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Daily Trivia - January 1
Births766 -
Ali
ar-Rida, Shia Imam (d.
818)
1431 -
Pope Alexander VI (d.
1503)
1449 -
Lorenzo de Medici, Italian statesman (d.
1492)
1484 -
Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d.
1531)
1516 -
Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of
Gustav I of Sweden (d.
1551)
1557 -
Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (d.
1606)
1600 -
Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (d.
1649)
1614 -
John
Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (d.
1672)
1618 -
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter (d.
1682)
1638 -
Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d.
1685)
1648 -
Elkanah Settle, English writer (d.
1724)
1655 -
Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d.
1728)
1684 -
Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d.
1748)
1704 -
Soame
Jenyns, English writer (d.
1787)
1711 -
Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d.
1749)
1714 -
Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d.
1780)
1735 -
Paul
Revere, American silversmith and patriot (d.
1818)
1750 -
Frederick Muhlenberg, 1st
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d.
1801)
1752 -
Betsy
Ross, American seamstress (d.
1836)
1774 -
André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d.
1860)
1823 -
Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d.
1849)
1833 -
Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (d.
1902)
1848 -
John Goff,
Irish lawyer
1854 -
Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d.
1941)
1860 -
George Washington Carver, American educator, inventor, and botanist (d.
1943)
1863 -
Pierre de Coubertin, French initiator of the modern Olympic Games (d.
1937)
1864 -
Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d.
1946)
1868 -
Snitz Edwards, American actor (d.
1937)
1873 -
Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (d.
1952)
1874 -
Gustave Whitehead, German-born inventor (d.
1927)
1874 -
Frank
Knox, Former Secretary of the Navy and vice presidential candidate (d.
1944)
1876 -
Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d.
1933)
1879 -
E.
M. Forster, English novelist (d.
1970)
1881 -
Vajiravudh,
King of Thailand (d.
1925)
1883 -
Gabrielle Chanel, French Designer (d.
1971)
1887 -
Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d.
1945)
1890 -
Anton
Melik, Slovenian geographer (d.
1966)
1892 -
Artur Rodzinski, Croatian conductor (d.
1958)
1894 -
Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d.
1974)
1895 -
J. Edgar Hoover, American Federal Bureau of Investigation director (d.
1972)
1900 -
Xavier Cugat, Catalan-born musician, bandleader (d.
1990)
1900 -
Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the
World War II (d. 1986)
1902 -
Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d.
1977)
1904 -
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d.
1982)
1906 -
Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d.
1974)
1909 -
Dana
Andrews, American actor (d.
1992)
1909 -
Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and Presidential candidate
(d. 1998)
1911 -
Hank Greenberg, baseball player (d.
1986)
1912 -
Kim
Philby, British spy (d.
1988)
1917 -
Jule Gregory Charney, meteorologist (d.
1981)
1917 -
Albert
Mol, Dutch actor (d.
2004)
1918 -
Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish recipient of the
Victoria Cross (d.
2000)
1919 -
J. D. Salinger, American novelist
1920 -
Virgilio Savona, Italian singer and songwriter (Quartetto
Cetra)
1921 -
Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher and comparative
religion scholar (d.
1986)
1922 -
Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d.
1990)
1925 -
Stymie Beard, American actor (d.
1981)
1927 -
Vernon L. Smith, American economist, recipient of the
Bank of Sweden Prize
1927 -
Doak
Walker, American football star (d.
1998)
1928 -
Ernest Tidyman, American writer (d.
1984)
1933 -
Frederick Lowy, Canadian medical educator, ethicist, and university
president
1933 -
Joe Orton, English writer (d.
1967)
1938 -
Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (d.
2005)
1940 -
Frank Langella American actor
1942 -
Martin Frost, American politician
1942 -
Country Joe McDonald, American musician (Country
Joe and the Fish)
1942 -
Gennadi Sarafanov, cosmonaut
1943 -
Don
Novello, American actor, comedian, and writer
1945 -
Jacky
Ickx, Belgian race car driver
1946 -
Rivelino,
Brazilian football player
1947 -
Jon
Corzine, American politician
1947 -
Paula
Tsui,
cantopop singer
1948 -
Pavel Grachev, Russian general
1951 -
Ashfaq Hussain, Urdu poet
1953 -
Greg Carmichael, British guitarist
1954 -
Robert Menendez, American politician
1956 -
Mark R. Hughes, an American enterpeneur and a fouder of
Herbalife
(d. 2000)
1957 -
Luis
Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor
1958 -
Grandmaster Flash, Barbados-born musician
1959 -
Azali Assoumani, Comorese president
1960 -
Adelaide Ferreira, Portuguese singer
1961 -
Mark
Wingett, British actor
1964 -
Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress
1966 -
Anna
Burke, Australian politician
1966 -
Embeth Davidtz, American actress
1967 -
Derrick Thomas, American football player (d.
2000)
1968 -
Davor
Šuker, Croatian footballer
1969 -
Verne
Troyer, American actor
1969 -
Nate Dogg, American rapper
1970 -
Gabriel Jarret, American actor
1971 -
Paul
Luscher, singer/songwriter
1972 -
Neve McIntosh, Scottish actress
1975 -
Joe
Cannon, American soccer player
1975 -
Robert Westerholt, Dutch guitarist (Within
Temptation)
1977 -
Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian footballer
1978 -
Nina Bott,
German actress
1978 -
Jared
Fogle, American personality
1978 -
Phillip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
1978 -
Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, Indian spiritual guru
1979 -
Brody
Dalle, Australian singer (The
Distillers)
1979 -
Koichi Domoto, Japanese artist
1980 -
Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
1980 -
Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
1981 -
Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian race car driver
1981 -
Abdulkadir Kocak, Turkish boxer
1982 -
David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
1984 -
Jose Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian football player
1985 -
Steven Davis, Irish footballer
1992 -
Martin Leung, Canadian trombone player
1996 -
Mary
Gibbs, American actress
Deaths379 - Saint
Basil of Caesarea (b.
330)
404 -
Saint Telemachus
874 -
Hasan al-Askari, eleventh Shia Imam (b.
846)
898 -
Odo, Count of Paris (b.
860)
1204 - King
Haakon III of Norway
1384 - King
Charles II of Navarre (b.
1332)
1515 - King
Louis XII of France (b.
1462)
1554 -
Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador
1559 -
Christian III of Denmark and Norway (b.
1503)
1560 -
Joachim Du Bellay, French poet
1617 -
Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter (b.
1558)
1679 -
Jan Steen,
Dutch painter
1716 -
William Wycherley, English dramatist
1730 -
Samuel Sewall, English-born judge (b.
1652)
1742 -
Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b.
1686)
1748 -
Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b.
1667)
1759 -
Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie, French adventurer (b.
1705)
1766 -
James Francis Edward Stuart, "The Old Pretender" (b.
1688)
1782 -
Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b.
1735)
1789 -
Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English politician (b.
1716)
1793 -
Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter (b.
1712)
1800 -
Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (b.
1716)
1817 -
Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (b.
1743)
1862 -
Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b.
1801)
1869 -
Martin W. Bates, U.S. Senator from Delaware (b.
1786)
1892 -
Roswell B. Mason, Mayor of Chicago (b.
1805)
1894 -
Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (b.
1857)
1912 -
Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian phsyicist (b.
1866)
1919 -
Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (b.
1881)
1921 -
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg,
Chancellor of Germany (b.
1856)
1931 -
Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b.
1851)
1933 -
Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (b.
1876)
1944 -
Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b.
1862)
1953 -
Hank Williams, American singer (b.
1923)
1958 -
Edward Weston, American photographer (b.
1886)
1960 -
Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b.
1911)
1964 -
Bechara El Khoury,
President of Lebanon (b.
1890)
1972 -
Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b.
1888)
1981 -
Beulah Bondi, American actress (b.
1888)
1986 -
Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (b.
1902)
1992 -
Grace
Hopper, American computer pioneer (b.
1906)
1994 - Lord
Arthur Espie Porritt, Governor-General of New Zealand (b.
1900)
1994 -
Cesar
Romero, American actor (b.
1907)
1995 -
Fred West,
British serial killer (suicide) (b.
1941)
1995 -
Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1902)
1996 -
Arleigh Burke, U.S. admiral (b.
1901)
1997 -
Townes Van Zandt, American musician (b.
1944)
1998 -
Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (b.
1905)
2000 -
Colin Vaughan, Australian-born political journalist in Canada
2001 -
Ray
Walston, American actor (b.
1914)
2003 -
Joe Foss,
American politician and fighter pilot (b.
1915)
2005 -
Shirley Chisholm, U.S. Congresswoman (b.
1924)
2005 -
Hugh John Frederick Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham, British newspaperman and
politician (b. 1931)
2005 -
Bob
Matsui, U.S. Congressman (b.
1941)
2006 -
Harry Magdoff, American magazine editor (b.
1913)
2006 -
Bryan Harvey, American musician (b.
1956)
2006 -
Phillip Whitehead, British politician and television producer (b.
1937)
Many countries around the world using
Gregorian Calendar -
New Year's Day; often celebrated at 0:01 with
fireworks.
Last day of
Kwanzaa
Public Domain Day in many countries. This is the day on which
copyrights
expire and works are put into the
public domain.
World Day for Prayer for Peace
Z Day - People with last names beginning with the letter Z get to go first
in line.
By Faith
The seventh
day of
Christmas (and eighth night of same) in Western
Christianity.
Catholicism -
Feast of the Circumcision (Old calendar).
Catholicism -
Holy Day of Obligation in many countries. Final Day of Octave of
Christmas,
Solemnity of
Mary, Mother of God (New calendar).
Catholicism -
National Migration Week begins (varying official support by the office of
U.S. President, not strictly religious)
By Country
Cuba
Liberation Day
Haiti
Independence Day.
Scotland:
First day of New Year Public Holiday (the second being January 2nd). Most
shops and businesses closed on this day.
Slovakia:
Establishment of Slovak Republic.
Sudan
Independence Day
Taiwan
Founding of
Republic of China.
United States -
Bonza Bottler Day.
By City
New Year’s Day Parade in London, United Kingdom.
Vienna New Year's Concert
Pasadena, California - The
Tournament of Roses parade and, traditionally, the
Rose Bowl football championship.
Events45 BC - The
Julian calendar first takes effect.
404 - Last
known
gladiator competition in
Rome takes place.
630 -
Prophet
Muhammad sets out toward
Mecca with the
army that will capture it bloodlessly.
990 -
Kievan
Rus' adopts the
Julian calendar.
1259 -
Michael VIII Palaeologus proclaimed co-emperor of the
Empire of Nicaea with his ward
John IV Lascaris.
1438 -
Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of
Hungary.
1600 -
Scotland
begins using the
Julian calendar.
1651 -
Charles II crowned King of
Scotland.
1673 -
Regular mail delivery begins between
New York
and Boston.
1700 -
Russia begins
using the
Julian calendar.
1707 -
John V is crowned King of
Portugal.
1738 -
Bouvet Island is discovered by
French
explorer
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
1788 - First
edition of
The Times
of London,
previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
1797 -
Albany replaces
New
York City as the capital of
New York.
1801 -
Legislative union of
Kingdom of Great Britain and
Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the
United Kingdom.
1801 - The first known
asteroid,
1 Ceres, is
discovered by
Giuseppe Piazzi.
1804 -
French rule
ends in Haiti.
1808 -
Importation of
slaves into the
United States is banned.
1818 -
Mary
Shelley's novel
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus is published.
1861 -
Porfirio Diaz conquers
Mexico
City.
1863 -
American Civil War: The
Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in
Confederate territory.
1863 - The first claim under the
Homestead Act is made by
Daniel Freeman for a farm in
Nebraska.
1875 -
Midland Railway abolishes Second Class passenger facilities, leaving First
Class and Third Class. Other British Railway companies followed Midland's lead
during the rest of the year. (Third Class was renamed Second Class in
1956)
1880 -
Ferdinand de Lesseps begins
French
construction of the
Panama Canal.
1887 -
Queen Victoria was proclaimed empress of
India in
Delhi.
1889 - The
first
Tournament of Roses is held in
Pasadena, California.
1892 -
Ellis
Island opens to begin accepting immigrants to the
United States.
1893 -
Japan begins
using the
Gregorian calendar.
1894 - The
Manchester Ship Canal,
England,
was officially opened to traffic.
1898 -
New
York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of
Greater New York. The four initial boroughs,
Manhattan,
Brooklyn,
Queens, and
The Bronx,
are joined on
January
25 by
Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
1899 -
Spanish rule
ends in Cuba.
1901 -
Nigeria
becomes a
British protectorate.
1901 - The British colonies of
New South Wales,
Queensland,
Victoria,
South Australia,
Tasmania
and
Western Australia
federate as the
Commonwealth of Australia;
Edmund Barton is appointed the first
Prime Minister.
1901 - The first official
Mummers Parade is held.
1902 - The
first
Rose Bowl game is played in
Pasadena, California.
1908 - For
the first time, a ball is dropped in
New
York City's
Times
Square to signify the start of the
New Year
at midnight.
1909 -
Drilling began on the
Lakeview Gusher.
1911 -
Northern Territory is separated from
South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control.
1912 - The
Republic of China is established.
1916 -
German
troops abandon
Yaoundé and their
Kamerun
colony to
British forces and begin the long march to
Spanish Guinea.
1926 -
Turkey adopts
Gregorian
calendar.
1934 -
Alcatraz Island becomes a
U.S. federal prison.
1934 -
Nazi
Germany passes the "Law
for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".
1935 -
Bucknell University wins the first
Orange Bowl 26-0 over the
University of Miami.
1937 - The first
Cotton Bowl game is played in
Dallas, Texas.
1939 - The
Vienna New Year's Concert is first held.
1942 - The
Declaration by the United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
1948 -
British railways are
nationalised to form
British Rail.
1948 - After partition,
India declines
to pay the agreed share of Rs.550 million in cash balances to
Pakistan.
1949 -
UN Cease-fire orders
to operate in
Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between
India and
Pakistan
stops accordingly.
1956 - The
Republic of the
Sudan achieves independence from the
Egyptian Republic
and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
1958 - The
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