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{| style="float:right;"|-||-||} The preceding day is December 31 of the previous year.

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian calendar and Gregorian calendar calendars. Here a calendar year refers to the order in which the months are displayed, January to December. The first day of the medieval Julian year was usually a day other than January 1. This day was adopted as the first day of the Julian year (calendar) by some European countries between 1522 and 1579 (that is, before the creation of the Gregorian calendar in 1582). See Gregorian calendar#Beginning of the year. The British Empire (including its United states) did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1752. This change can lead to dating confusion between Old Style and New Style dates. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated in 1582 did not specify that January 1 was to be either New Year's Day or the first day of its numbered year. Although England began its numbered year on March 25 (Lady Day) between the thirteenth century and 1752, January 1 was called New Year's Day, which was a holiday when gifts were exchanged.

Events

153 BC - Consul begin their year in office.
45 BC - The Julian calendar first takes effect.
404 - The last known gladiator competition in Rome takes place.
630 - Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly.
990 - Kievan Rus' adopts the Julian calendar.
1259 - Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.
1438 - Albert II of Germany is crowned King of Hungary.
1515 - Francis I of France of France succeeds to the French throne.
1527 - Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor of Austria as king of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
1600 - Scotland begins using the Julian calendar.
1651 - Charles II of England is crowned King of Scotland.
1660 - Samuel Pepys starts his diary.
1673 - Regular mail delivery begins between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.
1700 - Russia begins using the Julian calendar.
1707 - John V of Portugal is crowned King of Portugal.
1739 - Bouvet Island is discovered by France explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
1772 - The first Traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London for the first time.
1781 - 1,500 soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebelled against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey as part of the Pennsylvania (Continentals; Regiment) Mutiny of 1781.
1788 - First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
1797 - Albany, New York replaces Kingston, New York as the capital of New York State.
1800 - The Dutch East India Company ceases to exist.
1801 - The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1801 - Dwarf planet Ceres (dwarf planet) is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
1803 - Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam
1804 - France rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and first country independent in the Caribbean.
1806 - The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
1808 - The importation of Slaverys into the United States is banned.
1818 - Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein is published.
1833 - United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
1845 - The Cobble Hill Tunnel, in Brooklyn, was finished.
1861 - Porfirio Díaz conquers Mexico City.
1863 - American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate States of America territory.
1863 - The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska.
1870 - First edition of The Northern Echo newspaper is published.
1876 - The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
1877 - Victoria of the United Kingdom of Britain is proclaimed Empress of India.
1880 - Ferdinand de Lesseps begins France construction of the Panama Canal.
1887 - Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed empress of India in Delhi.
1890 - The first Tournament of Roses Parade is held in Pasadena, California.
1890 - First use of Football (soccer) goal nets in England.
1890 - Eritrea consolidates into a colony by the Italy government.
1892 - Ellis Island opens to begin accepting immigrants to the United States.
1893 - Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar.
1894 - The Manchester Ship Canal, England, is officially opened to traffic.
1898 - New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
1899 - Spain rule ends in Cuba.
1901 - the France national rugby union team play their first Test against the New Zealand All Blacks.
1901 - Nigeria becomes a United Kingdom protectorate.
1901 - The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria (Australia), South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia Australian Federation as the Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister of Australia.
1901 - The first official Mummers Parade is held.
1902 - The first Rose Bowl Game game is played in Pasadena, California, with the University of Michigan beating Stanford University by a score of 49-0.
1906 - British Raj officially adopts the Indian Standard Time
1908 - For the first time, a Times Square Ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.
1909 - Drilling began on the Lakeview Gusher.
1910 - Captain David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty was promoted to Rear admiral, and became the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy, except for British Royal Family members, since Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson.
1911 - Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control.
1912 - The Republic of China is established.
1916 - Germany troops abandon Yaoundé and their Cameroon colony to Great Britain forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
1919 - Edsel Ford succeeded his father, Henry Ford, as president of the Ford Motor Company.
1920 - The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
1923 - Britains Railways are grouped into the List of railway companies involved in the 1923 grouping#The Big Four, London and North Eastern Railway, Great Western Railway, Southern Railway (Great Britain), London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
1925 - The United States astronomer Edwin Hubble announces the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way.
1927 - Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar: December 18, 1926 (Julian calendar), is immediately followed by January 1, 1927 (Gregorian).
1934 - Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.
1934 - Nazi Germany passes the "Compulsory sterilization#Germany".
1935 - Bucknell University wins the first Orange Bowl (game) 26–0 over the University of Miami.
1937 - The first Cotton Bowl (game) game is played in Dallas, Texas. Texas Christian University defeats Marquette University 16–6.
1937 - Safety glass in windshields became mandatory in Great Britain.
1939 - The first Vienna New Year's Concert is held.
1939 - William Reddington Hewlett and David Packard found Hewlett-Packard.
1939 - Sydney, Australia swelters in 45˚C (113˚F) heat, a record for the city.
1942 - The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
1942 - The U.S. Office of Production Management prohibited sales of new cars and trucks to civilians.
1945 - In retaliation of the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacre 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne massacre.
1946 - The first civil flight from Heathrow Airport occurs.
1947 - The United States and United Kingdom occupation zones in Germany, after the World War II, merge to form the Bizone, that later became the Federal Republic of Germany.
1948 - United Kingdom railways are Nationalisation to form British Rail.
1948 - After partition, India declines to pay the agreed share of Rs.550 million in cash balances to Pakistan.
1948 - The Constitution of Italy comes into force.
1949 - The British Nationality Act 1948 comes into force.
1949 - United Nation cease-fire orders to operate in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
1950 - The state of Ajaigarh acceded to the Government of India.
1956 - The Sudan achieves independence from the Egypt and the United Kingdom.
1957 - George Town, Penang became a city by a royal charter granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
1958 - The European Community is established.
1959 - Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin.
1959 - Fulgencio Batista, president of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution.
1960 - The Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
1962 - Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
1962 - United States Navy SEALs established.
1964 - The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the United Kingdom-controlled Rhodesia.
1965 - The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was founded in Kabul.
1966 - A twelve day 1966 New York City transit strike begins.
1966 - After a Coup d'état, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic.
1970 - Unix time begins.
1971 - Cigarette Advertisings are banned on United States television.
1972 - Austrian diplomat Kurt Waldheim assumes as United Nations Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1973 - The Denmark, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland are admitted into the European Community.
1978 - Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 explodes and crashes into the sea off the coast of Mumbai, killing 213.
1978 - The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands becomes effective.
1979 - Formal diplomacy are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
1980 - Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden is crowned princess of Sweden.
1981 - The Greece is admitted into the European Community.
1981 - The Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States.
1982 - Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary General of the United Nations.
1983 - The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
1984 - AT&T is broken up into twenty-two independent units.
1984 - The Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
1985 - The Internet's Domain name system is created.
1985 - The first United Kingdom mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
1986 - Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Netherlands.
1986 - The Spain and the Portugal are admitted into the European Community.
1988 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheranism religious denomination in the United States.
1989 - The Montreal Protocol comes into force.
1990 - David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.
1993 - Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
1993 - A single market within the European Community is introduced.
1994 - The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexico Chiapas.
1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.
1994 - The European Economic Area comes into effect.
1994 - The International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 comes into effect.
1995 - The World Trade Organization comes into effect.
1995 - The Sweden and the republics of Austria and Finland are admitted into the European Union.
1995 - The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe becomes the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
1995 - The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of Rogue wave (oceanography).
1995 - Jean-Claude Juncker assumes as Prime Minister of Luxembourg.
1995 - Firecrackers are banned in Vietnam on Tết because of safety reasons.
1996 - Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Netherlands.
1997 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Zaïre.
1997 - Ghanaian Diplomacy Kofi Annan assumes as United Nations Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1998 - The European Central Bank is established.
1999 - The Euro currency is introduced.
1999 - The Poland administrative region of Opole Voivodeship is created, out of the former Opole Voivodeship and parts of Częstochowa Voivodeship.
2000 - As the world celebrates, no major crisis arises from the dreaded Year 2000 problem.
2000 - Hama Amadou assumes as Prime Minister of Niger of Niger.
2001 - Tommy Remengesau assumes as President of Palau of Palau.
2002 - Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Union's European Union member states.
2002 - Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
2002 - The Treaty on Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially enters into force.
2003 - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva assumes as the President of Brazil.
2004 - In a Motion of Confidence, Pervez Musharraf won 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, was "deemed to be elected" to the office of President of Pakistan until October 2007.
2006 - The Football Federation Australia moved from the Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian Football Confederation.
2007 - Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Also, Bulgarian language, Romanian language, and Irish language become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages.
2007 - Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.

Births

766 - Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)
1431 - Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
1449 - Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)
1467 - Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1548)
1484 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)
1511 - Henry, Duke of Cornwall (d. 1511)
1516 - Margaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
1557 - Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1606)
1600 - Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (d. 1649)
1614 - John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (d. 1672)
1618 - Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682)
1638 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
1648 - Elkanah Settle, English writer (d. 1724)
1655 - Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)
1684 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748)
1704 - Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787)
1711 - Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
1714 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
1735 - Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818)
1745 - Anthony Wayne, American general and statesman (d. 1796)
1750 - Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman (d. 1801)
1752 - Betsy Ross, American seamstress (d. 1836)
1767 - Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish novelist (d. 1849)
1774 - André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)
1776 - God
1779 - William Clowes (Printer), English printer (d. 1847)
1803 - Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician (d. 1869)
1814 - Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864)
1823 - Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849)
1833 - Robert Lawson (architect), New Zealand architect (d. 1902)
1848 - John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)
1854 - James Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941)
1863 - Pierre de Coubertin, French Olympic Games initiator (d. 1937)
1864 - George Washington Carver, American educator (d. 1943)
1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
1864 - Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)
1868 - Snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937)
1873 - Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (d. 1952)
1874 - Frank Knox, American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)
1874 - Gustave Whitehead, German-born inventor (d. 1927)
1876 - Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
1878 - Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)
1879 - E. M. Forster, English novelist (d. 1970)
1881 - Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)
1887 - Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945)
1888 - John Garand, American inventor (d. 1974)
1890 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)
1892 - Artur Rodziński, Croatian conductor (d. 1958)
1894 - Satyendra Nath Bose, Bengali mathematician (d. 1974)
1894 - Shitsu Nakano, Japan's oldest person (d. 2007)
1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, American FBI director (d. 1972)
1900 - Xavier Cugat, Spanish musician (d. 1990)
1900 - Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
1902 - Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d. 1977)
1904 - Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
1904 - Ethan Allen (baseball), American baseball player (d. 1993)
1905 - Stanisław Mazur, Polish mathematician (d. 1981)
1905 - Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (d. 1985)
1906 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
1909 - Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
1909 - Barry Goldwater, American politician (d. 1998)
1911 - Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1912 - Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)
1912 - Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician (d. 1995)
1917 - Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)
1917 - Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
1918 - Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
1919 - J. D. Salinger, American novelist
1920 - Virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
1921 - Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher (d. 1986)
1922 - Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990)
1922 - Ernest Hollings, American politician
1923 - Daniel Gorenstein, American mathematician (d. 1992)
1923 - Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
1925 - Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (d. 1981)
1925 - Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
1925 - Raymond Pellegrin, French actor
1926 - Richard Verreau, French Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
1927 - Maurice Béjart, French choreographer
1927 - Pat Heywood, Scottish born actress
1927 - Calum MacKay, Canadian hockey player (d. 2001)
1927 - Vernon L. Smith, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics
1927 - Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998)
1928 - Ernest Tidyman, American writer (d. 1984)
1930 - Hossain Mohammad Ershad, Bangladeshi politician
1932 - Jackie Parker, American football player (d. 2006)
1933 - Frederick Lowy, Canadian educator
1933 - Joe Orton, English writer (d. 1967)
1937 - Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg, Polish author (d. 1995)
1938 - Clay Cole, Television Host and Producer
1938 - Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (d. 2005)
1938 - Frank Langella American actor
1939 - Michèle Mercier, French actress
1942 - Martin Frost, American politician
1942 - Country Joe McDonald, American musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
1942 - Gennadi Sarafanov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2005)
1942 - Alassane Ouattara, Former Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
1943 - Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian scientist
1943 - Don Novello, American actor
1943 - Jimmy Hart, wrestling manager
1944 - Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician
1945 - Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver
1946 - Susannah McCorkle, American singer (d. 2001)
1946 - Rivelino, Brazilian football player
1946 - Carl B. Hamilton, Swedish economist and politician
1947 - Jon Corzine, American politician
1947 - Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer
1948 - Pavel Grachev, Russian general
1950 - Morgan Fisher, English musician (Mott the Hoople)
1951 - Rodger Bumpass, American actor (Squidward Tentacles)
1951 - Ashfaq Hussain, Urdu poet
1951 - Nana Patekar, Indian film and stage actor
1953 - Greg Carmichael, British guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
1954 - Bob Menendez, American politician
1956 - Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (d. 2000)
1956 - Kôji Yakusho, Japanese actor
1957 - Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish actress
1958 - Grandmaster Flash, Barbados-born musician
1959 - Azali Assoumani, Comorian president
1959 - Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
1959 - Jennifer Edwards, American actress
1961 - Fiona Phillips, British television presenter
1961 - Mark Wingett, British actor
1962 - Sophie Thompson, British actress
1962 - Ari Up, German musician (The Slits)
1964 - Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress
1966 - Anna Burke, Australian politician
1967 - Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000)
1967 - John Digweed, English DJ
1967 - Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Spanish film director
1968 - Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
1968 - Joey Stefano, American adult actor (d. 1994)
1968 - Miki Higashino, Japanese composer
1969 - Verne Troyer, American actor
1969 - Christi Paul, CNN news anchor
1970 - Gabriel Jarret, American actor
1970 - Shelley O'Donnell, Australian netballer
1970 - Kimberly Page, American actress
1971 - Bobby Holik, Czech hockey player
1972 - Neve McIntosh, Scottish actress
1972 - Lilian Thuram, French footballer
1974 - Catalina Guirado, English model and TV personality
1975 - Joe Cannon (soccer), American soccer player
1975 - Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
1975 - Eiichiro Oda, Japanese Manga artist
1976 - Caleb Wyatt, American motocross rider
1976 - Vidya Balan, Indian actress
1977 - Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian footballer
1977 - Keeley Hawes, British actress
1978 - Nina Bott, German actress
1978 - Phillip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
1978 - Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, Indian spiritualist
1978 - Tarik O'Regan, British composer
1979 - Brody Dalle, Australian singer (The Distillers)
1979 - Koichi Domoto, Japanese artist
1980 - Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
1981 - Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian race car driver
1981 - Abdülkadir Koçak, Turkish boxer
1981 - Eden Riegel, American actress
1981 - Jonas Armstrong, Irish actor
1982 - David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
1983 - Calum Davenport, English footballer
1983 - Emi Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol
1984 - Michael Witt, Australian rugby league footballer
1984 - José Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
1984 - Shareefa, American singer
1985 - Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
1986 - Alexa Ray Joel, American musician
1987 - Gilbert Brule, Canadian hockey player
1987 - Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
1996 - Mary Gibbs, American actress

Deaths

379 - Saint Basil of Caesarea (b. 330)
404 - Telemachus (martyr)
874 - Hasan al-Askari, eleventh Shia Imam (b. 846)
898 - Odo, Count of Paris (b. 860)
962 - Baldwin III, Count of Flanders
1204 - King Haakon III of Norway
1387 - King Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332)
1515 - King Louis XII of France (b. 1462)
1554 - Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (b. 1500)
1559 - Christian III of Denmark and Norway (b. 1503)
1560 - Joachim du Bellay, French poet (bc. 1522)
1617 - Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter (b. 1558)
1679 - Jan Steen, Dutch painter (b. 1626)
1697 - Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine biographer/ historian (b. 1624)
1716 - William Wycherley, English dramatist (bc. 1640)
1730 - Samuel Sewall, English-born judge (b. 1652)
1742 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1686)
1748 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1667)
1759 - Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie, French adventurer (b. 1705)
1766 - James Francis Edward Stuart, "The Old Pretender" (b. 1688)
1782 - Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
1789 - Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English politician (b. 1716)
1793 - Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter (b. 1712)
1796 - Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735)
1800 - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (b. 1716)
1817 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (b. 1743)
1862 - Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)
1869 - Martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786)
1892 - Roswell B. Mason, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
1894 - Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)
1919 - Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (b. 1881)
1921 - Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
1931 - Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
1933 - Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (b. 1876)
1940 - Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)
1944 - Charles Turner (cricketer), Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
1953 - Hank Williams, American singer (b. 1923)
1958 - Edward Weston, American photographer (b.

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