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What happened in history on this day: January 12?
On January 12 in ...
- 689 - Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies.
- 1049 - Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair Persian mystic, dies at age 81.
- 1167 - Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx English abbot/saint, dies at about age 56.
- 1390 - Peter van Herenthals Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at age 67.
- 1483 - Birth of Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz Governor/Viceroy of Holland.
- 1493 - Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily.
- 1512 - English Parliament decides to join battle with Spanish against French.
- 1517 - Vasco Núñez de Balboa Spanish conquistador/admiral, beheaded at age 41.
- 1519 - Death of Maximilian I in Wels, Austria; Archduke of Austria, German king, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1528 - Gustav Eriksson Vasa is formally crowned King of Sweden.
- 1537 - Lorenzo di Credi Italian painter, dies.
- 1552 - Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed.
- 1562 - Birth of Charles Emanuel I the great, Duke of Savoy.
- 1580 - Birth of Jean Baptiste van Helmont Belgian chemist, (found boiling point temperature).
- 1583 - Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583).
- 1588 - Birth of John Winthrop first Governor (Massachusetts Bay Colony).
- 1588 - Birth of Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto] Spanish painter.
- 1598 - Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso.
- 1599 - Birth of Adrian van Utrecht Flemish painter.
- 1638 - Birth of Ernst R Tarhemberg Austrian field marshal (Turkish Wars).
- 1665 - Birth of Pierre de Fermat French lawyer/mathematician.
- 1674 - Giacomo Carissimi Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at age 68.
- 1684 - French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon.
- 1701 - Parts of the Netherlands (Frisia and Groningen) adopt the Gregorian calendar (others one year later).
- 1721 - Birth of Ferdinand in Wolfenbüttel, Germany; dominant military force in Prussia's Seven Years' War against Austria.
- 1723 - Händel's opera "Ottone" premieres, London.
- 1729 - Birth of Edmund Burke British author (Philosophy and Inquiry).
- 1729 - Birth of Lazzaro Spallanzani Modena Italy, physiologist.
- 1737 - Birth of John Hancock; American patriot (first to sign Declaration of Independence).
- 1749 - Birth of Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff Austrian earl/prince/diplomat.
- 1751 - Birth of Ferdinand I king of Sicily and Naples.
- 1751 - Birth of Jacob M R Lenz writer (Das Leidende Weib).
- 1755 - Tsarina Elisabeth establishes first Russian University.
- 1759 - Anne of Hannover English princess, dies at age 49.
- 1773 - First US public museum established (Charleston South Carolina).
- 1777 - Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California.
- 1783 - Birth of Erik Gustaf Geijer; Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen).
- 1792 - Birth of Robert Patterson; US Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1881).
- 1806 - French evacuate Vienna.
- 1807 - Gunpowder ship explodes in Leiden, Netherlands; 150 die.
- 1809 - British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from the French (until 1814).
- 1810 - Birth of Ferdinand II, king of Sicily.
- 1812 - First cargo arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana, by steam, from Natchez.
- 1814 - Birth of Jones Mitchell Withers; Major General (Confederate Army) (dies 1890).
- 1816 - France decrees the Bonaparte family be excluded from the country forever.
- 1819 - Birth of Zealous Bates Tower; US Brevet Major General (Union Army) (dies 1900).
- 1820 - Royal Astronomical Society founded in England.
- 1825 - Birth of Joseph Robert Davis; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1896).
- 1826 - Birth of Charles Cruft; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1883).
- 1829 - Death of Friedrich von Schlegel in Hannover, Germany; literary critic, cultural philosopher, poet.
- 1832 - Birth of Richard Waterhouse Junior; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1876).
- 1833 - Marie-Antoine Carème, author (Pattissier Royal Parisien), dies at age 48.
- 1833 - Birth of Eugen Dühring in Berlin, Germany; political philosopher, professor, writer Captial und Arbeit (1865), Kritische Geschichte der Philosophie (1869) and Cursus der National- und Socialökonomie (1873-92).
- 1839 - Anthracite coal first used to smelt iron, in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania.
- 1839 - Joseph A Koch, Austrian painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at age 70.
- 1842 - Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherlands Antilles.
- 1848 - The Palermo rising erupts in Sicily, against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
- 1852 - Birth of Joseph J C Joffre; French field marshal (Indo-China, Marne).
- 1853 - Birth of Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro; Italian mathematician (tensor analysis).
- 1856 - Birth of John Singer Sargent; US portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters).
- 1856 - L'udovít Stúr Slovaaks, author/linguistic (Das Slawentum), dies at age 40.
- 1860 - Birth of Charles Oman in Mozzaffapur, India; military historian (History of the Peninsular War).
- 1861 - Florida state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens.
- 1863 - Birth of Vivekananda in Calcutta; Hindu religious leader/reformer.
- 1863 - CSA President Jefferson Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address.
- 1865 - USA fleet bombs Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
- 1867 - Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at age 74.
- 1875 - Birth of Marika Stiernstedt; Swedish author (Ulla Bella).
- 1876 - Birth of Jack London; writer/socialist (Call of the Wild).
- 1877 - Death of Wilhelm Hofmeister in Lindenau, Germany; botanist, pioneer in comparative plant morphology, professor at the University of Tübingen.
- 1878 - Birth of Ferenc Molnár in Budapest, Hungary; playwright (The Play's The Thing, A Pal Utrai Fiuk).
- 1879 - British Zulu War begins: Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand.
- 1880 - Ida Gräfin von Hahn-Hahn, author (Aus der Gesellschaft), dies at age 74.
- 1882 - Birth of Jakob Jud in Wängli, Switzerland; professor of linguistics at the University of Zürich, etymologist.
- 1886 - Birth of Dorothy Green in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Lavinia - Tammy).
- 1893 - Birth of Hermann Göring in Rosenheim, Germany; head of Germany's air force, propaganda minister, one of the highest ranking Nazis.
- 1893 - Birth of Alfred Rosenberg in Reval, Estonia; editor for Nazi party paper Völkischer Beobachter, warned of a Jewish plot to take over the world.
- 1894 - Birth of Billy Gilbert in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio).
- 1896 - First X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson, North Carolina).
- 1896 - Birth of Rex Ingram in Ireland; actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre).
- 1899 - Birth of Paul Hermann Müller in Olten, Switzerland; Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the chemical DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), as an insecticide of significant power.
- 1901 - Birth of Kurt Jooss in Wasseralfingen, Germany; musician and choreographer, ballet master at the Essen Opera House.
- 1902 - Birth of Ray Teal in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; versatile character actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee - Bonanza, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Maverick, Cheyenne, Wide Country, Disneyland).
- 1902 - Birth of Simon H Spoor; Dutch General/Intelligence Officer for General MacArthur.
- 1903 - Birth of Igor V Kurtshatov; Russian nuclear physicist (first Russian nuclear bomb).
- 1904 - Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garrison.
- 1905 - Birth Woodward Maurice Ritter AKA Tex Ritter in rural Texas, USA; country singer ("Five Star Jubilee", "The Wayward Wind", theme song to High Noon movie (1952), disk jockey (Nashville radio).
- 1906 - Birth of Henry Youngman AKA Henny Youngman in England; comedian (Ed Sullivan Show, Hollywood Palace, Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, Tonight Show).
- 1906 - First time Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 100 (100.26).
- 1906 - Football rules committee legalizes the forward pass.
- 1907 - Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal.
- 1908 - Birth of Ben Seijes; Dutch historian (WWII).
- 1908 - Birth of José Limón; Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus).
- 1909 - Birth of Mauritz Hugo in Sweden; actor (Atomic Blonde, Road Agent).
- 1910 - Birth of Luise Rainer in Austria; actress (Escapade, Good Earth, Big City, Hostages).
- 1910 - Birth of Patsy Kelly in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars).
- 1912 - -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Washta, Iowa (state record).
- 1915 - Birth of Frank Annunzio; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Illinois, 1965-).
- 1915 - Birth of Martin Agronsky in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; print and TV journalist (NBC's Meet the Press, CBS's Face the Nation, PBS' Agronsky and Company).
- 1915 - House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote.
- 1916 - Birth of Pieter Willem Botha in Orange Free State; Prime Minister of South Africa (1978-1984), President of South Africa (1984-1989).
- 1916 - Britain proclaims Gilbert and Ellice Island colony in the Pacific.
- 1918 - Montreal Canadiens' Joe Malone scores five goals beating Ottawa Senators 9-4.
- 1920 - Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues is agreed to be done in inverse order of the final standings.
- 1921 - Birth of John Henry Davis Junior in Smithtown, New York, USA; light-super-heavyweight (Olympics-gold-1948, 1952).
- 1921 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes first commissioner of Major League Baseball.
- 1924 - History of Science Society organized at Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1925 - Birth of Bill Burrud in Hollywood, California, USA; child actor, producer/host (Safari to Adventure TV show, The Challenging Sea TV show, Animal World TV show).
- 1925 - Birth of Ralph Legall; cricket wicket-keeper (West Indies versus India 1954).
- 1925 - Oskar Brefeld, German botanist, dies at age 85.
- 1926 - Birth of Ray Price; country singer ("For The Good Times").
- 1926 - The two-man comedy series "Sam 'n' Henry" debuts on Chicago's WGN radio station. The creators and the stars of the new radio program are Freeman Gosden and Charles Carrell.
- 1928 - Birth of Lew Gallo in Mount Kisco, New York, USA; actor (12 O'Clock High).
- 1929 - Dietrich Schäfer, German historian (Mein Leben), dies at age 83.
- 1929 - Seatrain (railroad cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans, Louisiana to Havana, Cuba.
- 1930 - Birth of Glenn Yarborough; singer (Limeliters - "Honey and Wine", "Jubilee").
- 1930 - Birth of Jennifer P Johnston; Irish author (Fool's Sanctuary).
- 1930 - NHL's Boston Bruins win record 14th consecutive game.
- 1932 - France's Laval government falls.
- 1933 - US Congress recognizes independence for Philippines.
- 1933 - Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 die.
- 1934 - Birth of Burdette Haldorson; American basketball player (Olympics-gold-1956, 1960).
- 1935 - Birth of "The Amazing" Kreskin in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; mentalist/telepath.
- 1935 - Birth of Ron Harper in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Wendy and Me, Planet of the Apes, The Jean Arthur Show, Garrison's Gorillas).
- 1937 - Birth of Liliana Cavani in Bologna, Italy; director (Berlin Affair).
- 1937 - Birth of Marie Dubois in Paris, France; actress (Wise Guys, Jules and Jim).
- 1937 - Plow for laying submarine cable patented.
- 1939 - Birth of Jacobus M "Jacques" Hamelink; Dutch writer/poet (Cold Unrest).
- 1939 - Birth of William Lee Golden in Brewton, Alabama, USA; country singer (Oak Ridge Boys).
- 1940 - Birth of Dick Motz; cricket player (first New Zealander to take 100 Test wickets).
- 1940 - Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at age 56.
- 1941 - Birth of Jaime B Fuster; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Puerto Rico, 1985-92).
- 1941 - Birth of Long John Baldry in England; blues singer ("Let the Heartaches Begin" (1967), "Don't try to Lay No Boogie"), voice actor (Dr. Robotnik - Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog TV show).
- 1942 - Birth of Vladimir Sergeyevich Kozelsky; cosmonaut (Soyuz 24 backup).
- 1942 - British troops reconquer Sollum.
- 1942 - Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender.
- 1942 - George Francis, cricket player (West Indies Test fast-bowler, 23 wickets in 10), dies.
- 1942 - National War Labor Board created.
- 1943 - Birth of Henri J "Adriaan" Adriaansen, mime/director (Stinging Nettle King).
- 1943 - Birth of Ray Manzarek; rock pianist (Doors - "Light my Fire", "People are Strange").
- 1943 - Jan R T Campert, Dutch resistance fighter/poet (18 Dead), dies at age 40.
- 1944 - Birth of Joe Frazier in Beaufort, South Carolina, USA; heavyweight champion boxer (Olympics-gold-1964)/champion (1968-73).
- 1944 - Birth of Vlastimil Hort; Czechoslovakian/German chess player.
- 1944 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a two-day wartime conference in Marrakesh.
- 1944 - Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat, Amsterdam.
- 1945 - German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge.
- 1945 - US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea.
- 1946 - Birth of Cynthia Robinson; rock trumpeter (Sly and Family Stone - "Everyday People").
- 1946 - NFL champions Cleveland Rams given permission to move to Los Angeles.
- 1947 - Birth of Tom Dempsey; NFL record-holder (longest field goal, 63 yards).
- 1947 - Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at age 77.
- 1948 - Birth of Anthony Andrews in London, England; actor (Under the Volcano, Brideshead Revisited, Danger UXB).
- 1948 - Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast.
- 1949 - US national debut of Chicago-based children's show, Kukla, Fran and Ollie, on NBC-TV.
- 1949 - CBS-TV begins airing Arthur Godfrey and His Friends on TV.
- 1949 - Birth of Wayne Wang; director (Chan is Missing, Slamdance).
- 1949 - Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter.
- 1950 - Birth of Bob McEwen; American politician (Representative-Republican-Ohio, 1981-).
- 1950 - Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die.
- 1950 - USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage and sabotage.
- 1951 - Birth of Rush Limbaugh; radio talk show host.
- 1951 - Birth of Bill Madlock; four times National League batting champion (Chicago Cubs).
- 1951 - Birth of Chris Bell in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; rock guitarist (Big Star).
- 1951 - Birth of Drew Pearson; NFL all-pro receiver.
- 1951 - Birth of Kirstie Alley in Wichita, Kansas, USA; actress (Star Trek II, Rebecca - Cheers).
- 1951 - Birth of Larry Hoppens; rocker (Orleans - "Still the One", "Dance With Me").
- 1951 - Birth of Rush Hudson Limbaugh III in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA; conservative radio and television host.
- 1951 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in ten rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1952 - Birth of Ricky Van Shelton in Danville, Virginia, USA; country musician ("Somebody Lied", "From a Jack to a King", "Rockin' Years", "Wild-Eyed Dream").
- 1952 - NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 30-13.
- 1953 - Nine "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow.
- 1954 - Birth of Howard Stern in Roosevelt, New York, USA; shock jock, "Radio's Bad Boy" (WKRK, WYSP, WJFK).
- 1954 - Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; nine hours later second one-kills 115.
- 1954 - Queen Elizabeth II opens New Zealand parliament.
- 1956 - John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WWII Monument Amsterdam), dies at age 70.
- 1956 - Norman Kerry, actor (Air Eagles, Phantom of Opera), dies at age 61.
- 1957 - Birth of Tom Ardolino; drummer (NRBQ).
- 1957 - Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded.
- 1958 - Birth of Christiane Amanpour; CNN correspondent.
- 1958 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open.
- 1958 - NCAA adds two-point conversion to football scoring.
- 1958 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-7.
- 1958 - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points.
- 1959 - Birth of Per Gessle in Halmstad, Sweden; singer (Roxette - "Must Have Been Love").
- 1959 - Record label Motown is launched in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1959 - NBC premieres The Bell Telephone Hour, a 60-minute music program.
- 1960 - Birth of Charlie Gillingham; keyboardist (Counting Crows).
- 1960 - Birth of Oliver Platt; actor (Huff, West Wing).
- 1960 - Birth of Dominique Wilkins; NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks).
- 1960 - Birth of Rob Derksen; Australian baseball head coach (Olympics-1996).
- 1960 - Nevil Shute [Norway], English/Australian author (Town like Alice), dies at age 60.
- 1960 - Sobers and Worrell complete 399 stand for fourth wicket versus England.
- 1960 - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is first NBA player to score 15,000 points.
- 1961 - Birth of Andrea Carnevale; soccer player (Napoli).
- 1961 - United Nations genocide pact goes into effect.
- 1962 - Birth of Richie Richardson; cricket player (elegant West Indian batsman 1983-95).
- 1962 - Death of Ernie Kovacs at age 42 in an auto crash in West Los Angeles, California, USA; comedian (Tonight Show, The Ernie Kovacs Show).
- 1963 - "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1.
- 1963 - Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia versus England.
- 1964 - Birth of Lynnae Marie Thurik in Vancouver, Washington, USA; Miss Washington-America (1990).
- 1964 - C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (West Indies in four Tests, six wickets), dies.
- 1964 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17.
- 1964 - Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar, one month after independence.
- 1965 - NBC-TV debuts the pop-music TV show Hullabaloo. Guests on the first show include the New Christy Minstrels, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Zombies, and Woody Allen.
- 1965 - Birth of Henry Thomas; defensive tackle (Detroit Lions, New England Patriots).
- 1965 - Birth of Mark Moore; rocker (S'Express - "Winter Course").
- 1965 - Lorraine Hansberry, US playwright, dies in New York City, New York at age 34.
- 1965 - Porcupine in Washington DC zoo dies at age 27; oldest known rodent.
- 1966 - ABC-TV debuts the Batman TV show with Adam West (Batman) and Burt Ward (Robin).
- 1966 - US President Lyndon Johnson says US should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends.
- 1966 - Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics.
- 1967 - Birth of Marco Boogers; Dutch soccer player (RKC, Sparta, West Ham United).
- 1967 - Birth of Mike Simms in Whittier, California, USA; outfielder (Houston Astros).
- 1967 - Birth of Ulf Dahlen in Ostersund, Sweden; NHL forward (Team Sweden, San Jose).
- 1967 - Birth of TBird; rapper (B-Rock and the Bizz).
- 1967 - Birth of Vendela [Kirsebom] in Stockholm, Sweden; model (Sports Illustrated 1993).
- 1967 - US TV show Dragnet returns to NBC-TV after an eight year absence, with Harry Morgan as Jack Webb's sidekick.
- 1968 - Birth of Farrah Forke in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA; actress (Dweebs, Mr Rhodes, Disclosure, Heat, Wings).
- 1968 - Birth of Heather Mills in Aldershot, England; model/writer (Out on a Limb).
- 1968 - Birth of Vince Buck; NFL safety (New Orleans Saints).
- 1968 - NBC TV debuts the nighttime version of TV game show Hollywood Squares.
- 1969 - Birth of Cam Russell in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks).
- 1969 - Super Bowl III: New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Miami, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Joe Namath, quarterback for New York Jets.
- 1970 - Birth of Zack de la Rocha; singer ("Rage Against The Machine").
- 1970 - Birth of Raekwon; rapper (Wu Tang Clan).
- 1970 - Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria.
- 1970 - Birth of Jenny Griffith in Burbank, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (National-13th-1995).
- 1970 - Birth of Nigel Wilson; Canadian/US baseball outfielder (Florida Marlins).
- 1970 - Birth of Takahiro Ikenoue; WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire).
- 1970 - Blanche Stuart Scott, American pilot, dies at age 84.
- 1970 - Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage.
- 1971 - CBS debuts comedy TV show All In the Family, with Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, Rob Reiner as Meathead, Sally Struthers as Gloria, and Jean Stapleton as Edith.
- 1971 - Birth of Andy Fox in Sacramento, California, USA; infielder (New York Yankees).
- 1971 - Birth of Oscar Sturgis; NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1971 - Birth of Scott Burrell; NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls, Charlotte Hornets).
- 1971 - Birth of Shane Dronett; NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos).
- 1971 - Birth of Tommy Puett; actor/TV host (Life Goes On, America's Top 10).
- 1971 - US Federal grand jury indicts Reverand Philip Berrigan and five others, including a nun and two priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger.
- 1972 - Birth of Dominique Ross; NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1972 - Padraic Colum, Irish poet/writer/founder (Irish Review), dies at age 90.
- 1972 - Detroit Tigers sign a lease to build a US$126 million domed stadium (doesn't happen).
- 1973 - Birth of Dan Haseltine; singer (Jars of Clay).
- 1973 - Birth of Matt Wong; bassist (Reel Big Fish).
- 1973 - Birth of Greg Morton in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Scarecrow and Mrs King).
- 1974 - "Joker" song by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1.
- 1974 - Birth of Melanie Jayne Chisholm in Widnes, England; vocalist ("Sporty Spice" - Spice Girls).
- 1974 - Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic".
- 1975 - Birth of Chase Hampton in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; rocker (Party - "Rodeo", "That's Why").
- 1975 - Birth of Jocelyn Thibault in Montréal, Québec, Canada; NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens).
- 1975 - Caryn Campbell disappears from Snowmass, Colorado, USA (Ted Bundy victim).
- 1975 - Chrysler Corp offers first car rebates.
- 1975 - Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans, Louisiana; Most Valuable Player: Franco Harris, Running Back.
- 1976 - Agatha Christie, mystery writer (Ten Little Indians), dies at age 85.
- 1976 - United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1977 - Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris releases Abu Daoud, responsible for 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes.
- 1977 - Birth of Sara Walsh in South Bend, Indiana; fencer-foil (Olympics-1996).
- 1977 - Henri-Georges Clouzot, director (Diabolique, Truth), dies at age 69.
- 1978 - Nancy Spungen stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious.
- 1979 - 6th American Music Awards: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win.
- 1979 - Birth of Jenny Schmidgall; ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-1998).
- 1979 - Los Angeles's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham, Washington.
- 1979 - Record blizzard strikes American midwest killing over 100.
- 1980 - Hans Ebeling, cricket player (Victory stalwart, bowled for Australia 1934), dies.
- 1981 - -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C) in Chester, Massachusetts (state record).
- 1981 - Death of Beulah Bondi at age 89 in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (It's a Wonderful Life).
- 1981 - Death of Isobel Elsom at age 87; actress (Unseen, Jane Eyre, Illegal).
- 1981 - ABC-TV debuts prime time soap opera Dynasty.
- 1982 - Birth of Dontrelle Willis; American baseball player.
- 1982 - In Honduras, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs.
- 1983 - NCAA creates the football Kickoff Classic to begin in August.
- 1983 - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1985 - Miami Dolphins win AFC football championship.
- 1986 - 24th space shuttle mission STS 61-C Columbia 7 is launched with the first Hispanic-American astronaut, Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz.
- 1986 - Chicago Blackhawks' Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of third period.
- 1986 - Marcel Arland, French author (L'ordre, Lumière du Soir), dies at age 86.
- 1987 - Birth of Will Rothhaar; actor (JAG, Listen Up).
- 1987 - Birth of Andrew Lawrence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; actor (Andy Roman - Brotherly Love, Kids From Room 402).
- 1987 - Birth of Naya Rivera; actress (Cindy - Fresh Prince of Bel Air).
- 1987 - Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training.
- 1988 - Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh Pirates player), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1988 - Mercedes-Benz board of directors decides to officially return to motor sport racing, since withdrawing in 1955.
- 1989 - Idi Amin expelled from Zaire.
- 1989 - George Bush names William Bennett to be his Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and James Watkins as Secretary of Energy.
- 1990 - Civil Rights activist Reverand Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
- 1990 - Laurence J Peter, author (The Peter Principle), dies from a stroke at age 70.
- 1990 - Romania bans Communist party (first Warsaw Pact member to do so).
- 1991 - Death of Keye Luke after a stroke at age 86; actor (Kung Fu, MASH, Perry Mason, Dragnet, Star Trek, Cannon, Night Court, MacGyver).
- 1991 - Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520).
- 1991 - Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 metre butterfly (1 55.69).
- 1991 - US Congress gives President George H.W. Bush authority to use military force to liberate Kuwait.
- 1991 - Vasco Pratolini of Italy, writer (Ragazze di San Frediano), dies at age 77.
- 1992 - The second round of Algeria's general elections is cancelled when the first round is favorable to the Islamic Salvation Front.
- 1992 - Harry van Doorn, Dutch Member of Parliament (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM), dies at age 76.
- 1992 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman.
- 1992 - Walt Morey, US children's book writer (Gentle Ben), dies at age 84.
- 1993 - Carles Mira, Spanish director (Que Nos Quiten Lo Bailao), dies at age 45.
- 1993 - Doctors announce Pittsburgh Penguins' player Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease.
- 1993 - A German court in Berlin drops charges against Erich Honecker (related to shootings at the German-German border) with the justification that he was 80 years old and terminally ill.
- 1994 - Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder.
- 1994 - Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid), dies at age 85.
- 1994 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1995 - George Price, cartoonist (New Yorker), dies at age 93.
- 1995 - Pope John Paul II begins visit to Southeast Asia.
- 1996 - Birth of Sarah Morales in Mexico, Siamese twin (survives).
- 1996 - Birth of Sarahi Morales in Mexico, Siamese twin (dies on January 27, 1996).
- 1996 - Russian troops arrive in Bosnia (joint operation with US).
- 1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions.
- 1997 - Death of Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, at age 95 (born 1901).
- 1997 - Death of Jill Summersat age 86; British actress (Agatha - Coronation Street TV show).
- 1997 - Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space.
- 1997 - Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Golf Championships.
- 1997 - FOX airs the first episode of TV show King of the Hill.
- 1998 - Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
- 1998 - Lrgest ever oil spill in Nigeria, 6.4 million litres spill from a ruptured oil pipeline to one of Mobil's terminals.
- 1999 - Setting an all-time record, Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball in one season is purchased at an auction by an anonymous buyer for $3 million.
- 2000 - Death of Marc Davis at age 86 in California, USA; Disney Studios 1935-78, animator on many films, worked on Disneyland attractions, named Disney Legend 1989.
- 2001 - Downtown Disney opens, in the Disneyland Resort, between Disneyland and the site of Disney's California Adventure. The 300,000 square foot site features restaurants, nightclubs, shops, and movie theaters.
- 2001 - Death of Vladimir Semichastny, former Soviet head of KGB in the 1960s (born 1924).
- 2002 - The X (roller coaster) opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California.
- 2002 - Death of Cyrus Vance, United States Secretary of State (born 1917).
- 2003 - Death of Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine dictator (1982-82), at age 76 (born 1926).
- 2003 - Death of Maurice Gibb at age 53 after surgery for intestinal blockage at a hospital in Miami, Florida, USA; British singer-songwriter (The Bee Gees).
- 2005 - Paul Lo Duca signs a three-year, US$18 million deal to remain with the Florida Marlins.
- 2005 - At a Dodger Stadium's news conference, general manager Paul DePodesta announces the team has signed Derek Lowe to a $36 million, four-year deal.
- 2005 - Steven Contursi and Donald Kagin purchase the unique (US) 1787 Brasher gold doubloon with "EB" punch on breast for US$2,990,000, third highest price ever paid for a rare coin at public auction.
- 2005 - Deep Impact is launched from Cape Canaveral by a Delta 2 rocket.
- 2006 - A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills 362 pilgrims.
- 2007 - Comet McNaught, the brightest comet in over 40 years, makes perihelion.
- 2007 - An Argentine judge issues a warrant for the arrest of former President Isabel Martínez de Perón in connection with the disappearance of a human rights worker in 1976.
- 2007 - The US Embassy in Athens is attacked with a rocket propelled grenade, causing minimal damage and no injuries.
- 2007 - 28-year-old Jennifer Lea Strange of Rancho Cordova, California, dies after guzzling a large quantity of water as part of Sacramento radio station KDND-FM's contest.
- 2008 - Parliamentary elections are held in Taiwan, resulting in a landslide victory for Ma Ying-jeau's Kuomintang party.
- 2008 - In Venezuela, the Unified Socialist party for Venezuela is launched, under leadership of Hugo Chávez.
- 2008 - A Macedonian Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in thick fog southeast of Skopje, killing all 11 military personnel on board.
- 2008 - Death of Don Wittman at age 71 of cancer; veteran CBC sportscaster.
- 2010 - A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Haiti, largely destroying the capital, Port-au-Prince, in the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in more than 200 years. An estimated 100,000 people are killed.
- 2016 - Two US Navy patrol boats enter Iranian water near an island naval base; the boats and crew are seized by Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
- 2020 - The Taal Volcano in the Philippines has its first major eruption since 1977.
- 2020 - The People's Republic of China publishes the genetic sequence of the new coronavirus.
- 2022 - Hurtigruten's Fridjof Nansen expedition cruise ship with 398 passengers and crew runs aground off Norway, but is able to sail on Trollebø in Måløy. Damage is limited to one watertight compartment.
- 2022 - Death of Ronnie Spector at age 78; American singer (The Ronettes - "Be My Baby", "Walking in the Rain").
- 2023 - Death of Lisa Marie Presley at age 54 of cardiac arrest at home in Calabasas, California, USA; daughter of Elvis Presley, married to Michael Jackson, singer-songwriter.
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