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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[681]] &ndash; [[Twelfth Council of Toledo]]: King [[Erwig]] of the [[Visigoths]] initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.<ref>{{cite book|author=Solomon Katz|title=The Jews in the Visigothic and Frankish Kingdoms of Spain and Gaul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5K2ODyaCIYQC|year=1970|publisher=Concordance Society|page=17}}</ref>
*[[1127]] &ndash; [[Jin–Song Wars]]: Invading [[Jurchen people|Jurchen]] soldiers from the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] [[Jingkang Incident|besiege and sack]] [[Kaifeng|Bianjing]] (Kaifeng), the capital of the [[Song dynasty]] of China, and abduct [[Emperor Qinzong of Song]] and others, ending the [[Northern Song dynasty]].<ref name="Jung-pang2012">{{cite book|author=Lo Jung-pang|title=China as a Sea Power, 1127-1368: A Preliminary Survey of the Maritime Expansion and Naval Exploits of the Chinese People During the Southern Song and Yuan Periods|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UJPGBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA129|date=1 January 2012|publisher=NUS Press|isbn=978-9971-69-505-7|pages=129}}</ref>
*[[1349]] &ndash; The Jewish population of [[Basel]], believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing [[Black Death]], is [[Basel massacre|rounded up and incinerated]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Abraham P. Bloch|title=One a Day: An Anthology of Jewish Historical Anniversaries for Every Day of the Year|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjxJAFawRasC&pg=PA11|year=1987|publisher=KTAV Publishing House, Inc.|isbn=978-0-88125-108-1|pages=11}}</ref>
*[[1431]] &ndash; The [[trial of Joan of Arc]] begins in [[Rouen]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Hobbins, Daniel |title=The Trial of Joan of Arc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=egG7xswE2wcC&pg=PA1 |date=2005 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-03868-4 |pages=1}}</ref>
*[[1693]] &ndash; [[1693 Sicily earthquake|Sicily earthquake]]: The first of two earthquakes destroys parts of [[Sicily]] and [[Malta]]. After the second quake on 11 January, the death toll is estimated at between 60,000 and 100,000 people.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gates|first1=Alexander E.|last2=Ritchie|first2=David|title=Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes|location=New York|publisher=Facts on File|date=2007|isbn=9780816063024|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b1sXfJCiCHQC|page=292|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web|url=http://storing.ingv.it/cfti/cfti5/quake.php?01148IT|title= Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy (461 BC – 1997) and Mediterranean Area (760 B.C. – 1500)|last1=Guidoboni|first1=E.|last2=Ferrari|first2= G.|last3=Mariotti|first3= D.|last4=Comastri|first4= A.|last5=Tarabusi|first5= G.|last6=Sgatoni|first6= G.|last7=Valensise|first7= G.|publisher=INGV-SGA|access-date=16 January 2020}}<!--Note firstly that the link takes you to an index map, which can be interrogated for information about individual earthquakes and secondly that this source is occasionally unavailable for weeks at a time, but always comes back eventually--></ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]] defeats the [[Maratha]]s in the [[Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani|Battle of Barari Ghat]].<ref>{{cite book|author=François Xavier Wendel|title=Wendel's memoirs on the origin, growth and present state of Jat power in Hindustan (1768)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DB5uAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Institut français de Pondichéry|page=61}}</ref>
*[[1787]] &ndash; The nationally known image of the [[Black Nazarene]] in the [[Philippines]] was transferred from what is now [[Rizal Park]] to its present shrine in the [[minor basilica]] of [[Quiapo Church]]. This is annually commemorated through its ''Traslación'' (solemn transfer) in the streets of [[Manila]] and is attended by millions of devotees.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Valderama Fortunado, Arnulfo |url=https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/philippines/feast-black-nazarene |title=Feast of the Black Nazarene draws millions to Manila's streets |date=7 May 2015 |website=Catholics & Cultures |access-date=28 November 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130021234/https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/philippines/feast-black-nazarene |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Hermoso, Christina |url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/01/06/black-nazarene-replicas-procession-blessing-to-be-held-tuesday/ |title=Black Nazarene replicas procession, blessing to be held Tuesday |date=6 January 2020 |website=Manila Bulletin |access-date=28 November 2020 |archive-date=14 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514105727/https://mb.com.ph/2020/01/06/black-nazarene-replicas-procession-blessing-to-be-held-tuesday/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2018/01/07/the-black-nazarene/|title=The Black Nazarene &#124; Corazon Damo-Santiago|first=Corazon|last=Damo-Santiago|website=[[BusinessMirror]] |date=7 January 2018}}{{Dead link|date=January 2022}}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Connecticut]] becomes the fifth state to ratify the [[United States Constitution]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Merrill Jensen|author2=Lucy Trumbull Brown|author3=Robert A. Becker|title=The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-1790|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TVe81_NvVwC&pg=PA5|year=1976|publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press|isbn=978-0-299-09510-9|pages=5}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Jassy]] between [[Russian Empire|Russian]] and [[Ottoman Empire]] is signed, ending the [[Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792|Russo-Turkish War of 1787–92]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Morse Stephens|title=Europe, 1789-1815|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ro0tAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA96|year=1894|publisher=Rivington|pages=96}}</ref>
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Blanchard]] becomes the first person to fly in a [[balloon]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Sears|title=Sears' Guide to Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vyNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA327|year=1845|publisher=Edward Walker|pages=327}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[William Pitt the Younger]] introduces an [[income tax]] of two [[shilling]]s to the [[pound sterling|pound]] to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the [[Napoleonic Wars]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Burns Chronicle and Club Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7o_yAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Burns Federation|page=50}}</ref>
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson]] receives a [[state funeral]] and is interred in [[St Paul's Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite web |title=This month in history: The funeral of Lord Horatio Nelson |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/103467 |website=The Gazette |publisher=The Stationery Office |access-date=8 January 2020 |date=8 January 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022131254/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/103467 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Humphry Davy]] tests [[Davy lamp|his safety lamp]] for miners at [[Hebburn Colliery]].<ref>{{cite book|title="Who and What", a Compendium of General Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1gZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA118|year=1878|publisher=Lippincott|pages=118}}</ref>
*[[1822]] &ndash; The Portuguese prince [[Pedro I of Brazil]] decides to stay in [[Brazil]] against the orders of the Portuguese King [[John VI of Portugal|João VI]], beginning the Brazilian independence process.<ref>{{cite book|author=Joaquim Manuel de Macedo|title=Notions on the Chorography of Brazil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCEuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21|year=1873|publisher=F. A. Brockhaus|pages=21}}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; The [[French Academy of Sciences]] announces the [[Daguerreotype]] [[photography]] process.<ref>{{cite book|author=Leonard Gaunt|title=The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouxTAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Focal Press|page=375|isbn=9780803823327}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; The 7.9 {{M|w}} [[1857 Fort Tejon earthquake|Fort Tejon earthquake]] shakes [[Central California|Central]] and [[Southern California]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent'').<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hough |first1=Susan E. |title=The Really Big One |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-07-tm-quake01-story.html |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=7 January 2007}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; British forces finally defeat [[Revolt of Rajab Ali#Defeat|Rajab Ali Khan]] of [[Chittagong]]<ref name=sen>{{Cite book |last=Sen|first=Satyen|language=bn|trans-title=Story of the great rebellion|title=মহাবিদ্রোহের কাহিনী|pages=155–159}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: "[[Star of the West]]" incident occurs near [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite book|author=William H. Roberts|title=Now for the Contest: Coastal and Oceanic Naval Operations in the Civil War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwJDUQepcHYC&pg=PA1|date=1 January 2004|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=0-8032-3861-4|pages=1}}</ref> 
*  1861   &ndash; [[Mississippi]] becomes the [[Mississippi in the American Civil War#Secession and Mississippian politics|second state to secede]] from the [[Union (United States)|Union]] before the outbreak of the American Civil War.<ref>{{cite book|title=Leadership Education and Training (LET) 4: Text|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qmR-XMRfa4AC&pg=PA291|year=2001|publisher=Headquarters, Department of the Army|pages=291}}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Umberto I of Italy|Umberto I]] becomes King of [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Fanny Zampini-Salazar|title=Margherita of Savoy, First Queen of Italy: Her Life and Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Agw8KIT70swC|year=1914|publisher=Mills and Boon|page=73}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson]], son of the poet [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson]], becomes the second [[Governor-General of Australia]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 36 - 1944 and 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ML1RzBCtiBoC&pg=PA68|publisher=Aust. Bureau of Statistics|pages=68}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Ernest Shackleton]], leading the [[Nimrod Expedition]] to the [[South Pole]], plants the [[Flag of the United Kingdom|British flag]] {{convert|97|nmi|km mi}} from the South Pole, the [[Farthest South|farthest anyone had ever reached]] at that time.
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[Phi Beta Sigma]] fraternity is founded by African-American students at [[Howard University]] in Washington D.C., United States.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bruin Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IOWx7OGLGy8C|year=1990|publisher=ASUCLA Communications Board|page=289}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Gallipoli Campaign|Battle of Gallipoli]] concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ray Westlake|title=British Regiments at Gallipoli|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gN_RAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR10|date=1 June 1996|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-0-85052-511-3|pages=10}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; World War I: The [[Battle of Rafa]] is fought near the [[Egypt]]ian border with [[History of Palestine#Ottoman period|Palestine]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward J Erickson|title=Gallipoli & the Middle East: The History of World War I: From the Dardanelles to Mesopotamia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uA2JDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA166|date=15 March 2012|publisher=Amber Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-906626-15-0|pages=166}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bear Valley]]: The last battle of the [[American Indian Wars]].<ref>{{cite book|author=George H. Junne|title=Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J42lN1FX0x8C&pg=PA82|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31208-3|pages=82}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ukrainian War of Independence]]: The [[All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee]] outlaws the [[Makhnovshchina]] by decree, igniting the [[Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Darch|first=Colin|title=Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917-1921|year=2020|location=[[London]]|publisher=[[Pluto Press]]|isbn=9781786805263|oclc=1225942343|page=94}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–22)|Greco-Turkish War]]: The [[First Battle of İnönü]], the first battle of the war, begins near [[Eskişehir]] in [[Anatolia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Paneth|title=Turkey--decadence and Rebirth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GD5CAAAAIAAJ|year=1943|publisher=Alliance Press Limited|page=146}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Juan de la Cierva]] makes the first [[autogyro]] flight.<ref>{{cite book|author=Norris McWhirter|title=Guinness Book of World Records, 1985|url=https://archive.org/details/guinness1985book00mcwh|url-access=registration|date=April 1985|publisher=Bantam Books|isbn=978-0-553-24805-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/guinness1985book00mcwh/page/319 319]}}</ref>
*  1923 &ndash; [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]] residents of the [[Memel Territory]] [[Klaipėda Revolt|rebel]] against the [[League of Nations]]' decision to leave the area as a [[League of Nations mandate|mandated region]] under French control.
*[[1927]] &ndash; A fire at the [[Laurier Palace Theatre fire|Laurier Palace movie theatre]] in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec, Canada]], kills 78 children.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgHiAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Éditions Historia Ecclesiae Catholicae Canadensis|page=53}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: First flight of the [[Avro Lancaster]].<ref>{{cite book|author=A. G. Sherwood|title=Flying 40 Missions with Red: Memoirs of WW II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xFKLu7fO0C0C&pg=PA40|year=2005|publisher=Durango Publishing Corp.|isbn=978-1-55422-777-8|pages=40}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Sixth United States Army]] begins the [[invasion of Lingayen Gulf]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Australia in the War of 1939-1945 : Ser. 5. Medical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1YhAQAAIAAJ|year=1961|publisher=Australian War Memorial|page=75}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] Sir [[Anthony Eden]] resigns from office following his failure to [[Suez Crisis|retake]] the [[Suez Canal]] from Egyptian sovereignty.<ref>{{cite news |title=1957: Sir Anthony Eden resigns |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_2800000/2800833.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |archive-date=12 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112121017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_2800000/2800833.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; The [[Vega de Tera disaster|Vega de Tera dam fails]], triggering a disastrous flood that nearly destroys the town of [[Ribadelago]] and kills 144 residents.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/01/10/espana/915922818_850215.html |title=40 años de la tragedia de Ribadelago, en la que murieron 144 personas |language=es |first=José |last=Lera |date=10 January 1999 |location=Zamora |access-date=12 September 2018 |newspaper=[[El País]] |publisher=[[PRISA]] |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002459/https://elpais.com/diario/1999/01/10/espana/915922818_850215.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[President of Egypt]] [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] opens construction on the [[Aswan Dam]] by detonating ten tons of [[dynamite]] to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the [[Nile]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Mizan Newsletter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7EMAQAAMAAJ|year=1961|publisher=Central Asian Research Centre|page=14}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; British authorities announce they have uncovered the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Portland spy ring]] in London.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Apollo program]]: [[NASA]] announces plans to build the C-5 rocket [[launch vehicle]], then known as the "Advanced [[Saturn V|Saturn]]", to carry human beings to the Moon.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ertel|first1=Ivan D.|last2=Brooks|first2=Mary Louise|title=The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology. Volume 1: Through November 7, 1962|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Aeronautices and Space Administration|date=1969|oclc=23818|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUMCAAAAIAAJ|pages=134–135|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=27-Story Moon Rocket Chosen|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 10, 1962|page=A11}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Martyrs' Day (Panama)|Martyrs' Day]]: Several [[Panama]]nian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled [[Panama Canal Zone]], leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
*[[1991]] &ndash; Representatives from the United States and [[Iraq]] meet at the [[Geneva Peace Conference (1991)|Geneva Peace Conference]] to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi [[invasion of Kuwait]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Bhim Singh|title=Iraq: A Heroic Resistance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uCsz_CwoxCoC&pg=PA41|year=2001|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|isbn=978-81-241-0833-8|pages=41}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; The [[Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina]] proclaims the creation of [[Republika Srpska]], a new state within [[Yugoslavia]].
*  1992 &ndash; The first discoveries of [[exoplanet|extrasolar planet]]s are announced by astronomers [[Aleksander Wolszczan]] and [[Dale Frail]]. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar [[PSR B1257+12|PSR 1257+12]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wolszczan | first1 = A. |bibcode=1992Natur.355..145W| last2 = Frail | first2 = D. A. | doi = 10.1038/355145a0 | title = A planetary system around the millisecond pulsar PSR1257 + 12 | journal = Nature | volume = 355 | issue = 6356 | pages = 145–147 | year = 1992 | s2cid = 4260368 }}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[First Chechen War]]: [[Chechens|Chechen]] [[Separatism|separatists]] launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of [[Kizlyar]] in the neighboring [[Dagestan]], which turns into [[Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis|a massive hostage crisis]] involving thousands of [[civilian]]s.
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Comair Flight 3272]] crashes in [[Raisinville Township, Michigan|Raisinville Township]] in [[Monroe County, Michigan]], killing 29 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia N265CA Monroe, MI|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970109-0|access-date=2021-12-17|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=2021-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217182034/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970109-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[TANS Perú Flight 222]] crashes on approach to [[Chachapoyas Airport]] in [[Chachapoyas, Peru]], killing 46 people.<ref name="avs">{{cite web |title=accident description Thursday 9 January 2003 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030109-0 |access-date=31 December 2018 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |archive-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051407/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030109-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; An [[inflatable boat]] carrying illegal [[Albania]]n emigrants [[Karaburun tragedy|stalls]] near the [[Karaburun Peninsula, Albania|Karaburun Peninsula]] en route to [[Brindisi]], Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. This is the second deadliest marine disaster in Albanian history.<ref>Arben Lagreta [http://balkanweb.com/gazetav5/newsadmin/preview.php?id=54980  Tragjedia, zbardhet deklarata e Bizhgës] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120707032401/http://balkanweb.com/gazetav5/newsadmin/preview.php?id=54980 |date=7 July 2012 }}, 11 March 2009</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Mahmoud Abbas]] wins the [[2005 Palestinian presidential election|election]] to succeed [[Yasser Arafat]] as President of the [[Palestinian National Authority]], replacing interim president [[Rawhi Fattouh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=2005: Abbas triumphs in Palestinian elections |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_4514000/4514342.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033907/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_4514000/4514342.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2005   &ndash; The [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement]] and the [[Government of Sudan]] sign the [[Comprehensive Peace Agreement]] to end the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]].<ref name=nd>{{cite news |url=https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/accord/sudan-comprehensive-peace-agreement |title=Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement |website=Peace Accords Matrix |publisher=Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, [[University of Notre Dame]] |access-date=October 12, 2020 |archive-date=May 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503221840/https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/accord/sudan-comprehensive-peace-agreement |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] CEO [[Steve Jobs]] introduces the original [[IPhone (1st generation)|iPhone]] at a Macworld keynote in [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Dan |last=Farber |title=When iPhone met world, 7 years ago today |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/when-iphone-met-world-7-years-ago-today/ |publisher=[[CNET]] |date=January 9, 2014 |access-date=March 23, 2017 |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705220307/https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/when-iphone-met-world-7-years-ago-today/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Iran Air Flight 277]] crashes near [[Urmia]] in the northwest of the country, in icy conditions, killing 78 people.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=435f1587&opt=1 |title=Accident: Iran Air B722 near Orumiyeh on Jan 9th 2011, impacted terrain during go-around |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |publisher=[[The Aviation Herald]] |access-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-date=December 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210112709/http://avherald.com/h?article=435f1587&opt=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; An [[Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant explosion|explosion]] at a [[Mitsubishi Materials]] chemical plant in [[Yokkaichi, Mie|Yokkaichi]], Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explosion at Japan chemical factory|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25664195|date=9 January 2014|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=9 January 2014|archive-date=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109091321/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25664195|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; The perpetrators of the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting|''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting]] in [[Paris]] two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a [[Porte de Vincennes siege|second hostage situation]], related to the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in [[Vincennes]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-suspect-in-2nd-france-cop-killing-in-hostage-situation/|title=Paris hostage situation ends with gunman dead|date=9 January 2015|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=9 January 2015|archive-date=9 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109152503/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-suspect-in-2nd-france-cop-killing-in-hostage-situation/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; A [[Mozambique funeral beer poisoning|mass poisoning]] at a funeral in [[Mozambique]] involving beer that was contaminated with ''[[Burkholderia gladioli]]'' leaves 75 dead and over 230 people ill.<ref>{{cite journal |title= Description of a Mass Poisoning in a Rural District in Mozambique: The First Documented Bongkrekic Acid Poisoning in Africa |author=Eduardo Samo Gudo |display-authors=et al |journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases |volume=66 |issue=9 |date=17 April 2018 |pages=1400–1406 |doi=10.1093/cid/cix1005|pmid= 29155976 |pmc=5908738 }}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Sriwijaya Air Flight 182|Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes]] north of [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], killing all 62 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-09|title=Boeing 737 goes missing over Indonesia - follow live updates|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-plane-missing-latest-updates-boeing-737-sriwijaya-air-flight-sj182-b1784832.html|access-date=2021-01-11|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109181815/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-plane-missing-latest-updates-boeing-737-sriwijaya-air-flight-sj182-b1784832.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 727|727]] &ndash; [[Emperor Daizong of Tang]] (d. 779)
*[[1418]] &ndash; [[Juan Ramón Folch III de Cardona]], Aragonese admiral (d. 1485)
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory XV]] (d. 1623)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana: complete in thirty volumes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hPPTw9-CHAC|year=1970|publisher=Americana Corporation|isbn=978-0-7172-0101-3|page=474}}</ref>
*[[1571]] &ndash; [[Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy]], French commander (d. 1621)
*[[1590]] &ndash; [[Simon Vouet]], French painter (d. 1649)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Denison Champlin|author2=Charles Callahan Perkins|title=Cyclopedia of painters and paintings|url=https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofpain03cham_0|url-access=registration|year=1969|publisher=Kennikat Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofpain03cham_0/page/395 395]|isbn=9780804605359}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] &ndash; [[William Dugard]], English printer (d. 1662)<ref>{{cite book|author=Matthew J. Bruccoli|title=British Rhetoricians and Logicians, 1500-1660: Second series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9EUAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-6025-3|page=78|access-date=2020-07-30|archive-date=2023-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725121042/https://books.google.com/books?id=e9EUAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1624]] &ndash; [[Empress Meishō]] of Japan (d. 1696)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John E. Lane|author2=Stanleigh H. Jones|title=Researches in the social sciences on Japan: essays and abstracts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9uoDAQAAIAAJ|year=1957|publisher=Reproduced for private distribution by the East Asian Institute of Columbia University|page=22}}</ref>
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet]], English noble and politician (date baptized;<ref>A.A. Hanham, 'Villiers, Sir William, 3rd Bt. (1645-1712), of Brooksby Hall, Leics.', in D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks and S. Handley (eds), ''The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1690-1715'' (from Boydell and Brewer, 2002), [https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/villiers-sir-william-1645-1712 History of Parliament Online].</ref> d. 1712)
*[[1674]] &ndash; [[Reinhard Keiser]], German composer (d. 1739)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Warrack|author2=Ewan West|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxforddic00warr|url-access=registration|date=7 March 1996|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-280028-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/conciseoxforddic00warr/page/261 261]}}</ref>
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Tiberius Hemsterhuis]], Dutch philologist and critic (d. 1766)<ref>{{cite book|title=Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rPdMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA308|year=1871|publisher=W & R Chambers|pages=308}}</ref>
*[[1728]] &ndash; [[Thomas Warton]], English poet, historian, and critic (d. 1790)
*[[1735]] &ndash; [[John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent]], English admiral and politician (d. 1823)
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[Caleb Strong]], American lawyer and politician, 6th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1819)
*[[1753]] &ndash; [[Luísa Todi]], Portuguese soprano and actress (d. 1833)<ref>{{cite book|author=Randel Don|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA920|year=1996|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-37299-3|pages=920}}</ref>
*[[1773]] &ndash; [[Cassandra Austen]], English painter and illustrator (d. 1845)<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Poplawski|title=A Jane Austen Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hW-OXDSc3rAC&pg=PA57|year=1998|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30017-2|pages=57}}</ref>
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi]], Turkish [[Ney]] player and composer (d. 1846)<ref>{{cite book|author=Mohamed el Fers|title=Mevlana Rumi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lSrUj_7tW-AC&pg=PA244|year=1992|publisher=Mohamed el-Fers|isbn=978-90-5330-049-7|pages=244}}</ref>
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Gilbert Abbott à Beckett]], English journalist and author (d. 1856)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon]], French sculptor and photographer (d. 1881)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[James Francis (politician)|James Francis]], English-Australian businessman and politician, 9th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1884)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Carol Benesch]], Czech-Romanian architect, designed the [[Peleș Castle]] (d. 1896)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Friedrich von Esmarch]], German surgeon and academic (d. 1908)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Thomas William Robertson]], English director and playwright (d. 1871)
*  1829 &ndash; [[Adolf Schlagintweit]], German botanist and explorer (d. 1857)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Félix-Gabriel Marchand]], Canadian journalist and politician, 11th [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 1900)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[John Knowles Paine]], American composer and academic (d. 1906)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Princess Frederica of Hanover]] (d. 1926)<ref>{{cite book|title=Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland, for ...: Including All the Titled Classes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_wEdAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA75|year=1855|publisher=S. Low, Marston & Company|pages=75}}</ref>
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[John Hartley (tennis)|John Hartley]], English tennis player (d. 1935)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Lady Randolph Churchill|Jennie Jerome]], American-born wife of [[Lord Randolph Churchill]], mother of Sir [[Winston Churchill]] (d. 1921)<ref>G. H. L. Le May, "Churchill, Jeanette [Lady Randolph Churchill] (1854–1921)", rev. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online ed., May 2006, accessed 18 September 2010</ref> 
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Anton Aškerc]], Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Carrie Chapman Catt]], American activist, founded the [[League of Women Voters]] and [[International Alliance of Women]] (d. 1947)<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Edward T.|editor-last=James|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|volume=1|year=1971|isbn=978-0-67462-734-5|page=309}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Steklov (mathematician)|Vladimir Steklov]], Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1926)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[S. P. L. Sørensen]], Danish chemist and academic (d. 1939)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Heinz Holter|author2=K. Max Møller|author3=Carlsbergfondet|title=The Carlsberg Laboratory, 1876/1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iq4LAQAAIAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Carlsberg Foundation : Rhodos|isbn=978-87-7496-539-8|page=63}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Joseph Strauss (engineer)|Joseph Strauss]], American engineer, co-designed the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] (d. 1938)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Hayim Nahman Bialik]], Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1934)
*  1873 &ndash; [[Thomas Curtis (athlete)|Thomas Curtis]], American sprinter and hurdler (d. 1944)
*  1873 &ndash; [[John Flanagan (hammer thrower)|John Flanagan]], Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1938)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney]], American sculptor and art collector, founded the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] (d. 1942)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Frank Northen Magill|author2=Alison Aves|title=Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th century, O-Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uiQAaGgOChIC&pg=PA3969|date=November 1999|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-57958-048-3|pages=3969|access-date=2020-10-27|archive-date=2023-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004045422/https://books.google.com/books?id=uiQAaGgOChIC&pg=PA3969#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[John B. Watson]], American psychologist and academic (d. 1958)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Lascelles Abercrombie]], English poet and critic (d. 1938)
*  1881 &ndash; [[Giovanni Papini]], Italian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1956)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Charles Bacon]], American runner and hurdler (d. 1968)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Lloyd Loar]], American sound engineer and instrument designer (d. 1943)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Vrindavan Lal Verma]], Indian author and playwright (d. 1969)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Karel Čapek]], Czech author and playwright (d. 1938)<ref>{{cite book|author1=O. Classe|author2=[Anonymus AC02468681]|title=Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=myLDA0_brhcC&pg=PA227|year=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-36-7|pages=227}}</ref>
*  1890 &ndash; [[Kurt Tucholsky]], German-Swedish journalist and author (d. 1935)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Eva Bowring]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1985)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Edwin Baker (CNIB)|Edwin Baker]], Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the [[Canadian National Institute for the Blind]] (d. 1968)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Warwick Braithwaite]], New Zealand-English conductor and director (d. 1971)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Karl Löwith]], German philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1973)
*  1897 &ndash; [[Halyna Kuzmenko]], Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary (d. 1978)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Patterson |first1=Sean |title=[[Makhno and Memory: Anarchist and Mennonite Narratives of Ukraine's Civil War, 1917–1921]] |year=2020 |language=en |isbn=978-0-88755-578-7 |oclc=1134608930 |location=[[Manitoba]] |publisher=[[University of Manitoba Press]] |pages=35–36}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Gracie Fields]], English actress and singer (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Terry Wyke|author2=Harry Cocks|title=Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mFOhWSH9B6wC&pg=PA326|year=2004|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-567-5|pages=326}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Harald Tammer]], Estonian journalist and weightlifter (d. 1942)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Richard Halliburton]], American journalist and author (d. 1939)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Vilma Bánky]], Hungarian-American actress (d. 1991)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Bing]], American impresario and businessman (d. 1997)
*  1902 &ndash; [[Josemaría Escrivá]], Spanish priest and saint, founded [[Opus Dei]] (d. 1975)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Simone de Beauvoir]], French philosopher and author (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work= [[United Press International]] | date= 9 January 2020|access-date=16 January 2020 |archive-date= 15 January 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status=live|quote=…French novelist Simone de Beauvoir in 1908}}</ref> 
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Anthony Mamo]], Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of Malta]] (d. 2008)
*  1909 &ndash; [[Patrick Peyton]], Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist (d. 1992)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Basil Langton]], English actor, director, photographer, and teacher (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite news|last=Shorter|first=Eric|title=Obituary: Basil Langton|work=The Guardian|date=4 June 2003|accessdate=10 January 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jun/05/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries}}</ref>
*  1912 &ndash; [[Ralph Tubbs]], English architect, designed the [[Dome of Discovery]] (d. 1996)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Richard Nixon]], American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th [[President of the United States]] (d. 1994)<ref>{{CongBio|N000116}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Kenny Clarke]], American jazz drummer and bandleader (d. 1985)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Fernando Lamas]], Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ekoYAAAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-0-312-03877-9|page=487}}</ref>
*  1915 &ndash; [[Anita Louise]], American actress (d. 1970)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Alma Ziegler]], American baseball player and golfer (d. 2005)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[William Morris Meredith, Jr.]], American poet and academic (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://williammeredithfoundation.org/william-meredith-bio.htm|title=Foundation Biography|work=William Meredith Foundation|access-date=4 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705202645/http://williammeredithfoundation.org/william-meredith-bio.htm|archive-date=July 5, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Clive Dunn]], English actor (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barker |first1=Dennis |title=Clive Dunn obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/nov/07/clive-dunn |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 August 2023 |date=7 November 2012 |archive-date=27 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227143234/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/nov/07/clive-dunn |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1920 &ndash; [[Hakim Said]], Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th [[Governor of Sindh]] (d. 1998)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Ágnes Keleti]], Hungarian Olympic gymnast<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Slater|title=Great Jewish Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=34NtAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Jonathan David Publishers|isbn=978-0-8246-0370-0|page=129}}</ref> 
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Har Gobind Khorana]], Indian-American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (d. 2011)
*  1922 &ndash; [[Ahmed Sékou Touré]], Guinean politician, 1st [[President of Guinea]] (d. 1984)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Sergei Parajanov]], Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Len Quested]], English footballer and manager (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/player/details/178172-len-quested|title=Len Quested|website=footballdatabase.eu|access-date=3 January 2020|archive-date=2 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202151917/https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/player/details/178172-len-quested|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1925 &ndash; [[Lee Van Cleef]], American actor (d. 1989)<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Leinberger|title=Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Film Score Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RUeSAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA52|date=1 September 2004|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-1-4616-5841-2|pages=52}}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Côté]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] (d. 2002)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Judith Krantz]], American novelist (d. 2019)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 9: Sean Paul, Jimmy Page |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/09/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-9-Sean-Paul-Jimmy-Page/6521673196640/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |date=9 January 2023 |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109231129/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/09/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-9-Sean-Paul-Jimmy-Page/6521673196640/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1928 &ndash; [[Domenico Modugno]], Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (d. 1994)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gino Moliterno|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvGGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA526|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-75876-0|pages=526}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Brian Friel]], Irish author, playwright, and director (d. 2015)
*  1929 &ndash; [[Heiner Müller]], German poet, playwright, and director (d. 1995)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Algis Budrys]], Lithuanian-American author and critic (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite book|author=R. Reginald|title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974 : with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfEzAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Gale Research Company|isbn=978-0-8103-1051-3|page=835}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Roy Dwight]], English footballer (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/player/details/293772-roy-dwight|title=Roy Dwight|website=footballdatabase.eu|access-date=3 January 2020|archive-date=2 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202151925/https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/player/details/293772-roy-dwight|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1933 &ndash; [[Wilbur Smith]], Zambian-English journalist and author (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite book|author=Tracey L. Matthews|title=Concise Major 21st-Century Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QznkqRQCuuMC|year=2006|publisher=Thomson Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-7544-8|page=3328}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Bart Starr]], American football player and coach (d. 2019)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Bob Denver]], American actor (d. 2005)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1935 &ndash; [[Dick Enberg]], American sportscaster (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1935 &ndash; [[John Graham (rugby union)|John Graham]], New Zealand rugby player and educator (d. 2017)
*  1935 &ndash; [[Brian Harradine]], Australian politician (d. 2014)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[K Callan]], American actress and author<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1936 &ndash; [[Marko Veselica]], Croatian academic and politician (d. 2017)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Claudette Boyer]], Canadian educator and politician (d. 2013)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Susannah York]], English actress and activist (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Barbara Buczek]], Polish composer (d. 1993)
*  1940 &ndash; [[Ruth Dreifuss]], Swiss journalist and politician, 86th [[List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Swiss Confederation]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Werner L. Frank|title=Legacy: The Saga of a Jewish German Family Across Time and Circumstance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cu8-AQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Avotaynu Foundation|isbn=978-0-9668021-1-5|page=231}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Joan Baez]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist<ref>{{cite book|author=Lee Stacy|title=Mexico and the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DSzyMGh8pNwC&pg=PA73|date=October 2002|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=978-0-7614-7402-9|pages=73}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Robert Drewe]], Australian author and playwright
*  1943 &ndash; [[Elmer MacFadyen]], Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
*  1943 &ndash; [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]], American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/25/scott-walker-obituary |title=Scott Walker obituary |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190325184538/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/25/scott-walker-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Harun Farocki]], German filmmaker (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hans-Michael Bock|author2=Tim Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z7gFT_Duq1cC&pg=PA117|date=1 September 2009|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-0-85745-565-9|pages=117}}</ref>
*  1944 &ndash; [[Jimmy Page]], English guitarist, songwriter, and producer<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Murrells|title=Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iIKAQAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=B.T. Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-3843-7|page=164}}</ref>
*  1944 &ndash; [[Mihalis Violaris]], Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[John Doman]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1945 &ndash; [[Levon Ter-Petrosyan]], Syrian-Armenian scholar and politician, 1st [[President of Armenia]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Neil A. Hamilton|title=Founders of Modern Nations: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zRPvAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-87436-750-8|page=380}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Mohammad Ishaq Khan]], Indian historian and academic (d. 2013)
*  1946 &ndash; [[Mogens Lykketoft]], Danish politician, 45th [[List of Danish foreign ministers|Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in European Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WN6eAAAAIAAJ|date=December 1990|publisher=Bowker-Saur|isbn=978-0-86291-911-5|page=384}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Bill Cowsill]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Murrells|title=Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iIKAQAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=B.T. Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-3843-7|page=238}}</ref>
*  1948 &ndash; [[Jan Tomaszewski]], Polish footballer, manager, and politician<ref>{{FIFA|44695}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Alec Jeffreys]], English geneticist and academic<ref>{{Who's Who | author=Anon| title=Jeffreys, Sir Alec John | id = U21923 | year = 2007 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.21923 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}}</ref>
*  1950 &ndash; [[David Johansen]], American singer-songwriter and actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[M. L. Carr]], American basketball player, coach, and executive<ref>{{cite web |title=M.L. Carr |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76351/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185355/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76351/career |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1951 &ndash; [[Crystal Gayle]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work= [[United Press International]]|date= January 9, 2020|access-date= January 16, 2020|archive-date= January 15, 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status= live|quote= … country singer Crystal Gayle in 1951 (age 69)}}</ref> 
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Kaushik Basu]], Indian economist and academic<ref>{{cite book|author=Y. R. Singh|title=Directory of Indian Economists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bWlMAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Economic Information Centre|page=14}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Philippa Gregory]], Kenyan-English author and academic<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|title=Encyclopaedia Britannica Almanac 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kd2bAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA50|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-61535-329-3|pages=50}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Bruce Boudreau]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Boudreau |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/bruce-boudreau-8445613 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185357/https://www.nhl.com/player/bruce-boudreau-8445613 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1955 &ndash; [[J. K. Simmons]], American actor<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title=UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work=[[United Press International]]|date=January 9, 2020|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status=live|quote=… actor J.K. Simmons in 1955 (age 65)}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Waltraud Meier]], German soprano and actress
*  1956 &ndash; [[Imelda Staunton]], English actress and singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Imelda Staunton |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba295d590 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311210951/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba295d590 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=10 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Phil Lewis (musician)|Phil Lewis]], English musician, singer and songwriter
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Rob McClanahan]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rob McClanahan |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/rob-mcclanahan-8449353 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185356/https://www.nhl.com/player/rob-mcclanahan-8449353 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1958 &ndash; [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]], Turkish assassin<ref>{{cite web |title=FACTBOX: The man who tried to kill Pope John Paul |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60H1PH/ |website=Reuters |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Rigoberta Menchú]], Guatemalan activist and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Lisa Walters]], Canadian golfer
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Didier Camberabero]], French rugby player
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Ray Houghton]], Scottish-born footballer 
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Eric Erlandson]], American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1963 &ndash; [[Irwin McLean]], Northern Irish biologist and academic
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Muggsy Bogues]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Monagan |first1=Matt |title=Happy 50th birthday to former Rangers prospect (kind of) Muggsy Bogues |url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/happy-birthday-to-muggsy-bogues-baseball-player/c-66432818 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=6 January 2023 |date=9 January 2015 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106203411/https://www.mlb.com/cut4/happy-birthday-to-muggsy-bogues-baseball-player/c-66432818 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1965 &ndash; [[Haddaway]], Trinidadian-German singer and musician
*  1965 &ndash; [[Joely Richardson]], English actress<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work= [[United Press International]] | date= 9 January 2020|access-date=15 January 2020 |archive-date= 15 January 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status=live|quote=… actor Joely Richardson in 1965 (age 55)}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Matt Bevin]], American politician, 62nd [[Governor of Kentucky]]<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA79|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=79}}</ref>
*  1967 &ndash; [[Claudio Caniggia]], Argentinian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=00001&idjugador=480 |title=Futbol Factory profile |access-date=19 November 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020025352/http://futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=00001&idjugador=480 |url-status=dead }} {{in lang|es}}</ref>
*  1967 &ndash; [[David Costabile]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1967 &ndash; [[Steve Harwell]], American rock singer (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/arts/music/steve-harwell-smash-mouth-all-star-dead.html|title=Steve Harwell, Former Smash Mouth Lead Singer, Dies at 56|last1=Moses|first1=Claire|last2=Sisario|first2=Ben|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 4, 2023|access-date=September 4, 2023|archive-date=September 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904152235/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/arts/music/steve-harwell-smash-mouth-all-star-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1967 &ndash; [[Dave Matthews]], South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Adams]], Jamaican cricketer and coach
*  1968 &ndash; [[Joey Lauren Adams]], American actress
*  1968 &ndash; [[Giorgos Theofanous]], Greek-Cypriot composer and producer
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Lara Fabian]], Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Angie Martinez]], American rapper, actress, and radio host
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Angela Bettis]], American actress, director, and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1973 &ndash; [[Sean Paul]], Jamaican rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Omari Hardwick]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Porter |first1=Lauren |title='Power' Star Naturi Naughton Wished Her TV Hubby Omari Hardwick A Happy Birthday In The Sweetest Way |url=https://www.essence.com/love/power-star-naturi-naughton-omari-hardwick-birthday/ |publisher=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]] |access-date=6 January 2023 |date=9 January 2018 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106203413/https://www.essence.com/love/power-star-naturi-naughton-omari-hardwick-birthday/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[James Beckford (athlete)|James Beckford]], Jamaican long jumper
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Radek Bonk]], Czech ice hockey player
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Mathieu Garon]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1978 &ndash; [[Gennaro Gattuso]], Italian footballer and manager
*  1978 &ndash; [[Chad Johnson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chad Johnson |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2584/chad-johnson |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=6 January 2023 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106203412/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2584/chad-johnson |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1978 &ndash; [[AJ McLean]], American singer, dancer, and actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tailor |first1=Leena |title=Backstreet Boys Celebrate AJ McLean's 40th Birthday With Epic Surprise Prom Party -- See the Pics |url=https://www.etonline.com/backstreet-boys-celebrate-aj-mcleans-40th-birthday-epic-surprise-prom-party-see-pics-94346 |publisher=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |access-date=6 January 2023 |date=16 January 2018 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106203411/https://www.etonline.com/backstreet-boys-celebrate-aj-mcleans-40th-birthday-epic-surprise-prom-party-see-pics-94346 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Édgar Álvarez]], Honduran footballer
*  1980 &ndash; [[Sergio García]], Spanish golfer<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work= [[United Press International]] | date= 9 January 2020|access-date=15 January 2020 |archive-date= 15 January 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status=live|quote=… golfer Sergio Garcia in 1980 (age 40)}}</ref>
*  1980 &ndash; [[Shaun Hill]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shaun Hill |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4260/shaun-hill |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185354/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4260/shaun-hill |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1980 &ndash; [[Luke Patten]], Australian rugby league player and referee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/luke-patten/summary.html|title=Luke Patten – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2022-06-28|archive-date=2022-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628132129/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/luke-patten/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1980 &ndash; [[Francisco Pavón]], Spanish footballer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Ebi Smolarek]], Polish footballer and manager
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Catherine, Princess of Wales]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Sean|title=Kate – A Biography of Kate Middleton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QwIXG7EbQ5cC&q=kate+middleton+upper-middle-class&pg=PT19|publisher=Simon and Schuster|access-date=1 May 2016|isbn=9781451661569|date=2011|archive-date=7 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207071348/https://books.google.com/books?id=QwIXG7EbQ5cC&q=kate+middleton+upper-middle-class&pg=PT19#v=snippet&q=kate%20middleton%20upper-middle-class&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1982 &ndash; [[Sharrod Ford]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sharrod Ford |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101213/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185356/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101213/career |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Juan Francisco Torres]], Spanish footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Raphael Diaz]], Swiss ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Raphael Diaz |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/raphael-diaz-8476244 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185354/https://www.nhl.com/player/raphael-diaz-8476244 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1986 &ndash; [[Jéferson Gomes]], Brazilian footballer
*  1986 &ndash; [[Amanda Mynhardt]], South African netball player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Lucas Leiva]], Brazilian footballer
*  1987 &ndash; [[Paolo Nutini]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{Cite news | last = Philby | first = Charlotte | title = My Secret Life: Paolo Nutini, singer-songwriter, 22 | newspaper = [[The Independent]] | date = 18 July 2009 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-paolo-nutini-singersongwriter-22-1748101.html | access-date = 5 March 2011 | archive-date = 5 October 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091005215550/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-paolo-nutini-singersongwriter-22-1748101.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
*  1987 &ndash; [[Jami Puustinen]], Finnish footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Lee Yeon-hee]], South Korean actress
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Michael Beasley]], American basketball player
*  1989 &ndash; [[Nina Dobrev]], Bulgarian-Canadian actress<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work= [[United Press International]] | date= January 9, 2020|access-date=January 15, 2020 |archive-date= January 15, 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status=live|quote=… actor Nina Dobrev in 1989 (age 31)}}</ref>
*  1989 &ndash; [[Yana Maksimava]], Belarusian heptathlete
*  1989 &ndash; [[Samardo Samuels]], Jamaican-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Samardo Samuels |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202396/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185357/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202396/career |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1989 &ndash; [[Chris Sandow]], Australian rugby league player<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/chris-sandow/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018|archive-date=8 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208211925/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/chris-sandow/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1989 &ndash; [[Haris Sohail]], Pakistani cricketer<ref name=espn>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/318788.html|title=Haris Sohail|work=espn cricinfo|publisher=ESPN Sports Media|access-date=21 March 2015|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226144941/http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/318788.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Ruby Soho (wrestler)|Ruby Soho]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Ruby Riott |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/21656884/wwe-profile-page-ruby-riott |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |date=3 December 2017 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185355/https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/21656884/wwe-profile-page-ruby-riott |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1991 &ndash; [[Álvaro Soler]], Spanish singer-songwriter
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Jack Campbell (ice hockey)|Jack Campbell]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Campbell |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jack-campbell-8475789 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185355/https://www.nhl.com/player/jack-campbell-8475789 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1992 &ndash; [[Terrence Jones]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Terrence Jones |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203093/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185354/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203093/career |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1992 &ndash; [[Joseph Parker (boxer)|Joseph Parker]], Samoan heavyweight boxer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maiava |first1=Vatapuia |title=Lupesoliai La'auli Joseph Parker - Samoa's very own world champion |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/21567 |access-date=9 August 2020 |work=Samoa Observer |date=1 January 2017}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Katarina Johnson-Thompson]], English long jumper and heptathlete<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/katarina-johnson-thompson-14276543|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson|website=World Athletics|access-date=21 July 2020|archive-date=12 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212152027/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/athlete=238460|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1993 &ndash; [[Marcus Peters]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcus Peters |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2578378/marcus-peters |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Radek Faksa]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Radek Faksa |url=https://www.nhl.com/stars/player/radek-faksa-8476889 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185354/https://www.nhl.com/stars/player/radek-faksa-8476889 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Braden Hamlin-Uele]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/braeden-uele/summary.html|title=Braeden Uele – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|first=Shawn Dollin and Andrew|last=Ferguson|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org|accessdate=2 August 2017|archive-date=2 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802204015/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/braeden-uele/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1995 &ndash; [[Dominik Livaković]], Croatian football goalkeeper<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dominik Livaković - Croatia|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/teams/players/250042625--dominik-livakovic/|access-date=8 November 2020|publisher=UEFA|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023123313/https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/teams/players/250042625--dominik-livakovic/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1995 &ndash; [[Nicola Peltz]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Balagtas |first1=Tristan |title=Brooklyn Beckham Gushes Over Fiancée Nicola Peltz on Her 27th Birthday: 'I Am the Luckiest' |url=https://people.com/style/brooklyn-beckham-gushes-over-fiancee-nicola-peltz-on-her-27th-birthday-i-am-the-luckiest/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=6 January 2023 |date=9 January 2022 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106203412/https://people.com/style/brooklyn-beckham-gushes-over-fiancee-nicola-peltz-on-her-27th-birthday-i-am-the-luckiest/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Vítek Vaněček]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Vitek Vanecek |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/player/vitek-vanecek-8477970 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185355/https://www.nhl.com/devils/player/vitek-vanecek-8477970 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Kerris Dorsey]], American actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 9, 2023 includes celebrities Dave Matthews, Nina Dobrev |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-9-2023-includes-celebrities-dave-matthews-nina-dobrev.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |date=9 January 2023 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185354/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-9-2023-includes-celebrities-dave-matthews-nina-dobrev.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1998 &ndash; [[Brent Rivera]], American social media personality and actor<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rullo|first=Sam|date=2014-01-09|title=Meet Brent Rivera, The Internet's Favorite 16-Year-Old You've Never Heard Of|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/12237-meet-brent-rivera-the-internets-favorite-16-year-old-youve-never-heard-of|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711062745/https://www.bustle.com/articles/12237-meet-brent-rivera-the-internets-favorite-16-year-old-youve-never-heard-of|archive-date=2021-07-11|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Bustle|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Luka Šamanić]], Croatian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Luka Samanic |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629677/luka-samanic |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185355/https://www.nba.com/player/1629677/luka-samanic |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Peter Mamouzelos]], Australian rugby league player<ref>https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/south-sydney-rabbitohs/peter-mamouzelos/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010111354/https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/south-sydney-rabbitohs/peter-mamouzelos/ |date=2022-10-10 }} Rabbitohs profile</ref>
*  2001 &ndash; [[Zeke Nnaji]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Zeke Nnaji |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630192/zeke-nnaji |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185354/https://www.nba.com/player/1630192/zeke-nnaji |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Souhardya De]], Indian author and columnist<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-25|title=VENERATE WRITER|url=https://indiabookofrecords.in/venerate-writer/|access-date=2022-01-01|website=IBR|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101033732/https://indiabookofrecords.in/venerate-writer/|url-status=live}}</ref> 
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[710]] &ndash; [[Adrian of Canterbury]], abbot and [[Scholarly method|scholar]]<ref>{{cite book|author=A. J. M. & J. K. Mousolfe|title=Saint Companions for Each Day|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dnSDWuSTKrEC&pg=PA24|year=1986|publisher=St Pauls BYB|isbn=978-81-7109-092-1|pages=24}}</ref>
*[[1150]] &ndash; [[Emperor Xizong of Jin]] (b. 1119)
*[[1282]] &ndash; [[Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi]], Minorcan ruler (b. 1204)
*[[1283]] &ndash; [[Wen Tianxiang]], Chinese general and scholar (b. 1236)<ref>{{cite book|author=Morning Glory Press|title=Classical Architecture of Beijing's Dongcheng District|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vb5IAQAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Morning Glory|isbn=978-7-5054-0561-5|page=48}}</ref>
*[[1367]] &ndash; [[Giulia della Rena]], Italian saint (b. 1319)
*[[1450]] &ndash; [[Adam Moleyns]], Bishop of Chichester
*[[1463]] &ndash; [[William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent]], English soldier (b. 1405)
*[[1499]] &ndash; [[John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg]] (b. 1455)
*[[1511]] &ndash; [[Demetrios Chalkokondyles]], Greek scholar and academic (b. 1423)
*[[1514]] &ndash; [[Anne of Brittany]], queen of [[Charles VIII of France]] and [[Louis XII of France]] (b. 1477)
*[[1529]] &ndash; [[Wang Yangming]], Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (b. 1472)
*[[1534]] &ndash; [[Johannes Aventinus]], Bavarian historian and philologist (b. 1477)
*[[1543]] &ndash; [[Guillaume du Bellay]], French general and diplomat (b. 1491)<ref>{{cite web |title=Guillaume du Bellay, seigneur de Langey {{!}} French soldier, writer, and diplomat |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guillaume-du-Bellay-seigneur-de-Langey |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=25 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1561]] &ndash; [[Amago Haruhisa]], Japanese warlord (b. 1514)
*[[1571]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon]], French admiral (b. 1510)
*[[1598]] &ndash; [[Jasper Heywood]], English poet and scholar (b. 1553)

===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Leonard Holliday]], Lord Mayor of London (b. 1550)
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Alix Le Clerc]], French Canoness Regular and foundress (b. 1576)<ref>{{cite book|first=Sarah|last=Gallick|title=The Big Book of Women Saints|location=San Francisco|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2007|page=17|isbn=978-0-06082-512-6}}</ref>
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle]], French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1657)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bernard Le Bovier, sieur de Fontenelle {{!}} French author and scientist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernard-Le-Bovier-sieur-de-Fontenelle |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=7 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207003341/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernard-Le-Bovier-sieur-de-Fontenelle |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Antonio de Benavides]], colonial governor of Florida (b. 1678)<ref name="Millares1872">{{cite book|author=Agustín Millares|title=Biografias de canarios célebres|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uq_-FgdNIbsC&pg=PA120|year=1872|publisher=Imp. de Víctor Doreste|pages=120–121}}</ref>
*[[1766]] &ndash; [[Thomas Birch]], English historian and author (b. 1705)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]], Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1718)<ref>{{cite book|first=Catharine M. C.|last=Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|page=4}}</ref>
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Jean Étienne Championnet]], French general (b. 1762)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Noble Wimberly Jones]], American physician and politician (b. 1723)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Adrien-Marie Legendre]], French mathematician and theorist (b. 1752)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[William Hedley]], English engineer (b. 1773)<ref>{{cite book|author=Sir Norman Lockyer|title=Nature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTU6AQAAMAAJ|year=1922|publisher=Macmillan Journals Limited|page=29}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Caroline Herschel]], German-English astronomer (b. 1750)<ref>{{cite web |title=Caroline Herschel {{!}} Biography, Discoveries, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Caroline-Lucretia-Herschel |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Neophytos Vamvas]], Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Anson Jones]], American physician and politician; 4th [[President of the Republic of Texas]] (b. 1798)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Napoleon III]], French politician, 1st [[President of France]] (b. 1808)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Samuel Gridley Howe]], American physician and activist (b. 1801)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Victor Emmanuel II of Italy]] (b. 1820)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Aaron Lufkin Dennison]], American-English businessman (b. 1812)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Richard Copley Christie]], English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Busch]], German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)
*  1908 &ndash; [[Abraham Goldfaden]], Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Edwin Arthur Jones]], American violinist and composer (b. 1853)
*  1911 &ndash; [[Edvard Rusjan]], Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Luther D. Bradley]], American cartoonist (b. 1853)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Charles-Émile Reynaud]], French scientist and educator, invented the [[Praxinoscope]] (b. 1844)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Katherine Mansfield]], New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1888)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Ponnambalam Arunachalam]], Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (b. 1853)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Houston Stewart Chamberlain]], English-German philosopher and author (b. 1855)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Edward Bok]], Dutch-American journalist and author (b. 1863)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Wayne Munn]], American football player and wrestler (b. 1896)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Johann Strauss III]], Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Dimitrios Golemis]], Greek runner (b. 1874)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Shigekazu Shimazaki]], Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908)
*  1945 &ndash; [[Jüri Uluots]], Estonian journalist and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Estonia]] (b. 1890)
*  1945 &ndash; [[Osman Cemal Kaygılı]], Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1890)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Countee Cullen]], American poet and playwright (b. 1903)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Karl Mannheim]], Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (b. 1893)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Elsie J. Oxenham]], English author and educator (b. 1880)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Emily Greene Balch]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1867)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Halide Edib Adıvar]], Turkish author and academic (b. 1884)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Elmer Flick]], American baseball player and scout (b. 1876)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Ted Shawn]], American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Pierre Fresnay]], French actor and screenwriter (b. 1897)
*  1975 &ndash; [[Pyotr Novikov]], Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1901)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Pier Luigi Nervi]], Italian engineer and architect, designed the [[Tour de la Bourse]] and [[Pirelli Tower]] (b. 1891)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Kazimierz Serocki]], Polish pianist and composer (b. 1922)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Bob Dyer]], American-Australian radio and television host (b. 1909)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Robert Mayer (philanthropist)|Robert Mayer]], German-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Arthur Lake (actor)|Arthur Lake]], American actor (b. 1905)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Peter L. Rypdal]], Norwegian fiddler and composer (b. 1909)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Spud Chandler]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
*  1990 &ndash; [[Cemal Süreya]], Turkish poet and journalist (b. 1931)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Steve Brodie (actor)|Steve Brodie]], American actor (b. 1919)
*  1992   &ndash; [[Bill Naughton]], English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Paul Hasluck]], Australian historian and politician, [[Governor-General of Australia]] (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Sir Paul Hasluck |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-paul-hasluck-1478672.html |website=The Independent |access-date=25 February 2021 |language=en |date=22 October 2011 |archive-date=15 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715221203/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-paul-hasluck-1478672.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Souphanouvong]], Laotian politician, 1st [[President of Laos]] (b. 1909)
*  1995 &ndash; [[Peter Cook]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1937)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Walter M. Miller, Jr.]], American soldier and author (b. 1923)
*  1996 &ndash; [[Abdullah al-Qasemi]], Saudi atheist, writer, and intellectual (b. 1907)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Edward Osóbka-Morawski]], Polish politician, [[Prime Minister of Poland]] (b. 1909)
*  1997 &ndash; [[Jesse White (actor)|Jesse White]], American actor (b. 1917)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Kenichi Fukui]], Japanese chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1918)
*  1998 &ndash; [[Imi Lichtenfeld]], Slovakian-Israeli martial artist, founded [[Krav Maga]] (b. 1910)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Arnold Alexander Hall]], English engineer and academic (b. 1915)
*  2000 &ndash; [[Nigel Tranter]], Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Maurice Prather]], American photographer and director (b. 1926)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Will McDonough]], American journalist (b. 1935)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Norberto Bobbio]], Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1909)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Andy Caldecott]], Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
*  2006 &ndash; [[W. Cleon Skousen]], American author and academic (b. 1913)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Elmer Symons]], South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
*  2007 &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Vernant]], French anthropologist and historian (b. 1914)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Johnny Grant (radio personality)|Johnny Grant]], American radio host and producer (b. 1923)
*  2008 &ndash; [[John Harvey-Jones]], English businessman and television host (b. 1924)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Rob Gauntlett]], English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1987)
*  2009 &ndash; [[T. Llew Jones]], Welsh author and poet (b. 1914)
*  2009 &ndash; [[Tan Chor Jin]], Singaporean murderer and triad leader of [[Ang Soon Tong]] (b. 1966)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Makinti Napanangka]], Australian painter (b. 1930)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Brian Curvis]], Welsh boxer (b. 1937)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Augusto Gansser-Biaggi]], Swiss geologist and academic (b. 1910)
*  2012 &ndash; [[William G. Roll]], German-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1926)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Malam Bacai Sanhá]], Guinea-Bissau politician, [[President of Guinea-Bissau]] (b. 1947)
*  2012 &ndash; [[László Szekeres]], Hungarian physician and academic (b. 1921)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Brigitte Askonas]], Austrian-English immunologist and academic (b. 1923)
*  2013 &ndash; [[James M. Buchanan]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1919)
*  2013 &ndash; [[Robert L. Rock]], American businessman and politician, 42nd [[Lieutenant Governor of Indiana]] (b. 1927)
*  2013 &ndash; [[John Wise (Ontario)|John Wise]], Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd [[Minister of Agriculture (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Agriculture]] (b. 1935)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Amiri Baraka]], American poet, playwright, and academic (b. 1934)
*  2014 &ndash; [[Josep Maria Castellet]], Spanish poet and critic (b. 1926)
*  2014 &ndash; [[Paul du Toit]], South African painter and sculptor (b. 1965)
*  2014 &ndash; [[Dale T. Mortensen]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/business/dale-t-mortensen-top-labor-economist-dies-at-74.html | work=The New York Times | first=Hilary | last=Stout | title=Dale T. Mortensen, Labor Economist and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 74 | date=January 10, 2014 | access-date=December 29, 2020 | archive-date=October 14, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014102828/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/business/dale-t-mortensen-top-labor-economist-dies-at-74.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Michel Jeury]], French author (b. 1934)
*  2015 &ndash; [[Józef Oleksy]], Polish economist and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Poland]] (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiwum.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/193890|title=Funeral held for former PM Józef Oleksy|date=January 16, 2015|website=Radio Poland|access-date=February 14, 2021|archive-date=May 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507070106/https://archiwum.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/193890|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2015 &ndash; [[Abdul Rahman Ya'kub]], Malaysian politician, 3rd [[Chief Minister of Sarawak]] (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news|title=Tun Abdul Rahman Yakub passes away at 87|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/01/09/tun-abdul-rahman-yakub-passes-away-at-87/|date=9 January 2015|work=[[The Borneo Post]]|access-date=10 January 2015|archive-date=24 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324235541/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/01/09/tun-abdul-rahman-yakub-passes-away-at-87/|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*  2015 &ndash; [[Roy Tarpley]], American basketball player (b. 1964)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nba/dallas-mavericks/article5786283.html |title=Former Mavericks player Roy Tarpley dies at age 50 |publisher=Star-telegram |date=January 9, 2015 |access-date=January 9, 2015 |archive-date=October 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030094032/http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nba/dallas-mavericks/article5786283.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[John Harvard (politician)|John Harvard]], Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd [[Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba]] (b. 1938)
*  2016 &ndash; [[Angus Scrimm]], American actor and author (b. 1926)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Zygmunt Bauman]], Polish sociologist (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jan/15/zygmunt-bauman-obituary |title=Zygmunt Bauman obituary |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112010918/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jan/15/zygmunt-bauman-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref> 
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Kato Ottio]], Papua New Guinean rugby league player (b. 1994)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Verna Bloom]], American actress (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/obituaries-people-news/verna-bloom-dead-dies-animal-house-1203104909/|title=Verna Bloom, Actress in 'Animal House,' 'High Plains Drifter,' Dies at 80|first1=Rachel|last1=Yang|date=January 10, 2019|access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-date=January 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115080548/https://variety.com/2019/film/obituaries-people-news/verna-bloom-dead-dies-animal-house-1203104909/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2019 &ndash; [[Paul Koslo]], German-Canadian actor (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/paul-koslo-dies-veteran-character-actor-the-omega-man-vanishing-point-1202535059/|title=Paul Koslo Dies: Veteran Character Actor Was 74|first1=Denise|last1=Petski|date=January 14, 2019|access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-date=January 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115181901/https://deadline.com/2019/01/paul-koslo-dies-veteran-character-actor-the-omega-man-vanishing-point-1202535059/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[John Reilly (actor, born 1934)|John Reilly]], American actor (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbr.com/john-reilly-obituary/|title=John Reilly, Iron Man: The Animated Series' Hawkeye, Dies at 86|last=Dominguez|first=Noah|website=CBR.com|date=2021-01-10|access-date=2021-05-02|archive-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113030920/https://www.cbr.com/john-reilly-obituary/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Bob Saget]], American comedian, actor, and television host (b. 1956)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Murphy|first=J. Kim|date=January 9, 2022|title=Bob Saget, 'Full House' Star, Dies at 65|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bob-saget-dead-full-house-star-afv-host-1235149876/|access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110013153/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bob-saget-dead-full-house-star-afv-host-1235149876/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*2022 &ndash; [[Maria Ewing]], American opera singer (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-12|title=Maria Ewing obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/12/maria-ewing-obituary|access-date=2022-01-13|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Séamus Begley]], Irish accordion player, fiddler and [[Irish traditional music|Irish traditional musician]] (b. 1949) <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41044790.html|title=Renowned trad musician Séamus Begley dies age 73|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=10 January 2023|access-date=14 January 2023|archive-date=12 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112163630/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41044790.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Rashid Khan (musician)|Rashid Khan]], Indian classical musician (b. 1968)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Shiv Sahay |title=Maestro Ustad Rashid Khan passes away at 55 |work=The Hindu |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=9 January 2024 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/music-maestro-ustad-rashid-khan-dies-at-55/article67723105.ece |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109164332/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/music-maestro-ustad-rashid-khan-dies-at-55/article67723105.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Adrian of Canterbury]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Adrian of Canterbury |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095352439 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109144252/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095352439 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Berhtwald]]
** [[Feast of the Black Nazarene]] ([[Manila]], [[Philippines]])
** [[Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow]]
** [[Julia Chester Emery]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]])
**[[St. Stephen's Day|Stephen]] (old calendar [[Eastern Orthodox]])
** [[January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*Start of [[Hōonkō|Hōonkō (Nishi Honganji)]] January 9–16 ([[Jōdo Shinshū]] [[Buddhism]])
* [[Martyrs' Day (Panama)]]
* [[Non-Resident Indian Day]] ([[India]])
* [[Day of Republika Srpska]] ([[Republika Srpska]] entity of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], result of [[2016 Republika Srpska National Day referendum]]) (note: not celebrated and disputed in wider Bosnia and Herzegovina, having been declared unconstitutional in 2015)<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnian-serbs-celebrate-contentious-republika-srpska-day-/30368355.html | title=Bosnian Serbs Celebrate Contentious 'Republika Srpska Day' | newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | date=9 January 2020 | access-date=1 March 2021 | archive-date=17 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417232238/https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnian-serbs-celebrate-contentious-republika-srpska-day-/30368355.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2020/01/09/bosnian-serbs-mark-illegal-holiday-with-grand-parade/|title=Bosnian Serbs Mark 'Illegal' Holiday with Grand Parade|date=9 January 2020|access-date=1 March 2021|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419182808/https://balkaninsight.com/2020/01/09/bosnian-serbs-mark-illegal-holiday-with-grand-parade/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=9}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/9 Historical Events on January 9] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809080029/https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/9 |date=2020-08-09 }}

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