January 14
January 14 is the
14th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar. There are 351 days remaining (352 in
leap years). It is celebrated as
New Year's Day by those still following the
Julian calendar.
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1301 -
Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the
Arpad dynasty in
Hungary.
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1501 -
Martin Luther, 17, enters the
University of Erfurt.
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1514 - Pope
Leo X issues a
papal bull against
slavery.
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1539 -
Spain annexes
Cuba.
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1639 - The "
Fundamental Orders", the first written
constitution that created a
government, was adopted in
Connecticut.
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1690 - The
clarinet is invented in
Nuremberg,
Germany.
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1724 - King
Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
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1784 -
American Revolutionary War: The
United States ratifies a peace treaty with
England.
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1814 -
Treaty of Kiel:
Frederick VI of Denmark cedes
Norway to
Sweden in return for
Pomerania.
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1858 -
Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
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1900 -
Giacomo Puccini's opera
Tosca premieres in
Rome.
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1907 - An
earthquake in
Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
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1939 -
Norway claims
Queen Maud Land in
Antarctica.
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1943 -
World War II:
Roosevelt and
Churchill begin
Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
* 1943 -
Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first
President of the United States to travel via
airplane while in office (
Miami, Florida to
Morocco to meet with
Winston Churchill to discuss
World War II).
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1951 - The
National Football League has its first
Pro Bowl Game (
Los Angeles, California).
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1952 -
The Today Show premieres on
NBC.
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1954 -
Marilyn Monroe weds
Joe DiMaggio.
* 1954 - The
Hudson Motor Car Company merges with
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the
American Motors Corporation.
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1963 -
George Wallace becomes governor of
Alabama.
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1969 - An explosion aboard the
USS Enterprise near
Hawaii kills 25 people.
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1970 -
Sato Eisaku is elected to his third term as
Prime Minister of Japan.
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1972 - Queen
Margrethe II of Denmark accends the throne, the first Queen of
Denmark since
1412 and the first
Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since
1513.
* 1972 - The TV comedy
Sanford & Son (an American import of the British comedy
Steptoe and Son) premieres on
NBC.
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1973 -
Super Bowl VII: The
Miami Dolphins defeat the
Washington Redskins. The Dolphins become the first
NFL team to go undefeated in a season.
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1975 - Teenage heiress
Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by
Donald Neilson,
aka "the Black Panther".
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1978 -
Johnny Rotten quits the
Sex Pistols after the final show of their American tour, at the
Winterland Ballroom in
San Francisco.
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1984 -
Ray Mancini defeats
Bobby Chacon by a
knockout in three to retain his
WBA boxing world Lightweight title in
Reno.
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1985 -
Martina Navratilova wins her 100th
tennis tournament.
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1993 -
David Letterman announces he is moving his
television talk show from
NBC to
CBS.
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1994 -
U.S. President Bill Clinton and
Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the
Kremlin accords.
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1996 -
Jorge Sampaio is elected
president of
Portugal.
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1998 - Researchers in
Dallas, Texas present findings about an
enzyme that slows aging and cell death (
apoptosis).
* 1998 - An
Afghan cargo plane crashes into a mountain in southwest
Pakistan killing more than 50 people.
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2000 - A
United Nations tribunal sentences five
Bosnian
Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993
killing of over 100
Muslims in a Bosnian village.
* 2000 -
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista wins
Vasco da Gama, on the final match for the
FIFA Club World Championship.
* 2000 - The
Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a record high of 11,722.98.
* 2000 -
David Letterman undergoes
quintuple heart bypass surgery.
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2004 -
Goatse.cx is suspended by the
Christmas Island Technology Corporation following a massive grassroots movement to close the site forever.
* 2004 -
Amartya Sen steps down as Master of
Trinity College, Cambridge.
* 2004 - The
national flag of
Georgia, the so-called "
five cross flag", was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
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2005 - Landing of the
Huygens probe on
Saturn's moon
Titan.
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1451 -
Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (d.
1522)
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1477 -
Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (d.
1552)
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1551 -
Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d.
1608)
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1615 -
John Biddle, English theologian (d.
1662)
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1684 -
Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d.
1745)
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1702 -
Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (d.
1737)
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1705 -
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French governor (d.
1786)
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1741 -
Benedict Arnold, American general(d.
1801)
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1792 -
Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d.
1865)
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1798 -
Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (d.
1872)
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1800 -
Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Köchel, Austrian musicologist (d.
1877)
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1806 -
Matthew Fontaine Maury American oceanographer (d.
1873)
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1818 -
Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (d.
1898)
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1836 -
Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d.
1904)
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1841 -
Berthe Morisot, French painter (d.
1895)
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1850 -
Pierre Loti, French writer (d.
1923)
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1861 -
Mehmed VI,
Ottoman Sultan (d.
1926)
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1875 -
Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician,
Nobel laureate (d.
1965)
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1886 -
Hugh Lofting, English author (d.
1947)
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1889 -
Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (b.
1834)
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1892 -
Hal Roach, American film producer (d.
1992)
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1896 -
John Dos Passos, American author (d.
1970)
* 1896 -
Martin Niemöller, German theologian (d.
1984)
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1904 -
Emily Hahn, American writer (d.
1997)
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1905 -
Cecil Beaton, English photographer (d.
1980)
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1906 -
William Bendix, American actor (d.
1964)
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1908 -
Russ Columbo, American singer (d.
1934)
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1914 -
Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (d.
2002)
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1915 -
Mark Goodson, American game show producer (d.
1992)
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1919 -
Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician
* 1919 -
Andy Rooney, American journalist
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1924 -
Guy Williams, American actor (d.
2002)
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1925 -
Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (d.
1970)
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1926 -
Tom Tryon, American actor (d.
1991)
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1932 -
Don Garlits, American race car driver
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1933 -
Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (d.
2003)
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1934 -
Richard Briers, English actor
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1937 -
Ken Higgs, English cricketer
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1938 -
Jack Jones, American singer
* 1938 -
Allen Toussaint, American singer
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1940 -
Julian Bond, American civil rights activist
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1941 -
Faye Dunaway, American actress
* 1941 -
Milan Kučan, Slovenian statesman
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1942 -
Dave Campbell, American baseball player
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1943 -
Shannon Lucid, American astronaut
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1944 -
Marjoe Gortner, American evangelist
* 1944 -
Nina Totenberg, American journalist
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1946 -
Harold Shipman, British serial killer (d.
2004)
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1947 -
Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d.
2003)
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1948 -
T-Bone Burnett, American producer
* 1948 -
Carl Weathers, American actor
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1949 -
Lawrence Kasdan, American director
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1950 -
Marco Antonio da Silva Ramos, Brazilian composer
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1952 -
Sydney Biddle Barrows, American author
* 1952 -
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu,
Prime Minister of Romania*
1954 -
Jim Duggan, American wrestler
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1956 -
Ben Heppner, Canadian singer
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1957 -
Suzanne Danielle, English actress
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1959 -
Geoff Tate, American musician (
Queensrÿche)
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1962 -
Michael McCaul, American politician
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1963 -
Steven Soderbergh, American director
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1964 -
Shepard Smith, American news anchor
* 1964 -
Ernest Miller, American wrestler
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1965 -
Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player
* 1965 -
Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (d.
2006)
* 1965 -
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, British chef
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1967 -
Kerri Green, American actress
* 1967 -
Emily Watson, English actress
* 1967 -
Zakk Wylde, American musician (
Black Label Society)
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1968 -
LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
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1969 -
Jason Bateman, American actor
* 1969 -
David Grohl, American drummer and composer
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1970 -
Gene Snitsky, American professional wrestler
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1971 -
Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
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1972 -
Predrag Gosta, Yugoslav-born conductor
* 1972 -
Kyle Brady, American football player
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1973 -
Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
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1977 -
Darren Purse, English footballer
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1979 -
Karen Elson, British supermodel
* 1979 -
Angela Lindvall, American supermodel
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1980 -
Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
* 1980 -
Byron Leftwich, American football player
* 1980 -
Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
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1981 -
Rosa López, Spanish singer
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1982 -
Victor Valdes, Spanish goalkeeper
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1986 -
50 Pence, German rapper
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1988 -
Mikalah Gordon, American singer
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1163 -
Ladislaus II of Hungary.
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1331 -
Odoric, Italian explorer
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1640 -
Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b.
1578)
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1676 -
Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b.
1602)
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1701 -
Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (b.
1628)
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1742 -
Edmond Halley, English scientist (b.
1656)
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1753 -
George Berkeley, Irish theologian (b.
1685)
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1786 -
Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (b.
1713)
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1788 -
François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b.
1722)
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1825 -
George Dance the Younger, English architect (b.
1741)
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1867 -
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (b.
1780)
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1898 -
Lewis Carroll, English writer and mathematician (b.
1832)
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1901 -
Charles Hermite, French mathematician
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1905 -
Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b.
1840)
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1915 -
Richard Meux Benson, founder of
Anglican religious order (b.
1824)
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1937 -
Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (b.
1889)
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1942 -
Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian writer (b.
1883)
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1949 -
Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (b.
1882)
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1957 -
Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b.
1899)
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1965 -
Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b.
1903)
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1966 -
Bill Carr, American athlete (b.
1909)
* 1966 -
Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b.
1888)
* 1966 -
Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (b.
1906)
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1970 -
William Feller, Croatian mathematician (b.
1906)
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1972 - King
Frederick IX of Denmark (b.
1899)
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1977 -
Anthony Eden,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b.
1897)
* 1977 -
Peter Finch, English-born actor (b.
1916)
* 1977 -
Anaïs Nin, French author (b.
1903)
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1978 -
Harold Abrahams, British athlete (b.
1899)
* 1978 -
Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (b.
1906)
* 1978 -
Blossom Rock, American actress (b.
1895)
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1980 -
Robert Ardrey, American author (b.
1908)
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1984 -
Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (b.
1902)
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1986 -
Daniel Balavoine, French singer (b.
1952)
* 1986 -
Donna Reed, American actress (b.
1921)
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1988 -
Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party (b.
1902)
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1990 -
Mani Madhava Chakyar, Legendary
Koodiyattam artist and
Sanskrit scholar (b.
1899)
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1999 -
Bryn Jones, British musician (b.
1961)
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2001 -
Burkhard Heim, German physicist (b.
1925)
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2004 -
Uta Hagen, American actress (b.
1919)
* 2004 -
Ron O'Neal, American actor (b.
1937)
* 2004 -
Valfar, Norwegian musician (
Windir)
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2005 -
Charlotte MacLeod, American writer (b.
1922)
* 2005 -
Conroy Maddox, English painter (b.
1912)
* 2005 -
Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b.
1940)
* 2005 -
Jesús-Rafael Soto, Venezuelan kinetic artist (b.
1923)
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2006 -
Jim Gary, American sculptor (b.
1939)
* 2006 -
Shelley Winters, American actress (b.
1920)
* 2006 -
Mark Philo, English footballer (b.
1984)
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New Year's Day in
Eastern Orthodoxy, see
Julian Calendar.
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Makar Sankranti in
India. The event is marked by flying kites. Also
Pongal in
South India.
*Feast of
Divina Pastora, in
Barquisimeto,
Venezuela.
*Day of
St. Basil the Great in
Eastern Orthodoxy,
January 1 on the
Julian Calendar.
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Festum Asinorum, medieval burlesque festival celebrating the
Flight into Egypt.
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BBC: On This Day*
NY Times: On this day*
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