January 1

Events
 * 1902 - The first radio broadcast demonstration in the U.S. was given by Nathan B. Stubblefield.
 * 1903 - First transpacific cable from the U.S. was established in Honolulu, Hawaii and it's first message was telegraphed to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington.
 * 1983 - The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.

Births


 * 1892 - Artur Rodziński, Croatian conductor (d. 1958)
 * 1900 - Xavier Cugat, Spanish musician (d. 1990)
 * 1906 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
 * 1911 - Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist
 * 1920 - Virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
 * 1923 - Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
 * 1932 - Giuseppe Patanè, Italian opera conductor (d. 1989)
 * 1942 - Country Joe McDonald, American musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
 * 1942 - Judy Stone, Australian pop singer
 * 1947 - Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer
 * 1950 - Morgan Fisher, English musician (Mott the Hoople)
 * 1953 - Greg Carmichael, British guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
 * 1967 - John Digweed, English DJ
 * 1967 - John Digweed, English DJ
 * 1968 - Miki Higashino, Japanese composer
 * 1972 - DJ Shadow, American DJ and songwriter
 * 1978 - Tarik O'Regan, British composer
 * 1979 - Brody Dalle, Australian singer (The Distillers)