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Acontecimientos (56)

  1. 69Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
  2. 1535King Henry VIII issues letters patent incorporating the title Supreme Head of the Church of England into his royal title.
  3. 1541King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
  4. 1559Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey, London.
  5. 1582Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  6. 1759The British Museum opens to the public.
  7. 1777American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
  8. 1782Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
  9. 1815War of 1812: American frigate , commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
  10. 1818A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
  11. 1822Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
  12. 1865American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
  13. 1867Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
  14. 1870Thomas Nast publishes a political cartoon symbolizing the Democratic Party with a donkey ("") for Harper's Weekly.
  15. 1876The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
  16. 1889The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
  17. 1892James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
  18. 1908The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
  19. 1910Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at .
  20. 1911Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
  21. 1919Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent communists in Germany, are clubbed and then shot to death by members of the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
  22. 1919Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
  23. 1934The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
  24. 1936The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
  25. 1937Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republicans both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
  26. 1943World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
  27. 1943The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington County, Virginia.
  28. 1947The Black Dahlia murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short is found in Los Angeles.
  29. 1949Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist government.
  30. 1962The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
  31. 1962Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
  32. 1966The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.
  33. 1967The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.
  34. 1969The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
  35. 1970Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
  36. 1970Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
  37. 1973Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
  38. 1975The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
  39. 1976Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
  40. 1977Linjeflyg Flight 618 crashes in Kälvesta near Stockholm Bromma Airport in Stockholm, Sweden, killing 22 people.
  41. 1981Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from the Polish trade union Solidarity at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
  42. 1991The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
  43. 1991Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.
  44. 2001Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, is launched (Wikipedia Day).
  45. 2005ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
  46. 2009US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued.
  47. 2013A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others.
  48. 2015The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the Swiss franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets.
  49. 2016The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle.
  50. 2018British multinational construction and facilities management services company Carillion goes into liquidationofficially, "the largest ever trading liquidation in the UK".
  51. 2019Somali militants attack the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya killing at least 21 people and injuring 19.
  52. 2019Theresa May's UK government suffers the biggest government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPs voting against the proposed European Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230.
  53. 2020The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirms the first case of COVID-19 in Japan.
  54. 2021A 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sulawesi island killing at least 105 and injuring 3,369 people.
  55. 2022The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupts, cutting off communications with Tonga and causing a tsunami across the Pacific.
  56. 2023Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes near Pokhara International Airport, killing all 72 people on board.

Nacimientos (227)

  1. 1432Afonso V of Portugal (died 1481)
  2. 1462Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (died 1528)
  3. 1481Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shōgun (died 1511)
  4. 1538Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (died 1599)
  5. 1595Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician (died 1661)
  6. 1622Molière, French actor and playwright (died 1673)
  7. 1623Algernon Sidney, British philosopher (probable) (died 1683)
  8. 1671Abraham de la Pryme, English archaeologist and historian (died 1704)
  9. 1716Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (died 1778)
  10. 1747John Aikin, English surgeon and author (died 1822)
  11. 1754Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (died 1834) fecha discutida
  12. 1791Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (died 1872)
  13. 1795Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet (died 1829) juliano y gregoriano
  14. 1803Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author (died 1811)
  15. 1809Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician (died 1865)
  16. 1815William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, third President of the Church of Jesus Christ (died 1905)
  17. 1834Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (died 1911)
  18. 1840Jo Abbott, American judge, politician and Confederate army officer (died 1908)
  19. 1841Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, sixth Governor General of Canada (died 1908)
  20. 1842Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychiatrist (died 1925)
  21. 1842Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (died 1909)
  22. 1850Leonard Darwin, English soldier, eugenicist, and politician (died 1943)
  23. 1850Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (died 1889)
  24. 1850Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (died 1891)
  25. 1855Jacques Damala, Greek-French soldier and actor (died 1889)
  26. 1858Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (died 1899)
  27. 1859Archibald Peake, English-Australian politician, 25th Premier of South Australia (died 1920)
  28. 1863Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (died 1946)
  29. 1866Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1931)
  30. 1869Ruby Laffoon, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Kentucky (died 1941)
  31. 1869Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish poet, playwright, and painter (died 1907)
  32. 1870Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1954)
  33. 1872Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (died 1944)
  34. 1875Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and journalist (died 1929)
  35. 1877Lewis Terman, American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic (died 1956)
  36. 1878Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (died 1941) las demás fuentes: 15 ene 1868
  37. 1879Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (died 1961)
  38. 1879Ernest Thesiger, English actor (died 1961)
  39. 1882Henry Burr, Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer (died 1941)
  40. 1882Princess Margaret of Connaught (died 1920)
  41. 1885Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author (died 1973)
  42. 1885Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (died 1968)
  43. 1890Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (died 1947)
  44. 1891Ray Chapman, American baseball player (died 1920)
  45. 1893Rex Ingram, Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor (died 1950) las demás fuentes: 15 ene 1892
  46. 1893Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (died 1951)
  47. 1895Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
  48. 1896Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress (died 1982)
  49. 1902Nâzım Hikmet, Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright (died 1963)
  50. 1902Saud of Saudi Arabia (died 1969)
  51. 1903Paul A. Dever, American lieutenant and politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1958)
  52. 1905Torin Thatcher, British actor (died 1981)
  53. 1907Janusz Kusociński, Polish runner and soldier (died 1940)
  54. 1908Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (died 2003)
  55. 1909Jean Bugatti, German-French engineer (died 1939)
  56. 1909Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (died 1973)
  57. 1912Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1996)
  58. 1913Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (died 2002)
  59. 1913Lloyd Bridges, American actor (died 1998)
  60. 1913Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (died 2005)
  61. 1913Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (died 1963)
  62. 1914Stefan Bałuk, Polish general (died 2014)
  63. 1914Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (died 2003)
  64. 1917K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (died 1994)
  65. 1918João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (died 1999)
  66. 1918Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (died 2007)
  67. 1918Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, second President of Egypt (died 1970)
  68. 1919Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (died 2012)
  69. 1919George Cadle Price, Belizean politician, first Prime Minister of Belize (died 2011)
  70. 1920Bob Davies, American basketball player and coach (died 1990)
  71. 1920Steve Gromek, American baseball player (died 2002)
  72. 1920John O'Connor, American cardinal (died 2000)
  73. 1921Cliff Barker, American basketball player (died 1998)
  74. 1921Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2007)
  75. 1921Frank Thornton, English actor (died 2013)
  76. 1922Sylvia Lawler, English geneticist (died 1996)
  77. 1922Eric Willis, Australian sergeant and politician, 34th Premier of New South Wales (died 1999)
  78. 1923Ivor Cutler, Scottish pianist, songwriter, and poet (died 2006)
  79. 1923Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese economist and politician, fourth President of the Republic of China (died 2020)
  80. 1924George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (died 2013)
  81. 1925Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist and composer (died 2026)
  82. 1925Ignacio López Tarso, Mexican actor (died 2023)
  83. 1926Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (died 2005)
  84. 1927Phyllis Coates, American actress (died 2023)
  85. 1928Joanne Linville, American actress (died 2021)
  86. 1928W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author (died 2015)
  87. 1929Earl Hooker, American guitarist (died 1970)
  88. 1929Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)
  89. 1930Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (died 1985)
  90. 1931Lee Bontecou, American painter and sculptor (died 2022)
  91. 1931Derek Meddings, British special effects designer (died 1995)
  92. 1932Lou Jones, American sprinter (died 2006)
  93. 1933Frank Bough, English journalist and radio host (died 2020)
  94. 1933Ernest J. Gaines, American author and academic (died 2019)
  95. 1933Peter Maitlis, English chemist and academic (died 2022)
  96. 1934V. S. Ramadevi, Indian civil servant and politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (died 2013)
  97. 1935Robert Silverberg, American author and editor
  98. 1936Richard Franklin, English actor, writer, director and political activist (died 2023)
  99. 1937Margaret O'Brien, American actress and singer
  100. 1938Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
  101. 1938Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler (died 2021)
  102. 1938Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer (died 2020)
  103. 1939Per Ahlmark, Swedish journalist and politician, first Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (died 2018)
  104. 1939Tony Bullimore, English sailor (died 2018)
  105. 1941Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist (died 2010)
  106. 1942Frank Joseph Polozola, American academic and judge (died 2013)
  107. 1943George Ambrum, Australian rugby league player (died 1986)
  108. 1943Margaret Beckett, English metallurgist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  109. 1943Stuart E. Eizenstat, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the European Union
  110. 1943Mike Marshall, American baseball player (died 2021)
  111. 1944Jenny Nimmo, English author
  112. 1945Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (died 2015)
  113. 1945Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (died 1993)
  114. 1945William R. Higgins, American colonel (died 1990)
  115. 1945Princess Michael of Kent
  116. 1945David Pleat, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
  117. 1946Charles Brown, American actor (died 2004)
  118. 1947Mary Hogg, English lawyer and judge
  119. 1947Andrea Martin, American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter
  120. 1948Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (died 1977)
  121. 1949Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (died 2001)
  122. 1949Alasdair Liddell, English businessman (died 2012)
  123. 1949Ian Stewart, Scottish runner
  124. 1949Howard Twitty, American golfer
  125. 1950Marius Trésor, French footballer and coach
  126. 1951Ernie DiGregorio, American basketball player
  127. 1952Boris Blank, Swiss singer-songwriter
  128. 1952Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer (died 2018)
  129. 1952Muhammad Wakkas, Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian (died 2021)
  130. 1953Randy White, American football player
  131. 1954Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter
  132. 1955Nigel Benson, English author and illustrator
  133. 1955Andreas Gursky, German photographer
  134. 1955Khalid Islambouli, Egyptian lieutenant (died 1982)
  135. 1956Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian architect
  136. 1956Mayawati, Indian educator and politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
  137. 1956Marc Trestman, American football player and coach
  138. 1957David Ige, American politician
  139. 1957Marty Lyons, American football player and sportscaster
  140. 1957Andrew Tyrie, English journalist and politician
  141. 1957Mario Van Peebles, Mexican-American actor and director
  142. 1958Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach (died 2016)
  143. 1958Boris Tadić, Serbian psychologist and politician, 16th President of Serbia
  144. 1959Greg Dowling, Australian rugby league player
  145. 1959Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer and photographer (died 2008)
  146. 1961Serhiy N. Morozov, Ukrainian footballer and coach
  147. 1961Yves Pelletier, Canadian actor and director
  148. 1963Craig Fairbrass, English actor, producer, and screenwriter las demás fuentes: 15 ene 1964
  149. 1964Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
  150. 1965Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
  151. 1965Bernard Hopkins, American boxer and coach
  152. 1965Adam Jones, American musician and songwriter
  153. 1965James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
  154. 1967Ted Tryba, American golfer
  155. 1968Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and producer
  156. 1969Delino DeShields, American baseball player and manager
  157. 1970Michele Granger, American softball player
  158. 1970Shane McMahon, American wrestler and businessman
  159. 1971Regina King, American actress
  160. 1972Shelia Burrell, American heptathlete
  161. 1972Christos Kostis, Greek footballer
  162. 1972Claudia Winkleman, English journalist and critic
  163. 1973Essam El Hadary, Egyptian footballer
  164. 1974Séverine Deneulin, international development academic
  165. 1975Mary Pierce, Canadian-American tennis player and coach
  166. 1975Martin Štrbák, Slovak ice hockey player
  167. 1976Doug Gottlieb, American basketball player and sportscaster
  168. 1976Alexander Korolyuk, Russian ice hockey player
  169. 1976Iryna Lishchynska, Ukrainian runner
  170. 1976Dorian Missick, American actor
  171. 1976Scott Murray, Scottish rugby player
  172. 1976Florentin Petre, Romanian footballer and manager
  173. 1978Eddie Cahill, American actor
  174. 1978Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
  175. 1978Ryan Sidebottom, English cricketer
  176. 1979Drew Brees, American football player
  177. 1979Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer
  178. 1979Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
  179. 1980Matt Holliday, American baseball player
  180. 1981Dylan Armstrong, Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower
  181. 1981Vanessa Henke, German tennis player
  182. 1981Pitbull, American rapper and producer
  183. 1981El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
  184. 1982Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
  185. 1982Francis Zé, Cameroonian footballer
  186. 1983Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
  187. 1983Jermaine Pennant, English footballer
  188. 1984Ben Shapiro, American author and commentator
  189. 1984Victor Rasuk, American actor
  190. 1985René Adler, German footballer
  191. 1985Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer
  192. 1985Pavel Podkolzin, Russian basketball player
  193. 1986Jessy Schram, American actress and model
  194. 1987Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player
  195. 1987Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian runner
  196. 1987Kelly Kelly, American wrestler and model
  197. 1987David Knight, English footballer
  198. 1987Kelleigh Ryan, Canadian fencer
  199. 1988Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer
  200. 1988Skrillex, American DJ and producer
  201. 1988Donald Sloan, American basketball player
  202. 1988Jun. K, South Korean singer
  203. 1989Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (died 2008)
  204. 1989Nicole Ross, American Olympic foil fencer
  205. 1989Martin Dúbravka, Slovak footballer
  206. 1990Sidney Franklin, American actor and tap dancer
  207. 1990Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer
  208. 1990Slava Voynov, Russian ice hockey player
  209. 1990Chris Warren, American actor
  210. 1991Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer
  211. 1991Matt Duffy, American baseball player
  212. 1991Mitch Garver, American baseball player
  213. 1991Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer
  214. 1991Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper
  215. 1991James Mitchell, Australian basketball player
  216. 1992Joël Veltman, Dutch footballer
  217. 1992Joshua King, Norwegian footballer
  218. 1993Kadeem Allen, American basketball player
  219. 1994Eric Dier, English footballer
  220. 1996Dove Cameron, American actress and singer
  221. 1996Deebo Samuel, American football player
  222. 1998Alexandra Eade, Australian artistic gymnast
  223. 1998Ben Godfrey, English footballer
  224. 1998Chloe Kelly, English footballer
  225. 2000Triston Casas, American baseball player
  226. 2002Tim Stützle, German ice hockey player
  227. 2004Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter

Fallecimientos (125)

  1. 69Galba, Roman emperor (born 3 BC)
  2. 378Chak Tok Ich'aak I, Mayan ruler fecha discutida
  3. 570Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun and saint (born 475)
  4. 849Theophylact, Byzantine emperor (born 793)
  5. 936Rudolph of France (born 880)
  6. 950Wang Jingchong, Chinese general
  7. 1149Berengaria of Barcelona, queen consort of Castile (born 1116)
  8. 1477Adriana of Nassau-Siegen, German countess (born 1449)
  9. 1568Nicolaus Olahus, Romanian archbishop (born 1493)
  10. 1569Catherine Carey, lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of England (born 1524)
  11. 1584Martha Leijonhufvud, Swedish noblewoman (born 1520)
  12. 1623Paolo Sarpi, Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (born 1552)
  13. 1672John Cosin, English bishop and academic (born 1594)
  14. 1683Philip Warwick, English politician (born 1609)
  15. 1775Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (born 1700)
  16. 1783Lord Stirling, American Revolutionary War Major General (born 1726)
  17. 1790John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (born 1719)
  18. 1804Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (born 1725)
  19. 1813Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (born 1762)
  20. 1815Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (born 1761)
  21. 1854Jiang Zhongyuan, Chinese scholar and soldier (born 1812)
  22. 1855Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (born 1780)
  23. 1864Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (born 1792)
  24. 1866Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (born 1798)
  25. 1876Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (born 1810)
  26. 1880Carl Georg von Wächter, German jurist (born 1797)
  27. 1893Fanny Kemble, English actress (born 1809)
  28. 1896Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (born 1822)
  29. 1905George Thorn, Australian politician, sixth Premier of Queensland (born 1838)
  30. 1909Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (born 1837)
  31. 1916Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (born 1850)
  32. 1919Karl Liebknecht, German politician (born 1871)
  33. 1919Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (born 1871)
  34. 1926Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (born 1883)
  35. 1929George Cope, American painter (born 1855)
  36. 1936Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, seventh Governor-General of Australia (born 1866)
  37. 1937Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (born 1902)
  38. 1939Kullervo Manner, Finnish Speaker of the Parliament, the Prime Minister of the FSWR and the Supreme Commander of the Red Guards (born 1880)
  39. 1945Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (born 1865) las demás fuentes: 16 ene 1945
  40. 1948Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1862)
  41. 1950Henry H. Arnold, American general (born 1886)
  42. 1951Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (born 1868)
  43. 1951Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (born 1887)
  44. 1952Ned Hanlon, Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (born 1887)
  45. 1955Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (born 1900)
  46. 1959Regina Margareten, Hungarian businesswoman (born 1863)
  47. 1962Yos Sudarso, Indonesian naval officer (born 1925)
  48. 1964Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (born 1905)
  49. 1967David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (born 1882)
  50. 1968Bill Masterton, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1938)
  51. 1970Frank Clement, English race car driver (born 1886) las demás fuentes: 15 feb 1970
  52. 1970William T. Piper, American engineer and businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (born 1881)
  53. 1972Daisy Ashford, English author (born 1881)
  54. 1973Coleman Francis, American actor, director, and producer (born 1919)
  55. 1973Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1901)
  56. 1974Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician (born 1897)
  57. 1981Graham Whitehead, English race car driver (born 1922)
  58. 1982Red Smith, American journalist (born 1905)
  59. 1983Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (born 1898)
  60. 1983Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (born 1907)
  61. 1984Fazıl Küçük, Cypriot journalist and politician (born 1906)
  62. 1987Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1904)
  63. 1988Seán MacBride, Irish republican activist and politician, Minister for External Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
  64. 1990Gordon Jackson, Scottish-English actor (born 1923)
  65. 1990Peggy van Praagh, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (born 1910)
  66. 1993Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (born 1913)
  67. 1994Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (born 1921)
  68. 1994Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
  69. 1994Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (born 1916)
  70. 1996Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (born 1922)
  71. 1996Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (born 1938)
  72. 1998Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and politician, Prime Minister of India (born 1898)
  73. 1998Junior Wells, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (born 1934)
  74. 1999Betty Box, English film producer (born 1915)
  75. 2000Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (born 1903)
  76. 2001Leo Marks, English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1920)
  77. 2002Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (born 1923)
  78. 2002Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (born 1913)
  79. 2002Jeanne Voltz, American food journalist and cookbook writer (born 1920)
  80. 2003Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (born 1915)
  81. 2004Olivia Goldsmith, American author (born 1949)
  82. 2005Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano and actress (born 1923)
  83. 2005Walter Ernsting, German author (born 1920)
  84. 2005Elizabeth Janeway, American author and critic (born 1913)
  85. 2005Ruth Warrick, American actress (born 1916)
  86. 2006Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (born 1926)
  87. 2007Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi lawyer and judge (born 1945)
  88. 2007Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi intelligence officer (born 1951)
  89. 2007James Hillier, Canadian-American computer scientist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (born 1915)
  90. 2007Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino educator and diplomat (born 1905)
  91. 2007Bo Yibo, Chinese commander and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1908)
  92. 2008Robert V. Bruce, American historian, author, and academic (born 1923)
  93. 2008Brad Renfro, American actor (born 1982)
  94. 2009Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (born 1917)
  95. 2011Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (born 1925)
  96. 2011Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, French soldier, race car driver, and businessman (born 1908)
  97. 2011Susannah York, English actress and activist (born 1939)
  98. 2012Ed Derwinski, American soldier and politician, first United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (born 1926)
  99. 2012Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish lawyer and politician, third President of the Xunta of Galicia (born 1922)
  100. 2012Carlo Fruttero, Italian journalist and author (born 1926)
  101. 2012Samuel Jaskilka, American general (born 1919)
  102. 2012Ib Spang Olsen, Danish author and illustrator (born 1921)
  103. 2012Hulett C. Smith, American lieutenant and politician, 27th Governor of West Virginia (born 1918)
  104. 2013Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1932)
  105. 2013John Thomas, American high jumper (born 1941)
  106. 2014Curtis Bray, American football player and coach (born 1970)
  107. 2014John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author (born 1915)
  108. 2014Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (born 1944) las demás fuentes: 16 ene 2014
  109. 2015Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (born 1919)
  110. 2015Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (born 1939)
  111. 2015Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (born 1927)
  112. 2016Francisco X. Alarcón, American poet and educator (born 1954)
  113. 2016Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach (born 1958)
  114. 2016Manuel Velázquez, Spanish footballer (born 1943)
  115. 2017Jimmy Snuka, Fijian professional wrestler (born 1943)
  116. 2018Dolores O'Riordan, Irish pop singer (born 1971)
  117. 2019Carol Channing, American actress (born 1921)
  118. 2019Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef (born 1936)
  119. 2020Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler (born 1944)
  120. 2020Lloyd Cowan, British athlete and coach (born 1962) las demás fuentes: 11 ene 2021
  121. 2022Alexa McDonough, first female politician to lead a major provincial political party in Canada, former leader of the federal New Democratic Party. (born 1944)
  122. 2025Paul Danan, English actor and television personality (born 1978)
  123. 2025David Lynch, American television and film director, visual artist and musician, complications from emphysema (born 1946) las demás fuentes: 16 ene 2025
  124. 2025Melba Montgomery, American country music singer-songwriter (born 1938)
  125. 2025Linda Nolan, Irish singer and actress (born 1959)

Celebraciones (7)

  1. Arbor Day (Egypt)
  2. Armed Forces Remembrance Day (Nigeria)
  3. Army Day (India)
  4. John Chilembwe Day (Malawi)
  5. Korean Alphabet Day (North Korea)
  6. Ocean Duty Day (Indonesia)
  7. Teacher's Day (Venezuela)

Santoral (9)

  1. Abeluzius (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
  2. Arnold Janssen
  3. Francis Ferdinand de Capillas (one of Martyr Saints of China)
  4. Ita
  5. Our Lady of the Poor
  6. Macarius of Egypt (Western Christianity)
  7. Maurus and Placidus (Order of Saint Benedict)
  8. Paul the Hermit
  9. January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)