January 4 is the fourth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 361 days remain until the end of the year (362 in leap years).
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মানুয়ের জ্ঞানের পরিধি বাড়ানো। আমাদের এই সাইডে থাকবে ১ বছরের সমস্থ ঘটে যাওয়া
ইতিহাস। তারিখ অনুসারে প্রতিটি বিশেষ দিনের ইতিহাস কোন তারিখে কি
ঘটেছিল। কোন ব্যাক্তির জন্য এবং বিশেষ ব্যাক্তির মৃত্যর তারিখ জানানো হবে। যদি কোন
মানুষ এই জ্ঞান অর্জন করতে চায় তাহলে আমাদের এই ওয়েবসাইডটি ভিজিট করুন । আপনার
জ্ঞানের সীমা অনেক বৃদ্ধি পাবে।
46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.[1]
871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army.[2]
1649 – English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.[3]
1717 – The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance[4] in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
1762 – Great Britain declares war on Spain, thus entering the Seven Years' War.[5]
1798 – Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.[6]
1853 – After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.[7]
1854 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.[8]
1863 – The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.[9]
1878 – Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule[10] and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
1884 – The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.[11]
1896 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.[12]
1903 – Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.[13]
1912 – The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.[14]
1918 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.[15]
1944 – World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.[16]
1948 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic,[17] named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
1951 – Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.[18]
1956 – The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.[19]
1958 – Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.[20]
1959 – Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.[21]
1972 – Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.[22]
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.[23]
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.[24]
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.[25]
1990 – In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.[26]
1998 – A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.[27]
1999 – Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.[28]
2004 – Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.[29]
2004 – Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.[30]
2006 – Ehud Olmert becomes acting Prime Minister of Israel after the incumbent, Ariel Sharon, suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke.[31]
2007 – The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.[32]
2010 – The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai.[33]
2013 – A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines.[34]
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.
Births
1077 – Emperor Zhezong of China (d. 1100)[36]
1334 – Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (d. 1383)[37]
1467 – Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (d. 1538)[38]
1581 – James Ussher, Irish archbishop and historian (d. 1656)[39]
1643 – Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1727)[40]
1654 – Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (d. 1742)[41]
1672 – Hugh Boulter, English-Irish archbishop (d. 1742)[42]
1710 – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist (d. 1736)[43]
1720 – Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (d. 1774)[44]
1785 – Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (d. 1863)[45]
1809 – Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (d. 1852)[46]
1813 – Isaac Pitman, English linguist and educator (d. 1897)[47]
1832 – George Tryon, English admiral (d. 1893)[48]
1838 – General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (d. 1883)[49]
1839 – Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer (d. 1896)[50]
1848 – Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)[51]
1858 – Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1946)[52]
1864 – Clara Emilia Smitt, Swedish author (d. 1928)[53]
1869 – Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1960)
1874 – Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1935)[54]
1877 – Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet (d. 1943)[55]
1878 – A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer (d. 1957)[56]
1878 – Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator (d. 1961)[57]
1881 – Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (d. 1919)[58]
1883 – Max Eastman, American author and poet (d. 1969)[59]
1883 – Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (d. 1961)[60]
1884 – Guy Pène du Bois, American painter, critic, and educator (d. 1958)[61]
1889 – M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India (d. 1963)
1890 – Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, American publisher, founded DC Comics (d. 1965)
1891 – Edward Brooker, English-Australian sergeant and politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)[62]
1895 – Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. (d. 1982)[63]
1896 – Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)[64]
1896 – André Masson, French painter and illustrator (d. 1987)[65]
1897 – Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China (d. 1965)[66]
1900 – James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1989)
1901 – C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist (d. 1989)[67]
1902 – John A. McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1991)[68]
1905 – Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992)
1913 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007)[69]
1916 – Slim Gaillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)[70]
1916 – Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)[71]
1916 – Robert Parrish, American actor and director (d. 1995)[72]
1920 – William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1996)
1924 – Marianne Werner, German shot putter[73]
1925 – Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (d. 2003)[74]
1927 – Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)[75]
1927 – Barbara Rush, American actress
1929 – Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician (d. 2015)[76]
1930 – Sorrell Booke, American actor and director (d. 1994)[77]
1931 – William Deane, Australian judge and politician, 22nd Governor-General of Australia[78]
1931 – Coşkun Özarı, Turkish footballer and coach (d. 2011)
1932 – Clint Hill, American secret service agent and author
1932 – Carlos Saura, Spanish director and screenwriter[79]
1934 – Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (d. 2015)
1934 – Rudolf Schuster, Slovak politician, 2nd President of Slovakia[80]
1935 – Floyd Patterson, American boxer (d. 2006)[81]
1937 – Grace Bumbry, American operatic soprano[82]
1937 – Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter[83]
1940 – Gao Xingjian, Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 – Brian Josephson, Welsh physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate[84]
1941 – George P. Cosmatos, Italian-Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 2005)[85]
1941 – Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician (d. 1999)[86]
1942 – Bolaji Akinyemi, Nigerian political scientist, academic, and politician[87]
1942 – John McLaughlin, English guitarist and songwriter
1943 – Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author
1943 – Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author and educator
1945 – Richard R. Schrock, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate[88]
1946 – Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)[89]
1947 – Marie-Thérèse Letablier, French sociologist and academic[90]
1948 – Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (d. 1992)
1948 – Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
1950 – Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (d. 2013)
1953 – Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer
1954 – Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon[91]
1956 – Ann Magnuson, American actress and performance artist [92]
1956 – Zehava Gal-On, Israeli politician[93]
1956 – Sarojini Sahoo, Indian journalist, author, and poet
1956 – Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1957 – Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[94]
1958 – Matt Frewer, American-Canadian actor
1960 – Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer[95]
1963 – Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer
1964 – Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player
1964 – Dot Jones, American shot putter and actress
1965 – Yvan Attal, French actor and director
1965 – Guy Forget, French tennis player[96]
1965 – Beth Gibbons, British singer and songwriter
1965 – Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director[97]
1965 – Julia Ormond, English actress and producer
1966 – Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[98]
1967 – David Toms, American golfer and philanthropist[99]
1967 – David Wilson, Australian rugby player
1971 – Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese botanist and sculptor
1978 – Dominik Hrbatý, Slovakian tennis player[100]
1978 – Mai Meneses, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer[101]
1985 – Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer
1985 – Al Jefferson, American basketball player[102]
1986 – Younès Kaboul, French footballer
1986 – James Milner, English footballer
1990 – Toni Kroos, German footballer
1992 – Kris Bryant, American baseball player[103]
1997 – Ante Žižić, Croatian basketball player[104]
1998 – Liza Soberano, Filipina actress
Deaths
871 – Æthelwulf, Saxon ealdorman[106]
874 – Hasan al-Askari, eleventh of the Twelve Imams (probable;[107] b. 846)
1248 – Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1209)[108]
1344 – Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle, English peer (b. 1288)[109]
1399 – Nicholas Eymerich, Catalan theologian and inquisitor[110]
1424 – Muzio Sforza, Italian condottiero[111]
1428 – Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1370)[112]
1584 – Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1539)[113]
1604 – Ferenc Nádasdy, Hungarian noble (b. 1555)[114]
1606 – George Villiers, English knight and country gentleman (b. c. 1544)
1695 – François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (b. 1628)[115]
1752 – Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1704)[116]
1761 – Stephen Hales, English clergyman and physiologist (b. 1677)
1782 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed École Militaire (b. 1698)[117]
1786 – Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1729)[118]
1804 – Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (b. 1730)[119]
1821 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint (b. 1774)[120]
1825 – Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751)[121]
1863 – Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
1874 – Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
1877 – Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
1880 – Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)[122]
1880 – Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
1882 – John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
1883 – Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)[123]
1891 – Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
1896 – Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
1901 – Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)
1904 – Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
1910 – Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
1912 – Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)
1919 – Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
1920 – Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
1924 – Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
1925 – Nellie Cashman, American Nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
1927 – Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
1931 – Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
1931 – Louise, Princess Royal of England (b. 1867)
1931 – Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878)
1940 – Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
1941 – Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
1943 – Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
1944 – Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
1944 – Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician (b. 1914)
1960 – Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)[124]
1961 – Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)[125]
1962 – Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
1965 – T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)[126]
1967 – Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)[127]
1969 – Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
1970 – Jean Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)
1975 – Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)
1976 – Epameinondas Thomopoulos, Greek painter and illustrator (b. 1878)
1985 – Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895)
1986 – Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (b. 1904)[128]
1986 – Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)[129]
1988 – Lily Laskine, French harp player (b. 1893)
1990 – Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (b. 1903)
1990 – Henry Bolte, Australian sergeant and politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (b. 1908)
1994 – R. D. Burman, Indian film score composer, and one of the influential music directors of the Indian film industry. (b. 1939)
1995 – Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (b. 1942)
1995 – Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1907)
1997 – Harry Helmsley, American businessman (b. 1909)
1998 – Mae Questel, American actress (b. 1908)
1999 – Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (b. 1904)
2000 – Spyros Markezinis, Greek lawyer and politician, 170th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1909)
2000 – Tom Fears, Mexican-American football player and coach (b. 1922)
2001 – Les Brown, American bandleader and composer (b. 1912)
2003 – Hanno Drechsler, German academic and politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1931)
2003 – Sabine Ulibarrí, American poet and critic (b. 1919)
2004 – Brian Gibson, English director and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2004 – Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924)
2004 – John Toland, American historian and author (b. 1912)
2005 – Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1924)
2005 – Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
2005 – Humphrey Carpenter, English radio host and author (b. 1946)
2005 – Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian (b. 1919)
2006 – Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (b. 1912)
2006 – Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emirati politician, 1st Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1946)
2006 – Milton Himmelfarb, American sociographer, author, and academic (b. 1918)
2007 – Helen Hill, American director and producer (b. 1970)
2007 – Steve Krantz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
2007 – Marais Viljoen, South African politician, 5th State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
2007 – Jan Schröder, Dutch cyclist (b. 1941)
2008 – Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (b. 1932)
2009 – Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright, and author (b. 1946)
2010 – Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname (b. 1910)[130]
2010 – Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer (b. 1916)[131]
2011 – Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (b. 1937)[132]
2011 – Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1947)[133]
2011 – Salmaan Taseer, Pakistani businessman and politician, 26th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan (b. 1944)
2012 – Eve Arnold, American photographer and journalist (b. 1912)
2012 – Rod Robbie, English-Canadian architect, designed the Canadian Pavilion and Rogers Centre (b. 1928)[134]
2013 – Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (b. 1931)[135]
2013 – Zoran Žižić, Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1951)
2015 – Pino Daniele, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1955)[136]
2016 – S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (b. 1947)[137]
2016 – Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (b. 1939)[138]
2017 – Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b. 1918)[139]
2017 – Georges Prêtre, French orchestral and opera conductor (b. 1924)[140]
2019 – Harold Brown, 14th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1927)[
