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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[49 BC]] – [[Julius Caesar]] crosses the [[Rubicon]], signalling the start of [[Caesar's Civil War|civil war]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Adrian Goldsworthy |title=Caesar's Civil War 49-44 BC |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=199JAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 |date=4 December 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-88181-8 |pages=14}}</ref> *[[AD 9|9]] – The Western [[Han dynasty]] ends when [[Wang Mang]] claims that the divine [[Mandate of Heaven]] called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the [[Xin dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Hans Bielenstein |title=The Restoration of the Han Dynasty |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VOVWmju9U5QC |year=1954 |publisher=Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities |page=160}}</ref> *[[AD 69|69]] – [[Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus]] is appointed by [[Galba]] as [[Caesar (title)|deputy Roman Emperor]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Simon Hornblower |author2=Antony Spawforth |author3=Esther Eidinow |title=The Oxford Classical Dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVWcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA270 |date=29 March 2012 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-954556-8 |pages=270}}</ref> * [[236]] – [[Pope Fabian]] succeeds [[Pope Anterus|Anterus]] to become the twentieth pope of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Aubrey Attwater |title=A Dictionary of Popes: From Peter to Pius XII. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVmcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA13 |year=1939 |isbn=978-0-19-929581-4 |pages=13|publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref> *[[1072]] – [[Robert Guiscard]] conquers [[Palermo]] in Sicily for the Normans.<ref>{{cite book |author=Marjorie Chibnall |title=Anglo-Norman Studies XV |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjlBTqnrcrIC&pg=PA53 |year=1993 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd |isbn=978-0-85115-336-0 |pages=53}}</ref> *[[1430]] – [[Philip the Good]], the [[Duke of Burgundy]], establishes the [[Order of the Golden Fleece]], the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive [[order of chivalry]] in the world.<ref name="Gibbons2013">{{cite book |last=Gibbons |first=Rachel |title=Exploring history 1400-1900: An anthology of primary sources |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_rHCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT65 |access-date=2018-07-30 |date=2013-01-18 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-1-84779-258-7 |page=65 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> *[[1475]] – [[Stephen III of Moldavia]] defeats the [[Ottoman Empire]] at the [[Battle of Vaslui]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Kurt W. Treptow |title=Dracula: Essays on the Life and Times of Vlad Țepeș |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXVpAAAAMAAJ |year=1991 |publisher=East European Monographs |isbn=978-0-88033-220-0 |page=21}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1645]] – Archbishop [[William Laud]] is beheaded for treason at the [[Tower of London]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Cicely Veronica |last=Wedgwood |title=The King's War, 1641-1647 |place=London |publisher=Collins |date=1958 |pages=376–378}}</ref> *[[1776]] – American Revolution: [[Thomas Paine]] publishes his pamphlet ''[[Common Sense (pamphlet)|Common Sense]]''.<ref>{{cite book |author=Steven Blakemore |title=Literature, Intertextuality, and the American Revolution: From Common Sense to Rip Van Winkle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5UeSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |date=31 August 2012 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson |isbn=978-1-61147-573-9 |pages=1}}</ref> *[[1791]] – The [[Siege of Dunlap's Station]] begins near [[Cincinnati]] during the [[Northwest Indian War]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Harvey L. Carter |title=The Life and Times of Little Turtle: First Sagamore of the Wabash |url=https://archive.org/details/lifetimesoflittl0000cart |url-access=registration |year=1987 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-01318-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/lifetimesoflittl0000cart/page/109 109]}}</ref> *[[1812]] – The [[New Orleans (steamboat)|first steamboat]] on the [[Ohio River]] or the [[Mississippi River]] arrives in [[New Orleans]], 82 days after departing from [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Laws and General Ordinances of the City of New Orleans: Together with the Acts of the Legislature, Decisions of the Supreme Court, and Constitutional Provisions Relating to the City Government |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xitPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA19 |year=1870 |publisher=Simmons & Company, printers |pages=19}}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Florida]] becomes the third state to secede from the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weitz |first1=Seth A. |last2=Sheppard |first2=Jonathan C. |title=A Forgotten Front: Florida During the Civil War Era |location=Tuscaloosa, Ala. |publisher=The University of Alabama Press |date=2018 |isbn=978-0-8173-1982-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Is9ZDwAAQBAJ |page=4}}</ref> *[[1863]] – The [[Metropolitan Railway]], the world's oldest underground railway, opens between [[Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)|Paddington]] and [[Farringdon station|Farringdon]], marking the beginning of the [[London Underground]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Norton |first=Graham |title=Victorian London: How to Find Your Way Round the Growing Metropolis of Queen Victoria's Reign |location=London |publisher=Macdonald |date=1969 |oclc=1008524765 |page=73}}</ref> *[[1870]] – [[John D. Rockefeller]] incorporates [[Standard Oil]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Chernow |first=Ron |title=Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. |location=New York |publisher=Vintage Books |date=2004 |isbn=978-1-4000-7730-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mleb5acWQF4C |page=132}}</ref> *[[1876]] – The [[Plan of Tuxtepec]] is announced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pesquera |first=Servicio de Información Agroalimentaria y |title=Plan de Tuxtepec |url=http://www.gob.mx/siap/articulos/plan-de-tuxtepec |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=gob.mx |language=es}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – The first great [[Texas]] [[Blowout (well drilling)|oil gusher]] is discovered at [[Spindletop]] in [[Beaumont, Texas]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Warner |first=C.A. |title=Texas Oil and Gas Since 1543 |location=Rockport, Tex. |publisher=Copano Bay Press |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-9767799-5-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9cO8wnaDXIkC |page=74 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Hinton |first=Diana Davids |title=Oil in Texas: The Gusher Age, 1895-1945 |location=Arlington, Tex. |publisher=University of Texas Press |date=2002 |isbn=978-0-292-76056-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u0L3DAAAQBAJ&q=%22FIrst+Great+Boom%22 |pages=30–31}}</ref> *[[1901]] – New York: [[Automobile Club of America]] installs signs on major highways.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=23|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[World War I]]: [[Russian Empire|Imperial Russia]] begins the [[Erzurum Offensive]], leading to the defeat of the [[Ottoman Empire]]{{'s}} Third Army.<ref>{{cite book|last=Walter|first=Dierk|chapter=Erzurum Offensive (January 10—March 25, 1916)|title=Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond|editor-last1=Dowling|editor-first1=Timothy C.|editor-last2=Menning|editor-first2=Bruce|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2015|isbn=9781598849479|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KTq2BQAAQBAJ|pages=265–266}}</ref> * [[1917]] – [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]]: Seven survivors of the [[Ross Sea party]] were rescued after being stranded for several months.<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Ernest Shackleton|last= Shackleton|first= Ernest|title= South|url= https://archive.org/details/South00Shac|publisher= William Heinemann|location= London|year= 1919|pages= 334–337}}</ref> *[[1920]] – The [[Treaty of Versailles]] takes effect, officially ending World War I for all combatant nations except the United States.<ref>{{cite book|last=Streissguth|first=Thomas|title=The Roaring Twenties|location=New York|publisher=Facts On File|date=2007|isbn=9780816064236|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtbnIe103p4C|page=46}}</ref> * 1920 – [[League of Nations Covenant]] automatically enters into force after the [[Treaty of Versailles]] is ratified by [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Howard-Ellis|first=Charles|title=The Origin, Structure and Working of the League of Nations|location=New York|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company|date=1929|oclc=975294983|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmIsAveUZRgC|pages=98–99|isbn=9781584773207}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Fritz Lang]]'s futuristic film ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' is released in Germany.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Michael Minden |author2=Holger Bachmann |title=Fritz Lang's Metropolis: Cinematic Visions of Technology and Fear |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oyOO_HNw0KQC&pg=PA114 |year=2002 |publisher=Camden House |isbn=978-1-57113-146-1 |pages=114}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: The Greek army [[Capture of Klisura Pass|captures]] [[Këlcyrë|Kleisoura]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Zōtos|first=Stephanos|title=Greece: The Struggle for Freedom|location=New York|publisher=Crowell|date=1967|oclc=712510|page=22}}</ref> *[[1946]] – The first General Assembly of the United Nations assembles in the [[Methodist Central Hall, Westminster]]. Fifty-one nations are represented.<ref>{{cite book |title=Documents of International Organizations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rB0oAQAAMAAJ |year=1947 |publisher=The Foundation |page=3}}</ref> * 1946 – The [[Signal Corps (United States Army)|United States Army Signal Corps]] successfully conducts [[Project Diana]], bouncing [[radio wave]]s off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.<ref>{{cite book |last=Butrica |first=Andrew J. |title=To See the Unseen: A History of Planetary Radar Astronomy |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=NASA |date=1996 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUU7AQAAMAAJ |page=9 |isbn=978-0-7881-4005-1}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[BOAC Flight 781]], a [[de Havilland Comet|de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1]], explodes and falls into the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]], killing 35 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ntsb.org/Wiringcargodoorlite/Additional%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Reports_files/CometAAR-1.pdf |title=Final moments of Comet Mk1 G-ALYP |page=8 |first=Ronald |last=Keith |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827210413/http://www.ntsb.org/Wiringcargodoorlite/Additional%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Reports_files/CometAAR-1.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Tashkent Declaration]], a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]. *[[1972]] – [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] returns to the newly independent [[Bangladesh]] as president after spending over nine months in prison in [[Pakistan]]. *[[1980]] – [[The New England Journal of Medicine]] publishes the letter [[Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics]], which is later misused to downplay the general risk of addiction to [[opioid]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|date=10 January 1980|volume=302|issue=2|pages=123|doi=10.1056/NEJM198001103020221|pmid=7350425|last1=Porter|first1=J.|last2=Jick|first2=H.|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=atlantic>{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/06/nejm-letter-opioids/528840/ | title=The One-Paragraph Letter From 1980 That Fueled the Opioid Crisis | work=The Atlantic | date=2 June 2017 | accessdate=24 June 2017 | author=Zhang, Sarah}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Salvadoran Civil War]]: The [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front|FMLN]] launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of [[Morazán Department|Morazán]] and [[Chalatenango Department|Chalatenango]] departments *[[1984]] – [[Holy See–United States relations]]: The United States and [[Holy See]] ([[Vatican City]]) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the [[United States Congress]]'s [[1867]] ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy. *[[1985]] – [[Sandinista National Liberation Front|Sandinista]] [[Daniel Ortega]] becomes [[President of Nicaragua|president]] of [[Nicaragua]] and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the [[Contras]] in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government. *[[1990]] – [[Time Warner]] is formed by the merger of [[Time Inc.]] and [[Warner Communications]]. *[[2000]] – [[Crossair Flight 498]], a [[Saab 340]] aircraft, crashes in [[Niederhasli]], Switzerland, after taking off from [[Zurich Airport]], killing 13 people.<ref name="AAIB">{{Cite web |date=21 October 2002 |title=Investigation Report of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau on the accident to the Saab 340B aircraft, registration HB-AKK of Crossair Flight LX498 on 10 January 2000 near Nassenwil/ZH. |url=https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/AV-berichte/1781_e.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414072245/http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1781_e.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2008 |access-date=9 June 2019 |publisher=[[Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (Switzerland)|Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau]]}}</ref> *[[2007]] – A [[2007 Guinean general strike|general strike]] begins in [[Guinea]] in an attempt to get President [[Lansana Conté]] to resign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6296709.stm |title=Guinea leader 'cedes key demand' |website=BBC News |date=January 25, 2007 |access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref> *[[2012]] – A [[2012 Khyber Agency bombing|bombing]] at [[Jamrud]] in Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and injures 78 others.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/319253/six-killed-in-jamrud-blast-police/ |title=29 killed, 50 injured in Jamrud blast: Official |work=[[The Express Tribune]] |date=10 January 2012 |access-date=10 January 2012}}</ref> *[[2013]] – More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several [[January 2013 Pakistan bombings|bomb blasts]] in the [[Quetta]] area of [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-explosions-idUSBRE90911P20130110 |title=String of bombings kill 130, injure 280 in Pakistan |work=[[Reuters]] |date=10 January 2013 |access-date=11 January 2013 |archive-date=11 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111004535/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/10/us-pakistan-explosions-idUSBRE90911P20130110 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2015]] – A [[2015 Karachi traffic accident|traffic accident]] between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to [[Shikarpur, Sindh|Shikarpur]] from [[Karachi]] on the [[Pakistan]] [[National Highways of Pakistan|National Highway Link Road]] near [[Gulshan-e-Hadeed]], Karachi, killing at least 62 people.<ref>{{cite news |last=ur-Rehman |first=Zia |title=Scores Killed After Bus Collides With Oil Tanker in Pakistan |work=The New York Times |date=January 11, 2015 |access-date=January 10, 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/world/asia/dozens-killed-after-bus-collides-with-oil-tanker-in-pakistan.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/world/asia/dozens-killed-after-bus-collides-with-oil-tanker-in-pakistan.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2019]] – A 13-year-old American girl, [[Kidnapping of Jayme Closs|Jayme Closs]], is found alive in [[Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin|Gordon, Wisconsin]], having been kidnapped 88 days earlier from her parents' home whilst they were murdered.<ref>{{cite news |title=UPDATE: Jayme Closs located alive in Gordon, currently hospitalized |work=KBJR 6 |date=January 10, 2019 |access-date=May 11, 2021 |url=https://kbjr6.com/2019/01/10/barron-county-sheriffs-department-jayme-closs-has-been-located-alive-in-douglas-county/#:~:text=UPDATE%3A%20The%20Barron%20County%20Sheriff's,in%20the%20Town%20of%20Gordon. |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328005012/https://kbjr6.com/news/twin-ports/2019/01/10/barron-county-sheriffs-department-jayme-closs-has-been-located-alive-in-douglas-county/#:~:text=UPDATE%3A%20The%20Barron%20County%20Sheriff's,in%20the%20Town%20of%20Gordon. |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[626]] – [[Husayn ibn Ali]], the third Shia Imam (died 680)<ref name="shabbar">{{cite book |last=Shabbar |first=S.M.R. |year=1997 |title=Story of the Holy Ka'aba |url=http://www.al-islam.org/story-of-the-holy-kaaba-and-its-people-shabbar/third-imam-husayn-ibn-ali |publisher=Muhammadi Trust of Great Britain |access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref> *[[1480]] – [[Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy]] (died 1530) *[[1538]] – [[Louis of Nassau]] (died 1574)<ref>{{cite book |author=Grolier Incorporated |title=The Encyclopedia Americana: International Edition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9JMxAQAAIAAJ |date=March 1998 |publisher=Grolier |isbn=978-0-7172-0130-3 |page=782}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1607]] – [[Isaac Jogues]], French priest and missionary (died 1646)<ref>{{cite book |author=Henri de Courcy |title=The Catholic Church in the United States: A Sketch of Its Ecclesiastical History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i3lHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA318 |year=1856 |publisher=E. Dunigan and brother |pages=318}}</ref> *[[1644]] – [[Louis François, duc de Boufflers]], French general (died 1711)<ref>{{cite book |author=Thomas Pike Lathy |title=Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV.: Comprising Biography and Anecdotes of the Most Celebrated Characters of that Period |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pWIUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA201 |year=1819 |publisher=Matthew Iley |pages=201}}</ref> *[[1654]] – [[Joshua Barnes]], English historian and scholar (died 1712)<ref>{{cite book |author=Richard Cumberland |title=Memoirs of Richard Cumberland: Written by Himself |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b00VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA28 |year=1856 |publisher=Parry and McMillan |pages=28}}</ref> *[[1702]] – [[Johannes Zick]], German painter (died 1762)<ref>{{cite book |author1=David and Alfred Smart Gallery |author2=University of Chicago. Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures |author3=Goethe Institute Chicago |author4=Austrian Institute (New York, N.Y.) |title=German and Austrian painting of the eighteenth century: an exhibition ... the David and Alfred Smart Gallery, the University of Chicago, April 20-June 11, 1978 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nEZHAQAAIAAJ |date=December 1978 |publisher=The Gallery |page=55|isbn=9780935573053 }}</ref> *[[1715]] – [[Christian August Crusius]], German philosopher and theologian (died 1775)<ref>{{cite book |author1=John McClintock |author2=James Strong |title=Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0sXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA596 |year=1880 |publisher=Harper |pages=596}}</ref> *[[1750]] – [[Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine]], Scottish-English lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of Great Britain]] (died 1823)<ref>{{cite book |title=Britannica Concise Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ea-bAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA632 |date=1 May 2008 |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. |isbn=978-1-59339-492-9 |pages=632}}</ref> *[[1760]] – [[Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg]], German composer and conductor (died 1802)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Edmund S. J. van der Straeten |author2=Edmund Van Der Stralten |title=History of the Violoncello, the Viol Da Gamba, Their Precursors and Collateral Instruments: With Biographies of All the Most Eminent Players of Every Country |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nZpMqY-okM8C |year=1976 |publisher=AMS Press |isbn=978-0-404-13100-5 |page=216}}</ref> *[[1769]] – [[Michel Ney]], French general (died 1815)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Michel Ney (duc d'Elchingen) |author2=J. S. |title=Marshal Ney. Report of the Trial, for High Treason and attempts against the safety of the State, of M. Ney |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aN1ZAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA55 |year=1815 |pages=55}}</ref> *[[1776]] – [[George Birkbeck]], English physician and academic, founded [[Birkbeck, University of London]] (died 1841)<ref>{{cite book |author=Joseph Foster |title=The Pedigree of Wilson of High Wray and Kendal and the Families Connected with Them |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VEwWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA41 |year=1871 |publisher=private circulation |pages=41}}</ref> *[[1780]] – [[Martin Lichtenstein]], German physician and explorer (died 1857) *[[1802]] – [[Carl Ritter von Ghega]], Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the [[Semmering railway]] (died 1860) *[[1810]] – [[Ferdinand Barbedienne]], French engineer (died 1892) * 1810 – [[Jeremiah S. Black]], American jurist and politician, 23rd [[United States Secretary of State]] (died 1883) * 1810 – [[William Haines (Australian politician)|William Haines]], English-Australian politician, 1st [[Premier of Victoria]] (died 1866)<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=Betty |last=Malone |title=Haines, William Clark (1810–1866) |haines-william-clark-3688 |access-date=16 April 2013}}</ref> *[[1823]] – [[Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev]], Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist (died 1924)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trt.net.tr/azerbaycan/turk-dunyasi/2017/01/10/haci-zeynalabdin-tagiyev-648231|title=Hacı Zeynalabdin Tağıyev | TRT Azerbaycan}}</ref> *[[1827]] – [[Amanda Cajander]], Finnish medical reformer (died 1871)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hautausmaita |website=Hautausmaita |url=http://haudat.genealogia.fi/php/haudat1f.php?coun=fi&lang=fi&code=163&id=20242 |language=fi |access-date=24 May 2021 |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524153835/http://haudat.genealogia.fi/php/haudat1f.php?coun=fi&lang=fi&code=163&id=20242 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1828]] – [[Herman Koeckemann]], German bishop and missionary (died 1892)<ref name="Weber1994">{{cite book |author=Francis J. Weber |title=Catholic California Essays: Some Historical Reflections |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PwTiAAAAMAAJ |year=1994 |publisher=Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Archives |page=78}}</ref> *[[1829]] – [[Epameinondas Deligeorgis]], Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (died 1879)<ref>Georg Veloudis: "Delijeorjis, Epaminondas", in Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas. Vol. 1. Munich 1974, pp. 385–387.</ref> *[[1834]] – [[John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton]], Italian-English historian and politician (died 1902)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Acton |first1=Harold |author-link=Harold Acton |year=1961 |title=Lord Acton |journal=Chicago Review |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=31–44 |doi=10.2307/25293642 |jstor=25293642}}</ref> *[[1840]] – [[Louis-Nazaire Bégin]], Canadian cardinal (died 1925) *[[1842]] – [[Luigi Pigorini]], Italian paleontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (died 1925) *[[1843]] – [[Frank James]], American soldier and criminal (died 1915) *[[1848]] – [[Reinhold Sadler]], American merchant and politician, 9th [[List of Governors of Nevada|Governor of Nevada]] (died 1906) *[[1849]] – [[Robert Crosbie]], Canadian theosophist, founded the [[United Lodge of Theosophists]] (died 1919)<ref>{{cite book |title=Theosophy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O2I7AQAAMAAJ |year=1919 |publisher=Theosophy Company |page=320}}</ref> *[[1850]] – [[John Wellborn Root]], American architect, designed the [[Rookery Building]] and [[Monadnock Building]] (died 1891) *[[1853]] – [[Jessie Bond]], mezzo-soprano roles in Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.(died 1942)<ref>{{Citation |last=Lamb |first=Andrew |title=Bond, Jessie Charlotte (1853–1942), singer |date=2025-01-09 |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-62576 |access-date=2025-01-09 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.62576 |isbn=978-0-19-861412-8|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *[[1854]] – [[Ramón Corral]], Mexican general and politician, 6th [[Vice President of Mexico]] (died 1912) *[[1858]] – [[Heinrich Zille]], German illustrator and photographer (died 1929)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Maurice Horn |author2=Richard Marschall |title=The World encyclopedia of cartoons |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L1F9Edu76jMC |year=1980 |publisher=Chelsea House Publishers |isbn=978-0-87754-088-5 |page=599}}</ref> *[[1859]] – [[Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia]], Spanish philosopher and academic (died 1909)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Avrich |first1=Paul |author-link=Paul Avrich |title=The Modern School Movement: Anarchism and Education in the United States |chapter=The Martyrdom of Ferrer |date=1980 |isbn=978-0-691-04669-3 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |location=Princeton |oclc=489692159 |df=mdy-all |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6X_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 |title-link=The Modern School Movement: Anarchism and Education in the United States |page=3}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[Charles G. D. Roberts]], Canadian poet and author (died 1943) *[[1864]] – [[Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia]] (died 1931)<ref>{{cite book |author=Alexander Wasil Benko |title=Emperor Alexander the First of Russia: a sketch |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPAiAQAAIAAJ |year=1991 |publisher=A.W. Benko |page=86}}</ref> *[[1873]] – [[Algernon Maudslay]], English sailor (died 1948) * 1873 – [[Jack O'Neill (baseball)|Jack O'Neill]], Irish-American baseball player (died 1935) * 1873 – [[George Orton]], Canadian runner and hurdler (died 1958)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/george-orton |title=George Orton |website=IOC |access-date=28 November 2020}}</ref> *[[1875]] – [[Issai Schur]], German mathematician and academic (died 1941) *[[1877]] – [[Frederick Gardner Cottrell]], American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist (died 1948) *[[1878]] – [[John McLean (athlete)|John McLean]], American hurdler, football player, and coach (died 1955)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/john-mclean |title=John McLean |website=IOC |access-date=28 November 2020}}</ref> *[[1880]] – [[Manuel Azaña]], Spanish jurist and politician, 7th [[President of the Republic (Spain)|President of Spain]] (died 1940) *[[1883]] – [[Francis X. Bushman]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1966)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Richard J. Maturi |author2=Mary Buckingham Maturi |title=Francis X. Bushman: A Biography and Filmography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKpZAAAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0485-8 |page=5}}</ref> * 1883 – [[Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy]], Russian journalist, author, and poet (died 1945)<ref>{{cite book |author=Stanley Hochman |title=McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=88xIQiXVMCQC&pg=PA31 |year=1984 |publisher=VNR AG |isbn=978-0-07-079169-5 |pages=31}}</ref> *[[1887]] – [[Robinson Jeffers]], American poet and philosopher (died 1962) *[[1890]] – [[Pina Menichelli]], Italian actress (died 1984) *[[1891]] – [[Heinrich Behmann]], German mathematician and academic (died 1970) * 1891 – [[Ann Shoemaker]], American actress (died 1978) *[[1892]] – [[Dumas Malone]], American historian and author (died 1986) * 1892 – [[Melchior Wańkowicz]], Polish soldier, journalist, and author (died 1974) *[[1893]] – [[Albert Jacka]], Australian captain, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (died 1932) *[[1894]] – [[Pingali Lakshmikantam]], Indian poet and author (died 1972) *[[1895]] – [[Percy Cerutty]], Australian athletics coach (died 1975) *[[1896]] – [[Yong Mun Sen]], Malaysian watercolour painter (died 1962)<ref>{{cite book |title=Proceedings of the Art and Design International Conference (AnDIC 2016) |date=2018 |publisher=[[Springer Nature|Springer Nature Singapore]] |isbn=978-981-13-0486-6 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eHJgDwAAQBAJ |access-date=14 January 2019}}</ref> * 1896 – [[Dinkar G. Kelkar]], Indian art collector (died 1990)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kelkar |first1=B. S. |last2=Kelkar |first2=G. R. |last3=Kelkar |first3=Y. S. |title=Kelkar Kulavruttanta |date=1993 |publisher=Yashodeep Typesetting |location=[[Thane]]|pages=82, 83}}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Katharine Burr Blodgett]], American physicist and engineer (died 1979)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schott |first1=Margaret E. |title=The Remarkable Life and Work of Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898–1979) |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=151–182 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch006|isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1 }}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Violette Cordery]], English racing driver (died 1983) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Barbara Hepworth]], English sculptor (died 1975)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harold Oxbury|title=Great Britons: Twentieth-century Lives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9coZAAAAYAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-211599-7|page=162}}</ref> * 1903 – [[Voldemar Väli]], Estonian wrestler (died 1997)<ref>[http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Voldemar_V%E4li Väli, Voldemar]. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon</ref> *[[1904]] – [[Ray Bolger]], American actor and dancer (died 1987)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Peter M. Gareffa |author2=Ann Evory |title=Newsmakers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rWJmAAAAMAAJ |year=1988 |publisher=Gale Research |page=33 |isbn=978-0-8103-2203-5}}</ref> *[[1907]] – [[Gordon Kidd Teal]], American engineer and inventor (died 2003)<ref>{{cite book |author=Frederik Nebeker |title=Sparks of genius: portraits of electrical engineering excellence |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENdSAAAAMAAJ |year=1994 |publisher=Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |isbn=978-0-7803-1033-9 |page=94}}</ref> *[[1908]] – [[Jaime Garcia Goulart]], Portuguese Catholic missionary and bishop (died 1997)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1945-10-25 |title=Bishop Goulart of Dili |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sydney-catholic-weekly-oct-25-1945-p-2/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |work=The Catholic Weekly |pages=2 |via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref> *1908 – [[Paul Henreid]], Italian-American actor and director (died 1992)<ref>{{cite book |title=The Annual Obituary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7F8YAAAAIAAJ |year=1992 |publisher=St. Martin's |isbn=978-1-55862-319-4 |page=162}}</ref> * 1908 – [[Bernard Lee]], English actor (died 1981)<ref>{{cite book|last=Arnold|first=Mark|title=Stars of Walt Disney Productions|location=Orlando, Fla.|publisher=BearManor Media|date=2023|isbn=9798887710723|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9aKnEAAAQBAJ|page=2018}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Jean Martinon]], French conductor and composer (died 1976)<ref>{{cite book|author1=David Mason Greene|author2=Constance Green|title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA1383|year=1985|publisher=Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd.|isbn=978-0-385-14278-6|pages=1383}}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[Binod Bihari Chowdhury]], Bangladeshi activist (died 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Correspondent |title=Revolutionary Binod Bihari dies |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/revolutionary-binod-bihari-dies |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=bdnews24.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1911 – [[Norman Heatley]], English biologist and chemist (died 2004)<ref>{{cite news |first=Ruth |last=Evans |url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,3604,1118276,00.html |title=Obituary: Norman Heatley |work=Guardian Unlimited |publisher=Guardian Newspapers Limited |date=8 January 2004 |access-date=10 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1912]] – [[Della H. Raney]], American [[United States Army Air Corps|Army Air Corps]] officer (died 1987)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/della-raney/ |title=Della H. Raney |website=National Museum of the United States Army |access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1913]] – [[Gustáv Husák]], Slovak politician, 9th [[President of Czechoslovakia]] (died 1991)<ref>{{cite book |title=Radio Free Europe Research: East Europe. Situation report. Czechoslovakia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVoqAQAAMAAJ |year=1972 |publisher=Radio Free Europe |page=17}}</ref> * 1913 – [[Mehmet Shehu]], Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd [[List of Prime Ministers of Albania|Prime Minister of Albania]] (died 1981)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ramadan Marmullaku|author2=Margot Milosavljević|title=Albania and the Albanians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3S4AAAAIAAJ|year=1975|publisher=C. Hurst|isbn=978-0-903983-13-6|page=72}}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[Yu Kuo-hwa]], Chinese politician, 23rd [[Premier of the Republic of China]] (died 2000)<ref>{{cite book |title=Current World Leaders |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uX4hAQAAIAAJ |year=1980 |publisher=International Academy |page=236}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Dean Dixon]], American-Swiss conductor (died 1976)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060105055440/http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1773/Dean_Dixon_a_world_renowned_conductor Dean Dixon biography] at the African American Registry</ref> * 1915 – [[Cynthia Freeman]], American author (died 1988) *[[1916]] – [[Sune Bergström]], Swedish biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2004)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Tore Frängsmyr |author2=Jan E. Lindsten |title=Physiology Or Medicine: 1981-1990 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oR8hpcQwc2QC&pg=PA91 |year=1993 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-02-0793-9 |pages=91}}</ref> * 1916 – [[Eldzier Cortor]], American painter (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/arts/design/eldzier-cortor-painter-of-scenes-from-african-american-social-life-dies-at-99.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/arts/design/eldzier-cortor-painter-of-scenes-from-african-american-social-life-dies-at-99.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |last1=Harris |first1=Elizabeth A. |title=Eldzier Cortor, Painter of Scenes From African-American Social Life, Dies at 99 |date=28 November 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=28 November 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 1916 – [[Don Metz (ice hockey)|Don Metz]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2007) *[[1917]] – [[Jerry Wexler]], American journalist and producer (died 2008)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/aug/18/popandrock1 |title=Jerry Wexler |author=Richard Williams |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=17 August 2008 |access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1918]] – [[Les Bennett]], English footballer and manager (died 1999)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/les-bennett-39155/ |title=Les Bennett |website=11v11.com |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref> * 1918 – [[Arthur Chung]], Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of Guyana]] (died 2008)<ref>{{cite book|title=Personalities Caribbean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NF1sAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Personalities Limited|page=182}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Terukuni Manzō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (died 1977) * 1919 – [[Milton Parker]], American businessman, co-founded the [[Carnegie Deli]] (died 2009) *[[1920]] – [[Rosella Hightower]], American ballerina (died 2008)<ref>Short, Candy Franklin. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/H/HI003.html Hightower, Rosella (1920–).] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121095305/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/H/HI003.html |date=November 21, 2008 }} ''Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture.'' 2009 (retrieved Feb 9, 2009)</ref> * 1920 – [[Roberto M. Levingston]], Argentinian general and politician, 36th [[President of Argentina]] (died 2015) *[[1921]] – [[Rodger Ward]], American aviator, race car driver and sportscaster (died 2004)<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 |page=185}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Billy Liddell]], Scottish-English footballer (died 2001) *[[1924]] – [[Earl Bakken]], American inventor (died 2018)<ref>{{cite book |author=Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |title=Past to Present: A Century of Honors : the First Hundred Years of Award Winners, Honorary Members, Past Presidents, and Fellows of the Institute |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JotuAAAAMAAJ |year=1984 |publisher=IEEE Press |isbn=978-0-87942-177-9 |page=143}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Ludmilla Chiriaeff]], Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (died 1996) *[[1925]] – [[Billie Sol Estes]], American financier and businessman (died 2013) *[[1926]] – [[Musallam Bseiso]], Palestinian journalist and politician (died 2017) *[[1927]] – [[Gisele MacKenzie]], Canadian-American singer and actress (died 2003) * 1927 – [[Johnnie Ray]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1990)<ref>{{cite book |author=Joseph Murrells |title=Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s: an illustrated directory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iIKAQAAMAAJ |date=31 December 1984 |publisher=Batsford |isbn=978-0-7134-3843-7 |page=69}}</ref> * 1927 – [[Otto Stich]], Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] (died 2012) *[[1928]] – [[Philip Levine (poet)|Philip Levine]], American poet and academic (died 2015)<ref>{{cite book |author=Philip Levine |title=On the Poetry of Philip Levine: Stranger to Nothing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MayfchDom0cC&pg=PA1 |year=1991 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=0-472-06392-8 |pages=1}}</ref> * 1928 – [[Peter Mathias]], English historian and academic (died 2016)<ref>{{cite book |title=International Who's Who in Community Service |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3i2O6u00KAC |year=1979 |publisher=International biographical centre |isbn=978-0-85649-023-1 |page=240}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Roy E. Disney]], American businessman (died 2009)<ref>{{cite book |author=Peter M. Gareffa |title=Newsmakers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mFmAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=Gale Research |page=92 |isbn=978-0-8103-2202-8}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Peter Barnes (playwright)|Peter Barnes]], English playwright and screenwriter (died 2004)<ref name="Independent">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-barnes-6166201.html |title=Peter Barnes: Surprising and adventurous dramatist |work=[[The Independent]] |date=5 July 2004 |access-date=5 September 2014 |author=Strachan, Alan}}</ref> * 1931 – [[Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids]], Grenadian-English academic and politician<ref>{{cite book |first1=Charles |last1=Kidd |first2=Christine |last2=Shaw |title=Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2008 |location=Richmond |publisher=Debrett's Limited |year=2008 |page=729 |isbn=978-1-870520-93-5}}</ref> * 1931 – [[Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat]], Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th [[List of Menteris Besar of Kelantan|Menteri Besar of Kelantan]] (died 2015) *[[1932]] – [[Lou Henson]], American [[college basketball]] coach (died 2020)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fightingillini.com/news/2020/7/29/mens-basketball-legendary-fighting-illini-lou-henson-passes-away-at-88.aspx |title=Legendary Fighting Illini Lou Henson Passes Away at 88 |website=University of Illinois Athletics|date=29 July 2020 }}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Leonid Kravchuk]], Ukrainian politician, 1st [[President of Ukraine]] (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine's first president, dies at 88 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/leonid-kravchuk-independent-ukraines-first-president-dies-88-2022-05-10/ |website=Reuters |access-date=10 May 2022 |language=en |date=10 May 2022}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Ronnie Hawkins]], American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rockabilly pioneer Ronnie Hawkins dies at 87 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/rockabilly-pioneer-ronnie-hawkins-dies-87-rcna31071 |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=NBC News |date=30 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1935 – [[Sherrill Milnes]], American opera singer and educator<ref>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia Americana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxVZAAAAYAAJ |year=1999 |publisher=Grolier Incorporated |isbn=978-0-7172-0131-0 |page=131}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Stephen E. Ambrose]], American historian and author (died 2002)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 10: Pat Benatar, Rod Stewart |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/10/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-10-Pat-Benatar-Rod-Stewart/6721673312287/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=9 January 2024 |date=10 January 2023}}</ref> * 1936 – [[Robert Woodrow Wilson]], American physicist and astronomer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1978/wilson-bio.html|title=Robert Woodrow Wilson - Biographical|website=www.nobelprize.org|access-date=June 7, 2016}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Elza Ibrahimova]], Azerbaijani composer (died 2012) * 1938 – [[Donald Knuth]], American computer scientist and mathematician<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/knuth_1013846.cfm |title=A.M. Turing Award; Donald ("Don") Erwin Knuth |publisher=[[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]] |year=1974 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017231352/http://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/knuth_1013846.cfm |archive-date=October 17, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1938 – [[Frank Mahovlich]], Canadian ice hockey player and politician * 1938 – [[Willie McCovey]], American baseball player (died 2018)<ref>{{cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/obituaries/willie-mccovey-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/obituaries/willie-mccovey-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Willie McCovey, 80, Dies; Was Hall of Fame Slugger With the Giants |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 31, 2018 |access-date=March 1, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1939]] – [[David Horowitz]], American writer and activist (died 2025)<ref name="AP"/> * 1939 – [[Scott McKenzie]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012) * 1939 – [[Sal Mineo]], American actor (died 1976)<ref>{{cite book |author=Joseph Murrells |title=Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s: an illustrated directory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iIKAQAAMAAJ |date=31 December 1984 |publisher=Batsford |isbn=978-0-7134-3843-7 |page=109}}</ref> * 1939 – [[Bill Toomey]], American athlete<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1940]] – [[Godfrey Hewitt]], English geneticist and academic (died 2013) * 1940 – [[K. J. Yesudas]], Indian singer and music director<ref>{{cite book |author=Pelican Creations International (Noida, India) |title=Encyclopedia Indica: a compendium of milestones |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWcOAQAAMAAJ |date=c. 2000s |publisher=Pelican Creations International |isbn=978-81-86738-14-6 |page=587}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Tom Clarke (politician)|Tom Clarke]], Scottish politician, [[Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.co.uk/people/biographies/browse/c/17932/Thomas%20%28Tom%29+CLARKE.aspx |title=The Rt Hon Tom Clarke, CBE, MP Authorised Biography - Debrett's People of Today |work=debretts.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331223055/http://www.debretts.co.uk/people/biographies/browse/c/17932/Thomas%20(Tom)+CLARKE.aspx |archive-date=31 March 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Graeme Gahan]], Australian footballer and coach (died 2018) *[[1943]] – [[Jim Croce]], American singer-songwriter (died 1973)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/10/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-10-2020/8011578535365/ |title=UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 10, 2020 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=January 10, 2020 |access-date=February 1, 2020 |archive-date=January 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/ |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Jeffrey Catherine Jones]], American comics and fantasy artist (died 2011)<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=32407 |title=R.I.P. Fantasy & Comics Artist Jeffrey Catherine Jones |date=2011-05-19 |work=CBR |access-date=2018-06-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1944 – [[William Sanderson]], American actor<ref>{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 10, 2023 includes celebrities Rod Stewart, Sarah Shahi|work=The Plain Dealer|date=January 10, 2023|accessdate=January 10, 2023|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-10-2023-includes-celebrities-rod-stewart-sarah-shahi.html}}</ref> * 1944 – [[Frank Sinatra, Jr.]], American singer and actor (died 2016)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Eli |title=Frank Sinatra Jr., singer who followed in his father's footsteps, dies at 72 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/arts/music/frank-sinatra-jr-singer-who-followed-in-his-fathers-footsteps-dies-at-72.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/arts/music/frank-sinatra-jr-singer-who-followed-in-his-fathers-footsteps-dies-at-72.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-status=live |access-date=17 October 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 March 2016 |url-access=subscription}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[John Fahey (politician)|John Fahey]], New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (died 2020) * 1945 – [[Rod Stewart]], British singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite news |last=Walsh |first=John |title=The Saturday Profile: Rod Stewart, Rock Star: Do ya still think I'm sexy? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-saturday-profile-rod-stewart-rock-star-do-ya-still-think-im-sexy-1189207.html |access-date=26 November 2015 |work=The Independent |location=London, UK |date=23 October 2011}}</ref> * 1945 – [[Gunther von Hagens]], German anatomist, invented [[plastination]] *[[1947]] – [[George Alec Effinger]], American author (died 2002)<ref>{{cite book |author=R. Reginald |title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974 : with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfEzAQAAIAAJ |year=1979 |publisher=Gale Research Company |isbn=978-0-8103-1051-3 |page=887}}</ref> * 1947 – [[James Morris (bass-baritone)|James Morris]], American opera singer * 1947 – [[Peer Steinbrück]], German politician, [[List of German finance ministers|German Minister of Finance]] * 1947 – [[Tiit Vähi]], Estonian engineer and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Estonia]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Daily Report: Central Eurasia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5z4kIHq8ipoC |year=1996 |publisher=The Service |page=72}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Remu Aaltonen]], Finnish musician<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Rantala |editor-first=Risto |title=Kuka kukin on: Henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista 1998 |page=18 |location=Helsinki |publisher=Otava |year=1998 |isbn=951-1-14344-1 |language=fi}}</ref> * 1948 – [[Donald Fagen]], American singer-songwriter and musician<ref>{{cite book |author=Norm N. Nite |title=Rock on: The video revolution, 1979-1984 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxwKAQAAMAAJ |year=1982 |publisher=Harper & Row |isbn=978-0-06-181644-4 |pages=109–110}}</ref> * 1948 – [[Bernard Thévenet]], French cyclist and sportscaster *[[1949]] – [[Kemal Derviş]], Turkish economist and politician, [[Ministry of Economy (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Economy]] (died 2023) * 1949 – [[George Foreman]], American boxer, actor, and businessman (died 2025)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mather |first1=Victor |date=March 21, 2025 |title=George Foreman, Boxing Champion and Grilling Magnate, Dies at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/sports/george-foreman-dead.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Jan Onofrio |title=Texas Biographical Dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fh9kC4lCZxgC&pg=PA205 |date=1 January 2001 |publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc. |isbn=978-0-403-09992-4 |pages=205}}</ref> * 1949 – [[Linda Lovelace]], American pornographic actress and activist (died 2002)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/10/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-10-2020/8011578535365/ |title=UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 10, 2020 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=January 10, 2020 |access-date=February 1, 2020 |archive-date=January 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/ |url-status=live |quote=… X-rated film actor Linda Lovelace in 1949}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Pat Benatar]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite book |author1=Contemporary Books |author2=Agnes Chase |title=Chase's: 2000 calendar of events |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xHtV8BWnH9IC |date=October 1999 |publisher=Contemporary Publishing Group, Incorporated |isbn=978-0-8092-2776-1 |page=32}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Bobby Rahal]], American race car driver<ref>{{cite book |author=Tony Sakkis |title=Indy Racing Legends |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXxxFEnK7QkC |year=1996 |publisher=Motorbooks International |isbn=978-0-7603-0123-4 |page=113}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Baba Vaziroglu]], Azerbaijani writer, poet and translator<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oxu.az/culture/11170 |title=aba Vəziroğlu – 60 |website=oxu.az |date=10 January 2014 |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Michael Schenker]], German musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1956]] – [[Shawn Colvin]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PA48AQAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Gale Research, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8103-8552-8|page=48}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Antonio Muñoz Molina]], Spanish author<ref>{{cite book |author=Giancarlo Colombo |title=Who's Who in Spain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x4oUAQAAIAAJ |year=2006 |publisher=Who's Who in Italy |isbn=978-88-85246-60-7 |page=501}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Chandra Cheeseborough]], American sprinter and coach<ref>{{cite book |author=Martha Ward Plowden |title=Olympic Black Women |url=https://archive.org/details/olympicblackwome00plow |url-access=registration |year=1996 |publisher=Pelican Publishing |isbn=978-1-4556-0994-9 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/olympicblackwome00plow/page/41 41]}}</ref> * 1959 – [[Chris Van Hollen]], American lawyer and politician<ref>{{CongLinks | congbio=V000128 | votesmart=6098 | fec=H2MD08126 | congress=chris-van-hollen/V000128 }}</ref> * 1959 – [[Fran Walsh]], New Zealand screenwriter and producer<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1960]] – [[Gurinder Chadha]], Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter * 1960 – [[Brian Cowen]], Irish lawyer and politician, 12th [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] * 1960 – [[Benoît Pelletier]], Canadian lawyer and politician * 1960 – [[Richard Bartle]], British game designer and academic<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bartle, Richard A. - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w65f049j#resources |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=snaccooperative.org}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Evan Handler]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1961 – [[Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg]], Italian-American violinist, author, and educator *[[1962]] – [[Michael Fortier]], Canadian lawyer and politician * 1962 – [[Kathryn S. McKinley]], American computer scientist and academic *[[1963]] – [[Malcolm Dunford]], New Zealand-Australian footballer * 1963 – [[Kira Ivanova]], Russian figure skater (died 2001) *[[1964]] – [[Brad Roberts]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/> *[[1968]] – [[Zoe Tay]], Singaporean actress and model<ref>{{cite web |title=Zoe Tay celebrates birthday with residents at Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/zoe-tay-celebrates-birthday-with-residents-at-lee-ah-mooi-old-age-home |website=The Straits Times |access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Simone Bagel-Trah]], German businessperson *[[1970]] – [[Alisa Marić]], Serbian chess player and politician, [[Ministry of Youth and Sports (Serbia)|Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports]] *[[1972]] – [[Mohammed Benzakour]], Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author *[[1973]] – [[Glenn Robinson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Glenn Robinson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/299/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> * 1973 – [[Félix Trinidad]], Puerto Rican boxer *[[1974]] – [[Jemaine Clement]], New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician<ref name="Chase's2020">{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPcCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA79|date=27 October 2020|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-424-9|pages=79}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Davide Dionigi]], Italian footballer and manager * 1974 – [[Steve Marlet]], French footballer and coach<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21369 |title=Steve Marlet |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Bob Peeters]], Belgian footballer and manager * 1974 – [[Hrithik Roshan]], Indian actor<ref name="Dawar2006">{{cite book |last=Dawar |first=Ramesh |title=Bollywood: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow |year=2006 |publisher=[[Star Publications]] |isbn=978-1-905863-01-3 |pages=52}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Jake Delhomme]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jake Delhomme |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1693/jake-delhomme |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Khairy Jamaluddin]], Malaysian politician, [[Ministry of Health (Malaysia)|Malaysian Minister of Health]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mymp.org.my/p/khairy-jamaluddin-abu-bakar |title=Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar |website=MYMP}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Adam Kennedy]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Adam Kennedy |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/adam-kennedy-150456 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[A. J. Bramlett]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=A.J. Bramlett |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1920/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> * 1977 – [[Clark Haggans]], American football player (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clark Haggans |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2268/clark-haggans |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Brent Smith]], American singer and songwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1978 – [[Tamina Snuka]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Tamina |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17148896/wwe-profile-page-tamina |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=9 January 2024 |date=11 August 2016}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Simone Cavalli]], Italian footballer * 1979 – [[Silvia Kumpan-Takacs]], Austrian politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/30704|title=Silvia Kumpan-Takacs (aktiv)|publisher=[[Austrian Parliament]]|language=de}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Henrik Tallinder]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Henrik Tallinder |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/henrik-tallinder-8466182 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Sarah Shahi]], American actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 10, 2023 includes celebrities Rod Stewart, Sarah Shahi |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-10-2023-includes-celebrities-rod-stewart-sarah-shahi.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=9 January 2024 |date=10 January 2023}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Rastislav Staňa]], Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rastislav Stana |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/rastislav-stana-8467497 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Jared Kushner]], American real estate investor and political figure<ref name="Chase's2020"/> * 1981 – [[Belinda Snell]], Australian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Belinda Snell |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100696/belinda-snell |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Julien Brellier]], French footballer * 1982 – [[Tomasz Brzyski]], Polish footballer *[[1984]] – [[Marouane Chamakh]], Moroccan footballer * 1984 – [[Ariane Friedrich]], German high jumper * 1984 – [[Kalki Koechlin]], Indian actress *[[1985]] – [[Robert Nilsson]], Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Nilsson |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/robert-nilsson-8470608 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Kirsten Flipkens]], Belgian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kirsten Flipkens {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/310331/kirsten-flipkens |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Marcus Freeman]], American football coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcus Freeman College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog ... |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/marcus-freeman-2.html |website=Sports Reference |access-date=January 10, 2025}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[César Cielo]], Brazilian swimmer *[[1988]] – [[Leonard Patrick Komon]], Kenyan runner<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/leonard-patrick-komon-14208682 |title=Leonard Patrick Komon |website=World Athletics |access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Ali Gabr]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ali Gabr: Overview |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/33112/Ali-Gabr/overview |publisher= Premier League |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[John Carlson (ice hockey)|John Carlson]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=John Carlson |url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/player/john-carlson-8474590 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Martin Jones (ice hockey)|Martin Jones]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Jones |url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/player/martin-jones-8474889 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Ishiura Shikanosuke]], Japanese sumo wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Ishiura Shikanosuke profile |url=http://sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3442/ |website=sumo.or.jp |access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Cody Walker (rugby league)|Cody Walker]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/south-sydney-rabbitohs/cody-walker/ |title=Cody Walker |website=South Sydney Rabbitohs}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Chad Townsend]], Australian rugby league player *[[1993]] – [[Tobias Rieder]], German ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tobias Rieder |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tobias-rieder-8476356 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Budda Baker]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Budda Baker |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3127287/budda-baker |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Matthew Dufty]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dragons.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/st-george-illawarra-dragons/matthew-dufty/ |title=Matthew Dufty |website=St George Illawarra Dragons |access-date=2020-09-15 |archive-date=2020-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004013426/https://www.dragons.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/st-george-illawarra-dragons/matthew-dufty/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1996 – [[Dylan Edwards]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/penrith-panthers/dylan-edwards/ |title=Dylan Edwards |website=Penrith Panthers |access-date=2020-09-15 |archive-date=2018-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306202624/https://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/penrith-panthers/dylan-edwards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1996 – [[Ahmed Sayed]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://efa.com.eg/Content/NewsDocument/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA_/f61dbce5-13d2-4650-85ff-c4e9056fdcfa.pdf |title=Egypt |publisher=Confederation of African Football |page=1 |date=7 January 2022 |access-date=6 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Patrick Herbert]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.warriors.kiwi/teams/telstra-premiership/warriors/patrick-herbert/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190418090005/https://www.warriors.kiwi/teams/telstra-premiership/warriors/patrick-herbert/| archive-date = 2019-04-18| title = Official NRL profile of Patrick Herbert for Warriors - Warriors}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Blake Lawrie]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dragons.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/st-george-illawarra-dragons/blake-lawrie/ |title=Blake Lawrie |website=St George Illawarra Dragons |access-date=2020-09-15 |archive-date=2019-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528125125/https://www.dragons.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/st-george-illawarra-dragons/blake-lawrie/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Mason Mount]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/14580/Mason-Mount/overview |title=Mason Mount: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=6 August 2023 |archive-date=11 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911114630/https://www.premierleague.com/players/14580/Mason-Mount/overview |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1999 – [[Youssouf Fofana (French footballer)|Youssouf Fofana]], French footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur69798.html |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Erik Botheim]], Norwegian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Erik Botheim |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/erik-botheim/#wac_660x40_top |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=worldfootball.net |language=en}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Reneé Rapp]], American singer-songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Reneé Rapp |url=https://music.apple.com/bs/artist/rene%C3%A9-rapp/1626560688 |website=Apple Music |access-date=January 10, 2025}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Santi Aldama]], Spanish basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Santi Aldama |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630583/santi-aldama |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[259]] – [[Polyeuctus]], Roman saint * [[314]] – [[Pope Miltiades|Miltiades]], pope of the Catholic Church * [[681]] – [[Pope Agatho|Agatho]], pope of the Catholic Church * [[976]] – [[John I Tzimiskes]], Byzantine emperor (born 925) * [[987]] – [[Pietro I Orseolo]], doge of Venice (born 928) *[[1055]] – [[Bretislav I]], duke of Bohemia<ref>{{cite book |author=Tadeusz Manteuffel |title=The Formation of the Polish State: The Period of Ducal Rule, 963-1194 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VlRpAAAAMAAJ |year=1982 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=978-0-8143-1682-5 |page=91}}</ref> *[[1094]] – [[Al-Mustansir Billah]], Egyptian caliph (born 1029) *[[1218]] – [[Hugh I of Cyprus|Hugh I]], king of Cyprus *[[1276]] – [[Pope Gregory X|Gregory X]], pope of the Catholic Church (born c.1210)<ref>{{cite web |title=Blessed Gregory X {{!}} pope {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Blessed-Gregory-X |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1322]] – [[Petrus Aureolus]], scholastic philosopher *[[1358]] – [[Abu Inan Faris]], Marinid ruler of [[Morocco]] (born 1329) *[[1552]] – [[Johann Cochlaeus]], German humanist and controversialist (born 1479) ===1601–1900=== *[[1645]] – [[William Laud]], English archbishop and academic (born 1573) *[[1654]] – [[Nicholas Culpeper]], English botanist, physician, and astrologer (born 1616) *[[1698]] – [[Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont]], French priest and historian (born 1637) *[[1754]] – [[Edward Cave]], English publisher, founded ''[[The Gentleman's Magazine]]'' (born 1691) *[[1761]] – [[Edward Boscawen]], English admiral and politician (born 1711) *[[1778]] – [[Carl Linnaeus]], Swedish botanist and physician (born 1707) *[[1794]] – [[Georg Forster]], German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (born 1754) *[[1811]] – [[Joseph Chénier]], French poet, playwright, and politician (born 1764) *[[1824]] – [[Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia|Victor Emmanuel I]], duke of Savoy and king of Sardinia (born 1759) *[[1828]] – [[François de Neufchâteau]], French poet, academic, and politician, [[Minister of the Interior (France)|French Minister of the Interior]] (born 1750) *[[1829]] – [[Gregorio Funes]], Argentinian clergyman, historian, and educator (born 1749) *[[1843]] – [[Dimitrie Macedonski]], Greek-Romanian captain and politician (born 1780) *[[1851]] – [[Karl Freiherr von Müffling]], Prussian field marshal (born 1775) *[[1855]] – [[Mary Russell Mitford]], English author and playwright (born 1787) *[[1862]] – [[Samuel Colt]], American engineer and businessman, founded [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]] (born 1814)<ref>{{cite web |title=Samuel Colt {{!}} American inventor and manufacturer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Colt |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1863]] – [[Lyman Beecher]], American minister and activist, co-founded the [[American Temperance Society]] (born 1775) *[[1895]] – [[Benjamin Godard]], French violinist and composer (born 1849) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[James Dickson (Queensland politician)|James Dickson]], English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Australian Minister for Defence]] (born 1832) *[[1904]] – [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]], French painter and sculptor (born 1824) *[[1905]] – [[Kārlis Baumanis]], Latvian composer (born 1835) *[[1917]] – [[Buffalo Bill]], American soldier and hunter (born 1846) * 1917 – [[Feliks Leparsky]], Russian fencer and captain (born 1875) *[[1920]] – [[Sali Nivica]], Albanian journalist and politician (born 1890) *[[1922]] – [[Frank Tudor]], Australian politician, 6th [[Minister for Trade and Investment (Australia)|Australian Minister for Trade and Investment]] (born 1866) *[[1926]] – [[Eino Leino]], Finnish poet and journalist (born 1878)<ref>{{cite book |author=Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura |title=100 Faces from Finland: A Biographical Kaleidoscope |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xq1aAAAAYAAJ |year=2000 |publisher=FLS |isbn=978-951-746-215-0 |page=258}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Edwin Flack]], Australian tennis player and runner (born 1873) * 1935 – [[Charlie McGahey]], English cricketer and footballer (born 1871) *[[1941]] – [[Frank Bridge]], English viola player and composer (born 1879) * 1941 – [[John Lavery]], Irish painter and academic (born 1856) * 1941 – [[Issai Schur]], Belarusian-German mathematician and academic (born 1875) *[[1946]] – [[Matti Turkia]], Finnish politician (born 1871)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Matti Turkia |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911650.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725145056/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911650.aspx |archive-date=25 July 2020 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Erich von Drygalski]], German geographer and geophysicist (born 1865) *[[1951]] – [[Sinclair Lewis]], American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1885) * 1951 – [[Yoshio Nishina]], Japanese physicist and academic (born 1890) *[[1954]] – [[Chester Wilmot]], American journalist and historian (born 1911) *[[1956]] – [[Zonia Baber]], American geographer and geologist (born 1862)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iz8qAAAAYAAJ&q=Zonia+Baber+1862 |title=Women Building Chicago 1790-1990: A Biographical Dictionary |last1=Schultz |first1=Rima Lunin |last2=Hast |first2=Adele |date=2001 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-33852-5 |pages=55 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Gabriela Mistral]], Chilean poet and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1889)<ref>{{cite book |author=Verity Smith |title=Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature |page=1031 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=1997}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Şükrü Kaya]], Turkish jurist and politician, [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1883) *[[1960]] – [[Jack Laviolette]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1879) *[[1961]] – [[Dashiell Hammett]], American detective novelist and screenwriter (born 1894) *[[1967]] – [[Charles E. Burchfield]], American painter (born 1893) *[[1968]] – [[Ali Fuat Cebesoy]], Turkish general and politician, 6th [[Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey]] (born 1882) *[[1969]] – [[Sampurnanand]], Indian educator and politician, 2nd [[Governor of Rajasthan]] (born 1891) *[[1970]] – [[Pavel Belyayev]], Russian pilot and astronaut (born 1925) *[[1971]] – [[Coco Chanel]], French fashion designer, founded [[Chanel]] (born 1883)<ref>{{cite web |title=Coco Chanel {{!}} Biography, Fashion, Designs, Perfume, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Coco-Chanel |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Ignazio Giunti]], Italian racing driver (born 1941) *[[1972]] – [[Aksel Larsen]], Danish lawyer and politician (born 1897) *[[1976]] – [[Howlin' Wolf]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1910) *[[1978]] – [[Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal]], Nicaraguan journalist and author (born 1924) * 1978 – [[Don Gillis (composer)|Don Gillis]], American composer and conductor (born 1912) * 1978 – [[Gluck (painter)|Hannah Gluckstein]], British painter (born 1895) *[[1981]] – [[Fawn M. Brodie]], American historian and author (born 1915) *[[1984]] – [[Souvanna Phouma]], Laotian politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Laos]] (born 1901) *[[1986]] – [[Jaroslav Seifert]], Czech journalist and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1901) *[[1987]] – [[Marion Hutton]], American singer (born 1919) * 1987 – [[David Robinson (philanthropist)|David Robinson]], English businessman and philanthropist (born 1904) *[[1989]] – [[Herbert Morrison (announcer)|Herbert Morrison]], American journalist and producer (born 1905) *[[1990]] – [[Tochinishiki Kiyotaka]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (born 1925) *[[1992]] – [[Roberto Bonomi]], Argentinian racing driver (born 1919) *[[1995]] – [[Kathleen Tynan]], Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1937)<ref>Buck, Joan Juliet. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950111/ai_n14871649 "Obituary: Kathleen Tynan"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526205447/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950111/ai_n14871649 |date=2013-05-26 }}, ''The Independent'', January 11, 1995. Last accessed March 11, 2009.</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Elspeth Huxley]], Kenyan-English journalist and author (born 1907) * 1997 – [[Sheldon Leonard]], American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)<ref>{{cite news |author=Frank Bruni |author-link=Frank Bruni |title=Sheldon Leonard, Film Actor And TV Producer, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/13/movies/sheldon-leonard-film-actor-and-tv-producer-dies-at-89.html |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=January 13, 1997}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd]], Scottish biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1907)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd {{!}} British biochemist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Robertus-Todd-Baron-Todd |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Edward Williams (Queensland judge)|Edward Williams]], Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (born 1921) *[[2000]] – [[Sam Jaffe (producer)|Sam Jaffe]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1901) *[[2004]] – [[Spalding Gray]], American actor and screenwriter (born 1941) *[[2005]] – [[Wasyly (Fedak)|Wasyly]], Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (born 1909) * 2005 – [[Jack Horner (journalist)|Jack Horner]], American journalist (born 1912) * 2005 – [[Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium]] (born 1927) *[[2007]] – [[Carlo Ponti]], Italian film producer (born 1912) * 2007 – [[Bradford Washburn]], American explorer, photographer, and cartographer (born 1910) *[[2008]] – [[Christopher Bowman]], American figure skater and actor (born 1967) * 2008 – [[Maila Nurmi]], Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922) *[[2010]] – [[Patcha Ramachandra Rao]], Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (born 1942) *[[2011]] – [[Margaret Whiting]], American singer (born 1924) *[[2012]] – [[Jean Pigott]], Canadian businesswoman and politician (born 1924) * 2012 – [[Gevork Vartanian]], Russian intelligence agent (born 1924) *[[2013]] – [[George Gruntz]], Swiss pianist and composer (born 1932) * 2013 – [[Claude Nobs]], Swiss businessman, founded the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] (born 1936) *[[2014]] – [[Sam Berns]], American activist (born 1996) * 2014 – [[Petr Hlaváček]], Czech shoemaker and academic (born 1950) * 2014 – [[Zbigniew Messner]], Polish economist and politician, 9th [[List of Prime Ministers of Poland|Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland]] (born 1929) * 2014 – [[Larry Speakes]], American journalist, 16th [[White House Press Secretary]] (born 1939) * 2014 – [[Dajikaka Gadgil]], Indian jeweller (born 1915)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sawant |first1=Rajesh |title=दाजीकाका गाडगीळ यांचे वृद्धापकाळाने निधन {{!}} |url=https://prahaar.in/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B3-%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%83/ |work=[[Prahaar (newspaper)|Prahaar]] |language=mr |date=January 10, 2014 |access-date=September 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819162916/https://prahaar.in/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B3-%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%83/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Junior Malanda]], Belgian footballer (born 1994) * 2015 – [[Taylor Negron]], American actor, playwright, and painter (born 1957) * 2015 – [[Francesco Rosi]], Italian director and screenwriter (born 1922) * 2015 – [[Robert Stone (novelist)|Robert Stone]], American novelist and short story writer (born 1937) *[[2016]] – [[David Bowie]], English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1947)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/live/2016/jan/11/david-bowie-dies-of-cancer-aged-69-reports |title=David Bowie: legendary rock star dies of cancer aged 69 – updates – as they happened |last1=Walker |first1=Peter |last2=Farrer |first2=Martin |last3=Bakare |first3=Lanre |website=theguardian.com |date=11 January 2016 |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Bård Breivik]], Norwegian sculptor and art instructor (born 1948)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Bård Breivik |first=Katrine |last=Kalleklev |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=22 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Bård_Breivik |language=no|access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> * 2016 – [[George Jonas]], Hungarian-Canadian journalist, author, and poet (born 1935)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/george-jonas-obit-1.3397955 |title=George Jonas, author and former CBC journalist, dead at 80 |date=10 January 2016 |website=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Buddy Greco]], American jazz and pop singer and pianist (born 1926)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/13/buddy-greco-obituary |title=Buddy Greco obituary |date=13 January 2017 |last=Laing |first=Dave |website=theguardian.com |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Clare Hollingworth]], English journalist (born 1911)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/clare-hollingworth-dead-woman-correspondent-broke-news-wwii-second-world-war-dies-aged-105-a7519541.html |title=Clare Hollingworth dead: Correspondent who broke news of Second World War dies, aged 105 |website=independent.co.uk |last=Oppenheim |first=Maya |date=10 January 2017 |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Ross Lowell]], American inventor, photographer & author (born 1926)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ross-lowell-dead-oscar-recipient-inventor-gaffer-tape-was-92-1190871 |title=Ross Lowell, Oscar Recipient and Inventor of Gaffer Tape, Dies at 92 |last=Bartlett |first=Rhett |date=February 26, 2019 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Qaboos bin Said]], ruler of Oman (born 1940)<ref>{{cite news |title=Tributes pour in as Oman mourns sultan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51082415 |access-date=8 February 2020 |work=BBC News |date=12 January 2020}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Joyce Eliason]], American television personality (born 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joyce Eliason Dies: Writer Of Miniseries 'The Jacksons – An American Dream', 'The Last Don' Was 87 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/joyce-eliason-dead-writer-jacksons-an-american-dream-the-last-don-1234908092/ |date=January 11, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Robert Durst]], American real estate heir and convicted murderer (born 1943)<ref>{{cite news |title=Notable deaths in 2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2022-idUSRTS4OVLY |date=January 21, 2022 | access-date=May 3, 2022 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Jeff Beck]], English guitarist and songwriter (born 1944)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Harrison |last2=Murphy |first2=Brian |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/01/11/guitarist-jeff-beck-dead/ |title=Jeff Beck, restless and virtuosic guitar hero, dies at 78 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=11 January 2023 |access-date=12 January 2023}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Constantine II of Greece]], King of Greece (1964-1973) (born 1940)<ref>{{cite web |title=Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, dies at 82|url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-greece-athens-denmark-george-papandreou-7e29c313a579e9e10939c16abe577307|date=January 11, 2023|work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[José Jiménez (activist)|José Jiménez]], Puerto Rican activist (born 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Violet |date=January 12, 2025 |title=José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, human rights activist and former chair of Young Lords, dead at 76 |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2025/01/11/jose-cha-cha-jimenez-human-rights-activist-and-former-chair-of-young-lords-organization-dead-at-76 |access-date=February 9, 2025 |website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |language=en}}</ref> *2025 – [[Bill McCartney]], American football player and coach (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=January 15, 2025 |title=Bill McCartney, Coach Who Led a Movement for 'Godly' Men, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/sports/ncaafootball/bill-mccartney-dead.html |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 – [[Sam Moore]], American soul singer-songwriter (born 1935)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Newman |first=Melinda |date=January 11, 2025 |title=Legendary Soul Singer Sam Moore, Half of Sam & Dave, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/sam-moore-dead-1235874461/ |access-date=January 11, 2025 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[feast day]]: ** [[Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs]] ([[Armenian Apostolic Church]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Saint-Laurent |first=Jeanne-Nicole Mellon |date=2019 |chapter=Christian Legend in Medieval Iraq: Siblings, Sacrifice, and Sanctity in Behnam and Sarah |title=The Garb of Being: Embodiment and the Pursuit of Holiness in Late Ancient Christianity |publisher=Fordham University Press |editor1=Georgia Frank |editor2=Susan Holman |editor3=Andrew Jacobs |page=218}}</ref> ** [[Gregory of Nyssa]] ** [[Leonie Aviat]] ** [[Obadiah (prophet)|Obadiah]] ([[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Church]]) ** [[Pietro I Orseolo|Peter Orseolo]] ** [[Pope Agatho]] ([[Roman Catholic]]) ** [[William Laud]] ([[Anglican Communion]]) ** [[William of Donjeon]] ** [[January 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[Fête du Vodoun]] ([[Benin]]) * [[Margaret Thatcher Day]] ([[Falkland Islands]]) * [[Public holidays in the Bahamas|Majority Rule Day]] ([[Bahamas]]) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/10 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=10}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/10 Historical Events on January 10] {{months}} [[Category:Days of January]]
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