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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 69|69]] – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to [[Galba]], instead proclaiming their legate, [[Aulus Vitellius]], as emperor.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=218|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> * [[250]] – Emperor [[Decius]] orders everyone in the [[Roman Empire]] (except Jews) [[Decian persecution|to make sacrifices to the Roman gods]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Rise of Christianity|first=W. H. C.|last=Frend|publisher=Fortress Press, Philadelphia|year=1984|page=319|isbn= 978-0-8006-1931-2|author-link=W. H. C. Frend}}</ref> *[[1521]] – [[Pope Leo X]] excommunicates [[Martin Luther]] in the [[papal bull]] ''[[Decet Romanum Pontificem]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Michael M.|last=Tavuzzi|title=Prierias: The Life and Works of Silvestro Mazzolini Da Prierio, 1456-1527|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V58f64kc4EQC&pg=PA80|year=1997|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-1976-4|pages=80}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1653]] – By the [[Coonan Cross Oath]], the [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Church]] in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.<ref>{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Thekkedath|title=The troubled Days of Francis Garcia S. J. Archbishop of Cranganore (1641-1659)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=chkD52PhJZUC&pg=PA60|year=1972|publisher=Gregorian Biblical BookShop|isbn=978-88-7652-158-4|pages=60}}</ref> *[[1749]] – [[Benning Wentworth]] issues the first of the [[New Hampshire Grants]], leading to the establishment of [[Vermont]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Alfred Billings|last=Street|author-link=Alfred Billings Street|title=The Council of Revision of the State of New York: its history, a history of the courts with which its members were connected, biographical sketches of its members, and its vetoes|url=https://archive.org/details/councilrevision00stregoog|year=1859|publisher=W. Gould|pages=[https://archive.org/details/councilrevision00stregoog/page/n99 94]}}</ref> * 1749 – The first issue of ''[[Berlingske]]'', Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berlingskemedia.dk/historien|title=1749. En borgerlig københavneravis er født|work=Berlingske Media |access-date=2019-05-04|language=da|trans-title=1749. A nonsocialist Copenhagen newspaper is born|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504171457/https://www.berlingskemedia.dk/historien|archive-date=2019-05-04|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1777]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: American forces under General [[George Washington]] defeat British forces at the [[Battle of Princeton]], helping boost [[Patriot (American Revolution)|patriot]] morale.<ref>{{cite book|first=Mark|last=Maloy|title=Victory Or Death: The Battles of Trenton and Princeton, December 25, 1776 – January 3 1777|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CeyvAQAACAAJ|date=12 March 2018|publisher=Savas Beatie|isbn=978-1-61121-381-2}}</ref> *[[1815]] – Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against [[Prussia]] and Russia.<ref>{{cite book|title=Lists and Indexes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WFIMAQAAMAAJ|year=1914|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|page=138}}</ref> *[[1833]] – Captain James Onslow, in the ''Clio'', [[Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (1833)|reasserts British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=M. B. R.|last1=Cawkell|first2=Mary|last2=Cawkell|title=The Falkland Islands: by M.B.R. Cawkell, D. H. Maling and E. M. Cawkell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x7p4AAAAMAAJ|access-date=1 November 2011|year=1960|publisher=Macmillan|page=43|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627152904/http://books.google.com/books?id=x7p4AAAAMAAJ|archive-date=27 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1848]] – [[Joseph Jenkins Roberts]] is sworn in as the first [[president of Liberia]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Liberia|author-link1=Liberia|first2=Thomas McCants|last2=Stewart|author-link2=Thomas McCants Stewart|title=Revised Statutes of the Republic of Liberia: Being a Revision of the Statutes from the Organization of the Government in 1848 to and Including the Acts of the Legislature of 1910-1911|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wJ4rAQAAMAAJ|year=1928|publisher=Établissements Busson|page=13}}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Delaware]] votes not to secede from the United States.<ref>{{cite book|first=Patience|last=Essah|title=A House Divided: Slavery and Emancipation in Delaware, 1638-1865|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n3ZLDt5yes8C&pg=PA161|year=1996|publisher=University of Virginia Press|isbn=978-0-8139-1681-1|pages=161}}</ref> *[[1868]] – [[Meiji Restoration]] in Japan: The [[Tokugawa shogunate]] is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sir Ernest|last=Satow|author-link=Sir Ernest Satow|title=A Diplomat In Japan|year=2007|page=353|publisher=Stone Bridge Press |isbn=978-1-933330-16-7}}</ref> *[[1870]] – Construction work begins on the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] in New York, United States.<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=McCullough|author-link=David McCullough|title=The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge|url=https://archive.org/details/greatbridge00mccu_0|url-access=registration|year=1982|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-45711-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/greatbridge00mccu_0/page/564 564]}}</ref> *[[1871]] – In the [[Battle of Bapaume (1871)|Battle of Bapaume]], an engagement in the [[Franco-Prussian War]], General [[Louis Faidherbe]]'s forces bring about a Prussian retreat.<ref>{{cite book|author=Michelin and Cie Publisher|author-link=Michelin|title=The Somme, Volume 1 The First Battle of the Somme (1916-1917) (Illustrations): (Albert, Bapaume, Péronne)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EuNUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT107|year=1919|publisher=Michelin & Cie|pages=107– |id=GGKEY:4PH9PZRJ3PE}}</ref> *[[1885]] – [[Sino-French War]]: Beginning of the [[Battle of Núi Bop]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lecomte|first=Jean|title=Lang-Son: combats retraite et negociations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSw6AQAAMAAJ|publisher=H. Charles-Lavauzelle|date=1895|page=149|access-date=2019-05-31}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1911]] – A [[1911 Kebin earthquake|magnitude 7.7 earthquake]] destroys the city of [[Almaty]] in [[Russian Turkestan]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=A.|last1=Landgraf|first2=S.|last2=Kuebler|first3=E.|last3=Hintersberger|first4=S.|last4=Stein|title=Seismicity, Fault Rupture and Earthquake Hazards in Slowly Deforming Regions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-EMEDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA234|date=30 January 2017|publisher=Geological Society of London|isbn=978-1-86239-745-3 |pages=234–}}</ref> * 1911 – A [[Siege of Sidney Street|gun battle]] in the [[East End of London]] leaves two dead. It sparked a political row over the involvement of then-[[Home Secretary]] [[Winston Churchill]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Chris|last=Wrigley|title=Winston Churchill: A Biographical Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HBUslUOGOgkC&pg=PA305|year=2002|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-87436-990-8|pages=305}}</ref> *[[1913]] – An [[January 1913 Atlantic coast storm|Atlantic coast storm]] sets the lowest confirmed [[barometric pressure]] reading (955.0 mb (28.20 inHg)) for a [[extratropical cyclone|non-tropical system]] in the [[Contiguous United States#CONUS and OCONUS|continental United States]].<ref name=nyt>{{cite web|last1=Staff|title=WIND HITS NEW YORK AT 90 MILES AN HOUR; Freak Storm Is Accompanied by Lowest Barometer Ever Recorded Here.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B00E5DC163FE633A25757C0A9679C946296D6CF|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=9 January 2016|date=January 4, 1913|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127013212/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B00E5DC163FE633A25757C0A9679C946296D6CF|archive-date=27 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1913 – [[First Balkan War]]: Greece completes its [[Battle of Chios (1912)|capture]] of the eastern Aegean island of [[Chios]], as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender.<ref>{{cite book | title = Επίτομη Ιστορία των Βαλκανικών Πολέμων 1912-1913 | trans-title = Concise History of the Balkan Wars 1912–1913 | publisher = Hellenic Army General Staff, Army History Directorate | location = Athens | year = 1987 | pages = 125–130 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913 |last=Erickson |first=Edward J. |year=2003 |publisher=Greenwood |location=Westport, CT |isbn=0-275-97888-5 | pages = 157–158}}</ref> *[[1920]] – Over 640 are killed after a [[1920 Xalapa earthquake|magnitude 6.4 earthquake]] strikes the Mexican states Puebla and Veracruz.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Juan José García |title=Xalapa earthquake of 1920 is the second most lethal in the history of Mexico |url=https://formato7.com/2020/01/03/sismo-de-xalapa-de-1920-es-el-segundo-mas-letal-en-la-historia-de-mexico/ |website=Formatosie7e |access-date=17 April 2021 |date=3 January 2020 |archive-date=14 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214085854/https://formato7.com/2020/01/03/sismo-de-xalapa-de-1920-es-el-segundo-mas-letal-en-la-historia-de-mexico/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Minnie D. Craig]] becomes the first woman elected as [[Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives]], the first woman to hold a [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] position anywhere in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|first=Carole|last=Marsh|title=My First Pocket Guide North Dakota|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QUnTEThDosEC&pg=PA50|date=September 2000|publisher=Gallopade International|isbn=978-0-7933-9923-9|pages=50}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[World War II]]: US flying ace Major [[Pappy Boyington|Greg "Pappy" Boyington]] is shot down in his [[Vought F4U Corsair]] by Captain [[List of World War II aces from Japan|Masajiro Kawato]] flying a [[Mitsubishi A6M Zero]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Pappy Boyington|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pappy-Boyington|website=Britannica.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506035048/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pappy-Boyington|archive-date=6 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1946]] – Popular [[Canadian American]] [[jockey]] [[George Woolf]] suffers a concussion during a freak racing accident; he dies from the injury the following day. The annual [[George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award]] is created to honor him.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Willman|first1=Mike|last2=Anita|first2=Santa|title=Scott Stevens To Receive 2019 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award|url=https://www.paulickreport.com/news/people/scott-stevens-to-receive-2019-george-woolf-memorial-jockey-award/|website=Paulick Report|date=8 March 2019|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512161243/https://www.paulickreport.com/news/people/scott-stevens-to-receive-2019-george-woolf-memorial-jockey-award/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1947]] – Proceedings of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] are televised for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Speaker Martin's Television Debut: The House and Television|url=https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/Electronic-Technology/Television/|website=United States House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512161249/https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/Electronic-Technology/Television/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1949]] – The [[Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas]], the [[central bank]] of the [[Philippines]], is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Bank – Overview|url=http://www.bsp.gov.ph/about/overview.asp|website=Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806185919/http://www.bsp.gov.ph/about/overview.asp|archive-date=6 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Frances P. Bolton]] and her son, [[Oliver P. Bolton|Oliver]] from [[Ohio]], become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.<ref name="Congress1965">{{cite book|author=United States. Congress|author-link=United States Congress|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35GzGt_W8eEC&pg=PA3906|year=1965|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=3906–}}</ref> *[[1956]] – A fire damages the top part of the [[Eiffel Tower]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Harriss|title=The Tallest Tower: Eiffel and the Belle Epoque|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9AYAAAAYAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|isbn=978-0-395-20440-5|page=202}}</ref> *[[1957]] – The [[Hamilton Watch Company]] introduces the first [[electric watch]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Technical Bulletin|publisher=Engelhard Industries Division|year=1960|page=117}}</ref> *[[1958]] – The [[West Indies Federation]] is formed.<ref>{{cite book|first=Harris M.|last=Lentz|title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA839|date=4 February 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-26490-2|pages=839}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Alaska]] is admitted as the 49th [[U.S. state]].<ref>{{cite book|title=United States Code|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDFMmcU4KBwC|year=2001|publisher=The Office|page=1132}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Cold War]]: After a series of economic retaliations against one another, the United States severs diplomatic relations with [[Cuba]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Leogrande|first1=William M.|last2=Kornbluh|first2=Peter|title=Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana|location=Chapel Hill, N.C.|publisher=The University of North Carolina Press|date=2015|isbn=9781469626604|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zOZjBAAAQBAJ|pages=36–38}}</ref> * 1961 – The [[SL-1]] nuclear reactor, near [[Idaho Falls, Idaho]], is destroyed by a [[steam explosion]] in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.<ref>{{cite book|last=McKeown|first=William|title=Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear Accident|location=Toronto|publisher=ECW Press|date=2003|isbn=9781550225624|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ATkLIZ06YJQC|pages=119–120}}</ref> * 1961 – A protest by agricultural workers in [[Baixa de Cassanje]], [[Portuguese Angola]], [[Baixa de Cassanje revolt|turns into a revolt]], opening the [[Angolan War of Independence]], the first of the [[Portuguese Colonial War]]s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|chapter=Angolan War of Independence (1961-1975)|title=The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Vol. 1: A—D|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2020|isbn=9781440860751|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YBAFEAAAQBAJ|pages=59–60}}</ref> * 1961 – [[Aero Flight 311]] crashes into the forest in [[Kvevlax|Kvevlax, Finland]], killing 25 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3C) OH-LCC Koivulahti|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610103-0|access-date=25 December 2022|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=10 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710011109/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610103-0|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Pope John XXIII]] excommunicates [[Fidel Castro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://the-american-catholic.com/2014/01/03/01031962-pope-john-xxiii-excommunicated-fidel-castro/|title=01/03/1962: Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro|date=3 January 2014|work=the-american-catholic.com|access-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609093944/https://www.the-american-catholic.com/2014/01/03/01031962-pope-john-xxiii-excommunicated-fidel-castro/|archive-date=9 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1976]] – The [[International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights]], adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, comes into force.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b36c0.html|title=International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights|website=refworld|access-date=24 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225102947/https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b36c0.html|archive-date=25 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Apple Computer]] is incorporated.<ref>{{cite web|first=Luke|last=Dormehl|title=Today in Apple history: Apple becomes a corporation|url=https://www.cultofmac.com/460775/today-in-apple-history-apple-becomes-a-corporation/|website=Cult of Mac|date=January 3, 2017|access-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405175312/https://www.cultofmac.com/460775/today-in-apple-history-apple-becomes-a-corporation/|archive-date=5 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Varig Flight 797]] crashes near [[Akouré]] in the [[Ivory Coast]], resulting in 50 deaths.<ref name="Avsaf">{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-379C PP-VJK Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ) |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19870103-0 |access-date=3 December 2018 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]] |archive-date=20 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320132812/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19870103-0 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[United States invasion of Panama]]: [[Manuel Noriega]], former leader of [[Panama]], surrenders to American forces.<ref>{{cite web|title=Operation Just Cause: Panama|first=Ronald H.|last=Cole|publisher=Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff|url=http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/history/justcaus.pdf|access-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217200850/http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/history/justcaus.pdf|page=63|archive-date= 17 December 2008|url-status= dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[CommutAir Flight 4821]] crashes on approach to [[Adirondack Regional Airport]], in [[Saranac Lake, New York]], killing two people.<ref name="AvSafetyNetwork">{{cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft 1900C-1 N55000 Saranac Lake-Adirondack Airport, NY (SLK)|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19920103-0|access-date=July 5, 2009|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=June 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625023913/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19920103-0|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1993]] – In Moscow, Russia, [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Boris Yeltsin]] sign the second [[START II|Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty]] (START).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/nuke/control/start2/|title=START II|work=fas.org|access-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502053644/https://fas.org/nuke/control/start2/|archive-date=2 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Baikal Airlines Flight 130]] crashes near [[Mamony (Irkutsk district)|Mamoney]], [[Irkutsk]], Russia, resulting in 125 deaths.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940103-2|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154M RA-85656 Mamony|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827223652/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940103-2|archive-date=2019-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1999]] – The ''[[Mars Polar Lander]]'' is launched by NASA.<ref name="NSSDCMissionInfo">{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1999-001A|title=Mars Polar Lander|publisher=NASA/National Space Science Data Center|access-date=March 12, 2011|archive-date=April 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428164006/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1999-001A|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter ''[[Karine A Affair|Karine A]]'' in the [[Red Sea]], finding 50 tons of weapons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mfa.gov.il/mfa/pressroom/2002/pages/seizing%20of%20the%20palestinian%20weapons%20ship%20karine%20a%20-.aspx|title=Seizing of the Palestinian weapons ship Karine A|date=4 January 2002|website=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs|access-date=2019-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530125214/https://mfa.gov.il/mfa/pressroom/2002/pages/seizing%2520of%2520the%2520palestinian%2520weapons%2520ship%2520karine%2520a%2520-.aspx|archive-date=30 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Flash Airlines Flight 604]] crashes into the [[Red Sea]], resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in [[Egypt]]ian history.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2004-01-03|title=Red Sea plane crash kills 148|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-01-03/red-sea-plane-crash-kills-148/114360|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU|archive-date=2022-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307105252/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-01-03/red-sea-plane-crash-kills-148/114360|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2009]] – The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized [[payment system]] [[Bitcoin]], called the ''Genesis block'', is established by the creator of the system, [[Satoshi Nakamoto]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lea|first=Tim|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwyxDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA10|title=Down The Rabbit Hole: (Discover The Power of the Blockchain)|date=12 December 2016|publisher=Tim Lea|isbn=978-1-63587-669-7|pages=10}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Boko Haram]] militants destroy the entire town of [[Baga, Nigeria|Baga]] in north-east [[Nigeria]], starting the [[2015 Baga massacre|Baga massacre]] and killing as many as 2,000 people.<ref name=WSJ_1>{{cite news|last1=Hinshaw|first1=Drew|last2=Akingbule|first2=Gbenga|title=Boko Haram Rampages, Slaughters in Northeast Nigeria|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/boko-haram-rampages-slaughters-in-northeast-nigeria-1420816770|access-date=10 January 2015|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=9 January 2015|archive-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109045021/https://www.wsj.com/articles/boko-haram-rampages-slaughters-in-northeast-nigeria-1420816770|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2016]] – In response to the execution of [[Nimr al-Nimr]], Iran ends its [[Iran–Saudi Arabia relations|diplomatic relations]] with Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35217328|title=Saudi Arabia breaks off ties with Iran after al-Nimr execution|date=4 January 2016|website=BBC|access-date=2 January 2021|archive-date=3 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103212048/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35217328|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2018]] – For the first time in history, all five major storm surge gates in the Netherlands are closed simultaneously in the wake of a storm.<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Rijkswaterstaat|user=Rijkswaterstaat|author-link=Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management|number=948552979703005185|date=3 January 2018|title=#Uniek: Al onze vijf grote stormvloedkeringen sluiten vandaag! Dat is nog nooit eerder voorgekomen. De #Maeslantkering en de #Hartelkering zijn de laatste twee keringen die vanwege de storm en de verhoogde waterstanden dicht gaan. https://t.co/jig5fzCU8K|language=nl|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Chang'e 4]] makes the first soft landing on the [[far side of the Moon]], deploying the Yutu-2 [[lunar rover]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/01/05/chinese-rover-begins-exploring-far-side-of-the-moon/|title=Chinese rover begins exploring far side of the moon|last=Clark|first=Stephen|work=Spaceflight Now|date=5 January 2019|access-date=19 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220063314/https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/01/05/chinese-rover-begins-exploring-far-side-of-the-moon/|archive-date=20 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – Iranian General [[Qasem Soleimani]] is [[2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike|killed by an American airstrike]] near [[Baghdad International Airport]], igniting global concerns of a potential [[War|armed conflict]].<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Strike in Iraq Kills Qassim Suleimani, Commander of Iranian Forces|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/world/middleeast/qassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html|last1=Crowley|first1=Michael|author-link1=Michael Crowley (journalist)|first2=Falih|last2=Hassan|first3=Eric|last3=Schmitt|author-link3=Eric P. Schmitt|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 2, 2020|access-date=January 3, 2020|archive-date=January 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103022034/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/world/middleeast/qassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2023]] – Singapore's [[Jurong Bird Park]] permanently closes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rain fails to dampen spirits on Jurong Bird Park's last day of operations|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/rain-fails-dampen-spirits-jurong-bird-parks-last-day-operations-3180776|website=[[CNA (TV network)|CNA]]|date=January 4, 2023|access-date=January 4, 2023|archive-date=January 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104004922/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/rain-fails-dampen-spirits-jurong-bird-parks-last-day-operations-3180776|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2024]] – At least 91 people are killed in [[Kerman bombings|bombings]] in [[Kerman, Iran]], during a ceremony commemorating the [[Assassination of Qasem Soleimani|assassination]] of Iranian General [[Qasem Soleimani]] four years earlier.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-06 |title=Death toll in Islamic State-claimed suicide blasts rises to 91 |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-islamic-state-soleimani-attack-killed-b6f1fee20401e0520fc0c1b7a042a7b2 |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106093100/https://apnews.com/article/iran-islamic-state-soleimani-attack-killed-b6f1fee20401e0520fc0c1b7a042a7b2 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[106 BC]] – [[Cicero]], Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (died 43 BC)<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Stockton|title=Cicero: A Political Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JqsqlajAPCoC&pg=PA2|year=1988|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-872033-1|pages=2}}</ref> *[[1509]] – [[Gian Girolamo Albani]], Italian cardinal (died 1591)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovan-gerolamo-albani_(Dizionario-Biografico)|title=Giovanni Gerolamo Albani|work=Dizionario biografico degli italiani|publisher=Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana|language=it|access-date=2020-07-24|archive-date=2020-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802031148/http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovan-gerolamo-albani_(Dizionario-Biografico)|url-status=live}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1611]] – [[James Harrington (author)|James Harrington]], English political theorist (died 1677)<ref>{{cite web|title=James Harrington|url=http://www.miltonmalsorhistory.org.uk/times/harrington|website=Milton Malsor Historical Society|access-date=2019-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404162359/http://miltonmalsorhistory.org.uk/times/harrington/|archive-date=2016-04-04|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1698]] – [[Pietro Metastasio]], Italian poet and songwriter (died 1782)<ref>{{cite book|first=Samuel Taylor|last=Coleridge|author-link=Samuel Taylor Coleridge|title=The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an Introductory Essay Upon His Philosophical and Theological Opinions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ybJUBDU_vIC&pg=PA464|year=1856|publisher=Harper & brothers|pages=464}}</ref> *[[1710]] – [[Richard Gridley]], American soldier and engineer (died 1796)<ref>{{cite book|title=Memorial Services of Commemoration Day, Held in Canton, May 30, 1877, Under the Auspices of Revere Encampment, Post 94, Grand Army of the Republic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zeg7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA7|year=1877|publisher=William Bense, printer|pages=7}}</ref> *[[1722]] – [[Fredrik Hasselqvist]], Swedish biologist and explorer (died 1752)<ref>{{cite book|first=Fredrik|last=Hasselquist|author-link=Fredrik Hasselqvist|title=Voyages and Travels in the Levant in the Years 1749, 50, 51, 52|url=https://archive.org/details/voyagesandtrave00hassgoog|year=1766|publisher=L. Davis and C. Reymers|pages=[https://archive.org/details/voyagesandtrave00hassgoog/page/n115 1]}}</ref> *[[1731]] – [[Angelo Emo]], Venetian admiral and statesman (died 1792)<ref>{{DBI|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/angelo-emo_res-b26e58d3-87ec-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_(Dizionario-Biografico)|title=EMO, Angelo|last=Preto|first=Paolo|volume=42}}</ref> *[[1760]] – [[Veerapandiya Kattabomman]], Indian ruler (died 1799)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thequoteunquote.com/culture/436/Kattabomman-The-Ultimate-Warrior|title=Kattabomman: The Ultimate Warrior|date=2018-01-12|website=QuoteUnquote|language=en|access-date=2019-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329150555/https://www.thequoteunquote.com/culture/436/Kattabomman-The-Ultimate-Warrior|archive-date=2019-03-29|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1775]] – [[Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont]] (died 1863)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/orders/patrick.htm|last=Rayment|first=Leigh|title=Knights of the Order of St Patrick|access-date=2019-05-04|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301214021/http://www.leighrayment.com/orders/patrick.htm|archive-date=2019-03-01}}</ref> *[[1778]] – [[Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski]], Polish archbishop (died 1861)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfiia.html|title=Archbishop Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski|last=Cheney|first=David|access-date=2019-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504164213/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfiia.html|archive-date=2019-05-04|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1793]] – [[Lucretia Mott]], American activist (died 1880)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mott|first1=Lucretia|author-link1=Lucretia Mott|last2=Palmer|first2=Beverly Wilson|title=Selected letters of Lucretia Coffin Mott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5NI5mhy5CR8C&pg=PR5|page=39 |publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Urbana, Illinois|year=2002|isbn=978-0-252-02674-4}}</ref> *[[1802]] – [[Charles Pelham Villiers]], English lawyer and politician (died 1898)<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=A. C.|last=Howe|title=Villiers, Charles Pelham (1802–1898)|date=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/28286|edition=online edn, Oct 2009|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28286|access-date=2019-05-05}}</ref> *[[1803]] – [[Douglas William Jerrold]], English journalist and playwright (died 1857)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yvonnejerrold.com/FamilyTree/0-DouglasJerrold%27sFamilyTree.html|title=The family tree of Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857)|last=Jerrold|first=Yvonne|website=yvonnejerrold.com|access-date=2019-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116131511/http://www.yvonnejerrold.com/FamilyTree/0-DouglasJerrold%27sFamilyTree.html|archive-date=2017-01-16|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1806]] – [[Henriette Sontag]], German soprano and actress (died 1854)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henriette-Sontag|title=Henriette Sontag|access-date=2019-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505164344/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henriette-Sontag|archive-date=2019-05-05|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1810]] – [[Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie]], French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (died 1897)<ref>{{cite web |title=Antoine-Thomson d’ Abbadie and Arnaud-Michel d’ Abbadie {{!}} Explorers, Ethnographers, Basque Country {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoine-Thomson-d-Abbadie-and-Arnaud-Michel-d-Abbadie#ref255225 |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1816]] – [[Samuel C. Pomeroy]], American businessman and politician (died 1891)<ref name=cyclopedia>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Pomeroy, Samuel Clark|encyclopedia=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, etc.|editor-last=Blackmar|editor-first=Frank|location=Chicago, IL|publisher=Standard Publishing Company|date=1912|pages=485{{en dash}}86|url=http://ksgenweb.org/archives/1912/p/pomeroy_samuel_clark.html|access-date=2019-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808011622/http://ksgenweb.org/archives/1912/p/pomeroy_samuel_clark.html|archive-date=2018-08-08|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1819]] – [[Charles Piazzi Smyth]], Italian-Scottish astronomer and academic (died 1900)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.piazzismyth.org/about-piazzi-smyth/|title=Who was Charles Piazzi Smyth?|access-date=2019-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508154605/https://www.piazzismyth.org/about-piazzi-smyth/|archive-date=2019-05-08|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1831]] – [[Savitribai Phule]], Indian poet, educator, and activist (died 1897)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/DmR1fQSnVD62p4D3eyq9mO/The-life-and-times-of-Savitribai-Phule.html|title=The life and times of Savitribai Phule|last=Kandukuri|first=Divya|date=2019-01-11|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419145822/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/DmR1fQSnVD62p4D3eyq9mO/The-life-and-times-of-Savitribai-Phule.html|archive-date=2019-04-19|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1836]] – [[Sakamoto Ryōma]], Japanese samurai and rebel leader (died 1867)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/04/27/reference/sakamoto-the-man-and-the-myth/#.XNPyDqTTXYU|title=Sakamoto, the man and the myth|last=Hongo|first=Jun|date=2010-04-27|website=The Japan Times|access-date=2019-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808165832/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/04/27/reference/sakamoto-the-man-and-the-myth/#.XNPyDqTTXYU|archive-date=2017-08-08|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1840]] – [[Father Damien]], Flemish priest and missionary (died 1889)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sscc.org/pages/x_Damien/damien_bio.htm|title=Blessed Damien de Veuster, ss.cc.|website=[[Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary]]|access-date=2019-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717020345/http://www.sscc.org/pages/x_Damien/damien_bio.htm|archive-date=2012-07-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1847]] – [[Ettore Marchiafava]], Italian physician (died 1935)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://notes9.senato.it/Web/senregno.NSF/643aea4d2800e476c12574e50043faad/5c7b809cde3094de4125646f005d1581?OpenDocument|language=it|title=MARCHIAFAVA Ettore|access-date=2019-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312212659/http://notes9.senato.it/web/senregno.nsf/643aea4d2800e476c12574e50043faad/5c7b809cde3094de4125646f005d1581?OpenDocument|archive-date=2014-03-12|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1853]] – [[Sophie Elkan]], Swedish writer (died 1921)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Mobil/Artikel/16006|title=Sophie Elkan (f. Salomon)|website=sok.riksarkivet.se|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130053522/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Mobil/Artikel/16006|archive-date=2019-01-30|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1855]] – [[Hubert Bland]], English businessman (died 1914)<ref>{{cite book|last=Briggs|first=Julia|date=2000|title=A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zRS_AAAAQBAJ|publisher=New Amsterdam Books|page=40|isbn=978-1-46-163622-9}}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[Ernest Renshaw]], English tennis player (died 1899)<ref>{{cite web|title=James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw: Stats|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/player.php?playerid=4797|website=tennisarchives.com|access-date=2019-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402004532/http://tennisarchives.com/player.php?playerid=4797|archive-date=2016-04-02|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1861 – [[William Renshaw]], English tennis player (died 1904)<ref>{{cite web|title=William Charles Renshaw: Stats|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/player.php?playerid=4798|website=tennisarchives.com|publisher=Tennis Archives|access-date=2019-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402004507/http://tennisarchives.com/player.php?playerid=4798|archive-date=2016-04-02|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1862]] – [[Matthew Nathan]], English soldier and politician, 13th [[Governor of Queensland]] (died 1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/nathan-sir-matthew-7728/text13539|title=Nathan, Sir Matthew (1862–1939)|last=Wilson|first=Paul |date=1986|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2019-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513152113/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/nathan-sir-matthew-7728/text13539|archive-date=2019-05-13|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Henry Lytton]], English actor (died 1936)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pinafore.www3.50megs.com/h-lytton.html|title=Henry Lytton|last=Collingwood|first=Frances|access-date=2019-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010223174907/http://pinafore.www3.50megs.com/h-lytton.html|archive-date=2001-02-23|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1870]] – [[Henry Handel Richardson]], Australian-English author (died 1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.henryhandelrichardsonsociety.org.au/henry_handel_richardson.html|title=About Henry Handel Richardson|website=Henry Handel Richardson Society|access-date=2019-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514195022/http://www.henryhandelrichardsonsociety.org.au/henry_handel_richardson.html|archive-date=2019-05-14|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1873]] – [[Ichizō Kobayashi]], Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the [[Hankyu Hanshin Holdings]] (died 1957)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itsuo-museum.com/profile/history_itsuo.html|title=ja:小林一三年譜|language=ja|publisher=Itsuo Art Museum| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091103045040/http://www.itsuo-museum.com/profile/history_itsuo.html|archive-date= 3 November 2009 |access-date=2019-05-15}}</ref> *[[1876]] – [[Wilhelm Pieck]], German carpenter and politician, 1st [[Leadership of East Germany|President of the German Democratic Republic]] (died 1960)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/wer-war-wer-in-der-ddr-%2363%3B-1424.html?ID=2653|title=Pieck, Wilhelm (Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold) * 3.1.1876, † 7.9.1960 Präsident der DDR|work=Wer war wer in der DDR?|author1=Horst Laude|author2=Helmut Müller-Enbergs|publisher=Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin & Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin|access-date=2019-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728165218/https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/wer-war-wer-in-der-ddr-%252363;-1424.html?ID=2653|archive-date=2019-07-28|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1877]] – [[Josephine Hull]], American actress (died 1957)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/josephine-hull-45928|title=Josephine Hull|website=IBDB|access-date=2019-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103112749/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/josephine-hull-45928|archive-date=2019-01-03|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1880]] – [[Francis Browne]], Irish Jesuit priest and photographer (died 1960)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-biography/francis-browne.html|title=Rev Francis M. Browne|last=Söldner|first=Hermann|website=Encyclopedia Titanica|access-date=2019-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417141805/https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-biography/francis-browne.html|archive-date=2019-04-17|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1883]] – [[Clement Attlee]], English soldier, lawyer, and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (died 1967)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clement-Attlee|title=Clement Attlee|last=Jenkins|first=Roy|author-link=Roy Jenkins|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2019-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124093516/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clement-Attlee|archive-date=2018-11-24|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1883 – [[Duncan Gillis]], Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower (died 1963)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/duncan-gillis-1.html|title=Duncan Gillis|access-date=2019-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902161745/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/duncan-gillis-1.html|archive-date=2019-09-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1884]] – [[Raoul Koczalski]], Polish pianist and composer (died 1948)<ref>{{cite book|last=Schonberg|first=Harold|author-link=Harold C. Schonberg|date=1987|title=Great Pianists|url=https://archive.org/details/greatpianists00scho|url-access=registration|publisher=[[Simon and Schuster]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/greatpianists00scho/page/513 513]|isbn=978-0-671-63837-5}}</ref> *[[1885]] – [[Harry Elkins Widener]], American businessman (died 1912)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/harry-elkins-widener.html|title=Mr Harry Elkins Widener|website=Encyclopedia Titanica|access-date=2019-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517073019/https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/harry-elkins-widener.html|archive-date=2019-05-17|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[John Gould Fletcher]], American poet and author (died 1950)<ref>{{cite book|last=Carpenter|first=Lucas|title=Autobiography of John Gould Fletcher|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5nw1nKgOiBkC|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|page=7|isbn=978-1-61075-053-0}}</ref> * 1886 – [[Arthur Mailey]], Australian cricketer (died 1967)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/6465.html|title=Arthur Mailey|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2019-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529061821/http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/6465.html|archive-date=2019-05-29|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1887]] – [[August Macke]], German-French painter (died 1914)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/August-Macke|title=August Macke|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2019-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031104929/https://www.britannica.com/biography/August-Macke|archive-date=2017-10-31|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1892]] – [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], English writer, poet, and philologist (died 1973)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tolkiensociety.org/author/biography/|last=Doughan|first=David|title=J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biographical Sketch|website=The Tolkien Society|date=27 October 2016|access-date=2019-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515184533/https://www.tolkiensociety.org/author/biography/|archive-date=2019-05-15|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1894]] – [[ZaSu Pitts]], American actress (died 1963)<ref>{{cite book|last=Stumpf|first=Charles|date=2010|title=ZaSu Pitts: The Life and Career|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSP4lHULPwsC|publisher=McFarland|page=3|isbn=9780786460236}}</ref> *[[1897]] – [[Eithne Coyle]], [[Irish republican]] revolutionary, (died 1985)<ref>McCoole, Sinéad, ''No ordinary women: Irish female activists in the revolutionary years, 1900–1923'', O'Brien, 2003, p. 155</ref> * 1897 – [[Marion Davies]], American actress and comedian (died 1961)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldensilents.com/stars/mariondavies.html|title=Marion Davies|website=Golden Silents|access-date=2019-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509144109/http://www.goldensilents.com/stars/mariondavies.html|archive-date=2008-05-09|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Carolyn Haywood]], American author and illustrator (died 1990)<ref>{{cite book|last=Telgen|first=Diane|title=Something about the author|date=1993|publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Cengage Gale]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pVTzNRcjkW0C&q=Carolyn+Haywood,+1898-1990,|page=83|isbn=9780810322851}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Donald J. Russell]], American businessman (died 1985)<ref>{{cite book|last=Hofsommer|first=Don|title=The Southern Pacific, 1901–1985|date=2009|publisher=[[Texas A&M University Press]]|page=225|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsRvIUwLwFwC&pg=PA225|isbn=978-1-60344-127-8}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Ngô Đình Diệm]], Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of the Republic of Vietnam]] (died 1963)<ref>{{cite book|last=Jacobs|first=Seth|title=Cold War Mandarin: Ngo Dinh Diem and the Origins of America's War in Vietnam, 1950-1963|date=2006|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0_MU8uU60cC|page=18|isbn=978-0-7425-4448-2|access-date=2019-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616110704/http://books.google.com/books?id=h0_MU8uU60cC|archive-date=2012-06-16|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Dante Giacosa]], Italian engineer (died 1996)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nahum |first=Andrew |date=1 April 1996 |title=Dante Giacosa: OBITUARY |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dante-giacosa-obituary-1302870.html |url-status=live |access-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513044834/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dante-giacosa-obituary-1302870.html |archive-date=13 May 2021}}</ref> * 1905 – [[Anna May Wong]], American actress (died 1961)<ref>{{cite web|title=A celebration of Anna May Wong in six films|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/anna-may-wong-6-essential-films|website=British Film Institute|date=3 January 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020|language=en|archive-date=26 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626193402/https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/anna-may-wong-6-essential-films|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1907]] – [[Ray Milland]], Welsh-American actor and director (died 1986)<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=David|title=Lost Laughs of '50s and '60s Television: Thirty Sitcoms That Faded Off Screen|date=2010|publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]]|page=122|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kCjT3AvbN5QC&q=Ray+Milland|access-date=2019-05-24|isbn=9780786455829}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Victor Borge]], Danish-American pianist and conductor (died 2000)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kor.dk/borge/b-bio-1.htm|last=Knudsen|first=Werner|author-link=Werner Knudsen|date=18 August 1996|title=Victor Borge Biography|website=A Tribute to Victor Borge|access-date=2019-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126011554/http://www.kor.dk/borge/b-bio-1.htm|archive-date=26 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Frenchy Bordagaray]], American baseball player and manager (died 2000)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bordafr01.shtml|title=Frenchy Bordagaray|website=Baseball Reference|access-date=2019-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526150328/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bordafr01.shtml|archive-date=2019-05-26|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1910 – [[John Sturges]], American director and producer (died 1992)<ref>{{cite web|title=John Sturges|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f3c0694|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513044203/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f3c0694|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 13, 2016|website=BFI|access-date=9 April 2020|language=en}}</ref> *[[1912]] – [[Federico Borrell García]], Spanish soldier (died 1936)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libcom.org/history/borrell-federico-1936|title=Borrell, Federico 1912-1936|website=libcom.org|access-date=2019-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526193856/http://libcom.org/history/borrell-federico-1936|archive-date=2019-05-26|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1912 – [[Renaude Lapointe]], Canadian journalist and politician (died 2002)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=16809|title=Profile|website=lop.parl.ca|access-date=2019-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526193846/https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile%3FpersonId%3D16809|archive-date=2019-05-26|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1912 – [[Armand Lohikoski]], American-Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2005)<ref>{{cite web|title=Armand Lohikoski|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1820b8a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802074753/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1820b8a|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 2, 2020|website=BFI|access-date=9 April 2020|language=en}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Jack Levine]], American painter and soldier (died 2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jack-Levine|title=Jack Levine – American artist|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2019-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422013621/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jack-Levine|archive-date=2019-04-22|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Betty Furness]], American actress and television journalist (died 1994)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Oliver|first1=Myrna|title=Betty Furness; Ad Star, Consumer Advocate|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-04-mn-41977-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2019-05-27|date=4 April 1994|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125121345/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-04/news/mn-41977_1_betty-furness|archive-date=25 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1916 – [[Fred Haas]], American golfer (died 2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2006/12/a-golf-channel-veteran/|title=Cross & Crescent » A Golf Channel Veteran|date=6 December 2006|access-date=2019-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206223915/http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2006/12/a-golf-channel-veteran/|archive-date=2006-12-06}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Albert Mol]], Dutch author and actor (died 2004)<ref>{{cite book|last=Lentz|first=Harris M.|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2004: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|date=2005|publisher=McFarland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IHvGCwAAQBAJ&q=Albert+Mol|page=253|isbn=9780786421039|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Lentz cites no sources, and is possibly pulling this information from the internet.|date=May 2025}} * 1917 – [[Roger Williams Straus, Jr.]], American journalist and publisher, co-founded [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] (died 2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roger-Williams-Straus-Jr|title=Roger Williams Straus, Jr. – American publisher|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2019-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527164611/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roger-Williams-Straus-Jr|archive-date=2019-05-27|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Herbie Nichols]], American pianist and composer (died 1963)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herbie-Nichols|title=Herbie Nichols – American musician|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2019-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425062032/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herbie-Nichols|archive-date=2019-04-25|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Siegfried Buback]], German lawyer and politician, [[Attorney General of Germany]] (died 1977)<ref>{{cite book|last=Newton|first=Michael|title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&q=siegfried+buback+birth|date=2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|page=59|isbn=9781610692861|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Isabella Bashmakova]], Russian historian of mathematics (died 2005)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Demidov|first1=S.S.|last2=Yushkevich|first2=A.P.|author-link2=Adolph P. Yushkevich|last3=Petrova|first3=S.S.|title=Isabella Grigoryevna Bashmakova: on the occasion of her 60th birthday|journal=Historia Mathematica|volume=8|issue=4|pages=389–392|doi=10.1016/0315-0860(81)90049-5|year=1981|doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Bill Travers]], English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1994)<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Bill Travers|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-bill-travers-1367198.html|website=The Independent|access-date=9 April 2020|language=en|date=1 April 1994|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308194627/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-bill-travers-1367198.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Hank Stram]], American football coach and sportscaster (died 2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hank-Stram|title=Hank Stram – American football coach|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2019-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527101109/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hank-Stram|archive-date=2019-05-27|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Otto Beisheim]], German businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Metro AG]] (died 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.beisheim.com/de/en/about/otto-beisheim|title=Otto Beisheim – Beisheim Group|website=beisheim.com|access-date=2019-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527101112/https://www.beisheim.com/de/en/about/otto-beisheim|archive-date=2019-05-27|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Enzo Cozzolini]], Italian football player (died 1962)<ref>{{cite web|title=Enzo Cozzolini|url=http://www.almanaccogiallorosso.it/Giocatori/Cozzolini.html|website=Almanacco giallorosso|language=it|access-date=2020-08-17|archive-date=2020-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112112312/http://www.almanaccogiallorosso.it/Giocatori/Cozzolini.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1924 – [[André Franquin]], Belgian author and illustrator (died 1997)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/franquin_andre.htm|title=André Franquin|website=lambiek.net|access-date=2019-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323102824/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/franquin_andre.htm|archive-date=2019-03-23|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Nell Rankin]], American soprano and educator (died 2005)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nell-rankin-487226.html|title=Nell Rankin|date=19 January 2005|website=The Independent|access-date=2019-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527102612/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nell-rankin-487226.html|archive-date=27 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Jill Balcon]], English actress (died 2009)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jul/20/jill-balcon-obituary|last=Stanford|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Stanford|title=Jill Balcon|website=The Guardian|date=2009|access-date=2019-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517104532/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jul/20/jill-balcon-obituary|archive-date=2019-05-17|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[W. Michael Blumenthal]], American economist and politician, 64th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Blumenthal|first=W. Michael|author-link=W. Michael Blumenthal|title=From Exile to Washington: A Memoir of Leadership in the Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C82XDwAAQBAJ|date=2015|publisher=ABRAMS|isbn=9781468312300|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref> * 1926 – [[George Martin]], English composer, conductor, and producer (died 2016)<ref>{{cite book|last=Womack|first=Kenneth|author-link=Kenneth Womack|title=Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Early Years, 1926–1966|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z6nGDgAAQBAJ&q=George+Martin+Beatles|page=12|publisher=Chicago Review Press|date=2017|isbn=9781613731925|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Abdul Rahman Ya'kub]], Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd [[Chief Minister of Sarawak]] (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkib.gov.my/en/web/guest/398|date=16 October 2008|title=Tun Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Rahman Ya'akub|website=Official Portal of National Archives of Malaysia|access-date=2019-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528131002/http://www.arkib.gov.my/en/web/guest/398|archive-date=28 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Sergio Leone]], Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1989)<ref>{{cite book|last=Carlson|first=Michael|title=Sergio Leone|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8SUrAQAAIAAJ&q=Sergio+Leone|publisher=[[Pocket Essentials]]|date=2001|page=21|isbn=9781903047415}}</ref> * 1929 – [[Ernst Mahle]], German-Brazilian composer and conductor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicalics.com/en/node/80273|last=Giraudet|first=Jean-Paul|date=29 April 2009|title=Ernst Mahle|website=The Classical Composers Database|access-date=2019-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528131825/https://musicalics.com/en/node/80273|archive-date=28 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1929 – [[Gordon Moore]], American businessman, co-founder of [[Intel Corporation]] (died 2023)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Thackray|first1=Arnold|author-link1=Arnold Thackray|last2=Brock|first2=David|last3=Jones|first3=Rachel|title=Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary|publisher=Hachette UK|date=2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TuQ4DgAAQBAJ&q=Gordon+moore+3+january|page=10|isbn=9780465055623}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Stephen Fabian]], American illustrator.<ref>{{cite web|last=Silver|first=Steven H.|title=The Golden Age of Science Fiction: Stephen Fabian|website=Black Gate Magazine|date=January 6, 2019|accessdate=February 3, 2024|url=https://www.blackgate.com/2019/01/06/the-golden-age-of-science-fiction-stephen-fabian/|archive-date=February 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204011534/https://www.blackgate.com/2019/01/06/the-golden-age-of-science-fiction-stephen-fabian/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1930 – [[Robert Loggia]], American actor and director (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wagner.edu/wagnermagazine/robert-loggia/|title=How Wagner Helped Robert Loggia '51 Find His Role in Film History|date=3 March 2016|website=Wagner Magazine|access-date=2019-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530081901/https://wagner.edu/wagnermagazine/robert-loggia/|archive-date=30 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Dabney Coleman]], American actor (died 2024)<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 3, 2023 includes celebrities Florence Pugh, Danica McKellar |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-3-2023-includes-celebrities-florence-pugh-danica-mckellar.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |date=3 January 2023 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102080232/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-3-2023-includes-celebrities-florence-pugh-danica-mckellar.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1932 – [[Eeles Landström]], Finnish pole vaulter and politician (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/eeles-landstrom-1.html|title=Eeles Landström Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date=2019-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074242/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/eeles-landstrom-1.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Geoffrey Bindman]], English lawyer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-7538|title=Bindman, Sir Geoffrey (Lionel)|website=ukwhoswho.com|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U7538|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4|access-date=2019-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531094218/https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-7538|archive-date=2019-05-31|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Anne Stevenson]], American-English poet and author (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://poets.org/poet/anne-stevenson|title=Anne Stevenson – Academy of American Poets|first=Academy of American|last=Poets|author-link=Academy of American Poets|website=poets.org|access-date=2019-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531094220/https://poets.org/poet/anne-stevenson|archive-date=2019-05-31|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Rolf Steiner]], German mercenary<ref>{{Cite web |title=A brief biography of Rolf Steiner, listing some of his involvements around the world |url=https://www.terryaspinall.com/03merc/biography/rolf-steiner.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250515141639/https://www.terryaspinall.com/03merc/biography/rolf-steiner.html |archive-date=May 15, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=www.terryaspinall.com}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Marpessa Dawn]], American-French actress, singer, and dancer (died 2008)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/oct/29/theatre|title=Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello (Obituary of)|last=Gray|first=Frank|date=29 October 2008|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2019-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531111503/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/oct/29/theatre|archive-date=31 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Carla Anderson Hills]], American lawyer and politician, 5th [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]<ref>{{cite book|first=Judith A.|last=Leavitt|title=American Women Managers and Administrators: A Selective Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Leaders in Business, Education, and Government|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jk_uzzu36rgC&pg=PA113|year=1985|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-23748-5|pages=113}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Raymond Garneau]], Canadian businessman and politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=13146|title=Profile|website=lop.parl.ca|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601122043/https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile%3FpersonId%3D13146|archive-date=1 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1937]] – [[Glen A. Larson]], American director, producer, and screenwriter, created ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' (died 2014)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/glen-a-larson-dead-battlestar-748879|title=Glen A. Larson, Creator of TV's 'Quincy M.E.,' 'Magnum, P.I.' and 'Battlestar Galactica,' Dies at 77|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601122044/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/glen-a-larson-dead-battlestar-748879|archive-date=1 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell]], English academic and politician<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3453989.stm|title=Profile: Lord Butler of Brockwell|date=3 February 2004|access-date=1 June 2019|via=news.bbc.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601122046/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3453989.stm|archive-date=1 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1938 – [[K. Ganeshalingam]], Sri Lankan accountant and politician, [[Mayor of Colombo]] (died 2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2006/12/07/news31.asp|title=Ganeshalingam, an exceptional human-being|website=archives.dailynews.lk|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601122045/http://archives.dailynews.lk/2006/12/07/news31.asp|archive-date=1 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1939]] – [[Arik Einstein]], Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (died 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mooma.mako.co.il/artist.asp?ArtistId=1124|title=MOOMA – המוסיקה של ישראל|publisher=Mooma.mako.co.il|date=3 January 1939|archive-date=11 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611114521/http://mooma.mako.co.il/artist.asp?ArtistID=1124|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1939 – [[Bobby Hull]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/78-bobby-hull|title=Bobby Hull |website=oshof.ca |publisher=[[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601122042/https://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/78-bobby-hull |archive-date=1 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bobby Hull dies at 84, legendary Blackhawks goal-scorer, Cup champion |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/bobby-hull-dead-at-age-84/c-340587082 |website=NHL.com |access-date=January 30, 2023 |date=January 30, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202214415/https://www.nhl.com/news/bobby-hull-dead-at-age-84/c-340587082 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Bernard Blaut]], Polish footballer and coach (died 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/17486/Bernard_Blaut.html|title=Bernard Blaut|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=national-football-teams.com|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601122041/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/17486/Bernard_Blaut.html|archive-date=1 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1940 – [[Leo de Berardinis]], Italian actor and director (died 2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dar.unibo.it/it/biblioteca/sezione-di-musica-e-spettacolo/fondo-archivio-leo-de-berardinis-1967-2001|title=Fondo – Archivio Leo de Berardinis (1967 – 2001)|website=dar.unibo.it|access-date=2019-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601122758/http://www.dar.unibo.it/it/biblioteca/sezione-di-musica-e-spettacolo/fondo-archivio-leo-de-berardinis-1967-2001|archive-date=2019-06-01|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Malcolm Dick (rugby union player)|Malcolm Dick]], New Zealand rugby player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=224|title=Stats – allblacks.com|website=stats.allblacks.com|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021050841/http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=224|archive-date=21 October 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[John Marsden (lawyer)|John Marsden]], Australian lawyer and activist (died 2006)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/an-outspoken-fighter-who-was-passionate-until-his-final-days-20060519-gdnkqh.html|title=An outspoken fighter who was passionate until his final days|first=Malcolm|last=Brown|author-link=Malcolm Brown (journalist)|date=19 May 2006|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601122754/https://www.smh.com.au/national/an-outspoken-fighter-who-was-passionate-until-his-final-days-20060519-gdnkqh.html|archive-date=1 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1942 – [[John Thaw]], English actor and producer, played [[Inspector Morse]] (died 2002)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/feb/22/broadcasting.guardianobituaries|title=Obituary: John Thaw|first=Philip|last=Purser|newspaper=The Guardian |author-link=Philip Purser|date=22 February 2002|access-date=1 June 2019|via=www.theguardian.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420191333/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/feb/22/broadcasting.guardianobituaries|archive-date=20 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Van Dyke Parks]], American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, author, and actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://therealvandykeparks.com/|title=Van Dyke Parks on Van Dyke Parks|website=therealvandykeparks.com|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806131540/http://therealvandykeparks.com/|archive-date=6 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Blanche d'Alpuget]], Australian author<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in Australia, Volume 42|publisher=The Herald|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTlRAQAAIAAJ|date=2006|page=546}}</ref> * 1944 – [[Doreen Massey (geographer)|Doreen Massey]], English geographer and political activist (died 2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=Doreen Massey obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/mar/27/doreen-massey-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=14 October 2020 |language=en |date=27 March 2016}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Stephen Stills]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/jybcelebs2?lang=en&pz=john+cameron&nz=fogerty&p=stephen+arthur&n=stills|title=Stephen Arthur Stills|website=Geneanet|access-date=2 June 2019|archive-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304002213/https://gw.geneanet.org/jybcelebs2?lang=en&pz=john+cameron&nz=fogerty&p=stephen+arthur&n=stills|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]], English bass player, songwriter, and producer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.led-zeppelin.org/biographies/144|title=John Paul Jones|date=9 October 2017|website=led-zeppelin.org|access-date=7 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607064441/https://www.led-zeppelin.org/biographies/144|archive-date=7 June 2019|url-status=usurped}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Michalis Kritikopoulos]], Greek footballer (died 2002)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Michalis Kritikopoulos (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/60584/Michalis_Kritikopoulos.html |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205213101/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/60584/Michalis_Kritikopoulos.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Fran Cotton]], English rugby player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lionsrugby.com/2012/05/04/lions-legend-fran-cotton/|title=Lions Legend: Fran Cotton|date=4 May 2012|website=[[British and Irish Lions|The British and Irish Lions]]|access-date=7 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607113226/https://www.lionsrugby.com/2012/05/04/lions-legend-fran-cotton/|archive-date=7 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Zulema]], American singer-songwriter (died 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/zulema-mn0001473873/biography|title=Zulema|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|website=[[AllMusic]]|author-link=Richie Unterberger|access-date=14 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920183723/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/zulema-mn0001473873/biography|archive-date=20 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Ian Nankervis]], Australian footballer<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021030322/http://www.afl.com.au/aflhq/awards/halloffame/players/tabid/856/default.aspx|url=http://www.afl.com.au/aflhq/awards/halloffame/players/tabid/856/default.aspx|title=Players|archive-date=21 October 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=14 June 2019}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Victoria Principal]], American actress and businesswoman<ref>{{Cite web|title=UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-3-2019/1811546209344/|access-date=2021-09-29|website=UPI|language=en|archive-date=2019-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103223323/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-3-2019/1811546209344/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1950 – [[Linda Steiner]], American journalist and academic<ref>{{cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84049026.html|title=Steiner, Linda|website=Library of Congress|access-date=24 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030003602/http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84049026.html|archive-date=30 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1950 – [[Vesna Vulović]], Serbian plane crash survivor and [[Guinness World Record]] holder (died 2016)<ref>{{cite news|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|author-link=Richard Sandomir|newspaper=The New York Times|title=Vesna Vulovic, Flight Attendant Who Survived Jetliner Blast, Dies at 66|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/world/europe/vesna-vulovic-died-flight-attendant-in-plunge.html|date=28 December 2016|access-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810011445/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/world/europe/vesna-vulovic-died-flight-attendant-in-plunge.html|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Linda Dobbs]], English lawyer and judge<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-independent-assessor-of-compensation-for-miscarriages-of-justice|title=New Independent Assessor of Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice|date=8 April 2016|access-date=24 June 2019|website=gov.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624122813/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-independent-assessor-of-compensation-for-miscarriages-of-justice|archive-date=24 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1951 – [[Gary Nairn]], Australian surveyor and politician, 14th [[Special Minister of State]] (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite Au Parliament |name=The Hon Gary Nairn MP |mpid=OK6 |access-date=2021-11-04}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Esperanza Aguirre]], Spanish civil servant and politician, 3rd [[President of the Community of Madrid]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Madridiario|title=Esperanza Aguirre aspira a convertirse en la primera mujer presidenta de una comunidad autónoma|url=https://www.madridiario.es/440857/aguirre-convetirse-mujer-presidenta-comunidad|access-date=2021-09-29|website=Madridiario|language=es|archive-date=2020-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025080106/https://www.madridiario.es/440857/aguirre-convetirse-mujer-presidenta-comunidad|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Gianfranco Fini]], Italian journalist and politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)|Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Berlusconi cabinet|url=http://vipsgov.chez.com/italy.htm|publisher=VIPS|access-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102903/http://vipsgov.chez.com/italy.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Jim Ross]], American professional wrestling commentator<ref>{{cite web|last=Ross|first=Jim|author-link=Jim Ross|url=http://www.jrsbarbq.com/2008/01/05/happy-new-year-everyone-lots-of-feedback-answered-today%e2%80%a6-life-goes-on%e2%80%a6-and-so-does-work%e2%80%a6/|title=J.R.'s Blog " Happy New Year Everyone! Lots of Feedback Answered Today... Life Goes On... and So Does Work..|access-date=30 June 2019|date=January 5, 2008|publisher=JRsBarBQ.com|quote=I was born on January 3, {{sic|1952|hide=y|expected=1952,}} in [[Fort Bragg, CA]].|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330044734/https://www.jrsbarbq.com/2008/01/05/happy-new-year-everyone-lots-of-feedback-answered-today%e2%80%a6-life-goes-on%e2%80%a6-and-so-does-work%e2%80%a6/|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Justin Fleming (author)|Justin Fleming]], Australian playwright and author<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/legit/reviews/burnt-piano-1200529716/|title=Burnt Piano|last=Fricker|first=Karen|author-link=Karen Fricker|date=7 November 2004|website=Variety|access-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630125901/https://variety.com/2004/legit/reviews/burnt-piano-1200529716/|archive-date=30 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Mohamed Waheed Hassan]], Maldivian educator and politician, 5th [[President of the Maldives]]<ref>{{Cite book|author=Turner, Barry|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/834977969|title=The Statesman's yearbook 2014 : the politics, cultures and economies of the world|date=2013|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-37769-1|oclc=834977969}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1953)|Peter Taylor]], English footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fulham-fc/10/|title=Peter Taylor|website=sporting-heroes.net|access-date=30 December 2019|archive-date=7 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007055306/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fulham-fc/10/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Denis Walter]], Australian radio host and singer<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=331}} * ''Songs of Faith'' ([[ARIA Chart]] peak): {{cite Ryan|page=296}} * ''Through the Years'': {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Denis+Walter|title=Discography Denis Walter|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=27 October 2022|archive-date=26 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026165112/https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Denis+Walter|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Mel Gibson]], American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_A73Xj1u0X4C&q=%22The+Gibson+family+connection.%22|last=Hanrahan|first=John|title=Mel Gibson|publisher=Little Hills Press|page=8|access-date=March 19, 2014|isbn=9780949773340 |year=1986 }}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Dave Dobbyn]], New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer<ref name=bio>{{cite web|title=Dave Dobbyn: Biography|url=http://davedobbyn.co.nz/bio.html|publisher=Sony Music|access-date=30 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510194424/http://www.davedobbyn.co.nz/bio.html|archive-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Russell Spence]], English racing driver<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/drivers/SpenceRussell.htm|title=Russell Spence|website=champcarstats.com|access-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701093234/http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/drivers/SpenceRussell.htm|archive-date=1 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Darren Daulton]], American baseball player (died 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/daultda01.shtml|title=Darren Daulton Stats|website=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905041104/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/daultda01.shtml|archive-date=5 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1962 – [[Gavin Hastings]], Scottish rugby player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/blogs/rugby/player/9991.html|title=Gavin Hastings Scotland|website=ESPN.co.uk|access-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701093730/http://en.espn.co.uk/blogs/rugby/player/9991.html|archive-date=1 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1963]] – [[Stewart Hosie]], Scottish businessman and politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-stewart-hosie|title=Mr Stewart Hosie|access-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701192003/https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-stewart-hosie|archive-date=1 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1963 – [[Aamer Malik]], Pakistani cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/38965.html|title=Aamer Malik|website=ESPN cricinfo|access-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527072447/http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/38965.html|archive-date=27 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1963 – [[Alex Wheatle]], English author and playwright (died 2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alexwheatle.com/#!|title=Alex Wheatle author|access-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701193543/https://www.alexwheatle.com/#!|archive-date=1 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Cheryl Miller]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cheryl-Miller|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|title=Cheryl Miller|access-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310061124/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cheryl-Miller|archive-date=10 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Chetan Sharma]], Indian cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33949.html|title=Chetan Sharma|website=ESPN cricinfo|last=Ramchand|first=Partab|access-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704053605/http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33949.html|archive-date=4 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[James Carter (musician)|James Carter]], American musician<ref name="AP" /> * 1969 – [[Jarmo Lehtinen]], Finnish racing driver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/drivers/co-drivers/co-driver/jarmo-lehtinen/page/893-94-893--.html?h=2019/drivers/18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225011940/https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/drivers/co-drivers/co-driver/jarmo-lehtinen/page/893-94-893--.html?h=2019%2Fdrivers%2F18|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 25, 2024|title=Jarmo Lehtinen Co-Driver Profile|access-date=3 July 2019}}</ref> * 1969 – [[Michael Schumacher]], German racing driver<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/2705809.stm|title=Michael Schumacher|date=26 February 2003|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040622153506/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/2705809.stm|archive-date=22 June 2004|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1969 – [[Gerda Weissensteiner]], Italian luger and bobsledder<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fisi.org/federazione/hall-of-fame/halloffame/18788|title=Gerda Weissensteiner|website=Italian Winter Sports Federation|language=it|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711111445/https://www.fisi.org/federazione/hall-of-fame/halloffame/18788|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Sarah Alexander]], English actress<ref>{{cite news|title=Jan. 3 Celebrity Birthdays|work=Orange County Register|date=3 January 2012|accessdate=3 January 2023|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2012/01/03/jan-3-celebrity-birthdays-2/|archive-date=18 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518074000/https://www.ocregister.com/2012/01/03/jan-3-celebrity-birthdays-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Cory Cross]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/cory-cross-8458929|title=Cory Cross Stats and News|website=NHL.com|access-date=2019-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209104152/https://www.nhl.com/player/cory-cross-8458929|archive-date=2017-12-09|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Robert-Jan Derksen]], Dutch golfer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/players/playerid=314/|title=European Tour – Players|website=europeantour.com|access-date=2019-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711131053/http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/players/playerid%3D314/|archive-date=2019-07-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Alessandro Petacchi]], Italian cyclist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=3676|title=Alessandro Petacchi|first=Cycling|last=Archives|website=cyclingarchives.com|access-date=2019-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724020557/http://cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=3676|archive-date=2019-07-24|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Todd Warriner]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Todd Warriner |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/todd-warriner-8458941 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102080232/https://www.nhl.com/player/todd-warriner-8458941 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Thomas Bangalter]], French DJ, musician, and producer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.daftpunk-anthology.com/index.php/dpa/daft-story/thomas-bangalter|title=Thomas Bangalter|website=Daft Punk Anthology|access-date=2019-07-11|archive-date=2019-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630223015/http://www.daftpunk-anthology.com/index.php/dpa/daft-story/thomas-bangalter|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Jason Marsden]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jason-Marsden/|title=Jason Marsden – 234 Character Images|website=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=2019-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909211100/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jason-Marsden/|archive-date=2019-09-09|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Danica McKellar]], American actress and mathematician<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harmata |first1=Claudia |title=Danica McKellar Tells Fans Her 46th 'Birthday Wish' Is for People to 'Look for Common Ground' |url=https://people.com/tv/danica-mckellar-tells-fans-her-birthday-wish-is-for-people-to-look-for-common-ground/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=1 January 2023 |date=4 January 2021 |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101213218/https://people.com/tv/danica-mckellar-tells-fans-her-birthday-wish-is-for-people-to-look-for-common-ground/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Angelos Basinas]], Greek footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/2654/Angelos_Basinas.html|title=Angelos Basinas|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=national-football-teams.com|access-date=2019-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711123456/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/2654/Angelos_Basinas.html|archive-date=2019-07-11|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Nicholas Gonzalez]], American actor and producer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/nicholas-gonzalez|title=Nicholas Gonzalez|website=Metacritic|access-date=2019-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813110949/https://www.metacritic.com/person/nicholas-gonzalez|archive-date=2019-08-13|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Lee Bowyer]], English footballer and coach<ref>{{Hugman|1990|Lee Bowyer|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> * 1977 – [[A. J. Burnett]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burnea.01.shtml|title=A.J. Burnett Stats|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529221022/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burnea.01.shtml|archive-date=2019-05-29|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Dimitra Kalentzou]], Greek basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/dimitra-kalentzou|title=Dimitra Kalentzou|website=olympic.org|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711125211/https://www.olympic.org/dimitra-kalentzou|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1978 – [[Kimberley Locke]], American singer, songwriter, and television personality<ref name="AP" /> * 1978 – [[Mike York]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike York |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mike-york-8466266 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102080233/https://www.nhl.com/player/mike-york-8466266 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Kate Levering]], American actress, singer, and dancer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1980]] – [[Bryan Clay]], American decathlete<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/bryan-clay-182513|title=Bryan CLAY | Profile | iaaf.org|website=iaaf.org|access-date=2019-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408012413/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/bryan-clay-182513|archive-date=2019-04-08|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Eli Crane]], [[U.S. representative]] for [[Arizona's 2nd congressional district]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congressman Eli Crane |url=https://www.tpaction.com/legislators/elicrane |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Turning Point Action |archive-date=2024-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215233740/https://www.tpaction.com/legislators/elicrane |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1980 – [[Telly Leung]], American actor, director, singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite news|title=Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 3 In 1952, Harold Lang, Helen Gallagher, Elaine Stritch, and Vivienne Segal star in a revival of Pal Joey|work=Playbill|date=January 3, 2022|accessdate=January 3, 2024|url=https://playbill.com/article/playbill-vaults-today-in-theatre-history-january-3-com-103141|archive-date=January 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104092748/https://playbill.com/article/playbill-vaults-today-in-theatre-history-january-3-com-103141|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Angela Ruggiero]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurohockey.com/player/504229-.html|title=Angela Ruggiero profile – Ангела Руггиеро Профиль – Eurohockey.com|website=eurohockey.com|access-date=2019-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514134540/http://www.eurohockey.com/player/504229-.html|archive-date=2019-05-14|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/angela-ruggiero-1.html|title=Angela Ruggiero Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date=2019-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622142719/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/angela-ruggiero-1.html|archive-date=2019-06-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1980 – [[David Tyree]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=34715 |title=NFL Players: David Tyree |access-date=22 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104847/http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=34715 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1980 – [[Kurt Vile]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/theflymagazine/docs/the_fly_may_edition_pdf|title=The Fly May 2013|website=Issuu|date=May 2013 |access-date=2019-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916071542/https://issuu.com/theflymagazine/docs/the_fly_may_edition_pdf|archive-date=2016-09-16|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Mary Wineberg]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Wineberg {{!}} Profile |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/mary-wineberg-14308581 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=28 June 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629202655/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/mary-wineberg-14308581 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Eli Manning]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/elimanning/2505996/careerstats|title=Eli Manning: Career Stats at NFL.com|website=nfl.com|access-date=2019-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807134101/http://www.nfl.com/player/elimanning/2505996/careerstats|archive-date=2019-08-07|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Peter Clarke (footballer)|Peter Clarke]], English footballer<ref>{{Hugman|3600|Peter Clarke|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Park Ji-yoon]], South Korean singer and actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parkjiyoon.kr/biography|title=biography | 박지윤 parkjiyoon official|website=parkjiyoon-official|access-date=2019-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807134100/https://www.parkjiyoon.kr/biography|archive-date=2019-08-07|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Lasse Nilsson]], Swedish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/2314/|title=Sweden – L. Nilsson – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|access-date=2019-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916181844/https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/2314/|archive-date=2019-09-16|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Katie McGrath]], Irish actress<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 3: Greta Thunberg, Danica McKellar |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/03/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-3-Greta-Thunberg-Danica-McKellar/6141672593266/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Jan.,%2C%20Danica%20McKellar%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |date=3 January 2023 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103104902/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/03/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-3-Greta-Thunberg-Danica-McKellar/6141672593266/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Jan.,%2C%20Danica%20McKellar%20%2D%20UPI.com |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Billy Mehmet]], English-Irish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=1343838|title=Billy Osman Keyza – Player Details TFF|website=tff.org|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423211914/http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=1343838|archive-date=2019-04-23|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Nicole Beharie]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1985 – [[Linas Kleiza]], Lithuanian basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2770/linas-kleiza|title=Linas Kleiza Stats, News, Bio|website=ESPN|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809091143/https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2770/linas-kleiza|archive-date=2019-08-09|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Evan Moore]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/evanmoore/profile?id=MOO329900|title=Evan Moore|website=NFL.com|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407194112/http://www.nfl.com/players/evanmoore/profile?id=MOO329900|archive-date=2011-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Noelle Quinn]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Noelle Quinn |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/737/noelle-quinn |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102080234/https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/737/noelle-quinn |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Dana Hussain]], Iraqi sprinter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/8004916.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080809113106/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/8004916.shtml |archive-date=2008-08-09 |url-status=dead |title=Athlete biography: Dana Abdulrazak |website=[[Beijing2008.cn]] |access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Lloyd (singer)|Lloyd]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1986 – [[Greg Nwokolo]], Indonesian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/greg-nwokolo/40163/|title=Indonesia – G. Nwokolo – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|access-date=2019-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328142325/https://int.soccerway.com/players/greg-nwokolo/40163/|archive-date=2019-03-28|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Nikola Peković]], Montenegrin basketball player and executive<ref>{{cite web |title=Nikola Pekovic |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201593/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=4 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204130426/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201593/career |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1986 – [[Cedric Simmons]], American-Bulgarian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Cedric Simmons |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/200759/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102080233/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/200759/career |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1986 – [[Dmitry Starodubtsev]], Russian pole vaulter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/russia/dmitry-starodubtsev-196542|title=Dmitriy STARODUBTSEV | Profile | iaaf.org|website=iaaf.org|access-date=2019-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408171706/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/russia/dmitry-starodubtsev-196542|archive-date=2019-04-08|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Adrián (footballer)|Adrián]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Adrián |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4852/Adri%C3%A1n/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=25 October 2023 |archive-date=23 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623082827/https://www.premierleague.com/players/4852/Adri%C3%A1n/overview |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1987 – [[Reto Berra]], Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/reto-berra-8473499|title=Reto Berra Stats and News|website=NHL.com|access-date=2019-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624152020/https://www.nhl.com/player/reto-berra-8473499|archive-date=2019-06-24|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Kim Ok-vin]], South Korean actress and singer<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://huayibrothersent.com/portfolio_page/kim-ok-vin/?ckattempt=1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429171740/http://huayibrothersent.com/portfolio_page/kim-ok-vin/?ckattempt=1 |archive-date=2019-04-29 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Ikechi Anya]], Scottish-Nigerian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ikechi-anya/149687/|title=Scotland – I. Anya – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|access-date=2019-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703023333/https://int.soccerway.com/players/ikechi-anya/149687/|archive-date=2018-07-03|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1988 – [[The Completionist]], American YouTuber<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0vvL419vPw|title=Draw My Life The Completionist|people=Jirard Khalil|time=0:34|website=[[YouTube]]|date=November 21, 2018|access-date=June 15, 2023|archive-date=June 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615190041/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0vvL419vPw|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Jonny Evans]], Northern Irish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Jonny Evans|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/3156/Jonny-Evans/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Matt Frattin]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/matt-frattin-8474192|title=Matt Frattin #39|website=NHL|access-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501130729/https://www.nhl.com/player/matt-frattin-8474192|archive-date=1 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Jordi Masip]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Jordi Masip|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jordi-masip-lopez/148790/|website=Soccerway|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Eric Sim]], American baseball player and YouTuber<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eric Sim Minor & Independent Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sim---001eri |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Kōhei Uchimura]], Japanese artistic gymnast<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/kohei-uchimura|title=Kohei Uchimura|website=olympic.org|access-date=22 November 2019|archive-date=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414080503/https://www.olympic.org/kohei-uchimura|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Yoichiro Kakitani]], Japanese footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=275096/index.html|title=Yoichiro Kakitani|access-date=8 December 2019}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Jerson Cabral]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jerson-cabral/134081/|title=Jerson Cabral|access-date=9 December 2019|archive-date=2 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802214135/https://int.soccerway.com/players/jerson-cabral/134081/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Özgür Çek]], Turkish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=1909881/profile/index.html|title=Özgür Çek|access-date=9 December 2019|archive-date=4 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204073338/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=1909881/profile/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Ryan Ellis]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Ellis |url=https://www.nhl.com/flyers/player/ryan-ellis-8475176 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102080232/https://www.nhl.com/flyers/player/ryan-ellis-8475176 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1991 – [[Sébastien Faure (footballer)|Sébastien Faure]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/player/5197/sebastien-faure|title=Profile|website=skysports.com|access-date=9 December 2019|archive-date=9 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209225130/https://www.skysports.com/football/player/5197/sebastien-faure|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Dane Gagai]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/south-sydney-rabbitohs/dane-gagai/|title=Dane Gagai South Sydney Rabbitohs profile|website=South Sydney Rabbitohs|access-date=20 October 2020|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021041729/https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/south-sydney-rabbitohs/dane-gagai/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Goo Hara]], South Korean singer and actress (died 2019)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Min-ji |date=January 3, 2020 |script-title=ko:故 구하라 생일…친오빠 추모글 "거기선 걱정없이 행복하길" |language=ko |work=New 1 |url=http://news1.kr/articles/?3808064 |url-status=live |access-date=January 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526171649/https://www.news1.kr/articles/?3808064 |archive-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hwang |first1=Ji-young |date=November 25, 2019 |script-title=ko:'17세 데뷔' 故구하라, 굴곡졌던 11년 연예계 활동 [종합] |language=ko |url=http://isplus.live.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=23640875&cloc= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801090910/http://isplus.live.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=23640875&cloc= |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=January 4, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=November 24, 2019 |title=(LEAD) Female singer Goo Ha-ra found dead at her home |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20191124002951320?section=national%2Fnational |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516105012/https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20191124002951320?section=national%2Fnational |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |access-date=November 24, 2019 |website=Yonhap News Agency |language=en}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Darius Morris]], American basketball player (died 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Darius Morris |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202721/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102080232/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202721/career |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1991 – [[Joonas Nättinen]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Joonas Nattinen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/joonas-nattinen-8475198 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102080233/https://www.nhl.com/player/joonas-nattinen-8475198 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Doug McDermott]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Doug McDermott |url=https://www.nba.com/player/203926/doug-mcdermott |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102080232/https://www.nba.com/player/203926/doug-mcdermott |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1992 – [[Sio Siua Taukeiaho]], New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/siosiua-taukeiaho/summary.html|title=Siosiua Taukeiaho|author=Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson|date=25 October 2015|work=Rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=24 December 2023|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065532/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/siosiua-taukeiaho/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Isaquias Queiroz]], Brazilian sprint canoeist<ref>{{cite web|title=Isaquias Quieroz Dos Santos|date=4 August 2016|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/isaquias-queiroz-dos-santos|publisher=International Canoe Federation|access-date=19 April 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801234019/https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/isaquias-queiroz-dos-santos|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Rondae Hollis-Jefferson]], American-Jordanian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rondae Hollis-Jefferson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1626178/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102080232/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1626178/career |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1995 – [[Jisoo]], South Korean singer and actress<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-17|title=BLACKPINK Members Profile (Updated!)|url=https://kprofiles.com/black-pink-members-profile/|access-date=2020-11-05|website=Kpop Profiles|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609181725/https://kprofiles.com/black-pink-members-profile/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Paddy Pimblett]], English mixed martial artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Paddy Pimblett (Lightweight) MMA Profile - ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/4008549/paddy-pimblett |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2025}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Kim Seol-hyun]], South Korean singer and actress<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seolhyun|url=https://www.viki.com/celebrities/14179pr-seolhyun?locale=en|access-date=2022-12-27|archive-date=2022-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227073947/https://www.viki.com/celebrities/14179pr-seolhyun?locale=en|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Tonny Vilhena]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Tonny Vilhena|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/tonny-trindade--de-vilhena/182926/|website=Soccerway|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Léo Ortiz]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Léo Ortiz|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/leonardo-rech-ortiz/472675/|website=Soccerway|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Florence Pugh]], English actress<ref name=EmpireProf>{{cite web |title=Florence Pugh |url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/florence-pugh-2/ |newspaper=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |access-date=2 February 2020 |date=15 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202174900/https://www.empireonline.com/people/florence-pugh-2/ |archive-date=2 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Fodé Ballo-Touré]], French-Senegalese footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Fodé Ballo-Touré|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/20959/Fod%C3%A9-Ballo-Tour%C3%A9/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Jérémie Boga]], French-Ivorian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Jérémie Boga|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/10441/J%C3%A9r%C3%A9mie-Boga/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Kyron McMaster]], British Virgin Islands hurdler<ref>{{cite web|title=Kyron McMaster|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/british-virgin-islands/kyron-mcmaster-282607|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=20 March 2020|archive-date=12 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144229/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/british-virgin-islands/kyron-mcmaster-282607|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Patrick Cutrone]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrick Cutrone|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/patrick-cutrone/384563/|website=Soccerway|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Emiru]], American online streamer<ref>{{cite tweet |number=1213058226960420864 |user=emiru |title=it's my birthday |author=Emiru |date=January 3, 2020 |access-date=November 28, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111163109/https://twitter.com/emiru/status/1213058226960420864 |archive-date=November 11, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Leandro Barreiro]], Luxembourgish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Leandro Barreiro|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/leandro-barreiro-martins/466748/|website=Soccerway|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Deni Avdija]], Israeli-Serbian basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/deni-avdija-1.html|title=Deni Avdija International Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=2020-10-30|archive-date=2020-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102205016/https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/deni-avdija-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Nico González (footballer, born 2002)|Nico González]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Nico González|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/nicolas-gonzalez-iglesias/571788/|website=Soccerway|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Kyle Rittenhouse]], American conservative personality<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indy100.com/news/kyle-rittenhouse-greta-thunberg-birthday-b1978264|title=People discover Kyle Rittenhouse and Greta Thunberg were born on exactly the same day|access-date=29 September 2019|archive-date=29 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329200318/https://www.indy100.com/news/kyle-rittenhouse-greta-thunberg-birthday-b1978264|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2003 – [[Greta Thunberg]], Swedish environmental activist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arcticportal.org/ap-library/news/2110-greta-thunberg-s-climate-campaign|title=Greta Thunberg's climate campaign|date=21 February 2019|access-date=20 September 2019|archive-date=26 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826132337/https://arcticportal.org/ap-library/news/2110-greta-thunberg-s-climate-campaign|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2003 – [[Alan Virginius]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Alan Virginius|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/alan-virginius/660563/|website=Soccerway|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Carlos Baleba]], Cameroonian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Carlos Baleba|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/124396/Carlos-Baleba/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> * 2004 – [[Toby Collyer]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Toby Collyer|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/67221/Toby-Collyer/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> * 2004 – [[Habib Diarra]], Senegalese footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=H. Diarra|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mouhamadou-diarra/759046/|website=Soccerway|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[236]] – [[Pope Anterus|Anterus]], pope of the Catholic Church<ref>Shahan, Thomas (1907). "Pope St. Anterus" in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</ref> * [[323]] – [[Emperor Yuan of Jin]], Chinese emperor (born 276)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Venning |first1=Timothy |title=A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume I Ancient |date=30 June 2023 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-86850-0 |page=216 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Compendium_of_World_Sovereigns_Volume/RqDEEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT216&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1028]] – [[Fujiwara no Yukinari]], Japanese calligrapher (born 972)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fujiwara Yukinari {{!}} Traditional Japanese, Brushwork, Sumi-e {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fujiwara-Yukinari |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *1028 – [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]], Japanese nobleman (born 966)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fujiwara Michinaga {{!}} Heian period, court politics, Japanese aristocracy {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fujiwara-Michinaga |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1098]] – [[Walkelin]], Norman bishop of Winchester<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen Hyde Cassan|title=Roman Catholic bishops|url=https://archive.org/details/livesbishopswin00cassgoog|year=1827|publisher=C. and J. Rivington|pages=[https://archive.org/details/livesbishopswin00cassgoog/page/n107 70]}}</ref> *[[1322]] – [[Philip V of France|Philip V]], king of France (born 1292)<ref>Rose, Hugh James. (1857) ''A New General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 11.'' London: Fellows. Page 89.</ref> *[[1437]] – [[Catherine of Valois]], queen consort of [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] (born 1401)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Westminster Abbey |title=Henry V and Catherine de Valois |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/henry-v-and-catherine-de-valois |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323080739/https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/henry-v-and-catherine-de-valois |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1501]] – [[Ali-Shir Nava'i]], Turkic poet, linguist, and mystic (born 1441)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://rta.org.af/eng/2016/02/01/ali-shir-navai/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171216211310/http://rta.org.af/eng/2016/02/01/ali-shir-navai| archive-date = 2017-12-16| title = Ali-Shir Nava'i – National Radio Television of Afghanistan}} {{Cite web |url=http://rta.org.af/eng/2016/02/01/ali-shir-navai/ |title=Ali-Shir Nava'i – National Radio Television of Afghanistan |access-date=2022-01-04 |archive-date=2018-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304090032/http://rta.org.af/eng/2016/02/01/ali-shir-navai/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> *[[1543]] – [[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo]], Portuguese explorer and navigator (born 1499)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080803/news_lz1mc3cabrill.html|title=Cabrillo statue's journey to San Diego marked by legal twists|last=Crawford|first=Richard|date=3 August 2008|work=San Diego Union Tribune|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=7 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307201519/http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080803/news_lz1mc3cabrill.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1571]] – [[Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg|Joachim II Hector]], Elector of Brandenburg (born 1505)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joachim-II-Hektor|title=Joachim II Hektor | elector of Brandenburg|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|date=9 January 2024|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801225643/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joachim-II-Hektor|url-status=live}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1641]] – [[Jeremiah Horrocks]], English astronomer and mathematician (born 1618)<ref>{{cite book|title=Stinchcombe parish magazine [afterw.] The parish magazine for Berkeley, Dursley, Stinchcombe and Uley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ygIIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR76|year=1874|pages=76}}</ref> *[[1656]] – [[Mathieu Molé]], French politician (born 1584)<ref>{{Cite wikisource | title = 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Molé, Mathieu | last = Chrisholm | first = Hugh | year = 1911}}</ref> *[[1670]] – [[George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (born 1608)<ref>{{cite book|author=Texas Christian University|title=Monographs in History and Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UppCAQAAIAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Texas Christian University Press|page=140}}</ref> *[[1701]] – [[Louis I, Prince of Monaco|Louis I]], prince of Monaco (born 1642)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Venning |first1=Timothy |title=A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume III Early Modern |date=30 June 2023 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-86452-6 |page=19 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Compendium_of_World_Sovereigns_Volume/MWbFEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA19-IA31&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1705]] – [[Luca Giordano]], Italian painter and illustrator (born 1634)<ref>{{cite book|author=J. Patrice Marandel|title=Luca Giordano, 1634-1705|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qf5GAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Electa Napoli|isbn=9788843585793}}</ref> *[[1743]] – [[Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena]], Italian painter and architect (born 1657)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Warrack|author2=Ewan West|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxforddic00warr|url-access=registration|date=7 March 1996|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-280028-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/conciseoxforddic00warr/page/182 182]}}</ref> *[[1785]] – [[Baldassare Galuppi]], Italian composer (born 1706)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gorton Carruth|title=The encyclopedia of world facts and dates|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo00carr|url-access=registration|year=1993|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=978-0-06-270012-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo00carr/page/365 365]}}</ref> *[[1795]] – [[Josiah Wedgwood]], English potter, founded the [[Wedgwood|Wedgwood Company]] (born 1730)<ref>{{cite book|author=Llewellynn Jewitt|title=The Wedgwoods: Being a Life of Josiah Wedgwood|url=https://archive.org/details/wedgwoodsbeinga00jewigoog|year=1865|publisher=Virtue|pages=[https://archive.org/details/wedgwoodsbeinga00jewigoog/page/n383 356]–}}</ref> *[[1826]] – [[Louis-Gabriel Suchet]], French general (born 1770)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis-Gabriel Suchet, duke d’Albufera da Valencia {{!}} Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular Campaign, Catalonia {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Gabriel-Suchet-duc-dAlbufera-da-Valencia |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1871]] – [[Kuriakose Elias Chavara]], Indian priest and saint (born 1805)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Catholic Directory of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNQlAQAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=St. Paul Publications|page=70}}</ref> *[[1875]] – [[Pierre Larousse]], French lexicographer and publisher (born 1817)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ko8xAQAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Americana Corporation|isbn=978-0-7172-0108-2|page=756}}</ref> *[[1882]] – [[William Harrison Ainsworth]], English author (born 1805)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Harrison Ainsworth {{!}} Victorian novelist, historical fiction {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Harrison-Ainsworth |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1895]] – [[James Merritt Ives]], American lithographer and businessman, co-founded [[Currier and Ives]] (born 1824)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Leonard C. Schlup|author2=James Gilbert Ryan|title=Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lhRqUo9HzVwC&pg=PA118|year=2003|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-2106-1|pages=118}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Alois Hitler]], Austrian civil servant (born 1837)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=James |title=Hitler's Alpine Headquarters |date=13 January 2014 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1-78303-004-0 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I9MVBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[Alexandros Papadiamantis]], Greek author and poet (born 1851)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thomopoulos |first1=Elaine |title=Modern Greece |date=5 November 2021 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-216-11856-5 |page=156 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Modern_Greece/DwTHEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT156&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[James Elroy Flecker]], English poet, author, and playwright (born 1884)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chambers |first1=Colin |title=The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre |date=14 May 2006 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-84714-612-0 |page=279 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Continuum_Companion_to_Twentieth_Cen/EsOvAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA279&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Grenville M. Dodge]], American general and politician (born 1831)<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Western Society of Engineers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DEwyAQAAMAAJ|year=1917|publisher=Western Society of Engineers|page=42}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Jaroslav Hašek]], Czech journalist and author (born 1883)<ref>{{cite book | last = Parrott | first = Cecil | title = Jaroslav Hašek : a study of Švejk and the short stories | publisher = Cambridge University Press | location = Cambridge New York | year = 1982 | isbn = 9780521243520 | page=203}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Carl David Tolmé Runge]], German physicist and mathematician (born 1856)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hutter |first1=Kolumban |last2=Wang |first2=Yongqi |title=Fluid and Thermodynamics: Volume 1: Basic Fluid Mechanics |date=10 June 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-33633-6 |page=141 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Fluid_and_Thermodynamics/ngpkDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA141&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Joseph Joffre]], French general (born 1852)<ref>{{cite book | last = Venzon | first = Anne | title = The United States in the First World War : an encyclopedia | publisher = Garland Pub | location = New York | year = 1995 | isbn = 9780815333531 | page=314}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Wilhelm Cuno]], German lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany]] (born 1876)<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilhelm Cuno {{!}} Weimar Republic, Reichstag, Shipping Industry {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilhelm-Cuno |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Jack Pickford]], Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1896)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Foster|first=Charles|title=Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood|publisher=Dundurn Press Ltd.|year=2000|pages=[https://archive.org/details/stardustshadowsc0000fost/page/963 963]|isbn=1-55002-348-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/stardustshadowsc0000fost/page/963|ref=none}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Walter James (Australian politician)|Walter James]], Australian lawyer and politician, 5th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (born 1863)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Australian Encyclopaedia: Ferns to Ley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtEiAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Grolier Society of Australia|isbn=978-0-9596604-0-1|page=421}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis]], Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (born 1873)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Suziedelis |first1=Saulius A. |title=Historical Dictionary of Lithuania |date=7 February 2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7536-4 |page=59 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_Lithuania/VkGB1CSfIlEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA59&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Edgar Cayce]], American psychic and author (born 1877)<ref>{{cite web |title=Edgar Cayce {{!}} Psychic Readings, Prophecies & Dreams {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edgar-Cayce |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en |date=14 March 2025}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[William Joyce]], American-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (born 1906)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rise And Fall Of Lord Haw Haw During The Second World War |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-rise-and-fall-of-lord-haw-haw-during-the-second-world-war |website=Imperial War Museums |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Alexander Gretchaninov]], Russian-American pianist and composer (born 1864)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Joseph P. |title=The A to Z of Sacred Music |date=9 April 2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4616-7212-8 |page=78 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_A_to_Z_of_Sacred_Music/S4PJrkvu-MYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA78&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Dimitrios Vergos]], Greek Olympian (born 1886)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Dimitrios Vergos |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/58513 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Joseph Wirth]], German educator and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany]] (born 1879)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Wirth {{!}} Weimar Republic, Reichstag, Social Democrat {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Wirth |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Edwin Muir]], Scottish poet, author, and translator (born 1887)<ref>{{cite book | last = Stratford | first = Jenny | title = The Arts Council collection of modern literary manuscripts, 1963-1972 : a catalogue | publisher = Turret Books | location = London | year = 1974 | isbn = 9780854690732 | page=1}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Eric P. Kelly]], American journalist, author, and academic (born 1884)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bostrom |first1=Kathleen Long |title=Winning Authors: Profiles of the Newbery Medalists |date=2003 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |location=Westport, Connecticut |isbn=978-1-56308-877-3 |page=22 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtjKpgdZS00C&pg=PA22 |chapter=1929: Eric P. Kelly}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Milton Avery]], American painter (born 1885)<ref>{{cite web |title=Milton Avery {{!}} National Gallery of Art |url=https://www.nga.gov/artists/2947-milton-avery |website=www.nga.gov |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Sammy Younge Jr.]], American civil rights activist (born 1944)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bourlin |first1=Olga |title=Samuel (“Sammy”) Leamon Younge, Jr. (1944-1966) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/younge-samuel-sammy-leamon-jr-1944-1966/ |website=BlackPast.org |access-date=12 May 2025 |date=30 September 2014}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Mary Garden]], Scottish-American soprano and actress (born 1874)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Garden {{!}} Opera Scotland |url=http://www.operascotland.org/person/4366/Mary++Garden |website=operascotland.org |access-date=30 April 2020 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802031126/http://www.operascotland.org/person/4366/Mary++Garden |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1967 – [[Reginald Punnett]], British scientist (born 1875)<ref>{{cite web |title=Reginald Punnett {{!}} Mendelian Genetics, Genetics Research, Genetics Theory {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Reginald-Punnett |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> * 1967 – [[Jack Ruby]], American businessman and murderer (born 1911)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Dan Smoot Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQcQAQAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Dan Smoot Report, Incorporated|page=9}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Gladys Aylward]], English missionary and humanitarian (born 1902)<ref>{{cite book|title=Radio Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T_FRAQAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=G. Newnes|page=14}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Victor Kraft]], Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1880)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Stuart |last2=Collinson |first2=Diane |last3=Wilkinson |first3=Robert |title=Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers |date=10 September 2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-92795-1 |page=418 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Biographical_Dictionary_of_Twentieth_Cen/DfGIKKb3iZEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA418&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Conrad Hilton]], American businessman, founded the [[Hilton Hotels & Resorts]] (born 1887)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nancy Capace|title=Encyclopedia of New Mexico|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bE-OBlP-zPUC&pg=PA177|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc.|isbn=978-0-403-09607-7|pages=177}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Joy Adamson]], Austrian-Kenyan painter and conservationist (born 1910)<ref>{{cite book|first=Catharine M. C.|last=Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|page=3}}</ref> * 1980 – [[George Sutherland Fraser]], Scottish poet and academic (born 1915)<ref>{{cite web |title=George Sutherland Fraser {{!}} Artist {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/george-sutherland-fraser |website=www.royalacademy.org.uk |access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone]] (born 1883)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/04/obituaries/princess-alice-at-london-home-a-grandchild-of-queen-victoria.html |title=Princess Alice, at London Home; A Grandchild of Queen Victoria |newspaper=The New York Times |date=4 January 1981 |access-date=27 May 2018 |archive-date=12 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812195937/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/04/obituaries/princess-alice-at-london-home-a-grandchild-of-queen-victoria.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Rose Ausländer]], Ukrainian-German poet and author (born 1901)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lyrikline.org/en/poems/bukowina-i-545#.VzOLESGoWJY | title=Rose Ausländer | publisher=Literaturwerkstatt Berlin | work=[[Lyrikline.org]] | access-date=19 February 2020 | archive-date=14 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914200215/https://www.lyrikline.org/en/poems/bukowina-i-545#.VzOLESGoWJY | url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Sergei Sobolev]], Russian mathematician and academic (born 1909)<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Connor|first=J J|title=Sergei Lvovich Sobolev|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Sobolev.html|access-date=2021-01-02|archive-date=2019-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022211112/http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Sobolev.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Judith Anderson]], Australian actress (born 1897)<ref>{{cite web|author=Eric Pace|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/04/arts/dame-judith-anderson-dies-at-93-an-actress-of-powerful-portrayals.html|title=Dame Judith Anderson Dies at 93; An Actress of Powerful Portrayals|website=The New York Times|date=4 January 1992|page=27|access-date=1 January 2020|archive-date=27 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327195144/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/04/arts/dame-judith-anderson-dies-at-93-an-actress-of-powerful-portrayals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Satish Dhawan]], Indian engineer (born 1920)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/education/article/professor-satish-dhawan-birth-centenary-the-man-who-put-isro-into-big-league-of-space-research/657934|title=Professor Satish Dhawan birth centenary: The man who put ISRO into big league of space research|last=Pandey|first=Kirti|website=[[Times Now]]|date=25 September 2020|access-date=6 February 2021|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026165804/https://www.timesnownews.com/education/article/professor-satish-dhawan-birth-centenary-the-man-who-put-isro-into-big-league-of-space-research/657934|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Sid Gillman]], American football player and coach (born 1911)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legendary Coach Sid Gillman Dies at 91 {{!}} Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2003/01/news-legendary-coach-sid-gillman-dies-at-91 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=pfhof |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103142414/https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2003/01/news-legendary-coach-sid-gillman-dies-at-91 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Des Corcoran]], Australian politician, 37th [[Premier of South Australia]] (born 1928)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-01-04/former-sa-premier-des-corcoran-dead-at-75/114616 |title=Former SA Premier Dead at 75 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=4 January 2004 |website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=11 May 2023 |quote=|ref={{harvid|ABC News 4 January 2004}}}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Koo Chen-fu]], Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/01/04/2003217943|title=Koo Chen-fu, 88, dies of kidney cancer|last=Chen|first=Melody|website=[[Taipei Times]]|date=4 January 2005|access-date=6 February 2021|archive-date=13 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213164406/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/01/04/2003217943|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Egidio Galea]], Maltese Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and educator (born 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/mgr-hugh-oflaherty-and-fr-egidio-galea.99956|title=Mgr Hugh O'Flaherty and Fr Egidio Galea|last=Bonnici|first=Eman|date=5 February 2005|website=timesofmalta.com|access-date=6 February 2021|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214062818/https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/mgr-hugh-oflaherty-and-fr-egidio-galea.99956|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Jyotindra Nath Dixit]], Indian diplomat, 2nd [[National Security Adviser (India)|Indian National Security Adviser]] (born 1936)<ref>{{cite book|title=Newswatch: Nigeria's Weekly Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zmIuAQAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Newswatch Communications|page=61}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Bill Skate]], Papua New Guinean politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea]] (born 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2006/01/04/png-former-prime-minister-sir-william-skate-dies-at-52|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070614094204/http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2006/01/04/png-former-prime-minister-sir-william-skate-dies-at-52|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 June 2007|title= Pacific Magazine: Former Prime Minister Sir William Skate Dies At 52|website=Pacific Magazine|date=4 January 2006}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[William Verity, Jr.]], American businessman and politician, 27th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/06/business/06verity.html |title=C. William Verity Jr., Former Commerce Secretary, 89, Dies |date=2007-01-06 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2020-03-01 |archive-date=2020-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027031420/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/06/business/06verity.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Jimmy Stewart (racing driver)|Jimmy Stewart]], Scottish racing driver (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jimmy-stewart-racing-driver-brother-of-jackie-768821.html|title=Jimmy Stewart: Racing driver brother of Jackie|date=8 January 2008|last=Tremayne|first=David|website=independent.co.uk|access-date=6 February 2021|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142715/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jimmy-stewart-racing-driver-brother-of-jackie-768821.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2008 – [[Choi Yo-sam]], South Korean boxer (born 1972)<ref>{{cite news| url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/01/02/korean.boxer.ap/index.html?section=si_latest| title = Choi Yo-sam officially declared dead| date = 2008-01-03| publisher = Sports Illustrated|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080106164659/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/01/02/korean.boxer.ap/index.html?section=si_latest|archive-date = 2008-01-06}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Betty Freeman]], American philanthropist and photographer (born 1921)<ref>{{cite news|title=Music patron Betty Freeman dies|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-patron-betty-freeman-dies-77269|date=2009-01-07|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2020-03-01|archive-date=2020-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301001142/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-patron-betty-freeman-dies-77269|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Pat Hingle]], American actor (born 1923)<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090104/ARTICLES/901042994/1120| last=Hotz| first=Amy| newspaper=[[Star-News]]| location=[[Wilmington, North Carolina]]| title=Actor Pat Hingle dies at age 84| date=January 4, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113072506/http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090104/ARTICLES/901042994/1120|archive-date=January 13, 2014}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Hisayasu Nagata]], Japanese politician (born 1969)<ref>{{cite news|title=Disgraced DPJ member dies in apparent suicide|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/05/national/disgraced-dpj-member-dies-in-apparent-suicide/#.XlrW4KgzbIU|publisher=The Japan Times|date=January 5, 2009|access-date=March 1, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807125322/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/05/national/disgraced-dpj-member-dies-in-apparent-suicide/#.XlrW4KgzbIU|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt]], Chilean-German composer and academic (born 1925)<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.tokafi.com/news/gustavo-becerra-schmidt-chilean-mozart-passes-away/|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026160209/http://www.tokafi.com/news/gustavo-becerra-schmidt-chilean-mozart-passes-away/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2010 – [[Mary Daly]], American theologian and scholar (born 1928)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncronline.org/news/women/mary-daly-radical-feminist-theologian-dead-81 |title=Mary Daly, radical feminist theologian, dead at 81 |first=Thomas C. |last=Fox |work=[[National Catholic Reporter]] |date=January 4, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112005656/https://www.ncronline.org/news/women/mary-daly-radical-feminist-theologian-dead-81|archive-date=January 12, 2012}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Vicar (cartoonist)|Vicar]], Chilean cartoonist (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://lambiek.net/artists/v/vicar.htm | title = Vicar | access-date = March 1, 2020 | publisher = Lambiek Comiclopedia | archive-date = May 29, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230529230644/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vicar.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> * 2012 – [[Robert L. Carter]], American lawyer and judge (born 1917)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/nyregion/robert-l-carter-judge-and-desegregation-strategist-dies-at-94.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/nyregion/robert-l-carter-judge-and-desegregation-strategist-dies-at-94.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| title=Robert L. Carter, an Architect of School Desegregation, Dies at 94| last=Reed| first=Roy| date=3 January 2012| work=[[The New York Times]]| access-date=4 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Winifred Milius Lubell]], American author and illustrator (born 1914)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/winifred-milius-lubell-political-graphic-artist-and-book-illustrator-dies/2012/01/05/gIQAmHSmdP_story.html |title=Winifred Milius Lubell, political graphic artist and book illustrator, dies |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 5, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107113456/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/winifred-milius-lubell-political-graphic-artist-and-book-illustrator-dies/2012/01/05/gIQAmHSmdP_story.html|archive-date=January 7, 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Josef Škvorecký]], Czech-Canadian author and publisher (born 1924)<ref>{{cite news |last= Martin |first= Sandra |title= Czech writer and publisher Josef Skvorecky dies in Toronto at age 87 |url= https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/czech-writer-and-publisher-josef-skvorecky-dies-in-toronto-at-age-87/article2289712 |newspaper= [[The Globe and Mail]] |date= January 3, 2012 |location=Toronto |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120120105640/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/czech-writer-and-publisher-josef-skvorecky-dies-in-toronto-at-age-87/article2289712/ |archive-date = January 20, 2012 |url-status= dead}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Alfie Fripp]], English soldier and pilot (born 1913)<ref>{{Cite web | title=Last of the '39ers': Hero of the REAL Great Escape who was the oldest surviving and longest-serving British POW dies aged 98 | url=http://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured-article/longest-serving-british-prisoner-of-war-during-world-war-ii-has-died-aged-98.html | publisher=War History Online | date=4 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307161008/http://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured-article/longest-serving-british-prisoner-of-war-during-world-war-ii-has-died-aged-98.html | archive-date=7 March 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> * 2013 – [[Ivan Mackerle]], Czech cryptozoologist, explorer, and author (born 1942)<ref name=Ivon>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/mackerle-obit/|title=Ivan Mackerle: Death Worm Hunter Dies|date=January 4, 2013|access-date=5 May 2013|publisher=Cryptozoo-news, Cryptomundo.com|archive-date=15 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415131034/http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/mackerle-obit/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2013 – [[William Maxson]], American general (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web|title=Retired Maj. Gen. William B. Maxson, USAF|url=http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/552076/Retired-Maj--Gen--William-B--Maxson--USAF.html?nav=5011|publisher=The Advertiser Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129081820/http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/552076/Retired-Maj--Gen--William-B--Maxson--USAF.html?nav=5011|archive-date=29 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Sergiu Nicolaescu]], Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniatv.net/nicolaescu-a-fost-tratat-timp-de-12-ani-pe-pentru-mai-multe-complicatii-ale-bolii-diverticulare_60263.html|title=De ce a murit Sergiu Nicolaescu. Vezi explicaţiile medicilor de la Spitalul Elias VIDEO|language=ro|trans-title=Why Sergiu Nicolaescu died. See the explanations of the doctors at Elias VIDEO Hospital|work=Romania TV|date=2013-01-03|access-date=2020-02-29|archive-date=2020-02-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229111837/https://www.romaniatv.net/nicolaescu-a-fost-tratat-timp-de-12-ani-pe-pentru-mai-multe-complicatii-ale-bolii-diverticulare_60263.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Phil Everly]], American singer and guitarist (born 1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/03/showbiz/singer-phil-everly-dies/|title=Singer Phil Everly – half of legendary Everly Brothers – dies|last=Botelho|first=Greg|author2=Todd Leopold|date=January 4, 2014|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=February 29, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030050756/https://www.cnn.com/2014/01/03/showbiz/singer-phil-everly-dies/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2014 – [[George Goodman]], American economist and author (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web|title=George Goodman, Aka TV's "Adam Smith," Dies at 83 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/george-goodman-aka-tvs-adam-smith-dies-83-21412376 |work=ABC News|date=3 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103224252/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/george-goodman-aka-tvs-adam-smith-dies-83-21412376|archive-date=3 January 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Saul Zaentz]], American film producer (born 1921)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/oscar-winning-producer-saul-zaentz-dies-at-92-1201025366/|title=Oscar winning producer Saul Zaentz dies at 92|magazine=Variety.com|access-date=February 29, 2020|date=January 3, 2014|archive-date=August 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822074151/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/oscar-winning-producer-saul-zaentz-dies-at-92-1201025366/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Martin Anderson (economist)|Martin Anderson]], American economist and academic (born 1936)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/business/martin-anderson-adviser-to-ronald-reagan-dies-at-78.html|title=Martin Anderson, White House Adviser to Reagan, Dies at 78|work=The New York Post|date=2015-01-05|access-date=2020-02-29|archive-date=2020-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520171532/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/business/martin-anderson-adviser-to-ronald-reagan-dies-at-78.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Edward Brooke]], American captain and politician, 47th [[Massachusetts Attorney General]] (born 1919)<ref>{{Cite news| last = Feeney| first = Mark| title = Edward W. Brooke, first African-American elected to the US Senate since Reconstruction, dies| work = [[The Boston Globe]]| date = January 4, 2015| access-date = February 29, 2020| url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/01/04/edward-brooke-first-african-american-elected-senate-since-reconstruction-dies/oRou5Pz1NyxIiX1ExZ9w6K/story.html| archive-date = June 10, 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160610142247/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/01/04/edward-brooke-first-african-american-elected-senate-since-reconstruction-dies/oRou5Pz1NyxIiX1ExZ9w6K/story.html| url-status = live}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Paul Bley]], Canadian-American pianist and composer (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/music/jazzblog/r-i-p-paul-bley |title=RIP, Paul Bley |first1=Peter |last1=Hum |date=5 January 2016 |website=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |access-date=29 February 2020 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107223949/http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/music/jazzblog/r-i-p-paul-bley |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2016 – [[Peter Naur]], Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.i-programmer.info/news/82-heritage/9308-computer-scientist-peter-naur-dies-aged.html |title=Peter Naur Dies Aged 87 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104201851/http://www.i-programmer.info/news/82-heritage/9308-computer-scientist-peter-naur-dies-aged.html |archive-date=4 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Bill Plager]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1945)<ref>{{cite web |author=nurun.com |url=http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2016/01/03/former-nhler-plager-dead-at-70 |title=Former NHLer Plager dead at 70 |publisher=Peterborough Examiner |date=2016-01-03 |access-date=2020-02-27 |archive-date=2016-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029114609/http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2016/01/03/former-nhler-plager-dead-at-70 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2016 – [[Igor Sergun]], Russian general and diplomat (born 1957)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/russias-director-of-military-intelligence-dies-unexpectedly-1451921653|title=Russia's Director of Military Intelligence Dies Unexpectedly|website=wsj.com|date=4 January 2016|last=Sonne|first=Paul|access-date=7 February 2020|archive-date=30 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230020302/https://www.wsj.com/articles/russias-director-of-military-intelligence-dies-unexpectedly-1451921653|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[H. S. Mahadeva Prasad]], Indian politician (born 1958)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Karnataka-Minister-Mahadeva-Prasad-dies/article16982231.ece |title=Karnataka Minister Mahadeva Prasad dies |date=3 January 2017 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=29 February 2020 |archive-date=29 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229111837/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Karnataka-Minister-Mahadeva-Prasad-dies/article16982231.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Colin Brumby]], Australian composer (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/colin-brumby-1933-2018 |title=Colin Brumby 1933-2018 |work=Resonate Magazine |access-date=3 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133436/http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/colin-brumby-1933-2018 |archive-date=3 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Herb Kelleher]], American businessman, co-founder of [[Southwest Airlines]] (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Herb-Kelleher-Southwest-Airlines-Founder-Dies-at-87-503869121.html|title=Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines Founder, Dies at 87|first1=Brian|last1=Curtis|first2=Frank|last2=Heinz|website=NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth|date=3 January 2019 |access-date=26 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603045746/https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Herb-Kelleher-Southwest-Airlines-Founder-Dies-at-87-503869121.html|archive-date=3 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Qasem Soleimani]], Iranian major general, commander of the Iranian [[Quds Force]] (born 1957)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Four-rockets-land-on-Baghdad-airport-report-612947|title=Qasem Soleimani among those killed in Baghdad Airport attack – report|agency=[[Reuters]]|date=3 January 2020|access-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103011829/https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Four-rockets-land-on-Baghdad-airport-report-612947|archive-date=3 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Eric Jerome Dickey]], American author (born 1961)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-01-06|title=Eric Jerome Dickey: Best-selling US author dies at 59|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55556801|access-date=2021-01-06|archive-date=2021-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106105226/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55556801|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Elena Huelva]], Spanish cancer activist and influencer (born 2002)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roca |first=Ariadna |title=¿Quién es la familia de Elena Huelva? Su apoyo más importante durante su lucha contra el cáncer |url=https://www.antena3.com/novamas/gente/quien-familia-elena-huelva-apoyo-mas-importante-lucha-cancer_2023010463b5844216973000018e9471.html |access-date=2022-01-06 |website=[[Antena 3 (Spanish TV channel)|Antena 3]] |language=es |archive-date=2023-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104150114/https://www.antena3.com/novamas/gente/quien-familia-elena-huelva-apoyo-mas-importante-lucha-cancer_2023010463b5844216973000018e9471.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Jeff Baena]], American filmmaker (born 1977)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Baena, Writer-Director Married to Aubrey Plaza, Dies by Suicide at 47: Report |url=https://people.com/jeff-baena-writer-director-aubrey-plaza-husband-dead-at-47-8769239 |website=People |date=4 January 2025}}</ref> *2025 – [[Brenton Wood]], American R&B singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vega |first=Priscella |date=January 3, 2025 |title=Brenton Wood, 'Oogum Boogum Song' crooner who captivated Latino listeners, dies at 83 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-01-03/brenton-wood-dead-oogum-boogum-song |access-date=January 7, 2025 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Daniel of Padua]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Watkins |first1=Basil |title=The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary |date=19 November 2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-567-66456-3 |page=170 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Book_of_Saints/kE6TCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA170&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> **[[Genevieve]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2024: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |date=15 October 2023 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-63671-408-0 |page=728 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Chase_s_Calendar_of_Events_2024/-f7SEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA728&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> **[[Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus|Holy Name of Jesus]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pristas |first1=Lauren |title=The Collects of the Roman Missals: A Comparative Study of the Sundays in Proper Seasons before and after the Second Vatican Council |date=1 August 2013 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=978-0-567-22342-5 |page=84 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Collects_of_the_Roman_Missals/YURvVLVCiuAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA84&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> **[[Kuriakose Elias Chavara]] ([[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mousolfe |first1=A. J. M. & J. K. |title=Saint Companions for Each Day |date=1986 |publisher=St Pauls BYB |isbn=978-81-7109-092-1 |page=14 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Saint_Companions_for_Each_Day/dnSDWuSTKrEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA14&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> **[[Pope Anterus]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kelly |first1=John Norman Davidson |last2=Walsh |first2=Michael J. |title=A Dictionary of Popes |date=2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-929581-4 |page=13 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Dictionary_of_Popes/uVmcAQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA13&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> **[[January 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Tamaseseri Festival]] ([[Hakozaki Shrine]], [[Fukuoka]], Japan)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cali |first1=Joseph |last2=Dougill |first2=John |title=Shinto Shrines: A Guide to the Sacred Sites of Japan’s Ancient Religion |date=30 November 2012 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-3775-4 |page=274 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Shinto_Shrines/J1gEEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA274&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> * The tenth of the [[Twelve Days of Christmas]] ([[Western Christianity]])<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pai |first1=Tanya |title=The 12 Days of Christmas: The story behind the holiday’s most annoying carol |url=https://www.vox.com/21796404/12-days-of-christmas-explained |website=Vox |access-date=11 May 2025 |date=1 December 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/3 BBC: On This Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427072011/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/3/ |date=2006-04-27 }} * {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=3}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/3 Historical Events on January 3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621045333/https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/3 |date=2020-06-21 }} {{months}} [[Category:Days of January]]
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