January 4

Events

 * - defeats  in the.
 * - : fights, and is defeated by, a  invasion army.
 * - leaves the, ending his first journey.
 * - King sends soldiers to arrest members of , commencing England's slide into.
 * - Most of the  in, the main residence of the , is destroyed by fire.
 * - The, , and sign the.
 * - declares war on  and.
 * - sells his first  pistol to the  government.
 * - The are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
 * - The opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near  in.
 * - The is founded in.
 * - The first successful is performed by Dr.  on Mary Gartside.
 * - is admitted as the 45th.
 * - is incorporated throughout the  by.
 * - , a short featuring, , , and  in a  match against various Disney characters, is first released.
 * 1936  -  publishes its first  charts.
 * - The animated short is released: it marks the second appearance of  and the first to have his name on a title card.
 * -, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
 * 1944  - : The  begins.
 * - regains its independence from the.
 * - : Chinese and n forces capture.
 * - After 69 years the last issue of  magazine is published.
 * - falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on, ).
 * - becomes the first  to reach the vicinity of the.
 * - introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board.
 * -  proclaims his "" during his.
 * - becomes the first woman judge to sit at the  in.
 * - United States President refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate  Committee.
 * - becomes the first American-born saint.
 * - An train en route to  from, collides with  engines, killing 16 people.
 * - : a pair of Libyan are shot down by a pair of  s during an air-to-air confrontation.
 * - A crowded passenger train collides with a standing freight train in 's province, killing 300 people.
 * - in ; over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
 * - Former professional wrestler  is sworn in as governor of.
 * 1999  - Gunmen open fire on  Muslims worshipping in an  mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25.
 * - Dr. is elected the  of.
 * 2004  -, a  , lands successfully on  at 04:35 UTC.
 * -  of  suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to Acting.
 * - The convenes, electing  as the first female  in U.S. history.

Births

 * - of  in  (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Irish archbishop (d. )
 * -, English mathematician and natural philosopher (d. )
 * -, Swedish physician (d. )
 * -, Irish Archbishop of (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * -, German philologist and folklorist (d. )
 * -, French inventor of braille (d. )
 * -, British inventor (d. )
 * -, British admiral (d. )
 * -, American circus performer (d. )
 * -, German engineer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, Czech composer (d. )
 * -, German sculptor (d. )
 * -, Russian artist (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, Japanese, became worlds January 29, 2007. (d. Aug. 13, )
 * -, Brazilian physician (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * 1896  -, French artist (d. )
 * -, American ornithologist (d. )
 * -, writer and journalist (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Sovereign Ruler of (d.)
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American film music composer (d. )
 * -, American director (d. )
 * -, Indian theologian (d. )
 * -, Finnish cross-country skier (d. )
 * -, Canadian businessman
 * 1927  -, American actress
 * -, Japanese artist, sculptor
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1930  -, American football coach
 * -, First Lady of (d. )
 * -, Spanish director
 * - Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia.
 * -, American boxer (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * 1937  -, American actress
 * -, German architect
 * 1940  - ,
 * 1940  - ,
 * -, Greek film director (d. )
 * 1941  -, American actor
 * 1941  -, American political activist (d. )
 * -, English jazz guitarist
 * -, American writer
 * -, Finnish entertainer
 * 1945  - ,
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, English musician and composer
 * 1947  -, English chef and television presenter
 * -, Polish politician
 * -, convicted murderer (d. )
 * -, American alpine skier
 * -, Argentine footballer
 * 1953  -, American CIA director
 * -, American composer and musician
 * -, English musician and composer
 * -, American guitarist and composer
 * 1956  -, English musician
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * 1958  -, Welsh-born actor
 * 1958  -, British actor
 * -, Japanese pop artist
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Egyptian actress
 * 1962  -, Scottish guitarist
 * 1962  -, American musician
 * -, Canadian comedian and actor
 * 1963  -, German singer
 * -, French actor and director
 * 1965  -, English singer
 * 1965  -, British musician
 * 1965  -, English actress
 * -, American singer
 * -, American poet and singer/songwriter
 * 1967  -, British former boxer
 * 1967  -, Quebec actress
 * 1967  -, American professional golfer
 * -, First Active Openly Homosexual Professional Wrestler
 * -, Japanese artist, sculptor
 * -, Danish cyclist
 * -, English singer
 * -, professional cyclist
 * 1976  -, American baseball player
 * -, Mexican actress
 * 1977  -, Irish singer
 * 1978  -, Slovakian tennis player
 * 1978  -, Spanish singer
 * -, French racing driver
 * 1979  -, American musician
 * -, Portuguese footballer
 * -, South Korean actress
 * 1982  -, English footballer
 * 1982  -, Argentinian footballer
 * -, American vocalist
 * -, Brazilian race car driver
 * -, American Football Player
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Indian Writer
 * -, New Zealand actress
 * -, Spanish singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress

Deaths

 * -, pre-Norman conquest English king (b. ca. ) (disputed)
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Japanese military commander (b. )
 * -, Swiss painter and drawer (b. )
 * -, French general (b. )
 * -, Swiss mathematician (b. )
 * -, English physiologist (b. )
 * -, Russian painter (b. )
 * -, French architect (b. )
 * -, English author and poet (bc. )
 * -, American saint (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, American entrepreneur (b. )
 * -, French general (b. )
 * -, Quebec catholic priest (b. )
 * -, German Old Catholic bishop (b. )
 * -, Roman Catholic prelate (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Spanish novelist (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, French philosopher, (b. )
 * -, Algerian-born French philosopher and writer, (b. )
 * -, Austrian physicist, (b. )
 * -, German officer (b. )
 * -, American-born writer, (b. )
 * -, British motorboat racer (b. )
 * -, French general (b. )
 * -, American clairaudient (b. )
 * -, Canadian pianist and composer (b. )
 * -, British general (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * 1986  -, Irish musician  (b. )
 * -, American electrical engineer (b. )
 * -, Indian musician (b. )
 * -, Mexican conductor and composer (b. )
 * 1995  -, American anthropologist (b. )
 * -, American real estate mogul (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American cinematographer (b. )
 * 2003  -, Lebanese-born violinist (b. )
 * 2003  -, Mexican American writer (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * 2004  -, English film director (b. )
 * 2004  -, American singer (b. )
 * 2004  -, English writer (b. )
 * 2004  -, American historian (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * 2005  -, American author, artist, and scholar (b. )
 * 2005  -, Iraqi governor of  (assassinated)
 * 2005  -, American mathematician (b. )
 * 2005  -, American economist (b. )
 * 2005  -, Canadian ice hockey player (b. )
 * 2005  -, American artist (b. )
 * -, Canadian poet (b. )
 * 2006  -, Prime Minister of the  and Ruler of  (b. )
 * 2006  -, Mayor of ,  (b. )
 * -, Australian theatre film and television producer (b. )
 * 2007  -, American independent film-maker (b. )
 * 2007  - Sir, British Air Chief Marshal (b. )
 * 2007  -, Welsh newspaper cartoonist (b. )
 * 2007  -, American film and TV producer  (b. )
 * 2007  -, Hungarian poet and writer (b. )
 * 2007  -, Italian footballer (b. )
 * 2007  -, Dutch cyclist (b. )
 * 2007  -, former State President of  (b. )
 * 2007  -, Sudanese artist and calligrapher (b. )

Holidays and observances

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 * The eleventh night and tenth in Western