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January 1
Emancipation Proclamation Drops: 3.1 Million Freed on Paper (1863). Castro Takes Cuba: Batista Flees on New Year's Eve (1959). Notable births include Pierre de Coubertin (1863), J. Edgar Hoover (1895), Morgan Fisher (1950).
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Emancipation Proclamation Drops: 3.1 Million Freed on Paper
The Emancipation Proclamation freed nobody on the morning it took effect. Nobody. Lincoln's jurisdiction covered only Confederate states — territory where he couldn't enforce a parking ticket, let alone dismantle an entire economic system built on owning human beings. Border states that kept slaves but stayed loyal? Excluded. It was a war measure dressed in moral language, and Lincoln knew exactly what he was doing. But he also understood something critical: wars need a cause that soldiers will die for, and "preserve the nation" wasn't cutting it anymore. So he reframed everything. As federal troops pushed south they carried the proclamation with them and enslaved people didn't wait for an invitation — they walked off plantations by the thousands and kept walking. By war's end nearly 200,000 Black men had put on Union blue. The Thirteenth Amendment killed slavery officially in December 1865. But the proclamation — a wartime order with zero enforcement power — made that ending inevitable two full years before it arrived.
Castro Takes Cuba: Batista Flees on New Year's Eve
Batista packed a plane and ran. New Year's Day, 1959. He'd looted an estimated $300 million from Cuba's treasury, and his army had simply stopped fighting — not because Castro's guerrillas won any decisive battle, but because the soldiers quit believing in the cause they were killing for. Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement had spent two years in the Sierra Maestra mountains, outnumbered and outgunned, building something more dangerous than a conventional army: a popular revolution. Batista's own generals read the room and refused to keep shooting. And Castro didn't even reach Havana until January 8, riding in on a tank while crowds pressed against the roads. Within two years Cuba nationalized every American-owned business on the island and turned to Moscow. Bay of Pigs followed. Then the Missile Crisis. The Cold War's most dangerous thirteen days all trace back to one dictator deciding he'd rather be rich in exile than dead in the presidential palace.
Monk Stops Gladiators, Gets Stoned to Death: Emperor Bans the Sport
Saint Telemachus tries to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and is stoned to death by the crowd. This act impresses the Christian Emperor Honorius, who issues a historic ban on gladiatorial fights. That was 404.
Haiti Declares Independence: The Only Successful Slave Revolt in History
Haiti became the first Black republic in history. Second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere after the United States. Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed independence on January 1, 1804, after a thirteen-year slave revolt that defeated Napoleon's army. France had sent 20,000 troops to retake the colony. Yellow fever and Haitian fighters destroyed most of them. The new nation took its name from the Taíno word "Ayiti," meaning land of mountains. France demanded 150 million francs in reparations for lost slave property. Haiti paid it. The debt crippled the country for over a century.
ARPANET Switches to TCP/IP: The Internet Is Born, Nobody Notices
The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. That was 1983.
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“No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.”
Historical events
New Orleans Stunned: Tragic Attack Claims Fourteen Lives
The truck hit the crowd at 3:15 in the morning on Bourbon Street. Fourteen dead. Fifty-seven wounded. The confetti from New Year's Day 2025's midnight countdown was still scattered across the pavement when the first responders arrived. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran from Houston, drove a rented Ford pickup into the packed French Quarter celebration at full speed and then opened fire on responding police officers before they shot him dead. ISIS flag on the trailer hitch. The FBI found improvised explosive devices planted nearby that hadn't detonated. Bourbon Street had been protected by permanent steel bollards for years, but the city removed them months earlier for a construction project and put up temporary plastic barriers that buckled on impact. And it became the deadliest terror attack on American soil since the Pulse nightclub shooting nine years earlier. The Sugar Bowl got pushed back a day. The confetti was still on the ground.
The first ball drop happened because fireworks were banned.
The first ball drop happened because fireworks were banned. New York outlawed pyrotechnic celebrations in 1907, so the New York Times building — which gave the square its name — invented a replacement: a 700-pound iron-and-wood sphere studded with 100 light bulbs, lowered down a flagpole at midnight. Five seconds to descend. The crowd loved it. The ball has dropped every year since except 1942 and 1943, when wartime dimout rules killed the lights. Today's version weighs 11,875 pounds, covered in 2,688 Waterford crystal triangles. All because somebody banned fireworks.
Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.
Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States. That was 1892.
Henry VIII had never met her before the wedding.
Henry VIII had never met her before the wedding. He'd agreed to the match based on a portrait — Holbein painted Anne of Cleves as attractive and serene. When Henry finally saw her in person on January 1, 1540, he was appalled. Called her "a Flemish mare." The wedding went ahead anyway on January 6 for diplomatic reasons. Six months later, Henry had the marriage annulled, citing non-consummation. Anne accepted quietly and kept her head, which was rare. She outlived Henry, received a generous settlement, and reportedly called herself "the happiest of women." She was probably right.
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Bulgaria adopted the euro, joining the Eurozone. This economic integration streamlined trade and investment within the EU, eliminating currency exchange costs for Bulgarian businesses and consumers. The move also signaled Bulgaria's commitment to deeper European integration, impacting its financial policies.
2026. A fire at a bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, kills 41 people and injures 116 others.
2026. Bulgaria officaly adopts the Euro, becoming the 21st Eurozone country.
Mexico City established its Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation. This new government body consolidated various scientific and technological agencies under a single umbrella, streamlining research funding and fostering collaboration across disciplines. The move aimed to boost Mexico City's competitiveness in the global knowledge economy.
The first Beta generation humans began to be born. This cohort, raised in a world reshaped by climate crises, would become the first to experience widespread global resource scarcity. Their childhoods, defined by adaptation, would shape their political and economic priorities for decades to come.
Canada assumed the rotating presidency of the G7. This meant they would host the annual summit, setting the agenda for discussions on global issues like climate change and economic stability. As president, Canada could prioritize specific topics, influencing the G7's collective response to international challenges and shaping global policy.
In Cetinje, Montenegro, gunfire erupted, claiming twelve lives before the shooter took his own. This tragedy spurred immediate calls for stricter gun control measures within the small Balkan nation. The event also prompted a national day of mourning, reflecting the profound shock and grief felt across the country.
Poland took over the rotating presidency of the European Union. This meant Poland would lead the EU's legislative agenda for six months, chairing council meetings and representing the Union on the world stage. The presidency gave Poland a chance to shape policy and influence the direction of the bloc.
Disney's copyright protection on Steamboat Willie and the original Mickey Mouse expires as they enter the public domain. That was 2024.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, and Iran joined the BRICS economic bloc. This expansion gives BRICS greater global influence in trade and finance, potentially reshaping the existing world order by challenging the dominance of Western institutions.
Artsakh ceased to exist on January 1, 2024. The self-declared Armenian republic in Nagorno-Karabakh had maintained de facto independence for three decades after a bloody war in the early 1990s. Azerbaijan's military offensive in September 2023 ended it in hours. Over 100,000 ethnic Armenians — virtually the entire population — fled to Armenia within days. Centuries of continuous Armenian habitation in the region ended in weeks. International recognition never came. When the crisis arrived, Artsakh was alone.
A 7.5 Mww earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan, killing more than 500 people and injuring over 1,000 others. A majority of direct deaths were due to collapsed homes. That was 2024.
en Ciudad Juárez (México), un motín en la prisión, deja 19 muertos, 15 heridos y la fuga de 25 reos.
Croatia officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 20th Eurozone country, and becomes the 27th member of the Schengen Area. That was 2023.
en Brasil asume Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva como presidente por tercera vez, sucediendo al neonazi y neoliberal Jair Bolsonaro.
Israel detecta el primer caso de flurona, la infección de gripe y covid‑19 a la vez.
la Asociación Económica Integral Regional (RCEP), la zona de libre comercio más grande del mundo, entra en vigor entre Australia, Brunéi, Camboya, China, Japón, Laos, Nueva Zelanda, Singapur, Tailandia y Vietnam.
The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) dropped "European" from its official name. This seemingly small change in 2021 reflected the agreement's expanding global reach, impacting international transport regulations for hazardous materials. Now, the agreement's scope is truly worldwide.
Cuba unifica su sistema monetario después de 27 años: se interrumpe la doble circulación entre el peso cubano convertible y el peso cubano, quedando obsoleta la primera moneda y pasando a ser la segunda la única moneda oficial.
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) officially launched, uniting 54 African nations in a single market. This agreement slashed tariffs on most goods, aiming to boost intra-African trade and create the world's largest free trade area by population. The AfCFTA's success could reshape global trade dynamics.
Flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia, displaced over 397,000 people and killed at least 66. The torrential rains overwhelmed the city's infrastructure, revealing the vulnerability of densely populated areas to climate change and poor urban planning. The disaster spurred immediate aid efforts and renewed calls for improved flood defenses.
The Chinese paddlefish, *Psephurus gladius*, vanished from the Earth. Once a giant of the Yangtze River, this freshwater fish, which could grow up to 7 meters long, disappeared due to overfishing and habitat destruction. Its extinction serves as a stark warning about the devastating impact of human activity on biodiversity.
en un episodio de Being the elite, la serie web de YouTube de The Elite (Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks y otros) difundido desde la ciudad de Jacksonville (estado de Florida) se declara fundada la empresa de lucha libre All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
Qatar se retira de la OPEP.
la sonda espacial New Horizons sobrevuela el asteroide (486958) Arrokoth, el objeto celeste más alejado del sistema solar al que ha llegado una nave espacial.
In Burkina Faso, motorcycle-riding killers massacred six Mossi civilians in the village of Yirgou. The violence escalated, with retaliatory attacks against the Peul community continuing into the next day, resulting in 43 more civilian deaths. These events ignited a cycle of ethnic conflict, destabilizing the region and contributing to the ongoing security crisis.
Mauritania introduced a new currency, the second ouguiya, replacing the first at a rate of ten to one. This monetary reform aimed to simplify transactions and combat inflation by revaluing the national currency. The change sought to stabilize the economy by streamlining financial calculations and boosting public confidence in the currency.
Arabia Saudita y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos son los primeros países del golfo Pérsico en imponer el IVA (impuesto al valor agregado) a ciertos productos.
Noruega se convierte en un Estado laico, y la Iglesia de Noruega deja de ser la religión del Estado, después de 500 años.
en el norte de Brasil, un motín en la cárcel de Manaos deja al menos 60 muertos.
en Buyumbura es asesinado el político Emmanuel Niyonkuru por arma de fuego.
Nominación de António Guterres como Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas.
Portuguese politician and diplomat António Guterres was officially elected Secretary-General of the United Nations. That was 2017.
An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills at least 39 people and injures more than 60 others. That was 2017.
se cierra definitivamente la enciclopedia paródica Frikipedia.
en Ginebra (Suiza), la física italiana Fabiola Gianotti asume el cargo de directora del CERN.
France consolidated its regions, shrinking from 22 to 13. This regional reform aimed to streamline governance and boost economic development across the country. The move was intended to reduce bureaucratic overlap and foster greater efficiency in public services.
le Grand Paris est créé ;
2016. The Address Downtown Dubai burns over midnight as the New Year is rung in. The blaze started on the night of New Year's Eve 2015, by currently unknown causes. There was one fatality.
Lituania adopta el euro como moneda oficial.
The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. That was 2015.
Mikaëlle Jean assumed the role of Secretary General of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie. This appointment signaled a new era for the organization, as Jean, a Haitian-Canadian, brought a fresh perspective to the promotion of the French language and cultural diversity on the global stage. Her leadership aimed to strengthen the Francophonie's influence in international affairs.
en Brasil, Dilma Rousseff asume como presidenta por segunda vez.
Letonia adopta el euro como moneda oficial.
la métropole de Lyon est une nouvelle collectivité territoriale en France.
Latvia adopted the euro on January 1, 2014. The transition was smooth. Public opinion wasn't. Polls before the switch showed a majority of Latvians opposed joining the eurozone. They worried about price increases and loss of economic sovereignty. The lats had been Latvia's currency since independence, a symbol of national identity. But the government pushed ahead, arguing that eurozone membership would attract investment and strengthen ties to Western Europe. They were right about the investment. The identity question is still being answered.
las ciudades de Marsella (Francia) y Košice (Eslovaquia) se convierten en «capitales europeas de la cultura».
A New Year's stampede at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, killed at least 60 people and injured 200. Thousands had gathered for a fireworks display to welcome 2013. The crush started at the exits after the show ended. It was one of the deadliest stampedes in African history. Ivory Coast's government promised investigations and safety reforms. Similar events have happened at celebrations worldwide — the physics of crowd crush are well understood, but the preventive measures keep arriving too late.
en Mar del Plata (Argentina) comienza el 33.ª edición del Rally Dakar, que recorre Argentina, Chile y Perú.
à 22 ans, le Norvégien Magnus Carlsen obtient le plus haut score Elo de l’histoire des échecs, battant de la sorte le précédent record de Garry Kasparov.
A Moldovan civilian is fatally wounded by a Russian peacekeeper in the Transnistrian security zone, leading to demonstrations against Russia. That was 2012.
The Kallikratis plan restructured Greece's entire administrative system, merging 1,034 municipalities down to 325 and replacing 54 prefectures with 13 regions. It was an austerity measure. Greece was deep in its debt crisis, and the troika demanded government consolidation. The reform was supposed to save money through economies of scale. Local officials fought it. Towns that had governed themselves for centuries were suddenly absorbed into larger units. The savings were modest. The political anger was not.
Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country. That was 2011.
en Buenos Aires (Argentina) comienza el 32.ª edición del Rally Dakar, que recorre Argentina y Chile.
Bonaire, Saba y Sint Eustatius adoptan el dólar estadounidense como moneda oficial.
en Italia prohíben la entrega de bolsas de polietileno en las tiendas, ya que en su producción se utiliza demasiado petróleo y además demoran demasiado en degradarse, lo cual genera un peligro ambiental.
la Unión Europea designa a Tallin (Estonia) y Turku (Finlandia) como «capitales europeas de la cultura».
Estonia joined the eurozone on January 1, 2011. Twenty years earlier it had been part of the Soviet Union. The kroon, introduced in 1992 as one of the first acts of independence, was now being retired for the euro. Estonia met all the Maastricht criteria — debt, deficit, inflation, interest rates — while most of Western Europe was struggling to stay within the same limits. A country that didn't exist as an independent state in 1990 was outperforming the EU's founders by 2011.
A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people. That was 2011.
en la localidad de Lakki Marwat, 202 km al suroeste de Islamabad (Pakistán), un atacante suicida con coche bomba detona en un torneo de voleibol, matando a 105 personas e hiriendo a otras 100.
en el puerto de Angra dos Reis, a 175 km al oeste de Río de Janeiro (Brasil), deslizamientos de tierra provocados por lluvias resultan al menos 40 muertos.
January 1, 2010. A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.
Slovakia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the sixteenth Eurozone country. That was 2009.
Slovakia adopted the euro on January 1, 2009, becoming the sixteenth member of the eurozone. The country had only existed as an independent state since 1993, when it split from the Czech Republic. Sixteen years from new country to single European currency. The timing was remarkable — the global financial crisis was intensifying. Slovakia joined the eurozone as the world economy was falling apart. The Czech Republic still hasn't adopted the euro. Slovakia moved faster than its older sibling and hasn't looked back.
entrée en vigueur du nouveau redécoupage administratif du Groenland.
Sixty-one people died in a nightclub fire in Bangkok on New Year's Eve that extended into January 1, 2009. The Santika Club was packed beyond capacity when pyrotechnics from the stage show ignited the ceiling's acoustic foam. Exits were blocked or locked. Most victims died from smoke inhalation. The club's owner received a three-year suspended sentence. Thailand tightened fire safety regulations afterward, but enforcement remained uneven. Sixty-one dead in a building that shouldn't have been hosting fireworks indoors.
en Colombia se realiza la toma de posesión de los cargos electos en las elecciones regionales de 2007.
en Venezuela se introduce como nueva moneda de curso legal el bolívar fuerte (Bs. F.).
El Stedelijk Museum reabre al público.
Liverpool es elegida nueva Capital Europea de la Cultura.
Uruguay se convierte en el primer país latinoamericano que permite, en el nivel nacional, uniones civiles entre personas del mismo género.
en Chile entra en erupción el volcán Llaima.
Eslovenia asume, por primera vez en su historia, la presidencia semestral del Consejo de la Unión Europea.
January 1, 2008. Malta and Cyprus officially adopt the Euro currency and become the fourteenth and fifteenth Eurozone countries.
Cyprus and Malta join the Eurozone. That was 2008.
El Protocolo de Kioto entra en vigor.
el surcoreano Ban Ki-moon sucede al ghanés Kofi Annan como Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas.
en Rumanía, la ciudad de Sibiu es nombrada Capital Europea de la Cultura.
el idioma gaélico escocés está oficialmente reconocido como uno de los idiomas oficiales de la UE.
Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Also, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages. That was 2007.
Slovenia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the thirteenth Eurozone country. That was 2007.
Adam Air Flight 574 vanished over the Makassar Strait with 102 people aboard. The Boeing 737 had been experiencing navigation system problems for months, and the airline's maintenance record was among the worst in Indonesia. It took nine days to locate wreckage. The flight recorders weren't recovered for nearly a year. Indonesia's aviation industry was under an EU safety ban at the time. Adam Air lost its operating certificate the following year and never flew again. All 102 passengers and crew were dead.
Suiza se adhiere al Acuerdo de Schengen.
Angola se une a la OPEP.
en Austria, tras la muerte de la ministra del Interior Liese Prokop, el canciller Wolfgang Schüssel asume el cargo de «canciller interino».
Slovenia adopted the euro, becoming the Eurozone's 13th member. This move simplified trade and travel for Slovenians, integrating their economy more closely with the rest of Europe. It also signaled the country's commitment to European integration following its independence in 1991.
Germany launched its Electronic Trade and Cooperative Register, consolidating commercial data online. This unified system streamlined business registration and access to company information, boosting transparency and efficiency for entrepreneurs and investors. It simplified bureaucratic processes, making it easier to start and manage businesses.
Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Slovenia joins Eurozone. That was 2007.
Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board. That was 2007.
2007. Bulgaria and Romania join the EU.
en Khan Yunis (en la Franja de Gaza), militantes palestinos secuestran al joven italiano Alessandro Bernardini, pero lo liberan inmediatamente al descubrir que se trata de un integrante de la delegación humanitaria de ayuda a Palestina liderada por la eurodiputada italiana Luisa Morgantini.
el acuerdo entre Rusia y Ucrania sobre el suministro de gas fracasa; la presión sobre los gasoductos a Kiev ya se ha reducido. El suministro a Europa Occidental está en peligro, a pesar de las garantías de la empresa estatal rusa Gazprom.
en España entra en vigor la ley antitabaco.
en Yemen son secuestrados cinco turistas italianos.
Sydney, Australia swelters through its hottest New Years Day on record. The thermometer peaked at 45 degrees celsius, sparking bushfires and power outages. That was 2006.
en Europa se levanta el embargo impuesto por los ministros de Agricultura de la Unión Europea al chuletón (filete florentino), prohibido por el riesgo de enfermedad de las vacas locas (encefalopatía espongiforme bovina).
Germany implemented Hartz IV, a sweeping reform of its welfare system, streamlining unemployment benefits and job-search assistance. This legislation, intended to modernize the labor market, consolidated various social welfare programs. Consequently, it significantly altered the social safety net, impacting millions of unemployed Germans and reshaping the nation's economic landscape.
en el Perú ocurre el Andahuaylazo. Antauro Humala, hermano del excandidato presidencial Ollanta Humala captura la comisaría de Andahuaylas; mueren 4 policías y 1 reservista.
Luxemburgo asume la presidencia del Consejo de la Unión Europea.
2004. In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.
In Nordrhein-Westfalen wird der Nationalpark Eifel eingerichtet.
In Hessen wird der Nationalpark Kellerwald-Edersee gegründet, die offizielle Eröffnung findet am 25. Mai statt.
der niederländische Außenminister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer als NATO-Generalsekretär.
en Suiza, Pascal Couchepin elegido presidente.
January 1, 2002. The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially comes into force.
2002. Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.
en Argentina, el peronista Eduardo Duhalde es elegido presidente. Es el quinto presidente en menos de dos semanas.
Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei. That was 2002.
entra oficialmente en vigor el Tratado de Cielos Abiertos, firmado inicialmente en 1992.
Greece adopts the Euro, becoming the 12th Eurozone country. That was 2001.
Die Axel Springer Verlag AG übernimmt mit 75,1 % die Mehrheit am Wilhelm Heyne Verlag.
en El Salvador entra en circulación el dólar.
ocurre el Y2K (el problema del año 2000) en todo el mundo.
Grecia se adhiere a los Acuerdos de Schengen.
a las 12:00 TT se fija como referencia en astronomía la época J2000.0.
Das Hörfunkprogramm MDR Life wird neu konzipiert und in MDR Jump umbenannt.
January 1, 1999. The Euro currency is introduced in 11 countries - members of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).
en la región de Kivu del Sur (República Democrática de Congo) quinientos civiles son masacrados por las fuerzas rebeldes enfrentadas al presidente Laurent Kabila.
cientos de personas, en su mayoría de origen kurdo, llegan a las costas italianas en un barco abandonado por la tripulación.
naissance de la Banque centrale européenne.
Argentinian physicist Juan Maldacena publishes a landmark paper initiating the study of AdS/CFT correspondence, which links string theory and quantum gravity. That was 1998.
The European Central Bank is established. That was 1998.
Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence. That was 1998.
Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations. That was 1997.
déclenchement de l'opération Northern Watch contre l'Irak ;
The Republic of Zaïre officially joins the World Trade Organization, as ''Zaïre''. That was 1997.
January 1, 1997. Zaire officially joins the World Trade Organization.
Pedro Roselló, gobernador de Puerto Rico, aboga por la anexión plena de Puerto Rico a Estados Unidos.
Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Netherlands. That was 1996.
en el mar Caribe, la isla de Curaçao obtiene un autogobierno limitado.
The World Trade Organization replaced GATT on January 1, 1995, creating the first global body with actual enforcement power over international trade disputes. GATT had been a provisional agreement since 1947 — technically temporary for 47 years. The WTO gave trade rules teeth: binding arbitration, appeal mechanisms, and the ability to authorize retaliatory tariffs. One hundred twenty-three nations signed on. The WTO didn't prevent trade wars, but it gave countries a courtroom instead of a battlefield. Whether that's worked depends on who you ask.
die Deutsche Telekom AG, die Deutsche Post AG, die Deutsche Postbank AG
Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU. That was 1995.
The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves. That was 1995.
The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe becomes the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. That was 1995.
The Kingdom of Sweden and the republics of Austria and Finland are admitted into the European Union. That was 1995.
durante la primera guerra con Chechenia, las tropas rusas toman la capital, Grozni.
ouverture de l'Inathèque (France).
die Deutsche Bahn AG durch Zusammenlegung der Deutschen Bundesbahn und Deutschen Reichsbahn
Jacques Diouf devient directeur général de l'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture.
entra en funcionamiento el Espacio Económico Europeo (EEE)
January 1, 1994. The International Tropical Timber Agreement comes into effect.
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican State of Chiapas. That was 1994.
1994. The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.
The European Economic Area comes into effect. That was 1994.
Der Aserbaidschan-Manat wird einzige Landeswährung in Aserbaidschan, womit der Rubel seine Gültigkeit als gesetzliches Zahlungsmittel verliert.
en el Perú entra en vigencia la Constitución impulsada por el corrupto presidente Alberto Fujimori.
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic. That was 1993.
A single market within the European Community is introduced. That was 1993.
George H.W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin signed the START II treaty, slashing the number of nuclear warheads held by the United States and Russia. This agreement eliminated all multi-warhead intercontinental ballistic missiles, a major step toward reducing the threat of global nuclear war.
Euronews, the multilingual European news channel, began broadcasting. This allowed viewers across Europe to access news in their own languages, fostering a shared understanding of events and perspectives across the continent. It was a major step toward a more unified European identity.
entrée en vigueur du marché commun européen et de l'ouverture des frontières ;
se crea el Mercado interior de la Unión Europea
en México entra en circulación el «nuevo peso», la actual moneda mexicana, la cual equivale a 1000 pesos anteriores.
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was formally established on January 1, 1919, making it the first constitutionally socialist state in history. The Bolsheviks had seized power fourteen months earlier, but the formal creation of the RSFSR gave the new regime its legal framework. The constitution guaranteed workers' rights and abolished private land ownership. It also stripped voting rights from anyone classified as bourgeois. Russia was inventing a new form of government in real time, during a civil war, with famine spreading. The constitution looked better on paper than in practice.
Die beiden neuen ARD-Anstalten MDR und ORB nehmen ihren Betrieb auf.
en Argentina, el Gobierno neoliberal de Carlos Saúl Ménem remplaza al austral como moneda con el peso convertible (1 peso = 1 dólar).
das Stromeinspeisungsgesetz für Erneuerbare Energien (StrEG) in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor. That was 1990.
en Berna (Suiza), Arnold Koller se convierte en presidente de la Confederación Suiza.
der von der UNCITRAL entworfene United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) über den internationalen Warenkauf.
Der Privatsender ProSieben beginnt den Sendebetrieb als Nachfolger von Eureka TV.
The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion. That was 1989.
The Montreal Protocol took effect on January 1, 1989, and it's the most successful environmental treaty ever signed. It phased out chlorofluorocarbons and other chemicals eating through the ozone layer. Every country on Earth ratified it — the first and only UN treaty to achieve universal ratification. The ozone hole over Antarctica has been slowly healing since. Scientists estimate the protocol prevented two million skin cancer cases per year by 2030. One treaty. Universal compliance. Measurable results. It worked because the science was clear and the alternatives were profitable.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. That was 1988.
A value added tax is introduced in Greece for the first time. That was 1987.
la capital de Nunavut cambia su nombre de Frobisher Bay a Iqaluit.
The Isleta Pueblo elected Verna Williamson as their first female governor in 1987. The Isleta Pueblo, located south of Albuquerque, New Mexico, had been governed exclusively by men for centuries. Williamson was a schoolteacher before entering tribal politics. Her election didn't come easily — it challenged traditions that ran deep. She served multiple terms and pushed for economic development and improved education on the reservation. Her election was among the earliest instances of a woman leading a Pueblo tribal government. The precedent held.
January 1, 1986. Spain and Portugal are admitted into the European Community.
Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Netherlands. That was 1986.
Der Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer wird gegründet.
Die generische Domain .net wird eingerichtet und mit nordu.net gleichzeitig die erste Domain-Registrierung vorgenommen.
en Arkansas (Estados Unidos), 2500 personas son evacuadas tras la fuga en un vagón cisterna de gas fabricado por la Unión Carbide.
Jacques Delors sustituye a Gaston Thorn como presidente de la Comunidad Europea.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 crashes into Mount Illimani in Bolivia, killing all 29 aboard. That was 1985.
The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone. That was 1985.
The Internet's Domain Name System went live on January 1, 1985. Before DNS, every computer on the network used a single shared file called HOSTS.TXT to look up addresses. As the network grew past a few hundred machines, that file became unmanageable. Paul Mockapetris designed DNS as the replacement: a distributed, hierarchical naming system that could scale to millions of nodes. Today it handles trillions of queries daily. Every website address you type gets translated through the system Mockapetris built in 1983. The internet's phone book, still working.
1985. The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
1984. Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
Das Kabel-Pilotprojekt Vorderpfalz ermöglicht erstmals seit 1932 private Rundfunksender, darunter PKS, der 1985 den Namen SAT.1 erhält.
Mit WDR 4 geht vom Westdeutschen Rundfunk in Köln ein reiner Schlagersender auf Sendung.
The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T. That was 1984.
The Sultanate of Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. That was 1984.
en Venezuela se inaugura oficialmente el Metro de Caracas.
Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations. That was 1982.
ITV franchise ATV gets replaced by Central. That was 1982.
Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States. That was 1981.
Greece is admitted into the European Community. That was 1981.
An earthquake in the Azores killed 73 people. The quake, registering 7.2 on the Richter scale, destroyed homes and infrastructure on Terceira Island. This disaster prompted Portugal to modernize building codes and disaster response protocols, improving safety for future seismic events.
Victoria de Suède devient la princesse héritière de cet État.
Victoria became crown princess of Sweden on January 1, 1980, the same day a new Act of Succession took effect granting the throne to the firstborn child regardless of gender. She'd actually been born as second in line — her younger brother Carl Philip had been heir presumptive under the old male-preference rule. The law change bumped a toddler out of the succession. Carl Philip was three years old when he lost the crown. Victoria became the first female heir to the Swedish throne in modern history.
the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and Taiwan Relations Act enter into force. Through the Communiqué, the United States establishes normal diplomatic relations with China. Through the Act, the United States guarantees military support for Taiwan. That was 1979.
Mato Grosso do Sul officially became a Brazilian state. This division of Mato Grosso, formalized on this day, created a new administrative unit, reshaping the political map of Brazil and giving the region greater autonomy. The separation reflected growing regional identity and facilitated more localized governance.
Formal diplomatic relations are established between China and the United States. That was 1979.
el ejército vietnamita continúa su invasión a gran escala a Camboya, iniciada el 25 de diciembre de 1978, con aproximadamente 150 000 soldados para detener el genocidio camboyano perpetrado por los jemeres rojos, liderados por el presidente Pol Pot, que estaban realizando masacres de civiles étnicamente vietnamitas. Tomaron Phnom Penh una semana después (el 7 de enero).
al oeste de las islas Sisargas (frente a Galicia) naufraga el petrolero griego Andros Patria, que provoca una marea negra que alcanzará la costa gallega en los siguientes días.
en Pekín (China), el presidente Deng Xiaoping firma con el presidente Jimmy Carter (en Washington) la Declaración conjunta sobre el establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre China y Estados Unidos. Esto pone fin a las relaciones diplomáticas entre Taiwán y Estados Unidos. El día anterior, Carter había hecho cerrar la embajada taiwanesa en Washington (Estados Unidos) y la embajada estadounidense en Taipéi (provincia de Taiwán).
The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands becomes effective. That was 1978.
Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Bombay, India, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, killing all 213 people on board. That was 1978.
Charter 77 published its first document. That was 1977.
en Italia finalizan oficialmente las emisiones del programa Carosello, y el canal RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana) pasa a los anuncios actuales.
January 1, 1976. A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
en Venezuela, el gobierno de Carlos Andrés Pérez nacionaliza la explotación de petróleo.
In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wird die Angurtpflicht für Vordersitze und Erwachsene eingeführt.
comienza el Año Internacional de la Mujer, auspiciado por la Asamblea General de la ONU de las Naciones Unidas.
se firma un acuerdo pesquero hispanomarroquí por el cual 200 barcos españoles podrán faenar en las aguas próximas a Marruecos.
die Anordnung des DDR-Innenministeriums, mit der das Kfz-Kennzeichen D für den internationalen Verkehr durch das Kennzeichen DDR ersetzt wird.
Denmark, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland are admitted into the European Community. That was 1973.
Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Ireland are admitted into the European Economic Community. That was 1973.
en Chile, el presidente socialista Salvador Allende nacionaliza la banca privada. Un par de años después (11 de septiembre de 1973) será derrocado por Estados Unidos.
Hellenic Railways Organisation, the Greek national railway company, is founded. That was 1971.
Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television. That was 1971.
entra en vigor el Tratado de Luxemburgo.
The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00. That was 1970.
Unix time begins at 00:00:00 UTC/GMT. That was 1970.
en Argentina se pone en circulación el nuevo «peso ley» (peso ley 18 188), que equivale a 10 000 pesos moneda nacional.
die Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (WestLB) als größtes bundesdeutsches Kreditinstitut zu diesem Zeitpunkt
los enfrentamientos entre católicos y protestantes en Londonderry (Irlanda del Norte) causan 120 heridos.
en la República del Congo, Marien Ngouabi se convierte en presidente.
en Hungría se inicia la reforma económica.
In Berlin findet die Uraufführung des Kurz-Dramas Ariadne von Boris Blacher statt.
Bei Überschwemmungen im Bundesstaat Bahia in Brasilien gibt es über 200 Tote und rund 50.000 Obdachlose.
January 1, 1966. After a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic.
A twelve-day transit strike shut down New York City's bus and subway systems. It was 1966. The Transport Workers Union, led by Mike Quill, walked out at 5 AM on New Year's Day, stranding 5.5 million daily riders. Quill was arrested and jailed for contempt. He had a heart attack in jail and died three weeks later. The city ground to a standstill. People walked miles to work in January cold. The strike ended with a deal that gave workers a 15% raise over two years. Quill didn't live to see it.
en la República Centroafricana, el coronel Jean-Bedel Bokassa derroca al presidente David Dacko y toma el poder.
en España se inaugura el segundo canal de Radiotelevisión española, el cual era conocido históricamente por «el UHF», «La Segunda Cadena» o «Cadena II» y en los años ochenta como TVE-2. Actualmente se le conoce como La 2.
The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan. That was 1965.
The first communiqué of Fatah, the Palestinian liberation movement, was issued, signaling the start of armed struggle. This declaration solidified Fatah's commitment to achieving Palestinian self-determination through direct action, influencing the trajectory of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades.
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia. That was 1964.
en España, el Seguro Obligatorio de Enfermedad realiza una campaña de vacunación antipoliomelítica en masa.
Ein Putschversuch gegen den portugiesischen Diktator António de Oliveira Salazar schlägt fehl.
Der Deutschlandfunk nimmt seinen regulären Sendebetrieb auf.
Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa. That was 1962.
The U.S. Navy SEALs were established on January 1, 1962, by order of President Kennedy. The teams grew out of the Navy's Underwater Demolition Teams from World War II, the frogmen who cleared beach obstacles before amphibious landings. Kennedy wanted a force capable of unconventional warfare, counterinsurgency, and covert operations. Two teams were initially formed: SEAL Team One on the West Coast and SEAL Team Two on the East Coast. The acronym stands for Sea, Air, and Land. Sixty years later the program receives 1,000 applicants per class. About 250 finish.
en República Dominicana, tras el asesinato del dictador Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, asume el poder el Consejo de Estado, presidido por Joaquín Balaguer.
en Londres, la banda británica de rock The Beatles hacen una audición para firmar con la empresa Decca Records, pero el productor los rechazó argumentando que los grupos de guitarra no prosperaban.
In Arizona wird die erste Sun City, eine auf die Bedürfnisse von Senioren zugeschnittene Siedlung im Sun Belt der USA, eröffnet.
The Brazilian newspaper *Folha de S.Paulo* debuted, replacing *Folha da Manhã*. This launch signaled a shift in Brazilian journalism, as the new publication quickly became a major voice. The paper's influence grew, shaping public opinion and becoming one of Brazil's most widely circulated newspapers.
en Costa Rica se funda el Museo La Salle.
Benín se independiza de Francia.
en Cuba, la revolución socialista nacionaliza, entre otras, la United Fruit Company, de capitales estadounidenses.
1960. The Republic of Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The first senior citizen's community Sun City in Arizona opens. That was 1960.
January 1, 1960. Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
das Mandatsgebiet Kamerun von Frankreich.
Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces. That was 1959.
January 1, 1958. The European Economic Community is established.
Mit der Inthronisation von Bischof Franz Hengsbach wird die Bildung des Bistums Essen abgeschlossen.
en Venezuela, el ejército se rebela contra la dictadura de Marcos Pérez Jiménez, quien será derrocado el 23 de enero mediante un golpe cívico-militar.
An IRA unit attacked the RUC barracks at Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, on New Year's Day 1957. The raid failed. The police were prepared, and two IRA volunteers — Seán South and Fergal O'Hanlon — were killed. The attack was part of Operation Harvest, the IRA's border campaign that ran from 1956 to 1962 and achieved almost nothing militarily. Public support in the Republic was thin. The campaign was abandoned after six years. South and O'Hanlon became folk heroes anyway. Their ballads outlasted the campaign that killed them.
el ingeniero alemán Félix Wankel lleva a cabo el primer recorrido de prueba con el motor de pistón giratorio creado por él.
January 1, 1957. Lèse majesté in Thailand is strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after the Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.: 6, 18.
George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough RUC barracks in one of the most famous incidents of the IRA's Operation Harvest. That was 1957.
George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Elizabeth II. That was 1957.
A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people. That was 1956.
Sudan gained independence and inherited a civil war on the same day. The first Sudanese civil war had started six months before the handover — southern soldiers mutinied against a government they saw as northern and Arab-dominated. Britain and Egypt transferred power to a parliamentary government in Khartoum. The ceremony was formal. The fractures beneath it were anything but. Sudan would spend 39 of its first 50 years fighting internal wars. The country split in two in 2011. South Sudan became the world's newest nation. Within two years it had its own civil war.
die deutschen Rundfunksender NDR und WDR durch Aufteilung des NWDR
das Kondominium Anglo-Ägyptischer Sudan unter dem Namen Sudan von Großbritannien und Ägypten.
Der freie Verkauf von Kirchenzeitungen in der DDR wird verboten.
Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom. That was 1956.
naissance de la station française de radiodiffusion Europe 1.
Australien wird in Melbourne zum vierten Mal in ununterbrochener Reihenfolge Davis-Cup-Sieger.
en Santiago de Chile un gran incendio destruye el teatro Coliseo.
NBC broadcast the Tournament of Roses Parade in full color, coast to coast, and almost nobody could watch it. Color TV sets cost more than a car in 1954. Only about 200 receivers in the entire country could display the signal. RCA — NBC's parent company — had been pushing color television for years, and the Rose Parade's flowers and floats made perfect showcase content. Viewers watching in black and white noticed nothing special. Within a decade color sets outsold monochrome. But on that January 1, the color revolution had an audience you could fit in a single stadium.
Im Rahmen der Vierschanzentournee findet zum ersten Mal auf der Großen Olympiaschanze in Garmisch-Partenkirchen das jährliche Neujahrsspringen statt.
Auf den Malediven wird anstelle des bisherigen Sultanats die Republik ausgerufen, die jedoch nur für kurze Zeit Bestand hat.
en Valparaíso, Chile mueren alrededor de 50 personas (36 eran bomberos) en una explosión.
Javier de Borbón Parma se autoproclama rey ante un grupo de carlistas.
Jordan announced its new constitution, establishing a constitutional monarchy. This document formalized the separation of powers and enshrined fundamental rights, shaping Jordan's political landscape for decades to come. The constitution provided a framework for governance, influencing the nation's development and stability.
Industrieminister Fritz Selbmann legt den Grundstein für den ersten Hochofen des Hüttenwerks Hermann Matern bei Fürstenberg an der Oder, des wichtigsten Hüttenwerks der DDR. Die Hütte wird am 19. September in Betrieb genommen.
Standard practice uses this day as the origin of the age scale Before Present. That was 1950.
se funda la Asociación Internacional de Policía, germen de la Interpol.
The state of Ajaigarh is ceded to the Government of India. That was 1950.
en Honduras, el doctor Juan Manuel Gálvez asume la presidencia.
The guns stopped one minute before midnight. India and Pakistan's ceasefire over Kashmir took effect where each army happened to be standing, drawing a line that split the territory roughly in half. That line became the Line of Control. Neither side accepted it as permanent. They've fought three more wars since. The UN sent observers to monitor the ceasefire. Those observers are still posted there today, making it one of the longest-running peacekeeping operations in history. Kashmir remains divided. The ceasefire line is still the border. Seventy-seven years of temporary.
entra en vigor el Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio (GATT) en España.
das Zollabkommen zwischen den Benelux-Staaten Belgien, Niederlande und Luxemburg, ein Vorläufer des Benelux-Vertrages.
entrée en vigueur de la Constitution de l'Italie (république post-monarchiste et post-fasciste).
entra en vigor la Constitución de la República Italiana. Enrico De Nicola se convierte en el primer presidente de la República italiana.
January 1, 1948. The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
en Barcelona (España) se estrena la primera ópera catalana de la posguerra, El giravolt de maig, de Eduard Toldrà.
After partition, India declines to pay the agreed share of Rs.550 million in cash balances to Pakistan. That was 1948.
The Constitution of Italy comes into force. That was 1948.
The American and British occupation zones merged into a single economic unit nicknamed Bizonia. Not a country yet. An experiment — pooling resources, aligning trade policy, restarting the economy of a shattered nation. France stayed out, suspicious of anything resembling a strong unified Germany. The Soviets stayed out because they were building something very different in the east. Within two years Bizonia absorbed the French zone and became the Federal Republic of Germany. West Germany was born from a bureaucratic merger, not a revolution. The wall wouldn't come down for another 42 years.
The Canadian Citizenship Act took effect on January 1, 1947, transforming British subjects into Canadian citizens for the first time. Before that day, Canadians were legally British. Prime Minister Mackenzie King became the first Canadian citizen in a ceremony that morning. The Act created a distinct legal identity separate from Britain — an idea that had been building since Vimy Ridge in 1917 but took thirty more years to become law. Canada had fought two world wars as Britain's dominion. Now it had its own passport.
en París (Francia) se nacionaliza la compañía aérea, que pasará a nombrarse Société Nationale Air France (actual Air France).
inicia su publicación la revista literaria Ínsula.
Die Magirus-Werke erhalten von den Besatzungsmächten die Erlaubnis zur Wiederaufnahme der LKW-Produktion.
Extinção da Força Expedicionária Brasileira (FEB).
Die Bank von Frankreich wird verstaatlicht, die bisherigen Aktionäre werden abgefunden.
en una alocución radiofónica, el emperador Hirohito ―por órdenes de Estados Unidos― explica la génesis del mito del emperador en Japón y niega el carácter sagrado de su persona.
Siria se independiza del Imperio francés. La independencia formal se logrará con la retirada francesa recién el 17 de abril de 1946.
en el norte de Birmania, el 14.º Ejército británico inicia una ofensiva para recuperar Birmania de la ocupación japonesa, apoyada inicialmente por algunos independentistas birmanos como el Ejército Nacional Birmano. Los británicos, con superioridad material y aérea, avanzaron desde India hacia Mandalay y Meiktila, derrotando a las fuerzas del 15.º Ejército japonés.
en Budapest (Hungría), los alemanes invasores inician la operación Konrad con el objetivo de intentar liberar a las tropas alemanas (con cómplices húngaros) cercadas en la ciudad por el Ejército Rojo soviético (sitio de Budapest).
The Luftwaffe threw everything it had left at Allied airfields across northern Europe. Nearly 900 aircraft launched on New Year's morning, 1945. They destroyed roughly 465 Allied planes on the ground. Tactical success. But Germany lost 271 aircraft and 213 pilots, many of them irreplaceable veterans and flight leaders. The Allies replaced their losses within a week. Germany couldn't replace a single experienced pilot. Bodenplatte destroyed the Luftwaffe's ability to fight more than the enemy's. A victory that ended the air war, just not the way the Germans planned.
American soldiers shot roughly 60 German prisoners near the Belgian village of Chenogne. Retaliation. Two weeks earlier, SS troops had massacred 84 American POWs at Malmedy, and word had spread through U.S. lines that the Germans weren't taking prisoners. So some Americans stopped taking them. The killings weren't ordered from command, but they weren't investigated afterward either. General Patton's diary referred to prisoners as "ichthy" around this period. The incident went largely unreported for decades. War crime investigations focused on the other side.
Im Deutschen Reich werden die Postleitzahlen durch das Reichspostministerium eingeführt.
en Francia, Erwin Rommel es nombrado subcomandante en jefe del grupo de ejércitos en ese país.
en El Cairo (Egipto) se descubre la tumba del faraón Narmer.
die Mandatsgebiete Libanon und Syrien von Frankreich.
Franco se niega a reconocer la república fascista de Salò, constituida por Mussolini.
Auf Vorschlag des Deutschen Normenausschusses beginnt die Woche in Deutschland jeweils sonntags um 0:00 Uhr und endet am darauf folgenden Samstag um 24:00 Uhr. Erst 1976 wird der Wochenbeginn auf Montag umgestellt.
January 1, 1942. The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
Terceiro Reich
die Namensänderungsverordnung für Juden im Dritten Reich.
Terceiro Reich
O resto do mundo
Sydney sweltered through 45°C heat on January 1, 1939. A record. Across New South Wales that summer, bushfires had been building for weeks. The heat wave pushed them into catastrophe. Black Friday, January 13, saw fires tear through Victoria, killing 71 people and burning five million acres. The Sydney heat record stood for decades. Australia's relationship with extreme heat and fire is older than European settlement on the continent, but 1939 was the year it announced itself to the modern world in degrees Celsius.
William Hewlett and David Packard founded Hewlett-Packard in a one-car garage in Palo Alto on January 1, 1939. Their startup capital was $538. Their first product was an audio oscillator. Walt Disney Studios bought eight of them to test theater sound systems for Fantasia. The garage became a California Historic Landmark — Birthplace of Silicon Valley. Two Stanford engineers with half a thousand dollars built what became one of the world's largest technology companies. The garage is still there on Addison Avenue.
en España se convierte en un deber para todas las jóvenes menores de 25 años, cumplir durante un año con el servicio de trabajo obligatorio.
en la capital de Austria se celebra la primera edición del Concierto de Año Nuevo de Viena.
das US-amerikanische Informationstechnik-Unternehmen Hewlett-Packard
Terceiro Reich
création de la société informatique Hewlett-Packard.
das japanische Elektronikunternehmen Pioneer
mise en service officielle de la Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF).
die Änderung des Gesetzes über den Verkehr mit Kraftfahrzeugen, mit dem unter anderem das unbedingte Rechtsfahrgebot auf allen Straßen im Deutschen Reich eingeführt wird.
en Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza García se convierte en dictador hasta su asesinato en 1956.
Safety glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in the United Kingdom. That was 1937.
Mustafa Kemal, chef de l'État turc, prend le nom de « Kemal Atatürk ».
en Japón, Mokichi Okada, creador del johrei (‘purificación del espíritu’, una forma de sanación con «energías espirituales» mediante la imposición de manos) funda la secta Sekai Kyusei Kyo (más tarde, la Iglesia Mundial del Mesías).
Im Zuge der nationalsozialistischen Gleichschaltung wird die Augsburger Börse, Deutschlands erste Börse aus dem Jahr 1540, aufgelöst und mit der Münchner Börse zur Bayerischen Börse zwangsfusioniert.
Nazi Germany's Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring took effect. It mandated forced sterilization for people with conditions including schizophrenia, epilepsy, hereditary blindness, and alcoholism. Over 400,000 people were sterilized under the program by 1945. The law drew on American eugenics legislation — California's forced sterilization program was explicitly cited as a model. What started as sterilization evolved into the T4 euthanasia program. Disabled people were murdered in gas chambers before the Holocaust's industrialized killing began. The medical profession didn't resist. Most cooperated.
1934. Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.
Das Land Mecklenburg wird aus den Ländern Mecklenburg-Strelitz und Mecklenburg-Schwerin gebildet.
en Alemania entra en vigor la ley dictada por el gobierno nazi «para la prevención de la descendencia con enfermedades hereditarias» (ley nazi de eugenesia).
Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring". That was 1934.
en La Felguera (España) estallan varias bombas de gran potencia y se suceden numerosos disturbios en Sevilla que se alargarían durante varios días en otras ciudades de España, en la conocida como Revolución de enero de 1933.
Das politische Kabarett Die Pfeffermühle wird in München eröffnet.
The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth. That was 1932.
die Schweizer Luftfahrtgesellschaft Swissair
en Paisley, cerca de Glasgow (Escocia), ochenta niños mueren en el incendio del cine Glen.
en Managua (Nicaragua), José María Moncada, del Partido Liberal, asume la presidencia durante cuatro años.
Point Grey and South Vancouver ceased to exist. Both were absorbed into the City of Vancouver, tripling its area overnight. Point Grey hadn't wanted the merger — it was wealthy, well-managed, and reluctant to take on Vancouver's debts. South Vancouver was broke and needed rescue. The provincial government forced all three together. Point Grey's residents woke up as Vancouverites whether they liked it or not. The merger created a city large enough to become Canada's third-largest metropolis. Point Grey survived only as a neighborhood name.
en los Estados Unidos, el políticio Franklin Delano Roosevelt es elegido gobernador del estado de Nueva York. Entre 1933 a 1945 será presidente de los Estados Unidos.
en Newark (Estados Unidos), el boxeador español Paulino Uzcudun vence por nocaut al estadounidense Pat Lester.
1928. Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
Der Internationale Lawn-Tennisverband nimmt das Deutsche Reich als Mitglied auf.
Turkey jumped thirteen days overnight. December 18 on the Julian calendar was immediately followed by January 1 on the Gregorian. Atatürk was modernizing the republic at a pace that made heads spin — he'd already abolished the caliphate, adopted the Latin alphabet, and banned the fez. The calendar switch aligned Turkey with Western Europe for trade and diplomacy. It also meant December 19 through 31 of 1926 simply didn't exist. People born on those dates needed new birthdays. The Ottoman calendar, used for centuries, vanished in a single decree.
1927. The Cristero War begins in Mexico.
dissolution de l'Union latine.
en el Reino Unido se produce la primera emisión de la BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).
installation d'un gouvernement nationaliste à Hankou (Chine) ;
New oil legislation in Mexico took effect, sparking the formal outbreak of the Cristero War. The government under President Calles had been enforcing anticlerical laws that shuttered churches and banned public worship. The new regulations went further. Catholic peasants in western Mexico took up arms. The Cristero rebellion lasted three years, killed an estimated 90,000 people, and ended in a negotiated truce. The churches reopened. The anticlerical laws stayed on the books but stopped being enforced. Mexico's constitution still technically restricts religious organizations. Nobody enforces it.
en Gangi, 136 km al sureste de Palermo (capital de la isla de Sicilia), en la Italia fascista, el prefecto de policía Cesare Mori (1871‑1942) inicia operaciones contra los miembros de la Cosa Nostra (la mafia siciliana) atrincherados en esta aldea.
las aguas del río Rin alcanzan su nivel más alto desde 1781.
Edwin Hubble stood before the American Astronomical Society and expanded the universe. His announcement: the spiral nebulae visible through telescopes were actually independent galaxies, millions of light-years beyond the Milky Way. The universe wasn't one galaxy. It was billions. Hubble had spent months studying variable stars in the Andromeda "nebula" using the 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory. His measurements proved Andromeda sat 900,000 light-years away. The actual distance is 2.5 million light-years — he was off by a factor of three. But the conclusion held. Everything we thought we knew about the size of the cosmos was wrong.
la capital de Noruega, Cristiana, pasa a llamarse Oslo.
Die Fußballabteilung des TSV Hachinger Tal macht sich als Spielvereinigung Unterhaching selbständig.
Auf der Jahrestagung der American Astronomical Society stellt Edwin Hubble seine Erkenntnisse über den Andromedanebel M31 als Galaxie außerhalb der Milchstraße vor.
die Vereinigten Elektrizitätswerke Westfalen GmbH (VEW) in Dortmund
قيام الدولة السورية خلفًا للاتحاد السوري، نتيجة اتحاد دولة دمشق ودولة حلب.
estreno en el teatro Español de la obra Hernani, adaptación de Antonio y Manuel Machado, de la obra homónima de Víctor Hugo.
die Militärzeitung Krasnaja Swesda in der Sowjetunion
Die Krolloper in Berlin, deren Abriss 1914 begonnen worden ist, wird nach ihrem Wiederaufbau wiedereröffnet.
en los Estados Unidos se prohíbe la inmigración japonesa.
en Istres, el aviador Joseph Sadi-Lecointe (1891‑1944) establece un nuevo récord mundial de velocidad, con una media de 348 km/h.
en México, la selección mexicana de fútbol juega su primer partido internacional contra su similar de Guatemala, y gana 5 a 2.
1923. Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
el Reino de Bélgica instituye oficialmente el bilingüismo, y a partir de ahora los documentos se imprimirán tanto en francés como en neerlandés.
en Nicaragua, Diego Manuel Chamorro comienza su mandato presidencial, caracterizado por la constante agitación.
Die NC-5, ein US-Marineflugzeug hergestellt von der Naval Aircraft Factory nach den Plänen von Curtiss, fliegt mit fünf Passagieren an Bord eine Strecke von 702 Meilen (1129,5 km) in einer Rekordzeit von 9 Stunden 15 Minuten, also mit einer Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit von 123,44 km/h.
en La Gaceta de Madrid se publica la autorización para construir en la Moncloa la Facultad de Medicina y el Hospital Clínico.
The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party. That was 1920.
en Barcelona, el Comité de Acción Civil organiza un gran mitin contra el terrorismo.
en Berlín (capital de la República de Weimar, el primer experimento democrático en Alemania), Rosa Luxemburgo, Karl Liebknecht y Wilhelm Pieck fundan el Partido Comunista de Alemania (KPD). Tras la fusión de espartaquistas con comunistas, el periódico Die Rote Fahne (‘la bandera roja’), órgano de la Liga Espartaquista, que Luxemburg y Liebknecht habían fundado un par de meses antes, se convierte en el periódico central del Partido Comunista de Alemania (KPD). Ambos serán asesinados quince días después.
Edsel Ford took over as president of Ford Motor Company from his father Henry. He was 25. Henry Ford remained chairman and, more importantly, remained in control. Edsel spent the next 26 years nominally running the company while his father overrode his decisions, undermined his authority, and openly humiliated him. Edsel pushed for modern car design, hydraulic brakes, and the Mercury and Lincoln Continental lines. Henry resisted most of it. Edsel died in 1943 at 49, still technically president, still waiting for his father to let go.
en Hollywood (estado de California), el actor británico Charles Chaplin inaugura su propio estudio cinematográfico.
en Buenos Aires (Argentina) se funda el Club Atlético Los Andes, equipo de la segunda división argentina de fútbol.
Première Guerre mondiale, colonisations : l'entrée des troupes alliées à Yaoundé marque la fin de la colonie allemande du Cameroun.
en el marco de la revolución mexicana, el político Venustiano Carranza llega con su séquito a la ciudad de Santiago de Querétaro, a la que proclama capital de la república.
The entire German garrison in Kamerun abandoned their colonial capital and started marching toward neutral territory. Not retreating home — that was impossible. They walked 200 miles through jungle to Spanish Guinea, taking 14,000 soldiers and roughly 100,000 African civilians with them. The British and French had been closing in from both sides for over a year. Rather than surrender, Germany chose exile. Spain interned the lot for the duration of the war. It was one of the longest organized retreats in African colonial history. They left behind a colony that Britain and France promptly carved up between themselves.
delante de Plymouth (Reino Unido), el submarino alemán U‑24 hunde el navío de línea británico Formidable.
en Nicaragua, Adolfo Díaz Recinos es nombrado presidente de la nación durante cuatro años.
Der Ullstein Verlag übernimmt die Vossische Zeitung.
The SPT Airboat Line became the world's first scheduled commercial airline using a fixed-wing aircraft on January 1, 1914. A Benoist XIV flying boat carried a single passenger — the former mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida — across Tampa Bay. The flight took 23 minutes. A boat trip would have taken hours. The airline lasted four months before running out of money. Passenger volume: about 1,200 total, at five bucks a seat. The entire commercial aviation industry traces its origin to a single flying boat crossing a Florida bay.
en Estados Unidos entra en servicio la primera aerolínea regular del mundo, entre Tampa y San Peterburgo, ambas en el estado de Florida.
en Madrid (España) dimite Antonio Maura, jefe del Partido Conservador.
en Florencia (Italia), Giovanni Papini y Ardengo Soffici fundan la revista literaria Lacerba.
The British Board of Censors is established. That was 1913.
en Djabana, un puerto bajo control otomano en la orilla oriental del Mar Rojo, a unos 340 km al norte del estrecho de Bab el‑Mandeb ―en el marco de la Guerra Ítalo-Turca (1911 1912)― los cruceros italianos Puglia y Calabria bombardean posiciones turcas.
en Suiza entra en vigor el Código Civil Suizo.
The Republic of China is established. That was 1912.
Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control. That was 1911.
Der erste Abschnitt der Bahnstrecke Lianyungang–Lanzhou von Kaifeng nach Luoyang eröffnet im Kaiserreich China.
David Beatty became the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy since Horatio Nelson. He was 38. His promotion came after a career of aggressive action — shot in the arm during the Boxer Rebellion and mentioned in dispatches more times than most officers see combat. Four years later he commanded the battlecruiser squadron at Jutland, the largest naval engagement of the Great War. His ships took devastating losses. "There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today," he said as two of them exploded within minutes. The greatest understatement in naval history.
en Buenos Aires (Argentina) se funda el Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield.
In Deutschland wird der Postscheckverkehr aufgenommen, den dreizehn Postscheckämter abwickeln.
Drilling started on what would become the Lakeview Gusher on January 1, 1909. It took over a year to hit the oil deposit. When the well blew on March 15, 1910, it erupted with such force that it destroyed the derrick and launched a column of crude oil 200 feet into the air. The gusher flowed uncontrolled for eighteen months, spilling an estimated nine million barrels of oil across the San Joaquin Valley. It remains the largest accidental oil spill in U.S. history. They couldn't cap it. They just waited.
Der britische Schoner Nimrod unter dem Befehl von Ernest Shackleton verlässt den neuseeländischen Hafen Lyttelton. Die Nimrod-Expedition befindet sich auf der Suche nach dem magnetischen Südpol.
Neuer Dirigent der Metropolitan Opera in New York wird der österreichische Komponist Gustav Mahler.
British India adopted Indian Standard Time on New Year's Day 1906. Before that, the subcontinent ran on two different time zones — Bombay Time and Calcutta Time, separated by about 39 minutes. Railways, telegraphs, and colonial administration all needed synchronization. IST split the difference at UTC+5:30. Bombay resisted the change and kept its own time until 1955. The half-hour offset remains unusual — most countries align to a full hour. India's 3,000-kilometer east-west span technically deserves two time zones. It still uses one.
Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke wird auf Wunsch Kaiser Wilhelms II. als Nachfolger von Alfred Graf von Schlieffen der Chef des deutschen Großen Generalstabes.
en Buenos Aires (Argentina) se funda el Club Atlético Independiente.
Die deutsche Kolonie Togoland wird in Togo umbenannt.
Gabriel Fauré wird neuer Direktor des Conservatoire de Paris.
en Moscú (Imperio ruso) se inaugura oficialmente el Ferrocarril Transiberiano, que se había terminado de construir el 21 de julio de 1904.
en España aparece el primer número del periódico ABC.
en la ciudad de Delhi (India), el rey británico Eduardo VII es coronado emperador en medio de imponentes ceremonias.
en París (Francia), el erudito J. C. Mardrus publica la primera versión completa en una lengua occidental del legendario libro Las mil y una noches (16 volúmenes), luego de las magníficas antologías hechas por el francés Antoine Galland (1646‑1715) y por el británico Richard Francis Burton (1821‑1890).
en Pensilvania (Estados Unidos): Nathan Stubblefield realiza la primera demostración pública de radio.
die Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen
se inaugura en Charlottenburg (Alemania) el Licht-Luft-Institut, fundado por iniciativa de personas que pretenden reformar el modo de vida.
Michigan beat Stanford 49-0 in the first Rose Bowl, and Stanford's captain asked to end the game with eight minutes left. It was that bad. Tournament organizers were so embarrassed they replaced football with chariot racing the following year. Chariot racing lasted until 1916, when football came back. The original game drew about 8,000 spectators to Tournament Park in Pasadena. Today the Rose Bowl seats 90,000 and the parade draws 700,000 people to the streets. College bowl games nearly died in infancy because one team forgot to show up ready.
Six separate British colonies federated into the Commonwealth of Australia after a decade of conventions, referendums, and arguments about tariffs. Western Australia almost refused — their referendum barely passed at 60% after direct pressure from London. Edmund Barton became the first PM. The new constitution gave the federal government power to make laws about "the people of any race," except Aboriginal Australians, who were explicitly excluded from the national census until 1967. The new nation celebrated. Its original inhabitants weren't counted.
Nigeria became a British protectorate on January 1, 1901, when the Royal Niger Company's charter was revoked and direct colonial rule began. Frederick Lugard administered the Northern protectorate through a system he called indirect rule — governing through existing emirs and chiefs rather than replacing them. It was cheaper than direct administration. It also preserved and strengthened traditional hierarchies that might otherwise have evolved. When Northern and Southern Nigeria merged in 1914, the two halves operated under fundamentally different systems. Nigeria has been working through that structural mismatch ever since.
The Southern Nigeria Protectorate was established on January 1, 1900, consolidating British control over the Niger Coast and surrounding territories. It merged dozens of ethnic groups, trade routes, and political systems under a single colonial administration that had no interest in local governance traditions. Frederick Lugard would eventually merge it with Northern Nigeria in 1914 to create the Colony of Nigeria. The borders drawn by British administrators grouped peoples who had never seen themselves as part of the same nation. Nigeria's structural tensions trace directly to these decisions.
en España empieza a regir el horario oficial por el meridiano de Greenwich.
en la colonia francesa de Madagascar (África) se inaugura la primera autopista del mundo, con una longitud de 200 km.
en la colonia belga del Congo, los nativos masacran un fuerte y devoran a los supervivientes.
Nigeria becomes a British protectorate with Frederick Lugard as high commissioner. That was 1900.
en el Imperio alemán entra en vigor el Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB), el código civil alemán.
el archipiélago de las islas Hawái solicita un delegado en la convención nacional del Partido Republicano de Estados Unidos.
en los Países Bajos se instaura la educación obligatoria.
en Barcelona (España) sale a la calle el diario La Veu de Catalunya.
Am Nationaltheater Prag erfolgt die Uraufführung der Oper Eva von Josef Bohuslav Foerster.
Spanish rule in Cuba ended on January 1, 1899. After four centuries of colonial control and a brutal independence war that killed hundreds of thousands, Spain lowered its flag for the last time in Havana. But Cuba didn't become independent that day. The United States had intervened in the war and now occupied the island. American military governance lasted until 1902, when Cuba gained nominal independence — with the Platt Amendment giving Washington the right to intervene whenever it chose. One colonial power left. Another moved in.
New York swallowed its neighbors on New Year's Day 1898. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island merged into the City of Greater New York. Brooklyn had been the fourth-largest city in America, with its own mayor, police force, and identity. It didn't go quietly. The consolidation vote passed Brooklyn by fewer than 300 votes. Overnight New York's population jumped to 3.4 million, second only to London. The five-borough system persists today. Brooklyn never quite got over it.
en La Habana (capitanía general de Cuba) asume sus funciones un gobierno autónomo, establecido por la Carta Autonómica promulgada por la reina María Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena (quien actuaba en nombre del niño Alfonso XIII). Este gobierno cubano surgió como un intento español de apaciguar la Guerra de Independencia cubana (1895‑1898), liderada por figuras como José Martí y Máximo Gómez.
Die Schweizerische Depeschenagentur nimmt ihren Betrieb als Nachrichtenagentur auf.
en Roma se inaugura el Banco de Italia.
The Manchester Ship Canal, is officially opened to traffic. That was 1894.
Die erste Ausgabe des deutschen sozialdemokratischen Parteiblatts Vorwärts seit dem Verbot der Partei durch die Sozialistengesetze von 1878 erscheint in einer Auflage von 10.000 Exemplaren.
en París (Francia) se publica el primer número de la revista literaria Mercure de France del escritor Alfred Vallette (1858‑1935) y otros simbolistas que se reunían en el café La Mère Clarisse.
The first Rose Parade rolled through Pasadena on January 1, 1890. Members of the Valley Hunt Club wanted to show off California's winter weather to the frozen East Coast. They decorated horse-drawn carriages with fresh flowers and paraded through town. About 2,000 spectators came out to watch. It was modest. It was also the beginning of something that now draws 700,000 people to Colorado Boulevard every year and reaches 30 million on television. The football game didn't come until 1902. The flowers were always the point.
Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government. That was 1890.
en el este de la India, el Imperio británico ocupa Birmania.
Twenty-five nations adopted Sandford Fleming's proposal for worldwide standard time on January 1, 1885. Before Fleming's system, every city set its own clocks by the local position of the sun. Railroad schedules were chaos — a single trip could cross dozens of local time zones. Fleming, a Canadian railway engineer, proposed dividing the globe into 24 one-hour zones. The International Meridian Conference in 1884 agreed on the framework. It took decades before every country complied. France held out until 1911 out of spite toward Greenwich.
en España, entra en vigor el primer reglamento del Ateneo de Madrid.
en La Plata, capital de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina), ciudad creada en 1882, se inaugura el Museo Dardo Rocha, construido en tan solo 40 días.
entre Italia y Suiza se inaugura del túnel ferroviario del San Gotardo con la pérdida de 177 trabajadores
Ferdinand de Lesseps broke ground on the Panama Canal for France. He'd already built the Suez Canal and figured Panama would be similar. He was catastrophically wrong. The terrain, the tropical disease, the scale — everything was harder. Malaria and yellow fever killed an estimated 22,000 workers over eight years. The project went bankrupt in 1889 in one of the largest financial scandals in French history. The Americans took over in 1904 and finished it in 1914. Lesseps died in disgrace. His canal in Egypt still works. His canal in Panama belongs to someone else.
en la ciudad inglesa de Mánchester (Reino Unido) se funda el Manchester City Football Club.
en Panamá, Ferdinand de Lesseps comienza la construcción del canal transoceánico.
en Barcelona (España) se reedita el semanario satírico republicano L’Esquella de la Tortaza.
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India. That was 1877.
das Reichsgesetz über die Beurkundung des Personenstandes und die Eheschließung, mit dem im gesamten Deutschen Reich die Standesämter eingeführt werden.
en Berlín (Alemania) se inaugura el Reichsbank.
The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. That was 1876.
disparition de la Compagnie anglaise des Indes orientales.
en Venezuela el presidente Antonio Guzmán Blanco establece el matrimonio civil.
Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar on January 1, 1873, jumping from the 3rd day of the 12th month of Meiji 5 straight to January 1 of Meiji 6. The government had a practical motive beyond modernization: under the old lunisolar calendar, 1873 had a leap month, meaning the state would have owed its employees thirteen months of salary. Switching calendars eliminated that extra month. Japan saved a full month's worth of government payroll. The Meiji reforms were radical, but even radicals like saving money.
ein einheitliches Strafgesetzbuch für alle deutschen Bundesstaaten.
en el sur de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina), un grupo de decenas de criollos asesinan a 36 campesinos inmigrantes (masacre de Tandil).
en Buenos Aires (Argentina) entra en vigor el Código Civil argentino, redactado por Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield.
Adolf Loos, architect, co-founder of modern architecture, baptized in St. Thomas church, Brno, Moravia. That was 1870.
el químico sueco Alfred Nobel obtiene por primera vez dinamita de manera industrial.
Die von John Augustus Roebling erbaute John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge über den Ohio River bei Cincinnati, die zu diesem Zeitpunkt mit 322 Metern Spannweite die längste Hängebrücke der Welt, wird eröffnet.
en Chile se establece el sistema métrico decimal como sistema de medida oficial en el país.
fundación del Nottingham Forest Football Club.
Abraham Lincoln proclame l'émancipation des esclaves de l'Union.
The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska. That was 1863.
Porfirio Díaz captured Mexico City and ended the Plan de Tuxtepec revolt. He'd been a war hero — decorated for fighting the French at the Battle of Puebla — but his real skill was politics. He took power in 1876 and held it for 35 years, building railroads and attracting foreign investment while crushing dissent and rigging elections. Mexico modernized under his rule. It also hollowed out. The revolution that finally removed him in 1911 unleashed a decade of civil war that killed over a million people.
In Warschau wird die Oper Verbum nobile von Stanisław Moniuszko uraufgeführt.
Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City. That was 1861.
en el valle de los Castillejos, situado a unos 5 km al sur de la ciudad de Ceuta (territorio español en Marruecos) ―en el marco de la primera guerra de Marruecos (1859‑1860), que enfrentó al reino de España con el sultanato de Marruecos―, los españoles vencen a los marroquíes en la batalla de los Castillejos.
Poland issued its first postage stamp on January 1, 1860. It was a 10-kopeck stamp — denominated in Russian currency, because Poland was under Russian Imperial control at the time. The design featured the Russian imperial eagle. Not exactly a symbol of Polish independence. Poland wouldn't issue stamps under its own name until after World War I. But that first stamp represented something: Russia had allowed the Congress Kingdom of Poland to run its own postal system. A small administrative concession that philatelists still collect.
The first Polish postage stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use. That was 1860.
en Canadá, las provincias declaran que todas las cuentas deben mantenerse en dólares, lo que conduce ese mismo año a la emisión del primer dólar canadiense oficial.
en Chile entra a regir el nuevo Código Civil.
en Turín, capital del Reino de Cerdeña (en la actual Italia), el impresor Francesco Matraire emite el primer sello postal italiano, que muestra el perfil en relieve del rey Víctor Manuel II sin indicar el nombre del estado, e introdujeron la reforma postal propuesta por Camillo Cavour. Tras Cerdeña, otros estados italianos como Toscana (en abril de 1851) y los Estados Pontificios (en enero de 1852) emitieron sus propios sellos.
en España se instaura un nuevo sistema de correo con sellos adhesivos.
die Schweizerische Post, der der Transport von Briefen, Paketen, Geldsendungen und Personen obliegt
The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Sisters of Mercy, the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world. That was 1847.
die auf der Halbinsel Yucatán gelegene Republik Yucatán von Mexiko. Die Unabhängigkeit dauert allerdings nur bis zum 17. August 1848.
1845. The Philippines moves its national calendar to align with other Asian countries' calendars by skipping Tuesday, December 31, 1844. The change has been ordered by Governor–General Narciso Claveria to reform the country's calendar so that it aligns with the rest of Asia. Its territory has been one day behind the rest of Asia for 323 years since the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in the Philippines on March 16, 1521.
January 1, 1845. The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed.
die Rheinische Zeitung als Blatt des bürgerlichen Liberalismus in Köln
en Honduras toma posesión el primer presidente de la República, el general Francisco Ferrera.
en Milán (Italia), el filósofo Carlo Cattáneo (1801‑1869) publica el primer número de la revista científico-literaria Il Politécnico, que publicará hasta 1844.
Most of Germany forms the Zollverein customs union, the first such union between sovereign states. That was 1834.
The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. That was 1833.
en el Reino alemán, el rey Guillermo I instaura la Orden de Federico.
en La Paz (Bolivia) muere asesinado el presidente electo Pedro Blanco Soto, a quien le faltaban solo 5 días para asumir la presidencia.
15 km al oeste de la Ciudad de México, la villa de Naucalpan se convierte en municipio.
The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
Der Nationalkongress in Epidauros verkündet die Unabhängigkeit des hellenischen Volkes vom Osmanischen Reich.
se crea la Junta de Belem, primer antecedente de la independencia de Brasil
en Cádiz (España), el teniente coronel Rafael de Riego se subleva en Las Cabezas de San Juan contra el absolutismo monárquico de Fernando VII y proclama la Constitución de 1812.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (anonymously) publishes the pioneering work of science fiction, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, in London. That was 1818.
en la villa de Concepción (sur de Chile) se proclama la Acta de Independencia de Chile
zarpando desde las Islas Sandwich, Otto von Kotzebue descubre las islas de Año Nuevo (a 10 km al norte de la isla de los Estados, en Argentina). En 1902, el Gobierno argentino inaugurará allí un faro, una estación meteorológica y un observatorio del campo magnético.
en el Reino lombardo-véneto (en la península itálica) ―que se encontraba invadido por el Imperio austrohúngaro―, entran en vigor los códigos civiles y penales austríacos.
proclamation du comte de Provence, aîné des frères cadets survivants de Louis XVI (le futur Louis XVIII), invitant ses « sujets » français à bien accueillir les envahisseurs alliés.
das Allgemeine bürgerliche Gesetzbuch (ABGB) in den habsburgischen Erblanden.
The Bishop of Durham, Shute Barrington, orders troops from Durham Castle to break up a miners strike in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. That was 1812.
January 1, 1810. Major-General Lachlan Macquarie CB officially becomes Governor of New South Wales.
en Buenos Aires (capital del virreinato del Río de la Plata), Martín de Álzaga encabeza una asonada con el propósito de destituir al virrey Santiago de Liniers.
The importation of slaves into the United States is banned. That was 1808.
le militaire néerlandais Herman Willem Daendels prend ses fonctions de gouverneur des Indes orientales néerlandaises à Batavia (fin en 1810).
en los Estados Unidos se prohíbe la importación de esclavos.
La Sierra Leone devient la première colonie de la couronne britannique en Afrique noire[réf. souhaitée].
The United States banned the importation of enslaved people on January 1, 1808 — the earliest date permitted by the Constitution. Congress had passed the law in March 1807. The ban didn't end slavery. Didn't even slow the domestic slave trade. The enslaved population continued growing through forced reproduction. Illegal smuggling continued for decades, particularly into the Deep South. The ban was about controlling supply, not ending the institution. It took another 57 years — and a civil war — for that.
Die Herzogtümer Bayern und Württemberg werden auf Basis des Friedens von Pressburg zu Königreichen.
January 1, 1806. The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
en Haití termina el dominio francés. Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclama la independencia, resucitando el antiguo nombre indígena de la isla: Primer Imperio de Haití, que se convierte en la primera república de mayoría negra y el segundo país independiente de América (después de Estados Unidos).
Emperor Gia Long ordered every bronze artifact from the defeated Tây Sơn dynasty collected and melted into nine enormous cannons. Each one represented a Vietnamese province. They weren't built for combat. They were built as proof that the old regime had been literally destroyed and reformed into Gia Long's vision of the nation. The Nine Holy Cannons still stand at the Royal Citadel in Huế. They've never been fired. UNESCO recognized the citadel complex as a World Heritage Site. Weapons that were always meant to be monuments.
Ceres, the largest and first known object in the Asteroid belt, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi. That was 1801.
اكتشاف أول نيزك على سطح الأرض.
1801. The dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
The Acts of Union merged Great Britain and Ireland into a single state on New Year's Day 1801. Ireland's parliament voted itself out of existence — not unanimously, and not without sweeteners. Peerages and cash changed hands to secure the necessary votes, barely two years after the failed 1798 rebellion. Ireland sent 100 MPs to Westminster. Catholics, who made up the vast majority of the island's population, still couldn't hold office until 1829. The union lasted 121 years before Irish independence carved most of the island away.
The Dutch East India Company is dissolved. That was 1800.
se disuelve la Compañía Neerlandesa de las Indias Orientales.
en France, création du ministère de la Police.
en Lima (Perú) se publica el primer número del Mercurio Peruano.
First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published. That was 1788.
Fifteen hundred Pennsylvania soldiers marched out of their winter camp at Morristown. Not desertion. Mutiny. They hadn't been paid in over a year, they were freezing, and the army was reinterpreting their enlistment terms to keep them fighting longer than they'd agreed to. General Anthony Wayne tried to stop them. They pointed bayonets at him and kept walking. The mutineers headed toward Philadelphia to confront Congress directly. British agents tried to recruit them along the way. The Pennsylvanians turned the spies over immediately. They were furious at their own government. Not traitors.
The Iron Bridge, die von Abraham Darby III bei Coalbrookdale erbaute erste Brücke der Welt aus Gusseisen, wird eröffnet.
In Preßburg erscheint die erste ungarische Zeitung Magyar hírmondó („Ungarischer Kurier“).
en el virreinato del Río de la Plata, el virrey Pedro de Cevallos funda la aldea Pago de Matanza y Pozos (actualmente de 1.9 millones de habitantes).
General George Washington hoists the first United States flag, the Continental Union Flag, at Prospect Hill. That was 1776.
en Francia se suprimen las compañías de mosqueteros.
Continental and British forces burned Norfolk, Virginia, on January 1, 1776. The bombardment started from British ships under Lord Dunmore. But most of the destruction came afterward, when Patriot forces set fire to Loyalist-owned buildings to deny them to the British. Two-thirds of the city was destroyed. Each side blamed the other. The burning of Norfolk became propaganda for both sides — proof of either British cruelty or Patriot lawlessness, depending on who was telling the story. The city wouldn't fully recover for decades.
The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16-17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, England. That was 1773.
The first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London, England, Great Britain. That was 1772.
en San Petersburgo (capital del Imperio ruso), la zarina Catalina II ordena la confiscación de las propiedades de la Iglesia.
Os governadores-gerais do então Estado do Brasil passaram a ostentar ininterruptamente o título de "vice-rei", o qual já tinha sido anteriormente atribuído, mas apenas de forma pontual e sem continuidade.
In der zehnten Auflage des Systema Naturæ stellt der schwedische Naturwissenschaftler Carl von Linné alle von ihm beschriebenen Organismen in der bis heute üblichen binären Schreibweise dar, die er erstmals in seinem Werk Species Plantarum für Pflanzen verwendet hat. Das bedeutet den Durchbruch für die binäre Nomenklatur in der Biologie und den offiziellen Beginn der zoologischen Nomenklatur.
en Roma, el papa Benedicto XIV publica la encíclica Celebrationem magni, sobre la extensión del jubileo a todo el mundo católico.
en Roma, el papa Benedicto XIV publica la carta encíclica Inter caétera, sobre los abusos del entretenimiento carnavalesco y las interferencias en la Cuaresma.
Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. That was 1739.
en el hospital Charité de Berlín (Alemania) ―fundado en 1710 por orden del rey Federico I de Prusia― se crea una unidad de obstetricia con una «sala independiente donde se acoge a las mujeres licenciosas poco antes del parto».
Toussaint-François Rallier du Baty est « réélu » maire de Rennes pour deux ans. Quelques jours plus tard, il reçoit du roi Louis XV de France une médaille d’or pour services rendus, une distinction rare pour l’époque. Il demeure le plus « long » maire de cette ville jusqu'à ce jour[Quand ?], toutes époques et modes de désignations confondus.
1726. J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 16, his church cantata for New Year's Day to a libretto by Georg Christian Lehms.
se publica la Gaceta de México, el primer periódico de Hispanoamérica.
Auf Erlass König Friedrichs I. werden Berlin, Cölln, Friedrichswerder, Dorotheenstadt und Friedrichstadt zur Königlichen Haupt- und Residenzstadt Berlin vereinigt.
John V was crowned King of Portugal at age seventeen. His reign lasted 43 years, funded almost entirely by gold and diamonds pouring out of colonial Brazil. He built the palace-convent of Mafra — a complex so enormous it required 52,000 workers — and spent lavishly on art, music, and diplomatic prestige. Portugal's economy became dangerously dependent on Brazilian mineral wealth under his rule. When the gold ran out, the consequences were devastating. But while the money lasted, John V made Lisbon one of Europe's wealthiest capitals.
John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon. That was 1707.
Um forte sismo atingiu a Galileia, então controlada pelo Egito. Seu epicentro foi ao norte da cidade de Safed (atual Israel).
Otto Friedrich von der Groeben landet am Kap der drei Spitzen im heutigen Ghana. Dort nimmt er Verhandlungen mit den ansässigen Stammesfürsten auf, die in der Folge zur Gründung der kurbrandenburgischen Kolonie Groß Friedrichsburg führen.
en Turín se abre la Real Academia ―hoy llamada Academia Militar del Ejército de Módena. Por decreto de la duquesa María Juana Bautista de Saboya-Nemours, regente de su hijo Vittorio Amedeo, se abrió en Turín el instituto de entrenamiento militar más antiguo del mundo, anticipándose en cincuenta años a las academias de San Petersburgo (1723), la Real Academia (1741), la Escuela Real Militar (1751), la Kriegsakademiem de Pozdam (1745)) y la West Point (1802).
en su casa en Londres, Samuel Pepys (26) comienza a escribir su diario privado, que mantendrá hasta 1669.
en la ciudad libre imperial de Schweinfurt (Alemania), el físico Johann Lorenz Bausch (1605‑1665) funda la Academia Alemana de las Ciencias Naturales Leopoldina, la sociedad científica más antigua del mundo.
Charles II was crowned King of Scotland at Scone on New Year's Day 1651. He was 20 years old and his father had been beheaded by the English Parliament two years earlier. The Scots backed him because he signed the Covenant, promising to uphold Presbyterianism. Cromwell invaded eight months later and destroyed the Scottish army at Worcester. Charles fled to France and spent nine years in exile. He didn't get the English crown until 1660, when the republic collapsed and Parliament invited him back. A king with a throne and no country for nearly a decade.
cette période voit aussi se dérouler la cérémonie des écrouelles, pendant laquelle le roi « touche » et guérit les malades atteints de cette infection de la peau. En janvier de cette année, ils sont deux cents à l’attendre dans la Grande Galerie du palais[source insuffisante].
la reine mère et régente Marie de Médicis lui offre des bagues, des diamants…
au palais royal du Louvre à Paris, à la suite de la nuit du 24 au 25 décembre précédente, le jeune roi de 10 ans Louis XIII ne reçoit ses cadeaux que ce 1er janvier.
January 1, 1604. The Masque of Indian and China Knights is performed by courtiers of James VI and I at Hampton Court.
January 1, 1600. Scotland recognises January 1 as the start of the year, instead of March 25.
January 1, 1600. Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25.
Erzherzog Karl II. von Innerösterreich gründet die Universität Graz und übergibt die Leitung an die Jesuiten, um dadurch allen sozialen Schichten eine elitäre Ausbildung angedeihen zu lassen.
en Bolivia, el juez español Sebastián Barba de Padilla ―por orden del virrey Francisco Álvarez de Toledo― hace trasladar la aldea de Oropesa (fundada el 2 de agosto de 1571 por Gerónimo de Osorio en tierras compradas a varios caciques indígenas) a las márgenes del río Rocha, a 2 km al sureste. Dos siglos después (1786) cambiará su nombre a Cochabamba.
en Granada (España), Felipe II publica una pragmática contra la actitud levantisca de los moriscos, origen de la guerra de las Alpujarras.
en Perú, Pedro de Valdivia inicia su expedición a Chile. Sale del Cusco con un grupo reducido de españoles y pocos indígenas. Lo acompaña Inés de Suárez, la primera mujer que inscribe su nombre en la Historia de Chile.
mariage de Madeleine de France, fille de François Ier, avec le roi Jacques V d'Écosse.
1527. Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
les chevaliers de l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem quittent définitivement la Méditerranée orientale.
King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne. That was 1515.
Twenty-year-old Francis, Duke of Brittany, succeeds to the French throne following the death of his father-in-law, Louis XII. That was 1515.
The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is first explored by the Portuguese. That was 1502.
fecha que tradicionalmente se considera como el final de los libros impresos llamados incunables.
en Bourgogne (France), le tout nouvel hôpital des Hospices de Beaune, l'Hôtel-Dieu, créé à l'initiative de Nicolas Rolin et de son épouse Guigone de Salins, accueille son premier patient.
prise de Harfleur par Charles VII (fin de la guerre de Cent Ans).
Der Wittelsbacher Christoph von Pfalz-Neumarkt wird zum Erzkönig der dänischen Lande gekrönt und regiert das Gebiet der Kalmarer Union.
Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary. That was 1438.
en la ciudad de Granada (España), Yusuf IV es proclamado sultán tras una sublevación popular que destrona a Muhammad IX.
Luis II el Bueno, duque de Borbón, instituye la Orden del Escudo de Oro.
Michael VIII Palaiologos was proclaimed co-emperor alongside his ward, the child emperor John IV Laskaris. Co-emperor in name. Sole ruler in practice. Within two years Michael blinded the boy — who was eleven — and seized full power. Four years after that he retook Constantinople from the Latin Empire, restoring Byzantine rule for the first time since Crusaders sacked the city in 1204. A regent who mutilated his ward and rebuilt an empire. Byzantine politics didn't allow for half-measures.
les barons anglo-normands prêtent serment de reconnaître Mathilde l'Emperesse comme héritière du trône.
Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor. That was 1068.
Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II. That was 1001.
según un mito historiográfico, en esta fecha amplios sectores de la población europea creyeron que este día sucedería el fin del mundo (apocalipsis milenarista) al cumplirse los mil años del nacimiento de Jesucristo, por lo cual se produjeron disturbios y hubo masivas peregrinaciones hacia Jerusalén para poder morir en Tierra Santa. Actualmente se sabe que no sucedieron tales hechos, cuyo relato se remonta al Renacimiento, siendo popularizado por los historiadores del siglo XIX.
Emperor Taizong of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty captures Daliang, ending the dynasty and empire of the Later Jin. That was 947.
The Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that captures it bloodlessly. That was 630.
el profeta Mahoma se dirige a La Meca con su ejército y la captura sin derramar sangre.
entra en vigor el Código Teodosiano.
à Ravenne, Galla Placidia Augusta, mère de l'empereur Valentinien III, reçoit Aetius et ses Huns, après l'avoir fait nommer à distance Premier ministre de l'Empire romain d'Occident en difficulté, et patrice, autrement dit « gouverneur » de cette partie de l'Empire.
Emperor Honorius forced his half-sister Galla Placidia into marriage with his top general, Constantius. She didn't want the match. Placidia had previously been captured by the Visigoths and married their king Athaulf — a marriage she reportedly grew to prefer over Roman court life. After Athaulf's assassination, she was returned to Rome. Honorius needed Constantius happy and loyal. So he gave him his sister. The marriage produced a son, Valentinian III, who became emperor. Placidia ran the Western Empire as regent for years. A woman treated as currency who ended up running the empire.
Galla Placidia, half-sister of Emperor Honorius, is married to the Visigothic king Ataulf at Narbonne. The wedding is celebrated with Roman festivities and magnificent gifts from the Gothic booty. That was 414.
The last known gladiatorial competition in Rome takes place. That was 404.
An infuriated Roman mob tears Telemachus, a Christian monk, to pieces for trying to stop a gladiators' fight in the public arena held in Rome. That was 404.
The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor. That was 193.
January 1, 153. Roman consuls begin their year in office.
en Germania Superior, las legiones romanas apostadas en esa provincia proclaman emperador a Vitelio, tras rehusar juramento de lealtad a Galba.
The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. That was 69.
en Roma, Calígula inaugura el segundo consulado: lo ejercerá durante 30 días.
The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar. That was -42.
The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year. That was -45.
el cónsul Cayo Mario celebra el triunfo romano en la Guerra de Yugurta sobre Yugurta, el rey de los númidas, que será ejecutado una semana después en la prisión Tulia, en Roma.
Roman consuls began their year in office on January 1 for the first time in 153 BC. Before that, they'd taken power on March 15. The change happened because Rome needed to get its new consul, Quintus Fulvius Nobilior, to Hispania faster to deal with a rebellion. Moving the start date gave him two extra months to prepare and march. A military emergency in Spain permanently shifted the Western world's calendar. Every January 1 celebration traces back to Roman logistics.
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1986. Lee Sungmin. South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Super Junior).
Peruvian footballer.
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Peruvian footballer. Born 1984.
Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KinKi Kids).
Canadian wrestler.
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Canadian wrestler. Born 1977.
Taiwanese actor and singer (F4).
Fernando Tatís — dominican baseball player.
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Born on New Year's Day, 1975.
Five hundred million copies.
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That's how many volumes of One Piece have sold, making it the best-selling manga in history by a margin that isn't even close. Eiichiro Oda started drawing it in 1997 and hasn't stopped. He wanted to be a manga artist from the age of four, submitted his first work to Shonen Jump at seventeen, and spent years as an assistant before launching the series that consumed his life. Oda sleeps roughly three hours a night during serialization weeks. He's been hospitalized for overwork multiple times and keeps going. The story follows a rubber-bodied pirate captain hunting for legendary treasure across an ocean full of islands, each one stranger than the last. It's outlasted most governments formed the same year. Oda has said he planned the ending from day one. Twenty-eight years later, readers are still waiting for it. The Clinton administration was in office when this started.
American child actor (''The Shining'').
American DJ and songwriter.
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American DJ and songwriter. Born 1972.
He invented a DJ technique that changed hip-hop.
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Grandmaster Flash developed the Quick Mix Theory — learning to extend breaks in songs by switching between two records at precise moments — and the punch phasing technique, which let him cut and scratch in rhythm. He grew up in the South Bronx watching Kool Herc perform and then went home and figured out the math. "The Message" in 1982, with the Furious Five, was one of the first hip-hop records to document inner-city poverty in detail. It sold 500,000 copies without radio play.
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani overthrew his own father in a bloodless palace coup in 1995 while the old emir vacationed in Switzerland.
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Then he turned Qatar from a quiet Gulf backwater into a global media power by launching Al Jazeera in 1996. The 24-hour Arabic news network rattled every government in the Middle East. He also won the bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a decision that generated controversy that hasn't stopped. He abdicated voluntarily in 2013 and handed the throne to his son. One of the few Arab rulers to leave power alive and by choice.
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1948. Ismael Zambada García was born. Mexican drug lord.
American wrestling manager and singer (The Gentrys).
Omar al-Bashir took Sudan through a bloodless military coup in 1989 and kept it for thirty years.
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During that time the ICC issued an arrest warrant charging him with genocide in Darfur. He traveled internationally regardless. Most African Union nations ignored the warrant. His own people finally overthrew him in 2019 after months of street protests. The man who'd survived every external threat couldn't survive domestic rage. He was convicted of corruption and is serving time in a Sudanese prison. The genocide charges from The Hague are still pending.
Alassane Ouattara won the 2010 presidential election in Ivory Coast and had to fight a war to take office.
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The incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, refused to leave despite international observers confirming Ouattara's victory. Four months of crisis. Three thousand dead. French and UN forces eventually pulled Gbagbo from his bunker. Ouattara had been an IMF deputy managing director before politics — a technocrat forced into becoming a wartime president. He governed for a decade. Economics degrees from the University of Pennsylvania don't prepare you for West African regime change.
From the United States.
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Country Joe McDonald, american singer-songwriter and guitarist (country joe and the fish). Born 1942.
Gaafar Nimeiry took power in Sudan through a military coup in 1969 and held it for sixteen years.
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He nationalized banks, aligned with the Soviets, pivoted to the Americans, then imposed sharia law. Survived at least three coup attempts. His Addis Ababa Agreement in 1972 ended Sudan's first civil war — eleven years of fighting. Then he violated the agreement's terms by imposing Islamic law on the non-Muslim south, reigniting the conflict. A popular uprising overthrew him in 1985 while he was abroad. He spent the next fourteen years in Egyptian exile.
Raymond Chow — hong kong film producer, co-founded orange sky golden harvest.
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Born on New Year's Day, 1929.
Vernon Smith grew up during the Depression in Wichita.
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His mother couldn't afford a car. Scholarships carried him to Caltech, where he built a field that didn't exist yet: experimental economics. Testing economic theories in controlled lab settings, the way a chemist tests hypotheses. Economists were skeptical. The discipline was supposed to be theoretical. Smith spent forty years proving them wrong, running experiments that upended assumptions about how markets actually function. The Nobel came in 2002. He was 75 by then. The field he'd invented was already mainstream.
Francisco Macías Nguema became the first president of independent Equatorial Guinea and turned it into one of Africa's most brutal states.
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He banned fishing boats to prevent escape. Killed or exiled roughly a third of the population. Murdered teachers; destroyed the country's intellectual class. He kept the national treasury in suitcases at his house. His nephew Teodoro Obiang led the coup that overthrew him in 1979. Nguema was executed by firing squad. Obiang took power. He's still there, 46 years later and counting.
Noor Inayat Khan was a princess, a children's book author, and a British spy.
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Descended from Tipu Sultan of Mysore, raised in Paris writing stories about animals. When the Nazis occupied France she joined the Special Operations Executive and parachuted back in as a wireless operator — the first woman infiltrated into occupied France in that role. The Gestapo caught her. She attempted escape twice. They sent her to Dachau and shot her in September 1944. Her last word was "liberté." She was 30. Britain awarded the George Cross posthumously.
He ran the FBI for 48 years.
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J. Edgar Hoover was appointed director in 1924 at 29, outlasted eight presidents, and left in a body bag in 1972. He built the Bureau into a political instrument, keeping files on presidents, senators, civil rights leaders, and journalists. He used those files as leverage. He investigated Martin Luther King Jr. for years and sent him a letter suggesting he kill himself. He denied the Mafia existed until the 1960s. He died with more power than any unelected official in American history, and left no instructions for what to do with the files.
John Garand — canadian-american engineer and designer, designed the m1 garand rifle.
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Born on New Year's Day, 1888.
William Fox arrived from Hungary at nine, speaking no English.
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Garment industry first. Then a penny arcade. Then a theater. Then a chain of theaters. Then a film studio. Fox Film Corporation became one of Hollywood's giants. He pioneered the Movietone sound-on-film system that helped kill silent cinema. Then the 1929 crash destroyed him. He lost the studio, the theaters, the fortune. Fox Film merged with Twentieth Century Pictures in 1935. The name survived. He didn't. Died broke and forgotten in 1952.
Pierre de Coubertin wasn't interested in sports.
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He was interested in education. He believed the ancient Greek model of combining athletics with intellectual development could reform French society after its humiliation in the Franco-Prussian War. That belief led him to found the International Olympic Committee in 1894 and organize the first modern Olympics in Athens two years later. Only 241 athletes competed. Fourteen nations. Coubertin designed the five interlocking Olympic rings himself. He ran the IOC for 29 years and died in 1937 nearly broke.
Betsy Ross probably didn't sew the first American flag.
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The story comes from her grandson, who told it nearly a century after the alleged event. No contemporary documents mention her. What's confirmed: Ross was a Philadelphia upholsterer who sewed flags for the Pennsylvania navy. She ran the business through three husbands, two of whom died. The flag story, verified or not, made her a national symbol. Her house on Arch Street draws 250,000 visitors a year. America's most famous seamstress, celebrated for something she may never have done.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo — spanish painter.
From Finland. Aarne Arvonen, finnish supercentenerian. Born 2009.
Hend Zaza, tenista siria de mesa.
João Victor, futebolista brasileiro.
2007. Ian Subiabre. Ian Subiabre, Argentine footballer.
Tobias Slotsager, futbolista danés.
Louis BPM, cantante venezolano.
Alzain Tareq, nadadora barenita.
Lamine Camara. Lamine Camara, Senegalese footballer. Born 2004.
Giovani Henrique Amorim da Silva, futbolista brasileño.
Amit Elor, luchadora estadounidense.
Román Vega, futbolista argentino.
Daria Trubnikova. Daria Trubnikova, Russian rhythmic gymnast. Born 2003.
Théo Guiraud-Poillot, französischer Biathlet
Alberto Retuerta Cuadros, futbolista español.
Simon Adingra. Simon Adingra, Ivorian footballer. Born 2002.
David Hummel, deutscher Fußballspieler
Tusse, cantor sueco-congolês.
Angourie Rice. Angourie Rice, Australian actress. Born 2001.
Kim Sindermann, deutsche Fußballspielerin
Meltem Akçöl, actriz turca.
Osama Faisal, futbolista egipcio.
Emircan Haney, arquero turco.
Yasser Larouci, futbolista argelino.
Winter. Winter, South Korean singer. Born 2001.
Habiba Mansur, taekwondista egipcia.
Elena Kömmling, deutsche Volleyballspielerin
Ice Spice. Ice Spice, American rapper. Born 2000.
Nicolas Kühn. Nicolas Kühn, German footballer. Born 2000.
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, patinadora rusa (f. 2020).
Kobe Brown, baloncestista estadounidense.
Aleksandra Klepaczka, modelo polaca.
Glenn Middleton, futbolista británico-escocés.
Álvaro Roncal, futbolista español.
Boško Šutalo, futbolista croata.
Zhou Lijun, taekwondista china.
Diamond White, cantante y actriz estadounidense.
BÙI HOÀNG Việt Anh, futbolista vietnamita.
Gianluca Scamacca, futbolista italiano.
Sergio Moreno Martínez, futbolista español.
Tatiana Andreoli, arquera italiana.
Trenton Gill, jugador estadounidense de fútbol americano.
Benjamin Goller, futbolista alemán.
Emmanuel Latte Lath, futbolista marfileño.
Mark Petrovski, boxeador ruso.
1999. Azmy Qowimuramadhoni was born. Azmy Qowimuramadhoni, Indonesian-Azerbaijani badminton player.
Tomás Chancalay — tomás chancalay, argentine footballer. Born on New Year's Day, 1999.
Juan David Lemus, futbolista colombiano.
Ayub Hadimi, jugadora marroquí de fútbol 5 adaptado.
Lara Robinson, actriz australiana.
Libby Squire, joven británica asesinada (f. 2019).
Cihad Ateş, türkischer Fußballspieler
Raphael Schwendinger, liechtensteinischer Judoka
Sara Ahmed, ägyptische Gewichtheberin
1998. Marlene Lawston was born. American child actress.
Roxana Anghel, remera rumana.
Paul Botha, atleta sudafricano.
David DiLeo, baloncestista estadounidense.
Fabian Feyaerts, cantante belga.
Giulia Gayoso, atriz brasileira.
1998. Frank Onyeka. Frank Onyeka, Nigerian footballer.
Enock Mwepu. Enock Mwepu, Zambian footballer. Born 1998.
Edwuin Cetré. Edwuin Cetré, Colombian footballer. Born 1998.
Cristina Bucșa. Cristina Bucșa, Moldovan-Spanish tennis player. Born 1998.
Asier Gomes Álvarez, futbolista español.
Pavel Pavliuchenko, futbolista bielorruso.
Federico Vietto, futbolista argentino.
Celil Yüksel, futbolista turco.
Adrián Ugarriza, futbolista peruano.
Matt Orr, futbolista hongkonés.
1997. Noah Kahan was born. Noah Kahan, American singer-songwriter.
Keegan Hipgrave. Keegan Hipgrave, Australian rugby league player. Born 1997.
Gonzalo Montiel. Gonzalo Montiel, Argentine footballer. Born 1997.
Chloé Dygert, ciclista estadunidense.
Nathaniel Coleman, escalador esportivo estadunidense.
Kevin Knight, lutador de lutas corpo a corpo norte-americano.
Eli Abaev, baloncestista estadounidense.
Víctor Arboleda, futbolista colombiano.
Ross Gunn, britischer Automobilrennfahrer
Kouadio-Yves Dabila, futbolista marfileño.
Abdalelah Haroun, velocista qatari (m. 2021).
Charlie Robertson, britischer Automobilrennfahrer
Kazune Kubota, futbolista japonés.
Javier Navarro Rodríguez, futbolista español.
Chidozie Awaziem, futbolista nigeriano.
Víctor García Raja, futbolista español.
Mahdi Afri, atleta marroquí.
Mathias Jensen — mathias jensen, danish footballer. Born on New Year's Day, 1996.
1996. Mahmoud Dahoud. Mahmoud Dahoud, German footballer.
Andreas Pereira. Andreas Pereira, Brazilian footballer. Born 1996.
Adem Furkan Avcı, türkischer Boxer
Marius Funk, deutscher Fußballspieler
Lydia Peckham, neuseeländische Schauspielerin
Joseph Areruya, ciclista ruandês.
Yaya Banhoro, futebolista burquinês.
Stuart Holthusen, futbolista neozelandés.
Kun, cantante chino.
Brighton Labeau, futbolista francés.
Ayşe Bera Süzer, arquera turca.
Mihaela de Micheli Vitturi, regatista croata.
Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu, boxeador kirguís.
Ahmaad Rorie, baloncestista estadounidense.
Isaiah Powell, baloncestista estadounidense.
Sundar Singh Gurjar, atleta indio.
Pan Dandan, remera china.
Muusa Dama, baloncestista beninés.
ATOMU Mizuishi, actor japonés.
Poppy. Poppy, American singer and YouTube personality. Born 1995.
Malory Vargas, actriz y bailarina peruana.
Bryan Róchez, footballeur hondurien.
Sardar Azmoun. Sardar Azmoun, Iranian footballer. Born 1995.
Kelly Vollebregt, niederländische Handballspielerin
Gökhan Akkan, türkischer Fußballspieler
Mongkhon Bunsun, deportista paralímpico tailandés.
Hamza Hanash, futbolista yemení.
Florijana Ismaili, futbolista suiza (f. 2019).
Ajmad Magomedov, luchador macedonio.
Janus Daði Smárason, balonmanista islandés.
Giorgos Masouras, futbolista griego.
Eric Dier, footballeur anglais.
Mohammed Osman, footballeur syrien.
Issiaga Sylla, footballeur guinéen.
Jarfaiter, rapero español.
Andrei Ioniță, violonchelista rumano.
Sheyla Gutiérrez, ciclista espanhola.
Emilie Hegh Arntzen, norwegische Handballspielerin
Daniela Kadewa, bulgarische Biathletin
LaMonte Wade Jr. LaMonte Wade Jr., American baseball player. Born 1994.
Craig Murray. Scottish footballer. Born 1994.
Abrar Osman, atleta eritreo.
Brendan Elliot. Australian rugby league player. Born 1994.
Lu Ning, jugador chino de snooker.
Isaac Nana, futbolista ghanés.
Borja Lasso, futbolista español.
Hatice Kübra İlgün, taekwondista turca.
Cindy Rival, judoka neocaledonia.
Alexis Crystal, actriz pornográfica y modelo erótica checa.
Holly Norton, remera británica.
1993. Larry Nance Jr. was born. Larry Nance Jr., American basketball player.
Abdoulaye Doucouré. Abdoulaye Doucouré, Malian footballer. Born 1993.
Stanislava Preclíková, tschechische Skibobfahrerin
André Biyogo Poko, gabunischer Fußballspieler
Aykut Özer, deutsch-türkischer Fußballspieler
Michael Olaitan. Nigerian footballer. Born 1993.
Jon Flanagan. English footballer. Born 1993.
Hérica Tibúrcio, lutadora brasileira de artes marciais mistas.
Sifan Hassan, meio-fundista etíope.
Mónica Chávez Rivera, taekwondista mexicana.
Jon Flanagan, futbolista británico-inglés.
Oren Williams, born on New Year's Day 1992. American actor.
Jack Wilshere, futbolista británico.
René Binder, piloto de automovilismo austríaco.
Daniel Kofi Agyei. Ghanaian footballer. Born 1992.
René Binder — austrian race car driver. Born on New Year's Day, 1992.
Quentin Burgi, piragüista francés.
Fatih Çelik, deportista paralímpico turco.
Ali Ferydoon is the younger brother of Canadian rapper Drake, who has referred to him in music. He has been photographed at events and appears occasionally in social media documentation of Drake's inner circle. He has maintained a low profile compared to his famous sibling, which is a reasonable response to the level of scrutiny that attaches to anyone in Drake's orbit.
Fuzia El-Kasiui, deportista paralímpica marroquí.
Graciele Herrmann, nadadora brasileira.
He Kexin — chinese gymnast. Born on New Year's Day, 1992.
Daniil Jurjewitsch Apalkow, russischer Eishockeyspieler
Hazar Ergüçlü, actriz turco-chipriota.
He Kexin, gimnasta artística china.
Salvatore Molina, futbolista italiano.
Sunshyne Monroe, actriz pornográfica transexual estadounidense.
1992. Nathaniel Peteru. Nathaniel Peteru, New Zealand rugby league player.
Shane Duffy — shane duffy, irish footballer. Born on New Year's Day, 1992.
Jack Wilshere. English footballer. Born 1992.
Lily Travers, actriz británica.
Mohamed El-Sergani, taekwondista egipcio.
Christoph Foth, deutscher Handballspieler
Glen Rice Jr. Glen Rice Jr., American basketball player. Born 1991.
Ayat Al-Qurmezi, poetisa y activista por los derechos humanos bareiní.
Sopiko Guramishvili, enxadrista georgiana.
Garah Tnaiash, deportista paralímpico iraquí
Abdoulaye Ba, futbolista senegalés.
Peter Burling, velejador neozelandês.
Luciano Juncos, director, guionista y productor de cine argentino.
Xavier Su'a-Filo. Xavier Su'a-Filo, American football player. Born 1991.
Nick Aitken, australischer Straßenradrennfahrer
Marian Lösch, deutscher Schauspieler und Synchronsprecher
Mark Nzeocha, deutscher American-Football-Spieler
Ruslán Kambólov, futbolista ruso.
From Iraq. Safaa Rashed, iraqi weightlifter. Born 1990.
Juan Sánchez Miño, futebolista argentino.
Ali Maâloul. Ali Maâloul, Tunisian football player. Born 1990.
Nadia Pariss, actrice pornographique et mannequin de charme afro-américaine.
Ben Harris, futbolista británico-inglés.
Zita Hanrot, atriz francesa.
Julia Glushko. Julia Glushko, Israeli tennis player. Born 1990.
Sachi Amma, japanischer Sportkletterer
Tameem al-Kubati, jemenitischer Taekwondoin
Andrew Simpson, ator irlandês.
Fatih Avan, türkischer Leichtathlet
Marvin Austin. American football player. Born 1989.
Stefan Reinartz, ex-futebolista alemão.
Zouhair Feddal, futebolista marroquino.
Sabah Şəriəti, aserbaidschanischer Ringer
Omar Jatta, gambischer Fußballspieler
Kendall Waston, futebolista costarriquenho.
Víctor Ayala Núñez, futbolista paraguayo.
Alex Rafael, futbolista brasileño.
Assimiou Touré, futbolista togolés.
Fernando Uribe, futbolista colombiano.
Dallas Keuchel. Dallas Keuchel, American baseball player. Born 1988.
منى أمرشا، مغنية مغربية.
1988. Nelufar Hedayat. Afghan-British journalist.
Ghazala Javed — pakistani singer. Born on New Year's Day, 1988. Gone at 24.
1988. Grzegorz Panfil was born. Polish tennis player.
Aliya Garayeva, ex-ginasta azeri.
Julien Pestel, acteur, scénariste et réalisateur français.
Romain Sicard, ex-ciclista francês.
Steffen Coßbau, deutscher Handballspieler
Sebastian Kirchner, deutscher Handballspieler
Janne Ryynänen, finnischer Nordischer Kombinierer
Chris-Florian Treutler, deutscher Handballspieler
1988. Marcel Gecov was born. Marcel Gecov, Czech footballer.
Sotiria, deutsche Sängerin
1987. Estefanía Craciún. Uruguayan tennis player.
Gia Coppola. American film director. Born 1987.
Gilbert Brulé. Canadian ice hockey player. Born 1987.
Meryl Davis. American ice dancer. Born 1987.
Patric Hörnqvist — patric hörnqvist, swedish ice hockey player. Born on New Year's Day, 1987.
Tarek Elrich, futbolista australiano.
Nana Dzagnidze, enxadrista georgiana.
Ben Alnwick, ex-futebolista britânico.
Philipp Seebacher, österreichischer Fußballspieler
Victoria Amelina (Victoria Yurievna AMELINA), novelista e informática ucraniana (f. 2023), fallecida por un ataque ruso con misiles.
Marat Bikmaev, futebolista uzbeque.
Davies Nkausu, futebolista zambiano.
Colin Morgan. Northern Irish actor. Born 1986.
Burak Yiğit, deutscher Schauspieler
Franziska Stürmer, deutsche Schauspielerin
Marco Pischorn, deutscher Fußballspieler
Anna Brewster, britische Schauspielerin und Model
Karol Conká, cantora brasileira.
1986. Pablo Cuevas. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player.
From the United States. Glen Davis, american basketball player. Born 1986.
Jean-Philippe Sol, joueur de volley-ball français.
Oscar Gatto, ex-ciclista italiano.
Steven Davis — irish footballer. Born on New Year's Day, 1985.
1985. Jeff Carter was born. Canadian ice hockey player.
Rafael Bastos, futbolista brasileño.
Naomi Jones, arquera británica.
Julianne Pachico, escritora británica expatriado en Estados Unidos.
Eyjólfur Héðinsson. Icelandic footballer and model. Born 1985.
Tiago Splitter. Brazilian basketball player. Born 1985.
Luis Miguel Rodríguez, futbolista argentino.
Denis Maratowitsch Abdullin, russischer Eishockeyspieler
Veysel Aksu, türkischer Fußballspieler
Jesper Arvidsson, schwedischer Fußballspieler
Jannis Bäcker deutscher Bobfahrer
Kenoh. Kenoh, Japanese professional wrestler. Born 1985.
Naughty Boy, discotecário e produtor musical britânico.
Fernando San Emeterio. Fernando San Emeterio, Spanish basketball player. Born 1984.
Rafa Jordà, futbolista español.
Rubens Sambueza, futbolista argentino.
Alok Kapali. Bangladeshi cricketer. Born 1984.
Shareefa. American singer. Born 1984.
1984. Michael Witt. Australian rugby player.
Jon O’Bir, britischer Trance-DJ und -Produzent
Christian Eigler, deutscher Fußballspieler
Aaron Beeney, englischer Dartspieler
Mubarak Al Rumaihi, katarischer Springreiter
Malick Badiane, basketteur sénégalais.
Sayali Bhagat, actriz y modelo india.
Stefano Pastrello. Italian footballer. Born 1984.
From Lebanon. Mohammed Ghaddar, lebanese footballer. Born 1984.
1984. Christian Eigler was born. German footballer.
Cheung Kin Fung — hong kong footballer. Born on New Year's Day, 1984.
Rubens Sambueza. Argentinian footballer. Born 1984.
Mahamat Déby Itno, militar chadiano, presidente de Chad desde 2021.
Calum Davenport. English footballer. Born 1983.
Emi Kobayashi, born on New Year's Day 1983. Japanese model.
Alex Cordaz, futbolista italiano.
Ruibo Qian, US-amerikanische Schauspielerin
Dani Jarque, futbolista español (f. 2009).
Melaine Walker, atleta jamaicana.
Dana DeLorenzo, atriz norte-americana.
Yannick Erkenbrecher, deutscher Fernsehjournalist und Sportreporter
Thomas Morrison, born on New Year's Day 1983. British actor.
1983. Park Sung-Hyun. South Korean archer.
Nicolás Preuss, administrador público y político chileno.
Corinne Coman, Miss France 2003.
Ali Bastian. English actress and model. Born 1983.
Radosław Matusiak, futbolista polaco.
Caroline Korneli, deutsche Fernseh- und Radiomoderatorin und Schauspielerin
Suzana Agostini, brasilianische Fußballspielerin
Luke Rodgers. English footballer. Born 1982.
Egidio Arévalo. Egidio Arévalo, Uruguayan footballer. Born 1982.
David Nalbandian. Argentinian tennis player. Born 1982.
Benoît Angbwa, ex-futebolista camaronês.
João Carlos Pinto Chaves, ex-futebolista brasileiro.
Eliza Joenck, modelo y actriz brasileña.
1981. Eden Riegel was born. American actress.
Mladen Petrić. Croatian footballer. Born 1981.
Renata Ávila Pinto, avocate et militante guatémaltèque de la culture libre.
Jacqui Maxwell. Australian actress. Born 1981.
Sandra Vilanova, futbolista española.
Yacine Abdessadki, französisch-marokkanischer Fußballspieler
Moumouni Dagano, burkinischer Fußballspieler
Oscar Miñambres, ex-futebolista espanhol.
Jonas Armstrong. Irish-British actor. Born 1981.
1981. Zsolt Baumgartner. Hungarian race car driver.
Abdülkadir Koçak, born on New Year's Day 1981. Turkish boxer.
Virginie Boutin, photographe plasticienne et essayiste française.
Elin Nordegren. Swedish-American model. Born 1980.
Richie Faulkner. British guitarist (Judas Priest). Born 1980.
From Denmark. Karina Jacobsgaard, danish tennis player. Born 1980.
Daniil Sapljoshin. Estonian kickboxer. Born 1980.
Maike Billitis, deutsche Schauspielerin
Richie Faulkner, britischer Rockmusiker
Ignacio Huang, actor y diseñador gráfico taiwanés nacionalizado argentino.
Omar Abdulkadir, futbolista somalí.
Jennifer Lauret, actrice française.
Olivia Ruiz, chanteuse et écrivaine française d'origine espagnole.
Duangjai Hiransri, atriz tailandesa.
Juan de Dios Pérez, ex-futebolista panamenho.
1980. Lazaros Agadakos was born. Greek basketball player.
Ingo Kindervater, deutscher Badmintonspieler
Adil Kaouch, marokkanischer Leichtathlet
Klaus Handler, österreichischer Politiker
Brody Dalle fronted punk bands in Melbourne at 16. Moved to LA, married Tim Armstrong of Rancid at 18, and formed The Distillers — a band that sounded like it was trying to break through the speakers. "Drain the Blood" and "City of Angels" hit with a rawness the early-2000s punk revival needed. Her marriage to Armstrong ended publicly; tabloid coverage nearly drowned the music. She married Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age in 2007 and eventually went solo. The Distillers broke up. The punk credentials stayed.
Vidya Balan. Vidya Balan, Indian actress. Born 1979.
Anuarbek Amankulov, taekwondista kazajo.
Dingko Singh, indischer Boxer
Saleh Ali al-Sammad, político yemení (f. 2018).
Viacheslav Sviderski, futbolista ucraniano.
Brian McDonough, remero estadounidense.
Anders Danielsen Lie, actor noruego.
Sarah Joy Kabanuck, soprano estadounidense.
Gregory Alan Isakov, cantautor estadounidense.
Gisela, cantante española.
Mercedes Funes, actriz argentina.
Nico Evers-Swindell, actor neozelandés.
Brody Dalle, cantante australiana, de la banda The Distillers.
Anna Ammirati, actriz italiana.
1979. Fadi El Khatib. Lebanese basketball player.
Gift Kampamba, futebolista zambiano.
Kathryn Thomas — irish television presenter. Born on New Year's Day, 1979.
Xavier Samin, futbolista franco-polinesio.
Mercy Aigbe, actriz y cineasta nigeriana.
Irini Zora, remera griega.
Laura Lopes (Laura Rose Parker Bowles), hija menor del primer matrimonio de Camilla Shand (reina consorte del Reino Unido), y de Andrew Parker Bowles.
Anca Heltne, atleta rumana.
1978. Vidya Balan was born. Indian model and actress.
Nina Bott, born on New Year's Day 1978. German actress.
From Ireland. Philip Mulryne, irish footballer. Born 1978.
Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda. Indian spiritualist. Born 1978.
Terri Tatchell, guionista canadiense.
Philip Mulryne, sacerdote y futbolista británico.
Tarik O'Regan. British composer. Born 1978.
Humberto Gomes, balonmanista portugués.
Yohann Diniz, atleta francés.
Chris Davidson, surfista australiano (f. 2022).
Arilson Chiorato. Arilson Chiorato, Brazilian politician. Born 1978.
Nina Bott, actriz alemana.
Abdihakem Abdirahman, US-amerikanischer Langstreckenläufer
Brian Boucher, US-amerikanischer Eishockeyspieler
Jerry Yan, actor y cantante taiwanés.
Dagnė Čiukšytė, litauisch-britische Schachspielerin, Internationaler Meister
Krzysztof Ratajski, polnischer Dartspieler
Lars Schieske, deutscher Politiker
Oliver Thomas, deutscher Sänger
Hasan Salihamidžić — bosnian footballer. Born on New Year's Day, 1977.
Hasan Salihamidžić, futbolista bosnio.
Olena Kravets, actriz, productora y presentadora de televisión ucraniana.
Fauziya Kasinga, activista y escritora togolesa.
Daniela Holtz, actriz y profesora de actuación alemana.
Donna Ares, cantante bosnia (f. 2017).
Ricardo Chamorro, abogado y político conservador español, miembro del partido Vox.
Axel, cantante argentino.
María Almudéver, actriz española.
Antoine Revoy, autor e ilustrador francés.
Morenito de Arlés (Rachid Ouramdane), torero francés.
Ricardo Margaleff, actor mexicano.
Patricia Sornosa, humorista española.
From Czechia. Leoš Friedl, czech tennis player. Born 1977.
María de la Paz Hernández. Argentinian field hockey player. Born 1977.
Andrei Stoliarov. Russian tennis player. Born 1977.
Tomohiro Suzuki, guionista de anime japonés.
Tine Acke, deutsche Fotografin und Designerin
Leoš Friedl, ex-tenista tcheco.
Yann Gonzalez, jornalista e cineasta francês.
Zurab Yaparidze, político georgiano.
Zlatko Trpkovski, deutsches Medienphänomen
Kuljeet Randhawa, indische Schauspielerin
Just Jack, britischer Musiker
Bojan Filipović, serbischer Fußballspieler
Mustafa Doğan, deutscher Fußballspieler
Mehman Əzizov, judoca azerbaiyano.
Agnieszka Górska, política y economista polaca.
Harue Sato, futbolista japonesa.
1976. Tank was born. Tank, American singer, songwriter, producer, and actor.
1976. Georgina Chapman. British fashion designer and actress.
Caleb Wyatt. American motocross rider. Born 1976.
Jesús Muñoz Calonge, futbolista español.
Marko Topić, futbolista bosnio.
Roman Slobodjan, deutscher Schachspieler
Andreas Wels, deutscher Wasserspringer
Sonali Bendre. Indian model and actress. Born 1975.
EIICHIRŌ Oda, mangaka japonés.
Joe Cannon. American soccer player. Born 1975.
Andrii Sybiha, político y diplomático ucraniano.
Mahnaz Mohammadi, cinéaste iranienne.
From Norway. Bengt Sæternes, norwegian footballer. Born 1975.
Becky Kellar-Duke. Canadian ice hockey player. Born 1975.
Chris Anstey. Australian basketball player. Born 1975.
Mohamed Albuflasa, born on New Year's Day 1975. Bahraini poet.
Antti-Pekka Auvinen, finnischer Telemarker und Skirennläufer
Christoph Bach, deutscher Schauspieler
Makis Papadimitriou, griechischer Schauspieler
Élodie Frenck, französisch-schweizerische Schauspielerin
Francesco Piovanetti, puerto-ricanischer Investmentbanker und Automobilrennfahrer
Marco Schreyl, deutscher Fernsehmoderator
Catalina Guirado. English model and TV personality. Born 1974.
Franziska Arndt, deutsche Schauspielerin
Giorgos Theodotou. Cypriot footballer. Born 1974.
Jonah Peretti, empresario estadounidense.
Mario Benetton, ciclista italiano.
Mehdi Ben Slimane, futbolista tunecino.
Ricardo Frederico Rodrigues Antunes, futbolista brasileño.
Hamilton Ricard. Colombian footballer. Born 1974.
Zabine, österreichische Musikerin
Constantinos Carydis, griechischer Dirigent
Janine Ast, deutsche Volleyballspielerin
Madeleine Peyroux, cantora estadunidense.
Christian Paradis. Canadian politician. Born 1974.
Yasmine Lafitte, franko-marokkanische Pornodarstellerin
Malik Arrendell, deutscher Basketballspieler
Mohamad Ahansal, marokkanischer Langstreckenläufer
Jimi Mistry, ator britânico.
Stéphane François, politologue français.
Danny Lloyd, acteur américain.
Shelda Bede — brazilian volleyball player. Born on New Year's Day, 1973.
Shelda Bede, brasilianische Beachvolleyballspielerin
Oliver Bürgin, Schweizer Schauspieler
1973. Li Fang was born. Chinese tennis player.
From Laotian. Bryan Thao Worra, laotian-american author, poet, and playwright. Born 1973.
Magnus Sahlgren played guitar for three different Swedish metal bands simultaneously. Lake of Tears, Dismember, and Tiamat — doom, death, and gothic metal respectively. Three subgenres that don't always coexist in the same room, let alone under the same guitarist's fingers. He shifted between moods and tunings as naturally as switching channels. Lake of Tears' melancholic atmosphere owed a lot to his playing. He was never the frontman. Never the name on the marquee. Swedish metal's most versatile session musician, hiding in plain sight.
Anwar Mansoor Mangrio, born on New Year's Day 1973. Sindhi poet.
Diego Chaher, abogado argentino.
André Marx, deutscher Autor
Aslan Kərimov, aserbaidschanischer Fußballspieler
Artur Jorge, ex-futebolista e treinador de futebol português.
Albert Fàbrega, mecánico de competición de automovilismo, reportero y presentador de televisión español.
1972. Barron Miles. American-Canadian football player.
Aliaskhab Kebekov, terrorista ruso (f. 2015).
Yermakhan Ibraimov, born on New Year's Day 1972. Kazakh boxer.
Micaela Nevárez, actriz puertorriqueña.
Giovanni Pretorius, südafrikanischer Boxer
Garrett K. Gomez. American jockey. Born 1972.
Marou Amadou, nigrischer Jurist und Politiker
Catherine McCormack, actrice américaine.
Yermakhan Ibraimov, boxeur kazhak champion olympique.
Walter Boyd, futbolista jamaicano.
Abbas Chahrour, futbolista libanés.
Shane Carruth, director, guionista, productor y actor estadounidense.
Gabriela Alves, actriz brasileña.
From France. Lilian Thuram, french footballer. Born 1972.
1972. Neve McIntosh was born. Scottish actress.
Sandro Alfaro, ex-futebolista costarriquenho.
Turgay Aydın, actor turco.
Abdala Faye, escultor senegalés.
Mery Janneth Gutiérrez, abogada colombiana.
LEE-SONG Hee-il, cineasta surcoreano.
Greg Johnson, defensor de la supremacía blanca, filósofo y escritor estadounidense.
María Antonieta Mendívil, poetisa, narradora y ensayista mexicana.
Abel Rodríguez, actor cubano de cine, teatro y televisión (f. 2021).
Scott Wills, actor neozelandés.
David Wurawa, actor zimbabuense-austríaco.
Paula Paul, deutsche Schauspielerin
Alexander Pointner, österreichischer Skispringer und Skisprungtrainer
David Heurtel, fonctionnaire et homme politique québécois.
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia — jyotiraditya madhavrao scindia, indian politician. Born on New Year's Day, 1971.
Chris Potter — american saxophonist and composer. Born on New Year's Day, 1971.
1971. Sammie Henson. American wrestler.
Bobby Holík. Czech ice hockey player. Born 1971.
Juan Carlos Plata. Guatemalan footballer. Born 1971.
Phoebus. Greek songwriter. Born 1971.
Marcela Walerstein, atriz venezuelana.
Juan Carlos Plata, ex-futebolista e treinador de futebol guatemalteco.
Jay Ashley, US-amerikanischer Pornodarsteller und -regisseur
Tuncay Gary, deutscher Schauspieler und Dichter
Carsten Lang, deutscher Eishockeyspieler, Inline-Skaterhockeyspieler und -Bundestrainer
Markus von Ahlen, deutscher Fußballspieler
Kimberly Page. American wrestling manager and actress. Born 1970.
From Russia. Sergei Kiriakov, russian footballer. Born 1970.
João Miguel, ator, roteirista e diretor brasileiro.
Roongtawan Jindasing, judoka tailandesa.
Stephen Kinnock, diplomático y político británico.
Markus Gier, rameur d'aviron suisse champion olympique.
Fredro Starr, US-amerikanischer Rapper und Schauspieler
RI Kyong-suk, cantante norcoreana.
Robia LaMorte, US-amerikanische Schauspielerin
Anselmo Robbiati, italienischer Fußballspieler
Shelley O'Donnell. Australian netballer. Born 1970.
Gabriel Jarret, born on New Year's Day 1970. American actor.
Roman Badanin, periodista ruso.
Garry Cowan, piloto de motociclismo británico.
Andrea Ashworth, englische Autorin und Literaturwissenschaftlerin
Paul Lawrie, born on New Year's Day 1969. British golfer.
1969. Melissa DiMarco. Canadian actress and producer.
Yvonne Sciò, italienische Schauspielerin
Melania Canales Poma, lideresa indígena y activista peruana.
Abdelkader El Mouaziz, atleta marroquí.
Paul Lawrie, golfista británico-escocés.
Thomas Melges, remero alemán.
Michael Mina, cocinero, empresario y autor de libros de cocina estadounidense.
Ron Terada, artista canadiense.
Hebert Vargas, cantautor colombiano de música vallenata.
Jaime Baksht, ingeniero de sonido mexicano.
From Australia. Nicolle Dickson, australian actress. Born 1969.
1969. Christi Paul was born. American journalist.
Viola, ex-futebolista brasileiro.
Mr. Lawrence, ator, roteirista e dublador estadunidense.
1969. Verne Troyer was born. American actor and stuntman.
Gonzalo Arijón, guionista y cineasta uruguayo.
Jörg Dräger, deutscher Physiker, Politiker und Manager
Michael Deffert, deutscher Schauspieler und Synchronsprecher
Sophie Okonedo. British actress. Born 1968.
Felix Chong. Hong Kong screenwriter. Born 1968.
Ceri Seel, britischer Schauspieler
Joey Stefano, US-amerikanischer Pornodarsteller
Francesca Alotta, chanteuse italienne.
1968. Miki Higashino. Japanese composer.
Davor Šuker — croatian footballer. Born on New Year's Day, 1968.
Spencer Tunick. American photographer. Born 1967.
LTJ Bukem, britischer DJ, Musiker und Musikproduzent
Tim Dog, US-amerikanischer Rapper
Volker Scheurell, deutscher Politiker
Sharon Small, britische Schauspielerin
Ihor Pavlyuk, escritor ucraniano.
Djalwana Laurent Lompo, sacerdote católico nigerino.
Spencer Tunick, fotógrafo estadunidense.
Derrick Thomas. American football player. Born 1967.
Juanma Bajo Ulloa. Spanish director. Born 1967.
John Digweed, born on New Year's Day 1967. English DJ.
1967. Tim Dog was born. American rapper (Ultramagnetic MCs).
1967. Tawera Nikau. Tawera Nikau, New Zealand rugby league player.
Maïga Aziza Mint Mohamed, femme politique malienne.
Derrick Thomas, joueur de football américain († 8 février 2000).
Moses Hamungole, évêque catholique zambien († 13 janvier 2021).
Marc Bourgne, dessinateur et scénariste.
Juanma Bajo Ulloa, cineasta español.
John Digweed, DJ británico.
José Manuel Barla, futbolista español.
Marcelo Barticciotto, futbolista, entrenador y comentarista deportivo argentino, nacionalizado chileno.
1967. Vasilis Lipiridis was born. Greek basketball player.
From Britain. Sharon Small, british actress. Born 1967.
Gorsha Sur. Russian ice dancer. Born 1967.
1966. Ivica Dačić. Serbian politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia.
Tihomir Orešković. Tihomir Orešković, Croatian–Canadian businessman, 11th Prime Minister of Croatia. Born 1966.
Anna Burke — australian politician, 28th speaker of the australian house of representatives. Born on New Year's Day, 1966.
Nikolai Guljajew, russischer Eisschnellläufer
Heike Hänsel, deutsche Politikerin
Andrew Valmon — american runner. Born on New Year's Day, 1965.
Assiat Saitov, coureur cycliste russe.
Édouard Levé, photographe et écrivain français († 15 octobre 2007).
Zhou Jihong, chinesische Wasserspringerin
Andrew Valmon, athlète américain spécialiste du 400 m, double champion olympique en relais.
Nedeljko Bajić, jugoslawisch-bosnisch-serbischer Sänger
Šaban Trstena, lutteur yougoslave champion olympique.
1965. John Sullivan. American politician.
Zukan Helez, bosnischer Politiker
From the United States. Juliana Donald, american actress. Born 1964.
Clare Holman. British actress. Born 1964.
Ronald Torbert, US-amerikanischer Anwalt und American-Football-Schiedsrichter
Nate Tubbs, US-amerikanischer Schwergewichtsboxer
Marcus Signer, Schweizer Schauspieler
Khaled Khalifa, syrischer Romancier, Drehbuchautor und Poet
Markus Töns, deutscher Politiker
Ron Gilbert, concepteur de jeux vidéo américain.
Abdourahamane Tiani, nigrischer Armeegeneral
Moussa Dadis Camara, militar guineano.
Dražen Ladić, futbolista croata.
1963. Dražen Ladić was born. Croatian footballer.
Milan Luhový, futbolista eslovaco.
Alberico Evani, futbolista italiano.
José Manuel Entrecanales, empresario español.
Jean-Marc Gounon. French race car driver. Born 1963.
Alberigo Evani. Italian footballer. Born 1963.
Mukesh Gadhvi. Indian politician. Born 1963.
From Britain. Camila Batmanghelidjh, british businesswoman. Born 1963.
1963. Lina Kačiušytė was born. Lithuanian swimmer.
Linda Henry. British actress. Born 1963.
Milo Aukerman. Milo Aukerman, American singer and songwriter. Born 1963.
Lina Kačiušytė, nageuse lituanienne championne olympique.
1962. Ari Up. German musician (The Slits).
Eva Rossmann, österreichische Journalistin und Autorin
Lena Fridén, jugadora sueca de squash.
Sophie Thompson — british actress. Born on New Year's Day, 1962.
Cristóbal Cubilla, futbolista paraguayo.
Ricky Harris, ator, produtor, dublador e comediante estadunidense (m. 2016).
Sven Nylander, schwedischer Leichtathlet
1962. Anton Muscatelli was born. Italian conomist.
Carlos Gómez, US-amerikanischer Schauspieler
Vasile Năstase, rumänischer Ruderer
Fiona Phillips. British journalist. Born 1961.
Boris Koretsky, fleurettiste soviétique champion olympique.
Davide Cassani, cycliste italien.
Ursula Maria Burkhart, deutsche Schauspielerin
Ettore Dotti, italienischer Ordensgeistlicher
Sergei Jurjewitsch Glasjew, russischer Ökonom und Politiker
Ihar Hermjantschuk, belarussischer Journalist
Mochiru Hoshisato, japanische Mangaka
Albin Killat, deutscher Wasserspringer
Sven Regener, deutscher Musiker und Schriftsteller
Henning Ziebritzki, deutscher Verleger und Schriftsteller
1961. Sam Palahnuk. American video game designer.
Mark Wingett, born on New Year's Day 1961. British actor.
Sam Backo. Australian rugby player. Born 1961.
Viktor Pasulko, treinador de futebol e ex-futebolista ucraniano.
Rita Camata, política e jornalista brasileira.
Vyacheslav Sukristov, ex-futebolista lituano.
Omar Razzaz, político jordaniano.
Sergei Babayan — armenian-american pianist. Born on New Year's Day, 1961.
Frank Minnifield, US-amerikanischer American-Football-Spieler
James O’Barr, US-amerikanischer Comiczeichner
Michael Seibert, US-amerikanischer Eiskunstläufer
Axel Wintermeyer, deutscher Politiker
Latifa Ibn Ziaten (لطيفة إبن زياتن, née Latifa Rhili), responsable franco-marocaine de l'association IMAD pour la jeunesse et la paix.
Daniel Rialet, comédien français († 11 avril 2006).
Michael Seibert. American ice dancer. Born 1960.
Luis Gabelo Conejo, ex-futebolista costarriquenho.
Masaaki Yanagishita, treinador de futebol japonês.
1960. Danny Wilson. English footballer and manager.
Toomas Vitsut. Estonian businessman and politician. Born 1960.
Rayo de Jalisco. Jr., Mexican wrestler. Born 1960.
Mohamed Bazoum, político nigerino, presidente de Níger entre 2021 y 2023.
Serguéi Danilin, luger ruso (f. 2021).
Hans-Peter Makan, deutscher Fußballspieler
Emilio Tuñón Álvarez, arquitecto español.
Abdul Ahad Mohmand. Afghan pilot and astronaut. Born 1959.
Michel Onfray. French philosopher. Born 1959.
Azali Assoumani. Comorian politician, President of the Comoros. Born 1959.
Panagiotis Giannakis. Greek basketball player and coach. Born 1959.
From the United States. Andy Andrews, american tennis player. Born 1959.
Adrian Hall. Adrian Hall, English director and former actor. Born 1959.
From the United States. Jennifer Edwards, american actress. Born 1959.
Jane Comerford, australische Sängerin
Roland Eugen Beiküfner, deutscher Schauspieler
Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria, sudanesischer Geistlicher
Michel Onfray, filósofo francés.
1958. Dave Silk was born. American ice hockey player.
Laima Liucija Andrikienė, litauische Politikerin
Dave Silk, jugador estadounidense de hockey sobre hielo.
Cristina Pardo Schlesinger, abogada y jurista colombiana.
Amy Morton, actriz estadounidense.
Alaa Hussein, militar y político kuwaití.
Mohamed Magassouba, treinador de futebol malinês.
Henriette Youanga, zentralafrikanische Bogenschützin
Vadim Yevtushenko, ex-futebolista e treinador de futebol ucraniano.
Michael Poliza, deutscher Schauspieler, Unternehmer, Autor und Fotograf
Eduardo Dussek, compositor, cantor e ator brasileiro.
Nardela, ex-futebolista brasileiro.
Luis Guzmán, US-amerikanischer Schauspieler
Gary Barber, produtor de cinema sul-africano.
Jennifer Edwards, actriz estadounidense.
Karen Pence, profesora y pintora estadounidense.
Evangelos Venizelos. Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece. Born 1957.
Urmas Arumäe — estonian lawyer. Born on New Year's Day, 1957.
Madolyn Smith, actrice américaine.
Vladimir Kiselyov, athlète ukrainien champion olympique du lancer du poids († 7 janvier 2021).
Ewa Kasprzyk, born on New Year's Day 1957. Polish actress.
Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, político e economista chadiano.
Ramaz Shengelia, futebolista georgiano (m. 2012).
Mark Hurd — american businessman. Born on New Year's Day, 1957.
Sahadi Sandi Abdou, diplomate nigérienne.
Kōji Yakusho, born on New Year's Day 1956. Japanese actor.
From the United States. Mike Mitchell, american basketball player. Born 1956.
Sergei Avdeyev — russian astronaut. Born on New Year's Day, 1956.
1956. Mark R. Hughes was born. American businessman, founded Herbalife.
Mona Fandey, chanteuse et meurtrière malaisienne († 2 novembre 2001).
Andy Gill, guitarrista británico (f. 2020).
Kōji Yakusho, japanischer Schauspieler
Sergei Nikolajewitsch Starostin, russischer Klarinettist und -sänger
Sheila McCarthy, kanadische Schauspielerin
George Gallo, US-amerikanischer Drehbuchautor, Filmregisseur und Filmproduzent
Martin Plaza. Martin Plaza, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born 1956.
Royce Ayliffe. Royce Ayliffe, Australian rugby league player. Born 1956.
Sergio Víctor Palma, boxeador argentino (f. 2021).
Christine Lagarde. French lawyer and politician. Born 1956.
Sheila McCarthy. Canadian actress and singer. Born 1956.
1956. Ziad Rahbani. Lebanese pianist and composer.
Abbas Bahri (عباس البحر), mathématicien tunisien († 10 janvier 2016).
Jesús María Zamora, futbolista español.
Héctor De Benedictis, músico, fotógrafo, gestor cultural y periodista argentino.
1955. Mary Beard was born. British classicist.
Georgina von Etzdorf. Peruvian-British textile designer. Born 1955.
Douglas Kennedy, écrivain américain.
Alexandru Athanasiu, rumänischer Jurist und Politiker
Ekrem Al, türkischer Fußballtrainer
Gennady Lyachin. Russian captain. Born 1955.
From the United States. LaMarr Hoyt, american baseball player. Born 1955.
Trutz Graf Kerssenbrock, deutscher Jurist und Politiker
Claudia Scheler, deutsche Politikerin
1954. Bob Menendez. American politician.
Djimrangar Dadnadji, político chadiano (m. 2019).
Yannis Papathanasiou — greek politician. Born on New Year's Day, 1954.
Denis Côté, écrivain québécois.
Dennis O'Driscoll, born on New Year's Day 1954. Irish poet.
Richard Edson. American drummer and actor (Sonic Youth and Konk). Born 1954.
Korhan Abay, türkischer Schauspieler
Fola Adeola, nigerianischer Politiker
Aram Ateşyan, armenischer Geistlicher
Greg Carmichael — british guitarist (acoustic alchemy). Born on New Year's Day, 1953.
Toyin Falola, nigerianischer Historiker
Philippe Douste-Blazy, cardiologue et homme politique français élu à Lourdes puis Toulouse, ancien ministre.
Roland Garrigues, homme politique français.
Gary Johnson. American politician. Born 1953.
Alpha Blondy, cantante de reggae.
1953. Lynn Jones. American baseball player.
Françoise Gauthier, femme politique québécoise.
Alpha Blondy. Ivorian-American singer-songwriter. Born 1953.
Fulgencio Obelmejías, boxeador venezolano.
Mahamadou Issoufou, nigrischer Politiker
Urs Leimgruber, Schweizer Saxophonist
Juryj Sacharanka, belarussischer Politiker und Aktivist
Shaji N. Karun. Indian director and cinematographer. Born 1952.
Rosario Marchese. Italian-Canadian politician. Born 1952.
Hamad bin Khalifa, emir do Catar.
Jean-Paul Akono, ex-futebolista e treinador de futebol camaronês.
Bernardo Jablonski, ator, diretor teatral, escritor, crítico e roteirista brasileiro (m. 2011).
Ahn Sung-ki, südkoreanischer Schauspieler
Enzo Balestrieri, italienischer Regisseur
François Chatriot, französischer Rallyefahrer
From the United States. Stephanie Faracy, american actress. Born 1952.
René de Ceccatty, écrivain français.
Steve Earle, US-amerikanischer Automobilrennfahrer
Knut Folkerts, deutscher Terrorist
Jean-Noël Guérini, homme politique français marseillais.
Karl Wannemacher, deutscher Koch
Gen’ichirō Takahashi, japanischer Schriftsteller
Ulrich Stockmann, deutscher Politiker
Jim Rakete, deutscher Fotograf
Lars-Erik Nielsen, dänischer Unternehmer und Automobilrennfahrer
Gerd Leipold, deutscher Meteorologe
Ulrike Flach, deutsche Politikerin
Luc Ferry, französischer Politiker und Philosoph
Christine Simon, actrice française.
1951. Prospero Gallinari was born. Italian terrorist.
Norberto Oyarbide, juez federal y abogado argentino (f. 2021).
Hans-Joachim Stuck, piloto de carreras alemán.
Hans-Joachim Stuck. German race car driver. Born 1951.
Nana Patekar, born on New Year's Day 1951. Indian actor.
Ashfaq Hussain. Pakistani-Canadian poet and journalist. Born 1951.
Wayne Bennett. Australian rugby player and coach. Born 1950.
Alberto Jorge, argentinischer Fußballspieler
Steve Ripley, US-amerikanischer Country- und Blues-Gitarrist
W. G. Snuffy Walden, US-amerikanischer Komponist und Musiker
James Richardson, born on New Year's Day 1950. American poet.
Laura Restrepo, escritora y periodista colombiana.
Sigifredo Vega, actor colombiano (f. 2024).
María Casanova, actriz y periodista española.
Valeri Kozlov, matemático ruso.
Zsigmond Villányi, pentatleta húngaro (m. 1995).
Morgan Fisher, britischer Keyboarder
Tony Currie. Tony Currie, English footballer. Born 1950.
Deepa Mehta. Indian-Canadian director and screenwriter. Born 1950.
Morgan Fisher played keyboards for Mott the Hoople during their glam-rock peak. He joined in 1973, in time for the era defined by "All the Young Dudes" — a song David Bowie wrote and handed to the band because he thought they needed saving. Fisher stuck through the messy decline and breakup. Then he moved to Japan and reinvented himself as a visual artist and experimental musician. Gallery installations from Tokyo to London. Not the typical second act for a glam-rock keyboardist. But nothing about Mott the Hoople was typical.
Anne Trabant-Haarbach, deutsche Fußballspielerin
Roland Weidle, deutscher Fußballspieler
Paula Tsui — hong kong singer. Born on New Year's Day, 1949.
Daniel E Gawthrop. American composer. Born 1949.
Vehbi Akdağ, türkischer Ringer
Gerd Antos, deutscher Sprachwissenschaftler
İzzet Avcı, türkischer Bogenschütze
Mukharby Kirzhinov, haltérophile soviétique champion olympique.
Olivia Goldsmith, écrivaine et scénariste américaine († 15 janvier 2004).
1949. Borys Tarasyuk. Ukrainian politician.
Jérôme Bignon, homme politique français.
Max Azria. Tunisian-French fashion designer. Born 1949.
Olivia Goldsmith. American author. Born 1949.
Dieter Montag, deutscher Schauspieler
Thies Mynther, deutscher Musikproduzent, Texter und Komponist
Uschi Reich, deutsche Filmproduzentin
İhsan Arslan, türkischer Politiker
Francisco Luzón, economista y banquero español (f. 2021).
Ismael Zambada García, narcotraficante mexicano.
Joe Petagno. American illustrator. Born 1948.
From Scotland. Ian Lister, scottish footballer. Born 1948.
Devlet Bahçeli has led Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party since 1997. Nearly thirty years of ultranationalist politics. He holds a PhD in economics from Gazi University and spent years as a professor before entering the arena. His party has alternated between opposition kingmaker and coalition partner. Since 2018 he's been the ally keeping Erdoğan's AKP in power, trading support for influence. His critics call him a lapdog. His supporters call him indispensable. He's survived every political earthquake in Turkish politics, which is an accomplishment in itself.
1948. Pavel Grachev was born. Russian general.
Ashok Saraf. Marathi/Hindi Film Actor. Born 1948.
Alain Afflelou, opticien d'affaires à franchises français.
Louis Chedid, auteur, compositeur, interprète musicien et chanteur français.
David Christie, chanteur français († 11 mai 1997).
Dick Quax. Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician. Born 1948.
Augustinho Záccaro, maestro brasileiro (m. 2003).
Antonello Aglioti, italienischer Theater- und Filmregisseur, Kostüm- und Szenenbildner
Javier Aguirresarobe, spanischer Kameramann
Heinz Blasey, deutscher Fußballspieler
Ampon Tangnoppakul, born on New Year's Day 1948. Thai criminal.
Dieter Okras, deutscher Schauspieler und Synchronsprecher
1947. Leonard Thompson was born. American golfer.
Vladimir G. Titov, cosmonaute russe.
Hideaki Yanagida, lutteur japonais champion olympique.
Celso Bugallo, actor español.
Miriam Batucada, cantora brasileira (m. 1994).
F. R. David, cantante francés.
Peter Fischli, Schweizer Schauspieler und Theaterregisseur
László Polgár, bajo lírico búlgaro (f. 2010).
1947. Jon Corzine. American politician, 54th Governor of New Jersey.
Frances Yip — hong kong singer. Born on New Year's Day, 1947.
Helmut Schober, österreichischer Maler und Performancekünstler
Jane Olivor, US-amerikanische Popsängerin
Takão, treinador de futsal brasileiro.
Juan Manuel Laguardia, locutor, actor y productor venezolano.
1946. Claude Steele was born. Claude Steele, American social psychologist and academic.
Carl B. Hamilton. Swedish economist and politician. Born 1946.
Rick Hurst, born on New Year's Day 1946. American actor.
Tatyana Zhuk, ex-patinadora artística russa.
Milena Canonero, figurinista italiana.
Barbara Zakrzewska, polnische Komponistin
1946. Shelby Steele. American author and director.
Susannah McCorkle. American singer. Born 1946.
Grady Allen. American football player. Born 1946.
Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske, deutscher Leichtathlet
Roberto Rivelino. Brazilian footballer. Born 1946.
Werner Rom, bayerischer Volksschauspieler
John Njue, sacerdote católico queniano.
Alain Voss — brazilian-french illustrator. Born on New Year's Day, 1946.
Jim Gordon. Former drummer for Derek & The Dominos. Born 1945.
Ken Wiederhorn, US-amerikanischer Film- und Fernsehregisseur
Zoltán Varga, ungarischer Fußballspieler
Heinz-Hermann Schnabel, deutscher Verwaltungswirt und Politiker
Martin Schanche, norwegischer Automobilrennfahrer und Kommunalpolitiker
Rüdiger Safranski, deutscher Schriftsteller
Antoine Oomen, niederländischer Pianist, Komponist und Dirigent
Werner Mück, österreichischer Journalist
Ludwig Lurz, deutscher Fußballspieler
Karen Korfanta, US-amerikanische Skirennläuferin
Kurt Huggler, Schweizer Skirennläufer
Helmut Hofmann, Brigadegeneral
Lutz Görner, deutscher Rezitator
Ekkehard Göpelt, deutscher Sänger und Moderator
Bernd Burgemeister, deutscher Filmproduzent
Jacky Ickx. Belgian race car driver. Born 1945.
Peter Duncan. Australian politician. Born 1945.
Pietro Grasso, político italiano.
Jimmy Jones — jimmy jones, american basketball player. Born on New Year's Day, 1945.
1945. Victor Ashe. Victor Ashe, American politician and former United States Ambassador to Poland.
Moncho Monsalve, treinador de basquete espanhol.
Martin Schanche. Norwegian race car driver. Born 1945.
Olaf Kraußlach, deutscher Friseur und Verbandsfunktionär
Clemens Klockner, deutscher Professor
Franco Agostinelli, italienischer Geistlicher, Bischof von Grosseto und Prato
Azad Rahman, compositor bangladesí.
Wolfgang Wildgen, linguista alemão (m. 2024).
1944. Jeremy Hindley was born. British horse trainer.
From Estonia. Mati Unt, estonian director. Born 1944.
Eloy de la Iglesia, cineasta español (f. 2006).
Abdul Hamid, político bangladesí, presidente de Bangladés entre 2013 y 2023.
Omar Hasán Ahmad al Bashir, militar sudanés, presidente de Sudán entre 1989 y 2019.
Ariel Salleh, socióloga australiana.
Teresa Torańska. Polish journalist. Born 1944.
Zafarullah Khan Jamali. Pakistani politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan. Born 1944.
Ján Čarnogurský, político eslovaco.
Barry Beath. Barry Beath, Australian rugby league player. Born 1944.
Lucie Gascon, harpiste et compositrice québécoise († 17 septembre 2024).
Larry Clark. American director. Born 1943.
Vladimir Šeks. Croatian politician. Born 1943.
Ronald Perelman bought Revlon through a hostile takeover in 1985 and turned leveraged buyouts into an art form. He collected companies the way some people collect watches — compulsively and with other people's money. Forbes pegged his net worth at $19 billion at its height. Five marriages. Hundreds of millions donated to medical research, cultural institutions, and Republican campaigns. He grew up working at his father's manufacturing company in Philadelphia and learned one lesson early: buying a business is faster than building one. A corporate raider with philanthropic ambitions.
Richard Sennett, US-amerikanischer Soziologe
Allan Starski, polnischer Szenenbildner
Hans-Ulrich Thamer, deutscher Historiker
Bela Bose, bailarina y actriz india (f. 2023).
Catherine Nay, journaliste française.
Hamdi Benani, cantante y músico argelino (f. 2020).
Don Novello, born on New Year's Day 1943. American actor.
Tony Knowles. American politician, 7th Governor of Alaska. Born 1943.
1943. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar was born. Indian scientist.
Joseph Akouissone, cineasta, actor y periodista centroafricano (f. 2019).
Montserrat Soliva Torrentó, científica española (f. 2019).
Ramón Rodríguez, pintor español.
Dalila Puzzovio, artista conceptual y diseñadora de moda argentina.
Germán Molina Valdivieso, abogado y político chileno.
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, político y presidente mauritano (f. 2019).
Stanley Kamel, actor estadounidense (f. 2008).
Erica Fischer, escritora, periodista y traductora austríaca, activista por los derechos de las mujeres.
Bud Hollowell — american baseball player and manager. Born on New Year's Day, 1943.
Victoria Mxenge, enfermera y activista antiapartheid sudafricana (f. 1985).
Marich Man Singh Shrestha, político nepalí, primer ministro de su país entre 1986 y 1990 (f. 2013).
Margaret Tu Chuan, actriz chino-hongkonesa.
Gerda Rogers, österreichische Astrologin
Ayad Fayid al Rawi, militar iraquí (f. 2018).
Bruno Arcari, italienischer Boxer
John Verdon, escritor estadounidense.
Béatrice Casadesus, escultora francesa.
Gennadi Sarafanov. Soviet astronaut. Born 1942.
Anne Duden, deutsche Schriftstellerin
Idun Reiten, norwegische Mathematikerin
Edward Joseph Hoffman, US-amerikanischer Wissenschaftler
Pavel Deyev, jinete soviético (f. 2009).
Diana Dowek, pintora argentina.
Judy Stone — australian singer. Born on New Year's Day, 1942.
Dennis Archer. American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit. Born 1942.
1942. Martin Frost. American politician.
1942. Al Hunt. American journalist.
Anthony Hamilton-Smith. 3rd Baron Colwyn, British dentist. Born 1942.
Khagen Mahanta, cantante y músico indio (f. 2014).
Roland Grip, schwedischer Fußballspieler und -trainer
Christa Kożik, deutsche Schriftstellerin, Dichterin, Filmszenaristin und Hörspielautorin
Joseph Bessala, kamerunischer Boxer
Simón Andreu, actor español.
Younoussi Touré. Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali. Born 1941.
Asrani. Indian actor and producer. Born 1941.
Fernando Suárez Paz, argentinischer Tango-Violinist
Martin Evans. British scientist. Born 1941.
Martin Evans, genetista y bioquímico británico, premio nobel de fisiología en 2007.
Dardo Cabo, periodista, político peronista y guerrillero argentino, que dirigió la revista clandestina El Descamisado (f. 1977), secuestrado, torturado y asesinado por la dictadura cívico‑militar argentina (1976‑1983).
László Sáry, ungarischer Komponist, Pianist und Musikpädagoge
Ludwig Reich, österreichischer Mathematiker und Hochschullehrer
Genya Ravan, US-amerikanische Rock-Sängerin
Ercan Aktuna, türkischer Fußballspieler, -trainer, -funktionär und -kolumnist
Earl Sinks, cantor e compositor estadunidense (m. 2017).
Jean-François Dehecq, chef d'entreprise français.
Jacqueline Chabridon, journaliste française.
Jorge Palacios actor español
Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr, marchand d'art et commissaire priseur français († 20 août 2023).
Steve Kahan, born on New Year's Day 1939. American actor.
Michèle Mercier, born on New Year's Day 1939. French actress.
Senfronia Thompson. Senfronia Thompson, American politician. Born 1939.
Younoussi Touré. Younoussi Touré, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali. Born 1939.
Phil Read. Phil Read, English motorcycle racer and businessman. Born 1939.
Franz Viehmann, deutscher Schauspieler
Raymond Touroul, französischer Automobilrennfahrer und Stuntman
Waleri Michailowitsch Sablin, sowjetischer Politoffizier und Meuterer
Leslie Gourse, US-amerikanische Jazzautorin und Journalistin
Leonas Vaidotas Ašmantas, litauischer Wirtschaftsingenieur und Erfinder
Ali Mahdi Mohamed, político somalí, presidente de Somalia entre 1991 y 1997 (f. 2021).
Willye White, US-amerikanische Leichtathletin
Carlo Franchi, italienischer Automobilrennfahrer
Gianni Drago, architecte et sculpteur italien.
Horst Waclawiak, deutscher Fußballspieler
Staņislavs Lugailo, sowjetischer Volleyballspieler
Masaharu Ueda, japanischer Kameramann
Clay Cole. American television host and producer. Born 1938.
From Britain. Robert Jankel, british businessman, founded panther westwinds. Born 1938.
Ertan Adatepe, türkischer Fußballspieler
Frank Langella, born on New Year's Day 1938. American actor.
Carlos Prieto Jacqué, violonchelista mexicano.
John Fuller, born on New Year's Day 1937. British poet.
Petros Markaris, born on New Year's Day 1937. Greek author.
Matt Robinson, born on New Year's Day 1937. American actor.
Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg, born on New Year's Day 1937. Polish author.
Osvaldo Piro, argentinischer Bandoneonist und Tangokomponist
Ramón Ayerra, jurista, escritor y humorista español (f. 2010).
Porter W. Anderson jr., US-amerikanischer Mikrobiologe
cheikh Ahmed Yassine, homme politique palestinien, fondateur et dirigeant du Hamas († assassiné le 22 mars 2004).
Manuel Revuelta González, historiador español (f. 2019).
1936. James Sinegal was born. American businessman, co-founded Costco.
Claude Hagège, linguiste français.
Yōko Mitsui, born on New Year's Day 1936. Japanese poet.
Heribert Rahdjian, österreichischer Hotelier und Politiker
Hans Schenk, deutscher Speerwerfer und Trainer
Don Nehlen. American football player and coach. Born 1936.
Jacques Bobe, homme politique français († 19 octobre 2017).
Om Prakash Chautala. Om Prakash Chautala, Indian politician. Born 1935.
Eiko Kadono, japanische Schriftstellerin
From the United States. B. Kliban, american cartoonist. Born 1935.
Chico Feitosa, cantor, compositor e violinista brasileiro (m. 2004).
1935. Brian G. Hutton was born. American actor and director.
Rimgaudas Abraitis, litauischer Ingenieur und Energiewirtschaftler
Hans Huber, deutscher Ringer und Boxer
Alfred Gleitze, deutscher Kommunalpolitiker
Horst Glassl, deutscher Historiker
Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, cardenal ecuatoriano (f. 2020).
Gheorghe Dinică, actor rumano (f. 2009).
Alan Berg. Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host. Born 1934.
Lakhdar Brahimi. Algerian diplomat. Born 1934.
Prafulla Dahanukar, artiste peintre indienne († 1er mars 2014).
Rose Bernadette Rébienot Owansango, tradipraticienne gabonaise († 21 janvier 2021).
1933. Norman Yemm was born. Australian actor.
Ford Konno, nageur américain double champion olympique.
Claus Ulrich Wiesner, deutscher Schriftsteller
Kikuji Kawada, japanischer Fotograf
Joe Orton — british author and playwright. Born on New Year's Day, 1933. Gone at 34.
From the United States. James Hormel, american philanthropist and diplomat. Born 1933.
Joseph Koo. Chinese composer. Born 1933.
Frederick Lowy. Canadian psychiatrist and academic. Born 1933.
Jean-Pierre Farkas, journaliste français († 5 avril 2019).
John E. Irving, homme d'affaires et philanthrope canadien († 21 juillet 2010).
Born 1932. Jackie Parker — american football player. Died at 74.
Giuseppe Patanè. Italian conductor. Born 1932.
Oscar Viale (Gerónimo Oscar Schissi), actor, comediante, dramaturgo y guionista argentino (f. 1994).
Jan Żurawski, polnischer Ringer
Ingeborg Pfüller, argentinische Leichtathletin
Wirschinija Michajlowa, bulgarische Diskuswerferin
Ferenc Czvikovszky, ungarischer Fechter
Fritz Hakl, österreichischer Schauspieler
Hans Burmeister, deutscher Grafiker und Maler
Leman Çıdamlı. Turkish actress. Born 1932.
Thomas Alder, deutscher Schauspieler
Anatoli Bogdanov, tireur sportif soviétique champion olympique († 30 septembre 2001).
Jimmy Smyth, born on New Year's Day 1931. Irish hurler.
Jurij Grós, sorbischer Funktionär und Politiker
Sergei Iwanowitsch Adjan, russischer Mathematiker
Born 1930. Jean-Pierre Duprey — french poet and sculptor. Died at 29.
Frederick Wiseman — american director and producer. Born on New Year's Day, 1930.
Ty Hardin, born on New Year's Day 1930. American actor.
Jean-Pierre Duprey, poète français († 2 octobre 1959).
Ack van Rooyen, niederländischer Jazz-Trompeter
Klaus Kindler, deutscher Schauspieler und Synchronsprecher
Werner Heider, deutscher Komponist, Pianist und Dirigent
Yaafar al-Numeiry, presidente sudanés (f. 2009).
Haruo Nakajima, born on New Year's Day 1929. Japanese actor.
Nicolae Linca, boxeur roumain champion olympique († 27 juin 2008).
Abdullah Al-Baradouni, écrivain et poète yéménite († 30 août 1999).
Joseph Lombardo. American mob boss. Born 1929.
Larry L. King. American journalist, author, and playwright. Born 1929.
Arthur P. Dempster, matemático estadounidense.
Koili Devi, cantante nepalesa (f. 2007).
Vikki Dougan, modelo y actriz estadounidense.
Cordelia Edvardson, escritora y periodista sueca (f. 2012).
Metin Erksan, cineasta turco.
Fernando López de Zavalía, jurista y político argentino.
Melba Roy Mouton, matemática y programadora estadounidense (f. 1990).
S. Shamsuddin, actor y comediante singapurense (f. 2013).
Aulis Kallakorpi, finnischer Skispringer
Adil Atan, türkischer Ringer
Iain Crichton Smith, escritor británico (f. 1998).
Jean-Pierre Salignon, baloncestista francés (f. 2011).
Ruth Frischmannová, Opfer des Holocaust
Hap Sharp, US-amerikanischer Automobilrennfahrer
Pranciškus Vaičekonis, litauischer Geistlicher, Kirchenrechtler und Professor
Helen Westcott, US-amerikanische Schauspielerin
Gerhard Weinberg. German-American historian. Born 1928.
From the United States. Ernest Tidyman, american author and screenwriter. Born 1928.
Martha Valdés, actriz mexicana.
Fatima Talib, activista por los derechos de las mujeres y educadora sudanesa.
Anne de Gaulle, niña francesa nacida en Alemania, con síndrome de Down, la menor de los tres hijos del general Charles de Gaulle (1890‑1970).
Camara Laye, escritor guineano (f. 1980).
Gérard Mannoni, escultor francés (f. 2020).
1927. James Reeb was born. James Reeb, American clergyman and political activist.
1927. Doak Walker was born. American football player.
Maurice Béjart. French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director. Born 1927.
Pat Heywood. Scottish actress. Born 1927.
Alcides Rossi, contrabajista de tango argentino.
Vasile Milea, político y general rumano (f. 1989).
Vicente Cano, poeta español (f. 1994).
From Canada. Calum MacKay, canadian ice hockey player. Born 1927.
Jean-Paul Mousseau, peintre québécois († 7 février 1991).
Ludwig E. Feinendegen, deutscher Strahlenmediziner
Yvonne Sanson, born on New Year's Day 1927. Greek actress.
Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Juliusz Łuciuk, polnischer Komponist
Maria Della Costa, atriz brasileira (m. 2015).
Richard Verreau, born on New Year's Day 1926. Canadian tenor.
From Lithuania. Kazys Petkevičius, lithuanian basketball player. Born 1926.
Ingeborg Feustel, deutsche Schriftstellerin
Maria Frisé, deutsche Journalistin und Schriftstellerin
Hilda Múdra, slowakische Eiskunstlauftrainerin
Ruth Schmidt-Wiegand, deutsche Germanistin und Rechtshistorikerin
Heinz-Josef Stammel, deutscher Pressefotograf, Journalist und Autor
Leon Weintraub, in Polen geborener Holocaustüberlebender und Zeitzeuge
Detlev Witte, deutscher Schauspieler, Synchronsprecher und Hörspielregisseur
Richard Verreau, ténor québécois († 6 juillet 2005).
Zena Marshall, actrice britannique, 1re James Bond's girl en même temps que la Suissesse Andress († 10 juillet 2009).
Michel Ameller, homme politique français († 28 septembre 2022).
Eugenio Celedón, ingeniero chileno (f. 2018).
José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, arzobispo español (f. 2019).
Eugenio Guañabens Perelló, delincuente común, asesino y general argentino nacido en Barcelona, cómplice de la dictadura cívico‑militar argentina (1976‑1983); condenado en 2010 a cadena perpetua por crímenes de lesa humanidad.
Blanca Rodríguez de Pérez, primera dama venezolana (f. 2020).
Armida de la Vara, escritora mexicana (f. 1998).
Claudio Villa, cantante y actor italiano (f. 1987).
Carlos Iván Zúñiga, abogado, académico y político panameño (f. 2008).
Helmut Bulle, deutscher Politiker
Chia Boon Leong, singapurischer Fußballspieler
Ahmad Koroh, zeremonielles Staatsoberhaupt des malaysischen Bundesstaats Sabah
Wahiduddin Khan, ulema, activista y escritor indio (f. 2021).
Mario Merz, sculpteur italien († 9 novembre 2003).
From Tanzania. Paul Bomani, tanzanian politician and diplomat. Born 1925.
Pierre Laffitte, homme politique français († 7 juillet 2021).
Raymond Pellegrin, acteur français († 14 octobre 2007).
Jacques Tixier, arqueólogo y prehistoriador francés (f. 2018).
Guido Monteverde, periodista y presentador de televisión peruano (f. 1996).
Martin Lundén, nadador sueco (f. 2011).
Ahmad Lozi, político jordano, primer ministro de su país entre 1971 y 1973 (f. 2014).
Matthew Beard, born on New Year's Day 1925. American actor.
Raymond Pellegrin, born on New Year's Day 1925. French actor.
Paul-Émile Deiber, comédien français († 14 décembre 2011).
Charlie Munger, empresario, inversor, hombre de negocios y filántropo estadounidense (f. 2023).
Arthur C. Danto, filósofo y crítico de arte estadounidense (f. 2013).
Klaus Junge, ajedrecista alemán (f. 1945).
Jacques Le Goff, historiador medievalista francés (f. 2014).
Pino Rucher, guitarrista italiano (f. 1996).
Gen'ichi Taguchi, ingeniero japonés (f. 2012).
1924. Roberts Blossom. American actor and poet.
Charlie Munger — american businessman and philanthropist. Born on New Year's Day, 1924.
Willi Faust, deutscher Motorradrennfahrer
Sheila Manahan, irische Schauspielerin
Betty McKinnon, australische Sprinterin
Barbara Baxley — barbara baxley, american actress. Born on New Year's Day, 1923.
Alexander Abian, matemático estadounidense (f. 1999).
Préfète Duffaut, pintor haitiano (f. 2012).
Kenne Fant, actor, guionista y cineasta sueco (f. 2016).
Julia Galemire, escritora y poetisa uruguaya.
Kajazoun Gyurjian, actor de teatro armenio (f. 2022).
Gonzalo Karolys, jurista ecuatoriano (f. 2020).
Daniel Gorenstein. American mathematician. Born 1923.
Ilda Reis, pintora portuguesa (f. 1998).
Ousmane Sembène, actor, cineasta, escritor, guionista y activista político senegalés (f. 2007).
Marina Franzewna Kowaljowa, sowjetische Schauspielerin
Milt Jackson — american vibraphonist and composer (modern jazz quartet). Born on New Year's Day, 1923.
Willi Weiskirch, deutscher Journalist und Politiker
Walo Radew, bulgarischer Filmregisseur, Kameramann und Drehbuchautor
Munjuku Nguvauva II, chef traditionnel namibien († 16 janvier 2008).
Mary Dann, US-amerikanische Umweltaktivistin, Trägerin des Alternativen Nobelpreises
Daniel Gorenstein, mathématicien américain († 26 août 1992).
Salamo Arouch, griechisch-israelischer Boxer
Helga Anton, deutsche Beterin und Autorin
1923. Valentina Cortese. Italian actress.
Doğan Andaç, türkischer Oberstleutnant, Fußballtrainer und -funktionär
Auguste Bakhos, avocat et homme politique libanais, l'un des signataires de l'Accord de Taëf († 13 mars 2016).
Andrzej Hiolski, polnischer Sänger
Helmut Simon, deutscher Jurist, Richter des Bundesverfassungsgerichts
Jerry Robinson. American illustrator. Born 1922.
Hashikawa Bunzō, japanischer Historiker und Politikwissenschaftler
Roz Howard. American race car driver. Born 1922.
Alois Vogel, österreichischer Schriftsteller
Natalio Pescia, futbolista argentino (f. 1989).
José María Rubio Paredes, médico e historiador español (f. 2021).
Julio Vinueza, empresario, ingeniero civil y político ecuatoriano.
André Bergeron, syndicaliste français, ancien secrétaire général de CGT-FO († 20 septembre 2014).
1922. Ernest Hollings. American politician, 106th Governor of South Carolina.
Huséin Wahid Jorasani, autor, alfaquí, álim y marya chiita iraní.
Zafer Önen, actor turco (f. 2013).
Manuel Kabajar Cabase, cantante, compositor y pianista filipino (f. 2003).
Otto-Raúl González, poeta y escritor guatemalteco-mexicano (f. 2007).
Félix Galimi, esgrimista argentino (f. 2005).
Bobby Capó, cantautor y músico puertorriqueño expatriado en Estados Unidos (f. 1989).
Juan Caldés Lizana, abogado y banquero español (f. 2008).
Born 1921. Johnny Logan — johnny logan, american basketball player. Died at 56.
Hermann-Josef Kaltenborn, deutscher Kommunalpolitiker
1921. César Baldaccini was born. French sculptor.
From Italy. Regina Bianchi, italian actress. Born 1921.
Alain Mimoun, born on New Year's Day 1921. French runner.
John Strawson. British general. Born 1921.
Ismail al-Faruqi. Palestinian-American philosopher. Born 1921.
Germaine Willard, historienne française († 3 mai 2003).
Alain Mimoun, athlète français († 27 juin 2013).
Isaac Asimov, científico y escritor estadounidense (f. 1992).
Suzanne Juyol, französische Opernsängerin
Heinz Zemanek, österreichischer Computerpionier
Shaban Demiraj, lingüista y albanólogo albanés (f. 2014).
Born 1920. Osvaldo Cavandoli — italian cartoonist. Died at 87.
Willie Fennell — australian comedian and actor. Born on New Year's Day, 1920.
1920. Mahmoud Zoufonoun was born. Iranian-American violinist.
Barys Rahulja, belarussischer Offizier und politischer Aktivist
Anna Langfus, polnisch-französische Schriftstellerin
Ousha bint Khalifa, poétesse émiratie († 27 juillet 2018).
José Antonio Bottiroli, compositor y poeta argentino (f. 1990).
Alfred Tomatis, médico otorrinolaringólogo francés (f. 2001).
Michael Kogan, empresario ucraniano (f. 1984).
Virgilio Savona. Italian singer-songwriter (Quartetto Cetra). Born 1920.
Rocky Graziano, born on New Year's Day 1919. American boxer.
1919. Carole Landis was born. American actress.
He published one book in his lifetime, at 31, and then nothing for the next six decades. J. D. Salinger finished The Catcher in the Rye in 1951 and spent the next fifty years in a farmhouse in Cornish, New Hampshire, suing anyone who tried to publish anything about him without permission, refusing interviews, and writing manuscripts he locked in a safe. What he wrote during those decades was published after his death. The Catcher in the Rye still sells 250,000 copies a year. He never read a review of it.
Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa, político sudanés (f. 2006).
Ali Motazed, militar y funcionario iraní (f. ¿?).
Bones McKinney. Bones McKinney, American basketball player. Born 1919.
Sheila Mercier. Sheila Mercier, British actress, Emmerdale Farm. Born 1919.
J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (died 2010)
German Lupekin, sowjetischer bzw. russischer Schauspieler und Regisseur
Karl Otto Dehnert, deutscher Kommunalpolitiker
Yoshio Tabata. Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born 1919.
Rudolf Mumprecht, Schweizer Künstler
Patrick Anthony Porteous. British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient. Born 1918.
Willy den Ouden. Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer. Born 1918.
Sefanaia Sukanaivalu, soldat fidjien († 23 juin 1944).
Edgar Price. American pilot and politician. Born 1918.
Rubén Calderón Bouchet, policía, militar y profesor tradicionalista católico argentino (f. 2012), defensor del arzobispo neonazi francés Marcel Lefebvre (1905‑1991).
Lucienne Day, englische Textildesignerin
Johnny Young, US-amerikanischer Bluesmusiker
Erwin Axer, polnischer Theaterregisseur
David Nasser, compositor e jornalista brasileiro (m. 1980).
Born 1917. Jule Gregory Charney — american meteorologist. Died at 64.
Albert Mol, born on New Year's Day 1917. Dutch actor.
Jaime Jaramillo Uribe, historiador colombiano (f. 2015), pionero de la profesionalización de la Historia de Colombia.
Shannon Bolin. Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer. Born 1917.
Jule Gregory Charney, US-amerikanischer Meteorologe
Murray Armstrong, kanadischer Eishockeyspieler und -trainer
Alfonso Escámez, banquero español (f. 2010).
Giacomo Neri, italienischer Fußballspieler und -trainer
Giacinto Sertorelli, italienischer Skirennläufer
Branko Ćopić, jugoslawischer Schriftsteller
Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg, deutsch-russische Malerin, Schriftstellerin und Mäzenin
Ada Lichtman, Polin, eine von nur 47 Überlebenden des deutschen Vernichtungslagers Sobibor
Boris Carmi, russisch-israelischer Photojournalist
Edith Picht-Axenfeld, deutsche Cembalistin
Hans Lutz Merkle, deutscher Manager
Norman Rosten, US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller
Karl Stein, matemático alemán (f. 2000).
João Amazonas, brasilianischer Politiker und Guerillakämpfer
Vittorio Belmondo, italienischer Unternehmer, Industrieller und Automobilrennfahrer
Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko. Soviet Russian mathematician. Born 1912.
Nikiforos Vrettakos, born on New Year's Day 1912. Greek poet.
Kim Philby, born on New Year's Day 1912. British spy.
Rafael Sánchez Cestero, dominikanischer Sänger
Chertek Amyrbitowna Antschimaa-Toka, tuwinische Politikerin
Hank Greenberg. American baseball player. Born 1911.
Basil Dearden. British director. Born 1911.
From Poland. Roman Totenberg, polish-american violinist. Born 1911.
Adolfo Linvel (Adolfo Emina), actor argentino (f. 1986), el protagonista padre en la serie televisiva Los Campanelli.
Audrey Wurdemann, born on New Year's Day 1911. American poet.
Giorgio Prosperi, réalisateur, scénariste et dramaturge italien († 21 janvier 1997).
Guido Santin, italienischer Ruderer
Willy Massoth, deutscher Politiker
José Augusto Brandão, futebolista brasileiro (m. 1989).
Seth Lover, inventeur américain († 31 janvier 1997).
Haniya Yutaka, japanischer Schriftsteller
Hanns Ernst Jäger, österreichischer Schauspieler und Hörspielsprecher
Lo Simons, niederländischer Motorradrennfahrer
Alois Grillmeier, théologien et cardinal allemand († 13 septembre 1998).
Born 1909. Barry Goldwater — american politician. Died at 89.
Dattaram Hindlekar. Indian cricketer. Born 1909.
Dana Andrews, born on New Year's Day 1909. American actor.
1909. Stepan Bandera was born. Ukrainian politician.
Peggy Dennis. Peggy Dennis, American-Russian journalist, author, and activist. Born 1909.
Barry Goldwater, político estadounidense (f. 1998).
Marcel Balsa, französischer Automobilrennfahrer
Elizabeth Bentley, US-amerikanische Agentin für die Sowjetunion
Clarence Dunlap (en), maréchal de l'air canadien († 20 octobre 2003).
Ernst Budig, deutscher Schwimmer
Mehmet Leblebi, türkischer Fußballspieler
From the United States. Bill Tapia, american singer and guitarist. Born 1908.
Marian Wróbel, polnischer Schachkomponist
Norah Baring, britische Schauspielerin
Kinue Hitomi. Kinue Hitomi, Japanese sprinter and long jumper. Born 1907.
Jean Carzou, peintre français († 12 août 2000).
María Rosa Urraca Pastor, política española (f. 1984).
Giovanni D'Anzi. Italian songwriter. Born 1906.
1906. Manuel Silos was born. Manuel Silos, Filipino filmmaker and actor.
Emanuel Larisch, deutscher Parteifunktionär und Widerstandskämpfer
Heinz Schmid-Lossberg, deutscher Wirtschaftsfunktionär
Lise Lindbæk — lise lindbæk, norwegian journalist and war correspondent. Born on New Year's Day, 1905.
Mathilde Beeg, deutsche Schriftstellerin
Josef Göbl, österreichischer Eishockeyspieler und -schiedsrichter
Rodolfo Orlandini, futbolista y entrenador argentino (f. 1990).
Nelson Leigh, actor estadounidense (f. 1985).
Stanisław Mazur. Polish mathematician. Born 1905.
Karl Gitzoller, résistant autrichien au nazisme († 26 août 2002).
Paul Laufer, deutscher Parteifunktionär und Widerstandskämpfer, Abteilungsleiter des MfS in der DDR
Antoni Baraniak, polnischer Geistlicher, Erzbischof von Posen
Karl Kummer, österreichischer Jurist und Politiker
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry. Pakistani politician, 5th President of Pakistan. Born 1904.
Ethan Allen. American baseball player. Born 1904.
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, abogado y político pakistaní (f. 1982), 5.º presidente de Pakistán.
Vasilis Avlonitis, born on New Year's Day 1904. Greek actor.
Dino Barsotti, italienischer Ruderer
Juan Atilio Bramuglia, abogado sindical de ideas socialistas, político y diplomático argentino (f. 1962), ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de su país entre 1946 y 1949, bajo la presidencia de Juan Domingo Perón. Influyó decisivamente en la creación del peronismo.
Herbert Block, deutsch-US-amerikanischer Ökonom
Born 1902. Hans von Dohnányi — hans von dohnányi, german jurist and political dissident. Died at 43.
Ernst Heinitz, deutscher Jurist, Rektor der FU Berlin
Buster Nupen. South African cricketer. Born 1902.
Walerian Alexandrowitsch Sorin, sowjetischer Diplomat
Willibald Pschyrembel, deutscher Arzt und Autor
Filippo Anfuso, italienischer Diplomat und Politiker
Eiichi Ataka, japanischer Unternehmer
Georg Oskar Schubert, deutscher Fernsehtechniker
Aurora Redondo, actriz española (f. 1996).
Robert Cami, graveur français († 12 janvier 1975).
DAIJIRŌ Furuta, anarquista japonés (f. 1925).
1900. Xavier Cugat was born. Spanish-American singer-songwriter.
Chiune Sugihara — japanese diplomat. Born on New Year's Day, 1900.
حصة بنت أحمد بن محمد السديري، إحدى زوجات الملك عبد العزيز آل سعود ووالدة الملك سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود.
Jack Beresford, rameur britannique triple champion olympique († 3 décembre 1977).
Raymond Loucheur, französischer Komponist
Randolfo Pacciardi. Randolfo Pacciardi, centre-left Italian politician. Born 1899.
André de Victor, französischer Automobilrennfahrer
Viktor Ullmann, österreichischer Dirigent und Komponist
Marta Fuchs, deutsche Konzert- und Opernsängerin
André Zeller, militaire et putschiste français († 18 septembre 1979).
Ana Aslan, científica y médica rumana (f. 1988).
Catherine Drinker Bowen, écrivaine américaine († 1er novembre 1973).
Antoine Dubreil, französischer Automobilrennfahrer
Theodor Kramer, österreichischer Lyriker
Estelle Yancey, US-amerikanische Bluessängerin
Gustav Schickedanz, deutscher Fabrikant und Unternehmer, Gründer des Versandhauses Quelle
Otto Aasen, norwegischer Skispringer, Nordischer Kombinierer und Skilangläufer
Shitsu Nakano. Japanese super-centenarian. Born 1894.
From India. Satyendra Nath Bose, indian mathematician. Born 1894.
Edward Joseph Hunkeler. Edward Joseph Hunkeler, American clergyman. Born 1894.
František Götz, tschechischer Literaturhistoriker und Kritiker, Dramaturg und Übersetzer
Mordehai Frizis — greek army officer. Born on New Year's Day, 1893. Gone at 47.
Heinie Miller. Heinie Miller, American football player and coach. Born 1893.
Helen Vivien Gould, US-amerikanisches Mitglied der New Yorker und Londoner High Society
عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن بن فيصل آل سعود، أمير سعودي.
Artur Wypochowicz, deutscher Kommunalpolitiker und Widerstandskämpfer gegen den Nationalsozialismus
Boris Mirkine-Guetzevitch, juriste russe († 1er avril 1955).
Mahidol Adulyadej, thailändischer Adliger
Born 1892. Mahadev Desai — indian activist. Died at 50.
Lucille Younge, actrice américaine, d'origine française († 2 août 1934).
Erik Anderberg, oficial naval sueco (f. 1990).
Georgios Stanotas. Greek cavalry officer. Born 1892.
Elisabet von Harnack, deutsche Sozialarbeiterin
Miklós Radnai, ungarischer Komponist
From the Philippines. Manuel Roxas, filipino politician, 5th president of the philippines. Born 1892.
1892. Artur Rodziński was born. Polish-American conductor.
Manuel Terré Santaliestra, músico español (f. 1944).
Sampurnanand. Indian politician. Born 1891.
Alvin Loftes, US-amerikanischer Radrennfahrer
Max Gablonsky, deutscher Fußballspieler und Leichtathlet
Anton Melik — slovenian geographer. Born on New Year's Day, 1890.
Franz Spunda, österreichischer Lehrer und Schriftsteller
Alice Tissot, actrice française († 5 mai 1971).
Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza, político mexicano (f. 1971).
Paul Ramdohr, deutscher Mineraloge
Charley Jordan, US-amerikanischer Blues-Sänger, Gitarrist und Songschreiber
Eric Harold Neville, matemático británico (f. 1961).
Charles Bickford, born on New Year's Day 1889. American actor.
Seabury Quinn. Seabury Quinn, American author. Born 1889.
Götz Briefs, deutscher Sozialphilosoph und Nationalökonom
Johann von Ravenstein, deutscher General
Christian Zervos (Χρήστος Ζερβός), critique d'art et éditeur franco-grec fondateur de revue († 12 septembre 1970).
Higinio Anglés, sacerdote y musicólogo español (f. 1969).
Frank Stokes, US-amerikanischer Blues-Musiker
Chesley Bonestell. Chesley Bonestell, American painter, designer, and illustrator. Born 1888.
Georgios Stanotas, born on New Year's Day 1888. Greek general.
Johannes Hohlfeld, deutscher Genealoge und Historiker
Eduard Bass, tschechischer Schriftsteller und Journalist, Sänger und Schauspieler
Hermann Arnold, deutscher Unternehmer
Franz Angel, österreichischer Mineraloge, Petrograph und Hochschullehrer
Joseph Opatoshu, polnisch-US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller
Wilhelm Canaris. German admiral and intelligence chief. Born 1887.
Joseph T. Rucker, US-amerikanischer Kameramann
William Redmond, homme politique britannique puis irlandais († 17 avril 1932).
Frantz Adam, psychiatre et photographe français († 18 décembre 1968).
Alfonso Albéniz, footballeur et diplomate espagnol († 27 septembre 1941).
Fatix Ämirxan, éditeur et écrivain soviétique († 9 mars 1926).
Sam Benson, costumier américain († 13 juin 1957).
Marthe Hanau, femme d'affaires française († 19 juillet 1935).
Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, écrivaine britannique († 28 décembre 1962).
Olivier Maurault, historien et prêtre canadien († 14 août 1968).
Garéguine Njdeh, philosophe et homme politique arménien († 21 décembre 1955).
Kinoshita Rigen, poète japonais († 15 février 1925).
Willard Robertson, acteur américain († 5 avril 1948).
Franz Arnholdt, deutscher Gewerkschafter, Verleger und Kommunalpolitiker
Béla Balogh — hungarian director. Born on New Year's Day, 1885.
Antonio Cañero, rejoneador espagnol († 21 février 1952).
Charles Seymour, US-amerikanischer Historiker
Valentin Feurstein, österreichischer General
George W. Meyer, US-amerikanischer Songwriter
Papa Celestin, US-amerikanischer Bandleader und Jazz-Trompeter, Kornettist und Sänger
Chikuhei Nakajima — chikuhei nakajima, japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded nakajima aircraft company. Born on New Year's Day, 1884.
Carl Skoda, österreichischer Hofschauspieler
1883. Noe Khomeriki was born. Noe Khomeriki, Georgian Social Democrat politician.
Alberto Gerchunoff, escritor y periodista argentino (f. 1950).
William J. Donovan, American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1959)
William J. Donovan. American intelligence chief. Born 1883.
Federigo Tozzi, écrivain italien († 21 mars 1920).
Martin Charles Ansorge, US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker
Carry van Bruggen, niederländische Schriftstellerin
Walter Jack Duncan, US-amerikanischer Kriegsmaler
Else Wohlgemuth, deutsche Schauspielerin
Vajiravudh, rey tailandés (f. 1925).
Ludwig Opel, jurista e empresário alemão (m. 1916).
1880. Vajiravudh was born. King of Thailand.
Ernst Gennat, deutscher Kriminalpolizist
Schalom Asch, polnisch-US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Dramatiker jiddischer Sprache
E. M. Forster, born on New Year's Day 1879. British author.
Ernest Jones, psychiatre et psychanalyste britannique († 11 février 1958).
E. M. Forster, English author and playwright (died 1970)
Petar Živković, político e militar sérvio (m. 1947).
Jean Pradairol, französischer Turner
Agner Krarup Erlang. Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer. Born 1878.
Peyo Yavorov, poeta búlgaro (f. 1914).
Edwin Franko Goldman, US-amerikanischer Komponist und Dirigent
Guy Daniel-Lamazière, französischer Automobilrennfahrer
Born 1877. Alexander von Staël-Holstein — german orientalist. Died at 60.
Elisabeth Jensen, deutsche Politikerin
Eduardo Dagnino, italienischer Komponist, Musikwissenschaftler und Schachspieler
Lodewijk van Mierop, niederländischer Pazifist und Anarchist
From Canada. Harriet Brooks, canadian physicist. Born 1876.
Frank Knox. American publisher and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy. Born 1874.
José Lassalle, director de orquesta y compositor español (f. 1932), casado con la cantante María Kuznetzova.
Serguéi Ivánovich Gúsev, revolucionario ruso y político soviético (f. 1933).
1874. Gustave Whitehead was born. German-American engineer.
Leon Czolgosz, US-amerikanischer Attentäter
Mariano Azuela, narrador mexicano (f. 1952).
Mariano Azuela, born on New Year's Day 1873. Mexican author.
Miguel Cabanellas, militar español (f. 1938).
Manuel Gondra, político paraguayo (f. 1927).
Montagu Toller. English cricketer. Born 1871.
Edmund Brückner, deutscher Diplomat und Ministerialbeamter
Ugo Afferni, italienisch-deutscher Dirigent und Komponist
Snitz Edwards, born on New Year's Day 1868. American actor.
Albrecht Graefe, deutscher Politiker
Jeanne Lanvin, styliste française († 6 juillet 1946).
From the United States. Lew Fields, american actor, producer, and manager. Born 1867.
Mary Acworth Evershed — mary acworth evershed, english astronomer and scholar. Born on New Year's Day, 1867.
Maurice Couyba, französischer Politiker und Schriftsteller
Ernest Seillière, écrivain et académicien français († 15 mars 1955).
Born 1865. Harry Coulby — harry coulby, american businessman. Died at 64.
Albert Claveille, französischer Ingenieur und Politiker
Alfred Stieglitz. American photographer. Born 1864.
Edward Sansot, éditeur français († 15 juin 1926).
Qi Baishi. Chinese painter. Born 1864.
Alfred Philippson, deutscher Geograf
Heinrich Clam-Martinic, österreichischer Politiker und Offizier
John Michiner Haines, US-amerikanischer Politiker
Ljubomir Miletitsch, bulgarischer Sprachwissenschaftler, Historiker und Publizist
Rogelio Vigil de Quiñones, militar y médico español, uno de los últimos de Filipinas (f. 1934).
Jan Vilímek. Czech illustrator and painter. Born 1860.
John Cassidy. Irish sculptor and painter. Born 1860.
Carl Wolff, deutscher Architekt, Denkmalpfleger und Stadtbaurat in Hannover
Michele Lega — italian cardinal. Born on New Year's Day, 1860.
1860. Dirk van Erp was born. Dutch-American coppersmith and metalsmith.
Born 1860. Dan Katchongva — american tribal leader and activist. Died at 112.
Thibaw Min, born on New Year's Day 1859. Burmese king.
Henrique Pousão, pintor português (m. 1884).
Michael Joseph Owens. Michael Joseph Owens, American inventor. Born 1859.
Heinrich Rauchinger. Heinrich Rauchinger, Kraków-born painter. Born 1858.
Max von Waldberg, filólogo e historiador de la literatura alemán (f. 1938).
Cornelis Adriaan Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn, niederländischer Chemiker
Tim Keefe. Tim Keefe, American baseball player. Born 1857.
Angelo Roth, homme politique italien († 26 octobre 1919).
Carl Partsch, deutscher Chirurg
James George Frazer. British anthropologist. Born 1854.
1854. Thomas Waddell was born. Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales.
Hans Koessler, deutscher Komponist
Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, born on New Year's Day 1852. French chemist.
Joseph-Elzéar Bernier, navigateur québécois († 26 décembre 1934).
Cornelius Gurlitt, deutscher Architekt und Kunsthistoriker
John Barclay Armstrong, US-amerikanischer Polizist, Angehöriger der Texas Rangers
Arthur Hartmann, deutscher HNO-Arzt und Hochschullehrer
John W. Goff. Irish lawyer and politician. Born 1848.
John W. Goff, Irish-American lawyer and politician (died 1924)
Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, schottischer Architekt
Franz Rezek, österreichischer Militärkapellmeister und Komponist
Francisco Tosta García, político y militar venezolano (f. 1921).
Léon Denis, français, philosophe spirite († 12 avril 1927).
Pierre Moriaud, Schweizer Jurist und Politiker
Clara Hübner, deutsche Kinderdarstellerin und Theaterschauspielerin
Maria Antonietta Torriani, écrivaine italienne († 24 mars 1920).
Ouida, born on New Year's Day 1839. British author.
Enrico Nencioni, italienischer Lyriker und Literaturkritiker
Karl von Einem, preußischer Offizier und Politiker
Georg Speyer, deutscher Bankier und Mäzen
Frieda Ritzerow, deutsche Schriftstellerin
From France. Ludovic Halévy, french playwright. Born 1834.
Robert Lawson arrived in New Zealand from Scotland at 19 and built the skyline of Dunedin. Otago Boys' High School. Knox Church. Larnach Castle — the only castle in New Zealand. His Gothic Revival style stamped the city with a Scottish character that persists to this day. Lawson wasn't formally trained. He apprenticed with a builder back in Scotland and figured out the rest as he went. Over 40 major buildings in the Otago region before his death in 1902. Dunedin still looks like his work.
Franziska Lechner, deutsche Ordensgründerin
Aloys Kunc, französischer Komponist und Organist
Tom Jeffords, éclaireur de l'armée américaine, agent des indiens et conducteur de diligence († 21 février 1914).
Eduard Wölfflin, Schweizer Altphilologe
Leonard Woolsey Bacon, prebítero protestante e téologo estadunidense (m. 1907).
Berta Bethge, deutsche Schriftstellerin
William Lewis Cabell, US-amerikanischer General und Kommunalpolitiker
Gaston Hardouin Andlau, französischer General
Hans Wachenhusen, deutscher Reise und Romanschriftsteller
1823. Sándor Petőfi was born. Hungarian poet and activist.
Jakob Bruderer, Schweizer Unternehmer, Politiker und Offizier
Viktor zu Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen, deutsch-österreichischer Offizier
Arthur Hugh Clough, born on New Year's Day 1819. British poet.
Maximilien Marie, mathématicien français († 27 avril 1891).
George Foster Shepley. George Foster Shepley, American general. Born 1819.
William Gamble. William Gamble, Irish-born American general. Born 1818.
John W. Hall, US-amerikanischer Politiker
Manuel Murillo Toro, político y escritor colombiano (f. 1880), presidente de los Estados Unidos de Colombia en 1864‑1866 y en 1872‑1874.
Charles Renouvier, philosophe français († 1er décembre 1903).
Aaron F. Perry, US-amerikanischer Politiker
Samuel Lister, britischer Erfinder und Industrieller
Born 1814. Hong Xiuquan — chinese rebel leader. Died at 50.
1813. George Bliss was born. George Bliss, American politician.
Louis Adrien Huart, französisch-preußischer Journalist, Schriftsteller und Theaterdirektor
Charles Clifford, neuseeländischer Politiker
Franziska Berg, deutsche Sängerin und Schauspielerin
Charles Ellet, US-amerikanischer Bauingenieur
Constant Cornelis Huijsmans, niederländischer Kunstmaler und Zeichenlehrer
Karl Mager, deutsch-schweizerischer Pädagoge, Schulpolitiker, Literatur- und Sprachwissenschaftler
Étienne Kolbe, deutscher Porträtmaler
Gustaw Zieliński, polnischer Schriftsteller
Nicolaas Pieneman, niederländischer Maler
Hermann Kudlich, österreichischer Journalist und Politiker
Achille Guenée — achille guenée, french lawyer and entomologist. Born on New Year's Day, 1809.
Eduard Honigmann, deutscher Bergmeister und Bergwerksbesitzer
Maria Michaela Desmaisières, spanische Gräfin und Ordensgründerin
Franz Michael Benz, bayerischer Kaufmann und Landtagsabgeordneter
Pierre Chazal, belgischer General und Politiker
Albert Jacquemart, französischer Beamter, Maler und Zeichner
Johannes Baptista Diehl, deutscher Geistlicher
Friedrich Wilhelm August Mullach, deutscher Klassischer Philologe, Neogräzist und Philosophiehistoriker
Urban Loritz, österreichischer Benediktiner und Seelsorger
Carl Maximilian Grüel, deutscher Jurist und Politiker
Johan Fjeldsted Dahl, norwegischer Buchhändler und Verleger
Lionel Kieseritzky. Baltic German/French chess player. Born 1806.
Karl von Weber, deutscher Beamter, Archivar und Historiker
Jürgen Christian Buchheister, deutscher Arzt
Philipp Mayer, deutscher Lehrer und Politiker
Rudolf Beckh, württembergischer Unternehmer und Landtagsabgeordneter
Karl Ludwig Reimann, deutscher Chemiker und Unternehmer
James Fannin, político estadunidense (m. 1836).
Manuel Felipe de Tovar, el 14° presidente de Venezuela (f.1866).
Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja. Italian mathematician. Born 1803.
Wilhelm Oertel, deutscher Beamter und Politiker
Guglielmo Libri, italienisch-französischer Mathematiker, Bibliophiler und Bücherdieb
Rudolf Keyser norwegischer Historiker
Richard Henry Horne, englischer Dichter und Essayist
Eduard August Feuerbach, deutscher Rechtsgelehrter
Claas Epp, preußischer Dorfschulze
Emmanuel-David Bourgeois, Schweizer Politiker
Étienne-Barthélémy Bagnoud, Schweizer Geistlicher
Edward Dickinson — edward dickinson, american politician and father of poet emily dickinson. Born on New Year's Day, 1803.
Edouard de Pourtalès-Pury, Schweizer Landschaftsmaler
Christopher Fratin, escultor francés (f. 1864).
Heinrich Wilhelm Stolze, deutscher Organist und Chorleiter
Constantin Hering, deutsch-US-amerikanischer Arzt, gilt als Begründer der Homöopathie in Amerika
Basilio Calafati, österreichischer Zauberkünstler, Karussell- und Gasthausbesitzer
Filipina Brzezińska, polnische Komponistin und Pianistin
Václav Emanuel Horák, tschechischer Komponist, Kirchenmusiker und Pädagoge
Francis Egerton, 1. Earl of Ellesmere, britischer Politiker, Schriftsteller und Kunstliebhaber
Wilhelm Eisenlohr, deutscher Physiker
Henrik Anker Bjerregaard, norwegischer Jurist und Dichter
Therese Malfatti, österreichische Musikerin, Freundin Beethovens
Ernst Meyer, deutscher Botaniker und Autor
Auguste Bußmann, kurzzeitig verheiratet mit Clemens Brentano
Alois Miesbach, österreichischer Industrieller
Étienne Cabet, philosophe, théoricien et socialiste français († 9 novembre 1856).
Manuel José Arce, militar y político salvadoreño (f. 1847).
Domenico Quaglio, deutscher Architekturmaler der Romantik, Theatermaler, Lithograf und Radierer
Dixon Denham, militaire britannique († 8 mai 1828).
José Moldes, político y militar argentino (f. 1824).
John Oxley, britischer Offizier
Johann Gottfried Abraham Frenzel, deutscher Landschaftsmaler, Zeichner, Kupferstecher und Kunstschriftsteller
William Clowes. British printer. Born 1779.
Charles Alexandre Lesueur, naturaliste, artiste et explorateur français († 12 décembre 1846).
Johann Rudolph von Ahlefeldt, deutscher Adliger, Gutsherr auf Ludwigsburg, Sehestedt und Saxtorff
André Marie Constant Duméril. French zoologist. Born 1774.
Costantino Munari, patriota y revolucionario italiano (f. 1837), doctor en Filosofía, Derecho Civil, Derecho Canónico y Medicina; los invasores austríacos lo encarcelaron durante 20 años debido a sus ideas sobre la Revolución francesa (1789‑1799).
Georges Cadoudal, político contrarrevolucionario francés (f. 1804).
Johann Caspar Rahn, Schweizer Kunstmaler und Zeichenlehrer
Born 1769. Marie-Louise Lachapelle — marie-louise lachapelle, french obstetrician. Died at 52.
Jane Marcet, britische Autorin populärwissenschaftlicher Sachbücher
Maria Edgeworth. Anglo-Irish novelist. Born 1768.
Andreas Tamm, deutscher Jurist und Pädagoge
Antoine-Vincent Arnault, académicien français († 16 septembre 1834).
Georg Philipp Schmidt von Lübeck, deutscher Arzt, Beamter und Lyriker
Leopold Wilhelm von Dobschütz, preußischer General und Gutsherr
Henry Molleston, US-amerikanischer Politiker
Giuseppe Fossati, Tessiner Jurist und Übersetzer
Christina von Brühl, deutsche Landschaftsarchitektin
Christian August Thon, deutscher Jurist, Beamter und Politiker
Benjamin Williams, US-amerikanischer Politiker
Frederick Muhlenberg, US-amerikanischer Politiker
Born 1750. Frederick Muhlenberg — american minister and politician. Died at 51.
José María Chacón, spanischer Marineoffizier und Kolonialpolitiker
Gottfried August Bürger, poète allemand († 8 juin 1794).
Giovanni Furno, italienischer Komponist und Musikpädagoge
Manuel de Almeida de Carvalho, sacerdote católico português (m. 1818).
Vicente María Strambi, religioso italiano (f. 1824).
From the United States. Anthony Wayne, american general and politician. Born 1745.
Salomon Kitt, Schweizer Kaufmann und Bodenspekulant
Herbert Mackworth, 1. Baronet, britischer Politiker, Industrieller und Adliger
He was a silversmith who became a legend for one night's work. Paul Revere's midnight ride on April 18, 1775 — warning that the British troops were moving on Lexington and Concord — lasted maybe twenty minutes before he was captured. Two other riders finished the job. Longfellow's 1861 poem turned Revere into the sole hero, which wasn't accurate but became the story. Before and after the revolution, Revere was a skilled craftsman, a printer, a hardware merchant, a dentist, and a manufacturer of copper plates. The ride was the least of his life.
Johann Georg Purmann, deutscher Pädagoge
Johann Friedrich von Ryhiner, Schweizer Staatsmann und Geograph
Julie Bondeli, Schweizer Salonière
François-Michel Lecreulx, architecte français († 7 août 1812).
Johann Christoph Altnikol (Taufdatum), deutscher Komponist und Organist
Kristijonas Donelaitis — lithuanian poet. Born on New Year's Day, 1714.
Giovanni Battista Mancini, cantante sopranista y escritor italiano (f. 1800).
1714. Giovanni Battista Mancini was born. Italian soprano and author.
Karl, Fürst von Nassau-Usingen
Baron Franz von der Trenck — austrian soldier. Born on New Year's Day, 1711. Gone at 38.
Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz. German-Dutch organ builder. Born 1709.
Johann Bätz, deutsch-niederländischer Orgelbauer
Johann Philipp von Beust, deutscher General
Soame Jenyns, born on New Year's Day 1704. English author.
Carlos Francisco de Croix, spanischer Offizier, Kolonialverwalter und Vizekönig von Neuspanien
François de Roches, Schweizer evangelischer Geistlicher und Hochschullehrer
Margaret Beauchamp de Bletso, aristócrata inglesa (f. 1482).
Squanto, nativo norteamericano (f. 1622).
Gregorio XIII, papa italiano (f. 1585).
Joseph François Dupleix, administrador colonial y funcionario francés (f. 1763).
Antonio Galli da Bibbiena, escenógrafo y arquitecto italiano (f. 1774).
Francisca Drummond de Melfort y Wallace, aristócrata británica (f. 1724).
Johann Philipp Crollius, deutscher Pädagoge und Historiker
José de Antequera y Castro, político y revolucionario español (f. 1735).
Teresa Caterina Lubomirska, princesa polaca (f. 1712).
Arnold Drakenborch, born on New Year's Day 1684. Dutch scholar.
Karoline von Fuchs-Mollard, condesa austríaca (f. 1754).
Christoph Papen, deutscher Bildschnitzer und Bildhauer
Girolamo Pamphili, IV Príncipe de San Martino al Cimino y Valmontone, príncipe italiano (f. 1760).
François-Joseph de Chancel, dramaturgo y escritor francés (f. 1758).
Johann Heinrich von Heucher, deutscher Naturwissenschaftler und Leibarzt Augusts des Starken
Kaikhosro de Kartli, rey (f. 1711).
Alvise Pisani, dux (f. 1741).
Pierre Gobert, pintor francés (f. 1744).
Domenico Gagliardi, médico, escritor y filósofo italiano (f. 1745).
Theresa Katharina Lubomirska, polnische Adlige
Johann von Bacmeister, deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler und Reichshofrat
Christian Thomasius. German jurist and philosopher. Born 1655.
Jean-Baptiste Santerre, pintor, dibujante y profesor francés (f. 1717).
Elkanah Settle, born on New Year's Day 1648. English writer.
Go-Sai, emperador japonés (f. 1685).
Go-Sai. Emperor of Japan. Born 1638.
Antoinette Deshoulières, französische Dichterin und Philosophin
Anthonius Lucius, deutscher Gelehrter, Universitätsprofessor und Rechtswissenschaftler
Katherine Philips, poeta, escritora y traductora galesa (f. 1664).
Christoph Bernhard — german composer. Born on New Year's Day, 1628.
John Gadbury, englischer Astrologe
Olov Svebilius, arzobispo sueco (f. 1700).
Robert Morison, botánico escocés (f. 1683).
Gilberte Périer, Schwester und Biografin von Blaise Pascal
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, pintor español (f. 1682).
John Wilkins, obispo inglés (f. 1672).
John Wilkins, born on New Year's Day 1614. English bishop.
Enrique Federico del Palatinado, príncipe alemán (f. 1629).
Christoph Schlegel, deutscher lutherischer Theologe
Charles Auguste de Sales, obispo católico francés (f. 1660).
Siegmund Wiprecht von Zerbst, deutscher Hofbeamter und Politiker
Gottfried Olearius, deutscher Theologe, Superintendent und Chronist der Stadt Halle
Georg Gloger, deutscher Dichter
Friedrich Spanheim. Dutch theologian. Born 1600.
Heinrich von Brockdorff, deutscher Offizier und Politiker
Zacharias Brendel der Jüngere, deutscher Mediziner und Chemiker
Theodor Höpingk, deutscher Historiker und Jurist
Pau Claris, político español (f. 1641).
Lorenzo Magalotti, cardenal y obispo católico italiano (f. 1637).
Agnes Cirksena, ostfriesische Prinzessin
Johann Camman, deutscher Jurist, Syndikus der Stadt Braunschweig und Büchersammler
Iwasa Matabē, japanischer Maler
Rutilius Manetti, pintor italiano (f. 1639).
Dorotea de Brunswick-Luneburgo, princesa (f. 1649).
Virginia Eriksdotter Vasa, aristócrata sueca (f. 1633).
Giambattista Tinti, pintor italiano (f. 1604).
1557. Stephen Bocskay was born. Romanian prince.
Luis III de Wurtemberg, duque alemán (f. 1593).
Ludwig der Fromme, Herzog von Württemberg
Fausto Veranzio, escritor, filósofo, lexicógrafo, inventor e historiador dálmata (f. 1617) de la República de Venecia.
Konrad Friederich, Bürgermeister von St. Gallen
Paolo Giordano I Orsini, militar y aristócrata italiano (f. 1585).
Diego de Zúñiga, escritor y filósofo español (f. 1597).
Ferrante Fornari, jurista italiano (f. 1603).
Luis Bertrán, religioso y misionero español (f. 1581).
Paolo Morigia, historiador italiano (f. 1604).
François Baudouin, jurista, teólogo y humanista francés (f. 1573).
Ulrich Pinder, Leibarzt des Kurfürsten Friedrich III. von Sachsen, Herausgeber und Buchdrucker
Margaret Leijonhufvud, aristócrata sueca (f. 1551), reina de Suecia como esposa del rey Gustavo I.
Born 1516. Margaret Leijonhufvud — swedish wife of gustav i of sweden. Died at 35.
Henry — duke of cornwall. Born on New Year's Day, 1511.
Ana de Brandeburgo, princesa alemana (f. 1567).
Gaspare Crucìgero, teólogo alemán (f. 1548).
Caspar Cruciger der Ältere, deutscher Theologe und Reformator, Weggefährte Martin Luthers
Pargali Ibrahim Pasha, funcionario otomano (f. 1536).
Silvestro Ganassi dal Fontego, compositor italiano (f. 1550).
Magnus I de Sajonia-Lauenburgo, aristócrata («duque de Sajonia-Lauenburgo») alemán (f. 1543).
Born 1484. Huldrych Zwingli — swiss pastor and theologian. Died at 47.
Sigismund I the Old, born on New Year's Day 1467. Polish king.
Philipp von Kleve, Bischof von Nevers, Amiens und Autun
Johann III. von Eych, Fürstbischof von Eichstätt
John Radcliffe, 9. Baron FitzWalter, englischer Adeliger und Politiker
He ran Florence at thirty. Lorenzo de' Medici inherited control of the city's banking empire when he was twenty and ruled through patronage, intelligence, and occasional ruthlessness. He sponsored Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Michelangelo. He survived the Pazzi Conspiracy in 1478 — assassins killed his brother Giuliano in the cathedral during High Mass; Lorenzo escaped wounded. He negotiated his own survival with the papacy afterward. He died at 43, of gout, in a villa outside Florence, with Savonarola preaching at his bedside.
Albert Krantz, deutscher Historiker
Margarita de Baviera, aristócrata («princesa de Baviera-Múnich» y «marquesa consorte de Mantua») alemana (f. 1479).
Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503). Pope Alexander VI. Born 1431.
Luis IV del Palatinado, aristócrata («conde del Palatinado») alemán (f. 1449), «príncipe elector» del Palatinado de 1436 a 1449.
Giovanni Antonio da Faye, historiador y poeta italiano (f. 1470).
Leonardo Mansueti, humanista italiano (f. 1480).
Teodorico de Oldemburgo, aristócrata alemán (f. 1440).
Baldwin de Redvers, 7. Earl of Devon, englischer Adeliger
Zwentibold. Frankish son of Arnulf of Carinthia (d. 900). Born 871.
Zuentiboldo, rei da Lotaríngia (m. 900).
Ali al-Rida. Shia Imam (d. 818). Born 766.
Died on January 1
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas.
Omar Karami served twice as Lebanon's Prime Minister and was forced out both times by popular pressure.
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The first time, in 1992, students protested his economic policies. The second time, in 2005, came after the assassination of Rafic Hariri, when the Cedar Revolution's massive demonstrations pushed Syria's allies out of government. Karami was a Sunni politician in a country where sectarian balance is both sacred and constantly contested. His family had deep roots in Tripoli politics. He died in 2015. Lebanon's political system — designed to distribute power among sects — continued fragmenting without him.
Mario Cuomo died on the same day his son Andrew was inaugurated for a second term as New York's governor.
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He was 82. Cuomo served three terms as governor himself and delivered a keynote at the 1984 Democratic convention that's still considered one of the finest political speeches of the century. He never ran for president, despite years of speculation and pressure. He kept saying no. His reluctance became its own mythology — "Hamlet on the Hudson," the press called him. He died hours after watching his son take the oath.
Kiro Gligorov became the first president of independent Macedonia and took a car bomb to the head in 1995.
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He survived. Lost his right eye and part of his skull, spent months in recovery, and returned to office. Nobody was ever charged with the assassination attempt. Gligorov had navigated Macedonia's peaceful separation from Yugoslavia — one of the only republics to leave without a war — and then survived the kind of attack that usually defines the end of a political career. He served until 1999. Died in 2012 at 94.
Shirley Chisholm — american educator, politician, and author.
Joe Foss shot down 26 Japanese aircraft in the Pacific, tying Eddie Rickenbacker's WWI record.
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Medal of Honor at 28. Then he went home to South Dakota and became governor. Then first commissioner of the American Football League. Then host of a TV hunting show. Then NRA president. Any single one of those careers defines most lives. Foss did all of them. After 9/11, TSA agents confiscated his Medal of Honor at airport security because they didn't know what it was. He died in 2003 at 87.
Helen Wills won 31 Grand Slam titles and didn't lose a single set in competitive play between 1927 and 1933.
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Over four years of flawless tennis. They called her "Little Miss Poker Face" — no celebrations, no complaints, no visible effort on court. Eight Wimbledon singles titles. Off the court she painted, studied at Berkeley, and wrote a mystery novel. She retired at 32, walked away from tennis entirely, and lived quietly for six decades until her death at 92 in 1998. The greatest dominance the sport had ever seen, followed by complete silence.
93 years.
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That's what Eugene Wigner got. Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate.
Grace Hopper found an actual moth stuck in a computer relay and taped it into the logbook.
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That was 1947. She was a Navy officer and mathematician who helped create COBOL, the programming language that still runs banking systems and government mainframes worldwide. Hopper retired from the Navy as a rear admiral at 79 — the oldest active-duty officer in the U.S. armed forces at the time. They'd recalled her from retirement twice because they kept needing her. The Navy named a destroyer after her. The moth is in the Smithsonian.
He was 29.
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His driver found him in the backseat of his Cadillac on the road to Canton, Ohio. The cause was alcohol, chloral hydrate, and morphine. Hank Williams had recorded "Your Cheatin' Heart" six weeks earlier. It hadn't come out yet. He'd been fired by the Grand Ole Opry fourteen months before for showing up drunk. He wrote "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" the same year he got fired. The songs outlasted everything else.
Edwin Lutyens designed the Cenotaph on Whitehall.
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Also Castle Drogo, the last castle built in England. Also the Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world — 72,000 names carved into Portland stone. He built country houses for Edwardian aristocrats, government buildings for the Raj in New Delhi, and memorials for the dead of the Somme. The Cenotaph was supposed to be temporary — plaster and wood for the 1919 peace parade. Public demand made it permanent. Stone replaced plaster. It's stood there for over a century. Wreaths laid every November.
Bethmann-Hollweg was Germany's chancellor when the Great War began.
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He's the one who called Belgium's neutrality treaty a "scrap of paper" — a phrase that became Britain's rallying cry for entering the fight. He'd tried to keep Britain neutral. Failed completely. He backed unrestricted submarine warfare, then opposed it, then accepted it again under pressure from Hindenburg and Ludendorff. Those generals eventually forced him out in 1917. He retired and spent his remaining years writing memoirs insisting the war wasn't entirely his fault. He died in 1921, still making the case.
Heinrich Hertz proved electromagnetic waves exist and died at 36 before the world figured out what to do with them.
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In eight years between his breakthrough experiment and his death from a rare blood vessel disease, he confirmed Maxwell's theory, showed that radio waves travel at the speed of light, and laid the groundwork for every wireless technology ever built. Radio, television, radar, Wi-Fi, mobile phones — all of it traces back to a German physicist with a spark-gap transmitter in a university lab. The unit of frequency bears his name. One hertz. One cycle per second.
Eleventh Shia Imam (b.
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Eleventh Shia Imam (b. 846). Died 874.
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev, footballeur tadjik et russe (° 21 octobre 1966).
Nexhat Daci, político kosovar (n. 1944).
Mohammed Harbi, haut fonctionnaire, historien et universitaire algérien (° 16 juin 1934).
Nexhat Daci, homme politique kosovar (° 26 juillet 1944).
حسين علي حسين، كاتب وقاص وروائي سعودي.
Gilbert Normand, médecin et homme politique canadien (° 31 mars 1943).
Jean-Michel Defaye, compositeur, arrangeur et chef d'orchestre français (° 18 septembre 1932).
Jean Céard, universitaire français (° 17 mai 1936).
Louis Schittly, médecin français, fondateur de Médecins sans frontières (° 7 août 1938).
Igor Poznič, footballeur international slovène (° 13 août 1967).
Vittorio Pomilio, basketteur italien (° 6 mai 1933).
Mike Farmer, baloncestista y entrenador estadounidense (n. 1936).
David Lodge died in 2025. 90 years old. David Lodge, English author and critic.
92 years. That's what Chad Morgan got. Chad Morgan, Australian musician.
Nora Orlandi, cantante, compositora y pianista italiana (n. 1933).
Jean-Louis Lalanne, footballeur français (° 12 juillet 1954).
Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, femme politique britannique (° 26 juillet 1928).
Leo Dan (Leopoldo Dante Tévez), cantautor argentino (n. 1942).
ADOR, rapero estadounidense (n. 1969).
Wayne Osmond — wayne osmond, american singer-songwriter and actor. Died in 2025 at 74.
James Herbert Brennan, écrivain britannique (° 5 juillet 1940).
Adaora Adimora, médecin et universitaire américaine (° 5 mai 1956).
Marcia Garbey, kubanische Leichtathletin
David J. Skal, écrivain essayiste américain (° 21 juin 1952).
Riad al-Turk, homme politique et dissident syrien (° 2 avril 1930).
Mario Boljat, futbolista yugoslavo (n. 1951).
Ole Daniel Enersen, alpinista, fotógrafo y periodista noruego (n. 1943).
Basdeo Panday, político y sindicalista trinitario (n. 1933).
Frank Ryan, jugador estadounidense de fútbol americano (n. 1936).
Niklaus Wirth, informático e inventor suizo (n. 1934).
Iwona Śledzińska-Katarasińska, periodista y política polaca (n. 1941).
Trautl Brandstaller, österreichische Journalistin, Schriftstellerin und Fernsehredakteurin
2024. Lynja died. 68 years old. Lynja, American celebrity chef and YouTuber.
Vincent Pinel, animateur culturel, cinéaste et historien de cinéma (° 18 juillet 1937).
Oscar Ortubé, arbitre de football bolivien (° 24 mai 1944).
Jack O'Connell, écrivain de romans noirs et d’anticipation américain (° 25 décembre 1959).
Peter Magubane, photographe sud-africain (° 18 janvier 1932).
David Kunzle, historien de l'art britannique (° 17 avril 1936).
Khemaïs Chammari, homme politique, défenseur des droits de l'homme et diplomate tunisien (° 7 novembre 1942).
Frank McGarvey, futbolista británico-escocés (n. 1956).
Lise Nørgaard, escritora, guionista y periodista danesa (n. 1917).
Art McNally, arbitre de foot U.S. américain (° 1er juillet 1925).
Ghislain Lebel, homme politique canadien (° 17 février 1946).
Georg Eberl, deutscher Eishockeyspieler
Jean-Jacques Antier, periodista francés (n. 1928).
Fred White — fred white, american musician and songwriter. Died in 2023 at 68.
Martin Davis, matemático estadounidense (n. 1928).
Gangsta Boo, rapero estadounidense (n. 1979).
Elizabeth Livingstone, teóloga británica (n. 1929).
Gary Burgess died in 2022. 47 years old. Gary Burgess, British broadcaster and journalist.
Dan Reeves, jugador y entrenador estadounidense de fútbol americano (n. 1944).
78 years. That's what Dan Reeves got. Dan Reeves, American football player and coach.
Andreas Kunz, deutscher Nordischer Kombinierer
Calisto Tanzi, empresario y director deportivo italiano (n. 1938).
Richard Freed, crítico musical y periodista estadounidense (n. 1928).
Mark Eden. Mark Eden, English actor. Died 2021.
محمد تقي مصباح اليزدي، عالم شيعي وفيلسوف إيراني.
Pierantonio Costa, empresario y diplomático italiano (n. 1939).
Ben Chafin, político estadounidense (n. 1960).
Floyd Little. Floyd Little, American football player. Died 2021.
Elmira Minita Gordon. Elmira Minita Gordon, Belizean educator and psychologist. Died 2021.
Carlos do Carmo — carlos do carmo, portuguese fado singer. Died in 2021 at 82.
Joan Benson, tecladista estadounidense (n. 1924).
Günter Brümmer, piragüista alemán (n. 1933).
Lexii Alijai died in 2020. 22 years old. Lexii Alijai, American rapper.
Don Larsen — don larsen, american baseball player. Died in 2020 at 91.
83 years. That's what Alexander Frater got. Alexander Frater, British travel writer and journalist.
David Stern. David Stern, American lawyer and businessman. Died 2020.
2020. Barry McDonald died. 80 years old. Barry McDonald, Australian rugby union player.
Paul Neville. Paul Neville, Australian politician. Died 2019.
Pegi Young. Pegi Young, American singer, songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist. Died 2019.
George was a snail. The last known Achatinella apexfulva, a Hawaiian tree snail species that once numbered in the millions across Oahu's forests. He lived alone in a lab at the University of Hawaii for fourteen years while researchers searched for a mate. They never found one. George died on New Year's Day 2019, approximately fourteen years old. Invasive rats and a predatory snail called the rosy wolfsnail had wiped out every relative. When George died, an entire evolutionary lineage ended in a university terrarium. Millions of years, gone.
Joan Guinjoan i Gispert, katalanischer Komponist und Pianist
Karl Foitek, österreichisch-schweizerischer Automobilrennfahrer und Unternehmer
Feis, rapero neerlandés; asesinado (n. 1986).
Yuri Artsutánov, ingeniero aeroespacial ruso (n. 1929).
Ludwig Adamec, profesor universitario e historiador estadounidense de origen austríaco (n. 1924).
Gert Brauer, futbolista de Alemania del Este (n. 1955).
Robert Mann. Robert Mann, American violinist. Died 2018.
Mauro Staccioli, escultor italiano (n. 1937).
Hannu Rantakari, gimnasta finlandesa (n. 1939).
إبراهيم نافع، صحفي وكاتب مصري.
Manuel Olivencia, abogado, académico y político español (n. 1929).
Jon Paul Steuer. Jon Paul Steuer, American actor. Died 2018.
Yvon Dupuis. Canadian politician. Died 2017.
Tony Atkinson, economista británico (n. 1944).
Hilarion Capucci, arzobispo y activista católico sirio (n. 1922).
Derek Parfit, britischer Philosoph
Memo Morales (Guillermo Enrique Morales Portillo), cantante venezolano (n. 1937).
Tony Atkinson. British economist. Died 2017.
Derek Parfit. British philosopher. Died 2017.
Lorne Loomer, remero canadiense (n. 1937).
Aleksander Tšutšelov, skipper estonien (° 26 avril 1933).
Jim Ross, jugador británico-escocés de hockey sobre hielo (n. 1926).
Homa Nategh, educador e historiador iraní (n. 1935).
Gilberto Mendes, brasilianischer Komponist
Abdumo‘min O‘tbosarov, presentador de televisión uzbeko (n. 1960).
Annie de Reuver, cantante neerlandesa (n. 1917).
84 years. That's what Fazu Aliyeva got. Russian poet and journalist.
Mike Oxley — american lawyer and politician. Died in 2016 at 72.
Natasha Aguilar, nadadora costarricense (n. 1970).
Antonio Carrizo, presentador, locutor y periodista argentino (n. 1926).
Brian Johns, periodista australiano, director general de ABC entre 1995 y 2000 (n. 1936).
2016. Vilmos Zsigmond died. 86 years old. Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer.
Mike Oxley, político estadounidense (n. 1944).
Boris Morukov died in 2015. 65 years old. Russian physician and astronaut.
Jeff Golub, guitarrista estadounidense (n. 1955).
Géry Leuliet, prélat français (° 12 janvier 1910).
Donna Douglas. American actress. Died 2015.
Manuel Alberto León, caricaturista e historietista mexicano (n. 1956).
2015. Ulrich Beck died. 71 years old. Ulrich Beck, German sociologist.
85 years. That's what William Lloyd Standish got. William Lloyd Standish, United States District Judge.
Sabah Qabbani, escritor, periodista y político sirio (n. 1928).
Fiona Cumming, directora británica de televisión (n. 1937).
Ninón Sevilla, bailarina, cantante y actriz cubana expatriada en México (n. 1929).
Vicente Vela, pintor y escenógrafo español (n. 1931).
Tabby Thomas, músico de blues estadounidense (n. 1929).
Jamal al-Jamal, diplomático palestino (n. 1957).
Herman Pieter de Boer, poeta, periodista y escritor neerlandés (n. 1928).
Traian T. Coșovei (59), poeta rumano (n. 1954).
2014. Peter Austin died. 93 years old. British brewer, founded Ringwood Brewery.
Pete DeCoursey. American journalist. Died 2014.
Michael Glennon. Australian priest. Died 2014.
Higashifushimi Kunihide. Japanese monk and educator. Died 2014.
Billy McColl, died 2014 at 63. British actor.
William Mgimwa. Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance. Died 2014.
Juanita Moore died in 2014. 100 years old. American actress.
91 years. That's what Josep Seguer got. Spanish footballer and manager.
Tabby Thomas — american singer, pianist, and guitarist. Died in 2014 at 85.
Jesús Zapata Builes, músico colombiano (n. 1916).
TOKUO Yamashita, político japonés (n. 1919).
Josep Seguer, futbolista y entrenador español (n. 1923).
Jafar Namdar, árbitro de fútbol iraní (n. 1934).
Billy McColl, actor británico (n. 1951).
Jorge Jottar, tirador deportivo chileno (n. 1929).
Michael Glennon, sacerdote católico y pedófilo australiano (n. 1944).
Pete DeCoursey, periodista estadounidense (n. 1961).
Bobbi Jean Baker, activista transgénero estadounidense (n. 1964).
Concha Carretero, militante comunista española (n. 1918).
Marian Wantoła, dibujante polaco (n. 1926).
Mojtaba Tehrani, marja' (‘gran ayatolá’) e imamí de la religión musulmana chiita (n. 1933).
Moses Bosco Anderson, US-amerikanischer Geistlicher, Weihbischof in Detroit
Lucio Dell'Angelo, futbolista italiano (n. 1938).
2013. Barbara Werle died. 85 years old. American actress and singer.
Patti Page — american singer and actress. Died in 2013 at 86.
68 years. That's what Christopher Martin-Jenkins got. British journalist.
Roz Howard died in 2013. 91 years old. American race car driver.
Allan Hancox — british-kenyan judge, chief justice of kenya. Died in 2013 at 81.
Lloyd Hartman Elliott. American academic. Died 2013.
Ross Davis. American baseball player. Died 2013.
Michael Patrick Cronan. American graphic designer. Died 2013.
Barbara Werle, actriz estadounidense (n. 1928).
Lory Blanchard. New Zealand rugby player and coach. Died 2013.
2013. Yuri Alexandrov died. 50 years old. Soviet and Russian boxer.
Lloyd Hartman Elliott, educador estadounidense (n. 1918).
Diozel Pérez, periodista chileno (n. 1932).
Ingeborg Finke-Siegmund, deutsche Pianistin und Klavierpädagogin
Marcelle Narbonne, supercentenaire française (° 25 mars 1898).
Gary Ablett, futbolista y entrenador británico-inglés (n. 1965).
Alfredo Battisti, arzobispo católico italiano (n. 1925).
Nay Win Maung. Burmese physician, businessman, and activist. Died 2012.
Alessandro Liberati. Italian physician and epidemiologist. Died 2012.
Marino di Teana, escultor italiano (n. 1920).
Anders Frandsen, cantante y presentador de televisión danés (n. 1960).
Hermann Guggiari, escultor paraguayo (n. 1924).
Jorge Andrés Martínez Boero, piloto de motociclismo argentino (n. 1973).
Nina Miranda, cantante uruguaya (n. 1925).
Carlos Ernesto Soria, político argentino (n. 1949).
Juan de Dios Úsuga David, narcotraficante colombiano (n. 1967).
Yafa Yarkoni, cantante israelí (n. 1925).
Gary Ablett. English footballer and manager. Died 2012.
Bob Anderson. British fencer, stuntman, and choreographer. Died 2012.
Fred Milano sang tenor for Dion and the Belmonts. "A Teenager in Love." "I Wonder Why." They named themselves after Belmont Avenue in the Bronx, where they hung out and harmonized on the sidewalk. Milano's voice was the smooth one floating above Dion DiMucci's lead. The group split in 1960 when Dion went solo. Milano kept the Belmonts going for decades, touring the oldies circuit, keeping the harmonies intact. He died in 2012. He'd been singing those same songs for over fifty years. They still landed.
Tommy Mont died in 2012. 90 years old. American football player and coach.
64 years. That's what Carlos Soria got. Argentinian lawyer and politician.
Yafa Yarkoni — israeli singer and actress. Died in 2012 at 87.
Francisco Ruiz Udiel, poeta nicaregüense.
Bernard Cloutier, ingénieur chimiste et administrateur canadien (° 29 novembre 1933).
Flemming Jørgensen, chanteur de pop et acteur danois (° 7 février 1927).
Albert Raisner, harmoniciste, animateur et producteur de télévision et de radio français (° 30 septembre 1922).
زهير غانم، شاعر سوري
Fritz Tobias, deutscher Autor und Ministerialrat
Anna Anni, italienische Kostümbildnerin
Billy Joe Patton, golfeur américain (° 19 avril 1922).
Flemming Jørgensen co-founded Bamses Venner, one of Denmark's most popular bands. Five million records sold in a country of five million people. The math speaks for itself. Nearly every Dane alive during the '70s and '80s owned at least one of their albums. Jørgensen also acted in Danish films and television for decades. When he died in 2011, Denmark treated it like the loss of a national institution. Because that's what it was. Some bands belong to a generation. Bamses Venner belonged to an entire country.
Marin Constantin died in 2011. 86 years old. Romanian composer and conductor.
Reynaldo Dagsa. Filipino politician. Died 2011.
Anna Anni, vestuarista y escenógrafa italiana (n. 1926).
Marin Constantin, músico, director de orquesta y compositor rumano (n. 1925).
Jiaser (José Antonio Serna Ramos), historietista español (n. 1927).
Helena Percas, escritora, ensayista, investigadora y educadora argentina.
Marlene Neubauer-Woerner, escultora alemana (n. 1918).
Franz Nimführ, yudoca austríaco (n. 1913).
Kurt Birkle, astrónomo alemán (n. 1939).
Antonio Martín Fernández, escultor español (n. 1927).
Sergio Messen, futbolista chileno (n. 1949).
Eduardo Ricagni, futbolista argentino (n. 1926).
Jean-Pierre Posca, footballeur français (° 10 mars 1952).
Gilbert de Goldschmidt, producteur de films français (° 26 avril 1925).
Lhasa de Sela. American-Mexican singer-songwriter. Died 2010.
Freya von Moltke, escritora alemana (n. 1911).
Max Salpeter, britischer Geiger
Nizar Rayyan, terrorista palestino (n. 1959).
Aarne Arvonen. Finnish super-centenarian. Died 2009.
2009. Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan Kenyan terrorist (b. 196 died. 49 years old. Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan Kenyan terrorist.
Ron Asheton played guitar for the Stooges. Their first album in 1969 sounded like a building collapsing — distorted, repetitive, deliberately confrontational. Almost no one bought it. But Asheton's guitar tone on "I Wanna Be Your Dog" defined punk rock a full decade before punk rock had a name. He got demoted to bass when James Williamson joined for "Raw Power" and accepted it without visible complaint. The Stooges reunited in 2003 with Asheton back on lead guitar. He died alone in his Ann Arbor home in 2009. His body wasn't discovered for days.
Johannes Mario Simmel, escritor, guionista y periodista austríaco (n. 1924).
Ermengol Passola, promoteur culturel catalan (° 1925).
Ron Asheton, guitarrista estadounidense (n. 1948).
Edmund Purdom, actor y actor de voz británico (n. 1924).
Wolfgang Mutzeck, deutscher Erziehungswissenschaftler und Hochschullehrer
John Pozdro, US-amerikanischer Komponist und Musikpädagoge
Helen Suzman — helen suzman, south african anti-apartheid activist and politician. Died in 2009 at 92.
Claiborne Pell served 36 years in the U.S. Senate and attached his name to one thing more consequential than any bill: the Pell Grant. Federal financial aid for low-income college students. Since 1972, over 80 million Americans have received one. Pell came from old money — his family traced to Rhode Island's founding. He wore rumpled suits, took the train to Washington, and fought for causes that didn't benefit his class. He also believed in the paranormal and funded psychic research. An aristocrat who bankrolled college for the poor and ghost-hunting for himself.
Nizar Rayan. Palestinian Hamas leader. Died 2009.
2008. Harold Corsini died. 89 years old. American photographer.
2008. Salvatore Bonanno died. 76 years old. American son of Joseph Bonanno.
Peter Caffrey, died 2008 at 59. Irish actor.
Lucas Sang, atleta keniano (n. 1961).
Thiyagarajah Maheswaran, político esrilanqués (n. 1960).
Robert L'Herbier, chanteur et administrateur québécois (° 5 février 1921).
Irena Górska-Damięcka, actrice, metteur en scène et directrice de théâtre polonaise (° 20 octobre 1910).
Salvador Aparicio (58), futbolista español.
Gerhard Kander, kanadischer Geiger
Erich Kästner, deutscher Jurist, mutmaßlich letzter noch lebender deutscher Teilnehmer des Ersten Weltkrieges
Pratap Chandra Chunder — indian politician. Died in 2008 at 89.
Bill Bonanno (Salvatore Bonanno), criminal, mafioso y escritor estadounidense (n. 1932).
Harald Deilmann, arquitecto y escritor alemán.
Eleonore Schoenfeld, deutsch-US-amerikanische Cellistin und Musikpädagogin
A. I. Bezzerides. American novelist and screenwriter. Died 2007.
Thierry Bacconnier, footballeur français (° 2 octobre 1963).
Del Reeves. American country singer. Died 2007.
2007. Julius Hegyi died. 84 years old. American conductor.
Leon Davidson — american engineer and scientist. Died in 2007 at 85.
95 years. That's what Tillie Olsen got. American writer.
Roland Levinsky. South African scientist. Died 2007.
Leonard Fraser, asesino en serie australiano (n. 1951).
Werner Hollweg, tenor alemán (n. 1936).
Tad Jones. American jazz music historian. Died 2007.
Hank Häberle, deutscher Country-Musiker
Dieter Hennebo, deutscher Agrarwissenschaftler und Landschaftsarchitekt
Darrent Williams died in 2007. 25 years old. American football player.
Leonard Fraser. Australian serial killer. Died 2007.
A.I. Bezzerides, scénariste, romancier et acteur américain (° 9 août 1908).
Tiberio Colantuoni, auteur de bandes dessinées italien (° 20 mai 1935).
Ernie Koy, joueur de baseball américain (° 17 septembre 1909).
Vreni Kneubühl, Schweizer Solojodlerin
Herbert Prügl, österreichischer Motorradrennfahrer
Del Reeves, cantautor estadounidense (n. 1932).
Djôsèt Barotchèt, écrivain suisse (° 29 décembre 1915).
Ernie Koy died in 2007. 98 years old. American baseball player.
Thierry Bacconnier, futbolista francés (n. 1963).
Mapita Cortés, actrice mexicaine (° 4 août 1939).
Susan Bergman, écrivaine américaine (° 1957).
Dawn Lake. Australian comedian, actress, and singer. Died 2006.
Paul Lindblad, joueur de baseball américain (° 9 août 1941).
Zlata Tcaci, moldauische Komponistin und Hochschullehrerin
Renate Danz, actriz, locutora y locutora de radio alemana (n. 1934).
Bryan Harvey — american musician (house of freaks). Died in 2006 at 50.
Hugh McLaughlin invented the Waterhog — the commercial floor mat you've walked across in every office lobby, hotel entrance, and hospital corridor without once noticing it. Those heavy-duty entrance mats that scrape mud and absorb rainwater? McLaughlin's creation. He was an Irish publisher who pivoted to industrial textiles and built a company around a single insight: doorways need better engineering. Millions were sold. The product outlived every building he ever walked into. He died in 2006. The mats are still there, everywhere, doing their quiet invisible work.
Gideon Rodan, US-amerikanischer Biochemiker und Osteopath
Harry Magdoff. American journalist. Died 2006.
Angelo Vicardi, gimnasta italiano (n. 1936).
Jacques Charby, comédien, réalisateur et écrivain français (° 13 juin 1929).
92 years. That's what Ngo Van got. Ngo Van, Vietnamese activist.
Hugh Lawson — 6th baron burnham, british newspaperman. Died in 2005 at 74.
2005. Eugene J. Martin died. 67 years old. American painter.
Bob Matsui. American politician. Died 2005.
Willem Scholten, personnalité politique néerlandaise (° 1er juin 1927).
Dmitri Nelyubin, cycliste russe (° 8 février 1971).
Bob Matsui, personnalité politique américaine (° 17 septembre 1941).
Bernhard Petruschke, deutscher Motorradrennfahrer
Paul Michaelis, deutscher Maler und Professor
Eugene J. Martin, pintor estadounidense (n. 1938).
Adriano Bolzoni, director, guionista y periodista italiano (n. 1919).
Teresa Pla Meseguer, política, guerrillera y antifascista española (n. 1917).
Manuel Félix López, político ecuatoriano (n. 1937).
Denise Colomb, photographe française (° 1er avril 1902).
Sophie Daumier, actrice française (° 24 novembre 1934).
David Scott-Barrett, britischer Offizier
Denise Colomb, fotógrafa francesa (n. 1902).
Vitín Avilés, puerto-ricanischer Sänger
Alicio Garcitoral, escritor y político español (n. 1902).
Giorgio Gaber, cantautor, dramaturgo y actor italiano (n. 1939).
Royce D. Applegate, US-amerikanischer Schauspieler
Cyril Shaps, acteur britannique (° 13 octobre 1923).
Royce D. Applegate, actor estadounidense (n. 1939).
Dumitru Tinu died in 2003. 63 years old. Romanian journalist.
F. William Free died in 2003. 75 years old. American advertising executive.
Joel Antônio Martins, futbolista brasileño (n. 1931).
64 years. That's what Royce D. Applegate got. American actor and screenwriter.
Cyril Shaps, died 2003 at 80. English actor.
Milan Janić, piragüista serbio (n. 1957).
Charles Segal, US-amerikanischer Altphilologe
Julia Phillips. American film producer and author. Died 2002.
Matthias Fuchs, deutscher Schauspieler
Paul Hubschmid, Schweizer Film- und Theaterschauspieler
Bonnie Mealing, nadadora australiana (n. 1912).
Hellmuth Marx, escultor austríaco (n. 1915).
Mohand-Aârav Bessaoud, escritor y activista bereber (n. 1924).
Marilou Poinsot, victime de la route, à l'origine de l'association Marilou (° 25 avril 1992).
Nafissa Sid Cara, personnalité politique française (° 18 avril 1910).
Hans-Günter Martens, deutscher Schauspieler und Hörfunkmoderator
Rosario Borelli, actor, cantante y director italiano (n. 1927).
Ludwig Hörmann, ciclista de carretera y pistard alemán (n. 1918).
Madeleine Barbulée, actrice française (° 2 septembre 1910).
Ray Walston, died 2001 at 87. American actor.
Gerda Paumgarten, österreichische Skirennläuferin
Stan Patrick, baloncestista y entrenador estadounidense (n. 1922).
Arthur Lehning, anarquista neerlandés (n. 1899).
Marcantônio Vilaça, artista plástico brasileiro (n. 1962).
Colin Vaughan — australian journalist. Died in 2000 at 69.
Ramiro Better, cantante colombiano (n. 1963).
Angelo Azzolina, político italiano (n. 1943).
Sandro Baylón, futbolista peruano (n. 1977).
Henry Tiller, boxeur norvégien (° 14 juin 1914).
Vítor Baptista, futbolista portugués (n. 1948).
Rafael Iglesias, boxeador argentino (n. 1924).
Gustl Angstmann, deutscher Schriftsteller und Fachbuchautor
David Schildkraut, saxophoniste de jazz américain (° 7 janvier 1925).
Muhamet Dibra, futbolista albanés (n. 1923).
Haxhi Lleshi, político albanés (n. 1913).
Åke Seyffarth, patineur de vitesse suédois (° 15 janvier 1919).
Claude Bettinger, sculpteur canadien (° 1942).
Alphonse Piché, poète et écrivain canadien (° 14 février 1917).
Jorge Onetti, écrivain et journaliste argentino-uruguayen (° 16 juin 1931).
Franco Volpi, acteur italien (° 11 juillet 1921).
Hagood Hardy. Canadian composer and musician. Died 1997.
Caspar Diethelm, compositeur suisse (° 31 mars 1926).
Eraldo Bedendo, futbolista y entrenador italiano (n. 1908).
Hans-Martin Majewski, deutscher Komponist
Aenne Brauksiepe, deutsche Politikerin
Franco Volpi, actor italiano (n. 1921).
Joan Rice, actriz británica (n. 1930).
Ivan Graziani, cantautor y guitarrista italiano (n. 1945).
Townes Van Zandt. American singer-songwriter. Died 1997.
Asnoldo Devonish, saltador de triple y longitud venezolano (n. 1932).
Hagood Hardy, compositeur canadien (° 26 février 1937).
Al Eugster, animateur et réalisateur américain (° 11 février 1909).
Carlos Carus, futbolista mexicano (n. 1930).
James B. Pritchard, archéologue américain (° 4 octobre 1909).
Ivan Graziani. Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist. Died 1997.
1996. Arthur Rudolph died. 90 years old. German engineer.
Arleigh Burke — american admiral. Died in 1996 at 95.
Jean Piel, écrivain, philosophe et éditeur français (° 28 janvier 1902).
Leopoldo Benites, diplomático ecuatoriano (n. 1905).
Lionel Boulet, pionnier québécois de la recherche en génie électrique (° 19 juillet 1919).
Gertrude Blanch, matemática rusa (n. 1897).
Miquel Tarradell, historiador y arqueólogo español (n. 1920).
Leigh Bowery, artista australiana (n. 1961).
H. E. Erwin Walther, deutscher Komponist und Musikpädagoge
Nina Leen, fotógrafa estadounidense (n. 1906).
54 years. That's what Fred West got. British serial killer.
Fred West, asesino en serie británico (n. 1941).
William Chappell, bailarín, escenógrafo y actor británico (n. 1907).
Edward Arthur Thompson died in 1994. 80 years old. Irish historian.
Cesar Romero, died 1994 at 87. American actor.
Oscar Hermes Villordo, escritor, periodista y crítico literario argentino (n. 1928).
Werner Schwab, österreichischer Schriftsteller
Harald Lechenperg, deutsch-österreichischer Fotograf, Journalist und Dokumentarfilmer
Walter Eckhardt, deutscher Ministerialbeamter und Politiker
Marianne Bruns, deutsche Schriftstellerin
94 years. That's what Arthur Porritt got. Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand.
Anna Wimschneider, deutsche Bäuerin und Schriftstellerin
Eva Niestrath-Berger, deutsche Bildhauerin
Tony Echavarría, dominikanischer Sänger und Kabarettist
Italo Bellini, tirador al plato italiano (n. 1915).
Totò (Ottone Mignone), actor y bailarín italiano (n. 1906).
Jack Badham, entrenador y jugador de fútbol británico-inglés (n. 1919).
Cele Abba, actriz italiana (n. 1906).
Aldo Valletti, actor italiano (n. 1930).
Inga Gentzel, corredora de media distancia y velocista sueca (n. 1908).
Buck Ram died in 1991. 84 years old. American songwriter and businessman (The Platters).
Buck Ram, compositor, letrista y productor discográfico estadounidense (n. 1907).
Elio Bertoni, futbolista italiano (n. 1919).
Ernst Kuzorra, futbolista y entrenador de fútbol alemán (n. 1905).
Adol'f Solomonovič Bergunker, director de cine soviético (n. 1906).
Aleka Stratigou, died 1989 at 63. Greek actress.
Marcel Hillaire, actor alemán (n. 1908).
Albert Decaris, graveur français de timbres-poste académicien ès beaux-arts (° 6 mai 1901).
Clementine Hunter died in 1988. Clementine Hunter, American folk artist (born 1886 or 1887).
Rolf Presthus, norwegischer Jurist und Politiker
Jack Latham. American actor, and news anchor. Died 1987.
Lloyd Haynes, died 1987 at 53. American actor.
Antonio Altomonte, escritor y periodista italiano (n. 1934).
David Cecil, biógrafo, erudito y escritor británico-inglés (n. 1902).
Bruce Norris. American hockey executive (Detroit Red Wings). Died 1986.
Alfredo Binda. Italian cyclist. Died 1986.
Bruce Norris, directivo de hockey sobre hielo estadounidense (n. 1924).
Kamatari Fujiwara, died 1985 at 80. Japanese actor.
Hermann Reutter, compositeur et pianiste allemand (° 17 juin 1900).
Alice B. Russell, atriz estadunidense (n. 1889).
Herbert Cysarz, österreichisch-deutscher Germanist
Knud Vermehren, gimnasta danesa (n. 1890).
Eulalia Guzmán Barrón, profesora y arqueóloga mexicana (n. 1890).
José Artés de Arcos, empresario español (n. 1893).
Billy Brown, futbolista británico-inglés (n. 1900).
1985. Sigerson Clifford died. 72 years old. Irish poet, playwright, and civil servant.
Alexis Korner didn't become a rock star. He made them. His band Blues Incorporated was a revolving door of future legends: Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Robert Plant. They all played with Korner before forming the bands that made them famous. Born in Paris to an Austrian father and Greek mother, raised in London during the Blitz, he fell in love with American blues from imported records and spent his life transplanting it to British soil. The Rolling Stones, Cream, Led Zeppelin — none of them exist without him.
Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega. Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega, known as "Cagancho", Spanish bullfighter. Died 1984.
Kaarlo Vähämäki, gimnasta finlandesa (n. 1892).
Augustin Souchy, anarchiste, syndicaliste et antimilitariste allemand (° 28 août 1892).
Paula Grogger, österreichische Schriftstellerin
Werner Beinhauer, deutscher Romanist und Hispanist
David Buttolph, compositor estadounidense (n. 1902).
Victor Buono, died 1982 at 44. American actor.
Estella Blain, actriz y cantante francesa (n. 1930).
Paul Belmondo, escultor francés (n. 1898).
Ernst Ammann, deutscher Bühnenbildner und Schauspieler
Margot Grahame, actriz británica (n. 1911).
Hephzibah Menuhin, pianista, activista de los derechos humanos y escritora estadounidense expatriada en Australia (n. 1920), hermana del violinista Yehudi Menuhin (1916‑1999).
Albert Henry, político cookés (n. 1907).
David Littmann, cardiólogo estadounidense (n. 1906).
1981. Hephzibah Menuhin died. 61 years old. American-Australian pianist.
Kazimierz Michałowski, arqueólogo y egiptólogo polaco (n. 1901).
Mauri Rose, piloto de carreras e ingeniero estadounidense (n. 1906).
Oumarou Ganda, director y actor nigeriano (n. 1935).
Nils Skoglund, saltador y jugador de waterpolo sueco (n. 1906).
Frank Wykoff, velocista estadounidense (n. 1909).
Adolph Deutsch — american composer and arranger. Died in 1980 at 83.
89 years. That's what Pietro Nenni got. Italian politician.
Marcello Albani, director y guionista italiano (n. 1905).
Arnaldo Fabriani, político, sindicalista y periodista italiano (n. 1898).
Margerita Trombini-Kazuro, polnische Pianistin, Cembalistin und Musikpädagogin
Carle Hessay. Carle Hessay, German-Canadian painter. Died 1978.
Francisco Moreno y Herrera, aristócrata, escritor y político monárquico español (n. 1909).
S. Poniman, cantante y actor indonesio (n. 1910).
Don Freeman — american author and illustrator. Died in 1978 at 70.
Hamilton MacFadden, director, actor y guionista estadounidense (n. 1901).
Michael Thomas Mann, historiador literario y músico alemán (n. 1919).
Roland Hayes. Roland Hayes, American lyric tenor and composer. Died 1977.
Tarab Abdul Hadi, activista palestino (n. 1910).
Walter Janssen, actor y director alemán (n. 1887).
Mario Alborta, futbolista boliviano (n. 1910).
Xaver Gmelch, deutscher Motorradrennfahrer
KYUSAKU Ogino, ginecólogo japonés (n. 1882).
Luis María de la Torre Campos, político y arquitecto argentino (n. 1890).
Kalle Anttila, luchador finlandés (n. 1887).
Georg Andersen, futbolista noruego (n. 1893).
Giani Esposito, acteur, chanteur et poète français (° 23 août 1930).
Sergei Kourdakov died in 1973. 22 years old. Soviet navy officer and KGB agent.
František Běhounek, tschechischer Physiker und Schriftsteller
Tsuneo Mori, activista político y terrorista japonés (n. 1944).
Mario Massa, guionista, director y escritor italiano (n. 1897).
Eberhard Wolfgang Möller, deutscher Schriftsteller und Dramatiker
Luis Banchero Rossi, empresario peruano (n. 1929).
Pietro Linari, ciclista de carretera y de pista italiano (n. 1896).
Máximo V, arzobispo ortodoxo griego (n. 1897).
Jane Morgan, actriz y cantante estadounidense (n. 1880).
Marcelo Rodríguez, rugbista argentino (n. 1953).
Saro Arcidiacono, italienischer Schauspieler
Maurice Chevalier, died 1972 at 84. French actor.
Amphilochius of Pochayiv. Ukrainian saint. Died 1971.
Werner Zahn, bobsledder alemán (n. 1890).
Mario Battaglini, jugador y entrenador de rugby italiano (n. 1919).
Eduard von Borsody, director de cine, director de fotografía y guionista austríaco (n. 1898).
Hans Wentorf, deutscher Fußballspieler
Richard Lohrmann, deutscher Forstmann und Naturschützer
Werner Kuhnt, deutscher Fußballspieler
Howard Scott, ingeniero estadounidense (n. 1890).
Barton MacLane, died 1969 at 67. American actor.
Bruno Söderström, saltador de pértiga, saltador de altura y lanzador de jabalina sueco (n. 1881).
Vera Holme, actriz y activista británica (n. 1881).
Micheline Francey, actriz francesa (n. 1919).
Bruno Söderström. Swedish pole vaulter. Died 1969.
Enrique Ferrarese, constructor y empresario ítaloargentino (n. 1882).
Ernst Kusserow, deutscher General
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. American publisher, founded DC Comics. Died 1968.
Guy Boniface, joueur de rugby à XV français (° 6 mars 1937).
Herschel Baltimore, baloncestista estadounidense (n. 1921).
Shi Nenghai, moine bouddhiste chinois (° 20 janvier 1886).
Antonio Bonezzi, futbolista argentino (n. 1931).
Vincent Auriol. French politician, 16th President of the French Republic. Died 1966.
Friedrich Wilhelm Levi, matemático alemán (n. 1888).
Mariano Picón Salas, escritor, diplomático, historiador y académico venezolano (n. 1901).
Herman Roosdorp, niederländisch-belgischer Automobilrennfahrer
76 years. That's what Emma Asson got. Estonian politician.
Ludwig Wrede, patinador artístico austríaco (n. 1894).
تيمور بن فيصل، سلطان عمان
Romolo Costa, actor y locutor italiano (n. 1897).
Juan Bautista Plaza, compositor venezolano (n. 1898).
Thyge Petersen, boxeador danés (n. 1902).
Bechara El Khoury. Lebanese politician, 6th President of Lebanon. Died 1964.
Ernst Zündorf, deutscher Motorradrennfahrer
Fernando Altimani, marchador italiano (n. 1893).
Robert S. Kerr, US-amerikanischer Politiker
Bill Parker, dibujante estadounidense (n. 1911).
Ulrich Kleemann, general alemán (n. 1892).
Frances Rivett-Carnac, marinero británico (n. 1874).
Diego Martínez Barrio, político republicano español, presidente en 1936 (n. 1883).
Henry Bucknall, remero británico (n. 1885).
Hans von Salmuth, general alemán (n. 1888).
Alastair Denniston. Alastair Denniston, Scottish cryptologist. Died 1961.
Max Huber, Schweizer Jurist, Präsident Internationalen Gerichtshofs und des Internationalen Komitees vom Roten Kreuz
Margaret Sullavan. American actress and screenwriter. Died 1960.
Cecil Kelley, operador químico estadounidense (n. 1920) que sufrió un accidente de criticidad radiactiva de menos de un segundo en el Laboratorio Atómico de Los Álamos, y murió en 38 horas.
Albert Huber, Schweizer Diplomat
Antonio López Herranz, futbolista y técnico español (n. 1913).
Louis Blaringhem, agrónomo y botánico francés (n. 1878).
Douglas Kelley, militar y psiquiatra estadounidense (n. 1912).
Edward Weston. American photographer. Died 1958.
Seán South and Fergal O'Hanlon died attacking an RUC barracks in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh. It was 1957. The IRA's Border Campaign had just started — a series of raids on Northern Irish targets launched from the Republic. The Brookeborough attack failed. The police were waiting. South was 28, a Gaelic language enthusiast from Limerick. O'Hanlon was 19, from Monaghan. Both became martyrs. Ballads were written about them within weeks. The campaign itself accomplished almost nothing and was abandoned by 1962. But those names still echo in Republican folk songs.
Robert Alexis McClure, militar estadounidense (n. 1897).
Hans Wölpert, levantador de pesas alemán (n. 1898).
Ludger Mintrop, deutscher Geophysiker, trug entscheidend zur Entwicklung seismischer Verfahren bei
Umberto Gelmetti, político italiano (n. 1895).
Ludwig Dürr, deutscher Luftschiff-Konstrukteur
Frank Hague, homme politique américain, maire de la ville de Jersey City, dans le New Jersey (° 17 janvier 1876).
Arthur C. Parker. American archaeologist and historian. Died 1955.
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, died 1955 at 61. Indian chemist.
Victoria Cartier, kanadische Organistin und Musikpädagogin
Ōta Mizuho, japanischer Schriftsteller
Constantin Bock von Wülfingen, deutscher Verwaltungsjurist und Politiker
Leonard Bacon, died 1954 at 67. American poet.
José Millán-Astray, general y político español (n. 1879).
1954. Duff Cooper died. 64 years old. British politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Maxim Alexejewitsch Purkajew, sowjetischer General
Ludomir Różycki, polnischer Komponist
Kenneth Hayes Miller, pintor estadounidense (n. 1876).
Lillian Louisa Britten, botánica y taxónoma sudafricana (n. 1886).
Jan Valtin, agente secreto alemán (n. 1905).
Brizio De Sanctis, político italiano (n. 1863).
Alfred C. Abadie, actor, guionista y productor de cine estadounidense (n. 1878).
Ugo Buttà, general italiano (n. 1891).
Vito Timmel, pintor italiano (n. 1886).
Gabriella Borgarino, religieuse italienne, mystique (° 2 septembre 1880).
Hermann Zilcher, deutscher Komponist, Musikpädagoge und Pianist
Walter Kaufmann, físico alemán (n. 1871).
Ugo Ojetti, escritor, crítico de arte y periodista italiano (n. 1871).
Fritz Brupbacher, médecin et écrivain anarchiste suisse (° 30 juin 1874).
Georges Bruhat, físico francés (n. 1887).
Kurt Noack, deutscher Komponist
Hermann Buse, ciclista de carretera alemán (n. 1907).
1944. Charles Turner died. 82 years old. Australian cricketer.
Lojze Grozde, poeta esloveno (n. 1923).
Arthur Ruppin, deutsch-palästinensischer Soziologe und Zionist
Andrew Summers Rowan — u.s. military officer who gave "a message to garcia". Died in 1943 at 86.
John Downes, marinero británico (n. 1870).
Marian Konopiński, sacerdote polaco (n. 1907).
1943. Jenő Rejtő died. 38 years old. Jenő Rejtő, Hungarian journalist.
Bódog Beck, médico húngaro (n. 1871).
Otto Liiv. Estonian historian and archivist. Died 1942.
Jaroslav Ježek, tschechischer Komponist
Max Neal, deutscher Schwankautor
József Konkolics. Hungarian-Slovene author (d. 1861). Died 1941.
Christian Berrenrath, deutscher Theologe, Offizial im Erzbistum Köln
Guido Balsamo Stella, pintor y grabador italiano (n. 1882).
Richard Wachsmuth, deutscher Experimentalphysiker
Fusajiro Yamauchi, empresário japonês (n. 1859).
Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, died 1940 at 75. Indian author.
Ferdo Šišić, historiador croata (n. 1869).
Frank Neil, australischer Theaterunternehmer
William A. Ashbrook, US-amerikanischer Politiker
Sidney Herbert Ray, antropólogo y lingüista británico (n. 1858).
Alice Bailly, pintora suiza (n. 1872).
Enrique Reoyo, spanischer Librettist
Karl von der Aa, deutscher Wirtschaftspädagoge
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati died in 1937. 63 years old. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math.
Paul Herfurth, deutscher Verleger und Politiker
Roger Allin, US-amerikanischer Politiker
Francis Bourne, cardinal britannique, archevêque de Westminster (° 23 mars 1861).
Luigi Morgari, pintor italiano (n. 1857).
Francis Alphonsus Bourne, cardenal y arzobispo católico británico (n. 1861).
Gottlieb von Jagow, político alemán (n. 1863).
Heinrich Büllwatsch, österreichischer Fußballspieler
Hazel Lavery, pintora estadounidense (n. 1880).
Blagoje Bersa, kroatischer Komponist
Max Sauerlandt, deutscher Kunsthistoriker
Jakob Wassermann, escritor, biógrafo y ensayista alemán (n. 1873).
Giulio del Torre, italienischer Maler
Georg Goetz, filólogo clásico alemán (n. 1849).
Stéphane Gsell, arqueólogo e historiador francés (n. 1864).
Leonid Konstantinowitsch Artamonow, russischer Ingenieur, Forschungsreisender und Offizier
C P Scott died in 1932. 86 years old. British journalist, publisher and politician.
Martinus Beijerinck. Dutch microbiologist and botanist. Died 1931.
Hjalmar Bergman, escritor y guionista sueco (n. 1883).
Mark Guy Pearse, predicador y escritor británico-inglés (n. 1842).
Hubert Spannring, österreichischer Bildhauer und Schulleiter
George Holt Thomas, britischer Verleger und Luftfahrtpionier
Burton Downing, corredor de pista estadounidense (n. 1885).
Mustafa Necati served as Turkey's Minister of Education during the earliest and most aggressive phase of Atatürk's reforms. He oversaw the transition from Arabic to Latin script across the entire education system — a change that effectively cut an entire generation off from everything written in Ottoman Turkish. He built hundreds of new schools, brought in foreign educators, and pushed for coeducation. He died in 1929 at 35, of a kidney infection, before the reforms he'd championed were fully implemented. The education system he designed outlasted the man by nearly a century.
Loie Fuller — loie fuller, american dancer. Died in 1928 at 66.
Paul Roussel, escultor francés (n. 1867).
Denis Joseph O'Connell, obispo católico irlandés (n. 1849).
Jean-Auguste Brutails, historiador, archivista y paleógrafo francés (n. 1859).
Aurelio Sandoval, arquitecto cubano (n. 1864).
Georg Mühlberg, pintor, dibujante e ilustrador alemán (n. 1863).
Billy Miske, boxeador estadounidense (n. 1894).
51 years. That's what Willie Keeler got. Willie Keeler, American baseball player.
Giovanni Tranquilli, sericicultor (cultivador de gusanos de seda) italiano (n. 1827).
Miloš Čech, obispo católico antiguo checo (n. 1855).
István Kühár. Slovene priest and politician. Died 1922.
Edmund Guerrier (Edmund Gasseau Choteau Le Guerrier), traductor‑intérprete y ranchero estadounidense (n. 1840). De ascendencia estadounidense y cheyenne, en 1864 sobrevivió a la masacre de Sand Creek. Fue intérprete para el gobierno de Estados Unidos durante las guerras contra los cheyennes. La ciudad de Geary (estado de Oklahoma) recibió ese nombre en su honor.
Johann Hermann Eschenburg, deutscher Großkaufmann und Kommunalpolitiker
Zygmunt Gorazdowski, sacerdote polaco (n. 1845).
August Friedrich Viehweger, deutscher Architekt
Mijaíl Drozdovski, general ruso (n. 1881).
Hugo Blümner, arqueólogo y filólogo clásico alemán (n. 1844).
Hugo Blümner, deutscher Altphilologe und Archäologe
Mikhail Drozdovsky. Russian general. Died 1919.
Hanno von Dassel, preußischer Offizier
Hormiga Negra (Guillermo Hoyo, 80 años), gaucho y delincuente argentino (n. 1837) cuya biografía fue exagerada en la novela Hormiga Negra, de Eduardo Gutiérrez.
William Wilfred Campbell, died 1918 at 60. Canadian poet.
بيدار قادين، سلطانة وزوجة السلطان عبد الحميد الثاني
Agnes Dean Abbatt, pintora e ilustradora estadounidense (n. 1847).
Dominique Antoine, deutscher Tierarzt und Politiker
Vincenzo Zecca, escritor, historiador y arqueólogo italiano (n. 1832).
Alfred W. Benson, US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker
Francis Tattegrain, pintor francés (n. 1852).
Augusto Silvestrelli, político italiano (n. 1834).
Carlo Agnoletti, sacerdote e historiador italiano (n. 1845).
Cleto Zavala, compositor español (n. 1867).
Harriet Powers, artista folclórica estadounidense (n. 1837).
Eugenio Giuseppe Conti, pintor italiano (n. 1842).
Elisabeth Hetzel, Schweizer Schriftstellerin in Mundart
Patricio Aguirre de Tejada, militar español (n. 1836).
Cyrill Kistler, compositor, teórico musical y profesor alemán (n. 1848).
Cyrill Kistler, deutscher Komponist, Musiktheoretiker, Musikpädagoge und Verleger
Hugh Nelson. British-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Queensland. Died 1906.
Albert von Holleben, deutscher General und Militärschriftsteller
Joseph Miroslav Weber, compositeur tchèque (° 9 novembre 1854).
Valentín Paquay, monje franciscano belga (n. 1828), canonizado por la Iglesia católica.
Mabel Cahill, tenista irlandesa (n. 1863).
Benoît Langénieux, cardinal français, archevêque de Reims (° 15 octobre 1824).
Anna Löhn-Siegel, deutsche Frauenrechtlerin und Schauspielerin
Julius von Staudinger, deutscher Jurist
Johann Eduard Jacobsthal, deutscher Architekt
Sophus Schandorph, dänischer Schriftsteller
Ignatius Donnelly served three terms in Congress, ran for Vice President on the Populist ticket, and spent his remaining decades writing books about Atlantis and arguing that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays. Wrong on both counts. But his "Atlantis: The Antediluvian World" sold so well it single-handedly revived the lost-continent myth in popular culture. Donnelly also championed women's suffrage, racial equality, and railroad regulation — causes decades ahead of their time. A serious politician and an enthusiastic crank. He died in 1901 still convinced about Bacon.
Próspero Pinzón, abogado, militar, estadista y periodista colombiano (n. 1856).
Carl Bratfisch, músico, compositor y director de orquesta alemán (n. 1829).
C. W. Damodaram Pillai, tamilischer Philologe
Alejandro Emilio Albarracín, médico y político argentino (n. 1849).
Giuseppe Telfener, empresario y político italiano (n. 1839).
Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert, botánico alemán (n. 1862).
Adolfo Caminha, poeta y escritor brasileño (n. 1867).
Alfred Ely Beach — american publisher and lawyer, created the beach pneumatic transit. Died in 1896 at 70.
Franz Brandner, österreichischer katholischer Geistlicher und Hochschullehrer
Nizam ul-Mulk, príncipe indio (n. 1861).
Eben Norton Horsford, científico estadounidense (n. 1818).
87 years. That's what Roswell B. Mason got. American politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago.
Antoine-Nicolas Bailly, arquitecto francés (n. 1810).
Antonio Stoppani, geólogo, paleontólogo y patriota italiano (n. 1824).
Galeazzo Giacomo María Maldini, militar, político y escritor italiano (n. 1827).
Johann Kravogl, österreichisch-deutscher Büchsenmacher und Mechaniker
María Federica de Hesse-Kassel, aristócrata («princesa» y «duquesa de Sajonia-Meiningen») alemana (n. 1804).
Giuseppe Palizzi, pintor italiano (n. 1812).
Giuseppe Poloni, físico italiano (n. 1851).
Vittorio Imbriani, écrivain italien (° 27 octobre 1840).
Édouard Réveil, homme politique français (° 12 juillet 1799).
Giuseppe María da Palermo (Vincenzo Diliberto), religioso italiano (n. 1864).
Robert Chambers, homme politique canadien (° 17 mars 1809).
Nicolás Infante Díaz, militar liberal y revolucionario ecuatoriano.
Pompeo Provana del Sabbione, político y militar italiano (n. 1816).
Francis Charteris, aristócrata («9.º conde de Wemyss») británico-escocés (n. 1796).
Louis Auguste Blanqui. French activist. Died 1881.
Edmond de Bieville, dramaturgo y periodista francés (n. 1814).
Charles de Gaulle (Char Vro‑C’hall), escritor francés (n. 1837), tío del general Charles de Gaulle (1890‑1970).
Karl Freiherr von Urban, österreichischer Feldmarschallleutnant
Karl von Urban, militar austríaco (n. 1802).
Jacques Crétineau-Joly, periodista e historiador francés (n. 1803).
Casimir de Rochechouart de Mortemart, militaire, diplomate et homme politique (° 20 mars 1787).
Johann Georg Ramsauer, österreichischer Bergwerksbeamter und Prähistoriker
Friedrich Lichtenberg, hessischer Jurist und Politiker
James Barton Longacre, grabador y medallista estadounidense (n. 1794).
Martin W. Bates. American politician. Died 1869.
Rosa Merino, artista peruana (n. 1790).
Eduardo Corazzini, patriota italiano (n. 1836).
Fortunato Pio Castellani, orfebre, anticuario y coleccionista de arte italiano (n. 1794).
Friedrich Egermann, artista alemán (n. 1777).
Ernst August Pech, deutscher Mediziner und Hochschullehrer
Mikhail Ostrogradsky died in 1862. 61 years old. Russian physicist.
Carl Johan Fahlcrantz, schwedischer Maler
Francesco Franco, sacerdote, profesor y poeta italiano (n. 1795).
Hieroteo II de Alejandría, obispo ortodoxo griego.
John MacPherson Berrien, político estadounidense (n. 1781).
Pascual Liñán, spanischer Offizier und Kammerherr
1853. Gregory Blaxland died. 75 years old. Australian farmer and explorer.
Valentin Sibbern, norwegischer Offizier und Politiker
John George Children — british chemist, mineralogist and zoologist. Died in 1852 at 75.
John George Children, químico, mineralogista y naturalista británico (n. 1777).
Leopoldo II de Lippe, príncipe alemán (n. 1796).
Giovanni Giuseppe Canali, patriarca católico italiano y arzobispo católico (n. 1781).
Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, biólogo, botánico y naturalista alemán (n. 1767).
Federica de Prusia, aristócrata («duquesa de Anhalt-Dessau») alemana (n. 1796).
Raphael Georg Kiesewetter, escritor y músico checo (n. 1773).
George Eden, aristócrata («1.er conde de Auckland») y político británico-inglés (n. 1784).
Georg Reinbeck, deutscher Schriftsteller, Germanist und Pädagoge
Friedrich Karl Forberg, deutscher Philosoph und Philologe
Antonio Diedo, arquitecto italiano (n. 1772).
1846. John Torrington died. 21 years old. British soldier and explorer.
William Nott, oficial británico (n. 1782).
Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre, cardenal y arzobispo católico francés (n. 1773).
Caspar Melchior Vorenweg, deutscher Orgelbauer
Gustave Maximilien Juste de Croÿ-Solre, cardinal français, archevêque de Rouen (° 12 septembre 1773).
Gregorio Cordovez, político chileno (n. 1783).
Friedrich Gieße, deutscher Theologe und Mitglied der Deputiertenkammer der Landstände des Herzogtums Nassau
Giorgio Libri-Bagnano, periodista italiano (n. 1780).
Antal Amadé de Várkonyi, ungarischer Graf
Emil Ludwig Philipp Schröder, deutscher evangelischer Geistlicher und Jugendschriftsteller
Pavel Ivanovich Briullo, escultor y pintor ruso (n. 1760).
Giuseppe Maria Pietro Grimaldi, arzobispo católico italiano (n. 1754).
Franz Joseph Weinzierl, deutscher römisch-katholischer Geistlicher
Johann Samuel Arnhold, deutscher Porzellanmaler
Johann Heinrich Suhrlandt, deutscher Kunstmaler
Maximilian von Paumgartten, österreichischer Feldmarschallleutnant
Giovanni Biroli, médico, botánico y profesor italiano (n. 1772).
Johann George Gotthelf Auen, preußischer Beamter
Stefano Antonio Morcelli, epigrafista y jesuita italiano (n. 1737).
Fedele Fenaroli, compositor italiano (n. 1730).
Martin Heinrich Klaproth, died 1817 at 74. German chemist.
Franziska von Hohenheim, Herzogin von Württemberg
Luisa de Sajonia-Gotha-Altenburgo, aristócrata alemana (n. 1756).
Johann Christian Neuber, orfebre y museólogo alemán (n. 1736).
Jean Henri Latude, aventurero y escritor francés (n. 1725).
Heinrich Theodor Wehle, deutsch-sorbischer Landschaftsmaler, Radierer und Zeichner
Adolf von Hüpsch, luxemburgisch-deutscher Kunstsammler
Luigi Mayer, dibujante y pintor italiano (n. 1755).
84 years. That's what Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton got. French naturalist.
Vincenzo Lupoli, obispo católico y escritor italiano (n. 1737).
Louis Jean Marie Daubenton, médico y naturalista francés (n. 1716).
Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde died in 1796. 61 years old. French mathematician.
Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, matemático francés (n. 1735).
Simon Denis, pintor flamenco (n. 1755).
Francesco Guardi. Venetian painter. Died 1793.
Franz Xaver Wagenschön, tschechisch-österreichischer Maler des Rokoko und Klassizismus
Fletcher Norton. 1st Baron Grantley, British politician. Died 1789.
Johann Ernst Basilius Wiedeburg, deutscher Physiker, Astronom und Mathematiker
José Anastácio da Cunha, mathématicien portugais (° 11 mai 1744).
José Anastacio da Cunha, matemático portugués (n. 1744).
Arthur Middleton, US-amerikanischer Politiker
Girolamo Maria da Caltanissetta (Pietro Guadagno), sacerdote italiano (n. 1712).
Johann Christian Bach. German composer. Died 1782.
Juan Crespi, misionero español (n. 1721).
Giovanni Lodovico Bianconi, médico y anticuario italiano (n. 1717).
Johann Ludwig Krebs died in 1780. 67 years old. Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer.
Emanuele Barbella, compositor y violinista italiano (n. 1718).
Ahmad Shah, Großmogul von Indien
Ahmad Shah Bahadur, aristócrata y militar indio (n. 1725), 14.º emperador mogul entre 1748 y 1754.
Johann Georg Plersch, polnischer Architekt
Jean Restout, pintor francés del neoclasicismo (n. 1692).
James Francis Edward Stuart. English son of James II of England. Died 1766.
Michele Moncada, religioso italiano (n. 1701).
Jacques-Joachim Trotti. Marquis de La Chétardie, French diplomat. Died 1759.
Jacques-Joachim Trotti de La Chétardie, diplomático francés (n. 1705).
Maria Ernestine Francisca von Rietberg, Gräfin von Rietberg
Antonio Cocchi, médico, naturalista y escritor italiano (n. 1695).
1748. Johann Bernoulli died. 81 years old. Swiss mathematician.
Johann Baptist Funtsch, deutscher Orgelbauer
Peregrine Bertie, aristócrata («2.º duque de Ancaster y Kesteven») y militar británico (n. 1686).
Peregrine Bertie — 2nd duke of ancaster and kesteven, english statesman. Died in 1742 at 56.
Philippe de Brueys, preußischer Gouverneur des Fürstentums Neuenburg
Johann Georg Neidhardt, deutscher Organist, Komponist und Theoretiker
Johann Bergmüller, deutscher Kistler, Tischler, Schreiner, Menuisier und Kunsthandwerker
Pier Antonio Micheli, italienischer Botaniker
Johann Georg Klemm, deutscher Verleger
Giovanni Gaspare Beretti, historien, théologien et philosophe milanais (° 1657).
Nicolò Grimaldi, cantante castrato italiano (n. 1673).
Michael Heinrich Reinhard, deutscher evangelisch-lutherischer Theologe
Samuel Sewall, died 1730 at 78. English judge.
Daniel Finch, político británico-inglés (n. 1647).
Samuel Sewall, neuenglischer Kaufmann und Richter
Daniel Finch, homme politique anglais (° 2 juillet 1647).
Federico Antonio Ulrico de Waldeck y Pyrmont, aristócrata («conde») alemán (n. 1676).
Amy Buisson, Schweizer General in fremden Diensten
Franz Daniel Pastorius, abogado, escritor y funcionario alemán (n. 1651).
William Wycherley died in 1716. 76 years old. English playwright.
María Casimira Luisa de la Grange d'Arquien, aristócrata francesa (n. 1641), esposa del rey polaco Juan III Sobieski.
Leffmann Behrens, Hoffaktor, Hof- und Kammeragent der Welfen-Herzöge
Giovanni Francesco Negroni, cardenal y obispo católico italiano (n. 1629).
Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, cardenal italiano (n. 1649).
William Bruce, aristócrata («1.er baronet de Balcaskie») y arquitecto británico-escocés (n. 1630).
Esdras Edzardus, deutscher Theologe und Judenmissionar
Adam Eckenbrecht von der Malsburg, hessen-kasseler Staatsbeamter und Politiker
Gregorio Boncompagni, aristócrata («5.º duque de Sora») italiano (n. 1642).
Yair Bacharach, rabino alemão (n. 1639).
Pietro Sammartini, organista y compositor italiano (n. 1636).
Filippo Baldinucci. Florentine historian and author. Died 1697.
Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides, militar e político português (n. 1602).
Jacob Kettler, aristócrata («3.er duque de Curlandia y Semigalia») letón (n. 1610); estableció colonias en América y África.
Marco Boschini, escritor, pintor y grabador italiano (n. 1602).
Carlo Roberto Dati, filólogo y científico italiano (n. 1619).
Giovambattista Falvo, obispo católico italiano (n. 1612).
Carlo Gualterio, cardenal y arzobispo católico italiano (n. 1613).
Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont, arzobispo católico francés (n. 1606).
Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont, französischer Geistlicher und Historiker, Erzbischof von Paris
Edzard Ferdinand, Fürst von Ostfriesland
Christian Wilhelm, Administrator des Erzstifts Magdeburg
Luigi I d'Este, aristócrata y militar italiano (n. 1594).
Pieter Claesz, pintor neerlandés (n. 1597 o 1598).
Thomas Lansius, Professor am Collegium Illustre und an der Universität Tübingen
Frans Banninck Cocq, Amsterdamer Regent
Johann Wilhelm Baur, pintor, grabador y miniaturista alemán (n. 1607).
Giovanni Battista Agucchi, arzobispo católico italiano y escritor (n. 1570).
Thomas Hobson. The "Cambridge Carrier", eponym of Hobson's Choice. Died 1631.
Paul Hentzner, abogado alemán (n. 1558).
Hendrik Goltzius, died 1617 at 59. Dutch painter.
Cinzio Passeri Aldobrandini, cardenal y mecenas italiano (n. 1551).
Johannes Holl, Augsburger Baumeister
Andreas Laurentii Björnram, arzobispo luterano sueco (n. 1520).
Andreas Laurentii Björnram, schwedischer lutherischer Theologe und Erzbischof von Uppsala
Bernaert de Rijckere, pintor renacentista flamenco (n. 1535).
François de Belleforest, escritor y traductor francés (n. 1530).
Giovanni Lucchese, italienischer Baumeister
Tobía Pallavicino, comerciante italiano (n. 1520).
Alfonso Tornabuoni, obispo católico italiano (n. 1506).
Ioan Potcoavă, Fürst der Moldau
Johann Pfeffinger, deutscher evangelischer Theologe und Reformator
Johann Pfeffinger, teólogo alemán (n. 1493).
Maliuta Skurátov, militar ruso (n. h. 1520).
Paul Crusius, deutscher evangelischer Theologe, Mathematiker und Historiker
Virginia della Róvere, aristócrata italiana (n. 1544), hija de Guidobaldo II della Róvere, duque de Urbino.
Lucia Bertana (Lucia Bertani Dell’Oro, 45 años), escritora y poetisa italiana en lengua vulgar, activa en Boloña (n. 1521).
Henry Stafford, aristócrata («2.º barón Stafford») inglés (n. 1527).
Pedro de Ursúa, spanischer Konquistador
Joachim du Bellay, died 1560 at 38. French poet.
Christian III of Denmark (b. 1503). Christian III of Denmark. Died 1559.
Pontormo, pintor italiano (n. 1494).
1554. Pedro de Valdivia died. 54 years old. Spanish conquistador.
Johannes Rivius, deutscher Pädagoge und Theologe
Catherine d’Amboise, französische Dichterin und Mäzenin
Sigismund von Lindenau, Bischof von Merseburg
Johannes Stabius, cartógrafo e historiador austríaco (n. 1450).
Louis XII of France (b. 1462) — louis xii of france. Died in 1515 at 53.
Juan Castellar y de Borja, cardenal y arzobispo católico español (n. 1441).
Oliverotto da Fermo, líder y aristócrata italiano (n. 1475).
Charles d'Orléans. Charles d'Orléans, count of Angoulême. Died 1496.
Mariano Biondi, franciscano italiano (n. los años 1360).
Johann von Eych, cardenal y obispo católico alemán (n. 1404).
Margarita de Valois, aristócrata francesa (n. 1407).
Isabel de Baviera-Landshut, aristócrata («duquesa») alemana (n. 1419).
Janin Lomme de Tournai, arquitecto y escultor hispano-flamenco (n. los años 1390).
Irene Gattilusio, emperatriz bizantina (n. los años 1370).
Alejandro el Bueno (Alexandru I Mușat cel Bun), aristócrata moldavo (n. los años 1370), voivoda de Moldavia entre 1400 y 1432.
Viktorin von Podiebrad, böhmisch-mährischer Adliger
Johannes Hundebeke, Bischof von Lübeck
Przemysław, duc d'Oświęcim (° c. 1365).
55 years. That's what Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332) got. Charles II of Navarre.
Cia Ordelaffi, aristócrata y líder italiana (n. 1317).
Gasbert de Valle, cardinal français (° c. 1297).
Giacomo Tomasi Caetani, franciscano italiano (n. los años 1250), sobrino materno del papa Bonifacio VIII, y primo del cardenal Francesco Caetani y del cardenal Alibrando Caetani.
Giacomo Tomassi-Caetani, Kardinal der katholischen Kirche
Felipe V de España (Felipe de Anjou), aristócrata («rey») español (n. 1256); reinó durante 45 años.
Bonfiglio Monaldi, religioso y santo católico italiano (n. ¿?).
Bonfilius Monaldi, italienischer Heiliger, Gründer des Servitenordens
Hugolino da Gualdo Cattáneo, religioso italiano (n. los años 1210).
Marino Morosini, aristócrata veneciano (n. 1210), 44.º doge de la República de Venecia desde 1249 hasta su muerte.
Marino Morosini, Doge von Venedig
Zdislava Berka (Zdislava de Lemberk), mujer checa recordada por sus obras de caridad (n. 1220), canonizada por Juan Pablo II en 1995.
Heinrich III., Graf von Sayn
Bouchard V., Herr von Montmorency
Haakon III of Norway (b. 1170) died in 1204. 34 years old. Haakon III of Norway.
Henry of Marcy. Henry of Marcy, Cistercian abbot (born c. 1136). Died 1189.
Gilla Brigte, Fürst von Galloway
Búlgarus, abogado y jurista italiano (n. 1085); fue el alumno más famoso de Irnerio (1050‑1130)..
Matthäus I., Graf von Beaumont
Gottschalk von Diepholz, Bischof von Osnabrück
William of Volpiano. William of Volpiano, Italian abbot (born 962). Died 1031.
Balduino III de Flandes, conde neerlandés-flamenco (n. 935).
Baldwin III. Count of Flanders (b. 940). Died 962.
Ramiro II. Ramiro II, king of León and Galicia. Died 951.
Uodalfrid, Kanzler des ostfränkischen Reiches und Bischof von Eichstätt
898. Odo I died. Odo I, Frankish king (born 860).
Odo of France (b. 860) — odo of france (b. 860). Died in 898.
Al-Hasan al-Askari (27), religioso árabe, 11.º y penúltimo imán chiita (n. 846); pasó la mayor parte de su vida bajo arresto domiciliario; murió envenenado.
Pedro de Atroa, religioso e santo bizantino (n. 773).
680. Javanshir died. King of Caucasian Albania (b. 616).
Eugendus. French abbot (b. 449). Died 510.
Eugendo, monje y santo francés (n. 449).
Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf, aristócrata árabe (n. 450), bisabuelo del profeta musulmán Mahoma.
Saint Telemachus, died 404. Saint.
Telemachus — telemachus, christian monk and martyr. Died in 404.
He organized Cappadocia into a monastic community, established rules for communal religious life, and became one of the theologians who defined the doctrine of the Trinity at the Council of Constantinople in 381. Basil of Caesarea also founded a hospital and poorhouse complex outside Caesarea — one of the first organized charitable institutions in Christian history. He died at 49, having burned himself out with fasting and charity work that his physicians spent years begging him to moderate. He didn't moderate anything.
Lucius Aelius. Lucius Aelius, adopted son and intended successor of Hadrian (born 101). Died 138.
Lucius Iunius Silanus, römischer Politiker
Holidays & observances
The last day of Kwanzaa (United States).
The last day of Kwanzaa (United States). Observed on January 1.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Sudan from United Kingdom in 1956.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Sudan from United Kingdom in 1956. Observed on January 1.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Haiti from France in 1804.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Haiti from France in 1804. Observed on January 1.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Brunei from United Kingdom in 1984.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Brunei from United Kingdom in 1984. Observed on January 1.
Global Family Day (International).
Global Family Day (International). Observed on January 1.
Founding Day (Taiwan).
Founding Day (Taiwan). Observed on January 1.
Earliest day on which Handsel Monday can fall, while January 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of the y…
Earliest day on which Handsel Monday can fall, while January 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of the year (Scotland). Observed on January 1.
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia related observances: Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia) Restor…
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia related observances: Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia) Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State (Czech Republic). Observed on January 1.
Constitution Day (Italy).
Constitution Day (Italy). Observed on January 1.
World Day of Peace (Catholic Church).
World Day of Peace (Catholic Church). Observed on January 1.
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, the Octave Day of Christmas, considered a holy day of obligation in some countries …
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, the Octave Day of Christmas, considered a holy day of obligation in some countries (Catholic Church). Observed on January 1.
Basil the Great (Eastern Orthodox Church).
Basil the Great (Eastern Orthodox Church). Observed on January 1.
January 1 hasn't always been the start of the year.
January 1 hasn't always been the start of the year. Romans moved it from March to January in 153 BC so consuls could take office sooner. Julius Caesar kept January 1 when he reformed the calendar. Medieval Christians moved it back to March 25 because they didn't want a pagan holiday marking their new year. England didn't return to January 1 until 1752. The fireworks tradition is newer than most people think. Times Square's ball drop started in 1907. "Auld Lang Syne" became the standard New Year's anthem sometime in the 1930s. Old traditions dressed up as ancient ones.
United States - Copyright Expiration Day, celebrating the expiration of the copyright of a year's worth of works of a…
United States - Copyright Expiration Day, celebrating the expiration of the copyright of a year's worth of works of authorship into the public domain. Not celebrated from 1978 to 2018 because of repeated copyright term extensions. Observed on January 1.
Last day of Kwanzaa.
Last day of Kwanzaa. Observed on January 1.
Christian celebrations:.
Christian celebrations:. Observed on January 1.
The eighth day of Christmas (and eighth night of the same) in Western Christianity.
The eighth day of Christmas (and eighth night of the same) in Western Christianity. Observed on January 1.
Anglican and Episcopal churches - Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus.
Anglican and Episcopal churches - Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. Observed on January 1.
Roman Catholicism - Feast of the Circumcision (Old calendar).
Roman Catholicism - Feast of the Circumcision (Old calendar). Observed on January 1.
January 1 is a holy day of obligation in the Catholic Church — the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.
January 1 is a holy day of obligation in the Catholic Church — the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. It falls exactly eight days after Christmas, which under Jewish law was when circumcision occurred. Early Christians marked this as the Feast of the Circumcision. The Second Vatican Council renamed it in 1969 to focus on Mary. Catholics in many countries are required to attend Mass. In practice it's one of the least-attended obligatory feasts on the calendar. New Year's hangovers and morning Mass don't mix.
January 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
January 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics). Observed on January 1.
Cuba Liberation Day.
Cuba Liberation Day. Observed on January 1.
Czech Republic: Establishment of the Czech Republic.
Czech Republic: Establishment of the Czech Republic. Observed on January 1.
Haiti Independence Day.
Haiti Independence Day. Observed on January 1.
Sudan Independence Day.
Sudan Independence Day. Observed on January 1.
Republic of China: Establishment of the Republic of China.
Republic of China: Establishment of the Republic of China. Observed on January 1.
New Year's Day Parade in London, United Kingdom.
New Year's Day Parade in London, United Kingdom. Observed on January 1.
Vienna New Year's Concert.
Vienna New Year's Concert. Observed on January 1.
Pasadena, California - the Tournament of Roses Parade and, traditionally, the Rose Bowl.
Pasadena, California - the Tournament of Roses Parade and, traditionally, the Rose Bowl. Observed on January 1.
Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Lutheran Church).
Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Lutheran Church). Observed on January 1.
Feast of the Circumcision of Christ.
Feast of the Circumcision of Christ. Observed on January 1.
Jump-up Day (Montserrat).
Jump-up Day (Montserrat). Observed on January 1.
New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar) Japanese New Year Novy God Day (Russia).
New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar) Japanese New Year Novy God Day (Russia). Observed on January 1.
Polar Bear Swim Day.
Polar Bear Swim Day. Observed on January 1.
Public Domain Day (multiple countries).
Public Domain Day (multiple countries). Observed on January 1.
Feast days of the following:.
Feast days of the following:. Observed on January 1.
St. Basil.
St. Basil. Observed on January 1.
Telemachus.
Telemachus. Observed on January 1.
Fulgentius of Ruspe.
Fulgentius of Ruspe. Observed on January 1.
Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba).
Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba). Observed on January 1.
The presidents of Brazil and Switzerland take possession.
The presidents of Brazil and Switzerland take possession. Observed on January 1.
National Tree Planting Day (Tanzania).
National Tree Planting Day (Tanzania). Observed on January 1.
Émilie de Césarée († v.
Émilie de Césarée († v. 370), Mère de Saint Basile de Césarée, saint Grégoire de Nysse, saint Pierre de Sébaste - date orientale - fêté le 30 mai en Occident.
Kirchliche Gedenktage Beschneidung des Herrn (anglikanisch, evangelisch, orthodox)
Kirchliche Gedenktage Beschneidung des Herrn (anglikanisch, evangelisch, orthodox)
Kirchliche Gedenktage Weltfriedenstag (katholisch)
Kirchliche Gedenktage Weltfriedenstag (katholisch)
Namenstage Manuela, Wilhelm
Namenstage Manuela, Wilhelm
Día Internacional del Hijo.
Día Internacional del Hijo.
Euphrosyne d'Alexandrie († 470), ou Émeraude, moniale.
Euphrosyne d'Alexandrie († 470), ou Émeraude, moniale.
Faine (en) († VIe siècle), vierge irlandaise.
Faine (en) († VIe siècle), vierge irlandaise.
Félix de Bourges (†576), 23e évêque de Bourges.
Félix de Bourges (†576), 23e évêque de Bourges.
Frobert († 673), moine au monastère de Luxeuil, puis fondateur de Moutier-la-Celle, à Saint-André-les-Vergers.
Frobert († 673), moine au monastère de Luxeuil, puis fondateur de Moutier-la-Celle, à Saint-André-les-Vergers.
Justin de Chieti (it)(† 543), 1er évêque de Chieti.
Justin de Chieti (it)(† 543), 1er évêque de Chieti.
Albéron Ier de Louvain († 1128), évêque de Liège.
Albéron Ier de Louvain († 1128), évêque de Liège.
Caterina Solaguti († ?), bienheureuse religieuse espagnole.
Caterina Solaguti († ?), bienheureuse religieuse espagnole.
Hugolin (en) († XIVe siècle), ermite à Gualdo Cattaneo.
Hugolin (en) († XIVe siècle), ermite à Gualdo Cattaneo.
Jean de Montecorvino († 1328), bienheureux missionnaire franciscain italien.
Jean de Montecorvino († 1328), bienheureux missionnaire franciscain italien.
René Lego († 1794) et son frère Jean-Baptiste, bienheureux prêtres français martyrs.
René Lego († 1794) et son frère Jean-Baptiste, bienheureux prêtres français martyrs.
Pierre de Témissis († 1776), martyr.
Pierre de Témissis († 1776), martyr.
Aux Clair et ses variantes : Clar, Cler, Sklaer, etc. ( voir encore 11 août, 12 août aux féminins),
Aux Clair et ses variantes : Clar, Cler, Sklaer, etc. ( voir encore 11 août, 12 août aux féminins),
aux Eugend,
aux Eugend,
Euphrosine, Euphrosyne, Frosine,
Euphrosine, Euphrosyne, Frosine,
Fulgence,
Fulgence,
Odilon (cf.
Odilon (cf. 4 janvier) et ses variantes: Del, Dilge, Od, Odell, Odilio, Odilo, Odita, Otello, Ottel, Ottelien, Ottli, Otto, Ottokar, Oudilia, Thil, Thill, Thilo, Thillo, Tilch, Tilg, Till, Tilli, Tilo, Udel, etc. (voir 14 décembre pour les Odile).
Aux Télémaque.
Aux Télémaque.
beato Hugolino de Gualdo Cattaneo, anacoreta (siglo XIV).
beato Hugolino de Gualdo Cattaneo, anacoreta (siglo XIV).
beatos Juan y Renato Lego, presbíteros y mártires (1794).
beatos Juan y Renato Lego, presbíteros y mártires (1794).
santa Zdislava de Gablonné (1252).
santa Zdislava de Gablonné (1252).
Christian feast day: Basil the Great (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian feast day: Basil the Great (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Dia da Fraternidade Universal
Dia da Fraternidade Universal
Dia da posse dos cargos eletivos do Poder Executivo do Brasil no nível municipal (prefeitos) para um mandato que poss…
Dia da posse dos cargos eletivos do Poder Executivo do Brasil no nível municipal (prefeitos) para um mandato que possui uma duração de quatro anos. Neste dia, também tomam posse juntamente com os mandatários do poder executivo, os seus respectivos secretários.
Toma posse o presidente da Suíça para mandato de um ano
Toma posse o presidente da Suíça para mandato de um ano
Adelardo de Corbie
Adelardo de Corbie
Circuncisão de Jesus
Circuncisão de Jesus
Australia Australia: Día de la Independencia.
Australia Australia: Día de la Independencia.
Brasil Brasil: Confraternización Universal..En Brasil, la fiesta del Día de Año Nuevo se llama Confraternización Univ…
Brasil Brasil: Confraternización Universal..En Brasil, la fiesta del Día de Año Nuevo se llama Confraternización Universal. Las festividades incluyen una cuenta regresiva hasta la medianoche, fuegos artificiales y fiestas en todo el país.
Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día de la Emancipación.
Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día de la Emancipación.
Lituania Lituania: Día de la Bandera de Lituania.
Lituania Lituania: Día de la Bandera de Lituania. Conmemora el izamiento de la bandera lituana en la Torre de Gediminas en 1919.
PakistánPakistán Pakistán: Día festivo bancario.
PakistánPakistán Pakistán: Día festivo bancario.
República de China República de China: Día de la República.
República de China República de China: Día de la República. También conocido como el Día de la Fundación (Taiwán) conmemora el establecimiento del Gobierno Provisional en Nankín.
Disolución de Checoslovaquia:(Celebraciones relacionadas).
Disolución de Checoslovaquia:(Celebraciones relacionadas). Eslovaquia Eslovaquia: Día de la Fundación de la República Eslovaca.
Disolución de Checoslovaquia:(Celebraciones relacionadas).
Disolución de Checoslovaquia:(Celebraciones relacionadas). República Checa República Checa: Día de la Restauración del Estado Independiente Checo.
Solemnidad de santa María, madre de Dios.
Solemnidad de santa María, madre de Dios.
San Manuel.
San Manuel.
san Justino de Chieti, obispo (540).
san Justino de Chieti, obispo (540).
san Claro de Vienne, abad (660/670).
san Claro de Vienne, abad (660/670).
san Frodoberto de Troyes, fundador y abad (c.
san Frodoberto de Troyes, fundador y abad (c. 667).
san Odilón de Souvigny, abad (1049).
san Odilón de Souvigny, abad (1049).
Tanzanie : national tree planting day / journée nationale de plantation d'arbres.
Tanzanie : national tree planting day / journée nationale de plantation d'arbres.
Christianisme : célébration de la circoncision du Christ, clôturant l'octave de la Nativité.
Christianisme : célébration de la circoncision du Christ, clôturant l'octave de la Nativité. Dans l'Église catholique, elle n'est plus célébrée que dans le rite tridentin.
Marie (Ier siècle), fêtée sous le titre de "Théotokos / Marie Mère de Dieu".
Marie (Ier siècle), fêtée sous le titre de "Théotokos / Marie Mère de Dieu".
Almachius de Rome († 391), martyr,.
Almachius de Rome († 391), martyr,.
Basile d'Aix († v.
Basile d'Aix († v. 495), évêque.
Concorde de Spolète († vers 175), prêtre et martyr.
Concorde de Spolète († vers 175), prêtre et martyr.
Eluan († vers 198), évêque, et son compagnon Méduin, évangélisateurs des bretons insulaires.
Eluan († vers 198), évêque, et son compagnon Méduin, évangélisateurs des bretons insulaires.