Historical Events
- Jan 1 Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Pennsylvania
- Jan 1 1st Rose Bowl, Tournament Park, Pasadena, California: Michigan beats Stanford, 49-0; MVP: Neil Snow, Michigan, FB
- Jan 3 Due to a bad pitch Australian batsman Reggie Duff is held back to No. 10 on Test debut v England at MCG; scores 104
- Jan 4 Australian cricket spin bowler Hugh Trumble dismisses England batsmen Arthur Jones, John Gunn and Sydney Barnes in successive balls to complete 2nd Test rout by 229 runs in Melbourne; Trumble's first of 2 Test hat-tricks
- Jan 4 The French Panama Canal Company offers to sell its right to build a canal to the US for 40 million, tipping the balance away from those favoring a canal through Nicaragua
- Jan 8 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Illinois)
- Jan 8 The United Irish League, a leading force for unification in all Ireland and independence from Britain, holds its convention in Dublin
A Crackdown on Lovers in New York
Jan 8 New York state assemblyman Francis G. ​Landon gets a bill passed to criminalize men turning around on a street and "looking at a woman in that way"
- Jan 10 Alphons Diepenbrock's "Te Deum" premieres (Amsterdam)
- Jan 10 Although it has professed neutrality in the Boer War, German Chancellor von Bulow joins others in attacking British actions in South Africa
- Jan 12 Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formally dissolved
- Jan 13 Textile workers strike in Enschede, Netherlands (until 1st June)
- Jan 18 Despite reports that favor the US building a route through Nicaragua for a canal, a 'supplementary report' recommends the route through Panama
- Jan 25 Aleksandr Skriabin's 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St Petersburg
- Jan 27 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (NYC)
- Jan 28 Carnegie Institute founded in Washington, D.C.
- Jan 30 Britain and Japan sign a treaty after months of negotiating which commits each country to supporting an independent China and Korea, although it acknowledges Japan's 'special interest' in Korea
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 1 Buster Nupen, South African cricket all-rounder (17 Tests, 50 wickets; one eye only), born near Alesund, Norway (d. 1977)
- Jan 2 Dan Keating, Irish republican (d. 2007)
- Jan 2 Barry Goldwater, American politician (d. 1998)
- Jan 3 Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician
- Jan 3 Preston Jackson [James Preston McDonald], American jazz trombonist (Preservation Hall Jazz Band), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1983)
- Jan 4 John McCone, CIA Director (d. 1991)
- Jan 5 Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm), born in London, United Kingdom (d. 1989)
- Jan 5 Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist & organist, born in Venlo, Netherlands (d. 1968)
- Jan 6 Mark Brunswick, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1971)
- Jan 6 Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician, born in Hude, Germany (d. 1994)
- Jan 8 Carl R[ansom] Rogers, American psychologist (Client-Centered Therapy)
Georgy Malenkov
Jan 8 Georgy Malenkov, Soviet leader who was briefly leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death (1953-55), born in Orenburg, Russian Empire (d. 1988)
- Jan 8 Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography (Silent Song)
- Jan 9 Rudolph Bing, Austrian-born opera impresario (NY Metropolitan Opera manager, 1950-72), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1997)
- Jan 11 Maurice Duruflé, French organist (St. Etienne-du-Mond, 1929-75), composer (Requiem, Op. 9), and teacher (Paris Conservatory, 1943-70), born in Louviers (d. 1986)
- Jan 12 Ray Teal, American actor (Judgment at Nuremberg, Bonanza), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1976)
- Jan 12 Simon Spoor, Dutch military officer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1949)
- Jan 13 Louis "Putney" Dandridge American jazz pianist and singer (Heatin' Up Harlem), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1946)
- Jan 14 Alfred Tarski, Polish-American logician & mathematician, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1983)
- Jan 14 F. C. Terborgh [Reijnier Flaes], Dutch writer (De Turkenoorlog), born in Den Helder, Netherlands (d. 1981)
- Jan 15 Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia (1953-64), born in Kuwait City (d. 1969)
- Jan 15 Nazim Hikmet, Turkish poet (Tosun Pasa, The Passenger), born in Salonica, Ottoman Empire (d. 1963)
- Jan 16 Eric Liddell, Scottish 400m runner (Olympic gold 1924) and Christian missionary in China, born in Tianjin, China (d. 1945)
- Jan 16 Evelyn Danzig [Levine], American songwriter ("Scarlet Ribbons"), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1996)
- Jan 17 Geoffrey W Lloyd, British minister of Brandstoffen/Energy (1951-55)
- Jan 19 Heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl)
- Jan 22 Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)
- Jan 23 Benny Waters, American jazz saxophonist & clarinetist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1998)
- Jan 24 Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist
- Jan 24 Walter Keirnan, New Havens Ct, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret)
- Jan 24 E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (d. 1965)
- Jan 25 Gerard Knuvelder, Dutch literature historian (Vocation, Kitty), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1982)
- Jan 25 Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect, born in Manila, Philippines (d. 1975)
- Jan 26 Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer
- Jan 26 Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer/essayist (Carnaval of the Citizens)
- Jan 26 Romney Brent, Mexican-American actor and writer (Dinner at the Ritz), born in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (d. 1976)
- Jan 30 Elise Cavanna, American actress (Pharmacist, Dentist, Barber Shop), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1963)
- Jan 30 Nikolaus Pevsner, German-British art historian (The Buildings of England), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1983)
- Jan 31 Alva Myrdal, Uppsala Sweden, diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize-1982)
- Jan 31 Jean C M Picart le Doux, French carpet designer
- Jan 31 Julian H Steward, US anthropologist/professor
- Jan 31 Tallulah Bankhead, American stage and film actress (Lifeboat, They Knew What They Wanted.), born in Huntsville, Alabama (d. 1968)
- Jan 31 Salvador Araneta, Filipino lawyer, educator, businessman, and philanthropist, born in Manila, Philippines (1982)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 6 Jan Bloch, Polish military theorist and peace activist, dies at 65
- Jan 9 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66
- Jan 11 Johnny Briggs, English cricket all-rounder (33 Tests; 118 wickets @ 17.75), dies of complications from an epileptic seizure at 39
- Jan 14 Cato M. Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician and chemist (law of mass action), dies at 65
- Jan 15 Alpheus Hyatt, American zoologist and paleontologist, dies at 63
- Jan 17 Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed
- Jan 18 Filippo Marchetti, Italian opera composer, dies at 70
- Jan 19 Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart [Esther Pariseau], Canadian religious leader (US capitol), dies at 78
