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• 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.{{cite book|author=Anthony R Birley|title=Marcus Aurelius: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CzYRFge0NnsC&pg=PT15|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-69569-0|pages=15–}}
• 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Alamanni |volume= 01 |last= Beck|first= Frederick George Meeson | page = 468; see lines four and five from the end |quote=....Early in the 5th century the Alamanni appear to have crossed the Rhine and conquered and settled Alsace and a large part of Switzerland. }}
• 533 – Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Mann |first1=Horace K. |title=Pope John II |encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia |date=1910}}
• 1492 – Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.Kamen, Henry. "Spain 1469 – 1714 A Society of Conflict." Third edition. pp. 37–38

• 1680 – Trunajaya rebellion: Amangkurat II of Mataram and his bodyguards execute the rebel leader Trunajaya.{{cite book|last=Pigeaud|first=Theodore Gauthier Thomas|author-link=Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud|title=Islamic States in Java 1500–1700: Eight Dutch Books and Articles by Dr H.J. de Graaf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_BVJCAAAQBAJ|date=1976|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff|location=The Hague|isbn=90-247-1876-7}}
• 1776 – Empress Maria Theresa of Austria amends the Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana to include the abolition of torture throughout the Habsburg-ruled countries of Austria and Bohemia.{{cite book|author=Derek Beales|title=Joseph II: Volume 1, In the Shadow of Maria Theresa, 1741-1780|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2008|isbn=9780521525886|page=238}}
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of General George Washington repulse a British attack led by General Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.{{cite book|last=Ketchum|first=Richard|title=The Winter Soldiers: The Battles for Trenton and Princeton|publisher=Holt Paperbacks; 1st Owl books ed edition |year=1999|isbn=0-8050-6098-7}}
• 1788 – Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.{{cite book|title=Census of population and housing (2000): Georgia Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VHtNij1aQYC&pg=PP13|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=978-1-4289-8569-8|pages=13}}
• 1791 – Northwest Indian War: The Big Bottom massacre is committed by Lenape and Wyandot warriors in the Ohio Country, North America.{{cite book|author=Steve Rajtar|title=Indian War Sites: A Guidebook to Battlefields, Monuments, and Memorials, State by State with Canada and Mexico|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnMwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA187|date=1 July 1999|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4590-5|pages=187}}
• 1818 – The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president.{{cite book|title=The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_jNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA72|year=1866|publisher=Published for the proprietor|pages=72–}}
• 1863 – American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Stones River ends in a Union victory when the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Braxton Bragg are repulsed for the final time by the Army of the Cumberland under General William S. Rosecrans.{{cite web|title=Battle of Stones River|url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/battle-of-stones-river/|author=McDonough, James L.|website=TennesseeEncyclopedia.net|publisher=Tennessee Historical Society|date=October 8, 2017|access-date=November 30, 2024}}
• 1865 – Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.{{cite book | last = Maia | first = Prado | title = A Marinha de Guerra do Brasil na Colônia e no Império | edition = 2 | year = 1975 | publisher = Cátedra | location = Rio de Janeiro | language = pt|page=266 }}
• 1900 – American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.{{Cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans/m-ust000001-0278.pdf |title=Commercial Rights in China ("Open Door" Policy): Declarations by France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, and Russia accepting United States proposal for "open door" policy in China, September 6, 1899-March 20, 1900, 1 Bevans 278 |website=Library of Congress |access-date=January 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221161724/http://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans/m-ust000001-0278.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2017 |url-status=live }}
• 1900 – Chicago Canal opens.{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=10|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}

• 1920 – The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.{{cite book|author=George C. Kohn|title=The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzdWTBytwAIC&pg=PA303|year=2001|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-3022-4|pages=303}}
• 1921 – World premiere of the science fiction play R.U.R. by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a theater in Hradec Králové.Jarka M. Burien, "Čapek, Karel" in Gabrielle H. Cody, Evert Sprinchorn (eds.) The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama, Volume One. Columbia University Press, 2007. {{ISBN|0231144229}}, (pp. 224–225).
• 1941 – World War II: The Cardiff Blitz severely damages the cathedral in Cardiff, Wales.{{cite book|author=Nick Lambert|title=Llandaff Cathedral|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_xIAQAAIAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Seren|isbn=978-1-85411-499-0|page=171}}
• 1942 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history; Also known as the Duquesne Spy Ring.{{cite book|author=Walter Yust|title=Ten eventful years: a record of events of the years preceding, including and following World War II, 1937 through 1946|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpAGAQAAIAAJ|year=1947|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|page=317}}
• 1942 – World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.{{cite book|author=Lodwick H. Alford|title=Playing for Time: War on an Asiatic Fleet Destroyer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lK4IAKZVgwEC&pg=PA90|date=April 2006|publisher=Merriam Press|isbn=978-1-57638-338-4|pages=90}}
• 1949 – Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.{{cite book|title=Los Gobernadores electos de Puerto Rico|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGQzAQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Corporación de Servicios Bibliotecarios|language=es}}
• 1954 – India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.{{cite book|author=Disha Experts|title=General Knowledge for General Studies CSAT - Paper 1 IAS Prelims 2nd Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVc-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA126|publisher=Disha Publications|pages=126–|id=GGKEY:SZZRJN6FRG4}}
• 1955 – Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.{{cite book|title=Latin America|url=https://archive.org/details/latinamericagene0000fagg_g6s7|url-access=registration|date=1 May 1969|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|isbn=978-1-349-15305-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/latinamericagene0000fagg_g6s7/page/154 154]}}
• 1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.{{cite book|author=Andrew Wilson|title=Solar system log|url=https://archive.org/details/solarsystemlog00andr|url-access=registration|date=May 1987|publisher=Jane's|isbn=978-0-7106-0444-6|access-date=2019-01-27}}
• 1963 – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.{{cite book|author=U.s. Army Command and General Staff College|title=Military Assistance Advisory Group-vietnam (1954-1963): The Battle of Ap Bac|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pTrvoAEACAAJ|date=8 July 2014|publisher=Createspace Independent Pub|isbn=978-1-5004-3966-8}}
• 1967 – Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is sworn in as Governor of California.{{cite book|title=The Pastoral Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pAJOAAAAYAAJ|year=1970}}
• 1971 – The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football match.{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons|title=Sessional Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZ7M8-xoOZwC|year=1973|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office}}
• 1974 – United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 mph in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.{{cite news |title= Nixon Approves Limit of 55 MPH |url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40610FD3F58137B93C1A9178AD85F408785F9&scp=1&sq=nixon%20approves%20limit%20of%2055&st=cse |access-date= July 22, 2008 |work= The New York Times |pages= 1, 24 |date= January 3, 1974 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110605095932/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40610FD3F58137B93C1A9178AD85F408785F9&scp=1&sq=nixon%20approves%20limit%20of%2055&st=cse |archive-date= June 5, 2011 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}{{subscription required}}
• 1975 – At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/lalit-mishra-forebodings-on-night-before-murder/cid/1338289|title=Lalit Mishra forebodings on night before murder|website=The Telegraph India|author=Rasheed Kidwai|date=15 June 2015|access-date=23 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223184824/https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/lalit-mishra-forebodings-on-night-before-murder/cid/1338289|archive-date=23 February 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1975 – The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.{{cite book|author=American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education|title=Resource materials - federal rules of evidence: with October 1975 supplement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u2VAAAAAIAAJ|year=1975|publisher=ALI-ABA Committee on Continuing Professional Education|page=279}}
• 1976 – The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.{{cite journal|last1=Shaw|first1=M. S.|last2=Hopkins|first2=J. S.|last3=Caton|first3=P. G. F.|title=The Gales of 2 January 1976|journal=Weather|date=June 1976|volume=31|issue=6|pages=172–183|doi=10.1002/j.1477-8696.1976.tb04429.x |bibcode = 1976Wthr...31..172S }}
• 1978 – On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.{{cite book|author=Bernd Michael Scherer|title=Society and dictatorship|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmGFAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Progressive Publishers|page=105}}
• 1981 – One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.{{cite book|author1=Great Britain. Court of Appeal|author2=Great Britain. Court of Appeal. Criminal Division|author3=Great Britain. Employment Appeal Tribunal|title=The Law Reports. Queen's Bench Division|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_etMAQAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales|page=164}}
• 1988 – Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 crashes near Seferihisar, Turkey, killing 16 people.{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |date= |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-230 D-ABHD Seferihisar |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880102-1 |accessdate=10 February 2014 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=}}
• 1991 – Sharon Pratt Dixon becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.{{cite book|author1=Jeffrey D. Schultz|author2=Laura Van Assendelft|author3=Laura A. Van Assendelft|title=Encyclopedia of Women in American Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LOzfQEP3H8AC&pg=PA55|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-57356-131-0|pages=55}}
• 1993 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35–100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.{{cite book|author=University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna)|title=Land, human rights & the eastern predicament|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lvjsAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=UTHR (Jaffna), University of Jaffna, Thirunelvely|page=5}}
• 2004 – Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.{{cite news |title=Spacecraft bringing comet dust back to Earth |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/01/13/stardust/ |last=Williams |first=David E. |publisher=CNN |date=13 January 2006 |url-status=live |archive-date=27 January 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060127200153/http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/01/13/stardust/|access-date=12 March 2019}}
• 2022 – Massive nationwide protests and unrest break out in Kazakhstan over the sudden increase of liquefied petroleum gas prices, leading to 238 people dead and thousands injured by January 11.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-05 |title=Kazakhstan: No Justice for January Protest Victims |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/05/kazakhstan-no-justice-january-protest-victims |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}
• 2024 – Two aircraft collide on a runway at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, killing 5 and injuring 18.{{cite news |date=2 January 2024 |title=All 379 people escape burning Japan Airlines plane on Tokyo runway |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-67862184 |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102094436/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-67862184 |url-status=live}}

• 869 – Yōzei, Japanese emperor (died 949)Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 121–124
• 1462 – Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (died 1522){{cite book|author=Dennis Geronimus|title=Piero Di Cosimo: Visions Beautiful and Strange|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-jNTjKdel20C&pg=PA11|year=2006|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0-300-10911-3|pages=11–}}
• 1509 – Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman (died 1572){{De-ADB|36|335|339|Stolberg, Heinrich Graf zu|Eduard Jacobs|ADB:Stolberg, Heinrich Graf zu (1509 bis 1572)}}

• 1642 – Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (died 1693){{cite book|author=Lucienne Thys-Şenocak|title=Ottoman Women Builders: The Architectural Patronage of Hadice Turhan Sultan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IfpPAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Ashgate|isbn=978-0-7546-3310-5}}
• 1647 – Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (died 1676){{cite book|author=Charles Henry Browning|title=Americans of Royal Descent: Collection of Genealogies Showing the Lineal Descent from Kings of Some American Families ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eyik0rO0HlsC&pg=PA347|year=1969|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=978-0-8063-0054-2|pages=347–}}
• 1699 – Osman III, Ottoman sultan (died 1757){{cite book|author=John Freely|title=Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=85ODDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT152|date=11 October 2016|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-0-85772-870-8|pages=152–}}
• 1713 – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (died 1803){{cite book|author=Paul Cheramy|title=A favourite of Napoleon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2MAIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA72|publisher=Рипол Классик|isbn=978-5-518-59405-0|pages=72–}}
• 1727 – James Wolfe, English general (died 1759){{cite book|author1=Eliakim Littell|author2=Robert S. Littell|title=Littell's Living Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tptIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA158|year=1850|publisher=T.H. Carter & Company|pages=158}}
• 1732 – František Brixi, Czech organist and composer (died 1771){{cite book|author=David Mason Greene|title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA342|year=1985|publisher=Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd.|isbn=978-0-385-14278-6|pages=342}}
• 1777 – Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator (died 1857){{cite book|author=Herbert Treadwell Wade|title=The New International Encyclopaedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CborAQAAMAAJ|year=1930|publisher=Dodd, Mead and company}}
• 1803 – Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic (died 1869){{cite book|author=David E. Smith|title=History of Mathematics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56lzDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA545|date=June 1958|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-20429-1|pages=545–}}
• 1822 – Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician (died 1888){{cite book|author=Edward E. Daub|title=Rudolph Clausius and the Nineteenth Century Theory of Heat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_JrAAAAMAAJ|year=1966|publisher=University of Wisconsin}}
• 1827 – Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician (died 1914){{cite book|title=Russian Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IvXbI2ioYSQC|year=1997|publisher=Rich Frontier Publishing Company}}
• 1833 – Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (died 1893){{cite book|title=American Political Leaders 1789-2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ktR1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA167|date=22 September 2009|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=978-1-4522-6726-5|pages=167}}
• 1836 – Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (died 1917){{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana: International Edition|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaamer29danb|url-access=registration|year=1994|publisher=Grolier|isbn=978-0-7172-0125-9}}
• 1836 – Queen Emma of Hawaii (died 1885){{cite book|author=George S. Kanahele|title=Emma: Hawaii's Remarkable Queen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WLtlBNRt_V4C&pg=PA8|year=1999|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2240-8|pages=8}}
• 1837 – Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (died 1910){{cite book|author=L. C. Harnsberger|title=Essential Dictionary of Music|date=1997 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mzu1eaR0ikAC&pg=PA71|publisher=Alfred Music|isbn=978-1-4574-1112-0|pages=71}}
• 1857 – M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (died 1935){{cite book|author=Judith A. Leavitt|title=American Women Managers and Administrators: A Selective Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Leaders in Business, Education, and Government|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jk_uzzu36rgC&pg=PA269|year=1985|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-23748-5|pages=269}}
• 1860 – Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer (died 1931){{cite book|title=British Columbia, Pictorial and Biographical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fuAwAQAAMAAJ|year=1914|publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company|page=647}}
• 1860 – William Corless Mills, American historian and curator (died 1928){{cite book|author=William Richard Cutter|title=American Biography: A New Cyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hpUMAQAAMAAJ|year=1932|publisher=Pub. under the direction of the American historical society|page=219}}
• 1866 – Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar (died 1957){{cite book|title=Greece & Rome|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ZZOAAAAIAAJ|year=1957|publisher=At the Clarendon Press|page=112}}
• 1870 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (died 1938){{cite book|author=Kristian Sotriffer|title=Expressionism and Fauvism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g6VPAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=McGraw-Hill|page=129|isbn=9780070597648}}
• 1870 – Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman (died 1929){{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fri15 |title=Rickard, George Lewis (1871-1929) |encyclopedia=The Handbook of Texas Online |access-date=2019-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420165808/https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fri15 |archive-date=2019-04-20 |url-status=live }}
• 1873 – Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist (died 1960){{cite book|author=A. T. Lane|title=Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3vjdU-v4isC&pg=PA728|year=1995|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29900-1|pages=728}}
• 1873 – Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (died 1897){{cite book|author1=Alban Butler|author2=Paul Burns|title=Butler's Lives of the Saints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WmiNrUarzLUC&pg=PA1|date=1 January 1995|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-86012-259-3|pages=1}}
• 1878 – Jaakko Mäki, Finnish politician (died 1938){{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Jaakko Mäki |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911109.aspx |publisher=Parliament of Finland |access-date=4 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501004312/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911109.aspx |archive-date=1 May 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}
• 1878 – Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society (died 1970){{cite web|url=https://nssminnesota.org/about-us-1|title=Nair Service Society of Minnesota - About Us|website=Nair Service Society of Minnesota|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=2 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802003020/https://nssminnesota.org/about-us-1|url-status=dead}}
• 1884 – Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education (died 1973){{cite book|author=Arthur Saul Super|title=Zionist Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXdAAQAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland|page=119}}
• 1885 – Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1918){{cite book|author=Frank Meeres|title=Norfolk in the First World War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=INQWAQAAIAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Phillimore|isbn=978-1-86077-290-0|page=183}}
• 1886 – Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author (died 1959){{cite book|title=The Dictionary of National Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g6ZZAAAAYAAJ|year=1951|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=214}}
• 1889 – Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (died 1973){{cite book| first=John M.| last=Ward| title=Stevens, Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale (1889–1973)| chapter=Stevens, Sir Bertram Sydney (1889–1973)| publisher=Australian National University| work=Australian Dictionary of Biography| chapter-url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120089b.htm| access-date=19 March 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630052603/http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120089b.htm| archive-date=30 June 2011| url-status=live}}
• 1891 – Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (died 1990){{cite book|title=The Architects' Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bypNAAAAYAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Architectural Press|page=9}}
• 1892 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (died 1962){{cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10003756|title=Seiichiro KASHIO|website=ITF Tennis|access-date=13 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317205050/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10003756|archive-date=17 March 2016|url-status=live}}
• 1895 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (died 1948){{cite book|author=S. Steinberg|title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1949|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pErODQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1318|date=28 December 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-27078-7|pages=1318}}
• 1896 – Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (died 1954){{cite book|author1=David C. Gillespie|author2=Professor David Gillespie|title=Early Soviet Cinema: Innovation, Ideology and Propaganda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PXmBkc-5WEgC&pg=PA67|year=2000|publisher=Wallflower Press|isbn=978-1-903364-04-8|pages=67}}
• 1896 – Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer (died 1982){{cite book|title=Cross & Cockade Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xJbvAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Cross & Cockade, the Society of World War I Aero Historians|page=379}}
• 1897 – Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian (died 1965){{cite book|author=Kelly Boyd|title=Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0121vD9STIMC&pg=PA925|year=1999|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-33-6|pages=925}}
• 1900 – Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy (died 1965){{cite book|author1=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie|author2=Joy Dorothy Harvey|author-link=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie|author2-link=Joy Harvey|title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&pg=PA763|year=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-92040-7|pages=763}}

• 1901 – Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society (died 1939){{cite book|author=Active Interest Media, Inc.|title=Backpacker|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tOEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94|year=1974|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.|pages=94}}
• 1902 – Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (died 2007){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/15/guardianobituaries.northernireland|title=Dan Keating|date=15 October 2007|author=Eamonn McCann|website=The Guardian|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404113832/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/15/guardianobituaries.northernireland|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1903 – Kane Tanaka, Japanese Supercentenarian, Oldest Japanese person ever, Second oldest verified person in world history (died 2022){{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Kelly-Ann |date=2022-04-25 |title=World's oldest person Kane Tanaka dies in Japan at the age of 119 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-worlds-oldest-person-kane-26789849 |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=mirror |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425101320/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-worlds-oldest-person-kane-26789849 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-25 |title=The world's oldest person has died in Japan |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/kane-tanaka-oldest-person-death-age-b2064718.html |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425102051/https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/kane-tanaka-oldest-person-death-age-b2064718.html |url-status=live }}
• 1904 – Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist (died 1981){{cite book|author1=Jagdish Mehra|author-link1=Jagdish Mehra |author2=Helmut Rechenberg |author-link2=Helmut Rechenberg |title=The Probability Interpretation and the Statistical Transformation Theory, the Physical Interpretation, and the Empirical and Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics 1926–1932|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CuOtQ4WjCP0C&pg=PA540|date=25 August 2000|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-98971-6|pages=540–}}
• 1905 – Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (died 1998){{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-sir-michael-tippett-1137828.html|title=Obituary: Sir Michael Tippett|date=10 January 1998|author=Paul Driver|website=The Independent|access-date=5 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306050032/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-sir-michael-tippett-1137828.html|archive-date=6 March 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1905 – Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1991){{cite book|author=Deborah Andrews|title=Annual Obituary, 1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3hO28Q2cwsC|year=1992|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-175-6|page=523}}
• 1909 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (died 2009){{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/6005971/Riccardo-Cassin.html|title=Riccardo Cassin|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=10 August 2009|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829103143/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/6005971/Riccardo-Cassin.html|archive-date=29 August 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1909 – Barry Goldwater, American politician, businessman, and author (died 1998)Internet Accuracy Project, [http://www.accuracyproject.org/cbe-Goldwater,Barry.html Senator Barry Goldwater] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115231846/https://www.accuracyproject.org/cbe-Goldwater,Barry.html |date=2018-11-15 }}. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
• 1913 – Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (died 1992){{cite book|author1=Darlene Clark Hine|author2=Elsa Barkley Brown|author3=Rosalyn Terborg-Penn|title=Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gKh2AAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Carlson Pub.|isbn=978-0-926019-61-4|page=804|access-date=2019-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128121924/http://books.google.com/books?id=gKh2AAAAMAAJ|archive-date=2012-01-28|url-status=live}}
• 1913 – Anna Lee, English-American actress (died 2004){{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/may/18/guardianobituaries.film|title=Anna Lee|first=Ronald|last=Bergan|date=18 May 2004|access-date=17 September 2016|newspaper=The Guardian}}
• 1917 – Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (died 2003){{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vera-zorina-36435.html|title=Vera Zorina|date=14 April 2003|website=The Independent|access-date=16 March 2019}}
• 1918 – Willi Graf, German physician and activist (died 1943){{cite book|title=The Pacific Spectator|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0-MvAAAAMAAJ|year=1950|publisher=Pacific Coast Committee for the Humanities of the American Council of Learned Societies|page=54}}
• 1919 – Ernest Bender, American Indologist (died 1996){{cite journal|first=Richard J.|last=Cohen|date=1996|title=Obituary: Ernest Bender (1919–1996)|journal=Journal of Asian Studies|volume=55|issue=3|pages=802–803|doi=10.1017/s0021911800061398|doi-access=free|jstor=2646518}}
• 1919 – Beatrice Hicks, American engineer (died 1979){{cite book|author1=Emily J. McMurray|author2=Jane Kelly Kosek|author3=Roger M. Valade|title=Notable Twentieth-century Scientists: F-K|url=https://archive.org/details/notabletwentieth04mcmu|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=978-0-8103-9183-3|page=924}}
• 1920 (probable) – Isaac Asimov, American writer and professor of biochemistry (died 1992){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/1992/apr/07/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.isaacasimov|title=Isaac Asimov obituary|date=7 April 1992|author=Brian Aldiss|website=The Guardian|access-date=2 January 2020|author-link=Brian Aldiss}}
• 1920 – Bob Feerick, American basketball player and coach (died 1976){{cite web |title=Bob Feerick |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76698/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 1921 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2007){{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/harmogl01.html|title=Glen Harmon|website=Hockey Reference|access-date=20 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711052417/http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/harmogl01.html|archive-date=11 July 2017|url-status=live}}
• 1926 – Gino Marchetti, American football player (died 2019){{cite book|author=Richard J Brenner|title=Pro Football's All-Time All-Star Team|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpomCgtFSR4C|year=1996|publisher=East End Pub.|isbn=978-0-943403-42-7|page=68}}
• 1928 – Dan Rostenkowski, American politician (died 2010){{cite book|author=Richard E. Cohen|title=Rostenkowski: The Pursuit of Power and the End of the Old Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PXr9AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|date=21 August 2000|publisher=Ivan R. Dee|isbn=978-1-4617-0229-0|pages=22}}
• 1929 – Charles Beaumont, screenwriter and American author of speculative fiction (died 1967){{cite book|last1=Presnell|first1=Don|last2=McGee|first2=Marty|title=A Critical History of Television's The Twilight Zone, 1959-1964|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland|date=2008|isbn=9780786438860|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MqtTBQAAQBAJ|page=204}}
• 1929 – Tellervo Koivisto, Finnish politician, former First Lady of Finland{{cite web|url=http://users.utu.fi/isoi/esipolvi/kankaanr.htm|title=Kankaanranta|author=Iso-Iivari, Lasse|publisher=University of Turku|date=22 December 2013|access-date=30 January 2018|language=fi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909123612/http://users.utu.fi/isoi/esipolvi/kankaanr.htm|archive-date=9 September 2016|url-status=live}}
• 1931 – Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2022){{cite book|title=Who's Who in Asian and Australasian Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ge25AAAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Bowker-Saur|isbn=978-0-86291-593-3|page=132}}
• 1934 – John Hollowbread, English footballer, goalkeeper (died 2007){{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/tottenham-hotspur/10/|title=Tottenham Hotspurs » Players from A-Z|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=30 December 2019}}
• 1936 – Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (died 1992){{cite book|author=Kurt Wolff|title=Country Music: The Rough Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Jorozp1yp4C&pg=PA312|year=2000|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-534-4|pages=312}}
• 1938 – David Bailey, English photographer and painter{{cite book|title=Contemporary Photographers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZosVAQAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-16791-2|page=36}}
• 1938 – Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer (died 2024){{cite book|author1=John A. N. Lee|author2=J. A. N. Lee|title=International Biographical Dictionary of Computer Pioneers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ocx4Jc12mkgC&pg=PA215|year=1995|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-47-3|pages=215}}
• 1938 – Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer (died 1973){{cite book|author1=Peter Smithson|author2=Robert Smithson|title=Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings|url=https://archive.org/details/robertsmithsonco0000smit|url-access=registration|date=10 April 1996|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-20385-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/robertsmithsonco0000smit/page/26 26]}}
• 1940 – Jim Bakker, American televangelist{{cite book|author=James Craig Holte|title=The Conversion Experience in America: A Sourcebook on Religious Conversion Autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kWJoPT3zBK0C&pg=PA1|year=1992|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-26680-5|pages=1}}
• 1940 – Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2015){{cite web|title=Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz|url=http://saudalfaisal.com/index_En.html|work=Saud Al Faisal|access-date=27 October 2020}}
• 1942 – Thomas Hammarberg, Swedish lawyer and diplomat{{cite book|title=Who's who in Scandinavia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wrzkAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Who's who|page=408|isbn = 9783921220269}}
• 1942 – Dennis Hastert, American educator and politician, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives{{cite web |title=Dennis Hastert {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dennis-Hastert |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=21 November 2023 |language=en}}
• 1943 – Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer (died 2004){{cite book|author=Janet Akyüz Mattei|title=The astrophysics of cataclysmic variables and related objects: proceedings of a meeting held in Strasbourg, France, 11-16 July 2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4fvAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Astronomical Society of the Pacific|isbn=978-1-58381-193-1|page=5}}
• 1944 – Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer{{cite book|author1=Bridgette Lawrence|author2=Reg Scarlett|title=100 great Westindian test cricketers: from Challenor to Richards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbbA2GVEBKQC|year=1988|publisher=Hansib|isbn=978-1-870518-65-9}}
• 1944 – Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor (died 2024){{cite book|title=The Hungarian Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8fMLAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=MTI|page=141}}
• 1944 – Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 2021){{cite book|author=Julio A. Jeldres|title=The Royal House of Cambodia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fmtuAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Monument Books|page=74}}
• 1944 – Mohamed Ali Yusuf, Somali politician (died 2024){{Cite web |last=Qoobey |first=Jibril |date=December 3, 2024 |title=Former Puntland Vice President and Senator Mohamed Ali Yusuf "Gaagaab" Passes Away in Istanbul, Aged 80 |url=https://www.idilnews.com/former-puntland-vice-president-and-senator-mohamed-ali-yusuf-gaagaab-passes-away-in-istanbul-aged-80/ |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Idil News |language=en-US}}
• 1947 – Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author{{cite book|author=Diane Telgen|title=Something about the Author|url=https://archive.org/details/somethingaboutau74dian|url-access=registration|year=1993|publisher=Cengage Gale|isbn=978-0-8103-2284-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/somethingaboutau74dian/page/101 101]}}
• 1947 – Calvin Hill, American football player{{cite book|author1=John Rolfe|author2=Dalton Ross|title=Grant Hill: Superstar Forward|url=https://archive.org/details/granthill00john|url-access=registration|year=2003|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-3578-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/granthill00john/page/32 32]}}
• 1947 – David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic{{cite book|author=Thomas Fink|title=The Poetry of David Shapiro|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XXZyFJM36xIC&pg=PA16|year=1993|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3495-0|pages=16}} (died 2024)
• 1948 – Judith Miller, American journalist{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 2: Kate Bosworth, Todd Haynes |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/02/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-2-Kate-Bosworth-Todd-Haynes/1251672590144/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=31 December 2023 |date=2 January 2023}}
• 1948 – Deborah Watling, English actress (died 2017){{cite book|last1=Scott|first1=Cavan|last2=Wright|first2=Mark|title=Who-ology: Doctor Who: The Official Miscellany|location=London|publisher=BBC Books|date=2013|isbn=9781849906197|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Okr1_6pV6cQC|page=119}}
• 1949 – Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter{{cite book|author=Timothy P. Hedgepeth|title=Production promptbook for Christopher Durang's The Marriage of Bette and Boo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_NYAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=University of Wisconsin--Madison|page=1}} (died 2024)
• 1949 – Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic (died 2006){{cite web|url=https://solidarity-us.org/atc/128/p540/|title=Iris M. Young, 1949-2006|author=Mechthild Nagel|website=Solidarity|date=30 November 2001|access-date=18 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604143850/https://solidarity-us.org/atc/128/p540/|archive-date=4 June 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1952 – Indulis Emsis, Latvian biologist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Latvia{{cite book|title=Daily Report: Central Eurasia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69sVAQAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=The Service|page=107}}
• 1952 – Wendy Phillips, American actress
• 1954 – Henry Bonilla, American broadcaster and politician{{cite book|author=Nicolás Kanellos|title=The Hispanic Almanac: From Columbus to Corporate America|url=https://archive.org/details/hispanicalmanac00nico|url-access=registration|year=1994|publisher=Invisible Ink|isbn=978-0-7876-0030-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/hispanicalmanac00nico/page/195 195]}}
• 1954 – Évelyne Trouillot, Haitian playwright and author{{Cite news|url=http://ile-en-ile.org/trouillot_evelyne/|title=Évelyne Trouillot - Île en île|date=2002-06-16|work=Île en île|access-date=2018-05-02|language=fr-FR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215153238/http://ile-en-ile.org/trouillot_evelyne/|archive-date=2016-02-15|url-status=live}}
• 1961 – Gabrielle Carteris, American actress{{cite book|author=Robert Davenport|title=The Celebrity Birthday Book|url=https://archive.org/details/celebritybirthda00dave|url-access=registration|year=1996|publisher=General Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-881649-72-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/celebritybirthda00dave/page/7 7]–}}
• 1961 – Paula Hamilton, English model{{Cite book|title=Instructions not included|author=Hamilton, Paula|date=1996|publisher=Michael Joseph|isbn=071814077X|location=London|oclc=55558185}}
• 1961 – Todd Haynes, American film director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1961 – Craig James, American football player and sportscaster{{cite book|author=Steve Gietschier|title=Chase's sports calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|date=1 November 1999|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-2600-9|access-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426153648/https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|archive-date=26 April 2016|url-status=live}}
• 1961 – Robert Wexler, American lawyer and politician{{cite book|title=Official Congressional Directory, 2005-2006, 109th Congress, Convened January 4, 2005|year = 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L-_zoKQ-mvQC&pg=PA66|publisher=Government Printing Office|pages=66–|isbn = 9780160724671|id=GGKEY:J7SFJ9GERDN}}
• 1963 – David Cone, American baseball player and sportscaster{{cite book|title=Chase's ... Calendar of Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_0KAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-07-139098-9}}
• 1963 – Edgar Martínez, American baseball player{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/edgar-martinez-118365|title=Edgar Martinez facts|website=Major League Baseball|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408090800/https://www.mlb.com/player/edgar-martinez-118365|archive-date=8 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1964 – Chris Welp, German-American basketball player (died 2015){{cite web |title=Chris Welp |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1846/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 1964 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (died 2019){{cite book|author=Steve Gietschier|title=Chase's sports calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|date=1 November 1999|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-2600-9|page=3|access-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426153648/https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|archive-date=26 April 2016|url-status=live}}
• 1967 – Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player{{cite web|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/francois-pienaar|title=Francois Pienaar|website=South African History Online|access-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404070052/https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/francois-pienaar|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1967 – Tia Carrere, American actress{{cite book|author1=Contemporary Books|author2=Agnes Chase|title=Chase's: 2000 calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xHtV8BWnH9IC|date=October 1999|publisher=Contemporary Publishing Group, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8092-2776-1|page=3|access-date=2019-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217011502/https://books.google.com/books?id=xHtV8BWnH9IC|archive-date=2017-02-17|url-status=live}}
• 1967 – Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavík{{cite book|author=Inga Minelgaite|title=Demystifying Leadership in Iceland: An Inquiry into Cultural, Societal, and Entrepreneurial Uniqueness|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8dhwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA130|year=2018|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-96044-9|pages=130}}
• 1968 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor and producer{{cite book|author=Sean R. Pollock|title=Newsmakers '97: the people behind today's headlines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hmhlvMcbxWUC|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-0107-2|page=175}}
• 1968 – Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion{{cite web|url=https://www.anky.com/en/|title=Anky van Grunsven|website=Official website|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423203702/https://www.anky.com/en/|archive-date=23 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1969 – István Bagyula, Hungarian pole vaulter{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/hungary/istvan-bagyula-155|title=István Bagyula profile|website=IAAF|access-date=4 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044708/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/hungary/istvan-bagyula-155|archive-date=6 March 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1969 – William Fox-Pitt, English horse rider and journalist{{cite book|author=William Fox-Pitt|title=What Will Be: The Autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJAej5NnvPkC&pg=PT5|date=23 December 2010|publisher=Orion|isbn=978-1-4091-0635-7|pages=5}}
• 1969 – Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Robert Svehla |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/robert-svehla-8459014 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 1969 – Christy Turlington, American model{{cite web | title=Christy Turlington | url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Christy_Turlington | publisher=Fashion Model Directory | work=Profile | access-date=August 18, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913052309/http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/christy_turlington/ | archive-date=September 13, 2012 | url-status=live }}
• 1970 – Eric Whitacre, American composer and conductor{{cite book|author1=Mark Camphouse|author2=Johan de Meij|author3=Jim Curnow|title=Composers on composing for band|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JwIAQAAMAAJ|date=30 June 2004|publisher=GIA Publications|isbn=978-1-57999-385-6|page=253}}
• 1971 – Taye Diggs, American actor and singer{{cite web|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973//|title= UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019|work=United Press International|date=January 2, 2019|access-date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20190902220401/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973/|url-status=live|quote= actor Taye Diggs in 1971 (age 49)}}
• 1971 – Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress{{cite news |title=This day in history - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/02/this-day-history/JZrUiLeas3bllyVmRevXkL/story.html |access-date=20 September 2018 |work=The Boston Globe |date=2 January 2018 |quote=Jan. 2, the second day of 2018... Birthdays... Actress Renee Elise Goldsberry is 47. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920160842/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/02/this-day-history/JZrUiLeas3bllyVmRevXkL/story.html |archive-date=20 September 2018 |url-status=live }}
• 1972 – Rodney MacDonald, Canadian educator and politician, 26th Premier of Nova Scotia{{cite book|author=Christopher Dunn|title=Provinces: Canadian Provincial Politics, Third Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-yozDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA284|date=3 November 2015|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-3401-5|pages=284}}
• 1972 – Shiraz Minwalla, Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist{{Cite web|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=362|title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|website=ssbprize.gov.in|access-date=2020-01-30}}
• 1972 – Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player and manager{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3998|title=Mattias Norstrom|website=Hockey Database|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329081844/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3998|archive-date=29 March 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1974 – Ludmila Formanová, Czech runner{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/czech-republic/ludmila-formanova-67920|title=Ludmila Formanová profile|website=IAAF|access-date=15 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407192313/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/czech-republic/ludmila-formanova-67920|archive-date=7 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1974 – Juha Lind, Finnish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Juha Lind |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/juha-lind-8459114 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 1974 – Tomáš Řepka, Czech footballer{{cite web|url=http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-a/statistiky/viewstat3.asp?name=RepkaTomas|title=Tomáš Řepka|language=cs|website=Fotbal.cz|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405114811/http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-a/statistiky/viewstat3.asp?name=RepkaTomas|archive-date=5 April 2016|url-status=live}}
• 1975 – Dax Shepard, American actor{{cite web|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973//|title= UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019|work= United Press International|date= January 2, 2019|access-date= September 2, 2019|archive-date= September 2, 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20190902220401/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973/|url-status= live|quote= actor Dax Shepard in 1975 (age 44)}}
• 1975 – Jeff Suppan, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Jeff Suppan |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jeff-suppan-122987 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 1975 – Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=886|title=Reuben Thorne #988|website=All Blacks statistics|access-date=10 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021091524/http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=886|archive-date=21 October 2008|url-status=live}}
• 1976 – Paz Vega, Spanish actress{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 2, 2023 includes celebrities Tia Carrere, Taye Diggs |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-2-2023-includes-celebrities-tia-carrere-taye-diggs.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=31 December 2023 |date=2 January 2023}}
• 1977 – Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/brian-boucher-8462052|title=Brian Boucher Stats and News|website=NHL|access-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411201518/https://www.nhl.com/player/brian-boucher-8462052|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1977 – Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/K310/overview|title=Stefan Koubek - overview|website=ATP Tour|access-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411201519/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/K310/overview|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1979 – Jonathan Greening, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fulham-fc/10/|title=Fulham FC » Players from A-Z|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=30 December 2019}}
• 1980 – David Gyasi, British actor{{cite web|last=Kebble|first=Mark|title=Living the Dream|website=Absolutely Berkshire magazine|date=June 2021|accessdate=2 January 2023|url=https://issuu.com/zestmedialondon/docs/berkshire/s/12368583}}
• 1981 – Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Kirk Hinrich |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2550/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 1981 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/1213|title=Players - Maxi Rodriguez|website=Liverpool F.C.|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402095946/https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/1213|archive-date=2 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1983 – Kate Bosworth, American actressCalifornia Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Lists Catherine Ann Bosworth born January 2, 1983, in Los Angeles, California.
• 1983 – Anthony Carrigan, American actor
• 1987 – Shelley Hennig, American actress and model
• 1987 – Robert Milsom, English footballer
• 1987 – Loïc Rémy, French footballer{{cite web|title=Loïc Rémy|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4572/Lo%C3%AFc-R%C3%A9my/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=2 January 2025}}
• 1988 – Germán Cano, Argentine footballer{{cite web|title=Germán Cano|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/german-cano/17809/|website=Soccerway|access-date=2 January 2025}}
• 1988 – Luke Harangody, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Luke Harangody |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202376/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 1988 – Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/RugbyFicheJoueur5430.html|title=Damien Tussac|website=L'Equipe Rugby|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402085936/https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/RugbyFicheJoueur5430.html|archive-date=2 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1991 – Ben Hardy, English actor{{cite web|title=Ben Hardy|website=Empire Online|date=1 October 2021|accessdate=2 January 2024|url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/ben-hardy/}}
• 1992 – Paulo Gazzaniga, Argentine footballer
• 1992 – Alexey Marchenko, Russian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Alexey Marchenko |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/alexey-marchenko-8476289 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 1992 – Teemu Pulkkinen, Finnish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Teemu Pulkkinen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/teemu-pulkkinen-8475800 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 1992 – Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player{{cite web|url=https://www.dragons.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/st-george-illawarra-dragons/korbin-sims/|title=Korbin Sims|website=dragons.com|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528123615/https://www.dragons.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/st-george-illawarra-dragons/korbin-sims/|archive-date=28 May 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1993 – Bryson Tiller, American singer and rapper{{cite web |last1=Puckett |first1=Jeffrey Lee |title=Happy birthday, Bryson Tiller |url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/people/2017/01/02/happy-birthday-bryson-tiller/95918626/ |publisher=The Courier-Journal |access-date=29 December 2022 |date=2 January 2017}}
• 1994 – Ronald Darby, American football player{{cite web |title=Ronald Darby |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2969920/ronald-darby |publisher=ESPN |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 1996 – Jonah Bolden, Australian-American basketball player{{cite web |title=Jonah Bolden |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1628413/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 1997 – Carlos Soler, Spanish footballer{{cite web|title=Carlos Soler|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/16268/Carlos-Soler/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=2 January 2025}}
• 1998 – Tfue, American online streamer{{cite tweet|number=1080361518766600192|title=it's My 21st Birthday!!!|first=Turner|last=Tenney|authorlink=Tfue|user=TTfue|date=January 1, 2019|access-date=June 4, 2019}}
• 1998 – Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer
• 1999 – Georgios Kalaitzakis, Greek basketball player{{cite web |title=Georgios Kalaitzakis |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1630686/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 1999 – Fernando Tatís Jr., Dominican baseball player{{Cite web|title=Fernando Tatis Jr. Stats|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tatisfe02.shtml|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Baseball-Reference.com|language=en}}
• 2000 – Spencer Arrighetti, American baseball player{{Cite web|title=Spencer Arrighetti Stats|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/arrigsp01.shtml|access-date=2024-09-23|website=Baseball-Reference.com|language=en}}
• 2001 – Cole Caufield, American ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Cole Caufield Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/player/cole-caufield-8481540 |website=NHL.com |access-date=January 1, 2025}}
• 2001 – Luiz Henrique, Brazilian footballer{{cite web|title=Luiz Henrique|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/luiz-henrique-andre-rosa-da-silva/660662/|website=Soccerway|access-date=2 January 2025}}
• 2006 – Claudio Echeverri, Argentine footballer{{cite web|title=Claudio Echeverri|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/135722/Claudio-Echeverri/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=2 January 2025}}

• 951 – Liu Chengyou, Emperor Yin of the Later Han (born 931)Old History of the Five Dynasties [http://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/舊五代史/卷103 ch. 103.]
• 951 – Su Fengji, Chinese official and chancellor
• 1096 – William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William II of England{{cite book|author=Ordericus Vitalis|title=The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy|url=https://archive.org/details/ecclesiasticalh04fragoog|year=1854|publisher=H.G. Bohn|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ecclesiasticalh04fragoog/page/n210 200]}}
• 1169 – Bertrand de Blanchefort, sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar (born c. 1109){{cite book|author=Tobias Churton|title=The Gnostic Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VXUEAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Signal Pub.|isbn=978-0-9543309-1-0|page=199}}
• 1184 – Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, daughter of Andronikos Komnenos{{cite book|title=The Genealogist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7pnAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=The Association|page=31}}
• 1298 – Lodomer, Hungarian prelate, Archbishop of Esztergom{{cite book |last=Zsoldos |first=Attila |year=2011 |title=Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301] |page=82 |publisher=História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete |isbn=978-963-9627-38-3|language=hu}}
• 1470 – Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order{{cite book|author=Joseph Meyer|title=Meyers Konversations-Lexikon: eine Encyklopädie des allgemeinen Wissens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iiRiAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA233|year=1875|publisher=Bibliographisches Institut|pages=233|language=de}}
• 1512 – Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (born 1460){{cite book|author=Franklin Daniel Scott|title=Sweden, the Nation's History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qv8zxie3A18C&pg=PA101|year=1988|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-1489-8|pages=101}}
• 1514 – William Smyth, English bishop and academic (born 1460){{cite book|author=Thompson Cooper|title=A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Concise Notices of Eminent Persons of All Ages and Countries: and More Particularly of Distinguished Natives of Great Britain and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phhGJXvlcUkC&pg=PA1065|year=1874|publisher=Macmillan|pages=1065}}
• 1543 – Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (born 1497){{cite book|title=Journal of the Lute Society of America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVdLAAAAYAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Lute Society of America|page=2}}
• 1557 – Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (born 1494){{cite book|author=Jacopo Carucci Pontormo|title=Jacopo Carrucci, Known as Pontormo 1494-1557|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kydHAQAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Könemann|isbn=978-3-8290-0254-7|page=6}}
• 1598 – Morris Kyffin, Welsh soldier and writer (born c.1555){{cite DWB|id=s-KYFF-MOR-1555|title=Kyffin, Morris (c.1555-1598), writer and soldier|author=Glanmor Williams|author-link=Glanmor Williams|access-date=7 July 2020}}

• 1613 – Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (born 1539){{cite book|author=Renuka Nath|title=Notable Mughal and Hindu women in the 16th and 17th centuries A.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0BuAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1990|publisher=Inter-India Publications|isbn=978-81-210-0241-7|page=59}}
• 1614 – Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (born 1566){{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Carvajal, Luisa de |volume= 05 |last= Hannay |first= David McDowall |author-link= David McDowall Hannay| page = 437; see lines one and two and lines one and two from the end |quote=....was born at Jaraicejo in Estremadura on the 2nd of January 1568.....she died in the Spanish ambassador’s house on her birthday, the 2nd of January 1614.}}
• 1726 – Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (born 1688){{cite book|author1=Clement J. McNaspy|author2=J. M. Blanch|title=Lost Cities of Paraguay: Art and Architecture of the Jesuit Reductions, 1607-1767|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F6xdAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Loyola University Press|isbn=978-0-8294-0396-1|page=131}}
• 1763 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (born 1690){{cite book|author=Arthur Collins|title=The Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of that Kingdom...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SeYHoB7iD_wC&pg=PA410|year=1768|publisher=H. Woodfall|pages=410}}
• 1850 – Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (born 1789){{cite web|url=https://presidentes.mx/manuel-de-la-pena-y-pena|publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico|title=Manuel de la Peña y Peña|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528035501/https://presidentes.mx/manuel-de-la-pena-y-pena|archive-date=May 28, 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1861 – Frederick William IV of Prussia (born 1795){{cite book|last=Feldhahn|first=Ulrich|title=Die preußischen Könige und Kaiser (German)|publisher=Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg|year=2011|isbn=978-3-89870-615-5|pages=21–23}}
• 1892 – George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (born 1801){{cite ODNB |last=Hutchins |first=R. |date=2004 |title=Adams, John Couch (1819–1892) |id=123}}

• 1904 – James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (born 1821){{cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/james-longstreet-1821-1904|title=James Longstreet (1821-1904)|author=Steven Nash|website=Georgia Encyclopedia|access-date=18 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423155600/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/james-longstreet-1821-1904|archive-date=23 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1913 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (born 1855){{cite book|title=Journal of the Scottish Meteorological Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNI-AQAAMAAJ|year=1914|publisher=Blackwood|page=195}}
• 1915 – Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (born 1830)
• 1917 – Léon Flameng, French cyclist (born 1877){{cite book|author=Nigel McCrery|title=The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_U3CDAAAQBAJ|date=19 October 2016|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-4738-7801-3|page=156}}
• 1920 – Paul Adam, French author (born 1862){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Adam, Paul}}
• 1924 – Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (born 1834){{cite book|author=J. Stephen Lang|title=The Christian History Devotional: 365 Readings and Prayers to Deepen and Inspire Your Faith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7AHSTeFtgOMC&pg=PA3|year=2012|publisher=Thomas Nelson Inc|isbn=978-1-4002-0433-5|pages=3–}}
• 1939 – Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1864){{cite book|author1=Spencer Tucker|author2=Priscilla Mary Roberts|title=World War I: A Student Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TogXVHTlxG4C&pg=PA582|year=2005|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-879-8|pages=582}}
• 1941 – Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (born 1898)Staff. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F00E6D7153BE33BBC4B53DFB766838A659EDE&legacy=true "MISCHA LEVITZKI, NOTED PIANIST, DIES; Virtuoso Who Won Acclaim of Audiences Throughout World Succumbs to Heart Attack KNOWN AS CHILD PRODIGY Composer, 42, Made His Debut Here in 1916 After Giving Many Recitals in Europe"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228034006/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F00E6D7153BE33BBC4B53DFB766838A659EDE&legacy=true |date=2016-12-28 }}, The New York Times, January 3, 1941. Accessed December 27, 2016.
• 1946 – Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (born 1870){{cite web | url = http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155700.html | title = Obituary: Joseph Darling | work = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack | publisher = John Wisden & Co | access-date = 10 February 2008 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130121055243/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155700.html | archive-date = 21 January 2013 | url-status = live }}
• 1950 – James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (born 1877){{cite book|author=Richard Appleton|title=The Australian Encyclopaedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7dVBAAAAYAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Grolier Society of Australia|isbn=978-0-9596604-2-5|page=220}}
• 1951 – William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (born 1870){{cite book|author1=Michael Stenton|author2=Stephen Lees|title=Who's who of British members of parliament: a biographical dictionary of the House of Commons, based on annual volumes of Dod's 'parliamentary companion' and other sources|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQcWAQAAIAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Harvester Press|page=55|isbn=9780391007680|access-date=2019-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108015535/http://books.google.com/books?id=eQcWAQAAIAAJ|archive-date=2014-01-08|url-status=live}}
• 1951 – Edith New, English militant suffragette (born 1877){{citation|first=Frances|last=Bevan|title=New, Edith Bessie|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2019|doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.56249|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-56249|access-date=6 March 2021|url-access=subscription}}
• 1953 – Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (born 1881){{cite book|author=Mary Ellen Snodgrass|title=World Clothing and Fashion: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Social Influence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gO9nBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA286|date=17 March 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-45167-9|pages=286}}
• 1960 – Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (born 1907){{cite book|author=Michael D. Behiels|title=Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution: Liberalism vs Neo-Nationalism, 1945-60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9bk4WiV7L10C&pg=PA262|date=1 June 1985|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-6095-6|pages=262}}
• 1963 – Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (born 1904){{cite news |title=Film World Mourns Dick Powell; Jack Carson |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |date=January 4, 1963 |agency=AP |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wo1PAAAAIBAJ&pg=6901,1269933 |access-date=May 19, 2019}}
• 1963 – Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (born 1910)
• 1974 – Tex Ritter, American actor (born 1905){{cite book|author=Johnny Bond|title=The Tex Ritter story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VfY5AQAAIAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Chappell Music Co.|page=229|isbn=9780146910319 }}
• 1975 – Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (born 1944){{cite book|title=Asian Survey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vgy1AAAAIAAJ|year=1986|publisher=University of California Press|page=760}}
• 1977 – Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (born 1921){{cite book|title=Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=shJofk603zMC&pg=PA106|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29826-4|pages=106}}
• 1986 – Una Merkel, American actress (born 1903){{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19860105&id=kYZGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4011,301370&hl=en |title=Actress Una Merkel dies |date=January 5, 1986 |work=The Evening News |page=2A |access-date=March 22, 2015 |location=Newburgh, New York |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311111825/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19860105&id=kYZGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VjMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4011,301370&hl=en |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |url-status=live }}
• 1987 – Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (born 1899){{cite book|title=The Indian Law Reports: Cuttack series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hwe36tpfGegC|year=1991|publisher=Superintendent, Orissa Government Press|page=414}}
• 1989 – Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (born 1954){{cite web|url=https://www.sunday-guardian.com/artbeat/on-the-death-of-safdar-hashmi|title=On the death of Safdar Hashmi|date=23 May 2019|author=Sumana Roy|website=The Sunday Guardian|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922060413/http://www.sunday-guardian.com/artbeat/on-the-death-of-safdar-hashmi|archive-date=22 September 2017|url-status=live}}
• 1990 – Alan Hale Jr., American film and television actor (born 1921)
• 1990 – Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence (born 1910){{cite book|author1=Deborah Andrews|author2=Roland Turner|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6VIYAAAAIAAJ|year=1990|publisher=St. James Pr.|page=1|isbn=9781558620926}}
• 1994 – Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician; 17th Governor of Washington (born 1914){{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19940103/1887837/dixy-lee-ray-unpolitical-unique-uncompromising|title=Dixy Lee Ray: Unpolitical, Unique, Uncompromising|date=January 3, 1994|author1=Don Duncan|author2=Mark Matassa|author3=Jim Simon|website=Seattle Times|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918220614/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940103&slug=1887837|archive-date=18 September 2015|url-status=live}}
• 1994 – Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French lawyer and businessman (born 1915){{cite book|title=The New York Times Biographical Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VNo1AQAAIAAJ|date=January 1994|publisher=New York Times & Arno Press|page=31}}
• 1995 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (born 1921){{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JoHAQAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-0253-3|page=104}}
• 1995 – Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician; 3rd President of Somalia (born 1919){{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mohamed-said-barre-1566452.html|title=Rolf Liebermann obituary|date=3 January 1995|author=Richard Greenfield|website=The Independent|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524220254/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mohamed-said-barre-1566452.html|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1999 – Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (born 1910){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/14/guardianobituaries.tomsutcliffe|title=Rolf Liebermann obituary|date=14 January 1999|author=Tom Sutcliffe|website=The Guardian|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524220253/https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/14/guardianobituaries.tomsutcliffe|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1999 – Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (born 1907){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/14/guardianobituaries|title=Sebastian Haffner obituary|date=14 January 1999|author=Neil Ascherson|website=The Guardian|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524215745/https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/14/guardianobituaries|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1999 – Aaron Wiggins, American professional basketball player{{cite web |title=Aaron Wiggins |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630598 |website=NBA |access-date=10 February 2025}}
• 2000 – Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral (born 1920){{cite web | url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=58232 | title=William J. Clinton: "Remarks at Funeral Services for Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. in Annapolis, Maryland," January 10, 2000 | publisher=The American Presidency Project | access-date=2013-11-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203022712/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=58232 | archive-date=December 3, 2013 | url-status=live }}
• 2000 – Patrick O'Brian, English author and translator (born 1914){{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/6916742/Patrick-OBrian.html|title=Patrick O'Brian|date=7 January 2000|website=The Telegraph|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903005816/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/6916742/Patrick-OBrian.html|archive-date=3 September 2019|url-status=dead}}
• 2001 – William P. Rogers, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (born 1913){{cite news |first=David|last=Stout |title=William P. Rogers, Who Served as Nixon's Secretary of State, Is Dead at 87 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E5D6113BF937A35752C0A9679C8B63 |work=New York Times |date=January 4, 2001 |access-date=December 25, 2008}}
• 2005 – Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist and physician (born 1911){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/obituaries/maclyn-mccarty-dies-at-93-pioneer-in-dna-research.html|title=Maclyn McCarty Dies at 93; Pioneer in DNA Research|date=January 6, 2005|author=Lawrence K. Altman|website=New York Times|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529172950/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/obituaries/maclyn-mccarty-dies-at-93-pioneer-in-dna-research.html|archive-date=29 May 2015|url-status=live}}
• 2006 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1913){{cite book|author=Alfred A. Yuson|title=Heroes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQJxAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Alay sa Bansa|isbn=978-971-93477-0-5}}
• 2006 – Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (born 1914){{cite web|title=Osa Massen, 91; 1940s Danish-Born Actress Famous as Femme Fatale|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-14-me-passings14-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913003950/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/feb/14/local/me-passings14|archive-date=13 September 2017|url-status=live|date=2006-02-14}}
• 2007 – A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (born 1951){{cite web |title=Biography - Arthur Richard (Rich) Newton - People Australia |url=https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/newton-arthur-richard-rich-1673 |website=peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au |access-date=21 November 2023}}
• 2007 – Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian and author (born 1941){{Citation |title = Voices; Vol. XXIV, No. 2 |edition = online |chapter = 3. Miss Betsey: A Memoir of Marriage; Nature and Grace |chapter-url = http://wf-f.org/09-02-Genovese.html |last = Genovese |first = Eugene |publisher = WF-F |year = 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100624103535/http://wf-f.org/09-02-Genovese.html |archive-date = June 24, 2010 |df = mdy-all }}.
• 2007 – Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (born 1911){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/world/middleeast/03kollek.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=9322D2426A44CBC76889A4B16A54AEB3&gwt=pay|title=Teddy Kollek dies at 95|date=11 January 2007|website=New York Times|access-date=23 May 2019}}
• 2008 – George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish journalist and author (born 1925){{cite news|title=Obituary of George MacDonald Fraser Author who brought new life to Flashman, the cad to end all cads|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=4 January 2008|location=London|page=27}}
• 2008 – Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician, Governor of Wisconsin (born 1926){{cite web |title=Former Wisconsin Gov. Lee Dreyfus dies - UPI.com |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/01/03/Former-Wisconsin-Gov-Lee-Dreyfus-dies/89351199388020/ |website=UPI |access-date=21 November 2023 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=The Dreyfus for governor ...campaign whistle stop special is coming to town : meet Lee Dreyfus |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2015648082/ |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA |date=1978 |access-date=21 November 2023}}
• 2009 – Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (born 1935){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/feb/19/inger-christensen-obituary|title=Inger Christensen|date=19 February 2009|author=Charles Lock and Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen|website=The Guardian|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525171658/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/feb/19/inger-christensen-obituary|archive-date=25 May 2019|url-status=live}}
• 2010 – David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (born 1958){{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/david-r-ross-1-785355|title=David R Ross|date=8 January 2010|website=The Scotsman|access-date=22 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810022214/http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/david-r-ross-1-785355|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live}}
• 2011 – Anne Francis, American actress (born 1930){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/03/anne-francis-obituary|title=Anne Francis obituary|date=3 January 2011|author=Ronald Bergan|website=The Guardian|access-date=22 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928172146/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/03/anne-francis-obituary|archive-date=28 September 2018|url-status=live}}
• 2011 – Bali Ram Bhagat, Indian politician; 16th Governor of Rajasthan (born 1922){{cite news|title=Former Lok Sabha Speaker Baliram Bhagat passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/former-lok-sabha-speaker-baliram-bhagat-passes-away/article1025159.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=January 3, 2011|access-date=22 May 2019}}
• 2011 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (born 1946){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jan/03/pete-postlethwaite-obituary|title=Pete Postlethwaite obituary|date=3 January 2011|author=Ronald Bergan|website=The Guardian|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423122718/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jan/03/pete-postlethwaite-obituary|archive-date=23 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 2012 – Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (born 1918){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/us/gordon-hirabayashi-wwii-internment-opponent-dies-at-93.html|title=Gordon Hirabayashi, World War II Internment Opponent, Dies at 93|date=3 January 2012|author=Richard Goldstein|website=New York Times|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119054401/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/us/gordon-hirabayashi-wwii-internment-opponent-dies-at-93.html|archive-date=19 November 2018|url-status=live}}
• 2012 – Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (born 1953){{cite web|url=https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/obituaries/article44148585.html|title=Silvana Gallardo, actress who had been living in Paris, Ky., dies at age 58|date=5 January 2012|author=Jennifer Hewlett|website=Lexington Herald Leader|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424171319/https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/obituaries/article44148585.html|archive-date=24 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 2012 – William P. Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey (born 1930){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/business/william-p-carey-leader-in-commercial-real-estate-dies-at-81.html|title=William P. Carey, Leader in Commercial Real Estate, Dies at 81|date=January 8, 2012|author=Dennis Hevesi|website=New York Times|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424171323/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/business/william-p-carey-leader-in-commercial-real-estate-dies-at-81.html|archive-date=24 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 2013 – Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian, author, and academic (born 1920){{cite news|title=Gerda Lerner, Pioneering Feminist and Historian, Dies at 92|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/us/gerda-lerner-historian-dies-at-92.html|work=The New York Times|date=3 January 2013 |access-date=January 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104071445/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/us/gerda-lerner-historian-dies-at-92.html|archive-date=January 4, 2013|url-status=live|last1=Grimes |first1=William }}
• 2013 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (born 1944)[http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114871,13133032,Teresa_Toranska_nie_zyje.html Teresa Torańska nie żyje.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105045044/http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1%2C114871%2C13133032%2CTeresa_Toranska_nie_zyje.html |date=2013-01-05 }} Gazeta.pl. Wiadomości. Retrieved January 2, 2013
• 2014 – Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (born 1924){{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/producer-bernard-glasser-dies-triffids-return-of-fly-stooges-668497|title=Sci-Fi Producer Bernard Glasser Dies at 89|date=4 January 2014|author=Mike Barnes|website=Hollywood Reporter|access-date=21 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416223310/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/producer-bernard-glasser-dies-triffids-return-of-fly-stooges-668497|archive-date=16 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 2014 – Elizabeth Jane Howard, English author and screenwriter (born 1923){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/02/elizabeth-jane-howard-dies-90|title=Elizabeth Jane Howard obituary|date=2 January 2014|author=Janet Watts|website=The Guardian|access-date=21 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919070152/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/02/elizabeth-jane-howard-dies-90|archive-date=19 September 2015|url-status=live}}
• 2015 – Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (born 1929){{cite news|url=http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/59381/tihomir-novakov-1929-2015|title=Tihomir Novakov, 1929–2015|publisher=eetd.lbl.gov|date=January 2015|author=Thomas Kirchstetter|access-date=2019-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123190238/https://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/59381/tihomir-novakov-1929-2015|archive-date=2017-01-23|url-status=live}}
• 2016 – Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1924){{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pm-modi-condoles-veteran-cpi-leader-ab-bardhan-s-demise-2161693|title=PM Modi condoles veteran CPI leader AB Bardhan's demise|newspaper=Daily News and Analysis|date=2 January 2016|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430082838/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pm-modi-condoles-veteran-cpi-leader-ab-bardhan-s-demise-2161693|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 2016 – Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author (born 1935){{cite web|url=http://rollingout.com/2016/01/02/noted-author-dr-frances-cress-welsing-dies-at-80/|title=Educator Frances Cress Welsing Dies at 80|publisher=Rolling Out.com|access-date=January 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104195552/http://rollingout.com/2016/01/02/noted-author-dr-frances-cress-welsing-dies-at-80|archive-date=January 4, 2016|url-status=live}}
• 2016 – Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabian religious leader (born 1959){{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/saudi-arabia-says-sheikh-nimr-al-nimr-leading-shiite-muslim-cleric-among-47-executed/2016/01/02/7c269600-b124-11e5-b281-43c0b56f61fa_story.html|title=Saudi Arabia says Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, leading Shiite Muslim cleric, among 47 executed|agency=Associated Press|date=2 January 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102082524/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/saudi-arabia-says-sheikh-nimr-al-nimr-leading-shiite-muslim-cleric-among-47-executed/2016/01/02/7c269600-b124-11e5-b281-43c0b56f61fa_story.html|archive-date=2 January 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
• 2016 – Gisela Mota Ocampo, mayor of Temixco, Morelos, Mexico, assassinated (born 1982){{citation|title=Mayor killed after less than a day in office|url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mayor-killed-after-less-than-a-day-in-office/|newspaper=Mexico City Daily News|date=January 2, 2016|access-date=March 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216153401/https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mayor-killed-after-less-than-a-day-in-office/|archive-date=February 16, 2019|url-status=live}}
• 2017 – Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (born 1933){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/sports/skiing/jean-vuarnet-a-downhill-skiing-innovator-dies-at-83.html|title=Jean Vuarnet, a Downhill Skiing Innovator, Dies at 83|date=3 January 2017|author=Richard Sandomir|website=New York Times|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706081138/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/sports/skiing/jean-vuarnet-a-downhill-skiing-innovator-dies-at-83.html|archive-date=6 July 2018|url-status=live}}
• 2017 – John Berger, English art critic, novelist and painter (born 1926){{cite news|title=John Berger, art critic and author, dies aged 90|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/02/john-berger-art-critic-and-author-dies-aged-90|work=The Guardian|date=2 January 2017|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414012006/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/02/john-berger-art-critic-and-author-dies-aged-90|archive-date=14 April 2019|url-status=live}}
• 2018 – Guida Maria, Portuguese actress (born 1950){{Cite news|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/01/02/culturaipsilon/noticia/morreu-a-atriz-guida-maria-1797838|title=Teatro. Guida Maria (1950-2018), uma actriz combativa e ousada|last=Frota|first=Gonçalo|work=PÚBLICO|access-date=5 January 2018|language=pt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212700/https://www.publico.pt/2018/01/02/culturaipsilon/noticia/morreu-a-atriz-guida-maria-1797838|archive-date=2 February 2019|url-status=live}}
• 2018 – Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1927){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/obituaries/thomas-monson-dies.html|title=Thomas Monson, President of the Mormon Church, Dies at 90|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614202751/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/obituaries/thomas-monson-dies.html|archive-date=14 June 2019|url-status=live|date=2018-01-03|last1=McFadden|first1=Robert D.}}
• 2019 – Daryl Dragon, American musician (born 1942){{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Daryl-Dragon-of-Captain-and-Tennille-dead-toni-celebrity-503813061.html |title=Daryl Dragon of Captain and Tennille Dies at 76 |date=2 January 2019 |access-date=2019-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208095358/https://www.nbcmiami.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Daryl-Dragon-of-Captain-and-Tennille-dead-toni-celebrity-503813061.html |archive-date=2019-02-08 |url-status=live }}
• 2019 – Bob Einstein, American actor and comedian (born 1942){{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/bob-einstein-dead-curb-your-enthusiasm-super-dave-osborne-smothers-brothers-1202527938/ |title=Bob Einstein Dies: 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Actor Who Also Played Super Dave Osborne Was 76 |access-date=2019-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403111322/https://deadline.com/2019/01/bob-einstein-dead-curb-your-enthusiasm-super-dave-osborne-smothers-brothers-1202527938/ |archive-date=2019-04-03 |url-status=live |date=2019-01-02 }}
• 2019 – Gene Okerlund, American wrestling announcer (born 1942){{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46740603 |title=WWE: Gene Okerlund, wrestling interviewer, dies at 76 |access-date=2019-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412223541/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46740603 |archive-date=2019-04-12 |url-status=live |work=BBC News |date=2019-01-02 }}
• 2025 – Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (born 1921){{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=January 2, 2025 |title=Agnes Keleti, World's Oldest Olympic Champion, Dies at 103 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/obituaries/agnes-keleti-dead.html |access-date=January 3, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

• Ancestry Day (Haiti){{cite book |last1=Clammer |first1=Paul |title=Haiti |date=1 November 2016 |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |isbn=978-1-84162-923-0 |page=73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e6AyDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA73 |access-date=21 November 2023 |language=en}}
• Berchtold's Day (Switzerland){{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2022: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |date=15 November 2021 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-504-8 |page=69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xThCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA69 |language=en}}
• Christian feast day:
• Basil the Great (Catholic Church and Church of England){{cite web |last1=Atkin |first1=Elizabeth |title=Everything you need to know about the 12 Days of Christmas |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/13/when-do-the-12-days-of-christmas-start-and-end-2-17927166/ |website=Metro |access-date=21 November 2023 |language=en |date=13 December 2022}}
• Gregory of Nazianzus (Catholic Church)
• Macarius of Alexandria{{cite book |last1=Butler |first1=Alban |last2=Burns |first2=Paul |title=Butler's Lives of the Saints |date=1 January 1995 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-86012-250-0 |page=127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIEAD2MC1YkC&pg=PA127 |language=en}}
• Seraphim of Sarov (Eastern Orthodox Church){{cite web |title=Saint Seraphim of Sarov {{!}} Miracle Worker, Spiritual Teacher & Recluse {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Seraphim-of-Sarov |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=21 November 2023 |language=en}}
• Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah (Episcopal Church){{cite book |last1=England |first1=Church of |title=Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England |date=2000 |publisher=Church House Publishing |isbn=978-0-7151-2000-2 |page=838 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EpdTiq7lO9EC&pg=PA838 |language=en}}
• January 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• The Day after New Years Day is a Public Holiday in New Zealand{{cite web|url=https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2003/0129/latest/DLM236387.html|title=Holidays Act 2003 No 129 (as at 12 April 2022), Public Act|publisher=Parliamentary Counsel Office|access-date=7 June 2022}}
• Kaapse Klopse (Cape Town, South Africa){{cite book |last1=Itsuhiro |first1=Hazama |last2=Kiyoshi |first2=Umeya |title=Citizenship in Motion: South African and Japanese scholars in conversation |date=22 April 2019 |publisher=Langaa RPCIG |isbn=978-9956-550-68-5 |page=353 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PUmWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA353 |language=en}}
• The first day of Blacks and Whites' Carnival, celebrated until January 7 (Colombia){{cite web |title=Colombia's full-colour Blacks and Whites' carnival – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2019/jan/04/blacks-and-whites-carnival-pasto-colombia |website=the Guardian |access-date=21 November 2023 |date=4 January 2019}}
• The ninth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
• The Second of January is a Bank Holiday in Scotland{{cite web |title=Why is Tuesday, January 2 a Bank Holiday in Scotland but not in the rest of the UK?|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/why-january-2-bank-holiday-scotland-3970907 |website=The Scotsman|access-date=2 January 2025 |date=1 January 2023}}

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• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/2 BBC: On This Day]
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• [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/2 Historical Events on January 2]

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Category:Days of January