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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/January_8 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/January_8.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_8 > Source revision: 1353858678 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{about|the calendar date|the 2023 attack on Brazilian federal government buildings|8 January Brasília attacks}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [307](/source/307) – [Sima Chi](/source/Emperor_Huai_of_Jin) becomes emperor of the [Jin dynasty](/source/Jin_dynasty_(266%E2%80%93420)) in succession to his brother, [Sima Zhong](/source/Emperor_Hui_of_Jin), despite a challenge from his other brother, [Sima Ying](/source/Sima_Ying).{{cite book|author-link=Fang Xuanling|last=Fang|first=Xuanling|title=Book of Jin'' (''Jin Shu'')''|title-link=Book of Jin}} * [871](/source/871) – [Æthelred I](/source/%C3%86thelred_I%2C_King_of_Wessex) and [Alfred the Great](/source/Alfred_the_Great) lead a [West Saxon](/source/Wessex) army to [repel an invasion](/source/Battle_of_Ashdown) by [Danelaw](/source/Danelaw) [Viking](/source/Viking)s.{{cite book|first=A.H|last=Burne|author-link=Alfred Burne|title=The Battlefields of England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTDAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA44|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-84415-206-3|page=44}} *[1297](/source/1297) – [François Grimaldi](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Grimaldi), disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the [Rock of Monaco](/source/Rock_of_Monaco), establishing [his family](/source/House_of_Grimaldi) as the rulers of [Monaco](/source/Monaco).{{cite book|first=John|last=Clements|title=Clements' International Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nSIkAQAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Political Research, Incorporated|page=3}} *[1454](/source/1454) – The [papal bull](/source/papal_bull) ''[Romanus Pontifex](/source/Romanus_Pontifex)'' awards the [Kingdom of Portugal](/source/Kingdom_of_Portugal) exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of [Cape Bojador](/source/Cape_Bojador).{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Fessler|author-link=Josef Fessler|title=The True and False Infallibility of the Popes: A Controversial Reply to Dr. Schulte|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5mENAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA96|year=1875|publisher=Catholic Publication Society|page=96}} *[1499](/source/1499) – [Louis XII of France](/source/Louis_XII_of_France) marries [Anne of Brittany](/source/Anne_of_Brittany) in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, [Charles VIII](/source/Charles_VIII_of_France).{{cite book|first=Louisa Stuart|last=Costello|author-link=Louisa Stuart Costello|title=Memoirs of Anne, Duchess of Brittany, Twice Queen of France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YtA5AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA287|year=1855|publisher=W. & F.G. Cash|page=287}} *[1547](/source/1547) – The first [Lithuanian-language](/source/Lithuanian-language) book, the ''[Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas](/source/Catechism_of_Martynas_Ma%C5%BEvydas)'', is published in [Königsberg](/source/K%C3%B6nigsberg).{{cite book|first1=Domas|last1=Kaunas|first2=Regina|last2=Koženiauskienė|title=Martynas Mažvydas and Old Lithuania: Collection of Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SoTgAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Pradai|isbn=978-9986-943-14-3|page=160}} ===1601–1900=== *[1735](/source/1735) – The premiere of [George Frideric Handel](/source/George_Frideric_Handel)'s ''[Ariodante](/source/Ariodante)'' takes place at the [Royal Opera House](/source/Royal_Opera_House), [Covent Garden](/source/Covent_Garden).{{cite book|first=William J.|last=Burling|title=A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMQJxeNpHR0C&pg=PA167|year=1992|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3451-6|page=167}} *[1746](/source/1746) – [Second Jacobite rising](/source/Jacobite_rising_of_1745): [Bonnie Prince Charlie](/source/Charles_Edward_Stuart) occupies [Stirling](/source/Stirling).{{cite book|first=Carolly|last=Erickson|author-link=Carolly Erickson|title=Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=74pnAAAAMAAJ|date=January 1993|publisher=Robson Books|isbn=978-0-86051-712-2|page=204}} *[1790](/source/1790) – [George Washington](/source/George_Washington) delivers the first [State of the Union address](/source/State_of_the_Union_address) in New York City.{{cite book|first1=Arjuna|last1=Tuzzi|first2=Martina|last2=Benešová|first3=Ján|last3=Macutek|title=Recent Contributions to Quantitative Linguistics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oaALCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA158|date=16 October 2015|publisher=De Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-042029-6|page=158}} *[1806](/source/1806) – The [Dutch Cape Colony](/source/Dutch_Cape_Colony) in southern Africa becomes the British [Cape Colony](/source/Cape_Colony) as a result of the [Battle of Blaauwberg](/source/Battle_of_Blaauwberg).{{cite book|first=Charles J.|last=Becker|title=Guide to the Transvaal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecoNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA13|year=1878|publisher=J. Dollard|page=13}} *[1811](/source/1811) – [Charles Deslondes](/source/Charles_Deslondes) leads [an unsuccessful slave revolt](/source/1811_German_Coast_uprising) in the North American settlements of [St. Charles](/source/St._Charles_Parish%2C_Louisiana) and [St. James, Louisiana](/source/St._James_Parish%2C_Louisiana).{{cite book|first=Nicholas J.|last=Santoro|title=Atlas of Slavery and Civil Rights: An Annotated Chronicle of the Passage from Slavery and Segregation to Civil Rights and Equality Under the Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RmTSSTO0gIgC&pg=PA33|year=2006|isbn=978-0-595-38390-0|page=33|publisher=iUniverse }} *[1815](/source/1815) – [War of 1812](/source/War_of_1812): [Battle of New Orleans](/source/Battle_of_New_Orleans): [Andrew Jackson](/source/Andrew_Jackson) leads American forces in victory over the British.{{cite book|title=DeBow's Review ...: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial Progress & Resources|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TvFEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA409|year=1846|publisher=J. D. B. De Bow|page=409}} *[1828](/source/1828) – The [Democratic Party of the United States](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) is organized.{{cite book|first=Patricia Lee|last=Sykes|title=Presidents and Prime Ministers: Conviction Politics in the Anglo-American Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHl1AAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=University Press of Kansas|isbn=978-0-7006-1017-4|page=193}} *[1835](/source/1835) – US President [Andrew Jackson](/source/Andrew_Jackson) announces a celebratory dinner after having reduced the [United States national debt to zero](/source/National_debt_of_the_United_States) for the only time.{{cite book|author=United States. Congress|author-link=United States Congress|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UguOmnBiL_kC&pg=SL1-PA1297|year=1945|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=1297}} *[1863](/source/1863) – [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War): [Second Battle of Springfield](/source/Second_Battle_of_Springfield).{{cite book|first=Samuel Hawkins Marshall|last=Byers|title=Iowa in War Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kYkNFuHHvx0C|year=1888|publisher=W.D. Condit & Company|page=515}} *[1867](/source/1867) – The United States Congress passes the bill to allow [African American](/source/African_American) men the right to vote in Washington, D.C.{{cite book|first1=Hanes Jr|last1=Walton|author-link1=Hanes Walton Jr.|first2=Sherman|last2=Puckett|first3=Donald R Jr|last3=Deskins|author-link3=Donald R. Deskins Jr.|title=The African American Electorate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b8zVVp8qJ5sC&pg=PA205|date=20 July 2012|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-0-87289-508-9|page=205}} *[1877](/source/1877) – [Crazy Horse](/source/Crazy_Horse) and his warriors fight their last battle against the [United States Cavalry](/source/United_States_Cavalry) at [Wolf Mountain](/source/Battle_of_Wolf_Mountain), [Montana Territory](/source/Montana_Territory).{{cite journal|title=Nelson A. Miles, Crazy Horse, and the Battle of Wolf Mountains|last=Pearson|first=Jeffrey V.|url=http://visitmt.com/history/Montana_the_Magazine_of_Western_History/wolfmountain.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020419224810/http://visitmt.com/history/Montana_the_Magazine_of_Western_History/wolfmountain.htm|archive-date=2002-04-19|journal=Montana The Magazine of Western History|volume=51|number=1|date=Winter 2001|pages=53–67|publisher=Montana Historical Society Press|location=Helena, MT|jstor=4520376}} *[1889](/source/1889) – [Herman Hollerith](/source/Herman_Hollerith) is issued US [patent](/source/patent) #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his [punched card](/source/punched_card) calculator.{{cite book|first=Richard C.|last=Dorf|author-link=Richard C. Dorf|title=The Electrical Engineering Handbook, Second Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qP7HvuakLgEC&pg=PA2092|date=26 September 1997|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4200-4976-3|page=2092}} *[1900](/source/1900) – President [William McKinley](/source/William_McKinley) places [Alaska](/source/Alaska) under military rule.{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=10|isbn=0-942191-01-3}} ===1901–present=== *[1912](/source/1912) – The [African National Congress](/source/African_National_Congress) is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).{{cite book|author1=Gwyneth Williams|author2=Brian Hackland|title=The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Southern Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkdACwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|date=22 December 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-27081-2|page=5}} *1912 – The city of [San Diego](/source/San_Diego) passes an ordinance restricting free speech, provoking [months of civil unrest](/source/San_Diego_free_speech_fight) between socialist [Wobblies](/source/Wobblies) and business leaders that become the bloodiest [free speech fight](/source/free_speech_fight) in history.{{Cite web |last=Waller |first=Tom |date=1992-04-02 |title=The Wobblies and San Diego's shame {{!}} San Diego Reader |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1992/apr/02/battle-soapbox-row/ |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=[San Diego Reader](/source/San_Diego_Reader) |language=en}} *[1918](/source/1918) – U.S. President [Woodrow Wilson](/source/Woodrow_Wilson) announces his "[Fourteen Points](/source/Fourteen_Points)" as conditions for ending [World War I](/source/World_War_I).{{cite book|author=United States. Department of State|title=Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HuusX2oQLLMC&pg=PA359|year=1942|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=359}} *[1920](/source/1920) – The [steel strike of 1919](/source/steel_strike_of_1919) ends in failure for the [Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers](/source/Amalgamated_Association_of_Iron_and_Steel_Workers) labor union.{{cite book|author=Ronald L. Filippelli|title=Labor Conflict in the United States: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0gYAAAAIAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Garland Pub.|isbn=978-0-8240-7968-0|page=8}} *[1926](/source/1926) – Crown Prince [Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ](/source/B%E1%BA%A3o_%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i) is crowned emperor of Vietnam, the country's last monarch.{{cite web|url=http://indochine.uqam.ca/en/historical-dictionary/106-bo-i-nguyn-phuc-vnh-thy-jean-robert-19131997.html|title=The Indochina War 1945-1956|website=UQUAM|access-date=17 October 2020}} * 1926 – [Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud](/source/Abdul-Aziz_ibn_Saud) is crowned King of [Hejaz](/source/Hejaz).{{cite book|author=Prescott Holden Thorp|title=The Commemorative Stamps of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GudPAQAAMAAJ|year=1934|publisher=Scott stamp and coin Company|page=303}} *[1933](/source/1933) – [Anarchist insurrection of January 1933](/source/Anarchist_insurrection_of_January_1933) breaks out in [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona), [Spain](/source/Second_Spanish_Republic).{{Cite book|last=Casanova|first=Julián|author-link=Julián Casanova|year=2005|chapter=On the road to insurrection|title=Anarchism, the Republic and Civil War in Spain: 1931–1939|publisher=[Routledge](/source/Routledge)|translator-first1=Andrew|translator-last1=Dowling|translator-first2=Graham|translator-last2=Pollok|editor-first=Paul|editor-last=Preston|editor-link=Paul Preston|pages=68–69|isbn=0-415-32095-X}} *[1936](/source/1936) – [Kashf-e hijab](/source/Kashf-e_hijab) decree is made and immediately enforced by [Reza Shah](/source/Reza_Shah), Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.Paidar, Parvin (1995): ''Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran'', Cambridge Middle East studies, Vol. 1, Cambridge, UK; New York: [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press), pp. 106–107, 214–215, 218–220, {{ISBN|9780521473408}} *[1940](/source/1940) – [World War II](/source/World_War_II): Britain [introduces food rationing](/source/Rationing_in_the_United_Kingdom).{{cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Paul |title=How rationing in World War 2 democratised the British table - and made us all healthier |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11334162/How-rationing-in-World-War-2-democratised-the-British-table-and-made-us-all-healthier.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111003329/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11334162/How-rationing-in-World-War-2-democratised-the-British-table-and-made-us-all-healthier.html |archive-date=11 January 2015 |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=The Telegraph |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |date=8 January 2015}} *[1945](/source/1945) – World War II: [Philippine Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines) troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading [Japanese Imperial forces](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Army).{{cite book|author=Kalinangan Group|title=The Philippines, Land and People: Atang|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmseAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Kalinangan Group|isbn=978-971-8518-00-7|page=79}} *[1946](/source/1946) – [Andrei Zhdanov](/source/Andrei_Zhdanov), Chairman of the Finnish Allied Commission, submits to the [Finnish War Criminal Court](/source/War-responsibility_trials_in_Finland) an interrogation report by General [Erich Buschenhagen](/source/Erich_Buschenhagen), a German prisoner of war, on the contacts between Finnish and German military personnel before the [Continuation War](/source/Continuation_War) and a copy of [Hitler](/source/Adolf_Hitler)'s [Barbarossa plan](/source/Operation_Barbarossa).{{cite book | author=Ari Raunio & Juri Kilin | title=Itsenäisyyden puolustajat, Sodan taisteluja 2, Jatkosota | publisher=Weilin+Göös | year=2005 | isbn= 951-593-927-5 | language = fi}} *[1956](/source/1956) – [Operation Auca](/source/Operation_Auca): Five U.S. [missionaries](/source/missionary) are killed by the [Waorani](/source/Huaorani_people) of [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador) shortly after making first contact.{{cite book|title=The A.B.M. Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H93gyBtoezYC|year=1966|page=52}} *[1959](/source/1959) – [Charles de Gaulle](/source/Charles_de_Gaulle) is proclaimed as the first President of the [French Fifth Republic](/source/French_Fifth_Republic).{{cite news |title=1959: De Gaulle becomes president |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/8/newsid_2772000/2772249.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} *[1961](/source/1961) – In France a [referendum](/source/French_referendum_on_Algerian_self-determination%2C_1961) supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in [Algeria](/source/Algeria).{{cite news |title=1961: French vote for Algerian freedom |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/8/newsid_4464000/4464264.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} *[1964](/source/1964) – President [Lyndon B. Johnson](/source/Lyndon_B._Johnson) declares a "[War on Poverty](/source/War_on_Poverty)" in the United States.{{cite book|author=Alan S. Newell|title=A Forest in Trust: Three-quarters of a Century of Indian Forestry, 1910-1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Di6FGuk4xBEC&pg=PA65-IA15|year=1986|publisher=The Division|page=65}} *[1972](/source/1972) – Bowing to international pressure, [President of Pakistan](/source/President_of_Pakistan) [Zulfikar Ali Bhutto](/source/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto) releases [Bengali](/source/Bengali_people) leader [Sheikh Mujibur Rahman](/source/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman) from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh).{{cite book|author=Richard F. Nyrop|title=Area Handbook for Pakistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5jTh7DA598C&pg=PA254|year=1975|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=254}} *[1973](/source/1973) – [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union) space mission ''[Luna 21](/source/Luna_21)'' is launched.{{cite news |last1=Shabad |first1=Theodore |title=Soviet Luna 21 Lands on Moon, Delivering Lunokhod 2 Craft for Exploration |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/17/archives/soviet-luna-21-lands-on-moon-delivering-lunokhod-2-craft-for.html |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=17 January 1973}} * 1973 – [Watergate scandal](/source/Watergate_scandal): The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) headquarters at [Watergate](/source/Watergate_complex) begins.{{Cite web|title=The Watergate Break-in|url=https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/congress-investigates-part-2/watergate-break|access-date=2021-06-14|website=U.S. Capitol Visitor Center|language=en|archive-date=2022-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713200337/https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/congress-investigates-part-2/watergate-break}} *[1975](/source/1975) – [Ella T. Grasso](/source/Ella_T._Grasso) becomes [Governor of Connecticut](/source/List_of_Governors_of_Connecticut), the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.{{cite book|author=Susan J. Tolchin|title=Women in Congress, 1917-1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rosUUqIKa6gC&pg=PA30|year=1976|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=30}} *[1977](/source/1977) – [Three bombs](/source/1977_Moscow_bombings) explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an [Armenian](/source/Armenians) separatist group.{{cite web|url=http://old.samara.ru/paper/41/5070/91049/|title=Бомба в московском метро|last=Stepanov|first=Alexei|date=31 January 2004|work="Волжская Коммуна" №18|access-date=11 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224124752/http://old.samara.ru/paper/41/5070/91049/|archive-date=24 December 2009}} *[1981](/source/1981) – A local farmer reports a [UFO sighting](/source/Trans-en-Provence_Case) in [Trans-en-Provence, France](/source/Trans-en-Provence), claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".{{cite book|author=Jerome Clark|title=High Strangeness: UFOs from 1960 Through 1979|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9rWAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Apogee Books|isbn=978-1-55888-742-8|page=78}} *[1982](/source/1982) – [Breakup of the Bell System](/source/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System): In the United States, [AT&T](/source/AT%26T_Corporation) agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions. *[1989](/source/1989) – [Kegworth air disaster](/source/Kegworth_air_disaster): [British Midland](/source/British_Midland_International) Flight 92, a [Boeing 737-400](/source/Boeing_737_Classic), crashes into the [M1 motorway](/source/M1_motorway), killing 47 of the 126 people on board.{{cite book|author=Hurst|first=Nick W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O_DBi2TmXTsC&pg=PA8|title=Risk Assessment: The Human Dimension|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|year=1998|isbn=978-0-85404-554-9|page=8}} *[1994](/source/1994) – Russian [cosmonaut](/source/cosmonaut) [Valeri Polyakov](/source/Valeri_Polyakov) on ''[Soyuz TM-18](/source/Soyuz_TM-18)'' leaves for [Mir](/source/Mir). He would stay on the [space station](/source/space_station) until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.{{cite book|author=John Wilkinson|title=Probing the New Solar System|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hXmZP40vFksC&pg=PA23|year=2009|publisher=Csiro Publishing|isbn=978-0-643-09575-5|page=23}} *[1996](/source/1996) – An [Antonov An-32](/source/Antonov_An-32) cargo aircraft [crashes into a crowded market](/source/1996_Air_Africa_crash) in [Kinshasa](/source/Kinshasa), [Zaire](/source/Zaire), killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.{{cite book|author=Ben R. Guttery|title=Encyclopedia of African Airlines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBmGpaD36cMC&pg=PA43|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Ben Guttery|isbn=978-0-7864-0495-7|page=43}} *[2002](/source/2002) – President of the United States [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush) signs into law the [No Child Left Behind Act](/source/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act).{{cite book|author=William Hayes|title=No Child Left Behind: Past, Present, and Future|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W67vHaByunAC&pg=PA159|date=14 August 2008|publisher=R&L Education|isbn=978-1-57886-897-1|page=159}} *[2003](/source/2003) – [Turkish Airlines Flight 634](/source/Turkish_Airlines_Flight_634) crashes near [Diyarbakır Airport](/source/Diyarbak%C4%B1r_Airport), [Turkey](/source/Turkey), killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.{{cite news|date=8 January 2003|title=Turkish Airlines plane crashes, 75 dead, 5 survivors|work=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/01/08/turkish.plane.crash/|access-date=29 December 2008}} * 2003 – [Air Midwest Flight 5481](/source/Air_Midwest_Flight_5481) crashes at [Charlotte-Douglas Airport](/source/Charlotte_Douglas_International_Airport), in [Charlotte, North Carolina](/source/Charlotte%2C_North_Carolina), killing all 21 people on board.{{cite book |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR0401.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Report: Loss of Pitch Control During Takeoff, Air Midwest Flight 5481, Raytheon (Beechcraft) 1900D, N233YV, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 8, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217155524/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR0401.pdf |archive-date=February 17, 2015 |publisher=[National Transportation Safety Board](/source/National_Transportation_Safety_Board) |id=NTSB/AAR-04/01 |date=February 26, 2004 }} *[2004](/source/2004) – The {{RMS|Queen Mary 2}}, then the largest [ocean liner](/source/ocean_liner) ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II).{{cite web|title=QUEEN MARY 2 TECHNICAL INFORMATION|url=http://www.cunard.com/documents/press%20kits/queen%20mary%202/queen_mary_2_technical.pdf|work=Cunard.com|publisher=Cunard|access-date=16 April 2014|archive-date=19 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019220221/https://www.cunard.com/documents/press%20kits/queen%20mary%202/queen_mary_2_technical.pdf}} *[2005](/source/2005) – The nuclear sub {{USS|San Francisco|SSN-711|6}} collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of [Guam](/source/Guam). One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.{{cite book|author=Nicholas Costa|title=Adam to Apophis: Asteroids, Millenarianism and Climate Change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGb-9NimZGoC&pg=PA17|year=2013|publisher=D'Aleman Publishing|isbn=978-9963-2917-0-0|page=17}} *[2009](/source/2009) – A 6.1-magnitude [earthquake](/source/2009_Costa_Rica_earthquake) in northern [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica) kills 15 people and injures 32.{{cite web|url=https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/36696/61-earthquake-in-costa-rica#:~:text=A%20magnitude%206.1%20earthquake%20caused,U.S.%20Geological%20Survey%20(USGS).&text=The%20quake%20damaged%20buildings%20and,the%20deaths%2C%20said%20the%20USGS.|title=6.1 Earthquake in Costa Rica|website=NASA Earth Observatory|date=16 January 2009|access-date=17 October 2020}} *[2010](/source/2010) – Gunmen from an offshoot of the [Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda](/source/Front_for_the_Liberation_of_the_Enclave_of_Cabinda) [attack a bus](/source/Togo_national_football_team_attack) carrying the [Togo national football team](/source/Togo_national_football_team) on its way to the [2010 Africa Cup of Nations](/source/2010_Africa_Cup_of_Nations), killing three people and injuring another nine.{{cite news|title=Assistant coach among dead in attack on Togo team|publisher=CNN|date=9 January 2010|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/01/09/angola.african.nations.cup.togo/index.html|access-date=10 January 2010}} *[2011](/source/2011) – Sitting US Congresswoman [Gabby Giffords](/source/Gabby_Giffords) is shot in the head along with 18 others in a [mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona](/source/2011_Tucson_shooting). Giffords survived the assassination attempt, but six others died, including [John Roll](/source/John_Roll), a federal judge.{{cite news|title=Congresswoman Giffords wounded, five killed in shooting|publisher=Reuters|date=8 January 2010|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7071IA20110108|access-date=2 January 2021}} *[2016](/source/2016) – [Joaquín Guzmán](/source/Joaqu%C3%ADn_%22El_Chapo%22_Guzm%C3%A1n), widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.{{cite web |last1=Agren |first1=David |title=Mexico recaptures drug cartel kingpin El Chapo after humiliating prison escape |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/08/mexican-drug-lord-el-chapo-recaptured-president-says |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 March 2020 |date=8 January 2016}} * 2016 – [West Air Sweden Flight 294](/source/West_Air_Sweden_Flight_294) crashes near the Swedish reservoir of [Akkajaure](/source/Akkajaure); both pilots, the only people on board, are killed.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200PF SE-DUX Oajevágge|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20160108-0|access-date=2021-12-20|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[Aviation Safety Network](/source/Aviation_Safety_Network)}} *[2020](/source/2020) – [Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752](/source/Ukraine_International_Airlines_Flight_752) crashes immediately after takeoff at [Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport](/source/Tehran_Imam_Khomeini_International_Airport); all 176 on board are killed. The plane was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/world/middleeast/plane-crash.html|title=Plane Shot Down Because of Human Error, Iran Says|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 11, 2020}} *[2021](/source/2021) – Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a [police ″massacre″](/source/La_Vega_raid) in [La Vega](/source/La_Vega_Parish), [Caracas](/source/Caracas), Venezuela.{{cite news |title=Activists claim Venezuela police 'massacre' killed 23 people |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210111-activists-claim-venezuela-police-massacre-killed-23-people |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=France 24 |date=11 January 2021 |language=en}} *[2023](/source/2023) – Supporters of former Brazil president [Jair Bolsonaro](/source/Jair_Bolsonaro) [storm](/source/2023_Pra%C3%A7a_dos_Tr%C3%AAs_Poderes_attack) the [Brazilian Congress](/source/National_Congress_of_Brazil).{{Cite news |date=2023-01-08 |title=Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazilian Congress |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64204860 |access-date=2023-01-08}} ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[1037](/source/1037) – [Su Dongpo](/source/Su_Shi), Chinese calligrapher and poet (died 1101){{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/2010-09/28/content_11357593.htm|title=The life of Su Dongpo|website=China Daily|access-date=9 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109155516/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/2010-09/28/content_11357593.htm|archive-date=9 January 2019|url-status=live}} *[1345](/source/1345) – [Kadi Burhan al-Din](/source/Kadi_Burhan_al-Din), poet, [kadi](/source/qadi), and ruler of [Sivas](/source/Sivas) (died 1398){{EI2 | volume = 1 | title = Burhãn al-Dīn | last = Rypka | first = J. | pages = 1327–1328 | url=https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_1543}} *[1529](/source/1529) – [John Frederick II](/source/John_Frederick_II%2C_Duke_of_Saxony), duke of Saxony (died 1595){{Cite EB1911|wstitle= John Frederick, Duke of Saxony |volume= 15 | pages = 458–459; see lines two and three |quote=... Born at Torgau on the 8th of January 1529 }} *[1583](/source/1583) – [Simon Episcopius](/source/Simon_Episcopius), Dutch theologian and academic (died 1643){{cite book|title=The British Critic, Quarterly Theological Review, and Ecclesiastical Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HEY-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74|year=1836|publisher=C. & J. Rivington, and J. Mawman|page=74}} *[1587](/source/1587) – [Johannes Fabricius](/source/Johannes_Fabricius), German astronomer and academic (died 1616){{cite book|author1=G. Rudiger|author2=Günther Rüdiger|title=Differential Rotation and Stellar Convection: Sun and Solar-type Stars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cKaE9mLyCaIC&pg=PA13|year=1989|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-2-88124-066-9|page=13}} * 1587 – [Jan Pieterszoon Coen](/source/Jan_Pieterszoon_Coen), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1629){{cite book|author=Joris van Spilbergen|title=The East and West Indian Mirror: Being an Account of Joris Van Speilbergen's Voyage Round the World (1614-1617), and the Australian Navigations of Jacob Le Maire|url=https://archive.org/details/eastwestindianmispil|year=1906|publisher=Hakluyt Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/eastwestindianmispil/page/n342 151]}} *[1589](/source/1589) – [Ivan Gundulić](/source/Ivan_Gunduli%C4%87), Croatian poet and playwright (died 1638){{cite book|author1=Merriam-Webster, Inc|author2=Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc. Staff|title=Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature|url=https://archive.org/details/merriamwebsters00merr|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Merriam-Webster|isbn=978-0-87779-042-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/merriamwebsters00merr/page/501 501]}} ===1601–1900=== *[1601](/source/1601) – [Baltasar Gracián](/source/Baltasar_Graci%C3%A1n), Spanish priest and author (died 1658){{cite book|author=Virginia Ramos Foster|title=Baltasar Gracián|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoQNAAAAIAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Twayne Publishers|isbn=978-0-8057-2398-4|page=11}} *[1626](/source/1626) – [Jean Talon](/source/Jean_Talon), first Intendant of New France (died 1694){{Cite web |last=Vachon |first=André |year=2020 |orig-date=1966 |title=Talon, Jean (Talon Du Quesnoy) |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/talon_jean_1E.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610184530/http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/talon_jean_1E.html |archive-date=10 June 2023 |access-date=8 January 2023 |website=Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1 |publisher=University of Toronto/Université Laval}} *[1628](/source/1628) – [François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois-Henri_de_Montmorency%2C_duc_de_Luxembourg), French general (died 1695){{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Luxemburg, François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, Duke of |volume= 17 | pages = 144–145; see page 144 line two |quote=...was born at Paris on the 8th of January 1628. }} *[1632](/source/1632) – [Samuel von Pufendorf](/source/Samuel_von_Pufendorf), German economist and jurist (died 1694){{cite book|author1=Serge Dauchy|author2=Georges Martyn|author3=Anthony Musson|title=The Formation and Transmission of Western Legal Culture: 150 Books that Made the Law in the Age of Printing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7r2iDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA219|date=1 December 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-45567-9|page=219}} *[1635](/source/1635) – [Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero](/source/Luis_Manuel_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_Portocarrero), Spanish cardinal (died 1709){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Portocarrero, Luis Manuel Fernandez de |volume=22|page=123; see line two |quote=....and was born on the 8th of January 1635.}} *[1638](/source/1638) – [Elisabetta Sirani](/source/Elisabetta_Sirani), Italian painter (died 1665){{cite book|author=Laura Maria Roberts Ragg|title=The Women Artists of Bologna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3b0MAQAAIAAJ|year=1907|publisher=Methuen|page=233}} *[1735](/source/1735) – [John Carroll](/source/John_Carroll_(bishop)), American archbishop, founder of [Georgetown University](/source/Georgetown_University) (died 1815){{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Carroll, John}} *[1763](/source/1763) – [Edmond-Charles Genêt](/source/Edmond-Charles_Gen%C3%AAt), French-American translator and diplomat (died 1834){{cite book|author1=Charles Fenno Hoffman|author2=Timothy Flint|author3=Lewis Gaylord Clark|author4=Kinahan Cornwallis|author5= John Holmes Agnew|title=The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LsdGAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA284|year=1850|page=284}} *[1786](/source/1786) – [Nicholas Biddle](/source/Nicholas_Biddle_(banker)), American banker and financier (died 1844){{cite book|title=The Bankers Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AOMzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA614|year=1869|publisher=Warren, Gorham & Lamont, Incorporated|page=614}} *[1788](/source/1788) – [Rudolf of Austria](/source/Archduke_Rudolf_of_Austria_(1788%E2%80%931831)), Austrian archduke and archbishop (died 1831){{cite book|author=Susan Kagan|title=Archduke Rudolph, Beethoven's Patron, Pupil, and Friend: His Life and Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XsD7i4To5sEC&pg=PA1|year=1988|publisher=Pendragon Press|isbn=978-0-945193-45-6|page=1}} *[1792](/source/1792) – [Lowell Mason](/source/Lowell_Mason), American composer and educator (died 1872){{cite book|author1=Edith L. Blumhofer|author2=Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer|title=Her Heart Can See: The Life and Hymns of Fanny J. Crosby|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9LWkw81bRXwC&pg=PA127|date=12 May 2005|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=978-0-8028-4253-4|page=127}} *[1805](/source/1805) – [John Bigler](/source/John_Bigler), American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd [Governor of California](/source/Governor_of_California) (died 1871){{cite book|author1=Howard Brett Melendy|author2=Benjamin Franklin Gilbert|title=The Governors of California: Peter H. Burnett to Edmund G. Brown|url=https://archive.org/details/governorsofcalif0000unse|url-access=registration|year=1965|publisher=Talisman Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/governorsofcalif0000unse/page/n53 50]}} * 1805 – [Orson Hyde](/source/Orson_Hyde), American religious leader, 3rd [President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles](/source/President_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)) (died 1878){{cite book|author=Howard H. Barron|title=Orson Hyde: Missionary, Apostle, Colonizer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-J7tAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Horizon Publishers|isbn=978-0-88290-076-6|page=5}} *[1812](/source/1812) – [Sigismond Thalberg](/source/Sigismond_Thalberg), Swiss pianist and composer (died 1871){{cite book|author=Alan Walker|title=Franz Liszt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5hckAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Knopf|page=232|isbn=978-0-394-52540-2}} *[1817](/source/1817) – [Theophilus Shepstone](/source/Theophilus_Shepstone), English-South African politician (died 1893){{cite book|author=Ruth E. Gordon|title=Shepstone: the Role of the Family in the History of South Africa, 1820-1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQ8fAAAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=A. A. Balkema|page=2}} *[1821](/source/1821) – [James Longstreet](/source/James_Longstreet), American general and diplomat, [United States Ambassador to Turkey](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Turkey) (died 1904){{cite book|author=Luther William Minnigh|title=Gettysburg: "what They Did Here"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EdPTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA146|year=1863|page=146}} *[1823](/source/1823) – [Alfred Russel Wallace](/source/Alfred_Russel_Wallace), Welsh geographer, biologist, and explorer (died 1913){{cite book|author=Alfred Russel Wallace|title=Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters from the Malay Archipelago|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cRyRAAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12|date=24 October 2013|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-968399-4|page=12}} *[1824](/source/1824) – [Wilkie Collins](/source/Wilkie_Collins), English novelist, playwright, and short story writer (died 1889){{cite book|author1=Professor Department of Sociology Michael S Kimmel|author2=Amy B Aronson|title=Men and Masculinities: A-J|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jWj5OBvTh1IC&pg=PA165|year=2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-774-0|page=165}} * 1824 – [Francisco González Bocanegra](/source/Francisco_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Bocanegra), Mexican poet and composer (died 1861){{cite book|author=Eladio Cortés|title=Dictionary of Mexican Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j-K-13qmBSoC&pg=PA284|year=1992|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-26271-5|page=284}} *[1830](/source/1830) – [Hans von Bülow](/source/Hans_von_B%C3%BClow), German pianist and composer (died 1894){{cite book|author=Hans von Bülow|title=The Early Correspondence of Hans Von Bülow|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ycM5AAAAIAAJ|year=1896|publisher=T.F. Unwin|page=4}} *[1836](/source/1836) – [Lawrence Alma-Tadema](/source/Lawrence_Alma-Tadema), Dutch-English painter and academic (died 1912){{cite book|title=The Art Journal: New series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbJCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA9|year=1875|publisher=D. Appleton & Company|page=9}} *[1843](/source/1843) – [Frederick Abberline](/source/Frederick_Abberline), English police officer (died 1929){{cite book|author=M.J. Trow|title=Ripper Hunter: Abberline and the Whitechapel Murders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SWgqVCSNwikC&pg=PT106|date=19 December 2012|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-78337-855-5|page=106}} *[1852](/source/1852) – [James Milton Carroll](/source/James_Milton_Carroll), American pastor and author (died 1931)[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fca66 Carroll, James Milton] J. A. Reynolds, Handbook of Texas Online, Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. *[1859](/source/1859) – [Fanny Bullock Workman](/source/Fanny_Bullock_Workman), American mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (died 1925){{cite book|author=Margo McLoone|title=Women Explorers of the Mountains: Nina Mazuchelli, Fanny Bullock Workman, Mary Vaux Walcott, Gertrude Benham, Junko Tabei|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TeHkUIocC8C&pg=PA17|date=August 1999|publisher=Capstone|isbn=978-0-7368-0311-3|page=17}} *[1860](/source/1860) – [Emma Booth-Tucker](/source/Emma_Booth-Tucker), English author (died 1903){{cite book|author1=John Arthur Garraty|author2=Mark C. Carnes|title=American National Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hYYRAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University|isbn=978-0-19-512782-9|page=201}} *[1862](/source/1862) – [Frank Nelson Doubleday](/source/Frank_Nelson_Doubleday), American publisher, founded the [Doubleday Publishing Company](/source/Doubleday_(publisher)) (died 1934){{cite book|author=John N. Ingham|title=Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qzxy3pejsdoC&pg=PA1792|year=1983|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-21362-5|page=1792}} *[1864](/source/1864) – [Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale](/source/Prince_Albert_Victor%2C_Duke_of_Clarence_and_Avondale) (died 1892){{cite book|author=James H. Murphy|title=Abject Loyalty: Nationalism and Monarchy in Ireland During the Reign of Queen Victoria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nnh22zBI5uAC&pg=PA308|year=2001|publisher=CUA Press|isbn=978-0-8132-1076-6|page=308}} *[1865](/source/1865) – [Winnaretta Singer](/source/Winnaretta_Singer), American philanthropist (died 1943){{cite book|author1=Gabriel Fauré|title=His Life Through Letters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UqIHAQAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=M. Boyars|isbn=978-0-7145-2768-0|page=153}} *[1866](/source/1866) – [William G. Conley](/source/William_G._Conley), American educator and politician, 18th [Governor of West Virginia](/source/Governor_of_West_Virginia) (died 1940){{cite book|author=Charles A. Thomas|title=Preston County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fS35x8TQej8C&pg=PA93|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-4319-2|page=93}} *[1867](/source/1867) – [Emily Greene Balch](/source/Emily_Greene_Balch), American economist and author, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Peace_Prize) laureate (died 1961){{cite book|author=Judith Freeman Clark|title=Almanac of American Women in the 20th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ryMqAAAAYAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Prentice Hall|isbn=978-0-13-022658-7|page=88}} *[1870](/source/1870) – [Miguel Primo de Rivera](/source/Miguel_Primo_de_Rivera), Spanish general and politician, [Prime Minister of Spain](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Spain) (died 1930){{cite book|author1=Charles Petrie|author2=Charles Alexander Petrie, Sir bart.|title=King Alfonso XIII and His Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zvk8AAAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Chapman & Hall|page=179}} *[1871](/source/1871) – [Jeanne Adnet](/source/Jeanne_Adnet), French anarchist (died 1942){{Cite web |title=ADNET Jeanne, Marie, Alphonsine. épouse Quesnel [Dictionnaire des anarchistes] – Maitron |url=https://maitron.fr/adnet-jeanne-marie-alphonsine-epouse-quesnel-dictionnaire-des-anarchistes/ |access-date=2025-07-10 |language=fr-FR}} *[1871](/source/1871) – [James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon](/source/James_Craig%2C_1st_Viscount_Craigavon), Irish captain and politician, 1st [Prime Minister of Northern Ireland](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland) (died 1940){{cite book|author=Patrick Buckland|title=James Craig: Lord Craigavon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DgM0AAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Gill and Macmillan|page=3|isbn=978-0-7171-1078-0}} *[1873](/source/1873) – [Iuliu Maniu](/source/Iuliu_Maniu), Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd [Prime Minister of Romania](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Romania) (died 1953){{Cite web|title=Iuliu Maniu {{!}} prime minister of Romania|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Iuliu-Maniu|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Britannica.com|language=en}} *[1881](/source/1881) – [Henrik Shipstead](/source/Henrik_Shipstead), American dentist and politician (died 1960){{cite book|author=James Stuart Olson|title=Historical Dictionary of the Great Depression, 1929-1940|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CDD1aGiJJTkC&pg=PA255|year=2001|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30618-1|page=255}} * 1881 – [Linnie Marsh Wolfe](/source/Linnie_Marsh_Wolfe), American librarian and author (died 1945)"Linnie Marsh Wolfe." ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Detroit: Gale, 2001. ''Gale Biography In Context''. Retrieved September 4, 2012. *[1883](/source/1883) – [Pavel Filonov](/source/Pavel_Filonov), Russian painter and poet (died 1941){{cite book|author=John E. Bowlt|title=Russian Art, 1875-1975: A Collection of Essays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmx6DAjZCxsC&pg=PA140|year=1976|publisher=Ardent Media|isbn=978-0-8422-0547-4|page=140}} * 1883 – [Patrick J. Hurley](/source/Patrick_J._Hurley), American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st [United States Secretary of War](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_War) (died 1963) *[1885](/source/1885) – [John Curtin](/source/John_Curtin), Australian journalist and politician, 14th [Prime Minister of Australia](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Australia) (died 1945){{cite book|author=Brian Carroll|title=Australia's Prime Ministers: From Barton to Howard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W8PUBuw4idYC&pg=PA159|year=2004|publisher=Rosenberg Publishing Pty, Limited|isbn=978-1-877058-22-6|page=159}} * 1885 – [Mór Kóczán](/source/M%C3%B3r_K%C3%B3cz%C3%A1n), Hungarian javelin thrower and pastor (died 1972){{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/mor-koczan-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175050/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/mor-koczan-1.html|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Mór Kóczán Biography and Olympic Results|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=April 19, 2012}} * 1885 – [A. J. Muste](/source/A._J._Muste), Dutch-American pastor and activist (died 1967){{cite journal|author=Howlett, Charles F.|url=http://www.friendsjournal.org/j-muste-20th-centurys-most-famous-u-s-pacifist|title=A.J. Muste: The 20th Century's Most Famous US Pacifist|journal=[Friends Journal](/source/Friends_Journal)|date= April 2006}} *[1888](/source/1888) – [Richard Courant](/source/Richard_Courant), German-American mathematician and academic (died 1972){{cite book|author=National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)|title=Report of the National Academy of Sciences|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b5grAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA141|year=1879|publisher=National Academies|page=141}} *[1891](/source/1891) – [Walther Bothe](/source/Walther_Bothe), German physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (died 1957){{cite book|author=M. Melarango|title=Quantification in Science: The VNR Dictionary of Engineering Units and Measures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFt6YPLNjMgC&pg=PA35|date=1 July 1991|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-442-00641-9|page=35}} * 1891 – [Storm Jameson](/source/Storm_Jameson), English journalist and author (died 1986){{cite book|author1=Patricia Burgess|author2=Trish Burgess|title=Annual Obituary, 1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZPZBuqy_SYC|date=1 August 1989|publisher=St James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-013-1|page=528}} * 1891 – [Bronislava Nijinska](/source/Bronislava_Nijinska), Russian dancer and choreographer (died 1972){{cite book|author=Clemens Jöckle|title=Encyclopedia of Saints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GC1GAQAAIAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Alpine Fine Arts Collection|isbn=978-0-88168-226-7|page=319}} *[1896](/source/1896) – [Jaromír Weinberger](/source/Jarom%C3%ADr_Weinberger), Czech-American composer and academic (died 1967){{cite book|author1=David Mason Greene|author2=Constance Green|title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA1247|year=1985|publisher=Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd.|isbn=978-0-385-14278-6|page=1247}} *[1897](/source/1897) – [Dennis Wheatley](/source/Dennis_Wheatley), English soldier and author (died 1977){{cite book|author=Clive Barker|title=Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fKAqAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=BBC|isbn=978-0-563-37152-6|page=56}} *[1899](/source/1899) – [S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike](/source/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th [Prime Minister of Sri Lanka](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Sri_Lanka) (died 1959) *[1900](/source/1900) – [Dorothy Adams](/source/Dorothy_Adams), American character actress (died 1988){{Citation|title=Dorothy Adams: Classic Movie Hub (CMH)|url=http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/dorothy-adams/|access-date=2017-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020083718/http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/dorothy-adams/|archive-date=2017-10-20|url-status=live}} * 1900 – [Serge Poliakoff](/source/Serge_Poliakoff), Russian-French painter (died 1969){{cite book|author=Wolf Stubbe|title=Graphic Arts in the Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xfpPAAAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Praeger|page=292}} ===1901–present=== *[1902](/source/1902) – [Carl Rogers](/source/Carl_Rogers), American psychologist and academic (died 1987){{cite book|author1=Liora Bresler|author2=David Cooper|author3=Joy Palmer|title=Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present Day|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MXcii-IYm2kC&pg=PA49|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-59259-3|page=49}} *[1904](/source/1904) – [Karl Brandt](/source/Karl_Brandt), German physician and [SS](/source/SS) officer (died 1948){{cite book|title=Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals Under Control Council Law No. 10, Nuremberg, October 1946-April, 1949|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gpHuXlH479kC&pg=PA190|year=1949|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=190}} *[1905](/source/1905) – [Carl Gustav Hempel](/source/Carl_Gustav_Hempel), German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (died 1997){{cite book|author1=Stuart Gerry Brown|author2=Stuart Brown|author3=Stuart C. Brown|author4=Diané Collinson |author5=Robert Wilkinson|title=Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Philosophers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hz8OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA332|year=1996|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-06043-1|page=332}} *[1908](/source/1908) – [William Hartnell](/source/William_Hartnell), English actor (died 1975){{cite book|author=Paul Donnelley|title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmYcAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=978-0-7119-7984-0|page=266}} * 1908 – [Fearless Nadia](/source/Fearless_Nadia), Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (died 1996){{cite web | title=Fearless Nadia's 110th Birthday | website=Google | date=2018-01-08 | url=https://doodles.google/doodle/fearless-nadias-110th-birthday/ | access-date=2018-01-09}} *[1909](/source/1909) – [Ashapoorna Devi](/source/Ashapoorna_Devi), Indian author and poet (died 1995){{cite book|title=The Book Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aiDhAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=C. Chari for Perspective Publications|page=23}} * 1909 – [Bruce Mitchell](/source/Bruce_Mitchell_(cricketer)), South African cricketer (died 1995){{cite book|author=Eric Rosenthal|title=Total Book of South African Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28pBAAAAYAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Delta Books|isbn=978-0-908387-19-9|page=124}} * 1909 – [Evelyn Wood](/source/Evelyn_Wood_(teacher)), American author and educator (died 1995){{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/30/obituaries/evelyn-wood-who-promoted-speed-reading-is-dead-at-86.html | title = Evelyn Wood, Who Promoted Speed Reading, Is Dead at 86|author=Lawrence Van Gelder | date = 1995-08-30 | work = The New York Times | access-date = 2017-03-11}} *[1910](/source/1910) – [Galina Ulanova](/source/Galina_Ulanova), Russian actress and ballerina (died 1998){{cite book|author1=Allen Robertson|author2=Donald Hutera|title=The Dance Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZ0YAAAAIAAJ|year=1990|publisher=G.K. Hall|isbn=978-0-8161-9095-9|page=131}} *[1911](/source/1911) – [Gypsy Rose Lee](/source/Gypsy_Rose_Lee), American actress, dancer, and author (died 1970){{cite book|author=Noralee Frankel|title=Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=riwpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|date=3 March 2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-975433-5|page=4}} *[1912](/source/1912) – [José Ferrer](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Ferrer), Puerto Rican-American actor and director (died 1992){{cite book|title=Chase's Annual Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=61}} * 1912 – [Lawrence Walsh](/source/Lawrence_Walsh), Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th [United States Deputy Attorney General](/source/United_States_Deputy_Attorney_General) (died 2014){{cite book|author=Charles Moritz|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DWftWR1VGIEC|year=1992|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=597|isbn=978-0-8242-0128-9}} *[1915](/source/1915) – [Walker Cooper](/source/Walker_Cooper), American baseball player and manager (died 1991){{cite book|title=Baseball Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0wsAAAAMAAJ|year=1956|publisher=C.C. Spink & Son|page=46}} *[1917](/source/1917) – [Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor](/source/Peter_Matthew_Hillsman_Taylor), American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1994) *[1920](/source/1920) – [Douglas Wilmer](/source/Douglas_Wilmer), English actor (died 2016){{cite news|last=Hadoke|first=Toby|title=Douglas Wilmer obituary|work=The Guardian|date=5 April 2016|accessdate=8 January 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/apr/05/douglas-wilmer-obituary-sherlock-holmes}} *[1922](/source/1922) – [Dale D. Myers](/source/Dale_D._Myers), American engineer (died 2015){{cite book|author=United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences|title=NASA Authorization for Fiscal Year 1975|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rt1Ze5R9v_UC&pg=PA122|year=1974|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=122}} *[1923](/source/1923) – [Larry Storch](/source/Larry_Storch), American actor and comedian (died 2022){{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|title= UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan. 8, 2018|work= [United Press International](/source/United_Press_International)|date=January 8, 2018|access-date=September 21, 2019| archive-date= January 8, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180108222931/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|url-status=live|quote=…comic actor Larry Storch in 1923 (age 95)}}{{cite news|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/larry-storch-dead-f-troop-1235177225/|title = Larry Storch, Corporal Randolph Agarn on 'F Troop,' Dies at 99|newspaper = [The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|date = July 8, 2022|access-date = July 8, 2022|last = Barnes|first = Mike}} * 1923 – [Giorgio Tozzi](/source/Giorgio_Tozzi), American opera singer and actor (died 2011){{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HgdaAAAAYAAJ|year=1961|publisher=H.W. Wilson Company|page=455}} * 1923 – [Johnny Wardle](/source/Johnny_Wardle), English cricketer (died 1985){{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=1-869833-21-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/180 180–181] |url=https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/180 }} * 1923 – [Joseph Weizenbaum](/source/Joseph_Weizenbaum), German-American computer scientist and author (died 2008){{cite book|author=Harry Henderson|title=Artificial Intelligence: Mirrors for the Mind|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vKmIiICDIwgC&pg=PA118|year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-60413-059-1|page=118}} *[1924](/source/1924) – [Benjamin Lees](/source/Benjamin_Lees), Chinese-American soldier and composer (died 2010){{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Martin |title=Benjamin Lees: Composer who eschewed modernism in favour of a gritty, muscular clarity |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/benjamin-lees-composer-who-eschewed-modernism-in-favour-of-a-gritty-muscular-clarity-2066921.html |access-date=24 March 2020 |work=The Independent |date=1 September 2010}} * 1924 – [Ron Moody](/source/Ron_Moody), English actor and singer (died 2015){{cite book|author=Peter Noble|title=British Film and Television Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJFmAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=King Publications|page=282}} *[1925](/source/1925) – [Mohan Rakesh](/source/Mohan_Rakesh), Indian author and playwright (died 1972){{cite book|author=Mohan Rakesh|title=One Day in the Season of Rain: The Play that launched modern Hindi theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B_2dCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT45|date=24 April 2015|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5214-012-1|page=45}} *[1926](/source/1926) – [Evelyn Lear](/source/Evelyn_Lear), American operatic soprano (died 2012){{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: Laa-Lyud|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hTwOAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4068-2|page=254}} * 1926 – [Kerwin Mathews](/source/Kerwin_Mathews), American actor (died 2007){{cite news|last=Bergan|first=Ronald|title=Kerwin Mathews: Actor who crossed swords with animation|work=The Guardian|date=3 September 2007|access-date=8 January 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/03/guardianobituaries.obituaries|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108200941/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/03/guardianobituaries.obituaries|archive-date=8 January 2019|url-status=live}} * 1926 – [Kelucharan Mohapatra](/source/Kelucharan_Mohapatra), Indian dancer and choreographer (died 2004){{Cite web|title=Kelucharan Mohapatra {{!}} Indian dancer|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kelucharan-Mohapatra|access-date=2020-08-02|website= Britannica.com|language=en}} * 1926 – [Hanae Mori](/source/Hanae_Mori), Japanese fashion designer (died 2022){{cite book|author=Andrea Arsenault|title=Contemporary Designers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cLLXrvCeTGwC|year=1990|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-0-912289-69-4|page=405}} * 1926 – [Soupy Sales](/source/Soupy_Sales), American comedian and actor (died 2009){{cite book|author=Karin Adir|title=The Great Clowns of American Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jr9L--C4tMC&pg=PA189|date=1 December 2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1303-4|page=189}} *[1927](/source/1927) – [Charles Tomlinson](/source/Charles_Tomlinson), English poet and academic (died 2015) *[1928](/source/1928) – [Slade Gorton](/source/Slade_Gorton), American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th [Attorney General of Washington](/source/Attorney_General_of_Washington) (died 2020){{cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=G000333|title=Gorton, Thomas Slade, III (Slade) (1928-)|website=Biographical Directory of US Congress|access-date=3 June 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/former-u-s-sen-slade-gorton-92-dies/ |title=Former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton, a towering figure in Washington state, dies at 92 |date=18 August 2020 |publisher=Seattletimes.com |access-date=2020-08-19}} *[1929](/source/1929) – [Saeed Jaffrey](/source/Saeed_Jaffrey), Indian-British actor (died 2015){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/16/saeed-jaffrey|title=Saeed Jaffrey obituary|author=Naseem Khan|date=16 November 2015|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 June 2020}} *[1931](/source/1931) – [Bill Graham](/source/Bill_Graham_(promoter)), German-American businessman (died 1991) * 1931 – [Clarence Benjamin Jones](/source/Clarence_Benjamin_Jones), American lawyer and scholar{{cite book|author1=Clayborne Carson|author2=Tenisha Armstrong|author3=Susan Carson|title=The Martin Luther King, Jr., Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWN2AAAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-29440-2|pages=163–164}} *[1933](/source/1933) – [Charles Osgood](/source/Charles_Osgood), American soldier and journalist (died 2024){{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|title= UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan. 8, 2018|work= [United Press International](/source/United_Press_International)|date=January 8, 2018|access-date=September 21, 2019| archive-date= January 8, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180108222931/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|url-status=live|quote=…newsman Charles Osgood in 1933 (age 85)}} * 1933 – [Jean-Marie Straub](/source/Jean-Marie_Straub), French director and screenwriter (died 2022){{cite book|author1=ans-Michael Bock|author2=im Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z7gFT_Duq1cC&pg=PA462|date=1 September 2009|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-0-85745-565-9|page=462}} *[1934](/source/1934) – [Jacques Anquetil](/source/Jacques_Anquetil), French cyclist (died 1987){{cite book|title=Guinness Book of World Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LxZNAAAAYAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company|page=551}} * 1934 – [Roy Kinnear](/source/Roy_Kinnear), British actor (died 1988){{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmIYAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-1-55862-050-6|page=431}} *[1935](/source/1935) – [Elvis Presley](/source/Elvis_Presley), American singer, guitarist, and actor (died 1977){{cite book |author1=Guralnick, Peter | author2=Jorgensen, Ernst|year=1999|title=Elvis Day by Day: The Definitive Record of His Life and Music|publisher=Ballantine|isbn=0-345-42089-6|page=3}} *[1936](/source/1936) – [Robert May, Baron May of Oxford](/source/Robert_May%2C_Baron_May_of_Oxford), Australian-English zoologist, ecologist, and academic (died 2020){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/29/robert-may-bob-may-lord-may-obituary|title=Lord May of Oxford obituary|date=29 April 2020|author=Georgina Ferry|website=The Guardian|access-date=14 October 2020}} *[1937](/source/1937) – [Shirley Bassey](/source/Shirley_Bassey), Welsh singer{{cite book|author=John L. Williams|title=Miss Shirley Bassey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8RgBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT38|date=2 September 2010|publisher=Quercus|isbn=978-0-85738-394-5|page=38}} *[1938](/source/1938) – [Bob Eubanks](/source/Bob_Eubanks), American game show host and producer{{cite book|title=Chase's ... Calendar of Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZlmAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-9554-8|page=80}} *[1939](/source/1939) – [Carolina Herrera](/source/Carolina_Herrera_(fashion_designer)), Venezuelan-American fashion designer{{cite book|author=Janet Riehecky|title=Carolina Herrera: International Fashion Designer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Afs8AAAAYAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Childrens Press|isbn=978-0-516-04178-0|page=6}} *[1940](/source/1940) – [Cristy Lane](/source/Cristy_Lane), American country and gospel singer{{cite book|author=Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum (Nashville, Tenn.)|title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQoKAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-511671-7|page=289}} *[1941](/source/1941) – [Graham Chapman](/source/Graham_Chapman), English actor and screenwriter (died 1989){{cite book|title=Screen International Film and TV Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqNmAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Screen International, King Publications|page=342}} * 1941 – [Boris Vallejo](/source/Boris_Vallejo), Peruvian-American painter{{cite web|title=Boris Vallejo|website=Illustration History|publisher=Norman Rockwell Museum|date=2020|accessdate=8 January 2024|url=https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/boris-vallejo}} *[1942](/source/1942) – [Stephen Hawking](/source/Stephen_Hawking), English physicist and author (died 2018){{cite book|author=Thomas Elton|title=Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of My Life Time and a Biography of an Envisioned Man|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S6rYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1|publisher=Thomas Elton|page=1}} * 1942 – [Junichirō Koizumi](/source/Junichir%C5%8D_Koizumi), Japanese politician, 56th [Prime Minister of Japan](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Japan){{cite book|author=Gale Group|title=Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzksAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-7337-6|page=307}} * 1942 – [Yvette Mimieux](/source/Yvette_Mimieux), American actress (died 2022){{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/yvette-mimieux-dead-the-time-machine-actress-the-most-deadly-game-1234914745/|title=Yvette Mimieux Dies; Actress/Writer Who Starred In 'The Time Machine' Had Just Turned 80|publisher=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)|date=18 January 2022|access-date=18 January 2022}} *[1944](/source/1944) – [Terry Brooks](/source/Terry_Brooks), American lawyer and author{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|title= UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan. 8, 2018|work= [United Press International](/source/United_Press_International)|date=January 8, 2018|access-date=September 21, 2019| archive-date= January 8, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180108222931/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|url-status=live}} *[1945](/source/1945) – [Phil Beal](/source/Phil_Beal), English footballer{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/tottenham-hotspur-fc/phil-beal-9730/league-appearances_a12832/|title=Phil BEAL|website=sporting-heroes.net|access-date=2 January 2020}} * 1945 – [Nancy Bond](/source/Nancy_Bond), American author and academic{{cite book|author1=Hile|author2=Donna Oldendorf|author3=Hile Kevin|title=Something about the Author|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0Rh-vhjOOMC|date=July 1995|publisher=Gale Research International, Limited|isbn=978-0-8103-2292-9|page=16}} * 1945 – [Kathleen Noone](/source/Kathleen_Noone), American actress *[1946](/source/1946) – [Robby Krieger](/source/Robby_Krieger), American guitarist and songwriter{{cite book|author1=James Riordan|author2=Jerry Prochnicky|title=Break on through: the life and death of Jim Morrison|url=https://archive.org/details/breakonthroughli00rior|url-access=registration|date=June 1991|publisher=Morrow|isbn=978-0-688-08829-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/breakonthroughli00rior/page/84 84]}} * 1946 – [Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_F%C3%A9lix_Gallardo), Mexican drug lord{{cite book|author=Malcolm Beith|title=The Last Narco: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo, the World's Most Wanted Drug Lord|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jmid9oCEz04C&pg=PR9|date=7 September 2010|publisher=Open Road + Grove/Atlantic|isbn=978-0-8021-9622-4|page=9}} *[1947](/source/1947) – [David Bowie](/source/David_Bowie), English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2016){{cite book|author=Thomas Forget|title=David Bowie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FXfCunHNWrAC&pg=PP13|year=2002|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-3523-9|page=13}} * 1947 – [Antti Kalliomäki](/source/Antti_Kalliom%C3%A4ki), Finnish pole vaulter and politician{{cite book|title=Who's Who in European Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WN6eAAAAIAAJ|date=December 1990|publisher=Bowker-Saur|isbn=978-0-86291-911-5|page=328}} *[1948](/source/1948) – [Gillies MacKinnon](/source/Gillies_MacKinnon), Scottish director and screenwriter{{cite book|author=Robert Murphy|title=Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UOdkAAAAMAAJ|date=11 September 2006|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=978-1-84457-126-0|page=402}} *[1949](/source/1949) – [Shadia Abu Ghazaleh](/source/Shadia_Abu_Ghazaleh), Palestinian militant (died 1968){{cite encyclopedia|url=https://passia.org/member/shadia-abu-ghazaleh/|title=Abu Ghazaleh, Shadia (1949-1968)|year=2018|encyclopedia=Palestinian Personalities|publisher=[Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs](/source/Palestinian_Academic_Society_for_the_Study_of_International_Affairs)|oclc=45394970|access-date=9 January 2026}} * 1949 – [Lawrence Rowe](/source/Lawrence_Rowe), Jamaican cricketer{{cite book|author1=Bridgette Lawrence|author2=Reg Scarlett|title=100 Great Westindian Test Cricketers: From Challenor to Richards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbbA2GVEBKQC|year=1988|publisher=Hansib|isbn=978-1-870518-65-9|page=185}} *[1951](/source/1951) – [Kenny Anthony](/source/Kenny_Anthony), Saint Lucian politician, 5th [Prime Minister of Saint Lucia](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Saint_Lucia){{cite book|author1=Roger East|author2=Richard J. Thomas|title=Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VO4AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA442|date=3 June 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-63940-4|page=442}} *[1952](/source/1952) – [Vladimir Feltsman](/source/Vladimir_Feltsman), Russian-American pianist and educator{{cite book|author=((Chase's Editors))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cJLTKKjnDVQC|year=2007|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-07-146819-0|page=79}} * 1952 – [Peter McCullagh](/source/Peter_McCullagh), Irish mathematician and academic{{cite book|author=Royal Society (Great Britain)|title=List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660-1998: a complete listing of all Fellows and Foreign Members since the foundation of the Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XklnAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Royal Society|page=109}} *[1953](/source/1953) – [Marián Šťastný](/source/Mari%C3%A1n_%C5%A0%C5%A5astn%C3%BD), Slovak ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Marian Stastny |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/marian-stastny-8451687 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=7 January 2024}} * 1953 – [Bruce Sutter](/source/Bruce_Sutter), American baseball pitcher (died 2022){{cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/Sutter-remembered-as-pioneer-of-split-fingered-fastball|title=Sutter remembered as pioneer of split-fingered fastball|publisher=Baseball Hall of Fame|date=October 14, 2022|access-date=October 14, 2022}} *[1955](/source/1955) – [Harriet Sansom Harris](/source/Harriet_Sansom_Harris), American actress * 1955 – [Mike Reno](/source/Mike_Reno), Canadian singer and drummer{{cite book|author=Norm N. Nite|title=Rock on: the illustrated encyclopedia of rock n' roll: the video revolution, 1978-present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxwKAQAAMAAJ|date=1 September 1985|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=978-0-06-181644-4|page=191}} *[1957](/source/1957) – [Dwight Clark](/source/Dwight_Clark), American football player (died 2018){{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Dwight Clark, 61, Dies; Made a Touchdown Catch for the Ages |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/obituaries/dwight-clark-61-dies-made-a-touchdown-catch-for-the-ages.html |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |access-date=7 January 2024 |date=5 June 2018}} * 1957 – [Nacho Duato](/source/Nacho_Duato), Spanish dancer and choreographer{{cite book|title=Dansart|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=az3vAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Los Libros de Danza|page=71}} * 1957 – [Ron Cephas Jones](/source/Ron_Cephas_Jones), American actor (died 2023) * 1957 – [Calvin Natt](/source/Calvin_Natt), American basketball player{{cite web |title=Calvin Natt |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77691/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 January 2024}} *[1958](/source/1958) – [Betsy DeVos](/source/Betsy_DeVos), American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education{{cite book|author=Congress (U.S.), Joint Committee on Printing|title=Official Congressional Directory 115th Congress, 2017-2018, Convened January 2017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bWDn3d8YZNcC&pg=PA763|date=6 September 2018|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=978-0-16-094209-9|page=763}} * 1958 – [Rey Misterio](/source/Rey_Misterio), Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor (died 2024){{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2018: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GAY3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA596|date=26 September 2017|publisher=Bernan Press|isbn=978-1-59888-926-0|page=596}} *[1959](/source/1959) – [Paul Hester](/source/Paul_Hester), Australian drummer (died 2005){{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/mar/29/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1|title=Paul Hester|last=Laing|first=Dave|date=29 March 2005|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=28 November 2016}} *[1960](/source/1960) – [Dave Weckl](/source/Dave_Weckl), American drummer{{cite book|title=Modern Drummer: MD.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1O8JAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Modern Drummer Publications|page=30}} *[1961](/source/1961) – [Calvin Smith](/source/Calvin_Smith), American sprinter{{cite web|title=Calvin Smith|url=https://www.olympic.org/calvin-smith-1|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=17 April 2020}} *[1964](/source/1964) – [Ron Sexsmith](/source/Ron_Sexsmith), Canadian singer-songwriter{{cite web|title=Tweet by Ron Sexsmith|url=https://twitter.com/RonSexsmith/status/1479847252264894464|publisher=Twitter|access-date=8 January 2021}} *[1965](/source/1965) – [Michelle Forbes](/source/Michelle_Forbes), American actress{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 8, 2023 includes celebrities Noah Cyrus, Sarah Polley |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-8-2023-includes-celebrities-noah-cyrus-sarah-polley.html |website=[The Plain Dealer](/source/The_Plain_Dealer) |publisher=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |access-date=7 January 2024 |date=8 January 2023}} *[1966](/source/1966) – [Maria Pitillo](/source/Maria_Pitillo), American actress * 1966 – [Igor Vyazmikin](/source/Igor_Vyazmikin), Russian ice hockey player (died 2009){{cite book|author=K. Michael Gaschnitz|title=The Edmonton Oilers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YLSJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA213|date=31 January 2003|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1252-5|page=213}} * 1966 – [Andrew Wood](/source/Andrew_Wood_(singer)), American singer-songwriter (died 1990){{cite book|author=Nick Talevski|title=The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=beMTAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=978-0-7119-7548-4|page=481}} *[1967](/source/1967) – [Willie Anderson](/source/Willie_Anderson_(basketball)), American basketball player{{cite web |title=Willie Anderson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/335/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 January 2024}} * 1967 – [R. Kelly](/source/R._Kelly), American singer-songwriter, producer, and sex offender{{cite news|url=http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/pages/rkelly.aspx|title=R. Kelly|access-date=March 31, 2016|work=Cook County Clerk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414092511/http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/pages/rkelly.aspx|archive-date=April 14, 2016}} * 1967 – [Tom Watson](/source/Tom_Watson_(Labour_politician)), English politician{{cite book|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b30NAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited|isbn=978-0-905702-66-7|page=335}} *[1968](/source/1968) – [Bull Nakano](/source/Bull_Nakano), Japanese professional wrestler{{cite web|url=http://www.duramedfuturestour.com/PlayerBios/NakanoKeiko.html|title=Keiko Nakano|publisher=Duramed Futures Tour|access-date=2009-05-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624085939/http://www.duramedfuturestour.com/PlayerBios/NakanoKeiko.html|archive-date=2008-06-24}} *[1971](/source/1971) – [Jason Giambi](/source/Jason_Giambi), American baseball player{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA79|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|page=79}} * 1971 – [Andreas Kollross](/source/Andreas_Kollross), Austrian politician{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Andreas Kollross |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/18666 |publisher=[Austrian Parliament](/source/Austrian_Parliament) |access-date=30 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929172235/https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/18666 |archive-date=29 September 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}} * 1971 – [Pascal Zuberbühler](/source/Pascal_Zuberb%C3%BChler), Swiss footballer and coach{{cite web |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany List of Players |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |website=FIFA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019 |page=27}} *[1972](/source/1972) – [Paul Clement](/source/Paul_Clement_(football_manager)), English footballer, coach, and manager{{cite web |url=https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2015/06/in-profile-paul-clement |title=In profile: Paul Clement |publisher=Derby County F.C. |date=1 June 2015 |access-date=24 September 2020}} *[1973](/source/1973) – [Mike Cameron](/source/Mike_Cameron), American baseball player{{cite book|author=Baseball Prospectus|title=Baseball Prospectus 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OsgRQcR8YHcC&pg=PA313|date=22 February 2010|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-55840-9|page=313}} *[1976](/source/1976) – [Jenny Lewis](/source/Jenny_Lewis), American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress *[1977](/source/1977) – [Amber Benson](/source/Amber_Benson), American actress, writer, director, and producer{{cite book|last=Stafford|first=Nikki|title=Bite Me!: The Unofficial Guide to 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'|location=Toronto|publisher=ECW Press|date=2007|isbn=978-1-55022-807-6|page=104}} *[1978](/source/1978) – [Marco Fu](/source/Marco_Fu), Hong Kongese snooker player{{Cite web|title=Marco Fu|url=https://wst.tv/players/marco-fu/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220174549/https://wst.tv/players/marco-fu/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2020|access-date=2022-01-09|website=World Snooker|language=en-US}} *[1979](/source/1979) – [Seol Ki-hyeon](/source/Seol_Ki-hyeon), South Korean footballer and manager{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=177806/index.html|title=SEOL Ki Hyeon profile|website=FIFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906054447/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=177806/index.html|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=2015-09-06}} * 1979 – [Windell Middlebrooks](/source/Windell_Middlebrooks), American actor (died 2015){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 8: Sam Riley, Jenny Lewis |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/08/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-8-Sam-Riley-Jenny-Lewis/2351673195535/ |publisher=[UPI](/source/United_Press_International) |access-date=7 January 2024 |date=8 January 2023}} * 1979 – [Adrian Mutu](/source/Adrian_Mutu), Romanian footballer{{Hugman|14348|Adrian Mutu|access-date=29 November 2017}} * 1979 – [Stipe Pletikosa](/source/Stipe_Pletikosa), Croatian footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=27322/profile/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904052448/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=27322/profile/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2010|title=Stipe Pleticosa|website=UEFA|access-date=21 June 2020}} * 1979 – [Sarah Polley](/source/Sarah_Polley), Canadian actress and director{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Brian D. |title=Sarah Polley's birthday triumph at the TFCA Awards |url=https://www.macleans.ca/culture/movies/sarah-polleys-birthday-triumph-at-the-tfca-awards/ |publisher=[Maclean's](/source/Maclean's) |access-date=6 January 2023 |date=9 January 2013}} *[1980](/source/1980) – [Sam Riley](/source/Sam_Riley), English actor and singer *[1981](/source/1981) – [Genevieve Cortese](/source/Genevieve_Cortese), American actress * 1981 – [Jeff Francis](/source/Jeff_Francis), Canadian baseball player{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jeff-francis-433585|title=Jeff Francis Stats|website=Major League Baseball|access-date=24 June 2020}} *[1982](/source/1982) – [Gaby Hoffmann](/source/Gaby_Hoffmann), American actress{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|title= UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan. 8, 2018|work= [United Press International](/source/United_Press_International)|date=January 8, 2018|access-date=September 21, 2019| archive-date= January 8, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180108222931/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|url-status=live|quote=...actor Gaby Hoffmann in 1982 (age 36)}} * 1982 (or 1983, 1984) – [Kim Jong Un](/source/Kim_Jong_Un), North Korean soldier and politician, 3rd [Supreme Leader of North Korea](/source/List_of_leaders_of_North_Korea){{cite book|author=Ian Jeffries|title=Contemporary North Korea: A Guide to Economic and Political Developments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QtmNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA568|date=10 September 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-27610-2|page=568}} *[1983](/source/1983) – [Chris Masters](/source/Chris_Masters), American wrestler{{cite web |last1=Paglino |first1=Nick |title=WWE To End Raw Guest Hosts?, Chris Masters' Birthday |url=https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/184557-wwe-to-end-raw-guest-hosts-chris-masters-birthday |website=WrestleZone |publisher=[Mandatory](/source/Mandatory_(company)) |access-date=7 January 2024 |date=8 January 2010}} *[1984](/source/1984) – [Jeff Francoeur](/source/Jeff_Francoeur), American baseball player and broadcaster{{cite web |title=Jeff Francoeur |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jeff-francoeur-425796 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=7 January 2024}} *[1987](/source/1987) – [Chris Douglas-Roberts](/source/Chris_Douglas-Roberts), American basketball player{{cite web |title=Chris Douglas-Roberts |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201604/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 January 2024}} * 1987 – [Cynthia Erivo](/source/Cynthia_Erivo), English actress and singer-songwriter * 1987 – [Freddie Stroma](/source/Freddie_Stroma), English actor *[1988](/source/1988) – [Adrián López](/source/Adri%C3%A1n_L%C3%B3pez), Spanish footballer{{cite web|url=http://en.clubatleticodemadrid.com/jugadores/adrian-lopez-alvarez-2|title=Adrian|website=Atletico Madrid|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318141200/http://en.clubatleticodemadrid.com/jugadores/adrian-lopez-alvarez-2|access-date=7 July 2020|archive-date=2015-03-18}} * 1988 – [Michael Mancienne](/source/Michael_Mancienne), English footballer{{cite book | editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 | year = 2010 | publisher = Mainstream Publishing | location = Edinburgh | isbn = 978-1-84596-601-0 | page = 276 }} * 1988 – [Alex Tyus](/source/Alex_Tyus), American-Israeli basketball player{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Alex-Tyus/Summary/5630|title=Alex Tyus Player Profile, Florida, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}} *[1989](/source/1989) – [Aaron Cruden](/source/Aaron_Cruden), New Zealand rugby player{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=1105|title=Aaron Cruden|website=All Blacks|access-date=25 June 2020}} *[1990](/source/1990) – [Blair Walsh](/source/Blair_Walsh), American football player{{cite web |title=Blair Walsh |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15058/blair-walsh |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=7 January 2024}} *[1991](/source/1991) – [Josh Hazlewood](/source/Josh_Hazlewood), Australian cricketer{{cite web|url=http://www.sydneysixers.com.au/team/player-profiles/josh-hazlewood|title=Sydney Sixers Player Profiles – Josh Hazlewood|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219081420/http://www.sydneysixers.com.au/team/player-profiles/josh-hazlewood|archive-date=19 December 2014}} * 1991 – [Stefan Johansen](/source/Stefan_Johansen), Norwegian footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.fulhamfc.com/player-profiles/stefan-johansen|title=Stefan Johansen|website=fulhamfc.com|access-date=2 January 2020}} * 1991 – [Stefan Savić](/source/Stefan_Savi%C4%87), Montenegrin footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=1907998/profile/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614042517/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=1907998/profile/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2010|title=Stefan Savić|website=UEFA|access-date=31 August 2020}} * 1991 – [Greg Smith](/source/Greg_Smith_(basketball%2C_born_1991)), American basketball player{{cite web |title=Greg Smith |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202962/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 January 2024}} *[1992](/source/1992) – [Stefanie Dolson](/source/Stefanie_Dolson), American basketball player{{cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/player/stefanie-dolson/#/gamelogs|title=Game Log|website=Women's National Basketball Association|access-date=21 June 2020}} * 1992 – [Koke](/source/Koke_(footballer%2C_born_1992)), Spanish footballer{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Koke |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/125660 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=25 February 2021}} * 1992 – [Valkyrae](/source/Valkyrae), American online streamer{{Cite tweet |number=1744502686471655835 |user=Valkyrae |title=32 today!!!!! 🥳 |date=January 8, 2024 |access-date=January 7, 2025}} *[1993](/source/1993) – [William Karlsson](/source/William_Karlsson), Swedish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=William Karlsson |url=https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/player/william-karlsson-8476448 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=7 January 2024}} * 1993 – [Sophie Pascoe](/source/Sophie_Pascoe), New Zealand swimmer{{cite web|url=https://paralympics.org.nz/paralympians-profiles/sophie-pascoe-paralympian-166/|title=Sophie Pascoe|website=Paralympics NZ|access-date=10 October 2020}} *[1994](/source/1994) – [Glenn Robinson III](/source/Glenn_Robinson_III), American basketball player{{cite web |title=Glenn Robinson III |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203922/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 January 2024}} *[1995](/source/1995) – [Ryan Destiny](/source/Ryan_Destiny), American actress and singer{{cite tweet |first= Ryan |last= Destiny |author-link= Ryan Destiny |user=RyanDestiny |number=818145024697335809 |date= January 8, 2017|title= Ryan Destiny on Twitter: "23 years young"|link= https://twitter.com/RyanDestiny/status/818145024697335809 |access-date= January 18, 2017 }} *[1998](/source/1998) – [Tony Bradley](/source/Tony_Bradley_(basketball)), American basketball player{{cite web |title=Tony Bradley |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1628396/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 January 2024}} * 1998 – [Jhoan Durán](/source/Jhoan_Dur%C3%A1n), Dominican baseball player{{cite web |title=Jhoan Duran |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jhoan-duran-661395 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=24 October 2024}} *[1999](/source/1999) – [Ignas Brazdeikis](/source/Ignas_Brazdeikis), Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player{{cite web |title=Ignas Brazdeikis |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629649/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 January 2024}} * 1999 – [Damiano David](/source/Damiano_David), Italian singer-songwriter{{Cite news|date=8 January 2021|title=Damiano, 22 anni da rockstar per il cantante dei Maneskin|work=[La Repubblica](/source/La_Repubblica)|url=https://www.repubblica.it/moda-e-beauty/dossier/i-compleanni-dei-vip/2021/01/08/news/damiano_david_compleanno_22_anni_cantante_maneskin-291105416/|access-date=2 June 2021 |last=Lupini |first=Anna |quote=...è nato a Roma l'8 gennaio del 1999 |language=it}} *[2000](/source/2000) – [Noah Cyrus](/source/Noah_Cyrus), American singer, songwriter, and actress{{cite web|url=https://news.amomama.com/234869-glimpse-noah-cyrus-journey-becoming-a-mu.html|title=Glimpse into Noah Cyrus' Journey to Becoming a Music Star|website=AmoMama|date=1 November 2020}} *[2001](/source/2001) – [Zach Charbonnet](/source/Zach_Charbonnet), American football player{{cite web |title=Zach Charbonnet Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CharZa00.htm |website=Pro Football Reference |access-date=January 7, 2025}} ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [307](/source/307) – [Hui of Jin](/source/Emperor_Hui_of_Jin), Chinese emperor (born 259){{cite book|title=East Asian History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tT1uAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University|page=156}} * [482](/source/482) – [Severinus of Noricum](/source/Severinus_of_Noricum), Italian apostle and saint{{cite book|author=Adrian Murdoch|title=The Last Roman: Romulus Augustulus and the Decline of the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EMA7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT66|date=15 December 2006|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-0-7524-9608-5|page=66}} * [871](/source/871) – [Bagsecg](/source/Bagsecg), Viking warrior and leader{{cite book|author=Jim Bradbury|title=The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FRsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|date=2 August 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-59847-2|page=135}} * [926](/source/926) – [Athelm](/source/Athelm), archbishop of Canterbury{{cite book|author=S. E. Kelly|title=Charters of Bath and Wells|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JoRnAAAAMAAJ|date=8 November 2007|publisher=OUP/British Academy|isbn=978-0-19-726397-6|page=182}} *[1079](/source/1079) – [Adèle of France](/source/Ad%C3%A8le_of_France), countess of Flanders (born 1009){{cite book|author=Anne Commire|title=Women in World History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RT0OAQAAMAAJ|date=12 December 2000|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-4069-9|page=617}} *[1107](/source/1107) – [Edgar, King of Scotland](/source/Edgar%2C_King_of_Scotland) (born 1074){{cite book|author=Philip J. Potter|title=Gothic Kings of Britain: The Lives of 31 Medieval Rulers, 1016-1399|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_zW8TBBVQkC&pg=PA130|date=14 January 2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-5248-4|page=130}} *[1198](/source/1198) – [Celestine III](/source/Pope_Celestine_III), pope of the Catholic Church (born 1106){{cite book|author=Christopher Kleinhenz|title=Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2CTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT555|date=2 August 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94880-1|page=555}} *[1337](/source/1337) – [Giotto](/source/Giotto), Italian painter and architect, designed [Scrovegni Chapel](/source/Scrovegni_Chapel) and [Giotto's Campanile](/source/Giotto's_Campanile) (born 1266){{cite book|author=Bard Thompson|title=Humanists and Reformers: A History of the Renaissance and Reformation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hrq9d567398C&pg=PA236|year=1996|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=978-0-8028-6348-5|page=236}} *[1354](/source/1354) – [Charles de la Cerda](/source/Charles_de_la_Cerda), French nobleman (born 1327){{cite book |title=Les Grandes Chroniques de France: Chronique des règnes de Jean II et de Charles V, Tome Premier (1350–1364) |volume=I |editor-first=Roland |editor-last=Delachenal |publisher=Librairie Renouard |year=1910 |pages=37–38|language=fr}} *[1424](/source/1424) – [Stephen Zaccaria](/source/Stephen_Zaccaria), archbishop of Patras{{La Morée franque |page=10}} *[1456](/source/1456) – [Lawrence Giustiniani](/source/Lawrence_Giustiniani), Italian bishop and saint (born 1381){{cite book|author=Pope John XXIII|title=Journal of a Soul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSCr4lQbl30C&pg=PA286|date=9 July 2000|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-567-12306-0|page=286}} *[1538](/source/1538) – [Beatrice of Portugal](/source/Beatrice_of_Portugal%2C_Duchess_of_Savoy), duchess of Savoy (born 1504){{cite book|title=History of Piedmont|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cj4Zj0RPq0C&pg=PA337|year=1855|publisher=Chapman and Hall|page=337}} *[1557](/source/1557) – [Albert Alcibiades](/source/Albert_Alcibiades%2C_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Kulmbach), margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (born 1522){{cite book|author=Rawdon Lubbock Brown|title=Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts, Relating to English Affairs: Existing in the Archives and Collections of Venice, and in Other Libraries of Northern Italy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nf6VA0XRymIC&pg=PA1298|date=6 May 2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-06061-5|page=1298}} *[1570](/source/1570) – [Philibert de l'Orme](/source/Philibert_de_l'Orme), French sculptor and architect, designed the [Château d'Anet](/source/Ch%C3%A2teau_d'Anet) (born 1510){{cite book|author1=Russell Sturgis|author2=Francis A. Davis|title=Sturgis' Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture and Building: An Unabridged Reprint of the 1901-2 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j9wAW2YleywC&pg=PA387|date=27 March 2013|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-14840-3|page=387}} *[1598](/source/1598) – [John George, Elector of Brandenburg](/source/John_George%2C_Elector_of_Brandenburg) (born 1525){{cite book|author=Frederick II (King of Prussia)|title=Memoirs of Frederick III, King of Prussia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zIDgvwek9vIC&pg=PA3|year=1758|publisher=P. Wilson and J. Exshaw|page=3}} ===1601–1900=== *[1642](/source/1642) – [Galileo Galilei](/source/Galileo_Galilei), Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (born 1564){{cite book|title=Nuncius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-gHAQAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=L.S. Olschki|page=315}} *[1707](/source/1707) – [John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair](/source/John_Dalrymple%2C_1st_Earl_of_Stair), Scottish soldier and politician, [Scottish Secretary of State](/source/Secretary_of_State%2C_Scotland) (born 1648){{cite book|title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmBBAQAAMAAJ|year=1910|publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited|page=1697}} *[1713](/source/1713) – [Arcangelo Corelli](/source/Arcangelo_Corelli), Italian violinist and composer (born 1653){{cite book|author=L. C. Harnsberger|title=Essential Dictionary of Music|date=1997 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mzu1eaR0ikAC&pg=PA80|publisher=Alfred Music|isbn=978-1-4574-1112-0|page=80}} *[1775](/source/1775) – [John Baskerville](/source/John_Baskerville), English printer and type designer (born 1706){{cite book|author=John Alfred Langford|title=A Century of Birmingham Life; or, a chronicle of local events, from 1741 to 1841. Compiled and edited by J. A. L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJ8qhNRaZ_cC&pg=PA214|year=1868|page=214}} *[1789](/source/1789) – [Jack Broughton](/source/Jack_Broughton), English boxer (born 1703){{cite ODNB|last=Gee | first=Tony | title=Broughton, John (c. 1703–1789), pugilist | year=2004 |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-3586 | doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/3586 | isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |access-date=26 July 2023}} *[1794](/source/1794) – [Justus Möser](/source/Justus_M%C3%B6ser), German lawyer and jurist (born 1720){{cite book|author=Franz J. L. THIMM|title=The Literature of Germany, from its earliest period to the present time... Edited by W. H. Faru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_nNaAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA59|year=1866|page=59}} *[1815](/source/1815) – [Edward Pakenham](/source/Edward_Pakenham), Anglo-Irish general and politician (born 1778){{cite book|author=Stuart Murray|title=Atlas of American Military History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJ_sy7mmmxQC&pg=PA55|year=2004|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-3025-5|page=55}} *[1825](/source/1825) – [Eli Whitney](/source/Eli_Whitney), American engineer and theorist, invented the [cotton gin](/source/cotton_gin) (born 1765){{cite book|author=Holly Cefrey|title=The Inventions of Eli Whitney: The Cotton Gin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vnnLV9S5ANYC&pg=PA20|date=15 December 2002|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc|isbn=978-0-8239-6443-7|page=20}} *[1854](/source/1854) – [William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford](/source/William_Beresford%2C_1st_Viscount_Beresford), English field marshal and politician, [Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance](/source/Lieutenant-General_of_the_Ordnance) (born 1768){{cite book|title=The Military Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVu5AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA7|year=1854|page=7}} *[1865](/source/1865) – [Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre](/source/Aim%C3%A9%2C_duc_de_Clermont-Tonnerre), French general and politician, [French Minister of Defence](/source/Minister_of_Defence_(France)) (born 1779) *[1874](/source/1874) – [Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg](/source/Charles_%C3%89tienne_Brasseur_de_Bourbourg), French historian and archaeologist (born 1814){{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Brasseur de Bourbourg, Charles Etienne |volume= 04 | pages = 434–435; see page 435, penultimate line |quote= He died at Nice on the 8th of January 1874}} *[1878](/source/1878) – [Nikolay Nekrasov](/source/Nikolay_Nekrasov), Russian poet and critic (born 1821){{cite book|author=Murray B. Peppard|title=Nikolai Nekrasov|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BxBgAAAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Twayne Publishers|page=16}} *[1880](/source/1880) – [Emperor Norton](/source/Emperor_Norton), English-American businessman (born 1811){{cite book|author=Allen Stanley Lane|title=Emperor Norton: The Mad Monarch of America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lEEJAQAAIAAJ|year=1939|publisher=Caxton printers, Limited|page=272}} *[1883](/source/1883) – [Miska Magyarics](/source/Miska_Magyarics), Slovene-Hungarian poet (born 1825) *[1896](/source/1896) – [William Rainey Marshall](/source/William_Rainey_Marshall), American banker and politician, 5th [Governor of Minnesota](/source/Governor_of_Minnesota) (born 1825) * 1896 – [Paul Verlaine](/source/Paul_Verlaine), French poet and writer (born 1844){{cite book|author1=Charles Dudley Warner|author2=Hamilton Wright Mabie|author3=Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle|title=Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9jtOAAAAYAAJ|year=1902|publisher=J. A. Hill|page=15315}} ===1901–present=== *[1914](/source/1914) – [Simon Bolivar Buckner](/source/Simon_Bolivar_Buckner), American general and 30th [Governor of Kentucky](/source/Governor_of_Kentucky) (born 1823){{cite book|author=Arndt Stickles|title=Simon Bolivar Buckner: Borderland Knight|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uv3U_BMcktoC|year=2001|publisher=UNC Press Books|isbn=978-0-8078-5356-6|page=425}} *[1916](/source/1916) – [Rembrandt Bugatti](/source/Rembrandt_Bugatti), Italian sculptor (born 1884){{cite book|author=Philippe Dejean|title=Bugatti: Carlo, Rembrandt, Ettore, Jean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1KdTAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Random House Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8478-0446-7|page=144}} * 1916 – [Ada Rehan](/source/Ada_Rehan), Irish-American actress (born 1860){{cite book|title=The Acting of Ada Rehan (Ada Crehan,1860-1916): A Study Based on Contemporary Opinion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4RdKAQAAMAAJ|year=1919|publisher=University of Iowa|page=15}} *[1918](/source/1918) – [Ellis H. Roberts](/source/Ellis_H._Roberts), American journalist and politician, 20th [Treasurer of the United States](/source/Treasurer_of_the_United_States) (born 1827){{cite book|title=Journal of History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnbUAAAAMAAJ|year=1918|publisher=Board of Publication of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints|page=253}} *[1920](/source/1920) – [Josef Josephi](/source/Josef_Josephi), Polish-born singer and actor (born 1852){{cite web |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016041832.html|title= Josephi, Josef, 1852-1920|website=[id.loc.gov](/source/id.loc.gov)|access-date=30 October 2019}} *[1925](/source/1925) – [George Bellows](/source/George_Bellows), American painter (born 1882){{cite book|author=Gerry Souter|title=American Realism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XXOlCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT162|date=15 September 2015|publisher=Parkstone International|isbn=978-1-78310-767-4|page=162}} *[1934](/source/1934) – [Andrei Bely](/source/Andrei_Bely), Russian novelist, poet, and critic (born 1880){{cite book|author=Gerald Janecek|title=Andrey Bely: A Critical Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gLQfBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA8|date=15 July 2014|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-6167-9|page=8}} * 1934 – [Alexandre Stavisky](/source/Alexandre_Stavisky), Ukrainian-French financier (born 1886)Paul Jankowski, ''Stavisky - A Confidence Man in the Republic of Virtue'', (2002)David Clay Large, ''Between Two Fires: Europes Path in the 1930s'' (W.W.Norton: 1990) pp 24-58 *[1938](/source/1938) – [Johnny Gruelle](/source/Johnny_Gruelle), American author and illustrator (born 1880){{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/01/10/archives/john-gruelle-dead-cartoonist-writer-creator-of-comic-strip-brutus.html | title=John Gruelle Dead; Cartoonist, Writer; Creator of Comic Strip 'Brutus' Was on The Herald Tribune – Wrote Children's Books| agency = [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) | work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) | date= January 10, 1938| access-date = October 30, 2015}} Abstract; full article requires subscription.Hall, ''Johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy'', p. 178. *[1941](/source/1941) – [Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell](/source/Robert_Baden-Powell%2C_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell), English general and founder of the [Scout movement](/source/Scouting) (born 1857){{cite book|author=F. M. Leventhal|title=Twentieth-century Britain: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MwgZAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-0-8204-5108-4|page=35}} * 1941 – [Vladimír Mandl](/source/Vladim%C3%ADr_Mandl), Czechoslovak lawyer (born 1899){{Cite book |last1=Kopal |first1=Vladimír |title=Pioneers of Space Law |last2=Hofmann |first2=Mahulena |publisher=Brill |year=2013 |isbn=978-90-04-24027-8 |editor-last=Hobe |editor-first=Stephan |pages=56–69 |chapter=Vladimír Mandl (20.3.1899 – 8.1.1941) |doi=10.1163/9789004240285_007}} *[1942](/source/1942) – [Joseph Franklin Rutherford](/source/Joseph_Franklin_Rutherford), American lawyer and religious leader (born 1869){{cite book | last = Rogerson |first = Alan| title = Millions Now Living Will Never Die: A Study of Jehovah's Witnesses | publisher = Constable & Co, London| year = 1969 |page = 64| isbn = 0-09-455940-6}} *[1943](/source/1943) – [Andres Larka](/source/Andres_Larka), Estonian general and politician, 1st [Estonian Minister of War](/source/Minister_of_Defence_(Estonia)) (born 1879) *[1944](/source/1944) – [William Kissam Vanderbilt II](/source/William_Kissam_Vanderbilt_II), American lieutenant and sailor (born 1878){{cite news |title=William Kissam Vanderbilt |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/174800962.html?dids=174800962:174800962&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+08%2C+1944&author=&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=William+K.+Vanderbilt&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106194856/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/174800962.html?dids=174800962:174800962&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+08,+1944&author=&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=William+K.+Vanderbilt&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |quote=William Kissam Vanderbilt, who passed on here today, was a former President of the New York Central Railroad and one of the nation's foremost yachtsmen ... |newspaper=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |date= January 8, 1944 |access-date=2011-05-23 }} *[1945](/source/1945) – [Karl Ernst Krafft](/source/Karl_Ernst_Krafft), Swiss astrologer and author (born 1900){{cite book|author=James Randi|title=The Mask of Nostradamus: The Prophecies of the World's Most Famous Seer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4J1hNKT3nSUC|year=1993|publisher=Prometheus Books|isbn=978-0-87975-830-1|page=124}} *[1948](/source/1948) – [Kurt Schwitters](/source/Kurt_Schwitters), German painter and graphic designer (born 1887){{cite book|author=Elizabeth Burns Gamard|title=Kurt Schwitters Merzbau: The Cathedral of Erotic Misery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMr4w3V5otYC&pg=RA1-PA2|date=April 2000|publisher=Princeton Architectural Press|isbn=978-1-56898-136-9|page=2}} *[1950](/source/1950) – [Joseph Schumpeter](/source/Joseph_Schumpeter), Czech-American economist and academic (born 1883){{cite book|chapter-url= http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Schumpeter.html |chapter=Joseph Alois Schumpeter: Biography |title=Library of Economics and Liberty |publisher=Econlib.org |access-date=19 December 2019}} *[1952](/source/1952) – [Antonia Maury](/source/Antonia_Maury), American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1866){{cite book |last1=Cavendish |first1=Dean Miller |title=Astronomers and Cosmologists |date=Jan 1, 2014 |publisher=Square Publishing, LLC |pages=127–129 |isbn=978-1-62712-549-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kpVmDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA127 |access-date=8 July 2020}} *[1953](/source/1953) – [Hugh Binney](/source/Hugh_Binney), English admiral and politician, 16th [Governor of Tasmania](/source/Governor_of_Tasmania) (born 1883){{cite book|title=The Illustrated London News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IZoeAQAAMAAJ|year=1953|publisher=William Little|page=83}} *[1954](/source/1954) – [Eduard Wiiralt](/source/Eduard_Wiiralt), Estonian-French painter and illustrator (born 1898){{cite book|title=The Yale University Library Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3NMaAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Yale University Library|page=159}} *[1958](/source/1958) – [Mary Colter](/source/Mary_Colter), American architect, designed the [Desert View Watchtower](/source/Desert_View_Watchtower) (born 1869){{cite book|title=Arizona, 1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXOxlZyym8sC|date=29 August 1990|publisher=Fodor's Travel Publications|isbn=978-0-679-01874-2|page=183}} *[1961](/source/1961) – [Schoolboy Rowe](/source/Schoolboy_Rowe), American baseball player and coach (born 1910){{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_R/Rowe.Linwood.Obit.html|title=Schoolboy Rowe, Pitcher, 48, Dies|work=[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)|date=January 9, 1961}} *[1963](/source/1963) – [Kay Sage](/source/Kay_Sage), American painter (born 1898)Suther, Judith D. ''A House of Her Own: Kay Sage, Solitary Surrealist.'' Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997, page 223 *[1975](/source/1975) – [Richard Tucker](/source/Richard_Tucker_(tenor)), American operatic tenor (born 1913){{cite news |last1=Carmody |first1=Deirdre |title=''Richard Tucker's Friends Fill the Met for Funeral'' |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1975/01/11/936867572.html?pageNumber=32 |access-date=8 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=January 11, 1975}} *[1976](/source/1976) – [Zhou Enlai](/source/Zhou_Enlai), Chinese soldier and politician, 1st [Premier of the People's Republic of China](/source/Premier_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China) (born 1898){{cite book|title=Great Events: 1971-1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbhWAAAAYAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-1-58765-058-1|page=1849}} *[1980](/source/1980) – [John Mauchly](/source/John_Mauchly), American physicist and academic (born 1907){{cite book|author=IDG Enterprise|title=Computerworld|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5XFJRnhR28C&pg=PA35|date=2 November 1981|publisher=IDG Enterprise|page=35}} *[1982](/source/1982) – [Grégoire Aslan](/source/Gr%C3%A9goire_Aslan), Swiss-English actor and screenwriter (born 1908){{cite book|author=Mike Kaplan|title=Variety International Show Business Reference, 1983|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_RLAAAAYAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Garland Pub.|isbn=978-0-8240-9089-0|page=17}} *[1983](/source/1983) – [Gerhard Barkhorn](/source/Gerhard_Barkhorn), German general and pilot (born 1919){{Cite book |last=Barbas |first=Bernd |year=2014 |title=Das vergessene As — Der Jagdflieger Gerhard Barkhorn |trans-title=The Forgotten Ace — The Fighter Pilot Gerhard Barkhorn |language=de, en |location=Bad Zwischenahn, Germany |publisher=Luftfahrtverlag-Start |isbn=978-3-941437-22-7|page=202}} *[1986](/source/1986) – [Pierre Fournier](/source/Pierre_Fournier), French cellist and educator (born 1906){{cite news |last1=Holland |first1=Bernard |title=Pierre Fournier is Dead at 79; Cellist Typified French Style |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/09/obituaries/pierre-fournier-is-dea-at-79-cellist-typified-french-style.html |access-date=10 November 2018 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=9 January 1986 |ref=nytobituary}} *[1990](/source/1990) – [Bernard Krigstein](/source/Bernard_Krigstein), American illustrator (born 1919) * 1990 – [Terry-Thomas](/source/Terry-Thomas), English actor and comedian (born 1911){{cite news|last=Adair|first=Gilbert|title=Obituary: Terry-Thomas|newspaper=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)|date=9 January 1990|author-link=Gilbert Adair|location=London|page=13}} *[1991](/source/1991) – [Steve Clark](/source/Steve_Clark), English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1960){{cite book|author=Deborah Andrews|title=Annual Obituary, 1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6FMYAAAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-175-6|page=14}} *[1994](/source/1994) – [Pat Buttram](/source/Pat_Buttram), American actor and comedian (born 1915){{cite book|author1=Patsy Montana|author2=Jane Frost|title=Patsy Montana: The Cowboy's Sweetheart|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qd_HkaVAWzMC&pg=PA238|date=15 February 2002|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1080-4|page=238}} * 1994 – [Harvey Haddix](/source/Harvey_Haddix), American baseball player and coach (born 1925){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/10/obituaries/harvey-haddix-68-known-for-pitching-12-perfect-innings.html|title=Harvey Haddix, 68; Known for Pitching 12 Perfect Innings|date=January 10, 1994|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)}} *[1996](/source/1996) – [Metin Göktepe](/source/Metin_G%C3%B6ktepe), Turkish photographer and journalist (born 1968){{cite book|title=Official Journal of the European Communities: Information and notices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DeutcF3w48C|year=1996|publisher=Office for Official Publications of the European Communities|pages=280–289}} * 1996 – [François Mitterrand](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand), French sergeant and politician, 21st [President of France](/source/President_of_France) (born 1916){{cite news |title=1996: France's former president Mitterrand dies |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/8/newsid_4489000/4489322.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} *[1997](/source/1997) – [Melvin Calvin](/source/Melvin_Calvin), American chemist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (born 1911){{Cite journal | last1 = Seaborg | first1 = G. T. | author-link1 = Glenn T. Seaborg| last2 = Benson | first2 = A. A. | author-link2 = Andrew Benson| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.2007.0050 | title = Melvin Calvin. 8 April 1911 -- 8 January 1997 | journal = Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | volume = 54 | pages = 59–70 | year = 2008 | doi-access = free }} *[1998](/source/1998) – [Michael Tippett](/source/Michael_Tippett), English composer and conductor (born 1905){{cite book|author1=Kenneth Gloag|author2=Nicholas Jones|title=The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Qj3AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA3|date=17 January 2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-47033-0|page=3}} *[2000](/source/2000) – [Hilary Smart](/source/Hilary_Smart), American sailor (born 1925){{Cite web |title=Hilary Smart |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/63693 |website=[Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) |access-date=28 March 2024 }} *[2002](/source/2002) – [Alexander Prokhorov](/source/Alexander_Prokhorov), Australian-Russian physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (born 1916){{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/alexander-prokhorov-9180425.html|title=Alexander Prokhorov|author=Jeff Hecht|date=23 January 2002|website=The Independent|access-date=24 November 2020}} * 2002 – [Dave Thomas](/source/Dave_Thomas_(businessman)), American businessman and philanthropist, founded [Wendy's](/source/Wendy's) (born 1932){{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/09/business/dave-thomas-69-wendy-s-founder-dies.html|title=Dave Thomas, 69, Wendy's Founder, Dies|last=Martin|first=Douglas|date=2002-01-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-27|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} *[2003](/source/2003) – [Ron Goodwin](/source/Ron_Goodwin), English composer and conductor (born 1925){{cite book|title=Film Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=easqAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Orpheus Pub|page=17}} *[2006](/source/2006) – [Tony Banks, Baron Stratford](/source/Tony_Banks%2C_Baron_Stratford), Northern Irish broadcaster and politician, [Minister for Sport and the Olympics](/source/Minister_for_Sport_and_the_Olympics) (born 1942){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jan/09/guardianobituaries.obituaries1|title=Tony Banks|author=Julia Langdon|date=9 January 2006|website=The Guardian|access-date=24 November 2020}} *[2007](/source/2007) – [Jane Bolin](/source/Jane_Bolin), American lawyer and judge (born 1908){{cite book|title=Who's who in Colored America|date=1942|publisher=Who's Who in Colored America Corporation|page=371|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_rQRAQAAMAAJ&q=ralph+mizelle&pg=PA371|access-date=28 March 2018|language=en}} * 2007 – [Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield](/source/Arthur_Cockfield%2C_Baron_Cockfield), English lawyer and politician, [Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_Business%2C_Innovation_and_Skills) (born 1916){{cite web|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2169226.ece|title=Obituary - Lord Cockfield|website=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)|date=22 January 2007|author=John Barnes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001031353/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2169226.ece|access-date=24 November 2020|archive-date=2007-10-01}} * 2007 – [Yvonne De Carlo](/source/Yvonne_De_Carlo), Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1922){{cite news|last=Saxon|first=Wolfgang|title=Yvonne De Carlo Dies at 84; Played Lily on 'Munsters'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/arts/television/11decarlo.html?_r=0|access-date=March 25, 2014|newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=January 11, 2007|page=B6}} * 2007 – [David Ervine](/source/David_Ervine), Northern Irish politician and activist (born 1953)[http://www.independent.ie/national-news/progressive-unionist-leader-ervine-dies-58295.html Progressive Unionist leader Ervine dies] The Independent, 8 January 2007. Accessed 3 June 2020 * 2007 – [Iwao Takamoto](/source/Iwao_Takamoto), American animator, director, and producer (born 1925){{cite news |title=Scooby-Doo's creator dies aged 81 |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6243717.stm |work=BBC News |date=2007-01-08 |access-date=2007-01-10 }} *[2008](/source/2008) – [George Moore](/source/George_Moore_(jockey)), Australian jockey and trainer (born 1923){{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-01-09/champion-jockey-moore-dies/1007240|title=Champion jockey Moore dies|date=8 January 2008|website=ABC|access-date=12 February 2021}} *[2009](/source/2009) – [Lasantha Wickrematunge](/source/Lasantha_Wickrematunge), Sri Lankan journalist (born 1958){{cite news |first=Oliver |last=Luft |title=Sri Lankan newspaper editor shot dead |work=The Guardian |date=8 January 2009|access-date=10 January 2009|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/08/sri-lankan-editor-killed | location=London}} *[2010](/source/2010) – [Art Clokey](/source/Art_Clokey), American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921){{cite news|last=Felch | first=Jason | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-me-art-clokey9-2010jan09,0,5170610.story | title=Art Clokey dies at 88; creator of Gumby | work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) | date=January 9, 2010 | access-date=May 20, 2012}} *[2011](/source/2011) – [Jiří Dienstbier](/source/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Dienstbier), Czech journalist and politician (born 1937){{cite news |title=Jiri Dienstbier: A Czech's career |url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2011/01/13/a-czechs-career |newspaper=[The Economist](/source/The_Economist) |date=13 January 2011 |access-date=3 September 2012}} * 2011 – [Thorbjørn Svenssen](/source/Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Svenssen), Norwegian footballer (born 1924){{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Svenssen/utdypning|title=Thorbjørn Svenssen|last=Jacobsen|first=Fridthjof|encyclopedia=[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|language=Norwegian|access-date=12 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915022355/http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Thorbj%c3%b8rn_Svenssen/utdypning|archive-date=2012-09-15}} *[2012](/source/2012) – [Dave Alexander](/source/Dave_Alexander_(blues_musician)), American singer and pianist (born 1938){{cite news|url=http://www.ksla.com/story/16473447/legendary-arklatex-musician-found-shot-to-death |title=Legendary ArkLaTex musician found dead Sunday |date=January 8, 2012 |access-date=January 9, 2012 |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113085147/http://www.ksla.com/story/16473447/legendary-arklatex-musician-found-shot-to-death |last=Stanley |first=James |publisher=[KSLA News 12](/source/KSLA_News_12) }} * 2012 – [T. J. Hamblin](/source/T._J._Hamblin), English haematologist and academic (born 1943){{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/9036815/Terry-Hamblin.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/9036815/Terry-Hamblin.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary for Professor Terry Hamblin|website=[The Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)|date=24 January 2012}}{{cbignore}} * 2012 – [Alexis Weissenberg](/source/Alexis_Weissenberg), Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (born 1929){{cite web| author=Margalit Fox | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/arts/music/alexis-weissenberg-pianist-of-fire-and-ice-dies-at-82.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/arts/music/alexis-weissenberg-pianist-of-fire-and-ice-dies-at-82.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Alexis Weissenberg, Pianist of Fire and Ice, Dies at 82|work=The New York Times| date=2012-01-09 |access-date=2014-11-14}}{{cbignore}} *[2013](/source/2013) – [Kenojuak Ashevak](/source/Kenojuak_Ashevak), Canadian sculptor and illustrator (born 1927){{cite web|author=Mark Lipman|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/visualarts/article/1312121--kenojuak-ashevak-renowned-inuit-artist-dies-at-85|title=Kenojuak Ashevak, renowned Inuit artist, dies at 85|website=The Star|access-date=2020-11-18|archive-date=2013-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130055809/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/visualarts/article/1312121--kenojuak-ashevak-renowned-inuit-artist-dies-at-85}}", 8 January 2013, ''The Toronto Star''. Accessed 8 January 2013. * 2013 – [Jeanne Manford](/source/Jeanne_Manford), American educator and activist, co-founded [PFLAG](/source/PFLAG) (born 1920){{cite news|title = Jeanne Manford, PFLAG founder, dies|author = Coté, J.|date = January 10, 2013|access-date = November 18, 2020|newspaper = [San Francisco Chronicle](/source/San_Francisco_Chronicle)|url = http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Jeanne-Manford-PFLAG-founder-dies-4184570.php}} * 2013 – [Alasdair Milne](/source/Alasdair_Milne), Indian-English director and producer (born 1930){{cite news|last=Wilby|first=Peter|url= http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/04/thin-controller|title=The Thin Controller|work=New Statesman|date=16 April 2016|access-date=20 October 2016}} *[2014](/source/2014) – [Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher](/source/Irma_Heijting-Schuhmacher), Dutch-Australian swimmer (born 1925){{Cite web|url=http://www.knzb.nl/wedstrijdsport/zwemmen/nieuws/bericht/1000024886/oud_topzwemster_irma_heijting_schuhmacher_overleden/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122170856/http://www.knzb.nl/wedstrijdsport/zwemmen/nieuws/bericht/1000024886/oud_topzwemster_irma_heijting_schuhmacher_overleden/|title=Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher's obituary|archive-date=January 22, 2014|language=nl}} * 2014 – [Antonino P. Roman](/source/Antonino_P._Roman), Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1939){{cite web |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/08/14/ex-congressman-antonino-roman-passes-away |title=Ex-congressman Antonino Roman passes away |date=8 January 2014|access-date=8 January 2014 |publisher=abs-cbnnews.com}} *[2015](/source/2015) – [Andraé Crouch](/source/Andra%C3%A9_Crouch), American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (born 1942){{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/arts/music/andra-crouch-72-who-infused-gospel-with-soul-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/arts/music/andra-crouch-72-who-infused-gospel-with-soul-dies.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| title=Andraé Crouch, 72, Who Infused Gospel With Soul, Dies| work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) | date=January 9, 2015 | access-date=November 8, 2016 | author=Bruce Weber}}{{cbignore}} * 2015 – [Kep Enderby](/source/Kep_Enderby), Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd [Attorney-General for Australia](/source/Attorney-General_for_Australia) (born 1926){{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/former-federal-attorney-general-kep-enderby-remembered-among-his-peers-20150113-12nqcy.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=14 January 2015|title=Former federal Attorney General Kep Enderby remembered among his peers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928091608/http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/former-federal-attorney-general-kep-enderby-remembered-among-his-peers-20150113-12nqcy.html|archive-date=28 September 2016|first=Michael|last=Easson|author-link=Michael Easson}} * 2015 – [Patsy Garrett](/source/Patsy_Garrett), American actress and singer (born 1921){{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/people-news/actress-patsy-garrett-dies-at-93-1201407386/|title=Actress Patsy Garrett Dies at 93|work=Variety|date=16 January 2015|access-date=17 January 2015}} *[2016](/source/2016) – [Maria Teresa de Filippis](/source/Maria_Teresa_de_Filippis), Italian racing driver (born 1926){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jan/11/maria-teresa-de-filippis|title=Maria Teresa de Filippis|author=Richard Williams|date=11 January 2016|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 June 2020}} * 2016 – [German Moreno](/source/German_Moreno), Filipino television host, actor, comedian and talent manager (born 1933){{Cite web|title=Master Showman German 'Kuya Germs' Moreno passes away|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/550430/showbiz/master-showman-german-kuya-germs-moreno-passes-away|website=GMA News Online|date=8 January 2016|access-date=18 November 2020}} *[2017](/source/2017) – [Nicolai Gedda](/source/Nicolai_Gedda), Swedish operatic tenor (born 1925){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/arts/music/nicolai-gedda-celebrated-opera-tenor-dies-at-91.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/arts/music/nicolai-gedda-celebrated-opera-tenor-dies-at-91.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Nicolai Gedda, Celebrated Opera Tenor, Dies at 91|author=[Margalit Fox](/source/Margalit_Fox)|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=10 February 2017|access-date=11 February 2017}}{{cbignore}} * 2017 – [James Mancham](/source/James_Mancham), Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (born 1939){{cite news | last1 = Vannier | last2 = Bonnelame | first1 =Rassin | first2 =Betymie | title = Former Seychelles' president James Mancham dies at residence | newspaper = Seychelles News Agency | location = Victoria, Seychelles | language = en | date = 8 January 2017 | url =http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/6572/Former+Seychelles+president+James+Mancham+dies+at+residence | access-date = 8 January 2017 }} * 2017 – [Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani](/source/Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani), Iranian politician (born 1934){{cite news|last1=Erdbrink|first1=Thomas|title=Death of Iran's Rafsanjani Removes Influential Voice Against Hard-Liners|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/08/world/middleeast/iran-ali-akbar-hashemi-rafsanjani-dies.html?_r=0|access-date=8 January 2017|work=The New York Times|date=8 January 2017}} * 2017 – [Peter Sarstedt](/source/Peter_Sarstedt), Indian-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941){{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/advice/peter-sarstedt-dies-tdm9mrccg |title=Peter Sarstedt dies |work=The Times |date=9 January 2017 |access-date=9 January 2017}} *[2020](/source/2020) – [Pat Dalton](/source/Pat_Dalton), Australian footballer (born 1942){{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Peter |title=Pat Dalton - Champion Centreman |url=http://www.perthfc.com.au/news/18382/pat-dalton-champion-centreman |website=Perth Football Club |access-date=4 March 2020 |date=14 January 2020}} * 2020 – [Buck Henry](/source/Buck_Henry), American actor, screenwriter, and director (born 1930){{Cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/buck-henry-dead-saturday-night-live-the-graduate-get-smart-1202825337/ | title=Buck Henry Dies: 'The Graduate' Writer, 'Get Smart' Co-Creator & Early 'SNL' Favorite Was 89| date=2020-01-09}} *[2021](/source/2021) – [Iancu Țucărman](/source/Iancu_%C8%9Auc%C4%83rman), Romanian Holocaust survivor (born 1922){{cite news|url=https://newsweek.ro/actualitate/a-murit-iancu-tucarman-penultimul-supravietuitor-al-trenurilor-mortii-din-timpul-pogromului|title=A murit Iancu Țucărman, penultimul supraviețuitor al "trenurilor morții" din timpul Pogromului|first=Alex|last=Darvari|newspaper=Newsweek România|date=9 January 2021|language=ro}}{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/news/societate/iancu-Tucarman-supravietuitor-pogromului-iasi-murit-cauza-covid-19-1_5ff8c5ae5163ec4271bc21c6/index.html|title=Iancu Țucărman, supraviețuitor al Pogromului de la Iași, a murit din cauza COVID-19|first=George Andrei|last=Cristescu|newspaper=[Adevărul](/source/Adev%C4%83rul)|date=8 January 2021|language=ro}} *[2022](/source/2022) – [Michael Lang](/source/Michael_Lang_(producer)), American concert promoter and producer (born 1944){{cite magazine |last1=Newman |first1=Jason |last2=Kreps |first2=Daniel |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woodstock-michael-lang-dead-1281681/ |title=Woodstock Impresario Michael Lang Dead at 77 |magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) |date=January 9, 2022 |access-date=January 9, 2022}} *[2024](/source/2024) – [Adan Canto](/source/Adan_Canto), Mexican actor (born 1981){{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-01-09/adan-canto-dead-obituary-cleaning-lady|first=Jonah|last=Valdez|title=Adan Canto, 'The Cleaning Lady' and 'Designated Survivor' actor, dies at 42|newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|access-date=10 January 2024|date=9 January 2024}} * [2025](/source/2025) – [Mangkra Souvanna Phouma](/source/Mangkra_Souvanna_Phouma), Laotian prince (born 1938){{cite web |title=S.A. le prince Mangkra Georges Mangkra Georges |url=https://carnetdujour.lefigaro.fr/deces/annonces/549804882/ |website=Le Figaro |access-date=22 January 2025 |date=21 January 2025}} ==Holidays and observances== *[Babinden](/source/Babinden) ([Belarus](/source/Belarus), [Russia](/source/Russia)) *Christian [feast day](/source/calendar_of_saints): **[Abo of Tiflis](/source/Abo_of_Tiflis) **[Apollinaris Claudius](/source/Apollinaris_Claudius) **[Blessed](/source/Beatification) [Eurosia Fabris](/source/Eurosia_Fabris) **[Gauchito Gil](/source/Gauchito_Gil) ([Folk Catholicism](/source/Folk_Catholicism)) **[Gudula](/source/Gudula) **[Harriet Bedell](/source/Harriet_Bedell) ([Episcopal Church (USA)](/source/Episcopal_Church_(USA))) **[Lawrence Giustiniani](/source/Lawrence_Giustiniani) **[Lucian of Beauvais](/source/Lucian_of_Beauvais) **[Maximus of Pavia](/source/Maximus_of_Pavia) **[Our Lady of Prompt Succor](/source/Our_Lady_of_Prompt_Succor) ([Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church)) **[Pega](/source/Pega) ([Anglican](/source/Anglicanism) and [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) churches) **[Severinus of Noricum](/source/Severinus_of_Noricum) **[Thorfinn of Hamar](/source/Thorfinn_of_Hamar) **[January 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)](/source/January_8_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)) *Commonwealth Day ([Northern Mariana Islands](/source/Northern_Mariana_Islands)) *Earliest day on which [Children's Day](/source/Children's_Day_(Thailand)) can fall, while January 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Saturday in January. ([Thailand](/source/Thailand)) *[Typing Day](/source/Typing_Day) ([International observance](/source/International_observance)) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/8/ BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=8}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/8 Historical Events on January 8] {{months}} Category:Days of January --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [January 8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_8) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_8?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.