** Dean of Canterbury

** Dean Cain in the 1990s series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman showed Clark as a normal and shy everyman demonstrating occasional touches of clumsiness ( e. g., pretending to burn his mouth on coffee ), but still a highly skilled journalist, much like the current post-Crisis portrayal.

** Vietnam War: United States National Security Council members, including Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, and Maxwell Taylor, agree to recommend a plan for a 2-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam, to President Lyndon B. Johnson.

** Dean Riesner, American film and television screenwriter ( d. 2002 )

** Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter Reynolds investment banks announced a $ 10 billion merger.

** Dean Kamen, American inventor and entrepreneur

** Dean Goss, American game show announcer and disc jockey

** Kurt Schmoke, American Dean, Howard Law School, Mayor of Baltimore

** Dean Smith, American basketball coach

** Dean Francis Alfar, Filipino author

** At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.

** Frank Sinatra brings Jerry Lewis's former partner Dean Martin onstage, unannounced, at the 1976 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon in Las Vegas, Nevada, reuniting the comedy team for the first ( and only ) time in over 20 years.

** Dean Malenko, American professional wrestler

** Jimmy Dean, American musician, entrepreneur ( d. 2010 )

** William Dean Howells, American writer ( b. 1837 )

** Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor

** Dean Jagger, American actor ( b. 1903 )

** Dean Torrence, American singer ( Jan and Dean )

** Dean Wilkins, English football manager

** Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher ( b. 1893 )

** Dean Acheson, United States Secretary of State ( b. 1893 )

** Vietnam War: U. S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U. S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile, because of North Vietnam's opposition.

** Basil Dean, English film director and producer ( b. 1887 )

** based on a novel by Danish author Martin Andersen Nexø

** Saint Martin

** Martin of Tongres

** Martin of Tours ( Roman Catholic Church )

** Martin Branner

** Martin de Porres

** Chris Martin, British rock musician ( Coldplay )

** Martin Biron, Canadian hockey player

** Kenyon Martin, American basketball player

** Martin Donnelly, Northern Irish racecar driver

** Martin Škrtel, Slovakian footballer

** Martin Kaymer, German golfer

** Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist ( b. 1551 )

** The Martin Declaration is published, including Slovakia in the formation of the Czecho-Slovak state.

** Martin Sheridan, Irish athlete ( b. 1881 )

** Martin Buchan, Scottish footballer

** Martin Amis, English novelist

** Martin Sandberger, German military officer ( d. 2010 )

** In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. ( he later retracts his guilty plea ).

** Steve Martin, American actor and comedian

** Martin Frost, American politician

** Martin Scorsese, American film director

** Martin Luther King Day Crash-Telephone service in Atlanta, St. Louis, and Detroit, including 9-1-1 service, goes down for nine hours, due to an AT & T software bug.