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What happend on 4. January in History
In our data base we found 382 events happened on 4. January:
• 265: Sima Yan, the successor to his father Sima Zhao as the Cao Wei regent, forces Cao Huan to abdicate the throne and establishes the Jin Dynasty. [category: Events]
• 1077: Emperor Zhezong of Song (d. 1100) [category: Births]
• 1248: Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) [category: Deaths]
• 1334: Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (d. 1383) [category: Births]
• 1341: Wat Tyler English rebel leader (d. 1381) [category: Births]
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• 1428: Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1370) [category: Deaths]
• 1490: Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the King of France will be considered guilty of the crime of Lese-majesty. [category: Events]
• 1564: Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514) [category: Deaths]
• 1581: James Ussher, Irish archbishop (d. 1656) [category: Births]
• 1584: Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1539) [category: Deaths]
• 1642: King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war. [category: Events]
• 1649: English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial. [category: Events]
• 1664: Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742) [category: Births]
• 1672: Hugh Boulter, English-Irish archbishop (d. 1742) [category: Births]
• 1695: François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (b. 1628) [category: Deaths]
• 1710: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist (d. 1736) [category: Births]
• 1717: The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance. [category: Events]
• 1720: Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (d. 1774) [category: Births]
• 1735: Claude Martin, French-English general (d. 1800) [category: Births]
• 1752: Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (b. 1704) [category: Deaths]
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• 1761: Stephen Hales, English clergyman and physiologist (b. 1677) [category: Deaths]
• 1762: Great Britain declares war on Spain and Naples. [category: Events]
• 1773: Anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737) [category: Deaths]
• 1782: Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed École Militaire (b. 1698) [category: Deaths]
• 1785: Jacob Grimm, German author and philologist (d. 1863) [category: Births]
• 1786: Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher (b. 1729) [category: Deaths]
• 1804: Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (b. 1730) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1813: Isaac Pitman, English linguist (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1821: Elizabeth Ann Seton, American saint (b. 1774) [category: Deaths]
• 1825: Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751) [category: Deaths]
• 1832: George Tryon, English admiral (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1838: General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (d. 1883) [category: Births]
• 1839: Carl Humann, German archaeologist (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1842: Frederic T. Greenhalge, American politician, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1847: Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government. [category: Events]
• 1848: Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1854: The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang. [category: Events]
• 1858: Carter Glass, American politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1863: Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany. [category: Events]
• 1865: The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York, New York. [category: Events]
• 1869: Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1870: Percy Pitt, English organist and conductor (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1872: Ottilie Sutro, American pianist (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1874: Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1874: Thomas Gregson, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) [category: Deaths]
• 1877: Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: A. E. Coppard, English poet and author (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1878: Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1878: Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule. [category: Events]
• 1881: Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1882: Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian set designer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1882: John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: Max Eastman, American author and poet (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1883: Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1884: The Fabian Society is founded in London, England, United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1889: M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India [category: Births]
• 1891: Edward Brooker, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1891: Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: María Díaz Cortés, Spanish super-centenarian (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1893: Yone Minagawa, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1894: Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1895: Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1896: André Masson, French painter (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1896: Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1896: Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1900: James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1901: C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1901: Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: John McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1903: Gulstan Ropert, American missionary (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Topsy American elephant (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign. [category: Events]
• 1905: Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1910: Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1910: Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Clarence Dutton, American geologist (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal charter. [category: Events]
• 1913: Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1914: Herman Franks, American baseball player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1915: Meg Mundy, English-American actress [category: Births]
• 1916: Lionel Newman, American composer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1916: Robert Parrish, American director (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1916: Slim Gaillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Slim & Slam) (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1919: Georg von Hertling, German politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1920: Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1924: Sebastian Kappen, Indian priest and theologian (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1924: Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1927: Barbara Rush, American actress [category: Births]
• 1927: Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman [category: Births]
• 1930: Don Shula, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1930: Herbert O. Sparrow, Canadian politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: Sorrell Booke, American actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1931: Lala Mara, Fijian wife of Kamisese Mara (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1931: William Deane, Australian judge and politician, 22nd Governor-General of Australia [category: Births]
• 1931: Art Acord, American actor (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Louise, Princess Royal of England (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Alfred C. Haynes, American pilot [category: Births]
• 1932: Carlos Saura, Spanish director [category: Births]
• 1932: Jorge Russek, Mexican actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1933: Ilia II of Georgia, Russian patriarch [category: Births]
• 1933: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, American author [category: Births]
• 1934: Rudolf Schuster, Slovak politician, 2nd President of Slovakia [category: Births]
• 1935: Floyd Patterson, American boxer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1937: Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1937: Grace Bumbry, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1937: Mick O'Connell, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1940: Brian David Josephson, Welsh physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1940: Gao Xingjian, Chinese-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1940: Helmut Jahn, German-American architect, designed Liberty Place and Messeturm [category: Births]
• 1940: Flora Finch, English-American actress (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: George P. Cosmatos, Greek director (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1941: Joe Renzetti, American composer [category: Births]
• 1941: John Bennett Perry, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1941: Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1941: Maureen Reagan, American actress and activist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1941: Henri Bergson, French philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: John McLaughlin, English guitarist and songwriter (The Tony Williams Lifetime, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti, and Remember Shakti) [category: Births]
• 1943: Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author [category: Births]
• 1943: Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author [category: Births]
• 1944: Charlie Manuel, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1944: Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins. [category: Events]
• 1945: Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1945: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Harold Fraser, American golfer (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1946: S. Rajasekharan, Indian poet and critic [category: Births]
• 1947: Chris Cutler, American-English drummer and songwriter (Henry Cow, Art Bears, News from Babel, Cassiber, The Science Group, and Brainville) [category: Births]
• 1947: Rick Stein, English chef [category: Births]
• 1947: Julian Ashby Burruss, American academic (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali [category: Births]
• 1948: Eugeniusz Wycisło, Polish politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1948: Wolfgang Mulack, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1948: Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1950: John Louis Evans, American murderer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1951: Barbara Cochran, American skier [category: Births]
• 1951: Bob Black, American author and activist [category: Births]
• 1951: Ronald Corp, English composer, conductor, and priest [category: Births]
• 1951: Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul. [category: Events]
• 1953: Andreas Vgenopoulos, Greek businessman [category: Births]
• 1953: Dirk Heun, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1953: James Warren, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1953: Norberto Alonso, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1954: Eugene Chadbourne, American guitarist and songwriter (Shockabilly) [category: Births]
• 1954: Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon [category: Births]
• 1955: Mark Hollis, English singer-songwriter (Talk Talk) [category: Births]
• 1955: The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis. [category: Events]
• 1956: Alex Cline, American drummer [category: Births]
• 1956: Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Joy Division, New Order, Electronic, and Bad Lieutenant) [category: Births]
• 1956: Nels Cline, American guitarist and songwriter (Wilco) [category: Births]
• 1957: Gurdas Maan, Indian singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1958: Andy Borowitz, American comedian and author [category: Births]
• 1958: Gary Jones, Welsh-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Jim Powers, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1958: Julian Sands, English actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Matt Frewer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit. [category: Events]
• 1959: Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon. [category: Events]
• 1960: April Winchell, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Art Paul Schlosser, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1960: Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer (R.E.M. and Automatic Baby) [category: Births]
• 1960: Albert Camus, Algerian-French philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Lee Curreri, American actor and pianist [category: Births]
• 1961: Sidney Green, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1961: Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: André Rouvoet, Dutch politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands [category: Births]
• 1962: Harlan Coben, American author [category: Births]
• 1962: Joe Kleine, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Laila Elwi, Egyptian actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Peter Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Type O Negative, Carnivore and Fallout) (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1962: Robin Guthrie, Scottish guitarist and producer (Cocteau Twins) [category: Births]
• 1962: Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1963: Till Lindemann, German singer-songwriter (Rammstein and First Arsch) [category: Births]
• 1964: Dot Jones, American actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Tom Westman, American reality show contestant, winner of Survivor: Palau [category: Births]
• 1965: Beth Gibbons, English singer-songwriter (Portishead) [category: Births]
• 1965: Cait O'Riordan, Nigerian-English bass player and songwriter (The Pogues and The Radiators from Space) [category: Births]
• 1965: Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director [category: Births]
• 1965: Guy Forget, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1965: Julia Ormond, English actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Rick Hearst, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Yvan Attal, French actor and director [category: Births]
• 1965: T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address. [category: Events]
• 1966: Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1966: La Parka II, Mexican wrestler [category: Births]
• 1966: A military coup takes place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution. [category: Events]
• 1967: David Berman, American singer-songwriter (Silver Jews and Ectoslavia) [category: Births]
• 1967: David Toms, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1967: Johnny Nelson, English boxer [category: Births]
• 1967: Marina Orsini, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Donald Campbell, English racer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Mike Wilpolt, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1969: Corie Blount, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Kees van Wonderen, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1970: Jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Tonghai County, China, killing at least 15,000 people. [category: Events]
• 1971: Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese floral designer [category: Births]
• 1971: Arthur Ford, American psychic, founded the Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Charlotte Hudson, English actress [category: Births]
• 1972: James Longley, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1972: Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England. [category: Events]
• 1973: Frank Høj, Danish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1973: Greg de Vries, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: Harmony Korine, American director, producer, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1974: Armin Zöggeler, Italian luger [category: Births]
• 1974: Danilo Hondo, German cyclist [category: Births]
• 1974: Ian Moor, English singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Epameinondas Thomopoulos, Greek painter (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. [category: Events]
• 1975: Jill Marie Jones, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Shane Carwin, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1975: Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Benoît Joachim, Luxembourgish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1976: Ted Lilly, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation. [category: Events]
• 1977: Dan Shanahan, Irish hurler [category: Births]
• 1977: David Millar, Maltese-Scottish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1977: Irán Castillo, Mexican actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Tim Wheeler, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ash) [category: Births]
• 1978: Dominik Hrbatý, Slovakian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1978: Mai Meneses, Spanish singer-songwriter (Nena Daconte) [category: Births]
• 1979: Charity Rahmer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Shergo Biran, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Tristan Gommendy, French race car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Alexandra Jiménez, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Bobbi Eden, Dutch porn actress and model [category: Births]
• 1980: Greg Cipes, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Yaroslav Popovych, Ukrainian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1981: Hitomi Obara, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1981: Silvy De Bie, Belgian singer (Sylver) [category: Births]
• 1981: Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and songwriter (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Kang Hye-jung, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Lucie Škrobáková, Czech hurdler [category: Births]
• 1982: Paulo Ferrari, Argentinian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Richard Logan, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Gemma Hunt, English television host [category: Births]
• 1983: Spencer Chamberlain, American singer-songwriter (Underoath and This Runs Through) [category: Births]
• 1985: Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1985: Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Lovro von Matačić, Croatian conductor and composer (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwanese tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: James Milner, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Steve Slaton, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Christopher Isherwood, English author (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Thin Lizzy, Skid Row, and Grand Slam) (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: The 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston, Massachusetts from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16 people. [category: Events]
• 1988: Anestis Argyriou, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Maximilian Riedmüller, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Nabila Jamshed, Indian author [category: Births]
• 1988: Lily Laskine, French harp player (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Graham Rahal, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1989: Jeff Gyasi, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation. [category: Events]
• 1990: Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Iago Falqué, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Toni Kroos, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries. [category: Events]
• 1991: Olivia Tennet, New Zealand actress and dancer [category: Births]
• 1991: Stefan Nenadović, Montenegrin footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Tal al-Mallohi, Syrian blogger and activist [category: Births]
• 1993: Charles Bridgford, Australian politician (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: R.D. Burman, Indian composer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: María Isabel, Spanish singer [category: Births]
• 1995: Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Sol Tax, American anthropologist (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Jade Jones, English wheelchair racer [category: Births]
• 1996: Ramón Vinay, Chilean tenor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Kevin Canzanello, American Internet personality [category: Births]
• 1997: Harry Helmsley, American businessman (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: John Gary, American singer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Mae Questel, American actress (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction. [category: Events]
• 1998: Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages. [category: Events]
• 1999: Iron Eyes Cody, American actor (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota. [category: Events]
• 2000: Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, American actress [category: Births]
• 2000: Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Tom Fears, American football player (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Two trains on the Røros Line collide in Åsta, Norway, resulting in an explosive fire and 19 deaths. [category: Events]
• 2001: Les Brown, American bandleader and composer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Yoshika Yuhnagi, Japanese model (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Conrad Hall, American cinematographer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Hanno Drechsler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Sabine Ulibarrí, American poet and critic (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-English violinist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Brian Gibson, English director (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Jake Hess, American singer (The Statesmen Quartet and Masters V) (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Jeff Nuttall, English actor, poet, and painter (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: John Toland, American historian and author (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution. [category: Events]
• 2004: Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC. [category: Events]
• 2005: Ali al-Haidari, Iraqi politician [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Alton Tobey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Frank Harary, American mathematician (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Guy Davenport, American author and scholar (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Humphrey Carpenter, English author (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Robert Heilbroner, American economist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: John Hahn-Petersen, Danish actor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emirati politician, 1st Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Milton Himmelfarb, American sociographer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Robert Howard White, New Zealand politician (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. [category: Events]
• 2007: Ben Gannon, Australian film and television producer (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Gren, Welsh cartoonist (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Gáspár Nagy, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Helen Hill, American director and producer (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jan Schröder, Dutch cyclist (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Lewis Hodges, English pilot (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Marais Viljoen, South African politician, 5th State President of South Africa (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Osman Waqialla, Sudanese calligrapher (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Steve Krantz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history. [category: Events]
• 2008: Jimmy Nah, Singaporan comedian and actor (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Joyce Carlson, American graphic designer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Yannis Tamtakos, Greek activist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright, and author (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Giselle Salandy, Trinidadian boxer (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Casey Johnson, American model and actress (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Johan Ferrier, Surinamese politician, 1st President of Suriname (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Rory Markas, American sportscaster (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Sandro de América, Argentine singer and actor (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, is officially opened. [category: Events]
• 2011: Ali-Reza Pahlavi, Iranian son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Dick King-Smith English author (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (The Humblebums and Stealers Wheel) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Mick Karn, Cypriot-English bass player and songwriter (Japan, Dalis Car, NiNa, and JBK) (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisian activist (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Salmaan Taseer, Pakistani businessman and politician, 26th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Carmen Naranjo, Costa Rican author and poet (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gatewood Galbraith, American lawyer, author, and politician (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Harry Fowler, English actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kerry McGregor, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Bhanumati Devi, Burmese-Indian actress (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Bryan Stoltenberg, American football player (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Derek Kevan, English footballer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Ed Emory, American football player and coach (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Lassaad Ouertani, Tunisian footballer (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Murray Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Nikos Samaras, Greek volleyball player (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Richard A. Long, American historian and author (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Salik Lucknawi, Indian journalist and poet (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Sammy Johns, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Tony Lip, American actor and author (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Yevgeny Pepelyaev, Russian pilot (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Zoran Žižić, Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Şenay Yüzbaşıoğlu, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 46_bc: Julius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. [category: Events]
• 871: Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army. [category: Events]
• 874: Hasan al-Askari, Saudi Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (b. 846) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Chōna-hajimeshiki (手斧初式) at Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū. (Kamakura, Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the Fallen against the Colonial Repression (Angola) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the Martyrs (Democratic Republic of the Congo) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Elizabeth Ann Seton [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Burma from the United Kingdom in 1948. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ogoni Day (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The eleventh day of Christmas. (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]