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What happened in history on this day: January 14?
On January 14 in ...
- 973 - Ekkehard I monk of Saint Gallen (Vita Waltharii manu fortis), dies.
- 1163 - Ladislaus I Arpad king of Hungary (1162-63), dies.
- 1236 - English king Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence.
- 1236 - Sava [Rastko] son of Serbia's king/saint, dies at age 64.
- 1237 - Saint Sava son of Serbia's king, dies.
- 1301 - Andreas III Arpad king of Hungary (1290-1301), dies at age 50.
- 1451 - Birth of Franchinus Gaffurius composer.
- 1467 - Birth of Henry van Stolberg and Wernigerode German Governor/Viceroy of Frisia.
- 1526 - Charles V and Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid; Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders.
- 1566 - Birth of Angelo Notari composer.
- 1592 - Birth of Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan leader of India.
- 1595 - Ferdinand archduke of Austria/mayor of Bohemenia, dies.
- 1601 - Church authorities burn Hebrew books in Rome.
- 1615 - Birth of John Biddle English minister (Unitarian).
- 1618 - Birth of Jan Six Dutch mayor of Amsterdam.
- 1623 - Paolo Sarpi Italian church historian/politician, dies at age 70.
- 1639 - First Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford.
- 1639 - Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut".
- 1641 - United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed.
- 1648 - Casparus Barleaus Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring), dies at age 63.
- 1655 - Birth of Angelo Predieri composer.
- 1659 - Battle at Elvas Portuguese beat Spanish.
- 1664 - Birth of Simon van Slingelandt Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36).
- 1676 - Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian (opera)composer, dies at age 73.
- 1683 - Birth of Gottfried Silbermann in Kleinbobritzsch, Germany; builder of spinets, clavichords, harpsichords and organs in the age of Bach.
- 1684 - Birth of Jean-Baptiste Vanloo French painter.
- 1690 - Clarinet is invented, in Nüremberg, Germany.
- 1699 - Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches".
- 1700 - Birth of Picander [Christian F Henrici], German writer (Der Säuffer).
- 1705 - Birth of Jean-Baptiste C Bouvet de Lozier/Lozier-Bouvet Governor (Reunion Island).
- 1717 - German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam.
- 1724 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne in favor of his son, Luis I.
- 1730 - Birth of William Whipple merchant/judge/patriot (Declaration of Independence signer).
- 1739 - England and Spain signs second Convention of Pardo.
- 1742 - Edmund Halley genius eclipsed by Newton, dies at age 86.
- 1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie's army leaves Glasgow.
- 1766 - Frederik V king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies at age 42.
- 1784 - Revolutionary War ends; US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris.
- 1791 - Birth of Calvin Phillips; became shortest known adult male (67cm; 2 feet 2 inches).
- 1794 - Doctor Jessee Bennet of Edom, Virginia, USA, performs first successful Cesarean section operation, on his wife.
- 1798 - Birth of Johan R Thorbecke; Premier of Netherlands (Liberal, 1849-72).
- 1799 - King of Naples flees before the advancing French armies.
- 1800 - Birth of Ludwig Ritter von Köchel in Stein, Austria; devoted his life and studies to music.
- 1804 - Birth of Johann Strauß (the elder) in Vienna, Austria; composer of waltzes, polkas, and marches.
- 1806 - Birth of Matthew Fontaine Maury; Naval Commander (Confederacy).
- 1809 - British government acknowledges Ferdinand VII as King of Spain.
- 1813 - Gideon Hawley becomes first state school superintendent in US (New York).
- 1814 - By the Treaty of Kiel, peace between Sweden and Denmark is concluded. Danish King Frederik cedes to the king of Sweden and his successors the kingdom of Norway. Denmark is to receive one million riksdaler and the province of Pomerania. Sweden is to pay Norway's per-capita share of Denmark's national debt. Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe islands are retained by Denmark.
- 1817 - Birth of Harmen S Sytstra; Dutch poet/editor (Iduna).
- 1818 - Birth of Zacharias Topelius; Finnish historical novelist (Surgeon's Stories).
- 1819 - Birth of Frederick Steele; US Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1868).
- 1831 - Birth of John Bullock Clark Junior; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1903).
- 1836 - Birth of [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick; US Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1881).
- 1845 - Birth of Henry C K Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th marquess of Landsdowne; Governor-General of Canada.
- 1847 - Conspiracy in New Mexico against US.
- 1850 - Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at age 93.
- 1850 - Birth of Pierre Loti [Julien Viaud]; French sea officer/writer (Pêcheur).
- 1858 - In Paris, France, Italian patriot Felice Orsini and others detonate bombs in an attempt to assassinate Emperor Napoleon III. They fail, but kill 8 others and wound 142.
- 1861 - Birth of Mehmed VI; last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22).
- 1861 - Birth of Wilhelm von Polenz; German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf).
- 1861 - Fort Pikens, Florida, falls into state hands.
- 1868 - Birth of Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman; Dutch author (Belief).
- 1868 - Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at age 66.
- 1868 - North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raleigh.
- 1871 - Birth of Pauline Beersmans [van Cuyck]; Flemish actress (Hofslachter).
- 1874 - Birth of Thornton Waldo Burgess; author (Peter Rabbit).
- 1875 - Albert Schweitzer is born in Kayersberg, Elsaß, Germany; philosopher, theologian, and musician, humanitarian, Nobel Prize for Peace in 1952.
- 1875 - The Specie Resumption Act is enacted in the US, calling for the resumption of specie payments (gold, silver) at par on United States notes.
- 1878 - US Supreme Court rules race separation on trains is unconstitutional.
- 1882 - Birth of Hendrik W van Loon in Netherlands; commentator/writer (Story of America).
- 1886 - Birth of Hugh Lofting; English/American writer and illustrator (Dr Dolittle).
- 1892 - Birth of Hal Roach; early film director/producer (One Million BC).
- 1892 - Martin Niemöller born in Lippstadt, Germany; commander of a submarine in World War I, pastor in Berlin, a leader in the resistance against Hitler, arrested in 1937 and sent to the camp in Dachau, pacivist during the Cold War, recipient of Lenin Peace Prize in 1967 and the German "Grand Cross of Merit" in 1971.
- 1892 - Death of Prince Albert Victor "Eddy" Duke of Clarence and Avondale, grandson of Queen Victoria, 2nd in line to throne, of influenza and inflammation of lungs, in Norfolk, England.
- 1896 - Birth of John dos Passos; novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel).
- 1897 - 6,960m (22,834 feet) Cerro Aconcagua mountain (Argentina) is first climbed.
- 1897 - Birth of Hasso Freiherr von Manteuffel in Potsdam, Germany; tank commander in World War II; tried for war crimes and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
- 1898 - Birth of Helen Flint in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast).
- 1898 - Reverend Charles L Dodgson AKA Lewis Carroll dies at age 66.
- 1899 - Birth of Fritz Bayerlein; German Lieutenant-General (WWI, Poland, Libya, Saint Louis).
- 1901 - Birth of Bebe Daniels in Scotland; actress (42nd Street, Lonesome Luke).
- 1901 - Charles Hermite, French mathematician ("e" is transcendental), dies at age 78.
- 1902 - Birth of F C Terborgh [Reijnier Flaes]; Dutch writer (De Turkenoorlog).
- 1903 - Birth of Veronica Turleigh in County Donegal, Ireland; actress (Promoter).
- 1904 - Birth of Cecil Beaton in England; royal family photographer.
- 1905 - Death of Ernst Abbe in Jena, Germany, at age 64; physicist in optical theory and microscope design.
- 1906 - Birth of William Bendix in New York City, New York, USA; actor (The Life of Riley radio show (1944-51), The Life of Riley TV show (1953-58), Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story).
- 1907 - Dr. Lee De Forest patents the Audion tube, allowing amplification which makes radio transmission more practical for voice and music.
- 1907 - Birth of Derek Richter; British neuro chemist (Aspects of learning and memory).
- 1907 - Birth of Sophie Redmond; Suriname's first female physician.
- 1908 - Birth of Russ Columbo in Camden, New Jersey; singer (NBC Radio) (dies 1934).
- 1908 - Birth of Carl Esmond in Vienna, Austria; actor (Address Unknown, Hitler).
- 1908 - Birth of Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo; US singer/actor (Miracle of Women).
- 1909 - Birth of Joseph Walton in Losey, Wisconsin, USA; film director (Damned, Accident).
- 1912 - Birth of Rudolf Hagelstange; German author/poet (Spielball der Götter).
- 1912 - Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Kant and Epigones), dies at age 71.
- 1912 - Raymond Poincaré becomes premier of France.
- 1913 - Birth of Tillie Olsen; American writer (Tell Me a Riddle).
- 1914 - Birth of Harold Russell; actor (Best Years of Our Life).
- 1914 - Henry Ford introduces the assembly line, for Model T Ford automobiles.
- 1915 - Birth of Mark Goodson in Sacramento, California, USA; game show tycoon (Goodson-Todman productions, Beat the Clock, Family Feud, Match Game, Password, The Price is Right, To Tell the Truth, I've Got A Secret, What's My Line?) (dies 1992).
- 1916 - Dutch South Sea dike cracks.
- 1918 - Finland adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar.
- 1919 - Birth of Andy Rooney in Albany, New York, USA; CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes).
- 1919 - Birth of Giulio Andreotti; seven times premier of Italy.
- 1919 - John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, and Judge McQuade buy the New York Giants.
- 1920 - Birth of Bertus de Harder; Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux).
- 1920 - Birth of Donald Beard; cricket player (New Zealand pace bowler in the 1950s).
- 1920 - Birth of George Herman; CBS TV newsman, moderator (Face the Nation TV program) (dies 2005).
- 1921 - Birth of Mark Lawrence in Washington DC, USA; pianist (Alice Pearce).
- 1924 - Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy.
- 1924 - Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Mannfolk), dies at age 72.
- 1924 - Birth of Guy Williams in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Zorro - Zorro, Lost in Space, Bonanza, Disneyland).
- 1925 - Birth of Yukio Mishima in Japan; novelist (Temple of Golden Pavilion).
- 1925 - Willem Devout, self employed (V and Dreesmann), dies.
- 1926 - Birth of Frank Aletter in Long Island, New York, USA; actor (General Hospital, Bringing Up Buddy, Mac - It's About Time, Tom - Nancy).
- 1926 - Birth of Harold Wolpe; sociologist lawyer/South African activist.
- 1926 - Birth of Thomas Tryon in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor/novelist (I Married a Monster from Outer Space, Cardinal, All That Glitters, John Slaughter - Texas John Slaughter, The Virginian).
- 1927 - Birth of Ivan Kalita in USSR; equestrian dressage (Olympics-silver-1968).
- 1929 - Afghan King Amanullah is forced to resign.
- 1929 - Birth of Billy Walker in Ralls, Texas; country singer ("Charlie's Shoes" (1966), "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Cross the Brazos at Waco" (1964)) (dies 2006).
- 1929 - Cornelis W Lely, Dutch Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies at age 74.
- 1930 - Birth of Ernest Just Black; biologist, served as Vice President of American Zoologists.
- 1932 - First totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in US installed, Hialeah.
- 1932 - Birth of Catarina Valente in Paris, France; singer (The Entertainers).
- 1932 - Birth of Harriet Andersson in Stockholm, Sweden; actress (Cries and Whispers).
- 1935 - The British Cabinet decides the Rhineland is not a vital British interest.
- 1935 - Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use.
- 1936 - Birth of Clarence Carter; American singer ("Thread the Needle").
- 1936 - Birth of John Paul Cain in Sweetwater, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1989 Greater Grand Rapids).
- 1936 - Birth of Ludmila Pinayevain USSR; 500m kayak (Olympics-gold-1964, 1968, 1972).
- 1936 - Birth of Reiner Klimke in Germany; equestrian dressage (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 1936 - L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America.
- 1937 - Birth of Ken Higgs; cricket player (effective England pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1965-68).
- 1938 - Birth of Allen Toussaint AKA Naomi Neville; pianist/songwriter ("Ride Your Pony", "Wild Sign of New Orleans").
- 1938 - Birth of Jack Jones in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer (The Love Boat Theme).
- 1938 - National Society for the Legalization of Euthanasia formed (New York).
- 1939 - Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
- 1940 - Birth of Julian Bond in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; American politician (Democrat-Georgia), civil rights leader.
- 1940 - Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers.
- 1940 - NFL Pro Bowl: Green Bay Packers beat NFL All-Stars 16-7.
- 1941 - Birth of C L "Gibby" Gilbert Junior in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; PGA golfer (1976 Danny Thomas).
- 1941 - Birth of Marjoe Gortner in Long Beach, California, USA; actor (Speak Up America, Falcon Crest).
- 1941 - Birth of [Dorothy] Faye Dunaway in Bascom, Florida, USA; actress (Chinatown, Bonnie and Clyde, Alias, A Will of Their Own, It Had to be You).
- 1942 - Birth of Amichand Rajbansi; South African politician.
- 1942 - Birth of Carol Bellamy in Planfield, New Jersey, USA; City Council President-Democrat-New York City, 1978-85.
- 1942 - Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo.
- 1943 - Alex Smart (Montreal Canadiens) is first NHL player to score hat trick in his first game.
- 1943 - Birth of Holland Taylor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (The Practice, Bossom Buddies, Camilla - Naked Truth, Two and a Half Men, The Practice).
- 1943 - Birth of José Luis Rodriguez in Caracas, Venezuela; singer ("Dueno De Nada").
- 1943 - Birth of Ronald Hunter in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Lazarus Syndrome).
- 1943 - Birth of Shannon W Lucid in Shanghai, China; astronaut (STS 51G, STS 34, STS 43, STS 58, STS 76/79).
- 1943 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin Roosevelt meet at Casablanca, Morocco, over eleven days. The decision is made to attack the island of Sicily. British Bomber Command is directed to focus on submarine bases on the Biscay coast in the short term, and submarine construction yards as long term targets.
- 1944 - Birth of Graham Vivian Marsh in Kalgoorlie, Australia; PGA golfer (1977 Heritage).
- 1944 - Mohammed Emin Yurdakul, Turkish poet, dies at about age 74.
- 1944 - Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow.
- 1946 - The United States announces its total expenditure during the war: US$200 billion.
- 1946 - Two jetties collapse in Ganges - 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
- 1946 - The Soviet-Polish border treaty of August 1945 is ratified by the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union.
- 1948 - Anna "Ans" van Dike, Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator, executed at age 42.
- 1948 - Birth of Carl Weathers in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Apollo Creed - Rocky, In the Heat of the Night, Street Justice, Fortune Dane).
- 1948 - Birth of Tim Harris; rocker (Foundations).
- 1949 - Birth of Christine Belford in Amityville, New York, USA; actress (Banacek, Empire, Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1949 - Birth of Lawrence Kasdan in Miami, Florida, USA; director/writer (Accidental Tourist).
- 1949 - Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die.
- 1949 - Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at age 66.
- 1950 - As the Girls Go closes at Winter Garden Theater in New York City, New York after 420 performances.
- 1950 - US recalls all consular officials from China.
- 1950 - Maiden flight of Soviet MiG-17 jet fighter prototype.
- 1951 - Birth of Gil Pak Jong in Korea; judo (Olympics-1976).
- 1951 - Birth of William Risrook; rocker (BT Express - "Here Comes the Express").
- 1951 - NFL Pro Bowl: first since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27.
- 1952 - The NBC TV network begins airing The Today Show two-hour information TV show in the USA, with hosts Dave Garroway and Jack Lescoulie.
- 1952 - Birth of Sydney Biddle Barrow; madam/author (Mayflower Madam).
- 1952 - Rationing of coffee in Netherlands ends.
- 1952 - Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26.
- 1953 - Yugoslavia elects its first president (Marshal Josip Tito).
- 1956 - Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad.
- 1956 - Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti".
- 1956 - Siegfried F Nadel, Australian/British anthropologist (Nuba), dies at age 52.
- 1957 - Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, The Caine Mutiny), dies at age 57.
- 1959 - Birth of Carl Chas Smash Smyth; rock bassist (Madness - "Our House").
- 1959 - Birth of Geoff Tate; vocalist (Queensryche - "Breaking the Silence").
- 1959 - Birth of Paul Terry; cricket player (in Germany Two Tests England vs West Indies 1984).
- 1960 - Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded.
- 1961 - Chicago Bears' Willard Dewveall becomes first NFL player to join the AFL.
- 1961 - Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at age 81.
- 1962 - Birth of Patrica Morrison; rocker (Sisters of Mercy - "Walk Away, Black Planet").
- 1962 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30.
- 1963 - George C Wallace sworn in as Governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!".
- 1963 - French President General Charles de Gaulle vetos Great Britain joining the European Economic Communnity.
- 1964 - Birth of Shepard Smith; Fox News Channel anchorman.
- 1964 - Birth of Mark Addy; actor (Still Standing).
- 1964 - 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1964 - Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 versus England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
- 1964 - Birth of Sergei Nemchinov in Moscow, Russia; NHL center (New York Islanders, Olympics-Silver-1998).
- 1964 - Birth of Steven Soderbergh; writer (Mimi, Schizoplis).
- 1965 - Birth of Dave Lowry in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; NHL left wing (Florida Panthers).
- 1965 - Birth of Désirée Nosbusch in Luxembourg; actress (The Fan).
- 1965 - Birth of Jemma Redgrave in London, England; actress (Buddha of Suburbia).
- 1965 - Birth of Vanity [Dee Dee Williams]; singer/actress (Action Jackson).
- 1965 - Jeanette MacDonald, soprano ("When I'm Calling You"), dies at age 63.
- 1966 - Birth of Daniel J Schneider in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actor (Dennis - Head of the Class).
- 1966 - Birth of Matt Brock; NFL defensive end/tackle (New York Jets).
- 1966 - Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies.
- 1967 - Birth of Zakk Wylde; guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne Band).
- 1967 - 20,000 attend the Human Be-In, San Francisco, California, USA.
- 1967 - Birth of Emily Watson; actress (Breaking the Waves, Boxer).
- 1967 - Birth of Terry Wooden; NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1967 - Birth of Tom Rhodes; comedian, actor (Tom Rhodes - Mr Rhodes).
- 1967 - Earthquake in Sicily kills 231.
- 1967 - New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments.
- 1967 - Sonny and Cher release "The Beat Goes On".
- 1968 - Birth of Fred[ric] Honebein in San Francisco, California, USA; rower (Olympics-5th-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of L L Cool J [James Todd Smith] in Saint Albans, New York, USA; rapper (Bigger and Deffer).
- 1968 - Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 33-14 in Miami, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Bart Starr, quarterback.
- 1969 - 25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers.
- 1969 - Birth of Dave Grohl; drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters).
- 1969 - Birth of David Webb; WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1969 - Birth of Jason Kent Bateman in Rye, New York; actor (David - Valerie, Hogan Family, Arrested Development).
- 1969 - Birth of Martin Bicknell; cricket player (England pace bowler 1993).
- 1969 - Birth of Rico Smith; NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns).
- 1969 - Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later.
- 1970 - Birth of Eric Charron in Verdun, Quebec, Canada; NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals).
- 1970 - Birth of Steve Cooke in Kanai, Hawaii; pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 1970 - Birth of Tyrone Hughes; NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears).
- 1970 - John J "Johnny" Murphy, American baseball pitcher (New York Yankees) and general manager (New York Mets), dies at age 61 of a heart attack.
- 1971 - John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs.
- 1972 - NBC-TV debuts the Sanford and Son TV show.
- 1972 - Birth of Kyle Brady; NFL tight end (New York Jets).
- 1972 - Birth of Michael Davis; NFL cornerback (Cleveland Browns).
- 1972 - Frederik IX [Christiaan FFMKW], king of Denmark (1947-72), dies at age 72.
- 1972 - Queen Margrethe ascends throne of Denmark.
- 1973 - Birth of Ed Howard; NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1973 - Birth of Lethon Flowers; NFL defensive back (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1973 - Birth of Rod Myers in Conroe, Texas, USA; outfielder (Kansas City Royals).
- 1973 - Largest audience for a single TV show to date: "Elvis - Aloha From Hawaii", seen by an estimated one billion viewers worldwide. The live concert at the Honolulu International Center Arena was beamed live via Globecam Satellite worldwide, and tape-delayed to many other countries.
- 1973 - Super Bowl VII: Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins, 14-7 in Los Angeles, California; Most Valuable Player: Jake Scott, Safety.
- 1973 - Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/minutes on BBC TV.
- 1974 - Birth of Hugues Legault in Montréal, Québec, Canada; 50m swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1974 - Birth of Kevin Jefferson; NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1974 - Birth of Michael Dritlein; WLAF wide receiver (Rhein Fire).
- 1974 - Birth of Nancy Napolski in Hinsdale, Idaho, USA; air rifle (Olympics-1996).
- 1974 - Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at age 62.
- 1974 - World Football League founded.
- 1975 - Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 metres.
- 1975 - Birth of Marcel Koning; soccer player (FC The Hague/NEC).
- 1975 - USSR breaks trade agreement with US.
- 1976 - ABC debuts The Bionic Woman TV show, starring Lindsay Wagner.
- 1976 - Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves.
- 1976 - In the Kermadec Islands, magnitude 7.8 and 8.2 earthquakes occur, under an hour apart.
- 1977 - Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia (1970-77), dies at age 53.
- 1977 - Anaïs Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at age 73.
- 1977 - Anthony Eden, British premier (1955-57), dies at age 79.
- 1977 - Birth of Terry Ryan in Saint Johns; NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens).
- 1977 - Peter Finch, actor (Network, Nun's Story, Judith), dies at age 60.
- 1978 - Blossom Rock, actress (Grandmamma - Addams Family), dies at age 81.
- 1978 - In Southern Honshu, Japan, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs. Considerable damage in the area, including many landslides, and damage is estimated at about US$76 million.
- 1978 - Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, San Francisco).
- 1978 - Death of Kurt Gödel in Princeton, New Jersey, USA (born in 1906 in Brünn, Austria); mathematician who developed "Gödel's proof" which shows that mathematics can have internal contradictions.
- 1979 - The Dukes of Hazzard TV show premieres on CBS-TV.
- 1979 - US President Jimmy Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday.
- 1980 - Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies two 13-digit numbers in 28 seconds.
- 1980 - Birth of Sosuke Sumitani; Japanese announcer.
- 1980 - Birth of Ossama Haidar; Lebanese soccer player.
- 1980 - Birth of Cory Gibbs; American soccer player.
- 1981 - The Federal Communications Commissions frees radio stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish.
- 1982 - Birth of Caleb Followill; singer, guitarist (Kings of Leon).
- 1983 - Birth of Joe Guese; musician (The Click Five).
- 1984 - Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, Dutch sexuologist (Dutch Society for Sexual Reformation-NVSH), dies at age 55.
- 1984 - Ray Kroc, founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at age 82 (born 1902).
- 1984 - In Canada, Lotto 6/49 lottery draw has a grand prize of CDN$13.9 million won by a single player in Ontario. Winning numbers are 2, 12, 29, 31, 44, 46. This is a Canadian record for a single winner, and a record for a single draw.
- 1985 - Sixteen indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees.
- 1985 - British pound sterling sinks to record low: US$1.11.
- 1985 - Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at age 86.
- 1985 - Martina Navratilova is third to win 100 tennis tournaments (Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert).
- 1986 - Constitution of Guatemala takes effect.
- 1986 - Death of Donna Reed of pancreatic cancer at age 64; actress (Donna Reed Show TV show, Dallas TV show) (born 1921).
- 1986 - Vinicio Cerezo becomes the second freely elected President of Guatemala since the US Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored coup in 1954.
- 1987 - Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1987 - Death of Douglas Sirk (original name, Claus Detlef Sierck) in Lugano, Switzerland (born in Hamburg, Germany), at age 86; film director with Universal Studios. His credits include Magnificent Obsession (1954), There's Always Tomorrow (1955), Written on the Wind (1956), The Tarnished Angels (1957), and Imitation of Life (1959).
- 1988 - Death of Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party at age 86 (born 1902).
- 1989 - 1,000 Muslims burn Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses in Bradford, England.
- 1989 - 29-year-old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris.
- 1989 - Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped.
- 1990 - David Arkin, actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), dies.
- 1990 - Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in the Persian Gulf.
- 1990 - Fox-TV premieres prime-time cartoon TV series The Simpsons.
- 1991 - Barbara DeAngelis Show premieres on CBS-TV.
- 1991 - Jorge Serrano Elías sworn in as President of Guatemala.
- 1991 - Three Palestinian Liberation Organization guerilla chiefs are assassinated in Tunis, including Sallah Kharaf [Abu Iyad], co-founder of Al-Fatah.
- 1991 - Valentin Pavlov become new premier of USSR.
- 1992 - Death of Hari Rhodes at age 59; actor (Earth II, Detroit 9000, Daktari TV show, The Bold Ones: The Protectors TV show).
- 1993 - David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS.
- 1993 - Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid for Dutch Queen, dies at age 98.
- 1993 - Manfred Lachs, Polish lawyer (International Court of Justice), dies.
- 1993 - The Polish ferry Jan Heweliusz sinks in a storm off the coast of Rügen, Germany in the Baltic Sea, killing 54 people.
- 1994 - Esther Ralston, US actress (Tin Pan Alley, San Francisco Docks), dies at age 91.
- 1994 - Federica Montseny, anarchist/Spanish minister of Health (1936), dies at age 80.
- 1994 - Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61 metres).
- 1994 - Russian manned space craft TM-17 lands.
- 1994 - U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin Accords, which stop the preprogrammed aiming of nuclear missiles toward each country's targets, and also provide for the dismantling of the nuclear arsenal in Ukraine.
- 1995 - Over 10,000 South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo.
- 1995 - Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at age 68.
- 1996 - Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions.
- 1996 - Jorge Sampaio is elected president of Portugal.
- 1997 - Birth of Nastya and Masha Tolmachevy (The Tolmachevy Twins), Russian singers.
- 1998 - ABC airs the 100th episode of Ellen TV show.
- 1998 - Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis).
- 1999 - Health Canada announces non-approval of rBST (bovine growth hormone) for sale in Canada.
- 1999 - Death of Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director (born 1933).
- 2000 - United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years, for the 1993 killing of over 100 Bosnian Muslims in a Bosnian village.
- 2000 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 11,722.98, a level never reached before (the peak of the Dot-com bubble).
- 2000 - In Yunnan, China, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurs. Seven people are killed, 2,528 injured, and 92,479 are left homeless. More than 41,000 houses are destroyed in central Yunnan Province.
- 2001 - A Greece-registered ship carrying 60,000 tonnes of iron ore runs aground off the Kenting National Park, Taiwan, leaking 1.3 million litres of fuel oil.
- 2001 - The WB airs the final episode of The Jamie Foxx Show.
- 2002 - Barry Bonds agrees to a five-year, $90 million deal with the San Francisco Giants.
- 2005 - The Huygens probe lands on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
- 2006 - A natural gas explosion in a coal mine kills eight in Romania.
- 2006 - Death of Jim Gary, American sculptor (born 1939).
- 2006 - Death of Shelley Winters at age 85 in Beverly Hills, California, USA; actress (Roseanne TV show, Oscar winner) (born 1920).
- 2007 - The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement officially adopt the Red Crystal as a non-religious emblem for use in its overseas operations.
- 2007 - The Toronto Blue Jays and first baseman Lyle Overbay agree to a four-year contract worth $24 million to stay in Toronto.
- 2007 - Death of Darlene Conley at age 72 in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Sally Spectra - The Bold and the Beautiful, Gunsmoke, Mary Tyler Moore, The Young and the Restless, Capitol, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives).
- 2008 - Israel and the Palestinians open peace negotiations, the first final-status talks since 2001.
- 2008 - A group of Taliban suicide bombers attack Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing eight staff and guests.
- 2008 - In London, England, price of gold reaches a record US$910 per troy ounce, Platinum also rises to a record high $1,590.50 per ounce. Silver reaches US$16.80 per ounce, highest in 27 years.
- 2008 - In Scotland, the University of Edinburgh unveils the fastest computer in the United Kingdom, the HECToR (High-End Computing Terascale Resource). It can make 63 million calculations per second. The computer was made by American manufacturer Cray, at a cost of 113 million pounds.
- 2008 - At the New York International Numismatic Convention, Stack's Rarities conducts the auction of the Kroisos Collection. Some highlights:
- German Cologne City 1516 gold real, choice VF, unique: US$230,000;
- Italy circa 1763-78 gold 50-zecchini coin, AU: US$299,000;
- Poland 1621 gold 100-ducat coin, Polish victory over Turks, one of two known, EF or better: US$1,380,000, a world record for a non-US coin.
- 2008 - The Board of Control for Cricket in India sells broadcasting rights to the Indian Premier league for US$1 billion.
- 2008 - U.S. researchers in Chicago, Illinois, report that new genetic evidence supports the theory that Christopher Columbus brought syphilis to Europe from the New World, in 1495.
- 2008 - The U.S. space agency's MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) probe passes about 126 miles over Mercury. This is the first spacecraft since 1975 to fly past the planet.
- 2009 - American department store chain Gottschalks files to reorganize under bankruptcy protection.
- 2009 - Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip reach 1000, with injuries at nearly 5000, since Israeli launched a campaign to end rocket fire on December 27. Israeli deaths stand at 13.
- 2009 - American apparel chain Goody's files for bankruptcy to liquidate its remaining 282 stores.
- 2009 - Ricardo Montalban, Mexican-born American actor (The Colby's, Mr. Roarke - Fantasy Island, Khan Noonien Singh - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), dies at age 88 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles, California.
- 2009 - Canada's Nortel Networks Corporation, North America's biggest telephone equipment maker, files for bankruptcy protection.
- 2011 - The Tunisian government falls after a month of increasingly violent protests; President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia after 23 years in power.
- 2020 - First case of new coronavirus confirmed out of People's Republic of China, in Thailand.
- 2020 - The United Kingdom, France, and Germany formally accuse Iran of breaching a 2015 agreement to curb its nuclear program.
- 2022 - Death of Dallas Frazier at age 82, following a series of strokes, at a rehab facility in Gallatin, Tennessee, USA; songwriter ("Alley Oop", "Elvira").
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