Saturday 1st of January 1431

214th Pope Alexander VI is born as Roderic Llançol i de Borja in Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain.

Friday 1st of January 1504

Theologian and church reformer Caspar Creuziger aka Cruciger the Elder is born in Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany.

Saturday 1st of January 1735

Silversmith, engraver, early industrialist and Patriot Paul Revere is born in Boston, North End, Massachusetts, United States.

Thursday 1st of January 1880

King of Siam Rama VI aka Vajiravudh is born as Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua in Grand Palace, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.

Tuesday 1st of January 1895

1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation John Edgar Hoover is born in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

Monday 1st of January 1912

46-year-old Revolutionary leader and medical practitioner Yat-sen Sun aka The Father of the Nation announces the establishment of the Republic of China and is inaugurated as the Provisional President of the Republic in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

Wednesday 1st of January 1919

Boxer Rocky Graziano is born as Thomas Rocco Barbella in New York, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Wednesday 1st of January 1919

Writer J. D. Jerome David Salinger known for his novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ is born in New York City, New York, United States.

Wednesday 1st of January 1919

Actress Carole Landis aka The Actress Who Could Have Been but never Was is born as Frances Lillian Mary Ridste in Fairchild, Wisconsin, United States.

Saturday 1st of January 1927

Dancer and choreographer Maurice Béjart is born as Maurice-Jean Berger in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Thursday 1st of January 1931

39-year-old Mass murderer Szilveszter Matuska aka The Orient-Express Wrecker attempts to derail the Vienna-Passau Express D-train in Ansbach, Bayern, Germany.

Monday 1st of January 1940

Serial killer Clifford Robert Olson aka The Vancouver Butcher is born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Tuesday 1st of January 1952

Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Knut Detlef Folkerts is born in Singen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Thursday 1st of January 1953

Singer-songwriter Hank Hiram King Williams aka Luke the Drifter aka The Hillbilly Shakespeare aka The Singing Kid dies of a drug overdose at the age of 30 in Pure Oil Gas Station, 611 Main Street, Oak Hill, West Virginia, United States.

Williams hired college student Charles Carr to drive him to a concert on New Year's Day at the Windsor Theater in Canton, Ohio when Williams was discovered unresponsive in the back seat. The only items found in the backseat of Williams' 1952 Cadillac were a few cans of beer and the hand-written lyrics to an unrecorded song 'Then Came that Fateful Day'. The cause of death was heart failure caused by the combination of alcohol, morphine and chloral hydrate.

Saturday 1st of January 1955

Victim of Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness Denise Marie Naslund is born in Washington, United States.

Sunday 1st of January 1956

Founder of Herbalife International Ltd Mark Reynolds Hughes is born in La Mirada, California, United States.

Wednesday 1st of January 1958

45-year old Peter Smart, his 42-year-old wife Doris and their 10-year old son Michael are shot dead by 31-year-old Serial killer Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel aka The Monster in Human Shape aka The Beast of Birkenshaw in 38 Sheepburn Road, Uddingston, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom.

Manuel stayed in their household for nearly a week, eating leftovers from a Hogmanay meal and even feeding the family cat.

Friday 1st of January 1971

32-year-old Foot fetishist and serial killer Jerry Jerome Henry Brudos aka The Lust Killer is treated for rectal bleeding in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

Saturday 1st of January 1972

Actor, singer and entertainer Maurice Auguste Chevalier dies of a heart attack at the age of 16 in Hôpital Necker, Rue de Sèvres, Paris, XVe, Île-de-France, France.

Thursday 1st of January 1976

81 die in Middle East Airlines Flight 438 Boeing 720B bomb explosion in Al Qaysumah, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia.

According to several reports the bomb was planted on board by Omani militants but they were never identified.

Sunday 1st of January 1978

213 die in Air India Boeing 747-237B Flight 855 crash in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, India.

Thursday 1st of January 1981

Club Moral is founded by artists Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven and Danny Devos in Club Moral, Kattenberg 122, Antwerpen, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Sunday 1st of January 1984

Noise music band Club Moral play 'Now I am death, the destroyer of worlds' as their 28th concert in Monty, Montignystraat 3, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Sunday 1st of January 1995

Serial killer Fred Frederick Walter Stephen West aka The House of Horrors Murderer commits suicide by hanging at the age of 54 in Winson Green Prison, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom.

Saturday 1st of January 2000

The first sunrise of the New Millenium as seen from my quarters in Taling Chan, Central Thailand, Thailand.