Historical Anniversaries this Week

January 7

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer (died 1906)^[83]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Kim Jong-pil, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 11th Prime Minister of South Korea (died 2018)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Vic Darchinyan, Armenian-Australian boxer^[166]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player^[167]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player^[168]

January 8

 Events (100 years ago today): 1926 – Crown Prince Nguy?n Phúc V?nh Thu? is crowned emperor of Vietnam, the country's last monarch.^[24]

 Events (100 years ago today): 1926 – Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.^[25]

 Births (400 years ago today): 1626 – Jean Talon, first Intendant of New France (died 1694)^[65]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano (died 2012)^[135]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Kerwin Mathews, American actor (died 2007)^[136]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian dancer and choreographer (died 2004)^[137]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer (died 2022)^[138]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (died 2009)^[139]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Jenny Lewis, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress^[162]

 Deaths (1100 years ago today): 926 – Athelm, archbishop of Canterbury^[232]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Zhou Enlai, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1898)^[282]

January 9

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2002)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player

 Deaths (150 years ago today): 1876 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (born 1801)

January 10

 Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.^[9]

 Events (150 years ago today): 1876 – The Plan of Tuxtepec is announced.^[15]

 Births (1400 years ago today): 626 – Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shia Imam (died 680)^[37]

 Births (250 years ago today): 1776 – George Birkbeck, English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (died 1841)^[47]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician (died 2017)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Khairy Jamaluddin, Malaysian politician, Malaysian Minister of Health^[133]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Adam Kennedy, American baseball player^[134]

 Deaths (1050 years ago today): 976 – John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (born 925)

 Deaths (750 years ago today): 1276 – Gregory X, pope of the Catholic Church (born c.1210)^[165]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (born 1878)^[167]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1910)

January 11

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (died 1971)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Thomas Hicks, American runner (died 1952)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1998)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player

January 12

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – The United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).

 Births (450 years ago today): 1576 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (died 1660)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government (died 1950)^[32]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Jack London, American novelist and journalist (died 1916)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (died 1948)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Morton Feldman, American composer and academic (died 1987)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)^[40]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (born 1864)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1890)^[83]

January 13

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Michael Bond, English author, created Paddington Bear (died 2017)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (died 2003)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Melba Liston, American trombonist and composer (died 1999)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ross McCall, Scottish actor^[25]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Michael Peña, American actor^[36]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Mario Yepes, Colombian footballer

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Margaret Leighton, English actress (born 1922)