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Acontecimientos (57)

  1. 98On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany.
  2. 814The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire.
  3. 1069Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by William the Conqueror, rides into Durham, England, where he is defeated and killed by rebels. This incident leads to the Harrying of the North.
  4. 1077Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is lifted after he humbles himself before Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in Italy.
  5. 1393King Charles VI of France is nearly killed when several other dancers' costumes catch fire during a masquerade ball in Paris.
  6. 1521The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
  7. 1547Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
  8. 1568The Edict of Torda prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
  9. 1573Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
  10. 1591Execution of Agnes Sampson, accused of witchcraft in Edinburgh.
  11. 1624Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
  12. 1671Original city of Panama (founded in 1519) is destroyed by a fire when privateer Henry Morgan sacks and sets fire to it. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see Panama Viejo).
  13. 1724The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg, Russia, by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
  14. 1754Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
  15. 1813Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
  16. 1846The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
  17. 1851Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
  18. 1855A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
  19. 1871Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
  20. 1878Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
  21. 1896Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at , thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of .
  22. 1902The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C., with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
  23. 1908Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
  24. 1909United States troops leave Cuba, with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, after being there since the Spanish–American War.
  25. 1915An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  26. 1916The Canadian province of Manitoba grants women the right to vote and run for office in provincial elections (although still excluding women of Indigenous or Asian heritage), marking the first time women in Canada are granted voting rights.
  27. 1918Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
  28. 1919The Order of the White Rose of Finland is established by Baron Gustaf Mannerheim, the regent of Finland.
  29. 1920Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
  30. 1922Knickerbocker Storm: Washington, D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes a disaster when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses, killing over 100 people.
  31. 1932Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
  32. 1933The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
  33. 1935Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
  34. 1938The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen at a speed of .
  35. 1941Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
  36. 1945World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
  37. 1956Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
  38. 1958The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
  39. 1960The National Football League announces expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for the 1961 NFL season.
  40. 1964An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
  41. 1965The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
  42. 1977The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which dumps of snow in one day in Upstate New York. Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
  43. 1977The Shining, the horror novel and the first hardcover bestseller by Stephen King, is published.
  44. 1980Collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
  45. 1981Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
  46. 1982US Army General James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
  47. 1984Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
  48. 1985Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
  49. 1986Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.
  50. 1988In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
  51. 2002TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100, crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
  52. 2006The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
  53. 2021A nitrogen leak at a poultry food processing facility in Gainesville, Georgia kills six and injures at least ten.
  54. 2023Protests begin in the United States after police beat and kill Tyre Nichols.
  55. 2026A Learjet 45 crashes on approach to Baramati Airport in Maharashtra, killing all six occupants including the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar.
  56. 2026The Rubaya mine collapse at Rubaya mines in DR Congo causes at least 400 deaths and injured several others.
  57. 2026Storm Kristin causes a catastrophic impact in Portugal and Spain with €6 billion in damage in the central region of Portugal, 15 deaths and 2,000 injuries.

Nacimientos (215)

  1. 598Taizong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (died 649)
  2. 1312Joan II, queen of Navarre (died 1349)
  3. 1368Razadarit, king of Hanthawaddy (died 1421)
  4. 1457Henry VII, king of England (died 1509)
  5. 1533Paul Luther, German scientist (died 1593)
  6. 1540Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (died 1610)
  7. 1582John Barclay, French-Scottish poet and author (died 1621)
  8. 1600Clement IX, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1669)
  9. 1608Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (died 1679)
  10. 1611Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (died 1687)
  11. 1622Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (died 1691)
  12. 1693Gregor Werner, Austrian composer (died 1766)
  13. 1701Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (died 1774)
  14. 1706John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (died 1775)
  15. 1712Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shōgun (died 1761)
  16. 1717Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (died 1774)
  17. 1726Christian Felix Weiße, German poet and playwright (died 1802)
  18. 1755Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Polish-German physician, anthropologist, and paleontologist (died 1830)
  19. 1784George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1860)
  20. 1797Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (died 1867)
  21. 1818George S. Boutwell, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1905)
  22. 1822Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (died 1892)
  23. 1833Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (died 1885)
  24. 1853José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (died 1895)
  25. 1853Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher, poet, and critic (died 1900)
  26. 1855William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (died 1898)
  27. 1858Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (died 1934)
  28. 1861Julián Felipe, Filipino composer and educator (died 1944)
  29. 1863Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (died 1918)
  30. 1864Charles W. Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors (died 1948)
  31. 1865Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (died 1928)
  32. 1865Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (died 1952)
  33. 1873Colette, French novelist and journalist (died 1954)
  34. 1873Monty Noble, Australian cricketer (died 1940)
  35. 1874Alex Smith, Scottish golfer (died 1930)
  36. 1875Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1965)
  37. 1878Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor (died 1940)
  38. 1880Bert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (died 1970)
  39. 1884Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (died 1962)
  40. 1885Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist (died 1920)
  41. 1886Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (died 1973)
  42. 1886Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (died 1976)
  43. 1887Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator (died 1982)
  44. 1897Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (died 1986)
  45. 1900Alice Neel, American painter (died 1984)
  46. 1903Aleksander Kamiński, Polish author and educator (died 1978)
  47. 1903Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and 1st female FRS (died 1971)
  48. 1906Pat O'Callaghan, Irish hammer thrower (died 1991)
  49. 1906Markos Vafeiadis, Greek general and politician (died 1992)
  50. 1908Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian (died 1998)
  51. 1909John Thomson, Scottish footballer (died 1931)
  52. 1910John Banner, Austrian actor (died 1973)
  53. 1911Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (died 2018)
  54. 1912Jackson Pollock, American painter (died 1956)
  55. 1918Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (died 1989)
  56. 1918Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (died 2004)
  57. 1919Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (died 2002)
  58. 1920Lewis Wilson, American actor (died 2000)
  59. 1921Vytautas Norkus, Lithuanian–American basketball player (died 2014)
  60. 1922Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (died 2014)
  61. 1922Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
  62. 1924Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (died 1976)
  63. 1925Raja Ramanna, Indian physicist and politician (died 2004)
  64. 1926Jimmy Bryan, American race car driver (died 1960)
  65. 1927Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
  66. 1927Ronnie Scott, English saxophonist (died 1996)
  67. 1927Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
  68. 1927Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (died 2015)
  69. 1929Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (died 2014)
  70. 1929Edith M. Flanigen, American chemist (died 2026)
  71. 1929Nikolai Parshin, Russian footballer and manager (died 2012)
  72. 1929Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator (died 2022)
  73. 1930Kurt Biedenkopf, German academic and politician, 54th President of the German Bundesrat (died 2021)
  74. 1930Roy Clarke, English screenwriter, comedian and soldier
  75. 1933Jack Hill, American director and screenwriter
  76. 1934Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (died 1990)
  77. 1935Helga Kleiner, German politician
  78. 1935David Lodge, English author and critic (died 2025)
  79. 1935Nicholas Pryor, American actor (died 2024)
  80. 1936Alan Alda, American actor, director, and writer
  81. 1936Ismail Kadare, Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright (died 2024)
  82. 1937Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host (died 2013)
  83. 1937John Normington, English actor (died 2007)
  84. 1938Tomas Lindahl, Swedish-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  85. 1938Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter and coach (died 2016)
  86. 1939John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
  87. 1940Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded Grupo Carso
  88. 1941Joel Crothers, American actor (died 1985)
  89. 1942Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater (died 2024)
  90. 1942Erkki Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and producer
  91. 1943Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and author
  92. 1943Dick Taylor, English guitarist and songwriter
  93. 1944Susan Howard, American actress and writer
  94. 1944Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (died 2013)
  95. 1944John Tavener, English composer (died 2013)
  96. 1945Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director
  97. 1947Jeanne Shaheen, American educator and politician, 78th Governor of New Hampshire
  98. 1948Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish politician (died 2022)
  99. 1948Bob Moses, American drummer
  100. 1948Charles Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President of Liberia
  101. 1949Mike Moore, New Zealand union leader and politician, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 2020)
  102. 1949Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach
  103. 1949Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (died 2017)
  104. 1950Barbi Benton, American actress, singer and model
  105. 1950Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king
  106. 1950David C. Hilmers, American colonel, physician, and astronaut
  107. 1950Naila Kabeer, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
  108. 1951Brian Bilbray, American politician
  109. 1951Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2018)
  110. 1951Billy Bass Nelson, American R&B/funk bass player (died 2026)
  111. 1952Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
  112. 1953Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  113. 1954Peter Lampe, German theologian and historian
  114. 1954Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (died 2013)
  115. 1954Rick Warren, American pastor and author
  116. 1955Vinod Khosla, Indian-American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
  117. 1955Nicolas Sarkozy, French lawyer and politician, 23rd President of France
  118. 1956Ruth Becher, Austrian politician
  119. 1956Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator
  120. 1956Peter Schilling, German singer-songwriter
  121. 1957Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  122. 1957Nick Price, Zimbabwean-South African golfer
  123. 1957Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
  124. 1958Stan Smyl, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
  125. 1959Frank Darabont, American director and producer
  126. 1960Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician
  127. 1961Mike Holoway, British musician and actor
  128. 1961Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  129. 1962Michael Cage, American basketball player and broadcaster
  130. 1962Keith Hamilton Cobb, American actor
  131. 1962Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  132. 1963Dan Spitz, American musician and songwriter
  133. 1964David Lawrence, English cricketer (died 2025)
  134. 1966Seiji Mizushima, Japanese director and producer
  135. 1966Michal Pivoňka, Czech ice hockey player
  136. 1967Billy Brownless, Australian footballer and sportscaster
  137. 1968Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
  138. 1968DJ Muggs, American DJ and producer
  139. 1968Rakim, American rapper
  140. 1969Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer
  141. 1969Kathryn Morris, American actress
  142. 1969Mo Rocca, American comedian and television journalist
  143. 1969Linda Sánchez, American lawyer and politician
  144. 1971Anthony Hamilton, American singer-songwriter and producer
  145. 1972Elena Baranova, Russian basketball player
  146. 1972Amy Coney Barrett, American jurist, academic, attorney, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  147. 1972Mark Regan, English rugby player
  148. 1972Nicky Southall, English footballer and manager
  149. 1972Léon van Bon, Dutch cyclist
  150. 1972Gillian Vigman, American actress and comedian
  151. 1974Tony Delk, American basketball player and coach
  152. 1974Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
  153. 1974Ramsey Nasr, Dutch author and poet
  154. 1974Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player and politician
  155. 1975Pedro Pinto, Portuguese-American journalist
  156. 1975Junior Spivey, American baseball player and coach
  157. 1976Sireli Bobo, Fijian rugby player
  158. 1976Mark Madsen, American basketball player and coach
  159. 1976Rick Ross, American rapper and producer
  160. 1976Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
  161. 1977Sandis Buškevics, Latvian basketball player and coach
  162. 1977Daunte Culpepper, American football player
  163. 1977Joey Fatone, American singer, dancer, and television personality
  164. 1977Takuma Sato, Japanese race car driver
  165. 1978Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
  166. 1978Jamie Carragher, English footballer and sportscaster
  167. 1978Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (died 2020)
  168. 1978Big Freedia, American musician
  169. 1978Sheamus, Irish wrestler
  170. 1979Angelique Cabral, American actress
  171. 1980Nick Carter, American singer-songwriter and actor
  172. 1980Yasuhito Endō, Japanese footballer
  173. 1980Brian Fallon, American singer-songwriter
  174. 1980Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (died 2013)
  175. 1981Elijah Wood, American actor and producer
  176. 1982Chad Aull, American politician
  177. 1982Omar Cook, American-Montenegrin basketball player and coach
  178. 1984Ben Clucas, English race car driver
  179. 1984Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
  180. 1984Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
  181. 1984Anne Panter, English field hockey player
  182. 1985Daniel Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player
  183. 1985J. Cole, American rapper
  184. 1985Lauris Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player
  185. 1985Tom Hopper, English actor
  186. 1985Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
  187. 1985Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer
  188. 1986Jessica Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdler
  189. 1986Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor
  190. 1986Asad Shafiq, Pakistani cricketer
  191. 1988Paul Henry, English footballer
  192. 1988Alexandra Krosney, American actress
  193. 1988Sanada, Japanese wrestler
  194. 1989Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer
  195. 1991Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player
  196. 1991Calum Worthy, Canadian actor
  197. 1992Sergio Araujo, Argentinian footballer
  198. 1993Will Poulter, English actor
  199. 1993Alan Williams, American basketball player
  200. 1994Joel Bolomboy, Russian-American basketball player
  201. 1994Lin Zhu, Chinese tennis player
  202. 1994Maluma, Colombian singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor
  203. 1995Mimi-Isabella Cesar, British rhythmic gymnast
  204. 1998Payton Pritchard, American basketball player
  205. 1998Ariel Winter, American actress
  206. 2000Abel Ruiz, Spanish footballer
  207. 2000Dušan Vlahović, Serbian footballer
  208. 2002Tabyana Ali, American actress and author
  209. 2002Yoo Seon-ho, South Korean actor
  210. 2003Whitney Peak, Ugandan-Canadian actress
  211. 2003Carson Hocevar, American professional stock car racing driver
  212. 2004Emoni Bates, American basketball player
  213. 2004Liam Öhgren, Swedish ice hockey player
  214. 2006Beckett Sennecke, Canadian ice hockey player
  215. 2007That Girl Lay Lay, American rapper

Fallecimientos (108)

  1. 724Yazid II, Umayyad caliph (born 687)
  2. 814Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor (born 742)
  3. 919Zhou Dewei, Chinese general
  4. 929Gao Jixing, founder of Chinese Jingnan (born 858)
  5. 947Jing Yanguang, Chinese general (born 892)
  6. 1061Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (born 1031)
  7. 1142Yue Fei, Chinese general (born 1103)
  8. 1256William II, Count of Holland, King of Germany (born 1227)
  9. 1271Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (born 1247)
  10. 1290Dervorguilla of Galloway, Scottish noble, mother of king John Balliol of Scotland (born c. 1210)
  11. 1443Robert le Maçon, French diplomat (born 1365)
  12. 1501John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham, English baron and Lord High Treasurer (born 1433)
  13. 1547Henry VIII, king of England (born 1491)
  14. 1613Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (born 1545)
  15. 1621Pope Paul V (born 1550)
  16. 1666Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (born 1591)
  17. 1672Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (born 1588)
  18. 1681Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (born 1619)
  19. 1687Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (born 1611)
  20. 1688Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (born 1623)
  21. 1697Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (born 1645)
  22. 1754Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (born 1684)
  23. 1782Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer and cartographer (born 1697)
  24. 1832Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (born 1769)
  25. 1859F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1782)
  26. 1864Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (born 1799)
  27. 1873John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (born 1809)
  28. 1903Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (born 1847)
  29. 1912Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (born 1819).
  30. 1912Eloy Alfaro, former president of Ecuador (born 1842)
  31. 1918John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (born 1872)
  32. 1921Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1883)
  33. 1930Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (born 1878)
  34. 1935Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (born 1859)
  35. 1937Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (born 1862)
  36. 1938Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (born 1909)
  37. 1939W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)
  38. 1942Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (born 1881)
  39. 1945Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (born 1924)
  40. 1947Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (born 1875)
  41. 1948Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (born 1906)
  42. 1949Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (born 1908)
  43. 1950Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1883)
  44. 1953James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1876)
  45. 1953Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (born 1879)
  46. 1959Walter Beall, American baseball player (born 1899)
  47. 1960Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (born 1891)
  48. 1963Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (born 1884)
  49. 1965Tich Freeman, English cricketer (born 1888)
  50. 1965Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (born 1867)
  51. 1971Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (born 1896)
  52. 1973John Banner, Austrian actor (born 1910)
  53. 1976Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (born 1924)
  54. 1978Ward Moore, American author (born 1903)
  55. 1983Billy Fury. English pop star (born 1940)
  56. 1983Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1890)
  57. 1986Space Shuttle Challenger crew
  58. 1986Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (born 1944)
  59. 1986Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (born 1948)
  60. 1986Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (born 1950)
  61. 1986Ellison Onizuka, American engineer and astronaut (born 1946)
  62. 1986Judith Resnik, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1949)
  63. 1986Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1939)
  64. 1986Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1945)
  65. 1988Klaus Fuchs, German physicist, politician, and atomic spy (born 1911)
  66. 1989Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (born 1938)
  67. 1993Helen Sawyer Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (born 1905)
  68. 1996Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1940)
  69. 1996Burne Hogarth, American cartoonist and author (born 1911)
  70. 1996Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator, co-created Superman (born 1914)
  71. 1998Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1938)
  72. 1999Valery Gavrilin, Russian composer (born 1939)
  73. 2001Ranko Marinković, Croatian author and playwright (born 1913)
  74. 2002Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (born 1913)
  75. 2002Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1907)
  76. 2002Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (born 1946)
  77. 2003Mieke Pullen, Dutch runner (born 1957)
  78. 2004Lloyd M. Bucher, American captain (born 1927)
  79. 2005Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1944)
  80. 2007Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (born 1929)
  81. 2007Robert Drinan, American priest, lawyer, and politician (born 1920)
  82. 2007Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (born 1963)
  83. 2007Karel Svoboda, Czech composer (born 1938)
  84. 2009Werner Flume, German jurist (born 1908)
  85. 2009Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (born 1952)
  86. 2012Roman Juszkiewicz, Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1952)
  87. 2012Don Starkell, Canadian adventurer and author (born 1932)
  88. 2013Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach (born 1936)
  89. 2013Hattie N. Harrison, American educator and politician (born 1928)
  90. 2013Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (born 1940)
  91. 2014John Cacavas, American composer and conductor (born 1930)
  92. 2014Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (born 1930)
  93. 2014Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (born 1930)
  94. 2014Nigel Jenkins, Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (born 1949)
  95. 2014Jorge Obeid, Argentinian engineer and politician, Governor of Santa Fe (born 1947)
  96. 2015Suraj Abdurrahman, Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (born 1954)
  97. 2015Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1930)
  98. 2015Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (born 1924)
  99. 2016Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (born 1941)
  100. 2016Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
  101. 2016Franklin Gene Bissell, American football player and coach (born 1926)
  102. 2016Buddy Cianci, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Providence (born 1941)
  103. 2016Bob Tizard, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1924)
  104. 2017Alexander Chancellor, British journalist (born 1940)
  105. 2017Geoff Nicholls, British musician (born 1948)
  106. 2019Pepe Smith, Filipino rock musician (born 1947)
  107. 2021Cicely Tyson, American actress (born 1924)
  108. 2026Ajit Pawar, Indian politician, former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1959)

Celebraciones (2)

  1. Army Day (Armenia)
  2. Data Privacy Day

Santoral (4)

  1. Joseph Freinademetz
  2. Julian of Cuenca
  3. Thomas Aquinas
  4. January 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)