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January 1st
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- Christian Feast Day
- Dissolution of Czechoslovakia related observances: Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia)
- Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State (Czech Republic)
- Earliest day on which Handsel Monday can fall, while January 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of the year. (Scotland)
- Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Anglican and Episcopal)
- Feast of the Circumcision, Old Calendar. (Roman Catholic Church)
- Founding Day (Taiwan)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Brunei from United Kingdom in 1984.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Haiti from France in 1804.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Sudan from United Kingdom in 1956.
- Last day of Kwanzaa (United States)
- New Year's Day for many countries around the world using the Gregorian calendar; often celebrated at midnight with fireworks.
- Solemnity of Mary, the Octave Day of Christmas, considered a holy day of obligation in some country. (Roman Catholic Church)
- The eighth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)
- The presidents of Brazil and Switzerland take possession.
- Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba)
January 1st
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- 2010 - A suicide car bomber detonated at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.
- 2009 - 66 die in nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.
- 2008 - Malta and Cyprus officially adopt the Euro currency and become the fourteenth and fifteenth Eurozone countries.
- 2007 - Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.
- 2007 - Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Also, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages.
- 2006 - Sydney, Australia swelters through its hottest New Years Day on record. The thermometer peaked at 45 degrees celsius, sparking bushfires and power outages. (Same as 1939)
- 2004 - In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.
- 2002 - Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.
- 2002 - Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
- 1999 - The Euro currency is introduced in 11 countries - members of NATO (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).
- 1998 - Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
- 1998 - The European Central Bank is established.
- 1997 - The Republic of Zaïre officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Zaïre.
- 1997 - Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed Secretary General of the United Nations.
- 1996 - Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- 1995 - The World Trade Organization goes into effect.
- 1995 - The Kingdom of Sweden and the republics of Austria and Finland are admitted into the European Union.
- 1995 - The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe becomes the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
- 1995 - The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
- 1994 - The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican State of Chiapas.
- 1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.
- 1993 - Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.
- 1993 - A single market within the European Community is introduced.
- 1992 - 2002 – The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in , officially comes into force.
- 1990 - David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.
- 1989 - The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer comes into force.
- 1988 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
- 1986 - Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- 1986 - The Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic are admitted into the European Community.
- 1985 - The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
- 1985 - The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
- 1984 - The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.
- 1984 - The Sultanate of Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- 1983 - The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
- 1982 - Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary General of the United Nations.
- 1981 - The Republic of Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States.
- 1981 - The Republic of Greece is admitted into the European Community.
- 1980 - Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
- 1979 - Formal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America.
- 1978 - Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
- 1978 - The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands becomes effective.
- 1973 - Denmark, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland are admitted into the European Community.
- 1971 - Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
- 1970 - Unix epoch time begins at 00:00:00 UTC/GMT.
- 1966 - A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins.
- 1966 - After a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic.
- 1965 - The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul.
- 1964 - The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
- 1962 - Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
- 1962 - United States Navy SEALs established.
- 1960 - The Republic of Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- 1959 - Fulgencio Batista, president of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution.
- 1958 - The European Community is established.
- 1957 - George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1957 - An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough RUC barracks in one of the most famous incidents of the IRA's Operation Harvest.
- 1956 - The Republic of the Sudan achieves independence from the Egyptian Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- 1956 - A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
- 1954 - NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade , with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
- 1950 - The state of Ajaigarh joins the Union of India.
- 1949 - United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
- 1948 - The British railway network is nationalised to form British Railways.
- 1948 - The Constitution of Italy comes into force.
- 1947 - The American and British occupation zones in Germany, after the World War II, merge to form the Bizone, that later became the Federal Republic of Germany.
- 1945 - World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacre 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne.
- 1945 - World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Unternehmen Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.
- 1942 - The Declaration by the United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
- 1939 - William Hewlett and David Packard found Hewlett-Packard.
- 1939 - Sydney, Australia, swelters in 45 ?C (113 ?F) heat, a record for the city.
- 1937 - Safety glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in Great Britain.
- 1934 - Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.
- 1934 - Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".
- 1932 - The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
- 1929 - The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
- 1928 - Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
- 1927 - Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar: December 18, 1926 (Julian), is immediately followed by January 1, 1927 (Gregorian).
- 1925 - The American astronomer Edwin Hubble announces the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way.
- 1923 - Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
- 1920 - The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
- 1919 - Edsel Ford succeeds his father, Henry Ford, as president of the Ford Motor Company.
- 1916 - German troops abandon Yaoundé and their Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
- 1912 - The Republic of China is established.
- 1911 - Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control.
- 1910 - Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear Admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members), since Horatio Nelson.
- 1909 - Drilling begins on the Lakeview Gusher.
- 1908 - For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.
- 1906 - British India officially adopts the Indian Standard Time.
- 1902 - The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena.
- 1901 - Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
- 1901 - The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
- 1899 - Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
- 1898 - New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
- 1894 - The Manchester Ship Canal, England, is officially opened to traffic.
- 1892 - Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.
- 1890 - Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
- 1890 - The Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, is first held.
- 1885 - Twenty-five nations adopt Sanford Fleming's proposal for Standard Time (and also, time zones)
- 1880 - Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
- 1877 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
- 1876 - The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
- 1873 - Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar.
- 1863 - American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
- 1863 - The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska.
- 1861 - Porfirio Díaz conquers Mexico City.
- 1860 - First Polish stamp is issued.
- 1845 - The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed.
- 1833 - The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
- 1822 - The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly of Epidaurus.
- 1810 - Major-General Lachlan Macquarie CB officially becomes Governor of New South Wales
- 1808 - The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
- 1806 - The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
- 1804 - French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and second independent country on the American Continent after the U.S.
- 1803 - Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây S?n Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Hu?, Vietnam.
- 1801 - The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1801 - The dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
- 1800 - The Dutch East India Company is dissolved.
- 1788 - First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
- 1781 - 1,500 soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey as part of the Pennsylvania (Continentals; Regiment) Mutiny of 1781.
- 1772 - The first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London.
- 1739 - Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
- 1707 - John V is crowned King of Portugal.
- 1700 - Russia begins using the Anno Domini era and no longer uses old slovian era. According to old slovian era it happened in year 7209.
- 1651 - Charles II is crowned King of Scotland.
- 1600 - Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25.
- 1527 - Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as king of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
- 1515 - King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne.
- 1438 - Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.
- 1259 - Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.
- 1001 - Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Silvester II.
- 193 - The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman Emperor.
- 69 - The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuses to swear loyalty to Galba. The rebelled and proclaimed Aulus Vitellius Germanicus as emperor.
- -45 - The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time.
January 1st
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- 1998 - Marlene Lawston, American child actress
- 1992 - Jack Wilshere, English footballer
- 1992 - He Kexin, Chinese gymnast
- 1988 - Grzegorz Panfil, Polish tennis player
- 1987 - Gilbert Brule, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 - Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
- 1987 - Devin Setoguchi, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 - Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
- 1986 - Glen Davis, American basketball player
- 1986 - James Davis, American football player
- 1986 - Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
- 1986 - Sungmin, South Korean Singer (Super Junior)
- 1985 - Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 - Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
- 1985 - Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
- 1985 - Andrea Jeremiah, Indian-Tamil singer and actress
- 1984 - José Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
- 1984 - Alok Kapali, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1984 - Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
- 1984 - Mohammed Ghaddar, Lebanese footballer
- 1984 - Michael Witt, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1983 - Ali Bastian, English actress and model
- 1983 - Calum Davenport, English footballer
- 1983 - Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model
- 1983 - Park Sung-Hyun, South Korean Olympic archer
- 1982 - David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
- 1981 - Jonas Armstrong, English actor
- 1981 - Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver
- 1981 - Abdülkadir Koçak, Turkish boxer
- 1981 - Eden Riegel, American actress
- 1980 - Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
- 1979 - Brody Dalle, Australian singer (The Distillers)
- 1979 - Koichi Domoto, Japanese artist
- 1979 - Fadi El Khatib, Lebanese basketball player
- 1978 - Vidya Balan, Indian model and actress
- 1978 - Nina Bott, German actress
- 1978 - Phillip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
- 1978 - Tarik O'Regan, British composer
- 1978 - Mykhaylo Renzhyn, Latvian Olympic skier
- 1977 - María de la Paz Hernández, Argentinian field hockey player
- 1977 - Hasan Salihamidži?, Bosnian footballer
- 1977 - Robert Roode, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1977 - Leoš Friedl, Czech tennis player
- 1977 - Andrei Stoliarov, Russian tennis player
- 1977 - Jerry Yan, Taiwanese actor and singer
- 1976 - Georgina Chapman, British fashion designer and actress
- 1975 - Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player
- 1975 - Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
- 1975 - Joe Cannon, American footballer
- 1975 - Eiichiro Oda, Japanese manga artist
- 1975 - Fernando Tatis, Dominican baseball player
- 1975 - Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 - Christian Paradis, Canadian politician
- 1974 - Hamilton Ricard, Colombian footballer
- 1974 - Eva Birthistle, Irish actress
- 1973 - Anwar Mansoor Mangrio, Sindhi poet
- 1973 - Magnus Sahlgren, Swedish musician (Lake of Tears)
- 1973 - Danny Lloyd, American actor
- 1973 - Li Fang, Chinese tennis player
- 1973 - Shelda Bede, Brazilian beach volleyball player
- 1972 - Neve McIntosh, Scottish actress
- 1972 - Lilian Thuram, French footballer
- 1972 - Tego Calderón, Puerto Rican rapper
- 1972 - Garrett K. Gomez, American horse jockey
- 1972 - Barron Miles, American CFL player
- 1971 - Sammie Henson, American wrestler
- 1971 - Scott Riggs, American racing driver
- 1971 - Bobby Holik, Czech ice hockey player
- 1971 - Chris Potter, American jazz saxophonist
- 1971 - Ezra Weisz, American voice actor
- 1971 - Phoebus, Greek songwriter
- 1970 - Fredro Starr, American rapper and actor
- 1970 - Kimberly Page, American manager and actress
- 1969 - Morris Chestnut, American actor
- 1969 - Nicolle Dickson, Australian actress
- 1969 - Paul Lawrie, Scottish golfer
- 1969 - Christi Paul, American news anchor
- 1969 - Verne Troyer, American actor
- 1968 - Miki Higashino, Japanese composer
- 1968 - Joey Stefano, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1968 - Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
- 1968 - Felix Chong, Hong Kong screenwriter
- 1967 - John Digweed, English DJ
- 1967 - Tim Dog, American rapper
- 1967 - Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000)
- 1967 - Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Spanish film director
- 1967 - Spencer Tunick, American artist
- 1967 - Gorsha Sur, Russian ice dancer
- 1966 - Anna Burke, Australian politician
- 1965 - John Sullivan, American politician
- 1965 - Andrew Valmon, American Olympic athlete
- 1964 - Juliana Donald, American actress
- 1964 - Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress
- 1963 - Lina Ka?iušyt?, Lithuanian swimmer
- 1963 - Jean-Marc Gounon, French race car driver
- 1963 - Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer
- 1963 - Dražen Ladi?, Croatian footballer
- 1962 - Ari Up, German musician (The Slits)
- 1961 - Sergei Babayan, American classical pianist
- 1961 - Sam Backo, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1961 - Sam Palahnuk, American video game designer
- 1961 - Fiona Phillips, British television presenter
- 1961 - Mark Wingett, British actor
- 1960 - Leilani Kai, American wrestler
- 1960 - Michael Seibert, American ice dancer
- 1960 - Rayo de Jalisco, Jr., Mexican Luchador
- 1959 - Azali Assoumani, Comorian president
- 1959 - Jennifer Edwards, American actress
- 1959 - Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
- 1959 - Michel Onfray, French philosopher
- 1958 - Ren Woods, American actress and singer
- 1958 - Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian musician
- 1957 - Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish actress
- 1957 - Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician
- 1956 - Sergei Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut
- 1956 - Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (d. 2000)
- 1956 - Sheila McCarthy, Canadian actress
- 1956 - Mike Mitchell, American basketball player
- 1956 - K?ji Yakusho, Japanese actor
- 1956 - Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese composer
- 1955 - LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
- 1954 - Bob Menendez, American politician
- 1954 - Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek politician
- 1954 - Richard Edson, American actor and musician
- 1953 - Greg Carmichael, British guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
- 1953 - Alpha Blondy, Ivorian reggae singer
- 1953 - Lynn Jones, American baseball player
- 1953 - Gary E. Johnson, American politician
- 1952 - Stephanie Faracy, American actress
- 1952 - Rosario Marchese, Italian-Canadian politician
- 1951 - Ashfaq Hussain, Urdu poet
- 1951 - Nana Patekar, Indian film and stage actor
- 1951 - Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver
- 1950 - Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby league coach
- 1950 - Morgan Fisher, English musician (Mott the Hoople)
- 1950 - Deepa Mehta, Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter
- 1949 - Daniel E Gawthrop, American composer
- 1949 - Max Azria, French fashion designer
- 1949 - Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician
- 1948 - Pavel Grachev, Russian general
- 1948 - Ashok Saraf, Marathi/Hindi actor
- 1948 - Joe Petagno, American artist
- 1947 - Jon Corzine, American politician
- 1947 - Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer
- 1947 - Frances Yip, Hong Kong singer
- 1947 - James K. Glassman, American journalist and diplomat
- 1946 - Carl B. Hamilton, Swedish economist and politician
- 1946 - Rick Hurst, American actor
- 1946 - Rivelino, Brazilian football player
- 1946 - Shelby Steele, American author and filmmaker
- 1945 - Peter Duncan, Australian politician
- 1945 - Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver
- 1945 - Max Julien, American actor
- 1944 - Jimmy Hart, American wrestling manager
- 1944 - Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician
- 1943 - Larry Clark, American director
- 1943 - Tony Knowles, American politician
- 1943 - Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian scientist
- 1943 - Don Novello, American actor
- 1943 - Ronald Perelman, American businessman
- 1942 - Dennis Archer, American politician
- 1942 - Martin Frost, American politician
- 1942 - Country Joe McDonald, American musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
- 1942 - Alassane Ouattara, former Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
- 1942 - Gennadi Sarafanov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2005)
- 1942 - Judy Stone, Australian pop singer
- 1941 - Asrani, Indian actor and comedian
- 1941 - Barry Goldberg, American musician
- 1939 - Michèle Mercier, French actress
- 1938 - Clay Cole, American television host and producer
- 1938 - Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (d. 2005)
- 1938 - Frank Langella, American actor
- 1937 - John Fuller, English poet
- 1937 - Matt Robinson, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1937 - Adam Wi?niewski-Snerg, Polish author (d. 1995)
- 1936 - James Sinegal, American businessman
- 1936 - Don Nehlen, American football player and coach
- 1935 - B. Kliban, American cartoonist (d. 1990)
- 1933 - Frederick Lowy, Canadian educator
- 1933 - Joe Orton, English writer (d. 1967)
- 1933 - Norman Yemm, Australian actor
- 1933 - Joseph Koo, Chinese composer
- 1932 - Jackie Parker, American football player (d. 2006)
- 1932 - Giuseppe Patanè, Italian opera conductor (d. 1989)
- 1930 - Gaafar al-Nimeiry, Sudanese politician (d. 2009)
- 1930 - Jean-Pierre Duprey, French poet and sculptor (d. 1959)
- 1930 - Ty Hardin, American film actor
- 1930 - Frederick Wiseman, American documentary filmmaker
- 1929 - Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer
- 1929 - Joseph Lombardo, American mafioso
- 1929 - Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor
- 1928 - Ernest Tidyman, American writer (d. 1984)
- 1928 - Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian
- 1927 - Maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007)
- 1927 - Pat Heywood, Scottish actress
- 1927 - Calum MacKay, Canadian hockey player (d. 2001)
- 1927 - Vernon L. Smith, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics winner
- 1927 - Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998)
- 1926 - Richard Verreau, French-Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (d. 2007)
- 1925 - Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (d. 1981)
- 1925 - Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and ambassador (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
- 1924 - Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet
- 1924 - Charlie Munger, American philanthropist
- 1923 - Daniel Gorenstein, American mathematician (d. 1992)
- 1923 - Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
- 1922 - Ernest Hollings, American politician
- 1922 - Jerry Robinson, American comic book artist
- 1921 - Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian philosopher (d. 1986)
- 1921 - César Baldaccini, French sculptor. (d. 1998)
- 1920 - Virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 2009)
- 1919 - Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990)
- 1919 - Carole Landis, American film actress (d. 1948)
- 1919 - J. D. Salinger, American novelist (d. 2010)
- 1919 - Yoshio Tabata, Japanese singer
- 1918 - Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
- 1918 - Frances Bay, Canadian actress
- 1917 - Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)
- 1917 - Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
- 1914 - Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and SOE agent (d. 1944)
- 1912 - Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician (d. 1995)
- 1912 - Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)
- 1912 - Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek writer and poet (d. 1991)
- 1911 - Basil Dearden, British film director (d. 1971)
- 1911 - Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)
- 1911 - Roman Totenberg, Polish-born American violinist
- 1911 - Audrey Wurdemann, American poet (d.1960)
- 1909 - Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1909 - Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959)
- 1908 - Bill Tapia, American musician
- 1906 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
- 1905 - Stanis?aw Mazur, Polish mathematician (d. 1981)
- 1904 - Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (d. 1970)
- 1904 - Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
- 1902 - Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d. 1977)
- 1900 - Xavier Cugat, Spanish musician (d. 1990)
- 1900 - Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
- 1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, American FBI director (d. 1972)
- 1894 - Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)
- 1894 - Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007)
- 1892 - Artur Rodzi?ski, Croatian conductor (d. 1958)
- 1892 - Manuel Roxas, Filipino statesman (d. 1948)
- 1890 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)
- 1889 - Charles Bickford, American film actor (d. 1967)
- 1888 - John Garand, American inventor (d. 1974)
- 1888 - Georgios Stanotas, Greek cavalry officer (d. 1965)
- 1887 - Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945)
- 1881 - Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)
- 1879 - E. M. Forster, English novelist (d. 1970)
- 1879 - William Fox, Hungarian-born American film producer (d. 1952)
- 1878 - Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)
- 1876 - Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
- 1874 - Frank Knox, American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)
- 1874 - Gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)
- 1873 - Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (d. 1952)
- 1868 - Snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937)
- 1867 - Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (d. 1941)
- 1864 - Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)
- 1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
- 1863 - Pierre de Coubertin, French aristocrat and founder of the modern Olympic Games (d. 1937)
- 1854 - Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941)
- 1852 - Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)
- 1848 - John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)
- 1834 - Ludovic Halévy, French playwright (d. 1908)
- 1833 - Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (d. 1902)
- 1823 - Sándor Pet?fi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849)
- 1819 - Arthur Hugh Clough, English poet (d. 1861)
- 1814 - Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864)
- 1803 - Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician (d. 1869)
- 1779 - William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)
- 1774 - André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)
- 1767 - Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish novelist (d. 1849)
- 1752 - Betsy Ross, American seamstress (d. 1836)
- 1750 - Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman (d. 1801)
- 1745 - Anthony Wayne, American general and statesman (d. 1796)
- 1735 - Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818)
- 1714 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
- 1711 - Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
- 1704 - Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787)
- 1684 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748)
- 1655 - Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)
- 1648 - Elkanah Settle, English writer (d. 1724)
- 1638 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
- 1618 - Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish painter (baptism) (d. 1682)
- 1614 - John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (d. 1672)
- 1600 - Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (d. 1649)
- 1557 - Prince István Bocskay of Transylvania (d. 1606)
- 1516 - Margaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
- 1511 - Henry, Duke of Cornwall (d. 1511)
- 1484 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss religious figure (d. 1531)
- 1467 - King Sigismund I the Old of Poland (d. 1548)
- 1431 - Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
- 871 - King Zwentibold of Lotharingia (d. 900)
- 766 - Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)