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What happened in history on this day: January 2?
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- 17 - Publius Ovidius Naso Roman poet, dies.
- 69 - Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Aulus Vitellius, emperor.
- 533 - John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1235 - Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names.
- 1492 - Emir of Granada, Boabdil, Abu Abdallah Muhammad XII rides out of city to King Ferdinand, handing over key to city.
- 1570 - Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins.
- 1585 - Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville.
- 1602 - Spanish forces in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale.
- 1642 - Birth of Mehmed IV sultan (Turkey).
- 1647 - Birth of Nathaniel Bacon leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Virginia (1676).
- 1660 - General George Monck crosses river Tweed into England with 7,000 men, seeking restoration of King Charles II.
- 1678 - Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva".
- 1699 - Birth of Osman III sultan (Turkey).
- 1713 - Birth of Mademoiselle Dumesnil Paris, tragic actress (Racine's Phadre, Hermione).
- 1727 - Birth of James Wolfe commanded British Army (captured Québec).
- 1728 - Birth of Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium.
- 1729 - Birth of Johann Daniel Titius in Konitz, Germany (now in Poland); astronomer, professor at the University of Wittenberg, calculations expressing the distance between the planets and the sun became know as the "Titius-Bode law".
- 1752 - Birth of Philip Freneau poet of American Revolution (The American Village).
- 1757 - British troops recapture Calcutta, India.
- 1763 - John Casteret Earl Granville English premier, dies at age 72.
- 1776 - Austria ends interrogation torture.
- 1788 - Georgia is fourth state to ratify US constitution.
- 1800 - Free black community of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, petitions US Congress to abolish slavery.
- 1811 - US Senator Thomas Pickering is first senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the President of the US).
- 1822 - Birth of Rudolf Clausius in Köslin, Germany; professor of physics, formulated second law of thermodynamics, contributed to the theory of electrolysis.
- 1831 - Birth of Justin Winston; historian/librarian (Harvard).
- 1832 - First Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens.
- 1835 - Birth of Charles Russell Lowell Junior; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers).
- 1837 - Birth of Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev in Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia; composer (Tamara).
- 1839 - Death of Marie de France, duchess of Wurtemberg, of tuberculosis.
- 1839 - First photo taken of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre).
- 1842 - First US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Pennsylvania.
- 1857 - Birth of Frederick Opper; cartoonist (Willie and His Papa, Maud the Mule, Alphonse and Gaston).
- 1857 - Birth of Martha Carey Thomas; educator/president (Bryn Mawr College).
- 1860 - Birth of William C Mills; museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds).
- 1861 - Death of Friedrich Wilhelm IV in Sanssoci Palace, Potsdam; King of Prussia (1840-61).
- 1861 - Wilhelm I becomes the Prussian King.
- 1861 - South Carolina seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor.
- 1863 - Birth of Lucia Zarate; became lightest known adult human (2.1kg at age 17).
- 1863 - Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at age 35.
- 1870 - Ernst Barlach is born in Wedel, Germany; expressionist sculptor and dramatist (Der Tote Tag, Der Findling, Die Sündflut).
- 1871 - King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at age 25.
- 1873 - Birth of Anton Pannekoek; Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics).
- 1879 - First Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1879 - Birth of Johannes L "Jan" Walch; Dutch literary (Grimaces).
- 1879 - Birth of Pieter Tesch; Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands).
- 1879 - British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die.
- 1879 - Northwestern League (minor baseball league) is organized, in Rockford, Illinois.
- 1879 - The US government resumes specie payments for paper currency.
- 1880 - Birth of Louis Breguet; French aviation pioneer.
- 1882 - Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust.
- 1884 - Birth of Jacques Chardonne [Boutelleau]; French writer (l'Epithalame).
- 1885 - Birth of Johannes Ringers; Dutch water engineer (dikes).
- 1885 - General Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum.
- 1886 - Birth of Moyshe Leyb Halpern; Galican/US poet (In New-York).
- 1889 - Birth of Tito Schipa in Italy; tenor/composer (La Rondine).
- 1889 - Birth of Walter Baldwin in Ohio; actor (Gay Amigo).
- 1890 - Record 19 foot 2 inch alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny.
- 1892 - Annie Moore, from Ireland, becomes the first person to pass through the newly opened Ellis Island.
- 1894 - Birth of Robert Nathan in New York City, New York, USA; poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie).
- 1895 - Birth of Count Folke Bernadotte in Sweden; statesman (Red Cross, United Nations).
- 1896 - Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops).
- 1896 - Birth of Dziga Vertiv AKA Denis A Kaufman; Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!).
- 1900 - E Verlinger begins manufacturing 7-inch single-sided records (Montréal, Quebec, Canada).
- 1901 - Birth of Rex O'Malley in London, England; actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight).
- 1901 - Birth of Robert Marshall; founder (Wilderness Society).
- 1901 - Birth of Torsten Ralf; Swedish tenor (Daphne).
- 1903 - US President Theodore Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola, Michigan, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she is black.
- 1904 - Birth of James Melton in Moultrie, Georgia, USA; operatic tenor (The Ziegfield Follies of the Air, The Intimate Review, Bell Telephone Hour, Harvest of Stars, The Texaco Star Theatre) (dies 1961).
- 1904 - Birth of Sally Rand in Hickory County, Missouri, USA; stripper (fan dance).
- 1904 - James Longstreet, Confederate General, dies at age 82.
- 1905 - Birth of Michael Kemp Tippett; English composer/conductor (Child of our Time).
- 1905 - Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Charles Perrine.
- 1905 - Japanese troops capture Port Arthur.
- 1908 - Birth of Ben Grauer in New York City, New York, USA; child actor, TV and radio announcer (NBC, 1932-73) (dies 1977).
- 1908 - Canadian Governor General Earl Grey formally opens the Ottawa branch of the British Royal Mint. He strikes the first coin minted in Canada, a 50-cent piece. Countess of Grey strikes the first bronze cent. 1000 specimen sets are struck to mark the occasion.
- 1909 - First official Dutch 11-city skate (Minne Hoekstra winner in 13:50).
- 1909 - Birth of Rene Etiemble; French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais).
- 1910 - First junior high school in US open, in Berkeley, California.
- 1912 - Birth of Anna Lee in Ightham, England; actress (Scruples, A Date with Judy, Lila Quartermain - General Hospital and Port Charles) (dies 2004).
- 1912 - Birth of Renato Guttuso; Italian painter (The Flight from Etna, Crucifixion).
- 1913 - Birth of Juanita E Jackson Mitchell; US head (NAACP).
- 1913 - Léon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at age 57.
- 1915 - Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at age 84.
- 1917 - Royal Bank of Canada takes over Québec Bank.
- 1918 - NHL Montréal Wanderers disband after Westmount arena burns down.
- 1918 - Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at age 42.
- 1919 - Anti-British uprising in Ireland.
- 1919 - Lithuania gains independence.
- 1920 - 10,000 Union and socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids).
- 1920 - Birth of Duke of Devonshire; English large landowner/art collector.
- 1920 - Birth of Isaac Asimov in Russia; scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy).
- 1921 - Religious services are broadcast on radio for the first time as KDKA in Pittsburgh airs the regular Sunday service of the city's Calvary Episcopal Church.
- 1921 - Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German chancellor/Prime Minister (Prussia), referred to the international treaty guaranteeing Belgian neutrality as "a scrap of paper", dies at age 64.
- 1922 - Birth of Jason Evers in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Wrangler, Channing).
- 1923 - Ku Klux Klan makes surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood, Florida, USA; 8 killed including Sam Carter (compensation awarded in 1995).
- 1925 - Birth of William J Crowe Junior in Kentucky, USA; chairman joint chiefs of staff.
- 1925 - Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR).
- 1927 - Birth of Gino Marchetti; NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts).
- 1927 - Birth of Richard Belmont Ray; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Georgia).
- 1928 - Birth of Dan Rostenkowski; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Illinois, -1994), House Ways and Means Committee chair.
- 1928 - Birth of Harry Hyams; English immovable goods owner (Center Point).
- 1928 - Birth of Howard Caine in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; actor (Brushfire, Hogan's Heroes, War and Remembrance), voice actor (Jonny Quest, Challenge of the Go-Bots, Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo) (dies 1993).
- 1928 - Birth of Vaughn Beals in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle).
- 1929 - US and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls.
- 1930 - Birth of Julius LaRosa in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer (Arthur Godfrey Time).
- 1931 - South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
- 1931 - Birth of Toshiki Kaifu; premier of Japan (1989-91).
- 1932 - Young gang shoots dead six police in Springfield, Missouri.
- 1933 - Donald Bradman scores 103 against the Bodyline attack in the second Test.
- 1933 - NHL Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers in New York 13-3.
- 1933 - US troops leave Nicaragua.
- 1933 - Birth of Ken Swofford; actor (Murder She Wrote, Fame, Gunsmoke).
- 1934 - First state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania.
- 1934 - Donald Bradman scores 253 New South Wales versus Queensland, 204 minutes, 29 fours 4 sixes.
- 1936 - First electron tube to enable night vision described, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
- 1936 - Birth of Roger Miller in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; singer/songwriter ("King of the Road", "England Swings", "You Don't Want My Love", "Dang Me", "Chug-a-Lug"), winner of 11 Grammy awards. (dies 1992)
- 1936 - Donald Bradman scores 357 for South Africa versus Victoria, 424 minutes, 40 fours.
- 1936 - Birth of John Considine; actor (Santa Barbara, Another World).
- 1937 - Ross Alexander, actor (Captain Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at age 29.
- 1938 - Birth of John Considine; actor (Reginald Love - Another World).
- 1938 - Book publisher Simon and Schuster is founded.
- 1939 - Donald Bradman scores 107 South Africa versus Victoria, his fourth consecutive century.
- 1940 - Birth of Jim Bakker; televangelist (PTL Club)/philanderer (Jessica Hahn).
- 1942 - The 28 nations at war with the Axis pledge no separate peace.
- 1942 - German troops in Bardia surrender.
- 1942 - Japanese troops occupy Manila, Philippines.
- 1944 - First use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol).
- 1945 - Allied air raid on Neurenberg.
- 1945 - Betram Home Ramsay, English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at age 61.
- 1945 - Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion.
- 1946 - Joe Darling, cricket player (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies.
- 1947 - Birth of Aleksandr Tikhonova in USSR; biathalon relay (Olympics-gold-1968, 1972, 1976, 1980).
- 1947 - Birth of Calvin Hill; NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1947 - Birth of Lanny Bassham; American rifle-3 position (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1947 - Birth of Ron Hale; actor (General Hospital, Ryan's Hope).
- 1947 - Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali.
- 1949 - Birth of Chick Churchill in Wales; keyboardist (Ten Years After - "I'm Going Home").
- 1949 - Birth of Christopher Durang in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; playwright/actor (Sister Mary).
- 1950 - Birth of Lou Gramm; rocker (Foreigner - "Midnight Blue", "Ready Or Not").
- 1950 - Death of Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janez) in Rorschach, Switzerland, age 65; movie actor (Der blaue Engel, The Way of All Flesh).
- 1951 - Birth of Nadia Cassini [Gianna Lou Muller] in Woodstock, New York, USA; model (Oui).
- 1952 - Pal Joey opens at Broadhurst Theater in New York City, New York for 542 performances.
- 1952 - Birth of Wendy Phillips in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Stacey - Executive Suite, Promised Land, Studio 60, Big Love, Falcon Crest).
- 1953 - NBC-TV presents the first program in the series of The Life of Riley, starring William Bendix.
- 1954 - Birth of Ludmila Borozna in the USSR; volleyball player (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1955 - The Bob Cummings Show premieres on NBC.
- 1955 - José Antonio Remon, President of Panamá (1952-55), is assassinated.
- 1956 - Poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections.
- 1957 - Birth of Joanna Pacula Tomszowaubelski in Poland; actress (Gorky Park, Kiss).
- 1957 - Birth of John Bedford-Lloyd; actor (All My Children, Aliens in the Family).
- 1959 - Birth of Kirti Azad; cricket player (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83).
- 1959 - CBS Radio cancels four soap operas: Our Gal Sunday, This is Nora Drake, Backstage Wife, and Road of Life.
- 1960 - First redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax).
- 1960 - Birth of Raman Lamba; cricket player (Indian opening batsman 1986-87).
- 1960 - Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/director (Hague Comedy), dies at age 60.
- 1960 - Chris van Abkoude, author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about age 79.
- 1960 - Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at age 40.
- 1960 - Friedrich Adler, Austrian social-democrat, assassin of Prime Minister Stürgkh in 1916, dies in Zürich, Switzerland at age 80.
- 1960 - John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years.
- 1960 - US Senator John F Kennedy announces his candidacy for President.
- 1961 - First AFL Championship Game, Houston Oilers beat Los Angeles Chargers 24-16.
- 1961 - Bob Catterall, cricket player (1555 runs/24 Tests for South Africa 1922-31), dies.
- 1961 - Birth of Gabrielle Carteris; actress (Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1961 - CBS airs the last The Jackie Gleason Show TV show.
- 1961 - Hawaii's all-time low temperature, 14 degrees F recorded atop Haleakale.
- 1962 - Nighttime version of TV show Password with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS.
- 1963 - Birth of David Cone in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; baseball pitcher (New York Mets/Toronto Blue Jays/New York Yankees).
- 1963 - Birth of Edgar Martinez in New York City, New York, USA; baseball first baseman (Seattle Mariners).
- 1963 - Death of Dick Powell at age 58 of cancer of the lymph glands; movie star in the 1930's, radio star in the 1940's (Richard Diamond, Private Detective), TV star and producer in the 1950's (Four Star Playhouse, The Best in Mystery, Zane Grey Theater, The Dick Powell Show).
- 1963 - Death of Jack Carson at age 50 of stomach cancer; radio, TV, and film star (The Sealtest Village Store, The Jack Carson Show, Star is Born, Mildred Pierce).
- 1964 - Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan.
- 1964 - Birth of Pernell Whitaker; boxer (Olympics-gold).
- 1964 - Birth of Rumesh Ratnayake; cricket player (Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92).
- 1964 - Failed assassination attempt on President Nkrumah of Ghana.
- 1965 - Birth of Diane Lane in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Streets of Fire, Lady Beware, Lonesome Dove).
- 1965 - Birth of Greg Swindell in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; pitcher (Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians).
- 1965 - Birth of Russ Courtnall in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada; NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks).
- 1965 - Martin Luther King Junior begins a drive to register black voters in the USA.
- 1965 - New York Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath.
- 1965 - Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict the Queen with a slightly more mature look.
- 1966 - First Jewish child born in Spain since 1492 expulsion.
- 1966 - Green Bay Packers beat Cleveland Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game.
- 1967 - Birth of Harlon Barnett; NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings).
- 1967 - Birth of Tia Carrere [Althea Janairo] in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; actress (Wayne's World, General Hospital, Relic Hunter, Supernova).
- 1968 - Birth of Cuba Gooding Junior; actor (Jerry McGuire, MacGyver, As Good As It Gets, Boyz N the Hood, A Few Good Men).
- 1968 - Birth of Scott Mitchell; NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions).
- 1968 - Christiaan Barnard performs second heart transplant.
- 1969 - Birth of Christy Turlington in San Francisco, California, USA; model (Calvin Klein Eternity).
- 1969 - Birth of Rick Tabaracci in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; NHL goalie (Calgary Flames).
- 1969 - Birth of Robert Svehla in Martin, Czechoslovakia; NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers, Slovakia).
- 1969 - Birth of Stephen Davies; Australian field hockey forward/vice captain (Olympics-silver-1992, 1996).
- 1969 - Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at age 74.
- 1969 - Led Zeppelin plays the first of four nights at the Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles during the band's first North American tour. Support group is the Alice Cooper band.
- 1969 - Czechoslovakia becomes a federal state.
- 1970 - Birth of Aleksandr Shimin; hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998).
- 1970 - Birth of Anthony Stuart, cricket player (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997).
- 1970 - Birth of Glenn Cadrez; NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl XXXII).
- 1970 - Birth of Royce Clayton in Burbank, California, USA; infielder (San Francisco Giants, Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1970 - US population is 205,052,174; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1 percent).
- 1971 - A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow, Scotland, killing 66.
- 1971 - Birth of Aamer Nazir; cricket player (Pakistani pace bowler 1993-).
- 1971 - Birth of Aaron Williams; NBA center (Seattle Supersonics).
- 1971 - Birth of Brad Parpan; WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire).
- 1971 - Birth of Horace Copeland; NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1971 - Birth of Robert O'Neal; WLAF defensive back (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1971 - Birth of Taye Diggs; actor (Day Break, Kevin Hill).
- 1971 - Birth of Scott Underwood; rock musician (Train).
- 1971 - George Harrison's music album "All Things Must Pass" hits number one on North American album charts, staying there for 7 weeks.
- 1972 - Birth of Jeff Jackson; American baseball outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1972 - Birth of Lake Dawson; NFL wide receiver (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1972 - Birth of Mattias Norstrom in Mora, Sweden; NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, Los Angeles Kings).
- 1972 - Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game.
- 1972 - Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars.
- 1972 - Miami Dolphins beat Baltimore Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game.
- 1973 - Birth of Abu Wilson; running back (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1973 - Birth of Chris Woodruff in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; tennis star (1993 NCAA Division I).
- 1973 - Birth of Fredric Ford; WLAF cornerback (Scotland Claymores)/NFL cornerback (Eagles).
- 1974 - 55 MPH automobile speed limit imposed by US President Richard Nixon.
- 1974 - Birth of Juha Lind; NHL forward (Team Finland Olympics-Bronze-1998, Dallas Stars).
- 1974 - Death Woodward Maurice Ritter AKA Tex Ritter of a heart attack at age 67; country singer (theme song to High Noon movie (1952), disk jockey (Nashville radio).
- 1974 - Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres.
- 1975 - Birth of Doug Robb; rock singer (Hoobastank).
- 1975 - Birth of Dax Shepard; actor (Life with Bonnie, King of the Hill).
- 1975 - US Department of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species.
- 1977 - Bowie Kuhn suspends Atlanta Braves' owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing.
- 1977 - Death of jazz piano great Erroll Garner ("Misty") at age 53.
- 1978 - Birth of Devin Doherty; actor (Jimmy Clayton - Swan's Crossing).
- 1978 - Bülent Ecevit forms government in Turkey.
- 1978 - Rhino Records releases their first album "Wildmania".
- 1979 - 30th New York Islanders' shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 9-0 versus Vancouver Canucks.
- 1979 - Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (versus West Indies).
- 1980 - US President Jimmy Carter asks the Senate to postpone action on the SALT II nuclear weapons treaty and recalls the U.S. ambassador to Moscow.
- 1980 - 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (7-6, 6-3, 6-2).
- 1980 - Birth of Stephanie Stiegler in Santa Monica, California; pairs skater (and Zimmerman).
- 1981 - Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 metre butterfly (2:05.65).
- 1981 - Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, West Indies versus Pakistan.
- 1981 - Birth of Maxi Rodriguez; Argentina and Atletico Madrid football player.
- 1981 - David Lynch, singer (Platters - "My Prayer"), dies at age 51 of cancer.
- 1982 - 70th Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (6-2, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4).
- 1982 - San Diego Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of overtime.
- 1983 - Dick Emery, British comedian/actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at age 65 (born 1915).
- 1983 - Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ.
- 1983 - Garry Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing Doonesbury.
- 1983 - Harriet Parsons, actress/producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at age 76 of cancer.
- 1983 - Ken Anderson of Cincinnati, Ohio completes record 20 consecutive passes.
- 1983 - Birth of Kate Bosworth; American actress (Young Americans).
- 1983 - The musical Annie is performed for the last time after 2,377 shows at the Uris Theatre on Broadway, New York City, New York, USA.
- 1984 - Darryl Cullinan, 16, scores his first first-class cricket century.
- 1984 - Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship.
- 1984 - Riot in Tunis kills over 100.
- 1985 - Birth of Heather O'Reilly; US Women's national soccer player.
- 1985 - 90th hat trick in New York Islanders' history-Brent Sutter.
- 1985 - Australia beats West Indies by innings at Sydney Cricket Ground, Bob Holland 10 match wickets.
- 1985 - Egyptian President Mubarak re-appoints Coptic pope Shenuda III.
- 1985 - Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score.
- 1985 - Undefeated Brigham Young University becomes college football champion.
- 1986 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy scores his 500th goal.
- 1986 - Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at age 82.
- 1987 - Pennsylvania State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football championships.
- 1987 - Troops of Chad President Habré conquer Fada oasis.
- 1987 - Battle of Fada: The Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
- 1988 - Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Pennsylvania.
- 1988 - Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and US President Ronald Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement.
- 1989 - Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship.
- 1989 - UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game.
- 1989 - Death of Eddie Heywood Junior at age 73; pianist and composer ("Canadian Sunset").
- 1990 - Alan Hale Junior, American actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby - Gilligan's Island), dies of cancer at age 68 (born 1921).
- 1990 - Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record 2,800 (2,810.15).
- 1990 - Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky, Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at age 78.
- 1991 - Colorado wins its first AP national title poll.
- 1991 - Renato Rascel, actor (Seven Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at age 78.
- 1992 - Test debut of Shane Warne, versus India at Sydney.
- 1992 - Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at age 74.
- 1994 - Battles between army and rebellious Indians in South Mexico; 57 dead.
- 1994 - Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Commission), dies at age 79.
- 1994 - Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of International Monetary Fund (1963-73), dies at age 81.
- 1994 - Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at age 81.
- 1995 - Bus crashes in Luzon, Philippines, 29 killed.
- 1995 - Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21.
- 1995 - The animated TV series The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show first airs in syndication in the USA.
- 1995 - Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at age 67.
- 1995 - Mohammed Siyad Barre, General/President of Somalia (1969-91), dies at age 84 (born 1919).
- 1995 - Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (estimated 15 billion light years away).
- 1995 - Nancy Kelly, US actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at age 73.
- 1997 - Randy California [Wolfe], rock guitarist (Spirit), dies at age 45 after being caught in a current off the coast of Hawaii.
- 1998 - Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
- 1998 - Brazilian radio presenter and local politician Antario Teodoro Filho is shot dead during a live show by a gunman who burst into the studio.
- 1998 - Death of veteran record producer Nik Venet in Los Angeles of lymphoma at age 62. During his career, Venet produced more than 300 albums by such greats as the Beach Boys, Glen Campbell, and Bobby Darin.
- 1999 - A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 19 inches (487 mm) at Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, temperatures plunge to -13 degrees F (-25 degrees C), and 68 deaths are reported.
- 1999 - In Sichuan, China, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake occurs.
- 2001 - J.P. Morgan changes its company name to J.P. Morgan Chase.
- 2002 - Death of Bibi Osterwald at age 81 of lung disease; actress (The Imogene Coca Show, Bridget Loves Bernie).
- 2004 - The Central Bank of Suriname changes banknote denomination from gulden to Suriname dollar. Exchange rate is 1000 gulden to 1 dollar.
- 2004 - Death of Paul Hopkins, reported to be the oldest living former Major League Baseball player (born 1904).
- 2006 - The Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof in Germany collapses after heavy snowfall in the Bavarian Alps, killing 15.
- 2007 - The new constitution of Gibraltar comes into force.
- 2007 - Death of Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (born 1911).
- 2008 - Price of crude oil in the USA reaches US$100 per barrel for the first time.
- 2008 - In London, England, price of gold reaches a record US$861.10 per troy ounce, closing at $856.70, passing the previous high of $850 in January 1980. Platinum also rises to a record high $1,544 per ounce.
- 2008 - Death of George MacDonald Fraser, writer of Harry Flashman novels, at age 82.
- 2009 - The first commercial flight between Western Europe and Baghdad in at least 17 years lands in Iraq from Denmark.
- 2009 - Sri Lanka's military seizes control of Kilinochchi, the Tamil Tiger rebels' de facto capital.
- 2009 - Maria de Jesus, believed to be the world's oldest living person, dies at age 115 in Tomar, Portugal.
- 2016 - Saudi Arabia executes 47 people, mainly terrorists linked to al Qaeda.
- 2016 - Armed attack from Pakistan on Indian airforce base at Pathankot; 7 Indians are killed.
- 2021 - Death of Modibo Keita, 8th Prime Minister of Mali (born 1942).
- 2021 - Death of Michael McKevitt, Irish republican paramilitary leader (born 1949).
- 2022 - Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigns.
- 2023 - Death of Ken Block in a snowmobile crash in Utah; American professional rally driver (Hoonigan brand, DC Shoes brand).
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