January
January 1, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix |
| Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. | |
| 5 (2009) | 66 people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 10 (2004) | In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral |
| College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is | |
| “deemed to be elected” to the office of President until October 2007. | |
| 20 (1994) | The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the |
| Mexican State of Chiapas. | |
| The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect. | |
| 25 (1989) | The Montreal Protocol Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer comes into force. |
| 30 (1984) | The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System |
| companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice | |
| antitrust suit against AT&T. | |
| Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom. | |
| 50 (1964) | The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia |
| and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia. | |
| 60 (1954) | NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of |
| Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color | |
| receivers. | |
| 75 (1939) | Sydney, Australia, swelters in 45 ˚C (113 ˚F) heat, a record for the city. |
| 80 (1934) | Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison. |
| Nazi Germany passes the “Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring”. | |
| 275 (1739) | Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 30 (1984) | Christian Eigler, German footballer |
| Mohammed Ghaddar, Lebanese footballer | |
| Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer | |
| Alok Kapali, Bangladeshi cricketer | |
| Cheung Kin Fung, Hong Kong footballer | |
| Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer | |
| Michael Witt, Australian rugby player | |
| 40 (1974) | Christian Paradis, Canadian politician |
| Hamilton Ricard, Colombian footballer | |
| Giorgos Theodotou, Cypriot footballer | |
| 50 (1964) | Juliana Donald, American actress |
| Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress | |
| 60 (1954) | Richard Edson, American drummer and actor (Sonic Youth and Konk) |
| Bob Menendez, American politician | |
| Dennis O’Driscoll, Irish poet (d. 2012) | |
| Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek politician | |
| 70 (1944) | Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese politician, 7th President of Sudan |
| Jimmy Hart, American wrestling manager and singer (The Gentrys) | |
| Jeremy Hindley, English horse trainer (d. 2013) | |
| Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
| Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist (d. 2013) | |
| 75 (1939) | Michèle Mercier, French actress |
| 80 (1934) | Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian diplomat |
| 90 (1924) | Charlie Munger, American businessman and philanthropist |
| Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatorial Guinean politician, 1st President of the Republic of | |
| Equatorial Guinea (d. 1979) | |
| 125 (1889) | Charles Bickford, American actor (d. 1967) |
| 150 (1864) | Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957) |
| Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946) | |
| 200 (1814) | Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel leader (d. 1864) |
| 300 (1714) | Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780) |
| Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian soprano and author (d. 1800) | |
| 400 (1614) | John Wilkins, English bishop (d. 1672) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Yuri Alexandrov, Russian boxer (b. 1963) |
| Moses Anderson, American bishop (b. 1928) | |
| Lory Blanchard, New Zealand rugby player and coach (b. 1924) | |
| Robert Callahan, American judge (b. 1930) | |
| Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer (b. 1951) | |
| Jack Davis, American football player (b. 1932) | |
| Ross Davis, American baseball player (b. 1918) | |
| Lucio Dell’Angelo, Italian footballer (b. 1938) | |
| Lloyd Hartman Elliott, American academic (b. 1918) | |
| Hugh Gillis, American politician (b. 1918) | |
| Allan Hancox, English-Kenyan judge, Chief Justice of Kenya (b. 1932) | |
| Roz Howard, American race car driver (b. 1922) | |
| Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist (b. 1945) | |
| Patti Page, American singer and actress (b. 1927) | |
| Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (b. 1928) | |
| 5 (2009) | Aarne Arvonen, Finnish super-centenarian (b. 1897) |
| Claiborne Pell, American politician (b. 1918) | |
| Nizar Rayan, Palestinian Hamas leader (b. 1962) | |
| Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan Kenyan terrorist (b. 1960) | |
| 20 (1994) | Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of |
| New Zealand (b. 1900) | |
| Cesar Romero, American actor (b. 1907) | |
| Edward Arthur Thompson, Irish historian (b. 1914) | |
| 25 (1989) | Aleka Stratigou, Greek actress (b. 1926) |
| 30 (1984) | Alexis Korner, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blues Incorporated and |
| Collective Consciousness Society) (b. 1928) | |
| 50 (1964) | Bechara El Khoury, Lebanese politician, 6th President of Lebanon (b. 1890) |
| 60 (1954) | Duff Cooper, English politician, diplomat, and author, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
| (b. 1890) | |
| 70 (1944) | Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869) |
| Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862) | |
| 225 (1789) | Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English politician (b. 1716) |
January 2, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 10 (2004) | Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth. |
| 40 (1974) | President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order |
| to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Maksims Bogdanovs, Latvian motorcycle racer |
| Romain Dedola, French footballer | |
| 30 (1984) | Otacilio Jales, Brazilian footballer |
| 40 (1974) | Jason de Vos, Canadian soccer player |
| 50 (1964) | Luis d’Antin, Spanish motorcycle racer |
| Luis Moro, Cuban-American actor, producer, and screenwriter | |
| Pernell Whitaker, American boxer | |
| 60 (1954) | Henry Bonilla, American politician |
| 70 (1944) | Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor |
| Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician | |
| 90 (1924) | Evgenios Spatharis, Greek puppeteer (d. 2009) |
| 100 (1914) | Noor Inayat Khan, Russian-English SOE agent (d. 1944) |
| Vivian Stuart, Burmese author (d. 1986) | |
| 125 (1889) | Bertram Stevens, Australian politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1973) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1925) |
| Jim Boyd, American actor (b. 1933) | |
| Council Cargle, American actor (b. 1935) | |
| Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host (b. 1937) | |
| Charles Chilton, English radio host and producer (b. 1917) | |
| Angelo Coia, American football player (b. 1938) | |
| Zaharira Harifai, Israeli actress (b. 1929) | |
| Merv Hunter, Australian politician (b. 1926) | |
| Géza Koroknay, Hungarian actor (b. 1948) | |
| Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian and author (b. 1920) | |
| Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1945) | |
| Ian McKeever, Irish mountaineer (b. 1970) | |
| Maulvi Nazir, Pakistani militant leader (b. 1975) | |
| Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, American psychologist and author (b. 1959) | |
| Mamie Rearden, American super-centenarian (b. 1898) | |
| Stephen Resnick, American economist (b. 1938) | |
| Rudolf Szanwald, Austrian footballer (b. 1931) | |
| Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist (b. 1944) | |
| Ned Wertimer, American actor (b. 1923) | |
| 5 (2009) | Inger Christensen, Danish poet (b. 1935) |
| Maria de Jesus, Portuguese super-centenarian (b. 1893) | |
| 20 (1994) | Dixy Lee Ray, American politician, 17th Governor of Washington (b. 1914) |
| Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French businessman (b. 1915) | |
| 25 (1989) | Safdar Hashmi, Indian playwright, actor, and director (b. 1954) |
| 40 (1974) | Tex Ritter, American singer and actor (b. 1905) |
| 75 (1939) | Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864) |
| 90 (1924) | Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834) |
| 350 (1664) | George II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (b. 1588) |
| 500 (1514) | William Smyth, English bishop (b. 1460) |
January 3, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 10 (2004) | Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it the |
| deadliest aviation accident in Egyptian history. | |
| 20 (1994) | More than seven million people from the former Apartheid Homelands, receive South African |
| citizenship. | |
| 70 (1944) | World War II: Top Ace Major Greg “Pappy” Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by |
| Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Alex D. Linz, American actor |
| Anya Rozova, Russian-American model | |
| Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese gymnast | |
| Ayaka Umeda, Japanese singer (AKB48 and Diva) | |
| 30 (1984) | Billy Mehmet, Irish footballer |
| Arif Suyono, Indonesian footballer | |
| 40 (1974) | Robert-Jan Derksen, Dutch golfer |
| Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist | |
| 50 (1964) | Bruce LaBruce, Canadian director |
| 60 (1954) | Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990) |
| Ned Lamont, American businessman and politician | |
| Ross the Boss, American guitarist and songwriter (The Dictators, Manowar, and Manitoba’s Wild | |
| Kingdom) | |
| 70 (1944) | Blanche d’Alpuget, Australian author |
| 75 (1939) | Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player |
| Ruben Reyes, Filipino jurist | |
| 80 (1934) | Carla Anderson Hills, American lawyer and civil servant |
| 90 (1924) | Otto Beisheim, German businessman, founded Metro AG (d. 2013) |
| André Franquin, Belgian writer and illustrator (d. 1997) | |
| Nell Rankin, American soprano (d. 2005) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | George Falconer, Scottish footballer (b. 1946) |
| Alfie Fripp, English air force officer (b. 1913) | |
| M. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian violinist (b. 1931) | |
| Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Russian-French biochemist (b. 1921) | |
| Jimmy Halliday, Scottish politician (b. 1927) | |
| Kanang anak Langkau, Malaysian soldier (b. 1945) | |
| Ivan Mackerle, Czech cryptozoologist, explorer, and author (b. 1942) | |
| William Maxson, American general (b. 1930) | |
| Preben Munthe, Norwegian economist (b. 1922) | |
| Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian director, actor, and politician (b. 1930) | |
| Andrew P. O’Rourke, American judge and politician (b. 1933) | |
| Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao, Indian archeologist (b. 1922) | |
| Hisayuki Sasaki, Japanese golfer (b. 1964) | |
| Patty Shepard, American-Spanish actress (b. 1945) | |
| Burry Stander, South African cyclist (b. 1987) | |
| 5 (2009) | Betty Freeman, American philanthropist and photographer (b. 1921) |
| Ulf G. Lindén, Swedish businessman (b. 1937) | |
| Hisayasu Nagata, Japanese politician (b. 1969) | |
| 10 (2004) | Des Corcoran, Australian politician, 37th Premier of South Australia (b. 1928) |
| 25 (1989) | Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909) |
| 40 (1974) | Gino Cervi, Italian actor (b. 1901) |
| 70 (1944) | Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) |
January 4, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 10 (2004) | Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC. |
| Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose | |
| Revolution. | |
| 25 (1989) | Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan MiG-23 “Floggers” are shot down by a pair of |
| US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation. | |
| 40 (1974) | United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate |
| Watergate Committee. | |
| 70 (1944) | World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to |
| resistance fighters in Europe, begins. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Jeff Gyasi, Nigerian footballer |
| Graham Rahal, American race car driver | |
| Labrinth, English rapper/songwriter | |
| Kevin Pillar, American baseball player | |
| 40 (1974) | Danilo Hondo, German cyclist |
| Ian Moor, English singer | |
| Armin Zöggeler, Italian luger | |
| 50 (1964) | Dot Jones, American actress |
| Tom Westman, American reality show contestant, winner of Survivor: Palau | |
| 60 (1954) | Eugene Chadbourne, American guitarist and songwriter (Shockabilly) |
| Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon | |
| 70 (1944) | Charlie Manuel, American baseball player and manager |
| 80 (1934) | Rudolf Schuster, Slovak politician, 2nd President of Slovakia |
| 90 (1924) | Sebastian Kappen, Indian priest and theologian (d. 1993) |
| 100 (1914) | Herman Franks, American baseball player (d. 2009) |
| 125 (1889) | M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India |
| 175 (1839) | Carl Humann, German archaeologist (d. 1896) |
| 350 (1664) | Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Bhanumati Devi, Burmese-Indian actress (b. 1934) |
| Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (b. 1926) | |
| Ed Emory, American football player and coach (b. 1938) | |
| Murray Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921) | |
| Sammy Johns, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946) | |
| Derek Kevan, English footballer (b. 1935) | |
| Tony Lip, American actor and author (b. 1930) | |
| Richard A. Long, American historian and author (b. 1927) | |
| Salik Lucknawi, Indian journalist and poet (b. 1913) | |
| Lassaad Ouertani, Tunisian footballer (b. 1980) | |
| Yevgeny Pepelyaev, Russian pilot (b. 1918) | |
| Nikos Samaras, Greek volleyball player (b. 1970) | |
| Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (b. 1931) | |
| Bryan Stoltenberg, American football player (b. 1972) | |
| Şenay Yüzbaşıoğlu, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1951) | |
| Zoran Žižić, Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
| (b. 1951) | |
| 5 (2009) | Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright, and author (b. 1946) |
| Giselle Salandy, Trinidadian boxer (b. 1987) | |
| 10 (2004) | Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924) |
| Brian Gibson, English director (b. 1944) | |
| Jake Hess, American singer (The Statesmen Quartet and Masters V) (b. 1927) | |
| Jeff Nuttall, English actor, poet, and painter (b. 1933) | |
| John Toland, American historian and author (b. 1912) | |
| 20 (1994) | R.D. Burman, Indian composer (b. 1939) |
| 40 (1974) | Epameinondas Thomopoulos, Greek painter (b. 1878) |
| 70 (1944) | Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898) |
| 90 (1924) | Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852) |
| 450 (1564) | Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514) |
January 5, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 40 (1974) | An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses. |
| Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59°F (+15°C) recorded at Vanda Station | |
| 70 (1944) | The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper. |
| 100 (1914) | The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day’s |
| labor. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer |
| 30 (1984) | Amanda Hearst, American model |
| 40 (1974) | Sarah-Jane Honeywell, English actress and dancer |
| 50 (1964) | Grant Young, American drummer (Soul Asylum) |
| 60 (1954) | Alex English, American basketball player |
| László Krasznahorkai, Hungarian author and screenwriter | |
| 70 (1944) | Ed Rendell, American politician, 45th Governor of Pennsylvania |
| 80 (1934) | William Bendeck, Bolivian race car driver (d. 1971) |
| Phil Ramone, South African-American record producer, co-founded A & R Recording (d. 2013) | |
| 90 (1924) | Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records (d. 2003) |
| Hamzah Abu Samah, Malaysian politician (d. 2012) | |
| 100 (1914) | Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (d. 1955) |
| George Reeves, American actor (d. 1959) | |
| 150 (1864) | Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (d. 1911) |
| Ban Johnson, American businessman, founded the Western League (d. 1931) | |
| 400 (1614) | Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Joselo, Venezuelan actor (b. 1936) |
| Selkirk, English race horse (b. 1988) | |
| Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Bengali-Indian actor (b. 1926) | |
| Piet de Bekker, Dutch politician (b. 1921) | |
| Anders Carlberg, Swedish politician (b. 1943) | |
| Pierre Cogan, French cyclist (b. 1914) | |
| T. S. Cook, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1947) | |
| Reg Dean, English super-centenarian (b. 1902) | |
| Martha Greenhouse, American actress (b. 1921) | |
| Abraham Hecht, American rabbi and author (b. 1922) | |
| Jeff Lewis, American football player (b. 1973) | |
| Bruce McCarty, American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building (b. 1920) | |
| Richard McWilliam, American businessman, co-founded the Upper Deck Company (b. 1953) | |
| Fitzroy Newsum, American pilot (b. 1918) | |
| Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Canadian archbishop (b. 1915) | |
| Claude Préfontaine, Canadian actor (b. 1933) | |
| Harry Searson, English footballer (b. 1924) | |
| Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (b. 1930) | |
| Chandler Williams, American football player (b. 1985) | |
| Sol Yurick, American author (b. 1925) | |
| 5 (2009) | Griffin Bell, American lawyer and politician, 72nd United States Attorney General (b. 1918) |
| Ned Tanen, American movie executive (b. 1931) | |
| 10 (2004) | Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist, co-developed penicillin (b. 1911) |
| Tug McGraw, American baseball player (b. 1944) | |
| 20 (1994) | Brian Johnston, English sportscaster (b. 1912) |
| Tip O’Neill, American politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | |
| (b. 1912) | |
| 40 (1974) | Lev Oborin, Russian pianist (b. 1907) |
| 60 (1954) | Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (b. 1891) |
| 425 (1589) | Catherine de’ Medici, Italian-French wife of Henry II of France (b. 1519) |
January 6, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 5 (2009) | In response to continual bombardment of civilian population centers by Palestinian militants, |
| Israel conducts an assault on Gaza. Operation Cast Lead | |
| 20 (1994) | Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, |
| Michigan. | |
| 40 (1974) | In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in |
| the United States. | |
| 175 (1839) | The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than |
| 20% of the houses in Dublin. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Andy Carroll, English footballer |
| James Durbin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist | |
| Max Pirkis, English actor | |
| 40 (1974) | Daniel Cordone, Argentine footballer |
| Paul Grant, American basketball player | |
| 50 (1964) | Konnan, Cuban-American wrestler |
| Yuri, Mexican singer and actress | |
| Denise Borino, American actress (d. 2010) | |
| Charles Haley, American football player | |
| Henry Maske, German boxer | |
| Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler | |
| Mark O’Toole, English bass player (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) | |
| Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan swimmer and sportscaster (d. 2005) | |
| 60 (1954) | Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer, created Dragon Quest |
| Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (d. 2008) | |
| Karen Moras, Australian swimmer | |
| Trudie Styler, English actress | |
| 70 (1944) | Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| 75 (1939) | Murray Rose, Australian swimmer (d. 2012) |
| 80 (1934) | Harry M. Miller, Australian publicist |
| Sylvia Syms, English actress | |
| John Wieners, American poet (d. 2002) | |
| 90 (1924) | Earl Scruggs, American banjo player (Flatt and Scruggs) (d. 2012) |
| 100 (1914) | Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-American academic (d. 1989) |
| 300 (1714) | Percivall Pott, English physician (d. 1788) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Neil Adcock, South African cricketer (b. 1931) |
| Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani politician and scholar (b. 1938) | |
| Dave Edwards, American politician (b. 1938) | |
| Gerard Helders, Dutch politician (b. 1905) | |
| John Ingram, American politician (b. 1929) | |
| Metin Kaçan, Turkish author (b. 1961) | |
| Jon Ander López, Spanish footballer (b. 1976) | |
| Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (b. 1924) | |
| Ruth Carter Stevenson, American founder of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (b. 1923) | |
| Cho Sung-min, South Korean baseball player (b. 1973) | |
| Bart Van den Bossche, Flemish singer and actor (b. 1964) | |
| 5 (2009) | Ron Asheton, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (The Stooges, The New Order, New Race, |
| and Destroy All Monsters) (b. 1948) | |
| Maria Dimitriadi, Greek singer (b. 1950) | |
| John Scott Martin, English actor (b. 1926) | |
| 10 (2004) | Pierre Charles, Dominican politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954) |
| Charles Dumas, American high jumper (b. 1937) | |
| Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921) | |
| 20 (1994) | Virginia Clinton Kelley, American mother of Bill Clinton (b. 1923) |
| 30 (1984) | Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898) |
| 40 (1974) | David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896) |
| 70 (1944) | Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) |
| 80 (1934) | Herbert Chapman, English football player and manager (b. 1878) |
| 325 (1689) | Seth Ward, English bishop, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1617) |
January 7, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Prince Akihito is sworn in as the emperor of Japan after the death of his father Hirohito |
| 30 (1984) | Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). |
| 60 (1954) | Georgetown-IBM experiment: the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is |
| held in New York at the head office of IBM. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Emiliano Insúa, Argentine footballer |
| 30 (1984) | Diego Balbinot, Italian footballer |
| Jon Lester, American baseball player | |
| Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer | |
| 40 (1974) | Alenka Bikar, Slovenian sprinter |
| Svetlana Metkina, Russian actress | |
| John Rich, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Big & Rich) | |
| 50 (1964) | Nicolas Cage, American actor, producer, and director |
| 60 (1954) | Jodi Long, American actress |
| José María Vitier, Cuban pianist and composer | |
| 70 (1944) | Arne Scheie, Norwegian sportscaster |
| Tony Whitlam, Australian lawyer, politician, and judge | |
| 75 (1939) | Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark |
| 80 (1934) | Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (d. 2002) |
| Charles Jenkins Sr., American sprinter | |
| Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot politician, 5th President of Cyprus (d. 2008) | |
| 90 (1924) | Geoffrey Bayldon, English actor |
| Pablo Birger, Argentine race car driver (d. 1966) | |
| Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and television producer (d. 1973) | |
| 150 (1864) | Seo Jae-pil, Korea’s independence activists, journalist (d. 1951) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Carl Berner, German-American super-centenarian (b. 1902) |
| Nancy Burley, Australian figure skater (b. 1930) | |
| Larry Clapp, American lawyer and politician (b. 1946) | |
| Jim Cosman, American baseball player (b. 1943) | |
| Richard Ben Cramer, American journalist and author (b. 1950) | |
| Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias, Portuguese historian, author, and academic (b. 1958) | |
| David R. Ellis, American director, actor, and stuntman (b. 1952) | |
| Huell Howser, American television host (b. 1945) | |
| Jeremy Hindley, English horse trainer (b. 1944) | |
| Ada Louise Huxtable, American critic (b. 1921) | |
| Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress (b. 1931) | |
| Maruša Krese, Slovene poet and journalist (b. 1947) | |
| Louise Laurin, Canadian educator and activist (b. 1935) | |
| Epifanie Norocel, Romanian archbishop (b. 1932) | |
| Joseph Roney, Haitian politician (b. 1935) | |
| Harvey Shapiro, American poet (b. 1924) | |
| Fred L. Turner, American businessman (b. 1933) | |
| 10 (2004) | Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926) |
| 25 (1989) | Hirohito, Japanese emperor (b. 1901) |
| 30 (1984) | Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) |
| 50 (1964) | Cyril Davies, English singer and harmonica player (Blues Incorporated) (b. 1932) |
| Reg Parnell, English Grand Prix driver and team manager (b. 1911) | |
| 70 (1944) | Lou Henry Hoover, American wife of Herbert Hoover, 33rd First Lady of the United States (b. |
| 1874) | |
| Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet (b. 1888) | |
| 150 (1864) | Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. |
| 1808) |
January 8, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 5 (2009) | A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32. |
| 10 (2004) | The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake’s |
| granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. | |
| 20 (1994) | Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space |
| station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space. | |
| 25 (1989) | The Kegworth air disaster. British Midland flight 92 crashes into the M1 motorway killing 47 |
| people out of 127 on board. | |
| Beginning of Japanese Heisei period. | |
| 50 (1964) | President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a “War on Poverty” in the United States. |
| 125 (1889) | Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the ‘Art of Applying Statistics’ — his |
| punched card calculator. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player |
| Kristján Einar, Icelandic race car driver | |
| 30 (1984) | Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player |
| 40 (1974) | Maria Matsouka, Greek politician |
| 50 (1964) | Ron Sexsmith, Canadian singer-songwriter |
| 70 (1944) | Terry Brooks, American author |
| 75 (1939) | Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer |
| 80 (1934) | Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (d. 1987) |
| Gene Freese, American baseball player | |
| Roy Kinnear, English actor (d. 1988) | |
| Alexandra Ripley, American author (d. 2004) | |
| 90 (1924) | Benjamin Lees, American composer (d. 2010) |
| Ron Moody, English actor and singer | |
| 150 (1864) | Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Tandyn Almer, American songwriter and producer (b. 1942) |
| Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1927) | |
| Bernard Delcampe, French footballer (b. 1932) | |
| Antonio Frasconi, Argentinian-American woodcutter (b. 1919) | |
| Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded Parents, Families and Friends of | |
| Lesbians and Gays (b. 1920) | |
| Alasdair Milne, Indian-English television producer (b. 1930) | |
| Manuel Mota, Spanish fashion designer (b. 1966) | |
| Watson Parker, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1924) | |
| Cornel Pavlovici, Romanian footballer (b. 1943) | |
| Ten Most Wanted, American race horse (b. 2000) | |
| 5 (2009) | Richard John Neuhaus, Canadian-American priest and author (b. 1936) |
| Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1958) | |
| 10 (2004) | John A. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1930) |
| 20 (1994) | Pat Buttram, American actor (b. 1915) |
| Harvey Haddix, American baseball player (b. 1925) | |
| 30 (1984) | Eerik Kumari, Estonian ornithologist (b. 1912) |
| 70 (1944) | William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American businessman (b. 1878) |
| 80 (1934) | Andrei Bely, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1880) |
| Alexandre Stavisky, French financier and embezzler (b. 1886) | |
| 225 (1789) | Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703) |
| 350 (1664) | Moses Amyraut, French theologian (b. 1596) |
| 550 (1464) | Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian and academic (b. 1385) |
January 9, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | A SeaStreak ferry travelling to lower Manhattan, New York City, crashes into the dock, |
| injuring 85 people. | |
| 10 (2004) | An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula |
| while on the way to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. | |
| 50 (1964) | Martyrs’ Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag on the |
| U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian | |
| civilians. | |
| 100 (1914) | Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter |
| fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University, is founded. | |
| 175 (1839) | The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Michael Beasley, American basketball player |
| Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress | |
| Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player | |
| Chris Sandow, Australian rugby player | |
| 30 (1984) | Benjamin Danso, German rugby player |
| 40 (1974) | Farhan Akhtar, Indian actor, singer, director, and producer |
| 50 (1964) | Stan Javier, Dominican baseball player |
| 60 (1954) | Philippa Gregory, English author |
| 70 (1944) | Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (d. 2002) |
| Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The | |
| Honeydrippers, The Firm, and XYZ) | |
| 75 (1939) | Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer (d. 2009) |
| Rik Kemp, Australian cartoonist | |
| Susannah York, English actress (d. 2011) | |
| 80 (1934) | Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (d. 2008) |
| Bart Starr, American football player and coach | |
| 90 (1924) | Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (d. 1990) |
| 100 (1914) | Kenny Clarke, American drummer and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 1985) |
| 125 (1889) | rindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (d. 1969) |
| 150 (1864) | Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1926) |
| 175 (1839) | John Knowles Paine, American composer (d. 1906) |
| 425 (1589) | Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (d. 1638) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Brigitte Askonas, English immunologist (b. 1923) |
| James M. Buchanan, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919) | |
| Sakine Cansız, Turkish activist (b. 1958) | |
| Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (b. 1939) | |
| Frank Esposito, American politician, 37th Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (b. 1928) | |
| Jim Godbolt, English historian (b. 1922) | |
| Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich, English politician (b. 1937) | |
| Rizana Nafeek, Sri Lankan murderer (b. 1988) | |
| Jean R. Preston, American politician (b. 1935) | |
| Robert L. Rock, American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (b. 1927) | |
| Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (b. 1928) | |
| John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician (b. 1935) | |
| 5 (2009) | Rob Gauntlett, English explorer (b. 1987) |
| René Herms, German runner (b. 1982) | |
| T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (b. 1914) | |
| 10 (2004) | Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher (b. 1909) |
| 20 (1994) | Johnny Temple, American baseball player (b. 1927) |
| 25 (1989) | Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898) |
| 30 (1984) | Wolfgang Staudte, German director (b. 1906) |
| 75 (1939) | Johann Strauss III, Austrian conductor (b. 1866) |
| 90 (1924) | Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylon Tamil statesman (b. 1853) |
| 500 (1514) | Anna, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1477) |
January 10, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in Pakistan. |
| 30 (1984) | The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after |
| almost 117 years, overturning Congress’s 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic | |
| envoy. | |
| 60 (1954) | BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea |
| killing 35 people. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Kyle Reimers, Australian footballer |
| 30 (1984) | Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer |
| Trent Cutler, Australian rugby player | |
| Nando Rafael, Angolan-German footballer | |
| 40 (1974) | Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor, singer, and guitarist (Flight of the Conchords) |
| Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer | |
| Akari Kaida, Japanese composer | |
| Andrey Korneyev, Russian swimmer | |
| Steve Marlet, French footballer | |
| Clinton O’Brien, Australian rugby player | |
| Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer | |
| Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor | |
| 50 (1964) | Tony Gardner, English actor |
| Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crash Test Dummies) | |
| 60 (1954) | John Gidman, English footballer |
| Greg Towns, Australian footballer | |
| 70 (1944) | Rory Byrne, South African engineer |
| Bernard Derome, Canadian journalist | |
| William Sanderson, American actor | |
| Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor | |
| 75 (1939) | Jared Carter, American poet |
| Sonosuke Fujimaki, Japanese fencer | |
| David Horowitz, American activist and author, founded the David Horowitz Freedom Center | |
| William Levy, Dutch author | |
| Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012) | |
| Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976) | |
| Bill Toomey, American decathlete | |
| 80 (1934) | Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine |
| 90 (1924) | Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 1996) |
| Max Roach, American drummer and composer (M’Boom) (d. 2007) | |
| 100 (1914) | Pierre Cogan, French cyclist (d. 2013) |
| Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2000) | |
| 125 (1889) | Maurice Collis, Irish author (d. 1973) |
| 150 (1864) | Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1931) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Christel Adelaar, Indonesian-Dutch actress (b. 1935) |
| Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (b. 1935) | |
| Evan S. Connell, American author and poet (b. 1924) | |
| George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer (b. 1932) | |
| Jay Handlan, American basketball player (b. 1928) | |
| Franz Lehrndorfer, German organist and composer (b. 1928) | |
| Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (b. 1936) | |
| Lucien Poirier, French general (b. 1918) | |
| Jorge Selarón, Chilean-Brazilian painter (b. 1947) | |
| Vincent Sombrotto, American businessman (b. 1923) | |
| 5 (2009) | Bill Stone, English navy officer (b. 1900) |
| 10 (2004) | Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941) |
| Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. 1934) | |
| 25 (1989) | Herbert Morrison, American journalist (b. 1905) |
| Colin Winchester, Australian police officer (b. 1933) | |
| 30 (1984) | Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901) |
| 60 (1954) | Oscar Brockmeyer, American soccer player (b. 1883) |
| Chester Wilmot, American journalist (b. 1911) | |
| 80 (1934) | Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch anarchist (b. 1909) |
January 11, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in |
| Bulo Marer, Somalia. | |
| 20 (1994) | The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its |
| political arm Sinn Féin. | |
| 50 (1964) | Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report |
| Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United | |
| States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide | |
| anti-smoking efforts. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Sammy Carlson, American skier |
| Darko Bodul, Croatian footballer | |
| 30 (1984) | Kevin Boss, American football player |
| Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer | |
| 40 (1974) | Roman Görtz, German footballer |
| Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player | |
| Jens Nowotny, German footballer | |
| 60 (1954) | Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian politician and physicist |
| 70 (1944) | Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (d. 1989) |
| Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand | |
| 75 (1939) | Anne Heggtveit, Canadian skier |
| 80 (1934) | Jean Chrétien, Canadian politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada |
| Tony Hoare, Sri Lankan-English computer scientist | |
| 90 (1924) | Don Cherry, American singer and golfer |
| Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| Sam B. Hall, American politician and judge (d. 1994) | |
| Slim Harpo, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1970) | |
| 125 (1889) | Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (d. 1938) |
| 150 (1864) | Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, playwright, lawyer, and politician (d. 1946) |
| 175 (1839) | Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator, philosopher, lawyer, and sociologist (d. 1903) |
| 200 (1814) | James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Thomas Bourgin, French motorcycle racer (b. 1987) |
| Gordon Chavunduka, Zimbabwean sociologist (b. 1930) | |
| David Chisnall, English rugby player (b. 1948) | |
| Guido Forti, Italian racing manager, founded the Forti Racing Team (b. 1940) | |
| Robert Kee, Indian-Irish journalist and author (b. 1919) | |
| Nguyen Khanh, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam (b. 1927) | |
| James Charles Macnab of Macnab, Scottish bodyguard (b. 1926) | |
| Ba Mamadou Mbaré, Mauritanian politician, President of Mauritania (b. 1946) | |
| Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (b. 1941) | |
| Jimmy O’Neill, American radio and television host (b. 1940) | |
| Tom Parry Jones, Welsh scientist, invented the breathalyzer (b. 1935) | |
| Murray Merle Schwartz, American judge (b. 1931) | |
| Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (b. 1988) | |
| W. Reece Smith, Jr., American lawyer and academic (b. 1925) | |
| Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist (b. 1986) | |
| Fred Talbot, American baseball player (b. 1941) | |
| Billy Varga, American wrestler and actor (b. 1919) | |
| Lars Werner, Swedish politician (b. 1935) | |
| 5 (2009) | David Vine, English sportscaster (b. 1935) |
| 20 (1994) | Helmut Poppendick, German physician (b. 1902) |
| 25 (1989) | Ray Moore, English radio host (b. 1942) |
| 60 (1954) | Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870) |
| 70 (1944) | Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Italy (b. 1903) |
| 100 (1914) | Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842) |
January 12, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 10 (2004) | The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. |
| 50 (1964) | Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic. |
| 475 (1539) | Treaty of Toledo signed by King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 20 (1994) | Emre Can, German footballer |
| 25 (1989) | Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer |
| 30 (1984) | Scott Olsen, American baseball player |
| Oribe Peralta, Mexican footballer | |
| Daniel Sepulveda, American football player | |
| Jonathan Zydko, French footballer | |
| 40 (1974) | Melanie Chisholm, English singer-songwriter and actress (Spice Girls) |
| Claudia Conserva, Chilean model and actress | |
| Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian skier | |
| 50 (1964) | Jeff Bezos, American businessman, founded Amazon.com |
| Laura Gildemeister, Argentinian tennis player | |
| Clare Holman, English actress | |
| 60 (1954) | Howard Stern, American radio host, actor, and author |
| 70 (1944) | Hans Henning Atrott, Prussian author and theorist |
| Joe Frazier, American boxer (d. 2011) | |
| Vlastimil Hort, Czech chess player | |
| Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist | |
| Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor | |
| 75 (1939) | Jim Palosaari, Christian evangelist (d. 2011) |
| William Lee Golden, American singer (The Oak Ridge Boys) | |
| 80 (1934) | Metin Serezli, Turkish actor (d. 2013) |
| Alan Sharp, Scottish-American screenwriter and author (d. 2013) | |
| Mick Sullivan, English rugby player | |
| 90 (1924) | Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (d. 1998) |
| Grethe Holmer, Danish actress (d. 2004) | |
| 125 (1889) | Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader (d. 1965) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Ourasi, French race horse (b. 1980) |
| Guy de Alwis, Sri Lankan cricketer (b. 1959) | |
| Precious Bryant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942) | |
| Chuck Dalton, Canadian basketball player (b. 1927) | |
| John Martin Darko, Ghanaian bishop (b. 1945) | |
| Helen Elliot, Scottish table tennis player (b. 1927) | |
| Bubba Harris, American baseball player (b. 1926) | |
| Jean Krier, Luxembourger poet (b. 1949) | |
| Anna Lizaran, Spanish actress (b. 1944) | |
| William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1929) | |
| Walt McPherson, American basketball coach (b. 1916) | |
| Koto Okubo, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1897) | |
| Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (b. 1923) | |
| Yuri Schmidt, Russian lawyer and activist (b. 1937) | |
| Steven Utley, American author and poet (b. 1948) | |
| 5 (2009) | Claude Berri, French actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1934) |
| Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912) | |
| 10 (2004) | Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921) |
| Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1955) | |
| 40 (1974) | Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886) |
| 70 (1944) | Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915) |
| 80 (1934) | Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887) |
| Surya Sen, Indian educator and activist (b. 1894) |
January 13, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 40 (1974) | Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece. |
| 50 (1964) | Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths. |
| Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Kraków, Poland. | |
| 75 (1939) | The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the |
| lives of 71 people. | |
| 80 (1934) | The Candidate of Sciences degree is established in the Soviet Union. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Bryan Arguez, American footballer |
| James Berrett, English footballer | |
| Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja) | |
| Tim Matavž, Slovenian footballer | |
| Beau Mirchoff, American-Canadian actor | |
| 30 (1984) | Lourdes Arévalos, Paraguayan model |
| Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer | |
| Kamghe Gaba, German sprinter | |
| Nathaniel Motte, American singer-songwriter and producer (3OH!3) | |
| 40 (1974) | Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player |
| 50 (1964) | Bill Bailey, English comedian, actor, singer, and guitarist |
| Penelope Ann Miller, American actress | |
| Ronan Rafferty, Irish golfer | |
| 60 (1954) | Trevor Rabin, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Yes, Rabbitt, |
| and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band) | |
| 75 (1939) | Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director |
| Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach | |
| Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| 80 (1934) | Rip Taylor, American actor |
| 90 (1924) | Paul Feyerabend, Austrian philosopher (d. 1994) |
| Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2011) | |
| 100 (1914) | Ted Willis, Baron Willis, English screenwriter (d. 1992) |
| 150 (1864) | Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Diogenes Allen, American philosopher (b. 1932) |
| Bille Brown, Australian actor (b. 1952) | |
| Andrea Carrea, Italian cyclist (b. 1924) | |
| Jacki Clérico, French businessman (b. 1929) | |
| Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American politician (b. 1924) | |
| David Gibbs, American politician (b. 1936) | |
| Jake Hartford, American radio host (b. 1949) | |
| Enzo Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1949) | |
| Mykhailo Horyn, Ukrainian politician and activist (b. 1930) | |
| Riki Kawara, Japanese politician (b. 1937) | |
| Sanivalati Laulau, Fijian rugby player (b. 1952) | |
| H. Craig Lewis, American politician (b. 1944) | |
| Chia-Chiao Lin, Chinese-American mathematician (b. 1916) | |
| Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (b. 1953) | |
| Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (b. 1936) | |
| Balagangadharanatha Swamiji, Indian religious leader (b. 1945) | |
| Geoff Thomas, Welsh footballer (b. 1948) | |
| 5 (2009) | Mary Ejercito, Filipino mother of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (b. 1905) |
| Lanny Kean, American wrestler (b. 1960) | |
| Dai Llewellyn Welsh humanitarian and politician (b. 1946) | |
| Patrick McGoohan, American actor (b. 1928) | |
| Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and songwriter (b. 1925) | |
| W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (b. 1926) | |
| Nancy Bird Walton, Australian pilot (b. 1915) | |
| 10 (2004) | Arne Næss, Jr., Norwegian mountaineer (b. 1937) |
| Harold Shipman, English serial killer (b. 1946) | |
| Zeno Vendler, American philosopher (b. 1921) | |
| 40 (1974) | Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906) |
| Salvador Novo, Mexican playwright and poet (b. 1904) | |
| 80 (1934) | Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (b. 1860) |
| 90 (1924) | Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (b. 1834) |
| 125 (1889) | Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823) |
| 150 (1864) | Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826) |
January 14, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 10 (2004) | The national flag of The Republic of Georgia, the so-called “five cross flag”, is restored to |
| official use after a hiatus of some 500 years. | |
| 60 (1954) | The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American |
| Motors Corporation. | |
| 200 (1814) | Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania. |
| 375 (1639) | The “Fundamental Orders”, the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted |
| in Connecticut. | |
| 475 (1539) | Spain annexes Cuba. |
| 500 (1514) | Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Adam Clayton, English footballer |
| Mattia Marchi, Italian footballer | |
| Frankie Sandford, English singer-songwriter and dancer (S Club 8 and The Saturdays) | |
| Liu Xiaodong, Chinese footballer | |
| 30 (1984) | Erick Aybar, American baseball player |
| Fred Matua, American football player (d. 2012) | |
| Brandon Meriweather, American football player | |
| Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player | |
| 40 (1974) | Kevin Durand, Canadian actor |
| 50 (1964) | Mark Addy, English actor |
| Ernest Miller, American wrestler and actor | |
| Shepard Smith, American journalist | |
| 60 (1954) | Jim Duggan, American wrestler |
| Masanobu Fuchi, Japanese wrestler | |
| Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress | |
| 70 (1944) | Marjoe Gortner, American actor |
| Graham Marsh, Australian golfer | |
| Nina Totenberg, American journalist | |
| 80 (1934) | Richard Briers, English actor (d. 2013) |
| Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1977) | |
| 90 (1924) | Guy Williams, American actor (d. 1989) |
| 100 (1914) | Harold Russell, Canadian-American actor (d. 2002) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Giorgio Alverà, Italian bobsledder (b. 1943) |
| Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b. 1923) | |
| Fred Flanagan, Australian footballer (b. 1924) | |
| Prospero Gallinari, Italian terrorist (b. 1951) | |
| Maharani Gina Narayan, English-Indian wife of Jagaddipendra Narayan (b. 1930) | |
| Andreas Raab, German computer scientist (b. 1986) | |
| Vic Rowen, American football player and coach (b. 1919) | |
| Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (b. 1948) | |
| 5 (2009) | Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building (b. 1937) |
| Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (b. 1920) | |
| 10 (2004) | Uta Hagen, American actress (b. 1919) |
| Ron O’Neal, American actor (b. 1937) | |
| 30 (1984) | Ray Kroc, American businessman (b. 1902) |
| 80 (1934) | Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863) |
| 125 (1889) | Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834) |
January 15, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 5 (2009) | US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff |
| from LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. All passengers and crew members survive. | |
| 40 (1974) | Dennis Rader aka the BTK Killer kills his first victims by binding, torturing and murdering |
| Joseph, Joseph II, Josephine and Julie Otero in their house. | |
| 125 (1889) | The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in |
| Atlanta, Georgia. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 20 (1994) | Jordy Croux, Belgian footballer |
| 25 (1989) | Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2008) |
| Keiffer Hubbell, American ice dancer | |
| Tasha Reign, American pornographic actress, nude model, stripper, producer and sex columnist | |
| 30 (1984) | Megan Jendrick, American swimmer |
| Victor Rasuk, American actor | |
| 40 (1974) | Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio host |
| Ray King, American baseball player | |
| Tim Shaw, English radio and television host | |
| 50 (1964) | Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer |
| 60 (1954) | Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino poet, author, and scriptwriter |
| Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer | |
| 70 (1944) | Jenny Nimmo, English author |
| 80 (1934) | V. S. Ramadevi, Indian politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (d. 2013) |
| 90 (1924) | George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer (d. 2013) |
| 100 (1914) | Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (d. 2003) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Generous, Irish horse (b. 1988) |
| Eifan Saadoun Al Issawi, Iraqi politician (b. 1970) | |
| Yang Baibing, Chinese general and politician (b. 1920) | |
| Chucho Castillo, Mexican boxer (b. 1944) | |
| Daniel Edelman, American publicist, founded Edelman (b. 1920) | |
| George Gund III, American businessman (b. 1937) | |
| Balthazar Korab, Hungarian-American photographer (b. 1926) | |
| Princess Margarita of Baden (b. 1932) | |
| Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1932) | |
| Zurab Popkhadze, Georgian footballer (b. 1972) | |
| Robert Gordon Robertson, Canadian civil servant (b. 1917) | |
| John Thomas, American high jumper (b. 1941) | |
| Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian conductor and cellist (b. 1939) | |
| 5 (2009) | Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (b. 1917) |
| 10 (2004) | Terje Bakken, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Windir) (b. 1978) |
| Olivia Goldsmith, American author (b. 1949) | |
| 20 (1994) | Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist (b. 1921) |
| Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941) | |
| Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (b. 1916) | |
| 50 (1964) | Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombone player (b. 1905) |
| 70 (1944) | Robert J. Kirby, American police officer (b. 1890) |
| 150 (1864) | Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792) |
January 16, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | An estimated 41 international workers are taken hostage in an attack in the town of In Aménas, |
| Algeria. | |
| 50 (1964) | Hello, Dolly! (musical) starring Carol Channing opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 |
| performances. | |
| 75 (1939) | The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a bombing and sabotage campaign in England. |
| 90 (1924) | Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for the fourth time. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Yvonne Zima, American actress |
| 30 (1984) | Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer |
| Jared Slingerland, Canadian guitarist (Left Spine Down and Front Line Assembly) | |
| Kurt Travis, American singer-songwriter (Dance Gavin Dance and A Lot Like Birds) | |
| 40 (1974) | Marlon Anderson, American baseball player |
| Brent Hinds, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mastodon) | |
| Kate Moss, English model | |
| 70 (1944) | Gerd Klier, German footballer (d. 2011) |
| Jim Stafford, American singer-songwriter | |
| 80 (1934) | Marilyn Horne, American soprano |
| 90 (1924) | Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002) |
| 100 (1914) | Roger Wagner, French-American conductor (d. 1992) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930) |
| André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (b. 1926) | |
| Robert Citron, American politician (b. 1925) | |
| Burhan Doğançay, Turkish painter (b. 1929) | |
| Noé Hernández, Mexican race walker (b. 1978) | |
| Barry Holloway, Australian-Papua New Guinean politician (b. 1934) | |
| Samson Kimobwa, Kenyan runner (b. 1955) | |
| Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Russian skier (b. 1931) | |
| Gussie Moran, American tennis player (b. 1923) | |
| Pauline Phillips, American columnist and radio host, created Dear Abby (b. 1918) | |
| Kroum Pindoff, Greek-Canadian businessman (b. 1915) | |
| Nic Potter, English bass player and songwriter (Van der Graaf Generator and The Misunderstood) | |
| (b. 1951) | |
| John R. Powers, American author and playwright (b. 1945) | |
| Perrette Pradier, French actress (b. 1938) | |
| Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (b. 1923) | |
| Aslan Usoyan, Georgian-Russian mobster (b. 1937) | |
| 5 (2009) | Joe Erskine, American boxer and runner (b. 1930) |
| John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (b. 1923) | |
| Andrew Wyeth, American painter (b. 1917) | |
| 10 (2004) | Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930) |
| 25 (1989) | Prem Nazir, Indian actor (b. 1926) |
| 75 (1939) | William O’Connor, American fencer (b. 1864) |
| 150 (1864) | Anton Schindler, Austrian biographer (b. 1795) |
January 17, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 20 (1994) | 1994 Northridge earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California. |
| 25 (1989) | Cleveland School massacre: Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland |
| Elementary School playground in Stockton, California, killing five children and wounding 29 | |
| others and one teacher before taking his own life. | |
| 70 (1944) | World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the |
| intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would | |
| ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Hollie-Jay Bowes, English actress and singer |
| Björn Dreyer, German footballer | |
| Taylor Jordan, American baseball player | |
| 30 (1984) | Sophie Dee, Welsh porn actress |
| Calvin Harris, Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer | |
| Sam Shaw, American wrestler | |
| 40 (1974) | Danny Bhoy, Scottish comedian |
| Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins (d. 2003) | |
| Yang Chen, Chinese footballer | |
| Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian violist (Amparanoia) | |
| Derrick Mason, American football player | |
| 50 (1964) | Michelle Obama, American wife of Barack Obama, 46th First Lady of the United States |
| Andy Rourke, English bass player (The Smiths and Freebass) | |
| 60 (1954) | Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American lawyer, radio host, and activist |
| Susan Kiefel, Australian lawyer and judge | |
| 70 (1944) | Françoise Hardy, French singer and actress |
| 75 (1939) | Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens (d. 2008) |
| Maury Povich, American talk show host | |
| 80 (1934) | Donald Cammell, Scottish director (d. 1996) |
| Stuart Nisbet, American actor | |
| Zlatko Papec, Croatian footballer (d. 2013) | |
| 90 (1924) | Rik De Saedeleer, Belgian footballer and journalist (d. 2013) |
| 100 (1914) | Anacleto Angelini, Italian-Chilean businessman (d. 2007) |
| Irving Brecher, American screenwriter, producer, and director (d. 2008) | |
| William Stafford, American poet (d. 1993) | |
| 200 (1814) | Ellen Wood, English author (d. 1887) |
| 225 (1789) | August Neander, German theologian and historian (d. 1850) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Bill Albright, American football player (b. 1929) |
| Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist (b. 1941) | |
| Jakob Arjouni, German author (b. 1964) | |
| Tissa Balasuriya, Sri Lankan priest and theologian (b. 1924) | |
| Claude Black, American pianist (b. 1933) | |
| Robert F. Chew, American actor (b. 1960) | |
| Yves Debay, Belgian journalist (b. 1954) | |
| Fernando Guillén, Spanish actor (b. 1932) | |
| Sophiya Haque, English actress and singer (b. 1971) | |
| James Hood, American activist (b. 1942) | |
| Homayoun Khorram, Iranian violinist and composer (b. 1930) | |
| Fred J. Lincoln, American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1938) | |
| Tony Martin, Trinidadian-American historian (b. 1942) | |
| Jack McCarthy, American poet (b. 1939) | |
| Paul McKeever, German-English police officer (b. 1956) | |
| John Nkomo, Zimbabwean politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (b. 1934) | |
| Guram Sagaradze, Georgian actor (b. 1929) | |
| Michael Triplett, American journalist (b. 1964) | |
| Lizbeth Webb, English soprano and actress (b. 1926) | |
| 5 (2009) | Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist and historian (b. 1943) |
| 10 (2004) | Raymond Bonham Carter, English banker (b. 1929) |
| Harry Brecheen, American baseball player (b. 1914) | |
| Czesław Niemen, Polish singer-songwriter (Niebiesko-Czarni) (b. 1939) | |
| Ray Stark, American stage and film producer (b. 1915) | |
| Noble Willingham, American actor (b. 1931) | |
| 20 (1994) | Yevgeni Ivanov, Russian spy (b. 1926) |
| Helen Stephens, American runner (b. 1918) | |
| 30 (1984) | George Rigaud, Argentinian actor (b. 1905) |
| 50 (1964) | T. H. White, English author (b. 1906) |
January 18, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 5 (2009) | Gaza War: Hamas announces they will accept Israeli Defense Forces’s offer of a ceasefire, |
| ending the assault. | |
| 20 (1994) | The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Witnesses claim to have seen a |
| fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute. | |
| 40 (1974) | A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, |
| ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War. | |
| 70 (1944) | The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The |
| performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and | |
| Jack Teagarden. | |
| Soviet forces liberate Leningrad, effectively ending a three year Nazi siege, known as the | |
| Siege of Leningrad. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 20 (1994) | Kang Ji-young, South Korean singer (Kara) |
| Ilona Kremen, Belarusian tennis player | |
| Minzy, South Korean singer and dancer (2NE1) | |
| 25 (1989) | Rubén Miño, Spanish footballer |
| 30 (1984) | Kristy Lee Cook, American singer |
| Ioannis Drymonakos, Greek swimmer | |
| Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer | |
| Michael Kearney, American educator | |
| Benji Schwimmer, American dancer and choreographer | |
| 40 (1974) | Christian Burns, English singer-songwriter (BBMak) |
| Princess Claire of Belgium | |
| Devon Odessa, American actress | |
| Maulik Pancholy, American actor | |
| Michael Tunn, Australian television and radio host | |
| 50 (1964) | Brady Anderson, American baseball player |
| Jane Horrocks, English actress | |
| Andrea Leand, American tennis player | |
| Enrico Lo Verso, Italian actor | |
| 60 (1954) | Tom Bailey English singer-songwriter (Thompson Twins, International Observer, and |
| Bailey-Salgado Project) | |
| Ted DiBiase, American wrestler and manager | |
| Jagdish Mali, Indian photographer (d. 2013) | |
| 70 (1944) | Paul Keating, Australian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia |
| Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983) | |
| 80 (1934) | Raymond Briggs, English author and illustrator |
| 100 (1914) | Arno Schmidt, German author (d. 1979) |
| Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987) | |
| 325 (1689) | Montesquieu, French philosopher (d. 1755) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Martin Barbarič, Czech footballer (b. 1970) |
| Peter Boyle, Scottish-Australian footballer (b. 1951) | |
| Jeff Cahill, American actor (b. 1968) | |
| Walmor Chagas, Brazilian actor (b. 1930) | |
| Sean Fallon, Irish footballer (b. 1922) | |
| Jim Horning, American computer scientist (b. 1942) | |
| Alfons Lemmens, Dutch footballer (b. 1919) | |
| David Lewis, Zimbabwean cricketer (b. 1927) | |
| Jon Mannah, Australian rugby player (b. 1989) | |
| Lewis Marnell, Swedish/Australian professional skateboarder (b. 1982) | |
| Ron Nachman, Israeli politician (b. 1942) | |
| Borghild Niskin, Norwegian skier (b. 1924) | |
| Jacques Sadoul, French author (b. 1934) | |
| Theodore Stern, American academic (b. 1912) | |
| Morné van der Merwe, South African rugby player (b. 1973) | |
| 5 (2009) | Tony Hart, English television host (b. 1925) |
| Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (b. 1931) | |
| Bob May, American actor (b. 1939) | |
| Grigore Vieru, Romanian poet (b. 1935) | |
| 20 (1994) | Denis Henry Desty, English chromatographer (b. 1923) |
| 25 (1989) | Bruce Chatwin, English author (b. 1940) |
| 30 (1984) | Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1915) |
| 60 (1954) | Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (b. 1879) |
January 19, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | A failed attempt to assassinate Ahmed Dogan, chairman of the Bulgarian political party |
| Movement for Rights and Freedoms, on live television is foiled by security guards. | |
| 175 (1839) | The British East India Company captures Aden. |
| 250 (1764) | John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 20 (1994) | Matthias Ginter, German footballer |
| 30 (1984) | Fabio Catacchini, Italian footballer |
| Karun Chandhok, Indian race car driver | |
| Jimmy Kebe, Malian footballer | |
| Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player | |
| 40 (1974) | Frank Caliendo, American comedian |
| Ian Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer | |
| 50 (1964) | Janine Antoni, Bahamian sculptor and photographer |
| Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer-songwriter and basketball player | |
| 60 (1954) | Katey Sagal, American actress |
| Cindy Sherman, American photographer | |
| Katharina Thalbach, German actress and director | |
| 70 (1944) | Shelley Fabares, American actress |
| Laurie London, English singer | |
| Peter Lynch, American businessman | |
| Dan Reeves, American football player and coach | |
| 75 (1939) | Phil Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Everly Brothers) |
| 80 (1934) | Lloyd Robertson, Canadian journalist |
| 90 (1924) | Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (d. 1985) |
| Jean-François Revel, French author (d. 2006) | |
| 100 (1914) | Bob Gerard, English race car driver (d. 1990) |
| 125 (1889) | Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1943) |
| 175 (1839) | Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906) |
| 275 (1739) | Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect, designed Longford Hall and Barrells Hall (d. 1808) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Anatoly Bannik, Ukrainian chess player (b. 1921) |
| Mehnaz Begum, Pakistani singer (b. 1958) | |
| Milt Bolling, American baseball player (b. 1930) | |
| John Braheny, American singer-songwriter and author (b. 1938) | |
| Happy Fernandez, American politician (b. 1939) | |
| Abderrahim Goumri, Moroccan runner (b. 1976) | |
| Viggo Hagstrøm, Norwegian scholar (b. 1954) | |
| Basil Hirschowitz, American gastroenterologist (b. 1925) | |
| İsmet Hürmüzlü, Iraqi-Turkish actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1938) | |
| Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (b. 1940) | |
| Jim Marking, American basketball coach (b. 1927) | |
| Hans Massaquoi, German-American journalist and author (b. 1926) | |
| Steven Muller, German-American academic (b. 1927) | |
| Stan Musial, American baseball player (b. 1920) | |
| Frank Pooler, American conductor and composer (b. 1926) | |
| A. Rafiq, Indonesian singer and actor (b. 1948) | |
| Marcel Sisniega Campbell, Mexican chess player (b. 1959) | |
| Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (b. 1930) | |
| Ian Wells, English footballer (b. 1964) | |
| 10 (2004) | Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (b. 1917) |
| David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955) | |
| 30 (1984) | Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920) |
| 50 (1964) | Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886) |
| 60 (1954) | Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885) |
| 75 (1939) | Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (b. 1898) |
January 20, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 5 (2009) | Barack Obama is inaugurated as the first black President of the United States. |
| 60 (1954) | The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations. |
| 80 (1934) | Fujifilm, the photographic and electronics company, is founded in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 175 (1839) | In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Washington Santana da Silva, Brazilian footballer |
| 30 (1984) | Victoria Asher, American keyboard player (Cobra Starship) |
| Toni Gonzaga, Filipino actress and singer | |
| Olivia Hallinan, English actress | |
| 40 (1974) | David Dei, Italian footballer |
| 50 (1964) | Ozzie Guillén, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager |
| Ron Harper, American basketball player | |
| Kazushige Nojima, Japanese screenwriter | |
| Fareed Zakaria, Indian-American journalist and author | |
| 60 (1954) | Rudy La Scala, Venezuelan singer-songwriter and producer |
| Ken Page, American actor and singer | |
| 70 (1944) | José Luis Garci, Spanish director and producer |
| Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) | |
| 75 (1939) | Paul Coverdell, American captain and politician (d. 2000) |
| 80 (1934) | Tom Baker, English actor |
| 90 (1924) | Tekin Akmansoy, Turkish actor and director (d. 2013) |
| 125 (1889) | Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane |
| Company (d. 1969) | |
| 350 (1664) | Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian jurist (d. 1718) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Ron Fraser, American baseball coach (b. 1933) |
| Richard Garneau, Canadian journalist (b. 1930) | |
| Dolores Prida, Cuban-American columnist and playwright (b. 1943) | |
| Toyo Shibata, Japanese poet (b. 1911) | |
| Tracy Sugarman, American illustrator (b. 1921) | |
| Freddie Williams, Welsh motorcycle racer (b. 1926) | |
| 5 (2009) | Stéphanos II Ghattas, Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920) |
| Stan Hagen, Canadian politician (b. 1940) | |
| David “Fathead” Newman, American saxophonist and songwriter (b. 1933) | |
| Sheila Walsh, English author (b. 1928) | |
| 10 (2004) | T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan Tamil academic and lawyer (b. 1917) |
| Guinn Smith, American pole vaulter (b. 1920) | |
| 20 (1994) | Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909) |
| 25 (1989) | Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director (b. 1938) |
| 30 (1984) | Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904) |
| 60 (1954) | Fred Root, English cricketer (b. 1890) |
| 70 (1944) | James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860) |
| 90 (1924) | Ivor Crapp, Australian umpire (b. 1872) |
January 21, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 10 (2004) | NASA’s MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem |
| lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6. | |
| 60 (1954) | The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by |
| Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States. | |
| 150 (1864) | The Tauranga Campaign begins during the Maori Wars. |
| 225 (1789) | The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is |
| printed in Boston, Massachusetts. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 10 (2004) | Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway |
| 20 (1994) | Laura Robson, Australian-English tennis player |
| Booboo Stewart, American actor, singer, and dancer (T-Squad) | |
| 25 (1989) | Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenian footballer |
| 30 (1984) | Raymond Gutierrez, American Filipino actor and television host |
| Richard Gutierrez, American-Filipino actor | |
| Robert Ray, American baseball player | |
| Alex Koslov, Russian-American wrestler | |
| 40 (1974) | Malena Alterio, Argentine-Spanish actress |
| Rove McManus, Australian comedian, television host, and producer | |
| Alex Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver | |
| 60 (1954) | Phil Thompson, English footballer and coach |
| Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabe director, producer, and screenwriter | |
| 75 (1939) | Abdul Jolil, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2013) |
| 80 (1934) | Audrey Dalton, Irish actress |
| 90 (1924) | Benny Hill, English actor (d. 1992) |
| 100 (1914) | Lally Bowers English actress (d. 1984) |
| 150 (1864) | Paul Troje, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (d. 1942) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Kamal Basu, Bengali-Indian politician (b. 1919) |
| Alden W. Clausen, American banker (b. 1923) | |
| David Coe, Australian businessman, founded Allco Finance Group (b. 1954) | |
| Riccardo Garrone, Italian businessman (b. 1936) | |
| Jean Giambrone, American journalist (b. 1921) | |
| Zina Harman, English-Israeli politician (b. 1914) | |
| Donald Hornig, American chemist (b. 1920) | |
| Ahmet Mete Işıkara, Turkish geophysicist (b. 1941) | |
| Inez McCormack, Irish union leader and activist (b. 1941) | |
| Jake McNiece, American army officer (b. 1919) | |
| Hinton Mitchem, American politician (b. 1938) | |
| Chumpol Silpa-archa, Thai politician (b. 1940) | |
| Michael Winner, English director and producer (b. 1935) | |
| 5 (2009) | Veatrice Rice, American nurse and security guard (b. 1949) |
| 10 (2004) | Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian playwright (b. 1929) |
| 20 (1994) | Bassel al-Assad, Syrian army officer (b. 1962) |
| 25 (1989) | Carl Furillo, American baseball player (b. 1922) |
| Billy Tipton, American pianist (b. 1914) | |
| 30 (1984) | Giannis Skarimpas, Greek playwright and poet (b. 1893) |
| Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (Billy Ward and His Dominoes) (b. 1934) | |
| 90 (1924) | Vladimir Lenin, Russian politician and theorist (b. 1870) |
| 100 (1914) | Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter (b. 1857) |
| 200 (1814) | Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French botanist and author (b. 1737) |
January 22, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 30 (1984) | The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the |
| graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous “1984” | |
| television commercial. | |
| 70 (1944) | World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio, Italy. |
| 90 (1924) | Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
| 125 (1889) | Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. |
| 325 (1689) | The Convention Parliament convenes to determine if James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic |
| monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones when he fled to France in | |
| 1688. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 30 (1984) | Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player |
| Ubaldo Jiménez, Dominican baseball player | |
| Raica Oliveira, Brazilian model | |
| Leon Powe, American basketball player | |
| Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer | |
| 40 (1974) | Cameron McConville, Australian race car driver |
| Joseph Muscat, Maltese politician, 13th Prime Minister of Malta | |
| Ava Devine, American pornographic actress | |
| 50 (1964) | Nigel Benn, English boxer |
| Joe Dudek, American football player | |
| Wayne Kirby, American baseball player | |
| Stojko Vranković, Croatian basketball player | |
| 60 (1954) | Tully Blanchard, American wrestler |
| Chris Lemmon, American actor | |
| Peter Pilz, Austrian politician | |
| 70 (1944) | Khosrow Golsorkhi, Iranian journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1974) |
| 75 (1939) | Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (d. 1996) |
| Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran politician, President of Ecuador | |
| Jeff Smith, American chef and author (d. 2004) | |
| J.C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1994) | |
| 80 (1934) | Vijay Anand, Indian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2004) |
| Bill Bixby, American actor (d. 1993) | |
| Graham Kerr, English chef | |
| 90 (1924) | J. J. Johnson, American trombonist and composer (d. 2001) |
| 100 (1914) | Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (d. 2001) |
| Nguyen Van Mau, Vietnamese bishop (d. 2013) | |
| 125 (1889) | Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (d. 1935) |
| Amos Strunk, American baseball player (d. 1979) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Said Ali al-Shihri, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1973) |
| Kevin Ash, English journalist (b. 1959) | |
| Robert Bonnaud, French historian (b. 1929) | |
| John Cheng, Singaporean actor (b. 1961) | |
| Leslie Frankenheimer, American set designer (b. 1948) | |
| Anna Litvinova, Russian model (b. 1983) | |
| Lídia Mattos, Brazilian actress (b. 1924) | |
| Ted Talbert, American journalist (b. 1942) | |
| Margareta Teodorescu, Romanian chess player (b. 1932) | |
| Lucyna Winnicka, Polish actress (b. 1928) | |
| 5 (2009) | Billy Werber, American baseball player (b. 1908) |
| 10 (2004) | Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1916) |
| Tom Mead, Australian politician and journalist (b. 1918) | |
| Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (b. 1923) | |
| 20 (1994) | Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910) |
| Rhett Forrester, American singer-songwriter (Riot) (b. 1956) | |
| Telly Savalas, American actor (b. 1924) | |
| 25 (1989) | S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan Tamil academic (b. 1924) |
| 60 (1954) | Princess Margaret of Prussia (b. 1872) |
January 23, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 50 (1964) | The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in |
| national elections, is ratified. | |
| 225 (1789) | Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the United States, is founded in |
| Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 20 (1994) | Wesley Jobello, French footballer |
| 25 (1989) | April Pearson, English actress |
| 30 (1984) | Robbie Farah, Australian rugby player |
| Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer | |
| 40 (1974) | Sampsa Astala, Finnish singer-songwriter and drummer (Lordi and Stala & so.) |
| Joel Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| Rebekah Elmaloglou, Australian actress | |
| Yosvani Pérez, Cuban baseball player | |
| Richard T. Slone, English painter | |
| Tiffani Thiessen, American actress | |
| 50 (1964) | Mariska Hargitay, American actress |
| Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyanese politician, 7th President of Guyana | |
| Mario Roberge, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| 60 (1954) | Franco De Vita, Venezuelan singer-songwriter |
| Richard Finch, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (KC and the Sunshine Band) | |
| Edward Ka-Spel, English singer-songwriter (Legendary Pink Dots, The Tear Garden, and Mimir) | |
| 70 (1944) | Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor |
| 75 (1939) | Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor and martial artist |
| Arlene Golonka, American actress | |
| 80 (1934) | Pierre Bourgault, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2003) |
| 90 (1924) | Frank Lautenberg, American politician (d. 2013) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Ed Bouchee, American baseball player (b. 1933) |
| Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal (b. 1929) | |
| Janice Knickrehm, American actress (b. 1925) | |
| Lucien Paiement, Canadian doctor and politician (b. 1932) | |
| Dolours Price, Irish activist (b. 1951) | |
| Juan Carlos Rosero, Ecuadorian cyclist (b. 1962) | |
| Tatsuo Sato, Japanese politician (b. 1937) | |
| Peter van der Merwe, South African cricketer (b. 1937) | |
| Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet, French bishop (b. 1922) | |
| Frank Zakem, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1931) | |
| 5 (2009) | Robert W. Scott, American politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1929) |
| 10 (2004) | Bob Keeshan, American actor (b. 1927) |
| Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (b. 1920) | |
| 20 (1994) | Nikolai Ogarkov, Soviet field marshal (b. 1917) |
| Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (b. 1929) | |
| 25 (1989) | Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (b. 1904) |
| 30 (1984) | Mu’in Bseiso, Palestinian poet (b. 1926) |
| 70 (1944) | Viktor Gusev, Russian poet (b. 1909) |
| Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (b. 1863) | |
| 75 (1939) | Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (b. 1903) |
| 225 (1789) | Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (b. 1724) |
| John Cleland, English author (b. 1709) |
January 24, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 5 (2009) | The storm Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as |
| well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies. | |
| 30 (1984) | The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale. |
| 75 (1939) | The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 20 (1994) | Youngjae, South Korean singer (B.A.P) |
| 25 (1989) | Samba Diakité, Malian footballer |
| Calvin Goldspink, English singer and actor (S Club 8) | |
| Ki Sung-Yueng, South Korean footballer | |
| 30 (1984) | Jay Briscoe, American wrestler |
| Scott Kazmir, American baseball player | |
| Witold Kiełtyka, Polish drummer (Decapitated) (d. 2007) | |
| Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer | |
| 40 (1974) | Ed Helms, American actor |
| 60 (1954) | Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (d. 1986) |
| 70 (1944) | Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1983) |
| 75 (1939) | Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter |
| 80 (1934) | Ann Cole, American singer (d. 1986) |
| Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet (d. 1976) | |
| 90 (1924) | Joe Albany, American pianist (d. 1988) |
| 150 (1864) | Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (d. 1936) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | José Colomer, Spanish field hockey player (b. 1935) |
| Khuseyn Gakayev, Russian military leader (b. 1970) | |
| Dave Harper, English footballer (b. 1938) | |
| Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1959) | |
| Gottfried Landwehr, German physicist (b. 1929) | |
| Barbara Leonard, American politician (b. 1924) | |
| Jim Line, American basketball player (b. 1926) | |
| Umashanker Singh, Indian politician (b. 1940) | |
| Richard G. Stern, American author and educator (b. 1928) | |
| Harry Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1935) | |
| Jim Wallwork, English pilot (b. 1919) | |
| 5 (2009) | Gérard Blanc, French singer and guitarist (b. 1947) |
| Reg Gutteridge, English sportscaster (b. 1924) | |
| Kay Yow, American basketball coach (b. 1942) | |
| 10 (2004) | Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1913) |
| 20 (1994) | Yves Navarre, French author (b. 1940) |
| 25 (1989) | Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946) |
| George Knudson, Canadian golfer (b. 1937) | |
| 75 (1939) | Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. 1867) |
| 90 (1924) | Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (b. 1853) |
| Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1894) | |
| 375 (1639) | Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss politician (b. 1596) |
January 25, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, |
| Venezuela. | |
| 10 (2004) | Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars. |
| 20 (1994) | The Clementine space probe launches. |
| 90 (1924) | The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter |
| Olympic Games. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Sheryfa Luna, French singer |
| Víctor Ruiz Torre, Spanish footballer | |
| Mikako Tabe, Japanese actress | |
| 30 (1984) | Robinho, Brazilian footballer |
| Sara Aerts, Belgian heptathlete | |
| Stefan Kießling, German footballer | |
| 40 (1974) | Robert Budreau, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer |
| Emily Haines, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Metric and Broken Social Scene) | |
| Attilio Nicodemo, Italian footballer | |
| 60 (1954) | Ricardo Bochini, Argentinian footballer |
| Kay Cottee, Australian sailor | |
| Renate Dorrestein, Dutch journalist and author | |
| Kim Gandy, American lawyer and activist | |
| 75 (1939) | Gabriel Romanus, Swedish politician |
| 90 (1924) | Lou Groza, American football player (d. 2000) |
| Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (d. 2003) | |
| 150 (1864) | Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (d. 1934) |
| 275 (1739) | Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Martial Asselin, Canadian politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1924) |
| Rade Bulat, Croatian politician and activist (b. 1920) | |
| Gregory Carroll, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Orioles and The Four Buddies) | |
| (b. 1929) | |
| Normand Corbeil, Canadian composer (b. 1956) | |
| Kevin Heffernan, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1929) | |
| Max Kampelman, American diplomat (b. 1920) | |
| Frank Keating, English journalist and author (b. 1937) | |
| Irene Koumarianou, Greek actress (b. 1931) | |
| Aase Nordmo Løvberg, Norwegian soprano (b. 1923) | |
| Shozo Shimamoto, Japanese painter (b. 1928) | |
| John Wood, Canadian canoe racer (b. 1950) | |
| 5 (2009) | Ewald Kooiman, Dutch organist (b. 1938) |
| Kim Manners, American director and producer (b. 1951) | |
| 10 (2004) | Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch runner (b. 1918) |
| Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979) | |
| 20 (1994) | Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (b. 1909) |
| 60 (1954) | M. N. Roy, Indian activist and theorist (b. 1887) |
| 75 (1939) | Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish piper (b. 1870) |
January 26, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 5 (2009) | Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result |
| in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina. | |
| 10 (2004) | President Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan. |
| A whale explodes in the town of Tainan, Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm | |
| whale is suspected of causing the explosion. | |
| 75 (1939) | Spanish Civil War – Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco |
| and aided by Italy take Barcelona. | |
| 80 (1934) | The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City. |
| German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed. | |
| 90 (1924) | Saint Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad. |
| 425 (1589) | Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. |
| 450 (1564) | The Council of Trent issues its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction |
| between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. | |
| The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the | |
| Livonian War. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Marshon Brooks, American basketball player |
| Emily Hughes, American figure skater | |
| Torrey Smith, American football player | |
| 30 (1984) | Layla Kayleigh, English-American television host |
| Wu Qian, Chinese pianist | |
| Iain Turner, Scottish footballer | |
| Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer | |
| 40 (1974) | Shannon Hale, American author |
| Rokia Traoré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist | |
| 50 (1964) | Peter Braunstein, American journalist |
| Paul Johansson, American actor | |
| 60 (1954) | Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer |
| 70 (1944) | Angela Davis, American activist and author |
| Jerry Sandusky, American football coach | |
| 80 (1934) | Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and publisher |
| 90 (1924) | Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress |
| Rauf Denktaş, Cypriot politician (d. 2012) | |
| Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (d. 1998) | |
| 100 (1914) | Princess Durru Shehvar of the Ottoman empire (d. 2006) |
| 150 (1864) | József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (d. 1934) |
| 300 (1714) | Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Gökhan Budak, Turkish academic administrator and professor of quantum physics (b. 1968) |
| Lesley Fitz-Simons, Scottish actress (b. 1961) | |
| Christine M. Jones, American politician (b. 1929) | |
| Sukekiyo Kameyama, Japanese voice actor (b. 1954) | |
| Stefan Kudelski, Polish engineer, invented the Nagra (b. 1929) | |
| Daurene Lewis, Canadian politician (b. 1943) | |
| Patricia Lovell, Australian television host and producer (b. 1929) | |
| Hiroshi Nakajima, Japanese physician (b. 1928) | |
| Lloyd Phillips, South African-New Zealand film producer (b. 1949) | |
| Padma Kant Shukla, Indian physicist (b. 1950) | |
| Shōtarō Yasuoka, Japanese author (b. 1920) | |
| 10 (2004) | Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916) |
January 27, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | 241 people die in a nightclub fire in the city of Santa Maria, Brazil. |
| 30 (1984) | Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a |
| Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium. | |
| 40 (1974) | The Brisbane River breaches its banks causing the largest flood to affect the city of Brisbane |
| in the 20th century. | |
| 70 (1944) | World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted. |
| 75 (1939) | First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 20 (1994) | Rani Khedira, German footballer |
| 25 (1989) | Alberto Botía, Spanish footballer |
| Daisy Lowe, English model | |
| Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Dutch footballer | |
| 30 (1984) | Davetta Sherwood, American actress and singer |
| 40 (1974) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Norwegian biathlete |
| Andrei Pavel, Romanian tennis player | |
| Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer | |
| 50 (1964) | Patrick van Deurzen, Dutch composer |
| Bridget Fonda, American actress | |
| Jack Haley, American basketball player | |
| 60 (1954) | Peter Laird, American writer and illustrator |
| Jōkō Ninomiya, Japanese martial artist | |
| Stelios Papafloratos, Greek footballer | |
| Ed Schultz, American talk show host | |
| 70 (1944) | Peter Akinola, Nigerian archbishop |
| Mairead Maguire, Irish activist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| Nick Mason, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (Pink Floyd) | |
| 80 (1934) | George Follmer, American race car driver |
| 90 (1924) | Sabu Dastagir, Indian actor (d. 1963) |
| Rauf Denktaş, Cypriot-Turkish politician (d. 2012) | |
| Harvey Shapiro, American poet (d. 2013) | |
| 200 (1814) | Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (d. 1879) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Ivan Bodiul, Soviet politician (b. 1918) |
| Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, American singer, guitarist, and producer (Ohio Players) (b. 1943) | |
| Harry L. Carrico, American lawyer and judge (b. 1916) | |
| Éamon de Buitléar, Irish director (b. 1930) | |
| Pham Duy, Vietnamese singer-songwriter (b. 1921) | |
| Chuck Hinton, American baseball player (b. 1934) | |
| Stanley Karnow, American journalist and historian (b. 1925) | |
| Barney Mussill, American baseball player (b. 1919) | |
| Acer Nethercott, English rower (b. 1977) | |
| Sally Starr, American actress and television host (b. 1923) | |
| 5 (2009) | Mino Reitano, Italian singer and actor (b. 1944) |
| John Updike, American author (b. 1932) | |
| R. Venkataraman, Indian politician, 8th President of India (b. 1910) | |
| 10 (2004) | Salvador Laurel, Filipino politician, 10th Vice President of the Philippines (b. 1928) |
| Jack Paar, American talk show host and author (b. 1918) | |
| Don Stansauk, American wrestler and actor (b. 1925) | |
| 20 (1994) | Claude Akins, American actor (b. 1918) |
| 25 (1989) | Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor (b. 1918) |
| Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player and pilot (b. 1888) | |
| 40 (1974) | Georgios Grivas, Cypriot-Greek general (b. 1898) |
| 200 (1814) | Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1762) |
| 325 (1689) | Robert Aske, English merchant (b. 1619) |
January 28, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 30 (1984) | Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths |
| and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region. | |
| 50 (1964) | An unarmed USAF T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, |
| by a Soviet MiG-19. | |
| 80 (1934) | The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer |
| Ronny Philp, German footballer | |
| 30 (1984) | Stephen Gostkowski, American football player |
| Andre Iguodala, American basketball player | |
| 40 (1974) | Tony Delk, American basketball player |
| Jermaine Dye, American baseball player | |
| Ramsey Nasr, Dutch author and poet | |
| Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| 60 (1954) | Rick Warren, American pastor and author |
| 70 (1944) | Susan Howard, American actress |
| Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman (d. 2013) | |
| John Tavener, English composer | |
| 75 (1939) | John M. Fabian, American pilot and astronaut |
| 80 (1934) | Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990) |
| Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor (d. 1970) | |
| 90 (1924) | Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter (d. 1976) |
| 150 (1864) | Charles Williams Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors (d. 1948) |
| Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English inventor, invented the Hot bulb engine and Hornsby-Akroyd oil | |
| engine (d. 1927) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Eddy Choong, Malaysian badminton player (b. 1930) |
| Florentino Fernández, Cuban boxer (b. 1936) | |
| Lonnie Goldstein, American baseball player (b. 1918) | |
| Hattie N. Harrison, American politician (b. 1928) | |
| Reg Jenkins, English footballer (b. 1938) | |
| Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter (b. 1940) | |
| Xu Liangying, Chinese physicist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1920) | |
| Dan Massey, American activist and author (b. 1942) | |
| Mark Palmer, American diplomat (b. 1941) | |
| Ladislav Pavlovič, Slovak footballer (b. 1926) | |
| Ceija Stojka, Austrian-Romanian holocaust survivor, author, and painter (b. 1933) | |
| Earl Williams, American baseball player (b. 1948) | |
| Benedict Zilliacus, Finnish journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1921) | |
| 5 (2009) | Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952) |
| 10 (2004) | Lloyd M. Bucher, American navy officer (b. 1927) |
| Don Cholito, Puerto Rican radio host (b. 1923) | |
| Elroy Hirsch, American football player (b. 1923) | |
| Mel Pritchard, English drummer (Barclay James Harvest) (b. 1948) | |
| Joe Viterelli, American actor (b. 1937) | |
| 20 (1994) | Hal Smith, American actor (b. 1916) |
| 25 (1989) | Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Tibetan religious leader (b. 1938) |
| 75 (1939) | W. B. Yeats, Irish poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865) |
| 150 (1864) | Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799) |
January 29, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 5 (2009) | The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the |
| three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those | |
| three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents. | |
| Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is convicted of several corruption charges, including the | |
| alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States | |
| Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama. | |
| 25 (1989) | Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc |
| nation to do so | |
| 70 (1944) | World War II: Approximately 38 men, women, and children die in the Koniuchy massacre in |
| Poland. | |
| In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio is destroyed in an air-raid. | |
| 200 (1814) | France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 20 (1994) | Lucas Hufnagel, German footballers |
| Ayane Sakura, Japanese voice actresses | |
| 25 (1989) | Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player |
| 30 (1984) | Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer |
| Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer | |
| Mohd Safee Mohd Sali, Malaysian footballer | |
| David Sencar, Austrian footballer | |
| 40 (1974) | Michael Andersen, Danish basketball player |
| 50 (1964) | Andre Reed, American football player |
| Anna Ryder Richardson, Welsh interior designer and television host | |
| Holger Behrendt, German artistic gymnast stubs | |
| 60 (1954) | Terry Kinney, American actor |
| Richard Manitoba, American singer (The Dictators, MC5, and Manitoba’s Wild Kingdom) | |
| Doug Risebrough, Canadian ice hockey player and coach | |
| Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded the OWN Network and | |
| Harpo Productions | |
| Bob Murdoch, Cleveland Barons (NHL) players | |
| Yukinobu Hoshino, Japanese manga artist | |
| Eleanor Clitheroe-Bell, Canadian civil servants | |
| Alejandro Casañas, Olympic athletes of Cuba | |
| Barry Powell, English footballers | |
| Greg Brooks, Canadian chefs | |
| Ron Mark, New Zealand Labour Party politicians | |
| Patrick Seguin, French art dealers | |
| Christian Bjelland, People from Stavanger | |
| Rodolfo Reis, Portuguese footballers | |
| Bill Evers, American baseball manager stubs | |
| 70 (1944) | Andrew Loog Oldham, English record producer and manager |
| Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican judge | |
| Katharine Ross, American actress | |
| Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer | |
| 75 (1939) | Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author |
| 80 (1934) | Branko Miljković, Serbian poet (d. 1961) |
| 90 (1924) | Marcelle Ferron, Canadian painter and stained glass artist (d. 2001) |
| Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990) | |
| Peter Voulkos, American sculptor (d. 2002) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Said al-Muragha, Palestinian militant leader (b. 1927) |
| Ferris Ashton, Australian rugby player (b. 1926) | |
| Frank Hahn, German-English economist (b. 1925) | |
| Anselm Hollo, Finnish-American poet (b. 1934) | |
| Bernard Horsfall, English actor (b. 1930) | |
| Herbert Loebl, German-English businessman (b. 1923) | |
| Borislav Milošević, Montenegrin-Serbian diplomat (b. 1934) | |
| Butch Morris, American cornet player, composer, and conductor (b. 1947) | |
| Ferrol Sams, American physician and author (b. 1922) | |
| Reinhold Stecher, Austrian bishop (b. 1921) | |
| David Taylor, English veterinarian and television host (b. 1934) | |
| 5 (2009) | Bill Frindall, English statistician (b. 1939) |
| Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913) | |
| John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948) | |
| 10 (2004) | Janet Frame, New Zealand author (b. 1924) |
| M. M. Kaye, Indian-English author (b. 1908) | |
| 20 (1994) | Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (b. 1967) |
| 25 (1989) | Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet (b. 1900) |
| 50 (1964) | Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913) |
| 80 (1934) | Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868) |
January 30, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 20 (1994) | Péter Lékó becomes the youngest chess grand master. |
| 25 (1989) | The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closes. |
| 50 (1964) | Ranger program: Ranger 6 is launched. |
| In a bloodless coup, General Nguyen Khanh overthrows General Duong Van Minh’s military junta | |
| in South Vietnam. | |
| 70 (1944) | World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy. |
| World War II: American troops land on Majuro. | |
| 125 (1889) | Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead |
| with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 (1989) | Khleo, American actor and rapper |
| Tomás Mejías, Spanish footballer | |
| 30 (1984) | Kid Cudi, American rapper, producer, and actor (WZRD) |
| Jeremy Hermida, American baseball player | |
| 40 (1974) | Christian Bale, English actor |
| Olivia Colman, English actress | |
| Jemima Khan, English journalist and activist | |
| 50 (1964) | Otis Smith, American basketball player |
| 70 (1944) | Gad Tsobari, Israeli wrestler |
| 90 (1924) | Lloyd Alexander, American author (d. 2007) |
| Sailor Art Thomas, American wrestler (d. 2003) | |
| 100 (1914) | Luc-Marie Bayle, French navy officer (d. 2000) |
| John Ireland, Canadian actor (d. 1992) | |
| David Wayne, American actor (d. 1995) | |
| 125 (1889) | Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1937) |
| 150 (1864) | James Mitchel, Irish-American weight thrower (d. 1921) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar (b. 1920) |
| Patty Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (b. 1918) | |
| José Cardona, Honduran footballer (b. 1939) | |
| Diane Marleau, Canadian politician (b. 1943) | |
| Ann Rabson, American singer, pianist, and guitarist (Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women) (b. | |
| 1945) | |
| Roger Raveel, Belgian painter (b. 1921) | |
| George Witt, American baseball player (b. 1931) | |
| 5 (2009) | John Gordy, American football player (b. 1935) |
| H. Guy Hunt, American politician, 49th Governor of Alabama (b. 1933) | |
| Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer (b. 1932) | |
| Neiliezhü Üsou, Indian preacher and theologian (b. 1941) | |
| 20 (1994) | Pierre Boulle, French author (b. 1912) |
| 25 (1989) | Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (b. 1936) |
| 30 (1984) | Luke Kelly, Irish singer and banjo player (The Dubliners) (b. 1940) |
| Lee McCall, South African criminal (b. 1950) | |
| 80 (1934) | Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862) |
| 125 (1889) | Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (b. 1858) |
| 700 (1314) | Nicholas III of Saint Omer, Co-lord of Thebes, Marshal of Achaea |
January 31, 2014
What happened?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | An explosion at the Pemex Executive Tower in Mexico City kills at least 33 people and injures |
| more than 100. | |
| 5 (2009) | In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage |
| ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at | |
| least 25 people. | |
| 70 (1944) | World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held |
| Marshall Islands. | |
| World War II: During the Anzio campaign the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby’s Rangers) is | |
| destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy. | |
| 200 (1814) | Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina. |
Who was born?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 20 (1994) | Kenneth Zohore, Danish footballer |
| 30 (1984) | Vernon Davis, American football player |
| Josh Johnson, American baseball player | |
| Jeremy Wariner, American runner | |
| Alessandro Zanni, Italian rugby player | |
| 40 (1974) | Wil Anderson, Australian comedian and radio host |
| Othella Harrington, American basketball player | |
| Ariel Pestano, Cuban baseball player | |
| 50 (1964) | Sylvie Bernier, Canadian diver |
| Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist and songwriter (Slayer) (d. 2013) | |
| Martha MacCallum, American journalist | |
| Dawn Prince-Hughes, American anthropologist, primatologist, and ethologist | |
| Billey Shamrock, Swedish singer-songwriter and actor | |
| 60 (1954) | Mark Slavin, Israeli wrestler (d. 1972) |
| Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch guitarist (Whitesnake, Vandenberg, and Manic Eden) | |
| 70 (1944) | Connie Booth, American-English actress and psychotherapist |
| Charlie Musselwhite, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player | |
| 75 (1939) | Claude Gauthier, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor |
| 80 (1934) | James Franciscus, American actor (d. 1991) |
| Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005) | |
| 100 (1914) | Carey Loftin, American actor and stuntman (d. 1997) |
| Daya Mata, American spiritual leader (d. 2010) | |
| Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer (d. 1994) | |
| 125 (1889) | Frank Foster, English cricketer (d. 1958) |
Who died?
| Anniversary | Details |
|---|---|
| 1 (2013) | Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1923) |
| Amina Cachalia, South African activist and politician (b. 1930) | |
| Joseph Cassidy, Irish archbishop (b. 1933) | |
| Nolan Frizzelle, American politician (b. 1921) | |
| Hassan Habibi, Iranian politician, 1st Vice President of Iran (b. 1937) | |
| Ron Hadfield, English police officer (b. 1939) | |
| Caleb Moore, American snowmobile racer (b. 1987) | |
| Tony Pierce, American baseball player (b. 1946) | |
| Timir Pinegin, Russian sailor (b. 1927) | |
| Nguyen Van Mau, Vietnamese bishop (b. 1914) | |
| Fred Whitfield, American baseball player (b. 1938) | |
| Diane Wolkstein, American author (b. 1942) | |
| 5 (2009) | Nagesh, Indian comedian and actor (b. 1933) |
| 10 (2004) | Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (b. 1913) |
| 25 (1989) | William Stephenson, Canadian soldier and spy (b. 1896) |
| 40 (1974) | Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-American film producer (b. 1882) |
| 60 (1954) | Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890) |
| 70 (1944) | Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882) |