** 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 )

** Dean Martin, American actor and singer ( d. 1995 )

** 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

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

** 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.

** A & W Root Beer

** Twitchett, Denis and Frederick W. Mote, eds.

** The Folding Cliffs by W. S.

** gluon, W and Z bosons, photon

** Oscar Best Costumes in B & W ( Piero Gherardi )

** Oscar for Best Costumes in B & W ( Piero Gherardi )

** Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration in B & W ( Piero Gherardi )

** Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbons for Best Cinematography in B & W ( Gianni Di Venanzo ), Best Director ( Federico Fellini ), Best Original Story ( Fellini and Flaiano ), Best Producer ( Angelo Rizzoli ), Best Score ( Nino Rota ), Best Screenplay ( Fellini, Pinelli, Flaiano, Rondi ), and Best Supporting Actress ( Sandra Milo )

** W. Somerset Maugham, English writer, best known of the Maughams.

** ( formerly SS Maj. Stephen W. Pless, SS Charles Carroll )

** In complex analysis, the Omega constant, a solution of Lambert's W function

** Andrzej W. Schally, Polish-born endocrinologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

** John W. Weeks, American politician in the Republican Party ( b. 1860 )

** MC Ren, American rapper ( N. W. A )

** W. Willard Wirtz, American administrator ( d. 2010 )

** W. Mark Felt, American Federal Bureau of Investigation Associate Director and Deep Throat Watergate informant ( d. 2008 )

** Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist ( d. 1940 )

** George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States

** President of the United States George H. W. Bush gives his first State of the Union address and proposes that the U. S. and the Soviet Union make deep cuts to their military forces in Europe.

** In Cartagena, Colombia, a summit is held between President of the United States George H. W. Bush, President of Bolivia Jaime Paz Zamora, President of Colombia Virgilio Barco Vargas, and President of Peru Alan García.

** Cold War: U. S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production and begin destroying their respective stocks.

** George W. Jenkins, American businessman ( b. 1907 )

** W. E. B.

** George W. Jenkins, American businessman ( d. 1996 )

** Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader ( d. 1995 )