Events

2020

Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.

2016

Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

2015

Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon.

2012

Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.

2010

An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.

2007

Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught), one of the brightest comets ever observed is at its zenith visible during the day.

2006

A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.

2005

Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.

2004

The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.

2001

Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.

1998

Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.

1997

Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-81 to the Russian space station Mir, carrying astronaut Jerry M. Linenger for a four-month stay on board the station, replacing astronaut John E. Blaha.

1991

Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

1990

A seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan, during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city.

1986

Space Shuttle program: Congressman and future NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist.

1976

The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).

1971

The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.

1970

Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.

1969

The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.

1967

Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.

1966

Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.

1964

Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.

1962

Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.

1955

A Martin 2-0-2 and Douglas DC-3 collide over Boone County, Kentucky, killing 15 people.

1945

World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive.

1942

World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.

1933

Casas Viejas incident: 22 peasants killed by the Security and Assault Corps in Casas Viejas, Spain.

1932

Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.

1918

The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.

1916

Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.

1915

The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.

1911

The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.

1895

The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.

1872

Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.

1866

The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.

1848

The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

1808

John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture.

1808

The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.

1792

Federalist Thomas Pinckney appointed first U.S. minister to Britain.

1616

The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.

1554

Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma.

1528

Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523.

475

Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.

Holidays

Christian feast day: Aelred of Rievaulx

Christian feast day: Benedict Biscop

Christian feast day: Bernard of Corleone

Christian feast day: Marguerite Bourgeoys

Christian feast day: Tatiana

Christian feast day: January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)

National Youth Day (India)

Prosecutor General's Day (Russia)

Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania)

Yennayer (Algeria)

Births

2002

Eva Lys, German tennis player

2001

Sam LaPorta, American football player

2000

Sven Botman, Dutch footballer

1999

Xavier Tillman, American basketball player

1999

Tyler Roberts, Welsh footballer

1998

Juan Foyth, Argentinian footballer

1997

Darius Slayton, American football player

1996

Ella Henderson, English singer and songwriter

1995

Allisha Gray, American basketball player

1995

Mike McGlinchey, American football player

1994

Emre Can, German footballer

1993

Jamel Artis, American basketball player

1993

D.O., South Korean singer

1993

Zayn Malik, English singer

1993

Simone Pecorini, Italian footballer

1992

Ishak Belfodil, Algerian footballer

1992

Samuele Longo, Italian footballer

1991

Pixie Lott, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

1991

Raquel Rodriguez, American wrestler

1991

Matt Srama, Australian rugby league player

1991

Alex Wood, American baseball player

1989

Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer

1989

Axel Witsel, Belgian footballer

1988

Claude Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player

1988

Hyun-soo Kim, South Korean baseball player

1987

Iván Nova, Dominican baseball player

1987

Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (d. 2020)

1987

Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer

1986

Kehoma Brenner, German rugby player

1986

Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer

1986

Dani Osvaldo, Italian-Argentinian footballer

1985

Cynthia Addai-Robinson, English-American actress

1985

Artem Milevskyi, Ukrainian footballer

1985

Issa Rae, American actress, writer, director, producer and web series creator

1985

Borja Valero, Spanish footballer

1984

Jonathan Zydko, French footballer

1982

Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player

1982

Chris Ray, American baseball player

1982

Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete

1982

Dean Whitehead, English footballer

1982

Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player

1981

Niklas Kronwall, Swedish ice hockey player

1981

Angus Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player

1981

João Paulo, Brazilian footballer

1981

Luis Ernesto Pérez, Mexican footballer and manager

1980

Amerie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and writer

1980

Bobby Crosby, American baseball player

1979

Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model

1979

Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player

1979

Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer

1979

David Zabriskie, American cyclist

1978

Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball player

1978

Jeremy Camp, American singer-songwriter and musician

1978

Maurizio Zaffiri, Italian rugby player

1977

Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player (d. 2023)

1975

Jason Freese, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer

1975

Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1974

Melanie C, English singer-songwriter and actress

1974

Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian skier

1973

Brian Culbertson, American pianist and producer

1973

Hande Yener, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1972

Priyanka Gandhi, Indian politician

1972

Zabryna Guevara, American actress

1972

Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player and coach

1972

Paul Wilson, Australian cricketer and umpire

1972

Toto Wolff, Austrian investor

1971

Arman Alizad, Iranian-Finnish tailor and television presenter

1971

Scott Burrell, American basketball player and coach

1971

Peter Madsen, Danish engineer, entrepreneur, and convicted murderer

1970

Zack de la Rocha, American singer-songwriter

1970

Raekwon, American rapper

1969

David Mitchell, English novelist

1969

Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and producer

1968

Farrah Forke, American actress (d. 2022)

1968

Rachael Harris, American actress and comedian

1968

Junichi Masuda, Japanese director, producer, and composer

1968

Heather Mills, English businesswoman, activist and model

1968

Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer

1967

Vendela Kirsebom, Norwegian-Swedish model and actress

1966

Olivier Martinez, French actor

1966

Craig Parry, Australian golfer

1965

Nikolai Borschevsky, Russian ice hockey player

1965

Rob Zombie, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director

1964

Jeff Bezos, American computer scientist and businessman

1963

François Girard, Canadian director and screenwriter

1963

Nando Reis, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1962

Joe Quesada, American author and illustrator

1962

Richie Richardson, Antiguan cricketer

1962

Luna Vachon, American-Canadian wrestler and manager (d. 2010)

1961

Simon Russell Beale, Malaysia-born English actor and historian

1960

Oliver Platt, Canadian-American actor

1960

Dominique Wilkins, French-American basketball player

1959

B. Brian Blair, American wrestler and politician

1959

Per Gessle, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1959

Sergey Ivanenko, Russian economist and politician (d. 2024)

1958

Christiane Amanpour, English-Iranian journalist

1958

Curt Fraser, American-Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1957

John Lasseter, American animator, director, and producer

1957

Jeremy Sams, English director, playwright, and composer

1956

Nikolai Noskov, Russian rock singer and singer-songwriter

1955

Tom Ardolino, American rock drummer (d. 2012)

1955

Arif Yunusov, Azerbaijani author, historian, and human rights activist.

1954

Howard Stern, American radio host, actor, and author

1953

Mary Harron, Canadian director and screenwriter

1952

Ramón Fagoaga, Salvadoran footballer

1952

Walter Mosley, American novelist

1952

Phil Perry, American singer-songwriter and producer

1952

Campy Russell, American basketball player

1952

Ricky Van Shelton, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist

1952

John Walker, New Zealand runner and politician

1951

Kirstie Alley, American actress and producer (d. 2022)

1951

Chris Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1978)

1951

Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author (d. 2021)

1951

Drew Pearson, American football player and sportscaster

1950

Randy Jones, American baseball player

1950

Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2024)

1950

Göran Lindblad, Swedish dentist and politician

1950

Bob McEwen, American businessman and politician

1950

Dorrit Moussaieff, Israeli-Icelandic jewelry designer and businesswoman, 5th First Lady of Iceland

1949

Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 2007)

1949

Ottmar Hitzfeld, German footballer and manager

1949

Hamadi Jebali, Tunisian engineer, journalist, and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Tunisia

1949

Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and essayist

1948

Kenny Allen, English footballer

1948

Anthony Andrews, English actor and producer

1948

Gordon Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 34th Premier of British Columbia

1948

Brendan Foster, English runner and sportscaster

1948

William Nicholson, English author and screenwriter

1947

Richard Carwardine, English historian and academic

1947

Tom Dempsey, American football player and educator (d. 2020)

1947

Sally Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee, English politician

1946

Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, Scottish lawyer and judge

1946

George Duke, American keyboard player, composer, and educator (d. 2013)

1945

Maggie Bell, Scottish singer-songwriter

1944

Hans Henning Atrott, German author and theorist (d. 2018)

1944

Joe Frazier, American boxer (d. 2011)

1944

Cynthia Robinson, American R&B trumpet player and singer (d. 2015)

1942

Bernardine Dohrn, American domestic terrorist, political activist and academic

1941

Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (d. 2005)

1941

Fiona Caldicott, English psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 2021)

1941

Chet Jastremski, American swimmer and physician (d. 2014)

1940

Bob Hewitt, Australian-South African tennis player

1940

Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (d. 2013)

1940

Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2007)

1938

Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and politician (d. 2013)

1938

Alan Rees, British racing driver (d. 2024)

1937

Shirley Eaton, English actress

1936

Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, English police officer and politician

1936

Raimonds Pauls, Latvian pianist and composer

1936

Brajanath Ratha, Indian poet and activist (d. 2014)

1936

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (d. 2016)

1935

Teresa del Conde, Mexican historian and critic (d. 2017)

1935

Kreskin, American mentalist (d. 2024)

1934

Alan Sharp, Scottish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1934

Mick Sullivan, English rugby player and coach (d. 2016)

1933

Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright (d. 2013)

1932

Des O'Connor, English entertainer, singer and TV presenter (d. 2020)

1930

Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, founded Tim Hortons (d. 1974)

1930

Jennifer Johnston, Irish author and playwright

1930

Glenn Yarbrough, American singer and actor (d. 2016)

1929

Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and logician (d. 2015)

1929

Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher and academic

1928

Ruth Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2006)

1926

Morton Feldman, American composer and academic (d. 1987)

1926

Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

1925

Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor (d. 1990)

1924

Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver and businessman (d. 1998)

1923

Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima (d. 1955)

1922

Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian (d. 1994)

1920

James Farmer, American activist and politician, co-founded Congress of Racial Equality (d. 1999)

1920

Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-Australian sociologist and academic (d. 2009)

1917

Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007)

1917

Jimmy Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)

1916

Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and inventor (d. 2013)

1916

P. W. Botha, South African politician, 8th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 2006)

1916

Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, British poet and Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2018)

1915

Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)

1915

Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Canadian archbishop and academic (d. 2013)

1914

Mieko Kamiya, Japanese psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1979)

1912

Richard Kuremaa, Estonian footballer (d. 1991)

1910

Patsy Kelly, American actress and comedian (d. 1981)

1910

Luise Rainer, German-English actress (d. 2014)

1908

Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)

1908

Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988)

1907

Sergei Korolev, Russian colonel and engineer (d. 1966)

1906

Emmanuel Levinas, Lithuanian-French historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1995)

1905

Nihal Atsız, Turkish author, poet, and philosopher (d. 1975)

1905

James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist and academic (d. 1997)

1905

Tex Ritter, American actor and singer (d. 1974)

1904

Mississippi Fred McDowell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972)

1903

Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960)

1903

Andrew J. Transue, American politician and attorney (Morissette v. United States) (d. 1995)

1901

Karl Künstler, German SS officer (d. 1945)

1899

Pierre Bernac, French opera singer and educator (d. 1979)

1899

Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)

1896

Uberto De Morpurgo, Italian tennis player (d. 1961)

1896

David Wechsler, Romanian-American psychologist and author (d. 1981)

1895

Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1959)

1894

Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (d. 1975)

1893

Hermann Göring, German commander, pilot, and politician, Minister President of Prussia (d. 1946)

1893

Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian-German architect and politician, Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories (d. 1946)

1892

Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (d. 1976)

1890

Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician (d. 1946)

1889

Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader (d. 1965)

1885

Thomas Ashe, Irish Republican died while on Hunger Strike (d. 1917)

1884

Texas Guinan, American entertainer and bootlegger (d. 1933)

1882

Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1930)

1879

Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (d. 1968)

1879

Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (d. 1942)

1878

Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian-American author and playwright (d. 1952)

1877

Frank J. Corr, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1934)

1876

Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government (d. 1950)

1876

Jack London, American novelist and journalist (d. 1916)

1876

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (d. 1948)

1874

Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (d. 1963)

1873

Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (d. 1940)

1869

Bhagwan Das, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1958)

1863

Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk and philosopher (d. 1902)

1856

John Singer Sargent, American painter and academic (d. 1925)

1853

Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (d. 1925)

1849

Jean Béraud, Russian-French painter and academic (d. 1935)

1837

Adolf Jensen, German pianist and composer (d. 1879)

1822

Étienne Lenoir, Belgian engineer, designed the internal combustion engine (d. 1900)

1799

Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist (d. 1872)

1797

Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (d. 1873)

1792

Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1841)

1786

Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1855)

1772

Mikhail Speransky, Russian academic and politician (d. 1839)

1751

Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)

1746

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss philosopher and educator (d. 1827)

1729

Edmund Burke, Irish philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1797)

1724

Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (d. 1789)

1723

Samuel Langdon, American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1797)

1721

Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prussian field marshal (d. 1792)

1716

Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general and politician, 1st Spanish Governor of Louisiana (d. 1795)

1715

Jacques Duphly, French organist and composer (d. 1789)

1711

Gaetano Latilla, Italian composer (d. 1788)

1694

Godscall Paleologue, possibly last member of the Palaiologos dynasty (d. ????)

1673

Rosalba Carriera, Italian painter (d. 1757)

1628

Charles Perrault, French author and academic (d. 1703)

1598

Jijabai Shahaji Bhosale, mother of Indian king Shivaji (d. 1674)

1597

François Duquesnoy, Flemish sculptor and educator (d. 1643)

1591

Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)

1588

John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1649)

1577

Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist and physician (d. 1644)

1576

Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (d. 1660)

1562

Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630)

1483

Henry III of Nassau-Breda (d. 1538)

Deaths

2023

Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1968)

2023

Sharad Yadav, Indian politician, 30th Minister of Civil Aviation, 29th Labour Minister (b. 1947)

2022

Ronnie Spector, American singer (b. 1943)

2020

Sir Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer (b. 1944)

2018

Keith Jackson, American sports commentator and journalist (b. 1928)

2017

William Peter Blatty, American writer and filmmaker (b. 1928)

2017

Graham Taylor, English football player and manager (b. 1944)

2015

Trevor Colbourn, American historian and academic (b. 1927)

2015

Robert Gover, American journalist and author (b. 1929)

2015

Carl Long, American baseball player (b. 1935)

2015

Elena Obraztsova, Russian soprano and actress (b. 1939)

2015

Inge Vermeulen, Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (b. 1985)

2014

Alexandra Bastedo, English actress (b. 1946)

2014

Connie Binsfeld, American educator and politician, 58th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (b. 1924)

2014

George Dement, American soldier, businessman, and politician (b. 1922)

2013

Precious Bryant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)

2013

Flor María Chalbaud, First Lady of Venezuela (b. 1921)

2013

Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (b. 1923)

2012

Bjørn G. Andersen, Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1924)

2012

Glenda Dickerson, American director, choreographer, and educator (b. 1945)

2012

Bill Janklow, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1939)

2012

Charles H. Price II, American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1931)

2012

Jim Stanley, American football player and coach (b. 1935)

2010

Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (b. 1946)

2010

Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920)

2009

Claude Berri, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)

2008

Max Beck, American intersex advocate (b. 1966)

2007

Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer (b. 1937)

2007

James Killen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1925)

2006

Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo Native American painter (b. 1918)

2005

Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)

2004

Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)

2003

Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (b. 1912)

2003

Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)

2003

Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (b. 1926)

2003

Maurice Gibb, Manx-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1949)

2003

Alan Nunn May, English physicist and spy (b. 1911)

2002

Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917)

2001

Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922)

2001

William Redington Hewlett, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1913)

2000

Marc Davis, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1913)

2000

Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)

1999

Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1961)

1998

Roger Clark, English racing driver (b. 1939)

1997

Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (b. 1936)

1997

Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

1996

Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician and academic (b. 1926)

1994

Gustav Naan, Estonian physicist and philosopher (b. 1919)

1992

Kumar Gandharva, a Hindustani classical singer (b. 1924)

1991

Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and diplomat (b. 1911)

1990

Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American author and educator (b. 1919)

1988

Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)

1988

Piero Taruffi, Italian racing driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)

1983

Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1903)

1977

Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)

1976

Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1890)

1974

Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)

1973

Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (b. 1896)

1971

John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885)

1967

Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (b. 1887)

1965

Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)

1962

Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)

1960

Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)

1958

Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)

1944

Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)

1943

Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)

1940

Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)

1940

Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)

1938

Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)

1934

Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)

1926

Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)

1921

Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)

1916

Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)

1911

Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)

1909

Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)

1899

Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)

1892

James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1820)

1892

William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)

1861

Václav Hanka, Czech philologist and author (b. 1791)

1856

Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (b. 1815)

1834

William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)

1833

Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)

1829

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)

1781

Richard Challoner, English bishop (b. 1691)

1778

François Bigot, French politician (b. 1703)

1777

Hugh Mercer, Scottish-American general and physician (b. 1726)

1765

Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (b. 1696)

1759

Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)

1735

John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)

1732

John Horsley, English-Scottish historian and author (b. 1685)

1720

William Ashhurst, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1647)

1700

Marguerite Bourgeoys, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (b. 1620)

1674

Giacomo Carissimi, Italian priest and composer (b. 1605)

1665

Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (b. 1601)

1519

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459)

1405

Eleanor Maltravers, English noblewoman (b. 1345)

1322

Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (b. 1254)

1320

John Dalderby, bishop of Lincoln

1167

Aelred of Rievaulx, English monk and saint (b. 1110)

1140

Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia

947

Sang Weihan, Chinese chief of staff (b. 898)

914

Ahmad Samani, Samanid emir

690

Benedict Biscop, English scholar and saint, founded the Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey (b. 628)