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What happend on 11. January in History
In our data base we found 377 events happened on 11. January:
• 314: St. Miltiades [category: Deaths]
• 347: Roman Emperor Theodosius I "the Great" (d. 395) [category: Births]
• 705: Pope John VI [category: Deaths]
• 802: St. Paulinus II of Aquileia [category: Deaths]
• 812: Staurakios, Byzantine Emperor [category: Deaths]
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• 844: Michael I Rhangabes, Byzantine Emperor [category: Deaths]
• 889: Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (d. 961) [category: Births]
• 1055: Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1000) [category: Deaths]
• 1055: Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. [category: Events]
• 1083: Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (b. c. 1020) [category: Deaths]
• 1158: Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia. [category: Events]
• 1322: Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380) [category: Births]
• 1359: Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393) [category: Births]
• 1395: Michelle of Valois, Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1422) [category: Births]
• 1494: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449) [category: Deaths]
• 1495: Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. 1428) [category: Deaths]
• 1503: Parmigianino, Italian artist (d. 1540) [category: Births]
• 1547: Pietro Bembo, Italian author, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal (b. 1470) [category: Deaths]
• 1569: First recorded lottery in England. [category: Events]
• 1571: Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion. [category: Events]
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• 1591: Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646) [category: Births]
• 1630: John Rogers, American educator (d. 1684) [category: Births]
• 1638: Nicolas Steno, Danish scientist (d. 1686) [category: Births]
• 1641: Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (b. 1583) [category: Deaths]
• 1642: Johann Friedrich Alberti, German composer and organist (d. 1710) [category: Births]
• 1671: François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (d. 1745) [category: Births]
• 1693: Mount Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta. [category: Events]
• 1696: Charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (b. 1616) [category: Deaths]
• 1703: Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632) [category: Deaths]
• 1713: Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637) [category: Deaths]
• 1735: Danilo I, Vladika of Montenegro (b. c.1670) [category: Deaths]
• 1753: Sir Hans Sloane, Ulster-Scot physician and collector (b. 1660) [category: Deaths]
• 1755: Alexander Hamilton, Nevis born American Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher; 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804) [category: Births]
• 1757: Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1759: In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated. [category: Events]
• 1762: Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695) [category: Deaths]
• 1763: Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676) [category: Deaths]
• 1771: Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (b. 1704) [category: Deaths]
• 1779: Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur. [category: Events]
• 1786: Joseph Jackson Lister, English opticist and physicist (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1787: William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. [category: Events]
• 1788: William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1791: William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: Robert Forsythe, a U.S. Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US marshal to die while carrying out his duties. [category: Events]
• 1798: Erekle II, king of Kartli and Kakheti (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1800: Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1801: Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (b. 1749) [category: Deaths]
• 1805: The Michigan Territory is created. [category: Events]
• 1807: Ezra Cornell, American businessman and university founder (d. 1874) [category: Births]
• 1814: James Paget, British surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1815: John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1825: Bayard Taylor, American poet (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1836: John Molson, Canadian brewer (b. 1763) [category: Deaths]
• 1839: Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (d. 1903) [category: Births]
• 1842: William James, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1843: Charles Yelverton O'Connor, Irish-Australian engineer (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1843: Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and writer of the poem that became the American national anthem (b. 1779) [category: Deaths]
• 1845: Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1850: Joseph Charles Arthur, American botanist (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1852: Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1853: Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1856: Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1857: Fred Archer, English jockey (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1858: Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1859: Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1861: Alabama secedes from the United States. [category: Events]
• 1863: American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union. [category: Events]
• 1863: American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas. [category: Events]
• 1864: Thomas Dixon, American playwright and legislator (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1867: Edward B. Titchener, British psychologist. (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1867: Sir Stuart Donaldson, first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1870: Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1872: George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1873: John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1875: Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1875: Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1876: Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1878: Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1879: John Symes, English cricket player (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1879: The Anglo-Zulu War begins. [category: Events]
• 1882: Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Alice Paul, American women's rights activist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1885: Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1886: Chester Conklin, American comedian and actor (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1887: Aldo Leopold, American ecologist (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1888: Joseph B. Keenan, American political figure (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1889: Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1890: Harold Bride, English wireless officer on RMS Titanic (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1890: Max Carey, American baseball player (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1890: Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1891: Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French civic planner (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Laurens Hammond, American inventor (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1897: August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1897: Bernard DeVoto, American historian (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1899: Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1901: Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1901: Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1902: Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Alan Paton, South African writer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1904: William Sawyer, Canadian politician (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1905: Manfred B Lee, American author (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1905: Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hasidic rabbi (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1907: Abraham Joshua Heschel, Warsaw-born American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1907: Pierre Mendès-France, French politician (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1908: Lionel Stander, American actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1908: Grand Canyon National Monument is created. [category: Events]
• 1910: Izler Solomon, American conductor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1910: Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1910: Shane Paltridge, Australian politician (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1911: Nora Heysen, Australian artist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1911: Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1912: Don "Red" Barry, American actor (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1912: Immigrant textile works in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week. [category: Events]
• 1913: Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1914: Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery is named (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Robert Blair Mayne, British soldier (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1916: Bernard Blier, French actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1917: John Robarts, Canadian politician (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1917: The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage. [category: Events]
• 1919: Romania reincorporates Transylvania. [category: Events]
• 1920: Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian educator, philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1921: Juanita M. Kreps, American economist, educator, & civil servant; 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1921: Mick McManus, English professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1922: Ernle Bradford, English historian and writer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1922: First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient. [category: Events]
• 1923: Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, automobile designer and businessman (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Ernst Nolte, German historian [category: Births]
• 1923: Jerome Bixby, American writer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1923: King Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments. [category: Events]
• 1924: Don Cherry, American singer and golfer [category: Births]
• 1924: Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1924: Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1924: Slim Harpo, American musician (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1925: Grant Tinker, American television executive [category: Births]
• 1926: Lev Demin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1927: Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California. [category: Events]
• 1928: David L. Wolper, American television producer (d.2010) [category: Births]
• 1928: Mitchell Ryan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1928: Thomas Hardy, English writer (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Rod Taylor, Australian-born American actor [category: Births]
• 1930: Ron Mulock, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1931: Betty Churcher, Australian museum director and curator [category: Births]
• 1931: James Milton Carroll, American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Alfonso Arau, Mexican film director [category: Births]
• 1934: Jean Chrétien, Canadian politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada [category: Births]
• 1934: Sir C. A. R. Hoare, British computer scientist [category: Births]
• 1935: Ghita Nørby, Danish actress [category: Births]
• 1935: Melvyn Hayes, British actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. [category: Events]
• 1937: Felix Silla, Italian actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Arthur Scargill, British politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Fischer Black, American economist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1938: John August Swanson, American artist [category: Births]
• 1938: Vladimir Krpan, Croatian pianist [category: Births]
• 1939: Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier [category: Births]
• 1941: Abdullah the Butcher, Canadian professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1941: Gérson, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1941: Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Charles Acton, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1942: Clarence Clemons, American musician (E Street Band) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1942: George Mira, American Football Player [category: Births]
• 1942: Leo Cullum, American cartoonist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur. [category: Events]
• 1943: Jill Churchill, American mystery writer [category: Births]
• 1943: Jim Hightower, American radio host, author, and activist [category: Births]
• 1943: Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York. [category: Events]
• 1943: World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. [category: Events]
• 1944: Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer and academic (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1944: Shibu Soren, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Benito Mussolini's son-in-law (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Christine Kaufmann, German-Austrian actress [category: Births]
• 1946: John Piper, American theologian [category: Births]
• 1946: Naomi Judd, American singer (The Judds) [category: Births]
• 1946: Tony Kaye, British piano and organ player (Yes) [category: Births]
• 1946: Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state. [category: Events]
• 1947: Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Fritz Bohla, German football player and manager [category: Births]
• 1948: Terry Williams, Welsh rock drummer (Love Sculpture, Man and Dire Straits) [category: Births]
• 1948: Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler (the 54th Yokozuna) and professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1949: Chris Ford, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1949: Daryl Braithwaite, Australian rock singer (Sherbet) [category: Births]
• 1949: First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California. [category: Events]
• 1949: The first "networked" television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming. [category: Events]
• 1951: Willie Maddren, English former footballer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1952: Ben Crenshaw, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1952: Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright [category: Births]
• 1952: Diana Gabaldon, American author [category: Births]
• 1952: Lee Ritenour, American musician and composer [category: Births]
• 1952: Michael Forshaw, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: John Sessions, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Noe Zhordania, Georgian Social-Democratic politician (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Kuniaki Kobayashi, Japanese professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1956: Robert Earl Keen, American singer [category: Births]
• 1957: Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1957: Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1957: Rose Sutro, American duo-pianist with her sister Ottilie (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal. [category: Events]
• 1958: Diego León Montoya Sánchez, Colombian organized crime figure [category: Births]
• 1958: Vicki Peterson, American musician (The Bangles) [category: Births]
• 1958: Alec Rowley, English composer (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1960: Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America's most prolific serial killer, commits his first known murder. [category: Events]
• 1961: Eva O, American musician, singer/song writer (Christian Death, Shadow Project and Super Heroines) [category: Births]
• 1961: Jasper Fforde, British author [category: Births]
• 1961: Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, Prince of Austria and Prince Royal of Hungary [category: Births]
• 1961: Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Kim Coles, American actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Susan Lindauer, American journalist, and antiwar activist [category: Births]
• 1962: An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes 4,000 deaths. [category: Events]
• 1962: Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment. [category: Events]
• 1963: Dean Reynolds, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1963: Tracy Caulkins, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1964: Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health. [category: Events]
• 1965: Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1965: Roland Scholten, Dutch darts Player [category: Births]
• 1965: Wally Pipp, American Major League Baseball player (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Kelley Law, Canadian curler [category: Births]
• 1966: Marc Acito, American novelist and humorist [category: Births]
• 1966: Tao Wei, Chinese footballer and sportscaster (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1966: Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Lal Bahadur Shastri, third Prime Minister of independent India (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Derek Riddell, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Anders Borg, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1968: Saša Ćirić, Macedonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Tom Dumont, American musician (No Doubt and Invincible Overlord) [category: Births]
• 1968: Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and Talmudic scholar, and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Kyle Richards, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Manny Acta, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1970: Joy Nilo, Filipino Composer [category: Births]
• 1970: Malcolm D. Lee, American actor, film director, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1970: Manfredi Beninati, Italian visual artist. [category: Births]
• 1971: Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter and musician (Bus Station Loonies, Oi Polloi and Disorder) [category: Births]
• 1971: Mary J. Blige, American singer [category: Births]
• 1972: Amanda Peet, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Christian Jacobs, American singer (The Aquabats) [category: Births]
• 1972: Marc Blucas, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Padraic Colum, Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh. [category: Events]
• 1973: Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1973: Rockmond Dunbar, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position. [category: Events]
• 1974: Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Jens Nowotny, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Roman Görtz, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Dan Luger, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1975: Kevin Koe, Canadian curler [category: Births]
• 1975: Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Max Lorenz, German heldentenor famous for Wagner roles (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater [category: Births]
• 1977: Devin Ratray, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Nadia Turner, American singer [category: Births]
• 1977: Shomari Buchanan, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Emile Heskey, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Holly Brisley, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Darren Lynn Bousman, American film director [category: Births]
• 1979: Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler [category: Births]
• 1979: Michael Lorenz, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Jack Soo, American actor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Deanna Wright, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Lovieanne Jung, American softball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Mike Williams, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Ali Zitouni, Tunisian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Bafo Biyela, South African footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Jaime Valdés, Chilean footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Jamelia, English singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Tom Meighan, English singer (Kasabian) [category: Births]
• 1981: Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Ashley Taylor Dawson, British actor and singer (allSTARS*) [category: Births]
• 1982: Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Tony Allen, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Adrian Sutil, German racing driver [category: Births]
• 1983: Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player [category: Births]
• 1983: Ted Richards, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist and educator (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Kevin Boss, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Aaron Porter, British politician [category: Births]
• 1985: Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese racing driver [category: Births]
• 1985: Lucy Knisley, American artist [category: Births]
• 1985: Newton Faulkner, British singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Rie Fu, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Sir William McKell, Premier of New South Wales, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Rachel Riley, British television presenter [category: Births]
• 1986: Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Sid Chaplin, UK novelist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened. [category: Events]
• 1987: Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Scotty Cranmer, American BMX rider [category: Births]
• 1987: Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Daniel Dzufer, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Fuska, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Junjun, Chinese singer (Morning Musume) [category: Births]
• 1988: Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, American World War II Marine aviator (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Darko Bodul, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Sammy Carlson, American freeskier [category: Births]
• 1989: Ray Moore, Radio 2 DJ (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Carolyn Haywood, American children's author (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Hyolyn, South Korean singer (Sistar) [category: Births]
• 1991: Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Flora Cross, French actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Michael Keane, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Will Keane, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin. [category: Events]
• 1995: Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army officer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Theodor Wisch, German general (SS) (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour. [category: Events]
• 1997: Cody Simpson, Australian singer [category: Births]
• 1998: Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. [category: Events]
• 1999: Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Naomi Mitchison, Scottish novelist and poet (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Betty Archdale, Anglo-Australian educationalist and cricketer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Bob Lemon, American baseball player (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Ivan Combe, American inventor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Denys Lasdun, English architect (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Michael Williams, English actor (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Henri Verneuil, French playwright and film director (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: The first twenty captives arrive at Camp X-Ray. [category: Events]
• 2003: Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Mickey Finn, English drummer (T.Rex) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal. [category: Events]
• 2005: Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcyclist (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Jimmy Griffin, American musician (Bread) (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Markus Löffel (Mark Spoon), German DJ (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer & songwriter (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, the first person to climb Mount Everest in 1953 (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: David Vine, British sports broadcaster (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Joe Rollino, American strongman, weightlifter and boxer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Mick Green, British guitarist (Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas) (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Miep Gies, Dutch Humanitarian, discoverer of Anne Frank's diary (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Chuck Metcalf, American jazz double-bassist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Triodion can fall, while February 14 is the latest; celebrated 70 days before Easter. (Eastern Orthodox) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eugenio Maria de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: First day of Carmentalia, in honor of Carmenta. (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Resistance Day (Morocco) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Kagami Biraki (Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Leucius of Brindisi (Roman Catholic) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Paulinus II of Aquileia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day (Albania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Theodosius the Cenobiarch [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Vitalis of Gaza (Roman Catholic) [category: Holidays and observances]