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January 1st, 2006 (January 01 2006)DeathHarry Magdoff, American magazine editor (born in 1913)
January 1st, 2006 (January 01 2006)DeathHugh McLaughlin, Irish publisher and inventor (born in 1918)
January 1st, 2006 (January 01 2006)DeathDawn Lake, Australian TV comedienne (born in 1927)
January 1st, 2006 (January 01 2006)DeathBryan Harvey, American musician (House of Freaks) (born in 1956)
January 1st, 1996 (January 01 1996)EventCuracao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.Cao Cao Quotes
January 1st, 1996 (January 01 1996)BirthMary Gibbs, American child actress
January 1st, 1996 (January 01 1996)DeathArleigh Burke, American admiral (born in 1901)
January 1st, 1996 (January 01 1996)DeathArthur Rudolph, German engineer (born in 1906)
January 1st, 1986 (January 01 1986)EventAruba becomes independent of Curacao, though it remains in free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.Cao Cao Quotes
January 1st, 1986 (January 01 1986)EventThe Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic are admitted into the European Community.
January 1st, 1986 (January 01 1986)BirthGlen Davis, American basketball player
January 1st, 1986 (January 01 1986)DeathAlfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (born in 1902)
January 1st, 1986 (January 01 1986)DeathBruce Norris, American hockey executive (Detroit Red Wings) (born in 1924)
January 1st, 1976 (January 01 1976)BirthCaleb Wyatt, American motocross rider
January 1st, 1976 (January 01 1976)BirthGeorgina Chapman, British fashion designer and actress
January 1st, 1966 (January 01 1966)EventA twelve-day New York City transit strike begins.
January 1st, 1966 (January 01 1966)EventAfter a coup, Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic. Bede Quotes
January 1st, 1966 (January 01 1966)BirthAnna Burke, Australian politician
January 1st, 1966 (January 01 1966)DeathVincent Auriol, French politician (born in 1884)
January 1st, 1956 (January 01 1956)EventThe Republic of the Sudan achieves independence from the Egyptian Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
January 1st, 1956 (January 01 1956)EventA new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
January 1st, 1956 (January 01 1956)BirthMark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (died in 2000)
January 1st, 1956 (January 01 1956)BirthSergei Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut
January 1st, 1956 (January 01 1956)BirthMike Mitchell, American basketball player
January 1st, 1956 (January 01 1956)BirthKoji Yakusho, Japanese actor
January 1st, 1946 (January 01 1946)EventThe first civil flight from Heathrow Airport occurs.
January 1st, 1946 (January 01 1946)BirthCarl B. Hamilton, Swedish economist and politician
January 1st, 1946 (January 01 1946)BirthRick Hurst, American actor
January 1st, 1946 (January 01 1946)BirthRivelino, Brazilian football player
January 1st, 1926 (January 01 1926)BirthRichard Verreau, French-Canadian tenor (died in 2005)
January 1st, 1916 (January 01 1916)EventGerman troops abandon Yaounde and their Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
January 1st, 1906 (January 01 1906)EventBritish India officially adopts the Indian Standard Time.
January 1st, 1906 (January 01 1906)BirthGiovanni D Anzi, Italian songwriter (died in 1974)
January 1st, 1906 (January 01 1906)DeathSir Hugh Nelson, Premier of Queensland (born in 1835)
January 1st, 1896 (January 01 1896)DeathAlfred Ely Beach, American inventor (born in 1826)
January 1st, 1876 (January 01 1876)EventThe Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
January 1st, 1876 (January 01 1876)BirthHarriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (died in 1933)
January 1st, 1806 (January 01 1806)EventThe French Republican Calendar is abolished.
January 1st, 1796 (January 01 1796)DeathAlexandre-Theophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (born in 1735)
January 1st, 1766 (January 01 1766)DeathJames Francis Edward Stuart, "The Old Pretender" (born in 1688)
January 1st, 1716 (January 01 1716)DeathWilliam Wycherley, English dramatist (born in 1640)William Wycherley Quotes
January 1st, 1516 (January 01 1516)BirthMargaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (died in 1551)
January 1st, 0766 (January 01 0766)BirthAli al-Rida, Shia Imam (died in 818)

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