January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 363 days remaining until the end of the year (364 in leap years ).
Events
366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire .
533 – Mercurius becomes Pope John II , the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy .
1492 – Reconquista : the Emirate of Granada , the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
1777 – American Revolutionary War : American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey .
1788 – Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution .
1791 – Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country , marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War .
1818 – The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded.
1833 – Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands .
1860 – The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France .
1865 – Uruguayan War : The Siege of Paysandú ends as Brazilian and Coloradans capture Paysandú , Uruguay .
1871 – Amadeus I becomes King of Spain .
1900 – American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
1905 – Russo-Japanese War : The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur , China.
1911 – A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill .
1920 – The second Palmer Raid takes place with another 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities.
1927 – Angered by the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917 , Catholic rebels in Mexico rebelled against the government.
1935 – Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr. , infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh .
1941 – World War II : German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff , Wales, United Kingdom.
1942 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring .
1942 – World War II: Manila , Philippines is captured by Japanese forces.
1945 – World War II: Nuremberg , Germany (in German, Nürnberg) is severely bombed by Allied forces.
1949 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico .
1955 – Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera is assassinated.
1959 – Luna 1 , the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union .
1963 – Vietnam War : The Viet Cong wins its first major victory in the Battle of Ap Bac .
1967 – Ronald Reagan sworn in as Governor of California
1971 – The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers -Celtic association football (soccer) match.
1974 – United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
1975 – A bomb blast at Samastipur , Bihar , India, fatally wounds Minister of Railways Lalit Narayan Mishra .
1975 – Bangladeshi Marxist leader Siraj Sikder is arrested and dies while in police custody.
1976 – The Gale of January 1976 begins, which results in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, resulting in at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
1981 – One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe , the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield , South Yorkshire .
1992 – Leaders of armed opposition declare the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia deposed during a military coup in Georgia .
1993 – Sri Lankan Civil War : The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35-100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon .
1999 – A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States , causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago , where temperatures plunge to -13 °F (-25 °C); 68 deaths are reported.
2004 – Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2 , collecting samples that are returned to Earth.
2006 – An explosion in a coal mine in Sago, West Virginia traps and kills 12 miners, while leaving one miner in critical condition.
2011 – January 2011 Baghdad shootings take place.
2013 – Barack Obama signs the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 .
Births
1462 – Piero di Cosimo , Italian painter (d. 1522)
1642 – Mehmed IV , Ottoman sultan (d. 1693)
1647 – Nathaniel Bacon , English-American rebel leader (d. 1676)
1699 – Osman III , Ottoman sultan (d. 1757)
1713 – Marie Dumesnil , French actress (d. 1803)
1719 – Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat , French shipbuilder and merchant (d. 1797)
1727 – James Wolfe , English general (d. 1759)
1732 – František Brixi , Czech organist and composer (d. 1771)
1777 – Christian Daniel Rauch , German sculptor and educator (d. 1857)
1822 – Rudolf Clausius , Polish-German physicist and mathematician (d. 1888)
1827 – Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky , Russian geographer and statistician (d. 1914)
1833 – Frederick A. Johnson , American banker and politician (d. 1893)
1836 – Queen Emma of Hawaii (d. 1885)
1836 – Mendele Mocher Sforim , Russian author (d. 1917)
1837 – Mily Balakirev , Russian pianist and composer (d. 1910)
1857 – M. Carey Thomas , American educator and activist (d. 1935)
1860 – William Corless Mills , American historian and curator (d. 1928)
1860 – Dugald Campbell Patterson , Canadian engineer (d. 1931)
1866 – Gilbert Murray , Australian-English playwright and scholar (d. 1957)
1870 – Ernst Barlach , German sculptor and playwright (d. 1938)
1873 – Thérèse of Lisieux , French nun and saint (d. 1897)
1873 – Antonie Pannekoek , Dutch astronomer and theorist (d. 1960)
1877 – Slava Raškaj , Croatian painter (d. 1906)
1878 – Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai , Indian activist; founded the Nair Service Society (d. 1970)
1879 – Rudolf Bauer , Hungarian discus thrower (d. 1932)
1882 – Herbert von Petersdorff , German swimmer (d. 1917)
1884 – Ben-Zion Dinur , Russian-Israeli historian and politician; 4th Israeli Minister of Education (d. 1973)
1885 – Gordon Flowerdew , Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
1886 – Apsley Cherry-Garrard , English explorer (d. 1959)
1886 – Florence Lawrence , Canadian-American actress (d. 1938)
1889 – Bertram Stevens , Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1973)
1890 – Henrik Visnapuu , Estonian-American poet and playwright (d. 1951)
1891 – Giovanni Michelucci , Italian architect, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (d. 1990)
1892 – Seiichiro Kashio , Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)
1893 – Lillian Leitzel , German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)
1893 – Elmar Reimann , Estonian-Swedish runner (d. 1963)
1895 – Folke Bernadotte , Swedish lieutenant and diplomat (d. 1948)
1896 – Dziga Vertov , Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1954)
1896 – Lawrence Wackett , Australian commander and engineer (d. 1982)
1897 – Jim Londos , Greek-American wrestler (d. 1975)
1898 – Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander , American economist and lawyer (d. 1989)
1900 – William Haines , American actor and interior designer (d. 1973)
1901 – Bob Marshall , American activist; co-founded The Wilderness Society (d. 1939)
1902 – Dan Keating , Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 2007)
1904 – Truus Klapwijk , Dutch diver and swimmer (d. 1991)
1905 – Jainendra Kumar , Indian author and translator (d. 1988)
1905 – Lev Schnirelmann , Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1938)
1905 – Michael Tippett , English composer and conductor (d. 1998)
1905 – Luigi Zampa , Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1909 – Riccardo Cassin , Italian mountaineer and author (d. 2009)
1909 – Barry Goldwater , American general and politician (d. 1998)
1913 – Anna Lee , English actress (d. 2004)
1913 – Juanita Jackson Mitchell , American lawyer (d. 1992)
1914 – Kenny Clarke , American drummer and composer (d. 1985)
1914 – Noor Inayat Khan , Russian-English SOE agent (d. 1944)
1914 – Vivian Stuart , English physician and author (d. 1986)
1916 – Zypora Spaisman , Polish-American midwife and Yiddish stage actress/producer (d. 2002)
1917 – Vera Zorina , German-Norwegian actress and dancer (d. 2003)
1918 – Willi Graf , German activist (d. 1943)
1920 – Isaac Asimov , American chemist and author (d. 1992)
1921 – Glen Harmon , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1921 – Jan Slepian , American therapist and author
1923 – Rachel Waterhouse , English historian and author
1924 – Evgenios Spatharis , Greek puppeteer, actor, and director (d. 2009)
1925 – William J. Crowe , American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 2007)
1925 – Giacomo Furia , Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1925 – Larry Harmon , American clown, actor, and producer (d. 2008)
1926 – Howard Caine , American actor (d. 1993)
1928 – Avie Bennett , Canadian businessman and philanthropist
1928 – Robert Goralski , American journalist and author (d. 1988)
1928 – Daisaku Ikeda , Japanese religious leader
1928 – Kate Molale , South African anti-Apartheid activist (d. 1980)
1929 – Lehri , Pakistani actor (d. 2012)
1930 – Julius La Rosa , American singer and actor
1931 – Toshiki Kaifu , Japanese politician; 76th Prime Minister of Japan
1932 – Peter Redgrove , English poet, author, and playwright (d. 2003)
1932 – Richard Thorp , English actor (d. 2013)
1933 – Ed Casey , Australian banker and politician (d. 2006)
1933 – Seiichi Morimura , Japanese author
1933 – Richard Riley , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of Education
1933 – Keith Thomas , Welsh historian, author, and academic
1935 – David McKee , English author and illustrator
1935 – Lolo Soetoro , Indonesian geographer and academic (d. 1987)
1936 – Roger Miller , American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1992)
1937 – David Bailey , English photographer and painter
1937 – Martin Lauer , German runner
1938 – Lynn Conway , American computer scientist, engineer, and academic
1938 – Hans Herbjørnsrud , Norwegian author and educator
1938 – Goh Kun , South Korean politician; 31st Prime Minister of South Korea
1938 – Robert Smithson , American sculptor and photographer (d. 1973)
1938 – Dana Ulery , American computer scientist
1940 – Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud , Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2015)
1940 – Susan Wittig Albert , American author and academic
1940 – Jim Bakker , American minister and television host
1940 – S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan , Indian-American mathematician and academic
1942 – Dennis Hastert , American educator and politician; 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1942 – Ray Moore , English radio host (d. 1989)
1942 – Hugh Shelton , American general
1943 – Filiz Akın , Turkish actress
1943 – Barış Manço , Turkish singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)
1943 – Janet Akyüz Mattei , Turkish-American astronomer (d. 2004)
1944 – Péter Eötvös , Hungarian composer and conductor
1944 – Norodom Ranariddh , Cambodian field marshal and politician; 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia
1946 – Richard Cole , English talent manager
1946 – Sonny Ruberto , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
1947 – Jack Hanna , American zoologist and author
1947 – Calvin Hill , American football player
1947 – David Shapiro , American poet, historian, and critic
1947 – Valery Shary , Belarusian weightlifter
1948 – Judith Miller , American journalist and author
1948 – Joyce Wadler , American journalist and author
1948 – Tony Woodley , English union leader
1949 – Christopher Durang , American playwright and screenwriter
1949 – Jean Krier , Luxembourger poet (d. 2013)
1949 – Leijn Loevesijn , Dutch cyclist
1949 – John Turner , English cricketer (d. 2012)
1949 – Iris Marion Young , American feminist philosopher (d. 2006)
1950 – Débora Duarte , Brazilian actress
1950 – David Shifrin , American clarinet player and educator
1950 – Anatoli Ushanov , Russian footballer and coach
1950 – Yevgeniy Yevsyukov , Russian race walker
1951 – Stipe Božić , Croatian mountaineer and photographer
1951 – Jim Essian , American baseball player and coach
1951 – Alexander Pogrebinsky , Ukrainian-American painter
1952 – Jimmy Santiago Baca , American poet and author
1952 – Indulis Emsis , Latvian politician, botanist, former Prime Minister of Latvia
1952 – Robbie Ftorek , American ice hockey player and coach
1952 – Christine Lavin , American singer-songwriter (Four Bitchin' Babes )
1952 – Wendy Phillips , American actress
1952 – Graeme Strachan , Australian singer-songwriter (Skyhooks ) (d. 2001)
1953 – Vincent Racaniello American virologist, author, and academic
1953 – Jacques Tichelaar , Dutch educator and politician
1954 – Henry Bonilla , American broadcaster and politician
1954 – Glenn Goins , American singer and guitarist (Parliament-Funkadelic ) (d. 1978)
1955 – Tex Brashear , American voice actor
1955 – Agathonas Iakovidis , Greek singer
1955 – Vivien Savage , French singer-songwriter
1956 – Lynda Barry , American cartoonist and author
1956 – Jishu Dasgupta , Indian actor and director (d. 2012)
1956 – John Bedford Lloyd , American actor
1957 – Beppe Gabbiani , Italian racing driver
1958 – Helen Goodman , English politician
1958 – Vladimir Ovchinnikov , Russian pianist and educator
1959 – Kirti Azad , Indian cricketer and politician
1959 – Ines Müller , German shot putter
1960 – Raman Lamba , Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
1960 – Naoki Urasawa , Japanese illustrator, singer, and guitarist
1961 – Gabrielle Carteris , American actress
1961 – IJsbrand Chardon , Dutch horse rider
1961 – Todd Haynes , American director and screenwriter
1961 – Craig James , American football player and sportscaster
1961 – Hitoshi Saito , Japanese martial artist (d. 2015)
1961 – Robert Wexler , American lawyer and politician
1963 – David Cone , American baseball player and sportscaster
1963 – Edgar Martínez , American baseball player
1964 – Luis d'Antin , Spanish motorcycle racer
1964 – Michael McCann , Scottish politician
1964 – Luis Moro , Cuban-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Pernell Whitaker , American boxer
1965 – Greg Swindell , American baseball player and coach
1966 – Kate Hodge , American actress and producer
1967 – Tia Carrere , American actress and singer
1967 – Jón Gnarr , Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavik City
1967 – Robert Liberace , American painter
1967 – Francois Pienaar , South African rugby player
1967 – Rose Fostanes , Filipino singer
1968 – Cuba Gooding, Jr. , American actor and producer
1968 – Evan Parke , Jamaican-American actor
1968 – Goichi Suda , Japanese video game designer
1968 – Anky van Grunsven , Dutch horse rider
1969 – István Bagyula , Hungarian pole vaulter
1969 – William Fox-Pitt , English horse rider
1969 – Robby Gordon , American race car driver
1969 – Karl-Heinz Grasser , Austrian politician, 16th Finance Minister of Austria
1969 – Patrick Huard , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1969 – Glen Johnson , Jamaican boxer
1969 – Tommy Morrison , American boxer and actor (d. 2013)
1969 – Róbert Švehla , Slovak ice hockey player and coach
1969 – Christy Turlington , American model
1970 – Robert John Bardo , American murderer
1970 – Royce Clayton , American baseball player
1970 – Sanda Ladoși , Romanian singer
1970 – Eric Whitacre , American composer and conductor
1970 – Ogie Diaz , Filipino actor
1971 – Taye Diggs , American actor, singer, and producer
1971 – Renée Elise Goldsberry , American actress and singer
1971 – Lisa Harrison , American basketball player
1971 – Markus Hoffmann , German actor (d. 1997)
1971 – Yutaka Takenouchi , Japanese actor
1972 – Adam Elliot , Australian animator and screenwriter
1972 – Paweł Januszewski , Polish hurdler
1972 – Rodney MacDonald , Canadian educator and politician; 26th Premier of Nova Scotia
1972 – Hristos Meletoglou , German-Greek triple jumper
1972 – Mattias Norström , Swedish ice hockey player and manager
1972 – Mike Vaughn , American actor
1973 – Lucy Davis , English actress
1974 – Jason de Vos , Canadian soccer player and sportscaster
1974 – Ludmila Formanová , Czech runner
1974 – Tomáš Řepka , Czech footballer
1974 – Tamao Satō , Japanese actress, voice actress, television personality, and model
1974 – Deborah Sengl , Austrian painter
1975 – Chris Cheney , Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1975 – David Sandström , Swedish singer-songwriter and drummer
1975 – Dax Shepard , American actor and director
1975 – Jeff Suppan , American baseball player
1975 – Reuben Thorne , New Zealand rugby player
1976 – Hrysopiyi Devetzi , Greek jumper
1976 – Danilo Di Luca , Italian cyclist
1976 – Mahée Paiement , Canadian actress
1976 – Phil Radford , American ecologist and environmentalist
1976 – Paz Vega , Spanish actress and singer
1977 – Brian Boucher , American ice hockey player
1977 – Stefan Koubek , Austrian tennis player
1977 – Aleš Píša , Czech ice hockey player
1977 – Ahu Türkpençe , Turkish actress
1978 – Karina Smirnoff , Ukrainian-American dancer and actress
1978 – Kjartan Sveinsson , Icelandic keyboard player
1978 – Megumi Toyoguchi , Japanese voice actress and singer
1979 – Tim Cruz , American singer
1979 – Jonathan Greening , English footballer and coach
1980 – Annie Bellemare , Canadian figure skater
1980 – Mac Danzig , American mixed martial artist
1980 – Georgios Dedas , Greek basketball player
1980 – Melvin Holwijn , Dutch footballer
1980 – Jérôme Pineau , French cyclist
1981 – Hanno Balitsch , German footballer
1981 – Ryan Garko , American baseball player
1981 – Kirk Hinrich , American basketball player
1981 – Maxi Rodríguez , Argentinian footballer
1982 – Athanasia Tsoumeleka , Greek race walker
1983 – Kate Bosworth , American actress, singer, and producer
1984 – Otacílio Jales , Brazilian footballer
1985 – Ivan Dodig , Croatian tennis player
1985 – Marius Neset , Norwegian saxophonist (JazzKamikaze )
1985 – Heather O'Reilly , American soccer player
1986 – Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu , Turkish-Bosnian footballer (d. 2012)
1986 – Nicolás Bertolo , Argentinian footballer
1986 – Nathan Cohen , New Zealand rower
1986 – Trombone Shorty , American trumpet player and composer
1988 – Satomi Akesaka , Japanese voice actress
1988 – Ruth Bosibori , Kenyan runner
1988 – Damien Tussac , French-German rugby player
1987 – Jocelyn Oxlade , Filipino-British singer and model
1989 – Maksims Bogdanovs , Latvian motorcycle racer
1989 – Romain Dedola , French footballer
1989 – Bianca Knight , American sprinter
1989 – Şeref Osmanoğlu , Ukrainian-Turkish triple jumper
1990 – Karel Abraham , Czech motorcycle racer
1990 – Maurício Alves Peruchi , Brazilian footballer (d. 2014)
1991 – Katrin Loo , Estonian footballer
1991 – Davide Santon , Italian footballer
1991 – Steele Sidebottom , Australian footballer
1992 – Anna Arina Marenko , Russian tennis player
1993 – Kirill Minov , Russian ice dancer
2001 – Christopher Barrios, Jr. , American murder victim (d. 2007)
Deaths
1512 – Svante Nilsson , Sweden politician (b. 1460)
1514 – William Smyth , English bishop and academic (b. 1460)
1557 – Pontormo , Italian painter (b. 1494)
1664 – Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (b. 1588)
1726 – Domenico Zipoli , Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
1861 – Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
1892 – George Biddell Airy , English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
1904 – James Longstreet , American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
1913 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort , French meteorologist (b. 1855)
1915 – Karl Goldmark , Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
1917 – Léon Flameng , French cyclist (b. 1877)
1920 – Paul Adam , French author (b. 1862)
1921 – Doud Eisenhower , American son of Dwight D. Eisenhower (b. 1917)
1924 – Sabine Baring-Gould , English author and scholar (b. 1834)
1939 – Roman Dmowski , Polish politician; Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
1941 – Mischa Levitzki , Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
1946 – Joe Darling , Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
1948 – Vicente Huidobro , Chilean poet (b. 1893)
1950 – James Dooley , Irish-Australian politician; 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
1950 – Theophrastos Sakellaridis , Greek composer and conductor (b. 1883)
1951 – William Campion , English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
1959 – Chris van Abkoude , Dutch-American author (b. 1880)
1960 – Fausto Coppi , Italian cyclist (b. 1919)
1960 – Paul Sauvé , Canadian lawyer and politician; 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
1963 – Dick Powell , American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904)
1963 – Jack Carson , Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1910)
1968 – Nikolai Stepulov , Russian-Estonian boxer (b. 1913)
1971 – E. V. Knox , English poet and journalist (b. 1881)
1974 – Tex Ritter , American singer and actor (b. 1905)
1977 – Erroll Garner , American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
1983 – Dick Emery , English comedian and actor (b. 1915)
1986 – Una Merkel , American actress and singer (b. 1903)
1987 – Harekrushna Mahatab , Indian journalist and politician; 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (b. 1899)
1989 – Safdar Hashmi , Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954)
1990 – Alan Hale, Jr. , American actor (b. 1921)
1990 – Evangelos Averoff , Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence (b. 1910)
1990 – Leonhard Merzin , Estonian actor (b. 1934)
1994 – Dixy Lee Ray , American biologist and politician; 17th Governor of Washington (b. 1914)
1994 – Pierre-Paul Schweitzer , French lawyer and businessman (b. 1915)
1995 – Siad Barre , Somalian general and politician; 3rd President of Somalia (b. 1919)
1996 – Karl Targownik , Hungarian-American psychiatrist and author (b. 1915)
1996 – Karl Rappan , Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1905)
1997 – Randy California , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
1998 – Frank Muir , English radio host (b. 1920)
1999 – Rolf Liebermann , Swiss-French composer and manager (b. 1910)
1999 – Sebastian Haffner , German journalist and author (b. 1907)
2000 – Elmo Zumwalt , American admiral (b. 1920)
2000 – Patrick O'Brian , English-Irish author and translator (b. 1914)
2001 – William P. Rogers , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician; 55th United States Secretary of State (b. 1913)
2002 – Armi Aavikko , Finnish model and singer; Miss Finland 1977 (b. 1958)
2005 – Edo Murtić , Croatian painter (b. 1921)
2005 – Frank Kelly Freas , American illustrator and painter (b. 1922)
2005 – Maclyn McCarty , American geneticist and physician (b. 1911)
2006 – Osa Massen , Danish-American actress (b. 1914)
2006 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma , Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1913)
2006 – Lidia Wysocka , Polish actress and singer (b. 1916)
2007 – A. Richard Newton , Australian-American engineer and academic (b. 1951)
2007 – Elizabeth Fox-Genovese , American historian and author (b. 1941)
2007 – Garry Betty , American businessman (b. 1957)
2007 – Mauno Jokipii , Finnish author and academic (b. 1924)
2007 – Paek Nam-sun , North Korean politician (b. 1929)
2007 – Teddy Kollek , Hungarian-Israeli politician; Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
2007 – David Perkins , American geneticist and academic (b. 1919)
2007 – Robert C. Solomon , American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1942)
2008 – Galyani Vadhana , Thai princess (b. 1923)
2008 – George MacDonald Fraser , English journalist and author (b. 1925)
2008 – Lee S. Dreyfus , American sailor, academic, and politician; 40th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1926)
2008 – Martinus Tels , Dutch physicist and engineer (b. 1926)
2009 – Inger Christensen , Danish poet and author (b. 1935)
2009 – Maria de Jesus , Portuguese super-centenarian (b. 1893)
2009 – Steven Gilborn , American actor and educator (b. 1936)
2010 – David R. Ross , Scottish historian and author (b. 1958)
2011 – Anne Francis , American actress (b. 1930)
2011 – Bali Ram Bhagat , Indian politician; 16th Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1922)
2011 – Pete Postlethwaite , English actor (b. 1946)
2011 – Richard Winters , American soldier (b. 1918)
2011 – Szeto Wah , Hong Kong educator and politician (b. 1931)
2012 – Gordon Hirabayashi , American-Canadian sociologist and academic (b. 1918)
2012 – Larry Reinhardt , American guitarist (Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond ) (b. 1948)
2012 – Silvana Gallardo , American actress (b. 1953)
2012 – Vivi Friedman , Finnish director and screenwriter (b. 1967)
2012 – William P. Carey , American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey (b. 1930)
2012 – Yoshiro Hayashi , Japanese golfer (b. 1922)
2013 – Charles Chilton , English radio host and producer (b. 1917)
2013 – Council Cargle , American actor (b. 1935)
2013 – Gerda Lerner , Austrian-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920)
2013 – Géza Koroknay , Hungarian actor (b. 1948)
2013 – Mamie Rearden , American super-centenarian (b. 1898)
2013 – Maulvi Nazir , Pakistani militant leader (b. 1975)
2013 – Ned Wertimer , American actor (b. 1923)
2013 – Teresa Torańska , Polish journalist and author (b. 1944)
2014 – Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (b. 1947)
2014 – Bernard Glasser , American director and producer (b. 1924)
2014 – Elizabeth Jane Howard , English author and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2014 – Jay Traynor , American singer (b. 1943)
2014 – Michael J. Matthews , American politician; 34th Mayor of Atlantic City (b. 1934)
2014 – Thomas Kurzhals , German keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1953)
2015 – Abu Anas al-Libi , Libyan terrorist (b. 1964)
2015 – Derek Minter , English motorcycle racer (b. 1932)
2015 – Lam Po-chuen , Hong Kong voice actor (b. 1951)
2015 – Little Jimmy Dickens , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1920)
2015 – Tihomir Novakov , Serbian-American physicist and academic (b. 1929)
Holidays and observances
The first day of Blacks and Whites' Carnival , celebrated until January 7. (southern Colombia )
The first day of the Carnival of Riosucio , celebrated until January 8 every 2 years. (Riosucio )
The ninth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity )
The second day of New Year (a holiday in Kazakhstan , Macedonia , Mauritius , Montenegro , New Zealand , Romania , Russia , Switzerland , Ukraine ):
Victory of Armed Forces Day (Cuba )
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Months and days of the year
January
February
March
April
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June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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