January 1 facts for kids
January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). Starting in the 1200s, January 1 was called New Year's Day. It is a holiday.
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Events
Up to 1800
- 153 BC - Roman consuls begin their year in office.
- 45 BC - The Julian calendar is first used.
- 193 - The Roman Senate chooses Pertinax against his will, to succeed Commodus, who was murdered the previous day, as Emperor.
- 1001 - Stephen I is named first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II.
- 1438 - Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.
- 1502 - Exploration of the place where Rio de Janeiro is now. The name means "River of January". It is named because its bay was mistaken for a river.
- 1515 - Francis I becomes King of France.
- 1600 - Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25.
- 1651 - Charles II becomes King of Scotland.
- 1660 - Samuel Pepys starts writing his famous diary.
- 1700 - Russia starts using Western numbers for its calendar.
- 1707 - John V becomes King of Portugal.
- 1739 - Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean is discovered by Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
- 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
- 1781 - The Iron Bridge built from plans by Abraham Darby III in Coalbrookdale on the England-Wales border, is officially opened.
- 1788 - In London, the first issue of The Times newspaper is printed.
- 1800 - The Dutch East India Company ends.
1801 – 1900
- 1801 - The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland join to make the United Kingdom.
- 1801 - Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres in the Solar System's asteroid belt.
- 1804 - France stops ruling Haiti. Haiti becomes independent.
- 1808 - The United States makes a law making it illegal to bring slaves from other countries.
- 1810 - Lachlan Macquarie becomes Governor of New South Wales.
- 1833 - The United Kingdom claims the Falkland Islands.
- 1845 - The Philippines adopt the Gregorian calendar, with the International Date Line being shifted to its east. December 31, 1844 is skipped.
- 1860 - Floods in Araluen and Braidwood, New South Wales kill 24 people.
- 1860 - The first Polish postage stamp is issued.
- 1863 - Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War.
- 1873 - Japan starts using the Gregorian calendar.
- 1874 - The Bronx becomes part of New York City.
- 1877 - Queen Victoria is given the title of Empress of India.
- 1880 - Workers start building the Panama Canal.
- 1885 - Twenty-five countries adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for Standard time (Time zones).
- 1890 - In East Africa, the Italian colony of Eritrea is founded.
- 1892 - Ellis Island starts to take people moving to live in the United States.
- 1894 - In England, the Manchester Ship Canal is officially opened.
- 1897 - Brooklyn joins with New York City.
- 1898 - New York City and places around it join to make the City of Greater New York.
- 1899 - Spanish rule in Cuba ends.
- 1899 - Queens and Staten Island join with New York City.
1901 – 1950
- 1901 – Australia becomes self-governed.
- 1901 - Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
- 1908 - For the first time, at what is now Times Square in New York City, a ball is dropped at midnight at the start of the New Year.
- 1911 - In Australia, the Northern Territory separates from South Australia and is transferred to Commonwealth control.
- 1912 - The Republic of China begins, under Sun Yat-sen.
- 1913 - The British Board of Censors is founded.
- 1927 - Turkey starts to use the Gregorian calendar.
- 1934 – Alcatraz becomes a federal prison.
- 1937 - Safety glass on vehicle windscreens becomes law in the United Kingdom.
- 1939 - A temperature of 45 degrees Celsius is recorded in Sydney, Australia, a record for the city.
- 1941 - In Austria, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra holds its first New Year's Day concert.
- 1942 - The Declaration of the United Nations is signed by 26 countries.
- 1945 - World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte to destroy Allied air power in northern Europe. The operation failed.
- 1947 - The Canadian Citizenship Act takes effect: Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first official Canadian citizen.
- 1947 - The Bizone is formed out of the British and American Occupation zones in Germany. This later becomes West Germany.
- 1948 - The Constitution of Italy takes effect.
- 1948 - The British Rail network is nationalized.
- 1949 - A UN ceasefire to stop the fighting in Kashmir takes effect.
- 1949 - Austria regains control of its border with Italy from the British.
1951 – 2000
- 1953 - A short-lasting Republic is declared in the Maldives.
- 1956 – Sudan became independent.
- 1956 - Panic and a stampede at a New Year event at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, kills at least 124 people.
- 1958 - Treaties creating the European Economic Community take effect.
- 1959 – Fidel Castro takes control in Cuba, as Fulgencio Batista flees Havana.
- 1960 – Cameroon becomes independent.
- 1962 – Western Samoa becomes independent.
- 1964 – Top of the Pops is first shown on the BBC. Its last show is in 2006.
- 1966 - The Australian dollar replaces the pound sterling as the official currency of Australia.
- 1966 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa becomes president of the Central African Republic.
- 1968 - Floods in Bahia, Brazil kill 200 people.
- 1971 - Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
- 1972 - Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- 1973 – The UK, Republic of Ireland and Denmark join the European Economic Community.
- 1978 - The Northern Mariana Islands' constitution becomes effective.
- 1978 - Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the sea near Bombay, killing 213 people.
- 1979 - Diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China begin.
- 1980 - Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden becomes heir to the Swedish throne, as succession laws are changed.
- 1981 - Palau becomes self-governed.
- 1981 – Greece joins the European Economic Community.
- 1982 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- 1984 – Brunei becomes independent.
- 1985 - Greenland leaves the European Community.
- 1986 – Spain and Portugal join the European Economic Community.
- 1986 - Aruba separates from Curaçao.
- 1990 - David Dinkins becomes the first African American mayor of New York City.
- 1992 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- 1993 – Czechoslovakia splits into Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
- 1994 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) takes effect.
- 1995 - Kiribati becomes the first country to enter the New Year, after the International Date Line is shifted to its east, skipping December 31, 1994.
- 1995 – Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union.
- 1995 - The World Trade Organisation is started.
- 1995 - The Draupner wave is detected in the North Sea off Norway, proving the existence of freak waves.
- 1997 - Kofi Annan becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- 2000 – Around the world, millions of people celebrate the 3rd millennium, although it actually starts a year later.
From 2001
- 2001 – Actual start of the 3rd millennium.
- 2002 – The euro currency starts being used in 12 European Union member states.
- 2002 - Michael Bloomberg becomes Mayor of New York City.
- 2003 - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva becomes President of Brazil.
- 2007 - Ban Ki-moon becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- 2007 – Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages.
- 2007 – Slovenia starts to use the euro.
- 2007 - Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia. It is later known to have crashed with 102 people on board.
- 2008 – Cyprus and Malta start to use the euro.
- 2009 - 66 people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok.
- 2009 - Same-sex marriage officially becomes legal in Norway.
- 2009 – Slovakia starts to use the euro.
- 2011 - Estonia starts to use the euro.
- 2011 - Dilma Rousseff becomes President of Brazil.
- 2013 - A crush after a New Year celebration in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, kills over 60 people.
- 2014 - Latvia starts using the euro.
- 2014 - Bill de Blasio becomes Mayor of New York City.
- 2015 - Lithuania starts using the euro.
- 2015 - The Eurasian Economic Union enters into force. Its members are Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
- 2015 - Same-sex marriage officially becomes legal in Luxembourg.
- 2016 - The number of official regions in France (not including overseas territories) is cut from 22 down to 13.
Births
Up to 1800
- 871 - Zwertibold, King of Lotharingia (d. 900)
- 1431 - Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
- 1449 - Lorenzo de' Medici (d. 1492)
- 1467 - King Sigismund I the Old, of Poland (d. 1548)
- 1484 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)
- 1516 - Margaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of Sweden (d. 1551)
- 1557 - Stephen Bocskay, Romanian prince (d. 1606)
- 1614 - John Wilkins, English clergyman, natural philosopher and writer (d. 1672)
- 1618 - Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682)
- 1628 - Christoph Bernhard, German composer (d. 1692)
- 1638 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
- 1714 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
- 1714 - Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian singer and writer (d. 1800)
- 1735 - Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818)
- 1745 - Anthony Wayne, American general and politician (d. 1796)
- 1750 - Frederick Muhlenberg, American politician and statesman (d. 1801)
- 1752 - Betsy Ross, American seamstress, allegedly sewed the first Flag of the United States (d. 1836)
- 1767 - Maria Edgeworth, British writer (d. 1849)
1801 – 1900
- 1823 - Sandor Petofi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849)
- 1839 - Ouida, British author (d. 1908)
- 1854 - James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941)
- 1859 - Thibaw Min, King of Burma (d. 1916)
- 1863 - Heinrich Clam Martinic, Austro-Hungarian politician (d. 1932)
- 1863 - Pierre de Coubertin, French organizer of the Olympic Games (d. 1937)
- 1864 - Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)
- 1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
- 1873 - Leon Czolgosz, assassin of US President William McKinley (d. 1901)
- 1874 - Gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)
- 1876 - Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
- 1878 - Agner Krarup-Erlang, Danish mathematician and statistician (d. 1929)
- 1879 - E. M. Forster, British novelist (d. 1970)
- 1879 - William Fox, Hungarian-American movie producer (d. 1952)
- 1881 - Vajiravudh, King of Siam (d. 1925)
- 1886 - Garegin Njdeh, Armenian statesman (d. 1955)
- 1887 - Wilhelm Canaris, German general and resistance activist (d. 1945)
- 1888 - John Garand, American inventor (d. 1974)
- 1890 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)
- 1892 - Mahidol Adulyadej, Siamese royal (d. 1929)
- 1892 - Artur Rodzinski, Croatian conductor (d. 1958)
- 1892 - Manuel Roxas, Filipino statesman (d. 1948)
- 1894 - Satyendranath Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1974)
- 1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, American, founding director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 1972)
- 1896 - Estelle Yancey, American blues singer (d. 1986)
- 1900 - Xavier Cugat, Catalan-born musician and bandleader (d. 1990)
- 1900 - Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
1901 – 1925
- 1902 - Hans von Dohnanyi, Austrian-born jurist and activist (d. 1945)
- 1904 - Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
- 1906 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
- 1908 - Bill Tapia, American musician (d. 2011)
- 1909 - Barry Goldwater, American senator (d. 1998)
- 1909 - Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1909 - Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist (d. 1959)
- 1911 - Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)
- 1911 - Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist (d. 2012)
- 1912 - Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)
- 1914 - Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and agent (d. 1944)
- 1917 - Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
- 1919 - Daniil Granin, Russian writer
- 1919 - J. D. Salinger, American novelist (d. 2010)
- 1919 - Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990)
- 1919 - Carole Landis, American actress (d. 1948)
- 1921 - Alain Mimoun, French long-distance runner (d. 2013)
- 1922 - Ernest Hollings, 106th Governor of North Carolina
- 1922 - Jerry Robinson, American comic book artist (d. 2011)
- 1923 - Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
- 1923 - Milt Jackson, American jazz musician (d. 1999)
- 1924 - Arthur Danto, American philosopher (d. 2013)
- 1924 - Jacques Le Goff, French historian (d. 2014)
- 1924 - Charles Munger, American businessman and philanthropist
- 1925 - Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (d. 2007)
1926 – 1950
- 1926 - Claudio Villa, Italian singer (d. 1987)
- 1927 - Maurice Béjart, French ballet choreographer (d. 2007)
- 1927 - Vernon L. Smith, American economist
- 1930 - Gaafar Nimeiry, President of Sudan (d. 2009)
- 1930 - Adunis, Syrian-Lebanese writer
- 1933 - Joe Orton, British dramatist (d. 1967)
- 1934 - Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian diplomat
- 1935 - Brian G. Hutton, American actor and director (d. 2014)
- 1935 - Mustapha Maarof, Malaysian actor (d. 2014)
- 1936 - James Sinegal, American businessman
- 1938 - Frank Langella, American actor
- 1939 - Michèle Mercier, French actress
- 1939 - Phil Read, British motorcycle racer
- 1940 - Genya Ravan, American singer
- 1941 - Barry Goldberg, American musician
- 1941 - Martin Evans, British geneticist
- 1941 - Asrani, Indian actor and producer
- 1941 - Younoussi Touré, Malian politician
- 1942 - Alassane Ouattara, President of Ivory Coast
- 1942 - Country Joe McDonald, American singer-songwriter
- 1942 - Gennadi Sarafanov, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2005)
- 1943 - Tony Knowles, former Governor of Alaska
- 1944 - Teresa Toranska, Polish journalist and writer (d. 2013)
- 1944 - Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, President of Sudan
- 1944 - Abdul Hamid, 20th President of Bangladesh
- 1944 - Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician
- 1945 - Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver
- 1945 - Zoltan Varga, Hungarian footballer (d. 2010)
- 1945 - Pietro Grasso, Italian politician, Interim President of Italy
- 1946 - Roberto Rivelino, Brazilian footballer
- 1947 - Jon Corzine, American politician
- 1948 - Pavel Grachev, Russian general (d. 2012)
- 1950 - Morgan Fisher, English musician
1951 – 1975
- 1951 - Luc Ferry, French politician
- 1951 - Hans-Joachim Stuck, German racing driver
- 1952 - Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar
- 1953 - Zoran Jankovic, Slovenian politician
- 1953 - Gary Johnson, American politician
- 1953 - Alpha Blondy, Ivorian musician
- 1953 - Philippe Douste-Blazy, French politician
- 1954 - Richard Gibson, British actor
- 1954 - Richard Edson, American actor and musician
- 1954 - Robert Menendez, American politician
- 1954 - Dave Valentin, American jazz flute player
- 1955 - Mary Beard, British historian
- 1955 - Abbas Bahri, Tunisian mathematician (d. 2016)
- 1956 - Christine Lagarde, French Head of the International Monetary Fund
- 1956 - Sergei Avdeyev, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1957 - Ramaz Shengelia, Soviet-Georgian footballer (d. 2012)
- 1957 - Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician
- 1957 - Luis Guzman, American actor
- 1958 - Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian musician
- 1959 - Azali Assoumani, Comorian politician
- 1959 - Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan cosmonaut
- 1959 - Michel Onfray, French philosopher
- 1961 - Fiona Phillips, English journalist
- 1961 - Mark Wingett, English actor
- 1965 - Lisa Roberts Gillan, American actress
- 1966 - Anna Burke, Australian politician
- 1966 - Ivica Dacic, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia
- 1967 - Spencer Tunick, American artist
- 1967 - Sharon Small, Scottish actress
- 1968 - Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer (d. 1994)
- 1968 - Davor Suker, Croatian footballer
- 1969 - Sophie Okonedo, British actress
- 1969 - Morris Chestnut, American actor
- 1969 - Paul Lawrie, Scottish golfer
- 1969 - Verne Troyer, American actor
- 1970 - Sergei Kiriakov, Russian footballer
- 1970 - Fredro Starr, American actor and rapper
- 1972 - Lilian Thuram, French footballer
- 1975 - Sonali Bendre, Indian actress and model
From 1976
- 1977 - Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress
- 1978 - Vidya Balan, Indian actress
- 1979 - Jawed Karim, German-American internet entrepreneur, co-founder of YouTube
- 1980 - Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
- 1980 - Richie Faulkner, British guitarist and songwriter (Judas Priest)
- 1981 - Jonas Armstrong, British actor
- 1981 - Mladen Petric, Croatian footballer
- 1981 - Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver
- 1981 - Moumouni Dagano, Burkina Faso footballer
- 1982 - David Nalbandian, Argentine tennis player
- 1983 - Calum Davenport, English footballer
- 1983 - Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (d. 2009)
- 1985 - Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 - Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
- 1986 - Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
- 1986 - Sungmin, South Korean singer
- 1986 - Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
- 1987 - Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
- 1988 - Nelufar Hedayat, Afghan-born British television presenter
- 1988 - Grzegorz Panfil, Polish tennis player
- 1992 - Jack Wilshere, English footballer
- 1993 - Michael Olaitan, Nigerian footballer
- 1998 - Lara Robinson, Australian actress
Deaths
Up to 1900
- 138 - Aelius Caesar, adoptive son of Roman Emperor Hadrian
- 898 - Odo of France (b. 860)
- 962 - Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (b. 940)
- 1204 - King Haakon III of Norway (b. 1170)
- 1387 - King Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332)
- 1515 - King Louis XII of France (b. 1462)
- 1554 - Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (b. 1500)
- 1559 - King Christian III of Denmark and Norway (b. 1503)
- 1748 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1667)
- 1766 - James Francis Edward Stuart, pretender to the British throne (b. 1688)
- 1782 - Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
- 1793 - Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter (b. 1712)
- 1796 - Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735)
- 1817 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (b. 1743)
- 1829 - Pedro Blanco Soto, President of Bolivia (b. 1795)
- 1853 - Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
- 1862 - Mikhail Vasilyevich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)
- 1892 - Roswell B. Mason, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
- 1894 – Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)
1901 – 2000
- 1906 - Hugh Nelson, Scottish-born Australian politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
- 1921 - Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
- 1928 - Loie Fuller, American dancer (b. 1862)
- 1936 - Roger Allin, Governor of North Dakota (b. 1848)
- 1942 - Otto Liiv, Estonian historian and activist (b. 1905)
- 1944 - Edwin Lutyens, British architect (b. 1869)
- 1953 – Hank Williams, American country music singer (b. 1923)
- 1960 - Margaret Sullavan, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1909)
- 1963 - Robert S. Kerr, Governor of Oklahoma (b. 1896)
- 1964 - Bechara El Khoury, President of Lebanon (b. 1890)
- 1966 - Vincent Auriol, French politician (b. 1884)
- 1968 - Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, American publisher (DC Comics) (b. 1890)
- 1969 – Barton MacLane, American actor (b. 1902)
- 1972 – Maurice Chevalier, French entertainer (b. 1888)
- 1973 - Sergei Kourdakov, Soviet intelligence agent (b. 1951)
- 1980 - Pietro Nenni, Italian politician (b. 1891)
- 1984 - Alexis Korner, French-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
- 1986 - Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
- 1987 - Lloyd Haynes, American actor (b. 1934)
- 1992 – Grace Hopper, American computer scientist (b. 1906)
- 1994 - Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1900)
- 1994 - Cesar Romero, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1995 - Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist (b. 1902)
- 1997 - Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
- 1997 - Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
- 1998 – Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (b. 1902)
2001 – 2015
- 2001 - Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2003 - Joe Foss, 20th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1915)
- 2005 - Shirley Chisholm, American politician (b. 1924)
- 2007 - Del Reeves, American country music singer (b. 1932)
- 2009 – Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer (b. 1924)
- 2009 – Helen Suzman, South African political activist (b. 1917)
- 2009 - Aarne Arvonen, Finnish supercentenarian (b. 1897)
- 2009 - Nizar Rayan, Palestinian military commander (b. 1959)
- 2010 – Lhasa de Sela, Mexican-American singer-songwriter (b. 1972)
- 2011 - Flemming Jorgensen, Danish musician (b. 1947)
- 2012 - Carlos Soria, Argentine politician (b. 1949)
- 2012 - Bob Anderson, British fencer and sword fight choreographer (b. 1922)
- 2012 - Kiro Gligorov, President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1917)
- 2012 - Gary Ablett, English footballer (b. 1965)
- 2013 - Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English cricket journalist (b. 1945)
- 2013 - Patti Page, American singer (b. 1927)
- 2013 - Lloyd Hartman Elliott, American academic (b. 1918)
- 2013 - Barbara Werle, American actress (b. 1928)
- 2014 - Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese Buddhist monk and uncle of Emperor Akihito (b. 1910)
- 2014 - Herman Pieter de Boer, Dutch writer (b. 1928)
- 2014 - Juanita Moore, American actress (b. 1914)
- 2014 - Billy McColl, Scottish actor (b. 1951)
- 2015 - Omar Karami, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1934)
- 2015 - Mario Cuomo, American politician, 52nd Governor of New York (b. 1932)
- 2015 - Ulrich Beck, German sociologist (b. 1944)
- 2015 - Staryl C. Austin, American air force general (b. 1920)
- 2015 - Boris Morukov, Soviet-Russian cosmonaut (b. 1950)
- 2015 - Jeff Golub, American guitarist (b. 1955)
- 2015 - Mrunalini Devi Puar, Indian educator (b. 1931)
- 2015 - Eric Cunningham, Canadian politician (b. 1949)
- 2015 - Miller Williams, American poet (b. 1930)
- 2015 - Donna Douglas, American actress (b. 1933)
- 2015 - Géry Leuliet, French bishop (b. 1910)
From 2016
- 2016 - Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1932)
- 2016 - Lennie Bluett, American actor (b. 1919)
- 2016 - Antonio Carrizo, Argentine broadcaster (b. 1926)
- 2016 - Mike Oxley, American politician (b. 1944)
- 2016 - Brian Johns, Australian businessman (b. 1936)
- 2016 - Dale Bumpers, American politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1925)
- 2016 - Gilbert Kaplan, American conductor and businessman (b. 1941)
- 2016 - Ian Pieris, Sri Lankan cricketer (b. 1933)
- 2016 - Jim Ross, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
- 2016 - Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1930)
Observances
- New Year's Day
- Founding Day (Republic of China)
- Independence Day (Brunei, Haiti, Sudan)
- End of Kwanzaa (United States)
- Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba)
- Constitution Day (Italy)
See also
In Spanish: 1 de enero para niños
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