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Day of the year
January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar ; 345 days remain until the end of the year (346 in
leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1909 – Newly formed automaker
General Motors (GM) buys into the
Oakland Motor Car Company , which later becomes GM's long-running
Pontiac division.
[9]
1921 – The British K-class submarine
HMS K5 sinks in the
English Channel ; all 56 on board die.
1921 –
The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of
national sovereignty .
1929 – The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors,
In Old Arizona , is released.
1936 – King
George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming
Edward VIII . The title
Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
1937 –
Franklin D. Roosevelt and
John Nance Garner are
sworn in for their second terms as
U.S. President and
U.S. Vice President ; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the
20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
1941 – A German officer is killed in
Bucharest ,
Romania , sparking a
rebellion and pogrom by the
Iron Guard , killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
1942 –
World War II : At the
Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of
Wannsee , senior
Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "
Final Solution to the
Jewish question ".
[10]
1945 – World War II: The
provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an
armistice with the
Allies .
1945 – World War II:
Germany begins the
evacuation of 1.8 million people from
East Prussia , a task which will take nearly two months.
1949 –
Point Four Program , a program for
economic aid to poor countries, is announced by United States President
Harry S. Truman in his
inaugural address for a full term as president.
1953 –
Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th
President of the United States of America , becoming the first president to begin his presidency on January 20 since the
20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
[11]
1954 – In the United States, the
National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
1961 –
John F. Kennedy is
inaugurated as the 35th
President of the United States of America , becoming the youngest man to be elected into that office, and the first
Catholic .
1972 – Pakistan launches its
nuclear weapons program , a few weeks after its defeat in the
Bangladesh Liberation War , as well as the
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 .
1973 –
Amílcar Cabral , leader of the independence movement in
Guinea-Bissau and
Cape Verde , is assassinated in
Conakry , Guinea.
[12]
1974 – China gains control over all the
Paracel Islands after
a military engagement between the naval forces of China and
South Vietnam .
[13]
1981 – Twenty minutes after
Ronald Reagan is
inaugurated as the 40th
President of the United States of America ,
Iran releases 52
American hostages .
1986 – In the United States,
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
1986 –
Leabua Jonathan , Prime Minister of Lesotho, is ousted from power in a
coup d'état led by General
Justin Lekhanya .
[14]
1990 –
Protests in
Azerbaijan , part of the
Dissolution of the Soviet Union .
1991 –
Sudan 's government imposes
Islamic law nationwide, worsening the
civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
1992 –
Air Inter Flight 148 , an
Airbus A320-111 , crashes into a mountain near
Strasbourg , France, killing 87 of the 96 people on board.
2001 –
President of the Philippines
Joseph Estrada is ousted in a
nonviolent four-day revolution , and is succeeded by
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo .
2009 –
Barack Obama is
inaugurated as the 44th
President of the United States of America , becoming the first
African-American
President of the United States .
[15]
2009 – A protest movement in
Iceland culminates as the
2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
2018 – A group of four or five gunmen
attack The Inter-Continental Hotel in
Kabul , Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle. The attack kills 40 people and injures many others.
[16]
2018 –
Syrian civil war : The
Government of Turkey announces the initiation of the
Afrin offensive and begins shelling
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in
Afrin Region .
[17]
2021 –
Joe Biden is
inaugurated as the 46th
President of the United States of America . At 78, he becomes the oldest person ever inaugurated.
Kamala Harris becomes the first female
Vice President of the United States .
[18]
Births
Pre-1600
225 –
Gordian III , Roman emperor (d. 244)
[19]
1029 –
Alp Arslan , Seljuk sultan (probable;
[20] d. 1072)
1292 –
Elizabeth of Bohemia , queen consort of Bohemia (d. 1330)
1436 –
Ashikaga Yoshimasa , Japanese shōgun (d. 1490)
1488 –
Sebastian Münster , German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer (d. 1552)
[21]
1499 –
Sebastian Franck , German humanist (probable;
[22] d. 1543)
1500 –
Jean Quintin , French priest, knight and writer (d. 1561)
[23]
1502 –
Sebastian de Aparicio , Spanish-Mexican rancher and missionary (d. 1600)
1526 –
Rafael Bombelli , Italian mathematician (d. 1572)
1554 –
Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)
1569 –
Heribert Rosweyde , Jesuit hagiographer (d. 1629)
1573 –
Simon Marius , German astronomer and academic (d. 1624)
1586 –
Johann Hermann Schein , German composer (d. 1630)
1601–1900
1664 –
Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina , Italian lawyer and jurist (d. 1718)
1703 –
Joseph-Hector Fiocco , Flemish violinist and composer (d. 1741)
1716 –
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy , French archaeologist and numismatist (d. 1795)
1716 –
Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
1732 –
Richard Henry Lee , American lawyer and politician,
President of the Continental Congress (d. 1794)
1741 –
Carl Linnaeus the Younger , Swedish botanist and author (d. 1783)
1755 –
Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet , English admiral (d. 1824)
1762 –
Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny , Belgian-French composer and theorist (d. 1842)
1775 –
André-Marie Ampère , French physicist and mathematician (d. 1836)
1781 –
Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg , Austrian-German historian and politician (d. 1848)
1783 –
Friedrich Dotzauer , German cellist and composer (d. 1860)
1799 –
Anson Jones , American physician and politician, 5th
President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858)
1812 –
William Fox , English-New Zealand politician, 2nd
Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1893)
[24]
1812 –
Thomas Meik , Scottish engineer (d. 1896)
1814 –
David Wilmot , American politician, sponsor of
Wilmot Proviso (d. 1868)
1819 –
Göran Fredrik Göransson , Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist (d. 1900)
[25]
1834 –
George D. Robinson , American lawyer and politician, 34th
Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
1855 –
Ernest Chausson , French composer (d. 1899)
1856 –
Harriot Stanton Blatch , U.S. suffragist and organizer (d. 1940)
1865 –
Yvette Guilbert , French singer and actress (d. 1944)
[26]
1865 –
Wilhelm Ramsay , Finnish geologist and professor (d. 1928)
[27]
1870 –
Guillaume Lekeu , Belgian pianist and composer (d. 1894)
1873 –
Johannes V. Jensen , Danish author, poet, and playwright,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
1874 –
Steve Bloomer , English footballer and coach (d. 1938)
1876 –
Josef Hofmann , Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1878 –
Finlay Currie , Scottish-English actor (d. 1968)
1879 –
Ruth St. Denis , American dancer and educator (d. 1968)
[28]
1880 –
Walter W. Bacon , American accountant and politician, 60th
Governor of Delaware (d. 1962)
1882 –
Johnny Torrio , Italian-American mob boss (d. 1957)
1883 –
Enoch L. Johnson , American mob boss (d. 1968)
1883 –
Forrest Wilson , American journalist and author (d. 1942)
1888 –
Lead Belly , American folk/blues musician and songwriter (d. 1949)
1889 –
Allan Haines Loughead , American engineer and businessman, founded the
Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company (d. 1969)
1891 –
Mischa Elman , Ukrainian-American violinist (d. 1967)
1893 –
Georg Åberg , Swedish triple jumper (d. 1946)
1894 –
Harold Gray , American cartoonist, created
Little Orphan Annie (d. 1968)
1894 –
Walter Piston , American composer, theorist, and academic (d. 1976)
1895 –
Gábor Szegő , Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1985)
1896 –
George Burns , American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1996)
1898 –
U Razak , Burmese educator and politician (d. 1947)
1899 –
Clarice Cliff , English potter (d. 1972)
1899 –
Kenjiro Takayanagi , Japanese engineer (d. 1990)
1900 –
Dorothy Annan , English painter, potter, and muralist (d. 1983)
1900 –
Colin Clive , English actor (d. 1937)
1901–present
1902 –
Leon Ames , American actor (d. 1993)
1902 –
Kevin Barry , Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 1920)
1906 –
Aristotle Onassis , Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)
[29]
1907 –
Paula Wessely , Austrian actress and producer (d. 2000)
1909 –
Gōgen Yamaguchi , Japanese martial artist (d. 1989)
1910 –
Joy Adamson , Austria-Kenyan painter and conservationist (d. 1980)
[30]
1915 –
Ghulam Ishaq Khan , Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th
President of Pakistan (d. 2006)
1918 –
Juan García Esquivel , Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2002)
1918 –
Nevin Scrimshaw , American scientist (d. 2013)
1920 –
Federico Fellini , Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1993)
[31]
1920 –
DeForest Kelley , American actor (d. 1999)
[31]
1920 –
Thorleif Schjelderup , Norwegian ski jumper and author (d. 2006)
1921 –
Telmo Zarra , Spanish footballer (d. 2006)
1922 –
Ray Anthony , American trumpeter and bandleader
[32]
1922 –
Don Mankiewicz , American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1923 –
Slim Whitman , American country and western singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2013)
[33]
1924 –
Yvonne Loriod , French pianist and composer (d. 2010)
1925 –
Jamiluddin Aali , Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2015)
1925 –
Ernesto Cardenal , Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician (d. 2020)
1926 –
Patricia Neal , American actress (d. 2010)
[34]
1926 –
David Tudor , American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1927 –
Qurratulain Hyder , Indian-Pakistani journalist and academic (d. 2007)
1928 –
Antonio de Almeida , French conductor and musicologist (d. 1997)
1929 –
Arte Johnson , American actor and comedian (d. 2019)
[31]
1929 –
Masaharu Kawakatsu , Japanese biologist
1929 –
Fireball Roberts , American race car driver (d. 1964)
1930 –
Buzz Aldrin , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
[35]
1931 –
David Lee , American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1931 –
Hachidai Nakamura , Japanese pianist and composer (d. 1992)
1932 –
Lou Fontinato , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2016)
1934 –
Hennie Aucamp , South African poet, author, and academic (d. 2014)
1934 –
Tom Baker , English actor
[31]
1935 –
Dorothy Provine , American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2010)
1937 –
Bailey Howell , American basketball player
[36]
1938 –
Derek Dougan , Irish-English footballer and journalist (d. 2007)
1939 –
Paul Coverdell , American captain and politician (d. 2000)
1939 –
Chandra Wickramasinghe , Sri Lankan-English mathematician, astronomer, and biologist
1940 –
Carol Heiss , American figure skater and actress
1940 –
Krishnam Raju , Indian actor and politician (d. 2022)
1940 –
Mandé Sidibé , Malian economist and politician,
Prime Minister of Mali (d. 2009)
1942 –
Linda Moulton Howe , American journalist and producer
1944 –
José Luis Garci , Spanish director and producer
1944 –
Farhad Mehrad , Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1944 –
Pat Parker , American poet
[37] (d. 1989)
1945 –
Christopher Martin-Jenkins , English journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1945 –
Eric Stewart , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
[35]
1946 –
David Lynch , American director, producer, and screenwriter
[35]
1946 –
Vladimír Merta , Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist
1947 –
Cyrille Guimard , French cyclist and sportscaster
1948 –
Nancy Kress , American author and academic
1948 –
Natan Sharansky , Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
1949 –
Göran Persson , Swedish lawyer and politician, 31st
Prime Minister of Sweden
1950 –
Daniel Benzali , Brazilian-American actor
1950 –
William Mgimwa , Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th
Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2014)
1950 –
Mahamane Ousmane , Nigerien politician,
President of Niger
1951 –
Iván Fischer , Hungarian conductor and composer
1951 –
Ian Hill , English rock bassist
[38]
1952 –
Nikos Sideris , Greek psychiatrist and poet
1952 –
Paul Stanley , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
[35]
1952 –
John Witherow , South African-English journalist and author
1953 –
Jeffrey Epstein , American financier and convicted sex offender (d. 2019)
1954 –
Mohammad Dawran , Afghan aviator and military officer
[39]
1954 –
Alison Seabeck , English lawyer and politician
1955 –
McKeeva Bush , Caymanian politician,
Premier of the Cayman Islands
1956 –
Maria Larsson , Swedish educator and politician,
Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs
1956 –
Bill Maher , American comedian, political commentator, media critic, television host, and producer
[35]
1956 –
Richard Morecroft , English-Australian journalist and television host
[40]
1956 –
John Naber , American swimmer
1957 –
Andy Sheppard , English saxophonist and composer
[41]
1958 –
Lorenzo Lamas , American actor, director, and producer
[35]
1959 –
Tami Hoag , American author
1959 –
R. A. Salvatore , American author
1963 –
James Denton , American actor
[35]
1963 –
Mark Ryden , American painter and illustrator
1964 –
Ozzie Guillén , Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager
[31]
1964 –
Ron Harper , American basketball player and coach
1964 –
Jack Lewis , American soldier and author
1964 –
Kazushige Nojima , Japanese screenwriter and songwriter
1964 –
Aquilino Pimentel III , Filipino lawyer and politician
1964 –
Fareed Zakaria , Indian-American journalist and author
1965 –
Colin Calderwood , Scottish footballer and manager
[42]
1965 –
Warren Joyce , English footballer and manager
1965 –
Greg K. , American musician and songwriter
[35]
1965 –
John Michael Montgomery , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[35]
1965 –
Heather Small , English singer-songwriter
[43]
1965 –
Sophie, Countess of Wessex
1965 –
Anton Weissenbacher , Romanian footballer
1966 –
Chris Morris , American basketball player
[44]
1966 –
Rainn Wilson , American actor
[35]
1967 –
Kellyanne Conway , American political strategist and pundit
1967 –
Stacey Dash , American actress and television journalist
[35]
1968 –
Nick Anderson , American basketball player and sportscaster
1968 –
Junior Murray , Grenadian cricketer
1969 –
Patrick K. Kroupa , American computer hacker and activist, co-founded
MindVox
1969 –
Reno Wilson , American actor
[35]
1969 –
Nicky Wire , Welsh singer-songwriter and bass player
1970 –
Skeet Ulrich , American actor
[35]
1971 –
Gary Barlow , English singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
[45]
1971 –
Wakanohana Masaru , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 66th
Yokozuna
1971 –
Questlove , American musician, record producer, and filmmaker
[46]
1972 –
Nikki Haley , American accountant and politician, 116th
Governor of South Carolina
1973 –
Stephen Crabb , Scottish-Welsh politician,
Secretary of State for Wales
1973 –
Queen Mathilde of Belgium
[47]
1975 –
David Eckstein , American baseball player
[48]
1975 –
Norberto Fontana , Argentinian racing driver
1975 –
Zac Goldsmith , English journalist and politician
[49]
1975 –
Ira Newble , American basketball player
[50]
1976 –
Kirsty Gallacher , Scottish television presenter
[51]
1976 –
Michael Myers , American football player
1976 –
Gretha Smit , Dutch speed skater
1977 –
Paul Adams , South African cricketer and coach
1977 –
Sid Wilson , American musician
[52]
1978 –
Sonja Kesselschläger , German heptathlete
1978 –
Allan Søgaard , Danish footballer
1979 –
Rob Bourdon , American musician and songwriter
[35]
1979 –
Will Young , English singer-songwriter and actor
1980 –
Karl Anderson , American wrestler
1980 –
Philippe Cousteau, Jr. , American-French oceanographer and journalist
[53]
1980 –
Philippe Gagnon , Canadian swimmer
1980 –
Kim Jeong-hoon , South Korean singer and actor
1981 –
Freddy Guzmán , Dominican baseball player
1981 –
Owen Hargreaves , English footballer
1981 –
Jason Richardson , American basketball player
1982 –
Ruchi Sanghvi , Indian computer engineer
[54]
1982 –
Fredrik Strømstad , Norwegian footballer
1983 –
Geovany Soto , Puerto Rican baseball player
[55]
1984 –
Toni Gonzaga , Filipino singer and television personality
[56]
[57]
1984 –
Bonnie McKee , American singer-songwriter
[35]
1986 –
Kevin Parker , Australian singer, songwriter, musician, and producer
[35]
1987 –
Evan Peters , American actor
[58]
1988 –
Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé , Nigerian footballer
[59]
1988 –
Jan Muršak , Slovenian ice hockey player
[60]
1989 –
Nick Foles , American football player
1989 –
Alex Grant , Canadian ice hockey player
[61]
1991 –
Tom Cairney , Scottish footballer
[62]
1991 –
Ciara Hanna , American actress and model
1991 –
Polona Hercog , Slovenian tennis player
1993 –
Lorenzo Crisetig , Italian footballer
[63]
1993 –
Cat Janice , American singer-songwriter
[64]
1993 –
DeVante Parker , American football player
[65]
1994 –
Seán Kavanagh , Irish footballer
[66]
1994 –
Hampus Lindholm , Swedish ice hockey player
[67]
1994 –
Lucas Piazon , Brazilian footballer
[68]
1995 –
Joey Badass , American rapper and actor
[69]
1995 –
Calum Chambers , English footballer
[70]
1995 –
José María Giménez , Uruguayan footballer
[71]
1995 –
Sergi Samper , Spanish footballer
[72]
2000 –
Tyler Herro , American basketball player
[73]
2002 –
Arnaud Kalimuendo , French footballer
[74]
2003 –
J. J. McCarthy , American football player
[75]
2003 –
Antonia Ružić , Croatian tennis player
[76]
[77]
Deaths
Pre-1600
640 –
Eadbald , king of Kent
[78]
820 –
Al-Shafi‘i , Arab scholar and jurist (b. 767)
842 –
Theophilos , Byzantine emperor (b. 813)
882 –
Louis the Younger , king of the East Frankish Kingdom
924 –
Li Jitao , Chinese general of
Later Tang
928 –
Zhao Guangfeng , Chinese official and chancellor
1029 –
Heonae , Korean queen and regent (b. 964)
1095 –
Wulfstan , bishop of Worcester
1156 –
Henry , English bishop and saint
[79]
[80]
[81]
1189 –
Shi Zong , Chinese emperor of
Jin (b. 1123)
1191 –
Frederick VI , duke of Swabia (b. 1167)
1191 –
Theobald V , count of Blois (b. 1130)
1265 –
John Maunsell , English
Lord Chancellor
1336 –
John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (b. 1306)
1343 –
Robert , king of Naples (b. 1275)
1479 –
John II , king of Sicily (b. 1398)
1568 –
Myles Coverdale , English bishop and translator (b. 1488)
1601–1900
1612 –
Rudolf II , Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552)
[82]
1663 –
Isaac Ambrose , English minister and author (b. 1604)
1666 –
Anne of Austria , Queen and regent of France (b. 1601)
[83]
1707 –
Humphrey Hody , English scholar and theologian (b. 1659)
1709 –
François de la Chaise , French priest (b. 1624)
1751 –
John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol , English politician (b. 1665)
1770 –
Charles Yorke , English lawyer and politician,
Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)
1779 –
David Garrick , English actor, producer, playwright, and manager (b. 1717)
[84]
1810 –
Benjamin Chew , American lawyer and judge (b. 1721)
[85]
1819 –
Charles IV , Spanish king (b. 1748)
[86]
1837 –
John Soane , English architect, designed the
Bank of England (b. 1753)
[87]
1841 –
Jørgen Jørgensen , Danish explorer (b. 1780)
1841 –
Minh Mạng , Vietnamese emperor (b. 1791)
1848 –
Christian VIII , Danish king (b. 1786)
1850 –
Adam Oehlenschläger , Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779)
1859 –
Bettina von Arnim , German author, illustrator, and composer (b. 1785)
[88]
1852 –
Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th
Yokozuna (b. 1794)
1873 –
Basil Moreau , French priest, founded the
Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
1875 –
Jean-François Millet , French painter and educator (b. 1814)
1891 –
Kalākaua , king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
1900 –
John Ruskin , English painter and critic (b. 1819)
1901–present
1901 –
Zénobe Gramme , Belgian engineer, invented the
Gramme machine (b. 1826)
1907 –
Agnes Mary Clerke , Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
[89]
1908 –
John Ordronaux , American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
1913 –
José Guadalupe Posada , Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
1915 –
Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun , Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)
1920 –
Georg Lurich , Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)
1921 –
Mary Watson Whitney , American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)
[90]
1924 –
Henry "Ivo" Crapp , Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)
1931 –
Margrethe Munthe , Norwegian songwriter (b. 1860)
[91]
1936 –
George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
1940 –
Omar Bundy , American general (b. 1861)
1944 –
James McKeen Cattell , American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)
1947 –
Josh Gibson , American baseball player (b. 1911)
1947 –
Andrew Volstead , American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
1954 –
Warren Bardsley , Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
1954 –
Fred Root , English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
1955 –
Robert P. T. Coffin , American author and poet (b. 1892)
1962 –
Robinson Jeffers , American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)
1965 –
Alan Freed , American radio host (b. 1922)
1971 –
Broncho Billy Anderson , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
1971 –
Minanogawa Tōzō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th
Yokozuna (b. 1903)
1973 –
Lorenz Böhler , Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885)
1973 –
Amílcar Cabral , Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (b. 1924)
1977 –
Dimitrios Kiousopoulos , Greek jurist and politician, 151st
Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892)
1980 –
William Roberts , English soldier and painter (b. 1895)
1983 –
Garrincha , Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
1984 –
Johnny Weissmuller , American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
1988 –
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan , Pakistani activist and politician (b. 1890)
1988 –
Dora Stratou , Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1903)
1989 –
Alamgir Kabir , Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
1990 –
Barbara Stanwyck , American actress (b. 1907)
1993 –
Audrey Hepburn , British actress and humanitarian activist (b. 1929)
1994 –
Matt Busby , Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909)
1994 –
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga , first Kenyan Vice-President (b. 1911)
1996 –
Gerry Mulligan , American saxophonist and composer (b. 1927)
2002 –
Carrie Hamilton , American actress and singer (b. 1963)
2003 –
Al Hirschfeld , American painter and illustrator (b. 1903)
[92]
2003 –
Nedra Volz , American actress (b. 1908)
2004 –
Alan Brown , English racing driver (b. 1919)
2004 –
T. Nadaraja , Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (b. 1917)
2005 –
Per Borten , Norwegian lawyer and politician, 18th
Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
2005 –
Jan Nowak-Jeziorański , Polish journalist and politician (b. 1913)
2005 –
Miriam Rothschild , English zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
2009 –
Stéphanos II Ghattas , Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920)
2012 –
Etta James , American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
[93]
2012 –
John Levy , American bassist and manager (b. 1912)
2012 –
Ioannis Kefalogiannis , Greek politician,
Greek Minister of the Interior (b. 1933)
2012 –
Alejandro Rodriguez , Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1918)
[94]
2013 –
Pavlos Matesis , Greek author and playwright (b. 1933)
2013 –
Toyo Shibata , Japanese poet and author (b. 1911)
2014 –
Claudio Abbado , Italian conductor (b. 1933)
[95]
2014 –
Otis G. Pike , American judge and politician (b. 1921)
2014 –
Jonas Trinkūnas , Lithuanian ethnologist and academic (b. 1939)
2016 –
Mykolas Burokevičius , Lithuanian carpenter and politician (b. 1927)
2016 –
Edmonde Charles-Roux , French journalist and author (b. 1920)
2018 –
Paul Bocuse , French chef (b.
1926 )
[96]
2018 –
Naomi Parker Fraley , American naval machiner (b.
1921 )
[97]
2020 –
Jaroslav Kubera , Czech politician (b. 1947)
[98]
2020 –
Tom Fisher Railsback , American politician, member of the
Illinois and
U.S. House of Representatives (b. 1932)
[99]
2021 –
Sibusiso Moyo , Zimbabwean politician, army general (b. 1960)
[100]
2021 –
Mira Furlan , Croatian actress and singer (b. 1955)
[101]
2022 –
Meat Loaf , American singer and actor (b. 1947)
[102]
2024 –
Norman Jewison , Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1926)
[103]
Holidays and observances
Notes
In ancient
astrology , it is the
cusp day between
Capricorn and
Aquarius .
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