January 1
From Transformers Wiki
- Every year — New Year's Day!
- 1898 — While exploring a cave system beneath the Sierra Nevada, Walter Simmons, and Joseph Wells are attacked by a race of inhuman monsters. After dispatching the creatures, the men are approached by agent Billy North of the United States Secret Service. Original
- 19?? — Juan Carlos Vázquez (Latin American Spanish voice of Rad White) is born.
- 1940 — Shōzō Tajima (Japanese voice director of Transformers) is born.
- 1951 — Luca Dal Fabbro (Italian voice of Wheelie) is born.
- 1953 — Musician Hank Williams passes away at age 29.
- 1956 — Actor Pierre Laurent (French voice of Rattrap and Waspinator in Beast Wars) is born.
- 1957 — Fabrizio Pucci (Italian voice of Kenneth Onishi) is born.
- 1958 — Jordi Royo (Castilian Spanish voice of Soundwave and Harold Attinger) is born.
- 1959 — Actor Éric Peter (European French voice of Galvatron in Age of Extinction) is born.
- 1965 — Actor Gabriel Gama (Latin American Spanish voice of Prowl in Robots in Disguise) is born.
- 1966 — Actor Veeti Kallio (Finnish voice of Crosswise, Leobreaker and Menasor in Cybertron) is born.
- 1968 — Film producer Tom DeSanto is born.
- 1973 — Comic publisher Condor Verlag is founded.
- 1978 — Simona Biasetti (Italian voice of Filch) is born.
- 1980 — Nando Lopes (Brazilian voice of Mohawk) is born.
- 1981 — Kelly Fremon Craig, uncredited Bumblebee writer, is born.
- 1999 — Diamond White (voice of Frankie Greene) is born.
- 2000 — The second Beast Wars Metals OP/ED single "Sennen no Soldier"/"HALLELUYAH" is released in Japan by Columbia Music Entertainment.
- 2003 — Ito Yokaido stores in Japan give out individually-packed members of the "Undergrove" Destruction Mini-Con (Crush, Duster, and Wheel), one free with a purchase of any Legends of the Microns product through January.
- 2003 — The Robots in Disguise Dreadwind & Smokejumper set is released in Japan as a Toys"R"Us exclusive "USA Edition".
- 2003 — Toys"R"Us Japan stores offer the Land Military Micron Ultimate Edition toys (Bomb, Crack, and Shot), one free with a purchase of any Legends of the Microns product through January.
- 2004 — Toys"R"Us Japan stores offer the "Aqua Marine Energy Axe" as a promotional gift with a purchase of 2000 yens' worth of Super Link product. Multiple other chains offer the "Royal Clear Energy Spear" with Grand Convoy Super Mode.
- 2004 — Transformers: City of Fear TPB is released in the U.S. by Titan Books.
- 2004 — Transformers: Fusion is released by ibooks.
- 2005 — The Beast Wars Returns episode "The Beast's Gratitude" premieres in Japan.
- 2007 — The Action Blast! programming block on G4 comes to an end.
- 2008 — Animated makes its Canadian television broadcast premiere on YTV with "Transform and Roll Out".
- 2008 — The freelance peacekeeping agent Death's Head tracks down Cyclonus and Scourge above the planet of Junk, which leads to all three of them falling under the thrall of Unicron. The Legacy of Unicron!
- 2009 — The Autobots discover that a time rift has destroyed the planet Quintesson and is now threatening to consume both Earth and Cybertron. Meanwhile, Soundwave and the Terrorcons prepare to strip Earth's resources using an energy leech. When their plans are thwarted, they follow the Autobots back in time to 1989. Time Wars
- 2010 — Director John Freeman dies in Burbank, California at age 93.
- 2010 — I Can Read!: Adventures of Transformers Animated is released by HarperCollins Publishers and Sandy Creek.
- 2011 — Toys"R"Us Japan stores offer the exclusive United Recoil Targetmaster Micron with a purchase of 3000 yens' worth of United product.
- 2018 — Actor Milt Jamin (voice of Blast Off, Grax, Stylor and Aimless in the original cartoon) passes away at age 78.
- 2019 — The Cyberverse episode "Matrix of Leadership" premieres in Brazil.
- 2020 — Transformers #15 and The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 10 are released by IDW Publishing.
- 2023 — Go! Go! #19 is released.
