978-0-87011-291-1}}</ref>
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[Filippo Baldinucci]], Florentine historian and author (born 1625)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/filippo-baldinucci_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/|title=BALDINUCCI, Filippo|website=Traccani|publisher=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani|access-date=7 January 2019|archive-date=17 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317004118/http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/filippo-baldinucci_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[William Wycherley]], English playwright and poet (born 1641)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Paul Baines|author2=Julian Ferraro|author3=Pat Rogers|title=The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing 1660 - 1789|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bDheyN3vRmUC&pg=PT563|date=28 December 2010|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4443-9008-7|page=563}}</ref>
*[[1748]] &ndash; [[Johann Bernoulli]], Swiss mathematician and academic (born 1667)<ref>{{cite book|author=Hans Niels Jahnke|title=A History of Analysis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CVRZEXFVsZkC&pg=PA106|publisher=American Mathematical Soc.|isbn=978-0-8218-9050-9|page=106}}</ref>
*[[1766]] &ndash;  [[James Francis Edward Stuart]], Jacobite pretender (born 1688)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-15 |title=James Edward, the Old Pretender {{!}} Jacobite Rebellion, Stuart Dynasty, Catholic Monarch {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Edward-the-Old-Pretender |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605212057/https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Edward-the-Old-Pretender |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Johann Ludwig Krebs]], German organist and composer (born 1713)<ref>{{cite book|author=David Mason Greene|title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA310|year=1985|publisher=Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd.|isbn=978-0-385-14278-6|page=310}}</ref>
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Johann Christian Bach]], German composer (born 1735)<ref>{{cite book|author=Otto Erich Deutsch|title=Mozart: A Documentary Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8AtwaddUW4C&pg=PA199|date=1 June 1966|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-0233-1|page=199}}</ref>
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley]], English lawyer and politician, [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|British Speaker of the House of Commons]] (born 1716)<ref>{{cite book|title=Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literature, and Records of the Beau-monde|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vcERAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA140|year=1827|publisher=J. Bell|page=140}}</ref>
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Francesco Guardi]], Italian painter and educator (born 1712)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Museum of Fine Arts (Springfield, Mass.)|author2=John Lee Clarke|title=Francesco Guardi, 1712-1793|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hnMZAAAAIAAJ|year=1937|publisher=City Library Association}}</ref>
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Martin Heinrich Klaproth]], German chemist and academic (born 1743)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Musk-ox|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ocmAAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Institute for Northern Studies, University of Saskatchewan.}}</ref>
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[John Torrington]], English sailor and explorer (born 1825)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jane Downes|author2=Tony Pollard|title=The Loved Body's Corruption: Archaeological Contributions to the Study of Human Mortality|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbzfAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Cruithne Press|isbn=978-1-873448-06-9}}</ref>
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Gregory Blaxland]], Australian farmer and explorer (born 1778)<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank Clune|title=Serenade to Sydney: some historical landmarks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z8YhAAAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Angus and Robertson}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Ostrogradsky]], Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (born 1801)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bigenc.ru/mathematics/text/2682480|title=ОСТРОГРАДСКИЙ • Большая российская энциклопедия - электронная версия|website=bigenc.ru|access-date=2019-01-07|archive-date=2022-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401122757/https://bigenc.ru/mathematics/text/2682480|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_jqUZIUXZBsC&q=Mikhail+Vasilyevich+Ostrogradsky&pg=PA179|title=Dimensionless Physical Quantities in Science and Engineering|first=Josef|last=Kunes|date=February 13, 2012|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=9780123914583|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Louis Auguste Blanqui]], French activist (born 1805)<ref>{{cite book|title=Johnson's New Universal Cyclopædia: A Scientific and Popular Treasury of Useful Knowledge .... Supplement. First &#91;-Third&#93; biennial|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YFYoAQAAIAAJ|publisher=A. J. Johnson & Son}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Roswell B. Mason]], American lawyer and politician, 25th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (born 1805)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Newton Bateman|author2=Paul Selby|author3=Josiah Seymour Currey|title=Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois: Biographical, Memorial, Illustrative|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=88hEAQAAMAAJ|year=1920|publisher=Munsell}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Hertz]], German physicist and academic (born 1857)<ref>{{cite book|title=Telecommunication Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gh0gAQAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=International Telecommunication Union.}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Alfred Ely Beach]], American publisher and lawyer, created the [[Beach Pneumatic Transit]] (born 1826)<ref>{{cite news |title=Funeral of Alfred Ely Beach. His Wife Arrives from Europe Just Before the Services. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1896/01/07/archives/funeral-of-alfred-el-beach-his-wife-arrives-from-europe-just-before.html |quote=The funeral of Alfred Ely Beach, the Inventor, who died on New Year's morning of pneumonia, after a brief Illness, was held yesterday morning at 9 West ... |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 7, 1896 |access-date=2008-07-15 |archive-date=2022-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618133333/https://www.nytimes.com/1896/01/07/archives/funeral-of-alfred-el-beach-his-wife-arrives-from-europe-just-before.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash;  [[Ignatius L. Donnelly]], American politician and promoter of [[pseudoscience]] and [[pseudohistory]] (born 1831)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-28 |title=Ignatius Donnelly {{!}} American Politician, Writer & Social Reformer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ignatius-Donnelly |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003052313/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ignatius-Donnelly |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Hugh Nelson (Australian politician)|Hugh Nelson]], Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th [[Premier of Queensland]] (born 1833)<ref>{{Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Hugh Muir|Last=Nelson|shortlink=0-dict-biogN-O.html#nelson1}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[William Wilfred Campbell]], Canadian poet and author (born 1858)<ref>{{cite book|title=Canadian Bookman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YsEaAQAAMAAJ|year=1939|publisher=F.I. Weaver}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg]], German lawyer and politician, 5th [[Chancellor of Germany]] (born 1856)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Independent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ws1HAQAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=proprietors}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash;  [[Willie Keeler]], American baseball player (born 1872)<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 2, 1923 |title=WILLIE KEELER DIES OF HEART DISEASE; Famous Oldtime Baseball Player Succumbs to Malady at His Brooklyn Home. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1923/01/02/archives/willie-keeler-dies-of-heart-disease-famous-oldtime-baseball-player.html |access-date=March 24, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324222600/https://www.nytimes.com/1923/01/02/archives/willie-keeler-dies-of-heart-disease-famous-oldtime-baseball-player.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash;  [[Loie Fuller]], American dancer (born 1862)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-05 |title=Loie Fuller {{!}} Modernist, Choreographer, Innovator {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Loie-Fuller |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |archive-date=2020-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803104905/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Loie-Fuller |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Mustafa Necati]], Turkish civil servant and politician, [[Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning]] (born 1894)<ref>[http://mustafa.necati.yeted.org.tr/ Mustafa Necati page {{in lang|tr}}] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418002759/http://mustafa.necati.yeted.org.tr/ |date=2015-04-18 }} Accessed 2 March 2019</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Martinus Beijerinck]], Dutch microbiologist and botanist (born 1851)<ref>{{cite book|author1=G. van Iterson|author2=L.E. den den Dooren de Jong|author3=A.J. Kluyver|title=Martinus Willem Beijerinck: His Life and his Work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9xjvCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA49|date=11 November 2013|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-94-017-6107-9|page=49}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati]], Indian religious leader, founded the [[Gaudiya Math]] (born 1874)<ref>{{cite book|title=Back to Godhead: The Magazine of the Hare Krishna Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tu_bAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Baktivendanta Book Trust}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao]], Indian author and educator (born 1865)<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eVcZAAAAIAAJ|year=1965|publisher=S.L. Shastry}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Jenő Rejtő]], Hungarian journalist (born 1905)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb10126119w|title=Rejtő|via=BnF Catalogue général |access-date=2022-06-29|archive-date=2022-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705165806/https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb10126119w|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Edwin Lutyens]], English architect, designed the [[Castle Drogo]] and [[Thiepval Memorial]] (born 1869)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Antonia Brodie|author2=British Architectural Library|author3=Royal Institute of British Architects|title=Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkThQYLb3ZUC&pg=PA85|date=20 December 2001|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-5514-7|page=85}}</ref>
*  1944 &ndash; [[Charles Turner (Australian cricketer)|Charles Turner]], Australian cricketer (born 1862)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Peter Arnold|author2=Peter Wynne-Thomas|title=The Illustrated History of the Test Match|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olIMAAAAYAAJ|date=1 January 1988|publisher=Sidgwick & Jackson|isbn=978-0-283-99618-4}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Hank Williams]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923)<ref>{{cite book|author=Cecelia Tichi|title=Reading Country Music: Steel Guitars, Opry Stars, and Honky-tonk Bars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_gYzRsNNbEC&pg=PA19|year=1998|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-2168-8|pages=19–}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash;  [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar|Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar]], Indian colloid chemist, academic, and scientific administrator (born 1894)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramesh |first=Sandhya |date=2019-01-01 |title=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, a petroleum luminary who fired up India's science & tech pursuit |url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-a-petroleum-luminary-who-fired-up-indias-science-tech-pursuit/171129/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231130552/https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-a-petroleum-luminary-who-fired-up-indias-science-tech-pursuit/171129/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Duff Cooper]], English politician and diplomat, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (born 1890)<ref>{{cite book|author=Chris Wrigley|title=Winston Churchill: A Biographical Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HBUslUOGOgkC&pg=PA137|year=2002|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-87436-990-8|page=137}}</ref>
*  1954 &ndash; [[Leonard Bacon (poet)|Leonard Bacon]], American poet and critic (born 1887)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Elizabeth A. Brennan|author2=Elizabeth C. Clarage|title=Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&pg=PA516|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-57356-111-2|page=516}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Arthur C. Parker]], American archaeologist and historian (born 1881)<ref>{{cite book|author=Joy Porter|title=To be Indian: The Life of Iroquois-Seneca Arthur Caswell Parker|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TvY3D4dSxq8C&pg=PP303|year=2001|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3317-1|page=303}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash;  [[Edward Weston]], American photographer (born 1886)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edward Weston |url=https://iphf.org/inductees/edward-weston/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=International Photography Hall of Fame |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329001438/https://iphf.org/inductees/edward-weston/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Margaret Sullavan]], American actress (born 1909)<ref>{{cite book|author=James Monaco|title=The Encyclopedia of Film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqcYAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA522|year=1991|publisher=Perigee Books|isbn=978-0-399-51604-7|page=522}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash;  [[Alastair Denniston]], Scottish cryptologist (born 1881)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alastair Denniston |url=https://spartacus-educational.com/Alastair_Denniston.htm |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=Spartacus Educational |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324222601/https://spartacus-educational.com/Alastair_Denniston.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Vincent Auriol]], French journalist and politician, 16th [[President of the French Republic]] (born 1884)<ref name="Lane1995">{{cite book|author=A. T. Lane|title=Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HmNpl0wNa8AC&pg=PA35|year=1995|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29899-8|page=35}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Barton MacLane]], American actor, playwright and screenwriter (born 1902)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Parker|title=Who's who in the Theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y_-0AAAAIAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Pitman|isbn=9780273315285}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Amphilochius of Pochayiv]], Ukrainian saint (born 1894)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stjohndc.org/en/orthodoxy-foundation/saints/venerable-st-amphilochius-pochaev|title=Venerable St. Amphilochius of Pochaev|website=Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Washington D.C.|access-date=2 March 2019|archive-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111336/https://stjohndc.org/en/orthodoxy-foundation/saints/venerable-st-amphilochius-pochaev|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Maurice Chevalier]], French actor and singer (born 1888)<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Baron Turk|title=Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4bgwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA333|date=3 April 2000|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-22253-3|pages=333–}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash;  [[Roland Hayes]], American lyric tenor and composer (born 1887)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Treaster |first=Joseph B. |date=January 2, 1977 |title=Roland Hayes, 89, Concert Tenor, Son of a Former Slave, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/02/archives/roland-hayes-89-concert-tenor-son-of-a-former-slave-is-dead.html |access-date=March 24, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324222601/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/02/archives/roland-hayes-89-concert-tenor-son-of-a-former-slave-is-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Carle Hessay]], German-Canadian painter (born 1911)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Leonard A. Woods|author2=Carle Hessay|title=Meditations on the Paintings of Carl Hessay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kEOsFRqX-LoC&pg=PA1953|year=2005|publisher=Paintings of Carle Hessay|isbn=978-1-895666-27-4|page=1953}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Pietro Nenni]], Italian journalist and politician, [[Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1891)<ref>{{cite book|title=Socialist Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jrkAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Socialist International|page=21}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Hephzibah Menuhin]], American-Australian pianist (born 1920)<ref>{{cite book|author=Janet Podell|title=Annual Obituary, 1981|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=upAJSGc3LRcC|date=1 May 1982|publisher=Thomson Gale|isbn=978-0-912289-51-9|page=2}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Victor Buono]], American actor (born 1938)<ref>{{cite book|author=John A. Willis|title=Screen World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0EUZAQAAIAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Crown Publishers|page=211|isbn=9780517550670}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Alexis Korner]], French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1928)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harry Shapiro|title=Alexis Korner: The Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYnEOQAACAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Bloomsbury|isbn=978-0-7475-3163-0}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega]], known as "Cagancho", Spanish bullfighter (born 1903)<ref>{{cite web
	| url = https://tauroarte.com/index.php/toreros-s-xx/matadores-de-toros/33233-CAGANCHO
	| title = CAGANCHO
	| last = 
	| first = 
	| date = 2024
	| website = tauroarte.com
	| publisher = Tauroarte
	| access-date = 25 September 2024
	| language = es
}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash;  [[Clementine Hunter]], American folk artist (born 1886 or 1887)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1988-01-05 |title=Obituaries : C. Hunter; Artist Born to Slave Parents |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-05-mn-33221-story.html |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324225536/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-05-mn-33221-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Grace Hopper]], American computer scientist and admiral, co-developed [[COBOL]] (born 1906)<ref>{{cite book|author=Emerson W. Pugh|title=Building IBM: Shaping an Industry and Its Technology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bc8BGhSOawgC&pg=PA368|year=1995|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-16147-3|page=368}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt]], New Zealand physician and politician, 11th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (born 1900)<ref>{{cite book|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7hDAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited|isbn=978-0-905702-21-6|page=266}}</ref>
*  1994 &ndash; [[Cesar Romero]], American actor (born 1907)<ref>{{cite book|author=Cordelia Candelaria|title=Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uD6PKXl3q4C&pg=PA705|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33211-1|page=705}}</ref>
*  1994 &ndash; [[Edward Arthur Thompson]], Irish historian and academic (born 1914)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-edward-thompson-1398226.html|title=Obituary: Professor Edward Thompson|date=6 January 1994|author=R. A. Markus|website=The Independent|access-date=24 January 2019|archive-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122125240/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-edward-thompson-1398226.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Eugene Wigner]], Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1902)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-eugene-wigner-1567808.html|title=Obituary: Professor Eugene Wigner|date=13 January 1995|author=Valentine Telegdi|website=The Independent|access-date=24 January 2019|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308194428/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-eugene-wigner-1567808.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Arleigh Burke]], American admiral (born 1901)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/01/02/wwii-hero-arleigh-a-burke-dies/b784b3e2-eb56-45e5-a63e-6bc5b10441c9/?noredirect=on|title=WWII Hero Arleigh A. Burke Dies|author=J. Y. Smith|date=January 2, 1996|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=3 March 2019|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818140943/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/01/02/wwii-hero-arleigh-a-burke-dies/b784b3e2-eb56-45e5-a63e-6bc5b10441c9/?noredirect=on|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1996 &ndash; [[Arthur Rudolph]], German-American engineer (born 1906)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/03/us/arthur-rudolph-89-developer-of-rocket-in-first-apollo-flight.html|title=Arthur Rudolph, 89, Developer Of Rocket in First Apollo Flight|author=Wolfgang Saxon|date=January 3, 1996|website=New York Times|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Townes Van Zandt]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1944)<ref>[[John Kruth|Kruth, J.]] (2007) "To Live's to Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt".</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Helen Wills]], American tennis player and coach (born 1905)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/01/03/eight-time-wimbledon-champ-helen-wills-moody-dies/15426339-d79b-4071-99c2-b7e01b7962a1/|title=Eight-time Wimbledon Champ Helen Wills Moody Dies|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=3 March 2019|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818123644/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/01/03/eight-time-wimbledon-champ-helen-wills-moody-dies/15426339-d79b-4071-99c2-b7e01b7962a1/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Ray Walston]], American actor (born 1914)<ref>{{cite news|first=Mel|last=Gussow|title=Ray Walston, Broadway Star And TV Martian, Dies at 86|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503EFDC103BF930A35752C0A9679C8B63|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 3, 2001|access-date=2013-03-20|archive-date=2008-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205054213/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503EFDC103BF930A35752C0A9679C8B63|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Julia Phillips]], American film producer and author (born 1944)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/03/arts/julia-phillips-57-producer-who-assailed-hollywood-dies.html|title=Julia Phillips, 57, Producer Who Assailed Hollywood, Dies|date=3 January 2002|website=New York Times|author=Bernard Weinraub|access-date=2 February 2019|archive-date=9 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709095852/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/03/arts/julia-phillips-57-producer-who-assailed-hollywood-dies.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Joe Foss]], American soldier, pilot, and politician, 20th [[Governor of South Dakota]] (born 1915)<ref>{{cite web |author1=Harriman, Peter |author2=Kranz, David |title=S.D. loses legend, American hero |url=http://www.mastermason.com/elriadclowns/foss_obit.htm |website=mastermason.com |publisher=Argus Leader |date=2 January 2003 |access-date=5 May 2023 |archive-date=27 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927145229/http://www.mastermason.com/elriadclowns/foss_obit.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Shirley Chisholm]], American educator and politician (born 1924)<ref>{{cite news|last=Barron|first=James|title=Shirley Chisholm, 'Unbossed' Pioneer in Congress, Is Dead at 80|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/03/obituaries/03chisholm.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all&position=|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 3, 2005|access-date=7 March 2019|archive-date=7 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207044401/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/03/obituaries/shirley-chisholm-unbossedpioneer-in-congress-is-dead-at-80.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*2005 &ndash; [[Ngo Van]], Vietnamese revolutionary (born 1913)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Xuyet, Ngo Van, 1912-2005 {{!}} libcom.org |url=https://libcom.org/article/xuyet-ngo-van-1912-2005 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=libcom.org |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Harry Magdoff]], American economist and journalist (born 1913)<ref>{{cite news |first=Douglas |last=Martin |title=Harry Magdoff, Economist, Dies at 92 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407EEDB1F30F93AA35752C0A9609C8B63 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 9, 2006 |access-date=2008-05-29 |archive-date=2012-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026012220/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407EEDB1F30F93AA35752C0A9609C8B63 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Roland Levinsky]], South African-English biochemist and academic (born 1943)<ref>{{cite news |title=Respected academic died after being electrocuted by power line |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/nov/30/highereducation.uk |access-date=25 August 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=30 November 2007}}</ref>
*  2007 &ndash; [[Tillie Olsen]], American short story writer (born 1912)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jan/04/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Tillie Olsen|date=4 January 2007|author=Mark Krupnick|website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
*  2007 – [[Darrent Williams]], American football player (born 1982)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sandoval |first=Carlos |title=Bullets That Killed Broncos' Darrent Williams Intended for Brandon Marshall? |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/661539-bullets-that-killed-broncos-darrent-williams-intended-for-brandon-marshall |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324222600/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/661539-bullets-that-killed-broncos-darrent-williams-intended-for-brandon-marshall |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Pratap Chandra Chunder]], Indian educator and politician (born 1919)<ref>{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. House of the People|title=Parliamentary Debates: Official Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDVVAAAAYAAJ|date=February 2008|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat.}}</ref> 
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Claiborne Pell]], American politician (born 1918)<ref>{{cite web|author=Mulligan, John E.|title=Claiborne Pell dies|work=Providence Journal|url=http://www.projo.com/news/content/pell_dies_01-02-09_SRCQQV5_v16.3fe791b.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423110049/http://www.projo.com/news/content/pell_dies_01-02-09_SRCQQV5_v16.3fe791b.html|archive-date=April 23, 2011}}</ref>
*2009 &ndash;  [[Helen Suzman]], South African anti-apartheid activist and politician (born 1917)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-01-01 |title=South African activist Helen Suzman dies at 91 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28460474 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324225536/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28460474 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Lhasa de Sela]], American-Mexican singer-songwriter (born 1972)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/arts/music/08lhasa.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/arts/music/08lhasa.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Lhasa de Sela, Singer Who Crossed Borders, Dies at 37|date=7 January 2010|website=New York Times|author=Peter Keepnews|access-date=2 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash;  [[Bob Anderson (fencer)|Bob Anderson]], English fencer (born 1922)<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Mikey |date=2012-01-02 |title='Darth Vader' Swordsman Bob Anderson Dies at 89 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/darth-vader-dies-bob-anderson-star-wars-277226/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324222600/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/darth-vader-dies-bob-anderson-star-wars-277226/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*2012 &ndash; [[Kiro Gligorov]], Macedonian lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of the Republic of Macedonia]] (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/world/europe/kiro-gligorov-macedonia-president-in-1990s-dies-at-94.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/world/europe/kiro-gligorov-macedonia-president-in-1990s-dies-at-94.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Kiro Gligorov, Ex-Leader of Macedonia, Dies at 94|date=2 January 2012|website=New York Times|access-date=10 January 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  2012 &ndash; [[Nay Win Maung]], Burmese physician, businessman, and activist (born 1962)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dvb.no/news/nay-win-maung-dies-of-heart-attack/19436|title=Nay Win Maung dies of heart attack|last=Aung|first=Peter|date=1 January 2012|work=Democratic Voice of Burma|access-date=16 January 2019|archive-date=9 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109003716/http://www.dvb.no/news/nay-win-maung-dies-of-heart-attack/19436|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  2012 &ndash; [[Tommy Mont]], American football player and coach (born 1922)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/28037|title=Legendary coach and athletic director Tommy Mont dies at 89|date=2 January 2012|website=Depauw University|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=11 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111054920/https://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/28037/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Christopher Martin-Jenkins]], English journalist (born 1945)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jan/01/christopher-martin-jenkins | location=London | work=[[The Guardian]] | first=Peter | last=Baxter | title=Christopher Martin-Jenkins obituary | date=1 January 2013}}</ref>
*  2013 &ndash; [[Patti Page]], American singer and actress (born 1927)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jan/03/patti-page|title=Patti Page obituary|author=Dave Laing|date=3 January 2013|website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Higashifushimi Kunihide]], Japanese monk and educator (born 1910)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASF0TKY201401010021.html|script-title=ja:東伏見慈洽さん死去 天皇陛下の叔父|trans-title=Emperor's uncle, Higashifumi Kunihide dies|language=ja|date=1 January 2014|access-date=2014-01-01|work=Asahi Shimbun Digital|publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company|archive-date=2014-01-01|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140101063946/http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASF0TKY201401010021.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  2014 &ndash; [[William Mgimwa]], Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th [[Minister of Finance (Tanzania)|Tanzanian Minister of Finance]] (born 1950)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Tanzania-finance-minister-Mgimwa-dies-in-South-Africa/2558-2132092-2nw6r7z/index.html|title=Tanzania's finance minister dies in South Africa|date=2 January 2014|website=The East African|access-date=10 November 2014|archive-date=11 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111000100/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Tanzania-finance-minister-Mgimwa-dies-in-South-Africa/2558-2132092-2nw6r7z/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2014 &ndash; [[Juanita Moore]], American actress (born 1914)<ref>{{cite news| title=Juanita Moore, Oscar-Nominated Actress, Dies at 99| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/arts/juanita-moore-oscar-nominee-for-imitation-of-life-dies-at-99.html| last=Vitello| first=Paul| date=January 3, 2014| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*  2015 – [[Ulrich Beck]], German sociologist (born 1944)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-04 |title=Ulrich Beck, sociologist who examined risk, dies |url=https://apnews.com/general-news-9938392be736406ea8fca4064dbab857 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324222600/https://apnews.com/general-news-9938392be736406ea8fca4064dbab857 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2015 &ndash; [[Mario Cuomo]], American lawyer and politician, 52nd [[Governor of New York]] (born 1932)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Helsel|first1=Phil|title='Lost a Giant': Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo Dies|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lost-giant-former-new-york-gov-mario-cuomo-dies-n278256|access-date=January 2, 2015|agency=NBC News|archive-date=January 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102040823/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lost-giant-former-new-york-gov-mario-cuomo-dies-n278256|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2015 &ndash; [[Donna Douglas]], American actress (born 1932)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stout|first1=David|date=January 2, 2015|title=Donna Douglas, the Fairest 'Beverly Hillbilly', Dies at 82 (sic)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/arts/television/donna-douglas-the-fairest-beverly-hillbilly-dies-at-82.html?ref=obituaries |work=The New York Times|access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>
*  2015 &ndash; [[Omar Karami]], Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] (born 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/01/omar-karami|title=Omar Karami obituary|author=Lawrence Joffe|website=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 2015|access-date=6 January 2019|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616000812/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/01/omar-karami|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2015 &ndash; [[Boris Morukov]], Russian physician and astronaut (born 1950)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://phys.org/news/2015-01-russian-space-medic-mars-dies.html|title=Russian space medic who led Mars experiment dies at 64|website=phys.org|access-date=6 January 2019|archive-date=6 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106204527/https://phys.org/news/2015-01-russian-space-medic-mars-dies.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2015 &ndash; [[William Lloyd Standish]], [[United States District Judge]] (born 1930)<ref>{{FJC Bio|2271|nid=1388231|name=William Lloyd Standish<!--(1930–2015)-->}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Fazu Aliyeva]], Russian poet and journalist (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ушла из жизни Фазу Алиева |url=https://vestikavkaza.ru/news/Ushla-iz-zhizni-Fazu-Alieva.html |website=Vestnik Kavkaza |access-date=10 January 2019 |language=Russian |date=1 January 2016 |archive-date=9 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809154741/http://vestikavkaza.ru/news/Ushla-iz-zhizni-Fazu-Alieva.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2016 &ndash; [[Dale Bumpers]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th [[Governor of Arkansas]] (born 1925)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/02/dale-bumpers-obituary/78205928/|title=Ex-Arkansas governor, Sen. Dale Bumpers dies at age 90|date=2 January 2016|website=USA Today|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225025448/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/02/dale-bumpers-obituary/78205928/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2016 &ndash; [[Vilmos Zsigmond]], Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (born 1930)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/04/vilmos-zsigmond|title=Vilmos Zsigmond obituary|date=4 January 2016|last=Bergan|first=Ronald |author1-link=Ronald Bergan|work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Tony Atkinson]], British economist (born 1944)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/10/sir-tony-atkinson-obituary|title=Sir Tony Atkinson Obituary|date=10 January 2017|author=Nicholas Stern|website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref>
*  2017 &ndash; [[Yvon Dupuis]], Canadian politician (born 1926)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/former-mp-minister-yvon-dupuis-dies-at-the-age-of-90|title=Former MP, minister Yvon Dupuis dies at the age of 90|date=January 7, 2017|website=Montreal Gazette|access-date=7 March 2019|archive-date=8 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308080947/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/former-mp-minister-yvon-dupuis-dies-at-the-age-of-90|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Robert Mann]], American violinist (born 1920)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/obituaries/robert-mann-dead-juilliard-string-quartet-violinist.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/obituaries/robert-mann-dead-juilliard-string-quartet-violinist.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Robert Mann, a Founder of the Juilliard Quartet, Dies at 97 | work=The New York Times | author=Margalit Fox | date=2018-01-02 | access-date=2018-01-06}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*2018 &ndash;  [[Jon Paul Steuer]], American actor (born 1984)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fernandez |first=Matt |date=2018-01-05 |title='Star Trek' Actor Jon Paul Steuer Dies at 33 |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/obituaries-people-news/star-trek-jon-paul-steuer-dies-dead-33-1202654375/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409091444/https://variety.com/2018/tv/obituaries-people-news/star-trek-jon-paul-steuer-dies-dead-33-1202654375/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Paul Neville (politician)|Paul Neville]], Australian politician (born 1940)<ref>Reid, Emma (1 January 2019) [https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/tributes-flow-for-former-mp-paul-neville/3612751/ Tributes flow for former MP Paul Neville] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20190101183459/https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/tributes-flow-for-former-mp-paul-neville/3612751/ |date=2019-01-01 }}, ''[[NewsMail]].'' Retrieved 3 March 2020.</ref>
*  2019 &ndash; [[Pegi Young]], American singer, songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist (born [[1952]]) <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/8492083/pegi-young-musician-former-wife-of-neil-young-dies-at-66|title=Pegi Young, Musician & Former Wife of Neil Young, Dies at 66|last=Graff|first=Gary|date=January 2, 2019|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-date=January 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103115130/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/8492083/pegi-young-musician-former-wife-of-neil-young-dies-at-66|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2019 &ndash; [[George (snail)|George]], [[endling|last known]] ''[[Achatinella apexfulva]]'' (born {{circa|2004}})<ref name=Atlantic>Ed Yong (2019) [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/extinction-endling-care/590617/ "The Last of Its Kind"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626143939/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/extinction-endling-care/590617/ |date=2023-06-26 }} ''The Atlantic'', July 2019. Accessed June 26, 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/304 |title=Oahu tree snails (Achatinella spp.) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |website=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Conservation Online System |publisher=[[United States Fish and Wildlife Service]] |access-date=June 26, 2023 |quote=Young are live born, ranging from 3 to 4 millimeters (mm), growing 16.7 to 20.4 mm in length, and live around 11 years (Severns 1981 in USFWS 1992, p. 17). |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209020036/https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/304 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash;  [[Lexii Alijai]], American rapper (born 1998)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-28 |title=Accidental overdose killed St. Paul rapper Lexii Alijai |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/01/28/autopsy-st-paul-rapper-lexii-alijai-died-of-accidental-overdose |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=MPR News |language=en |archive-date=2021-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626123846/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/01/28/autopsy-st-paul-rapper-lexii-alijai-died-of-accidental-overdose |url-status=live }}</ref>
*2020 &ndash; [[Alexander Frater]], British travel writer and journalist (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2020/jan/05/obituary-alexander-frater-1937-2020|title=Obituary: Alexander Frater 1937-2020|last=Chesshyre|first=Robert|date=2020-01-05|work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=2020-03-01|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=2020-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204030527/https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2020/jan/05/obituary-alexander-frater-1937-2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
*2020 &ndash;  [[Don Larsen]], American baseball player (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-01 |title=Don Larsen has died: baseball legend dies at 90, cause of death is esophageal cancer  |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/don-larsen-died-the-only-pitcher-to-ever-throw-a-no-hitter-in-world-series-history-dead-age-90-cause-of-death-cancer-today/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102063709/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/don-larsen-died-the-only-pitcher-to-ever-throw-a-no-hitter-in-world-series-history-dead-age-90-cause-of-death-cancer-today/ |archive-date=2020-01-02 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=CBS News|agency=Associated Press |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2020 &ndash; [[Barry McDonald (rugby union)|Barry McDonald]], Australian rugby union player (born 1940)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies/australian-rugby-news-wallabies-barry-mcdonald-obituary/news-story/7053922c08bd17b721f7c5fed50d8801|title='Magnificent Seven' loses apartheid fighting Wallaby|date=2020-01-03|access-date=2020-03-01|publisher=Fox Sports Australia|archive-date=2020-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210215636/https://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies/australian-rugby-news-wallabies-barry-mcdonald-obituary/news-story/7053922c08bd17b721f7c5fed50d8801|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2020 &ndash; [[David Stern]], American lawyer and businessman (born 1942)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/sports/basketball/david-stern-dead.html|title=David Stern, Transformative N.B.A. Commissioner, Dies at 77|last=Stein|first=Marc|date=2020-01-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-03|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2020-01-02|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200102071846/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/sports/basketball/david-stern-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Carlos do Carmo]], Portuguese [[fado]] singer (born 1939)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Carlos do Carmo. Governo decreta um dia de luto nacional para segunda-feira|url=https://www.dn.pt/sociedade/carlos-do-carmo-governo-decreta-um-dia-de-luto-nacional-para-segunda-feira--13187480.html|access-date=2 January 2021|work=[[Diário de Notícias]]|language=pt|date=1 January 2021|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103164206/https://www.dn.pt/sociedade/carlos-do-carmo-governo-decreta-um-dia-de-luto-nacional-para-segunda-feira--13187480.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*2021 &ndash;  [[Mark Eden]], English actor (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-01 |title=Coronation Street star Mark Eden dies aged 92 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/mark-eden-death-cause-age-coronation-street-b1781267.html |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324222600/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/mark-eden-death-cause-age-coronation-street-b1781267.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2021 &ndash; [[Elmira Minita Gordon]], Belizean educator and psychologist (born 1930)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=B. B. N.|date=2021-01-02|title=Dame Elmira Minita Gordon, trailblazing educator and first Governor-General, dead at 90|url=https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2021/01/02/dame-elmira-minita-gordon-trailblazing-educator-and-first-governor-general-dead-at-90/|access-date=2021-01-08|website=Belize News and Opinion on www.breakingbelizenews.com|archive-date=2021-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107105725/https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2021/01/02/dame-elmira-minita-gordon-trailblazing-educator-and-first-governor-general-dead-at-90/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2021 – [[Floyd Little]], American football player (born 1942)
*  [[2022]] – [[Gary Burgess]], British broadcaster and journalist (born 1975)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Syal |first=Rajeev |date=2022-01-02 |title=ITV journalist Gary Burgess dies of cancer aged 46 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jan/02/itv-journalist-gary-burgess-dies-of-cancer-aged-46 |access-date=2024-03-24 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*2022 &ndash; [[Dan Reeves]], American football player and coach (born 1944)<ref>{{cite web|title=Dan Reeves, Coach Who Reached (but Lost) Four Super Bowls, Dies at 77|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/01/sports/football/dan-reeves-dead.html|author=Sandomir, Richard|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 1, 2022|access-date=January 2, 2022|archive-date=January 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102000657/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/01/sports/football/dan-reeves-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Fred White (musician)|Fred White]], American musician and songwriter (born 1955)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=2023-01-03 |title=Fred White, Drummer for Earth, Wind & Fire, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/02/arts/music/frederick-white-dead.html |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2023-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103040054/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/02/arts/music/frederick-white-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash;  [[Lynja]], American celebrity chef and YouTuber  (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moses |first=Claire |date=2024-01-11 |title=Lynn Yamada Davis, Whose Cooking TikToks Delighted Millions, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/dining/lynja-davis-cooking-tiktok-dead.html |access-date=2024-01-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2024-01-12 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240112181600/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/dining/lynja-davis-cooking-tiktok-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash;  [[David Lodge (author)|David Lodge]], English author and critic (born 1935)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cotter |first=John |date=January 3, 2025 |title=David Lodge, British Novelist Who Satirized Academic Life, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/books/david-lodge-dead.html |access-date=January 5, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash;  [[Chad Morgan]], Australian musician (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=January 1, 2025 |title=Chad Morgan, Australian country music star, dies aged 91 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/02/chad-morgan-dies-australian-country-music-star-death-dead-aged-91 |access-date=January 3, 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash;  [[Wayne Osmond]], American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1951)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sanders |first1=Hank |last2=Lindner |first2=Emmett |date=January 2, 2025 |title=Wayne Osmond, Singer and Guitarist With the Osmonds, Dies at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/arts/music/wayne-osmond-dead.html |access-date=January 5, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Basil of Caesarea|Basil the Great]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Basil the Great {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Legacy {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Basil-the-Great |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Feast of the Circumcision of Christ]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jacobs |first1=Andrew S. |title=Christ Circumcised: A Study in Early Christian History and Difference |date=28 May 2012 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-0-8122-0651-7 |page=177 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Christ_Circumcised/NU2D35QoNjEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA177&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
***[[Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus]] ([[Anglican Communion]], [[Lutheran Church]])<ref name=Crump>{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Encyclopedia of New Year's Holidays Worldwide |date=30 March 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0748-1 |page=181 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_New_Year_s_Holidays_Worl/ujTfCwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA181&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Fulgentius of Ruspe]]<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Fulgentius of Ruspe, Saint |title=Encyclopedia of World Religions |date=1 May 2008 |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. |isbn=978-1-59339-491-2 |page=362 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_World_Religions/dbibAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&pg=PA362&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God]];<ref name=Crump /> and its related observances:
***[[World Day of Peace]]<ref name=Crump />
**[[January 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*The last day of [[Kwanzaa]] ([[African-Americans]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Kwanzaa {{!}} History, Traditions, Dates, Symbols, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kwanzaa |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 May 2025 |language=en |date=25 April 2025}}</ref>
*The eighth of the [[Twelve Days of Christmas]] ([[Western Christianity]])<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pai |first1=Tanya |title=The 12 Days of Christmas: The story behind the holiday’s most annoying carol |url=https://www.vox.com/21796404/12-days-of-christmas-explained |website=Vox |access-date=11 May 2025 |date=1 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[Global Family Day]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Engen |first1=Lisa Van |title=And Social Justice for All: Empowering Families, Churches, and Schools to Make a Difference in God's World |date=26 February 2019 |publisher=Kregel Publications |isbn=978-0-8254-4506-4 |page=311 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/And_Social_Justice_for_All/-U5yDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA311&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Jump-up Day]] ([[Montserrat]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Montserrat {{!}} Facts, Map, & History {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Montserrat-island-West-Indies |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 May 2025 |language=en |date=14 March 2025}}</ref>
*[[New Year's Day]] ([[Gregorian calendar]])<ref>{{cite web |title=A calendar of New Year celebrations around the world |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/calendar-new-year-celebrations-around-world |website=Travel |access-date=11 May 2025 |language=en |date=11 May 2025}}</ref>
**[[Japanese New Year]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Buckley |first1=Sandra |title=The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture |date=2009 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-48152-6 |page=352 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Encyclopedia_of_Contemporary_Japanes/Wtkm3O3nWXkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA352&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Novy God]] Day ([[Russia]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rubin |first1=Aaron D. |last2=Kahn |first2=Lily |title=Jewish Languages from A to Z |date=13 September 2020 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-04343-4 |page=171 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Jewish_Languages_from_A_to_Z/W8QIEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA171&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Polar bear plunge|Polar Bear Swim Day]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2024: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |date=15 October 2023 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-63671-408-0 |page=65 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Chase_s_Calendar_of_Events_2024/-f7SEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA65&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Public Domain Day]] (multiple countries)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fishman |first1=Stephen |title=The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More |date=2 June 2023 |publisher=Nolo |isbn=978-1-4133-3080-9 |page=316 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Public_Domain/8yWuEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA316&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Triumph of the Revolution]] ([[Cuba]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kopka |first1=Deborah |title=Welcome to Cuba: Passport to Central & South America |date=1 September 2011 |publisher=Milliken Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-7877-2766-6 |page=82 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Welcome_to_Cuba/CRSeCwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&&pg=PA82&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>

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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/1 BBC: On This Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706150757/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/1/ |date=2006-07-06}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=1}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/1 Historical Events on January 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622014134/https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/1 |date=2020-06-22}}

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