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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *46 BC &ndash; Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.<ref>{{cite book|author=Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh|title=A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A-DQAAAAMAAJ|year=1902|publisher=Macmillan}}</ref> * 871 &ndash; Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army.<ref name="auto">{{cite book|author=Mark Grossman|title=World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSJoaugn2h8C&pg=PA13|year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-7477-8|pages=13}}</ref>

===1601–1900=== *1642 &ndash; English Civil War: King Charles I, accompanied by 400 soldiers, attempts to arrest five members of Parliament for treason, only to discover the men had been tipped off and fled.<ref>{{cite book|last=Miller|first=John|title=The Stuarts|location=London|publisher=Hambledon and London|date=2006|isbn=9781852855451|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHyjdrLDf7IC|page=30|access-date=2023-01-04|archive-date=2023-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102074335/https://books.google.com/books?id=YHyjdrLDf7IC|url-status=live}}</ref> *1649 &ndash; English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.<ref>{{cite book|author=Corinne Weston|title=English Constitutional Theory and the House of Lords 1556-1832 (Routledge Revivals)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z5haBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38|date=22 January 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-97269-0|pages=38}}</ref> *1717 &ndash; The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge Modern History |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283068 |year=1907 |publisher=CUP Archive |page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283068/page/n54 27]}}</ref> *1762 &ndash; Great Britain declares war on Spain, which meant the entry of Spain into the Seven Years' War.<ref>{{cite book|author=Junius P. Rodriguez|title=The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qs7GAwwdzyQC&pg=PA118|year=2002|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-188-5|pages=118}}</ref> *1798 &ndash; Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.<ref>Anton Caragea, "Ceasul cel mare al lui Constantin Hangerli" ("Constantin Hangerli's Big Hour"), in ''Magazin Istoric'', December 2000</ref> *1844 &ndash; The first issue of the Swedish-languaged ''Saima'' newspaper founded by J. V. Snellman is published in Kuopio, Finland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/titles/1457-456X/data?set_language=en|title=Saima|work=Digital Collections|publisher=The National Library of Finland|access-date=22 January 2024|archive-date=22 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122145626/https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/titles/1457-456X/data?set_language=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://snellman.kootutteokset.fi/en/dokumentit/saima-nro-1-411844|title=Saima nro 1, 4.1.1844|work=Selected Works of J V. Snellman|access-date=22 January 2024|archive-date=22 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122145845/https://snellman.kootutteokset.fi/en/dokumentit/saima-nro-1-411844|url-status=live}}</ref> *1853 &ndash; After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir ''Twelve Years a Slave'' later becomes a national bestseller.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-york-times-1853-coverage-solomon-northup-hero-12-years-slave-180949944/|title=The New York Times' 1853 Coverage of Solomon Northup, the Hero of "12 Years A Slave"|date=3 March 2014|author=Joseph Stromberg|website=Smithsonian Magazine|access-date=31 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531175044/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-york-times-1853-coverage-solomon-northup-hero-12-years-slave-180949944/|archive-date=31 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *1854 &ndash; The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''.<ref>{{cite book|author=William James Mills|title=Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYdBH4dOOM4C&pg=PA291|year=2003|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-422-0|pages=291}}</ref> *1863 &ndash; The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.<ref>''Teacher's Manual for Religious Instruction in the New Apostolic Church Vol 3.'', NAKI 2001</ref> *1878 &ndash; Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule.<ref>{{cite book|author=Stanley Sandler|title=Ground Warfare: An International Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_xxOM85bD8C&pg=PA690|year=2002|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-344-5|pages=690|access-date=2019-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911170727/https://books.google.com/books?id=L_xxOM85bD8C&pg=PA690|archive-date=2015-09-11|url-status=live}}</ref> *1884 &ndash; The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |author=A. M. McBriar |title=Fabian Socialism and English Politics, 1884-1918 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olQ4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA3 |year=1962 |publisher=CUP Archive |page=3}}</ref> *1885 &ndash; Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.<ref>Lecomte, J., Lang-Son: combats, retraite et négociations (Paris, 1895). p. 169–71</ref> *1896 &ndash; Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.<ref>{{cite book|author=CHARLES MORRIS|title=The Greater Republic: A History of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5KSg1g7ZnyQC&pg=PT814|year=1899|publisher=Library of Alexandria|isbn=978-1-4655-0887-4|pages=814}}</ref>

===1901–present=== *1903 &ndash; Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film ''Electrocuting an Elephant'' of Topsy's death.<ref>Daly, Michael (2013). Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked-tailed Elephant, P.T. Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison, page 282</ref> *1909 &ndash; Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Beau Riffenburgh|last= Riffenburgh|first=Beau|title= Nimrod|publisher= Bloomsbury Publications|location= London|year= 2004|isbn= 0-7475-7253-4 |pages=266}}</ref> *1912 &ndash; The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scoutdocs.ca/Scouts_Canada_Act/Royal_Charter.php|title=Royal Charter of The Boy Scouts Association|website=Scouts Canada|access-date=14 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025134620/https://scoutdocs.ca/Scouts_Canada_Act/Royal_Charter.php|archive-date=25 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> *1918 &ndash; The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.<ref>{{cite book|author=Suzanne Lalonde|title=Determining Boundaries in a Conflicted World: The Role of Uti Possidetis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x7qEqVpq9poC&pg=PA66|date=6 December 2002|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-2424-8|pages=66}}</ref> *1944 &ndash; World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.<ref>{{cite book|title=Anything, Anywhere, Anytime: An Illustrated History of the Military Airlift Command, 1941-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2HpZ11L1Md8C|year=1991|publisher=Headquarters Military Airlift Command|page=52}}</ref> *1946 &ndash; The first day of a three-day "disastrous" tornado outbreak across the south-central United States leaves 41 people dead and at least 412 others injured.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=L. H. Seamon (U.S. Weather Bureau) |title=Preliminary Report on Tornadoes in the United States During 1946 |journal=Monthly Weather Review |date=1 December 1946 |volume=74 |issue=12 |pages=211–213 |doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1946)074<0211:PROTIT>2.0.CO;2 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Laura V. Wolford (U.S. Office of Climatology) |author2=Frederick H. Mueller (Secretary of Commerce) |author3=F. W. Reichelderfer (Chief of U.S. Weather Bureau) |title=Tornado Occurrences in the United States |url=https://www.weather.gov/media/owp/oh/hdsc/docs/TP20.pdf |publisher=Department of Commerce |access-date=22 April 2023 |pages=22–25 |date=1960 |archive-date=22 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422185622/https://www.weather.gov/media/owp/oh/hdsc/docs/TP20.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *1948 &ndash; Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic.<ref>{{cite book|author=Bertil Lintner|title=Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency since 1948|url=https://archive.org/details/burmainrevoltopi0000lint|url-access=registration|date=1 May 1999|publisher=Silkworm Books|isbn=978-1-63041-184-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/burmainrevoltopi0000lint/page/11 11]}}</ref> *1951 &ndash; Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time.<ref>{{cite book|title=New Encyclop3Œdia Britannica: Macrop3Œdia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvsaAQAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Encyclop3Œdia Britannica|page=501|isbn = 9780852296332}}</ref> *1956 &ndash; The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.<ref>{{cite book|title=Political Handbook of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r8ISAAAAIAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Center for Comparative Political Research of the State University of New York at Binghamton and for the Council on Foreign Relations|page=89}}</ref> *1958 &ndash; Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anil K. Maini|author2=Varsha Agrawal|title=Satellite Technology: Principles and Applications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qw7ECiEvy5kC&pg=PA8|date=29 January 2007|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-03335-7|pages=8}}</ref> *1959 &ndash; ''Luna 1'' becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-012A|title=Luna 1|website=NASA|access-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602031816/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-012A|archive-date=2 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *1965 &ndash; Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20 crashes on approach to Alma-Ata Airport, killing 64 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18B CCCP-75685 Alma-Ata Airport (ALA) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650104-1 |access-date=2017-12-26 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> *1967 &ndash; The Doors released their eponymous debut album.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Doors |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/45347-The-Doors-The-Doors?srsltid=AfmBOoozpRWYTL_FTGS7leh3mYJHYFtk4cZuRtvsQt0guxDQQn6YuGhn |access-date=2026-01-04 |website=Discogs}}</ref> *1972 &ndash; Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/hilary-heilbron-writing-life-story-3333354|title=Hilary Heilbron on writing the life story of her mother – the late Liverpool legal pioneer Dame Rose Heilbron|last=Shennan|first=Paddy|date=2012-10-26|work=liverpoolecho|access-date=2018-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204535/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/hilary-heilbron-writing-life-story-3333354|archive-date=2018-11-25|url-status=live}}</ref> *1975 &ndash; This date overflowed the 12-bit field that had been used in TOPS-10. There were numerous problems and crashes related to this bug while an alternative format was developed.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Neumann|first=Peter G.|date=1987-02-02|title=The RISKS Digest, Volume 4 Issue 45|url=https://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/4.45.html|access-date=2021-07-20|website=The RISKS Digest, Volume 4 Issue 45|volume=4|issue=45|archive-date=2021-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720061243/http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/4.45.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *1976 &ndash; The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.<ref>{{cite book|title=Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women, and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781840182279|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Mainstream|isbn=978-1-84018-227-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781840182279/page/610 610]}}</ref> *1987 &ndash; The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train ''en route'' to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.<ref>{{cite book|title=Special Report: Rail Emergencies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JqGZj1QYZIUC&pg=PA16|publisher=FEMA|pages=16|id=GGKEY:2HTT9LF787X}}</ref> *1989 &ndash; 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.<ref>* Stanik, Joseph T. ''El Dorado Canyon: Reagan’s Undeclared War with Qaddafi''. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2003, page 228. {{ISBN|978-1-55750-983-3}}</ref> *1990 &ndash; In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/05/world/at-least-210-die-in-pakistan-s-worst-rail-crash.html|title=At Least 210 Die in Pakistan's Worst Rail Crash|date=5 January 1990|website=New York Times (archive)|access-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617113424/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/05/world/at-least-210-die-in-pakistan-s-worst-rail-crash.html|archive-date=17 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *1998 &ndash; A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Burlington, Vermont National Weather Service|title=10th Anniversary of the Devastating 1998 Ice Storm in the Northeast|year=2008|publisher=NOAA|access-date=July 16, 2008|url=http://www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/events/IceStorm1998/ice98.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511204226/http://www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/events/IceStorm1998/ice98.shtml|archive-date=May 11, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> *1999 &ndash; Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/jan99/ventura5.htm?|title=In Minnesota, Pomp and Pep Rally|date=January 5, 1999|author=Jon Jeter|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408213051/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/jan99/ventura5.htm|archive-date=8 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> *2000 &ndash; A Norwegian passenger train departing from Trondheim, collides with a local train coming from Hamar in Åsta in Åmot Municipality; 19 people are killed and 68 injured in the accident.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gulowsen |first1=Jon |last2=Ryggvik |first2=Helge |title=Jernbanen i Norge 1854–2004: Ny tider og gamle spor 1940–2004 |publisher=Vogmostad & Bjørke |location=Bergen |year=2004 |language=Norwegian |isbn=82-419-0332-4}}</ref> *2004 &ndash; ''Spirit'', a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/details.php?id=5917|title=Mars Exploration Rover - Spirit|website=NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903114938/https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/details.php?id=5917|archive-date=3 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2004 &ndash; Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1051169.html|title=Georgia's Saakashvili Vows To Fight Corruption|date=6 January 2004|newspaper=Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616143640/https://www.rferl.org/a/1051169.html|archive-date=16 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *2006 &ndash; Ehud Olmert becomes acting Prime Minister of Israel after the incumbent, Ariel Sharon, suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke.<ref>{{cite book|author1=United Nations|author2=United Nations Publications|title=Report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ST-2XZ-C-IgC&pg=PA6|date=November 2006|publisher=United Nations Publications|isbn=978-92-1-810275-1|pages=6}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *2007 &ndash; The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/technology/2007/01/04/pelosi-sworn-in-as-first-woman-speaker-of-the-house/32917f2c-c075-4d7a-b404-90e8c9fe7cea/|title=Pelosi Sworn in as First Woman Speaker of the House|date=January 4, 2007|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 22, 2019|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122145116/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/technology/2007/01/04/pelosi-sworn-in-as-first-woman-speaker-of-the-house/32917f2c-c075-4d7a-b404-90e8c9fe7cea/|archive-date=January 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *2008 &ndash; A Let L-410 Turbolet crashes in the Los Roques Archipelago in Venezuela, killing 14 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Let L-410UVP-E3 YV2081 Los Roques Airport (LRV)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080104-0|access-date=2022-01-03|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-date=2020-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121210408/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080104-0|url-status=live}}</ref> *2010 &ndash; The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0105/World-s-tallest-building-What-s-it-worth-to-have-the-Dubai-tower-and-what-should-people-call-it|title=World's tallest building: What's it worth to have the Dubai tower&nbsp;– and what should people call it?|last=Huang|first=Carol|date=5 January 2010|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor|access-date=6 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105174823/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0105/World-s-tallest-building-What-s-it-worth-to-have-the-Dubai-tower-and-what-should-people-call-it|archive-date=5 January 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> *2013 &ndash; A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/04/world/asia/philippines-shooting/index.html|title=Gunman kills 9 in house-to-house rampage in Philippine town|date=4 January 2013|author=Tim Schwarz and Jethro Mullen|website=CNN|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616143643/https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/04/world/asia/philippines-shooting/index.html|archive-date=16 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *2018 &ndash; Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash: A passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collides with a truck on a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa. Twenty people are killed and 260 injured.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/four-dead-and-hundreds-injured-in-south-africa-train-crash-11195032 |title=14 dead and up to 100 injured in South Africa train crash |first=Alix |last=Culbertson |newspaper=Sky News |access-date=4 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330075824/https://news.sky.com/story/four-dead-and-hundreds-injured-in-south-africa-train-crash-11195032 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> *2019 &ndash; A fire in an escape room in Koszalin, Poland, kills five teenagers through carbon monoxide poisoning.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Palin |first=Megan |date=6 January 2019 |title=Five girls locked in home-based escape room died from 'asphyxiation' |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/five-girls-locked-in-home-based-escape-room-died-from-asphyxiation/MHDLSQRH4FYPRBVVCSZGITQSXM/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |website=The New Zealand Herald}}</ref>

==Births==

===Pre-1600=== * 659 &ndash; Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (died 680)<ref name="Sharif al-Qarashi 2000 14">{{cite book|last=Sharif al-Qarashi|first=Baqir|year=2000|url=https://www.al-islam.org/printpdf/book/export/html/38883|title=The Life of Imām Zayn al-Abidin (as)|others=Translated by Jasim al-Rasheed|location=Iraq|publisher=Ansariyan Publications|page=14|access-date=2023-02-17|archive-date=2024-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514072744/https://www.al-islam.org/printpdf/book/export/html/38883|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://al-islam.org/masoom/bios/4thimam2.html|title=Imam Ali Ibn al Husayn (as)|work=Al-Islam.org|date=6 December 2012|access-date=4 July 2015|archive-date=10 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610082511/http://www.al-islam.org/masoom/bios/4thimam2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *1077 &ndash; Emperor Zhezong of China (died 1100)<ref>{{cite book|author=Alfreda Murck|title=Poetry and Painting in Song China: The Subtle Art of Dissent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1eGqk66tvsQC&pg=PA326|date=April 2002|publisher=Harvard Univ Asia Center|isbn=978-0-674-00782-6|pages=326}}</ref> *1334 &ndash; Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (died 1383)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward|author2=William Leist Readwin Cates|title=Encyclopaedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cqoyEa3Ztu0C&pg=PA65|year=1872|publisher=Lee and Shepard|pages=65}}</ref> *1467 &ndash; Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (died 1538)<ref>{{Cite ADB|36|327|329|Stolberg-Wernigerode, Botho III, Graf zu|Eduard Jacobs|Wikisource title|language=de}}</ref> *1581 &ndash; James Ussher, Irish archbishop and historian (died 1656)<ref>{{cite book|author=R. Buick Knox|title=James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RYtCAQAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=University of Wales Press|page=7}}</ref>

===1601–1900=== *1643 (NS) &ndash; Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist (died 1726/27)<ref>{{cite book|author=Patrick Hamill|title=Intermediate Dynamics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G1GhFvSiNsUC&pg=PA80|date=11 January 2012|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers|isbn=978-1-4496-8267-5|pages=80}}</ref> *1654 &ndash; Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (died 1742)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://runeberg.org/nfcc/0275.html|title=Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 23. Retzius - Ryssland|website=runeberg.org|access-date=25 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417005428/http://runeberg.org/nfcc/0275.html|archive-date=17 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *1672 &ndash; Hugh Boulter, English-Irish archbishop (died 1742)<ref>{{cite book|title=The List of the Queen's Scholars of St. Peter's College, Westminster|url=https://archive.org/details/listqueensschol00welcgoog|year=1852|publisher=G.W. Ginger|pages=[https://archive.org/details/listqueensschol00welcgoog/page/n51 30]}}</ref> *1710 &ndash; Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist (died 1736)<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Baker|title=Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDy-MtS9mvgC&pg=PA297|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30827-7|pages=297}}</ref> *1720 &ndash; Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (died 1774)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Agricola, Johann Friedrich |volume= 01 | page = 387; lines one and two |quote=....was born at Dobitschen in Saxe-Altenburg, on the 4th of January 1720}}</ref> *1731 &ndash; Karl Abraham Zedlitz, Prussian minister of education (died 1793)<ref>{{Cite ADB|44|744|748|Zedlitz, Karl Abraham Freiherr von |Rethwisch, Conrad |ADB:Zedlitz, Karl Abraham Freiherr von}}</ref> *1737 – Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, chemist (died 1816)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Smeaton |first=W. A. |date=1967 |title=Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau, F.R.S. (1737-1816) and His Relations with British Scientists |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/531192 |journal=Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London |volume=22 |issue=1/2 |pages=113–130 |doi=10.1098/rsnr.1967.0011 |jstor=531192 |issn=0035-9149}}</ref> *1785 &ndash; Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (died 1863)<ref>{{cite book|title=The English Cyclopædia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_7dCAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA210|year=1856|publisher=Bradbury and Evans|pages=209}}</ref> *1809 &ndash; Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (died 1852)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bhushan Punani|author2=Nandini Rawal|title=Visual Handicap: Hand Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=43baAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1993|publisher=Ashish Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7024-596-4|page=127}}</ref> *1813 &ndash; Isaac Pitman, English linguist and educator (died 1897)<ref>{{cite book|title=Browne's Phonographic Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXt763A6RR8C&pg=PA43|year=1877|publisher=D. L. Scott-Browne|pages=43}}</ref> *1832 &ndash; George Tryon, English admiral (died 1893)<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I82Q_JiPn9UC|year=1993|publisher=J. Bale, Sons, & Danielsson|page=91}}</ref> *1838 &ndash; General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (died 1883)<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Alden|title=Alden's illustrated family miscellany &#91;afterw.&#93; record, and Oxford monthly advertiser, publ. by H. Alden|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6nUOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT76|year=1864|pages=76}}</ref> *1839 &ndash; Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer (died 1896)<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc|title=The New Encyclopaedia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qH4xAQAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|isbn=978-0-85229-633-2|page=139|access-date=2019-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416130243/https://books.google.com/books?id=qH4xAQAAIAAJ|archive-date=2017-04-16|url-status=live}}</ref> *1848 &ndash; Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1913)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Mayako Shimamoto|author2=Koji Ito|author3=Yoneyuki Sugita|title=Historical Dictionary of Japanese Foreign Policy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g8PyCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA152|date=1 July 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-5067-3|pages=152}}</ref> *1858 &ndash; Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1946)<ref>{{cite book|author=Lyon Gardiner Tyler|title=Men of Mark in Virginia: Ideals of American Life; a Collection of Biographies of the Leading Men in the State|url=https://archive.org/details/menmarkinvirgin01unkngoog|year=1906|publisher=Men of Mark Publishing Company|page=311}}</ref> *1864 &ndash; Clara Emilia Smitt, Swedish doctor and author (died 1928)<ref>Sveriges dödbok 1901–2013, (Version 6.0) Sveriges släktforskarförbund (2014) {{ISBN|9187676648}} (in Swedish)</ref> *1869 &ndash; Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and umpire (died 1960)<ref>{{cite book|author=Contemporary Books|title=Chase's sports calendar of events: 1997|year=1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t1vS43orTU0C|publisher=Contemporary Books|page=1|isbn=9780809231331}}</ref> *1874 &ndash; Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (died 1935)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nicolas Slonimsky|title=Music Since 1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W5PlAAAAMAAJ|year=1938|publisher=W.W. Norton, Incorporated|page=483}}</ref> *1877 &ndash; Gibson Gowland, English film actor (died 1951)<ref>{{cite book|last=Katchmer|first=George A.|title=Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland|date=2009|isbn=9780786446933|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ|page=139|postscript=none|access-date=2024-01-04|archive-date=2023-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725084529/https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}; {{cite news|title=Obituary: Gibson Gowland|work=Los Angeles Times|date=14 September 1951|page=12}}</ref> * 1877 &ndash; Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet (died 1943)<ref>{{cite book|author=Townsend Ludington|title=Marsden Hartley: The Biography of an American Artist|url=https://archive.org/details/marsdenhartleybi0000ludi|url-access=registration|year=1998|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=0-8014-8580-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/marsdenhartleybi0000ludi/page/15 15]}}</ref> *1878 &ndash; A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer (died 1957)<ref>{{cite book|author=Louis Untermeyer|title=Modern British poetry: a critical anthology|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.215174|year=1942|publisher=Harcourt, Brace & World}}</ref> * 1878 &ndash; Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator (died 1961)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Augustus John|author2=Malcolm Easton|author3=Michael Holroyd|title=The Art of Augustus John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kr7pAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=David R. Godine|isbn=978-0-87923-113-2}}</ref> *1881 &ndash; Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (died 1919)<ref>{{cite book|author=August Hoff|title=Wilhelm Lehmbruck: Life and Work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vL1CAAAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Praeger}}</ref> *1883 &ndash; Max Eastman, American author and poet (died 1969)<ref>{{cite book|title=The WRITER and his CRAFT|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jkDnpcB7CgcC|year=1954}}</ref> * 1883 &ndash; Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (died 1961)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Klaas Van Berkel|author2=Albert Van Helden|author3=L. C. Palm|title=The History of Science in the Netherlands: Survey, Themes and Reference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1jwjTsRu6AMC&pg=PA603|year=1999|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-10006-7|pages=603}}</ref> *1884 &ndash; Guy Pène du Bois, American painter, critic, and educator (died 1958)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Carl Medford|title=Guy Pène Du Bois|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ib5NAAAAYAAJ|year=1940|publisher=Washington county museum of fine arts|page=13}}</ref> *1889 &ndash; M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India (died 1963)<ref>{{cite book|author=G.A. Natesan|title=The Indian Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gG_jAAAAMAAJ|year=1951|publisher=G.A. Natesan & Company|page=605}}</ref> *1891 &ndash; Edward Brooker, English-Australian sergeant and politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (died 1948)<ref>R. P. Davis, [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/brooker-william-edward-9590 'Brooker, William Edward (1891 - 1948)'] , ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, p. 265.</ref> *1895 &ndash; Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. (died 1982)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert B. MacKay|author2=Geoffrey Louis Rossano|title=Between Ocean and Empire: An Illustrated History of Long Island|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XvcpAQAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Windsor Publications|isbn=9780897811439}}</ref> *1896 &ndash; Everett Dirksen, American politician (died 1969)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harvard Sitkoff|title=Postwar America: A Student Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eU_nCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA86|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-510300-7|pages=86}}</ref> * 1896 &ndash; André Masson, French painter and illustrator (died 1987)<ref>{{cite book|author=Wayne Andrews|title=The Surrealist Parade|url=https://archive.org/details/surrealistparade00andr|url-access=registration|year=1990|publisher=New Directions Publishing|isbn=978-0-8112-1126-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/surrealistparade00andr/page/88 88]}}</ref> *1897 &ndash; Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China (died 1965)<ref>{{cite book|author=Pak-Wah Leung|title=Political Leaders of Modern China: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lpR8yKWjHRQC&pg=PA13|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30216-9|pages=13}}</ref> *1900 &ndash; James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (died 1989)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1QYAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-1-55862-056-8|page=82}}</ref>

===1901–present=== *1901 &ndash; C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist (died 1989)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Selwyn Reginald Cudjoe|author2=William E. Cain|title=C.L.R. James: His Intellectual Legacies|url=https://archive.org/details/clrjameshisintel00cudj|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Univ of Massachusetts Press|isbn=0-87023-907-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/clrjameshisintel00cudj/page/3 3]}}</ref> *1902 &ndash; John A. McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence (died 1991)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ralph Weber|title=Spymasters: Ten CIA Officers in Their Own Words|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTbFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA219|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4616-4257-2|pages=219}}</ref> *1903 &ndash; Georg Elser, German carpenter and attempted assassin of Adolf Hitler (died 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Georg Elser |url=https://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index_of_persons/biographie/view-bio/georg-elser/ |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=www.gdw-berlin.de}}</ref> *1913 &ndash; Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (died 2007)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Brij V. Lal|author2=Kate Fortune|title=The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5pPpJl8E5wC&pg=PA282|year=2000|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2265-1|pages=282}}</ref> *1916 &ndash; Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer (died 1989)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1QYAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-1-55862-056-8|page=142}}</ref> * 1916 &ndash; Robert Parrish, American actor and director (died 1995)<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter Noble|title=International Film and TV Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZpmAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Screen International, King Publications Limited|page=344}}</ref> *1920 &ndash; William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (died 1996)<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Story|title=The New Underworld Order: Triumph of Criminalism the Global Hegemony of Masonic Intelligence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9fs2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA115|year=2006|publisher=Stranger Journalism|isbn=978-1-899798-05-6|pages=115}}</ref> * 1920 &ndash; Rosalie Crutchley, British actress (died 1997)<ref name=vallance>{{cite news|last=Vallance|first=Tom|title=Obituary: Rosalie Crutchley|work=The Independent|date=1 August 1997|accessdate=4 January 2024|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/obituary-rosalie-crutchley-5556602.html|archive-date=26 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326114622/https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/obituary-rosalie-crutchley-5556602.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *1924 &ndash; Marianne Werner, German shot putter (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite sports-reference |title = Marianne Werner |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/marianne-werner-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175411/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/marianne-werner-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 12 October 2018}}</ref> *1925 &ndash; Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (died 2003)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bud Greenspan|author2=Cappy Petrash Greenspan|title=Numero uno|url=https://archive.org/details/numerouno00gree|url-access=registration|date=March 1982|publisher=New American Library|isbn=978-0-451-11760-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/numerouno00gree/page/69 69]}}</ref> *1927 &ndash; Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 2013)<ref>{{cite book|author=Canada. Royal Commission on Corporate Concentration|title=Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RuANtG40CzwC|year=1977|publisher=Printing and Publishing, Supply and Services Canada|isbn=978-0-660-00460-0|page=16}}</ref> * 1927 &ndash; Barbara Rush, American actress (died 2024)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jack Ward|title=Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRQbAQAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-89950-807-8|page=451}}</ref> *1929 &ndash; Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician (died 2015)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2015/11/07/one-little-word|title=One little word - Obituary: Günter Schabowski|date=7 November 2015|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801225229/https://www.economist.com/obituary/2015/11/07/one-little-word|url-status=live}}</ref> *1930 &ndash; Sorrell Booke, American actor and director (died 1994)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jack Ward|title=Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRQbAQAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-89950-807-8|page=67}}</ref> * 1930 &ndash; Don Shula, American football player and coach (died 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29132028/dolphins-hall-fame-coach-don-shula-dies-90|title=Dolphins Hall of Fame coach Shula dies at 90|date=May 4, 2020|website=ESPN.com|access-date=May 4, 2020|archive-date=May 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504181353/https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29132028/dolphins-hall-fame-coach-don-shula-dies-90|url-status=live}}</ref> *1931 &ndash; William Deane, Australian judge and politician, 22nd Governor-General of Australia<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in Australia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=axgxAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Herald and Weekly Times|page=1}}</ref> * 1931 &ndash; Nora Iuga, Romanian poet, writer and translator<ref>{{cite web |title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79052939.html |website=id.loc.gov |access-date=10 January 2020 |archive-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901105849/http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79052939.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *1932 &ndash; Carlos Saura, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goodfellow |first1=Melanie |title=Carlos Saura Dies: Iconic Spanish Director Was 91 |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/carlos-saura-die-iconic-spanish-director-was-91-1235255826/ |website=Deadline |access-date=13 February 2023 |date=10 February 2023 |archive-date=12 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212134555/https://deadline.com/2023/02/carlos-saura-die-iconic-spanish-director-was-91-1235255826/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1932 &ndash; Clint Hill, American Secret Service agent (died 2025)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clint Hill |url=https://www.governor.nd.gov/theodore-roosevelt-rough-rider-award/clint-hill |website=North Dakota Governor's Office |access-date=25 February 2025}}</ref> *1934 &ndash; Rudolf Schuster, Slovak politician, 2nd President of Slovakia<ref>{{cite book|author1=Roger East|author2=Richard J. Thomas|author3=Richard Thomas|title=Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mz-fXRsedPMC&pg=PA466|year=2003|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-126-1|pages=466}}</ref> *1935 &ndash; Floyd Patterson, American boxer (died 2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/may/12/guardianobituaries.usa1|title=Floyd Patterson|date=12 May 2006|author=Mike Lewis|website=The Guardian|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803014326/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/may/12/guardianobituaries.usa1|archive-date=3 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> *1937 &ndash; Grace Bumbry, American operatic soprano (died 2023)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jan Onofrio|title=Missouri Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0oOueph_raYC&pg=PA108|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc.|isbn=978-0-403-09598-8|pages=108}}</ref> * 1937 &ndash; Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|author=Earl Blackwell|title=Celebrity Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfsZAAAAYAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Harper & Row|page=81|isbn=9780961547608}}</ref> *1938 &ndash; Jim Norton, Irish stage, film and television actor<ref>{{cite book|last1=Willis|first1=John|last2=Hodges|first2=Ben|title=Theatre World. Vol. 58: 2001-2002|location=New York|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|date=2004|isbn=9781557836250|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-btschPC0YC|page=262|access-date=2024-01-04|archive-date=2023-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709213909/https://books.google.com/books?id=7-btschPC0YC|url-status=live}}</ref> *1938 &ndash; Eberhard Wagner, German academic, linguist and author<ref name="LCCN">{{cite web |title=Wagner, Eberhard, 1938-, Das fränkische Dialektbuch |url=https://lccn.loc.gov/87146664 |website=Library of Congress |access-date=2024-05-08 |archive-date=2024-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508185636/https://lccn.loc.gov/87146664 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1940 &ndash; Brian Josephson, Welsh physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>{{cite book|author=International Publications Service|title=International Who's Who, 1983-84|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_xJ4R0t9G3oC|date=1 January 1983|publisher=Europa Publications Limited|isbn=978-0-905118-86-4|page=672}}</ref> * 1940 &ndash; Gao Xingjian, Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>{{cite book|author=Sy Ren Quah|title=Gao Xingjian and Transcultural Chinese Theater|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CPFVYgySlUC&pg=PA4|year=2004|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2629-1|pages=4}}</ref> *1941 &ndash; George P. Cosmatos, Italian-Canadian director and screenwriter (died 2005)<ref name="Noble1979">{{cite book|author=Peter Noble|title=Screen International Film and TV Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZxmAAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Screen International, King Publications Limited|page=374}}</ref> * 1941 &ndash; Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician (died 1999)<ref>{{cite book|title=Irrigation and Power|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OeJVAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|page=x|access-date=2019-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405064129/http://books.google.com/books?id=oEJVAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=2015-04-05|url-status=live}}</ref> *1942 &ndash; Bolaji Akinyemi, Nigerian political scientist, academic, and politician<ref>{{cite book|title=Nigeria, the Handbook Review 1987: Nigeria Undergoes Structural Adjustment and Prepares for Growth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6poPAQAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Patike Communications Limited|page=237}}</ref> * 1942 &ndash; Jim Downing, American race car driver and inventor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/jim-downing/|title=Jim Downing &#124; Racing career profile &#124; Driver Database|website=driverdb.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030054917/https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/jim-downing/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1942 &ndash; John McLaughlin, English guitarist and songwriter<ref>{{cite book|author1=Pete Prown|author2=Harvey P. Newquist|title=Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60Jde3l7WNwC&pg=PA123|year=1997|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-7935-4042-6|pages=123}}</ref> *1943 &ndash; Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author<ref>{{cite book|author=Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf|title=American women writers: a critical reference guide : from colonial times to the present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-0UAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-431-3|page=123}}</ref> * 1943 &ndash; Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author and educator<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebookerprizes.com/resources/media/pressreleases/man-booker-international-prize-2019-longlist-announced|title=The Man Booker International Prize 2019 longlist announced|website=The Booker Prizes|access-date=27 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727155823/https://thebookerprizes.com/resources/media/pressreleases/man-booker-international-prize-2019-longlist-announced|archive-date=27 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *1944 &ndash; Gary Stevens, Australian rugby league player (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/gary-stevens/summary.html|title=Gary Stevens - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2018-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110015806/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/gary-stevens/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1944 &ndash; Alan Sutherland, New Zealand rugby player (died 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/newzealand/rugby/player/7662.html|title=Alan Richard Sutherland|website=ESPN scrum|access-date=2021-02-23|archive-date=2013-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510055048/http://www.espnscrum.com/newzealand/rugby/player/7662.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *1945 &ndash; Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian (died 2022)<ref>{{citation| url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/5107a38a-f826-41da-9ed9-ccac1d4cda1c| title=Vesa-Matti Loiri, 77, on kuollut| access-date=10 August 2022| work=Iltalehti| language=fi| archive-date=10 August 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810091841/https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/5107a38a-f826-41da-9ed9-ccac1d4cda1c| url-status=live}}</ref> * 1945 &ndash; Richard R. Schrock, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2005/schrock/facts/|title=Richard R. Schrock|website=Nobel Prize|date=2005|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403115414/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2005/schrock/facts/|archive-date=3 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *1946 &ndash; Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)<ref>{{cite book|author=Zell Miller|title=They Heard Georgia Singing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7kv8EdRRkiQC&pg=PA88|year=1996|publisher=Mercer University Press|isbn=978-0-86554-504-5|pages=88}}</ref> *1947 &ndash; Chris Cutler, English percussionist, lyricist and music theorist<ref name=Larkin>{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWoZAQAAIAAJ |year=2002 |edition=3rd revised |publisher=Virgin |page=175 |isbn=978-1-85227-947-9}}</ref> * 1947 &ndash; Marie-Thérèse Letablier, French sociologist and academic<ref>{{cite web |title= Letablier, Marie-Thérèse |url= http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95100066.html |publisher= Library of Congress |access-date= 10 February 2015 |quote= data sheet (born 1/4/1947) |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150210212235/http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95100066.html |archive-date= 10 February 2015 |url-status= live }}</ref> *1948 &ndash; Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (died 1992)<ref>{{cite journal|author=Bakounakis, Nikos|title=There are still some ethical heroes left|journal=To Vima|date=12 January 2003}}</ref> * 1948 &ndash; Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (died 2021)<ref name="repubCisse20110404">[http://www.maliweb.net/category.php?NID=73513 Mme Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, nouveau Premier ministre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406041445/http://www.maliweb.net/category.php?NID=73513|date=6 April 2011}}. Le Républicain. 4 April 2011.</ref> *1949 &ndash; Mick Mills, English footballer and manager<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/|title=Mick MILLS - League appearances. - Southampton FC|website=Sporting Heroes|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2017-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203164511/http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/coventry-city-fc/youssef-safri-11212/league-appearances_a17894/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1949 &ndash; Bwanga Tshimen, Congolese footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/tshimen-buhanga/106656/|title=Congo DR - B. Tshimen - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com|access-date=2024-02-08|archive-date=2024-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208204212/https://us.soccerway.com/players/tshimen-buhanga/106656/|url-status=live}}</ref> *1950 &ndash; Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (died 2013)<ref>{{cite book|author=Pharida Kabira|title=Pañcāsa Bacharera Premera Kabitā: Bāṃlādeśa O Paścimabāṃlāra Kabitāra Panḍulipi Saṃkalana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YndjAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Signorinā|page=48}}</ref> *1953 &ndash; Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer<ref>{{cite book|title=Copa Libertadores de América, 30 años|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35ENAAAAYAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol|page=318}}</ref> *1954 &ndash; Rob Kerin, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of South Australia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.sa.gov.au/Detail.aspx?pid=544|title=Member of Parliament Details|website=members.parliament.sa.gov.au|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128050426/https://members.parliament.sa.gov.au/Detail.aspx?pid=544|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1954 &ndash; Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon<ref>{{cite book|author=Daryl Easlea|title=Crazy in Love: The Beyoncé Knowles Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FeiaAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT12|date=3 July 2000|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-723-5|pages=12}}</ref> *1956 &ndash; Tom Borton, American jazz saxophonist, songwriter and composer (died 2011)<ref>{{cite web | title = Thomas William Borton | work = Legacy.com | url = https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/thomas-borton-obituary?id=20390326 | access-date = January 4, 2024 | archive-date = October 20, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231020162257/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/thomas-borton-obituary?id=20390326 | url-status = live }}</ref> * 1956 &ndash; Zehava Gal-On, Israeli politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=201|title=Zehava Galon|website=Knesset|access-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210183116/https://knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=201|archive-date=10 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1956 &ndash; Ann Magnuson, American actress and performance artist<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Contemporary Books|location=Chicago|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1NnUNBh6jIAC|date=1 September 2002|isbn=978-0-07-139098-9|page=75}}</ref> * 1956 &ndash; Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref>{{cite book|author=Colin Larkin|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=crs7AQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Virgin|isbn=978-0-7535-0427-7|page=142}}</ref> *1957 &ndash; Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite book|author=Kurt Wolff|title=Country Music: The Rough Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Jorozp1yp4C&pg=PA482|year=2000|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-534-4|pages=482}}</ref> *1958 &ndash; Matt Frewer, American-Canadian actor<ref>{{cite book|title=Film Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R3hZAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Orpheus Pub|page=93}}</ref> * 1958 &ndash; Julian Sands, English actor (died 2023)<ref name="AP" /> *1960 &ndash; Gavin Miller, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/gavin-miller/summary.html|title=Gavin Miller - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029015149/https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/gavin-miller/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1960 &ndash; Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's ... Calendar of Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_0KAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-07-139098-9}}</ref> *1961 &ndash; Sidney Green, American basketball player and coach<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/greensi02.html|title=Sidney Green Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2010-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515135105/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/greensi02.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1961 &ndash; Cliff Levingston, American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Cliff Levingston |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77377/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061242/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77377/career |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1961 &ndash; Graham McTavish, Scottish actor and author<ref>{{cite book|last1=Heughan|first1=Sam|last2=McTavish|first2=Graham|title=Clanlands Almanac: Seasonal Stories From Scotland|location=London|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|date=2021|isbn=9781529372182|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y7BCEAAAQBAJ|page=6}}</ref> *1962 &ndash; Joe Kleine, American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Joe Kleine |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/170/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061244/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/170/career |url-status=live }}</ref> *1963 &ndash; Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kathleen J. Edgar|author2=Gale Group|author3=Joshua Kondek|title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_dkAAAAMAAJ|date=October 1998|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-2058-5|page=145}}</ref> * 1963 &ndash; Till Lindemann, German singer, songwriter, and poet<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 4: Jaeden Martell, Dafne Keen |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/04/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-4-Jaeden-Martell-Dafne-Keen/1851672800421/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=3 January 2024 |date=4 January 2023 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106111053/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/04/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-4-Jaeden-Martell-Dafne-Keen/1851672800421/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1963 &ndash; Martina Proeber, German diver<ref>{{cite web |title=Martina PROEBER - Olympic Diving {{!}} German Democratic Republic (1955-1990 |url=https://www.olympic.org/martina-proeber |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=10 January 2020|date=14 June 2016 |archive-date=27 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327105946/https://www.olympic.org/martina-proeber |url-status=live }}</ref> *1964 &ndash; Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashnz.co.nz/high-performance/player-profiles/former-players.cfm?section=damesusandevoy|title=Dame Susan Devoy|website=Squash New Zealand|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201183421/http://squashnz.co.nz/high-performance/player-profiles/former-players.cfm?section=damesusandevoy|archive-date=1 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1964 &ndash; Dot-Marie Jones, American actress and athlete<ref name="AP" /> * 1964 &ndash; Adrian Shelford, New Zealand rugby league player (died 2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/adrian-shelford/summary.html|title=Adrian Shelford - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030213145/https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/adrian-shelford/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *1965 &ndash; Guy Forget, French tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/F035/overview|title=Guy Forget|website=ATP|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702145730/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/F035/overview|archive-date=2 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1965 &ndash; Beth Gibbons, English singer and songwriter<ref>{{AllMusic |id=beth-gibbons-mn0000046220 |title=Beth Gibbons |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref> * 1965 &ndash; Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director<ref>{{cite book|author=Craig Revel Horwood|title=All Balls and Glitter: My Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSTdAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT12|date=21 January 2011|publisher=Michael OMara|isbn=978-1-84317-630-5|pages=12}}</ref> * 1965 &ndash; Julia Ormond, English actress and producer<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rPb1ElsVGl4C|date=30 September 2004|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-146002-6|page=74}}</ref> *1966 &ndash; Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=untabCgOVkgC&pg=PA83|date=16 December 2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-977055-7|pages=83}}</ref> *1967 &ndash; Johnny Nelson, English boxer and sportscaster<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/623|title=BoxRec: Johnny Nelson|website=boxrec.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2016-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831165322/http://boxrec.com/boxer/623|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1967 &ndash; David Toms, American golfer and philanthropist<ref>{{cite book|author=Roger Matuz|title=Inside Sports Golf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AHZYAAAAYAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Visible Ink Press|isbn=978-1-57859-007-0|page=81}}</ref> * 1967 &ndash; David Wilson, Australian rugby player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/david%20john%20wilson|title=David John Wilson &#124; Classic Wallabies|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031124722/https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/david%20john%20wilson|url-status=dead}}</ref> *1969 &ndash; Corie Blount, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Corie Blount |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/916/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061240/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/916/career |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1969 &ndash; Kees van Wonderen, Dutch footballer and manager<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe42923/kees-van-wonderen/|title=Kees van Wonderen|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119043839/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kees-van-wonderen/|url-status=live}}</ref> *1970 &ndash; Josh Stamberg, American actor<ref name="AP" /> *1971 &ndash; Shane Walker, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/shane-walker/summary.html|title=Shane Walker - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2019-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324133727/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/shane-walker/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1971 &ndash; Colin Ward, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/colin-ward/summary.html|title=Colin Ward - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2019-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122094624/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/colin-ward/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *1973 &ndash; Frank Høj, Danish cyclist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/frank-hoj-christensen/overview/start|title=Frank Høj|website=procyclingstats.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101150437/https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/frank-hoj-christensen/overview/start|url-status=live}}</ref> *1974 &ndash; Danilo Hondo, German cyclist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/danilo-hondo/overview/start|title=Danilo Hondo|website=procyclingstats.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2021-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104094147/https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/danilo-hondo/overview/start|url-status=live}}</ref> *1975 &ndash; Shane Carwin, American mixed martial artist and wrestler<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ufcstats.com/fighter-details/68dd7b3783c19f9c|title=Stats &#124; UFC|website=ufcstats.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031224118/http://ufcstats.com/fighter-details/68dd7b3783c19f9c|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1975 &ndash; Paul Watson, English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=8346|title=Paul Watson {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Age 50 {{!}} 1992-2009|website=Soccerbase|access-date=12 April 2025}}</ref> *1976 &ndash; Ted Lilly, American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lillyte01.shtml|title=Ted Lilly Stats|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2009-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131223359/http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lillyte01.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> *1978 &ndash; Dominik Hrbatý, Slovak tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/H377/overview|title=Dominik Hrbaty|website=ATP|access-date=9 July 2019|archive-date=8 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708125701/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/H377/overview|url-status=live}}</ref> *1979 &ndash; Shergo Biran, German footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe386/shergo-biran/|title=Shergo Biran|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031155552/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/shergo-biran/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1979 &ndash; Tristan Gommendy, French racing driver<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/tristan-gommendy/|title=Tristan Gommendy &#124; Racing career profile &#124; Driver Database|website=driverdb.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2022-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214213948/https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/tristan-gommendy/|url-status=live}}</ref> *1980 &ndash; D'Arcy Carden, American actress and comedian<ref name="AP" /> * 1980 &ndash; Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fpf.pt/pt/Jogadores/Jogador/playerId/424588|title=Miguel|website=Federeção Portugesa de Futebol|language=pt|access-date=25 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225182926/http://www.fpf.pt/pt/Jogadores/Jogador/playerId/424588|archive-date=25 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1980 &ndash; Justin Ontong, South African cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46681.html|title=Justin Ontong|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2021-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122043738/https://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46681.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *1982 &ndash; Richard Logan, English footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=15950|title=Richard Logan &#124; Football Stats &#124; No Club &#124; Age 39 &#124; 1998-2013 &#124; Soccer Base|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106050452/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=15950|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1982 &ndash; Danny Sullivan, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/danny-sullivan/summary.html|title=Danny Sullivan - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312110658/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/danny-sullivan/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1982 &ndash; Kang Hye-jung, South Korean actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lecturernews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=161203|title=영화 '허브' "그녀는 일곱살! 강혜정, 배종옥, 정경호 주연"|website=Lecturer News|date=2024-09-07|access-date=2025-02-10|language=ko}}</ref> *1983 &ndash; Will Bynum, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Will Bynum |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101198/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061245/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101198/career |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1983 &ndash; Richard Rankin, Scottish film, television and theatre actor<ref>{{cite news|last=Watson|first=Fay|title=Outlander: How much older is Roger than Brianna in Outlander?|work=The Daily Express|date=8 January 2021|accessdate=4 January 2024|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1381466/Outlander-age-difference-Roger-MacKenzie-Brianna-Fraser-older-evg|archive-date=4 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104183825/https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1381466/Outlander-age-difference-Roger-MacKenzie-Brianna-Fraser-older-evg|url-status=live}}</ref> *1984 &ndash; Javi Fuego, Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Javi Fuego|url=https://www.soccerway.com/player/fuego-javi/QPj1zOEc/|website=Soccerway|access-date=4 January 2026}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; Jiří Hudler, Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jiri Hudler |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jiri-hudler-8470201 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061240/https://www.nhl.com/player/jiri-hudler-8470201 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1985 &ndash; Lenora Crichlow, British actress<ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrity birthdays: Jan. 4|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=4 January 2024|accessdate=4 January 2024|url=https://richmond.com/news/archives/celebrity-birthdays-jan-4/collection_bfa86bfa-3496-5199-9a3e-1708693c9dbf.html#15|archive-date=4 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104152032/https://richmond.com/news/archives/celebrity-birthdays-jan-4/collection_bfa86bfa-3496-5199-9a3e-1708693c9dbf.html#15|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1985 &ndash; Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Kari Aalvik Grimsboe|url=https://www.olympic.org/kari-aalvik-grimsboe|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=16 June 2020|archive-date=27 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327135944/https://www.olympic.org/kari-aalvik-grimsboe|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1985 &ndash; Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=414770|title=Gökhan Gönül|website=Turkish Football Federation|access-date=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201742/http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=414770|archive-date=5 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1985 &ndash; Al Jefferson, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/players/al/jefferson/2744|title=Al Jefferson stats, details, videos, and news|work=NBA.com|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008182640/http://www.nba.com/players/al/jefferson/2744|archive-date=October 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1985 &ndash; Jung Sung-ryong, South Korean footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Jung Sung-ryong|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/sung-ryong-jung/10696/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> * 1985 &ndash; Ross Turnbull, English footballer and coach<ref>{{cite web|title=Ross Turnbull|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/2309/Ross-Turnbull/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> *1986 &ndash; Younès Kaboul, French footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/3508/Younes-Kaboul/overview|title=Younes Kaboul|website=Premier League|access-date=31 December 2019|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005182210/https://www.premierleague.com/players/3508/Younes-Kaboul/overview|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1986 &ndash; Andrei Krauchanka, Belarusian decathlete<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/andrei-krauchanka|title=Andrei KRAUCHANKA - Olympic Athletics &#124; Belarus|date=February 23, 2021|website=International Olympic Committee|access-date=December 31, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031030652/https://www.olympic.org/andrei-krauchanka|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1986 &ndash; Russell Martin, English footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|title=Russell Martin|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4349/Russell-Martin/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> * 1986 &ndash; James Milner, English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/first-team/player/james-milner|title=James Milner|website=Liverpool FC|access-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707010012/https://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/first-team/player/james-milner|archive-date=7 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1986 &ndash; Charlyne Yi, American actor, comedian, musician, and writer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 4, 2023 includes celebrities Patty Loveless, Dafne Keen |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-4-2023-includes-celebrities-patty-loveless-dafne-keen.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=3 January 2024 |date=4 January 2023 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061241/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-4-2023-includes-celebrities-patty-loveless-dafne-keen.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *1987 &ndash; Marissa Coleman, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marissa Coleman |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/835/marissa-coleman |publisher=ESPN |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061241/https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/835/marissa-coleman |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1987 &ndash; Przemysław Tytoń, Polish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Przemysław Tytoń|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/przemyslaw-tyton/17326/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> * 1987 &ndash; Danny Simpson, English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Danny Simpson|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/3157/Danny-Simpson/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> * 1987 &ndash; Kay Voser, Swiss footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe13878/kay-voser/|title=Kay Voser|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030200432/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kay-voser/|url-status=live}}</ref> *1988 &ndash; Anestis Argyriou, Greek footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=57211|title=Anestis Argyriou &#124; Football Stats &#124; Z Bydgoszcz &#124; Age 33 &#124; Soccer Base|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031132905/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=57211|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1988 &ndash; Maximilian Riedmüller, German footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe3235/maximilian-riedmueller/|title=Maximilian Riedmüller|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031080732/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/maximilian-riedmueller/|url-status=live}}</ref> *1989 &ndash; Kevin Pillar, American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Pillar |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/kevin-pillar-607680 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226105336/https://www.mlb.com/player/kevin-pillar-607680 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1989 &ndash; Graham Rahal, American race car driver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Graham_Rahal|title=Graham Rahal|access-date=3 January 2020|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915075446/https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Graham_Rahal|url-status=live}}</ref> *1990 &ndash; Iago Falque, Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/iago-falque-silva/62803/|title=Spain - Iago Falqué - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2021-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303234842/https://int.soccerway.com/players/iago-falque-silva/62803/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1990 &ndash; Raisel Iglesias, Cuban baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Raisel Iglesias |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/raisel-iglesias-628452 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061240/https://www.mlb.com/player/raisel-iglesias-628452 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1990 &ndash; Toni Kroos, German footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realmadrid.com/en/football/squad/toni-kroos|title=Toni Kroos|website=Real Madrid FC|access-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712220615/https://www.realmadrid.com/en/football/squad/toni-kroos|archive-date=12 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1990 &ndash; Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe845/alberto-paloschi/|title=Alberto Paloschi|website=worldfootball.net|date=March 2016|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130020854/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/alberto-paloschi/|url-status=live}}</ref> *1991 &ndash; Charles Melton, American actor<ref name="UPI" /> *1992 &ndash; Kris Bryant, American baseball player<ref>{{Baseballstats|mlb=592178}}</ref> * 1992 &ndash; Quincy Promes, Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Quincy Promes|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/quincy-promes/191107/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> *1993 &ndash; James Michael McAdoo, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=James Michael McAdoo |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203949/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061241/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203949/career |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1993 &ndash; Mahmoud Metwalli, Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Al Ahly SC |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212205323/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1994 &ndash; Derrick Henry, American football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Titans RB Derrick Henry records historic performance on 26th birthday|url=https://titanswire.usatoday.com/2020/01/05/titans-rb-derrick-henry-records-historical-performance-on-26th-birthday/|author=Froyd, Crissy|website=TitansWire.USAToday.com|date=January 5, 2020|access-date=January 11, 2020|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111185704/https://titanswire.usatoday.com/2020/01/05/titans-rb-derrick-henry-records-historical-performance-on-26th-birthday/|url-status=live}}</ref> *1995 &ndash; Sarah Nurse, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Nurse |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/stats/joueur/75 |website=thepwhl.com |access-date=January 3, 2025}}</ref> * 1995 &ndash; Adam Webster, English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Adam Webster|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/9426/Adam-Webster/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> *1996 &ndash; Michael Dickson, Australian gridiron football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Dickson |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3929851/michael-dickson |publisher=ESPN |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061241/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3929851/michael-dickson |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1996 &ndash; Jackson Hastings, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jackson-hastings/summary.html|title=Jackson Hastings - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2019-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222155402/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jackson-hastings/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1996 &ndash; Marcus Ingvartsen, Danish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Marcus Ingvartsen|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/marcus-ingvartsen/269934/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> * 1996 &ndash; Jasmine Paolini, Italian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319280/jasmine-paolini|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Jasmine Paolini|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=16 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016202452/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319280/jasmine-paolini|url-status=live}}</ref> *1997 &ndash; Angeliño, Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Angeliño|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/10467/Angeli%C3%B1o/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=5 January 2025|archive-date=3 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003195226/https://www.premierleague.com/players/10467/Angeli%C3%B1o/overview|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1997 &ndash; Ante Žižić, Croatian basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/players/ante/zizic/1627790|title=NBA|website=NBA.com|access-date=5 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605090041/https://www.nba.com/players/ante/zizic/1627790|archive-date=5 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *1998 &ndash; Coco Jones, American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="UPI" /> * 1998 &ndash; Arnoldas Kulboka, Lithuanian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Arnoldas Kulboka |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629083/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061242/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629083/career |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1998 &ndash; Rodrigo Garro, Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Rodrigo Garro|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/rodrigo-garro/534453/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> * 1998 &ndash; Liza Soberano, Filipina actress<ref>{{cite news|last1=Umerez|first1=Remy|title=Betting on Liza Soberano|url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/10/26/1384457/betting-liza-soberano|access-date=January 16, 2016|work=The Philippine Star|date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924185948/http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/10/26/1384457/betting-liza-soberano|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> *1999 &ndash; Wessam Abou Ali, Palestinian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Wessam Abou Ali|url=https://www.soccerway.com/player/abou-ali-wessam/SUw1FvyG/|website=Soccerway|access-date=4 January 2026}}</ref> * 1999 &ndash; Daniel Arzani, Iranian-Australian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Daniel Arzani|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/daniel-arzani/424432/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> *1999 &ndash; Jan-Niklas Beste, German footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Niklas Beste|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/niklas-beste|website=Bundesliga|access-date=4 January 2026}}</ref> *1999 &ndash; Nico Hischier, Swiss ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/nico-hischier-8480002|title=Nico Hischier Stats and News|website=NHL.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2021-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116035949/https://www.nhl.com/player/nico-hischier-8480002|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1999 &ndash; Jaeman Salmon, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jaeman-salmon/summary.html|title=Jaeman Salmon - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031012946/https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jaeman-salmon/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1999 &ndash; Collin Sexton, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Collin Sexton |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629012/collin-sexton |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061240/https://www.nba.com/player/1629012/collin-sexton |url-status=live }}</ref> *2000 &ndash; Max Aarons, English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Max Aarons|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/19970/Max-Aarons/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> * 2000 &ndash; Facundo Colidio, Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Facundo Colidio|url=https://www.soccerway.com/player/colidio-facundo/ML4WRWdE/|website=Soccerway|access-date=4 January 2026}}</ref> *2001 &ndash; Odilon Kossounou, Ivorian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Odilon Kossounou|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/odilon-kossounou|website=Bundesliga|access-date=5 January 2025|archive-date=26 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226074829/https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/odilon-kossounou|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2001 &ndash; Lola Young, English singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Lola Young |url=https://music.apple.com/bg/artist/lola-young/452271760 |website=Apple Music |access-date=January 3, 2025}}</ref> *2002 &ndash; Vladyslav Vanat, Ukrainian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Valdyslav Vanat|url=https://www.soccerway.com/player/vanat-vladyslav/2ZYrixTK/|website=Soccerway|access-date=4 January 2026}}</ref> *2003 &ndash; Jaeden Martell, American actor<ref name="UPI" /> * 2003 &ndash; Kevin, Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Kevin|url=https://www.premierleague.com/en/players/560552/kevin-santos-lopes-de-macedo/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=4 January 2026}}</ref> *2004 &ndash; Victor Wembanyama, French basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Victor Wembanyama |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1641705/victor-wembanyama |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=6 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006160834/https://www.nba.com/player/1641705/victor-wembanyama |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2005 &ndash; Rob Dillingham, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rob Dillingham |date=6 July 2023 |url=https://ukathletics.com/sports/mbball/roster/player/dillinham-rob/ |publisher=Kentucky Wildcats |access-date=4 January 2024 |archive-date=19 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219203610/https://ukathletics.com/sports/mbball/roster/player/dillinham-rob/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2005 &ndash; Emil Højlund, Danish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Emil Højlund|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/2bundesliga/player/emil-hojlund|website=Bundesliga|access-date=4 January 2026}}</ref> * 2005 &ndash; Oscar Højlund, Danish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Oscar Højlund|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/oscar-hojlund|website=Bundesliga|access-date=4 January 2026}}</ref> * 2005 &ndash; Dafne Keen, British-Spanish actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Toufexi |first1=Ioanna |last2=Della Sala |first2=Sofia |title=His Dark Materials season 3: Who is Lyra actor Dafne Keen |url=https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/dark-materials-season-3-who-6640892 |publisher=Oxfordshire Live |access-date=3 January 2023 |date=11 February 2022 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103064722/https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/dark-materials-season-3-who-6640892 |url-status=live }}</ref> *2006 &ndash; Marc Guiu, Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Marc Guiu - Chelsea Forward - ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/363038/marc-guiu |website=ESPN |access-date=January 3, 2025}}</ref>

==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * 871 &ndash; Æthelwulf, Saxon ealdorman<ref name="auto"/> * 874 &ndash; Hasan al-Askari, eleventh of the Twelve Imams (probable;<ref>Shareef al-Qurashi, Baqir (2005). The Life of Imam Al-Hasan Al-Askari. Translation by: Abdullah al-Shahin. Ansariyan Publications – Qum.</ref> b. 846) *1248 &ndash; Sancho II of Portugal (born 1209)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Portugal |volume= 22 |last= Prestage |first= Edgar |author-link= Edgar Prestage | pages = 134&ndash;163l see page 141 |quote= Sancho II, 1223–1248....[final sentence]...Sancho II. retired to Toledo, where he died in January 1248}}</ref> *1344 &ndash; Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle, English peer (born 1288)<ref>{{cite book|author=Kathryn Ann Smith|title=Art, Identity and Devotion in Fourteenth-century England: Three Women and Their Books of Hours|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gc7FfUF5WJcC&pg=PA4|year=2003|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8691-4|pages=4–12}}</ref> *1399 &ndash; Nicholas Eymerich, Catalan theologian and inquisitor<ref>{{cite book|author=E. Michael Gerli|title=Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=euVJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA317|date=4 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-77162-0|pages=317}}</ref> *1424 &ndash; Muzio Sforza, Italian condottiero (born 1369)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Philippe de Commynes|author2=Jean de Troyes|title=The memoirs of Philippe de Commines, Lord of Argenton: containing the histories of Louis XI and Charles VIII, Kings of France and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy|url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsofphilipd02commiala|year=1856|publisher=Henry G. Bohn|pages=[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofphilipd02commiala/page/112 112]–}}</ref> *1428 &ndash; Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (born 1370)<ref>{{cite book|author=Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG|title=Künker Auktion 130 - The De Wit Collection of Medieval Coins, 1000 Years of European Coinage, Part II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O5xn6T-TZIcC&pg=PA302|publisher=Numismatischer Verlag Künker|pages=302|id=GGKEY:9RD0Y1RF51U}}</ref> *1584 &ndash; Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (born 1539)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Landesarchiv zu Karlsruhe|author2=Badische Historische Kommission|author3=Oberrheinische Historische Kommission|title=Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins|publisher=G. Braun|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_yWQKAAAAIAAJ|year=1905|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_yWQKAAAAIAAJ/page/n710 680]|language=de}}</ref>

===1601–1900=== *1604 &ndash; Ferenc Nádasdy, Hungarian noble (born 1555)<ref>{{cite book|author=R. T. McNally|title=Dracula Was a Woman: In Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QbInAAAAYAAJ|year=1983|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-07-045671-6|page=38}}</ref> *1695 &ndash; François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (born 1628)<ref>{{cite book|author=Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon|title=The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon: On the Reign of Louis XIV and the Regency|url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsofdukeofs01sainiala|year=1857|publisher=Chapman & Hall|pages=[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofdukeofs01sainiala/page/76 76]}}</ref> *1761 &ndash; Stephen Hales, English clergyman and physiologist (born 1677)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Allen|title=The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Other Parts Adjacent: Continued to the Present Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9OdMRnDuAgIC&pg=PA124|year=1839|publisher=G. Virtue|pages=124}}</ref> *1782 &ndash; Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed École Militaire (born 1698)<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Tadgell|title=Ange-Jacques Gabriel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rFJQAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=A. Zwemmer|page=3|isbn=9780302027813}}</ref> *1786 &ndash; Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (born 1729)<ref>{{cite book|author=Alexander Altmann|title=Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwdhTEW18j8C&pg=PT272|year=1992|publisher=UPNE|pages=272–|id=GGKEY:JWF64DT7EQP}}</ref> *1804 &ndash; Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (born 1730)<ref>{{cite book|author=Charlotte Lennox|title=The Life of Harriot Stuart, Written by Herself|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=91lqeKJcZe8C&pg=PA16|year=1995|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3579-7|pages=16}}</ref> *1821 &ndash; Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint (born 1774)<ref>{{cite book|author=Lawrence G. Lovasik|title=Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton|url=https://archive.org/details/saintelizabethan00lova|url-access=registration|date=May 1980|publisher=Catholic Book Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-89942-297-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/saintelizabethan00lova/page/31 31]}}</ref> *1825 &ndash; Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (born 1751)<ref>{{cite book|title=Ernesti - Frustum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U_9eAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP239|year=1838|publisher=Knight|pages=231}}</ref> *1863 &ndash; Roger Hanson, American general (born 1827)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Winston Coleman|author2=John Lyde Wilson|title=Famous Kentucky duels|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EHwWAQAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Henry Clay Press|page=95|isbn=9780876420065}}</ref> *1874 &ndash; Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (born 1798)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Australian Encyclopaedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtEiAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Grolier Society of Australia|isbn=978-0-9596604-0-1|page=225}}</ref> *1877 &ndash; Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1794)<ref>{{cite book|author=Pennsylvania|title=Legislative Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports Made to the Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania During the Session of ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CmRDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA251|year=1877|publisher=State printer|pages=251}}</ref> *1880 &ndash; Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (born 1829)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Muther|title=The History of Modern Painting|url=https://archive.org/details/historymodernpa01muthgoog|year=1895|publisher=Henry and Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historymodernpa01muthgoog/page/n607 588]}}</ref> * 1880 &ndash; Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (born 1811)<ref>{{cite book|author=Edmund Burke|title=Annual Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-x3I94qMGEC|year=1881|page=137}}</ref> *1882 &ndash; John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (born 1811)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions|url=https://archive.org/details/pharmaceuticaljo3121unse|year=1882|publisher=J. & A. Churchill.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/pharmaceuticaljo3121unse/page/640 640]}}</ref> *1883 &ndash; Antoine Chanzy, French general (born 1823)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Chanzy, Antoine Eugène Alfred |volume= 05 | page = 849; lines three and four from end |quote= He died suddenly, while commanding the VI. army corps....at Châlons-sur-Marne, on the 4th of January 1883}}</ref> *1891 &ndash; Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (born 1833)<ref>{{cite book|author=Francess G. Halpenny|title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-wicQs5ZB0C&pg=PA503|year=1990|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-8020-3460-1|pages=503}}</ref> *1896 &ndash; Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (born 1821)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Reinkens, Joseph Hubert |volume= 23 | page = 57; see last line |quote= He died at Bonn on the 4th of January 1896.}}</ref> *1900 &ndash; Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (born 1827)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_M/Mieroszewski_Stanislaw_1827_1900.xml|title='''Mieroszewski''' (Mieroszowski) Stanisław|work=Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon|language=de|access-date=Sep 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829234436/http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_M/Mieroszewski_Stanislaw_1827_1900.xml|archive-date=August 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1901–present=== *1904 &ndash; Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (born 1857)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Churchman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9pROAQAAMAAJ|year=1904|publisher=Churchman Company|page=126}}</ref> *1910 &ndash; Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (born 1873)<ref>{{cite book|title=The World Almanac and Book of Facts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BjMfAQAAMAAJ|year=1911|publisher=Press Publishing Company, (The New York World)|page=444}}</ref> *1912 &ndash; Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (born 1841)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard P. Harmond|title=Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BdFuHC3DhwAC&pg=PA232|year=1997|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-23047-9|pages=232}}</ref> *1919 &ndash; Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (born 1843)<ref>{{cite book|author1=University of Chicago|author2=Walter Yust|title=The Encyclopædia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sLImAQAAMAAJ|year=1937|publisher=The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Ltd|page=525}}</ref> *1920 &ndash; Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (born 1843)<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert J. Weber|title=The Miau Manuscript of Benito Pérez Galdós: A Critical Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WFKTTdFsPVgC&pg=PA14|year=1964|publisher=University of California Press|pages=14}}</ref> *1924 &ndash; Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1852)<ref>{{cite book|author=Albert Ernest Wier|title=The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nx8KAQAAMAAJ|year=1938|publisher=Macmillan|page=725}}</ref> *1925 &ndash; Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (born 1845)<ref>{{cite book|author=Judy Barrett Litoff|title=European Immigrant Women in the United States: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZyYa0cAPbkC&pg=PA52|year=1994|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8240-5306-2|pages=52|access-date=2019-08-16|archive-date=2024-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104123228/https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZyYa0cAPbkC&pg=PA52#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> *1926 &ndash; Margherita of Savoy, Queen of Italy (born 1851)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Adorni|first=Daniela|year=2008|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/margherita-di-savoia-regina-d-italia_(Dizionario-Biografico)/|title=Margerita di Savoia, regina d'Italia|encyclopedia=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani|language=it|location=Rome|publisher=Institute of the Italian Encyclopaedia Treccani|volume=70}}</ref> *1927 &ndash; Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (born 1870)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ansiklopedi.turkcebilgi.com/Süleyman_Nazif |publisher=Türkçe Bilgi-Ansiklopedi |title=Süleyman Nazif Hakkında Bilgi |access-date=2008-11-09 |language=tr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214205803/http://ansiklopedi.turkcebilgi.com/S%C3%BCleyman_Nazif |archive-date=2009-02-14 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1931 &ndash; Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (born 1890)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Donald W. McCaffrey|author2=Christopher P. Jacobs|title=Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/guidetosilentyea00mcca|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30345-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/guidetosilentyea00mcca/page/17 17]}}</ref> *1931 &ndash; Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (born 1867)<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian North Lee|title=British Royal Bookplates: And Ex-Libris of Related Families|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JxbhAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Brookfield, Vt., USA|isbn=978-0-85967-883-4|page=139}}</ref> *1931 &ndash; Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Indian Muslim activist (born 1878)<ref name=storyofpakistan>{{cite web|url=http://storyofpakistan.com/maulana-muhammad-ali-jouhar|title=Mohammad Ali Jauhar profile|website=Storyofpakistan.com website|archive-date=30 October 2018|access-date=5 September 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030191816/http://storyofpakistan.com/maulana-muhammad-ali-jouhar}}</ref> *1941 &ndash; Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)<ref>{{cite book|author=Simon Glendinning|title=The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJwwL6wBOqwC&pg=PA214|year=1999|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-57958-152-7|pages=214}}</ref> *1943 &ndash; Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (born 1911)<ref name="veterans2">{{cite web |title=70th anniversary of the death of Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, hero of Poland and Greece |url=https://www.udskior.gov.pl/70th,anniversary,of,the,death,of,Jerzy,Iwanow,Szajnowicz,hero,of,Poland,and,Greece,515.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518073744/https://www.udskior.gov.pl/70th%2Canniversary%2Cof%2Cthe%2Cdeath%2Cof%2CJerzy%2CIwanow%2CSzajnowicz%2Chero%2Cof%2CPoland%2Cand%2CGreece%2C515.html |archive-date=18 May 2015 |access-date=28 April 2015 |publisher=Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression}}</ref> * 1943 &ndash; Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (born 1912)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor=Commire, Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=6|year=2002|publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group|location=Waterford|isbn=978-0-78764-075-0|page=563}}</ref> *1944 &ndash; Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (born 1898)<ref>''Rise and Fall of the Third Reich'', William L. Shirer, 1960. Retrieved 23.3.13</ref> *1960 &ndash; Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)<ref>{{cite book|author=D. Drake|title=Intellectuals and Politics in Post-War France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rfpZCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA120|date=11 November 2001|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-50963-4|pages=120}}</ref> *1961 &ndash; Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)<ref>{{cite book|title=Acta Physica Polonica: B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7EfAQAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe|page=684}}</ref> *1965 &ndash; T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/thomas-stearns-eliot|title=Thomas Stearns Eliot|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=5 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605090044/https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/thomas-stearns-eliot|archive-date=5 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *1967 &ndash; Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (born 1921)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6DhWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5871%2C1363609 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Speed king dies in crash |date=5 January 1967 |page=13 |access-date=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501145126/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6DhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7ugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5871,1363609 |archive-date=1 May 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1969 &ndash; Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (born 1935)<ref>{{cite book|author=Music Hound|title=Jazz: The Essential Album Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JjWAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Music Sales Corporation|isbn=978-0-8256-7253-8|access-date=2019-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905223704/https://books.google.com/books?id=3JjWAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=2017-09-05|url-status=live}}</ref> *1975 &ndash; Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (born 1902)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/05/archives/carlo-levi-dies-in-rome-at-72-wrote-christ-stopped-at-eboli-book.html|title=Carlo Levi dies in Rome at 72|date=5 January 1975|website=New York Times|access-date=18 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818161600/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/05/archives/carlo-levi-dies-in-rome-at-72-wrote-christ-stopped-at-eboli-book.html|archive-date=18 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *1985 &ndash; Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (born 1895)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Patricia Burgess|author2=Roland Turner|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70sYAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=St. Martin's|page=27|isbn=9780912289823|access-date=2019-08-16|archive-date=2023-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415041646/https://books.google.com/books?id=70sYAAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *1986 &ndash; Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (born 1904)<ref>{{cite book|author=David Garrett Izzo|title=Christopher Isherwood: His Era, His Gang, and the Legacy of the Truly Strong Man|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mPkBlBCmfbsC&pg=PA261|year=2001|publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press|isbn=978-1-57003-403-9|pages=261}}</ref> * 1986 &ndash; Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (born 1949)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Putterford|first=Mark|title=Philip Lynott: The Rocker|publisher=Castle Communications|year=1994|isbn=1-898141-50-9|pages=291–297}}</ref> *1988 &ndash; Lily Laskine, French harp player (born 1893)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|url=https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist09comm|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4068-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist09comm/page/179 179]}}</ref> *1990 &ndash; Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (born 1903)<ref>{{cite book|author=National Academy of Engineering|title=Memorial Tributes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vXk44Q-vAXsC&pg=PT75|date=1 February 1991|publisher=National Academies|pages=63|id=NAP:14725}}</ref> * 1990 &ndash; Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (born 1908)<ref name=":0">{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Dunstan |first=David |id2=bolte-sir-henry-edward-12227 |title=Bolte, Sir Henry Edward (1908–1990) |access-date=2020-07-17}}</ref> *1994 &ndash; R. D. Burman, Indian film composer and music director (born 1939)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Balaji Vittal|author2=Anirudha Bhattacharjee|title=R. D. Burman -The Man, The Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tg49WV0j0IAC&pg=PT12|date=21 July 2012|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5029-236-5|pages=12}}</ref> *1995 &ndash; Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (born 1942)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/05/obituaries/eduardo-mata-is-dead-at-52-conducted-dallas-symphony.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=78B4F41083DC815E7EAEF32D49806CF1&gwt=pay|title=Eduardo Mata Is Dead at 52; Conducted Dallas Symphony|date=5 January 1995|author=Allan Kozinn|website=New York Times|access-date=18 July 2019|archive-date=3 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903184830/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/05/obituaries/eduardo-mata-is-dead-at-52-conducted-dallas-symphony.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=78B4F41083DC815E7EAEF32D49806CF1&gwt=pay|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1995 &ndash; Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (born 1907)<ref>{{cite book|title=Guatemala Scholars Network news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m7wMAAAAYAAJ|year=1995|publisher=The Network}}</ref> *1997 &ndash; Harry Helmsley, American businessman (born 1909)<ref>{{cite book|author=Elizabeth A. Schick|title=Current Biography Yearbook, 1997|url=https://archive.org/details/currentbiography00eliz|url-access=registration|date=1 December 1997|publisher=H.W. Wilson|isbn=978-0-8242-0938-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/currentbiography00eliz/page/664 664]}}</ref> *1998 &ndash; Mae Questel, American actress (born 1908)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E5sHAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-0748-4|page=185|access-date=2019-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306201914/https://books.google.com/books?id=E5sHAQAAMAAJ|archive-date=2017-03-06|url-status=live}}</ref> *1999 &ndash; Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (born 1904)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7gHAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-0748-4|page=45}}</ref> *2001 &ndash; Les Brown, American bandleader and composer (born 1912)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/06/arts/les-brown-swing-bandleader-dies-at-88.html|title=Les Brown, swing bandleader, dies at 88|website=New York Times|author=Richard Severo|date=6 January 2001|access-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721144806/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/06/arts/les-brown-swing-bandleader-dies-at-88.html|archive-date=21 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *2004 &ndash; Brian Gibson, English director and screenwriter (born 1944)<ref>{{cite web|last=Bardach|first=Ann Louise|title=Brian Gibson|date=7 January 2004|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/07/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|access-date=8 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603230727/http://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/07/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|archive-date=3 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2004 &ndash; Joan Aiken, English author (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/07/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Joan Aiken|date=7 January 2004|author=Julia Eccleshare|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726210919/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/07/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2004 &ndash; John Toland, American historian and author (born 1912)<ref>{{cite news|last=Barnes |first=Bart |date=6 January 2004 |title=Historian John Toland Dies |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=B05 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/01/06/historian-john-toland-dies/3b15b0cb-82b5-4db9-af53-ecadaef103d9/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701111720/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/01/06/historian-john-toland-dies/3b15b0cb-82b5-4db9-af53-ecadaef103d9/ |archive-date=1 July 2018 |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=2269358 }}</ref> *2005 &ndash; Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/norman-poile-1065712741|title=Norman Robert Poile|date=January 4, 2005|website=Vancouver Sun|access-date=10 August 2019}}</ref> * 2005 &ndash; Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (born 1921)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/25/obituaries/frank-harary-83-a-top-scholar-on-a-mathematical-specialty-dies.html|title=Frank Harary, 83, a top scholar on a mathematical specialty, dies|date=25 January 2005|website=New York Times|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810120014/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/25/obituaries/frank-harary-83-a-top-scholar-on-a-mathematical-specialty-dies.html|archive-date=10 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2005 &ndash; Humphrey Carpenter, English radio host and author (born 1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jan/05/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Humphrey Carpenter|date=5 January 2005|author=John Kelly|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726210921/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jan/05/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2005 &ndash; Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian (born 1919)<ref>{{cite news |last=Noble |first=Holcomb |title=Robert Heilbroner, Writer and Economist, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/obituaries/12heilbroner.html |access-date=9 August 2019 |newspaper=New York Times |date=2005-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102013252/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/obituaries/12heilbroner.html |archive-date=2 January 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> *2006 &ndash; Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (born 1912)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jan/23/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Irving Layton|author=Cathryn Atkinson|date=23 January 2006|website=The Guardian|access-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809103832/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jan/23/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|archive-date=9 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2006 &ndash; Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emirati politician, 1st Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (born 1946)<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum dies|url = http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/government/shaikh-maktoum-bin-rashid-al-maktoum-dies-1.220506|website = gulfnews.com|access-date = 2015-05-21|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150925003623/http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/government/shaikh-maktoum-bin-rashid-al-maktoum-dies-1.220506|archive-date = 2015-09-25}}</ref> * 2006 &ndash; Milton Himmelfarb, American sociographer, author, and academic (born 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/nyregion/milton-himmelfarb-wry-essayist-87-dies.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=A3BCA183B8D7229E51393157A9E5CA5E&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL|title=Milton Himmelfarb, wry essayist, 87, dies|date=15 January 2006|website=New York Times|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120225212/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/nyregion/milton-himmelfarb-wry-essayist-87-dies.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=A3BCA183B8D7229E51393157A9E5CA5E&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL|url-status=live}}</ref> *2007 &ndash; Helen Hill, American director and producer (born 1970)<ref>{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=http://silenceisviolence.org/about/ |website=silenceisviolence.org |publisher=Silence Is Violence |access-date=2022-05-27 |archive-date=2022-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704211609/https://silenceisviolence.org/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2007 &ndash; Marais Viljoen, South African politician, 5th State President of South Africa (born 1915)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/&articleid=294991 |title=Former state president Marais Viljoen passes away |work=Mail & Guardian |date=5 January 2007 |access-date=2007-01-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312053623/http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=%2Fbreaking_news%2Fbreaking_news__national%2F&articleid=294991 |archive-date=12 March 2007 }}</ref> *2008 &ndash; Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ticotimes.net/2008/01/11/founder-publisher-of-el-nuevo-diario-dies-at-75|title=Founder, Publisher of El Nuevo Diario Dies at 75|date=January 11, 2008|website=The Tico Times|access-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721144808/http://ticotimes.net/2008/01/11/founder-publisher-of-el-nuevo-diario-dies-at-75|archive-date=21 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *2009 &ndash; Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright, and author (born 1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/jan/06/gert-jonke-novel|title=Gert Jonke, a novelist against the times|date=6 January 2009|author=Guy Dammann|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726210925/https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/jan/06/gert-jonke-novel|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *2010 &ndash; Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname (born 1910)<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717121518/http://www.dbsuriname.com/archief/nat/2010/jan10/11-01-10/Nat_Johan%20Ferrier%2C%20eerste%20Chief%20Scout%20Suriname.asp Johan Ferrier, eerste Chief Scout Suriname]. dbsuriname.com. 11 January 2010</ref> * 2010 &ndash; Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer (born 1916)<ref>{{Cite news|author=Richard Lloyd Parry|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6978319.ece|title=Tsutomu Yamaguchi, victim of Japan's two atomic bombs, dies aged 93|newspaper=The Times|date=2010-01-07|access-date=2019-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716091710/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6978319.ece|archive-date=2011-07-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> *2011 &ndash; Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (born 1937)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/artikel/3138616/voetballegende-coen-moulijn-overleden|title=Voetballegende Coen Moulijn overleden|date=4 January 2011|website=RTL Nieuws|language=nl|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620121422/https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/artikel/3138616/voetballegende-coen-moulijn-overleden|archive-date=20 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2011 &ndash; Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1947)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/04/gerry-rafferty-obituary|title=Gerry Rafferty obituary|date=4 January 2011|author=Michael Gray|website=The Guardian|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411103205/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/04/gerry-rafferty-obituary|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2011 &ndash; Salmaan Taseer, Pakistani businessman and politician, 26th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan (born 1944)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/12/salmaan-taseer-obituary|title=Salmaan Taseer obituary|author=Declan Walsh|date=12 January 2011|website=The Guardian|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810120015/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/12/salmaan-taseer-obituary|archive-date=10 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2011 &ndash; Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisian street vendor who caused the Tunisian Revolution, which was the first revolution in the Arab Spring. (born 1984) <ref>Encyclopædia Britannica: [https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1753077/Mohamed-Bouazizi ''Mohamed Bouazizi''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220051132/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1753077/Mohamed-Bouazizi |date=20 February 2012 }}</ref> *2012 &ndash; Eve Arnold, American photographer and journalist (born 1912)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/jan/05/photographer-eve-arnold-dies|title=Photographer Eve Arnold dies aged 99|author=Maev Kennedy|date=5 January 2012|website=The Guardian|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810120015/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/jan/05/photographer-eve-arnold-dies|archive-date=10 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2012 &ndash; Rod Robbie, English-Canadian architect, designed the Canadian Pavilion and Rogers Centre (born 1928)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/skydome-and-expo-67-architect-rod-robbie-dead/article4085354/|title=SkyDome and Expo '67 architect Rod Robbie dead|date=4 January 2012|author=James Adams|website=Toronto Globe and Mail|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505154741/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/skydome-and-expo-67-architect-rod-robbie-dead/article4085354/|archive-date=5 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> *2013 &ndash; Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/01/06/ex-paf-chief-anwar-shamim-laid-to-rest-with-military-honours/|title=Ex-PAF chief Anwar Shamim laid to rest with military honours|date=6 January 2013|website=Pakistan Today|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163351/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/01/06/ex-paf-chief-anwar-shamim-laid-to-rest-with-military-honours/|archive-date=16 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2013 &ndash; Zoran Žižić, Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1951)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Drustvo/361165/Preminuo-Zoran-Zizic-premijer-SR-Jugoslavije|title=Preminuo Zoran Žižić, bivši premijer SR Jugoslavije|date=4 January 2013|language=bs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125023217/http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Drustvo/361165/Preminuo-Zoran-Zizic-premijer-SR-Jugoslavije|archive-date=25 January 2013}}</ref> *2015 &ndash; Pino Daniele, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1955)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/pino-daniele-singer-songwriter-and-guitarist-whose-work-fused-blues-jazz-rock-and-the-traditional-9988838.html|title=Pino Daniele: Singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work fused blues, jazz, rock and the traditional music of Naples|date=19 January 2015|author=Frances D'Emilio|website=The Independent|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821195754/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/pino-daniele-singer-songwriter-and-guitarist-whose-work-fused-blues-jazz-rock-and-the-traditional-9988838.html|archive-date=21 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *2016 &ndash; S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (born 1947)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-chief-justice-of-india-sh-kapadia-passes-away/articleshow/50450344.cms | title=Former chief justice of India SH Kapadia passes away | work=The Economic Times | date=5 January 2015 | access-date=20 June 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225104604/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-chief-justice-of-india-sh-kapadia-passes-away/articleshow/50450344.cms | archive-date=25 February 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> * 2016 &ndash; Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (born 1939)<ref>{{Cite news|title = Stephen W. Bosworth, three-time U.S. ambassador, dies at 76|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/stephen-w-bosworth-three-time-us-ambassador-dies-at-76/2016/01/06/5c437be2-b489-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = 2016-01-06|access-date = 2016-01-07|issn = 0190-8286|first = Emily|last = Langer|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160107144040/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/stephen-w-bosworth-three-time-us-ambassador-dies-at-76/2016/01/06/5c437be2-b489-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html|archive-date = 2016-01-07|url-status = live}}</ref> *2017 &ndash; Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (born 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/bruins-legend-milt-schmidt-obituary/c-285331360|title=Milt Schmidt, Bruins legend, dies at 98|website=NHL|date=January 4, 2017|access-date=4 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604130904/https://www.nhl.com/news/bruins-legend-milt-schmidt-obituary/c-285331360|archive-date=4 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2017 &ndash; Georges Prêtre, French orchestral and opera conductor (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/05/georges-pretre-obituary|title=Georges Prêtre obituary|date=5 January 2017|author=Roger Nichols|website=The Guardian|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228192120/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/05/georges-pretre-obituary|archive-date=28 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *2019 &ndash; Harold Brown, 14th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1927)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/obituaries/harold-brown-dead.html|title=Harold Brown, Defense Secretary in Carter Administration, Dies at 91|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|work=The New York Times |date=January 5, 2019|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202204210/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/obituaries/harold-brown-dead.html|archive-date=February 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *2020 &ndash; Tom Long, Australian actor (born 1968)<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=5 January 2020|title=Australian actor Tom Long dies: report|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/australian-actor-tom-long-dies-report-20200105-p53ow3.html|access-date=4 March 2020|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025203037/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/australian-actor-tom-long-dies-report-20200105-p53ow3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *2021 &ndash; Tanya Roberts, American actress (born 1949)<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=5 January 2021|title=Tanya Roberts, 'That '70s Show' star, dies at 65 a day after her death was prematurely announced|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tanya-roberts-70s-show-star-dies-65-day-after-her-n1252839|access-date=4 March 2021|archive-date=5 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105193536/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tanya-roberts-70s-show-star-dies-65-day-after-her-n1252839|url-status=live}}</ref> *2023 &ndash; Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier and Olympic champion (born 1950)<ref>{{cite web | title=Olympic skiing champion Rosi Mittermaier dies at 72 | website=AP NEWS | date=5 January 2023 | url=https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-sports-alpine-skiing-canada-659ebfb756129f8eaa07a47f9488633d | access-date=5 January 2023 | archive-date=5 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105103753/https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-sports-alpine-skiing-canada-659ebfb756129f8eaa07a47f9488633d | url-status=live }}</ref> *2024 &ndash; Glynis Johns, British actress and singer (born 1923)<ref>{{cite web|title=Glynis Johns, most known for role in 'Mary Poppins,' dies at 100|url=https://abc7.com/glynis-johns-actress-dies-mary-poppins/14274026/|publisher=ABC7|date=4 January 2024|access-date=4 January 2024|archive-date=4 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104190142/https://abc7.com/glynis-johns-actress-dies-mary-poppins/14274026/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2024 &ndash; David Soul, American-British actor and singer (born 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|first1=Charlotte|last1=Gallagher|first2=Mark|last2=Savage|title=David Soul: Starsky & Hutch actor dies aged 80|date=5 January 2024|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67895679|access-date=5 January 2024|publisher=BBC News|archive-date=5 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105145244/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67895679|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2024 &ndash; Christian Oliver, German actor (born 1972)<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Moreau|first=Justin|title='Speed Racer' Actor Christian Oliver and His Two Young Daughters Killed in Caribbean Plane Crash |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/christian-oliver-dead-plane-crash-caribbean-1235862628/|magazine=Variety|date=5 January 2024|access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref> * 2025 &ndash; Ana Gligić, Serbian virologist (born 1934)<ref>[https://n1info.hr/regija/umrla-ana-gligic-virologinja-koja-je-zaustavila-velike-boginje/ Odlazak Ane Gligić: Znanstvenica koja je zaustavila smrtonosnu epidemiju] {{in lang|hr}}</ref> * 2026 &ndash; Michael Reagan, American political commentator (born 1945)<ref>{{cite news|last=Deliso|first=Meredith|date=6 January 2026|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/michael-reagan-son-former-president-ronald-reagan-died/story?id=128962680|title=Michael Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan, has died, family says|publisher=ABC News|access-date=6 January 2026}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances== * Christian feast day: ** Angela of Foligno<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marrone |first1=Gaetana |title=Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies: A-J |date=2007 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-57958-390-3 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69ey6Z-05fMC&pg=PA43}}</ref> ** Elizabeth Ann Seton<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schauber |first1=Vera |last2=Schindler |first2=Michael |title=101 Saints and Special People |date=2003 |publisher=Don Bosco Publications |isbn=978-0-9544539-1-6 |page=136 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=46MZk93Gej4C&pg=PT136}}</ref> ** Ferréol of Uzès<ref>{{cite web |title=Name Ferreolus |url=https://catholicsaints.info/tag/name-ferreolus/ |website=CatholicSaints.Info |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802033508/https://catholicsaints.info/tag/name-ferreolus/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ** Mavilus<ref>{{cite book |last1=Felix |first1=Minucius |title=Apologetical Works; Octavius |date=2010 |publisher=CUA Press |isbn=978-0-8132-1110-7 |page=156 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ys1rm5KKl-8C&pg=PA156}}</ref> ** Pharaildis of Ghent<ref>Watkins 2015, p. 604</ref> ** Rigobert<ref>Watkins 2015, p. 643</ref> ** January 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * The eleventh of the Twelve Days of Christmas. (Western Christianity)<ref>{{cite web |title=When do the 12 days of Christmas start and what do they all celebrate? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2017/12/01/when-do-the-12-days-of-christmas-start-and-what-do-they-all-celebrate-7124109/ |website=Metro |access-date=25 May 2020|date=1 December 2017 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603072957/https://metro.co.uk/2017/12/01/when-do-the-12-days-of-christmas-start-and-what-do-they-all-celebrate-7124109/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * Independence Day (Myanmar), celebrates the independence of Myanmar from the United Kingdom in 1948.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leifer |first1=Michael |title=Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-12945-3 |page=65 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UCl7VE4VMIC&pg=PA65}}</ref> * Colonial Martyrs Repression Day (Angola)<ref>{{cite book |last1=James |first1=W. Martin |title=Historical Dictionary of Angola |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-1123-9 |page=255 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtJKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA255}}</ref> * Day of the Martyrs (Democratic Republic of the Congo)<ref>{{cite web |title=Martyrs Day- Day of Independence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |url=https://www.nyantendefoundation.org/single-post/2017/01/17/Martyrs-Day--Day-of-Independence-in-the-Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo |website=nyantendefoundation |access-date=25 May 2020|archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802005231/https://www.nyantendefoundation.org/single-post/2017/01/17/Martyrs-Day--Day-of-Independence-in-the-Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Ogoni Day (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People)<ref>{{cite web |title=UNPO: On Ogoni Day, UNPO Strongly Condemns Nigerian Government's Non-Commitment to Niger Delta Clean Up |url=https://unpo.org/article/20540 |website=unpo.org |date=2 November 2009 |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801222935/https://unpo.org/article/20540 |url-status=live }}</ref> *Tokyo Dome Show: The annual Wrestle Kingdom event run by New Japan Pro-Wrestling<ref>{{cite web |title=NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 date, card, matches, start time, Tokyo Dome show, location |url=https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/njpw-wrestle-kingdom-13-date-card-matches-start-time-tokyo-dome-show-location/ |website=CBSSports.com |date=3 January 2019 |access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref> * World Braille Day<ref>{{cite web |title=World Braille Day |url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/braille-day |website=United Nations |access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>

==Notes== * {{cite book |last1=Watkins |first1=Basil |title=The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary |date=2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-567-66456-3 |page=604 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kE6TCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA604}}

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==External links== {{commons}} * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/4/ BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=4}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/4 Historical Events on January 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/4 |date=2020-06-20 }}

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