2004 Jan Berry, singer, Jan and Dean, dies at 62
2004 Jan Sterling, actress, The High and the Mighty, dies at 82
2004 Jan Miner, pitchwoman/stage actress, You're soaking in it, dies at 86
2002 Jan de Hartog, Dutch Writer
2001 Jan Kott, Polish Critic
1998 18th United Negro College Fund raises (rebroadcasted Jan 17th)
1997 Jan Peder Syse, PM of Norway (1989-90), dies
1997 Benin legalizes Jan 10th as a voodoo holiday
1996 Laurens jan van der Post, explorer/conservationist, dies at 90
1996 New York Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374
1996 New York Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals
1996 Sarahi Morales, Mexico, Siamese twin, died on Jan 27, 1996
1995 Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56
1995 Jan Bart Klaster, music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50
1994 Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64
1994 Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995
1994 Jan Wegter, actor (Pastorale 1943), dies at 64
1994 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 91
1994 Jan Bor, Dutch violinist and painter, dies at 83
1994 Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies at 84
1994 Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at 53
1993 Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36
1993 Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies
1993 Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies
1993 Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87
1992 Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies
1992 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
1992 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (Oort Cloud), dies at 92
1992 Jan G Toonder, writer (Castle in Ireland), dies at 78
1992 Jan Elburg, [Joannes G], poet (Geen letterheren), dies
1992 Jan van Baal, antropologist/gov Dutch New-Guinea, dies
1992 Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies
1992 New York City's MTA votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993
1992 Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body and Soul), dies
1991 Jan H Christianse, political chairman (CDA), dies
1991 Jan van Tongeren, painter, dies
1991 Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curacao), dies
1991 Jan J Lipski, chairman (Polish Socialist Party)/writer, dies
1991 Jan Berry (Jan and Dean) weds Gertie Filip
1991 Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor and writer (Friends of My Friends), dies
1991 Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85
1991 Jan Ode, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies
1991 Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame
1991 Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th
1991 Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland
1990 Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies
1990 U.N. Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq
1990 Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game
1989 Jan Cikker, composer, dies at 78
1989 Jan Syse becomes premier of Norway
1989 Jan Teulings, Dutch actor and director (Dorp aan de Rivier), dies
1989 Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64
1988 Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990
1988 Jan Kapr, composer, dies at 74
1988 Jan van den Weghe, Flemish writer, dies at about 67
1988 European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992
1987 Jan Stephens wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1987 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1987 Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles
1987 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open
1985 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament
1985 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA GNA Golf Classic
1984 Jan Peerce, [Perelmuth], operatic tenor, dies at 80 following a stroke
1984 Jan Novak, composer, dies at 63
1984 New Jersey Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5
1983 Jan Stephens/Fred Couples wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1983 Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66
1983 38th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jan Stephenson
1983 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1983 Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament
1982 Jan Wolkers awarded but refuses Constantine Huygens-prize
1982 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1982 28th LPGA Championship won by Jan Stephenson
1982 Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
1982 Jan Lemaire, Dutch actor and writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at 97
1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
1981 9th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Jan Stephenson
1981 Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at 89
1980 Jan Tausinger, composer, dies at 58
1980 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR
1980 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic
1979 Jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies
1978 Jan Berger, Dutch politician, dies at 59
1978 Jan Willem van Otterloo, composer, dies at 70
1978 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
1977 President Carter raises minimum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 for Jan 1 1981
1977 Jan Patocka, Czech philosopher, dies in prison
1977 Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 74
1976 Jan Kunc, composer, dies at 93
1976 Heather Kozar, born in Akron, Ohio, playmate, Jan, 1998
1976 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1976 Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 Jan Stephens wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Naples Golf Classic
1976 Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84
1975 Jan Harm Schippers, Dutch soccer player: South Carolina Heerenveen, Veendam
1975 Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 48
1975 Jan l'Ami, Dutch soccer player, Willem II
1974 Jami Ferrell, born in Munncie, Indiana, playmate, Jan 1997
1974 Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London
1974 Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48
1974 Echo Leta Johnson, born in Austin, Texas, playmate, Jan, 1993
1973 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA-Japan Golf Classic
1973 Melissa Deanne Holiday, Greenwood, South Carolina, playmate, Jan, 1995
1973 93rd U.S. Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Jan Kodes (64 16 46 62 62)
1973 87th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jan Kodes beats Alex Metreveli, 61 98 63
1972 Jan Caloun, hockey forward, Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998
1972 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open
1972 Jan Benda, Reet Belgium, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1972 Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71
1972 Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80
1971 Jan Mul, composer, dies at 60
1971 Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58
1971 Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Plough), dies at 86
1971 91st U.S. Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Jan Kodes (36 63 62 76)
1971 Jan Pardavy, hockey forward, Team Slovakia
1971 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1971 Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82
1970 Victoria Fuller, born in Santa Barbara, California, playmate, Jan, 1996
1970 Jan Drda, Czech author (Nema Barikada), dies at 55
1970 Kansas City Chiefs Jan Stenerud kicks 55-yard field goal
1970 Jan Siemerink, born in Netherlands, tennis star
1970 Jan Varholik, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1998
1970 Anne-Marie Goddard, Utrechtum Netherlands, playmate, Jan, 94
1969 Jan Apell, Sweden, tennis star
1969 Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer, dies at 76
1969 Jan Zajic, Czech student, self incinerates
1969 Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czech, self immolates at 20
1968 Suzi Simpson, Athens Greece, playmate, Jan, 1992
1968 Jan Johansson, composer, dies at 37
1968 Jan Janssen wins Tour de France: 1st Dutchman
1968 Stacy Leigh Arthur, born in Naperville, Illinois, playmate, Jan, 1991
1968 Gerard den Brabander, [Jan G Jofriet], poet (Nothing New), dies at 67
1968 Bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during game (Jan 13), dies
1967 Jan Mens, Dutch writer (Honor to God Alone), dies at 70
1966 Jan Kiepura, actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64
1966 Jan Zelezny, Czechoslovakia, javelin thrower, Olympics-2 gold-92, 96
1966 Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck
1966 Jan Varholik, Kosice CZE, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia
1965 Fawna Maclaren, born in Santa Monica, California, playmate, Jan, 1989
1965 Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and writer (Walk at Dawn), dies
1965 Jan Sverak, Zatec Czechoslovakia, director, Kolya, Jizda, Ropaci
1964 Jan Fabricius, Dutch/English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93
1964 Sherry Arnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, Jan, 1986
1964 Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74
1964 Jan and Dean release "Little Old Lady From Pasadena"
1964 Jan Rychlik, composer, dies at 47
1963 Jan Schouten, Dutch founder (illegal Trouw)/chairman (ARP), dies
1963 Kimberley Conrad Hefner, born in Moulton, Alabama, playmate of year, Jan, 1988
1963 Jan Willem van Ede, Dutch soccer player, FC Utrecht, PSV
1962 "Jan Murray Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1962 Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies
1962 Jan[ice] Merrill, track star, U.S. record long distance holder 1979
1962 Jan Gunnarsson, Sweden, tennis star
1962 Jan Koster, Dutch drummer, Sleeze Beez-Powertool
1961 Luann L Lee, born in Santa Monica, California, playmate, Jan, 1987
1960 Lonny Chin, born in Liverpool, England, playmate, Jan, 1983
1960 Jan Wouters, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV
1960 Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies
1959 Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68
1959 Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands
1958 Jan Dijksma, Dutch bassist, Weekend at Waikiki
1958 Gig Gangel Harlingen, Texas, playmate, Jan, 1980
1957 Jan Rot, Dutch composer/writer, Wrong Nights
1957 Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75
1957 Jan Hooks, born in Decatur, Georgia, comedienne actress, SNL, Designing Women
1956 Candy Loving Oswego, Kansas, playmate, Jan, 1979
1956 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies
1956 Jan Peter Balkenende, Statesman
1955 Jan Pijnenburg, Dutch rock drummer, Doe Maar-Bomb
1955 Jan de Ligt, Dutch saxophonist, I've Got the Bullets
1955 Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch preacher, dies at 84
1954 Jan Kalf, Dutch literature/art historian, dies at 80
1954 Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer, dies at 54
1953 N Jan Davis, Cocoa Beach Florida, PhD/astronaut, STS 47, 60, 85
1953 Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954
1952 Jan Raas, Dutch bicyclist
1952 Jan Todd, woman power lifter, once lifted 248 kg in a squat
1951 Jan Stephenson, Sydney Australia, golfer, LPGA Rookie of Year-1974
1951 Jan Timman, Dutch chess player
1951 Jan de Hartog's "4 Poster," premieres in New York City
1951 Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer, Catapult
1951 Jan Fransen, Dutch MP, VVD
1951 Jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74
1950 Jan Rietman, Dutch radio/TV host
1950 Peter Jan Rens, Dutch actor and director, Mister Cactus, Passion
1949 Jan Hendriks, guitarist, Doe Maar
1949 Carlien Brouwer, translator/missing since Jan 6, 1994
1949 Jan Smithers, born in North Hollywood, California, actress, Bailey-WKRP
1949 Marilyn Cole, Portsmouth, England, playmate of the year, Jan, 1972
1949 Jan Keizer, Dutch singer, BZN-Rhythm of My Heart
1948 Jan Hammer, composer, Escape from TV, Miami Vice
1948 Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered
1947 Jan Ferraris, LPGA golfer
1947 Jan Kees Wiebenga, Dutch MP, VVD
1947 Jan [AJ] te Veldhuis, Dutch MP, VVD
1947 Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51)
1946 Judy Tyler, born in Los Angeles, California, playmate, Jan 1966
1946 Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Abelard and Heloise), dies at 67
1945 Jan van Geenen, resistance fighter, dies
1945 Jan Beekes, resistance fighter, executed at 26
1945 Jan Thijssen, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm
1945 Jan Bakker, resistance fighter, executed at 26
1945 Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1944 Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63
1944 Gerrit Jan Wolffensperger, Dutch MP, D66
1944 Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49
1944 Jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies
1944 Gerrit Jan van der Veen, [Wolffensperger], resister, executed at 41
1944 Jan Bart Klaster, mythologist, Slogan
1943 Jan Stenerud, Norway, NFL place kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs
1943 Jan Adamski, Poland, International Chess Master, 1976
1943 Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed
1943 Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland
1943 Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested
1943 Jan R T Campert, Dutch resistance fighter/poet (18 Dead), dies at 40
1941 Jan L G "Yvan" Doornik, Dutch resist fighter in France, executed at 36
1941 Jan G H Krajenbrink, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA
1941 Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in New York at 80
1941 Jan Dibbets, sculptor/artist, Dutch Mountains
1941 Jan D. Blaauw, Dutch MP, VVD
1941 Jan Berry, born in Los Angeles, California, rock vocalist, Jan and Dean-Deadman's Curve
1941 Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death
1941 Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet
1940 Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60
1940 Jan Claire, actor, American Anthem
1940 Jan Cremer, Dutch writer/sculptor, I, John Cremer
1940 Jan Wilhelm Morthenson, composer
1940 Jan P. Pronk, Dutch politician, PvdA
1940 Jan Schaefer, Dutch Assistant Secretary of state, PvdA
1940 Dean Torrence, born in Los Angeles, California, surf music singer, Jan and Dean-Little Old Lady
1938 Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director, Weevers' Duin
1938 Jasperina de Jong, Dutch cabaret performer, Jan Rao en z'n Maat
1937 Jan van Houwelingen, Dutch undersecretary of Defense, CDA
1937 Charles Lee Herron, born in Kentucky, FBI most wanted fugitive, Jan 1 1986
1937 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after)
1936 Jan J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship doc/writer (Seaman's Grave), dies at 38
1936 Jan Nemec, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, director, Diamonds of the Night
1936 Jan Wincenty Hawel, composer
1936 Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92
1935 Jan van Vlijmen, composer
1935 Jan Nijland, cattle breeder/Dutch MP, CDA
1935 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44
1934 Jan Wijn, Dutch pianist
1934 Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer
1934 Jan Klusak, composer
1934 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres
1933 Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km)
1933 Jan van Ginkel, graphic artist/publisher, Perscombinatie
1933 Jan Erik/Eric Jan Hanussen, Berlin astrologist/illusionist, murdered
1933 20th Amendment goes into effect: President term begins in Jan not March
1932 Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84
1932 Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party, CDA
1931 Yvonne Keuls, [Bamberg], Dutch writer, Jan Rap and Co
1931 Jan Terlouw, Dutch MP, D-66, /author, Winters in Wartime
1931 Jan Johansson, composer
1931 Jan Torell, Limhamm Sweden, director, New Land, Emigrants
1930 Jan van Noor, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA
1929 Jan Wiegel, director/producer, Classroom of Anne Frank, Myrada
1929 Remco [Wouter] Campert, Dutch literary/poet/son of Jan Campert
1929 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
1928 Jan Meyers, Rep-R-Kansas, 1985-
1928 Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69
1927 Jan Myrdal, Swedish writer/journalist, Albania Defiant
1927 [Jan] Hein Donner, Dutch chess master
1927 Jan Blokker, Dutch writer/journalist, VPRO, People's Newspaper
1926 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies
1926 Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian
1926 Jan Morris, travel writer, Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys
1926 Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses, CDA
1926 Jan Krenz, composer
1926 Jan Carlstedt, composer
1926 Jan Zimmer, composer
1926 Jan Carl Christian Maegaard, composer
1925 Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor/novelist, Brief American
1925 Jan P Veth, Dutch painter/lithographer/art historian, dies at 61
1925 Jan H Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60
1925 Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author
1924 Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Amsterdam folk vocalist
1924 Jan Willem Radecker, sculptor/son of John Raedecker
1923 Robert Maxwell, [Jan Hoch], Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News
1923 Betty Page, born in Kingsport, Tennessee, playmate, Jan, 1955, /model, Dark Angel
1923 Jan Sterling, born in New York City, actress, 1st Monday in October, HS Confidential
1921 Jan Tausinger, composer
1921 Jan Frank Fischer, composer
1921 Abe Jan Koldijk, SS-physician, Limburg's family doctor
1921 Jan Novak, composer
1920 Jan W. Schulte Nordholt, Dutch poet and historian, Blossoming Stone
1920 Jan Walravens, Flemish writer, Motionless at Sea
1919 Jan Elburg, [Joannes G], Dutch poet, Through the Night
1917 Jan Miner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Crime Photographer
1917 Jan Murray, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear
1917 Jan Clayton, Tularosa, New Mexico, actress, Ellen Miller-Lassie
1916 Jan Rychlik, composer
1916 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Ot and Sien), dies at 57
1915 Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78
1915 Jan Malat, composer, dies at 72
1915 Jan Hanus, composer
1915 Jan Drda, Czech writer, Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani
1914 Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter, dies at 76
1914 [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist, Parool
1914 Jan Decadt, composer
1914 Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer, Holland's Glory
1914 Jan Kapr, composer
1914 Jan Kott, Polish Critic
1913 Jan Slot, Dutch mayor, Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede
1913 Jan Meyerowitz, composer
1913 Godfried [Jan Arnold] Bomans, Dutch humorist and writer, Pieter Bas
1913 Jan Masseus, composer
1912 Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56
1912 Jan Peeters, Dutch water colors painter/monumental artist
1912 Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61
1911 Jan F Hampe, pathologist-anatomy, Fabric and Stoflongen
1911 Jan Mul, composer
1911 Jan Lode Cantens, Flemish dramatist, God's Murderer
1911 Jan Koetsier, composer
1911 Jan Cikker, composer
1911 Jan Boon, [Tjalie Robinson], Dutch East Indies publicist, Tong Tong
1909 Jan Koplowitz, writer
1909 Jan Lewando, British director, Marks and Spencer
1909 Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director, KNMI
1909 Jan Fabricius, Dutch playwright
1908 Jan Seidel, composer
1908 Jan Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter, Witte Ko, /communist
1907 Jan Willem van Otterloo, Dutch composer
1907 Jan Felderhof, composer
1907 Jan Pauw, CEO, Aruban Theater Group
1907 Jan M J van Houtte, premier Belgium, 1952-54
1907 Jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname, 1949-56
1906 Laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist
1906 Jan Vercammen, Flemish author/chief inspector LO, Primary Education
1906 Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor of Antwerp, dies
1906 Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP, ARP
1905 Jan Louis Guillaume "Yvan" Doornik, Netherlands resistance fighter in France
1905 Jan [Johannes] Teulings, Dutch actor and director, That Joyous Eve
1905 Jan H van Roijen, diplomat and Netherland foreign minister
1904 Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905
1904 Jan van Axel, Dutch director, Overschotje
1904 Jan Peerce, [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], New York City, tenor, New York Met Opera
1904 Jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies
1904 Cornelis Jan Bakker, Dutch and U.S. nuclear physicist
1903 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and U.N. advisor, Nobel 1969
1902 Gerrit Jan van der Veen, [Wolffensperger], Dutch resistance fighter
1902 Jan RT Campert, writer, Song the 18 dead
1902 Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet, dies
1902 U.S. military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends
1902 Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor, Her Wonderful Lie
1901 Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier, KVP, 1959-63
1901 Jan H de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder, Free Netherlands
1901 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Min of Justice, Nobel 1954
1900 Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname, PVDA, 1955-62
1900 Jan [Johannes A A] Engelman, poet/translator/critic, Garden of Eros
1900 Gerard den Brabander, [Jan G Jofriet], poet, Nothing New
1900 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer, hypothesized "Oort Cloud"
1900 Jan Blockx's "T˜l Uilenspiegel" premieres in Brussels
1899 Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer
1899 Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter
1898 Jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer
1898 Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor, De Standaard 1929-39
1896 Jan N Bakhuizen van den Brink, theologist/church historian
1895 Jan Kleczynski, composer, dies at 58
1895 Jan Parandowski, writer
1893 Jan M Romein, Dutch historian, Low Countries at Sea
1893 Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer
1892 Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer, dies at 80
1891 Jan B. Cammans, Flemish actor, Brothers Karamazov
1891 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice and president High Council
1891 Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer, Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium
1891 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice, 1926-33
1890 Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer, Hry o Marti
1890 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect, Zonnestral
1889 Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies
1888 Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist, Bric Brac
1887 Jan HA Eman, Aruban politician
1886 Jan Garrique Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, statesman/minister to London, 1918-35
1885 Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder, Ploeg
1885 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts)
1885 Jan Matzeliger begins 1st mass production of shoes
1884 Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and author, Bird Phoenix
1884 Jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77
1884 Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer and actor, Beautiful Juliet
1883 Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder, Daily Trouw, /chairman, ARP
1883 Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer, Antwerp Devil
1883 Jan Kunc, composer
1883 Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes
1882 Jan H F Gronloh, "Nescio", Dutch writer, De Uitvreter, Titiaantjes
1881 Johannes CB "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter
1881 Jan van Gilse, composer/resistance fighter, Frau Helga von Staveren
1880 Jan Kubelik, composer
1880 Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51
1879 January record 13" of snow falls in New York City (broken Jan 7, 1996)
1879 Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary, Grimaces
1877 Jan van den Tempel, Dutch MP, SDAP
1876 Jan Van Oudshoorn, [Jan K Feylbrief], Dutch writer, Maze of Senses
1876 Jan Ingenhoven, composer
1876 Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67
1876 Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith
1875 John P "Jan" Musch, Dutch actor, Dead Water
1875 Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71
1873 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57
1873 Jan Kalf, literary/art historian, Preservation of museums
1870 Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch vicar, Young Flanders
1870 Jan Christian Smuts, proponnent of Commonwealth and League of Nations
1869 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54
1869 Jan R Slotemaker de Bruine, Dutch clergyman/politician, CHU
1869 Jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer, Jan Cimbura
1868 Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer, dies at 62
1865 Jan "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist, Steurtjes
1865 Jan H Leopold, Dutch poet, translated Omar Khayyam
1864 Jan P Veth, Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian
1863 Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90
1862 President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1
1862 Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61
1860 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland, 1919-20
1860 Ignace Jan Paderewski, Kurylowka Poland, composer/pianist/patriot
1859 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator, Nog bij mother, Ot and Sien
1858 Jean/Johannes T "Jan" Toorop, Dutch painter/graphic artist, 3 Brides
1858 Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78
1857 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector
1856 Jan Karol Gali, composer
1855 Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75
1855 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian, Jan Steen
1853 Jan W. Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73
1853 Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor, Antwerp
1852 Jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor, shoe lacing machine
1851 Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer, Sea Bride princess of Herberg
1850 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75
1850 Jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor
1849 Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83
1847 Jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina
1843 Jan Levoslav Bella, composer
1843 Jan Malat, composer
1839 Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69
1838 Civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992)
1838 Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter
1837 Gerrit Jan van Heek, textile factory/politician
1837 Jan Kleczynski, composer
1836 Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner
1835 Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet
1834 Jan Neruda, Czech writer/poet, Povidky Malostranske
1832 Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church
1831 Jan G Palm, Curacao, bandmaster/choir master/composer
1831 Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30
1829 Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77
1828 Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian
1827 Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81
1825 Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer, dies at 34
1825 Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl, dies at 63
1823 Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer/dramatist, 2 Tudors
1822 Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist
1818 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70
1816 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer
1814 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/founder, Coop of Welfare of the People
1813 Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74
1813 Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41
1812 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52
1811 Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer
1807 Jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra
1807 Jan T Beelen, Dutch/Belgian bible expert
1806 Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer
1804 Jan Baptist van Son, Dutch politician, RC
1803 Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56
1802 Jan C J van Speijk, Dutch naval hero
1801 Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer
1800 Curacao in English hands (until Jan 1803)
1793 Jan Ekels de Young, Dutch painter, dies at 34
1793 Jan F. Willems, Flemish writer and philologist
1792 Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38
1791 Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer
1791 Jan D Zocher, Jr., Dutch garden architect, Vondelpark, Amsterdam
1790 Jan Ackersdijk, Dutch political economist
1790 George Washington delivers 1st state of union address (or Jan 4)
1789 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer, dies at 81
1780 Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer
1779 Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68
1779 Jan Nepveu, Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59
1774 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer
1773 Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73
1773 Jan Wagenaar, Dutch historian, dies at 63
1772 Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer
1771 Jan Joseph Rosler, composer
1770 Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer
1768 Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75
1765 Jan Kops, Dutch agronomist/vicar
1761 Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary
1760 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer
1759 Jan Ekels, the Young, Dutch painter
1758 Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66
1755 Jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer
1754 Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer
1751 Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer
1749 Jan F van Bloemen, [Orizonte], Flemish painter, dies at 87
1749 Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66
1747 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer
1746 Jan David Holland, composer
1745 Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66
1739 Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer
1730 Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79
1719 Jan Weenix, Dutch painter, buried
1712 Jan van der Heyden, Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at 75
1711 Jan Punt, Dutch engraver, illustrator and actor, Gideonschool
1708 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer
1699 Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1
1699 Jan Zach, composer
1696 Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), dies at 72
1692 Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname, 1742-51
1691 Jan Francisci, composer
1690 Jan van Brakel, Dutch vice Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48
1688 Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter
1684 Jan A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Ystroom), dies at 37
1680 Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41
1679 Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer
1679 Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St. Nicolas Feast), dies at 53
1674 Jan Zoet, actor/playwright/poet (Brutal-Roffel), dies at 58
1672 Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
1670 Jan A Comenius, [Komensky], Czech/Neth educator/philosopher, dies
1662 Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized
1658 Jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter
1656 Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw
1656 Jan J van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60
1655 Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1655 Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56
1651 Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies
1635 Jan Baptista Van Helmont, physician/alchemist, dies
1633 Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher
1632 Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter, Procuress, Astronomer
1630 Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51
1628 Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter
1626 Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter
1624 Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland, 1674-96
1623 Jan Adam Reincken, composer
1622 Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50
1622 Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25)
1621 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59
1621 Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta)
1618 Jan Six, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam
1615 Jan Zoet, actor, playwright and poet, Parnasssus aan 't Y
1611 Jan H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies
1609 Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland, 1648-68
1608 Prototype of modern reflecting telescope completed by Jan Lippershey
1606 Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies
1599 Jan W van Brederode, governor, Hertogenbosch, /fieldmarshal
1596 Jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter
1592 Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer
1586 Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn
1582 Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583
1579 Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist
1573 Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54
1572 Jan Campanus, composer
1571 Jan Blahoslav, Czech bishop, dies at 48
1562 Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies
1547 Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland
1540 Jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies
1523 Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop, Bohemian brothers
1502 Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
1501 Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies
1495 Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect
1492 Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded
1459 Jan of Heinsberg, bishop of Luik (1419-56), dies
1441 Jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies
1427 Jan IV, duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies
1425 Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies
1424 Jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46
1419 Jan zonder Vrees, duke of Burgundy/count of Flanders, murdered
1419 Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague and throw Catholic councillors out the windows
1418 Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies
1415 Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany
1403 Jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg
1394 Jan III, mister of Polanen, dies
1393 Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed
1378 Jan II, ruler of Polanen/Leck/Breda, dies
1378 Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies
1371 Jan V of Virneburg, bishop of Utrecht (Pledge Vollenhove), dies
1364 Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44
1355 Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies
1347 Engagement of Count Louis of Male to Margaretha to daughter of Jan III
1346 Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle
1340 Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies
1316 Jan I, king of France (Nov 15-19 1316), dies
1316 Jan I becomes king of France, dies 4 days later
1312 Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies
1309 Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1299 Jan I, count of Holland/Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15
1294 Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies
1288 Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I
1237 Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies
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