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Day of the year
January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar ; 341 days remain until the end of the year (342 in
leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1908 – The first
Boy Scout troop is organized in England by
Robert Baden-Powell .
1915 –
World War I : British
Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir
David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral
Franz von Hipper 's battle cruisers in the
Battle of Dogger Bank .
1916 – In
Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. , the
Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal
income tax constitutional.
1918 – The
Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the
Council of People's Commissars effective
February 14 (New Style).
1933 – The
20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
1935 –
Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company starts selling the first canned beer.
[9]
1939 – The
deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes
Chillán , killing approximately 28,000 people.
1942 –
World War II : The Allies
bombard Bangkok , leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
1943 – World War II:
Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Winston Churchill conclude a
conference in Casablanca .
1946 – The
United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission .
1960 –
Algerian War : Some units of European volunteers in
Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
1961 –
Goldsboro B-52 crash : A bomber carrying two
H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
1966 –
Air India Flight 101 crashes into
Mont Blanc .
[10]
1968 –
Vietnam War : The
1st Australian Task Force launches
Operation Coburg against the
North Vietnamese Army and
Viet Cong during wider fighting around
Long Bình and
Biên Hòa .
1972 – Japanese Sgt.
Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a
Guam jungle, where he had been
since the end of World War II .
1977 – The
Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
1978 –
Soviet satellite
Kosmos 954 , with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's
Northwest Territories . Only 1% is recovered.
1984 –
Apple Computer places the
Macintosh
personal computer on sale in the United States.
1986 – The
Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to
Uranus .
[11]
1987 – About 20,000 protestors march in
a civil rights demonstration in
Forsyth County, Georgia , United States.
[12]
1989 – Notorious serial killer
Ted Bundy , with over 30 known victims, is executed by the electric chair at the
Florida State Prison .
1990 – Japan launches
Hiten , the country's first
lunar probe , the first robotic lunar probe since the
Soviet Union 's
Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
2003 – The
United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
2009 –
Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near
Bordeaux , France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
2011 – At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a
bombing at Moscow's
Domodedovo Airport .
2018 – Former doctor
Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to
sexually abuse female gymnasts .
[13]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1602 –
Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland , English politician (d. 1666)
1619 –
Yamazaki Ansai , Japanese philosopher (d. 1682)
1643 –
Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset , English poet and politician,
Lord Chamberlain of Great Britain (d. 1706)
1664 –
John Vanbrugh , English architect and dramatist (d. 1726)
[16]
1670 –
William Congreve , English playwright and poet (d. 1729)
[17]
1672 –
Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt , German Lieutenant General (d. 1731)
1674 –
Thomas Tanner , English bishop (d. 1735)
1679 –
Christian Wolff , German philosopher and academic (d. 1754)
1684 –
Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg , German noble (d. 1737)
1705 –
Farinelli , Italian castrato singer (d. 1782)
[18]
1709 –
Dom Bédos de Celles , French monk and organist (d. 1779)
1712 –
Frederick the Great , Prussian king (d. 1786)
1732 –
Pierre Beaumarchais , French playwright and financier (d. 1799)
1739 –
Jean Nicolas Houchard , French General of the
French Revolution (d. 1793)
1746 –
Gustav III of Sweden (d. 1792)
1749 –
Charles James Fox , English businessman and politician,
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 1806)
1754 –
Andrew Ellicott , American soldier and surveyor (d. 1820)
1761 –
Louis Klein , French general (d. 1845)
1763 –
Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron , French-Ukrainian general and politician (d. 1831)
1776 –
E. T. A. Hoffmann , German jurist, author, and composer (d. 1822)
1787 –
Christian Ludwig Brehm , German pastor and ornithologist (d. 1864)
1804 –
Delphine de Girardin , French author (d. 1855)
1814 –
Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , French Crown Princess (d. 1858)
1814 –
John Colenso , British mathematician (d. 1883)
1816 –
Wilhelm Henzen , German philologist and epigraphist (d. 1887)
1828 –
Ferdinand Cohn , German biologist (d. 1898)
1829 –
Yechiel Michel Epstein , Rabbi and
posek (d. 1908)
1836 –
Signe Rink , Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist (d. 1909)
1843 –
Josip Stadler , Croatian archbishop (d. 1918)
1848 –
Vasily Surikov , Russian painter (d. 1916)
1850 –
Hermann Ebbinghaus , German psychologist (d. 1909)
1853 –
Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser , German psychiatrist (d. 1931)
1856 –
Friedrich Grünanger , Transylvanian Hungarian-German architect (d. 1929)
1858 –
Constance Naden , English poet and philosopher (d. 1889)
1862 –
Edith Wharton , American novelist and short story writer (d. 1937)
1863 –
August Adler , Czech and Austrian mathematician (d. 1923)
1864 –
Marguerite Durand , French actress, journalist, and activist (d. 1936)
1864 –
Gaetano Giardino , Italian soldier and
Marshal of Italy (d. 1935)
1866 –
Jaan Poska , Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st
Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1920)
1869 –
Helena Maud Brown Cobb , American educator and missionary (d. 1922)
[19]
1870 –
Herbert Kilpin , English footballer (d. 1916)
1871 –
Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic , Czech poet, writer and literary critic (d. 1951)
1871 –
Thomas Jaggar , American volcanologist (d. 1953)
1872 –
Yuly Aykhenvald , Russian literary critic (d. 1928)
1872 –
Konstantin Bogaevsky , Russian painter (d. 1943)
1872 –
Morris Travers , English chemist and academic (d. 1961)
1873 –
Dmitry Ushakov , Russian philologist and lexicographer (d. 1942)
1882 –
Harold D. Babcock , American astronomer (d. 1968)
1882 –
Ödön Bodor , Hungarian athlete (d. 1927)
1886 –
Henry King , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1887 –
Jean-Henri Humbert , French botanist (d. 1967)
1888 –
Vicki Baum , Austrian author and screenwriter (d. 1960)
1888 –
Ernst Heinkel , German engineer and businessman, founded the
Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company (d. 1958)
1889 –
Victor Eftimiu , Romanian poet and playwright (d. 1972)
1889 –
Charles Hawes , American historian and author (d. 1923)
1889 –
Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke , German general of paratroop forces during
World War II (d. 1968)
1891 –
Walter Model , German field marshal (d. 1945)
1892 –
Franz Aigner , Austrian weightlifter (d. 1970)
1895 –
Eugen Roth , German poet and songwriter (d. 1976)
1897 –
Paul Fejos , Hungarian-born American director (d. 1963)
1899 –
Hoyt Vandenberg , U.S. Air Force general (d. 1954)
1900 –
René Guillot , French writer (d. 1969)
1901–present
1901 –
Harry Calder , South African cricketer (d. 1995)
1901 –
Cassandre , French painter (d. 1968)
1901 –
Edward Turner , English engineer (d. 1973)
1905 –
J. Howard Marshall , American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995)
1906 –
Wilfred Jackson , American animator and composer (d. 1988)
1907 –
Maurice Couve de Murville , French soldier and politician,
Prime Minister of France (d. 1999)
1907 –
Jean Daetwyler , Swiss composer and musician (d. 1994)
1907 –
Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu , fourth
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of
Malaysia (d. 1979)
1909 –
Martin Lings , English author and scholar (d. 2005)
1909 –
Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková , Slovak painter (d. 2005)
[20]
1910 –
Doris Haddock , American political activist (d. 2010)
[21]
1912 –
Frederick Ashworth , American admiral (d. 2005)
1913 –
Norman Dello Joio , American organist and composer (d. 2008)
1915 –
Vítězslava Kaprálová , Czech composer and conductor (d. 1940)
1915 –
Robert Motherwell , American painter and academic (d. 1991)
[22]
1916 –
Rafael Caldera , Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th
President of Venezuela (d. 2009)
1916 –
Gene Mako , Hungarian-American tennis player and actor (d. 2013)
1917 –
Ernest Borgnine , American actor (d. 2012)
[22]
1917 –
Wilhelmus Demarteau , Dutch prelate of the
Roman Catholic Church (d. 2012)
1918 –
Oral Roberts , American evangelist, founded
Oral Roberts University and
Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (d. 2009)
[22]
1918 –
Gottfried von Einem , Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1919 –
Coleman Francis , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1919 –
Leon Kirchner , American composer and educator (d. 2009)
1920 –
Jimmy Forrest , American saxophonist (d. 1980)
1920 –
Jerry Maren , American actor (d. 2018)
1922 –
Daniel Boulanger , French actor and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1922 –
Neil Franklin , English footballer (d. 1996)
1924 –
Brian Bevan , Australian rugby league player (d. 1991)
[23]
1924 –
Karpoori Thakur , Indian politician, 11th
Chief Minister of Bihar (d. 1988)
[24]
1925 –
Gus Mortson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1925 –
Maria Tallchief , American ballerina and actress (d. 2013)
[22]
1926 –
Ruth Asawa , American sculptor (d. 2013)
1926 –
Georges Lautner , French director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1927 –
Paula Hawkins , American politician (d. 2009)
1928 –
Desmond Morris , English zoologist, ethologist, and painter
[25]
1928 –
Michel Serrault , French actor (d. 2007)
1930 –
Terence Bayler , New Zealand actor (d. 2016)
1930 –
Mahmoud Farshchian , Iranian-Persian painter and academic
1930 –
John Romita Sr. , American comic book artist (d. 2023)
1931 –
Lars Hörmander , Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 2012)
1931 –
Ib Nørholm , Danish composer and organist (d. 2019)
1932 –
Éliane Radigue , French electronic music composer
1933 –
Kamran Baghirov , the 12th
First Secretary of
Azerbaijan Communist Party (d. 2000)
1933 –
Asim Ferhatović , Bosnian footballer (d. 1987)
1934 –
Leonard Goldberg , American producer (d. 2019)
1934 –
Stanisław Grochowiak , Polish poet and dramatist (d. 1976)
1935 –
Shivabalayogi , Indian religious leader (d. 1994)
1936 –
Doug Kershaw , American fiddle player and singer
[22]
1937 –
Trevor Edwards , Welsh footballer
1938 –
Julius Hemphill , American saxophonist and composer (d. 1995)
1939 –
Renate Garisch-Culmberger , German shot putter (d. 2023)
1939 –
Ray Stevens , American singer-songwriter and actor
[26]
1940 –
Vito Acconci , American designer (d. 2017)
1940 –
Joachim Gauck , German pastor and politician, 11th
President of Germany
1941 –
Neil Diamond , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[27]
1941 –
Aaron Neville , American singer
[28]
1941 –
Dan Shechtman , Israeli chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1942 –
Ingo Friedrich , German Member of the European Parliament
1942 –
Gary Hart , American wrestler and manager (d. 2008)
1943 –
Barry Mealand , English footballer (d. 2013)
[29]
1943 –
Peter Struck , German lawyer and politician, 13th
German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
1943 –
Sharon Tate , American model and actress (d. 1969)
[22]
1943 –
Tony Trimmer , English race car driver
1943 –
Manuel Velázquez , Spanish footballer (d. 2016)
1944 –
David Gerrold , American science fiction screenwriter and author
1944 –
Gian-Franco Kasper , Swiss ski official (d. 2021)
1945 –
John Garamendi , American football player and politician, 1st
United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
1945 –
Subhash Ghai , Indian director, producer and screenwriter
1945 –
Eva Janko , Austrian javelin thrower
1946 –
Michael Ontkean , Canadian actor
[28]
1947 –
Giorgio Chinaglia , Italian footballer (d. 2012)
1947 –
Michio Kaku , American physicist and academic
1947 –
Masashi Ozaki , Japanese baseball player and golfer
1947 –
Warren Zevon , American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1948 –
Michael Des Barres , the 26th Marquis Des Barres, English musician, actor, and DJ
[30]
1949 –
John Belushi , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)
[22]
1949 –
Bart Gordon , American lawyer
1949 –
Nadezhda Ilyina , Russian athlete and mother of Russian tennis player
Nadia Petrova (d. 2013)
1949 –
Rihoko Yoshida , Japanese voice actress
1950 –
Daniel Auteuil , French actor, director, and screenwriter
[31]
1951 –
Yakov Smirnoff , Ukrainian-American comedian and actor
[28]
1953 –
Yuri Bashmet , Russian violinist, viola player, and conductor
1953 –
Moon Jae-in , South Korean politician, 19th
President of South Korea
1954 –
Jo Gartner , Austrian race car driver (d. 1986)
1955 –
Jim Montgomery , American swimmer
1955 –
Alan Sokal , American physicist and author
1955 –
Lynda Weinman , American businesswoman and author
1956 –
Agus Martowardojo , governor of
Bank Indonesia
1957 –
Mark Eaton , American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2021)
1957 –
Ade Edmondson , English comedian and musician
1958 –
Kim Eui-kon , Korean wrestler (d. 2014)
1958 –
Jools Holland , English singer-songwriter and pianist
[28]
1958 –
Frank Ullrich , German biathlete
[32]
1959 –
Akira Maeda , Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
1959 –
Michel Preud'homme , Belgian footballer and manager
1960 –
Jack Neo , Singaporean filmmaker, director and actor
[33]
1961 –
Jorge Barrios , Uruguayan footballer
1961 –
Guido Buchwald , German footballer and manager
1961 –
Christa Kinshofer , German ski racer
1961 –
Nastassja Kinski , German-American actress and producer
[34]
1961 –
William Van Dijck , Belgian runner
1963 –
Arnold Vanderlyde , Dutch boxer
1965 –
Mike Awesome , American wrestler (d. 2007)
[35]
1965 –
Carlos Saldanha , Brazilian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 –
Margaret Urlich , New Zealand singer-songwriter (d. 2022)
1965 –
Pagonis Vakalopoulos , Greek footballer and manager
1966 –
Julie Dreyfus , French actress
1966 –
Karin Viard , French actress
1967 –
Michael Kiske , German singer
1967 –
Phil LaMarr , American actor and comedian
[28]
1968 –
Fernando Escartín , Spanish cyclist
1968 –
Tymerlan Huseynov , Ukrainian footballer
1968 –
Antony Garrett Lisi , American theoretical physicist
1968 –
Mary Lou Retton , American gymnast
[36]
1969 –
Yoo Ho-jeong , South Korean actress
1969 –
Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva , Brazilian religious leader,
Bishop of Montenegro
1970 –
Roberto Bonano , Argentine footballer
1970 –
Luke Egan , Australian surfer
[37]
1970 –
Neil Johnson , Zimbabwean cricketer
1970 –
Matthew Lillard , American actor
[28]
1971 –
José Carlos Fernandez , Bolivian footballer
1972 –
Beth Hart , American singer-songwriter and musician
[28]
1974 –
Cyril Despres , French rally racer
1974 –
Ed Helms , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
[28]
1974 –
Melissa Tkautz , Australian actress and singer
1974 –
Rokia Traoré , Malian singer
1975 –
Gianluca Basile , Italian former professional basketball player
1975 –
Rónald Gómez , Costa Rican footballer and manager
1975 –
Reto Hug , Swiss triathlete
1975 –
Henna Raita , Finnish alpine skier
1976 –
Shae-Lynn Bourne , Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
1976 –
Cindy Pieters , Belgian cyclist
1977 –
Andrija Gerić , Serbian volleyball player
1977 –
Michelle Hunziker , Swiss-Dutch actress, model and singer
1978 –
Veerle Baetens , Belgian actress and singer
1978 –
Mark Hildreth , Canadian actor and musician
1978 –
Kristen Schaal , American actress, voice artist, comedian and writer
[22]
1979 –
Tatyana Ali , American actress and singer
[28]
1979 –
Leandro Desábato , Argentinian footballer
1979 –
Busy Signal , Jamaican dancehall reggae artist
1979 –
Nik Wallenda , American acrobat
1980 –
Jofre Mateu , Spanish footballer
1980 –
Suzy , Portuguese singer
1981 –
Carrie Coon , American actress
[28]
1981 –
Mario Eggimann , Swiss footballer
1981 –
Zaur Hashimov , Azerbaijani footballer and manager
1981 –
Elena Kolomina , Kazakhstani cross country skier
1982 –
Céline Deville , French footballer
1982 –
Daveed Diggs , American actor, rapper and singer
[28]
1982 –
Claudia Heill , Austrian judoka (d. 2011)
1982 –
Aitor Hernández , Spanish racing cyclist
1983 –
Davide Biondini , Italian footballer
1983 –
Wyatt Crockett , New Zealand rugby player
1983 –
Evgeny Drattsev , Russian swimmer
1983 –
Craig Horner , Australian actor and musician
1983 –
Shaun Maloney , Scottish footballer
1983 –
Scott Speed , American race car driver
1984 –
Justin Baldoni , American actor, director, and producer
[28]
1984 –
Emerse Faé , French-Ivorian footballer
1984 –
Yotam Halperin , Israeli basketball player
1984 –
Jung Jin-sun , South Korean fencer
1984 –
Scott Kazmir , American baseball player
1984 –
Paulo Sérgio , Portuguese footballer
1985 –
Fabiana Claudino , Brazilian volleyball player
1985 –
Trey Gilder , American basketball player
1986 –
Cristiano Araújo , Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1986 –
Mischa Barton , English-American actress
[28]
1986 –
Tyler Flowers , American baseball player
[38]
1986 –
Vladislav Ivanov , Russian footballer
1986 –
Michael Kightly , English footballer
1986 –
Sean McVay , American football coach
[39]
1986 –
Mohammad Bagheri Motamed , Iranian taekwondo practitioner
1986 –
Ricky Ullman , Israeli-American actor
1987 –
Brian Cushing , American football player
[40]
1987 –
Wayne Hennessey , Welsh footballer
1987 –
Luis Suárez , Uruguayan footballer
1987 –
Davide Valsecchi , Italian racing driver
1987 –
Kia Vaughn , American-Czech basketball player
[41]
1987 –
Guan Xin , Chinese basketball player
1988 –
Selina Jörg , German snowboarder
1988 –
DaJuan Summers , American basketball player
[42]
1989 –
Serdar Kesimal , Turkish footballer
1989 –
Gong Lijiao , Chinese shot putter
1989 –
Whit Merrifield , American baseball player
[43]
1989 –
José Quintana , Colombian baseball player
[44]
1989 –
Ki Sung-yueng , South Korean footballer
[45]
1990 –
Mao Abe , Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1991 –
Zhan Beleniuk , Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
1991 –
Tatiana Kashirina , Russian weightlifter
1991 –
Zack Kassian , Canadian ice hockey player
[46]
1991 –
Zé Luís , Cape Verdean footballer
1991 –
Li Xuerui , Chinese badminton player
1992 –
Phiwa Nkambule , South African entrepreneur
1992 –
Felitciano Zschusschen , Curaçao footballer
1994 –
Tommie Hoban , English footballer
1995 –
Dylan Everett , Canadian actor
1997 –
Nirei Fukuzumi , Japanese racer
1999 –
Vitalie Damașcan , Moldovan footballer
1999 –
Tristan Wirfs , American football player
[47]
2003 –
Johnny Orlando , Canadian singer and songwriter
[48]
2012 –
Princess Athena of Denmark
[49]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1626 –
Samuel Argall , English captain and politician,
Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)
1639 –
Jörg Jenatsch , Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596)
1666 –
Johann Andreas Herbst , German composer and theorist (b. 1588)
1709 –
George Rooke , English admiral and politician (b. 1650)
1877 –
Johann Christian Poggendorff , German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
1881 –
James Collinson , English painter (b. 1825)
1883 –
Friedrich von Flotow , German composer (b. 1812)
[50]
1895 –
Lord Randolph Churchill , English lawyer and politician,
Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
[51]
1901–present
1920 –
Percy French , Irish songwriter, entertainer and artist (b. 1854)
[52]
1920 –
Amedeo Modigliani , Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
1939 –
Maximilian Bircher-Benner , Swiss physician, created
Muesli (b. 1867)
1943 –
John Burns , English trade union leader and politician,
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
1960 –
Edwin Fischer , Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
[53]
1961 –
Alfred Carlton Gilbert , American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the
A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
1962 –
André Lhote , French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)
1962 –
Stanley Lord , English naval captain (b. 1877)
1962 –
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar , Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)
1965 –
Winston Churchill , English statesman, soldier, and writer,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
1966 –
Homi J. Bhabha , Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)
1970 –
Caresse Crosby , American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the
Black Sun Press (b. 1891)
1971 –
Bill W. , American activist, co-founder of
Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
1973 –
J. Carrol Naish , American actor (b. 1896)
1975 –
Larry Fine , American comedian (b. 1902)
1982 –
Alfredo Ovando Candía , Bolivian general and politician, 56th
President of Bolivia (b. 1918)
1983 –
George Cukor , American director and producer (b. 1899)
1986 –
L. Ron Hubbard , American religious leader and author, founded the
Church of Scientology (b. 1911)
[54]
1986 –
Gordon MacRae , American actor and singer (b. 1921)
1988 –
Werner Fenchel , German-Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
1989 –
Ted Bundy , American serial killer (b. 1946)
1990 –
Madge Bellamy , American actress (b. 1899)
1991 –
Jack Schaefer , American journalist and author (b. 1907)
1992 –
Ken Darby , American composer and conductor (b. 1909)
1993 –
Gustav Ernesaks , Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
1993 –
Thurgood Marshall , American lawyer and jurist, 32nd
United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)
1993 –
Uğur Mumcu , Turkish investigative journalist (b. 1942)
[55]
[56]
2001 –
Gaffar Okkan , Turkish police chief (b. 1952)
[57]
[58]
2002 –
Elie Hobeika , Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)
2003 –
Gianni Agnelli , Italian businessman (b. 1921)
2004 –
Leônidas , Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
2006 –
Schafik Handal , Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
2007 –
Krystyna Feldman , Polish actress (b. 1916)
2007 –
İsmail Cem İpekçi , Turkish journalist and politician, 45th
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)
2007 –
Guadalupe Larriva , Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956)
2007 –
Emiliano Mercado del Toro , Puerto Rican-American soldier (b. 1891)
2008 –
Usha Narayanan , Burmese-born
First Lady of India (b. 1922)
[59]
2010 –
Pernell Roberts , American actor (b. 1928)
2011 –
Bernd Eichinger , German director and producer (b. 1949)
2014 –
Shulamit Aloni , Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th
Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1928)
2014 –
Rafael Pineda Ponce , Honduran academic and politician (b. 1930)
2015 –
Otto Carius , German lieutenant and pharmacist (b. 1922)
2016 –
Fredrik Barth , German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (b. 1928)
2016 –
Marvin Minsky , American computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)
[60]
2016 –
Henry Worsley , English colonel and explorer (b. 1960)
2017 –
Butch Trucks , American drummer (b. 1947)
[61]
2018 –
Mark E. Smith , British singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
2019 –
Rosemary Bryant Mariner , American United States Naval Aviator (b. 1953)
[62]
Holidays and observances
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