1 January

1909 Marcel Balsa born 1928 Hap Sharp born 1938 Gimax born 1945 Jacky Ickx born 1951 Hans-Joachim Stuck born 1963 Jean-Marc Gounon born 1965 Jim Clark won the South African Grand Prix 1966 Mike Spence won the non-championship South African Grand Prix 1968 Jim Clark won the South African Grand Prix 1981 Mauri Rose died 1981 Zsolt Baumgartner born