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What happened in history on this day: January 29?
On January 29 in ...
- 969 - Peter tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies.
- 1523 - Sermon of Constanz: Zwingli defends 67 Schlussreden.
- 1559 - Sir Thomas Pope English politician, benefactor, dies at about age 52.
- 1574 - Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet.
- 1584 - Birth of Frederik Hendrik count of Nassau/Prince of Orange.
- 1587 - Deventer and Zutphen surrender to Spain.
- 1663 - Robert Sanderson Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies.
- 1676 - Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia.
- 1688 - Birth of Emanuel Swedenborg Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom).
- 1689 - Birth of Hubert K Poot Dutch poet.
- 1696 - Ivan V co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies.
- 1700 - Birth of Daniel Bernoulli Basel Switzerland, mathematician (10 time French award).
- 1717 - Birth of Jeffrey Amherst English Governor-General of America/field marshal.
- 1728 - John Gays' "Beggar's Opera" premieres in London.
- 1732 - Paris churchyard Saint-Médard closed after Jansenistic ritual.
- 1737 - Birth of Thomas Paine; political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason) (dies 1809).
- 1743 - André Hercule Fleury French cardinal (1726-43), dies.
- 1756 - Birth of Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee (Republican/Governor-Virginia)/General/cavalryman.
- 1761 - Birth of Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin Switzerland, US minister of Finance (1801-14).
- 1782 - Birth of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber; French opera composer (Fra Diavolo).
- 1801 - Birth of Johannes Bernardus van Bree; Dutch violinist/composer (Felix Meritis).
- 1802 - John Beckley of Virginia appointed first Librarian of Congress.
- 1803 - Birth of Anselm von Rothschild; Austrian banker.
- 1814 - Death of Johann G Fichte at age 51; German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre).
- 1820 - George III, king of Great Britain (1760-1820), dies at age 81.
- 1821 - Birth of Isaac Ferdinand Quinby; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1891).
- 1823 - Birth of Franklin Gardner; Major-General (US Civil War-fought at Shiloh and Port Hudson).
- 1834 - President Andrew Jackson orders first use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute.
- 1836 - Birth of Benjamin Franklin Potts; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1887).
- 1836 - Birth of James Meech Warner; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1897).
- 1843 - Birth of William McKinley in Niles, Ohio, USA; 25th American President (Republican, 1897-1901) (dies 1901).
- 1845 - Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" is first published (New York Evening Mirror).
- 1848 - Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press).
- 1850 - Birth of Lawrence Hargrave in Greenwich, England; engineer, explorer, inventor (box kite (1893)), aeronautical engineer.
- 1850 - Henry Clay introduces a compromise bill on slavery to US Senate.
- 1852 - Birth of Ion Luca Caragiale; Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa).
- 1856 - Britain issues first Victoria Cross, acknowledging bravery.
- 1860 - American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX.
- 1860 - Birth of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov in Tagarov, Russia; playwright (Cherry Orchard) (dies 1904).
- 1861 - Kansas becomes 34th state of the USA.
- 1862 - Birth of Frederick Delius in Bradford, England; composer (Hiawatha).
- 1863 - Battle at Bear River Washington: US Army versus Indians.
- 1866 - Birth of Romain Rolland in France; writer (Jean-Christophe) (Nobel Prize 1915).
- 1867 - Birth of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez in Spain; writer (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse).
- 1873 - Birth of Luigi A, duke of the Abruzzes, in Italy; explorer/climber (Mount Saint Elias).
- 1874 - US Congress passes an act allowing the Bureau of the Mint to produce coinage for foreign governments.
- 1874 - Birth of John David Rockefeller Junior in Cleveland, Ohio; philanthropist (dies 1960).
- 1879 - Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at age 80.
- 1879 - The Custer Battlefield National Monument is established in Montana.
- 1880 - Birth of W C Fields AKA William Claude Dukenfield in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (My Little Chickadee, Bank Dick) (dies 1946).
- 1886 - Karl Benz in Karlsruhe patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
- 1887 - Birth of Albert Conti in Trieste, Austria; actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion).
- 1891 - Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii.
- 1891 - Birth of R N Williams II; tennis champion (US Open-1914).
- 1892 - Birth of Clifford Gray; US bobsled (Olympics-gold-1928).
- 1895 - King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa, Niger, hundreds killed.
- 1896 - Birth of Teddy Hoad; cricket player (pioneering West Indian Test batsman).
- 1896 - Emile Grubbe is first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer.
- 1898 - Birth of Fernand Quinet; Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre).
- 1898 - Birth of Karl Bjarnhof; Danish blind journalist/writer (History of Sascha).
- 1899 - Robert J Fruin, Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at age 75.
- 1900 - The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, also known as the American League, is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with eight founding teams in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis.
- 1900 - Birth of Willem F K Hussem; Dutch painter/poet (Coastline, Lookout on Sea).
- 1900 - Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop, Natal; 2,000 killed.
- 1901 - Birth of Allen B DuMont; inventor (perfected commercial practical cathode ray tube).
- 1903 - Dutch railroad workers strike.
- 1905 - Birth of Barnett Newmann; US painter (postpainterly abstraction).
- 1906 - Birth of Franciscus Hin in Holland; yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1920).
- 1906 - King Christaan IX of Denmark (1893-1906) dies.
- 1906 - Coen de King skates world record time: 32,370 km.
- 1908 - Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, at Cornell University, incorporates.
- 1908 - Birth of Adam Clayton Powell; American politician (Representative-Democrat-New York, 1945-70).
- 1909 - Birth of Alan Marshal in Sydney, Australia; actor (White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia).
- 1910 - Birth of Henri Queffélec; French writer (Au bout du monde).
- 1910 - Edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at age 52.
- 1912 - Birth of Jacob "Jaap" Balk; journalist (AH, Onder de Keizerskroon).
- 1912 - Birth of Professor Irwin Corey in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian (Car Wash, Doc).
- 1912 - Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1913 - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates.
- 1913 - Birth of Victor Mature in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (One Million BC, The Robe, Samson and Delilah).
- 1915 - Birth of Halfdan Rasmussen; Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter (Skoven).
- 1916 - First bombing of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place.
- 1917 - Birth of John Raitt in Santa Ana, California, USA; actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game).
- 1917 - Evelyn Baring Earl Cromer, English consul-General in Egypt, dies at age 75.
- 1918 - Birth of John Forsythe in New Jersey, USA; actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty).
- 1918 - Birth of William Rigney; baseball manager (San Francisco Giants).
- 1919 - Birth of Norman F Simpson; British playwright (One Way Pendulum).
- 1919 - US Secretary of State proclaims the 18th Amendment (prohibition).
- 1921 - Billy Gunn, cricket player (score 392 runs for England including a century), dies.
- 1922 - In Washington, D.C., USA, the ceiling of the 1700-seat Knickerbocker theater collapses from about 28 inches of heavy snow, killing 98, injuring 133.
- 1922 - Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador is dissolved.
- 1923 - Birth of Paddy Chayevsky [Sydney]; American dramatist (Marty, Hospital) (dies 1981).
- 1924 - Birth of Luigi Nono in Venice, Italy; composer (Canonic Variations).
- 1924 - Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1925 - Birth of Anthony George in Endicott, New York, USA; actor (Untouchables, Checkmate, Dark Shadows, Search for Tomorrow, One Life to Live).
- 1925 - Birth of Pier Tania (Meinte Piet); radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting).
- 1925 - British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader.
- 1926 - Birth of Bob Berry; cricket player (England slow lefty 1950).
- 1927 - 4th German government of Wilhelm Marx forms.
- 1927 - Birth of Edward Abbey; US author (Desert Solitaire).
- 1928 - Birth of Peter Byrne; actor (Postcards from America, Carry on Cabby).
- 1928 - Douglas Haig, first Earl Haig, British field marshal (Sudan/Boer war/WWI), dies at age 66.
- 1929 - Birth of Elio Petri in Italy; director (Property is no theft).
- 1929 - Birth of William McMillan; American rapid pistol (Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1930 - Birth of John Junkin; actor/writer (A Hard Day's Night).
- 1931 - Birth of Leslie Bricuse; English/US composer ("Stop the world I want to get off", "Goldfinger", "My Kind of Girl").
- 1931 - Birth of Ferenc Madl; President of Hungary.
- 1932 - Birth of Raman Subba Row; CEO (Test/County Cricket Board).
- 1932 - Cricket test debut of Bill O'Reilly, versus South Africa at Adelaide.
- 1933 - Birth of Margaret Laird; Commissioner (Third Church Estates).
- 1934 - Fritz Haber, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1918), dies at age 65.
- 1936 - The U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elects first members in Cooperstown, New York: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson, and Walter Johnson.
- 1936 - Birth of Noel Harrison; actor-singer (Girl from Uncle).
- 1938 - Birth of Bill Christian; American ice hockey player (Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1939 - Birth of Germaine Greer in Melbourne, Australia; feminist/author (Female Eunuch).
- 1941 - Greek Prime Minister General Ioannis Metaxas dies unexpectedly. The new Greek prime minister invites British forces in for protection against Germany and Italy.
- 1942 - Birth of Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez in Cuba; cosmonaut (Soyuz 38), first Cuban in space.
- 1942 - Birth of F R Hartley; Vice-Chancellor (Cranfield University).
- 1942 - Birth of Katharine Ross in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (The Graduate, Francesca - The Colbys).
- 1942 - Birth of Richard Needham; British Member of Parliament.
- 1942 - Birth of Robin Morgan in Lake Worth, Florida, USA; actress (Dagmar - Mama).
- 1942 - German and Italian troops occupy Benghazi.
- 1942 - Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determination).
- 1943 - New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Japanese submarine I-1 at Guadalcanal.
- 1944 - 285 German bombers attack London, England.
- 1944 - Birth of Katharine Ross; actress (The Colbys).
- 1944 - Birth of Barbara Moore in Wardell, Missouri, USA; actress (Lisa Rogers - Man From UNCLE).
- 1944 - Birth of Hans Plomp; Dutch writer/poet (Venus in Holland).
- 1944 - William Allen White, US journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at age 75.
- 1945 - Birth of Donna Marie Caponi Young in Detroit, Michigan, USA; LPGA golfer (US Open 1969, 1970).
- 1945 - Birth of James Nicholson; British Member of Parliament.
- 1945 - Birth of Tom Selleck in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Lance White - The Rockford Files, Magnum P.I.).
- 1946 - Harry L Hopkins, American minister of Business (Loan and Lease law), dies at age 55.
- 1946 - In Kiev, a military tribunal senetences twelve German officers and soldiers to hanging for the murder of Soviets. Four others receive prison sentences of 15-20 years.
- 1946 - The government of Canada announces that all German war prisoners in the country will be moved to Great Britain.
- 1947 - Birth of David Byron; vocalist (Uriah Heep).
- 1947 - Birth of Israel Wetrin; managing director (Elonex).
- 1947 - Birth of Michael Mavor; Head Master (Rugby School).
- 1947 - Fred Barratt, cricket player (5 wickets at 47 in five Tests for England 1929-30), dies.
- 1948 - Birth of Marc Singer in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actor (BeastMaster, V, The Young and The Restless, Dallas).
- 1948 - Birth of Bill Kirchen; singer/guitarist (Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen).
- 1948 - Birth of Felice Taylor; rhythm and blues singer ("I Feel Love Comin' On").
- 1948 - Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies US$500 each for signing high school players.
- 1949 - Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland recognize Israel.
- 1950 - Birth of Ann Jillian in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here, Ann Jillian, It's a Living).
- 1950 - Birth of Jody Schecter; South African auto maker (World Driver's 1979).
- 1951 - US Major League Baseball signs six year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for US$6 million.
- 1951 - Birth of Andy Roberts; cricket player (brilliant West Indies quickie with 202 wickets 74-84).
- 1951 - Birth of Earl Howe in England; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence.
- 1952 - Birth of Tommy Ramone AKA Thomas Erdelyi in Budapest, Hungary; rock drummer/bassist (Ramones - "Rock and Roll High School").
- 1953 - Birth of Louie Perez; drummer (Los Lobos).
- 1953 - First movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres.
- 1953 - Birth of Dalila di Lazzaro in Udine, Italy; covergirl/model (Vogue).
- 1954 - Birth of Alejandro Casañas in Havana, Cuba; 110m hurdler (Olympics-silver-1976, 1980).
- 1954 - Birth of Dick Manitoba; vocalist (Dictators).
- 1954 - Birth of Oprah Winfrey in Kosciusko, Michigan, USA; actress (Color Purple), TV host (Oprah).
- 1955 - Birth of John Tate; American heavyweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1968).
- 1955 - Hans Hedtoft, premier of Denmark (1947-55), dies at age 51.
- 1955 - John William Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962).
- 1956 - H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, American essayist/critic/satirist (Smart Set), dies in Baltimore, Maryland at age 75.
- 1957 - Birth of Irlene Mandrell in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA; country singer (Mandrell Sisters).
- 1957 - Birth of Jac Bico; Dutch guitarist/singer (Tambourine).
- 1957 - Birth of Diane Delano; actress (Joan of Arcadia, ER, Northern Exposure).
- 1958 - Birth of Judy Norton-Taylor in Santa Monica, California, USA; actress (Mary Ellen - The Waltons).
- 1958 - Birth of Ole Mortensen; cricket player (pace bowler for Derbyshire and Denmark).
- 1958 - Murderer Charles Starkweather captured by police in Wyoming, USA.
- 1959 - Birth of Paul McGann; actor (Doctor Who).
- 1959 - Birth of Johnny Spampinato; guitarist (NRBQ).
- 1959 - Buena Vista premieres Disney's animated feature film Sleeping Beauty at the Fox Wilshire Theater in Los Angeles, California. The film is based on Charles Perrault's version of the story of Sleeping Beauty.
- 1960 - Birth of Cho-Liang Lin in Taiwan; violinist (Queen Sophia first prize).
- 1960 - Birth of Eddie Jackson; bassist (Queensryche - "Breaking the Silence", "The Warning").
- 1960 - Birth of Gregory Efthimos Louganis in San Diego, California, USA; champion diver (Olympics-gold-1984, 1988).
- 1960 - Birth of Matthew Ashford in Davenport, Iowa, USA; actor (Jack Devaraux - Days of Our Lives).
- 1960 - Birth of Steve Sax; second baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox).
- 1960 - Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe - Waterfront), dies at age 54.
- 1961 - Birth of Mike Aldrete; US baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees).
- 1961 - Birth of David Baynton-Power; drummer (James).
- 1961 - Birth of Eddie Jackson; bassist (Queensryche).
- 1961 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen.
- 1961 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord.
- 1962 - Birth of Nicholas Turturro in Queens, New York, USA; actor (James Martinez - NYPD Blue).
- 1963 - Birth of Michelle Bell in Melrose, Massachusetts, USA; LPGA golfer (1981 Mass School Girls Champ).
- 1963 - The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced. They are Jim Thorpe, Red Grange and George Halas.
- 1963 - Robert Lee Frost, American poet (New Hampshire, four Pulitzers), dies at age 88.
- 1964 - (to February 9) The IX Olympic Winter Games are held in Innsbruck, Austria.
- 1964 - Death of Alan Ladd at age 50 in Palm Springs, California, USA; actor (Shane movie, Box 13 radio show).
- 1964 - Birth of Andre Reed; NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills).
- 1964 - Birth of John Habyan; US baseball pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1964 - Birth of Roddy Frame; rock vocalist/guitarist (Aztec Camera - "Stray").
- 1964 - Most lopsided high-school basketball score: 211-29 (Louisiana).
- 1964 - NBC-TV agrees to pay $36 million for the broadcast rights to the American Football League games during the 1965-1969 seasons.
- 1964 - Stanley Kubrick's film Dr Strangelove premieres.
- 1964 - Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit.
- 1965 - Birth of Dominik Hasek in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia; NHL goalie (Czech Olympics-Gold-1998, Buffalo Sabres).
- 1965 - Birth of Tim Johnson; NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins).
- 1965 - Death of John Larkin at age 52 of a heart attack; actor (Perry Mason on radio, (Mike Karr - The Edge of Night TV show (1956-1961), Saints and Sinners, 12 O'Clock High).
- 1966 - Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at age 84.
- 1966 - Lawry and Simpson complete 244 opening stand versus England, Adelaide.
- 1966 - Snow storm in north-east US kills 165.
- 1966 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming.
- 1966 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen.
- 1967 - CBS airs the last The Garry Moore Show TV show.
- 1967 - Birth of David Pitcher; Canadian Football League fullback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1967 - Birth of Khalid Skah in Midelt, Morocco; 5k/10k runner.
- 1967 - Birth of Sean Burke in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers).
- 1967 - Birth of Stacey King; NBA forward/center (Miami Heat).
- 1967 - Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1967 - Kees Verkerk becomes European skating champ.
- 1968 - Birth of Aeneas Williams; NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1968 - Birth of Chris Pringle; New Zealand cricket pace bowler (since 1990).
- 1968 - Birth of Edward Burns; director/actor (Brothers McMullen, Entourage).
- 1968 - Birth of Harold Green; NFL running back (Cincinnati Bengals, Atlanta Falcons).
- 1968 - Birth of John Hudson; NFL center/guard (New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1968 - Birth of Kevin Roberson; US baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs).
- 1968 - Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai; cricket player (Test for India), dies.
- 1968 - Nauru adopts constitution.
- 1969 - Birth of Flora Perfetti in Faenza, Italy; tennis star (1995 Futures-Reims-FRA).
- 1969 - Birth of Karen Fonteyne in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; synchronized swimmer (Olympics-silver-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Robert Young; NFL player (Saint Louis Rams).
- 1969 - Jimi Hendrix and Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars.
- 1969 - Sheahan and Connolly hang on for exciting draw Australia versus West Indies.
- 1969 - CBS-TV debuts the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
- 1970 - Birth of Eric Gouka; cricket player (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup).
- 1970 - Birth of Heather Graham in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actress (Drugstore Cowboy, Diggstown, Emily's Reasons, Scrubs, Twin Peaks).
- 1970 - Birth of Scott Davis; guard (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1970 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk.
- 1971 - Birth of Chris Vargas; Canadian Football League quarterback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1971 - Birth of Jamal Fountaine; NFL defensive end (San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons).
- 1971 - Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, versus England at Adelaide.
- 1972 - 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville.
- 1972 - Birth of Hessley Hempstead; NFL guard (Detroit Lions).
- 1972 - Birth of Scott Davis in Great Falls, Montana, USA; figure skater (Olympics-1994).
- 1972 - Birth of Simon Cook; cricket player (Victorian pace bowler joined New South Wales 1995-96).
- 1973 - Birth of Darnell Stephens; NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1973 - Birth of Jason Schmidt in Lewiston, Idaho; pitcher (Atlanta Braves).
- 1973 - Birth of Scott Milanovich; quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1973 - Ludwig Stossel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera), dies at age 89.
- 1974 - 27th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 6-4 at Chicago.
- 1974 - Birth of David LaFleur; tight end (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1974 - Birth of Jeff Mitchell; corner (Baltimore Ravens).
- 1974 - Birth of Kris Burley in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada; gymnast (Olympics-1996).
- 1974 - Birth of Pat Walsh; WLAF Tackle (London Monarchs).
- 1975 - Birth of Sharif Atkins; actor (ER).
- 1975 - Birth of Kelly Packard in Glendale, California, USA; actress (Tiffani Smith - California Dreams).
- 1975 - Birth of Lorraine Magwenzi; Miss Zimbabwe-Universe (1997).
- 1975 - Birth of Maarten Kerkhof; soccer player (Vitesse, De Graafschap).
- 1975 - Birth of Sara Gilbert in Santa Monica, California; actress (Darlene - Roseanne, Poison Ivy, ER).
- 1975 - West Indies wins Fifth Test against India to take exciting series 3-2.
- 1976 - Birth of Ilmira Shamsutdinova; Miss Russia-Universe/best costume (1996).
- 1976 - Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at age 59.
- 1976 - Zeiss planetarium in Hague, Netherlands, destroyed by fire.
- 1977 - Birth of Martin Hohenberger; hockey forward (Team Austria 1998).
- 1977 - E P "Buster" Nupen, cricket player (50 wickets for South Africa, lost eye), dies.
- 1977 - Death of Freddie Prinze at age 22, fatally shooting himself; comedian/actor (Chico and the Man).
- 1978 - Birth of Andrew Keegan; actor (Seventh Heaven, Party of Five).
- 1978 - Joanne Carner wins Colgate Triple Crown Match-Play Golf Championship.
- 1978 - Death of Tim McCoy at age 86, American actor (Arizona Bound) (born 1891).
- 1978 - Sweden outlaws aerosol sprays due to their harmful effect on the ozone layer, becoming the first nation to enact such a ban.
- 1979 - 9th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 13-7.
- 1979 - Birth of Andrew Keegan; actor (Step by Step, Party of Five).
- 1979 - Brenda Ann Spencer opens fire at a school in San Diego, California, killing two faculty members and wounding eight students. Her justification for the action is "I don't like Mondays."
- 1979 - Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC.
- 1979 - President Jimmy Carter commutes Patricia Hearst's seven-year sentence to two years.
- 1980 - Birth of Jason James Richter in Medford, Oregon; actor (Free Willy).
- 1980 - Cleveland Cavaliers beat Los Angeles Lakers 154-153 in quadruple overtime.
- 1980 - Jimmy Durante, American actor/singer/comedian (Ink-a-dink-a-doo, Palooka, The Jimmy Durante Show), dies at age 86 in New York City, New York (born 1893).
- 1981 - American League approves sale of Chicago White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn for US$20 million, and 80 percent of Seattle Mariners to George Argyros for US$104 million.
- 1982 - Old Dominion ends Los Angeles Tech's women's basketball record 54-game win streak.
- 1982 - Wayne Garland, baseball first millionaire free agent, waived by Cleveland Indians.
- 1983 - Song "Down Under" by Men At Work hits #1 on United Kingdom pop chart.
- 1984 - Frances Goodrich, actor (Diary of Anne Frank), dies from lung cancer at age 93.
- 1984 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 45-3.
- 1984 - Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic of Deer Creek.
- 1984 - Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched.
- 1984 - 34th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 154-145 (overtime) at Denver, Colorado.
- 1985 - Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th point of season in game 39.
- 1986 - Death of Leif Erickson at age 74 of cancer; actor (Big John Cannon - High Chaparral TV show).
- 1986 - Yoweri Museveni sworn in as President of Uganda.
- 1986 - In southern Sumatra, Indonesia, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurs.
- 1987 - William J Casey ends term as 13th director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1988 - Spectrum Holobyte introduces the Tetris computer game in the US. This is the first entertainment software imported to the US from the Soviet Union. The game was written by Vagim Gerasimov and Alexi Paszitnov at the Computer Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
- 1988 - Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15s.
- 1988 - Detroit Tigers' Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Los Angeles Dodgers.
- 1988 - James R Killian Junior, MIT president (1948-59), dies at age 83.
- 1988 - Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons (61,938).
- 1988 - Talks break down between Sandinistas and Contras.
- 1988 - United Airlines Boeing 747SP circles world in 36 hours 54 minutes 15 seconds.
- 1988 - The Midwest Classic Conference, a U.S. college athletic conference, is formed.
- 1989 - 77th Australian Open Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (6-2, 6-2, 6-2).
- 1989 - Cleveland Cavaliers' Chris Dudley misses five free throws during one foul attempt.
- 1989 - Dottie Mochrie wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic.
- 1989 - Dow Jones Industrial Average jumps 38.06 to hit 2256.43; recoups 508-point loss since October 1987.
- 1989 - Episcopal church appoints first female bishop.
- 1989 - Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after nine years of use, New York Mets' Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129.
- 1989 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 34-3.
- 1989 - USSR's Phobos II enters Mars orbit.
- 1990 - The trial of Joseph Hazelwood, former skipper of the Exxon Valdez, begins in Anchorage, Alaska. He is accused of negligence that resulted in America's worst oil spill to date.
- 1991 - Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia begins.
- 1991 - Jan Odé, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies.
- 1991 - Nelson Mandela and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet in Durban after 28 years.
- 1991 - Siad Barre is succeeded by Ali Mahdi Muhammad in Somalia.
- 1991 - Death of John McIntire, American actor (Virginian, Psycho), of emphysema at age 83 (born 1907).
- 1992 - Death of Willie Dixon at age 76 of heart failure in Burbank, California, USA; boxer, rhythm and blues songwriter ("Hoochie Coochie Man", "Little Red Rooster", "Back Door Man", "I'm a Man").
- 1993 - Hank Werba [Herman Werblowski], US journalist (Variety), dies at age 79.
- 1993 - Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies.
- 1993 - Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.
- 1994 - Jevgeni P Leonov, Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at age 67.
- 1994 - Nick Cravat, midget (Gremlin - Twilight Zone), dies of lung cancer at age 81.
- 1994 - Ulrike Maier, Olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at age 26.
- 1995 - Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist (Rhodesia), dies at age 88.
- 1995 - Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut versus England, Adelaide.
- 1995 - Richard Desborough Burnell, British oarsman (Olympics-gold-1948), dies at age 77.
- 1995 - The San Francisco 49ers become the first NFL franchise to win five Super Bowl games, as they defeat the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in Super Bowl XXIX at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, Florida.
- 1995 - Tatachilla Lutheran College officially opens at McLaren Vale, South Australia.
- 1996 - 6,138th performance of Cats is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, A Chorus Line.
- 1996 - Last day of Test cricket for David Boon.
- 1996 - President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear testing.
- 1996 - Fire destroys La Fenice, Venice's opera house.
- 1996 - A Greek flag is hoisted on a small rocky island named Imia (Greek) / Kardak (Turkish).
- 1997 - Eric Schneider, murderer of two teachers, executed in Missouri at age 35.
- 1998 - Soyuz TM-27 launches to MIR space station.
- 1998 - Thick fog causes highway carnage in Belgium and Netherlands, six die.
- 1998 - In Birmingham, Alabama, a bomb explodes at an abortion clinic, killing one and severely wounding another. Serial bomber Eric Rudolph is the prime suspect.
- 2003 - Death of Frank Moss, U.S. Senator from Utah (born 1911).
- 2003 - In Cambodia, Thai-owned hotels, offices, and factories are burned and looted, following a misleading interpretation of a Thai television actress's comments about Angkor Wat temple.
- 2005 - Death of Bill Shadel at age 96 of prostate cancer in Seattle, Washington, USA; longtime CBS and ABC newsman.
- 2007 - A suicide bomber kills three people in a bakery in Eilat, Israel.
- 2008 - Iran's judiciary sentences to prison 54 Bahá'í Faith followers for 'anti-regime propaganda'.
- 2009 - Ford Motor Company reports a record US$14.6 billion full-year loss.
- 2009 - Former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson's single "My Life Would Suck Without You" makes the largest ever leap to number one in Billboard chart history, rising 96 places in one week.
- 2016 - Japan's central bank cuts interest rate on bank reserves to -0.1 percent.
- 2020 - U.S. president Donald Trump signs the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a North American trade agreement set to replace NAFTA.
- 2022 - Death of Howard Hesseman at age 81 of complications from colon surgery; actor (Dr. Johnny Fever - WKRP in Cincinnati TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Sam Lay at age 86 of natural causes in Chicago, Illinois, USA; drummer (Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame).
- 2023 - Tennis player Novak Djokovic defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas to win his 10th Australian Open and 22nd Grand Slam.
- 2023 - Death of Lisa Loring at age 64 of complications from a stroke in a hospital in Burbank, California, USA; actor (Wednesday Addams - The Addams Family TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Annie Wersching at age 45 of cancer; actor (24 TV show, Star Trek: Picard TV show, Bosch, Timeless).
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