Historical Anniversaries this Week

January 5

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – The Khmer Rouge announce that the new Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea is ratified.^[31]

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before.^[32]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Konrad Adenauer, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of West Germany (died 1967)^[64][65]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, Singaporean lawyer and politician (died 2008)^[104]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Veikko Karvonen, Finnish runner (died 2007)^[105]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (died 2009)^[106]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Hosea Williams, American businessman and activist (died 2000)^[107]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer^[185]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – John A. Costello, Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1891)^[282]

January 6

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ralph Branca, American baseball player (died 2016)^[129]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (died 2002)^[130]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American actor and bodybuilder (died 2006)^[131]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Johan Davidsson, Swedish ice hockey player^[210]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Danny Pintauro, American actor^[211]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player^[212]

January 7

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer (died 1906)^[81]

 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^[164]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player^[165]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player^[166]

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