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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
edit
Pre-1600
edit
69
Otho
seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself
Emperor of Rome
beginning a reign of only three months.
1535
– King
Henry VIII
issues
letters patent
incorporating the title
Supreme Head of the Church of England
into his royal title.
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
and
Ireland
in
Westminster Abbey
, London.
1582
Truce of Yam-Zapolsky
: Russia cedes
Livonia
to the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1601–1900
edit
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.
10
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.
11
1867
Forty people die
when ice covering the boating lake at
Regent's Park
London
, collapses.
12
1870
Thomas Nast
publishes a
political cartoon
symbolizing the
Democratic Party
with a
donkey
("
A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion
") for
Harper's Weekly
13
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
14
1901–present
edit
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 99 m (325 ft).
1911
Palestinian Arabic
-language
Falastin
newspaper founded.
15
1919
Rosa Luxemburg
and
Karl Liebknecht
, two of the most prominent
communists
in Germany, are clubbed and then shot to death by members of the
Freikorps
at the end of the
Spartacist uprising
16
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 M
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
Republicans
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 County, Virginia
1947
– The
Black Dahlia
murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short is 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
1977
Linjeflyg Flight 618
crashes in
Kälvesta
near
Stockholm Bromma Airport
in
Stockholm
, Sweden, killing 22 people.
17
1981
Pope John Paul II
receives a delegation from the Polish trade union
Solidarity
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.
18
2001
Wikipedia
, a free
wiki
content encyclopedia, is launched (
Wikipedia Day
).
19
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.
20
2015
– The
Swiss National Bank
abandons the cap on the
Swiss franc
's value relative to the
euro
, causing turmoil in international financial markets.
21
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.
22
2018
– British multinational
construction
and
facilities management
services company
Carillion
goes into
liquidation
23
– officially, "the largest ever trading liquidation in the UK".
24
2019
Somali
militants
attack
the DusitD2 hotel in
Nairobi
, Kenya killing at least 21 people and injuring 19.
25
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.
26
2020
– The Japanese
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
confirms the first case of
COVID-19 in Japan
27
2021
– A
6.2-magnitude earthquake
strikes Indonesia's
Sulawesi
island killing at least 105 and injuring 3,369 people.
28
2022
– The
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupts
, cutting off communications with
Tonga
and causing a tsunami across the Pacific.
29
2023
Yeti Airlines Flight 691
crashes near
Pokhara International Airport
, killing all 72 people on board.
30
Births
edit
Pre-1600
edit
1432
Afonso V of Portugal
(died 1481)
31
1462
Edzard I, Count of East Frisia
, German noble (died 1528)
1481
Ashikaga Yoshizumi
, Japanese shōgun (died 1511)
citation needed
1538
Maeda Toshiie
, Japanese general (died 1599)
1595
Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth
, English politician (died 1661)
1601–1900
edit
1622
Molière
, French actor and playwright (died 1673)
32
1623
Algernon Sidney
, British philosopher (probable)
33
(died 1683)
1671
Abraham de la Pryme
, English archaeologist and historian (died 1704)
1716
Philip Livingston
, American merchant and politician (died 1778)
1747
John Aikin
, English surgeon and author (died 1822)
34
1754
Richard Martin
, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(died 1834)
1791
Franz Grillparzer
, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (died 1872)
35
1795
Alexander Griboyedov
, Russian playwright, composer, and poet (died 1829)
1803
Marjorie Fleming
, Scottish poet and author (died 1811)
1809
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
, French economist and politician (died 1865)
1815
William Bickerton
, English-American religious leader, third
President of the Church of Jesus Christ
(died 1905)
1834
Samuel Arza Davenport
, American lawyer and politician (died 1911)
1840
Jo Abbott
, American judge, politician and Confederate army officer
36
(died 1908)
1841
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
, English captain and politician, sixth
Governor General of Canada
(died 1908)
1842
Josef Breuer
, Austrian physician and psychiatrist (died 1925)
1842 –
Mary MacKillop
, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the
Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart
(died 1909)
1850
Leonard Darwin
, English soldier, eugenicist, and politician (died 1943)
37
1850 –
Mihai Eminescu
, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (died 1889)
38
1850 –
Sofia Kovalevskaya
, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (died 1891)
39
1855
Jacques Damala
, Greek-French soldier and actor (died 1889)
1858
Giovanni Segantini
, Italian painter (died 1899)
1859
Archibald Peake
, English-Australian politician, 25th
Premier of South Australia
(died 1920)
1863
Wilhelm Marx
, German lawyer and politician, 17th
Chancellor of Germany
(died 1946)
1866
Nathan Söderblom
, Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (died 1931)
1869
Ruby Laffoon
, American lawyer and politician, 43rd
Governor of Kentucky
(died 1941)
1869 –
Stanisław Wyspiański
, Polish poet, playwright, and painter (died 1907)
1870
Pierre S. du Pont
, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1954)
1872
Arsen Kotsoyev
, Russian author and translator (died 1944)
1875
Thomas Burke
, American sprinter, coach, and journalist (died 1929)
1877
Lewis Terman
, American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic (died 1956)
1878
Johanna Müller-Hermann
, Austrian composer (died 1941)
1879
Mazo de la Roche
, Canadian author and playwright (died 1961)
40
1879 –
Ernest Thesiger
, English actor (died 1961)
41
1882
Henry Burr
, Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer (died 1941)
1882 –
Princess Margaret of Connaught
(died 1920)
42
1885
Lorenz Böhler
, Austrian physician and author (died 1973)
1885 –
Grover Lowdermilk
, American baseball player (died 1968)
1890
Michiaki Kamada
, Japanese admiral (died 1947)
1891
Ray Chapman
, American baseball player (died 1920)
1893
Rex Ingram
, Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor (died 1950)
43
1893 –
Ivor Novello
, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (died 1951)
44
1895
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
, Finnish chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (died 1973)
1896
Marjorie Bennett
, Australian-American actress (died 1982)
1901–present
edit
1902
Nâzım Hikmet
, Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright (died 1963)
45
1902 –
Saud of Saudi Arabia
(died 1969)
1903
Paul A. Dever
, American lieutenant and politician, 58th
Governor of Massachusetts
(died 1958)
1905
Torin Thatcher
, British actor (died 1981)
46
1907
Janusz Kusociński
, Polish runner and soldier (died 1940)
1908
Edward Teller
, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (died 2003)
1909
Jean Bugatti
, German-French engineer (died 1939)
1909 –
Gene Krupa
, American drummer, composer, and actor (died 1973)
47
1912
Michel Debré
, French lawyer and politician,
Prime Minister of France
(died 1996)
1913
Eugène Brands
, Dutch painter (died 2002)
1913 –
Lloyd Bridges
, American actor (died 1998)
47
1913 –
Miriam Hyde
, Australian pianist and composer (died 2005)
1913 –
Alexander Marinesko
, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (died 1963)
1914
Stefan Bałuk
, Polish general (died 2014)
1914 –
Hugh Trevor-Roper
, English historian and academic (died 2003)
1917
K. A. Thangavelu
, Indian film actor and comedian (died 1994)
1918
João Figueiredo
, Brazilian general and politician, 30th
President of Brazil
(died 1999)
1918 –
Édouard Gagnon
, Canadian cardinal (died 2007)
1918 –
Gamal Abdel Nasser
, Egyptian colonel and politician, second
President of Egypt
(died 1970)
47
1919
Maurice Herzog
, French mountaineer and politician,
French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
(died 2012)
1919 –
George Cadle Price
, Belizean politician, first Prime Minister of Belize (died 2011)
1920
Bob Davies
, American basketball player and coach (died 1990)
48
1920 –
Steve Gromek
, American baseball player (died 2002)
1920 –
John O'Connor
, American cardinal (died 2000)
1921
Cliff Barker
, American basketball player (died 1998)
49
1921 –
Babasaheb Bhosale
, Indian lawyer and politician, eighth
Chief Minister of Maharashtra
(died 2007)
1921 –
Frank Thornton
, English actor (died 2013)
50
1922
Sylvia Lawler
, English geneticist (died 1996)
1922 –
Eric Willis
, Australian sergeant and politician, 34th
Premier of New South Wales
(died 1999)
1923
Ivor Cutler
, Scottish pianist, songwriter, and poet (died 2006)
1923 –
Lee Teng-hui
, Taiwanese economist and politician, fourth
President of the Republic of China
(died 2020)
1924
George Lowe
, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (died 2013)
1925
Ruth Slenczynska
, American pianist and composer (died 2026)
1925 –
Ignacio López Tarso
, Mexican actor (died 2023)
1926
Maria Schell
, Austrian-Swiss actress (died 2005)
1927
Phyllis Coates
, American actress (died 2023)
1928
Joanne Linville
, American actress (died 2021)
51
1928 –
W. R. Mitchell
, English journalist and author (died 2015)
1929
Earl Hooker
, American guitarist (died 1970)
1929 –
Martin Luther King Jr.
, American minister and activist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (
died 1968
47
1930
Eddie Graham
, American professional wrestler and promoter (died 1985)
1931
Lee Bontecou
, American painter and sculptor (died 2022)
1931 –
Derek Meddings
, British special effects designer (died 1995)
52
1932
Lou Jones
, American sprinter (died 2006)
1933
Frank Bough
, English journalist and radio host (died 2020)
1933 –
Ernest J. Gaines
, American author and academic (died 2019)
1933 –
Peter Maitlis
, English chemist and academic (died 2022)
1934
V. S. Ramadevi
, Indian civil servant and politician, 13th
Governor of Karnataka
(died 2013)
1935
Robert Silverberg
, American author and editor
53
1936
Richard Franklin
, English actor, writer, director and political activist (died 2023)
54
1937
Margaret O'Brien
, American actress and singer
55
1938
Ashraf Aman
, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
1938 –
Estrella Blanca
, Mexican wrestler (died 2021)
1938 –
Chuni Goswami
, Indian footballer and cricketer (died 2020)
56
1939
Per Ahlmark
, Swedish journalist and politician, first
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
(died 2018)
1939 –
Tony Bullimore
, English sailor (died 2018)
1941
Captain Beefheart
, American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist (died 2010)
1942
Frank Joseph Polozola
, American academic and judge (died 2013)
1943
George Ambrum
, Australian rugby league player (died 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 (died 2021)
1944
Jenny Nimmo
, English author
1945
Ko Chun-hsiung
, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (died 2015)
1945 –
Vince Foster
, American lawyer and political figure (died 1993)
1945 –
William R. Higgins
, American colonel (died 1990)
1945 –
Princess Michael of Kent
1945 –
David Pleat
, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1946
Charles Brown
, American actor (died 2004)
1947
Mary Hogg
, English lawyer and judge
1947 –
Andrea Martin
, American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter
55
1948
Ronnie Van Zant
, American singer-songwriter (died 1977)
47
1949
Luis Alvarado
, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (died 2001)
1949 –
Alasdair Liddell
, English businessman (died 2012)
1949 –
Ian Stewart
, Scottish runner
1949 –
Howard Twitty
, American golfer
1950
Marius Trésor
, French footballer and coach
1951
Ernie DiGregorio
, American basketball player
57
1952
Boris Blank
, Swiss singer-songwriter
1952 –
Andrzej Fischer
, Polish footballer (died 2018)
1952 –
Muhammad Wakkas
, Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian (died 2021)
58
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 (died 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
55
1958
Ken Judge
, Australian footballer and coach (died 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 (died 2008)
1961
Serhiy N. Morozov
, Ukrainian footballer and coach
1961 –
Yves Pelletier
, Canadian actor and director
1963
Craig Fairbrass
, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
59
1964
Osmo Tapio Räihälä
, Finnish composer
1965
Maurizio Fondriest
, Italian cyclist
1965 –
Bernard Hopkins
, American boxer and coach
1965 –
Adam Jones
, American musician and songwriter
55
1965 –
James Nesbitt
, Northern Irish actor
55
1967
Ted Tryba
, American golfer
1968
Chad Lowe
, American actor, director, and producer
55
1969
Delino DeShields
, American baseball player and manager
1970
Michele Granger
, American softball player
60
1970 –
Shane McMahon
, American wrestler and businessman
61
1971
Regina King
, American actress
55
1972
Shelia Burrell
, American heptathlete
1972 –
Christos Kostis
, Greek footballer
1972 –
Claudia Winkleman
, English journalist and critic
1973
Essam El Hadary
, Egyptian footballer
1974
Séverine Deneulin
, international development academic
1975
Mary Pierce
, Canadian-American tennis player and coach
1975 –
Martin Štrbák
, Slovak ice hockey player
62
1976
Doug Gottlieb
, American basketball player and sportscaster
1976 –
Alexander Korolyuk
, Russian ice hockey player
63
1976 –
Iryna Lishchynska
, Ukrainian runner
1976 –
Dorian Missick
, American actor
55
1976 –
Scott Murray
, Scottish rugby player
1976 –
Florentin Petre
, Romanian footballer and manager
1978
Eddie Cahill
, American actor
64
1978 –
Franco Pellizotti
, Italian cyclist
1978 –
Ryan Sidebottom
, English cricketer
1979
Drew Brees
, American football player
47
1979 –
Michalis Morfis
, Cypriot footballer
1979 –
Martin Petrov
, Bulgarian footballer
1980
Matt Holliday
, American baseball player
65
1981
Dylan Armstrong
, Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower
1981 –
Vanessa Henke
, German tennis player
1981 –
Pitbull
, American rapper and producer
55
1981 –
El Hadji Diouf
, Senegalese footballer
66
1982
Armando Galarraga
, Venezuelan baseball player
67
1982 –
Francis Zé
, Cameroonian footballer
1983
Hugo Viana
, Portuguese footballer
1983 –
Jermaine Pennant
, English footballer
68
1984
Ben Shapiro
, American author and commentator
69
1984 –
Victor Rasuk
, American actor
55
1985
René Adler
, German footballer
1985 –
Kenneth Emil Petersen
, Danish footballer
1985 –
Pavel Podkolzin
, Russian basketball player
70
1986
Jessy Schram
, American actress and model
55
1987
Greg Inglis
, Australian rugby league player
71
1987 –
Tsegaye Kebede
, Ethiopian runner
1987 –
Kelly Kelly
, American wrestler and model
72
1987 –
David Knight
, English footballer
73
1987 –
Kelleigh Ryan
, Canadian fencer
74
1988
Daniel Caligiuri
, German footballer
75
1988 –
Skrillex
, American DJ and producer
55
1988 –
Donald Sloan
, American basketball player
76
1988 –
Jun. K
, South Korean singer
77
1989
Alexei Cherepanov
, Russian ice hockey player (died 2008)
1989 –
Nicole Ross
, American Olympic foil fencer
78
1989 –
Martin Dúbravka
, Slovak footballer
79
1990
Sidney Franklin
, American actor and tap dancer
80
1990 –
Robert Trznadel
, Polish footballer
1990 –
Slava Voynov
, Russian ice hockey player
81
1990 –
Chris Warren
, American actor
47
1991
Marc Bartra
, Spanish footballer
82
1991 –
Matt Duffy
, American baseball player
83
1991 –
Mitch Garver
, American baseball player
84
1991 –
Nicolai Jørgensen
, Danish footballer
1991 –
Darya Klishina
, Russian long jumper
1991 –
James Mitchell
, Australian basketball player
85
1992
Joël Veltman
, Dutch footballer
1992 –
Joshua King
, Norwegian footballer
86
1993
Kadeem Allen
, American basketball player
87
1994
Eric Dier
, English footballer
88
1996
Dove Cameron
, American actress and singer
89
1996 –
Deebo Samuel
, American football player
90
1998
Alexandra Eade
, Australian artistic gymnast
91
1998
Ben Godfrey
, English footballer
92
1998 –
Chloe Kelly
, English footballer
93
2000
Triston Casas
, American baseball player
94
2002
Tim Stützle
, German ice hockey player
95
2004
Grace VanderWaal
, American singer-songwriter
96
Deaths
edit
Pre-1600
edit
69
Galba
, Roman emperor (born 3 BC)
378
Chak Tok Ich'aak I
, Mayan ruler
570
Íte of Killeedy
, Irish nun and saint (born 475)
849
Theophylact
, Byzantine emperor (born 793)
936
Rudolph of France
(born 880)
950
Wang Jingchong
, Chinese general
1149
Berengaria of Barcelona
, queen consort of Castile (born 1116)
1477
Adriana of Nassau-Siegen
, German countess (born 1449)
97
1568
Nicolaus Olahus
, Romanian archbishop (born 1493)
1569
Catherine Carey
, lady-in-waiting to
Elizabeth I of England
(born 1524)
1584
Martha Leijonhufvud
, Swedish noblewoman (born 1520)
1601–1900
edit
1623
Paolo Sarpi
, Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (born 1552)
1672
John Cosin
, English bishop and academic (born 1594)
1683
Philip Warwick
, English politician (born 1609)
1775
Giovanni Battista Sammartini
, Italian organist and composer (born 1700)
1783
Lord Stirling
, American Revolutionary War Major General (born 1726)
98
1790
John Landen
, English mathematician and theorist (born 1719)
1804
Dru Drury
, English entomologist and author (born 1725)
1813
Anton Bernolák
, Slovak linguist and priest (born 1762)
1815
Emma, Lady Hamilton
, English-French mistress of
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
(born 1761)
1854
Jiang Zhongyuan
, Chinese scholar and soldier (born 1812)
99
1855
Henri Braconnot
, French chemist and pharmacist (born 1780)
1864
Isaac Nathan
, English-Australian composer and journalist (born 1792)
1866
Massimo d'Azeglio
, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (born 1798)
1876
Eliza McCardle Johnson
, American wife of
Andrew Johnson
, 18th
First Lady of the United States
(born 1810)
1880
Carl Georg von Wächter
, German jurist (born 1797)
100
1893
Fanny Kemble
, English actress (born 1809)
1896
Mathew Brady
, American photographer and journalist (born 1822)
1901–present
edit
1905
George Thorn
, Australian politician, sixth
Premier of Queensland
(born 1838)
1909
Arnold Janssen
, German priest and missionary (born 1837)
1916
Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky
, Russian playwright and translator (born 1850)
1919
Karl Liebknecht
, German politician (born 1871)
1919 –
Rosa Luxemburg
, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (born 1871)
1926
Enrico Toselli
, Italian pianist and composer (born 1883)
1929
George Cope
, American painter (born 1855)
1936
Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster
, English cricketer and politician, seventh
Governor-General of Australia
(born 1866)
1937
Anton Holban
, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (born 1902)
1939
Kullervo Manner
, Finnish
Speaker of the Parliament
, the
Prime Minister of the FSWR
and the Supreme Commander of the
Red Guards
(born 1880)
101
1945
Wilhelm Wirtinger
, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (born 1865)
1948
Josephus Daniels
, American publisher and diplomat, 41st
United States Secretary of the Navy
(born 1862)
1950
Henry H. Arnold
, American general (born 1886)
1951
Ernest Swinton
, British Army officer (born 1868)
1951 –
Nikolai Vekšin
, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (born 1887)
1952
Ned Hanlon
, Australian sergeant and politician, 26th
Premier of Queensland
(born 1887)
1955
Yves Tanguy
, French-American painter (born 1900)
1959
Regina Margareten
, Hungarian businesswoman (born 1863)
1962
Yos Sudarso
, Indonesian
naval officer
(born 1925)
102
1964
Jack Teagarden
, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (born 1905)
103
1967
David Burliuk
, Ukrainian author and illustrator (born 1882)
1968
Bill Masterton
, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1938)
1970
Frank Clement
, English race car driver (born 1886)
1970 –
William T. Piper
, American engineer and businessman, founded
Piper Aircraft
(born 1881)
1972
Daisy Ashford
, English author (born 1881)
1973
Coleman Francis
, American actor, director, and producer (born 1919)
1973 –
Ivan Petrovsky
, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1901)
1974
Harold D. Cooley
, American lawyer and politician (born 1897)
1981
Graham Whitehead
, English race car driver (born 1922)
1982
Red Smith
, American journalist (born 1905)
1983
Armin Öpik
, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (born 1898)
1983 –
Shepperd Strudwick
, American actor (born 1907)
1984
Fazıl Küçük
, Cypriot journalist and politician (born 1906)
1987
Ray Bolger
, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1904)
1988
Seán MacBride
, Irish republican activist and politician,
Minister for External Affairs
Nobel Prize
laureate (born 1904)
1990
Gordon Jackson
, Scottish-English actor (born 1923)
1990 –
Peggy van Praagh
, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (born 1910)
1993
Sammy Cahn
, American songwriter (born 1913)
1994
Georges Cziffra
, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (born 1921)
1994 –
Harry Nilsson
, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
1994 –
Harilal Upadhyay
, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (born 1916)
1996
Les Baxter
, American pianist and composer (born 1922)
1996 –
Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
(born 1938)
1998
Gulzarilal Nanda
, Indian economist and politician,
Prime Minister of India
(born 1898)
1998
Junior Wells
, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (born 1934)
1999
Betty Box
, English film producer (born 1915)
2000
Georges-Henri Lévesque
, Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (born 1903)
2001
Leo Marks
, English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1920)
2002
Michael Anthony Bilandic
, American politician, 49th
Mayor of Chicago
(born 1923)
2002 –
Eugène Brands
, Dutch painter (born 1913)
2002 –
Jeanne Voltz
, American food journalist and cookbook writer (born 1920)
104
2003
Doris Fisher
, American singer-songwriter (born 1915)
2004
Olivia Goldsmith
, American author (born 1949)
2005
Victoria de los Ángeles
, Spanish soprano and actress (born 1923)
2005 –
Walter Ernsting
, German author (born 1920)
2005 –
Elizabeth Janeway
, American author and critic (born 1913)
2005 –
Ruth Warrick
, American actress (born 1916)
2006
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
, Kuwaiti ruler (born 1926)
2007
Awad Hamed al-Bandar
, Iraqi lawyer and judge (born 1945)
2007 –
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti
, Iraqi intelligence officer (born 1951)
2007 –
James Hillier
, Canadian-American computer scientist and academic, co-invented the
electron microscope
(born 1915)
2007 –
Pura Santillan-Castrence
, Filipino educator and diplomat (born 1905)
2007 –
Bo Yibo
, Chinese commander and politician,
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
(born 1908)
2008
Robert V. Bruce
, American historian, author, and academic (born 1923)
2008 –
Brad Renfro
, American actor (born 1982)
2009
Lincoln Verduga Loor
, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (born 1917)
2011
Nat Lofthouse
, English footballer and manager (born 1925)
2011 –
Pierre Louis-Dreyfus
, French soldier, race car driver, and businessman (born 1908)
2011 –
Susannah York
, English actress and activist (born 1939)
2012
Ed Derwinski
, American soldier and politician, first
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
(born 1926)
2012 –
Manuel Fraga Iribarne
, Spanish lawyer and politician, third
President of the Xunta of Galicia
(born 1922)
2012 –
Carlo Fruttero
, Italian journalist and author (born 1926)
2012 –
Samuel Jaskilka
, American general (born 1919)
2012 –
Ib Spang Olsen
, Danish author and illustrator (born 1921)
2012 –
Hulett C. Smith
, American lieutenant and politician, 27th
Governor of West Virginia
(born 1918)
2013
Nagisa Oshima
, Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1932)
2013 –
John Thomas
, American high jumper (born 1941)
2014
Curtis Bray
, American football player and coach (born 1970)
2014 –
John Dobson
, Chinese-American astronomer and author (born 1915)
2014 –
Roger Lloyd-Pack
, English actor (born 1944)
2015
Ervin Drake
, American songwriter and composer (born 1919)
2015 –
Kim Fowley
, American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (born 1939)
2015 –
Ray Nagel
, American football player and coach (born 1927)
2016
Francisco X. Alarcón
, American poet and educator (born 1954)
2016 –
Ken Judge
, Australian footballer and coach (born 1958)
2016 –
Manuel Velázquez
, Spanish footballer (born 1943)
2017
Jimmy Snuka
, Fijian professional wrestler (born 1943)
2018
Dolores O'Riordan
, Irish pop singer (born 1971)
105
2019
Carol Channing
, American actress (born 1921)
106
2019 –
Ida Kleijnen
, Dutch chef (born 1936)
107
2020
Rocky Johnson
, Canadian professional wrestler (born 1944)
108
2020 –
Lloyd Cowan
, British athlete and coach (born 1962)
109
2022
Alexa McDonough
, first female politician to lead a major provincial political party in Canada, former leader of the federal New Democratic Party. (born 1944)
110
2025
Paul Danan
, English actor and television personality (born 1978)
111
2025 –
David Lynch
, American television and film director, visual artist and musician, complications from emphysema (born 1946)
112
2025 –
Melba Montgomery
, American country music singer-songwriter (born 1938)
113
2025 –
Linda Nolan
, Irish singer and actress (born 1959)
114
Holidays and observances
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Arbor Day (Egypt)
Armed Forces Remembrance Day (Nigeria)
Army Day
(India)
Christian
feast day
Abeluzius
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Arnold Janssen
Francis Ferdinand de Capillas
(one of
Martyr Saints of China
Ita
Our Lady of the Poor
Macarius of Egypt
Western Christianity
Maurus
and
Placidus
Order of Saint Benedict
Paul the Hermit
January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
John Chilembwe Day
Malawi
Korean Alphabet Day
North Korea
Ocean Duty Day
Indonesia
Teacher's Day (Venezuela)
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February
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
March
10
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16
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22
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25
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April
10
11
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13
14
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16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
May
10
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June
10
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18
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July
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August
10
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September
10
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October
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November
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December
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