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What happened in history on this day: January 10?
On January 10 in ...
- 69 - Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as Caesar.
- 236 - Saint Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 681 - Saint Agatho dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 866 - Lin-chi I-hsuan [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies.
- 976 - John I Tzimisces co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at age 51.
- 1072 - Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
- 1271 - Otto II the Lame, Earl of Gelre, dies.
- 1276 - Gregorius X [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies.
- 1356 - German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree.
- 1365 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV assigns gold and silver mines and rights of coinage to princes and electors of the empire.
- 1429 - Order of the Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary and Spain.
- 1430 - Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal.
- 1430 - Order of the Guilder forms.
- 1502 - Birth of Hendrik Niclaes German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God).
- 1514 - Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin finished.
- 1542 - Gerardus Noviomagus [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at age 59.
- 1550 - First sitting of "Vurige Chamber" in Paris.
- 1573 - Birth of Simon Marius in Gunzenhausen, Germany; astronomer, named the four largest moons of Jupiter, first to report the spiral nebula in Andromeda, one of the first to note sunspots.
- 1635 - Birth of Willem à Brakel Frisian theologist (Reasonable religion).
- 1638 - Birth of Niels Stensen Danish astronomer.
- 1642 - King Charles I and family flee London for Oxford.
- 1644 - Birth of Louis Boufflers marshall of France.
- 1645 - William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury is beheaded for treason at age 71.
- 1663 - King Charles II affirms charter of Royal African Company.
- 1674 - Jacob de Witt Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/Member of Parliament, dies at age 84.
- 1731 - Charles Farnese becomes duke of Parma/Piacenza.
- 1738 - Birth of Ethan Allen Revolutionary War fighter (led the Green Mountain Boys).
- 1747 - Birth of Abraham L Breguet French clock maker.
- 1768 - Birth of James Varicick first AME Zion Bishop.
- 1768 - Charles Cressent French court furniture maker, dies at age 82.
- 1769 - Birth of Michel Ney French marshal (Waterloo).
- 1775 - Jemeljan Pugatshov Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies.
- 1778 - Death of Carolus Linnaeus AKA Carl von Linné at age 70; Swedish botanist/explorer/"Father of Taxonomy".
- 1785 - Death of Heinrich Wilhelm Stiegel in Charming Forge, Pennsylvania, USA; built two ironworks, manufactured of window glass and bottles, founded American Flint Glassworks.
- 1806 - Dutch in Cape Town, South Africa, surrender to the British.
- 1808 - Herman Daendels succeeds A. Wiese as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies.
- 1810 - Sweden signs peace with France, regaining Pomerania, at a cost of breaking all trade with England except for salt imports.
- 1810 - French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Joséphine.
- 1811 - Louisiana slaves rebel in two parishes.
- 1811 - Death of Marie-Joseph de Chénier at age 46; French poet (Chant du Départ).
- 1814 - Birth of Aubrey de Vere; Irish writer (Victorian Observer).
- 1815 - Birth of Alexander Brydie Dyer; US Brevet Major General (Union Army) (dies 1874).
- 1815 - Birth of Thomas Williams; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1862).
- 1824 - Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at age 64.
- 1825 - Birth of Alexander Travis Hawthorn; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1899).
- 1834 - Birth of John Acton; English historian/Member of Parliament.
- 1839 - Tea from India first arrives in United Kingdom.
- 1840 - In England, the 1-penny postage rate goes into effect. A letter weighing under 1/2 ounce can be sent anywhere within the country for one penny.
- 1846 - Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at age 75.
- 1847 - Birth of Jacob Schiff in Frankfurt am Main, Germany; American railroad banker, philanthropist.
- 1855 - Birth of Peter J Blok; Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People).
- 1855 - Mary Russell Mitford, English playwright/poet (Julian), dies at age 67.
- 1858 - Birth of Heinrich Zille; German cartoonist (Cheerful Blätter, Simplicissimus).
- 1861 - Florida becomes third state to secede from USA.
- 1861 - Fort Jackson and Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops.
- 1861 - US forts and property seized by Mississippi.
- 1862 - Samuel Colt, inventor (six-shot revolver), dies at age 47.
- 1863 - Uprising begins in Poland.
- 1866 - Birth of Karl Aschoff in Berlin; pathologist, discovered phagocytes (cells which ingest foreign substances) and Aschoff's bodies (nodules in the heart related to the rheumatic process).
- 1870 - Georgia (US) legislature reconvenes.
- 1870 - John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
- 1870 - US Secretary of the Navy George Robeson directs Commander Thomas O. Selfridge to make a survey of the Isthmus of Darien, Nicaragua, to determine best location for canal from Atlantic to Pacific oceans.
- 1871 - Birth of Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti; Austrian author (Jesse and Maria).
- 1877 - Birth of Frederick Gardner Cottrell; inventor (electrostatic precipitator).
- 1878 - US Senate proposes female suffrage.
- 1880 - Birth of Eduard M Meijers; Dutch lawyer (Short Cause).
- 1880 - Birth of French van Cauwelaert; Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp.
- 1880 - Birth of Grock AKA Charles Wettach in Reconvilier, Switzerland; circus clown, stage comedian.
- 1880 - Birth of Manuel Azaña y Díaz; Prime Minister/President of second Spanish republic (1936-39).
- 1882 - Birth of Charles Trowbridge in Vera Cruz, Mexico; actor (Fatal Hour).
- 1883 - Birth of Aleksei Tolstoi; Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj).
- 1883 - Birth of Florence Reed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; silent film actress (Dancing Girl).
- 1883 - Birth of Francis X Bushman in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; silent film actor (Ben Hur, Spy's Defeat).
- 1887 - Birth of Robinson Jeffers; US poet/playwright (Tamar and Other Poems, Medea).
- 1888 - Birth of Emile van Bosch; Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks).
- 1888 - Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince is granted a US patent for an "Apparatus for producing animated pictures".
- 1889 - Ivory Coast is declared a protectorate of France.
- 1890 - Birth of Douglas MacLean in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; silent film comedian/producer (Going Up).
- 1890 - Birth of Ernest Milton in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three).
- 1890 - Death of Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger in Munich, Germany; Roman Catholic priest, professor of canon law, church historian.
- 1890 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Sapientiae Christianae.
- 1892 - Birth of Dumas Malone in Mississippi, USA; historian (Jefferson and His Time).
- 1894 - Birth of Reginald Denham in London, England; Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed).
- 1898 - Birth of Sergei M Eisenstein; Russian director (Alexandr Nevski).
- 1899 - Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at age 69.
- 1901 - Birth of Pauline Starke in Joplin, Missouri, USA; actress (Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic).
- 1901 - A drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas, produces a gusher of crude oil from at a depth of over 1,000 feet.
- 1903 - Birth of Barbara Hepworth; English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued by Rover).
- 1903 - Birth of Jens A Schade; Danish writer (Schadebogen, Losses Højsang).
- 1904 - Birth of Ray Bolger AKA Raymond Wallace Bulcao in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA; actor/dancer (Tin Woodsman - Wizard of Oz, hosted - Bell Telephone Hour, Grampa - The Partridge Family TV show).
- 1908 - Anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at age 65.
- 1908 - Birth of Bernard Lee in London, England; actor (M in James Bond movies).
- 1908 - Birth of Paul Henreid in Trieste, Austria-Hungary; actor (Casablanca film, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse film, Goodbye Mr. Chips film), director (Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV show, Schlitz Playhouse TV show, Big Valley TV show, The Iron Horse Tv show, Bracken's World TV show).
- 1910 - First international air meet in US held, in Los Angeles, California.
- 1910 - Birth of Galina Ulanova in Saint Petersburg, Russia; ballerina (Bolshoi).
- 1911 - First photo in US taken from an airplane, in San Diego, California.
- 1911 - Birth of Jan Boon [Tjalie Robinson]; Dutch East Indies publicist (Tong Tong).
- 1911 - Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified).
- 1912 - Caillaux government in France resigns.
- 1912 - World's first flying boat's maiden flight (Glenn Curtiss in New York).
- 1913 - Birth of Gustav Husak; President of Czechoslovakia (1975-89).
- 1914 - Birth of Polly Rowles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Aunt Laurie - Jamie, The Defenders TV show, The Nurses TV show, Somerset TV show, US Steel Hour TV show, Alcoa Hour TV show, Philco TV Playhouse TV show, Kraft TV Theatre TV show, Studio One TV show).
- 1914 - Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 minutes in 43.7 seconds in Oslo, Norway.
- 1916 - End of Gallipoli campaign, British retreat, 313 officers dead, 1313 Marines dead, over 5000 wounded.
- 1916 - Russian offensive in Kaukasus.
- 1917 - Birth of Jerry Wexler; music producer (Aretha Franklin/Bob Dylan).
- 1917 - Buffalo Bill Cody, US Army scout and Indian fighter, dies.
- 1920 - Birth of Georges Marchal in Nancy, France; actor (Evil Eden, Gina, Milky Way).
- 1920 - Montreal Canadiens (14) and Toronto Saint Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals.
- 1920 - Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce.
- 1920 - The Versailles Treaty takes force.
- 1923 - Last US troops leave Rhineland (Germany).
- 1923 - Lithuania seizes and annexes country of Memel.
- 1925 - France-Saarland forms.
- 1926 - Birth of June Haver; Mrs Fred MacMurray/actress (Dolly Sisters).
- 1927 - August(us) Allebé, Dutch painter/lithograph, dies at age 88.
- 1927 - Birth of Marie LaFeche AKA Gisele MacKenzie in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; singer and program host (CBC radio show, Your Hit Parade TV show, Jack Benny Show TV show, "Hard to Get" song).
- 1927 - Birth of Johnnie Ray in Oklahoma, USA; singer ("Cry", "Please Mr. Sun", "The Little White Cloud That Cried", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Just Walking in the Rain").
- 1927 - Birth of Lee Philips in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (The Adventures of Ellery Queen TV show (1959)), director (My World TV show, Welcome to It TV show, The Governor and JJ TV show, Gidget TV show, The Waltons TV show, The Practice TV show, Diagnosis Murder TV show).
- 1928 - Birth of Donald Brooks; fashion designer (Emmy 1983).
- 1928 - Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky.
- 1930 - Birth of Roy E Disney; CEO (Walt Disney Company).
- 1930 - Commencement of New Zealand's first Test, versus England at Christchurch.
- 1930 - Maurice Allom takes cricket Test hat-trick England versus New Zealand at Christchurch.
- 1930 - Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted.
- 1931 - Birth of Alexander L "Alex" Boraine in South Africa; vicar/Member of Parliament.
- 1931 - Philadelphia Quakers defeat Montreal Canadiens, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak.
- 1932 - The first Mickey Mouse color comic page is published in Sunday editions of newspapers.
- 1932 - The first Silly Symphonies color comic page is published in Sunday editions of newspapers. The edition is titled "Bucky Bug".
- 1932 - Pete the Tramp cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts.
- 1933 - Birth of Leonard John Coldwell; cricket bowler (England medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64).
- 1934 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist, beheaded in Berlin, Germany at age 24.
- 1935 - Birth of Ronnie Hawkins in Arkansas, USA; rocker (The Band - "Who Do You Love?").
- 1935 - Charlie McGahey, cricket player (MCC tour of Australia 1901-02 cured his tuberculosis), dies.
- 1935 - Edwin H Flack, English 800m/1500m runner (Olympics-gold-1896), dies at age 60.
- 1936 - Charles Wright, cricket player (3 Tests England versus South Africa 1895-96), dies.
- 1938 - Birth of Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich; NHL Hall of Famer (Montreal Canadiens).
- 1938 - Birth of Ivan Twigden; English contractor/multi-millionaire (Twigden PLC).
- 1938 - Birth of Willie "Stretch" McCovey; first baseman (San Francisco Giants #44).
- 1939 - Birth of Bill Toomey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; decathlon champion (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1939 - Birth of Sal Mineo in The Bronx, New York, USA; actor/singer (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause film, The Gene Krupa Story film).
- 1939 - Donald Bradman hits 186 South Africa versus Queensland before Christ catches him at short-leg.
- 1939 - Jameson Thomas, actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies at age 50.
- 1939 - Julius Bittner, Austria composer (Missa Austriaca, Little Violet), dies at age 64.
- 1941 - Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at age 61.
- 1941 - Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian, murdered at age 67.
- 1941 - Seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews.
- 1941 - Graf von Schulenburg of the German Government and V. Molotov of the USSR sign a secret protocol transferring a small piece of Lithuanian territory to the USSR for 31.5 million reichmarks (US$7.5 million).
- 1942 - Birth of Walter Hill; film director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice).
- 1942 - Japan invades North-Celebes, Dutch East Indies.
- 1943 - First US President to visit a foreign country in wartime-Franklin Roosevelt leaves for Casablanca, Morocco.
- 1943 - Agustin P Justo y Rolon, President of Argentina (1931-38), dies at age 66.
- 1943 - Birth of Jim Croce in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer/songwriter ("You Don't Mess Around with Jim", "Time in a Bottle", "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", "I've Got a Name").
- 1943 - J Arthur S Berson, Austrian meteorologist, dies at age 83.
- 1943 - The Soviet Red Army breaks into Stalingrad.
- 1944 - First mobile electric power plant delivered, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1944 - British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma.
- 1944 - Birth of Frank Sinatra Junior in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; singer/bandleader (Golddiggers).
- 1945 - Baseball writers again fail to elect a new Hall of Famer.
- 1945 - Birth of Rod Stewart in London, England; singer ("Maggie Mae", "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy").
- 1945 - Los Angeles Railway (with five streetcar lines) forced to close.
- 1946 - Birth of Alexis Nihon Junior in the Bahamas; wrestler (Olympics-1968).
- 1946 - Birth of Aynsley Dunbar; rocker (Journey, Jefferson Starship).
- 1946 - Birth of Bob Lang; rock bassist (Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders).
- 1946 - United Nations General Assembly convenes for first time (London, England).
- 1946 - US Army establishes first radar contact with Moon, from Belmar, New Jersey.
- 1947 - Finian's Rainbow opens at 46th Steet Theater in New York City, New York for 725 performances.
- 1947 - Birth of George Alec Effinger; American sci-fi author (Nick of Time).
- 1947 - British stop ships Independence and In-Gathering from landing in Israel.
- 1948 - Call Me Mister play closes at National Theater in New York City, New York after 734 performances.
- 1948 - Birth of Cyril Neville; American singer/percussionist (Neville Bros - "Yellow Moon").
- 1948 - Birth of Donald Fagen in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan - "Peg").
- 1948 - Birth of William Sanderson in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actor (Larry - Newhart, Deuce - Babylon 5, Blade Runner, Deadwood).
- 1949 - CBS TV debuts the Jewish family show The Goldbergs.
- 1949 - Birth of George Foreman in Marshall, Texas, USA; world heavyweight boxing champion (1973-74, 1995).
- 1949 - Birth of Teresa Graves in Houston, Texas, USA; actress (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In TV show, Get Christie Love TV show).
- 1949 - Birth of Walter S Browne; US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84).
- 1949 - RCA introduces the 7-inch 45rpm vinyl record, and Columbia introduces the 12-inch 33.3rpm record.
- 1949 - Death of Erich Dagobert von Drygalski in Königsberg, Germany; geographer, glaciologist, professor.
- 1951 - First jet passenger trip made.
- 1951 - Birth of Kathleen Bradley in Youngstown, Ohio, USA; model (The Price is Right).
- 1951 - Harry Sinclair Lewis, US writer (Nobel Prize 1930), dies at age 65.
- 1951 - United Nations headquarters opens in Manhattan, New York, USA.
- 1952 - Birth of Scott Thurston; keyboardist/guitarist (Motels - "Only the Lonely").
- 1953 - Birth of Bobby Rahal; Indy-car racer (over 15 wins).
- 1953 - Birth of Pat Benatar [Andrezejewski] in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer ("Hit Me With Your Best Shot", "Hell Is for Children").
- 1953 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald MacLeish.
- 1953 - NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 27-7.
- 1953 - Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at age 56.
- 1954 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to W H Auden.
- 1955 - Birth of Luci Martin; rocker vocalist (Chic).
- 1955 - Birth of Michael Schenker; heavy metal rocker (McAuley Schenker Groups - "Coming on Strong", Scorpions).
- 1956 - Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at age 84.
- 1956 - Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), dies at age 64.
- 1957 - Anthony Eden resigns and Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.
- 1957 - Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates.
- 1957 - Birth of Robert Thompson in Houston, Texas, USA; Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-second).
- 1957 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at age 67.
- 1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 on the country and rhythm and blues charts, #2 on the pop chart.
- 1959 - Birth of Curt Kirkwood; singer, guitarist (Meat Puppets).
- 1959 - Birth of Chandra Cheesborough in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; 4X100 runner (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 1959 - Birth of Don Letts; rocker (Big Audio Dynamite).
- 1959 - Birth of Kirk and Curtwood; musician (Meat Puppets).
- 1960 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Delmore Schwartz.
- 1961 - Birth of Evan Handler in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dear Mr Wonderful, Studio 60, Sex and the City).
- 1961 - Birth of Janet Jones in Bridgeton, Missouri, USA; actress (American Anthem, Flamingo Kid).
- 1961 - Death of Dashiell Hammett at age 66 from throat cancer; author (Maltese Falcon, radio series Sam Spade, radio and TV's The Thin Man).
- 1962 - Birth of Jim Lindeman; US baseball outfielder (New York Mets).
- 1962 - Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy seven villages and kill 3,500.
- 1963 - Birth of Frank Wijnhoven; Dutch soccer player (NEC, Treffers).
- 1964 - Birth of Brad Roberts; musician (Crash Test Dummies).
- 1964 - A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day and Night), dies at age 46.
- 1964 - Battles between Muslims and hindus in Calcutta, India.
- 1964 - Birth of Krista Tesreau in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Mindy - Guiding Light, Tina - One Life To Live, Silk Stalkings).
- 1965 - Birth of James Washington; NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins).
- 1965 - Birth of Nathan; rocker (Brother Beyond - "Can You Keep a Secret").
- 1965 - Bollingen prize for poetry awarded to Horace Gregory.
- 1965 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14.
- 1966 - George Cresswell, cricket player (took 13 wickets in 3 Tests for New Zealand), suicide.
- 1966 - India and Pakistan sign peace accord.
- 1966 - Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War.
- 1967 - Birth of Mick Hankers; Dutch dancer (Josephine, Sound of Motown).
- 1967 - Birth of Trini Alvarado; actor (Frighteners, Sensibility and Sense, Dreams Don't Die).
- 1967 - Dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven.
- 1967 - Emerson Treacy, actor (Prowler), dies after surgery at age 66.
- 1967 - The National Educational Television broadcasts President Lyndon Johnson's State of the Union address across the US on 70 stations.
- 1967 - Lester Maddox inaugurated as Governor of Georgia, USA.
- 1968 - Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at age 73.
- 1968 - Birth of Lyle Menendez in New York; accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers).
- 1968 - Birth of Malcolm Showell; WLAF defensive end (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1968 - Howard Smith, actor (Harvey Griffin - Hazel), dies at age 74.
- 1968 - Louis-François-Marie Aubert, French composer (La Momie), dies at age 90.
- 1968 - Theophilus E Dönges, South African Internal minister, dies at age 69.
- 1969 - Birth of Juanita Clayton in Manitou, Manitoba, Canada; softball catcher (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Sweden (first Western country) recognizes North Vietnam.
- 1969 - USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus.
- 1970 - Birth of Cameron MacKenzie; Australian 100m/200m/400m (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Deon Figures; NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1970 - Birth of James Wilson; WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire).
- 1970 - Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at age 44.
- 1971 - Birth of Guylaine Cloutier in Levis, Québec, Canada; 100m breast stroke swimmer (Olympics-4-1992, 1996).
- 1971 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur.
- 1971 - Gabrielle "Coco", Chanel French fashion designer, dies at age 87.
- 1971 - PBS airs Masterpiece Theatre for the first time, hosted by Alistair Cooke.
- 1972 - Death of Al Goodman at age 81; Russian/American orchestra leader (Fred Allen radio show, NBC Comedy Hour TV show, Colgate Comedy Hour TV show).
- 1972 - Birth of Thomas Lewis; NFL wide receiver (New York Giants).
- 1972 - Georg Rendl, Austrian miner/bee-keeper (Satan on Earth), dies at age 68.
- 1972 - Los Angeles Lakers' 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Milwaukee Bucks 120-104.
- 1972 - Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan.
- 1973 - Birth of Berry Radstraat; Dutch soccer player (NEC, SCH).
- 1973 - Birth of Glenn Robinson in Gary, Indiana, USA; NBA forward (Milwaukee, Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Travis Davis; NFL strong safety (New Orleans Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1974 - Birth of Andre Kirwan; Canadian Football League receiver (Toronto Argonauts).
- 1974 - Birth of Hollis Thomas; defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1975 - Birth of Shannon Kavanaugh in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (Ivory Soul).
- 1976 - Death of Chester Arthur Burnett AKA Howlin' Wolf at age 65 of complications from kidney disease, following brain surgery in a hospital near Chicago, Illinois, USA; American blues pianist/harmonica player ("How Many More Years" (1951)).
- 1977 - 20th hat trick in New York Islanders' history - Bobby Nystrom.
- 1978 - Birth of Matt Roberts; guitarist (3 Doors Down).
- 1978 - Don Gillis, US composer (Symphony #5 1/2), dies at age 65.
- 1978 - John D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at age 71.
- 1978 - Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated. Riots erupt against Somoza's government.
- 1978 - Soyuz 27 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station.
- 1978 - Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag), dies at age 62.
- 1979 - Birth of Chris Smith AKA Daddy Mack in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; rapper (Kris Kross - "Warm it Up").
- 1980 - Birth of Sarah Shahi; actress (Life, The L-Word).
- 1980 - Jim Stewart, Boston Bruins' rookie goalie allows three goals in his first four minutes and a total of five in first period; he never again plays in the NHL.
- 1980 - Last broadcast of Rockford Files TV show on NBC.
- 1980 - Birth of Janelle Pierzina; American reality star.
- 1980 - George Meany, American labor leader, dies at age 85 (born 1894).
- 1981 - John Severin sets 100-mile unicycle speed record, 9 hours 21 minutes.
- 1981 - Death of Richard Boone of throat cancer at age 63; actor (Paladin - Have Gun Will Travel TV show, Medic TV show, The Richard Boone Show TV show).
- 1981 - El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive".
- 1982 - Death of Paul Lynde at age 55 from cardiac arrest due to extreme substance; American actor/comedian (Bye Bye Birdie, Hollywood Squares TV show, The Perry Como Show TV show, Uncle Arthur - Bewitched TV show, The Dean Martin Show TV show, Donny and Marie TV show, The Paul Lynde Show TV show).
- 1982 - Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 metre freestyle (15:43.31).
- 1982 - The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2 degrees C (-17 F) is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire, equaling the record set in the same place in 1895.
- 1982 - Cincinnati Bengals beat San Diego Chargers in -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C) to win AFC championship.
- 1983 - New York Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Detroit Tigers in Denver, Colorado.
- 1983 - Birth of Li Nina; Chinese aerial free-style skier.
- 1983 - Death of Roy DeMeo, Mafia hitman (born 1942).
- 1984 - Bulgarian Tupolev 134 plane crashes at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die.
- 1984 - Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and D Drysdale elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1984 - Suvanna Phuma, premier of Laos, dies at age 82.
- 1984 - US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years.
- 1984 - Birth of Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan football player.
- 1984 - Argentine ex-president General Bignone arrested.
- 1985 - Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as President of Nicaragua.
- 1986 - Joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at age 61.
- 1986 - Death of Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901).
- 1986 - Palau becomes a Federation as a Sovereign State in Compact of Free Association with the USA.
- 1987 - Birth of César Cielo; Brazilian swimmer.
- 1988 - The Disney Channel debuts the animated TV show The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
- 1989 - In Australia, Assistant AFP Police Commissioner Colin Winchester gunned down in driveway of Canberra home.
- 1989 - Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola.
- 1989 - Death of Hai Teng, abbott of Shaolin Temple (born 1902?).
- 1989 - Death of Donald Voorhees of pheumonia at age 85; orchestra leader, musical director (Bell Telephone Hour on radio and TV).
- 1990 - China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre).
- 1990 - Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at age 42.
- 1990 - NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players.
- 1990 - Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies.
- 1990 - Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
- 1991 - Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans.
- 1991 - US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis.
- 1992 - Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at age 89.
- 1993 - Diana Adams, ballerina, dies.
- 1993 - Maiden flight of Ultrair (Houston to Los Angeles).
- 1993 - Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death.
- 1994 - Catharina I "Ien" Dales, minister of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at age 62.
- 1994 - Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball president (National League), dies at age 72.
- 1994 - Death of Michael Aldridge at age 73; English actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Murder in the Cathedral).
- 1994 - Ukraine says it will give up world's third largest nuclear arsenal.
- 1994 - Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan agree to abolish trade tariffs.
- 1995 - CBS premieres The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder.
- 1996 - Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
- 1996 - Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins.
- 1997 - First comet of 1997 discovered: Comet 1997 A1.
- 1997 - The syndicated TV show Entertainment Tonight airs its 4,000th episode.
- 1997 - James Brown gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1997 - Dow Corning provides US$2.95 billion to settle breast implant suits.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures generally releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Evita to theaters in the US.
- 1997 - Italy's new 1,000-lire coin incorrectly shows divided Germany on map.
- 1997 - Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as President of Nicaragua.
- 1997 - Bulgarian Student strike versus government of Jan Videnov.
- 1997 - Death of Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907).
- 1998 - In Northeastern China, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurs. Seventy people killed, about 11,500 injured, 44,000 families left homeless. Over 70,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. Damage to portions of the Great Wall of China in northwestern Hebei Province.
- 1998 - In Guatemala, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs. At least 27 people injured. Felt throughout southern and western Guatemala, in El Salvador and parts of southern Mexico.
- 1999 - HBO begins airing the TV series The Sopranos.
- 1999 - Death of Frank Parker at age 95; singer (The Jack Benny Radio Show, Arthur Godfrey troupe).
- 2000 - America Online announces it is buying Time Warner, in a stock-trade deal valued at $160 billion, the largest in corporate history. The new firm, AOL Time Warner, will have a combined value of $350 billion.
- 2002 - Enrique Bolaños begins his five-year term as President of the Republic of Nicaragua.
- 2004 - At the Detroit Opera House in Michigan, General Motors unveils the next-generation "C6" 2005 Corvette. It features 400-hp engine, fixed headlights, and targa top.
- 2005 - CBS fires four executives following the release of an independent investigation into a "60 Minutes Wednesday" story about U.S. President George W. Bush's military service. The investigation said a "myopic zeal" led to the story being aired that was neither fair nor accurate. Forged documents had been used for proof in the story.
- 2005 - Death of Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born 1927).
- 2005 - Death of Gene Baylos, comedian (born 1906).
- 2006 - Apple Computer releases its first Macintosh (iMac) computer with an Intel processor.
- 2006 - Bruce Sutter becomes just the fourth relief pitcher to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 2007 - U.S. President George W. Bush announces a plan to station 21,500 additional troops in Iraq.
- 2007 - A meteorite falls in the Altai Territory in southern Siberia, Russia.
- 2007 - Death of Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (born 1912).
- 2008 - In Colombia, FARC releases two former Colombian politician women hostages held captive in the country for six years: Clara Rojas and Consuela González de Perdomo.
- 2014 - Death of Zbigniew Messner, 9th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (born 1929).
- 2017 - Death of Roman Herzog, 11th President of Germany (born 1934).
- 2017 - Death of Oliver Smithies, British-American Nobel geneticist (born 1925).
- 2019 - Venezuela enters a presidential crisis as Juan Guaidó and the National Assembly declare incumbent President Nicolás Maduro "illegitimate".
- 2020 - The genetic sequence of the new coronavirus is released.
- 2020 - Death of Marino Bollini, former Captain Regent of San Marino (born 1933).
- 2020 - Death of Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman (born 1940). His cousin Haitham bin Tarik is named his successor.
- 2023 - Death of Jeff Beck at age 78 of bacterial meningitis; guitarist (The Yardbirds).
- 2023 - Death of Constantine II at age 82; Greece monarch.
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