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Acontecimientos (58)

  1. 307Sima Chi becomes emperor of the Jin dynasty in succession to his brother, Sima Zhong, despite a challenge from his other brother, Sima Ying.
  2. 871Æthelred I and Alfred the Great lead a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings.
  3. 1297François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco.
  4. 1454The papal bull Romanus Pontifex awards the Kingdom of Portugal exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of Cape Bojador.
  5. 1499Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII.
  6. 1547The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg.
  7. 1735The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
  8. 1746Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
  9. 1790George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
  10. 1806The Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa becomes the British Cape Colony as a result of the Battle of Blaauwberg.
  11. 1811Charles Deslondes leads an unsuccessful slave revolt in the North American settlements of St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.
  12. 1815War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
  13. 1828The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.
  14. 1835US President Andrew Jackson announces a celebratory dinner after having reduced the United States national debt to zero for the only time.
  15. 1863American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
  16. 1867The United States Congress passes the bill to allow African American men the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
  17. 1877Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
  18. 1889Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
  19. 1900President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.
  20. 1912The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  21. 1912The city of San Diego passes an ordinance restricting free speech, provoking months of civil unrest between socialist Wobblies and business leaders that become the bloodiest free speech fight in history.
  22. 1918U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" as conditions for ending World War I.
  23. 1920The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
  24. 1926Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ is crowned emperor of Vietnam, the country's last monarch.
  25. 1926Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
  26. 1928The Committee for Union Action is established in Guatemala.
  27. 1933Anarchist insurrection of January 1933 breaks out in Barcelona, Spain.
  28. 1936Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
  29. 1940World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
  30. 1945World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading Japanese Imperial forces.
  31. 1946Andrei Zhdanov, Chairman of the Finnish Allied Commission, submits to the Finnish War Criminal Court an interrogation report by General Erich Buschenhagen, a German prisoner of war, on the contacts between Finnish and German military personnel before the Continuation War and a copy of Hitler's Barbarossa plan.
  32. 1956Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Waorani of Ecuador shortly after making first contact.
  33. 1959Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
  34. 1961In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
  35. 1964President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
  36. 1972Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
  37. 1973Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
  38. 1973Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
  39. 1975Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
  40. 1977Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
  41. 1981A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
  42. 1982Breakup of the Bell System: In the United States, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
  43. 1989Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.
  44. 1994Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
  45. 1996An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.
  46. 2002President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
  47. 2003Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.
  48. 2003Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.
  49. 2004The , then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
  50. 2005The nuclear sub collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
  51. 2009A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
  52. 2010Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine.
  53. 2011Sitting US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is shot in the head along with 18 others in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords survived the assassination attempt, but six others died, including John Roll, a federal judge.
  54. 2016Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.
  55. 2016West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed.
  56. 2020Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashes immediately after takeoff at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport; all 176 on board are killed. The plane was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile.
  57. 2021Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega, Caracas, Venezuela.
  58. 2023Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress.

Nacimientos (186)

  1. 1037Su Dongpo, Chinese calligrapher and poet (died 1101)
  2. 1345Kadi Burhan al-Din, poet, kadi, and ruler of Sivas (died 1398)
  3. 1529John Frederick II, duke of Saxony (died 1595)
  4. 1583Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (died 1643)
  5. 1587Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer and academic (died 1616)
  6. 1587Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1629)
  7. 1589Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet and playwright (died 1638)
  8. 1601Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (died 1658)
  9. 1626Jean Talon, first Intendant of New France (died 1694)
  10. 1628François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (died 1695)
  11. 1632Samuel von Pufendorf, German economist and jurist (died 1694)
  12. 1635Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish cardinal (died 1709)
  13. 1638Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (died 1665)
  14. 1735John Carroll, American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University (died 1815)
  15. 1763Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat (died 1834)
  16. 1786Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier (died 1844)
  17. 1788Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop (died 1831)
  18. 1792Lowell Mason, American composer and educator (died 1872)
  19. 1805John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California (died 1871)
  20. 1805Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (died 1878)
  21. 1812Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer (died 1871)
  22. 1817Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (died 1893)
  23. 1821James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey (died 1904)
  24. 1823Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh geographer, biologist, and explorer (died 1913)
  25. 1824Wilkie Collins, English novelist, playwright, and short story writer (died 1889)
  26. 1824Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (died 1861)
  27. 1830Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (died 1894)
  28. 1836Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-English painter and academic (died 1912)
  29. 1843Frederick Abberline, English police officer (died 1929)
  30. 1852James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (died 1931)
  31. 1859Fanny Bullock Workman, American mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (died 1925)
  32. 1860Emma Booth-Tucker, English author (died 1903)
  33. 1862Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (died 1934)
  34. 1864Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (died 1892)
  35. 1865Winnaretta Singer, American philanthropist (died 1943)
  36. 1866William G. Conley, American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (died 1940)
  37. 1867Emily Greene Balch, American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
  38. 1870Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (died 1930)
  39. 1871Jeanne Adnet, French anarchist (died 1942)
  40. 1871James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (died 1940)
  41. 1873Iuliu Maniu, Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania (died 1953)
  42. 1881Henrik Shipstead, American dentist and politician (died 1960)
  43. 1881Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (died 1945)
  44. 1883Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (died 1941)
  45. 1883Patrick J. Hurley, American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War (died 1963)
  46. 1885John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1945)
  47. 1885Mór Kóczán, Hungarian javelin thrower and pastor (died 1972)
  48. 1885A. J. Muste, Dutch-American pastor and activist (died 1967)
  49. 1888Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic (died 1972)
  50. 1891Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)
  51. 1891Storm Jameson, English journalist and author (died 1986)
  52. 1891Bronislava Nijinska, Russian dancer and choreographer (died 1972)
  53. 1896Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic (died 1967)
  54. 1897Dennis Wheatley, English soldier and author (died 1977)
  55. 1899S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (died 1959)
  56. 1900Dorothy Adams, American character actress (died 1988)
  57. 1900Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter (died 1969)
  58. 1902Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (died 1987)
  59. 1904Karl Brandt, German physician and SS officer (died 1948)
  60. 1905Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (died 1997)
  61. 1908William Hartnell, English actor (died 1975)
  62. 1908Fearless Nadia, Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (died 1996)
  63. 1909Ashapoorna Devi, Indian author and poet (died 1995)
  64. 1909Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer (died 1995)
  65. 1909Evelyn Wood, American author and educator (died 1995)
  66. 1910Galina Ulanova, Russian actress and ballerina (died 1998)
  67. 1911Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author (died 1970)
  68. 1912José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor and director (died 1992)
  69. 1912Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (died 2014)
  70. 1915Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager (died 1991)
  71. 1917Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1994)
  72. 1920Douglas Wilmer, English actor (died 2016)
  73. 1922Dale D. Myers, American engineer (died 2015)
  74. 1923Larry Storch, American actor and comedian (died 2022)
  75. 1923Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer and actor (died 2011)
  76. 1923Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (died 1985)
  77. 1923Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist and author (died 2008)
  78. 1924Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer (died 2010)
  79. 1924Ron Moody, English actor and singer (died 2015)
  80. 1925Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (died 1972)
  81. 1926Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano (died 2012)
  82. 1926Kerwin Mathews, American actor (died 2007)
  83. 1926Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian dancer and choreographer (died 2004)
  84. 1926Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer (died 2022)
  85. 1926Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (died 2009)
  86. 1927Charles Tomlinson, English poet and academic (died 2015)
  87. 1928Slade Gorton, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th Attorney General of Washington (died 2020)
  88. 1929Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (died 2015)
  89. 1931Bill Graham, German-American businessman (died 1991)
  90. 1931Clarence Benjamin Jones, American lawyer and scholar
  91. 1933Charles Osgood, American soldier and journalist (died 2024)
  92. 1933Jean-Marie Straub, French director and screenwriter (died 2022)
  93. 1934Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (died 1987)
  94. 1934Roy Kinnear, British actor (died 1988)
  95. 1935Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (died 1977)
  96. 1936Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-English zoologist, ecologist, and academic (died 2020)
  97. 1937Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
  98. 1938Bob Eubanks, American game show host and producer
  99. 1939Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer
  100. 1940Cristy Lane, American country and gospel singer
  101. 1941Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (died 1989)
  102. 1941Boris Vallejo, Peruvian-American painter
  103. 1942Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (died 2018)
  104. 1942Junichirō Koizumi, Japanese politician, 56th Prime Minister of Japan
  105. 1942Yvette Mimieux, American actress (died 2022)
  106. 1944Terry Brooks, American lawyer and author
  107. 1945Phil Beal, English footballer
  108. 1945Nancy Bond, American author and academic
  109. 1945Kathleen Noone, American actress
  110. 1946Robby Krieger, American guitarist and songwriter
  111. 1946Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Mexican drug lord
  112. 1947David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2016)
  113. 1947Antti Kalliomäki, Finnish pole vaulter and politician
  114. 1948Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish director and screenwriter
  115. 1949Shadia Abu Ghazaleh, Palestinian militant (died 1968)
  116. 1949Lawrence Rowe, Jamaican cricketer
  117. 1951Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
  118. 1952Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist and educator
  119. 1952Peter McCullagh, Irish mathematician and academic
  120. 1953Marián Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player
  121. 1953Bruce Sutter, American baseball pitcher (died 2022)
  122. 1955Harriet Sansom Harris, American actress
  123. 1955Mike Reno, Canadian singer and drummer
  124. 1957Dwight Clark, American football player (died 2018)
  125. 1957Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer
  126. 1957Ron Cephas Jones, American actor (died 2023)
  127. 1957Calvin Natt, American basketball player
  128. 1958Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education
  129. 1958Rey Misterio, Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor (died 2024)
  130. 1959Paul Hester, Australian drummer (died 2005)
  131. 1960Dave Weckl, American drummer
  132. 1961Calvin Smith, American sprinter
  133. 1964Ron Sexsmith, Canadian singer-songwriter
  134. 1965Michelle Forbes, American actress
  135. 1966Maria Pitillo, American actress
  136. 1966Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player (died 2009)
  137. 1966Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter (died 1990)
  138. 1967Willie Anderson, American basketball player
  139. 1967R. Kelly, American singer-songwriter, producer, and sex offender
  140. 1967Tom Watson, English politician
  141. 1968Bull Nakano, Japanese professional wrestler
  142. 1971Jason Giambi, American baseball player
  143. 1971Andreas Kollross, Austrian politician
  144. 1971Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer and coach
  145. 1972Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager
  146. 1973Mike Cameron, American baseball player
  147. 1976Jenny Lewis, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
  148. 1977Amber Benson, American actress, writer, director, and producer
  149. 1978Marco Fu, Hong Kongese snooker player
  150. 1979Seol Ki-hyeon, South Korean footballer and manager
  151. 1979Windell Middlebrooks, American actor (died 2015)
  152. 1979Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer
  153. 1979Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer
  154. 1979Sarah Polley, Canadian actress and director
  155. 1980Sam Riley, English actor and singer
  156. 1981Genevieve Cortese, American actress
  157. 1981Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player
  158. 1982Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
  159. 1982Kim Jong Un, North Korean soldier and politician, 3rd Supreme Leader of North Korea
  160. 1983Chris Masters, American wrestler
  161. 1984Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player and broadcaster
  162. 1987Chris Douglas-Roberts, American basketball player
  163. 1987Cynthia Erivo, English actress and singer-songwriter
  164. 1987Freddie Stroma, English actor
  165. 1988Adrián López, Spanish footballer
  166. 1988Michael Mancienne, English footballer
  167. 1988Alex Tyus, American-Israeli basketball player
  168. 1989Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player
  169. 1990Blair Walsh, American football player
  170. 1991Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer
  171. 1991Stefan Johansen, Norwegian footballer
  172. 1991Stefan Savić, Montenegrin footballer
  173. 1991Greg Smith, American basketball player
  174. 1992Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player
  175. 1992Koke, Spanish footballer
  176. 1992Valkyrae, American online streamer
  177. 1993William Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
  178. 1993Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand swimmer
  179. 1994Glenn Robinson III, American basketball player
  180. 1995Ryan Destiny, American actress and singer
  181. 1998Tony Bradley, American basketball player
  182. 1998Jhoan Durán, Dominican baseball player
  183. 1999Ignas Brazdeikis, Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player
  184. 1999Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter
  185. 2000Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress
  186. 2001Zach Charbonnet, American football player

Fallecimientos (107)

  1. 307Hui of Jin, Chinese emperor (born 259)
  2. 482Severinus of Noricum, Italian apostle and saint
  3. 871Bagsecg, Viking warrior and leader
  4. 926Athelm, archbishop of Canterbury
  5. 1079Adèle of France, countess of Flanders (born 1009)
  6. 1107Edgar, King of Scotland (born 1074)
  7. 1198Celestine III, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1106)
  8. 1337Giotto, Italian painter and architect, designed Scrovegni Chapel and Giotto's Campanile (born 1266)
  9. 1354Charles de la Cerda, French nobleman (born 1327)
  10. 1424Stephen Zaccaria, archbishop of Patras
  11. 1456Lawrence Giustiniani, Italian bishop and saint (born 1381)
  12. 1538Beatrice of Portugal, duchess of Savoy (born 1504)
  13. 1557Albert Alcibiades, margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (born 1522)
  14. 1570Philibert de l'Orme, French sculptor and architect, designed the Château d'Anet (born 1510)
  15. 1598John George, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1525)
  16. 1642Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (born 1564)
  17. 1707John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (born 1648)
  18. 1713Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (born 1653)
  19. 1775John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (born 1706)
  20. 1789Jack Broughton, English boxer (born 1703)
  21. 1794Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (born 1720)
  22. 1815Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (born 1778)
  23. 1825Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (born 1765)
  24. 1854William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (born 1768)
  25. 1865Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (born 1779)
  26. 1874Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (born 1814)
  27. 1878Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (born 1821)
  28. 1880Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (born 1811)
  29. 1883Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (born 1825)
  30. 1896William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (born 1825)
  31. 1896Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (born 1844)
  32. 1914Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (born 1823)
  33. 1916Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (born 1884)
  34. 1916Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (born 1860)
  35. 1918Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (born 1827)
  36. 1920Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (born 1852)
  37. 1925George Bellows, American painter (born 1882)
  38. 1934Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (born 1880)
  39. 1934Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (born 1886)
  40. 1938Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (born 1880)
  41. 1941Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general and founder of the Scout movement (born 1857)
  42. 1941Vladimír Mandl, Czechoslovak lawyer (born 1899)
  43. 1942Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American lawyer and religious leader (born 1869)
  44. 1943Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (born 1879)
  45. 1944William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American lieutenant and sailor (born 1878)
  46. 1945Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss astrologer and author (born 1900)
  47. 1948Kurt Schwitters, German painter and graphic designer (born 1887)
  48. 1950Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and academic (born 1883)
  49. 1952Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1866)
  50. 1953Hugh Binney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (born 1883)
  51. 1954Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (born 1898)
  52. 1958Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (born 1869)
  53. 1961Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (born 1910)
  54. 1963Kay Sage, American painter (born 1898)
  55. 1975Richard Tucker, American operatic tenor (born 1913)
  56. 1976Zhou Enlai, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1898)
  57. 1980John Mauchly, American physicist and academic (born 1907)
  58. 1982Grégoire Aslan, Swiss-English actor and screenwriter (born 1908)
  59. 1983Gerhard Barkhorn, German general and pilot (born 1919)
  60. 1986Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (born 1906)
  61. 1990Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (born 1919)
  62. 1990Terry-Thomas, English actor and comedian (born 1911)
  63. 1991Steve Clark, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1960)
  64. 1994Pat Buttram, American actor and comedian (born 1915)
  65. 1994Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (born 1925)
  66. 1996Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (born 1968)
  67. 1996François Mitterrand, French sergeant and politician, 21st President of France (born 1916)
  68. 1997Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
  69. 1998Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (born 1905)
  70. 2000Hilary Smart, American sailor (born 1925)
  71. 2002Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
  72. 2002Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (born 1932)
  73. 2003Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (born 1925)
  74. 2006Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish broadcaster and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics (born 1942)
  75. 2007Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (born 1908)
  76. 2007Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1916)
  77. 2007Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1922)
  78. 2007David Ervine, Northern Irish politician and activist (born 1953)
  79. 2007Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (born 1925)
  80. 2008George Moore, Australian jockey and trainer (born 1923)
  81. 2009Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan journalist (born 1958)
  82. 2010Art Clokey, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
  83. 2011Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (born 1937)
  84. 2011Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (born 1924)
  85. 2012Dave Alexander, American singer and pianist (born 1938)
  86. 2012T. J. Hamblin, English haematologist and academic (born 1943)
  87. 2012Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (born 1929)
  88. 2013Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (born 1927)
  89. 2013Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (born 1920)
  90. 2013Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (born 1930)
  91. 2014Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch-Australian swimmer (born 1925)
  92. 2014Antonino P. Roman, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1939)
  93. 2015Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (born 1942)
  94. 2015Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (born 1926)
  95. 2015Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (born 1921)
  96. 2016Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing driver (born 1926)
  97. 2016German Moreno, Filipino television host, actor, comedian and talent manager (born 1933)
  98. 2017Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (born 1925)
  99. 2017James Mancham, Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (born 1939)
  100. 2017Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician (born 1934)
  101. 2017Peter Sarstedt, Indian-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
  102. 2020Pat Dalton, Australian footballer (born 1942)
  103. 2020Buck Henry, American actor, screenwriter, and director (born 1930)
  104. 2021Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (born 1922)
  105. 2022Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (born 1944)
  106. 2024Adan Canto, Mexican actor (born 1981)
  107. 2025Mangkra Souvanna Phouma, Laotian prince (born 1938)

Celebraciones (4)

  1. Babinden (Belarus, Russia)
  2. Commonwealth Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
  3. Earliest day on which Children's Day can fall, while January 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Saturday in January. (Thailand)
  4. Typing Day (International observance)

Santoral (14)

  1. Abo of Tiflis
  2. Apollinaris Claudius
  3. Blessed Eurosia Fabris
  4. Gauchito Gil (Folk Catholicism)
  5. Gudula
  6. Harriet Bedell (Episcopal Church (USA))
  7. Lawrence Giustiniani
  8. Lucian of Beauvais
  9. Maximus of Pavia
  10. Our Lady of Prompt Succor (Roman Catholic Church)
  11. Pega (Anglican and Roman Catholic churches)
  12. Severinus of Noricum
  13. Thorfinn of Hamar
  14. January 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)