January 1
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January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years).
Events
Up to 1800
- 871 – Zwertibold, King of Lotharingia (d. 900)
- 1431 – Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
- 1449 – Lorenzo de' Medici (d. 1492)
- 1467 – King Sigismund I the Old, of Poland (d. 1548)
- 1484 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)
- 1516 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of Sweden (d. 1551)
- 1557 – Stephen Bocskay, Romanian prince (d. 1606)
- 1614 – John Wilkins, English clergyman, natural philosopher and writer (d. 1672)
- 1618 – Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682)
- 1628 – Christoph Bernhard, German composer (d. 1692)
- 1638 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
- 1655 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (d. 1728)
- 1714 – Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
- 1714 – Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian singer and writer (d. 1800)
- 1735 – Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818)
- 1745 – Anthony Wayne, American general and politician (d. 1796)
- 1750 – Frederick Muhlenberg, American politician and statesman (d. 1801)
- 1752 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress, allegedly sewed the first Flag of the United States (d. 1836)
- 1768 – Maria Edgeworth, British writer (d. 1849)
1801 – 1900
- 1803 – Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician (d. 1869)
- 1823 – Sandor Petofi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849)
- 1839 – Ouida, British author (d. 1908)
- 1854 – James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941)
- 1859 – Thibaw Min, King of Burma (d. 1916)
- 1863 – Heinrich Clam Martinic, Austro-Hungarian politician (d. 1932)
- 1863 – Pierre de Coubertin, French organizer of the Olympic Games (d. 1937)
- 1864 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)
- 1864 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
- 1873 – Leon Czolgosz, assassin of US President William McKinley (d. 1901)
- 1874 – Gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)
- 1876 – Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
- 1878 – Agner Krarup-Erlang, Danish mathematician and statistician (d. 1929)
- 1879 – E. M. Forster, British novelist (d. 1970)
- 1879 – William Fox, Hungarian-American movie producer (d. 1952)
- 1881 – Vajiravudh, King of Siam (d. 1925)
- 1886 – Garegin Njdeh, Armenian statesman (d. 1955)
- 1887 – Wilhelm Canaris, German general and resistance activist (d. 1945)
- 1888 – John Garand, American inventor (d. 1974)
- 1890 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)
- 1891 – Sampurnanand, Indian politician (d. 1969)
- 1891 – Charles Bickford, American actor (d. 1967)
- 1892 – Mahidol Adulyadej, Siamese royal (d. 1929)
- 1892 – Artur Rodzinski, Croatian conductor (d. 1958)
- 1892 – Manuel Roxas, Filipino statesman (d. 1948)
- 1894 – Satyendranath Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1974)
- 1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, American, founding director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 1972)
- 1896 – Estelle Yancey, American blues singer (d. 1986)
- 1900 – Xavier Cugat, Catalan-born musician and bandleader (d. 1990)
- 1900 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
1901 – 1950
- 1901 – Australia becomes self-governed.
- 1901 – Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
- 1908 – For the first time, at what is now Times Square in New York City, a ball is dropped at midnight at the start of the New Year.
- 1911 – In Australia, the Northern Territory separates from South Australia and is transferred to Commonwealth control.
- 1912 – The Republic of China begins, under Sun Yat-sen.
- 1913 – The British Board of Censors is founded.
- 1927 – Turkey starts to use the Gregorian calendar.
- 1934 – Alcatraz becomes a federal prison.
- 1937 – Safety glass on vehicle windscreens becomes law in the United Kingdom.
- 1939 – A temperature of 45 degrees Celsius is recorded in Sydney, Australia, a record for the city.
- 1941 – In Austria, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra holds its first New Year's Day concert.
- 1942 – The Declaration of the United Nations is signed by 26 countries.
- 1945 – World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte to destroy Allied air power in northern Europe. The operation failed.
- 1947 – The Canadian Citizenship Act takes effect: Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first official Canadian citizen.
- 1947 – The Bizone is formed out of the British and American Occupation zones in Germany. This later becomes West Germany.
- 1948 – The Constitution of Italy takes effect.
- 1948 – The British Rail network is nationalized.
- 1949 – A UN ceasefire to stop the fighting in Kashmir takes effect.
- 1949 – Austria regains control of its border with Italy from the British.
1951 – 2000
- 1953 – A short-lasting republic is declared in the Maldives.
- 1956 – Sudan becomes independent.
- 1956 – Panic and a stampede at a New Year event at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, kill at least 124 people.
- 1958 – Treaties creating the European Economic Community take effect.
- 1959 – Fidel Castro takes control in Cuba, as Fulgencio Batista flees Havana.
- 1960 – Cameroon becomes independent.
- 1962 – Western Samoa becomes independent.
- 1964 – Top of the Pops is first shown on the BBC. Its last show is in 2006.
- 1966 – The Australian dollar replaces the pound sterling as the official currency of Australia.
- 1966 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa becomes president of the Central African Republic.
- 1968 – Floods in Bahia, Brazil kill 200 people.
- 1971 – Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
- 1972 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- 1973 – The UK, Republic of Ireland and Denmark join the European Economic Community.
- 1978 – The Northern Mariana Islands' constitution becomes effective.
- 1978 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the sea near Bombay, killing 213 people.
- 1979 – Diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China begin.
- 1980 – Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden becomes heir to the Swedish throne, as succession laws are changed.
- 1981 – Palau becomes self-governed.
- 1981 – Greece joins the European Economic Community.
- 1982 – Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- 1984 – Brunei becomes independent.
- 1985 – Greenland leaves the European Community.
- 1986 – Spain and Portugal join the European Economic Community.
- 1986 – Aruba separates from Curaçao.
- 1990 – David Dinkins becomes the first African American mayor of New York City.
- 1992 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- 1993 – Czechoslovakia splits into Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
- 1994 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) takes effect.
- 1995 – Kiribati becomes the first country to enter the New Year, after the International Date Line is shifted to its east, skipping December 31, 1994.
- 1995 – Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union.
- 1995 – The World Trade Organisation is started.
- 1995 – The Draupner wave is detected in the North Sea off Norway, proving the existence of freak waves.
- 1997 – Kofi Annan becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- 2000 – Start of the 3rd millennium.
From 2001
- 2002 – The euro currency starts being used in 12 European Union member states.
- 2002 – Michael Bloomberg becomes Mayor of New York City.
- 2003 – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva becomes President of Brazil.
- 2007 – Ban Ki-moon becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- 2007 – Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages.
- 2007 – Slovenia starts to use the euro.
- 2007 – Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia. It is later known to have crashed with 102 people on board.
- 2008 – Cyprus and Malta start to use the euro.
- 2009 – 66 people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok.
- 2009 – Same-sex marriage officially becomes legal in Norway.
- 2009 – Slovakia starts to use the euro.
- 2010 – A suicide bombing at a volleyball game in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, kills 105 people.
- 2011 – Estonia starts to use the euro.
- 2011 – Dilma Rousseff becomes President of Brazil.
- 2013 – A crush after a New Year celebration in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, kills over 60 people.
- 2014 – Latvia starts using the euro.
- 2014 – Bill de Blasio becomes Mayor of New York City.
- 2015 – Lithuania starts using the euro.
- 2015 – The Eurasian Economic Union enters into force. Its members are Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
- 2015 – Same-sex marriage officially becomes legal in Luxembourg.
- 2016 – The number of official regions in France (not including overseas territories) is cut from 22 down to 13.
- 2017 – 39 people are killed in a terrorist attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey.
- 2017 – Antonio Guterres becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- 2017 – A prison riot in Manaus, Brazil, leaves at least 60 inmates dead.
- 2018 – California legalises cannabis for recreational use.
Births
1901 – 1925
- 1902 – Hans von Dohnanyi, Austrian-born jurist and activist (d. 1945)
- 1904 – Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
- 1906 – Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
- 1908 – Bill Tapia, American musician (d. 2011)
- 1909 – Barry Goldwater, American senator (d. 1998)
- 1909 – Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1909 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist (d. 1959)
- 1911 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)
- 1911 – Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist (d. 2012)
- 1912 – Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician (d. 1995)
- 1912 – Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)
- 1914 – Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and agent (d. 1944)
- 1917 – Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
- 1918 – Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (d. 1997)
- 1919 – Daniil Granin, Russian writer (d. 2017)
- 1919 – J. D. Salinger, American novelist[1] (d. 2010)
- 1919 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990)
- 1919 – Carole Landis, American actress (d. 1948)
- 1921 – Alain Mimoun, French long-distance runner (d. 2013)
- 1922 – Ernest Hollings, 106th Governor of South Carolina (d. 2019)
- 1922 – Jerry Robinson, American comic book artist (d. 2011)
- 1923 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
- 1923 – Milt Jackson, American jazz musician (d. 1999)
- 1924 – Arthur Danto, American philosopher (d. 2013)
- 1924 – Jacques Le Goff, French historian (d. 2014)
- 1924 – Charles Munger, American businessman and philanthropist
- 1925 – Mario Merz, Italian artist (d. 2003)
- 1925 – Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (d. 2007)
1926 – 1950
- 1926 – Zena Marshall, British actress (d. 2009)
- 1926 – Claudio Villa, Italian singer (d. 1987)
- 1927 – Maurice Béjart, French ballet choreographer (d. 2007)
- 1927 – Vernon L. Smith, American economist
- 1930 – Gaafar Nimeiry, President of Sudan (d. 2009)
- 1930 – Adunis, Syrian-Lebanese writer
- 1933 – Joe Orton, British dramatist (d. 1967)
- 1934 – Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian diplomat
- 1935 – Brian G. Hutton, American actor and director (d. 2014)
- 1935 – Mustapha Maarof, Malaysian actor (d. 2014)
- 1936 – James Sinegal, American businessman
- 1938 – Frank Langella, American actor
- 1939 – Michèle Mercier, French actress
- 1939 – Phil Read, British motorcycle racer
- 1941 – Barry Goldberg, American musician
- 1941 – Martin Evans, British geneticist
- 1941 – Asrani, Indian actor and producer
- 1941 – Younoussi Touré, Malian politician
- 1942 – Alassane Ouattara, President of Ivory Coast
- 1942 – Country Joe McDonald, American singer-songwriter
- 1942 – Dennis Archer, American politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit
- 1942 – Gennadi Sarafanov, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2005)
- 1943 – Tony Knowles, former Governor of Alaska
- 1944 – Teresa Toranska, Polish journalist and writer (d. 2013)
- 1944 – Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, President of Sudan
- 1944 – Abdul Hamid, 20th President of Bangladesh
- 1944 – Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician
- 1945 – Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver
- 1945 – Zoltan Varga, Hungarian footballer (d. 2010)
- 1945 – Pietro Grasso, Italian politician, former Interim President of Italy
- 1946 – Roberto Rivelino, Brazilian footballer
- 1947 – Jon Corzine, American politician
- 1948 – Pavel Grachev, Russian general (d. 2012)
- 1950 – Morgan Fisher, English musician
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Luc Ferry, French politician
- 1951 – Hans-Joachim Stuck, German racing driver
- 1952 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar
- 1953 – Zoran Jankovic, Slovenian politician
- 1953 – Gary Johnson, American politician
- 1953 – Alpha Blondy, Ivorian musician
- 1953 – Philippe Douste-Blazy, French politician
- 1954 – Richard Gibson, British actor
- 1954 – Richard Edson, American actor and musician
- 1954 – Robert Menendez, American politician
- 1954 – Dave Valentin, American jazz flute player
- 1955 – Mary Beard, British historian
- 1955 – Abbas Bahri, Tunisian mathematician (d. 2016)
- 1956 – Christine Lagarde, French Head of the International Monetary Fund
- 1956 – Sergei Avdeyev, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1957 – Ramaz Shengelia, Soviet-Georgian footballer (d. 2012)
- 1957 – Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician
- 1958 – Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian musician
- 1959 – Azali Assoumani, Comorian politician, President of the Comoros
- 1959 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan cosmonaut
- 1959 – Michel Onfray, French philosopher
- 1961 – Fiona Phillips, English journalist
- 1961 – Mark Wingett, English actor
- 1965 – Lisa Roberts Gillan, American actress
- 1966 – Anna Burke, Australian politician
- 1966 – Ivica Dacic, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia
- 1967 – Spencer Tunick, American artist
- 1967 – Sharon Small, Scottish actress
- 1968 – Davor Suker, Croatian footballer
- 1969 – Morris Chestnut, American actor
- 1969 – Paul Lawrie, Scottish golfer
- 1969 – Verne Troyer, American actor
- 1970 – Sergei Kiriakov, Russian footballer
- 1970 – Fredro Starr, American actor and rapper
- 1970 – Stephen Kinnock, Welsh politician
- 1971 – Conn Iggulden, English writer
- 1972 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer
- 1975 – Sonali Bendre, Indian actress and model
From 1976
- 1979 – Vidya Balan, Indian actress
- 1980 – Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
- 1980 – Richie Faulkner, British guitarist and songwriter (Judas Priest)
- 1981 – Jonas Armstrong, British actor
- 1981 – Mladen Petric, Croatian footballer
- 1981 – Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver
- 1981 – Moumouni Dagano, Burkina Faso footballer
- 1982 – David Nalbandian, Argentine tennis player
- 1983 – Calum Davenport, English footballer
- 1983 – Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (d. 2009)
- 1985 – Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
- 1986 – Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
- 1986 – Sungmin, South Korean singer
- 1986 – Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
- 1987 – Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
- 1987 – Gia Coppola, American movie director, screenwriter and actress
- 1988 – Nelufar Hedayat, Afghan-born British television presenter
- 1988 – Grzegorz Panfil, Polish tennis player
- 1992 – Jack Wilshere, English footballer
- 1992 – He Kexin, Chinese artistic gymnast
- 1993 – Michael Olaitan, Nigerian footballer
- 1996 – Mahmoud Dahoud, Syrian-German footballer
- 1998 – Lara Robinson, Australian actress
Deaths
Up to 1900
- 138 – Aelius Caesar, adoptive son of Roman Emperor Hadrian
- 898 – Odo of France (b. 860)
- 962 – Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (b. 940)
- 1204 – King Haakon III of Norway (b. 1170)
- 1387 – King Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332)
- 1515 – King Louis XII of France (b. 1462)
- 1554 – Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (b. 1500)
- 1559 – King Christian III of Denmark and Norway (b. 1503)
- 1713 – Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Italian cardinal (b. 1649)
- 1748 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1667)
- 1766 – James Francis Edward Stuart, pretender to the British throne (b. 1688)
- 1780 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, German composer (b. 1713)
- 1782 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
- 1793 – Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter (b. 1712)
- 1796 – Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735)
- 1817 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (b. 1743)
- 1829 – Pedro Blanco Soto, President of Bolivia (b. 1795)
- 1853 – Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
- 1862 – Mikhail Vasilyevich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)
- 1892 – Roswell B. Mason, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
- 1894 – Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)
1901 – 2000
- 1906 – Hugh Nelson, Scottish-born Australian politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
- 1921 – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
- 1928 – Loie Fuller, American dancer (b. 1862)
- 1936 – Roger Allin, Governor of North Dakota (b. 1848)
- 1937 – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader (b. 1874)
- 1942 – Otto Liiv, Estonian historian and activist (b. 1905)
- 1944 – Edwin Lutyens, British architect (b. 1869)
- 1951 – Jan Valtin, German writer (b. 1905)
- 1953 – Hank Williams, American country music singer (b. 1923)
- 1960 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1909)
- 1963 – Robert S. Kerr, Governor of Oklahoma (b. 1896)
- 1964 – Bechara El Khoury, President of Lebanon (b. 1890)
- 1966 – Vincent Auriol, French politician (b. 1884)
- 1968 – Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, American publisher (DC Comics) (b. 1890)
- 1969 – Barton MacLane, American actor (b. 1902)
- 1972 – Maurice Chevalier, French entertainer (b. 1888)
- 1973 – Sergei Kourdakov, Soviet intelligence agent (b. 1951)
- 1980 – Pietro Nenni, Italian politician (b. 1891)
- 1984 – Alexis Korner, French-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
- 1986 – Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
- 1987 – Lloyd Haynes, American actor (b. 1934)
- 1992 – Grace Hopper, American computer scientist (b. 1906)
- 1994 – Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1900)
- 1994 – Cesar Romero, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1995 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist (b. 1902)
- 1995 – Fred West, British serial killer (b. 1941)
- 1996 – Arleigh Burke, American admiral (b. 1901)
- 1996 - Arthur Rudolph, German engineer (b. 1906)
- 1997 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
- 1997 – Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
- 1998 – Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (b. 1902)
2001 – 2015
- 2001 – Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2003 – Joe Foss, 20th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1915)
- 2005 – Shirley Chisholm, American politician (b. 1924)
- 2007 – Del Reeves, American country music singer (b. 1932)
- 2009 – Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer (b. 1924)
- 2009 – Helen Suzman, South African political activist (b. 1917)
- 2009 – Aarne Arvonen, Finnish supercentenarian (b. 1897)
- 2009 – Nizar Rayan, Palestinian military commander (b. 1959)
- 2010 – Lhasa de Sela, Mexican-American singer-songwriter (b. 1972)
- 2011 – Flemming Jorgensen, Danish musician (b. 1947)
- 2012 – Carlos Soria, Argentine politician (b. 1949)
- 2012 – Bob Anderson, British fencer and sword fight choreographer (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Kiro Gligorov, President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Gary Ablett, English footballer (b. 1965)
- 2013 – Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English cricket journalist (b. 1945)
- 2013 – Patti Page, American singer (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Lloyd Hartman Elliott, American academic (b. 1918)
- 2013 – Barbara Werle, American actress (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese Buddhist monk and uncle of Emperor Akihito (b. 1910)
- 2014 – Herman Pieter de Boer, Dutch writer (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Juanita Moore, American actress (b. 1914)
- 2014 – Billy McColl, Scottish actor (b. 1951)
- 2015 – Omar Karami, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1934)
- 2015 – Mario Cuomo, American politician, 52nd Governor of New York (b. 1932)
- 2015 – Ulrich Beck, German sociologist (b. 1944)
- 2015 – Staryl C. Austin, American air force general (b. 1920)
- 2015 – Boris Morukov, Soviet-Russian cosmonaut (b. 1950)
- 2015 – Jeff Golub, American guitarist (b. 1955)
- 2015 – Mrunalini Devi Puar, Indian educator (b. 1931)
- 2015 – Eric Cunningham, Canadian politician (b. 1949)
- 2015 – Miller Williams, American poet (b. 1930)
- 2015 – Donna Douglas, American actress (b. 1933)
- 2015 – Géry Leuliet, French bishop (b. 1910)
From 2016
- 2016 – Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1932)
- 2016 – Lennie Bluett, American actor (b. 1919)
- 2016 – Antonio Carrizo, Argentine broadcaster (b. 1926)
- 2016 – Mike Oxley, American politician (b. 1944)
- 2016 – Brian Johns, Australian businessman (b. 1936)
- 2016 – Dale Bumpers, American politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1925)
- 2016 – Gilbert Kaplan, American conductor and businessman (b. 1941)
- 2016 – Ian Pieris, Sri Lankan cricketer (b. 1933)
- 2016 – Jim Ross, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
- 2016 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1930)
- 2017 – Tony Atkinson, English economist (b. 1944)
- 2017 – Hilarion Capucci, Syrian theologian, bishop and activist (b. 1922)
- 2017 – Mel Lopez, Filipino politician (b. 1935)
- 2017 – Memo Morales, Venezuelan singer (b. 1937)
- 2017 – Yaakov Neeman, Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1939)
- 2017 – Emmanuel Niyonkuru, Burundian politician (b. 1962)
- 2017 – Derek Parfit, English philosopher (b. 1942)
- 2017 – Alfonso Wong, Hong Kong cartoonist (b. 1924)
- 2017 – Aleksander Jackowski, Polish anthropologist (b. 1920)
- 2017 – Jeremy Stone, American scientist and arms control activist (b. 1935)
- 2018 – Jahn Otto Johansen, Norwegian editor (b. 1934)
- 2018 – Robert Mann, American violinist, composer and conductor (b. 1920)
- 2018 – Ebrahim Nafae, Egyptian journalist (b. 1934)
- 2018 – Manuel Olivencia, Spanish lawyer and economist (b. 1929)
- 2018 – Mauro Staccioli, Italian sculptor (b. 1937)
- 2018 – Tim Sweeney, Irish hurler (b. 1929)
- 2020 – János Aczél, Hungarian-Canadian mathematician and journalist (b. 1924)
- 2020 – Don Larsen, American baseball pitcher (b. 1929)
- 2020 – David Stern, NBA commissioner (b. 1942)
- 2021 – Carlos do Carmo, Portuguese singer (b. 1939)
- 2022 – Dan Reeves, American football player and coach (b. 1944)
Observances
- Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God – Roman Catholic Church
- New Year's Day
- Founding Day (Republic of China)
- Independence Day (Brunei, Haiti, Sudan)
- End of Kwanzaa (United States)
- Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba)
- Constitution Day (Italy)
References
- ↑ Italie, Hillel. "'Catcher in the Rye' writer J.D. Salinger dies". Retrieved 2010-01-28.[dead link]