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What happend on 8. January in History
In our data base we found 386 events happened on 8. January:
• 307: Jin Huidi, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 259) [category: Deaths]
• 307: Jin Huidi, Chinese Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, is poisoned and succeeded by his son Jin Huaidi. [category: Events]
• 482: Saint Severinus of Noricum [category: Deaths]
• 871: Alfred the Great leads a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings. [category: Events]
• 1100: Antipope Clement III (b. c.1029) [category: Deaths]
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• 1107: Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) [category: Deaths]
• 1198: Pope Celestine III (b. c. 1106) [category: Deaths]
• 1297: François Grimaldi, disguised as monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco. [category: Events]
• 1324: Marco Polo, Italian explorer (b. 1254) [category: Deaths]
• 1337: Giotto di Bondone, Italian artist (b. 1267) [category: Deaths]
• 1455: The Romanus Pontifex is written. [category: Events]
• 1456: St. Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381) [category: Deaths]
• 1464: Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (b. 1385) [category: Deaths]
• 1499: Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany. [category: Events]
• 1556: Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) [category: Births]
• 1557: Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522) [category: Deaths]
• 1570: Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (b. c. 1510) [category: Deaths]
• 1583: Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (d. 1643) [category: Births]
• 1587: Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer (d. 1616) [category: Births]
• 1598: John George, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1525) [category: Deaths]
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• 1601: Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) [category: Births]
• 1628: François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (d. 1695) [category: Births]
• 1632: Samuel Pufendorf, German jurist (d. 1694) [category: Births]
• 1635: Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop (d. 1709) [category: Births]
• 1642: Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and scientist (b. 1564) [category: Deaths]
• 1664: Moses Amyraut, French theologian (b. 1596) [category: Deaths]
• 1697: Last execution for blasphemy in Britain; of Thomas Aikenhead, student, at Edinburgh. [category: Events]
• 1707: John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648) [category: Deaths]
• 1713: Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (b. 1653) [category: Deaths]
• 1734: Premiere performance of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. [category: Events]
• 1735: John Carroll, American Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1815) [category: Births]
• 1746: Second Jacobite Rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling. [category: Events]
• 1763: Edmond Charles Genêt, French diplomat (d. 1834) [category: Births]
• 1775: John Baskerville, English printer (b. 1706) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Nicholas Biddle, American banking executive (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1788: Archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1788: Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874) [category: Births]
• 1789: Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. c. 1703) [category: Deaths]
• 1790: George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York, New York. [category: Events]
• 1792: Lowell Mason, American composer (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1794: Justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1805: John Bigler, American lawyer, politician and diplomat; 3rd Governor of California; and former United States Envoy to Chile (d. 1871) [category: Births]
• 1805: Orson Hyde, American religious leader (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1806: Cape Colony becomes a British colony. [category: Events]
• 1811: An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana. [category: Events]
• 1812: Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss virtuoso pianist and composer (d. 1871) [category: Births]
• 1815: Edward Pakenham, British general (b. 1778) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans – Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British. [category: Events]
• 1817: Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1821: James Longstreet, American Confederate general and diplomat; and former United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1821: W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1823: Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1824: Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (d. 1861) [category: Births]
• 1824: Wilkie Collins, British novelist (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1825: Eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765) [category: Deaths]
• 1830: Albert Bierstadt, German/American painter (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1830: Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1835: The United States national debt is zero for the only time. [category: Events]
• 1836: Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch artist (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1843: Frederick Abberline, British police investigator (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1843: John H. Moffitt, American politician (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1852: James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1853: Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene (Prekmurian poet and teacher in Kingdom of Hungary (b. 1788) [category: Deaths]
• 1854: John Rahm, American golfer (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1854: William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) [category: Deaths]
• 1860: Emma Booth, daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1903) [category: Births]
• 1862: Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1863: American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield [category: Events]
• 1864: Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1865: Winnaretta Singer, Princesse Edmond de Polignac, an American patron of French music, and of the arts, sciences, and letters (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1865: Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779) [category: Deaths]
• 1866: William G. Conley, American politician and 18th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1867: Emily Greene Balch, American writer and pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1867: African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C. [category: Events]
• 1870: Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish politician (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1871: James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish politician (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1873: Elena of Montenegro, queen of Italy (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1873: Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician and Prime Minister (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1874: Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1877: Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory. [category: Events]
• 1878: Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Charles Bryant, British actor and film director (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1880: Joshua A. Norton, "Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico" (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1883: Patrick J. Hurley, American soldier, statesman, and diplomat; 51st United States Secretary of War and former United States Ambassador to the Republic of China (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1883: Pavel Filonov, Russian painter (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1883: Miska Magyarics, Slovene poet in Hungary (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: A. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1885: John Curtin, Australian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1886: Thomas January, American soccer player (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1888: Matthew Moore, Irish-American actor (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1888: Richard Courant, German-American mathematician (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1889: Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator. [category: Events]
• 1891: Bronislava Nijinska, Russian choreographer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1891: Storm Jameson, English writer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1891: Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1894: Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1896: Arthur Ford, American medium (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1896: Jaromir Weinberger, Czech-American composer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1896: Paul Verlaine, French poet (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1899: Solomon Bandaranaike, Ceylonese Prime Minister (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1900: Dame Merlyn Myer, Australian philanthropist (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1901: John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Carl Rogers, American psychologist (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1902: Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1904: Karl Brandt, Alsatian Nazi war criminal (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1904: Tampa Red, American blues musician (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1904: The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. [category: Events]
• 1905: Franjo Šeper, Croatian Catholic cardinal (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1905: Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1906: A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people. [category: Events]
• 1908: William Hartnell, British actor (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1909: Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1936 (d.1995) [category: Births]
• 1909: Evelyn Wood, American educator (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1909: Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1909: Willy Millowitsch, German actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1910: Galina Sergeyevna Ulánova, Russian prima ballerina assoluta (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1911: Tom Delaney, British racing driver (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1912: José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1912: Lawrence E. Walsh, American jurist and 4th United States Deputy Attorney General [category: Births]
• 1912: The African National Congress is founded. [category: Events]
• 1915: Walker Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1916: Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and filmmaker (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. [category: Events]
• 1920: The steel strike of 1919 ends in a complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union. [category: Events]
• 1921: Herta Bothe, Nazi concentration camp guard [category: Births]
• 1922: Abbey Simon, American pianist [category: Births]
• 1922: Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1923: Giorgio Tozzi, American bass (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1923: Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1923: Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American author and computer scientist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1923: Larry Storch, American actor [category: Births]
• 1924: Benjamin Lees, American composer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: Ron Moody, English actor [category: Births]
• 1925: Helmuth Hubener, German activist (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1925: Fernand Sanz, French racing cyclist (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Evelyn Lear, American soprano (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1926: Jani Christou, Greek composer [category: Births]
• 1926: Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1926: Soupy Sales, American comedian (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1927: Charles Tomlinson, British poet and translator [category: Births]
• 1928: Gaston Miron, French-Canadian poet and editor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1928: Slade Gorton, American politician [category: Births]
• 1929: Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1929: Wolfgang Peters, German footballer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1931: Bill Graham, German-born American music promoter (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1931: Chuck Metcalf, American jazz double-bassist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1932: Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Charles Osgood, American journalist and commentator [category: Births]
• 1933: Jean-Marie Straub, French film director [category: Births]
• 1933: Ko Un, Korean poet [category: Births]
• 1933: Nolan Miller, American fashion designer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1934: Alexandra Ripley, American writer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1934: Gene Freese, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1934: Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1934: Roy Kinnear, English actor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1934: Andrei Bely, Russian writer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Serge Stavisky, French financier and embezzler (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Elvis Presley, American singer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1935: Lewis H. Lapham, American writer [category: Births]
• 1936: Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-born British scientist [category: Births]
• 1936: Zdeněk Mácal, Czech conductor [category: Births]
• 1937: Dame Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer [category: Births]
• 1938: Bob Eubanks, American game show host [category: Births]
• 1938: Yevgeny Nesterenko, Russian bass-baritone [category: Births]
• 1938: Johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: Britain introduces food rationing. [category: Events]
• 1941: Boris Vallejo, Peruvian illustrator [category: Births]
• 1941: Graham Chapman, British comedian (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1941: Yoshinori Watanabe, Japanese mobster (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1941: Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, British soldier, author, and founder of the Scout movement (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author [category: Births]
• 1942: Valya Balkanska, Bulgarian folk singer [category: Births]
• 1942: Yvette Mimieux, American actress [category: Births]
• 1942: Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American religious publisher (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Charles Murray, American author and pundit [category: Births]
• 1943: Richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Terry Brooks, American writer [category: Births]
• 1944: William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Jeannie Lewis, Australian actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Kadir Topbaş, Turkish politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Kathleen Noone, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Kojo Nnamdi, Guyanese-born American radio host [category: Births]
• 1945: Yvonne Kennedy, American politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1945: Karl Krafft, Swiss astrologer who was manipulated by the Nazi regime (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces. [category: Events]
• 1946: Robby Krieger, American musician (The Doors and The Butts Band) [category: Births]
• 1947: Brian Wickens, New Zealand professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1947: David Bowie, English musician [category: Births]
• 1947: Don Bendell, American author & karate master [category: Births]
• 1947: Laurie Walters, American actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Samuel Schmid, Swiss politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Terry Sylvester, English singer and musician (The Escorts, The Swinging Blue Jeans and The Hollies) [category: Births]
• 1947: William Bonin, American serial killer and sex offender (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1948: Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish director [category: Births]
• 1948: Kurt Schwitters, German painter (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Jos Hermens, Dutch runner [category: Births]
• 1950: Joseph Schumpeter, Austrian economist (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: John McTiernan, American director [category: Births]
• 1951: Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Mel Reynolds, American politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist [category: Births]
• 1953: Bruce Sutter, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1953: Admiral Sir Hugh Binney, British naval commander and Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Karine Kazinian, Armenian diplomat (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1955: Mike Reno, Canadian musician (Loverboy and Moxy) [category: Births]
• 1955: Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1956: Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them. [category: Events]
• 1957: David Lang, American composer [category: Births]
• 1957: Nacho Duato, Spanish classical dancer and choreographer [category: Births]
• 1958: Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler [category: Births]
• 1958: Mary Jane Colter, American architect (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Duk Koo Kim, Korean boxer (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1959: Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Crowded House and Split Enz) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1961: Calvin Smith, American athlete [category: Births]
• 1961: Keith Arkell, English chess grandmaster [category: Births]
• 1961: Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria. [category: Events]
• 1962: Chris Marion, American musician (Little River Band and Western Flyer) [category: Births]
• 1962: The Harmelen train disaster killed 93 people in the Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 1963: Bimal Roy.Indian Film Director(b.1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Kay Sage, American artist and poet (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. [category: Events]
• 1964: Ron Sexsmith, Canadian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1965: Maria Pitillo, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Michelle Forbes, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone and Malfunkshun) (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1966: Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1967: R. Kelly, American singer [category: Births]
• 1967: Torsten Gowitzke, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Willie Anderson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Keiko Nakano, Japanese professional wrestler and golfer [category: Births]
• 1968: Keith Mullings, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1969: Ami Dolenz, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Jeff Abercrombie, American musician (fuel) [category: Births]
• 1969: Albert Hill, British athlete (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Rachel Friend, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Jason Giambi, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Mike Süsser, German chef [category: Births]
• 1971: Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh. [category: Events]
• 1972: Giuseppe Favalli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Sean McKeever, American writer [category: Births]
• 1972: Kenneth Patchen, American poet (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Henning Solberg, Norwegian rally driver [category: Births]
• 1973: Jason Stevens, Australian rugby league footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Mike Cameron, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched. [category: Events]
• 1973: Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins. [category: Events]
• 1974: Maria Matsouka, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1975: DJ Clue, American DJ and producer [category: Births]
• 1975: Harris Jayaraj, Indian music composer [category: Births]
• 1975: Tift Merritt, American singer-songwriter (The Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt) [category: Births]
• 1975: John Gregson, English actor (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband. [category: Events]
• 1976: Carl Pavano, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Jenny Lewis, American actress and musician (Rilo Kiley and Jenny & Johnny) [category: Births]
• 1976: Josh Meyers, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Robert Forgan, British fascist (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Amber Benson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Lee Yoo-jin, Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Melanie Seeger, German race walker [category: Births]
• 1977: Ron Pederson, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. [category: Events]
• 1978: Boris Avrukh, Israeli chess grandmaster [category: Births]
• 1978: Marco Fu, Hong Kong snooker player [category: Births]
• 1979: Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Mirella van Melis, Dutch track and road cyclist [category: Births]
• 1979: Sarah Polley, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Seol Ki-Hyeon, South Korean footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Torry Castellano, American musician (The Donnas) [category: Births]
• 1979: Sara Carter, American country musician (Carter Family) (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: The tanker Betelgeuse explodes in Bantry Bay, Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1980: Rachel Nichols, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: John Mauchly, American physicist (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Carmen Schäfer, Swiss curler [category: Births]
• 1981: Genevieve Padalecki, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player [category: Births]
• 1981: Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time". [category: Events]
• 1982: Emanuele Calaiò, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Gaby Hoffmann, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: John Utaka, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Wil Francis, American singer (Aiden) [category: Births]
• 1982: Grégoire Aslan, Armenian actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: The break up of AT&T: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions. [category: Events]
• 1983: Chris Mordetzky, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1983: Felipe Colombo, Argentine/Mexican actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Kim Jong-un, North Korean leader (year disputed, possibly 1984) [category: Births]
• 1983: Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter pilot (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Ron Frazer, Australian actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Rachael Lampa, American singer [category: Births]
• 1986: David Silva, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1986: Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Maria Ozawa, Japanese/French-Canadian pornstar [category: Births]
• 1986: Pierre Fournier, French cellist (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Carmen Klaschka, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1988: Adrián López Álvarez, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Allison Harvard, American artist and fashion model [category: Births]
• 1988: Michael Mancienne, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1989: Kristján Einar, Icelandic racing driver [category: Births]
• 1989: Beginning of Japanese Heisei period. [category: Events]
• 1989: The Kegworth air disaster. British Midland flight 92 crashes into the M1 motorway killing 47 people out of 127 on board. [category: Events]
• 1990: Terry-Thomas, British actor, comedian (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Asuka Hinoi, Japanese singer (Hinoi Team) [category: Births]
• 1991: Jorge Enríquez, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Apostolos Vellios, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Brooke Greenberg, American child who has remained the size of a toddler [category: Births]
• 1994: Harvey Haddix, American baseball player (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Pat Buttram, American actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space. [category: Events]
• 1995: Carlos Monzón, Argentinian boxer (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: François Mitterrand, President of France (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: John Hargreaves, Australian actor (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: An Antonov 32 cargo turboprop powered plane crashes into the central market in Kinshasa, Zaire killing more than 350 people. [category: Events]
• 1997: Melvin Calvin, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Michael Tippett, English composer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Noah Cyrus, American actress [category: Births]
• 2000: Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrianist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Alexander Mikhaylovich Prokhorov, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act. [category: Events]
• 2003: Ron Goodwin, British composer and conductor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of 75 passengers. [category: Events]
• 2004: John A. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. [category: Events]
• 2005: Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Michel Thomas, Polish linguist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Warren Spears, American choreographer and dancer (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired. [category: Events]
• 2006: Tony Banks, British politician (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: David Ervine, Northern Irish politician (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Francis Cockfield, British politician (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Iwao Takamoto, American animator (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jane Bolin, first African American female judge (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: George Moore, Australian champion jockey (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Richard John Neuhaus, Canadian-American Christian writer and editor (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Monica Maughan, Australian actor (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Tony Halme, Finnish boxer and politician (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Gunmen from an offshoot the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attacked the bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three. [category: Events]
• 2011: Prince Vincent of Denmark [category: Births]
• 2011: Princess Josephine of Denmark [category: Births]
• 2011: Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: John Roll, United States federal judge (b.1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: The attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store, for which Jared Lee Loughner is subsequently arrested, kills six people and wounds 13, including Giffords. [category: Events]
• 2013: Jeanne Manford, American schoolteacher who co-founded Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abo of Tiflis [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Apollinaris Claudius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Commonwealth Day (Northern Mariana Islands) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Children's Day can fall, while January 15 is the latest; celebrated on the second Saturday in January. (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gudula [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Kim Jong-un's Birthday (North Korea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lucian of Beauvais [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Our Lady of Prompt Succor (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pega [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Severinus of Noricum [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Thorfinn of Hamar [category: Holidays and observances]