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January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September January 2004: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2003: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2002: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2001: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2000: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 363 days remaining until the end of the year (364 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire. Events By Place Roman Empire January 2 — The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers invading the Roman The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Main river ( Germany The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial
• 533 - Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy. Events By Place Byzantine Empire June 21 - Belisarius sails from Constantinople. Pope John II of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope from 505 to 516. History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and
• 1492 - Reconquista: Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. The Reconquista (a Spanish and Portuguese word for "Reconquest" Arabic: الاسترداد, "Recapturing" was a period Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous region of Andalusia, Spain. The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of Muslim (and earlier non-Muslim people of Berber and Arab descent Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1757 - The United Kingdom captures Calcutta, India. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
• 1788 - Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States.
• 1791 - Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Big Bottom massacre occurred on January 2, 1791, near present-day Stockport in Morgan County, Ohio, United States The Ohio Country (sometimes called the Ohio Territory) was the name used in the 18th century for the regions of North America west of the Appalachian Mountains The Northwest Indian War (1785&ndash1795 also known as Little Turtle's War and by various other names was a war fought between the United States and
• 1793 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
• 1808 - The U.S. Congress bans the importation of slaves. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another
• 1818 - The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Founded on 2 January 1818, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE is an independent Professional association, based in central London,
• 1833 - Re-establishment of British rule on the Falklands. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common
• 1860 - The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the Académie des Sciences in Paris. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Vulcan was a small Planet proposed to exist in an Orbit between Mercury and the Sun in a 19th-century hypothesis The French Academy of Sciences ( French: Académie des sciences) is a Learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
• 1871 - Amadeus I becomes King of Spain. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Background Prince Amedeo of Savoy was born in Turin, Italy. He was the second son of Victor Emmanuel II (King of Piedmont, Savoy Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1872 - Brigham Young is arrested on charges of bigamy for having 25 wives. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Brigham Young (June 1 1801 &ndash August 29 1877 was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. The term polygamy (a Greek word meaning "the practice of multiple marriage" is used in related ways in Social anthropology, Sociobiology, and
• 1882 - John D. Rockefeller unites his oil holdings into the Standard Oil trust. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Davison Rockefeller ( July 8, 1839 &ndash May 23, 1937) was an American Industrialist and philanthropist Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing transporting refining and marketing company A trust company is a Corporation, especially a Commercial bank, organized to perform the Fiduciary functions of trusts and agencies
• 1893 - Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America introduces railroad chronometers. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Webster Clay Ball ( October 6, 1847 &ndash1922 was a jeweller and watchmaker born in Fredericktown Ohio. Railroad Chronometers (railroader's watches) are specialized Timepieces that once were crucial for safe and correct operation of Trains in the
• 1900 - John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar John Milton Hay ( October 8, 1838 – July 1, 1905) was an American statesman diplomat author journalist and private secretary The Open Door Policy is a concept in foreign affairs As a theory the Open Door Policy originates with British commercial practice as was reflected in treaties concluded with China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
• 1905 - Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Lüshun city or Lüshunkou or (literally Lüshun Port ( formerly known as both Port Arthur and Ryojun, is a town located at the extreme southern China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
• 1905 - The American anarcho-syndicalist union known as the Industrial Workers of the World forms. Anarcho-syndicalism is a branch of Anarchism which focuses on the labour movement. The Industrial Workers of the World ( IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio, USA
• 1917 - The Royal Bank of Canada takes over the Quebec Bank. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Royal Bank of Canada ( Banque Royale du Canada in French is Canada 's largest company and Bank.
• 1920 - The Palmer Raids begin in the United States. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar The Palmer Raids were a series of controversial raids by the U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1923 - United States Interior Secretary Albert Fall resigns over the Teapot Dome scandal. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. Albert Bacon Fall (November 26 1861 &ndash November 30 1944 was a United States Senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under Teapot Dome scandal refers to a Bribery scandal of the White House administration of United States President Warren G
• 1929 - Canada and the United States agree on a plan to preserve Niagara Falls. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Niagara Falls are massive Waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border separating the Canadian province of Ontario
• 1935 - Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bruno Richard Hauptmann ( November 26, 1899 &ndash April 3, 1936) was a German carpenter sentenced to death and executed for The kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr, the Toddler son of world famous Aviator Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, occurred WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
• 1941 - World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Strategic bombing during World War II was greater in scale than any wartime attack the world had previously witnessed Llandaff Cathedral is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Llandaff (of the Church in Wales) situated in the suburb of Llandaff in the city of Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales.
• 1941 - World War II: The U. S. government announces its Liberty ship program to build freighters in support of the war effort. History and service In 1936 the American Merchant Marine Act was passed to subsidize the annual construction of 50 commercial merchant vessels to be used in wartime by
• 1942 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history -- the Duquesne Spy Ring. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frederick “Fritz” Joubert Duquesne (sometimes spelt Du Quesne pronounced in English as “Doo-Cain’’ (born Cape The Duquesne Spy Ring is the largest Espionage case in United States history that ended in convictions
• 1942 - World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. The City of Manila For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• 1942 - The United States Navy opens a blimp base at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Lakehurst is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
• 1946 - Unable to resume rule after World War II, King Zog of Albania abdicates but retains his claim to the throne. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zog I Skanderbeg III of the Albanians ref> (born Ahmet Zogolli, later changed to Ahmet Zogu) (October 8 1895 &ndash April 9 1961 was King This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics. Abdication (from the Latin abdicatio, disowning renouncing from ab, away from and dicare, to declare to proclaim as not belonging to one While the medieval Angevin Kingdom of Albania was a monarchy it did not encompass the entirety of the modern state of Albania.
• 1949 - Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín ( February 18, 1898 April 30, 1980) was a Puerto Rican Poet, Journalist, and The Governor of Puerto Rico is the Head of Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• 1955 - Panamanian president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. José Antonio Remón Cantera ( 1908 - 2 January, 1955) was president of Panama from 1 October 1952 until his murder &mdash
• 1957 - The San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange and Los Angeles Oil Exchange merge. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The Pacific Exchange was a Regional stock exchange with a main exchange floor and building in San Francisco, California, USA and a branch in The Pacific Exchange was a Regional stock exchange with a main exchange floor and building in San Francisco, California, USA and a branch in
• 1959 - Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the U.S.S.R.
• 1969 - Luis Ferré becomes the first statehooder Governor of Puerto Rico. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Luna 1 (E-1 series also known as Mechta (Мечта lit: Dream) was the first Spacecraft to reach the vicinity A spacecraft is a Vehicle or machine designed for Spaceflight. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo ( February 17, 1904 October 21, 2003) was a Puerto Rican Engineer, Industrialist, Politician The Governor of Puerto Rico is the Head of Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• 1969 - Operation Barrier Reef begins in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. The Mekong Delta (đồng bằng sông Cửu Long “Nine Dragon river delta” is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially
• 1971 - The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic football match. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The Ibrox disaster refers to two accidents which led to major loss of life at Ibrox Stadium (formerly Ibrox Park in Glasgow, Scotland Rangers Football Club are an Association football team based in Glasgow Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. The Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the east end of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League.
• 1974 - President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo. For a discussion of the maximum speed possible in the universe see Speed of light and Special relativity. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC) is a Cartel of thirteen countries made up of Algeria, Angola, Ecuador
• 1993 - Leaders of the three warring factions in Bosnia meet to discuss peace plans. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan
• 1999 - A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C); 68 deaths are reported. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) A winter storm is an event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold Temperatures such as Snow or The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
• 2001 - Sila Calderón becomes the first female Governor of Puerto Rico. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Sila María Calderón Serra (born September 23, 1942) was the seventh Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005 The Governor of Puerto Rico is the Head of Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• 2002 - Eduardo Duhalde is appointed interim President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly. Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (born 5 October 1941 is a former president of Argentina. The President of Argentina (full title President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the Head of state
• 2004 - Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that it will return to Earth two years later. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Stardust is an American interplanetary mission of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, whose primary purpose was to investigate the makeup of the A comet is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun and when close enough to the Sun exhibits a visible coma (atmosphere or a tail — Comet 81P/Wild, also known as Wild 2, is a Comet named after Swiss astronomer Paul Wild (pronounced Vilt) who discovered it in 1978 EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001

Births

• 1642 - Mehmed IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. Mehmed IV ( Ottoman Turkish: محمد رابع Meḥmed-i rābi‘; also known as Avcı, "hunter" ( January 2, 1642 &ndash The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1693)
• 1647 - Nathaniel Bacon, English-born American colonist (d. Nathaniel Bacon may refer to Sir Nathaniel Bacon (1585-1627 landowner and painter nephew of Francis Bacon Nathaniel Bacon (politician 1676)
• 1699 - Osman III, Ottoman Sultan (d. Osman III or Othman III ( Ottoman Turkish: عثمان ثالث ‘Osmān-i sālis) ( January 2, 1757)
• 1713 - Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Marie Françoise Dumesnil ( January 2, 1713 &ndash February 20, 1803) original name Marie-Françoise Marchand, was a French 1803)
• 1719 - Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat ( 2 January 1719 &ndash 18 November 1797) was one of the most important shipbuilders and merchants of the 1797)
• 1727 - James Wolfe, British general (d. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common General James Wolfe ( 2 January, 1727 &ndash 13 September, 1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms 1759)
• 1777 - Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (d. Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Christian Daniel Rauch ( January 2 1777 &ndash December 3 1857) was a German sculptor. 1857)
• 1822 - Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (d. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius (Born Rudolf Gottlieb, January 2, 1822 &ndash August 24, 1888) was a German Physicist 1888)
• 1827 - Peter Semenov of Tian Shan, Russian explorer (d. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Pyotr Petrovich Semenov-Tyan-Shansky (Пётр Петрович Семёнов-Тян-Шанский ( 2 January ( New style: 14 January) 1914)
• 1833 - Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (d. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Frederick Avery Johnson ( January 2[[ 833]] - July 17[[ 893]] was a United States Representative from New York. 1893)
• 1836 - Queen Emma of Hawaii, Consort of King Kamehameha IV (d. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Emma Kalanikaumakaamano Kaleleonalani Naea Rooke Queen Consort of Hawaii ( January 2, 1836 &ndash April 25, 1885) was queen to King Kamehameha IV, born Alexander Iolani Liholiho Keawenui, reigned as the fourth king of the united Kingdom of Hawai‘i from 11 January 1855 to 1885)
• 1836 - Mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer (d. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mendele Mocher Sforim (also Sfarim, מענדעלע מוכר ספֿרים) ( December 21, 1835 ( O 1917)
• 1837 - Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev ( Милий Алексеевич Балакирев, Milij Alekseevič Balakirev) ( 2 January 1837 1910)
• 1866 - Prof Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Gilbert Aimé Murray ( January 2, 1866 &ndash May 20 1957) was a British classical scholar and Public intellectual 1957)
• 1870 - Ernst Barlach, German sculptor (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ernst Barlach ( January 2, 1870 &ndash October 24, 1938) was a German expressionist sculptor, printmaker 1938)
• 1873 - Thérèse de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1897)
• 1877 - Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Slava Raškaj ( January 2 1877, Ozalj, Croatia &mdash March 29, 1906, Zagreb) was an Artist considered 1906)
• 1886 - Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Florence Lawrence ( January 2, 1890 &ndash December 28, 1938) was a Canadian inventor and Silent film actress who 1938)
• 1886 - Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard ( 2 January 1886 &ndash 18 May 1959) was an English explorer of Antarctica. 1959)
• 1888 - Tito Schipa, Italian tenor (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Tito Schipa ( 27 December 1888 &ndash 16 December 1965 1965)
• 1889 - Sir Bertram Stevens, Premier of New South Wales 1932-39 (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale Stevens, KCMG ( 2 January 1889 &ndash 24 March 1973) was the UAP Premier of New South 1973)
• 1892 - Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Seiichiro Kashio (柏尾誠一郎 January 2 1892 in Osaka &ndash September 6 1962) was a male Tennis player from 1962)
• 1893 - Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lillian Leitzel ( January 2, 1892 &ndash February 15, 1931) born Leopoldina Alitza Pelikan in Breslau, Germany 1931)
• 1895 - Count Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1948)
• 1896 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Dziga Vertov (Дзига Вертов Дзиґа Вертов January 15, 1896 &ndash February 12, 1954) was a Soviet pioneer 1954)
• 1896 - Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Sir Lawrence James Wackett KBE, DFC, AFC ( 2 January, 1896 – 18 March, 1982) is widely regarded as "father 1982)
• 1897 - Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Christos Theofilou or Christopher Theophelus ( January 2, 1897 – August 19, 1975) better known as "The Golden Greek" 1975)
• 1902 - Dan Keating, Irish republican (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Dan Keating ( 2 January, 1902 &ndash 2 October, 2007) was a life-long Irish republican and patron of Republican Sinn Féin Irish republicanism (Poblachtánachas is an ideology based on the Irish nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a single independent Republic 2007)
• 1902 - Barry Goldwater, five-term United States Senator from Arizona (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 1998)
• 1904 - Sally Rand, American fan dancer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Sally Rand ( April 03, 1904 &ndash August 31, 1979) was born Harriet Helen Gould Beck in Hickory County Missouri. 1979)
• 1905 - Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Lev Genrikhovich Schnirelmann (Лев Генрихович Шнирельман also Shnirelman, Shnirel'man (born January 2, 1905 in 1938)
• 1905 - Luigi Zampa, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Luigi Zampa ( Rome, January 2 1905 &ndash Rome, August 16 1991) was an Italian film-maker 1991)
• 1905 - Michael Tippett, English composer (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM (2 January 1905 &ndash 8 January 1998 was one of the foremost English Composers of the 20th century 1998)
• 1910 - Srirangam Srinivasarao, also known as Sri Sri, Famous Modern Telugu Poet (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Srirangam Srinivasarao ( Telugu: శ్రీరంగం శ్రీనివాస రావుor Sri Sri ( 1910, January 2] 1983] 1983)
• 1913 - Anna Lee, English actress (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the 1994 television series see Anna Lee (TV series Anna Lee, MBE (2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004 born Joan Boniface Winnifrith, was 2004)
• 1917 - Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Vera Zorina (born Eva Brigitta Hartwig on January 2, 1917 in Berlin Germany) was a ballet Dancer and choreographer in Europe 2003)
• 1918 - Willi Graf, member of the White Rose (Weiße Rose) resistance group in Nazi Germany (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Willi Graf ( 2 January 1918 in Kuchenheim near Euskirchen; - 12 October 1943 in Munich) was a member of the Also see Die weiße Rose (opera and Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage The White Rose (die Weiße Rose was a non-violent The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945 Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers 1943)
• 1920 - Isaac Asimov, Russian author (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian 1992)
• 1921 - Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Glen Harmon ( January 2, 1921 in Holland, Manitoba – March 9, 2007 in Mississauga, Ontario 2007)
• 1925 - William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Admiral William James Crowe Jr ( January 2 1925 &ndash October 18 2007) was a United States Navy Admiral who 2007)
• 1928 - Robert Goralski, American journalist (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Stanley Goralski was a news correspondent for NBC News for fifteen years in the 1960s and 1970s during a thirty-five year career in communications 1988)
• 1928 - Avie Bennett, Canadian philanthropist
• 1928 - Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer, president of SGI
• 1930 - Julius LaRosa, American singer
• 1931 - Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese Prime Minister 1989-91
• 1933 - Ed Casey, Australian politician (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Avie Bennett (born January 2, 1928) is a Canadian businessman and Philanthropist. is president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI a Buddhist association which claims 12 million members in more than 190 countries and territories and founder of several educational Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Julius La Rosa (born January 2, 1930) is an American pop Singer, whose reputation as a respectful and crafty interpreter of Traditional Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese Politician who was the 76th and 77th Prime Minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991 Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ed Casey ( 2 January, 1933 - May 1, 2006) was best known as a former leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland 2006)
• 1933 - Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist
• 1936 - Roger Miller, American singer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese novelist and author He is best known for the controversial The Devil's Gluttony (悪魔の飽食 (1981 which revealed the atrocities committed by Unit Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Dean Miller ( January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American Singer, Songwriter and 1992)
• 1938 - Ian Brady, British serial killer
• 1938 - Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
• 1939 - Jim Bakker, American televangelist
• 1940 - S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician
• 1942 - Dennis Hastert, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1942 - Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• 1943 - Barış Manço, Turkish singer, composer, television producer and celebrity (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ian Brady (Born Ian Duncan Stewart on January 2, 1938) is known primarily for the series of sadistic murders that he committed with his lover Myra Hindley Hans Herbjørnsrud (born 2 January 1938 in Heddal) is a Norwegian author of short stories. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Orsen Bakker (born January 2, 1940, in Muskegon Michigan) is an American televangelist, a former Assemblies of God Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan is an Indian American Probabilist. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also Illinois's 14th congressional district special election 2008 John Dennis "Denny" Hastert (born January 2, 1942) is an The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer&mdashor speaker &mdashof the United States House of Representatives. General Henry Hugh Shelton (born January 2, 1942) is a retired American career military officer The Joint Chiefs of Staff ( JCS) is a group comprising the Chiefs of service of each major branch of the Armed services in the United States armed forces Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barış Manço (also spelt Baris Mancho in some European album releases ( January 2, 1943 - February 1, 1999) was a Turkish 1999)
• 1944 - Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician
• 1946 - Richard Cole, American tour manager
• 1947 - Jack Hanna, American zoologist
• 1947 - Calvin Hill, American football player
• 1949 - Christopher Durang, American playwright
• 1950 - David Shifrin, American classical clarinetist
• 1951 - Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter
• 1952 - Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, Australian rocker, lead singer with Skyhooks (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Prince Norodom Ranariddh (born January 2, 1944) is the second son of King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half brother of the current king Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For other uses see Richard Cole (disambiguation. Richard Cole (born January 2, 1946) was heavily involved in the Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Bushnell Hanna, known as Jack Hanna (born January 2, 1947 in Knoxville Tennessee) is an American zoo keeper who is the Calvin G Hill (born January 2 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a retired American football Running back who had a 12-year Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christopher Ferdinand Durang (born January 2, 1949) is an American Playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Shifrin (born January 2, 1950) is an American classical Clarinetist. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Alexander Petrovich Pogrebinsky (Александр Петрович Погребинский ( January 2, 1951) is a Russian born American Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Graeme "Shirley" Strachan ( 2 January 1952 - 29 August 2001) was the lead singer of Australian 1970s rock group Skyhooks Skyhooks were an Australian rock band of the 1970s sometimes classified as a Glam rock bandalthough this is mainly the result of the band's flamboyant 2001)
• 1954 - Henry Bonilla, American politician
• 1954 - Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)
• 1955 - Tex Brashear, American voice actor
• 1957 - Joanna Pacula, Polish actress
• 1958 - Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist
• 1960 - Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author
• 1961 - Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
• 1961 - Todd Haynes, American film director
• 1963 - David Cone, American baseball player
• 1963 - Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
• 1964 - Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
• 1965 - Greg Swindell, American baseball player
• 1967 - Tia Carrere, American actress
• 1967 - Jón Gnarr, Icelandic comedian
• 1967 - Francois Pienaar, South African Rugby Union player
• 1968 - Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor
• 1968 - Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion
• 1968 - Evan Parke, Jamaican actor
• 1968 - Goichi Suda, CEO of Grasshopper Manufacture
• 1969 - Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician
• 1969 - Patrick Huard, Quebec actor and comedian
• 1969 - Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
• 1969 - Tommy Morrison, American boxer
• 1969 - Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1969 - Christy Turlington, American model
• 1970 - Royce Clayton, American baseball player
• 1970 - Robert Fertitta, American opera singer
• 1970 - Sanda Ladoşi, Romanian singer
• 1971 - Taye Diggs, American actor
• 1971 - Renee Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
• 1971 - Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
• 1972 - Adam Elliot, Australian animator
• 1972 - Christopher Lennertz, American composer
• 1972 - Hristos Meletoglou, Greek triple jumper
• 1973 - Lucy Davis, British actress
• 1973 - Will Kirby, American actor
• 1975 - Chris Cheney, Australian musician (The Living End)
• 1975 - Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank)
• 1975 - Dax Shepard, American actor
• 1975 - Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union player
• 1976 - Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jump & long jump athlete
• 1976 - Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist
• 1976 - Cletidus Hunt, American football player
• 1976 - Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
• 1976 - Paz Vega, Spanish actress
• 1977 - Ales Pisa, Czech ice hockey player
• 1977 - Scott Proctor, American baseball player
• 1978 - Toyoguchi Megumi, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
• 1979 - Suranne Jones, British actress
• 1979 - Jonathan Greening, British footballer
• 1980 - Mac Danzig, American Mixed martial arts combatant
• 1981 - Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
• 1981 - Ryan Garko, American baseball player
• 1981 - Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
• 1981 - Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
• 1982 - Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
• 1983 - Kate Bosworth, American actress
• 1984 - Colleen Taylor, American journalist
• 1985 - Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player
• 1987 - Loui Batley, British actress
• 1988 - Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer

Deaths

• 1512 - Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Henry Bonilla (born January 2, 1954) is a former congressman who represented Texas's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Dawn Silva is an American Funk vocalist Silva was born in Sacramento California. The Brides of Funkenstein was a Funk musical group originally composed of Singers Dawn Silva and Lynn Mabry. P-Funk (also spelled P Funk or P Funk) is a shorthand term for the repertoire and performers associated with George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Tex Brashear (born 2 January, 1955) is a Voice actor, who after a career in Radio in Texas, Arizona and Los Angeles Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Joanna Pacula (born January 2, 1957) is a Polish actress. Pacula was born Joanna Pacuła in Tomaszów Lubelski, Poland Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the Russian javelin thrower with the same name see Vladimir Ovchinnikov (athlete Vladimir Ovchinnikov (born January 2, 1958 Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese Mangaka artist He graduated from Meisei University; Jigoro!: Short story collection published in one volume by Shogakukan ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gabrielle Anne Carteris (born January 2, 1961) is an American actress known for her role as Andrea Zuckerman on the early seasons Todd Haynes (born January 2, 1961, in Encino, California) is an award-winning American Film director. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Brian Cone (born January 2, 1963 in Kansas City Missouri) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher who pitched for the For the other professional baseball player named Edgar Martínez see Edgar Martínez (pitcher Edgar Martínez, born January 2, Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Pernell Whitaker (born January 2, 1964) nicknamed "Sweet Pea" is a retired professional boxer, who is considered among the greatest of all-time Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Forest Gregory Swindell (born January 2 1965 in Fort Worth Texas) is a former left-handed Pitcher in Major League Baseball who had Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Tia Carrere (born January 2 1967) is an American actress, model, and Singer, perhaps most widely known for her role Jón Gnarr Kristinsson (born January 2 1967) is an Icelandic Comedian. Jacobus Francois Pienaar (born 2 January 1967 in Vereeniging, South Africa captained and played for the South African Springboks national Rugby union Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cuba Gooding Jr ( January 2, 1968) is an Academy Award -winning American actor Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda ("Anky" van Grunsven (born 2 January 1968 in Erp, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch Dressage champion who Dressage (pronounced dress-ahhzh /ˈdrɛsɑʒ/ (a French term most commonly translated to mean "training" is a path and destination of competitive Horse training Evan Parke (born Evan Dexter O'Neal Parke on 2 January 1968 in Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies) is an actor known for his is the CEO of Grasshopper Manufacture. The "51" in his nickname Suda51 is a pun on his given name Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karl-Heinz Grasser (born January 2, 1969) was an Austrian politician who held the office of Austrian Minister of Finance from February 2000 to Patrick Huard (born January 2, 1969 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Quebec Actor and Comedian. Glengoffe Donovan Johnson (born January 2, 1969 in Clarendon Jamaica) is a professional boxer, nicknamed Gentleman. Amateur career From the age of 13 to 19 Tommy entered every toughman contest he could winning 49 fights out of the 50 with 49 by Ko that he participated in Róbert Švehla (ɹɑbɝ/ɹ̩tsveɪlə born January 2, 1969 in Martin, Slovakia) is a Slovak retired Professional Christy Nicole Turlington (born January 2, 1969) is an American fashion model best known for representing Calvin Klein fragrances Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Royce Spencer Clayton (born January 2, 1970 in Burbank California) is a former Major League Baseball Shortstop. Robert Fertitta (born January 2, 1970) is a Countertenor, a male singer in the alto range Sanda Ladoşi (born 2 January 1970) is a Romanian singer As a child Sanda sang in various choirs and groups Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Taye Diggs (born Scott L Diggs; January 2, 1971) is an American Theatre, Film and television Actor. Renee Elise Goldsberry (born January 2, 1971) is an American actress, Singer and Songwriter. Lisa Harrison (born January 2 1971 in Louisville Kentucky, US Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adam Benjamin Elliot (born 2 January 1972 is an Australian animator best known for his Academy-Award winning Claymation Harvie Krumpet. Christopher Lennertz (born January 2, 1972) is a Musical composer for Films Television shows and Video games He attended Hristos Meletoglou (Χρήστος Μελέτογλου born January 2, 1972) is a Greek Triple jumper He was born in Heinsberg Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Lucy Clare Davis (born 2 January 1973) is an English actress. Dr Will Kirby (born January 2, 1973) is an osteopathic physician and an American television personality Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christopher John Cheney (born January 2, 1975) is the Guitarist, main Songwriter and Lead vocalist in the Australian The Living End are an Australian rock band based in Melbourne, Victoria. Douglas Seann Robb (born January 2, 1975, in Agoura Hills, California) commonly referred to simply as Doug Robb, is an Hoobastank is an American Post-grunge band best known for their 2004 hit " The Reason " Dax Randall Shepard ( January 2, 1975) is an American Actor. Shepard was born in Milford Michigan, he attended Walled Lake Reuben David Thorne (born January 2, 1975 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand Rugby union player and former captain of the national Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hrysopiyi Devetzi (Χρυσοπηγή Δεβετζή xrisopiˈʝi ðeveˈdz͡i born October 2, 1975) is a Greek athlete competing in the Danilo Di Luca (born January 2, 1976) is an Italian professional Road racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team L Cletidus Hunt (born January 2, 1976 in Memphis Tennessee) is a former Defensive tackle in the National Football League and the Mahée Paiement (born January 2, 1976 in Saint-Eustache Quebec) is a Quebec movie and television actress and known for playing several roles Paz Campos Trigo (born January 2, 1976) better known as Paz Vega, is a Spanish actress. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Aleš Píša (born 2 January, 1977) is a professional Ice hockey defenceman from Pardubice, Czech Republic. Scott Christopher Proctor (born January 2, 1977 in Stuart, Florida) is a major league Relief pitcher for the Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) is a Seiyū, or Voice actor, born on January 2, 1978 in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Suranne Jones (born Sarah Anne Jones on January 2 1979 is an English Actress of Welsh origin Jonathan Greening, (born January 2 1979 in Scarborough, England) is an English footballer. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Mac Danzig (born January 2 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American professional Mixed martial arts fighter and instructor Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Hanno Balitsch (born January 2 1981 in Alsbach-Hähnlein) is a German footballer who plays for Hannover 96. Ryan Francis Garko (born January 2, 1981 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a First baseman for the Cleveland Indians (born January 2 1981 is an American professional Basketball player currently starting at Point guard for the NBA 's Chicago Bulls. Career Club career He came through the youth set-up at Newell's Old Boys in the Argentine Football League, and played for the club for three Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Athanasia Tsoumeleka (Αθανασία Τσουμελέκα aθanaˈsia ts͡umeˈleka born January 2, 1982) is a Greek race walker who won a gold Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Catherine Ann "Kate" Bosworth (born January 2 1983 is an American actress. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Colleen Taylor (born January 2, 1984 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is a journalist Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Heather Ann O'Reilly (born January 2, 1985 in New Brunswick New Jersey and a graduate of both Saint Bartholomew's School and East Brunswick High School Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Louie Anne Batley (born 2 January 1987 in Chorley, Lancashire Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Jonathan Grant "Jonny" Evans (born 2 January 1988 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish football central defender who Svante Nilsson Regency 1460)
• 1514 - William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. William Smyth (or Smith) (c 1460 &ndash 2 January 1514 was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1493 to 1496 and then Bishop of Lincoln until 1460)
• 1557 - Pontormo, Italian painter (b. Jacopo Carucci ( May 24, 1494 — January 2, 1557) usually known as Jacopo da Pontormo, Jacopo Pontormo or simply 1494)
• 1685 - Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. Sir Harbottle Grimston 2nd Baronet ( 27 January 1603 &ndash 2 January 1685) was an English Politician, and son of Sir 1603)
• 1694 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. Henry Booth 1st Earl of Warrington, PC ( January 13, 1652 &ndash January 2, 1694) was a son of George Booth, 1651)
• 1726 - Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (b. Year 1726 ( MDCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Domenico Zipoli (October 17 1688 Prato, Florence (Italy - January 2 1726 Cordoba, Argentina) was an Italian Baroque composer 1688)
• 1861 - King Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Life Frederick William was educated by private tutors many of whom were experienced civil servants such as Friedrich Ancillon. 1795)
• 1892 - George Airy, British Astronomer Royal (b. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Sir George Biddell Airy FRS (27 July 1801&ndash2 January 1892 was an English Mathematician and Astronomer, Astronomer Royal Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. 1801)
• 1893 - John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Obadiah Westwood ( 22 December 1805 &ndash 2 January 1893) was an English Entomologist and Archaeologist 1805)
• 1904 - James Longstreet, American Confederate general (b. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on James Longstreet (January 8 1821 &ndash January 2 1904 was one of the foremost Confederate Generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate The War Department was established by the Confederate Congress in an act on February 21, 1861. 1821)
• 1913 - Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Léon Philippe Teisserenc de Bort ( November 5, 1855 in Paris, France &ndash January 2, 1913 in Cannes, France 1855)
• 1915 - Carl Goldmark, Hungarian composer (b. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Karl Goldmark, also known originally as Károly Goldmark and later sometimes as Carl Goldmark ( Keszthely, Hungary, May 18, 1830 &ndash 1830)
• 1917 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (b. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sir Edward Burnett Tylor ( October 2 1832 &ndash January 2 1917) was an English Anthropologist. 1832)
• 1920 - Paul Adam, French novelist (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Paul Adam ( December 7, 1862 &ndash January 2, 1920) was a French Novelist Adam wrote a series of Historical 1862)
• 1924 - Sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould ( 28 January 1834 &ndash 2 January 1924) was an English Hagiographer, Antiquarian, novelist 1834)
• 1936 - Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate GCMG ( 13 December 1862 – 2 January 1936) was Governor of Tasmania 1862)
• 1939 - Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roman Dmowski ( August 9, 1864, Warsaw – January 2, 1939, Drozdowo, Poland) was a Polish 1864)
• 1941 - Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mischa Levitzki (b May 25, 1898, ( Krementchug, Ukraine - d January 2, 1941, Avon-by-the-Sea New Jersey) was a 1898)
• 1945 - Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, British naval commander (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay KCB, KBE, MVO ( January 20, 1883 - January 2, 1945) was a British 1883)
• 1946 - Joe Darling, Australian cricketer (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph "Joe" Darling CBE (21 November 1870 &ndash 2 January 1946 was an Australian Cricketer who played 34 Test matches as a 1870)
• 1950 - James Dooley, Premier of New South Wales (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Thomas Dooley ( 26 April 1877 – 2 January 1950) served twice briefly as Premier of New South Wales during the early 1920s 1877)
• 1950 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor and the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Emil Jannings ( July 23, 1884 &ndash January 3, 1950) was a German Actor and the first winner of the Academy Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize 1884)
• 1951 - Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Colonel Sir William Robert Campion KCMG, DSO, TD ( 3 July 1870 &ndash 2 January 1951) was a 1870)
• 1959 - Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer and novelist (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chris van Abkoude ( Nov 6 1880, Rotterdam - Jan 2 1960, Portland Oregon) was a Dutch Writer and Novellist 1880)
• 1960 - Paul Sauvé, Canadian politician (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph-Mignault-Paul Sauvé ( March 24, 1907 &ndash January 2, 1960) was a Quebec lawyer WW II veteran and politician 1907)
• 1960 - Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Angelo Fausto Coppi ( September 15, 1919 – January 2, 1960) was an Italian racing Cyclist. 1919)
• 1963 - Dick Powell, American actor (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell ( November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American Singer, Actor, 1904)
• 1963 - Jack Carson, American actor (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on John Elmer "Jack" Carson ( October 27 1910 &ndash January 2 1963) was a Canadian-born U 1910)
• 1971 - Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Willard Maas (b 24 June 1906 - 2 January 1971) was an American Experimental filmmaker and poet 1906)
• 1974 - Tex Ritter, American actor (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Tex Ritter (January 12 1905 &ndash January 2 1974 was an American country Singer and Actor and the father of actor John Ritter 1905)
• 1977 - Errol Garner, American musician (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Erroll Louis Garner ( June 15 1921 &ndash January 2 1977) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer 1921)
• 1983 - Dick Emery, English comedian (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Richard Gilbert "Dick" Emery (19 February 1915 &ndash 2 January 1983 was an English Comedian and Actor whose career began on radio during the 1915)
• 1986 - Una Merkel, American actress (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Una Merkel ( December 10, 1903 &ndash January 2, 1986) was an American Film Actress. 1903)
• 1986 - Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting William Louis Veeck Jr (ˈvɛk rhymes with "wreck" February 9 1914 &ndash January 2 1986) also known as " Sport Shirt 1914)
• 1986 - Dick James, English music publisher (Northern Songs) (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dick James (born Reginald Leon Isaac Vapnick, 12 December 1920, in East End, London &mdash died 1 February 1986) Northern Songs Ltd is a company founded in 1963 by music publisher Dick James, Brian Epstein, and The Beatles to publish songs 1920)
• 1990 - Alan Hale Jr., American actor (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Alan Hale Jr (born Alan Hale Mackahan, March 8 1921 &ndash January 2 1990 was an American movie and television Actor, best known for his role 1918)
• 1994 - Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) 1914)
• 1994 - Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Pierre-Paul Schweitzer was the International Monetary Fund (IMF's fourth Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board serving from 1963 to 1973 The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) is an International organization that oversees the Global financial system by following the Macroeconomic 1915)
• 1995 - Siad Barre, President of Somalia (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Mohamed Siad Barre (Maxamed Siyaad Barre محمّد سياد بري) (b This page contains a list of the Presidents of Somalia. See also History of Somalia List of Prime Ministers of Somalia 1919)
• 1995 - Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nancy Kelly ( March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995) was an American actress born in Lowell Massachusetts. 1921)
• 1996 - Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Karl Kalman Targownik ( June 17, 1915 - January 2, 1996) was a Psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor 1915)
• 1997 - Randy California, American guitarist & songwriter (Spirit) (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Randy California (born Randy Craig Wolfe; February 20 1951 &ndash January 2 1997 was a guitarist singer and songwriter and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit was an American Jazz / Hard rock / psychedelic band founded in 1967, based in Los Angeles, California 1951)
• 1998 - Frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Frank Herbert Muir (5 February 1920 - 2 January 1998 was an English Comedy writer radio and television personality and raconteur 1920)
• 1999 - Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Sebastian Haffner ( December 27, 1907, Berlin &ndash January 2, 1999, pseudonym for Raimund Pretzel) was a German 1907)
• 2000 - Patrick O'Brian, British novelist (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Patrick O'Brian, CBE ( 12 December 1914 &ndash 2 January 2000; born as Richard Patrick Russ) was an English 1914)
• 2000 - Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., U. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Elmo Russell Zumwalt Jr ( November 29, 1920 &ndash January 2, 2000) was an American naval officer and the youngest man to serve S. admiral (b. 1920)
• 2000 - Nat Adderley, American musician and composer (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Nathaniel Adderley (born November 25, 1931 in Tampa Florida &ndashdied January 2, 2000 in Lakeland Florida) was an 1931)
• 2001 - William P. Rogers, American politician (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. William Pierce Rogers ( June 23, 1913 &ndash January 2, 2001) was an American politician who served as a Cabinet officer 1913)
• 2001 - Teri Diver, American actress (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Teri Diver (born September 6, 1971; died January 2, 2001) was an American Pornstar and director. 1971)
• 2002 - Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (b. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Armi Anja Orvokki Aavikko ( September 1, 1958, Helsinki &ndash January 2, 2002, Espoo) was a Finnish beauty 1958)
• 2003 - Eric Jupp, British-Australian pianist, composer, arranger (b. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Eric Jupp ( January 7, 1922 - January 2, 2003) was a British -born Musician, Composer, arranger and 1922)
• 2004 - Jess Collins, American artist (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Jess Collins ( August 6, 1923 - January 2, 2004) was an American visual artist 1923)
• 2004 - Lynn Cartwright, American actress (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lynn Cartwright ( February 27 1927 – January 2 2004) was an American character actress probably best known for her performance 1927)
• 2005 - Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maclyn McCarty ( South Bend Indiana, June 9 1911 &ndash January 2 2005) was an American Geneticist. 1911)
• 2005 - Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Cyril Fletcher ( June 25 1913 &ndash January 2 2005) was an English Comedian; his catchphrase was 'Pin back your lugholes' 1913)
• 2005 - Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edo Murtić ( May 4, 1921 – January 2, 2005) was a renowned painter from 1921)
• 2005 - Frank Kelly Freas, American artist (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Frank Kelly Freas ( 27 August 1922 &ndash 2 January 2005) called the "Dean of Science Fiction Artists" was a prolific and popular 1922)
• 2005 - Ronald 'Bo' Ginn, American politician (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Ronald Bryan 'Bo' Ginn ( May 31, 1934 - January 6, 2005) represented Georgia's 1st congressional district in the United 1934)
• 2006 - Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Cecilia Muñoz-Palma ( November 22, 1913 — January 2, 2006) was a Filipino Jurist and the first Woman The Supreme Court of the Philippines ( Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman ng Pilipinas or Korte Suprema) is the country's highest judicial court as well 1913)
• 2007 - Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Theodor "Teddy" Kollek ( טדי קולק) ( May 27, 1911 &ndash January 2 2007) was Mayor of Jerusalem 1911)
• 2007 - David Perkins, Stanford University geneticist (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year David Dexter Perkins ( May 2, 1919 &ndash January 2, 2007) was an American Geneticist, a member of the faculty of Stanford 1919)
• 2007 - Mauno Jokipii, Finnish professor and World War II researcher (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mauno Jokipii ( 21 August 1924 &ndash 2 January 2007) was a Finnish professor at the University of Jyväskylä in World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including 1924)
• 2007 - Paek Nam-sun, North Korean Foreign Affairs minister (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paek Nam-sun ( March 13 1929 &ndash January 2 2007) was the North Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 until his death 1929)
• 2007 - Sergio Jiménez, Mexican actor (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sergio Jiménez ( December 17, 1937 &ndash January 3, 2007) was a Mexican actor who became famous after portraying the character of El Gato 1937)
• 2007 - Don Massengale, American PGA Tour golf player (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Don Massengale Sr (April 23 1937 &ndash January 2 2007 was an American Professional golfer who won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Senior The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional Golf tours in the United States. 1937)
• 2007 - Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elizabeth Fox-Genovese ( May 28, 1941 &ndash January 2, 2007) was a Feminist (and later Antifeminist) American 1941)
• 2007 - Robert C. Solomon, American scholar of continental philosophy (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert C Solomon ( September 14, 1942 &ndash January 2, 2007) was a professor of Continental philosophy at the University of 1942)
• 2007 - Dan Shaver, NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dan Shaver ( June 6 1950 &ndash January 2 2007) was an American racecar driver 1950)
• 2007 - Richard Newton, Australian-born technology pioneer and professor (b. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur Richard Newton ( Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 July 1951 &ndash 2 January 2007 was the dean of the University of California Berkeley 1951)
• 2007 - Garry Betty, American CEO of Earthlink (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Charles Garrett "Garry" Betty ( 4 March 1957 &ndash 2 January 2007) was President and CEO of EarthLink, a large American 1957)
• 2008 - Gerry Staley, American baseball player (b. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Gerald Lee Staley ( August 21 1920 &ndash January 2 2008) was an American Right-handed Pitcher in Major 1920)
• 2008 - Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krommaluang Narathiwat Rajanagarindra, elder sister of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Biography Early life Princess Galyani Vadhana was born on 6 May 1923 in London, England, the only daughter of Prince Mahidol Adulyadej Bhumibol Adulyadej (ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช pʰuːmipʰon adunjadeːt Royal Institute: Phumiphon Adunyadet;) (born Monday 5 December 1927 1923)
• 2008 - George MacDonald Fraser, British author (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George MacDonald Fraser, OBE (2 April 1925 &ndash 2 January 2008 was a British Author of both Historical novels and Non-fiction books The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created 1925)
• 2008 - Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lee Sherman Dreyfus ( June 20, 1926 January 2, 2008) was an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served 1926)

Holidays and observances

• Second day of the Hogmanay Bank Holiday, Scotland
• Second day of New Year, Slovenia - Public holidays in Slovenia
• Second day of New Year, Serbia - Public holidays in Serbia
• Day after New Year's Day, New Zealand - Public holidays in New Zealand
• The eighth day of Christmas (and ninth night of same) in Western Christianity. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hogmanay ( pronounced &mdash with the main stress on the last syllable is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the A bank holiday is a Public holiday in the United Kingdom and also in the Republic of Ireland. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west There are two kinds of Holidays in Slovenia - national holidays and work-free days Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Holidays in New Zealand can refer to publicly observed Holidays or to a holiday period The Twelve Days of Christmas, and the associated evenings of those twelve days (Twelve-tide are the festive days beginning the evening of Christmas Day ( December 25 Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings
• Basil the Great
• Caspar del Bufalo
• Gregory of Nazianzus
• Macarius the Younger
• Seraphim of Sarov
• January 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (c 330 – January 1, 379) (Άγιος Βασίλειος ο Μέγας Latin Gregory of Nazianzus (329 – January 25 389) (also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen) was a 4th-century Archbishop Saint Macarius of Alexandria (died 395 was a Monk in the Nitrian Desert. Saint Seraphim of Sarov ( Russian: Серафим Саровский ( July 19, 1759 - January 2 (N Jan 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan 3 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 15 by

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