4 January
Notable Births
Marc Guiu
b. 2006
Spanish footballer (born 2006)
Rob Dillingham
b. 2005
American basketball player (born 2005)
Oscar Højlund
b. 2005
Danish footballer (born 2005)
Dafne Keen
b. 2005
Spanish-British actress (born 2005)
Victor Wembanyama
b. 2004
French basketball player (born 2004)
Jaeden Martell
b. 2003
American actor (born 2003)
Kevin (footballer, born 2003)
b. 2003
Brazilian footballer
Vladyslav Vanat
b. 2002
Ukrainian footballer
Odilon Kossounou
b. 2001
Ivorian footballer (born 2001)
Lola Young
b. 2001
English musician (born 2001)
Max Aarons
b. 2000
English footballer (born 2000)
Daniel Arzani
b. 1999
Australian soccer player (born 1999)
Nico Hischier
b. 1999
Swiss ice hockey player (born 1999)
Jaeman Salmon
b. 1999
Australian rugby league footballer
Collin Sexton
b. 1999
American basketball player (born 1999)
Coco Jones
b. 1998
American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1998)
Arnoldas Kulboka
b. 1998
Lithuanian basketball player (born 1998)
Rodrigo Garro
b. 1998
Argentine footballer (born 1998)
Liza Soberano
b. 1998
Filipino-American actress (born 1998)
Angeliño
b. 1997
Spanish footballer (born 1997)
Notable Deaths
Michael Reagan
d. 2026
American television personality and journalist (1945–2026)
Ana Gligić
d. 2025
Yugoslav and Serbian virologist (1934–2025)
Glynis Johns
d. 2024
British actress (1923–2024)
David Soul
d. 2024
American-British actor (1943–2024)
Christian Oliver
d. 2024
German actor (1972–2024)
Rosi Mittermaier
d. 2023
German alpine skier (1950–2023)
Tanya Roberts
d. 2021
American actress (1949–2021)
Harold Brown (secretary of defense)
d. 2019
American nuclear physicist and U.S. Secretary of Defense
Milt Schmidt
d. 2017
Canadian ice hockey player (1918–2017)
Georges Prêtre
d. 2017
French conductor
S. H. Kapadia
d. 2016
38th Chief Justice of India
Stephen W. Bosworth
d. 2016
American academic and diplomat (1939-2016)
Pino Daniele
d. 2015
Italian singer-songwriter and musician (1955–2015)
Anwar Shamim
d. 2013
Air Chief Marshal (1931-2013)
Zoran Žižić
d. 2013
4th Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia
Eve Arnold
d. 2012
American photojournalist (1912–2012)
Rod Robbie
d. 2012
Canadian architect and planner
Coen Moulijn
d. 2011
Dutch footballer
Gerry Rafferty
d. 2011
Scottish singer-songwriter (1947–2011)
Salman Taseer
d. 2011
Pakistani businessman and politician (1944–2011)
On This Day in History
All 46 ›2019
A fire in an escape room in Koszalin, Poland, kills five teenagers through carbon monoxide poisoning.
Koszalin escape room fire
2018
Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash: A passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collides with a truck on a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa. Twenty people are killed and 260 injured.
Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash
2013
A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines.
Kawit shooting
2010
The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai.
Burj Khalifa
2008
A Let L-410 Turbolet crashes in the Los Roques Archipelago in Venezuela, killing 14 people.
Let L-410 Turbolet
2007
The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
110th United States Congress
2006
Ehud Olmert becomes acting Prime Minister of Israel after the incumbent, Ariel Sharon, suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke.
Ehud Olmert
2004
Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
Spirit (rover)
2004
Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
Mikheil Saakashvili
2000
A Norwegian passenger train departing from Trondheim, collides with a local train coming from Hamar in Åsta in Åmot Municipality; 19 people are killed and 68 injured in the accident.
Trondheim
1999
Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.
Jesse Ventura
1998
A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
January 1998 North American ice storm
1990
In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
Sukkur rail disaster
1989
Second Gulf of Sidra incident: A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
1989 air battle near Tobruk
1987
The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
1987 Maryland train collision
1976
The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
The Troubles
1975
This date overflowed the 12-bit field that had been used in TOPS-10. There were numerous problems and crashes related to this bug while an alternative format was developed.
TOPS-10
1972
Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.
Rose Heilbron
1967
The Doors released their eponymous debut album.
The Doors
1965
Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20 crashes on approach to Alma-Ata Airport, killing 64 people.
Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20