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What happened in history on this day: January 6?
On January 6 in ...
- 1066 - Earl Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.
- 1088 - Berengarius of Tours French theologist, dies.
- 1099 - Henry V crowned German king.
- 1227 - Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre.
- 1275 - Raymundus of Peñafort Spanish church law scholar, dies.
- 1352 - French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star.
- 1367 - Birth of Richard II Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99).
- 1374 - Andreas Corsini Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies.
- 1412 - Birth of Joan of Arc Domremy, martyr.
- 1425 - Jan of Bavaria liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies.
- 1448 - Christopher III king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies.
- 1453 - Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria.
- 1486 - Birth of Martin Agricola (pseudonym of Martin Sore) in Schwiebus; German music scholar and composer in Magdeburg.
- 1488 - Birth of Helius Eobanus Hessus German poet (Silvae).
- 1496 - Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi.
- 1497 - Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria).
- 1535 - City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro.
- 1536 - Baldassare Peruzzi Italian architect/painter, dies.
- 1540 - King Henry VIII of England marries his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves (annulled 6 months later).
- 1541 - Bernard van Orley Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about age 52.
- 1579 - Artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras.
- 1585 - Birth of Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas French grammarian.
- 1587 - Birth of Gaspar de Guzmán Count of Olivares, Premier of Spain (1621-43).
- 1592 - Johan Casimir palsgrave at the Rhine, dies.
- 1602 - Birth of Karl Rabenhaupt German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader.
- 1622 - Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide.
- 1639 - Virginia is first colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed.
- 1646 - Elias Hill German architect of Augsburg, dies at age 72.
- 1663 - Great earthquake in New England.
- 1681 - First recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler versus his butcher).
- 1685 - Malachias Siebenhaar composer, dies at age 68.
- 1690 - Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king.
- 1693 - Mehmed IV sultan (Turkey), dies at age 51.
- 1694 - Francesco Morosini Italian army General , dies.
- 1697 - Carlo Mannelli composer, dies at age 56.
- 1702 - Thomas Franklin English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies.
- 1725 - Chikamatsu Monzaemon Jap playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about age 71.
- 1732 - Birth of Matija A Reljkovic Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic).
- 1745 - Birth of Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier Annonay France, aeronaut (first pioneer balloonist/brother of Joseph-Michel/co-inventor of calorimeter, hydraulic ram, and process for producing vellum).
- 1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow.
- 1759 - George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis.
- 1773 - Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom.
- 1781 - French Colonel Baron Phillipe de Rullecourt and army troops invade the British-held island of Jersey, landing at the capital, Saint Helier. During the battle, Baron de Rullecourt is mortally wounded, and British Major Francis Peirson is killed. 600 defeated French soldiers are taken prisoner.
- 1784 - Turkey and Russia sign treaty in Constantinople.
- 1785 - Death of Haym Salomon at age 44 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; helped finance the revolution.
- 1799 - Death of W G Frederik at age 25; prince of Orange, General.
- 1802 - Birth of Ion Heliade-Radulescu in Romania; author/novelist/writer (Gramatica).
- 1807 - Birth of Joseph Holt; US Brevet Major General (Union Army) (dies 1894).
- 1811 - Birth of Charles Sumner; leading American Reconstruction senator (dies 1874).
- 1821 - Birth of Jakob Frohschammer in Illkofen, Germany; Catholic priest, writer and philosopher, excommunicated for his insistence that philosophy is independent of Church authority.
- 1822 - Birth of Heinrich Schliemann in Neubukow, Germany; polyglot/archeologist (Troje).
- 1826 - Birth of Herman Grimm; German writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
- 1827 - Birth of John Calvin Brown; Major General (Confederate Army) (dies 1889).
- 1827 - Birth of John Wesley Frazer; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1906).
- 1831 - Rodolphe Kreutzer, French composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at age 64.
- 1832 - Birth of Gustave Doré in Strasbourg, France; illustrator (Inferno, Ancient Mariner).
- 1832 - New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston, Massachusetts).
- 1838 - Birth of Max Bruch in Cologne, Germany; violin virtuoso and composer: Scherz, List und Rache (1858), Odysseus (1872).
- 1838 - Samuel Morse's telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey, USA.
- 1839 - Two-day storm off Irish and English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind".
- 1842 - 4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India.
- 1850 - Birth of Eduard "Ede" Bernstein; German marxist (New Era).
- 1850 - Birth of Franz Xaver Scharwenka; German pianist/composer (Mataswintha).
- 1857 - Patent for reducing zinc ore is granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania.
- 1859 - Birth of Samuel Alexander; English philosopher (Moral order and progress).
- 1861 - New York City, New York mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with North and South.
- 1861 - Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola.
- 1864 - Birth of Ban Johnson in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA; baseball founder (American League).
- 1870 - Birth of Gustav Bauer in Darkehmen, Germany; German chancellor when Scheidemann resigned in protest against the terms demanded by the Treaty of Versailles.
- 1872 - Birth of Alexander N Scriabin in Moscow, Russia; hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus).
- 1873 - Pope Pius IX issues encyclical On the Church in Armenia.
- 1873 - US Congress begins investigating Crédit Mobilier scandal.
- 1878 - Birth of Carl Sandburg; US poet/biographer of Abraham Lincoln (The People, Yes).
- 1880 - Birth of Tom Mix in Mix Run, Pennsylvania, USA; silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin).
- 1882 - Birth of Samuel Rayburn in Tennessee, USA; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Texas), speaker of the House (1940-57).
- 1883 - Birth of Khalil Gibran in Lebanon; mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings).
- 1884 - Death of Gregor Mendel in Brunn, Austria-Hungary at age 61; Augustinian monk, pioneer of the science of genetics.
- 1885 - Peter C Asbjørnsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at age 72.
- 1889 - Birth of Alan M Bateman; Canadian geologist (Yale professor).
- 1891 - Birth of Ted McDonald; cricket player (great Australian quick of 1920s).
- 1896 - First US women's six-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden, New York.
- 1896 - Birth of Abram N Pritzker; US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine).
- 1896 - Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony.
- 1897 - Birth of Billy Greene; actor (Burton - One Man's Family).
- 1897 - Birth of Péter Veres; literary/Hungarian minister of defense.
- 1898 - Simon Lake sends first telephone message from a submerged submarine.
- 1898 - Birth of Jan Filip Boon; Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39).
- 1899 - Birth of Phyllis Haver in Douglas, Kansas, USA; silent screen actress (What Price Glory).
- 1900 - Birth of Pierre-Octave Ferroud; French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse).
- 1900 - Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured.
- 1901 - Birth of Patrick Aherne in England; actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes).
- 1903 - Birth of Boris Blacher in Newchwang, China; German composer (Orchester-Ornament).
- 1903 - Birth of Francis L Sullivan in London, England; actor (Missing Rembrandt).
- 1903 - Birth of Stanley Smith in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts).
- 1905 - Birth of Eric Frank Russell in United Kingdom; sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides).
- 1906 - Birth of Benedict Vilakazi in South Africa; Zulu poet/novelist/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary).
- 1907 - Maria Montessori opens her first (Montessori) school (Rome, Italy).
- 1907 - Walter Read, cricket player (English batsman, 117 at no 10 versus Australia 1884), dies.
- 1909 - Birth of Johannes H Moesman; Dutch surrealist painter (Rumor).
- 1911 - Birth of Eduardo Frei Montalva; President of Chile (1964-70).
- 1911 - Birth of Joey Adams in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact).
- 1911 - Birth of Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov; actor (Telegram, Town People).
- 1912 - New Mexico is the 47th state admitted to the USA.
- 1913 - Birth of Edward Gierek; party leader (Polish CP).
- 1913 - Birth of Loretta Young AKA Gretchen Michaela Young in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; actress (Farmer's Daughter movie, Stranger movie, Letter to Loretta TV show, The New Loretta Young Show TV show).
- 1913 - Birth of Tom Brown in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Ed - Gunsmoke, Lieutenant Rovacs - Mr Lucky).
- 1914 - Birth of Danny Thomas AKA Amos Muzyad Yahkoob in Deerfield, Michigan, USA; actor/comedian (Baby Snooks radio show, Bickersons radio show, The Big Show radio show, Make Room for Daddy TV show, Danny Thomas Show TV show), producer (Dick Van Dyke Show TV show, Andy Griffith Show TV show, Mod Squad TV show), founder of Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
- 1914 - Birth of David Bruce in Kankakee, Illinois, USA; actor (Harry - Beulah).
- 1914 - Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch is founded.
- 1915 - Birth of Alan Watts in Kent, England; writer (Book on the Taboo).
- 1915 - Birth of Don Edwards; American politician (Representative-Democrat-California, 1963-).
- 1915 - Reginald Wood, cricket player (one Test England versus Australia 1886), dies.
- 1917 - Birth of Guillermo Rosario in the Dutch Antilles; writer (E rais ku no ke muri).
- 1917 - Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Netherlands), dies at age 82.
- 1918 - Birth of Buddy Weed in Ossining, New York, USA; pianist (Penthouse Party).
- 1918 - Birth of Caspar MB Baas AKA Cas Baas; Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat).
- 1919 - Birth of Sylvia Syms; US singer ("Hello Dolly", "Dream Girl", "Them There Eyes").
- 1919 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President (1901-09), dies at his home in Oyster Bay, New York at age 60.
- 1920 - Birth of Early Wynn in Hartford, Alabama, USA; Baseball Hall of Famer (pitcher).
- 1920 - Birth of Reverend Sun Myung Moon; evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies).
- 1921 - Birth of Cary Middlecoff; golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award).
- 1921 - Birth of Lou Harris; pollster (Lou Harris Poll).
- 1922 - Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments begins.
- 1924 - Birth of Earl Scruggs in North Carolina, USA; bluegrass musician (Flatt and Scruggs - "Ballad of Jed Clampett", "Rocky Top").
- 1925 - Birth of John Z DeLorean; automaker (DeLorean).
- 1925 - Paavo Nurmi sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile and 14:44.6 5,000m.
- 1926 - Kees Boeke opens first comprehensive school in Holland.
- 1926 - The German airlines Aero Lloyd and Junkers Luftverkehr unite to become Deutssche Luft-Hansa AG (later Lufthansa).
- 1927 - US marines are sent to Nicaragua.
- 1928 - Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympics-4 gold-1900), dies at age 51.
- 1928 - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene).
- 1929 - King Alexander of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes introduces a personal dictatorship, and decrees a change of name of the country to Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
- 1929 - Birth of Wilbert Harrison; rhythm and blues singer (Kansas City).
- 1929 - Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at age 72.
- 1929 - Birth of Vic Tayback in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Mel Sharples - Alice TV show).
- 1930 - First diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed.
- 1930 - Birth of Vic Tayback in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Mel - Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper).
- 1930 - Donald Bradman scores 452* in cricket for New South Wales against Queensland, 377 minutes, 49 fours.
- 1931 - Birth of E[dgar] L[aurence] Doctorow in New York City, New York, USA; American novelist (World's Fair).
- 1931 - Birth of Graeme Hole; cricket player (Australian batsman of the fifties).
- 1933 - Birth of Capucine [Germaine Lefebvre] in Toulon, France; actress (Pink Panther).
- 1933 - Birth of Sylvia Syms; singer ("You Go To My Head", "Them There Eyes").
- 1934 - Birth of Bobby Lord in Sanford, Florida, USA; country singer (Ozark Jubilee).
- 1935 - Birth of Ian Meckiff; cricket player (Australia quick 57-63, "threw"? his career away).
- 1935 - Birth of Nino Tempo in Niagara Falls, New York, USA; rock vocalist (Deep Purple).
- 1935 - Birth of Paul Wilson; American rhythm and blues singer (Flamingos - "Lovers Never Say Goodbye").
- 1935 - George P Baker, US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at age 68.
- 1936 - Birth of Julio María Sanguinetti Cairolo; President of Uruguay (1985-90, 1995-).
- 1936 - Charles A Stoneham, president (New York Giants), dies.
- 1937 - Birth of Doris Troy AKA Doris Payne in The Bronx, New York, USA; rhythm and blues singer ("Just One Kiss"), back-up singer (Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, George Harrison, Dusty Springfield, Nick Drake, Carly Simon).
- 1937 - Birth of Lou Holtz; American football coach (New Jersey Jets).
- 1937 - Donald Bradman scores 270 Australia versus England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, including 110 singles.
- 1938 - Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in the Bronx.
- 1939 - Albert Ward, cricket player (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies.
- 1939 - Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann in Berlin, Germany, announce the discovery of uranium fission.
- 1940 - Birth of Ed Zschau; American politician (Representative-Republican-California, 1983-).
- 1940 - Birth of Van McCoy in Washington DC, USA; soul singer, songwriter ("The Hustle" (1975)), producer (Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Stylistics, Aretha Franklin, Brenda and The Tabulations, David Ruffin, Peaches and Herb).
- 1941 - Birth of Sandy Denny; country singer (Fairport Convention - "If You Gotta Go").
- 1941 - US President Franklin Roosevelt gives "Four Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want, and from fear).
- 1942 - First around world flight (Pan Am "Pacific Clipper").
- 1943 - Birth of Terry Venables; British soccer player/manager.
- 1944 - Birth of Bonnie Franklin in Santa Monica, California, USA; TV actress (Ann - One Day at a Time).
- 1944 - Birth of Henry Kravis; author (The Money Machine).
- 1944 - Birth of Robert Landers in Tarrant County, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (Fort Worth-1976, 1978, 1980).
- 1944 - Birth of Van McCoy; American soul singer/songwriter ("Hey Mr DJ", "Hustle").
- 1945 - Birth of Barry Holstein Lopez; US author (Of Wolves and Men).
- 1945 - Birth of Barry John; Welsh international rugby player.
- 1945 - First appearance of Pepe Le Pew, cartoon skunk (Warner Bros Au Dorable Kitty).
- 1946 - Birth of Harold Jackson in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA; NFL wide receiver (Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots).
- 1946 - Birth of Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett in Cambridge, England; lead guitarist (Pink Floyd - "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn").
- 1946 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum.
- 1947 - Birth of Ian Millar in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; dressage rider (World Cup 1988, 1989, Olympics-1996).
- 1947 - Ray Lindwall smashes 100 versus England in Melbourne Cricket Ground Test.
- 1948 - Birth of Dayle Hadlee; cricket player (brother of Richard, New Zealand medium-pacer of 1970s).
- 1948 - Birth of Guy Spencer Gardner in Alta Vista, Virginia, USA; Lieutenant-Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (STS-27, STS-35).
- 1948 - Birth of Robert E [Bob] Wise Junior; American politician (Representative-Democrat-West Virginia, 1983-).
- 1949 - Birth of Michael Boit in Nandi, Kenya; 800m runner (Olympics-bronze-1972).
- 1950 - Great Britain recognizes Communist government of China.
- 1950 - NBC TV premieres The Armstrong Circle Theatre 60-minute TV show in the USA.
- 1950 - Isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at age 71.
- 1951 - Birth of Kim Wilson; rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds).
- 1951 - Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record six overtimes.
- 1952 - Birth of Grant Goodeve in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; actor (David - Eight is Enough, Dynasty).
- 1953 - Birth of Malcolm Young in Glasgow, Scotland; guitarist (AC/DC - "Highway to Hell").
- 1954 - Birth of Anthony Minghella; director (The English Patient).
- 1954 - Birth of Norbert Hahn in the German Democratic Republic; two-man luge (Olympics-gold-1976, 1980).
- 1955 - Birth of Rowan Atkinson in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; comedian/actor (Mr Bean, Blackadder, Never Say Never Again, Zazu - The Lion King).
- 1956 - US Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group.
- 1957 - Birth of C Michael Foale in Louth, England; astronaut (STS 45, 56, 63, 84/86).
- 1957 - Birth of Nancy Lopez Knight in Torrance, California, USA; pro golfer (1988 Mazda, 1981 Dinah Shore).
- 1958 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to E.E. Cummings.
- 1958 - Gibson patents the Flying V Guitar.
- 1958 - Josephine, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at age 85.
- 1958 - Birth of Scott Bryce; actor (As the World Turns, 2000 Malibu Road, Popular).
- 1959 - Birth of Kapil Dev; cricket player (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982).
- 1959 - Birth of Kathy Sledge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; vocalist (Sister Sledge - "We are Family").
- 1960 - Birth of Paul William Azinger in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA; PGA golfer (1987 Phoenix Open).
- 1960 - Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at age 52.
- 1960 - Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Scope and Means), dies at age 68.
- 1960 - Birth of Eric Williams; rhythm-and-blues singer (BLACKstreet).
- 1961 - Birth of Dirk de Vries; Dutch pop bassist (Kong - "Slauerhoff").
- 1961 - Birth of Howie Long; NFL tackle/actor/broadcaster (Broken Arrow).
- 1962 - Birth of Philip Brown in Birmingham, England; 4x400m runner (Olympics-silver-1984).
- 1962 - Birth of Sean Landeta; NFL place kicker (New York Giants).
- 1962 - Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga; Dutch painter (France, North Africa), dies at age 57.
- 1963 - NBC premieres the Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom 30-minute documentary TV show, with host Marlin Perkins.
- 1963 - Oliver! opens at Imperial Theater in New York City, New York for 774 performances.
- 1963 - Birth of Norm Charlton in Fort Polk, Louisiana, USA; pitcher (Seattle Mariners).
- 1963 - Birth of Paul Brindley; English pop bassist (Sundays, Can't Be Sure).
- 1963 - Birth of Philippe Perrin in Meknes, Morocco; Lieutenant-Colonel FAF/astronaut.
- 1964 - Birth of Charles Haley; NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1964 - Birth of Mark O'Toole; bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax", "When Two Tribes Go To War").
- 1964 - Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City Athletics to Louisville.
- 1964 - Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at age 67.
- 1964 - Rolling Stones' first tour as headline act (with Ronettes).
- 1965 - Birth of Christine Wachtel; East German running star (world indoor record 800m).
- 1965 - Birth of Jose Dejesus; US baseball pitcher (Kansas City Royals).
- 1965 - Birth of Lindsay H Burns in Big Timber, Montana, USA; rower (Olympics-silver-1996).
- 1965 - Birth of Tim McDonald; NFL player (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1965 - Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling.
- 1965 - John Larkin, director (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at age 52.
- 1966 - Birth of Bob Kratch; NFL guard (New England Patriots).
- 1966 - Birth of Donnell Woolford; NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears).
- 1966 - Birth of Shahid Saeed; cricket player (Pakistani batsman in Test versus India 1989).
- 1967 - ABC-TV airs the Milton Berle Show for the last time.
- 1967 - Two homemade buses collide on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines, plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140.
- 1967 - Birth of David Belcher; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Larry Donald in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; US boxer (Olympics-1992).
- 1967 - Birth of Peter Loran in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA; rock vocalist (Trixter - "Give It To Me Good").
- 1967 - Johnny Keane, baseball player/manager (Saint Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees), dies at age 55.
- 1968 - The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 8 weeks.
- 1968 - Birth of Jerry Crafts; NFL/WLAF tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1968 - Birth of John Singleton in Los Angeles, California, USA; director/screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood).
- 1968 - Birth of Vlastimil Plavucha in Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia; hockey forward (Team Slovakia).
- 1968 - Dr N E Shumway performs first US adult cardiac transplant operation.
- 1968 - Kurt Baschwitz, German/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at age 81.
- 1968 - Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon.
- 1968 - The 100th episode of US TV show I Dream of Jeannie airs.
- 1968 - Dick Clark premiere his TV series Happening '68.
- 1969 - Birth of Alvin Morman in Rockingham, North Carolina, USA; pitcher (Houston Astros).
- 1969 - Birth of Florence Descampe in Brussels, Belgium; LPGA golfer (1992 McCall).
- 1969 - Birth of Jason Childs; NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers).
- 1969 - Birth of Nick A'Hern; Australian 20k walker (Olympics-22-1992, 1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Daniel Naulty in Los Angeles, California, USA; pitcher (Minnesota Twins).
- 1970 - Birth of Gabrielle Reece in Trinidad; volleyball star/model (Extremists).
- 1970 - Birth of Geert Brusselers; soccer player (NAC).
- 1970 - Birth of John Gerak; NFL tight end/guide (Minnesota Vikings, Saint Louis Rams).
- 1970 - Birth of Keenan McCardell; NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1970 - Birth of Kerrin Petty in Townshend, Vermont, USA; cross country skier (Olympics-1994).
- 1970 - Birth of René Binken; soccer player (Volendam).
- 1970 - Birth of Julie Chen; TV personality (CBS' The Early Show, host - Big Brother TV show).
- 1971 - Berkeley chemists announce first synthetic growth hormones.
- 1971 - Birth of Jed DeVries; NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns).
- 1971 - Birth of Mike Wells; NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions).
- 1971 - Birth of Myron Baker; NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears).
- 1971 - Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate.
- 1972 - Birth of Denis Montana; Canadian Football League receiver (Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts).
- 1972 - Birth of Willie Clark; NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1972 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn.
- 1972 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley.
- 1972 - Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from USSR.
- 1973 - Schoolhouse Rock premieres on ABC-TV with "Multiplication Rock".
- 1973 - Birth of Sairaj Bahatule; cricket player (promising Bombay leg-spin all-rounder).
- 1974 - CBS Mystery Theater premieres on radio.
- 1974 - Birth of Juan Roque; tackle (Detroit Lions).
- 1974 - Birth of Marcus Crandell; Canadian Football League quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos).
- 1974 - Birth of Paul Grant; NBA center (Minnesota Timberwolves).
- 1974 - England begins three-day work week during mine strike.
- 1974 - The Global Television network is created in southern Ontario, Canada.
- 1975 - Wheel Of Fortune debuts on NBC-TV.
- 1975 - ABC-TV debuts early morning news and information TV show A.M. America, with Bill Beutel and Stephanie Edwards.
- 1975 - Birth of James Farrior; linebacker (New York Jets).
- 1975 - Birth of Laura Berg in Whittier, California; softball outfielder (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1975 - Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at age 77.
- 1976 - Birth of Agnieszka Zielinska; Miss Poland-Universe (1997).
- 1976 - Birth of Danny Pintauro in Milltown, New Jersey, USA; actor (Jonathan - Who's The Boss?).
- 1976 - Birth of Jeremy Linn; American 100m breaststroke (Olympics-silver/gold-1996).
- 1976 - Birth of Richard Zednik in Bystrica, Czechoslovakia; NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Washington Capitals).
- 1976 - People's Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor.
- 1976 - Oscar Esplá, Spanish philosopher/composer (Sonata del Sur), dies at age 89.
- 1976 - Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million.
- 1977 - Birth of Amy Zappone in Wolcott, Connecticut; Miss Connecticut-America (1995).
- 1977 - Birth of Stacey Gartrell in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1978 - First postage stamp copyrighted by US (Carl Sandburg stamp).
- 1978 - Birth of Steve Hartsell in Ann Arbor, Michigan; pairs skater (with Danielle Hartsell).
- 1978 - The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II.
- 1980 - Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India.
- 1980 - Philadelphia Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat.
- 1980 - Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
- 1980 - The president of Sicily, Piersanti Mattarella, is assassinated by the Mafia.
- 1981 - Brazilian double decker boat Novo Amapo capsizes in Amazon River, Belem de Cajari, Macapa, Brazil; 230 killed.
- 1981 - 50th hat trick in New York Islanders' history - John Tonelli scores five goals.
- 1981 - A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, Scottish physician/author (Citadel), dies at age 84 (born 1896).
- 1984 - Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh and Lillee.
- 1985 - In La Criolla, Argentina, a farmhouse roof is pierced, door smashed, by 9.5kg meteorite stone.
- 1985 - Robert H W Welch Junior, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at age 85.
- 1986 - Birth of Alex Turner; British musician (Arctic Monkeys).
- 1986 - British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns.
- 1986 - Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- 1986 - Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland.
- 1987 - 100th US Congress convenes.
- 1987 - Astronomers at University of California see first sight of birth of a galaxy.
- 1988 - Death of Brent Collins of a heart attack at age 46; dwarf actor (Mr. Big - As The World Turns, Wallingford - Another World).
- 1988 - The CBS TV network airs the last episode of The Oldest Rookie show.
- 1989 - Birth of Baby, lion-tailed macaques at Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle).
- 1990 - Hans Jaray, actor (Lydia, Fedora), dies.
- 1990 - Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at age 40.
- 1990 - New York Lotto pays US$35 million to one winner (numbers are 18-25-26-32-42-44).
- 1990 - Death of Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904).
- 1991 - Real Life With Jane Pauley premieres on NBC-TV.
- 1991 - Jorge Serrano Elías elected President of Guatemala.
- 1991 - Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 seconds).
- 1992 - In Detroit, Michigan, the 1992 North American International Auto Show is held. Chevrolet debuts the Sting Ray III show car, a styling preview being considered for the next generation Corvette.
- 1992 - Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin - Cell Block H), dies.
- 1992 - New York Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul.
- 1992 - Sachin Tendulkar completes 148 versus Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
- 1992 - Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his first Test innings.
- 1992 - Vincent Placoly, Martinique writer (Une journée torride), dies at age 45.
- 1992 - Bosnian Serbs declare their own republic within Bosnia and Herzegovina, in protest of the decision by Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats to seek European Community recognition.
- 1993 - Elisabeth, arch duchess of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein, dies at age 70.
- 1993 - Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a.
- 1993 - Death of John B. Gillespie AKA Dizzy Gillespie of cancer at age 75; jazz trumpeter co-founder of "bebop" music, created the "afro-cuban" sound in jazz.
- 1993 - Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at age 54.
- 1994 - "Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch undersecretary of Navy (1963-72), dies at age 80.
- 1994 - Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record 3803.88.
- 1994 - Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies.
- 1994 - In Detroit, Michigan, ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband.
- 1994 - Death of Harold Lucas at age 70 in Washington, DC, USA; rhythm-and-blues musician (the Clovers - "Don't You Know I Love You", "Fool, Fool, Fool", "Love Potion No. 9").
- 1994 - Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44).
- 1995 - Near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurs.
- 1995 - Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939).
- 1995 - Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at age 77.
- 1995 - (to January 7) A chemical fire occurs in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines. Policemen and investigators find a bomb factory and a laptop computer and disks that contain plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack. The mastermind, Ramzi Yousef, is arrested a month later.
- 1995 - Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/Secretary-General (SACR), dies at age 68.
- 1995 - Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at age 81.
- 1996 - Record US$65.2 million British lottery won by three people (winning numbers: 2-3-4-13-42-44).
- 1996 - Death of Robert Russell Wise AKA Chubby Wise of heart failure following pneumonia at age 80; country fiddle player (Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, the Rainbow Ranch Boys).
- 1997 - In Detroit, Michigan, the North American International Auto Show is held, over ten days. Chevrolet unveils the 1997 Corvette, dubbed "C5". A new small-block V-8 engine is introduced, the LS1, with 345-hp, and 10:1 compression ratio.
- 1997 - Vince Williams, actor (Hamp - Guiding Light), dies of cancer at age 39.
- 1998 - Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboys' coach.
- 1998 - Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1998 - The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon.
- 1999 - Bob Newhart, Alex Trebek, Dennis Franz, and Buffalo Bob Smith all receive stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
- 2003 - Astronomers in Seattle, Washington, announce the discovery of planet OGLE-TR-56b. The planet, about 5000 light-years from Earth, has a surface temperature of 1600 degrees C, and an orbit of 29 hours around its parent star.
- 2003 - FOX begin airing the reality show Joe Millionaire.
- 2004 - Death of Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (born 1954).
- 2006 - The record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially draws to a close as Tropical Storm Zeta dissipates.
- 2006 - 18-year-old shortstop Justin Upton signs a five-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks for US$6.1 million, the largest signing bonus in a minor-league contract for a drafted player who was not a free agent.
- 2006 - The Toronto Blue Jays trade Corey Koskie to the Milwaukee Brewers for minor league pitching prospect Brian Wolfe.
- 2008 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 sets sail on its 25th around-the-world cruise.
- 2008 - Death of Bob LeMond at age94; radio and TV announcer (CBS radio, I Love Lucy TV show).
- 2009 - Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina is sworn in for a second term as prime minister of Bangladesh.
- 2010 - (to January 7) At the 2010 Florida United Numismatists convention, Heritage Auctions conducts the Platinum Night auction. Some highlights:
- USA 1913 5-cent, Liberty Head, one of five existing, Proof 64 NGC: US$3,737,500;
- USA 1927-D $20, one of 13 known, MS-66 PCGS: $1,495,000;
- USA 1874 Dana Bickford $10 gold pattern, Proof 65 PCGS, one of two known: $1,265,000.
- 2011 - Death of Vang Pao in USA at age 81; General of Hmong tribe of Laos, leader fighting Vietnam war.
- 2016 - Democratic People's Republic of Korea declares it has detonated its first hydrogen bomb.
- 2019 - Muhammad V of Kelantan abdicates the federal throne as the 15th monarch of Malaysia, the first Malaysian monarch to do so.
- 2021 - A large crowd of mostly Donald Trump supporters invade the Capitol building in Washington, DC, USA, trying to influence the process of certifying the 2020 presidential election.
- 2022 - Death of Sidney Poitier at age 94 in Los Angeles, California, USA; American actor (To Sir With Love film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner movie, Lilies of the Field film (1963, Best Actor Oscar award), In the Heat of the Night film).
- 2023 - Death of Gianluca Vialli at age 58; soccer player (Italy, Juventus, Chelsea), manager, coach.
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