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Acontecimientos (38)

  1. 69The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
  2. 366The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.
  3. 533Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
  4. 1444Christian forces defeat the Turks in the battle of Kunovica.
  5. 1492Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
  6. 1680Trunajaya rebellion: Amangkurat II of Mataram and his bodyguards execute the rebel leader Trunajaya.
  7. 1776Empress Maria Theresa of Austria amends the Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana to include the abolition of torture throughout the Habsburg-ruled countries of Austria and Bohemia.
  8. 1777American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of General George Washington repulse a British attack led by General Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
  9. 1788Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  10. 1791Northwest Indian War: The Big Bottom massacre is committed by Lenape and Wyandot warriors in the Ohio Country, North America.
  11. 1818The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president.
  12. 1863American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Stones River ends in a Union victory when the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Braxton Bragg are repulsed for the final time by the Army of the Cumberland under General William S. Rosecrans.
  13. 1865Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
  14. 1900American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
  15. 1900Chicago Canal opens.
  16. 1920The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
  17. 1921World premiere of the science fiction play R.U.R. by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a theater in Hradec Králové.
  18. 1932The Young Brothers engaged in a gun battle resulting in the deaths of six law enforcement officers; the worst single killing of US police officers in the 20th century.
  19. 1941World War II: The Cardiff Blitz severely damages the cathedral in Cardiff, Wales.
  20. 1942The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history; Also known as the Duquesne Spy Ring.
  21. 1942World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
  22. 1949Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
  23. 1954India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
  24. 1955Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
  25. 1959Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
  26. 1963Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.
  27. 1967Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is sworn in as Governor of California.
  28. 1971The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football match.
  29. 1975At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.
  30. 1976The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
  31. 1978On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
  32. 1981One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
  33. 1988Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 crashes near Seferihisar, Turkey, killing 16 people.
  34. 1991Sharon Pratt Dixon becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
  35. 1993Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35–100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.
  36. 2004Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.
  37. 2022Massive nationwide protests and unrest break out in Kazakhstan over the sudden increase of liquefied petroleum gas prices, leading to 238 people dead and thousands injured by January 11.
  38. 2024Two aircraft collide on a runway at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, killing 5 and injuring 18.

Nacimientos (156)

  1. 869Yōzei, Japanese emperor (died 949)
  2. 1462Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (died 1522)
  3. 1509Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman (died 1572)
  4. 1642Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (died 1693)
  5. 1647Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (died 1676)
  6. 1699Osman III, Ottoman sultan (died 1757)
  7. 1713Marie Dumesnil, French actress (died 1803)
  8. 1727James Wolfe, English general (died 1759)
  9. 1732František Brixi, Czech organist and composer (died 1771)
  10. 1777Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator (died 1857)
  11. 1803Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic (died 1869)
  12. 1822Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician (died 1888)
  13. 1827Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician (died 1914)
  14. 1833Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (died 1893)
  15. 1836Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (died 1917)
  16. 1836Queen Emma of Hawaii (died 1885)
  17. 1837Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (died 1910)
  18. 1857M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (died 1935)
  19. 1860Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer (died 1931)
  20. 1860William Corless Mills, American historian and curator (died 1928)
  21. 1866Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar (died 1957)
  22. 1870Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (died 1938)
  23. 1870Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman (died 1929)
  24. 1873Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist (died 1960)
  25. 1873Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (died 1897)
  26. 1878Jaakko Mäki, Finnish politician (died 1938)
  27. 1878Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society (died 1970)
  28. 1884Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education (died 1973)
  29. 1885Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1918)
  30. 1886Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author (died 1959)
  31. 1889Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (died 1973)
  32. 1891Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (died 1990)
  33. 1892Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (died 1962)
  34. 1895Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (died 1948)
  35. 1896Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (died 1954)
  36. 1896Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer (died 1982)
  37. 1897Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian (died 1965)
  38. 1900Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy (died 1965)
  39. 1901Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society (died 1939)
  40. 1902Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (died 2007)
  41. 1903Kane Tanaka, Japanese Supercentenarian, Oldest Japanese person ever, Second oldest verified person in world history (died 2022)
  42. 1904Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist (died 1981)
  43. 1905Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (died 1998)
  44. 1905Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1991)
  45. 1909Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (died 2009)
  46. 1909Barry Goldwater, American politician, businessman, and author (died 1998)
  47. 1913Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (died 1992)
  48. 1913Anna Lee, English-American actress (died 2004)
  49. 1914Jack Beaton, Australian rugby league player (died 1996)
  50. 1917Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (died 2003)
  51. 1918Willi Graf, German physician and activist (died 1943)
  52. 1919Ernest Bender, American Indologist (died 1996)
  53. 1919Beatrice Hicks, American engineer (died 1979)
  54. 1920Bob Feerick, American basketball player and coach (died 1976)
  55. 1921Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2007)
  56. 1926Gino Marchetti, American football player (died 2019)
  57. 1928Dan Rostenkowski, American politician (died 2010)
  58. 1929Charles Beaumont, screenwriter and American author of speculative fiction (died 1967)
  59. 1929Tellervo Koivisto, Finnish politician, former First Lady of Finland
  60. 1931Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (died 2022)
  61. 1933Richard Riley, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Education
  62. 1934John Hollowbread, English footballer, goalkeeper (died 2007)
  63. 1936Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (died 1992)
  64. 1938David Bailey, English photographer and painter
  65. 1938Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer (died 2024)
  66. 1938Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer (died 1973)
  67. 1940Jim Bakker, American televangelist (died 2026)
  68. 1940Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2015)
  69. 1942Thomas Hammarberg, Swedish lawyer and diplomat
  70. 1942Dennis Hastert, American educator and politician, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 2026)
  71. 1943Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer (died 2004)
  72. 1944Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer
  73. 1944Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor (died 2024)
  74. 1944Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 2021)
  75. 1944Mohamed Ali Yusuf, Somali politician (died 2024)
  76. 1947Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author
  77. 1947Calvin Hill, American football player
  78. 1947David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic (died 2024)
  79. 1948Judith Miller, American journalist
  80. 1948Deborah Watling, English actress (died 2017)
  81. 1949Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2024)
  82. 1949Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic (died 2006)
  83. 1952Indulis Emsis, Latvian biologist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Latvia
  84. 1952Wendy Phillips, American actress
  85. 1954Henry Bonilla, American broadcaster and politician
  86. 1954Évelyne Trouillot, Haitian playwright and author
  87. 1961Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
  88. 1961Paula Hamilton, English model
  89. 1961Todd Haynes, American film director, screenwriter, and producer
  90. 1961Craig James, American football player and sportscaster
  91. 1961Robert Wexler, American lawyer and politician
  92. 1963David Cone, American baseball player and sportscaster
  93. 1963Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
  94. 1964Chris Welp, German-American basketball player (died 2015)
  95. 1964Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (died 2019)
  96. 1967Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
  97. 1967Tia Carrere, American actress
  98. 1967Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavík
  99. 1968Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor and producer
  100. 1968Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion
  101. 1969István Bagyula, Hungarian pole vaulter
  102. 1969William Fox-Pitt, English horse rider and journalist
  103. 1969Elena Gorolová, Czech Romani activist
  104. 1969Tommy Morrison, American boxer and actor (died 2013)
  105. 1969Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player
  106. 1969Christy Turlington, American model
  107. 1970Eric Whitacre, American composer and conductor
  108. 1971Taye Diggs, American actor and singer
  109. 1971Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress
  110. 1972Rodney MacDonald, Canadian educator and politician, 26th Premier of Nova Scotia
  111. 1972Shiraz Minwalla, Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist
  112. 1972Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player and manager
  113. 1974Ludmila Formanová, Czech runner
  114. 1974Juha Lind, Finnish ice hockey player
  115. 1974Tomáš Řepka, Czech footballer
  116. 1975Chris Cheney, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  117. 1975Dax Shepard, American actor
  118. 1975Jeff Suppan, American baseball player
  119. 1975Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player
  120. 1976Paz Vega, Spanish actress
  121. 1977Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
  122. 1977Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
  123. 1979Jonathan Greening, English footballer
  124. 1980Kemi Badenoch, English politician
  125. 1980David Gyasi, British actor
  126. 1981Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
  127. 1981Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
  128. 1983Kate Bosworth, American actress
  129. 1983Anthony Carrigan, American actor
  130. 1987Shelley Hennig, American actress and model
  131. 1987Robert Milsom, English footballer
  132. 1987Loïc Rémy, French footballer
  133. 1988Germán Cano, Argentine footballer
  134. 1988Luke Harangody, American basketball player
  135. 1988Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player
  136. 1991Ben Hardy, English actor
  137. 1992Paulo Gazzaniga, Argentine footballer
  138. 1992Alexey Marchenko, Russian ice hockey player
  139. 1992Teemu Pulkkinen, Finnish ice hockey player
  140. 1992Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
  141. 1993Bryson Tiller, American singer and rapper
  142. 1994Ronald Darby, American football player
  143. 1996Jonah Bolden, Australian-American basketball player
  144. 1997Arshad Nadeem, Pakistani javelin thrower
  145. 1997Carlos Soler, Spanish footballer
  146. 1998Tfue, American online streamer
  147. 1998Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer
  148. 1999Georgios Kalaitzakis, Greek basketball player
  149. 1999Fernando Tatís Jr., Dominican baseball player
  150. 1999Aaron Wiggins, American professional basketball player
  151. 2000Spencer Arrighetti, American baseball player
  152. 2001Cole Caufield, American ice hockey player
  153. 2001Luiz Henrique, Brazilian footballer
  154. 2003CJ Egan-Riley, English footballer
  155. 2003Elye Wahi, French footballer
  156. 2006Claudio Echeverri, Argentine footballer

Fallecimientos (90)

  1. 951Liu Chengyou, Emperor Yin of the Later Han (born 931)
  2. 951Su Fengji, Chinese official and chancellor
  3. 1096William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William II of England
  4. 1169Bertrand de Blanchefort, sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar (born c. 1109)
  5. 1184Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, daughter of Andronikos Komnenos
  6. 1298Lodomer, Hungarian prelate, Archbishop of Esztergom
  7. 1470Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
  8. 1512Svante Nilsson, Swedish politician (born 1460)
  9. 1514William Smyth, English bishop and academic (born 1460)
  10. 1543Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (born 1497)
  11. 1557Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (born 1494)
  12. 1598Morris Kyffin, Welsh soldier and writer (born c.1555)
  13. 1613Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (born 1539)
  14. 1614Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (born 1566)
  15. 1726Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (born 1688)
  16. 1763John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (born 1690)
  17. 1816Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, French chemist and politician (born 1793)
  18. 1850Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (born 1789)
  19. 1861Frederick William IV of Prussia (born 1795)
  20. 1876Meta Heusser-Schweizer, Swiss poet (born 1797)
  21. 1892George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (born 1801)
  22. 1904James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (born 1821)
  23. 1913Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (born 1855)
  24. 1915Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (born 1830)
  25. 1917Léon Flameng, French cyclist (born 1877)
  26. 1920Paul Adam, French author (born 1862)
  27. 1924Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (born 1834)
  28. 1939Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1864)
  29. 1941Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (born 1898)
  30. 1946Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (born 1870)
  31. 1950James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (born 1877)
  32. 1951William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (born 1870)
  33. 1951Edith New, English militant suffragette (born 1877)
  34. 1953Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (born 1881)
  35. 1960Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (born 1907)
  36. 1963Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (born 1904)
  37. 1963Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (born 1910)
  38. 1974Tex Ritter, American actor (born 1905)
  39. 1975Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (born 1944)
  40. 1977Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (born 1921)
  41. 1986Una Merkel, American actress (born 1903)
  42. 1987Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (born 1899)
  43. 1989Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (born 1954)
  44. 1990Alan Hale Jr., American film and television actor (born 1921)
  45. 1990Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence (born 1910)
  46. 1994Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician; 17th Governor of Washington (born 1914)
  47. 1994Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French lawyer and businessman (born 1915)
  48. 1995Nancy Kelly, American actress (born 1921)
  49. 1995Siad Barre, Somali general and politician; 3rd President of Somalia (born 1919)
  50. 1999Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (born 1910)
  51. 1999Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (born 1907)
  52. 2000Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral (born 1920)
  53. 2000Patrick O'Brian, English author and translator (born 1914)
  54. 2001William P. Rogers, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (born 1913)
  55. 2005Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist and physician (born 1911)
  56. 2006Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1913)
  57. 2006Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (born 1914)
  58. 2007A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (born 1951)
  59. 2007Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian and author (born 1941)
  60. 2007Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (born 1911)
  61. 2008George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish journalist and author (born 1925)
  62. 2008Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician, Governor of Wisconsin (born 1926)
  63. 2009Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (born 1935)
  64. 2010David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (born 1958)
  65. 2011Anne Francis, American actress (born 1930)
  66. 2011Bali Ram Bhagat, Indian politician; 16th Governor of Rajasthan (born 1922)
  67. 2011Mia Bustam, Indonesian painter, writer, and political prisoner (born 1920)
  68. 2011Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (born 1946)
  69. 2012William P. Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey (born 1930)
  70. 2012Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (born 1953)
  71. 2012Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (born 1918)
  72. 2013Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian, author, and academic (born 1920)
  73. 2013Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (born 1944)
  74. 2014Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (born 1924)
  75. 2014Elizabeth Jane Howard, English author and screenwriter (born 1923)
  76. 2015Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (born 1929)
  77. 2016Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1924)
  78. 2016Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author (born 1935)
  79. 2016Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabian religious leader (born 1959)
  80. 2016Gisela Mota Ocampo, mayor of Temixco, Morelos, Mexico, assassinated (born 1982)
  81. 2017Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (born 1933)
  82. 2017John Berger, English art critic, novelist and painter (born 1926)
  83. 2018Guida Maria, Portuguese actress (born 1950)
  84. 2018Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1927)
  85. 2019Daryl Dragon, American musician (born 1942)
  86. 2019Bob Einstein, American actor and comedian (born 1942)
  87. 2019Julia Grant, British transgender activist (born 1954)
  88. 2019Gene Okerlund, American wrestling announcer (born 1942)
  89. 2025Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (born 1921)
  90. 2025Francesc Antich, Spanish politician (born 1958)

Celebraciones (7)

  1. Ancestry Day (Haiti)
  2. Berchtold's Day (Switzerland)
  3. The Day after New Year's Day (New Zealand)
  4. Kaapse Klopse (Cape Town, South Africa)
  5. The first day of Blacks and Whites' Carnival, celebrated until January 7 (Colombia)
  6. The ninth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
  7. Bank holiday (Scotland)

Santoral (9)

  1. Basil the Great (Catholic Church and Church of England)
  2. Gregory of Nazianzus (Catholic Church)
  3. John the Good
  4. Macarius of Alexandria
  5. Blessed Marie Anne Blondin
  6. Seraphim of Sarov (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  7. Theodore of Marseille
  8. Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah (Episcopal Church)
  9. January 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)