Historical Anniversaries this Week

December 28

 Births (250 years ago today): 1775 – Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Swiss banker and photographer (died 1863)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (died 2002)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Milton Obote, Ugandan engineer and politician, 2nd President of Uganda (died 2005)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – B. J. Ryan, American baseball player

 Deaths (1100 years ago today): 925 – Wang Zongbi, general of the Chinese state of Former Shu

December 29

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.^[21]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Pete Dye, American golfer and architect (died 2020)^[105]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Shawn Hatosy, American actor^[246]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Jaret Wright, American baseball player^[247]

 Deaths (200 years ago today): 1825 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (born 1748)^[338]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1925 – Félix Vallotton, Swiss-French painter (born 1865)^[359]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Euell Gibbons, American author and naturalist (born 1911)^[394]

December 30

 Events (200 years ago today): 1825 – The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.

 Births (200 years ago today): 1825 – Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (died 1891)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, producer, and director (died 2002)^[20]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Tiger Woods, American golfer^[42]

 Deaths (1100 years ago today): 925 – Wang Shenzhi, founder of Min (born 862)

 Deaths (500 years ago today): 1525 – Jakob Fugger, German banker and businessman (born 1459)

December 31

 Events (800 years ago today): 1225 – The Lý dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy emperor Tr?n Thái Tông, husband of the last Lý monarch, Lý Chiêu Hoàng, starting the Tr?n dynasty.^{[citation needed][6]}

 Events (250 years ago today): 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces under General Guy Carleton repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery in a snowstorm.^[10]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (died 2013)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Sri Lal Sukla, Indian author (died 2011)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Daphne Oram, British composer and electronic musician (died 2003)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Rami Alanko, Finnish ice hockey player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Toni Kuivasto, Finnish footballer and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Rob Penders, Dutch footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Sander Schutgens, Dutch runner

 Deaths (450 years ago today): 1575 – Pierino Belli, Italian commander and jurist (born 1502)

 Deaths (250 years ago today): 1775 – Richard Montgomery, American general (born 1738)

January 1

 Events (300 years ago today): 1725 – J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his chorale cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41, which features the trumpet fanfares from the beginning also in the end.^[20][21]

 Events (0 years ago today): 2025 – 14 people are killed and 35 others injured during a vehicle-ramming and shooting attack in New Orleans, Louisiana.^[120]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Matthew Beard, American child actor (died 1981)^[233]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (died 2005)^[234]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player and coach^[320]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Joe Cannon, American soccer player and sportscaster^[321]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player^[322]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player^[323]

 Deaths (0 years ago today): 2025 – David Lodge, English author and critic (born 1935)^[508]

 Deaths (0 years ago today): 2025 – Chad Morgan, Australian musician (born 1933)^[509]

 Deaths (0 years ago today): 2025 – Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1951)^[510]

January 2

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.^[31]

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.^[32]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Dax Shepard, American actor^[154]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Jeff Suppan, American baseball player^[155]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player^[156]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (born 1944)^[219]

 Deaths (0 years ago today): 2025 – Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (born 1921)^[268]

January 3

 Births (250 years ago today): 1775 – Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont (died 1863)^[63]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Jill Balcon, English actress (died 2009)^[125]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Thomas Bangalter, French DJ, musician, and producer^[193]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Jason Marsden, American actor^[194]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Danica McKellar, American actress and mathematician^[195]

 Deaths (150 years ago today): 1875 – Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (born 1817)^[289]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1880)^[316]

 Deaths (0 years ago today): 2025 – Jeff Baena, American filmmaker (born 1977)^[362]

 Deaths (0 years ago today): 2025 – Brenton Wood, American R&B singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1941)^[363]