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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[532]] – [[Nika riots]] in [[Constantinople]]: A quarrel between supporters of different [[Chariot racing|chariot]] teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the [[Hippodrome of Constantinople|Hippodrome]] escalates into violence.<ref>{{cite book|author=Merry Ottin|title=Land of Emperors and Sultans: The Forgotten Cultures of Asia Minor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrkqAAAAMAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Crown Publishers|page=125}}</ref> * [[630]] – [[Conquest of Mecca]]: [[Muhammad]] and his followers conquer the city, and the [[Quraysh]] association of clans surrenders.<ref>''Muhammad: Islam’s First Great General'', by Richard A. Gabriel, p.176.</ref> * [[930]] – [[Sack of Mecca]] by the [[Qarmatians]].<ref>{{Das Reich des Mahdi|pages=229–230}}</ref> *[[1055]] – [[Theodora III Porphyrogenita|Theodora]] is crowned empress of the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>{{citation |last= Norwich |first= John Julius |title =Byzantium: The Apogee | publisher=Penguin|location=London |year=1993 |isbn= 978-0-14-011448-5|pages=298–300}}</ref> *[[1158]] – [[Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia]] becomes King of [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wihoda|first=Martin|translator-last=Millerová|translator-first=Kateřina|title=Vladislaus Henry: The Formation of Moravian Identity|location=Leiden|publisher=Brill|date=2015|isbn=9789004250499|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0aGXCgAAQBAJ|page=21}}</ref> *[[1569]] – First recorded [[lottery]] in [[Kingdom of England|England]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item102765.html|title=The First National Lottery|website=www.bl.uk|access-date=2021-01-10|archive-date=2016-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121143959/http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item102765.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1654]] – [[Arauco War]]: A Spanish army [[battle of Río Bueno|is defeated]] by local [[Huilliche people|Mapuche-Huilliches]] as it tries to cross [[Bueno River]] in [[Zona Sur|Southern Chile]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Historia general de Chile|last=Barros Arana|first=Diego|publisher=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes|location=Alicante|url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/historia-general-de-chile-tomo-cuarto--0/html/ff2f1efc-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_69.html#I_15_|edition=Digital edition based on the second edition of 2000|volume=Tomo cuarto|language=es|chapter=Capítulo XIV|author-link=Diego Barros Arana|pages=346–347}}</ref> *[[1759]] – The first American [[life insurance]] company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of [[Unum|Unum Group]]), is incorporated in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Two Hundred Years Old|work=The Weekly Underwriter|date=February 3, 1917|page=146|hdl=2027/uc1.c2605613?urlappend=%3Bseq=186|access-date=January 11, 2020|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2605613?urlappend=%3Bseq=186}}</ref> *[[1787]] – [[William Herschel]] [[Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons|discovers]] [[Titania (moon)|Titania]] and [[Oberon (moon)|Oberon]], two [[Moons of Uranus|moon]]s of [[Uranus]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Moore|first=Patrick|title=The Data Book of Astronomy|location=Bristol, U.K.|publisher=Institute of Physics Publishing|date=2000|isbn=9780750306201|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fDDpBwAAQBAJ|page=193}}</ref> *[[1805]] – The [[Michigan Territory]] is created.<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers Program|title=Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=1943|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DKLhheZht0C|page=632|isbn=9781623760212}}</ref> *[[1820]] – The [[Great Savannah Fire of 1820]] destroys over 400 buildings in [[Savannah, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Coulter |first=E. Merton |author-link=E. Merton Coulter |date=March 1939 |title=The Great Savannah Fire of 1820 |journal=[[The Georgia Historical Quarterly]] |publisher=[[Georgia Historical Society]] |volume=XXIII |issue=1 |pages=1–27 |issn=2169-852X |jstor=40576606 |oclc=565102618}}</ref> *[[1851]] – [[Taiping Rebellion]]: [[Hong Xiuquan]] proclaims the [[Taiping Heavenly Kingdom]], starting the [[Jintian Uprising]].<ref name="Fairbank2006">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=nBDC2cqb6I0C&pg=RA2-PA206 China: A New History]'', John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman. Harvard, 2006.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Jian |first1=Youwen |title=The Taiping Revolutionary Movement |date=1973 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |page=65}}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Alabama]] secedes from the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Morel Moxley|author2=Emily Moxley|title=Oh, What a Loansome Time I Had: The Civil War Letters of Major William Morel Moxley, Eighteenth Alabama Infantry, and Emily Beck Moxley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pT1AAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA14|year=2002|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-1118-6|pages=14}}</ref> *[[1863]] – American Civil War: The three-day [[Battle of Arkansas Post (1863)|Battle of Arkansas Post]] concludes as General [[John Alexander McClernand|John McClernand]] and Admiral [[David Dixon Porter]] capture Fort Hindman and secure control over the [[Arkansas River]] for the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Christ|first=Mark K.|title=Civil War Arkansas, 1863: The Battle for a State|location=Norman, Okla.|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|date=2014|isbn=9780806144337|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jDoVtwDPuBsC|pages=64–80}}</ref><ref name="Jones 2011 xxxi">{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Terry L.|title=Historical Dictionary of the Civil War|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=2011|isbn=9780810879539|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ET6CDfczq9gC|page=xxxi}}</ref> * 1863 – American Civil War: {{ship|CSS|Alabama}} [[Action off Galveston Light|encounters and sinks]] the {{USS|Hatteras|1861|6}} off Galveston Lighthouse in [[Texas]].<ref name="Jones 2011 xxxi"/> *[[1879]] – The [[Anglo-Zulu War]] begins.<ref>{{cite book|last=Knight|first=Ian|title=Companion to the Anglo-Zulu War|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, U.K.|publisher=Pen & Sword Books|date=2008|isbn=9781844158010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g1Z-AwAAQBAJ|page=ix}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Grand Canyon National Park|Grand Canyon National Monument]] is created. *[[1912]] – Immigrant textile workers in [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]], [[1912 Lawrence Textile Strike|go on strike]] when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.<ref>{{cite book|last=Poirier|first=Clarisse A.|chapter=The Committee of Ten: The Local Heroes Who Faced Lawrence's Mill Men and Won in 1912|title=The Great Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912: New Scholarship on the Bread and Roses Strike of 1912|editor1-last=Forrant|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Siegenthaler|editor2-first=Jurg K.|location=Amityville, N.Y.|publisher=Baywood Publishing Co.|date=2014|isbn=9780895038616|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_-nDQAAQBAJ|page=48}}</ref> *[[1914]] – The [[HMCS Karluk|''Karluk'']], flagship of the [[Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1916|Canadian Arctic Expedition]], [[Last voyage of the Karluk|sinks after being crushed by ice]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Robert Bartlett (explorer)|last= Bartlett|first= Robert|author2=Ralph Hale |url= https://archive.org/details/lastvoyageofkarl00bartuoft|title= The Last Voyage of the ''Karluk''|publisher= McLelland, Goodchild and Stewart|location= Toronto|year= 1916 |pages=90–91}}</ref> *[[1917]] – The [[Kingsland Explosion|Kingsland munitions factory explosion]] occurs as a result of [[sabotage]]. *[[1922]] – [[Leonard Thompson (diabetic)|Leonard Thompson]] becomes the first person to be injected with insulin. *[[1923]] – [[Occupation of the Ruhr]]: Troops from [[France]] and [[Belgium]] occupy the [[Ruhr]] area to force [[Germany]] to make its [[World War I]] reparation payments. *[[1927]] – [[Louis B. Mayer]], head of film studio [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM), announces the creation of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]], at a banquet in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=1998|isbn=9781579580568|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnzsAgAAQBAJ|page=1}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Amelia Earhart]] becomes the first person to fly solo from [[Hawaii]] to [[California]]. *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] forces [[Battle of Kuala Lumpur|capture Kuala Lumpur]], the capital of the Federated Malay States. * 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces attack [[Tarakan Island|Tarakan]] in [[Dutch Borneo|Borneo]], [[Dutch East Indies|Netherlands Indies]] ([[Battle of Tarakan (1942)|Battle of Tarakan]]) *[[1943]] – The [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] agrees to the [[Sino-British Treaty for the Relinquishment of Extra-Territorial Rights in China|Sino-British New Equal Treaty]] and the [[Sino-American Treaty for the Relinquishment of Extraterritorial Rights in China|Sino-American New Equal Treaty]]. * 1943 – Italian-American anarchist [[Carlo Tresca]] is assassinated in [[New York City]]. *[[1946]] – [[Enver Hoxha]], Secretary General of the [[Party of Labour of Albania|Communist Party of Albania]], declares the [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania|People's Republic of Albania]] with himself as head of state. *[[1949]] – The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as [[KDKA-TV]] in [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming. *[[1957]] – The [[African Convention]] is founded in [[Dakar|Dakar, Senegal]]. *[[1959]] – 36 people are killed when [[Lufthansa Flight 502]] crashes on approach to [[Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport]] in Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation D-ALAK Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590111-0 |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Throgs Neck Bridge]] over the [[East River]], linking [[New York City]]'s boroughs of [[The Bronx]] and [[Queens]], opens to road traffic. *[[1962]] – [[Cold War]]: While tied to its pier in [[Russian Shipyard Number 10|Polyarny]], the [[Soviet submarine B-37]] is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment. * 1962 – An avalanche on [[Huascarán]] in [[Peru]] causes around 4,000 deaths.<ref>{{cite news |title=1962: Thousands killed in Peru landslide |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/11/newsid_3306000/3306665.stm |access-date=10 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Surgeon General of the United States]] Dr. [[Luther Terry]], M.D., publishes the landmark report ''[[Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service]]'' saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts. *[[1966]] – The [[Tbilisi Metro]] is opened.<ref name="TTC History">{{cite web |title=Tbilisi Transport Company History |url=http://ttc.com.ge/index.php/en/history |access-date=19 July 2020 |website=ttc.com.ge |publisher=Tbilisi Transport Company}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[East Pakistan]] renames itself [[Bangladesh]]. *[[1973]] – [[Major League Baseball]] owners vote in approval of the [[American League]] adopting the [[designated hitter]] position. *[[1983]] – [[United Airlines Flight 2885]] crashes after takeoff from [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport]], killing three.<ref name="ntsb2">{{cite web |date=October 31, 1983 |title=United Airlines Flight 2885, N8053U, McDonnell Douglas DC-8-54F, Detroit, Michigan, January 11, 1983 |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8307.pdf |access-date=February 8, 2015 |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |id=NTSB/AAR-83/07}} - [https://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR83-07.pdf Copy at] [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University]].</ref> *[[1986]] – The [[Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges|Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia]] is officially opened. *[[1994]] – The [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the [[Official Irish Republican Army|IRA]] and its political arm [[Sinn Féin]]. *[[1995]] – 51 people are killed in a [[Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256|plane crash]] in [[María La Baja]], Colombia.<ref name="safety5">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-9-14 HK-3839X Maria La Baja |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950110-1 |access-date=2019-03-08 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[STS-72]] launches from the [[Kennedy Space Center]] marking the start of the 74th [[Space Shuttle]] mission and the 10th flight of ''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warnock |first=Lynda |title=STS-72 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-72.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=www.nasa.gov |publisher=NASA}}</ref> *[[1998]] – Over 100 people are killed in the [[Sidi-Hamed massacre]] in [[Algeria]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/11/newsid_4075000/4075725.stm|title=1998: 100 die in massacre in Algeria|date=January 11, 1998|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Governor of Illinois|Illinois Governor]] [[George Ryan]] commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on [[Illinois]]'s death row based on the [[Jon Burge]] scandal. *[[2013]] – One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a [[Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt|failed attempt]] to free a French hostage in [[Bulo Marer]], [[Somalia]]. *[[2020]] – [[COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei]]: Municipal health officials in [[Wuhan]] announce the first recorded death from [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=9 August 2021 |title=Covid-19 Pandemic Timeline Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/health/covid-19-pandemic-timeline-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=2022-01-11 |website=CNN}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[347]] – [[Theodosius I]], Roman emperor (died 395) * [[889]] – [[Abd-ar-Rahman III]], first [[Caliph of Córdoba]] (died 961) *[[1113]] – [[Wang Chongyang]], Chinese religious leader and poet (died 1170) *[[1209]] – [[Möngke Khan]], Mongolian emperor (died 1259) *[[1322]] – [[Emperor Kōmyō]] of Japan (died 1380) *[[1359]] – [[Emperor Go-En'yū]] of Japan (died 1393) *[[1395]] – [[Michele of Valois]], daughter of Charles VI of France (died 1422) *[[1503]] – [[Parmigianino]], Italian artist (died 1540) *[[1589]] – [[William Strode (of Barrington)|William Strode]], English politician (died 1666) *[[1591]] – [[Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire]] (died 1646) ===1601–1900=== *[[1624]] – [[Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw]], Dutch painter (died 1680) *[[1630]] – [[John Rogers (Harvard)|John Rogers]], English-American minister, physician, and academic (died 1684) *[[1638]] – [[Nicolas Steno]], Danish bishop and anatomist (died 1686) *[[1642]] – [[Johann Friedrich Alberti]], German organist and composer (died 1710) *[[1650]] – [[Diana Glauber]], Dutch-German painter (died 1721)<ref>{{cite book|first=Willemina|last=van der Meer|title=Biografische Index van de Benelux Volume 1. A-Dijxhoorn|location=Munich|publisher=K.G. Saur|year=1997|language=NL|page=530|isbn=978-3-59832-645-5}}</ref> *[[1671]] – [[François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie]], French general and diplomat (died 1745) *[[1755]] – [[Alexander Hamilton]], Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (died 1804) *[[1757]] – [[Samuel Bentham]], English engineer and architect (died 1831) *[[1760]] – [[Oliver Wolcott Jr.]], American lawyer and politician, 2nd [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]], 24th [[Governor of Connecticut]] (died 1833) *[[1777]] – [[Vincenzo Borg]], Maltese merchant and rebel leader (died 1837) *[[1786]] – [[Joseph Jackson Lister]], English physicist (died 1869) *[[1788]] – [[William Thomas Brande]], English chemist and academic (died 1866) *[[1800]] – [[Ányos Jedlik]], Hungarian physicist and engineer (died 1895) *[[1807]] – [[Ezra Cornell]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Western Union]] and [[Cornell University]] (died 1874) *[[1814]] – [[James Paget]], English surgeon and pathologist (died 1899) * 1814 – [[Socrates Nelson]], American businessman and politician (died 1867)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Folsom|first=W. H. C.|url=https://archive.org/stream/fiftyyearsinnort00folsuoft#page/58/mode/2up|title=Fifty Years in the Northwest|publisher=Pioneer Press Company|year=1888|editor-last=Edwards|editor-first=E. E.|pages=58–59|author-link=W.H.C. Folsom}}</ref> *[[1815]] – [[John A. Macdonald]], Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (died 1891) *[[1825]] – [[Bayard Taylor]], American poet, author, and critic (died 1878) *[[1839]] – [[Eugenio María de Hostos]], Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist (died 1903) *[[1842]] – [[William James]], American psychologist and philosopher (died 1910) *[[1843]] – [[Adolf Eberle]], German painter (died 1914) *[[1845]] – [[Albert Victor Bäcklund]], Swedish mathematician and physicist (died 1912) *[[1850]] – [[Joseph Charles Arthur]], American pathologist and mycologist (died 1942) *[[1852]] – [[Constantin Fehrenbach]], German lawyer and politician, 4th [[List of Chancellors of Germany#Weimar Republic (Reichskanzler) (1919–1933)|Chancellor of Weimar Germany]] (died 1926) *[[1853]] – [[Georgios Jakobides]], Greek painter and sculptor (died 1932) *[[1856]] – [[Christian Sinding]], Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1941) *[[1857]] – [[Fred Archer (jockey)|Fred Archer]], English jockey (died 1886) *[[1858]] – [[Harry Gordon Selfridge]], American-English businessman, founded [[Selfridges]] (died 1947) *[[1859]] – [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston]], English politician, 35th [[Governor-General of India]] (died 1925) *[[1864]] – [[Thomas Dixon, Jr.]], American minister, lawyer, and politician (died 1946) *[[1867]] – [[John Ernest Adamson]], English educationalist and Director of Education of the [[Colony of Transvaal]] (died1950)<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB|last=Kallaway|first=Peter|date=6 January 2011|title=Adamson, Sir John Ernest|url=https://www-oxforddnb-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30338}}</ref> *1867 – [[Edward B. Titchener]], English psychologist and academic (died 1927) *[[1868]] – [[Cai Yuanpei]], Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1940) *[[1870]] – [[Alexander Stirling Calder]], American sculptor and educator (died 1945) *[[1872]] – [[G. W. Pierce]], American physicist and academic (died 1956) *[[1873]] – [[John Callan O'Laughlin]], American soldier and journalist (died 1949) *[[1875]] – [[Reinhold Glière]], Russian composer and academic (died 1956) *[[1876]] – [[Elmer Flick]], American baseball player (died 1971) * 1876 – [[Thomas Hicks (athlete)|Thomas Hicks]], American runner (died 1952) *[[1878]] – [[Theodoros Pangalos (general)|Theodoros Pangalos]], Greek general and politician, [[List of heads of state of Greece|President of Greece]] (died 1952) *[[1885]] – [[Alice Paul]], American activist and suffragist (died 1977) *[[1886]] – [[George Zucco]], British actor (died 1960)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hess|first1=Earl J.|last2=Dabholkar|first2=Pratibha A.|title=The Cinematic Voyage of 'The Pirate': Kelly, Garland, and Minnelli at Work|location=Columbia, Mo.|publisher=University of Missouri Press|date=2014|isbn=9780826220226|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pn3EAwAAQBAJ|page=223}}</ref> *[[1887]] – [[Aldo Leopold]], American ecologist and author (died 1948) *[[1888]] – [[Joseph B. Keenan]], American jurist and politician (died 1954) *[[1889]] – [[Calvin Bridges]], American geneticist and academic (died 1938) *[[1890]] – [[Max Carey]], American baseball player and manager (died 1976) * 1890 – [[Oswald de Andrade]], Brazilian poet and critic (died 1954) *[[1891]] – [[Andrew Sockalexis]], American runner (died 1919) *[[1893]] – [[Ellinor Aiki]], Estonian painter (died 1969) * 1893 – [[Charles Fraser (rugby league)|Charles Fraser]], Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1981) * 1893 – [[Anthony M. Rud]], American journalist and author (died 1942) *[[1895]] – [[Laurens Hammond]], American engineer and businessman, founded the [[Hammond Clock Company]] (died 1973) *[[1897]] – [[Bernard DeVoto]], American historian and author (died 1955) * 1897 – [[August Heissmeyer]], German [[SS]] officer (died 1979) *[[1899]] – [[Eva Le Gallienne]], English-American actress, director, and producer (died 1991) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Kwon Ki-ok]], Korean pilot (died 1988)<ref>{{cite book |first=Justin |last=Corfield |title=Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang |location=London |publisher=Anthem Press |year=2014 |page=115 |isbn=978-1-78308-341-1}}</ref> *[[1902]] – [[Maurice Duruflé]], French organist and composer (died 1986) *[[1903]] – [[Alan Paton]], South African author and activist (died 1988)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 11: Amanda Peet, Mary J. Blige |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/11/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-11-Amanda-Peet-Mary-J-Blige/4611673397878/#:~:text=birthdays%20for%20Jan.-,11%3A%20Amanda%20Peet%2C%20Mary%20J.,Blige |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=11 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Clyde Kluckhohn]], American anthropologist and theorist (died 1960) *[[1906]] – [[Albert Hofmann]], Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of [[LSD]] (died 2008) *[[1907]] – [[Pierre Mendès France]], French lawyer and politician, 142nd [[List of Prime Ministers of France|Prime Minister of France]] (died 1982) * 1907 – [[Abraham Joshua Heschel]], Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (died 1972) *[[1908]] – [[Lionel Stander]], American actor and activist (died 1994)<ref>{{cite book|last=Young|first=Jordan R.|title=Roman Polanski: Behind the Scenes of His Classic Early Films|location=Essex, Conn.|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|date=2023|isbn=9781493067923|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_dWEEAAAQBAJ|page=37}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Arthur Lambourn]], New Zealand rugby player (died 1999) * 1910 – [[Shane Paltridge]], Australian soldier and politician (died 1966) *[[1911]] – [[Tommy Duncan]], American singer-songwriter (died 1967) * 1911 – [[Nora Heysen]], Australian painter (died 2003) * 1911 – [[Zenkō Suzuki]], Japanese politician, 70th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (died 2004) *[[1912]] – [[Don "Red" Barry]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1980) *[[1913]] – [[Karl Stegger]], Danish actor (died 1980) *[[1915]] – [[Luise Krüger]], German javelin thrower (died 2001) * 1915 – [[Paddy Mayne]], British colonel and lawyer (died 1955) *[[1916]] – [[Bernard Blier]], Argentinian-French actor (died 1989) *[[1917]] – [[John Robarts]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Premier of Ontario]] (died 1982) *[[1918]] – [[Robert C. O'Brien (author)|Robert C. O'Brien]], American author and journalist (died 1973) * 1918 – [[Spencer Walklate]], Australian rugby league player and soldier (died 1945)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/spencer-walklate/summary.html|title = Spencer Walklate - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Mick McManus (wrestler)|Mick McManus]], English wrestler (died 2013) *[[1921]] – [[Gory Guerrero]], American wrestler and trainer (died 1990) * 1921 – [[Juanita M. Kreps]], American economist and politician, 24th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (died 2010) *[[1923]] – [[Jerome Bixby]], American author and screenwriter (died 1998)<ref>{{cite book|last=Reginald|first=Robert|title=Contemporary Science Fiction Authors|location=Los Angeles|publisher=Unicorn and Son|date=1970|oclc=156326|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mSGOTZKpZk0C|page=21|isbn=978-1-4344-7858-0 }}</ref> * 1923 – [[Ernst Nolte]], German historian and philosopher (died 2016) * 1923 – [[Carroll Shelby]], American race car driver, engineer, and businessman, founded [[Carroll Shelby International]] (died 2012)<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=162}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Roger Guillemin]], French-American physician and endocrinologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2024) * 1924 – [[Sam B. Hall, Jr.]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1994) * 1924 – [[Slim Harpo]], American blues singer-songwriter and musician (died 1970) *[[1925]] – [[Grant Tinker]], American television producer, co-founded [[MTM Enterprises]] (died 2016) *[[1926]] – [[Lev Dyomin]], Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1998) *[[1928]] – [[David L. Wolper]], American director and producer (died 2010) *[[1929]] – [[Dmitri Bruns]], Estonian architect and theorist (died 2020) *[[1930]] – [[Ron Mulock]], Australian lawyer and politician, 10th [[Deputy Premier of New South Wales]] (died 2014) * 1930 – [[Rod Taylor]], Australian-American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1931]] – [[Betty Churcher]], Australian painter, historian, and curator (died 2015) * 1931 – [[Mary Rodgers]], American composer and author (died 2014) *[[1932]] – [[Alfonso Arau]], Mexican actor and director *[[1933]] – [[Goldie Hill]], American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005) *[[1934]] – [[Jean Chrétien]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Prime Minister of Canada]]<ref name="UPI" /> * 1934 – [[Mitchell Ryan]], American actor (died 2022)<ref name="AP" /> *[[1936]] – [[Eva Hesse]], German-American sculptor and educator (died 1970) *[[1937]] – [[Felix Silla]], Italian character actor, circus performer, voice artist, and stuntman (died 2021)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Tate|first1=Marsha Ann|last2=Houser|first2=Eric|title=What America Watched: Television Favorites From the Cornfields to the Cosmos, 1960s-1990s|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2022|isbn=9781476680576|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aD1ZEAAAQBAJ|page=118}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Arthur Scargill]], English miner, activist, and politician<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Crick|title=Scargill and the miners|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=madMAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Penguin|page=26|isbn=9780140523553}}</ref> *[[1939]] – [[Anne Heggtveit]], Canadian alpine skier *[[1940]] – [[Andres Tarand]], Estonian geographer and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Estonia]] *[[1941]] – [[Gérson]], Brazilian footballer *[[1942]] – [[Bud Acton]], American basketball player * 1942 – [[Clarence Clemons]], American saxophonist and actor (died 2011)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1944]] – [[Mohammed Abdul-Hayy]], Sudanese poet and academic (died 1989) * 1944 – [[Shibu Soren]], Indian politician, 3rd [[Chief Minister of Jharkhand]] *[[1945]] – [[Christine Kaufmann]], German actress, author, and businesswoman (died 2017) *[[1946]] – [[Naomi Judd]], American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2022)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1946 – [[Tony Kaye (musician)|Tony Kaye]], English progressive rock keyboard player and songwriter * 1946 – [[John Piper (theologian)|John Piper]], American theologian and author *[[1947]] – [[Hamish Macdonald (rugby player)|Hamish Macdonald]], New Zealand rugby player *[[1948]] – [[Fritz Bohla]], German footballer and manager * 1948 – [[Joe Harper (footballer)|Joe Harper]], Scottish footballer and manager * 1948 – [[Wajima Hiroshi]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 54th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (died 2018) * 1948 – [[Madeline Manning]], American runner and coach * 1948 – [[Terry Williams (drummer)|Terry Williams]], Welsh drummer *[[1949]] – [[Daryl Braithwaite]], Australian singer-songwriter * 1949 – [[Chris Ford]], American basketball player and coach (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Ford |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76733/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref> * 1949 – [[Mohammad Reza Rahimi]], Iranian lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Vice President of Iran]] *[[1951]] – [[Charlie Huhn]], American rock singer and guitarist * 1951 – [[Willie Maddren]], English footballer and manager (died 2000) * 1951 – [[Philip Tartaglia]], Scottish archbishop (died 2021) *[[1952]] – [[Bille Brown]], Australian actor and playwright (died 2013) * 1952 – [[Ben Crenshaw]], American golfer and architect * 1952 – [[Michael Forshaw]], Australian lawyer and politician * 1952 – [[Diana Gabaldon]], American author<ref>{{cite web|title=Flagstaff's Famous Faces|website=Arizona Daily Sun|date=December 14, 2023|accessdate=January 10, 2024|url=https://azdailysun.com/news/flagstaffs-famous-faces/collection_f4dab536-7d5f-5d85-acf9-154c1e4f9112.html#1}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Lee Ritenour]], American guitarist, composer, and producer *[[1953]] – [[Graham Allen (politician)|Graham Allen]], English politician, [[Vice-Chamberlain of the Household]] * 1953 – [[Kostas Skandalidis]], Greek engineer and politician, [[Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food (Greece)|Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Food]] *[[1954]] – [[Jaak Aaviksoo]], Estonian physicist and politician, 26th [[Minister of Defence (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Defence]] * 1954 – [[Kailash Satyarthi]], Indian engineer, academic, and activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1956]] – [[David Grant (rugby league)|David Grant]], Australian rugby league player (died 1994)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/david-grant/summary.html|title=David Grant - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Big Bank Hank]], American rapper (died 2014) * 1956 – [[Robert Earl Keen]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1956 – [[Phyllis Logan]], Scottish actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1957]] – [[Darryl Dawkins]], American basketball player and coach (died 2015) * 1957 – [[Peter Moore (Australian rules footballer)|Peter Moore]], Australian rules footballer and coach * 1957 – [[Bryan Robson]], English footballer and manager *[[1958]] – [[Vicki Peterson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> *[[1959]] – [[Brett Bodine]], American NASCAR driver<ref>{{cite book|author=William M. Burt|title=Race Fans Reference: Understanding Winston Cup Racing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AaGqc_UGKZ0C|date=1 January 1995|publisher=ALASTRA Corp.|isbn=978-0-9648129-0-1|pages=5–7}}</ref> * 1959 – [[Rob Ramage]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1961]] – [[Jasper Fforde]], English author<ref name="UPI" /> * 1961 – [[Lars-Erik Torph]], Swedish racing driver (died 1989) * 1961 – [[Karl von Habsburg]], Austrian politician, Head of the [[House of Habsburg-Lorraine]] *[[1962]] – [[Chris Bryant]], Welsh politician, [[Minister of State for Europe]] * 1962 – [[Kim Coles]], American actress and comedian<ref name="AP" /> * 1962 – [[Susan Lindauer]], American journalist and activist * 1962 – [[Brian Moore (rugby union)|Brian Moore]], English rugby player *[[1963]] – [[Tracy Caulkins]], American-Australian swimmer<ref name="UPI" /> * 1963 – [[Jason Connery]], Italian-born British actor and director<ref>{{cite book|last=Sellers|first=Robert|title=Sean Connery: A Celebration|location=London|publisher=Robert Hale|date=1999|isbn=9780709061250|page=168}}</ref> * 1963 – [[Petra Schneider]], German swimmer *[[1964]] – [[Albert Dupontel]], French actor and director * 1964 – [[Ralph Recto]], Filipino lawyer and politician *[[1965]] – [[Mascarita Sagrada]], Mexican wrestler * 1965 – [[Aleksey Zhukov]], Russian footballer and coach *[[1966]] – [[Marc Acito]], American author and screenwriter *[[1967]] – [[Michael Healy-Rae]], Irish politician *[[1968]] – [[Anders Borg]], Swedish economist and politician, [[Minister for Finance (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for Finance]] * 1968 – [[Tom Dumont]], American guitarist and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1968 – [[Steve Mavin]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/steve-mavin/summary.html|title=Steve Mavin - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Manny Acta]], Dominican-American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster *[[1970]] – [[Manfredi Beninati]], Italian painter and sculptor * 1970 – [[Chris Jent]], American basketball player and coach * 1970 – [[Malcolm D. Lee]], American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1970 – [[Ken Ueno]], American composer *[[1971]] – [[Mary J. Blige]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 11, 2023 includes celebrities Mary J. Blige, Amanda Peet |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-11-2023-includes-celebrities-mary-j-blige-amanda-peet.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=11 January 2023}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Jeff Orford]], Australian rugby league player *[[1972]] – [[Christian Jacobs]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor * 1972 – [[Anthony Lledo]], Danish composer * 1972 – [[Amanda Peet]], American actress and playwright<ref name="AP" /> *[[1973]] – [[Rahul Dravid]], Indian cricketer * 1973 – [[Rockmond Dunbar]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1974]] – [[Roman Görtz]], German footballer * 1974 – [[Cody McKay]], Canadian baseball player * 1974 – [[Jens Nowotny]], German footballer *[[1975]] – [[Rory Fitzpatrick]], American ice hockey player * 1975 – [[Dan Luger]], English rugby player and coach * 1975 – [[Matteo Renzi]], Italian politician, 56th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] *[[1976]] – [[Efthimios Rentzias]], Greek basketball player *[[1977]] – [[Shamari Buchanan]], American football player * 1977 – [[Anni Friesinger-Postma]], German speed skater * 1977 – [[Shane Kelly (rugby league)|Shane Kelly]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/shane-kelly/summary.html|title=Shane Kelly - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> * 1977 – [[Olexiy Lukashevych]], Ukrainian long jumper *[[1978]] – [[Vallo Allingu]], Estonian basketball player * 1978 – [[Holly Brisley]], Australian actress * 1978 – [[Michael Duff (footballer)|Michael Duff]], Irish footballer * 1978 – [[Emile Heskey]], English footballer *[[1979]] – [[Darren Lynn Bousman]], American director and screenwriter * 1979 – [[Michael Lorenz (footballer)|Michael Lorenz]], German footballer * 1979 – [[Terence Morris]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/morrite01.html|title=Terence Morris Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Siti Nurhaliza]], Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-12|title=Biodata Dan Latar Belakang Penyanyi Siti Nurhaliza|url=https://iluminasi.com/bm/biodata-dan-latar-belakang-penyanyi-siti-nurhaliza.html|access-date=2021-07-12|website=iluminasi|language=ms-MY}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Henry Shefflin]], Irish hurler *[[1980]] – [[Josh Hannay]], Australian rugby league player and coach * 1980 – [[Damien Wilkins]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Damien Wilkins |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2863/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Tony Allen (basketball)|Tony Allen]], American basketball player * 1982 – [[Clint Greenshields]], Australian-French rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/clint-greenshields/summary.html|title=Clint Greenshields - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Blake Heron]], American actor (died 2017) * 1982 – [[Son Ye-jin]], South Korean actress *[[1983]] – [[André Myhrer]], Swedish skier * 1983 – [[Ted Richards]], Australian rules footballer * 1983 – [[Adrian Sutil]], German racing driver *[[1984]] – [[Kevin Boss]], American football player * 1984 – [[Dario Krešić]], Croatian footballer * 1984 – [[Matt Mullenweg]], American web developer and businessman, co-created [[WordPress]] * 1984 – [[Stijn Schaars]], Dutch footballer * 1984 – [[Glenn Stewart]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/glenn-stewart/summary.html|title=Glenn Stewart - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Dennis Dixon]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Dixon |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/11390/dennis-dixon |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Newton Faulkner]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1985 – [[Aja Naomi King]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1987]] – [[Scotty Cranmer]], American BMX rider * 1987 – [[Danuta Kozák]], Hungarian sprint canoer * 1987 – [[Daniel Semenzato]], Italian footballer * 1987 – [[Jamie Vardy]], English footballer * 1987 – [[Kim Young-kwang (actor)|Kim Young-kwang]], South Korean actor and model *[[1988]] – [[Epiphanny Prince]], American-Russian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Epiphanny Prince |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/202259 |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Demario Davis]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Demario Davis |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14958/demario-davis |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Kane Linnett]], Australian rugby league player *[[1990]] – [[Malik Jackson (defensive lineman)|Malik Jackson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Malik Jackson |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15047/malik-jackson |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Andrea Bertolacci]], Italian footballer *[[1992]] – [[Dani Carvajal]], Spanish footballer * 1992 – [[Lee Seung-hoon (rapper)|Lee Seung-hoon]], South Korean rapper and dancer *[[1993]] – [[Chris Boucher (basketball)|Chris Boucher]], Saint Lucian-Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Boucher |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628449/chris-boucher |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Park Junghwan]], South Korean Go player<ref>{{Cite web |title=기사정보 - 한국기원 |url=http://m.baduk.or.kr/record/gisa_info.asp?PRPL_CODE=10000457 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=m.baduk.or.kr |language=ko}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Michael Keane (footballer, born 1993)|Michael Keane]], English footballer * 1993 – [[Will Keane]], Irish footballer *[[1995]] – [[Nick Solak]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Solak Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/nick-solak-669256 |website=MLB.com |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |access-date=March 9, 2022}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Leroy Sané]], German footballer *[[1997]] – [[Cody Simpson]], Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1998]] – [[Thomas Mikaele]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/thomas-mikaele/summary.html|title=Thomas Mikaele - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Jeanette Hegg Duestad]], Norwegian sport shooter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeanette Hegg Duestad |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/145679 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=24 March 2024 }}</ref> * 1999 – [[Lim Sung-jin]], South Korean volleyball player<ref>{{cite news|last=Kim|first=Jin-su|script-title=ko:한국전력 '삼각 편대' 날자 "중위권 긴장해" [프로배구]|url=http://www.sportsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=461307|access-date=November 2, 2024|website=SportsQ|date=January 11, 2024|language=ko}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Brandon Wakeham]], Australian-Fijian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/brandon-wakeham/summary.html|title=Brandon Wakeham - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Lee Chae-yeon (singer, born 2000)|Chaeyeon]], South Korean singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ko:이채연 프로필 |url=https://m.search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=mtp_hty.top&where=m&query=%EC%9D%B4%EC%B1%84%EC%97%B0 |access-date=December 22, 2020 |publisher=Naver People Search |language=ko}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Elly De La Cruz]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Elly De La Cruz - Cincinnati Reds |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/elly-de-la-cruz-682829 |website=MLB.com |access-date=January 10, 2025}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 140|140]] – [[Pope Hyginus]], Bishop of Rome (born 74) * [[705]] – [[Pope John VI]] (born 655) * [[782]] – [[Emperor Kōnin]] of Japan (born 709) * [[812]] – [[Staurakios]], Byzantine emperor * [[844]] – [[Michael I Rangabe]], Byzantine emperor (born 770) * [[887]] – [[Boso of Provence]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] * [[937]] – [[Empress Cao (Li Siyuan's wife)|Cao]], empress of [[Later Tang]] * 937 – [[Li Chongmei]], prince of Later Tang * 937 – [[Li Congke]], emperor of Later Tang (born 885) * 937 – [[Empress Liu (Li Congke's wife)|Liu]], empress of Later Tang *[[1055]] – [[Constantine IX Monomachos]], Byzantine emperor (born 1000) *[[1068]] – [[Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen]] *[[1083]] – [[Otto of Nordheim]] (born 1020) *[[1266]] – [[Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania]] *[[1344]] – [[Thomas Charlton (bishop)|Thomas Charlton]], Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of Ireland *[[1372]] – [[Eleanor of Lancaster]], English noblewoman (born 1318) *[[1396]] – [[Isidore Glabas]], Metropolitan bishop of [[Thessalonica]] (bornc. 1341) *[[1397]] – [[Skirgaila]], Grand Duke of Lithuania *[[1494]] – [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]], Italian painter (born 1449) *[[1495]] – [[Pedro González de Mendoza]], Spanish cardinal (born 1428) *[[1546]] – [[Gaudenzio Ferrari]], Italian painter and sculptor (born c. 1471) *[[1554]] – [[Min Bin]], king of Arakan (born 1493) ===1601–1900=== *[[1641]] – [[Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar]], Spanish poet and painter (born 1583) *[[1696]] – [[Charles Albanel]], French priest, missionary, and explorer (born 1616) *[[1703]] – [[Johann Georg Graevius]], German scholar and critic (born 1632) *[[1713]] – [[Pierre Jurieu]], French priest and theologian (born 1637) *[[1735]] – [[Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje]] (born 1670) *[[1753]] – [[Hans Sloane]], Irish-English physician and academic (born 1660) *[[1757]] – [[Louis Bertrand Castel]], French mathematician and philosopher (born 1688)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schier|first1=Donald Stephen|title=Louis Bertrand Castel, anti-Newtonian scientist|date=1941|publisher=The Torch press|location=Cedar Rapids, Iowa|page=57|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?q1=1757;id=uc1.%24b36247;view=image;seq=77;num=57;start=1;sz=10;page=root;size=100;orient=0|access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref> *[[1762]] – [[Louis-François Roubiliac]], French-English sculptor (born 1695) *[[1763]] – [[Caspar Abel]], German poet, historian, and theologian (born 1676) *[[1771]] – [[Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens]], French philosopher and author (born 1704) *[[1788]] – [[François Joseph Paul de Grasse]], French admiral (born 1722) *[[1791]] – [[William Williams Pantycelyn]], Welsh composer and poet (born 1717) *[[1798]] – [[Heraclius II of Georgia]] (born 1720) *[[1801]] – [[Domenico Cimarosa]], Italian composer and educator (born 1749) *[[1824]] – [[Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry]], Anglo-Irish politician and peer (born 1736) *[[1836]] – [[John Molson]], Canadian businessman, founded the [[Molson|Molson Brewing Company]] (born 1763) *[[1843]] – [[Francis Scott Key]], American lawyer, author, and songwriter (born 1779) *[[1866]] – [[Gustavus Vaughan Brooke]], Irish actor (born 1818) * 1866 – [[John Woolley (educator)|John Woolley]], English minister and academic (born 1816) *[[1867]] – [[Stuart Donaldson]], English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st [[Premier of New South Wales]] (born 1812) *[[1882]] – [[Theodor Schwann]], German physiologist and biologist (born 1810) *[[1891]] – [[Georges-Eugène Haussmann]], French urban planner (born 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Johnny Briggs (cricketer)|Johnny Briggs]], English cricketer and rugby player (born 1862) *[[1904]] – [[William Sawyer (politician)|William Sawyer]], Canadian merchant and politician (born 1815) *[[1914]] – [[Carl Jacobsen]], Danish brewer and philanthropist (born 1842) *[[1920]] – [[Steinar Schjøtt]], Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (born 1844) *[[1923]] – [[Constantine I of Greece]] (born 1868) *[[1928]] – [[Thomas Hardy]], English novelist and poet (born 1840) *[[1929]] – [[Elfrida Andrée]], Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (born 1841)<ref>{{cite book|first=Mary Frech|last=McVicker|title=Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century|location=Jefferson|publisher=McFarland|year=2016|isbn=978-0-78649-513-9|page=69}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[James Milton Carroll]], American pastor, historian, and author (born 1852) *[[1937]] – [[Nuri Conker]], Turkish colonel and politician (born 1882) *[[1941]] – [[Emanuel Lasker]], German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (born 1868) *[[1944]] – [[Galeazzo Ciano]], Italian politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)|Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1903) *[[1947]] – [[Eva Tanguay]], Canadian singer (born 1879) *[[1952]] – [[Jean de Lattre de Tassigny]], French general (born 1889) * 1952 – [[Aureliano Pertile]], Italian tenor and educator (born 1885) *[[1953]] – [[Noe Zhordania]], Georgian journalist and politician, [[Prime Minister of Georgia]] (born 1868) * 1953 – [[Roberta Fulbright]], American businesswoman (born1874)<ref>{{cite news|ref={{harvid|''Moberly Monitor-Index''|1953}}|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Death Claims the Mother of Sen. Fulbright|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4844428/moberly_monitorindex/|access-date=5 August 2020 |newspaper=[[Moberly Monitor-Index]]|date=12 January 1953|location=Moberly, Missouri|pages=7 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Oscar Straus (composer)|Oscar Straus]], Austrian composer (born 1870)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Randel |first1=Don Michael |title=The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians |date=30 October 2002 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-25572-2 |page=866 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXILEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT866 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Robert Garran]], Australian lawyer and politician, [[Solicitor-General of Australia]] (born 1867) *[[1961]] – [[Elena Gerhardt]], German soprano and actress (born 1883) *[[1963]] – [[Arthur Nock]], English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (born 1902) *[[1965]] – [[Wally Pipp]], American baseball player (born 1893) *[[1966]] – [[Alberto Giacometti]], Swiss sculptor and painter (born 1901) * 1966 – [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], Indian academic and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of India]] (born 1904) *[[1968]] – [[Moshe Zvi Segal]], Israeli linguist and scholar (born 1876) *[[1969]] – [[Richmal Crompton]], English author and educator (born 1890) *[[1972]] – [[Padraic Colum]], Irish poet and playwright (born 1881) *[[1975]] – [[Max Lorenz (tenor)|Max Lorenz]], German tenor and actor (born 1901) *[[1980]] – [[Barbara Pym]], English author (born 1913) *[[1981]] – [[Beulah Bondi]], American actress (born 1889) *[[1985]] – [[Edward Buzzell]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1895) * 1985 – [[William McKell]], Australian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Governor-General of Australia]] (born 1891) *[[1986]] – [[Sid Chaplin]], English author and screenwriter (born 1916) * 1986 – [[Andrzej Czok]], Polish mountaineer (born 1948) *[[1987]] – [[Albert Ferber]], Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1911) *[[1988]] – [[Pappy Boyington]], American colonel and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (born 1912) * 1988 – [[Isidor Isaac Rabi]], Polish-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1898) *[[1989]] – [[Ray Moore (broadcaster)|Ray Moore]], English radio host (born 1942) *[[1990]] – [[Carolyn Haywood]], American author and illustrator (born 1898) *[[1991]] – [[Carl David Anderson]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1905) *[[1994]] – [[Helmut Poppendick]], German physician (born 1902) *[[1995]] – [[Josef Gingold]], Belarusian-American violinist and educator (born 1909) * 1995 – [[Onat Kutlar]], Turkish author and poet (born 1936) * 1995 – [[Lewis Nixon III|Lewis Nixon]], U.S. Army captain (born 1918) * 1995 – [[Theodor Wisch]], German general (born 1907) *[[1996]] – [[Roger Crozier]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1942)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fischler |first1=Stan |title=Detroit Red Wings: Greatest Moments and Players |date=7 November 2017 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-68358-159-8 |page=<!-- ebook, no page numbers --> |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzKCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT324 |chapter=31 Roger Allan Crozier}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Fabrizio De André]], Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1940) * 1999 – [[Naomi Mitchison]], Scottish author and poet (born 1897) * 1999 – [[Brian Moore (novelist)|Brian Moore]], Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (born 1921) *[[2000]] – [[Ivan Combe]], American businessman, invented [[Clearasil]] (born 1911) * 2000 – [[Bob Lemon]], American baseball player and manager (born 1920) * 2000 – [[Betty Archdale]], English-Australian cricketer and educator (born 1907) *[[2001]] – [[Denys Lasdun]], English architect, co-designed the [[Royal National Theatre]] (born 1914) *[[2002]] – [[Henri Verneuil]], French-Armenian director and playwright (born 1920) *[[2003]] – [[Jože Pučnik]], Slovenian sociologist and politician (born 1932) *[[2004]] – [[Spalding Gray]], American actor, writer, and performance artist (born [[1941]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-01-02 |title=The final riddle of Spalding Gray |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/the-final-riddle-of-spalding-gray/26203318.html |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Solveig Dommartin]], French-German actress (born 1961) * 2007 – [[Robert Anton Wilson]], American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (born 1932) *[[2008]] – [[Edmund Hillary]], New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (born 1919) * 2008 – [[Carl Karcher]], American businessman, co-founded [[Carl's Jr.]] (born 1917) *[[2010]] – [[Miep Gies]], Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (born 1909) * 2010 – [[Éric Rohmer]], French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1920) *[[2011]] – [[David Nelson (actor)|David Nelson]], American actor, director, and producer (born 1936) *[[2012]] – [[Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan]], Iranian physicist and academic (born 1980) * 2012 – [[Gilles Jacquier]], French journalist and photographer (born 1968) * 2012 – [[Edgar Kaiser, Jr]], American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1942) * 2012 – [[Wally Osterkorn]], American basketball player (born 1928) * 2012 – [[Steven Rawlings]], English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1961) * 2012 – [[David Whitaker (composer)|David Whitaker]], English composer and conductor (born 1931) *[[2013]] – [[Guido Forti]], Italian businessman, founded the [[Forti|Forti Racing Team]] (born 1940) * 2013 – [[Nguyễn Khánh]], Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd [[Leaders of South Vietnam|President of South Vietnam]] (born 1927) * 2013 – [[Mariangela Melato]], Italian actress (born 1941) * 2013 – [[Tom Parry Jones]], Welsh chemist, invented the [[breathalyzer]] (born 1935) * 2013 – [[Alemayehu Shumye]], Ethiopian runner (born 1988) * 2013 – [[Aaron Swartz]], American programmer and activist (born 1986)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schofield |first1=Jack |title=Aaron Swartz obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/13/aaron-swartz |access-date=25 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=13 January 2013}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Keiko Awaji]], Japanese actress (born 1933) * 2014 – [[Muhammad Habibur Rahman]], Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, [[List of Prime Ministers of Bangladesh|Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] (born 1928) * 2014 – [[Chai Trong-rong]], Taiwanese educator and politician (born 1935) * 2014 – [[Ariel Sharon]], Israeli general and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (born 1928) *[[2015]] – [[Jenő Buzánszky]], Hungarian footballer and coach (born 1925) * 2015 – [[Anita Ekberg]], Swedish-Italian model and actress (born 1931) * 2015 – [[Chashi Nazrul Islam]], Bangladeshi director and producer (born 1941) * 2015 – [[Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle]], American neuroscientist and academic (born 1918) *[[2016]] – [[Monte Irvin]], American baseball player (born 1919) * 2016 – [[David Margulies]], American actor (born 1937) *[[2017]] – [[Adenan Satem]], Malaysian politician and [[Chief Minister of Sarawak]], [[Malaysia]] (born 1944) *[[2018]] – [[Edgar Ray Killen]], American murderer (born 1925) *[[2019]] – [[Michael Atiyah]], British-Lebanese mathematician (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://royalsociety.org/news/2019/01/tribute-to-former-president-of-the-royal-society-sir-michael-atiyah|title=A tribute to former President of the Royal Society Sir Michael Atiyah OM FRS (1929 - 2019)|website=The Royal Society|date=2019-01-11}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Carole Cook]], American actress and singer (born 1924)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Carole Cook, Lucille Ball Protégé and 'Sixteen Candles' Actress, Dies at 98|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/carole-cook-dead-lucille-ball-protege-sixteen-candles-actress-1235297334/ |access-date=11 January 2023 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=11 January 2023}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== * [[Children's Day]] ([[Tunisia]]) * Christian [[feast day]]: ** [[Anastasius of Suppentonia]] ([[Roman Catholic]]) ** [[Leucius of Brindisi]] ([[Roman Catholic]]) ** [[Paulinus II of Aquileia]] ** [[Pope Hyginus]] ** [[Theodosius the Cenobiarch]] ** [[Thomas of Cori]] ** [[Vitalis of Gaza]] ([[Roman Catholic]]) ** [[January 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[Eugenio María de Hostos Day]] ([[Puerto Rico]]) * [[Public holidays in Morocco|Independence Resistance Day]] ([[Morocco]]) * [[Kagami biraki]] ([[Japan]]) * [[National Human Trafficking Awareness Day]] ([[United States]]) * [[Republic Day (Albania)]] * [[Carmentalia]] ([[January 11th]] and [[January 15th]]) ([[Rome]]) * [[Prithvi Jayanti]] ([[Nepal]])<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hyolmo|first=Kunga|date=12 January 2020|title=298th Prithvi Jayanti observed across the country (with photos)|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/84258/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124164920/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/84258/|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=12 January 2021|website=My Republica|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/11 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=11}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/11 Historical Events on January 11] {{months}} [[Category:Days of January]]
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