January 1
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Art and culture
- 1977 - The Clash and The Heartbreakers's official gala opening of The Roxy.
- 2006 - Antioch Ruling comes into effect at the Antioch College in the United States
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Births
- 1431 - Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
- 1836 - Alcide Bonneau, French intellectual (d. 1904)
- 1854 - Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941)
- 1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
- 1870 - Louis Vauxcelles, French art critic (d. 1943)
- 1879 - E. M. Forster, English novelist (d. 1970)
- 1900 - Xavier Cugat, Spanish musician (d. 1990)
- 1919 - J. D. Salinger, American novelist (d. 2010)
- 1919 - Carole Landis, American film actress. (d. 1948)
- 1924 - Teruo Ishii, Japanese film director (d. 2005)
- 1927 - Maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007)
- 1930 - Frederick Wiseman American documentary filmmaker (Titicut Follies)
- 1933 - Joe Orton, English writer (d. 1967)
- 1932 - Enrico Sabbatini, Italian-born costume designer and production designer (d. 1998)
- 1942 - Country Joe McDonald, American musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
- 1950 - Morgan Fisher, English musician (Mott the Hoople)
- 1958 - Grandmaster Flash, Barbados-born musician
- 1967 - Spencer Tunick, American artist
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Deaths
- 1617 - Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter (b. 1558)
- 1958 - Edward Weston, American photographer (b. 1886)
- 2006 - John Latham Zambia-born was a conceptual artist (b. 1921)
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