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What happened in history on this day: January 21?
On January 21 in ...
- 879 - Boudouin with the Iron Arm, Earl of Flanders, dies.
- 1077 - German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness.
- 1118 - Paschalis II [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies.
- 1189 - Philip II, Henry II and Richard Lion-Hearted initiate third Crusade.
- 1276 - Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocent V.
- 1324 - Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai and Shingon.
- 1338 - Birth of Charles V (the Wise) king of France (1364-80).
- 1522 - Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope.
- 1542 - Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard.
- 1571 - Birth of John I Pontanus physicist/historian (Amsterdam).
- 1596 - John Ligarius German theologist/prime minister, dies at age 66.
- 1604 - Tsar Ivan IV defeats the False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar.
- 1609 - Death of Joseph Justus Scaliger at age 68 in Holland; born 1540, French inventor of "Julian Period", founder of science of historical chronology, author of De emendatione temporum (1583) and Thesaurus temporum (1606).
- 1626 - John Dowland English musician/lyric poet (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at about age 63.
- 1649 - King Charles Stuart gives his defence to English Parliament on charge of treason.
- 1659 - Birth of Adriaen van der Werff Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect.
- 1664 - Count Miklós of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army.
- 1665 - Pierre de Fermat French mathematician (Fermat theorem), dies at age 63.
- 1670 - Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan French playwright, dies at age 80.
- 1677 - First medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston.
- 1683 - Anthony Ashley Cooper first Earl of Shaftesbury, dies at age 61.
- 1686 - Nicolas-François Blondel French architect, dies.
- 1732 - Russia and Persia sign Treaty of Riascha.
- 1743 - Birth of John Fitch inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton).
- 1746 - Birth of Johann H Pestalozzi Zurich Switzerland, educator (Leonard and Gertrude).
- 1771 - Birth of Arnold A Buyskes Dutch Vice-Admiral/colonial director.
- 1774 - Mustapha III sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at age 56.
- 1789 - First American novel is published, The Power of Sympathy by W.H. Brown.
- 1792 - Birth of Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma Fries; story teller (Rhymes and Tales).
- 1793 - King Louis XVI of France (1774-93), is beheaded by revolutionaries at age 38.
- 1793 - Prussia and Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided).
- 1799 - Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced.
- 1802 - Birth of Francis Elias Spinner in German Flats, New York, USA; major general in New York militia, sheriff of Herkimer County (1834-37), Congressman (1855-61), US Tresurer (1861-75).
- 1813 - Birth of John C Frémont; map maker/explorer (western US), Governor of Arizona.
- 1815 - Birth of Horace Wells; dentist (pioneered use of medical anesthesia).
- 1821 - Birth of John Cabell Breckinridge; American politician (Democrat) 14th US Vice President (1857-61)/Major-General (Confederacy).
- 1823 - Eyjafjallajokull volcano on Iceland ceases eruptions, having started December 19, 1821.
- 1824 - Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa.
- 1824 - Birth of Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson; Lieutenant-General second Corps (ANV, Confederacy).
- 1829 - Birth of Oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet.
- 1833 - Birth of Norman Willis; union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress).
- 1853 - Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester Massachusetts.
- 1855 - Birth of John M Browning; American weapons manufacturer.
- 1861 - Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and four other southern senators resign from the US Senate.
- 1863 - City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years.
- 1867 - Birth of James Marcus; actor (Eagle, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lone Avenger).
- 1867 - Birth of Maxime Weygand; French General/Governor-General (Algeria).
- 1867 - Birth of Willem C Royaards; Dutch theater director (Summer Games).
- 1871 - John J Rochussen, Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies (1845-51), dies at age 73.
- 1872 - Birth of Jonkhr Frans Beelaerts van Blokland; Dutch foreign minister.
- 1872 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at age 81.
- 1875 - Birth of John Lindworsky; German jesuit/psychologist (Der Wille).
- 1877 - In De Cewsville, Ontario, a meteorite falls to the ground; no damage or injuries.
- 1878 - Birth of Egon Friedell in Austria; journalist/actor/writer (Der Partylowe).
- 1880 - First US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, in Memphis, Tennessee.
- 1884 - Birth of Katie Sandwina in Germany; legendary woman weight-lifter.
- 1884 - Birth of Roger Nash Baldwin; founder (American Civil Liberties Union).
- 1885 - Birth of Umberto Nobile; Italian General.
- 1886 - Birth of Gustaaf Sap; Belgian minister of Finance/Economy.
- 1887 - Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms in the USA.
- 1887 - Birth of Wolfgang Köhler; German/US Gestalt psychologist (Mentality of Apes).
- 1889 - Birth of Bert Collins; cricket player (Aussie batsman in the post WWI years).
- 1889 - Birth of Pitirim A Sorokin; Russian/US sociologist (Social mobility).
- 1891 - Death of Calix Lavallee at age 48 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; composer ("O Canada").
- 1892 - John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of planet Neptune, dies.
- 1894 - Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 seconds.
- 1897 - Birth of J Carrol Naish in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Charlie Chan - Adventures of Charlie Chan).
- 1898 - Birth of John George in Syria; actor (Kolb - Adventures of Fu Manchu).
- 1903 - Harry Houdini escapes police station Halvemaansteeg in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 1903 - Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at age 58.
- 1904 - Birth of Joseph Ford McGuinn in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Dick Tracy's G-Men).
- 1904 - Birth of Richard P Blackmur in Massachusetts, USA; critic/poet (Anni Mirabiles, Good European).
- 1905 - Birth of Christian Dior in Normandy, France; fashion designer (long-skirted look).
- 1907 - Kenora Thistles sweep Montana Wanderers in two for the Stanley Cup of ice hockey.
- 1908 - Birth of Bengt Strömgren in Göteborg, Sweden; astrophysicist (studied gas cloud).
- 1908 - New York City, New York regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public.
- 1910 - Birth of Lord Cayzer; British financier/Schweppes magnate/multi-millionaire.
- 1910 - Birth of Patsy Kelly in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Cowboy and the Lady).
- 1910 - British-Russian military intervention in Persia.
- 1912 - Birth of Konrad Bloch in Germany; biochemist (studied cholesterol-Nobel Prize 1964).
- 1913 - Aristide Briand forms French government.
- 1915 - Birth of Alan Hewitt in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Detective Brennan - My Favorite Martian).
- 1915 - Kiwanis International founded in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- 1917 - Birth of Billy Maxted in Racine, Wisconsin, USA; pianist, songwriter, arranger (Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller's Orchestra) (dies 2001).
- 1919 - Birth of Jinx Falkenburg in Barcelona, Spain; actress (Masquerade Party).
- 1919 - Serbs declare martial law in Bánát, Hungary.
- 1919 - Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland.
- 1920 - Birth of Errol Walton Barrow; Prime Minister of Barbados (DLP) (1966-76, 1986-87).
- 1921 - Birth of Barney Clark; first to receive a permanent artificial heart.
- 1921 - Birth of John Doucette in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Lock Up, Big Town).
- 1922 - First slalom ski race run, Mürren, Switzerland.
- 1922 - Birth of Paul Scofield in Hurst, England; actor (Man for All Seasons, Train).
- 1924 - Birth of Benny Hill in Southampton, England; comedian (Benny Hill Show).
- 1924 - Birth of Telly [Aristotle] Savalas in Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA; actor (Acapulco, Kojak).
- 1924 - Death of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin at age 54 of a stroke; Soviet premier.
- 1924 - Death of G.F.C. Smillie in Washington, D.C., USA; bank note engraver.
- 1925 - Birth of Lola Flores in Cadiz, Spain; singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona).
- 1926 - Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties.
- 1926 - Birth of Paul Burke in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Neal - Dynasty, The Thomas Crown Affair).
- 1926 - Birth of Steve Reeves in Glasgow, Montana, USA; actor (Hercules, Hercules Unchained).
- 1926 - Camillo Golgi, Italian medical research (malaria, Nobel Prize 1906), dies at age 81.
- 1927 - First national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago Illinois).
- 1927 - Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at age 65.
- 1932 - Birth of Boris Shakhlin in Russia; gymnast (Olympics-gold-1956, 1960, 1964).
- 1932 - Finland and the Soviet Union sign a five-year Pact of Non-Aggression.
- 1932 - [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at age 51.
- 1933 - Birth of Itzhak Fuks; Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam.
- 1933 - Birth of William Wrigley III; chewing gum mogul (Wrigleys).
- 1935 - Birth of Ann Wedgeworth in Abilene, Texas, USA; actress (Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie).
- 1935 - The Wilderness Society is founded.
- 1938 - Birth of Wolfman Jack AKA Robert Weston Smith in Brooklyn, New York, USA; disk jockey (XERF, XERB in Mexico), announcer (The Midnight Special TV show) (dies 1995).
- 1938 - Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance.
- 1939 - Birth of Mary Ellen McAnally in Illinois, USA; poet (Dance of the Zygotes).
- 1939 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer.
- 1939 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee.
- 1940 - Birth of Jack Nicklaus in Columbus, Ohio, USA; golfer (Player of Year 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976).
- 1940 - Birth of Marquis of Tavistock; English large landowner/multi-millionaire.
- 1940 - Foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship.
- 1941 - First anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria.
- 1941 - First commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, in Freeport, Texas.
- 1941 - Australian infantry with 16 Matilda tanks attacks Tobruk, Libya, forcing the surrender of 25,000-30,000 Italians and 87 tanks.
- 1941 - Birth of Edwin Starr [Charles Hatcher]; US singer (War).
- 1941 - Birth of Placido Domingo in Madrid, Spain; opera tenor (Pinkerton - Madame Butterfly).
- 1941 - Birth of Richie Havens in Brooklyn, New York, USA; folk singer ("Here Comes the Sun").
- 1941 - British communist newspaper Daily Worker banned.
- 1942 - Birth of Mac Davis in Lubbock, Texas, USA; singer/actor (Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40).
- 1942 - Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal.
- 1942 - Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain.
- 1942 - Tito's partisans occupy Foca.
- 1943 - Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad.
- 1943 - Soviet forces reconquer Worosjilowsk.
- 1943 - Vice-Admiral Cunningham appointed British Admiral of fleet.
- 1944 - 447 German bombers attack London, England.
- 1944 - 649 British bombers attack Magdeburg.
- 1944 - Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at age 74.
- 1944 - US General Dwight Eisenhower accepts the revised plan for Operation Overlord, with five divisions landing on fifty miles of Normandy beaches. Americans are to land on the west, aiming for Cherbourg, Brest, and ports around the Loire estuary. British and Canadian forces are to land on the east near Caen, seizing Caen on the first day. D-Day is set for June 5.
- 1945 - Birth of Andrew Stein; president of New York City council (Democrat).
- 1945 - Birth of Chris Britton; rocker (Troggs - "Rock and Roll Goldmine").
- 1945 - British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma.
- 1946 - Birth of Vincent Placoly in Martinique; writer (L'eau-de-mort guildive).
- 1947 - Birth of Jill Eikenberry in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; actress (Ann Kelsey - L.A. Law, Manhattan Project).
- 1947 - Birth of Jimmy Ibbotson in Pennsylvania, USA; country singer, guitarist (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band).
- 1948 - West Indies versus England, Test debut Walcott, Weekes and Jim Laker.
- 1949 - First inaugural parade televised (US President Harry Truman).
- 1950 - Lend an Ear closes at National Theater in New York City, New York after 460 performances.
- 1950 - Birth of Billy Ocean [Leslie S Charles] in Trinidad; singer ("Suddenly", "Caribbean Queen").
- 1950 - Birth of Joseph R Tanner in Danville, Illinois, USA; astronaut (STS 66, 82, sk 97).
- 1950 - George Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair], author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies from tuberculosis in London, England at age 46.
- 1950 - New York jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury.
- 1951 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open.
- 1952 - Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India.
- 1953 - Birth of Fausto Bara in Mexico; actor (Gaucho - Renegades).
- 1953 - John Foster Dulles appointed as US Secretary of State.
- 1954 - First atomic submarine, USS Nautilus, launched on Thames River, christened by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.
- 1954 - First gas turbine automobile exhibited (New York City, New York).
- 1955 - Birth of Peter Fleming in New Jersey, USA; tennis player (US Open Doubles 1979, 1981, 1983).
- 1955 - Birth of Robby Benson in Dallas, Texas, USA; actor (One on One, Running Brave, The Chosen, Ice Castles, Beauty and the Beast).
- 1955 - Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at age 59.
- 1956 - Comedy in Music (Victor Borge) closes at the Golden theater in New York City, New York after 849 performances.
- 1956 - Birth of Bob Brill in New York City, New York, USA; drummer (Berlin - "Take My Breath Away").
- 1957 - Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at age 87.
- 1957 - Birth of Geena (Virginia) Davis in Wareham, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Beetlejuice, The Fly).
- 1957 - Birth of Jacob Green; NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawk).
- 1957 - Birth of Shaukat Dukanwala; cricket player (Baroda off-spinner, United Arab Emirates World Cup 1996).
- 1958 - Birth of Miguel Alejandro in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Popi).
- 1958 - Philadelphia Phillies agree to televise 78 games into New York City, New York (doesn't happen).
- 1959 - Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (Ten Commandments), dies at age 77.
- 1960 - Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km.
- 1960 - Rock fall traps 437 at Coalbrook, South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning.
- 1961 - Birth of Gabrielle Carteris in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; actress (Andrea - Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1961 - Birth of Sherry Ramsay in Staunton, Virginia, USA; actress (Trish Mason - As the World Turns).
- 1961 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss/French poet (J'ai tué), dies at age 73.
- 1961 - Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria.
- 1962 - André Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at age 76.
- 1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational.
- 1963 - Al Saint John, actor (Law and Order, Devil Riders), dies at age 70.
- 1963 - Birth of Cindy Schreyer in Forest Park, Georgia, USA; LPGA golfer (1993 Sun-Times Challenge).
- 1963 - Birth of Detlef Schrempf in Germany; NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, Seattle Supersonics).
- 1963 - Birth of Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon in Nigeria; NBA center (Houston Rockets, Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Jessie Hester; NFL player (Saint Louis Rams).
- 1964 - Carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency.
- 1965 - Birth of Brian Bradley in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 1965 - Birth of Cordell Crockett; rocker (Ugly Kid Joe - Mad Man, Too Bad).
- 1965 - Birth of Eric Moore; NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns).
- 1965 - Birth of Tania Abitbol in Madrid, Spain; LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th).
- 1965 - Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at age 68.
- 1966 - Birth of Chris Hammond; US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins).
- 1966 - Birth of Katrine Michaelsen in Gentokte, Denmark; Miss Denmark (1984).
- 1967 - AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-23.
- 1967 - Death of Ann Sheridan at age 51 from throat and liver cancer; actress (Pistols n' Petticoats TV show, Another World TV show).
- 1967 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming.
- 1967 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti.
- 1968 - AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 25-24.
- 1968 - Birth of Charlotte Ross in Chicago, Illinois; actress (Eve - Days of Our Lives).
- 1968 - Birth of Tom Urbani in Santa Cruz, California, USA; pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers).
- 1968 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-20.
- 1968 - US B-52 bomber with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland.
- 1969 - 22nd NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 3-3 at Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
- 1969 - Birth of Ashley Sheppard; NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1969 - Birth of Matt Willig; NFL tackle/guard (Atlanta Falcons, New York Jets).
- 1969 - Birth of Rusty Greer in Fort Rucker, Alabama, USA; outfielder (Texas Rangers).
- 1969 - Birth of Ted Long; Canadian Football League slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats).
- 1970 - Birth of Mark Trojanowski; drummer (Sister Hazel).
- 1970 - Birth of Levirt; rapper (B-Rock and the Bizz).
- 1970 - Birth of Brennan Little in Saint Thomas, Ontario, Canada; golfer (1994 Western States mini-tour).
- 1970 - Birth of Ian Salisbury; cricket player (Sussex and England leg-spinner 1992-96).
- 1971 - Alias Smith and Jones premieres on ABC TV.
- 1971 - Birth of Doug Edwards; NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies).
- 1971 - Birth of Doug Weight in Warren, Michigan, USA; NHL center (Edmonton Oilers, Team USA 98).
- 1971 - Birth of Tommy Puett in Gary, Indiana, USA; actor (Tyler - Life Goes On, America's Top 10).
- 1971 - Richard B Russell, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Georgia), dies at age 73.
- 1972 - Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory.
- 1972 - Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms.
- 1972 - Birth of Alan Benes in Evansville, Indiana, USA; pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1972 - Birth of Howard Nathan; NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks).
- 1972 - Birth of Shelley Looney; ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-1998).
- 1972 - Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become separate states of Indian union.
- 1973 - Third NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 33-28.
- 1973 - Birth of Bubba Miller; corner (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1973 - Birth of Grady Jackson; defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders).
- 1973 - Birth of Jamal Cox; WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire).
- 1974 - Birth of Jerald Sowell; fullback (New York Jets).
- 1974 - Birth of Jerry Wunsch; tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1974 - Birth of Orpheus Roye; defensive end (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1974 - Gold hits record US$161.31 an ounce in London, England.
- 1974 - Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at age 48.
- 1974 - Ken Viljoen, cricket player (played 27 Tests for South Africa 1930-47), dies.
- 1974 - Lewis L Strauss, head US Atomic Energy Commission (1953-58), dies at age 78.
- 1974 - Silver hits record US$3.97 an ounce in London, England.
- 1975 - 28th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-1 at Montréal.
- 1975 - Birth of Anette Oldenborg; Miss Denmark-Universe (1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Faghma Absalom; Miss Namibia-Universe (1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Willem Korsten; Dutch soccer player (Vitesse).
- 1975 - Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at age 84.
- 1976 - Birth of Amanda Little; Miss Texas-USA (1997, top 6).
- 1976 - Birth of Emma Lee Bunton AKA Baby Spice in Finchley, London, England; vocalist (Spice Girls).
- 1976 - Supersonic Concorde, first commercial flights, by Britain and France.
- 1977 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter grants an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War.
- 1977 - Italy legalizes abortion.
- 1978 - The soundtrack of the movie Saturday Night Fever reaches #1 on the album charts.
- 1979 - Birth of Nokio; singer (Dru Hill).
- 1979 - Birth of Kelly Gaudet; Miss Florida Teen-USA (1996).
- 1979 - Super Bowl XIII: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 35-31 in Miami, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Terry Bradshaw, quarterback.
- 1979 - Birth of Ilana Miller in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (The New Mickey Mouse Club).
- 1980 - The MS Athina B is beached at Brighton, becoming a temporary tourist attraction.
- 1980 - Birth of Kevin McKenna; Canadian football player.
- 1980 - Birth of Aubrie Rippner in Los Angeles, California; tennis star (1995 USTA National Girls 18).
- 1980 - Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89-foot 3-inch basketball field goal.
- 1980 - The London Gold Fixing hits its highest price ever, at US$850 a troy ounce.
- 1980 - Price of an ounce of silver reaches a daytime high of US$50.35, closing at US$42.07.
- 1981 - The first De Lorean DMC-12 automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
- 1981 - Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at age 79.
- 1981 - Birth of Gillian Chung; Hong Kong singer (Twins).
- 1982 - Blues musician B.B. King donates his entire record collection - seven-thousand records - to the University of Mississippi.
- 1983 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht.
- 1983 - US President Ronald Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid.
- 1984 - Death of Jackie Wilson at age 49 (in a coma since 1975 heart attack); soul singer ("Night" (1960), "I Get the Sweetest Feeling", "Lonely Teardrops"), inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987).
- 1984 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton.
- 1985 - -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record).
- 1985 - -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Mitchell, North Carolina (state record).
- 1985 - Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema.
- 1985 - Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java.
- 1985 - Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals.
- 1986 - 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38 degrees F (3 degrees C), Indiana, USA.
- 1986 - Allison J Brown, age 17 of Oklahoma, crowned fourth Miss Teen USA.
- 1986 - Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed.
- 1987 - BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to University of Mississippi.
- 1987 - Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (Seventh Day), dies at age 83.
- 1988 - Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies.
- 1988 - US accepts immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children.
- 1989 - Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's second all time scorer.
- 1990 - 41st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 12-7 at Pittsburgh.
- 1990 - Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director.
- 1990 - John McEnroe becomes the first ever expelled from the Australian Open for throwing a tantrum and swearing at an official.
- 1990 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic.
- 1990 - The East German political party, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, changes its name to the Party of Democratic Socialism to minimize negative association with German Democratic Republic.
- 1991 - Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies.
- 1991 - Howard "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies at age 87.
- 1991 - Richard Bolling, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Missouri)/US civil-rights leader, dies at age 74.
- 1993 - Singapore-registered tanker Maersk Navigator collides with the empty tanker Sanko Honour in the Andaman Sea en route from Oman to Japan, dumping up to 318 million litres of oil, spreading a slick up to 56km off Sumatra.
- 1994 - Basel al-Assad, Syrian President Assad's son, dies in car accident at age 31.
- 1994 - Dow Jones Industrial Average passes 3900 (record 3,914.20).
- 1994 - In Halmahera, Indonesia, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurs. Seven people killed, 40 injured and 550 houses damaged in the Kau area.
- 1995 - The last show of the TV series The Crusaders airs.
- 1995 - Flavio "Negao" Pires da Conceicao, drug trafficker, dies at age 25.
- 1996 - 53th Golden Globes: Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta.
- 1996 - Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament.
- 1996 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo.
- 1997 - Death of Colonel Tom Parker at age 87 after a stroke; celebity manager (Elvis Presley, Minnie Pearl, Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow, Tom Mix).
- 1997 - In Southern Xinjiang, China, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurs. At least 12 people killed, 40 injured, and 2,500 families homeless; about 31,000 homes destroyed or damaged.
- 1997 - Newt Gingrich becomes the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
- 1997 - Death of Irwin Jesse Levin at age 58 of kidney failure; songwriter ("Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree").
- 1998 - Death of Jack Lord, American actor (Hawaii Five-O) (born 1920).
- 1998 - Pope John Paul II visits Cuba.
- 1999 - In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4.3 t) of cocaine aboard, headed for Houston, Texas.
- 1999 - Death of Charles Brown died at age 76 of congestive heart failure; rhythm and blues singer, pianist (Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - "Drifting Blues" (1946)).
- 2002 - FOX airs the 100th episode of Ally McBeal TV show.
- 2004 - Birth of Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway.
- 2005 - In Belmopan, Belize, unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
- 2005 - Roger Clemens agrees to one-year, US$18 million deal with the Houston Astros, making Clemens the most expensive pitcher in major league history.
- 2005 - Disk jockey Dave Plotkin sets a record for the world's longest continuous broadcast by a single jock, staying on the air for 110 hours. Plotkin broadcast from Rollins College's WPRK-FM in Winter Park, Florida, USA.
- 2005 - Death of Don Poier, U.S. play-by-play man for the Memphis Grizzlies (born 1951).
- 2005 - Death of Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (born 1907).
- 2006 - Death of Ibrahim Rugova, first President of Kosovo (born 1944).
- 2007 - Yokozuna Asashoryu wins the Emperor's Cup at the New Year's Grand Sumo Tournament (Hatsu Basho) in Tokyo, Japan.
- 2008 - Stock market share prices worldwide drop in the worst day of trading since September 11, 2001.
- 2008 - Death of Marie Smith (native name Udachkuqax*a'a'ch), last speaker of the Egak language, at age 89, in Alaska.
- 2009 - The U.S. Senate endorses former New York Senator and former first lady Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.
- 2009 - Israel completes its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Intermittent air strikes by both sides of the preceding war continue in the weeks to follow.
- 2020 - Some Italian towns with high case counts of the coronavirus are put into lockdown.
- 2020 - The Republic of China reports its first confirmed coronavirus case.
- 2020 - Death of Hédi Baccouche, 6th Prime Minister of Tunisia (born 1930).
- 2020 - Death of Tengiz Sigua, 2nd Prime Minister of Georgia (born 1934).
- 2022 - A Miami, Florida, court issues an arrest warrant for Crystal Cruises' Crystal Symphony cruise ship. Peninsula Petroleum Far East Pte. Ltd. filed a lawsuit seeking US$1.2 million against the Crystal Symphony, US$2.1 million against Crystal Cruises, and US$1.3 million against Star Cruises for unpaid fuel bills.
- 2022 - Death of Louie Anderson at age 68 of complications from non-Hodgkins lymphopma in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; comedian, actor (Christine - Baskets TV show, Emmy award, Coming to America movie), host (Family Fued TV show (1999-2002)), voice actor (Life with Louie TV show (1994-1998)), writer (Dear Dad: Letters from an Adult Child).
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