1 January
Notable Births
Ian Subiabre
b. 2007
Argentine footballer (born 2007)
Lamine Camara
b. 2004
Senegalese footballer (born 2004)
Daria Trubnikova
b. 2003
Russian rhythmic gymnast
Simon Adingra
b. 2002
Ivorian footballer (born 2002)
Angourie Rice
b. 2001
Australian actress (born 2001)
Winter (singer)
b. 2001
South Korean singer and dancer (born 2001)
Nicolas Kühn
b. 2000
German footballer (born 2000)
Ice Spice
b. 2000
American rapper (born 2000)
Tomás Chancalay
b. 1999
Argentine footballer (born 1999)
Cristina Bucșa
b. 1998
Spanish tennis player (born 1998)
Enock Mwepu
b. 1998
Zambian footballer (born 1998)
Frank Onyeka
b. 1998
Nigerian footballer (born 1998)
Noah Kahan
b. 1997
American singer-songwriter (born 1997)
Keegan Hipgrave
b. 1997
Australian rugby league player
Gonzalo Montiel
b. 1997
Argentine footballer (born 1997)
Andreas Pereira
b. 1996
Belgian-Brazilian footballer (born 1996)
Mahmoud Dahoud
b. 1996
Footballer (born 1996)
Mathias Jensen
b. 1996
Danish footballer (born 1996)
Sardar Azmoun
b. 1995
Iranian footballer (born 1995)
Poppy (singer)
b. 1995
American singer (born 1995)
Notable Deaths
David Lodge (author)
d. 2025
English writer (1935–2025)
Chad Morgan
d. 2025
Australian musician (1933–2025)
Wayne Osmond
d. 2025
American musician (1951–2025)
Lynja
d. 2024
American online celebrity chef (1956–2024)
Earth, Wind & Fire
d. 2023
American musical group
Dan Reeves
d. 2022
American football player and coach (1944–2022)
Carlos do Carmo
d. 2021
Portuguese fado singer (1939–2021)
Elmira Minita Gordon
d. 2021
Governor-General of Belize from 1981 to 1993
Floyd Little
d. 2021
American football player (1942–2021)
Lexii Alijai
d. 2020
American rapper (1998–2020)
Don Larsen
d. 2020
American baseball player (1929–2020)
David Stern
d. 2020
American businessman, lawyer, and NBA commissioner (1942–2020)
Paul Neville (politician)
d. 2019
Australian politician (1940–2019)
Pegi Young
d. 2019
American singer, songwriter, environmentalist, philanthropist
George (snail)
d. 2019
Last of the species Achatinella apexfulva
Robert Mann
d. 2018
American musician, composer and conductor (1920–2018)
Jon Paul Steuer
d. 2018
American actor (1984–2018)
Tony Atkinson
d. 2017
British economist (1944–2017)
Yvon Dupuis
d. 2017
Canadian politician (1926–2017)
Fazu Aliyeva
d. 2016
Russian poet (born 1932)
On This Day in History
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2026
Bulgaria officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 21st Eurozone country.
Bulgaria
2026
A fire at a bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, kills 41 people and injures 116 others.
2026 Crans-Montana bar fire
2025
Fourteen people are killed and 57 others injured during a vehicle-ramming and shooting attack in New Orleans, Louisiana.
2025 New Orleans truck attack
2024
A 7.5 Mww earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan, killing more than 500 people and injuring over 1,000 others. A majority of direct deaths were due to collapsed homes.
2024 Noto earthquake
2024
Disney's copyright protection on Steamboat Willie and the original Mickey Mouse expires as they enter the public domain.
Steamboat Willie
2024
Artsakh ceases to exist.
Republic of Artsakh
2023
Croatia officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 20th Eurozone country, and becomes the 27th member of the Schengen Area.
Croatia
2017
An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills 39 people and injures 79 others.
Istanbul nightclub shooting
2015
The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Eurasian Economic Union
2013
At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede
2011
A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
2011 Alexandria bombing
2011
Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.
Estonia
2010
A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.
2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing
2009
Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.
Santika Club fire
2007
Bulgaria and Romania join the EU.
Bulgaria
2007
Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board.
Adam Air Flight 574
2004
In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.
Motion of no confidence
2001
Greece adopts the Euro, becoming the 12th Eurozone country.
Greece
1999
The Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).
Euro
1998
Following a currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
Monetary reform in Russia, 1998