Historical Events
- Jan 1 64th Sugar Bowl: #4 Florida State beats #9 Ohio State, 31-14
- Jan 1 84th Rose Bowl: #1 Michigan beats #8 Washington State, 21-16
- Jan 1 All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free
- Jan 1 Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week
- Jan 1 Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
- Jan 1 US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733
- Jan 2 64th Orange Bowl: #2 Nebraska beats #3 Tennessee, 42-17
Farley's Autopsy Results
Jan 2 Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates and cocaine
- Jan 3 "Side Show," closes at Richard Rodgers NYC after 91 performances
- Jan 3 American "Hee Haw" banjo player Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke
- Jan 3 Los Angeles Clippers Bill Fitch coaches his 2,000th NBA game, a 97-88 win against the Dallas Mavericks at the LA Memorial Sports Arena
- Jan 4 A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continues through January 10, and causes widespread destruction
- Jan 4 Anton Chekov's dramatic play "Ivanov", translated and adapted by David Hare, closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC, after 51 performances
- Jan 4 Jeffrey Stock and Susan Birkenhead's musical "Triumph of Love" closes at Royale Theater, NYC, after 85 performances
"A Funny Thing Happened"
Jan 4 Second successful revival of by Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum", starring Nathan Lane, closes at St James, NYC, after 715 performances and 1 Tony Award
Don Sutton Selected
Jan 6 Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Lewinsky Denies Affair
Jan 7 Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signs affidavit denying she had an affair with President Bill Clinton
Shaq's New Block Total
Jan 7 Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal blocks 3 shots in a 114-102 win over Milwaukee to bring his career total to 1,002
- Jan 8 NY Giant GM George Young resigns to accept NFL position
A Lawyer for the Unabomber
Jan 8 Unabomber suspect Ted Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer
- Jan 8 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life
Karpov vs. Viswanathan
Jan 9 Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title
- Jan 9 Anatoly Solovyov & Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hrs 8 mins
- Jan 9 Boston Red Sox Mo Vaughn pleads not guilty to drunken driving
- Jan 9 Decapitated head of The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark, is returned
Gretsky Best Player Ever
Jan 9 Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky as the best NHL player ever
Hopman Cup
Jan 10 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Karina Habšudová & Karol Kučera beat French pair Mary Pierce & Cédric Pioline 6-3, 6-4 for a 2-1 win, and Slovakia's first title
- Jan 10 Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan wins his 600th NBA game with a 111-84 victory at the Houston Rockets
1,000 Assists for Messier
Jan 10 Vancouver Canucks veteran center Mark Messier becomes the 6th player in NHL history to record 1,000 assists in a 2-2 tie against the Florida Panthers at General Motors Place
- Jan 11 "Proposals" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances
24th People's Choice Awards
Jan 11 24th People's Choice Awards: Harrison Ford & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Oprah Winfrey win (TV)
AFC Championship
Jan 11 AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos beat Pittsburgh Steelers 24-21
- Jan 11 NFC Championship, 3Com Park, SF: Green Bay Packers beat San Francisco 49ers, 23-10
- Jan 11 Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed.
- Jan 11 US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan
Eldredge US Champion
Jan 11 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Jan 12 13th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Eagles; Fleetwood Mac; The Mamas & the Papas; Lloyd Price; Santana; Gene Vincent; "Jelly Roll" Morton; and Allen Toussaint
Barkley Pleads Not Guilty
Jan 14 Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge
- Jan 14 Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis)
- Jan 15 Australian schoolboy Ian Thorpe becomes youngest ever male to become a world swimming champion when he wins 400m freestyle aged 15 years, 3 months in Perth; also wins event at 2001 & 2003 World Championships
Ciccarelli to the Panthers
Jan 15 Future Hockey Hall of Fame right wing Dino Ciccarelli finds his 5th NHL club; traded from Tampa Bay Lightning to Florida Panthers
Glenn in Space Again?
Jan 15 NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again
Clinton Sexual Harassment Charge
Jan 17 US President Bill Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones
- Jan 18 48th NHL All-Star Game, General Motors Place, Vancouver, BC: North America beats World, 8-7; MVP: Teemu Selänne, Anaheim, RW
55th Golden Globes
Jan 18 55th Golden Globes: "Titanic", Peter Fonda and Judi Dench win
- Jan 18 ABL All-Star Game at Disney complex in Orlando
- Jan 18 Boston Celtics retire Robert Parrish's #00
Bird's Return, Parish Honored
Jan 18 Larry Bird returns to Boston as head coach of the Indiana Pacers for the first time, as former Celtics center Robert Parish is honoured by having his No. 00 raised to the Fleet Center rafters
- Jan 18 Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally's musical "Ragtime" opens at Ford Theater, NYC; runs for 834 performances
"Dawson's Creek"
Jan 20 "Dawson's Creek" created by Kevin Williamson, starring James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson premieres on WB in the US
- Jan 20 3rd Critics' Choice Movie Awards: L.A. Confidential wins Best Film
- Jan 20 Warner Brothers TV Network begins Tueday night programming
Papal Visit
Jan 21 Pope John Paul II visits Cuba
- Jan 22 NHL's Minnesota franchise selects the nickname Wild
Henderson Rejoins Oakland Again
Jan 22 Rickey Henderson, rejoins Oakland A's for 4th time
- Jan 22 STS 89 (Endeavour 12) launches into orbit
- Jan 22 World League of American Football renamed as NFL Europe
- Jan 23 Denver Nuggets tie the NBA single-season record of 23 consecutive losses set by the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1995-96; streak ends with a 99-81 win the next day against the LA Clippers
Jordan's 800th Game
Jan 23 Michael Jordan scores in double figures for 800th consecutive game in a 100-98 OT win over New Jersey; adds 40 more double-figure scoring games to his NBA record before retiring for the second time (1998)
- Jan 23 Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba
- Jan 25 "Patti LaBelle On Broadway" closes at St James Theater NYC
- Jan 25 14th Sundance Film Festival: "Slam" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Queen Mother's Hip Replacement
Jan 25 Britain's Queen Mother gets an emergency hip replacement aged 97
- Jan 25 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam mount a suicide attack on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, killing 8 people and injuring 25 others
- Jan 25 Musical "Grease" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 1,503 performance
- Jan 25 Pope John Paul II visits Cuba and demands the release of political prisoners; he also condemns US moves to isolate the country
Posh and Becks Get Engaged
Jan 25 Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) and soccer player David Beckham get engaged
- Jan 25 Super Bowl XXXII, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA: Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers, 31-24; MVP: Terrell Davis, Denver RB
- Jan 26 25th American Music Awards: Spice Girls & Babyface win
Clinton Denies Lewinsky Affair
Jan 26 President Bill Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people; I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"
- Jan 27 Crane crashes into Roosevelt Island tram (NYC), injuring 10
- Jan 27 Roland Clarkson discovers 2^3021377-1 (37th known Mersenne prime)
- Jan 27 WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics & Detroit Shock
Michelangelo's Record Price
Jan 28 Michelangelo's drawing "Christ and the Woman of Samaria" sells for $7.4 million - a record prince for the artist [1]
"The Capeman"
Jan 29 Paul Simon and Derek Walcott's musical "The Capeman", about a 1959 gang murder, starring Marc Anthony and Ruben Blades, opens at the Marquis Theatre, NYC; runs for 68 performances
- Jan 29 Singer Bobby Brown found guilty of DWI in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Jan 29 Soyuz TM-27 launches to MIR
- Jan 29 Thick Fog causes highway carnage in Belgium and Netherlands, 6 die
- Jan 29 Woman's Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama bombed, 1 killed
- Jan 30 All-Star Fla Marlin catcher Darren Daulton, retires
- Jan 30 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Indianapolis IN on WNAP 93.1 FM
Hingis Defeats Martinez
Jan 31 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Switzerland's Martina Hingis retains her title; beats Conchita Martinez of Spain 6-3, 6-3 for 5th Grand Slam title
- Jan 31 STS 89 (Endeavour 12) lands
Famous Birthdays
Liza Soberano (26 years old)
Jan 4 Filipino-American actress (Forevermore; Everyday I Love You), born in Santa Clara, California
- Jan 9 Brent Rivera, American internet personality (TikTok), born in Huntington Beach, California
- Jan 12 Nathan Gamble, American child actor, born in Tacoma, Washington
- Jan 15 Chloe Kelly, English footballer (Manchester City), born in Manchester, England
- Jan 18 Aitana Bonmati, Spanish football player (Barcelona, Spain), born in Vilanova, Spain
- Jan 20 Frances Tiafoe, American tennis player, born in Orlando, Florida
- Jan 22 Silentó [Ricky Hawk] American rapper ("Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)", born in Atlanta, Georgia
XXXTentacion (1998-2018)
Jan 23 American rapper and singer-songwriter, born in Plantation, Florida
Famous Weddings
- Jan 5 "Hercules" actor Kevin Sorbo (39) weds actress Sam Jenkins (33) at the Beurge Chapel in Pacific Palisades, California
Barry Bonds
Jan 10 Major League Baseball outfielder Barry Bonds (33) weds Elizabeth Watson (28) at Ritz-Carlton Hotel in San Francisco
Famous Divorces
Roseanne Barr
Jan 8 Roseanne Barr files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas
Famous Deaths
- Jan 1 Åke Seyffarth, Swedish speed skater (Olympic gold 10,000m 1948; WR 3,000 & 5,000m), dies at 78
Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998)
Jan 1 American tennis player (19 Grand Slam titles), dies of natural causes at 92
Sonny Bono (1935-1998)
Jan 5 American actor, musician, vocalist, (Sonny & Cher) and politician (Rep-R-Ca, 1995-98), dies at Heavenly Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe, California, when he hits a tree at 62
- Jan 5 David Bairstow, English cricket wicket keeper, broadcaster (4 Tests, 13 dismissals; father of England Test 'keeper Jonny; Yorkshire CCC), dies from suicide at 46
- Jan 5 Georgi Sviridov, Soviet neoromantic composer, dies of a heart attack at 82
- Jan 5 Ken Forssi, American musician (Love) (b. 1943)
- Jan 5 Wilhelm Herz, German motorcycle racer (first to 200mph), dies at 85
- Jan 6 Georgy Sviridov, Soviet Russian neo-romantic composer (The Blizzard; Time; Forward!), dies of a heart attack at 82
- Jan 7 Owen Bradley, American pop country music record producer (Patsy Cline; Loretta Lynn; Conway Twitty), dies at 82
- Jan 7 Richard Hamming, American Mathematician and Computer Scientist (Hamming code), dies of a heat attack at 82
- Jan 7 Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss organic chemist (Nobel 1975), dies at 91
- Jan 8 Michael Tippett, British conductor and composer (Child of Our Time), dies shortly after suffering a stroke at 93
- Jan 8 Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), dies of heart failure at 93
- Jan 9 Charito Solis, Filipino actress (b. 1935)
- Jan 9 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981), dies at 79
- Jan 11 C V Gadkari, Indian cricket batsman (6 Tests, 1 x 50; Maharashtra, Services), dies at 69
- Jan 11 John Wells, English actor (Casino Royale; The Bobo), screenwriter, and satirist (That Was the Week That Was), dies of cancer at 61
- Jan 11 Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (Fidelio), dies at 71
- Jan 12 Edgar Palm, Curaçaoan pianist and composer (Padu), dies at 92
- Jan 12 Peter Jona Korn, German composer, dies at 75
- Jan 13 Andrew Rutherford, Scottish scholar and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London (1994-97), dies at 68
- Jan 13 Mihovil Logar, Serbian composer (A Would-be Lady), dies at 95
- Jan 15 Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician and economist. temporary Prime Minister of India (1964, 1966), dies at 99
- Jan 15 Harriet Van Horne, American columnist and panelist (Leave it to Girls), dies at 77
- Jan 15 Junior Wells, American blues singer ("In My Younger Days"), dies at 63
- Jan 16 David "Junior" Kimbrough, American blues musician, dies at 67
- Jan 16 Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (A Girl in Black), dies of cancer at 66
- Jan 16 Lionel Birkett, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 92
- Jan 16 Peter Diamand, artistic administrator, dies at 84
- Jan 17 Emil Sitka, American actor (Three Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 83
Carl Perkins (1932-1998)
Jan 19 American rock and rockabilly singer-songwriter ("Blue Suede Shoes"; "Honey Don't"), dies from stroke complications at 65 [1]
- Jan 20 Bobo Brazil [Houston Harris], American professional wrestler, dies at 73
- Jan 20 Zevulun Hammer, Israeli politician, minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (1996-98), dies at 61
- Jan 21 Jack Lord, American actor (Hawaii FIVE-O), dies at 77
- Jan 21 Larry Gilbert, American golfer (Senior Players Championship 1997), dies of lung cancer at 55
- Jan 23 Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies at 63
- Jan 24 Jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42
- Jan 24 Justin Tubb, American country singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 62
- Jan 24 Walter Bishop, Jr, American bebop jazz pianist, music theorist, and educator, dies of a heart attack at 70
- Jan 25 Attila Zoller, Hungarian-American jazz guitarist, educator (Vermont Jazz Center, 1974-98), and inventor (bi-directional pickup), dies at 70
- Jan 25 Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies
- Jan 26 S. P. Leary, Texan blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
- Jan 26 Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese music teacher (Suzuki Method), dies at 99
- Jan 26 Walter D. Edmonds, American historical writer (Drums Along the Mohawk), dies at 93
- Jan 28 Colin Sanders, British computer engineer (Solid State Logic), dies in a helicopter crash at 50
- Jan 29 Joseph Alioto, American politician (Mayor of San Francisco 1968-76), dies at 81
- Jan 30 Richard Cassilly, American tenor, dies at 70
- Jan 30 Ricky Lee Sanderson, American murderer, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38
