Historical Events
- Jan 1 Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Pennsylvania
- Jan 1 1st Rose Bowl: Michigan beats Stanford 49-0
- Jan 3 Reg Duff 104 on Test debut, v England at MCG
- Jan 4 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick v England at the MCG
- Jan 4 The French Panama Canal Company offers to sell its right to build a canal to the US for 40 million; this will tip the balance away from those favoring a canal through Nicaraugua
- 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
- 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)
Event of Interest
- 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 23 Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in 2 for Stanley Cup
- 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, cricketer (1-eyed South African quick, great on matting)
- 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 4 John McCone, CIA Director (d. 1991)
- Jan 5 Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm)
- Jan 5 Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist
- Jan 6 Mark Brunswick, composer
- Jan 6 Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer
- Jan 6 Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (d. 1994)
- Jan 8 Carl R[ansom] Rogers, American psychologist (Client-Centered Therapy)
- Jan 8 Georgy M Malenkov, Stalin's successor as head of CPSU, PM (1953-55)
- Jan 8 Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography (Silent Song)
- Jan 9 Rudolph Bing, opera manager (NY Metropolitan Opera)
- Jan 11 Maurice Durufle, French organist/composer
- Jan 12 Ibn Abdul-Aziz Saud, Kuwait, king (Saudi Arabia)
- Jan 12 Ray Teal, American actor (Judgment at Nuremberg, Bonanza), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1976)
- Jan 12 Simon H Spoor, Dutch gen/intelligence officer for Gen MacArthur
- Jan 14 Alfred Tarski, mathematician/logician, born in Warsaw, Poland
- Jan 14 F C Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], Dutch writer (De Turkenoorlog)
- 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 composer (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 Benjamin "Benny" Waters, American jazz saxophonist and 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 P M Knuvelder, Dutch literature historian (Vocation, Kitty)
- Jan 25 Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect (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, Engl, art historian (The Buildings of England)
- 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)
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 cricketer (118 wkts for England), dies in an asylum 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, composer, dies at 70
- Jan 19 Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart [Esther Pariseau], Canadian religious leader (US capitol), dies at 78