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This day in history: 1 January

Events, births and deaths on this date, ordered by how many people look them up.

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Key facts

515 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 1 January.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2026: A fire at a bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, kills 41 people and injures 116 others.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Basil the Great (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day: Feast of the Circumcision of Christ Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Anglican Communion, Lutheran Church)

Christian feast day: Fulgentius of Ruspe

Christian feast day: January 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God; and its related observances: World Day of Peace

Global Family Day

Jump-up Day (Montserrat)

New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar) Japanese New Year

New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar) Novy God Day (Russia)

Polar Bear Swim Day

Public Domain Day (multiple countries)

The eighth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)

Events

2026A fire at a bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, kills 41 people and injures 116 others.

2026Bulgaria officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 21st Eurozone country.

2025Fourteen people are killed and 57 others injured during a vehicle-ramming and shooting attack in New Orleans, Louisiana.

2024A 7.5 Mww earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan, killing more than 500 people and injuring over 1,000 others. A majority of direct deaths were due to collapsed homes.

2024Artsakh ceases to exist.

2024Disney's copyright protection on Steamboat Willie and the original Mickey Mouse expires as they enter the public domain.

2023Croatia officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 20th Eurozone country, and becomes the 27th member of the Schengen Area.

2017An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills 39 people and injures 79 others.

2015The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

2013At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

2011A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.

2011Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.

2010A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.

2009Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.

2007Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board.

2007Bulgaria and Romania join the EU.

2004In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until O

2001Greece adopts the Euro, becoming the 12th Eurozone country.

1999The Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).

1998Argentinian physicist Juan Maldacena publishes a landmark paper initiating the study of AdS/CFT correspondence, which links string theory and quantum gravity.

1998Following a currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.

1995Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU.

1995The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.

1995The World Trade Organization comes into being.

1994The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect.

1994The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

1993Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.

1990David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.

1989The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion.

1988The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.

1987The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.

1985Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 crashes into Mount Illimani in Bolivia, killing all 29 aboard.

1985The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.

1984Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.

1984The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.

1983The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.

1982Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.

1981Greece is admitted into the European Community.

1979the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and Taiwan Relations Act enter into force. Through the Communiqué, the United States establishes normal diplomatic relations with China. Through the Act, the United States gu

1978Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Bombay, India, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, killing all 213 people on board.

Born on this day

2007Ian Subiabre, Argentine footballer

2004Lamine Camara, Senegalese footballer

2003Daria Trubnikova, Russian rhythmic gymnast

2002Simon Adingra, Ivorian footballer

2001Angourie Rice, Australian actress

2001Winter, South Korean singer

2000Ice Spice, American rapper

2000Nicolas Kühn, German footballer

1999Azmy Qowimuramadhoni, Indonesian-Azerbaijani badminton player

1999Tomás Chancalay, Argentine footballer

1998Cristina Bucșa, Moldovan-Spanish tennis player

1998Edwuin Cetré, Colombian footballer

1998Enock Mwepu, Zambian footballer

1998Frank Onyeka, Nigerian footballer

1997Gonzalo Montiel, Argentine footballer

1997Keegan Hipgrave, Australian rugby league player

1997Noah Kahan, American singer-songwriter

1996Andreas Pereira, Brazilian footballer

1996Mahmoud Dahoud, German footballer

1996Mathias Jensen, Danish footballer

1995Poppy, American singer and YouTube personality

1995Sardar Azmoun, Iranian footballer

1994Brendan Elliot, Australian rugby league player

1994LaMonte Wade Jr., American baseball player

1993Abdoulaye Doucouré, Malian footballer

1993Larry Nance Jr., American basketball player

1992Nathaniel Peteru, New Zealand rugby league player

1992Shane Duffy, Irish footballer

1991Darius Slay, American football player

1991Glen Rice Jr., American basketball player

1991Xavier Su'a-Filo, American football player

1990Ali Maâloul, Tunisian football player

1990Julia Glushko, Israeli tennis player

1989Jason Pierre-Paul, American football player

1988Dallas Keuchel, American baseball player

1988Marcel Gecov, Czech footballer

1987Gia Coppola, American director and screenwriter

1987Gilbert Brulé, Canadian ice hockey player

1987Meryl Davis, American ice dancer

1987Patric Hörnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player

Died on this day

2025Chad Morgan, Australian musician (born 1933)

2025David Lodge, English author and critic (born 1935)

2025Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1951)

2024Lynja, American celebrity chef and YouTuber (born 1956)

2023Fred White, American musician and songwriter (born 1955)

2022Dan Reeves, American football player and coach (born 1944)

2022Gary Burgess, British broadcaster and journalist (born 1975)

2021Carlos do Carmo, Portuguese fado singer (born 1939)

2021Elmira Minita Gordon, Belizean educator and psychologist (born 1930)

2021Floyd Little, American football player (born 1942)

2021Mark Eden, English actor (born 1928)

2020Alexander Frater, British travel writer and journalist (born 1937)

2020Barry McDonald, Australian rugby union player (born 1940)

2020David Stern, American lawyer and businessman (born 1942)

2020Don Larsen, American baseball player (born 1929)

2020Lexii Alijai, American rapper (born 1998)

2019George, last known Achatinella apexfulva (born c. 2004)

2019Paul Neville, Australian politician (born 1940)

2019Pegi Young, American singer, songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist (born 1952)

2018Jon Paul Steuer, American actor (born 1984)

2018Robert Mann, American violinist (born 1920)

2017Tony Atkinson, British economist (born 1944)

2017Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (born 1926)

2016Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (born 1925)

2016Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet and journalist (born 1932)

2016Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (born 1930)

2015Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (born 1950)

2015Donna Douglas, American actress (born 1932)

2015Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (born 1932)

2015Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1934)

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“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”

Lao Tzu

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