Events in Film & TV
Sports History
Jan 3 A 12-man syndicate led by Michael Burke and George Steinbrenner III buys MLB's New York Yankees from CBS for US$10 million
Television Finale
Jan 18 John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus" on BBC TV
Golden Globes
Jan 28 30th Golden Globes: The Godfather, Marlon Brando and Liv Ullmann win
- Jan 28 Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jan 2 Lucy Davis, British actress
- Jan 2 Will Kirby, American actor
- Jan 3 Dan Harmon, American voice actor, producer and writer (Rick and Morty, Community), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Jan 4 Harmony Korine, American film director and artist, born in Bolinas, California
- Jan 5 Georgia Apostolou, Greek actress, born in Athens, Greece (d. 2016)
- Jan 10 Ryan Drummond, American voice actor, born in Lima, Ohio
- Jan 11 Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress (Magma M. and Kasia i Tomek), born in Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland
- Jan 11 Rockmond Dunbar, American actor (Earth 2, Prison Break), born in Berkeley, California
- Jan 12 Greg Morton, American actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Jan 12 Prashant Bhargava, American filmmaker (Patang: The Kite), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
- Jan 13 Gloria Yip [Wan-Yee], Hong Kong actress (Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky), born in Hong Kong
- Jan 16 Josie Davis, American actress (Sarah-Charles in Charge, Two and a Half Men), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jan 18 Burnie Burns, American film producer & comedian (Machinima, Rooster Teeth), born in Rochester, New York
- Jan 19 Aaron Yonda, YouTube celebrity, born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Jan 23 Lanei Chapman, American actress, born in os Angeles, California
- Jan 25 Ace Steel [Christopher Guy], American professional wrestler, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jan 27 Margot Bourgeois, Miss Universe-3rd place (Trinidad & Tobago, 1997)
- Jan 31 Portia de Rossi, Australian actress, born in Horsham, Australia
Weddings in Film & TV
Michael Caine
Jan 8 Actor Michael Caine (40) weds model Shakira Baksh (25) at Candlelight Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
Jane Fonda
Jan 21 Actress Jane Fonda weds activist Tom Hayden
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 11 Isabel Randolph, American actress (Missing Corpse), dies at 83
- Jan 15 Coleman Francis, American film director (b. 1919)
- Jan 17 Fred Essler, Austrian actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk), dies at 77
- Jan 19 Max Adrian, Irish actor (Boy Friend), dies of a heart attack at 69
- Jan 24 J. Carrol Naish, American actor (Sahara; A Medal for Benny), dies of emphysema at 77
- Jan 26 Edward G. Robinson [Goldenberg], Romanian actor (Double Indemnity, The Stranger, The Ten Commandments), dies at 79
- Jan 28 John Banner, Austrian-born American actor (Hogan's Heroes, Lone Ranger, 36 Hours), dies of a abdominal haemorrhage at 63
- Jan 29 Ludwig Stössel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera, The Pride of the Yankees), dies at 89
- Jan 30 Jack MacGowran, Irish actor (King Lear, The Quiet Man, The Exorcist), dies of influenza at 54
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