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What happened in history on this day: January 27?
On January 27 in ...
- 98 - Marius Cocceius Nerva, Emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about age 67.
- 672 - Saint Vitalian dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 847 - Sergius II dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope (844-847).
- 1164 - Abraham ibn Ezra poet/philosopher, dies.
- 1302 - Dante becomes a Florentine political exile.
- 1538 - States of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy.
- 1540 - Angela Merici Italian monk/monastery, dies.
- 1546 - Birth of Joachim III Frederick elector (Brandenburg).
- 1556 - Birth of Abbas I "the Great", shah of Persia (1587-1629).
- 1556 - Willem of Orange becomes knight of Guilder Flies.
- 1565 - Robrecht de Berghes prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies.
- 1592 - Birth of Pierre de La Barre composer.
- 1593 - Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno.
- 1612 - Maarten van Valckenborch Flemish painter, buried at about age 77.
- 1629 - Hieronymus Praetorius composer, dies at age 68.
- 1662 - First American lime kiln begins operation (Providence Rhode Island).
- 1669 - Gaspar de Crayer Flemish painter, dies at age 87.
- 1671 - Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City.
- 1679 - Birth of Jean-François de Troy French painter.
- 1701 - Birth of Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim AKA Justinus Febronius in Trier; Roman Catholic priest, historian, theologian, author (De Statu Ecclesiae et Legitima Potestate Romani Pontificis ("Concerning the state of the Church and the Legitimate Power of the Roman Pope")).
- 1710 - Czar Peter the Great sets first Russian state budget.
- 1720 - Birth of Samuel Foote England; actor/dramatist (Mirror).
- 1723 - Birth of Johann A Cramer prime minister/poet.
- 1731 - Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori Italian piano builder, dies at age 75.
- 1736 - Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland.
- 1756 - Birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Austria; musical prodigy/composer (Figaro).
- 1763 - John Theodor of Bavaria prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies.
- 1775 - Birth of Friedrich von Schelling Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity).
- 1785 - First US state university chartered, Athens, Georgia.
- 1805 - Birth of Samuel Palmer in London, England; painter/etcher (Valley of Vision).
- 1808 - Birth of David F Strauss; Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life).
- 1816 - Samuel Hood, first Viscount Hood, English admiral, dies.
- 1822 - Birth of Thomas Leiper Kane; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1883).
- 1823 - Birth of Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo in France; composer (Symphonie Espagnole).
- 1823 - President James Monroe appoints first US ambassadors to South America.
- 1826 - Birth of Richard Taylor; Lieutenant-General (Confederate Army) (dies 1879).
- 1828 - Birth of Samuel Allen Rice; US Brigadier General (US volunteers) (dies 1864).
- 1830 - Birth of William Henry Fitzhugh Payne; Brigadier General (Confederate Army).
- 1832 - Birth of Lewis Carroll AKA Charles Lutwidge Dodgson; author (Alice in Wonderland).
- 1834 - Birth of Robert Sanford Foster; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers).
- 1835 - Antonio López de Santa Anna resigns (4th time) as President of Mexico.
- 1836 - Birth of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch; Austrian writer (masochism).
- 1850 - Birth of Samuel Gompers; first president of American Federation of Labor.
- 1850 - J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at age 85.
- 1851 - Birth of Rafael Obligado in Argentina; writer (Santos Vega).
- 1851 - John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at age 65.
- 1857 - Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at age 72.
- 1859 - Birth of Kaiser Wilhelm II in Potsdam; German emperor (1888-1918).
- 1859 - Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at age 74.
- 1860 - Janó Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (parallel), dies at age 57.
- 1864 - Franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at age 59.
- 1868 - Birth of Cato Engelen-Sewing; Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera).
- 1870 - First sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is created at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.
- 1872 - Birth of Learned Hand in Albany, New York, USA; Chief judge (US Court of Appeals).
- 1879 - Death of Dr. Henry Richard Linderman, US Mint director.
- 1880 - Thomas Alva Edison receives a patent for an electric incandescent lamp.
- 1882 - Birth of Giuseppe Prezzolini in Italy; writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano).
- 1885 - Birth of Eduard Künneke; German composer (Vetter aus Dingsda).
- 1885 - Birth of Jerome Kern in New York City, New York, USA; Broadway composer ("Ol' Man River", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Lovely to Look At", "The Way You Look Tonight", "The Last Time I Saw Paris").
- 1886 - First British government of Salisbury resigns.
- 1887 - Birth of Carl Blegen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; archaeologist (excavator at Troy, Pylos).
- 1888 - The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C., for "the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge".
- 1889 - Birth of Balthasar van der Pol; physicist (Comparison of Van der Pol).
- 1891 - Birth of Ilya Ehrenburg in Kiev, Ukraine; writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw).
- 1891 - Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1893 - James G Blaine, US minister of foreign affairs, dies at age 62.
- 1894 - First US college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11.
- 1895 - Birth of Harry Ruby AKA Harry Rubinstein in New York City, New York, USA; songwriter (with Bert Kalmar - "Who's Sorry Now", "Three Little Words", "A Kiss to Build a Dream On", "Nevertheless").
- 1895 - Birth of Joseph Rosenstock in Cracow, Poland; conductor (Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1936-41).
- 1896 - Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their first ever innings victory in cricket.
- 1897 - British troops occupy Bida, Gold Coast (Ghana).
- 1900 - Birth of Hyman G Rickover; US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy).
- 1900 - Social Democrat Party of America (Debs' party) holds first convention.
- 1901 - Birth of Art Rooney; NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1901 - Birth of Willy Fritsch; German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon).
- 1901 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (Rigoletto, Traviata, Aïda), dies in Milano at age 87.
- 1902 - Five workers are killed in an explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City, New York).
- 1905 - Birth of Howard McNear in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Floyd - Andy Griffith Show, The Jetsons).
- 1905 - Maurice Rouvier forms government in France.
- 1906 - Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m in 44.8 seconds.
- 1908 - Birth of William Randolph Hearst Junior; newspaper publisher (Hearst Publishing).
- 1908 - Pasiphaë, a satellite of Jupiter, is discovered by Melotte.
- 1910 - Death of Thomas Crapper at age 73 of bowel cancer; sanitary engineer (did NOT invent the flush toilet).
- 1911 - Birth of Benay Venuta in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister).
- 1911 - Birth of George Pope; cricket player (English pace bowler, 1-49 and 0-36 in his only Test).
- 1912 - Birth of Lawrence Durrell; Indian/British writer (Private Country).
- 1915 - US Marines occupy Haiti.
- 1916 - Communist party's "Spartacus Letters" first published in Berlin, Germany.
- 1917 - Coen de Koning wins second official 11-city race (9:53) (record).
- 1918 - Tarzan of the Apes, first Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater in New York.
- 1918 - Birth of Elmore James; musician ("Dust My Broom").
- 1918 - Birth of Skitch Henderson AKA Lyle Russell Cedric Henderson at Birmingham, England; musical director (Bing Crosby), bandleader (The Tonight Show TV show), host (The Tonight Show TV show).
- 1919 - Birth of Ross Bagdasarian AKA David Seville in Fresno, California, USA; creator of "Alvin and the Chipmunks".
- 1919 - Birth of H D Halsey; Bishop of Carlisle.
- 1919 - Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (Margita élni akar), dies at age 41.
- 1921 - Birth of Donna Reed in Denison, Iowa, USA; actress (From Here to Eternity, It's a Wonderful Life).
- 1922 - Birth of Wilfrid Bourne; Queen's Council/Clerk of the Crown in Chancery.
- 1922 - Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I Mala Voglia), dies at age 81.
- 1924 - Birth of Kenneth Corfield; CEO (STC).
- 1924 - Birth of Rauf Denktasj; Turkish-Cypriot politician.
- 1924 - Birth of Sabu [Dastagir] in India; actor (Elephant Boy, Drum).
- 1924 - Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja as premier.
- 1924 - Vladimir Lenin is placed in Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow.
- 1926 - US Senate agrees to join World Court.
- 1927 - Birth of Doretta Morrow in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Because You're Mine).
- 1927 - Birth of Joe Perry; AAFC/NFL Hall of Fame fullback (San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Colts).
- 1927 - Birth of Michael Craig in Poona, India; actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror).
- 1927 - Birth of Nancy Dickerson; journalist (NBC).
- 1928 - Marie Verstraete, actress (Frou - Frou/Nora), dies at age 74.
- 1929 - Birth of Ingrid Thulin in Solleftea, Sweden; actress (Cries and Whispers, Damned).
- 1929 - Birth of Richard Du Cann; lawyer, Queen's Council.
- 1930 - Birth of Bobby "Blue" Bland in Rosemark, Tennessee, USA; blues singer ("Call on the Drummer").
- 1930 - Birth of Esteban Edward Torres; American politician (Representative-Democrat-California, 1983-).
- 1931 - Birth of Mordecai Richler in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; author (Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz) (dies 2001).
- 1931 - Birth of Rudi Maugeri; rocker (Crew Cuts).
- 1931 - Pierre Laval forms a government in France.
- 1933 - Birth of Mohamed Al Fayed; CEO (Harrods).
- 1933 - Birth of Rita Hennessy; matron-in-chief (QARANC).
- 1934 - 27th Australian Men's Tennis Open: Fred Perry beats Crawford (6-3, 7-5, 6-1).
- 1934 - Birth of Donald Spiers; controller (Aircraft Ministry of Defence).
- 1934 - Birth of Edithe Cresson; premier of France (1991-92).
- 1934 - Birth of Federico Mayor Zaragoza in Barcelona, Spain; UNESCO director (1987-).
- 1934 - Birth of Julian Ogilvie Thompson; CEO (De Beers).
- 1934 - French government of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair).
- 1934 - VARA refuses to hire after commemoration of Marinus Van de Lubbe.
- 1935 - Birth of Gillian Beer; professor/president (Clare Hall-Cambridge).
- 1936 - Birth of Ismail Kadare; Albanian author/poet (Dimri i Madh).
- 1936 - Birth of Troy Donahue in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye).
- 1938 - Birth of Kim Gardner; rocker (The Byrds).
- 1938 - Birth of Timothy Elworthy; Captain of The Queen's Flight.
- 1939 - Birth of Mike Hill in Jackson, Michigan, USA; PGA golfer (1977 Ohio Kings Island Open).
- 1939 - Birth of N R Bomford; head master (Harrow School).
- 1940 - -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia, USA (state record).
- 1940 - Birth of Harry Kümel; Flemish director (Monsieur Hawarden).
- 1940 - Birth of James Cromwell in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Stretch - All in the Family, Babe).
- 1941 - Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreibér warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor.
- 1942 - -19 degrees F (-27.4 degrees C), Netherlands' coldest day since 1850.
- 1943 - First US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen).
- 1943 - Birth of A H Harper; CEO (Baltic Exchange).
- 1944 - Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns; Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves.
- 1944 - Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed.
- 1945 - The Soviet Red Army liberates Auschwitz.
- 1945 - Birth of Mairead Corrigan-Maguire; North Irish peace activist (Nobel Prize 1976).
- 1945 - Birth of Nicholas Berkeley Mason; drummer (Pink Floyd - "The Wall", "Money").
- 1945 - German occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands).
- 1946 - Birth of Nedra Talley; singer (The Ronettes).
- 1946 - Birth of Kim Gardner in England; rock bassist (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke).
- 1947 - Birth of Nedra Telley in New York City, New York, USA; vocalist (Ronettes - "Be My Little Baby").
- 1948 - First locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000kg) operates.
- 1948 - Birth of Chuck Larsen; rocker (Snuff).
- 1948 - Birth of Mikhail Baryshnikov in Riga, Latvia; ballet dancer (That's Dancing).
- 1949 - Chinese liner Taiping collides with a collier off south China.
- 1950 - Birth of Karen Kondazian in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Irene - Shannon, Mortal Sins).
- 1950 - In Los Angeles, California, the 2nd Annual Emmy Awards are presented.
- Best Children's Show: Time for Beany,
- Best Commercial: Lucky Strike,
- Best Kinescope Show: Texaco Star Theatre,
- Best Live Show: The Ed Wynn Show,
- Most Outstanding Kinescoped Personality: Milton Berle,
- Most Outstanding Live Personality: Ed Wynn,
- Best Sports Coverage: Wrestling.
- 1951 - Birth of Brian Downey; rock drummer (Thin Lizzy - "The Boys are Back in Town").
- 1951 - Birth of Scott Lane in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Gary - McKeever and the Colonel).
- 1951 - Birth of Seth Justman in Washington DC, USA; rock vocalist/keyboardist (J Geils Band - "Centerfold").
- 1952 - Birth of Brian Gottfried in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; tennis star (Wimbledon Doubles 1976).
- 1953 - Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at age 58.
- 1953 - Netherlands ends Marshall Plan aid.
- 1955 - Birth of Cheryl White; country singer (The Whites).
- 1955 - Plain and Fancy opens at Mark Hellinger Theater in New York City, New York for 476 performances.
- 1955 - Birth of Mimi Rogers in Coral Gables, Florida, USA; actress (Paper Dolls, The Rousters).
- 1955 - Birth of Richard Young in Glasgow, Kentucky, USA; singer (The Kentucky Headhunters - "Davy Crockett").
- 1956 - Birth of Fred Quillan in Portland, Oregon, USA; WLAF offensive coach (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1956 - NFL's New York Giants switch games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium.
- 1957 - Birth of Janick Gers; guitarist (Iron Maiden).
- 1957 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open.
- 1957 - Birth of Frank Miller; American comicbook writer (Batman - The Dark Knight Returns).
- 1958 - Birth of Alan Milburn; British Member of Parliament.
- 1958 - Birth of Charles Waltz; rocker (Shooting Star).
- 1958 - Ferenc Münnich follows Kádár as premier of Hungary.
- 1959 - Birth of Cris Collinsworth; NFL wide receiver/TV sportscaster.
- 1959 - Birth of Keith Olbermann; TV sportscaster.
- 1959 - Birth of Patti Cohoon in Whittier, California, USA; actress (Molly - "Here Come the Brides").
- 1960 - Birth of Sarah Kennedy in Coquille, Ohio, USA; comedienne (Laugh in).
- 1961 - NBC TV premieres the hour-long TV show Sing Along with Mitch, hosted by Mitch Miller.
- 1961 - Birth of Gillian Gilbert in Manchester, England; keyboardist (New Order - "Round and Round").
- 1961 - Birth of Jean-Paul Banos in Lavelanet, France; Canada sabre (Olympics-9/10-1988, 1992, 1996).
- 1961 - Birth of Margo Timmins; singer (Cowboy Junkies).
- 1961 - Birth of Martin Degville; rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik - "Love Missile F-111").
- 1962 - Birth of James F Doehring in Santa Barbara, California, USA; shot putter (Olympics-silver-1992).
- 1962 - Birth of Michael Collins; clarinettist.
- 1963 - Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 seconds.
- 1963 - John Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at age 58.
- 1963 - Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1964 - "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US.
- 1964 - Barlow and Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval.
- 1964 - Birth of Bridget Fonda in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Scandal, Single White Female).
- 1964 - Birth of Cathy Podewell in California, USA; actress (Dallas).
- 1964 - Birth of Inga Thompson in Reno, Nevada, USA; American cyclist (Olympics-8th-1988, 1984, 1992).
- 1964 - Birth of Jack Haley; NBA center (Chicago Bulls).
- 1964 - Birth of Migi [Miguel Drummond]; rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat - "Keep Your Distance").
- 1964 - Birth of Woody Austin in Tampa, Florida, USA; PGA golfer (1995 Buick Open).
- 1965 - First ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite.
- 1965 - Birth of Igor Matoushkin; NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics-1998).
- 1965 - Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader, dies at age 63.
- 1966 - Birth of Michael De Angelis; hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998).
- 1966 - Birth of Tamlyn Tomita in Okinawa, Japan; actress (Karate Kid 2, Ming Li - Santa Barbara).
- 1966 - Wisconsin State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or National League must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966.
- 1967 - Alphonse Juin, French marshal, dies at age 78.
- 1967 - At Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, a fire breaks out during a manned launch-pad test of the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn rocket, killing astronauts Virgil I Grissom, Lieutenant-Colonel US Air Force Edward Higgins White II, and Roger B Chaffee.
- 1967 - The Beatles sign a nine-year worldwide contract with EMI records.
- 1967 - Birth of Alfred Oglesby; NFL defensive tackle (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1967 - Birth of Carrington Garland in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Kelly Capwell - Santa Barbara).
- 1967 - Birth of Dave Manson in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada; NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets).
- 1967 - Birth of Sue Palmer in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada; cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - New Orleans Saints sign their first player (Paige Cothren-kicker).
- 1967 - Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space is signed.
- 1968 - Birth of Anthony Pleasant; NFL defensive end (Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons).
- 1968 - Birth of Eric Wedge; US baseball catcher (Boston Red Sox).
- 1968 - Birth of Matt Stover; NFL kicker (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens).
- 1968 - Birth of Mike Patton in Eureka, California, USA; rocker (Faith No More - "The Real Thing").
- 1968 - Birth of Reggie Johnson; NFL tight end (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1968 - Birth of Rusty Meacham in Stuart, Florida, USA; pitcher (Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners).
- 1968 - Birth of Tracy Lawrence in Atlanta, Texas, USA; country singer ("Sticks and Stones").
- 1969 - Birth of Michael Kulas; guitarist (James).
- 1969 - Fourteen spies hung in Baghdad, Iraq.
- 1969 - Nine Jews publicly executed in Damascus, Syria.
- 1969 - Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack (she dies February 4th).
- 1969 - Birth of Kristen Danihy in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA; team handball circle/wing (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Phil Plantier in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA; outfielder (San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics).
- 1969 - Birth of Shane Thomson in New Zealand; cricket off-spin all rounder (since 1990).
- 1969 - Charles Winninger, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at age 82.
- 1969 - Noordiers vicar Ian Paisley sentenced to three years.
- 1970 - Birth of Carlos Javier Bernardo; Dutch prince.
- 1970 - Birth of Dario Brose in Queens, New York, USA; soccer halfback (Olympics-1992).
- 1970 - Birth of Dean Headley; cricket player (grandson of George, England ODI quick 1996).
- 1970 - Ed Ford, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at age 72.
- 1970 - American movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG".
- 1970 - Probir Sen, cricket player (20 catch and 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for India), dies.
- 1970 - Death of Erich Heckel in Döbeln, Germany. Heckel was an artist who was one of the founders of the Expressionist artists' group, Die Brücke.
- 1971 - Birth of Mark Noordlander; soccer player (Sparta).
- 1971 - Birth of Patrice Brisebois in Montréal, Québec, Canada; NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens).
- 1972 - Birth of Bryant Young; NFL defensive tackle (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1972 - Birth of Chad Askew; NFL wide receiver (New York Jets).
- 1972 - Birth of Mark Lawrence in Burlington, Ontario, Canada; NHL right wing (Dallas Stars).
- 1972 - Magnavox begins production of the Odyssey video game. The Odyssey is a primitive video game system, with no processors or integrated circuits. It plugs into a home TV set, displaying a moving white block that can be bounced by rotating remote paddles.
- 1972 - Death of Mahalia Jackson at age 60 of heart failure in Chicago, Illinois, USA; gospel singer ("the queen of gospel music", "He Got the Whole World", Ed Sullivan Show).
- 1973 - Birth of Eddie Davis; Canadian Football League cornerback (Calgary Stampeders).
- 1973 - Birth of Margot Bourgeois; Miss Trinidad and Tobago-Universe (1997-third place).
- 1973 - UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record).
- 1973 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn (her 5th consecutive win).
- 1973 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Junior.
- 1973 - William Rogers and Nguyen Duy Trinh sign US-North Vietnam treaty.
- 1974 - Georgios Grivas, Greek General/opposition leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at age 75.
- 1975 - Birth of Chaminda Vaas; brilliant Sri Lankan cricket pace bowler (1994-).
- 1976 - TV sitcom Laverne and Shirley, spin-off from Happy Days, premieres on ABC TV.
- 1976 - 9th ABA All-Star Game: Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver, Colorado.
- 1976 - Birth of Haimish Karrasch; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1976 - Birth of Mike Ferrier; Suriname/Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam, Salernitana).
- 1976 - Birth of Rhett Warrener Shaunavon; NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers).
- 1976 - Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara.
- 1976 - Viv Richards scores his first Test century against Australia.
- 1977 - First broadcast of Roots mini-series on ABC TV.
- 1977 - Walter Baldwin, actor (Gay Amigo), dies at age 88.
- 1978 - Death of Oskar Homolka at age 79, Austrian actor (Seven Year Itch, Ball of Fire) (born 1898).
- 1979 - Birth of Jessica Lynn Ferdinand; Miss New York Teen-USA (1997).
- 1979 - New York Islanders end 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8).
- 1980 - 10th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 37-27.
- 1980 - Six United States diplomats, posing as Canadians, manage to escape from Tehran, Iran as they board a flight to Zürich, Switzerland.
- 1981 - Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/1954-58), dies at age 78.
- 1981 - Indonesian passenger ship Tamponas 2 catches fire and capsizes in the Java Sea, killing 580.
- 1981 - Birth of Greg Owens; Australian Footballer (Central Coast Mariners).
- 1982 - Iris Korn, actress (Widder - Palmerstown USA), dies at age 60.
- 1982 - Philadelphia Phillies trade Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg to Chicago Cubs for Ivan DeJesus.
- 1982 - Roberto S Cordova installed as President of Honduras.
- 1982 - West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup.
- 1982 - The Garret Fitzgerald government of the Republic of Ireland is defeated 82-81 on its budget; Fitzgerald announces his resignation.
- 1982 - Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat opens at Royale theater in New York City, New York for 747 performances.
- 1983 - Robert Christian, actor (Bustin' Loose), dies of cancer at age 42.
- 1983 - World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaid, Japan.
- 1983 - Death of Georges Bidault, French Resistance leader (born 1899).
- 1983 - Louis De Funes, French actor/writer (Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacobs), dies from a heart attack at age 68 (born 1899).
- 1984 - Pop star Michael Jackson's scalp is seriously burned by pyrotechnics during filming of a Pepsi television commercial.
- 1984 - Lou Crosby, TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at age 72.
- 1985 - 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 returns to Earth.
- 1985 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic.
- 1985 - Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25).
- 1985 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 22-14.
- 1986 - 13th American Music Awards: Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis and Crystal Gayle.
- 1986 - Lilli Palmer [Lillie Marie Peiser], German actress (Boys from Brazil, Kinder), dies at age 71 (born 1914).
- 1987 - Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose and Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team.
- 1988 - US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to US Supreme Court.
- 1990 - 64th Australian Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Mary Jo Fernandez (6-3, 6-4).
- 1990 - Dissolution of Polish communist party.
- 1990 - Helen Jerome Eddy, actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at age 92.
- 1990 - The city of Tiraspol in the Moldavian SSR briefly declares independence.
- 1991 - 79th Australian Open Men's Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4).
- 1991 - Dutch Pacifist Socialistic Party disbands.
- 1991 - Super Bowl XXV in Tampa, Florida, USA. Whitney Houston sings (with microphone off) the "Star Spangled Banner" over an aired pre-recorded version. New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20 to 19. Most Valuable Player: Ottis Anderson, Running Back for the New York Giants.
- 1992 - 19th American Music Awards: C and C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win.
- 1992 - Francesca Primus, columnist (Back Stage), dies at age 45.
- 1992 - Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, British actress (The Master Blackmailer, Eliza Dolittle), dies at age 101.
- 1992 - Death of Sally Mugabe (nee Hayfron), wife of Robert Mugabe and first lady of Zimbabwe (born 1933).
- 1993 - Andre "the Giant" Roussimoff, French professional wrestler, dies of heart attack at age 49 (born 1946).
- 1993 - DC-3 crashes in Kinshasa, killing 12.
- 1993 - Erik Mörk, Danish actor (Europe), dies at age 67.
- 1993 - Death of Edward P. Morgan at age 82; journalist (1955-67), radio commentator ("Edward P. Morgan and the News" on ABC, George Foster Peabody Award 1956), TV news anchor (ABC Evening News).
- 1994 - Carlos Reina succeeds President Callejas in Honduras.
- 1994 - Death of Claude Akins at age 75 of cancer; American actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo) (born 1914).
- 1994 - Joe Mays, actor (Mr Saturday Night), dies of AIDS at age 44.
- 1994 - Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites.
- 1994 - Death of Stanley Adams at age 86; songwriter ("What a Difference a Day Makes", English lyrics "La Cucaracha"), president of ASCAP for over 25 years.
- 1995 - Halsey S Colchester, British SAS/MI6-spy/priest, dies at age 76.
- 1995 - Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, General-Secretary Council of Churches, dies at age 64.
- 1996 - Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup.
- 1996 - Fifteen-day old siamese twins separated; Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies.
- 1996 - 70th Australian Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (6-4, 6-1).
- 1996 - Catherine Roskam becomes the first New York female Episcopal bishop.
- 1996 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.
- 1996 - Germany celebrates its first Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- 1996 - John Patrick Sutton Ludlow, actor (Agatha), dies at age 93.
- 1996 - Julian Hill, research chemist, dies at age 91.
- 1996 - Olga Havlova, political activist, dies at age 63.
- 1996 - Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303 for Guyana versus Jamaica at Kingston.
- 1996 - Tommy Mitchell, cricket player (Derbyshire leg-spin, five Tests for England), dies.
- 1997 - 24th American Music Awards: Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette win.
- 1997 - It is revealed that French museums had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that were stolen by Germans.
- 1998 - Crane crashes into Roosevelt Island tram (New York City, New York), injuring 10.
- 1998 - Roland Clarkson discovers 37th Mersenne prime, 2^3021377-1.
- 1998 - WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics and Detroit Shock.
- 2000 - The US Mint releases a new circulating dollar coin, depicting Sacagawea.
- 2001 - A plane crashes 40 miles east of Denver, Colorado, killing two players of the Oklahoma State University basketball team, six team staffers, and the two-person crew.
- 2001 - Death of Marie-José of Belgium, last Queen of Italy (born 1906).
- 2002 - ABC-TV begins airing Stephen King's three-part, six-hour miniseries Rose Red.
- 2003 - Philip Morris Companies changes its company name to Altria Group, Incorporated.
- 2004 - Death of Jack Paar at age 87; American actor/comedian/TV host (The Breakfast Club radio show, Up to Paar TV show, Bank on the Stars TV show, Early Show, Tonight Show).
- 2005 - Lance Berkman agrees to a one-year, $10.5 million deal with the Houston Astros.
- 2006 - The Kansas City Royals unveil new uniforms with a more traditional look, with script lettering on the front and its crown logo on the sleeves.
- 2006 - The Chicago Cubs and Mark Prior agree on a one-year $3.65 million contract.
- 2006 - Nobuhiko Matsunaka agrees to seven-year contract with Japan's Softbank Hawks for an estimated 500 million yen a year plus performance incentives.
- 2006 - Death of Johannes Rau, President of Germany (born 1931).
- 2008 - Death of Suharto, former dictator of Indonesia (1966-1998), at age 86.
- 2008 - Death of Gordon B. Hinckley, American Mormon leader (born 1910).
- 2009 - In Los Angeles, California, a woman gives birth to octuplets, believed to be only the second set of eight babies born in the United States.
- 2009 - American novelist John Updike (Pulitzer prize for Rabbit series, Rabbit, Run, Couples, Rabbit Redux, The Witches of Eastwick, Memories of the Ford Administration) dies at age 76 from lung cancer.
- 2009 - UK business secretary Lord Mandelson announces 2.3 billion pound (US$3.2 billion) package of loan guarantees to support car makers.
- 2009 - Death of R. Venkataraman, 8th President of India (born 1910).
- 2010 - The film Avatar surpasses Titanic to become the highest grossing movie of all time, at US$1.859 billion worldwide.
- 2011 - In New York City, Spink Shreves Galleries auctions a Canada Victoria 12-pence stamp, mint no-hinge, Superb 98, finest existant, for $488,850.
- 2022 - US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement.
- 2022 - Royal Caribbean International takes delivery of new Wonder of the Seas cruise ship in Marseille, France, at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard.
- 2022 - In a private transaction, GreatCollections sells a USA 1794 dollar, Flowing Hair, Specimen 66 PCGS, possibly first coin struck at Philadelphia Mint, for US$12 million.
- 2022 - Xiomara Castro is sworn in as President of Honduras.
- 2022 - Sotheby's in London, England, sells at auction an Egyptian statue from the 3rd millennium B.C. for close to US$10 million.
- 2023 - Death of Donald Trelford at age 85; editor (the Observer).
- 2023 - Death of Sylvia Syms at age 89; British actor (Ice Cold in Alex movie).
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