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January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September January 2004: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2003: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2002: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2001: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2000: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 357 days remaining until the end of the year (358 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army. Events By Place Europe Nine battles are fought between the Danes and Wessex. The Battle of Ashdown, in Berkshire (possibly the part now in Oxfordshire) took place on 8 January 871. King Ethelred of Wessex ( Old English: Æþelræd) (c 840 &ndash April 23, 871) was the fourth son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex The term Dane may refer to People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity whether living in Denmark, emigrants or the descendants of emigrants
• 1297 - Monaco gains its independence. For other uses see Monaco (disambiguation Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco ( French: Principauté de Monaco; Monégasque
• 1499 - Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany. Louis XII ( June 27, 1462 – January 1, 1515) called "the Father of the People" (Le Père du Peuple was the thirty-fifth king Anne of Brittany ( 25 January, 1477 &ndash 9 January, 1514) also known as Anna of Brittany ( Anne de Bretagne;
• 1734 - Premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Year 1734 ( MDCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the opera by Étienne Méhul, see Ariodant. Ariodante ( HWV 33 is an Opera seria in three acts by Handel WikipediaWikiProject Opera --> The Royal Opera House is an Opera house and major performing Covent Garden (Pronunciation kɒvʌnt is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest
• 1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling. Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the US politician see Charles E Stuart For "Betty Burke" see The 'Forty-Five' below Stirling ( Gaelic: Sruighlea, Scots: Stirlin) is a city and former ancient Burgh in Scotland, and is at
• 1790 - George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address address in New York City. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the The City of New York
• 1806 - Cape Colony becomes a British colony. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652 with the founding of Cape Town. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1811 - A unsuccessful slave revolt was led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Charles Deslondes led a slave revolt in parts of the Louisiana Territory on January 8, 1811. St Charles Parish (Paroisse de Saint-Charles is a Parish located in the U St James Parish (Paroisse de Saint-Jacques is a Parish located in the U
• 1815 - War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans - Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the British Empire, particularly Great Britain and her North American colonies The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815, and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. Andrew Jackson (March 15 1767 June 8 1845 was the seventh President of the United States (1829&ndash1837 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1835 - The United States national debt is 0 for the first and only time. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The United States total public debt, commonly called the national debt, or U
• 1838 - Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code). Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Alfred Lewis Vail ( September 25, 1807, in Morristown New Jersey – January 18, 1859) was a Machinist and Inventor Morse code is a Character encoding for transmitting telegraphic information using standardized sequences of short and long elements to represent the letters numerals
• 1863 - American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield
• 1867 - African American men granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
• 1877 - Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain (Montana Territory). Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Disambiguation For the Battle of Springfield during the American Revolutionary War, see Battle of Springfield (Revolutionary War The Second Battle of Springfield Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Crazy Horse ( Lakota: Thašuŋka Witko, literally "His-Horse-is-Crazy" (ca The Battle of Wolf Mountain (also known the Battle of the Wolf Mountains, Miles's Battle on the Tongue River, and the Battle of the Butte) occurred The
• 1900 - President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by William McKinley Jr ( January 29, 1843 September 14, 1901) was the twenty-fifth President of the United States, and the last Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent
• 1906 - A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Haverstraw is a village in the Town of Haverstraw Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Congers; east The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami
• 1912 - The African National Congress is founded. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting The African National Congress (ANC has been South Africa 's governing party supported by its Tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions
• 1916 - World War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu Yarımadası is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles
• 1918 - President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. The Fourteen Points were listed in a speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson of the United States to a joint session of the United
• 1926 - Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz and renames it Saudi Arabia. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. King Saud King Faisal Mohammed King Khaled Nasr Saad al-Hejaz (also Hijaz, Hedjaz; الحجاز al-Ḥiǧāz, literally "the barrier" is a region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi
• 1940 - World War II: Britain introduces food rationing. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Rationing in the United Kingdom is the series of Food rationing policies put in place by the government of the United Kingdom during certain wartime periods of
• 1956 - Operation Auca: Five U. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Operation Auca was an attempt by five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States to make contact with the Huaorani S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them. A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. The Huaorani, Waorani, or Waos are native Amerindians from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador (in the Oriente region with some marked differences For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics.
• 1959 - Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution is completed with the take over of Santiago de Cuba. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until The Cuban Revolution refers to the revolution that led to the overthrow of the United States proxy ruler General Fulgencio Batista 's regime on January 1, Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island nation of Cuba
• 1961 - In France, a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( ( 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French General and statesman who led the Free French Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's
• 1962 - Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( April 15 1452 – May 2 1519 was an Italian Polymath, having been a scientist Mathematician, Engineer Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a Poplar panel by This article is about the National Gallery of the United States for other National Galleries see National Gallery. C.
• 1962 - The Harmelen train disaster kills 93 people in The Netherlands. The Harmelen train disaster was the worst railway accident in the history of The Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
• 1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The War on Poverty is the name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B
• 1973 - Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. See also Lunokhod 2 Lunokhod programme
• 1973 - Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins. The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The Watergate complex is an office-apartment-hotel complex built in 1967 in northwest Washington D
• 1975 - Ella Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, becoming the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States who did not succeed her husband. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ella Grasso ( May 10, 1919 – February 5, 1981) born Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, was an American politician Colonial governors See also List of colonial governors of Connecticut Governors of the State of Connecticut 1776&ndashpresent
• 1979 - The tanker Betelgeuse explodes in Bantry Bay, Ireland (The Betelgeuse incident). Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Bantry Bay ( Cuan Baoi / Inbhear na mBárc / Bádh Bheanntraighe is a Bay located in County Cork, southwest Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Betelgeuse incident, also known as the Betelgeuse or Whiddy Island disaster occurred on 8 January 1979 at around 100 a
• 1982 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Before proposing a merge request please see Talk and see if the merger you propose has recently been made and The break up of AT&T was initiated in 1974 by the US Department of Justice antitrust suit against the telephone Monopoly.
• 1989 - The Kegworth air disaster. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Kegworth Air Disaster occurred on January 8 1989 when British Midland Flight 092, a Boeing 737-400, crashed onto the embankment of the M1 British Midland flight 92 crashes into the M1 motorway killing 47 people out of 127 onboard. The M1 is a major south – north Motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where
• 1989 - Beginning of Japanese Heisei era. is the current era name in Japan. The Heisei era started on January 8, 1989, just one day after the death of the reigning Emperor Hirohito The Japanese era calendar scheme is a common Calendar scheme used in Japan, which identifies a year by the combination of the and the year number within the era
• 1994 - Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Valeriy Vladimirovich Polyakov (Валерий Владимирович Поляков Valeriy Vladmirovich Polyakov) (born April 27, 1942) is a Russian Crew Launched Viktor Afanasyev (2 Yury Usachev (1 Valeri Polyakov (2 Landed Mir (Мир which can mean both Peace and World, and was the name given to peasant communes in pre-revolutionary Russia was a Soviet (and He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space. A space station is an artificial structure designed for Humans to live in Outer space. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
• 1996 - An Antonov 32 cargo turboprop powered plane crashes into the central market in Kinshasa, Zaire killing more than 350 people. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Kinshasa (formerly French: Léopoldville, formerly Dutch: Leopoldstad, German: Leopoldstadt) is the Capital The Republic of Zaire (pronunciation; République du Zaïre was the name of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo between October 27, 1971
• 2002 - President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110 often abbreviated in print as NCLB and sometimes shortened in pronunciation to "nickelbee" is a controversial
• 2004 - The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Characteristics The Queen Mary 2 is the current Cunard Flagship and makes regular Transatlantic crossings A passenger ship is a Ship whose primary function is to carry passengers For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II
• 2006 - A magnitude 6. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 9 earthquake with its epicenter just off the Greek island of Kythira hits much of the country and is felt throughout the entire eastern Mediterranean Sea. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer Kythira (Κύθηρα Cythera, Kythera, Cerigo is an Island of Greece, historically part of the Ionian Islands.

Births

• 1556 - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. Uesugi Kagekatsu (上杉 景勝 January 8 1556 - March 19 1623) was a Daimyo during the Sengoku and Edo periods 1623)
• 1583 - Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (d. Simon Episcopius ( January 8, 1583 - April 4, 1643) the Latin form of the name of Simon Bischop, Dutch 1643)
• 1587 - Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer (d. Johann(es Fabricius ( 8 January 1587 &ndash 19 March 1616) eldest son of David Fabricius (1564-1617 was a Frisian / 1616)
• 1601 - Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. Baltasar Gracián y Morales ( January 8, 1601 – December 6, 1658) was a Spanish Baroque prose writer 1658)
• 1628 - François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (d. François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville duc de Piney, called de Luxembourg ( January 8, 1628 - January 4, 1695) was a French 1695)
• 1632 - Samuel Pufendorf, German jurist (d. Baron Samuel von Pufendorf ( January 8, 1632 &ndash October 13, 1694) was a German Jurist, political Philosopher 1694)
• 1635 - Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop (d. Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero ( January 8, 1635 - September 14, 1709, Toledo Spain) was a Spanish prelate who was 1709)
• 1735 - John Carroll, American Roman Catholic archbishop (d. Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1735 ( MDCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Carroll, ( January 8 1735 &ndash December 3 1815) was the first Bishop and Archbishop in the United States 1815)
• 1763 - Edmond Charles Genêt, French diplomat (d. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1763 ( MDCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Edmond-Charles Genêt ( January 8, 1763 &ndash July 14, 1834) also known as Citizen Genêt, was a French ambassador 1834)
• 1786 - Nicholas Biddle, American banking executive (d. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nicholas Biddle ( January 8 1786 – February 27 1844) was an American Financier who served as the president of the 1844)
• 1788 - Archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap 1831)
• 1788 - Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Count Pavel Dmitrievich Kiselyov (Павел Дмитриевич Киселёв also spelled Kiseleff ( 8 January, 1788, Moscow — 14 1874)
• 1792 - Lowell Mason, American composer (d. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Lowell Mason ( January 8, 1792 - August 11, 1872) was a leading figure in American church music the composer of over 1600 Hymns 1872)
• 1805 - John Bigler, American politician (d. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or John Bigler ( January 8 1805 November 29 1871) was an American lawyer politician and diplomat 1871)
• 1805 - Orson Hyde, American religious leader (d. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Orson Hyde ( January 8, 1805 &ndash November 28, 1878) was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and an original member 1878)
• 1812 - Sigismond Thalberg, French pianist and composer (d. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sigismond Thalberg ( January 8, 1812 &ndash April 27 1871) was a Composer and one of the most distinguished Virtuoso 1871)
• 1817 - Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Theophilus Shepstone ( January 8, 1817 - June 23, 1893) was a British South African Statesman who was responsible 1893)
• 1821 - James Longstreet, American Confederate general (d. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year James Longstreet (January 8 1821 &ndash January 2 1904 was one of the foremost Confederate Generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate 1904)
• 1821 - W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general (d. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on William Hervey Lamme Wallace ( July 8, 1821 &ndash April 10, 1862) more commonly known as W 1862)
• 1823 - Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist (d. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Alfred Russel Wallace OM, FRS (8 January 1823 &ndash 7 November 1913 was an British naturalist, Explorer, Geographer 1913)
• 1824 - Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (d. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Francisco González Bocanegra ( January 8, 1824 &ndash April 11, 1861) was a Mexican poet who wrote the lyrics of the Mexican National 1861)
• 1824 - Wilkie Collins, British novelist (d. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Wilkie Collins ( 8 January 1824 &ndash 23 September 1889) was an English Novelist, Playwright, and 1889)
• 1830 - Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Hans Guido Freiherr von Bülow (January 8 1830 &ndash February 12 1894 1894)
• 1836 - Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch artist (d. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA ( January 8, 1836, Dronrijp, the Netherlands. 1912)
• 1843 - Frederick Abberline, British police investigator (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Frederick George Abberline (8 January 1843 in Blandford Forum, Dorset – 10 December 1929 was a Chief Inspector for the London Metropolitan 1929)
• 1843 - John H. Moffitt, American politician (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Henry Moffitt (January 8 1843&ndashAugust 14 1926 was a United States Representative from New York and the recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions 1926)
• 1852 - James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year James Milton Carroll ( January 8, 1852 &ndash January 11, 1931) was a Baptist pastor leader historian and author 1931)
• 1860 - Emma Booth, daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Emma Booth may refer to Emma Booth (actress (born circa 1982 Australian model-turned-actress Emma Booth (The Salvation Army (1860-1903 William Booth ( April 10, 1829 &ndash August 20, 1912) was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Catherine Booth ( 17 January 1829 &ndash 4 October 1890) was the Mother of The Salvation Army. 1903)
• 1862 - Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Frank Nelson Doubleday ( January 8, 1862 &ndash January 30, 1934) known to friends and family as “Effendi” was a famous U 1934)
• 1864 - Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Prince Albert Victor Duke of Clarence and Avondale (Albert Victor Christian Edward 8 January 1864 &ndash 14 January 1892 was a member of the British Royal Family. 1892)
• 1866 - William G. Conley, American politician (d. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Gustavus Conley (born January 8, 1866 in Preston County, West Virginia; died October 21, 1940 in Charleston 1940)
• 1867 - Emily Greene Balch, American writer and pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Emily Greene Balch ( January 8 1867 &ndash January 9 1961) was an American academic Writer, and pacifist who received The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1961)
• 1870 - Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish politician (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja 2 Marqués de Estella ( Jerez de la Frontera, January 8, 1870 - Paris, 1930)
• 1871 - James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish politician (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Craig 1st Viscount Craigavon, Bart, PC ( 8 January 1871 – 24 November 1940) was a prominent Irish unionist 1940)
• 1873 - Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Iuliu Maniu ( January 8, 1873 &mdash February 5, 1953) was an Romanian politician 1953)
• 1873 - Elena of Montenegro, queen of Italy (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Helen of Montenegro (born Princess Jelena Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro) ( 8 January 1873 - 28 November 1952) was the daughter 1956)
• 1881 - Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Henrik Shipstead ( January 8, 1881 &ndash June 26, 1960) was an American Politician. 1960)
• 1883 - Pavel Filonov, Russian painter (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pavel Nikolayevich Filonov (Па́вел Никола́евич Фило́нов ( January 8, 1883 &ndash December 3, 1941) was 1941)
• 1883 - Patrick J. Hurley, United States Secretary of War (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patrick Jay Hurley ( January 8, 1883, Choctaw Nation Indian Territory &mdash July 30, 1963, Santa Fe, NM) was The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington 's administration 1963)
• 1885 - John Curtin, Australian politician (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Joseph Curtin (8 January 1885 &ndash 5 July 1945 Australian politician and 14th Prime Minister of Australia, led Australia when the Australian mainland came under direct 1945)
• 1885 - A. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Abraham Johannes Muste ( January 8, 1885 – February 11, 1967) was a Socialist active in the pacifist movement, Labor 1967)
• 1888 - Richard Courant, German-American mathematician (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Richard Courant (born January 8, 1888 &ndash January 27, 1972) was a German American Mathematician. 1972)
• 1888 - Matthew Moore, Irish-American actor (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Matthew Moore ( January 8, 1888 &ndash January 21, 1960) was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland 1960)
• 1891 - Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Walther Wilhelm Georg Bothe (8 January 1891 in Oranienburg &ndash 8 February 1957 in Heidelberg) was a German nuclear physicst The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1957)
• 1891 - Storm Jameson, English writer (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Margaret Storm Jameson ( 8 January 1891 &ndash 30 September 1986) was an English writer known for her 45 novels and criticism 1986)
• 1891 - Bronislava Nijinska, Russian choreographer (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) See also Bronislava Nijinska (Бронислава Фоминична Нижинская Bronislava Fominichna Nizhinskaya; Polish: Bronisława Niżyńska 1972)
• 1894 - St Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Biography Maximilian Kolbe was born in January 1894 in Zduńska Wola, which was at that time part of the Russian Empire. 1941)
• 1896 - Arthur Ford, American psychic (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Arthur Ford ( January 8, 1897 &ndash January 4, 1971) was an American Psychic spiritual medium, clairaudient 1971)
• 1896 - Jaromir Weinberger, Czech-American composer (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Jaromír Weinberger ( January 8, 1896 – August 8, 1967) was a Czech American Composer. 1967)
• 1897 - Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Dennis Yates Wheatley (8 January 1897 &ndash 10 November 1977 was a British Writer born in London. 1977)
• 1899 - Solomon Bandaranaike, Ceylonese Prime Minister (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike ( January 8, 1899 – September 26, 1959) was the fourth Prime Minister (1956-1959 of 1959)
• 1900 - Dame Merlyn Myer, Australian philanthropist (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Dame Margery Merlyn Baillieu Myer DBE (b 8 January 1900, Queenscliff, Victoria Australia - d 1982)
• 1902 - Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov (Гео́ргий Максимилиа́нович Маленко́в Georgij Maksimilianovič Malenkov; January 8, 1988)
• 1902 - Carl Rogers, American psychologist (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Carl Ransom Rogers ( January 8, 1902 – February 4, 1987) was an influential American Psychologist and among the founders of the 1987)
• 1903 - Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (И́горь Васи́льевич Курча́тов January 12, 1903 – February 7, 1960) was a Soviet 1960)
• 1904 - Karl Brandt, Alsacian Nazi war criminal (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on 1948)
• 1905 - Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Giacinto Scelsi (ʤaˈʧinto ˈʃelsi Count of Ayala Valva ( La Spezia, January 8, 1905 – Rome, August 9, 1988)
• 1905 - Franjo Cardinal Seper, Croatian Catholic cardinal (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Franjo Cardinal Šeper ( October 2, 1905 &mdash December 30, 1981) was a Croatian Prelate of the Roman Catholic 1981)
• 1908 - William Hartnell, British actor (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975 was an English Actor, the first actor to play the lead role of the Doctor 1975)
• 1909 - José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón ( January 8, 1909 – January 26, 1992) was a Puerto Rican theater and 1992)
• 1909 - Willy Millowitsch, German actor (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Willy Millowitsch (January 8 1909 &ndash September 20 1999 was a German Playwright, a stage and TV actor and the director 1999)
• 1909 - Evelyn Wood, American educator (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Evelyn Wood ( January 8, 1909 &ndash August 26, 1995) sometimes known as "the Pioneer of Speed Reading" learned how to read 1995)
• 1910 - Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, Russian ballerina (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Galina Sergeyevna Ulánova (Галина Сергеевна Уланова 8 January 1910 ( O 1988)
• 1911 - Tom Delaney, British racing driver (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Cyril Terence "Tom" Delaney ( 8 January 1911 - 31 August 2006) was a British Sportsman and Industrialist 2006)
• 1915 - Walker Cooper, American baseball player (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William Walker Cooper ( January 8 1915 - April 11 1991) was an American Catcher in Major League Baseball who 1991)
• 1921 - Herta Bothe, Nazi concentration camp guard
• 1922 - Abbey Simon, U. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Herta Bothe (born January 8, 1921 in Teterow Mecklenburg, Germany) was a female Nazi Concentration camp guard imprisoned Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Abbey Simon (b 8 January 1922 New York) is a Jewish-American classical pianist S. pianist
• 1923 - Larry Storch, American actor
• 1923 - Giorgio Tozzi, American bass
• 1923 - Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (d. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lawrence Samuel "Larry" Storch (born January 8, 1923) is an American actor best known for his comedic television roles including voiceover Giorgio Tozzi (born January 8 1923, in Chicago Illinois) was for many years a leading bass with the Metropolitan Opera, and was seen Johnny Wardle ( John Henry Wardle; born January 8, 1923, Ardsley South Yorkshire, England; died July 23 1985 1985)
• 1923 - Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American author and computer scientist (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Joseph Weizenbaum ( Berlin, January 8, 1923 – March 5, 2008) was a German-American author and professor emeritus of 2008)
• 1924 - Benjamin Lees, American composer
• 1924 - Ron Moody, English actor
• 1925 - Helmuth Hubener, German activist (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Benjamin Lees (born January 8 1924) is a contemporary US Composer of classical music, born in Harbin, China Ronald Moodnick, known as Ron Moody (born 8 January 1924) is a British Actor. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Helmuth Hübener ( 8 January 1925 &ndash 27 October 1942) was the youngest opponent of the Third Reich to be sentenced 1942)
• 1926 - Evelyn Lear, American soprano
• 1926 - Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Evelyn Lear (born January 8 1926) is an American Soprano and Opera singer Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra ( January 8, 1926 - April 7, 2004) was a Indian classical dancer, guru and proponent of Odissi 2004)
• 1926 - Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
• 1926 - Soupy Sales, American comedian
• 1927 - Charles Tomlinson, British poet and translator
• 1928 - Gaston Miron, Quebec poet and editor (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Hanae Mori (森 英恵 Mori Hanae, born January 8, 1926) is one of the most prominent and respectable Fashion designers in Japan. Soupy Sales (born Milton Supman on January 8, 1926) is an American Comedian and Actor. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE (born 8 January 1927) is a major British poet and translator and also an academic and artist Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gaston Miron, OQ (French gastõ miˈʀõ ( January 8, 1928 &ndash December 14, 1996) was an important poet, Writer 1996)
• 1929 - Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor
• 1931 - Bill Graham, German-born American music promoter (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Saeed Jaffrey OBE (born 8 January 1929) is an Indian actor who has done numerous British movies Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bill Graham ( January 8, 1931 &ndash October 25, 1991) was an American Impresario and rock Concert promoter 1991)
• 1933 - Charles Osgood, American journalist and commentator
• 1933 - Jean-Marie Straub, French film director
• 1933 - Ko Un, Korean poet
• 1934 - Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Osgood (born Charles Osgood Wood III on January 8, 1933) is a Radio and Television commentator in the United States. Jean-Marie Straub (born 8 January 1933 in France) and Danièle Huillet ( 1 May 1936 in Paris - 9 October Ko Un (born on 8 January 1933) is a Korean Poet. Life Ko was born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province in 1933. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacques Anquetil ( 8 January 1934 &ndash 18 November 1987) was a French Road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to 1987)
• 1934 - Gene Freese, American baseball player
• 1934 - Roy Kinnear, English actor (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Gene Lewis Freese (born January 8, 1934 in Wheeling West Virginia) was a Third baseman in American Major League Baseball Roy Mitchell Kinnear ( January 8, 1934 &ndash September 20, 1988) was a prolific English Character actor. 1988)
• 1934 - Alexandra Ripley, American writer (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Alexandra Ripley, née Braid ( January 8, 1934 - January 10, 2004) was an American writer best known as the author of 2004)
• 1935 - Elvis Presley, American singer and guitarist (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1977)
• 1936 - Zdeněk Mácal, Czech conductor
• 1936 - Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-born British scientist
• 1937 - Dame Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
• 1938 - Bob Eubanks, American game show host
• 1938 - Yevgeny Nesterenko, Russian bass-baritone
• 1941 - Graham Chapman, British comedian (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Zdeněk Mácal (matsal (b Robert McCredie May Baron May of Oxford, OM, AC, FRS (born Australia, 8 January 1936) has been Chief Scientific Adviser Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey DBE (born 8 January 1937 Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh Singer. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Leland "Bob" Eubanks (born January 8, 1938) is a well-known American Radio, Game show host and Television Yevgeny Nesterenko (born 8 January 1938) is a renowned Russian Operatic bass. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Graham Arthur Chapman (8 January 1941 &ndash 4 October 1989 was an English Comedian, Actor, Writer, Physician and one of the 1989)
• 1941 - Boris Vallejo, Peruvian illustrator
• 1942 - Valya Balkanska, Bulgarian folk singer
• 1942 - Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist and author
• 1942 - Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese politician
• 1942 - Yvette Mimieux, American actress
• 1944 - Terry Brooks, American writer
• 1945 - Jeannie Lewis, Australian actress and singer
• 1945 - Kojo Nnamdi, Guyanese-born American radio host
• 1945 - Kathleen Noone, American actress
• 1946 - Robby Krieger, American musician
• 1947 - Don Bendell, American author & karate master
• 1947 - David Bowie, English musician
• 1947 - Samuel Schmid, Swiss politician
• 1947 - Terry Sylvester, British singer and musician
• 1948 - Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish film director
• 1951 - Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician
• 1951 - John McTiernan, American film director
• 1952 - Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist
• 1953 - Bruce Sutter, American baseball player
• 1955 - Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer
• 1955 - Mike Reno, Canadian musician
• 1957 - Nacho Duato, Spanish classical dancer and choreographer
• 1958 - Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler
• 1959 - Paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Boris Vallejo (born January 8 1941 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian painter. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Valya Mladenova Balkanska (Валя Младенова Балканска (born 8 January 1942) is a Bulgarian Folk music singer from the Stephen William Hawking CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (born 8 January 1942 is a British theoretical physicist. is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006 Yvette Carmen Mimieux (born January 8 1942) is a now-retired American movie and television actress Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is a writer of Fantasy fiction. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Kojo Nnamdi (born Rex Orville Montague Paul in Guyana, on January 8, 1945) is an American Radio host Kathleen Noone (born January 8, 1945) is an American Soap opera / Television actress. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Alan Krieger (born January 8, 1946) is an American Rock and roll Guitarist and Songwriter. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Don Bendell, (born January 8 1947 is an American author of three military thriller novels about the Global War on Terrorism, four autobiographical David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Samuel Schmid (born January 8, 1947) has been a member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2000. Terry Sylvester (born Terence Sylvester 8 January 1946, Allerton, Liverpool, Lancashire) was the Guitarist / Singer Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gillies MacKinnon (born 8 January 1948 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Film director and writer. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Dr Kenny Davis Anthony (born January 8 1951) was Prime Minister of Saint Lucia from 1997 to 2006 John Campbell McTiernan Jr (born January 8, 1951) is an American Movie director, best known for his action films and most identifiable Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vladimir Feltsman (Владимир Оскарович Фельцман Vladimir Oskarovič Felitsman; born in January 8, 1952, Moscow) Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Howard Bruce Sutter (ˈsuːtɚ born January 8 1953 in Lancaster Pennsylvania) is a former right-handed Relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who was Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Spiros Livathinos is a former football player coach and current scout of Panathinaikos. Mike Reno (né Joseph Michael Rynoski, born January 8, 1955) is a Canadian Musician and Lead singer of Loverboy Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Juan Ignacio Duato Bárcia, also known as Nacho Duato ( Valencia, 8 January 1957) is a Spanish Classical ballet Dancer Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Miguel Ángel López Díaz Career Professional wrestling On March 25 1988, Rey Misterio Sr The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Newell Hester ( January 8, 1959 &ndash March 26, 2005) was an Australian Musician and television personality best 2005)
• 1961 - Calvin Smith, American athlete
• 1961 - Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese creator of Yu-Gi-Oh
• 1962 - Chris Marion, American musician
• 1965 - Michelle Forbes, American actress
• 1966 - Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1966 - Andrew Wood, American musician (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Calvin Smith (born January 8, 1961 in Bolton Mississippi) is a former sprint athlete from the United States. is the creator of the Manga Yu-Gi-Oh!, which led to the Anime versions of it Toei is a Japanese Manga created by Kazuki Takahashi, which has spawned a franchise including multiple Anime series a trading card game and numerous video Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chris Marion (born January 8, 1962 in Belton TX) is an American Musician best known for being a member of Little River Band Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Michelle Forbes (born January 8, 1967) is an American Actress. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Igor Vyazmikin (b January 8, 1966 in Moscow, Russia) is a former professional Ice hockey forward who played for CSKA Andrew Wood ( January 6, 1966 &ndash March 19, 1990) born in Columbus Mississippi, was the lead singer of the band Mother 1990)
• 1967 - R. Kelly, American singer
• 1968 - Keith Mullings, American boxer
• 1969 - Jeff Abercrombie, American musician
• 1969 - Ami Dolenz, American actress
• 1970 - Rachel Friend, Australian actress
• 1971 - Jason Giambi, American baseball player
• 1971 - Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer
• 1973 - Mark Knight, English sound designer
• 1973 - Sean Paul, Jamaican singer
• 1973 - Jason Stevens, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1975 - DJ Clue, American DJ and producer
• 1975 - Harris Jayaraj, Indian music composer
• 1976 - Jenny Lewis, American actress and musician
• 1976 - Josh Meyers, American actor
• 1976 - Carl Pavano, American baseball player
• 1976 - Brad Snyder, Canadian shot putter
• 1977 - Amber Benson, American actress
• 1977 - Ron Pederson, Canadian actor
• 1977 - Lee Yoo-jin, Korean actress
• 1978 - Boris Avrukh, Israeli chess grandmaster
• 1978 - Marco Fu, Hong Kong snooker player
• 1979 - Seol Ki-Hyeon, South Korean footballer
• 1979 - Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer
• 1979 - Sarah Polley, Canadian actress
• 1979 - Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer
• 1980 - Rachel Nichols, American actress
• 1981 - Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player
• 1981 - Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player
• 1982 - Emanuele Calaiò, Italian footballer
• 1982 - wiL Francis, American singer
• 1982 - Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
• 1982 - John Utaka, Nigerian footballer
• 1983 - Chris Mordetzky, American wrestler
• 1983 - Felipe Colombo, Argentine-Mexican actor and singer
• 1984 - Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player
• 1985 - Rachael Lampa, American singer
• 1986 - Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967) better known by his Stage name R Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Keith Mullings (born January 8, 1968 in Manchester Parish Jamaica) was a professional boxer in the Super welterweight (154 Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeff Abercrombie is an American Musician, born January 8, 1969 in Kenton, Tennessee. Ami Dolenz (born January 8, 1969) is an American Television and Film actress and producer. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rachel Friend (born 8 January 1970) is an Australian actress and journalist Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Pascal Zuberbühler (born January 8, 1971 in Frauenfeld) is a Swiss football Goalkeeper who currently plays for Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Mark Knight may refer to Mark Knight (cartoonist (born c 1960s Australian Mark Knight (musician (born 1973 British Sean Paul Henriques (born January 8 1973) in Upper Saint Andrew Parish, a few miles north of his birthplace Jason Anthony Stevens (born 8 January 1973 in Sydney New South Wales) is an Australian former professional Rugby league player Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ernesto Shaw (born January 8, 1975 in Jamaica Queens, New York City, New York, U A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience Harris Jayaraj ( Tamil:ஹாரிஸ் ஜெயராஜ்(born January 8, 1975) is a Music composer from Tamil cinema. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the Primeval character see Jenny Lewis (Primeval. Jenny Lewis (born Jennifer Diane Lewis on January 8 1976 in Joshua Dylan Meyers (born January 8, 1976) is an American Actor, known for being a cast member of the American Sketch comedy MADtv Carl Anthony Pavano (born January 8, 1976 in New Britain Connecticut) is a Pitcher for the New York Yankees. Brad Snyder (born 8 January 1976 in Windsor) is a retired Canadian Shot putter who's personal best throw is 20 Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Amber Nicole Benson, born on January 8 1977 is an American Actress, Writer, Film director, and Film producer. Ronald Pederson (born January 8, 1978 in Edmonton, Alberta) is an award winning Canadian stage and screen actor who has performed Lee Yoo-jin (born 8 January 1977) is a half-Korean half-Hispanic actress and model who debuted from Super Elite Model Contest in Seoul in 1998 Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Boris Leonidovich Avrukh (בוריס ליאונידוביץ' אברוך Борис Леонидович Аврух born 10 February 1978, Karaganda, Fu Ka-chun ( Chinese name: 傅家俊 born January 8 1978 best known in Western media as Marco Fu, is a professional Snooker player from Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Seol Ki-Hyeon (born 8 January 1979 in Jeongseon, Gangwon-do) is a South Korean professional footballer who currently plays Adrian Mutu (born January 8 1979 in Călineşti, Argeş County) is a Romanian Striker who plays for Italian Serie A club ACF Sarah Polley (born January 8 1979) is a Canadian Actress, Singer, Genie Award -winning Film director and Stipe Pletikosa ˈplɛtikɔsa}} (born January 8, 1979 in Split) is a Croatian football Goalkeeper who currently plays for FC Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Rachel Emily Nichols (born January 8, 1980) is an American actress currently known for her film work and for her portrayal of CIA Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Jeffrey William "Jeff" Francis (born January 8, 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a left-handed Major League Baseball Xie Xingfang ( Chinese: 谢[[wikt 杏|杏]] 芳) was born January 8, 1981, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Emanuele Calaiò (born 8 January 1982 in Palermo Italy) is an Italian football player currently playing for Serie A side William "wiL" Francis Gabriella Mary Hoffmann (born January 8, 1982 in New York New York) is an American actress. John Chukwudi Utaka (born 8 January 1982 in Enugu, Nigeria) is a Nigerian football player Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Chris Mordetzky (born January 8 1983 showed promo style introductory videos outlining him as The Masterpiece, touting him as having a body so perfect it would appear Felipe Colombo Eguía (born January 8, 1983) is an Argentine - Mexican Actor and Musician, probably the best known for portraying Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Jeffrey Braden "Jeff" Francoeur (fɹæ̃ŋˈkʊɹ born January 8, 1984 in Lilburn Georgia) nicknamed "Frenchy" is a Major Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Rachael Maureen Lampa (born January 8, 1985) is a Dove award winning American Christian Singer-songwriter, Record Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky ( January 8, 1986 &ndash September 8, 2003) was a Canadian actress. 2003)
• 1986 - David Silva, Spanish footballer
• 1988 - Adam T. Siska, American musician
• 1990 - Maci Wainwright, American singer
• 1991 - Asuka Hinoi, Japanese singer

Deaths

• 482 - Saint Severinus of Noricum
• 1100 - Antipope Clement III (bc. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. David Josué Jiménez Silva (born January 8, 1986 in Arguineguin, Las Palmas) is a Spanish footballer who plays as Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Academy Is is a band based in Hoffman Estates Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Maci Nicole Wainwright (born January 8, 1990) is an American Country music Singer - Songwriter from Bethany Oklahoma Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Asuka Hinoi (樋井明日香 Hinoi Asuka, born January 8 1991) is a Japanese singer and leader of the J-Pop group. Events By Place Byzantine Empire Byzantine emperor Zeno I issues the Henotikon, an attempt to reconcile Severinus of Noricum (ca 410-482 is a Roman Catholic saint known as the "Apostle to Noricum " This article is about the Antipope Clement III see here for Pope Clement III. 1029)
• 1107 - Edgar of Scotland (b. Edgar (Mediaeval Gaelic Étgar mac Maíl Choluim; Modern Gaelic Eagar mac Mhaoil Chaluim; Mediaeval English Eadgar Margotsson) nicknamed Probus 1074)
• 1198 - Pope Celestine III (bc. Pope Celestine III ( Rome, c 1106 &ndash January 8, 1198) born Giacinto Bobone, was elected Pope on March 30, 1106)
• 1324 - Marco Polo, Italian explorer (b. Marco Polo ( September 15 1254 – January 9 1324 at earliest but no later than June 1325 was a Venetian trader and explorer 1254)
• 1337 - Giotto di Bondone, Italian artist (b. 1267)
• 1456 - St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. Saint Lorenzo Giustiniani ( July 1, 1381 - January 8, 1456) is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. 1381)
• 1464 - Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (b. Thomas Ebendorfer ( August 10 1388 - January 12 1464) was a German historian professor and statesman 1385)
• 1557 - Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. Albert Alcibiades (Albrecht Alcibiades March 28 1522 &ndash January 8 1557 was a Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, also known as Brandenburg-Bayreuth Bayreuth ( pronounced) is a City in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Frankish Alb 1522)
• 1570 - Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. Philibert de l'Orme (c 1510 &ndash January 8, 1570) was a French Architect, one of the great masters of the Renaissance. 1510)
• 1598 - John George, Elector of Brandenburg (b. John George (Johann Georg 11 September 1525 &ndash 8 January 1598) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg 1525)
• 1642 - Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and scientist (b. Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 &ndash 8 January 1642 was a Tuscan ( Italian) Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, and Philosopher 1564)
• 1707 - John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Dalrymple (born 1648 &ndash 8 January 1707) was a Scottish noble who played a key role in the 1707 Treaty of Union between 1648)
• 1713 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (b. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Arcangelo Corelli (February 17 1653 &ndash January 8 1713 was a French Violinist 1653)
• 1775 - John Baskerville, English printer (b. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Baskerville ( January 28, 1706 - January 8, 1775) was born in the village of Wolverley, near Kidderminster in 1706)
• 1789 - Jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John "Jack" Broughton, (c 1703 &ndash January 8 1789) was an English bare-knuckle fighter 1703)
• 1794 - Justus Möser, German statesman (b. Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Justus Möser ( December 14, 1720, Osnabrück &ndash January 8, 1794, Osnabrück) was a German jurist and social 1720)
• 1815 - Edward Pakenham, British general (b. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Edward Pakenham was also the name of the sixth earl of Longford Sir Edward Michael Pakenham ( pro 1778)
• 1825 - Eli Whitney, American inventor (b. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 1765)
• 1854 - William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year 1768)
• 1865 - Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Aimé-Marie-Gaspard comte de Clermont-Tonnerre ( November 27, 1779, Paris - January 8, 1865, Glisolles) was a French 1779)
• 1874 - Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Abbé Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg (8 September 1814 &ndash 8 January 1874 was a noted French writer Ethnographer, Historian and 1814)
• 1878 - Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet (b. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov (Никола́й Алексе́евич Некра́сов &ndash) was a Russian poet writer critic and publisher associate of Vissarion 1821)
• 1880 - Joshua A. Norton, American eccentric (b. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Joshua Abraham Norton ( c 1819 &ndash January 8 1880 the self-proclaimed His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, was a celebrated citizen of San 1811)
• 1896 - William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Willian Rainey Marshall ( October 17, 1825 January 8, 1896) was an American Politician. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers 1825)
• 1896 - Paul Verlaine, French poet (b. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Paul-Marie Verlaine (vɛʁˈlɛn March 30, 1844 &ndash January 8, 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist 1844)
• 1901 - John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting John Barry VC ( February 1, 1873 - January 8, 1901) born St Mary's parish Kilkenny, Ireland, and was by birth an See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since 1873)
• 1916 - Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Ada Rehan ( April 22, 1859 - January 9, 1916) was an American actress 1860)
• 1918 - Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ellis Henry Roberts ( September 30[[ 827]] - January 8[[ 918]] was a United States Representative from New York and 20th Treasurer 1827)
• 1932 - Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic (b. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Blessed Eurosia Fabris ( September 27, 1866 – January 8, 1932) also known as Mamma Rosa, was best known to Catholics 1866)
• 1934 - Andrei Bely, Russian writer (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrei Bely (Андрей Белый was the pseudonym of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev ( &ndash January 8, 1934) a Russian novelist poet 1880)
• 1934 - Serge Stavisky, French financier and embezzler (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Serge Alexandre Stavisky ( November 20, 1886 – January 8, 1934) was a French Financier and Embezzler whose 1886)
• 1938 - Johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johnny Gruelle ( December 24, 1880 - January 8, 1938) was an artist political cartoonist and writer of children's books Raggedy Ann is a Fictional character created by writer Johnny Gruelle (1880&ndash1938 in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children 1880)
• 1941 - Robert Baden-Powell, English founder of scouting (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1857)
• 1942 - Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American religious publisher (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Franklin Rutherford ( 8 November 1869 — 8 January 1942) often referred to as "Judge" Rutherford was the second president of 1869)
• 1943 - Richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (b. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Flight Lieutenant Richard H Hillary (born 20 April 1919 in Sydney, Australia - died 8 January 1943) was a WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout 1919)
• 1944 - William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Kissam Vanderbilt II ( March 2 1878 &ndash January 8 1944) was a Motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman and a member This article details the family of Cornelius Vanderbilt For other uses see Vanderbilt (disambiguation. 1878)
• 1945 - Karl Krafft, Swiss astrologer who was manipulated by the Nazi regime (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Karl Ernst Krafft ( 10 May, 1900 in Basel - 8 January, 1945) was a prominent Swiss Astrologer. 1900)
• 1948 - Kurt Schwitters, German painter (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters ( 20 June 1887 - 8 January 1948) was a German painter who was born in 1887)
• 1948 - Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Tauber (b 16 May 1891, Linz &ndash d 8 January 1948, London England) was an Austrian Tenor 1891)
• 1950 - Joseph Schumpeter, Austrian economist (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Alois Schumpeter ( February 8, 1883 &ndash January 8, 1950) was an Economist and Political scientist born in 1883)
• 1953 - Admiral Sir Hugh Binney, British naval commander and Governor of Tasmania (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Admiral Sir Thomas Hugh Binney, KCB, KCMG, DSO ( December 9, 1883 &ndash January 8 1953) was a 1883)
• 1956 - Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Philip James Elliot ( October 8, 1927 &ndash January 8, 1956) was an evangelical Christian Missionary to A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. 1928)
• 1958 - Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Henry Pilgrim ( October 26, 1883 &ndash January 8, 1958) was an American athlete who won three gold medals 1883)
• 1963 - Kay Sage, American artist and poet (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Katherine Linn Sage ( June 25 1898 - January 8 1963) usually known as Kay Sage, was an American Surrealist 1898)
• 1967 - Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Zbigniew Cybulski (better known as Zbyszek Cybulski; November 3 1927 - January 8 1967 was a Polish actor one of the best-known and most popular personalities of 1927)
• 1969 - Albert Hill, British athlete (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Albert George Hill ( March 24, 1889 &ndash January 8, 1969) was a British athlete, winner of two Olympic 1889)
• 1970 - Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Georges Guibourg ( June 3, 1891 - January 8, 1970) was a French singer author writer playwright and actor George Guibourg alias 1891)
• 1972 - Kenneth Patchen, American poet (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenneth Patchen ( December 13 1911 &ndash January 8 1972) was an American Poet and Novelist. 1911)
• 1975 - John Gregson, English actor (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Gregson ( 15 March 1919 – 8 January 1975) was a British actor 1919)
• 1975 - Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Tucker ( August 28, 1913 &ndash January 8, 1975) was an American operatic Tenor. 1913)
• 1976 - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zhou Enlai ( (5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976 was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from 1949 until his death in January 1976 The Premier of the State Council ( sometimes incorrectly referred to as the "Prime Minister" is the Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of China 1898)
• 1976 - Robert Forgan, British fascist (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Robert Forgan ( 10 March, 1891 &ndash 8 January 1976) was a British politician who was a close associate of Oswald Mosley 1891)
• 1979 - Sara Carter, American country musician (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Sara Carter ( July 21, 1898 &ndash January 8, 1979) was an American Country music Musician. 1898)
• 1980 - John Mauchly, American physicist (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) John William Mauchly ( August 30 1907 &ndash January 8 1980) was an American Physicist who along with J 1907)
• 1981 - Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 For the English film actor (born 1989 see Matthew Beard (British actor. 1925)
• 1982 - Grégoire Aslan, Armenian actor (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Grégoire Aslan ( 28 March 1908 - 8 January 1982) was an Armenian actor 1908)
• 1983 - Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter pilot (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Lieutenant-General Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn ( 20 March, 1919 - 8 January, 1983) was the second most successful Fighter A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed 1919)
• 1983 - Ron Frazer, Australian actor (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ron Frazer ( 7 December 1928 &mdash 8 January 1983) was an Australian Actor and Comedian. 1924)
• 1983 - Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Lawson McCall ( March 22 1913 January 8 1983) was an American Politician and journalist in the state of Oregon 1913)
• 1986 - Pierre Fournier, French cellist (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Pierre Fournier ( June 24, 1906 &ndash January 8, 1986) was a French cellist who was called the "aristocrat of cellists" 1906)
• 1990 - Terry-Thomas, British actor, comedian (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens ( 14 July 1911 &ndash 8 January 1990) was a distinctive English comic Actor, known 1911)
• 1991 - Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Stephen Maynard Clark ( April 23, 1960 – January 8, 1991) was one of the co-lead guitarists for British Hard rock 1960)
• 1994 - Pat Buttram, American actor (b. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Emmett Maxwell "Pat" Buttram ( June 19, 1915 – January 8, 1994) was an American Actor, famous for playing the 1915)
• 1994 - Harvey Haddix, American baseball player (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Harvey Haddix Jr ( September 18, 1925 - January 8, 1994) was a Major League Baseball left-handed Pitcher who played with 1925)
• 1995 - Carlos Monzon, Argentinian boxer (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Carlos Monzón ( August 7, 1942 – January 8, 1995) was an Argentine boxer who held the 1942)
• 1996 - John Hargreaves, Australian actor (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) John Hargreaves (28 November 1945 - 8 January 1996 was an Australian actor 1945)
• 1996 - François Mitterrand, President of France (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand ( 26 October 1916 8 January 1996 served as President of France from 1981 to 1995 elected as representative of the Socialist The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected 1916)
• 1996 - Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Hyman Howard Taubman ( July 4, 1907 – January 8, 1996) was an American music critic theater critic and author 1907)
• 1997 - Melvin Calvin, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8 1911 - January 8 1997 was an American Chemist most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1911)
• 1998 - Michael Tippett, English composer (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM (2 January 1905 &ndash 8 January 1998 was one of the foremost English Composers of the 20th century 1905)
• 2000 - Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Derrick Vincent Thomas ( January 1 1967 &ndash February 8 2000) was an NFL Linebacker who played his entire professional 1967)
• 2000 - Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrianist (b. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Fritz Thiedemann ( March 3, 1918 &ndash January 8, 2000) was a German equestrian, considered to be one of the greatest 1918)
• 2002 - Alexander Prochorow, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov (Александр Михайлович Прохоров (11 July 1916 &ndash 8 January 2002 was a Soviet / Russian physicist The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1916)
• 2002 - Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year David "Dave" Thomas ( July 2, 1932 January 8, 2002) was an American restaurateur and Philanthropist. 1932)
• 2003 - Ron Goodwin, British composer and conductor (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Ronald Alfred Goodwin (17 February 1925 &ndash 8 January 2003 was a British Composer and conductor best known for his Film scores 1925)
• 2004 - John A. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " John Alfred Gambling ( February 5, 1930 – January 8, 2004) was a member of the Gambling family, 3 generations of whom - John 1930)
• 2005 - Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Campbell McComas ( May 5, 1952 – January 8, 2005) was an Australian comedian writer and actor 1952)
• 2005 - Warren Spears, American choreographer and dancer
• 2005 - Michel Thomas, Polish linguist (b. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Warren Spears (? - January 8, 2005) was an American Dancer and Choreographer. Michel Thomas ( February 3, 1914 &ndash January 8, 2005) was a polyglot linguist language teacher and decorated war veteran 1914)
• 2006 - Tony Banks, British politician (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Anthony Louis Banks Baron Stratford ( 8 April 1943 &ndash 8 January 2006) known as Tony Banks, was a British politician 1943)
• 2007 - Jane Bolin, first African American female judge (b. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Jane Matilda Bolin LLB ( April 11, 1908 - January 8, 2007) was the first African-American woman to graduate from Yale Law 1908)
• 2007 - Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Yvonne De Carlo ( September 1, 1922 &ndash January 8, 2007) was a Canadian -born American Film and 1922)
• 2007 - Francis Cockfield, British politician (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. (Francis Arthur Cockfield Baron Cockfield PC ( Surname pronounced "Co'field" 28 September 1916 &ndash 8 January 1916)
• 2007 - David Ervine, Northern Irish politician (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year David Ervine ( July 21, 1953 - January 8, 2007) was a Northern Irish politician and the leader of the Progressive Unionist 1953)
• 2007 - Iwao Takamoto, American animator (b. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Iwao Takamoto (タカモト・イワオ Takamoto Iwao) ( April 29, 1925 &ndash January 8 2007) was a Japanese American 1925)
• 2008 - George Moore, Australian champion jockey (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common George Thomas Donald Moore OBE ( 5 July 1923 – 8 January 2008) was an Australian Jockey and 1923)
• 2008 - Clyde Otis, American song writer and music producer (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clyde Otis ( September 11, 1924 &ndash January 8, 2008) was an American songwriter and producer best known for his collaboration c. 1924)

Holidays and observances

• Commonwealth Day is celebrated in the Northern Mariana Islands. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations held on the second Monday in March and marked by a multi-faith service in Westminster Abbey The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI is a commonwealth in Political union with the United
• The feast day of Our Lady of Prompt Succor in the Roman Catholic Church. Our Lady of Prompt Succor is a religious title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, by the Roman Catholic Church.
• January 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• St. Abo of Tiflis
• St. Apollinaris, Bishop of Hierapolis, 2nd Century. Jan 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan 9 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 21 by Old Calendarists Saint Abo of Tiflis, Abo Tbileli, or Habo Tbileli (Abo/Habo of Tbilisi in Georgian: აბო თბილელი ჰაბო ტფილელი For the Syrian city called Hierapolis Bambyce see Manbij. Hierapolis ( Greek: 'holy city' was the ancient city on top of the
• St. Gudula
• St. Lucian of Beauvais
• St. Pega
• St. Severinus
• St. Thorfinn

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Saint Gudula is often connected by name to a variety of places where she is venerated or which are relevant to her biography Moorsel (where she lived Brussels Saint Lucian (Lucianus Lucien of Beauvais (d ca 290 AD is a Christian Martyr of the Catholic Church, called the "Apostle of Beauvais Pega (c 673-c714 was an Anchoress of Mercia, and the sister of Saint Guthlac. Severinus of Noricum (ca 410-482 is a Roman Catholic saint known as the "Apostle to Noricum " Thorfinn of Hamar (d 1285 was a Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

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