Events in History
Birthdays in History
- Jan 1 Willem Carel Wendelaar, Dutch lawyer, civil servant, director, and politician (VVD)
- Jan 4 Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist, born in Nizhny Lomov, Russia (d. 1943)
- Jan 5 Herbert Bayard Swope, U.S. journalist who coined the term "Cold War", born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1958)
- Jan 6 Samuel Rayburn, American politician (Rep-D-Tx), born in Kingston, Tennessee (d. 1961)
- Jan 6 Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter, born in Białystok, Poland (d. 1949)
- Jan 6 Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop, born in İbriktepe, Turkey (d. 1965)
- Jan 12 Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist
- Jan 14 Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and writer (Story of America), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1944)
- Jan 15 Florian Znaniecki, Polish philosopher & sociologist, born in Świątniki, Poland (d. 1958)
- Jan 15 Princess Margaret of Sweden, born in Surrey, England (d. 1920)
Arnold Rothstein
Jan 17 Arnold Rothstein, American gambler and mobster (fixed 1919 World Series), born in NYC, New York (d, 1928)
A. A. Milne
Jan 18 A. A. Milne, English author of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, born in Hampstead, Middlesex (d. 1956)
Virginia Woolf
Jan 25 Virginia Woolf [Adeline], British author (Jacob's Room, To Lighthouse), born in London, England (d. 1941)
- Jan 27 Giuseppe Prezzolini, Italian writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jan 30 Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd US President (Democrat: 1933-1945), born in Hyde Park, New York (d. 1945)
- Jan 31 Josephus RH van Schaik, Dutch lawyer/vice-premier
Deaths in History
- Jan 3 William H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76
- Jan 3 Clement Claiborne Clay, American politician (U.S. Senator from Alabama), dies at 65
- Jan 4 John William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811)
- Jan 6 Richard Henry Dana Jr., American author (Two Years Before the Mast), dies at 66
Ignacy Łukasiewicz
Jan 7 Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish engineer, businessman and inventor who built the 1st modern oil refinery and invented the kerosene lamp, dies at 59
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