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Acontecimientos (47)

  1. 1066Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
  2. 1205Philip of Swabia undergoes a second coronation as King of the Romans.
  3. 1322Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia, having defeated his half-brother Stefan Konstantin in battle. His son is crowned "young king" in the same ceremony.
  4. 1355Charles IV of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.
  5. 1449Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras.
  6. 1492The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada at the conclusion of the Granada War.
  7. 1536The first European school of higher learning in the Americas, Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, is founded by Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga in Mexico City.
  8. 1540King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
  9. 1579The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain.
  10. 1641Arauco War: The first Parliament of Quillín is celebrated, putting a temporary hold on hostilities between Mapuches and Spanish in Chile.
  11. 1661English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England. The revolt is suppressed after a few days.
  12. 1721The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
  13. 1724Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65, a Bach cantata, for Epiphany, is performed the first time.
  14. 1725J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, a chorale cantata for Epiphany.
  15. 1781In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
  16. 1809Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.
  17. 1838Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
  18. 1839The Night of the Big Wind, the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
  19. 1900Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  20. 1912New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
  21. 1912German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
  22. 1929King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution, starting the January 6th Dictatorship.
  23. 1929Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
  24. 1941United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
  25. 1946The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
  26. 1947Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
  27. 1951Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
  28. 1960National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
  29. 1960The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
  30. 1967Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
  31. 1968Aeroflot Flight 1668 crashes near Olyokminsk, killing 45.
  32. 1969Allegheny Airlines Flight 737 crashes in Lafayette Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States, killing 11.
  33. 1974In response to the 1973 oil crisis, the United States implements the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act, switching to permanent daylight saving time for a trial period.
  34. 1974Aeroflot Flight H-75 crashes near Mukachevo, killing 24.
  35. 1989Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.
  36. 1992President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
  37. 1993Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
  38. 1993Four people are killed when Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634 crashes on approach to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, France.
  39. 1994U.S. figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked and injured by an assailant hired by her rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
  40. 1995A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
  41. 2005Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner during the American Civil Rights Movement.
  42. 2005A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
  43. 2012Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus.
  44. 2017Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.
  45. 2019Muhammad V of Kelantan resigns as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, becoming the first monarch to do so.
  46. 2021Supporters of U.S. president Donald Trump storm the United States Capitol Building to disrupt certification of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in four deaths and evacuation of the U.S. Congress.
  47. 2025Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister of Canada after nine years in office.

Nacimientos (217)

  1. 1256Gertrude the Great, German mystic (died 1302)
  2. 1367Richard II of England (died 1400)
  3. 1384Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent (died 1408)
  4. 1412Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (died 1431)
  5. 1486Martin Agricola, German composer and theorist (died 1556)
  6. 1488Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (died 1540)
  7. 1493Olaus Petri, Swedish clergyman (died 1552)
  8. 1500John of Ávila, Spanish mystic and saint (died 1569)
  9. 1525Caspar Peucer, German physician and scholar (died 1602)
  10. 1538Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria (died 1612)
  11. 1561Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (died 1656)
  12. 1587Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (died 1645)
  13. 1595Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French educator and courtier (died 1650)
  14. 1617Christoffer Gabel, Danish politician (died 1673)
  15. 1632Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, Scottish peeress (died 1716)
  16. 1655Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (died 1720)
  17. 1673James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (died 1744)
  18. 1695Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe player and composer (died 1750)
  19. 1702José de Nebra, Spanish composer (died 1768)
  20. 1714Percivall Pott, English surgeon (died 1788)
  21. 1745Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French co-inventor of the hot air balloon (died 1799)
  22. 1766José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, first dictator of Paraguay (died 1840)
  23. 1785Andreas Moustoxydis, Greek historian and philologist (died 1860)
  24. 1793James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (died 1862)
  25. 1795Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (died 1871)
  26. 1799Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (died 1831)
  27. 1803Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1888)
  28. 1807Joseph Petzval, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist (died 1891)
  29. 1808Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American conchologist and paleontologist (died 1864)
  30. 1811Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (died 1874)
  31. 1822Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist and businessman (died 1890)
  32. 1832Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (died 1883)
  33. 1838Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (died 1920)
  34. 1842Clarence King, American geologist, mountaineer, and critic (died 1901)
  35. 1856Giuseppe Martucci, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1909)
  36. 1857Hugh Mahon, Irish-Australian publisher and politician, 10th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 1931)
  37. 1857William Russell, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Massachusetts (died 1896)
  38. 1859Samuel Alexander, Australian-English philosopher and academic (died 1938)
  39. 1860Morton Selten, British actor (died 1939)
  40. 1861Victor Horta, Belgian architect, designed Hôtel van Eetvelde (died 1947)
  41. 1861George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (died 1940)
  42. 1870Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (died 1944)
  43. 1872Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (died 1915)
  44. 1874Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer (died 1948)
  45. 1878Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina (died 1970)
  46. 1878Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (died 1967)
  47. 1880Tom Mix, American cowboy and actor (died 1940)
  48. 1881Ion Minulescu, Romanian author, poet, and critic (died 1944)
  49. 1882Fan S. Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Albania (died 1965)
  50. 1882Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1961)
  51. 1883Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (died 1931)
  52. 1889Dida Dederding, Danish doctor and academic (died 1955)
  53. 1891Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer (died 1937)
  54. 1898James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (died 1965)
  55. 1899Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (died 1968)
  56. 1900Maria of Yugoslavia, Queen of Yugoslavia (died 1961)
  57. 1903Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor (died 1993)
  58. 1910Kid Chocolate, Cuban boxer (died 1988)
  59. 1910Wright Morris, American author and photographer (died 1998)
  60. 1912Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic (died 1994)
  61. 1912Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer, and humanitarian (died 1991)
  62. 1913Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician (died 2001)
  63. 1913Loretta Young, American actress (died 2000)
  64. 1914Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-American physician and academic (died 1989)
  65. 1915Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2015)
  66. 1915John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst, physician, and philosopher (died 2001)
  67. 1915Alan Watts, English-American philosopher and author (died 1973)
  68. 1916Park Mok-wol, influential Korean poet and academic (died 1978)
  69. 1917Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (died 2005)
  70. 1920Henry Corden, Canadian-born American actor (died 2005)
  71. 1920John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (died 2004)
  72. 1920Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader; founder of the Unification Church (died 2012)
  73. 1920Early Wynn, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 1999)
  74. 1921Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Russian-French biochemist and academic (died 2013)
  75. 1921Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (died 1998)
  76. 1923Vladimir Kazantsev, Russian runner (died 2007)
  77. 1923Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1974)
  78. 1923Jacobo Timerman, Argentinian journalist and author (died 1999)
  79. 1924Kim Dae-jung, South Korean soldier and politician, 8th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
  80. 1924Earl Scruggs, American banjo player (died 2012)
  81. 1925John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (died 2005)
  82. 1926Ralph Branca, American baseball player (died 2016)
  83. 1926Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (died 2002)
  84. 1926Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American actor and bodybuilder (died 2006)
  85. 1927Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (died 2014)
  86. 1928Capucine, French actress and model (died 1990)
  87. 1930Vic Tayback, American actor (died 1990)
  88. 1931E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (died 2015)
  89. 1932Simon Oates, English actor (died 2009)
  90. 1932Stuart A. Rice, American chemist and academic (died 2024)
  91. 1933John Clive, English actor and author (died 2012)
  92. 1933Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut (died 2003)
  93. 1934Harry M. Miller, New Zealand-Australian talent agent and publicist (died 2018)
  94. 1934Sylvia Syms, English actress (died 2023)
  95. 1935Ian Meckiff, Australian cricketer
  96. 1935Nino Tempo, American musician, singer, and actor (died 2025)
  97. 1936Darlene Hard, American tennis player (died 2021)
  98. 1936Julio María Sanguinetti, Uruguayan journalist, lawyer, and politician, 29th President of Uruguay
  99. 1937Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower (died 1998)
  100. 1937Lou Holtz, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2026)
  101. 1937Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)
  102. 1938Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director
  103. 1938Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and academic
  104. 1938Rajnikumar Pandya, Indian writer, journalist (died 2025)
  105. 1938Larisa Shepitko, Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actress (died 1979)
  106. 1939Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2002)
  107. 1939Murray Rose, English-Australian swimmer and sportscaster (died 2012)
  108. 1940Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1979)
  109. 1943Terry Venables, English footballer and manager (died 2023)
  110. 1944Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer (died 2013)
  111. 1944Alan Stivell, French singer-songwriter and harp player
  112. 1944Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  113. 1945Barry John, Welsh rugby player (died 2024)
  114. 1945Jayanthi (actress), Indian film actress (died 2021)
  115. 1946Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
  116. 1947Sandy Denny, English folk-rock singer-songwriter (died 1978)
  117. 1948Guy Gardner, American colonel and astronaut
  118. 1948Dayle Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
  119. 1949Mike Boit, Kenyan runner and academic
  120. 1949Carolyn D. Wright, American poet and academic (died 2016)
  121. 1950Louis Freeh, American lawyer and jurist, 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  122. 1951Don Gullett, American baseball player and coach (died 2024)
  123. 1951Kim Wilson, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player
  124. 1953Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2017)
  125. 1954Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (died 2008)
  126. 1955Rowan Atkinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
  127. 1955Debbie Mathers, Mother of Eminem (died 2024)
  128. 1956Elizabeth Strout, American novelist and short story writer
  129. 1956Justin Welby, English archbishop
  130. 1956Clive Woodward, English rugby player and coach
  131. 1957Michael Foale, British-American astrophysicist and astronaut
  132. 1957Nancy Lopez, American golfer and sportscaster
  133. 1958Shlomo Glickstein, Israeli tennis player
  134. 1959Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer
  135. 1960Paul Azinger, American golfer and sportscaster
  136. 1960Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
  137. 1960Nigella Lawson, English chef and author
  138. 1960Howie Long, American football player and sports commentator
  139. 1961Georges Jobé, Belgian motocross racer (died 2012)
  140. 1961Nigel Melville, English rugby player
  141. 1961Peter Whittle, British politician, author, journalist, and broadcaster (died 2025)
  142. 1963Norm Charlton, American baseball player and coach
  143. 1963Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan runner (died 1995)
  144. 1964Charles Haley, American football player
  145. 1964Jyrki Kasvi, Finnish journalist and politician (died 2021)
  146. 1964Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler and manager
  147. 1965Bjørn Lomborg, Danish author and academic
  148. 1966Sharon Cuneta, Filipino singer and actress
  149. 1966Attilio Lombardo, Italian footballer and manager
  150. 1967A. R. Rahman, Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, and philanthropist
  151. 1968John Singleton, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)
  152. 1969Norman Reedus, American actor and model
  153. 1969Aron Eisenberg, American actor and podcaster (died 2019)
  154. 1970Leonardo Astrada, Argentine footballer and manager
  155. 1970Julie Chen Moonves, American television personality, presenter, and producer
  156. 1970Radoslav Látal, Czech footballer and manager
  157. 1970Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player, sportscaster, and actress
  158. 1971Irwin Thomas, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  159. 1973Vasso Karantasiou, Greek beach volleyball player
  160. 1974Marlon Anderson, American baseball player and sportscaster
  161. 1974Daniel Cordone, Argentinian footballer
  162. 1974Paul Grant, American basketball player and coach
  163. 1975James Farrior, American football player
  164. 1976Johan Davidsson, Swedish ice hockey player
  165. 1976Danny Pintauro, American actor
  166. 1976Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
  167. 1978Casey Fossum, American baseball player
  168. 1978Bubba Franks, American football player
  169. 1978Agnieszka Stelmaszyk, Polish writer
  170. 1981Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress
  171. 1981Asante Samuel, American football player
  172. 1982Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
  173. 1982Roy Asotasi, New Zealand rugby league player
  174. 1982Tiffany Pollard, American television personality
  175. 1982Israel Damonte, Argentine footballer and manager
  176. 1982Eddie Redmayne, English actor and model
  177. 1983Adam Burish, American ice hockey player
  178. 1983Chen Nan, Chinese basketball player
  179. 1984A. J. Hawk, American football player and analyst
  180. 1984Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian
  181. 1984Eric Trump, American businessman
  182. 1986Paul McShane, Irish footballer
  183. 1986Petter Northug, Norwegian skier
  184. 1986Irina Shayk, Russian fashion model
  185. 1986Alex Turner, English singer, songwriter, and musician
  186. 1987Arin Hanson, American YouTuber
  187. 1987Bongani Khumalo, South African footballer
  188. 1987Ndamukong Suh, American football player
  189. 1989Andy Carroll, English footballer
  190. 1989Sergio León, Spanish footballer
  191. 1989Derrick Morgan, American football player
  192. 1990Cristian Erbes, Argentine footballer
  193. 1990Sean Kilpatrick, American basketball player
  194. 1990Alex Teixeira, Brazilian footballer
  195. 1991Duarte Alves, Portuguese politician
  196. 1991Will Barton, American basketball player
  197. 1991Kevin Gausman, American baseball player
  198. 1992Corey Conners, Canadian professional golfer
  199. 1993Pat Connaughton, American basketball player
  200. 1993Jesús Manuel Corona, Mexican footballer
  201. 1993Jérôme Roussillon, French-Guadeloupean footballer
  202. 1994Catriona Gray, Filipino-Australian model, singer and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2018
  203. 1994Denis Suárez, Spanish footballer
  204. 1994Jameis Winston, American football player
  205. 1994Jay B, South Korean singer
  206. 1996Courtney Eaton, Australian model and actress
  207. 1997Michel Aebischer, Swiss footballer
  208. 1999Polo G, American rapper
  209. 1999Mac McClung, American basketball player
  210. 2000Fiete Arp, German footballer
  211. 2000Mohamed Camara, Malian footballer
  212. 2000Kwon Eun-bin, South Korean singer and actress
  213. 2000Jack McBain, Canadian ice hockey player
  214. 2000Shuhua, Taiwanese singer
  215. 2000Tyler Oliveira, American YouTuber
  216. 2003MattyBRaps, American rapper, singer, and YouTuber
  217. 2006Stefanos Tzimas, Greek footballer

Fallecimientos (88)

  1. 786Abo of Tiflis, Iraqi martyr and saint (born 756)
  2. 1088Berengar of Tours, French scholar and theologian (born 999)
  3. 1148Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (born 1100)
  4. 1233Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon, Anglo-Norman noblewoman (born 1171)
  5. 1275Raymond of Penyafort, Catalan archbishop and saint (born 1175)
  6. 1358Gertrude van der Oosten, Beguine mystic
  7. 1406Roger Walden, English bishop
  8. 1448Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (born 1418)
  9. 1478Uzun Hasan, Shahanshah of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu dynasty (born 1423)
  10. 1537Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (born 1510)
  11. 1537Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter, designed the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne (born 1481)
  12. 1616Philip Henslowe, English impresario (born 1550)
  13. 1689Seth Ward, English bishop, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1617)
  14. 1693Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (born 1642)
  15. 1725Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright (born 1653)
  16. 1731Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (born 1672)
  17. 1734John Dennis, English playwright and critic (born 1657)
  18. 1829Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (born 1753)
  19. 1831Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1766)
  20. 1840Frances Burney, English author and playwright (born 1752)
  21. 1852Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (born 1809)
  22. 1855Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (born 1779)
  23. 1882Richard Henry Dana Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1815)
  24. 1884Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (born 1822)
  25. 1885Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1850)
  26. 1902Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (born 1830)
  27. 1917Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (born 1834)
  28. 1918Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1845)
  29. 1919Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (born 1858)
  30. 1921Devil Anse Hatfield, American Confederate guerrilla and leader of the Hatfield clan during the Hatfield-McCoy feud (born 1839)
  31. 1922Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician and chess player (born 1842)
  32. 1928Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and long jumper (born 1876)
  33. 1928Wilhelm Ramsay, Finnish geologist and professor (born 1865)
  34. 1933Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian pianist (born 1848)
  35. 1934Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (born 1878)
  36. 1937André Bessette, Canadian saint (born 1845)
  37. 1941Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (born 1875)
  38. 1942Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (born 1858)
  39. 1942Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian aristocrat, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (born 1876)
  40. 1944Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (born 1857)
  41. 1945Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (born 1863)
  42. 1949Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1883)
  43. 1966Jean Lurçat, French painter (born 1892)
  44. 1972Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (born 1901)
  45. 1974David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (born 1896)
  46. 1978Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (born 1899)
  47. 1981A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author (born 1896)
  48. 1984Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (born 1898)
  49. 1990Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor (born 1949)
  50. 1990Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
  51. 1991Alan Wiggins, American baseball player (born 1958)
  52. 1992Steve Gilpin, New Zealand vocalist and songwriter (born 1949)
  53. 1993Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (born 1917)
  54. 1993Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (born 1938)
  55. 1995Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African lawyer and politician (born 1926)
  56. 1999Michel Petrucciani, French-American pianist (born 1962)
  57. 2004Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (born 1954)
  58. 2005Eileen Desmond, Irish civil servant and politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health (born 1932)
  59. 2005Lois Hole, Canadian academic and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (born 1929)
  60. 2005Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer (born 1933)
  61. 2006Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter (born 1933)
  62. 2007Roberta Wohlstetter, American political scientist, historian, and academic (born 1912)
  63. 2008Shmuel Berenbaum, Rabbi of Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn) (born 1920)
  64. 2011Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (born 1967)
  65. 2012Bob Holness, South African-English radio and television host (born 1928)
  66. 2013Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (born 1923)
  67. 2014Marina Ginestà, French Resistance soldier and photographer (born 1919)
  68. 2014Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1947)
  69. 2014Julian Rotter, American psychologist and academic (born 1916)
  70. 2015Basil John Mason, English meteorologist and academic (born 1923)
  71. 2016Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
  72. 2016Florence King, American journalist and author (born 1936)
  73. 2016Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (born 1948)
  74. 2016Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (born 1925)
  75. 2017Octavio Lepage, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (born 1923)
  76. 2017Om Puri, Indian actor (born 1950)
  77. 2019José Ramón Fernández, Cuban revolution leader (born 1923)
  78. 2019Lamin Sanneh, Gambian-born American professor (born 1942)
  79. 2019W. Morgan Sheppard, British actor (born 1932)
  80. 2019Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (born 1917)
  81. 2020Richard Maponya, South African businessman (born 1920)
  82. 2021Ashli Babbitt, American participant in the January 6 United States Capitol attack
  83. 2021Gordon Renwick, Canadian ice hockey administrator and businessman (born 1935)
  84. 2021James Cross, British diplomat kidnapped during the 1970 October crisis in Québec (born 1921)
  85. 2022Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)
  86. 2022Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat (born 1927)
  87. 2022Francisco Sionil Jose, Philippine novelist (born 1924)
  88. 2023Mary Lou Kownacki, American Roman Catholic nun, peace activist, and writer (born 1941)

Celebraciones (7)

  1. Christmas:
  2. Christmas (Armenian Apostolic Church)
  3. Christmas Eve (Russia)
  4. Christmas Eve (Ukraine)
  5. Epiphany or Three Kings' Day (Western Christianity) or Theophany (Eastern Christianity), and its related observances:
  6. Little Christmas (Ireland)
  7. Þrettándinn (Iceland)

Santoral (2)

  1. André Bessette (Roman Catholic Church)
  2. January 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)