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Date
January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . 350 days remain until the end of the year (351 in leap years ).
Events [ ]
69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome , beginning a reign of only three months.
1541 – King 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".
1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey , London.
1582 – Truce of Yam-Zapolsky : Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth .
1759 – The British Museum opens to the public.
1777 – American Revolutionary War : New Connecticut (present-day Vermont ) declares its independence.
1782 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage .
1815 – War of 1812 : American frigate USS President , commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur , is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
1818 – A 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.
1822 – Greek War of Independence : Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
1865 – American Civil War : Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union , thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
1867 – Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park , London , collapses.
1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion " by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly ).
1876 – The first newspaper in Afrikaans , Die Afrikaanse Patriot , is published in Paarl .
1889 – The Coca-Cola Company , then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta .
1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball .
1908 – The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming , United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 ft (99 m).
1911 – Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
1919 – Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht , two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising .
1919 – Great Molasses Flood : A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston , Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
1934 – The 8.0 Mw Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme ), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company , is completed in Toledo, Ohio .
1937 – Spanish Civil War : Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road .
1943 – World War II : The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
1943 – The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia .
1947 – The Black Dahlia murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
1949 – Chinese Civil War : The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
1962 – The Derveni papyrus , Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
1962 – Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy .
1966 – The First Nigerian Republic , led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état .
1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles . The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.
1969 – The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5 .
1970 – Nigerian Civil War : Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria .
1970 – Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya .
1973 – Vietnam War : Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam .
1975 – The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
1976 – Gerald Ford 's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore , is sentenced to life in prison.
1981 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa .
1991 – The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm .
1991 – Elizabeth 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.
2001 – Wikipedia , a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
2005 – ESA 's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium , aluminum , silicon , iron , and other surface elements on the Moon.
2009 – US 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.
2013 – A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza , Greater Cairo , killing 19 and injuring 120 others.
2015 – The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets.
2016 – The 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.
2019 – Somali militants attack the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi , Kenya killing at least 21 people and injuring 19.
2019 – Theresa 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.
2020 – A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island killing at least 67 and injuring hundreds.
Births [ ]
961 – Seongjong of Goryeo , Korean ruler (d. 997)
1432 – Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)
1462 – Edzard I, Count of East Frisia , German noble (d. 1528)
1481 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi , Japanese shōgun (d. 1511)[citation needed ]
1538 – Maeda Toshiie , Japanese general (d. 1599)
1595 – Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth , English politician (d. 1661)
1622 – Molière , French actor and playwright (d. 1673)
1623 – Algernon Sidney , British philosopher (probable) d. 1683)
1671 – Abraham de la Pryme , English archaeologist and historian (d. 1704)
1674 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon , French poet and playwright (d. 1762)
1716 – Philip Livingston , American merchant and politician (d. 1778)
1747 – John Aikin , English surgeon and author (d. 1822)
1754 – Richard Martin , Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1834)
1791 – Franz Grillparzer , Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1872)
1795 – Alexander Griboyedov , Russian playwright, composer, and poet (d. 1829)
1803 – Marjorie Fleming , Scottish poet and author (d. 1811)
1809 – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon , French economist and politician (d. 1865)
1812 – Peter Christen Asbjørnsen , Norwegian author and scholar (d. 1885)
1815 – William Bickerton , English-American religious leader, 3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ (d. 1905)
1834 – Samuel Arza Davenport , American lawyer and politician (d. 1911)
1841 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby , English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (d. 1908)
1842 – Josef Breuer , Austrian physician and psychiatrist (d. 1925)
1842 – Mary MacKillop , Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (d. 1909)
1850 – Leonard Darwin , English soldier, eugenicist, and politician (d. 1943)
1850 – Mihai Eminescu , Romanian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1889)
1850 – Sofia Kovalevskaya , Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1891)
1855 – Jacques Damala , Greek-French soldier and actor (d. 1889)
1858 – Giovanni Segantini , Italian painter (d. 1899)
1859 – Archibald Peake , English-Australian politician, 25th Premier of South Australia (d. 1920)
1863 – Wilhelm Marx , German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)
1866 – Nathan Söderblom , Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
1869 – Ruby Laffoon , American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 1941)
1869 – Stanisław Wyspiański , Polish poet, playwright, and painter (d. 1907)
1870 – Pierre S. du Pont , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1954)
1872 – Arsen Kotsoyev , Russian author and translator (d. 1944)
1875 – Thomas Burke , American sprinter, coach, and journalist (d. 1929)
1877 – Lewis Terman , American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic (d. 1956)
1878 – Johanna Müller-Hermann , Austrian composer (d. 1941)
1879 – Mazo de la Roche , Canadian author and playwright (d. 1961)
1882 – Henry Burr , Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer (d. 1941)
1882 – Princess Margaret of Connaught (d. 1920)
1885 – Lorenz Böhler , Austrian physician and author (d. 1973)
1885 – Grover Lowdermilk , American baseball player (d. 1968)
1890 – Michiaki Kamada , Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
1891 – Ray Chapman , American baseball player (d. 1920)
1891 – Osip Mandelstam , Russian poet and translator (d. 1938)
1893 – Ivor Novello , Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1951)
1895 – Artturi Ilmari Virtanen , Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1896 – Marjorie Bennett , Australian-American actress (d. 1982)
1902 – Nâzım Hikmet , Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1963)
1902 – Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
1903 – Paul A. Dever , American lieutenant and politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
1907 – Janusz Kusociński , Polish runner and soldier (d. 1940)
1908 – Edward Teller , Hungarian-American physicist and academic (d. 2003)
1909 – Jean Bugatti , German-French engineer (d. 1939)
1909 – Gene Krupa , American drummer, composer, and actor (d. 1973)
1912 – Michel Debré , French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1996)
1913 – Eugène Brands , Dutch painter (d. 2002)
1913 – Lloyd Bridges , American actor (d. 1998)
1913 – Miriam Hyde , Australian pianist and composer (d. 2005)
1913 – Alexander Marinesko , Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963)
1914 – Stefan Bałuk , Polish general (d. 2014)
1914 – Hugh Trevor-Roper , English historian and academic (d. 2003)
1917 – K. A. Thangavelu , Indian film actor and comedian (d. 1994)
1918 – João Figueiredo , Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (d. 1999)
1918 – Édouard Gagnon , Canadian cardinal (d. 2007)
1918 – Gamal Abdel Nasser , Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt (d. 1970)
1919 – Maurice Herzog , French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (d. 2012)
1919 – George Cadle Price , Belizean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belize (d. 2011)
1920 – Bob Davies , American basketball player and coach (d. 1990)
1920 – Steve Gromek , American baseball player (d. 2002)
1920 – John O'Connor , American cardinal (d. 2000)
1921 – Babasaheb Bhosale , Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2007)
1921 – Frank Thornton , English actor (d. 2013)
1922 – Sylvia Lawler , English geneticist (d. 1996)
1922 – Eric Willis , Australian sergeant and politician, 34th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1999)
1923 – Ivor Cutler , Scottish pianist, songwriter, and poet (d. 2006)
1923 – Lee Teng-hui , Taiwanese-Chinese economist and politician, 4th President of the Republic of China (d. 2020)
1924 – George Lowe , New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 2013)
1925 – Ruth Slenczynska , American pianist and composer
1925 – Ignacio López Tarso , Mexican actor
1926 – Maria Schell , Austrian-Swiss actress (d. 2005)
1927 – Phyllis Coates , American actress
1928 – W. R. Mitchell , English journalist and author (d. 2015)
1929 – Earl Hooker , American guitarist (d. 1970)
1929 – Martin Luther King Jr. , American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968 )
1930 – Eddie Graham , American wrestler and promoter (d. 1985)
1931 – Lee Bontecou , American painter and sculptor
1932 – Lou Jones , American sprinter (d. 2006)
1933 – Frank Bough , English journalist and radio host (d. 2020)
1933 – Ernest J. Gaines , American author and academic (d. 2019)
1933 – Peter Maitlis , English chemist and academic
1934 – V. S. Ramadevi , Indian civil servant and politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (d. 2013)
1937 – Margaret O'Brien , American actress and singer
1938 – Ashraf Aman , Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
1938 – Estrella Blanca , Mexican wrestler
1938 – Chuni Goswami , Indian footballer and cricketer
1939 – Per Ahlmark , Swedish journalist and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 2018)
1939 – Tony Bullimore , British sailor (d. 2018)
1941 – Captain Beefheart , American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist (d. 2010)
1942 – Frank Joseph Polozola , American academic and judge (d. 2013)
1943 – George Ambrum , Australian rugby league player (d. 1986)
1943 – Margaret Beckett , English metallurgist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1943 – Stuart E. Eizenstat , American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the European Union
1943 – Mike Marshall , American baseball player
1944 – Jenny Nimmo , English author
1945 – Ko Chun-hsiung , Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (d. 2015)
1945 – Vince Foster , American lawyer and political figure (d. 1993)
1945 – William R. Higgins , American colonel (d. 1990)
1945 – Princess Michael of Kent
1945 – David Pleat , English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1946 – Charles Brown , American actor (d. 2004)
1947 – Mary Hogg , English lawyer and judge
1947 – Andrea Martin , American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter
1948 – Ronnie Van Zant , American singer-songwriter (d. 1977)
1949 – Luis Alvarado , Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2001)
1949 – Alasdair Liddell , English businessman (d. 2012)
1949 – Ian Stewart , Scottish runner
1949 – Howard Twitty , American golfer
1950 – Marius Trésor , French footballer and coach
1952 – Boris Blank , Swiss singer-songwriter
1952 – Andrzej Fischer , Polish footballer
1953 – Randy White , American football player
1954 – Jose Dalisay, Jr. , Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter
1955 – Nigel Benson , English author and illustrator
1955 – Andreas Gursky , German photographer
1955 – Khalid Islambouli , Egyptian lieutenant (d. 1982)
1956 – Vitaly Kaloyev , Russian architect
1956 – Mayawati , Indian educator and politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
1956 – Marc Trestman , American football player and coach
1957 – David Ige , American politician
1957 – Marty Lyons , American football player and sportscaster
1957 – Andrew Tyrie , English journalist and politician
1957 – Mario Van Peebles , Mexican-American actor and director
1958 – Ken Judge , Australian footballer and coach (d. 2016)
1958 – Boris Tadić , Serbian psychologist and politician, 16th President of Serbia
1959 – Greg Dowling , Australian rugby league player
1959 – Pavle Kozjek , Slovenian mountaineer and photographer (d. 2008)
1959 – Pete Trewavas , English bass player and songwriter
1961 – Serhiy N. Morozov , Ukrainian footballer and coach
1961 – Yves Pelletier , Canadian actor and director
1963 – Bruce Schneier , American cryptographer and author
1964 – Osmo Tapio Räihälä , Finnish composer
1965 – Maurizio Fondriest , Italian cyclist
1965 – Bernard Hopkins , American boxer and coach
1965 – James Nesbitt , Northern Irish actor
1966 – Lisa Lisa , American R&B singer
1967 – Ted Tryba , American golfer
1968 – Chad Lowe , American actor, director, and producer
1969 – Delino DeShields , American baseball player and manager
1970 – Shane McMahon , American wrestler and businessman
1971 – Regina King , American actress
1972 – Shelia Burrell , American heptathlete
1972 – Christos Kostis , Greek footballer
1972 – Claudia Winkleman , English journalist and critic
1973 – Essam El Hadary , Egyptian footballer
1973 – Suparno Satpathy , Indian socio-political leader
1974 – Séverine Deneulin , international development academic
1974 – Ray King , American baseball player
1975 – Mary Pierce , Canadian-American tennis player and coach
1976 – Doug Gottlieb , American basketball player and sportscaster
1976 – Iryna Lishchynska , Ukrainian runner
1976 – Scott Murray , Scottish rugby player
1976 – Florentin Petre , Romanian footballer and manager
1978 – Eddie Cahill , American actor
1978 – Franco Pellizotti , Italian cyclist
1978 – Ryan Sidebottom , English cricketer
1979 – Drew Brees , American football player
1979 – Michalis Morfis , Cypriot footballer
1979 – Martin Petrov , Bulgarian footballer
1980 – Matt Holliday , American baseball player
1981 – El Hadji Diouf , Senegalese football player
1981 – Pitbull , American rapper and producer
1981 – Dylan Armstrong , Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower
1981 – Vanessa Henke , German tennis player
1981 – Sean Lamont , Scottish rugby player
1982 – Benjamin Agosto , American skater
1982 – Brett Lebda , American ice hockey player
1982 – Francis Zé , Cameroonian footballer
1983 – Jermaine Pennant , English footballer
1983 – Hugo Viana , Portuguese footballer
1984 – Ben Shapiro , American author and commentator
1985 – René Adler , German footballer
1985 – Enrico Patrizio , Italian rugby player
1985 – Kenneth Emil Petersen , Danish footballer
1986 – Fred Davis , American football player
1987 – Greg Inglis , Australian rugby league player
1987 – Tsegaye Kebede , Ethiopian runner
1987 – David Knight , English footballer
1987 – Kelleigh Ryan , Canadian fencer
1988 – Daniel Caligiuri , German footballer
1988 – Skrillex , American DJ and producer
1989 – Alexei Cherepanov , Russian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1990 – Robert Trznadel , Polish footballer
1991 – Marc Bartra , Spanish footballer
1991 – Nicolai Jørgensen , Danish footballer
1991 – Darya Klishina , Russian long jumper
1991 – James Mitchell , Australian basketball player
1992 – Joël Veltman , Dutch footballer
1996 – Dove Cameron , American actress and singer
1998 – Alexandra Eade , Australian artistic gymnast
2004 – Grace VanderWaal , American singer-songwriter
Deaths [ ]
AD 69 – Galba , Roman emperor (b. 3 BC)
378 – Chak Tok Ich'aak I , Mayan ruler
570 – Íte of Killeedy , Irish nun and saint (b. 475)
849 – Theophylact , Byzantine emperor (b. 793)
936 – Rudolph of France (b. 880)
950 – Wang Jingchong , Chinese general
1149 – Berengaria of Barcelona , queen consort of Castile (b. 1116)
1568 – Nicolaus Olahus , Romanian archbishop (b. 1493)
1569 – Catherine Carey , lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of England (b. 1524)
1584 – Martha Leijonhufvud , Swedish noblewoman (b. 1520)
1595 – Murad III , Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)
1623 – Paolo Sarpi , Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (b. 1552)
1672 – John Cosin , English bishop and academic (b. 1594)
1683 – Philip Warwick , English politician (b. 1609)
1775 – Giovanni Battista Sammartini , Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
1790 – John Landen , English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
1804 – Dru Drury , English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
1813 – Anton Bernolák , Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
1815 – Emma, Lady Hamilton , English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
1855 – Henri Braconnot , French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
1864 – Isaac Nathan , English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
1866 – Massimo d'Azeglio , Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
1876 – Eliza McCardle Johnson , American wife of Andrew Johnson , 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)
1885 – Leopold Damrosch , German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
1893 – Fanny Kemble , English actress (b. 1809)
1896 – Mathew Brady , American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
1905 – George Thorn , Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
1909 – Arnold Janssen , German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
1916 – Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
1919 – Karl Liebknecht , German politician (b. 1871)
1919 – Rosa Luxemburg , German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
1926 – Enrico Toselli , Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
1929 – George Cope , American painter (b. 1855)
1936 – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster , English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
1937 – Anton Holban , Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)
1939 – Kullervo Manner , Finnish Speaker of the Parliament , the Prime Minister of the FSWR and the Supreme Commander of the Red Guards (b. 1880)
1945 – Wilhelm Wirtinger , Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)
1948 – Josephus Daniels , American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1862)
1950 – Henry H. Arnold , American general (b. 1886)
1951 – Ernest Swinton , British Army officer (b. 1868)
1951 – Nikolai Vekšin , Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887)
1952 – Ned Hanlon , Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)
1955 – Yves Tanguy , French-American painter (b. 1900)
1959 – Regina Margareten , Hungarian businesswoman (b. 1863)
1964 – Jack Teagarden , American singer-songwriter and trombonist (b. 1905)
1967 – David Burliuk , Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882)
1968 – Bill Masterton , Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1938)
1970 – Frank Clement , English race car driver (b. 1886)
1970 – William T. Piper , American engineer and businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (b. 1881)
1972 – Daisy Ashford , English author (b. 1881)
1973 – Coleman Francis , American actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)
1973 – Ivan Petrovsky , Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1901)
1974 – Harold D. Cooley , American lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
1981 – Graham Whitehead , English race car driver (b. 1922)
1982 – Red Smith , American journalist (b. 1905)
1983 – Armin Öpik , Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (b. 1898)
1983 – Shepperd Strudwick , American actor (b. 1907)
1984 – Fazıl Küçük , Cypriot journalist and politician (b. 1906)
1987 – Ray Bolger , American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
1988 – Seán MacBride , Irish republican activist and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1990 – Gordon Jackson , Scottish-English actor (b. 1923)
1990 – Peggy van Praagh , English ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1910)
1993 – Sammy Cahn , American songwriter (b. 1913)
1994 – Georges Cziffra , Hungarian-French pianist and composer (b. 1921)
1994 – Harry Nilsson , American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
1994 – Harilal Upadhyay , Indian author, poet, and astrologist (b. 1916)
1996 – Les Baxter , American pianist and composer (b. 1922)
1996 – Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (b. 1938)
1998 – Gulzarilal Nanda , Indian economist and politician, Prime Minister of India (b. 1898)
1998 – Junior Wells , American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1934)
1999 – Betty Box , English composer and producer (b. 1915)
2000 – Georges-Henri Lévesque , Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)
2001 – Leo Marks , English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2002 – Michael Anthony Bilandic , American politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)
2002 – Eugène Brands , Dutch painter (b. 1913)
2003 – Doris Fisher , American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
2004 – Olivia Goldsmith , American author (b. 1949)
2005 – Victoria de los Ángeles , Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1923)
2005 – Walter Ernsting , German author (b. 1920)
2005 – Elizabeth Janeway , American author and critic (b. 1913)
2005 – Ruth Warrick , American actress (b. 1916)
2006 – Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah , Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1926)
2007 – Awad Hamed al-Bandar , Iraqi lawyer and judge (b. 1945)
2007 – Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti , Iraqi intelligence officer (b. 1951)
2007 – James Hillier , Canadian-American computer scientist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (b. 1915)
2007 – Pura Santillan-Castrence , Filipino educator and diplomat (b. 1905)
2007 – Bo Yibo , Chinese commander and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1908)
2008 – Robert V. Bruce , American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2008 – Brad Renfro , American actor (b. 1982)
2009 – Lincoln Verduga Loor , Ecuadorian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
2011 – Nat Lofthouse , English footballer and manager (b. 1925)
2011 – Pierre Louis-Dreyfus , French soldier, race car driver, and businessman (b. 1908)
2011 – Susannah York , English actress and activist (b. 1939)
2012 – Ed Derwinski , American soldier and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (b. 1926)
2012 – Manuel Fraga Iribarne , Spanish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia (b. 1922)
2012 – Carlo Fruttero , Italian journalist and author (b. 1926)
2012 – Samuel Jaskilka , American general (b. 1919)
2012 – Ib Spang Olsen , Danish author and illustrator (b. 1921)
2012 – Hulett C. Smith , American lieutenant and politician, 27th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1918)
2013 – Nagisa Oshima , Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
2013 – John Thomas , American high jumper (b. 1941)
2014 – Curtis Bray , American football player and coach (b. 1970)
2014 – John Dobson , Chinese-American astronomer and author (b. 1915)
2014 – Roger Lloyd-Pack , English actor (b. 1944)
2015 – Ervin Drake , American songwriter and composer (b. 1919)
2015 – Kim Fowley , American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1939)
2015 – Ray Nagel , American football player and coach (b. 1927)
2016 – Francisco X. Alarcón , American poet and educator (b. 1954)
2016 – Ken Judge , Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958)
2016 – Manuel Velázquez , Spanish footballer (b. 1943)
2017 – Jimmy Snuka , Fijian professional wrestler (b. 1943)
2018 – Dolores O'Riordan , Irish pop singer (b. 1971)
2019 – Carol Channing , American actress (b. 1921)
2019 – Ida Kleijnen , Dutch chef (b. 1936)
2020 – Shingoose , Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1946)
2020 – Lloyd Cowan , British athlete and coach (b. 1962)
Holidays and observances [ ]
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