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Events

• 565 - Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
• 1506 - The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrived at the Vatican City.
• 1521 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor opens the Diet of Worms.
• 1771 - Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England.
• 1824 - The Ashanti defeat United Kingdom forces in the Gold Coast (British colony).
• 1840 - United Kingdom colonists reach New Zealand.
• 1863 - The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from occupation of Russia.
• 1877 - Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using Ritualism practices
• 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana - Zulu troops defeat United Kingdom troops.
• 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke's Drift - 139 British Army successfully defended their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu.
• 1889 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC.
• 1890 - The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
• 1899 - Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
• 1901 - Edward VII of the United Kingdom becomes King after his mother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, dies.
• 1905 - Bloody Sunday (1905) in St. Petersburg, Russia, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
• 1906 - SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
• 1917 - World War I: President of the United States Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• 1919 - Act Zluky was signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
• 1924 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Party (UK) Prime Minister.
• 1931 - Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
• 1941 - World War II: The United Kingdom captures Tobruk from Nazism forces.
• 1944 - World War II: Allies begin Operation Shingle (an assault on Anzio, Italy).
• 1946 - Iran: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at the Chuwarchira Square in the kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president; Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister.
• 1946 - Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• 1947 - KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
• 1947 - Paul Ramadier becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1952 - The first Jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, enters service for BOAC.
• 1957 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
• 1957 - The New York City "Mad Bomber," George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
• 1962 - The Organization of American States (OAS) suspends Cuba's membership.
• 1963 - Elysée treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
• 1964 - Mumbai's lowest-ever temperature recorded (7.4°C).
• 1967 - Simon and Garfunkel perform live at Avery Fisher Hall in the Lincoln Center, New York City. The Live In New York City, 1967 is not released until July 16
• 1968 - The TV sketch comedy Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In debuts on NBC.
• 1973 - The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade striking down state laws restricting abortion during the first six months of pregnancy.
• 1973 - A chartered Boeing 707 exploded in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria killing 176.
• 1973 - George Foreman breaks Joe Frazier's professional career undefeated heavyweight world boxing champion status.
• 1980 - Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow.
• 1983 - Björn Borg retires from tennis after winning five consecutive Wimbledon championships.
• 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)" television commercial.
• 1987 - Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a press conference on live national television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
• 1987 - Glen Tremml, 27, pedaled the ultralight aviation aircraft Eagle over Edwards Air Force Base, California, for a human-powered flight record of 37.2 miles.
• 1990 - Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet Computer worm. Birth of Louis-Charles Régnier
• 1992 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
• 1992 - Space Shuttle program: STS-42 Mission - Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canada woman in space.
• 1995 - Israeli-Palestinian conflict: In central Israel, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves-up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
• 1997 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first female secretary of state after confirmation by the United States Senate.
• 1999 - Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
• 2002 - Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
• 2003 - The Netherlands vote for a new parliament after the previous had only been into power for 86 days.
• 2003 - Last successful contact with the spacecraft Pioneer 10, one of the most distant man-made objects.
• 2006 - Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers scored 81 points versus the Toronto Raptors, the second greatest scoring performance in NBA history.
• 2006 - Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
• 2007 - The jury portion of the trial against Robert Pickton, accused of being Canada's worst serial killer, opens in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Births

• 1263 - Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (d. 1328)
• 1440 - Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)
• 1553 - Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625)
• 1561 - Sir Francis Bacon (philosopher), English philosopher (d. 1626)
• 1570 - Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician (d. 1631)
• 1592 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (d. 1655)
• 1654 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (d. 1729)
• 1690 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)
• 1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (d. 1781)
• 1781 - François Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (d. 1849)
• 1788 - George Gordon, Lord Byron, English poet (d. 1824)
• 1796 - Karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864)
• 1799 - Ludger Duvernay, Quebec printer and publisher (d. 1852)
• 1820 - Joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899)
• 1849 - August Strindberg, Swedish writer (d. 1912)
• 1858 - Beatrice Webb, British economist (d. 1943)
• 1869 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)
• 1875 - D. W. Griffith, American film director (d. 1948)
• 1882 - Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born actor, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1956)
• 1886 - Roman Ungern von Sternberg, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1921)
• 1887 - Helen Hoyt, American poet (d. 1972)
• 1889 - Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (d. 1935)
• 1890 - Fred M. Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)
• 1890 - Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (d. 1976)
• 1892 - Marcel Dassault, French industrialist (d. 1986)
• 1893 - Conrad Veidt, German actor (d. 1943)
• 1897 - Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (d. 1981)
• 1900 - Ernst Busch (actor), German singer and actor (d. 1980)
• 1902 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)
• 1903 - Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist (d. 1966)
• 1904 - George Balanchine, Russian choreographer (d. 1983)
• 1904 - Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (d. 1941)
• 1906 - Robert E. Howard, American author (d. 1936)
• 1907 - Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (d. 1995)
• 1907 - Dixie Dean, English footballer (d. 1980)
• 1907 - Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (d. 2004)
• 1908 - Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1968)
• 1909 - Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (d. 1965)
• 1909 - Ann Sothern, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1909 - U Thant, Burmese 3rd United Nations Secretary General (d. 1974)
• 1911 - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)
• 1913 - William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1977)
• 1913 - Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003)
• 1914 - Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (d. 2001)
• 1915 - Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician (d. 1993)
• 1916 - Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1972)
• 1916 - Henri Dutilleux, French composer
• 1918 - Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1920 - Sir Alf Ramsey, English football manager (d. 1999)
• 1922 - Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic (d. 1987)
• 1924 - J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer (d. 2001)
• 1927 - Lou Creekmur, American football player
• 1931 - Sam Cooke, American singer (d. 1964)
• 1932 - Berthold Grünfeld, Norwegian psychiatrist and former sexologist
• 1932 - Piper Laurie, American actress
• 1934 - Bill Bixby, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1934 - Graham Kerr, British-born chef
• 1935 - Seymour Cassel, American actor
• 1936 - Alan J. Heeger, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 1937 - Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan rebel leader
• 1937 - Joseph Wambaugh, American author
• 1939 - Jeff Smith (TV personality), American chef (d. 2004)
• 1939 - Jean-Claude Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1994)
• 1940 - Addie "Micki" Harris, singer (Shirelles) (d. 1982)
• 1940 - John Hurt, English actor
• 1940 - George Seifert, American football coach
• 1942 - Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer
• 1945 - Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
• 1946 - Malcolm McLaren, English impresario, musician and self-publicist
• 1946 - Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1947 - Afeni Shakur, 2Pac's mother
• 1948 - Gilbert Levine, American conductor
• 1949 - Mike Caldwell, American baseball player
• 1949 - Steve Perry (musician), American musician
• 1951 - Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (d. 1989)
• 1953 - Jim Jarmusch, American director
• 1954 - Tully Blanchard, American wrestler
• 1954 - Chris Lemmon, American actor
• 1954 - Peter Pilz, Austrian politician
• 1955 - Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician
• 1956 - John Wesley Shipp, American actor
• 1957 - Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 - Francis Wheen, English writer and journalist
• 1958 - Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek football player and manager
• 1959 - Linda Blair, American actress
• 1960 - Michael Hutchence, Australian singer (INXS) (d. 1997)
• 1961 - Daniel Johnston, American singer-songwriter and artist
• 1962 - Mizan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia's Ruler
• 1962 - Choi Min-sik, South Korean actor
• 1963 - Andrei Tchmil, Ukrainian-Belgian cyclist
• 1965 - Steven Adler, American drummer (Guns N' Roses)
• 1965 - DJ Jazzy Jeff, American rapper and actor
• 1965 - Diane Lane, American actress
• 1965 - Brian McCardie, Scottish actor
• 1965 - Andrew Roachford, English singer and songwriter
• 1965 - Chintara Sukapatana, Thai actress
• 1966 - Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast
• 1967 - Manabu Nakanishi, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1968 - Frank Leboeuf, French footballer
• 1968 - Heath (musician), Japanese musician
• 1968 - Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
• 1969 - Olivia d'Abo, English actress
• 1969 - John Linton Roberson, American cartoonist
• 1970 - Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist
• 1970 - Alex Ross, American comic book painter (Marvels, Kingdom Come (comic))
• 1971 - Stan Collymore, English footballer
• 1972 - Gabriel Macht, American actor
• 1972 - Romi Paku, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
• 1972 - Gonzalo Rodriguez, Uruguayan racing driver (d. 1999)
• 1973 - Rogerio Ceni, Brazilian footballer
• 1974 - Cameron McConville, Australian racing driver
• 1975 - Balthazar Getty, American actor
• 1975 - Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian racing driver
• 1975 - David Výborný, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 - Mikko Luoma, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1977 - Jono Gibbes, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• 1977 - Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
• 1978 - Chone Figgins, American baseball player
• 1980 - Christopher Masterson, American actor
• 1980 - Ben Moody, American guitarist (Evanescence)
• 1980 - Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer
• 1981 - Willa Ford, American singer
• 1981 - Beverley Mitchell, American actress
• 1981 - Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer
• 1982 - Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer
• 1983 - Shaun Cody, American football player
• 1983 - Robert Steinhäuser, German perpetrator of the Erfurt massacre (d. 2002)
• 1984 - Ben Eager,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 - Raica Oliveira, Brazilian supermodel
• 1984 - Leon Powe, American basketball player
• 1984 - Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer
• 1985 - Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer
• 1986 - Robert O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter, actor and model
• 1986 - Lee Pa-ni, South Korean model
• 1987 - Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier
• 1988 - Greg Oden, American collegiate basketball player
• 1989 - Jared Smith, American rapper and actor

Deaths

• 1536 - Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader
• 1599 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b. 1547)
• 1666 - Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1592)
• 1750 - Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
• 1763 - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
• 1767 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minterologist and geologist (b. 1719)
• 1779 - Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
• 1779 - Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)
• 1840 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
• 1892 - Joseph Philo Bradley, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1813)
• 1900 - David E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831)
• 1901 - Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
• 1921 - Captain George Streeter, American riverboat captain and circus owner (b. 1837)
• 1922 - Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician and pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1837)
• 1922 - Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
• 1922 - Camille Jordan, French mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1931 - Alma Rubens, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1945 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German-born poet (b. 1869)
• 1950 - Alan Hale, Sr., American actor (b. 1892)
• 1951 - Karl Nessler, inventor of the perm (b. 1872)
• 1959 - Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 - Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890)
• 1967 - Robert Henriques, British writer (b. 1905)
• 1968 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer (b. 1890)
• 1973 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908)
• 1975 - Andrew George Burry, Swiss-born manufacturer and businessman (b. 1873)
• 1978 - Oliver Leese, British World War II general (b. 1894)
• 1978 - Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894)
• 1981 - Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (b. 1903)
• 1982 - Tommy Tucker, American singer and pianist (b. 1933)
• 1987 - Budd Dywer, American politician (b. 1939)
• 1987 - Wally Whyton - British musician/songwriter and radio/TV personality (b. 1929}
• 1988 - Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (b. 1891)
• 1991 - Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
• 1993 - Abe Kobo, Japanese writer (b. 1924)
• 1994 - Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)
• 1994 - Rhett Forrester, American singer, Second Riot (band) frontman (b. 1956)
• 1994 - Telly Savalas, Greek-American actor (b. 1922)
• 1995 - Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (b. 1949)
• 1995 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (b. 1890)
• 1997 - Billy Mackenzie, Scottish musician (Associates) (b. 1957)
• 1997 - Wally Whyton, English musician (b. 1929)
• 1999 - Graham Staines, Australian missionary (b. 1941)
• 2000 - Craig Claiborne, American writer and editor (b. 1920)
• 2000 - Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska (novel)) (b. 1916)
• 2001 - Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
• 2001 - Roy Brown (clown), American clown (b. 1932)
• 2002 - Stanley Marcus, American business executive (b. 1905)
• 2003 - Bill Mauldin, American World War II cartoonist (b. 1921)
• 2004 - Billy May, American composer and musician (b. 1916)
• 2004 - Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (b. 1918)
• 2004 - Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
• 2005 - César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1943)
• 2005 - Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)
• 2005 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (b. 1924)
• 2005 - Rose Mary Woods, American Watergate scandal figure (b. 1917)
• 2007 - Disco D, American music producer (b. 1980)
• 2007 - Carlos Olivier, Venizuelan actor and physician (b. 1952)
• 2007 - Liz Renay, American actress (b. 1926)
• 2007 - Ngo Quang Truong, Army of the Republic of Vietnam general
• 2007 - Bam Bam Bigelow, WWE Wrestler

(b. 1929)

Holidays and observances

• Christianity - Feast day of Vincent of Saragossa, Anastasius of Persia.
• New Zealand - Wellington Anniversary.
• January 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On this day in Canada

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Events

• 565 - Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
• 1506 - The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrived at the Vatican City.
• 1521 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor opens the Diet of Worms.
• 1771 - Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England.
• 1824 - The Ashanti defeat United Kingdom forces in the Gold Coast (British colony).
• 1840 - United Kingdom colonists reach New Zealand.
• 1863 - The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from occupation of Russia.
• 1877 - Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using Ritualism practices
• 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana - Zulu troops defeat United Kingdom troops.
• 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke's Drift - 139 British Army successfully defended their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu.
• 1889 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC.
• 1890 - The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
• 1899 - Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
• 1901 - Edward VII of the United Kingdom becomes King after his mother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, dies.
• 1905 - Bloody Sunday (1905) in St. Petersburg, Russia, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
• 1906 - SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
• 1917 - World War I: President of the United States Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• 1919 - Act Zluky was signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
• 1924 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Party (UK) Prime Minister.
• 1931 - Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
• 1941 - World War II: The United Kingdom captures Tobruk from Nazism forces.
• 1944 - World War II: Allies begin Operation Shingle (an assault on Anzio, Italy).
• 1946 - Iran: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at the Chuwarchira Square in the kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president; Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister.
• 1946 - Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• 1947 - KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
• 1947 - Paul Ramadier becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1952 - The first Jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, enters service for BOAC.
• 1957 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
• 1957 - The New York City "Mad Bomber," George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
• 1962 - The Organization of American States (OAS) suspends Cuba's membership.
• 1963 - Elysée treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
• 1964 - Mumbai's lowest-ever temperature recorded (7.4°C).
• 1967 - Simon and Garfunkel perform live at Avery Fisher Hall in the Lincoln Center, New York City. The Live In New York City, 1967 is not released until July 16
• 1968 - The TV sketch comedy Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In debuts on NBC.
• 1973 - The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade striking down state laws restricting abortion during the first six months of pregnancy.
• 1973 - A chartered Boeing 707 exploded in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria killing 176.
• 1973 - George Foreman breaks Joe Frazier's professional career undefeated heavyweight world boxing champion status.
• 1980 - Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow.
• 1983 - Björn Borg retires from tennis after winning five consecutive Wimbledon championships.
• 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)" television commercial.
• 1987 - Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a press conference on live national television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
• 1987 - Glen Tremml, 27, pedaled the ultralight aviation aircraft Eagle over Edwards Air Force Base, California, for a human-powered flight record of 37.2 miles.
• 1990 - Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet Computer worm. Birth of Louis-Charles Régnier
• 1992 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
• 1992 - Space Shuttle program: STS-42 Mission - Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canada woman in space.
• 1995 - Israeli-Palestinian conflict: In central Israel, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves-up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
• 1997 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first female secretary of state after confirmation by the United States Senate.
• 1999 - Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
• 2002 - Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
• 2003 - The Netherlands vote for a new parliament after the previous had only been into power for 86 days.
• 2003 - Last successful contact with the spacecraft Pioneer 10, one of the most distant man-made objects.
• 2006 - Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers scored 81 points versus the Toronto Raptors, the second greatest scoring performance in NBA history.
• 2006 - Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
• 2007 - The jury portion of the trial against Robert Pickton, accused of being Canada's worst serial killer, opens in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Births

• 1263 - Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (d. 1328)
• 1440 - Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)
• 1553 - Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625)
• 1561 - Sir Francis Bacon (philosopher), English philosopher (d. 1626)
• 1570 - Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician (d. 1631)
• 1592 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (d. 1655)
• 1654 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (d. 1729)
• 1690 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)
• 1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (d. 1781)
• 1781 - François Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (d. 1849)
• 1788 - George Gordon, Lord Byron, English poet (d. 1824)
• 1796 - Karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864)
• 1799 - Ludger Duvernay, Quebec printer and publisher (d. 1852)
• 1820 - Joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899)
• 1849 - August Strindberg, Swedish writer (d. 1912)
• 1858 - Beatrice Webb, British economist (d. 1943)
• 1869 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)
• 1875 - D. W. Griffith, American film director (d. 1948)
• 1882 - Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born actor, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1956)
• 1886 - Roman Ungern von Sternberg, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1921)
• 1887 - Helen Hoyt, American poet (d. 1972)
• 1889 - Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (d. 1935)
• 1890 - Fred M. Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)
• 1890 - Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (d. 1976)
• 1892 - Marcel Dassault, French industrialist (d. 1986)
• 1893 - Conrad Veidt, German actor (d. 1943)
• 1897 - Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (d. 1981)
• 1900 - Ernst Busch (actor), German singer and actor (d. 1980)
• 1902 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)
• 1903 - Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist (d. 1966)
• 1904 - George Balanchine, Russian choreographer (d. 1983)
• 1904 - Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (d. 1941)
• 1906 - Robert E. Howard, American author (d. 1936)
• 1907 - Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (d. 1995)
• 1907 - Dixie Dean, English footballer (d. 1980)
• 1907 - Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (d. 2004)
• 1908 - Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1968)
• 1909 - Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (d. 1965)
• 1909 - Ann Sothern, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1909 - U Thant, Burmese 3rd United Nations Secretary General (d. 1974)
• 1911 - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)
• 1913 - William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1977)
• 1913 - Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003)
• 1914 - Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (d. 2001)
• 1915 - Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician (d. 1993)
• 1916 - Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1972)
• 1916 - Henri Dutilleux, French composer
• 1918 - Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1920 - Sir Alf Ramsey, English football manager (d. 1999)
• 1922 - Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic (d. 1987)
• 1924 - J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer (d. 2001)
• 1927 - Lou Creekmur, American football player
• 1931 - Sam Cooke, American singer (d. 1964)
• 1932 - Berthold Grünfeld, Norwegian psychiatrist and former sexologist
• 1932 - Piper Laurie, American actress
• 1934 - Bill Bixby, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1934 - Graham Kerr, British-born chef
• 1935 - Seymour Cassel, American actor
• 1936 - Alan J. Heeger, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 1937 - Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan rebel leader
• 1937 - Joseph Wambaugh, American author
• 1939 - Jeff Smith (TV personality), American chef (d. 2004)
• 1939 - Jean-Claude Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1994)
• 1940 - Addie "Micki" Harris, singer (Shirelles) (d. 1982)
• 1940 - John Hurt, English actor
• 1940 - George Seifert, American football coach
• 1942 - Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer
• 1945 - Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
• 1946 - Malcolm McLaren, English impresario, musician and self-publicist
• 1946 - Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1947 - Afeni Shakur, 2Pac's mother
• 1948 - Gilbert Levine, American conductor
• 1949 - Mike Caldwell, American baseball player
• 1949 - Steve Perry (musician), American musician
• 1951 - Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (d. 1989)
• 1953 - Jim Jarmusch, American director
• 1954 - Tully Blanchard, American wrestler
• 1954 - Chris Lemmon, American actor
• 1954 - Peter Pilz, Austrian politician
• 1955 - Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician
• 1956 - John Wesley Shipp, American actor
• 1957 - Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 - Francis Wheen, English writer and journalist
• 1958 - Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek football player and manager
• 1959 - Linda Blair, American actress
• 1960 - Michael Hutchence, Australian singer (INXS) (d. 1997)
• 1961 - Daniel Johnston, American singer-songwriter and artist
• 1962 - Mizan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia's Ruler
• 1962 - Choi Min-sik, South Korean actor
• 1963 - Andrei Tchmil, Ukrainian-Belgian cyclist
• 1965 - Steven Adler, American drummer (Guns N' Roses)
• 1965 - DJ Jazzy Jeff, American rapper and actor
• 1965 - Diane Lane, American actress
• 1965 - Brian McCardie, Scottish actor
• 1965 - Andrew Roachford, English singer and songwriter
• 1965 - Chintara Sukapatana, Thai actress
• 1966 - Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast
• 1967 - Manabu Nakanishi, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1968 - Frank Leboeuf, French footballer
• 1968 - Heath (musician), Japanese musician
• 1968 - Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
• 1969 - Olivia d'Abo, English actress
• 1969 - John Linton Roberson, American cartoonist
• 1970 - Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist
• 1970 - Alex Ross, American comic book painter (Marvels, Kingdom Come (comic))
• 1971 - Stan Collymore, English footballer
• 1972 - Gabriel Macht, American actor
• 1972 - Romi Paku, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
• 1972 - Gonzalo Rodriguez, Uruguayan racing driver (d. 1999)
• 1973 - Rogerio Ceni, Brazilian footballer
• 1974 - Cameron McConville, Australian racing driver
• 1975 - Balthazar Getty, American actor
• 1975 - Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian racing driver
• 1975 - David Výborný, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 - Mikko Luoma, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1977 - Jono Gibbes, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• 1977 - Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
• 1978 - Chone Figgins, American baseball player
• 1980 - Christopher Masterson, American actor
• 1980 - Ben Moody, American guitarist (Evanescence)
• 1980 - Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer
• 1981 - Willa Ford, American singer
• 1981 - Beverley Mitchell, American actress
• 1981 - Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer
• 1982 - Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer
• 1983 - Shaun Cody, American football player
• 1983 - Robert Steinhäuser, German perpetrator of the Erfurt massacre (d. 2002)
• 1984 - Ben Eager,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 - Raica Oliveira, Brazilian supermodel
• 1984 - Leon Powe, American basketball player
• 1984 - Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer
• 1985 - Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer
• 1986 - Robert O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter, actor and model
• 1986 - Lee Pa-ni, South Korean model
• 1987 - Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier
• 1988 - Greg Oden, American collegiate basketball player
• 1989 - Jared Smith, American rapper and actor

Deaths

• 1536 - Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader
• 1599 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b. 1547)
• 1666 - Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1592)
• 1750 - Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
• 1763 - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
• 1767 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minterologist and geologist (b. 1719)
• 1779 - Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
• 1779 - Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)
• 1840 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
• 1892 - Joseph Philo Bradley, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1813)
• 1900 - David E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831)
• 1901 - Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
• 1921 - Captain George Streeter, American riverboat captain and circus owner (b. 1837)
• 1922 - Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician and pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1837)
• 1922 - Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
• 1922 - Camille Jordan, French mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1931 - Alma Rubens, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1945 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German-born poet (b. 1869)
• 1950 - Alan Hale, Sr., American actor (b. 1892)
• 1951 - Karl Nessler, inventor of the perm (b. 1872)
• 1959 - Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 - Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890)
• 1967 - Robert Henriques, British writer (b. 1905)
• 1968 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer (b. 1890)
• 1973 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908)
• 1975 - Andrew George Burry, Swiss-born manufacturer and businessman (b. 1873)
• 1978 - Oliver Leese, British World War II general (b. 1894)
• 1978 - Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894)
• 1981 - Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (b. 1903)
• 1982 - Tommy Tucker, American singer and pianist (b. 1933)
• 1987 - Budd Dywer, American politician (b. 1939)
• 1987 - Wally Whyton - British musician/songwriter and radio/TV personality (b. 1929}
• 1988 - Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (b. 1891)
• 1991 - Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
• 1993 - Abe Kobo, Japanese writer (b. 1924)
• 1994 - Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)
• 1994 - Rhett Forrester, American singer, Second Riot (band) frontman (b. 1956)
• 1994 - Telly Savalas, Greek-American actor (b. 1922)
• 1995 - Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (b. 1949)
• 1995 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (b. 1890)
• 1997 - Billy Mackenzie, Scottish musician (Associates) (b. 1957)
• 1997 - Wally Whyton, English musician (b. 1929)
• 1999 - Graham Staines, Australian missionary (b. 1941)
• 2000 - Craig Claiborne, American writer and editor (b. 1920)
• 2000 - Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska (novel)) (b. 1916)
• 2001 - Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
• 2001 - Roy Brown (clown), American clown (b. 1932)
• 2002 - Stanley Marcus, American business executive (b. 1905)
• 2003 - Bill Mauldin, American World War II cartoonist (b. 1921)
• 2004 - Billy May, American composer and musician (b. 1916)
• 2004 - Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (b. 1918)
• 2004 - Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
• 2005 - César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1943)
• 2005 - Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)
• 2005 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (b. 1924)
• 2005 - Rose Mary Woods, American Watergate scandal figure (b. 1917)
• 2007 - Disco D, American music producer (b. 1980)
• 2007 - Carlos Olivier, Venizuelan actor and physician (b. 1952)
• 2007 - Liz Renay, American actress (b. 1926)
• 2007 - Ngo Quang Truong, Army of the Republic of Vietnam general
• 2007 - Bam Bam Bigelow, WWE Wrestler

(b. 1929)

Holidays and observances

• Christianity - Feast day of Vincent of Saragossa, Anastasius of Persia.
• New Zealand - Wellington Anniversary.
• January 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On this day in Canada

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