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Day of the year
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
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1759 – The
British Museum opens to the public.
[5]
1777 –
American Revolutionary War :
New Connecticut (present-day
Vermont ) declares its independence.
[6]
1782 – Superintendent of Finance
Robert Morris addresses the
U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national
mint and decimal
coinage .
[7]
1815 –
War of 1812 : American frigate
USS President , commanded by
Commodore
Stephen Decatur , is
captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
[8]
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.
[9] 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.
[10]
1867 –
Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at
Regent's Park ,
London , collapses.
[11]
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 .
[12]
1901–present
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.
[13]
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 .
[14]
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
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 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 .
1977 –
Linjeflyg Flight 618 crashes in
Kälvesta near
Stockholm Bromma Airport in
Stockholm , Sweden, killing 22 people.
[15]
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.
[16]
2001 –
Wikipedia , a free
wiki content encyclopedia, is launched.
[17]
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.
[18]
2015 – The
Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the
Swiss franc 's value relative to the
euro , causing turmoil in international financial markets.
[19]
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.
2018 – British multinational
construction and
facilities management services company
Carillion went into
liquidation
[20] – officially, "the largest ever trading liquidation in the UK"
[21]
2019 –
Somali militants
attack the DusitD2 hotel in
Nairobi , Kenya killing at least 21 people and injuring 19.
[22]
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.
[23]
2020 – The Japanese
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirms the first case of
COVID-19 in Japan .
[24]
2021 – A
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's
Sulawesi island killing at least 105 and injuring 3,369 people.
[25]
2022 – The
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupts , cutting off communications with
Tonga and causing a tsunami across the Pacific.
[26]
2023 –
Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes near
Pokhara International Airport , killing all 72 people on board.
[27]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1622 –
Molière , French actor and playwright (d. 1673)
[29]
1623 –
Algernon Sidney , British philosopher (probable)
[30] (d. 1683)
1671 –
Abraham de la Pryme , English archaeologist and historian (d. 1704)
1716 –
Philip Livingston , American merchant and politician (d. 1778)
1747 –
John Aikin , English surgeon and author (d. 1822)
[31]
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)
[32]
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, third
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, sixth
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)
[33]
1850 –
Mihai Eminescu , Romanian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1889)
[34]
1850 –
Sofia Kovalevskaya , Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1891)
[35]
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)
[36]
1879 –
Ernest Thesiger , English actor (d. 1961)
[37]
1882 –
Henry Burr , Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer (d. 1941)
1882 –
Princess Margaret of Connaught (d. 1920)
[38]
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)
1893 –
Rex Ingram , Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor (d. 1950)
[39]
1893 –
Ivor Novello , Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1951)
[40]
1895 –
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen , Finnish chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1896 –
Marjorie Bennett , Australian-American actress (d. 1982)
1901–present
1902 –
Nâzım Hikmet , Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1963)
[41]
1902 –
Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
1903 –
Paul A. Dever , American lieutenant and politician, 58th
Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
1905 –
Torin Thatcher , British actor (d. 1981)
[42]
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)
[43]
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)
[43]
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, second
President of Egypt (d. 1970)
[43]
1919 –
Maurice Herzog , French mountaineer and politician,
French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (d. 2012)
1919 –
George Cadle Price , Belizean politician, first Prime Minister of Belize (d. 2011)
1920 –
Bob Davies , American basketball player and coach (d. 1990)
[44]
1920 –
Steve Gromek , American baseball player (d. 2002)
1920 –
John O'Connor , American cardinal (d. 2000)
1921 –
Cliff Barker , American basketball player (d. 1998)
[45]
1921 –
Babasaheb Bhosale , Indian lawyer and politician, eighth
Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2007)
1921 –
Frank Thornton , English actor (d. 2013)
[46]
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 economist and politician, fourth
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 (d. 2023)
1926 –
Maria Schell , Austrian-Swiss actress (d. 2005)
1927 –
Phyllis Coates , American actress (d. 2023)
1928 –
Joanne Linville , American actress (d. 2021)
[47]
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 )
[43]
1930 –
Eddie Graham , American professional wrestler and promoter (d. 1985)
1931 –
Lee Bontecou , American painter and sculptor (d. 2022)
1931 –
Derek Meddings , British special effects designer (d. 1995)
[48]
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 (d. 2022)
1934 –
V. S. Ramadevi , Indian civil servant and politician, 13th
Governor of Karnataka (d. 2013)
1935 –
Robert Silverberg , American author and editor
[49]
1936 –
Richard Franklin , English actor, writer, director and political activist (d. 2023)
[50]
1937 –
Margaret O'Brien , American actress and singer
[51]
1938 –
Ashraf Aman , Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
1938 –
Estrella Blanca , Mexican wrestler (d. 2021)
1938 –
Chuni Goswami , Indian footballer and cricketer (d. 2020)
[52]
1939 –
Per Ahlmark , Swedish journalist and politician, first
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 2018)
1939 –
Tony Bullimore , English 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 (d. 2021)
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
[51]
1948 –
Ronnie Van Zant , American singer-songwriter (d. 1977)
[43]
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
1951 –
Ernie DiGregorio , American basketball player
[53]
1952 –
Boris Blank , Swiss singer-songwriter
1952 –
Andrzej Fischer , Polish footballer (d. 2018)
1952 –
Muhammad Wakkas , Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian (d. 2021)
[54]
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
[51]
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)
1961 –
Serhiy N. Morozov , Ukrainian footballer and coach
1961 –
Yves Pelletier , Canadian actor and director
1963 –
Craig Fairbrass , English actor, producer, and screenwriter
[55]
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
[51]
1965 –
James Nesbitt , Northern Irish actor
[51]
1967 –
Ted Tryba , American golfer
1968 –
Chad Lowe , American actor, director, and producer
[51]
1969 –
Delino DeShields , American baseball player and manager
1970 –
Michele Granger , American softball player
[56]
1970 –
Shane McMahon , American wrestler and businessman
[57]
1971 –
Regina King , American actress
[51]
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
[58]
1976 –
Doug Gottlieb , American basketball player and sportscaster
1976 –
Alexander Korolyuk , Russian ice hockey player
[59]
1976 –
Iryna Lishchynska , Ukrainian runner
1976 –
Dorian Missick , American actor
[51]
1976 –
Scott Murray , Scottish rugby player
1976 –
Florentin Petre , Romanian footballer and manager
1978 –
Eddie Cahill , American actor
[60]
1978 –
Franco Pellizotti , Italian cyclist
1978 –
Ryan Sidebottom , English cricketer
1979 –
Drew Brees , American football player
[43]
1979 –
Michalis Morfis , Cypriot footballer
1979 –
Martin Petrov , Bulgarian footballer
1980 –
Matt Holliday , American baseball player
[61]
1981 –
Dylan Armstrong , Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower
1981 –
Vanessa Henke , German tennis player
1981 –
Pitbull , American rapper and producer
[51]
1981 –
El Hadji Diouf , Senegalese footballer
[62]
1982 –
Armando Galarraga , Venezuelan baseball player
[63]
1982 –
Francis Zé , Cameroonian footballer
1983 –
Hugo Viana , Portuguese footballer
1983 –
Jermaine Pennant , English footballer
[64]
1984 –
Ben Shapiro , American author and commentator
[65]
1985 –
René Adler , German footballer
1985 –
Kenneth Emil Petersen , Danish footballer
1985 –
Pavel Podkolzin , Russian basketball player
[66]
1985 –
Victor Rasuk , American actor
[51]
1986 –
Jessy Schram , American actress and model
[51]
1987 –
Greg Inglis , Australian rugby league player
[67]
1987 –
Tsegaye Kebede , Ethiopian runner
1987 –
Kelly Kelly , American wrestler and model
[68]
1987 –
David Knight , English footballer
[69]
1987 –
Kelleigh Ryan , Canadian fencer
[70]
1988 –
Daniel Caligiuri , German footballer
[71]
1988 –
Skrillex , American DJ and producer
[51]
1988 –
Donald Sloan , American basketball player
[72]
1989 –
Alexei Cherepanov , Russian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1989 –
Nicole Ross , American Olympic foil fencer
[73]
1989 –
Martin Dúbravka , Slovakian footballer
[74]
1990 –
Robert Trznadel , Polish footballer
1990 –
Slava Voynov , Russian ice hockey player
[75]
1990 –
Chris Warren , American actor
[43]
1991 –
Marc Bartra , Spanish footballer
[76]
1991 –
Matt Duffy , American baseball player
[77]
1991 –
Mitch Garver , American baseball player
[78]
1991 –
Nicolai Jørgensen , Danish footballer
1991 –
Darya Klishina , Russian long jumper
1991 –
James Mitchell , Australian basketball player
[79]
1992 –
Joël Veltman , Dutch footballer
1992 –
Joshua King , Norwegian footballer
[80]
1993 –
Kadeem Allen , American basketball player
[81]
1994 –
Eric Dier , English footballer
[82]
1996 –
Dove Cameron , American actress and singer
[83]
1996 –
Deebo Samuel , American football player
[84]
1998 –
Alexandra Eade , Australian artistic gymnast
[85]
1998 –
Ben Godfrey , English footballer
[86]
2000 –
Triston Casas , American baseball player
[87]
2002 –
Tim Stützle , German ice hockey player
[88]
2004 –
Grace VanderWaal , American singer-songwriter
[89]
Deaths
Pre-1600
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)
1477 –
Adriana of Nassau-Siegen , German countess (b. 1449)
[90]
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)
1601–1900
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)
1783 -
Lord Stirling , American Revolutionary War Major General (b. 1726)
[91]
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)
1880 –
Carl Georg von Wächter , German jurist (b. 1797)
[92]
1893 –
Fanny Kemble , English actress (b. 1809)
1896 –
Mathew Brady , American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
1901–present
1905 –
George Thorn , Australian politician, sixth
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, seventh
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)
[93]
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)
[94]
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 External Affairs ,
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 film 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, first
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (b. 1926)
2012 –
Manuel Fraga Iribarne , Spanish lawyer and politician, third
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)
[95]
2019 –
Carol Channing , American actress (b. 1921)
[96]
2019 –
Ida Kleijnen , Dutch chef (b. 1936)
[97]
2020 –
Rocky Johnson , Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1944)
[98]
2020 –
Lloyd Cowan , British athlete and coach (b. 1962)
[99]
2022 –
Alexa McDonough , first female politician to lead a major provincial political party in Canada, former leader of the federal New Democratic Party. (b. 1944)
[100]
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