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| January 1st, 2045 (January 01 2045) | Event | The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time. | Julian Quotes |
| January 1st, 2005 (January 01 2005) | Death | Shirley Chisholm, American politician (born in 1924) | |
| January 1st, 2005 (January 01 2005) | Death | Hugh Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham, British newspaperman (born in 1931) | |
| January 1st, 2005 (January 01 2005) | Death | Eugene J. Martin, American painter, artist (born in 1938) | Eugene J. Martin Quotes |
| January 1st, 2005 (January 01 2005) | Death | Bob Matsui, American politician (born in 1941) | |
| January 1st, 1995 (January 01 1995) | Event | The World Trade Organization comes into effect. | |
| January 1st, 1995 (January 01 1995) | Event | The Kingdom of Sweden and the republics of Austria and Finland are admitted into the European Union. | |
| January 1st, 1995 (January 01 1995) | Event | The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe becomes the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. | |
| January 1st, 1995 (January 01 1995) | Event | The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves. | |
| January 1st, 1995 (January 01 1995) | Event | Firecrackers are banned in Vietnam on T?t for safety reasons. | |
| January 1st, 1995 (January 01 1995) | Death | Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1902) | |
| January 1st, 1995 (January 01 1995) | Death | Fred West, British serial killer (suicide) (born in 1941) | |
| January 1st, 1985 (January 01 1985) | Event | The Internet s Domain Name System is created. | |
| January 1st, 1985 (January 01 1985) | Event | The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone. | |
| January 1st, 1985 (January 01 1985) | Birth | Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer | |
| January 1st, 1985 (January 01 1985) | Death | Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (born in 1905) | |
| January 1st, 1975 (January 01 1975) | Birth | Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress | |
| January 1st, 1975 (January 01 1975) | Birth | Joe Cannon, American soccer player | |
| January 1st, 1975 (January 01 1975) | Birth | Eiichiro Oda, Japanese Manga artist | |
| January 1st, 1965 (January 01 1965) | Event | The People s Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul. | |
| January 1st, 1945 (January 01 1945) | Event | World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacre 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne. | |
| January 1st, 1945 (January 01 1945) | Event | World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Unternehmen Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow. | |
| January 1st, 1945 (January 01 1945) | Birth | Peter Duncan, Australian politician | |
| January 1st, 1945 (January 01 1945) | Birth | Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver | |
| January 1st, 1935 (January 01 1935) | Birth | B. Kliban, American cartoonist (died in 1990) | |
| January 1st, 1925 (January 01 1925) | Event | The American astronomer Edwin Hubble announces the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way. | |
| January 1st, 1925 (January 01 1925) | Birth | Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (died in 1981) | |
| January 1st, 1925 (January 01 1925) | Birth | Valentina Cortese, Italian actress | |
| January 1st, 1925 (January 01 1925) | Birth | Raymond Pellegrin, French actor | |
| January 1st, 1905 (January 01 1905) | Birth | Stanislaw Mazur, Polish mathematician (died in 1981) | |
| January 1st, 1905 (January 01 1905) | Birth | Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (died in 1985) | |
| January 1st, 1895 (January 01 1895) | Birth | J. Edgar Hoover, American FBI director (died in 1972) | |
| January 1st, 1845 (January 01 1845) | Event | The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed. | |
| January 1st, 1745 (January 01 1745) | Birth | Anthony Wayne, American general and statesman (died in 1796) | |
| January 1st, 1735 (January 01 1735) | Birth | Paul Revere, American patriot (died in 1818) | |
| January 1st, 1655 (January 01 1655) | Birth | Christian Thomasius, German jurist (died in 1728) | |
| January 1st, 1515 (January 01 1515) | Event | King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne. | |
| January 1st, 1515 (January 01 1515) | Death | King Louis XII of France (born in 1462) | |
