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January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by December 31 (in the previous year), and succeeded by January 2. Following January 1, there are 364 days in the year (365 in leap years).
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[edit] Births
- 1431 - Pope Alexander VI, (d. 1503)
- 1449 - Lorenzo de Medici, statesman, (d. 1492)
- 1484 - Huldrych Zwingli, Protestant leader, (d. 1531)
- 1618 - Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, painter, (d. 1682)
- 1735 - Paul Revere, silversmith, United States patriot, (d. 1818)
- 1750 - Frederick Muhlenberg, first speaker of the United States House of Representatives, (d. 1801)
- 1752 - Betsy Ross, seamstress, (d. 1836)
- 1805 - Joseph Smith, Jr, Mormon founder (d. 1844)
- 1839 - Ouida, writer, (d. 1908)
- 1857 - Wojciech Kossak, painter
- 1860 - George Washington Carver, educator, inventor, botanist, (d. 1943)
- 1863 - Pierre de Coubertin, historian and pedagogue, initiator of modern Olympic Games, (d. 1937)
- 1864 - George Washington Carver, American educator (d. 1943)
- 1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
- 1864 - Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)
[edit] Deaths
- 898 - Odo, Count of Paris
- 1817 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth, chemist, (b. 1743)
- 1894 - Heinrich Hertz, physicist, (b. 1857)
- 1953 - Hank Williams, country music singer
- 1972 - Maurice Chevalier, actor and singer
- 1977 - Elvis Aron Presley, singer and acter (b. 1935)
- 1986 - Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
- 1986 - Bruce Norris, American hockey executive (Detroit Red Wings) (b. 1924)
- 1991 - Buck Ram, American songwriter and businessman (The Platters) (b. 1907)
- 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)
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