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Day of the year
January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar ; 342 days remain until the end of the year (343 in
leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
393 –
Roman emperor
Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son
Honorius co-emperor.
[1]
971 – Using
crossbows ,
Song dynasty troops soundly
defeat a
war elephant corps of the
Southern Han at Shao.
1264 – In the conflict between King
Henry III of England and his rebellious barons led by
Simon de Montfort , King
Louis IX of France issues the
Mise of Amiens , a one-sided decision in favour of Henry that later leads to the
Second Barons' War .
[2]
1368 –
Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims himself the
Hongwu Emperor , beginning the
Ming dynasty .
[3]
1546 – Having published nothing for eleven years,
François Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre , his sequel to
Gargantua and Pantagruel .
1556 – The deadliest
earthquake in history, the
Shaanxi earthquake , hits
Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
[4]
1570 –
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray ,
regent for the infant King
James VI of Scotland , is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.
[5]
1571 – The
Royal Exchange opens in London.
[6]
1579 – The
Union of Utrecht forms a
Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
[7]
1601–1900
1656 –
Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his
Lettres provinciales .
[8]
1719 – The
Principality of
Liechtenstein is created within the
Holy Roman Empire .
[9]
1789 –
Georgetown College , the first
Catholic university in the United States, is founded in
Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) when Bishop
John Carroll , Rev.
Robert Molyneux , and Rev. John Ashton purchase land for the proposed academy for the education of youth.
[10]
1793 –
Second Partition of Poland .
[11]
1795 – After an extraordinary charge across the frozen
Zuiderzee , the French cavalry
captured 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns , in a rare occurrence of a battle between ships and cavalry.
1846 –
Slavery in Tunisia is abolished.
[12]
1849 –
Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the
Geneva Medical College of
Geneva, New York , becoming the United States' first female doctor.
1870 – In
Montana , U.S. cavalrymen kill 173
Native Americans , mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the
Marias Massacre .
1879 –
Anglo-Zulu War : The
Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
1899 – The
Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the
First Philippine Republic .
Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its
first
president .
1900 –
Second Boer War : The
Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the
South African Republic and the
Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
1901–present
1904 –
Ålesund Fire : The Norwegian coastal town
Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead.
Kaiser
Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in
Jugendstil style.
1909 –
RMS Republic , a passenger ship of the
White Star Line , becomes the first ship to use the
CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the
SS Florida , off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
1912 – The
International Opium Convention is signed at
The Hague .
1919 – The
First Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the
Makhnovshchina at
Velykomykhailivka .
[13]
1920 – The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the
Allies .
1937 – The
trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with
Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow
Joseph Stalin 's regime.
1941 –
Charles Lindbergh testifies before the
U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a
neutrality pact with
Adolf Hitler .
1942 –
World War II : The
Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's
invasion of Australia's
Territory of New Guinea .
1943 – World War II: Troops of the British
Eighth Army capture
Tripoli in
Libya from the
German–Italian Panzer Army .
1945 – World War II: German admiral
Karl Dönitz launches
Operation Hannibal .
1950 – The
Knesset resolves that
Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
1957 – American inventor
Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his
flying disc to the
Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
1958 – After a
general uprising and rioting in the streets ,
President
Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves
Venezuela .
1960 – The
bathyscaphe
USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
1963 – The
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when
PAIGC guerrilla fighters attack the
Portuguese Army stationed in
Tite .
[14]
1964 – The
24th Amendment to the
United States Constitution , prohibiting the use of
poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
1967 –
Diplomatic relations between the
Soviet Union and
Ivory Coast are established.
1967 –
Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a
new town by
Order in Council , with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty-one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with
evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the
Bronze Age .
1968 –
USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by the
Korean People's Navy .
1982 –
World Airways Flight 30 overshoots the runway at
Logan International Airport in
Boston ,
Massachusetts , and crashes into
Boston Harbor . Two people are missing and presumed dead.
[15]
1986 – The
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members:
Little Richard ,
Chuck Berry ,
James Brown ,
Ray Charles ,
Sam Cooke ,
Fats Domino ,
The Everly Brothers ,
Buddy Holly ,
Jerry Lee Lewis and
Elvis Presley .
1987 –
Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan sends a "
letter of death " to Somali President
Siad Barre , proposing the genocide of the Isaaq people.
[16]
1997 –
Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as
United States Secretary of State .
1998 –
Netscape announces
Mozilla , with the intention to release Communicator code as
open source .
2001 – Five people attempt to
set themselves on fire in Beijing's
Tiananmen Square , an act that many people later claim is staged by the
Chinese Communist Party to frame
Falun Gong and thus escalate their
persecution .
2002 – U.S. journalist
Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in
Karachi , Pakistan and subsequently murdered.
2003 – A very weak signal from
Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
2018 – A 7.9 Mw
earthquake occurs in the
Gulf of Alaska . It is tied as the
sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.
2018 – A double car bombing in
Benghazi ,
Libya , kills at least 33 people and wounds "dozens" of others. The victims include both military personnel and civilians, according to local officials.
[17]
2018 – The
China–United States trade war begins when President
Donald Trump places
tariffs on Chinese solar panels and washing machines.
[18]
2022 – Mutinying Burkinabè soldiers led by
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
depose and detain President
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré amid widespread anti-government protests.
[19]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1622 –
Abraham Diepraam , Dutch painter (d. 1670)
1719 –
John Landen , English mathematician and theorist (d. 1790)
1737 –
John Hancock , American general and politician, first
Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1793)
[20]
1745 –
William Jessop , English engineer, built the
Cromford Canal (d. 1814)
1752 –
Muzio Clementi , Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1832)
[21]
1780 –
Georgios Karaiskakis , Greek general (d. 1827)
1783 –
Stendhal , French novelist (d. 1842)
1786 –
Auguste de Montferrand , French-Russian architect, designed
Saint Isaac's Cathedral and
Alexander Column (d. 1858)
1799 –
Alois Negrelli , Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire (d. 1858)
1809 –
Surendra Sai , Indian activist (d. 1884)
1813 –
Camilla Collett , Norwegian novelist and activist (d. 1895)
1828 –
Saigō Takamori , Japanese samurai (d. 1877)
1832 –
Édouard Manet , French painter (d. 1883)
1833 –
Muthu Coomaraswamy , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1879)
1838 –
Marianne Cope , German-American nun and saint (d. 1918)
1840 –
Ernst Abbe , German physicist and engineer (d. 1905)
1846 –
Nikolay Umov , Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1915)
1855 –
John Browning , American weapons designer, founded the
Browning Arms Company (d. 1926)
1857 –
Andrija Mohorovičić , Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (d. 1936)
1862 –
David Hilbert , German mathematician and academic (d. 1943)
1862 –
Frank Shuman , American inventor and engineer (d. 1918)
1872 –
Paul Langevin , French physicist and academic (d. 1946)
1872 –
Jože Plečnik , Slovenian architect, designed
Plečnik Parliament (d. 1957)
1876 –
Otto Diels , German chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
1878 –
Rutland Boughton , English composer (d. 1960)
1880 –
Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama , Mexican politician (d. 1967)
1889 –
Claribel Kendall , American mathematician (d.1965)
[22]
1894 –
Jyotirmoyee Devi , Indian author (d. 1988)
1896 –
Alf Blair , Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1944)
1896 –
Alf Hall , English-South African cricketer (d. 1964)
1897 –
Subhas Chandra Bose , Indian freedom fighter and politician (d. 1945)
1897 –
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky , Austrian architect (d. 2000)
1897 –
Ieva Simonaitytė , Lithuanian author (d. 1978)
1897 –
William Stephenson , Canadian captain and spy (d. 1989)
1898 –
Georg Kulenkampff , German violinist (d. 1948)
1898 –
Randolph Scott , American actor (d. 1987)
1898 –
Freda Utley , English scholar and author (d. 1978)
1899 –
Glen Kidston , English racing driver and pilot (d. 1931)
1900 –
William Ifor Jones , Welsh organist and conductor (d. 1988)
1901–present
1901 –
Arthur Wirtz , American businessman (d. 1983)
1903 –
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán , Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th
Minister of National Education of Colombia (d. 1948)
1905 –
Erich Borchmeyer , German sprinter (d. 2000)
1907 –
Dan Duryea , American actor and singer (d. 1968)
[23]
1907 –
Hideki Yukawa , Japanese physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1910 –
Django Reinhardt , Belgian guitarist and composer (d. 1953)
1912 –
Boris Pokrovsky , Russian director and manager (d. 2009)
1913 –
Jean-Michel Atlan , Algerian-French painter (d. 1960)
1913 –
Wally Parks , American businessman, founded the
National Hot Rod Association (d. 2007)
1915 –
Herma Bauma , Austrian javelin thrower and handball player (d. 2003)
1915 –
W. Arthur Lewis , Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1915 –
Potter Stewart , American lawyer and judge (d. 1985)
1916 –
David Douglas Duncan , American photographer and journalist (d. 2018)
1916 –
Airey Neave , English colonel, lawyer, and politician,
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 1979)
1918 –
Gertrude B. Elion , American biochemist and pharmacologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
1918 –
Charlie Kerins , Executed
Irish Republican (d. 1944)
[24]
1918 –
Florence Rush , American social worker and theorist (d. 2008)
1919 –
Frances Bay , Canadian-American actress (d. 2011)
1919 –
Hans Hass , Austrian biologist and diver (d. 2013)
1919 –
Ernie Kovacs , American actor and game show host (d. 1962)
[25]
1919 –
Bob Paisley , English footballer and manager (d. 1996)
1920 –
Gottfried Böhm , German architect (d. 2021)
1920 –
Henry Eriksson , Swedish runner (d. 2000)
1920 –
Walter Frederick Morrison , American businessman, invented the
Frisbee (d. 2010)
1922 –
Leon Golub , American painter and academic (d. 2004)
1922 –
Tom Lewis , Australian politician, 33rd
Premier of New South Wales (d. 2016)
1923 –
Horace Ashenfelter , American runner (d. 2018)
1923 –
Walter M. Miller, Jr. , American soldier and author (d. 1996)
1924 –
Frank Lautenberg , American soldier, businessman, and politician (d. 2013)
1925 –
Marty Paich , American pianist, composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1995)
1926 –
Bal Thackeray , Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician (d. 2012)
1927 –
Lars-Eric Lindblad , Swedish-American businessman and explorer (d. 1994)
1927 –
Fred Williams , Australian painter (d. 1982)
1928 –
Jeanne Moreau , French actress (d. 2017)
[23]
1929 –
Myron Cope , American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)
1929 –
Filaret Denysenko , Ukrainian religious leader, Patriarch of the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate
1929 –
Phillip Knightley , Australian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2016)
1929 –
John Polanyi , German-Canadian chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1930 –
Mervyn Rose , Australian tennis player (d. 2017)
1930 –
Derek Walcott , Saint Lucian poet and playwright,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
[26]
1930 –
Teresa Żylis-Gara , Polish operatic soprano (d. 2021)
1932 –
George Allen , English footballer (d. 2016)
1932 –
Larri Thomas , American actress and dancer (d. 2013)
1933 –
Bill Hayden , Australian politician, 21st
Governor General of Australia (d. 2023)
1933 –
Chita Rivera , American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2024)
[27]
1934 –
Lou Antonio , American actor and director
[28]
1934 –
Pierre Bourgault , Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2003)
1935 –
Mike Agostini , Trinidadian sprinter (d. 2016)
1935 –
Tom Reamy , American author (d. 1977)
1936 –
Jerry Kramer , American football player and sportscaster
1936 –
Cécile Ousset , French pianist
1938 –
Giant Baba , Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded
All Japan Pro Wrestling (d. 1999)
1938 –
Georg Baselitz , German painter and sculptor
1939 –
Ed Roberts , American activist (d. 1995)
1940 –
Alan Cheuse , American writer and critic (d. 2015)
1940 –
Joe Dowell , American singer (d. 2016)
1941 –
Jock R. Anderson , Australian economist and academic
1941 –
João Ubaldo Ribeiro , Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (d. 2014)
1942 –
Laurie Mayne , Australian cricketer
1942 –
Herman Tjeenk Willink , Dutch judge and politician
1943 –
Gary Burton , American musician
[28]
1943 –
Gil Gerard , American actor
[28]
1943 –
Özhan Canaydın , Turkish basketball player and businessman (d. 2010)
1944 –
Rutger Hauer , Dutch actor, director, and producer (d. 2019)
[29]
1945 –
Mike Harris , Canadian politician, 22nd
Premier of Ontario
1946 –
Arnoldo Alemán , Nicaraguan lawyer and politician,
President of Nicaragua
1946 –
Boris Berezovsky , Russian-English businessman and mathematician (d. 2013)
1946 –
Marie Charlotte Fayanga , Central African politician and diplomat.
[30]
1947 –
Tom Carper , American captain and politician, 71st
Governor of Delaware
1947 –
Megawati Sukarnoputri , Indonesian politician,
President of Indonesia
[31]
1948 –
Anita Pointer , American singer-songwriter (d. 2022)
1949 –
Charlie Papazian , American nuclear engineer, brewer and author.
[32]
1950 –
Richard Dean Anderson , American actor, producer, and composer
[28]
1950 –
Guida Maria , Portuguese actress (d. 2018)
1950 –
Suzanne Scotchmer , American economist and academic (d. 2014)
1950 –
Luis Alberto Spinetta , Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (d. 2012)
1951 –
Chesley Sullenberger , American airline pilot and safety expert
[33]
1952 –
Omar Henry , South African cricketer
1952 –
Jaroslav Pouzar , Czech ice hockey player
[34]
1953 –
John Luther Adams , American composer
[35]
1953 –
Alister McGrath , Irish priest, historian, and theologian
1953 –
Antonio Villaraigosa , American politician, 41st
Mayor of Los Angeles
1953 –
Robin Zander , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[28]
1954 –
Trevor Hohns , Australian cricketer
1957 –
Caroline, Princess of Hanover
[23]
1958 –
Sergey Litvinov , Russian hammer thrower (d. 2018)
1959 –
Clive Bull , English radio host
1960 –
Greg Ritchie , Australian cricketer
1961 –
Peter Mackenzie , American actor
[28]
1961 –
Yelena Sinchukova , Russian long jumper
1962 –
David Arnold , English composer
1962 –
Aivar Lillevere , Estonian footballer and coach
1962 –
Elvira Lindo , Spanish journalist and author
1962 –
Boris McGiver , American actor
[28]
1963 –
Gail O'Grady , American actress
[28]
1964 –
Jonatha Brooke , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 –
Mariska Hargitay , American actress and producer
[28]
1964 –
Bharrat Jagdeo , Guyanese economist and politician, 7th
President of Guyana
1965 –
Louie Clemente , American drummer
1966 –
Damien Hardman , Australian surfer
1966 –
Haywoode Workman , American basketball player and referee
1968 –
Taro Hakase , Japanese violinist and composer
1968 –
Petr Korda , Czech-Monacan tennis player
1969 –
Andrei Kanchelskis , Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
1969 –
Brendan Shanahan , Canadian ice hockey player and actor
1969 –
Susen Tiedtke , German long jumper
1970 –
Richard Šmehlík , Czech ice hockey player
[36]
1970 –
Spyridon Vasdekis , Greek long jumper
1971 –
Kevin Mawae , American football player and coach
[37]
1971 –
Adam Parore , New Zealand cricketer and mountaineer
1971 –
Claire Rankin , Canadian actress
1972 –
Ewen Bremner , Scottish actor
1973 –
Tomas Holmström , Swedish ice hockey player
1974 –
Glen Chapple , English cricketer
1974 –
Rebekah Elmaloglou , Australian actress
1974 –
Richard T. Slone , English painter
1974 –
Tiffani Thiessen , American actress
[28]
1975 –
Phil Dawson , American football player
1975 –
Tito Ortiz , American mixed martial artist
[38]
1976 –
Brandon Duckworth , American baseball player and scout
1976 –
Anne Margrethe Hausken , Norwegian orienteering competitor
1976 –
Alex Shaffer , American skier
1979 –
Scott Hannan , Canadian ice hockey player
[39]
1979 –
Larry Hughes , American basketball player
1979 –
Dawn O'Porter , Scottish-English fashion designer and journalist
1979 –
Juan Rincón , Venezuelan baseball player and coach
1979 –
Maria Stepanova , Russian basketball player
[40]
1981 –
Rob Friend , Canadian soccer player
1981 –
Julia Jones , American actress
[41]
1982 –
Oceana Mahlmann , German singer and songwriter
1982 –
Wily Mo Peña , Dominican baseball player
1982 –
Andrew Rock , American sprinter
1983 –
Irving Saladino , Panamanian long jumper
1984 –
Arjen Robben , Dutch footballer
1985 –
San E , South Korean rapper
1985 –
Dong Fangzhuo , Chinese footballer
1985 –
Doutzen Kroes , Dutch model and actress
1985 –
Yevgeny Lukyanenko , Russian pole vaulter
1985 –
Aselefech Mergia , Ethiopian runner
1985 –
Jeff Samardzija , American baseball and football player
1986 –
Gelete Burka , Ethiopian runner
1986 –
Marc Laird , Scottish footballer
1986 –
José Enrique , Spanish footballer
1986 –
Steven Taylor , English footballer
1986 –
Sandro Viletta , Swiss skier
1987 –
Leo Komarov , Estonian-Finnish ice hockey player
1990 –
Alex Silva , Canadian wrestler
1991 –
Steve Birnbaum , American soccer player
[42]
1992 –
Reina Triendl , Japanese model and actress
1994 –
Addison Russell , American baseball player
1996 –
Keita Bates-Diop , American basketball player
[43]
1996 –
Ruben Loftus-Cheek , English footballer
[44]
1998 –
XXXTentacion , American rapper (d. 2018)
[45]
1999 –
Alban Lafont , French footballer
[46]
2001 –
Olga Danilović , Serbian tennis player
[47]
2002 –
Joško Gvardiol , Croatian footballer
[48]
Deaths
Pre-1600
667 –
Ildefonsus ,
bishop of Toledo
989 –
Adalbero , archbishop of
Reims
[49]
1002 –
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)
1199 –
Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur , Moroccan caliph (b. 1160)
1252 –
Isabella, Queen of Armenia
1297 –
Florent of Hainaut , Prince of Achaea (b. c. 1255)
1423 –
Margaret of Bavaria , Burgundian regent (b. 1363)
1516 –
Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452)
[50]
1548 –
Bernardo Pisano , Italian priest, scholar, and composer (b. 1490)
1549 –
Johannes Honter , Romanian-Hungarian cartographer and theologian (b. 1498)
1567 –
Jiajing Emperor of China (b. 1507)
1570 –
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray , Scottish politician (b. 1531)
1601–1900
1620 –
John Croke , English politician and judge (b. 1553)
1622 –
William Baffin , English explorer and navigator (b. 1584)
1650 –
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1584)
1744 –
Giambattista Vico , Italian historian and philosopher (b. 1668)
1785 –
Matthew Stewart , Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1717)
1789 –
Frances Brooke , English author and playwright (b. 1724)
1789 –
John Cleland , English author (b. 1709)
1800 –
Edward Rutledge , American captain and politician, 39th
Governor of South Carolina (b. 1749)
1803 –
Arthur Guinness , Irish brewer, founded
Guinness (b. 1725)
1805 –
Claude Chappe , French engineer (b. 1763)
1806 –
William Pitt the Younger , English politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
[51]
1810 –
Johann Wilhelm Ritter , German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
1812 –
Robert Craufurd , Scottish general and politician (b. 1764)
1820 –
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b. 1767)
1833 –
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth , English admiral and politician (b. 1757)
1837 –
John Field , Irish pianist and composer (b. 1782)
1866 –
Thomas Love Peacock , English author and poet (b. 1785)
1875 –
Charles Kingsley , English priest and author (b. 1819)
1883 –
Gustave Doré , French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
1893 –
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II , American lawyer and politician, 16th
United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)
1893 –
William Price , Welsh physician, Chartist, and neo-Druid (b. 1800)
[52]
1893 –
José Zorrilla , Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
1901–present
1921 –
Mykola Leontovych , Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
1922 –
René Beeh , Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
1922 –
Arthur Nikisch , Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
1923 –
Max Nordau , Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
1931 –
Anna Pavlova , Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
[53]
1937 –
Orso Mario Corbino , Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
1939 –
Matthias Sindelar , Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
1943 –
Alexander Woollcott , American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
1944 –
Edvard Munch , Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
1947 –
Pierre Bonnard , French painter (b. 1867)
1956 –
Alexander Korda , Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893)
1963 –
Józef Gosławski , Polish sculptor (b. 1908)
1966 –
T. M. Sabaratnam , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1895)
1971 –
Fritz Feigl , Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (b. 1871)
1973 –
Alexander Onassis , American-Greek businessman (b. 1948)
1973 –
Kid Ory , American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1886)
1976 –
Paul Robeson , American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898)
1977 –
Toots Shor , American businessman, founded
Toots Shor's Restaurant (b. 1903)
1978 –
Terry Kath , American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)
1978 –
Jack Oakie , American actor (b. 1903)
1980 –
Giovanni Michelotti , Italian engineer (b. 1921)
1981 –
Samuel Barber , American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
[54]
1983 –
Fred Bakewell , English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
1984 –
Muin Bseiso , Palestinian-Egyptian poet and critic (b. 1926)
1985 –
James Beard , American chef and cookbook author for whom the
James Beard Foundation Awards are named (b. 1905)
[55]
1986 –
Joseph Beuys , German sculptor and painter (b. 1921)
1988 –
Charles Glen King , American biochemist and academic (b. 1896)
1989 –
Salvador Dalí , Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1904)
1989 –
Lars-Erik Torph , Swedish race car driver (b. 1961)
1990 –
Allen Collins , American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1952)
1991 –
Northrop Frye , Canadian author and critic (b. 1912)
1992 –
Freddie Bartholomew , American actor (b. 1924)
1993 –
Keith Laumer , American soldier, author, and diplomat (b. 1925)
1994 –
Nikolai Ogarkov , Russian field marshal (b. 1917)
1994 –
Brian Redhead , English journalist and author (b. 1929)
1999 –
Joe D'Amato , Italian director and cinematographer (b. 1936)
1999 –
Jay Pritzker , American businessman, co-founded the
Hyatt Corporation (b. 1922)
2002 –
Paul Aars , American race car driver (b. 1934)
2002 –
Pierre Bourdieu , French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (b. 1930)
2002 –
Robert Nozick , American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1938)
2003 –
Nell Carter , American actress and singer (b. 1948)
2004 –
Bob Keeshan , American television personality and producer (b. 1927)
2004 –
Helmut Newton , German-Australian photographer (b. 1920)
2005 –
Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare , English lieutenant and politician (b. 1921)
2005 –
Johnny Carson , American talk show host, television personality, and producer (b. 1925)
2007 –
Syed Hussein Alatas , Malaysian sociologist and politician (b. 1928)
2007 –
E. Howard Hunt , American
CIA officer (b. 1918)
2007 –
Ryszard Kapuściński , Polish journalist and author (b. 1932)
2009 –
Robert W. Scott , American farmer and politician, 67th
Governor of North Carolina (b. 1929)
2010 –
Kermit Tyler , American colonel and pilot (b. 1913)
2010 –
Earl Wild , American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
2011 –
Jack LaLanne , American fitness instructor, author, and television host (b. 1914)
2012 –
Wesley E. Brown , American lawyer and jurist (b. 1907)
2012 –
Maurice Meisner , American historian, author, and academic (b. 1931)
2012 –
Bingham Ray , American businessman, co-founded
October Films (b. 1954)
2013 –
Józef Glemp , Polish cardinal (b. 1929)
2013 –
Peter van der Merwe , South African cricketer and referee (b. 1937)
2013 –
Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet , French bishop (b. 1922)
2014 –
Yuri Izrael , Russian meteorologist and journalist (b. 1930)
2014 –
Riz Ortolani , Italian composer and conductor (b. 1926)
2015 –
Ernie Banks , American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)
2015 –
Prosper Ego , Dutch activist, founded the
Oud-Strijders Legioen (b. 1927)
2015 –
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (b. 1924)
2016 –
Jimmy Bain , Scottish bassist (b. 1947)
2016 –
Bobby Wanzer , American basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
2017 –
Bobby Freeman , American singer, songwriter and record producer (b. 1940)
2017 –
Gorden Kaye , English actor (b. 1941)
2018 –
Hugh Masekela , South African trumpeter, composer and singer (b. 1939)
2018 –
Nicanor Parra , Chilean poet (b. 1914)
2018 –
Wyatt Tee Walker , American civil rights activist and pastor (b. 1928)
[56]
2019 –
Aloysius Pang , Singaporean actor (b. 1990)
[57]
2019 –
Oliver Mtukudzi , Zimbabwean Afro Jazz musician (b. 1952)
[58]
2021 –
Hal Holbrook , American actor and director (b. 1925)
[59]
2021 –
Larry King , American journalist and talk show host (b. 1933)
[60]
[61]
2021 –
Song Yoo-jung , South Korean actress and model (b. 1994)
[62]
2024 –
Charles Osgood , American radio and television commentator, writer and musician (b. 1933)
[63]
2024 –
Melanie Safka , American Emmy winning singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
[64]
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