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• 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
• 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
• 1127 – Jin–Song wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin Dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song Dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong and others, ending the Northern Song Dynasty.
• 1150 – Prince Hailing of Jin and other court officials murder Emperor Xizong of Jin. Hailing succeeds him as emperor.
• 1349 – The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
• 1431 – Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.
• 1760 – Afghans defeat Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
• 1788 – Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.
• 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
• 1799 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1806 – Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.
• 1816 – Sir Humphry Davy tests his safety lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.
• 1822 – The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process.
• 1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
• 1857 – The Fort Tejon earthquake strikes California, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9.
• 1858 – Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
• 1861 – American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War".
• 1861 – Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• 1863 – American Civil War: the Battle of Fort Hindman begins in Arkansas.
• 1878 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• 1880 – The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high winds and heavy snow.
• 1894 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
• 1903 – Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
• 1909 – Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
• 1914 – Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University, is founded.
• 1916 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• 1917 – World War I: the Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
• 1918 – Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
• 1921 – Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
• 1923 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
• 1923 – Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
• 1927 – A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
• 1938 – Paul of Greece marries Frederica of Hanover in Athens.
• 1941 – World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
• 1941 – World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.
• 1945 – World War II: The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.
• 1947 – Elizabeth "Betty" Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive.
• 1957 – British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
• 1960 – President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
• 1964 – Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag on the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
• 1965 – The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• 1991 – Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
• 1992 – The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
• 1996 – First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
• 2004 – An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula while on the way to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28.
• 2005 – Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to replace Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority. He replaces interim president Rawhi Fattouh.
• 2005 – The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
• 2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone.
• 2011 – Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 77 people.
• 2013 – A SeaStreak ferry traveling to lower Manhattan, New York City, crashes into the dock, injuring 85 people.
• 2014 – An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.

Births[edit]

• 727 – Dai Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 779)
• 1475 – Crinitus, Italian scholar (d. 1507)
• 1554 – Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
• 1571 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, French commander (d. 1621)
• 1622 – Empress Meishō of Japan (d. 1696)
• 1674 – Reinhard Keiser, German composer (d. 1739)
• 1685 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist (d. 1766)
• 1728 – Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790)
• 1735 – John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral (d. 1823)
• 1745 – Caleb Strong, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1819)
• 1753 – Luísa Todi, Portuguese soprano (d. 1833)
• 1773 – Cassandra Austen, English painter (d. 1845)
• 1811 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English journalist and author (d. 1856)
• 1818 – Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (d. 1881)
• 1819 – James Francis, Australian politician, 9th Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)
• 1822 – Carol Benesch, Czech-Romanian architect, designed the Peleș Castle (d. 1896)
• 1823 – Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon (d. 1908)
• 1829 – Thomas William Robertson, English playwright (d. 1871)
• 1829 – Adolf Schlagintweit, German botanist and explorer (d. 1857)
• 1832 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1900)
• 1839 – John Knowles Paine, American composer (d. 1906)
• 1848 – Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)
• 1849 – John Hartley, English tennis player (d. 1935)
• 1854 – Lady Randolph Churchill, American-English wife of Lord Randolph Churchill (d. 1921)
• 1856 – Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912)
• 1859 – Carrie Chapman Catt, American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women (d. 1947)
• 1864 – Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1926)
• 1868 – S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
• 1870 – Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge (d. 1938)
• 1873 – Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian poet (d. 1934)
• 1873 – Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
• 1873 – John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1938)
• 1873 – Harry Spanjer, American boxer (d. 1958)
• 1875 – Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (d. 1942)
• 1876 – Arthur Darby, English rugby player (d. 1960)
• 1879 – John Broadus Watson, American psychologist (d. 1958)
• 1881 – Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic (d. 1938)
• 1881 – Edouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (d. 1904)
• 1881 – Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1956)
• 1885 – Charles Bacon, American athlete (d. 1968)
• 1886 – Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer (d. 1943)
• 1889 – Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (d. 1969)
• 1890 – Karel Čapek, Czech author (d. 1938)
• 1890 – Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist (d. 1935)
• 1891 – August Gailit, Estonian author (d. 1960)
• 1892 – Eva Bowring, American politician (d. 1985)
• 1896 – Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor (d. 1971)
• 1897 – Karl Löwith, German philosopher (d. 1973)
• 1898 – Wally Baker, American super-centenarian (d. 2009)
• 1898 – Gracie Fields, English-Italian actress and singer (d. 1979)
• 1899 – Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter (d. 1942)
• 1900 – Richard Halliburton, American adventurer and author (d. 1939)
• 1901 – Vilma Bánky, Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
• 1901 – Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
• 1902 – Rudolf Bing, Austrian-English opera manager (d. 1997)
• 1902 – Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (d. 1975)
• 1907 – Eldred G. Smith, American patriarch (d. 2013)
• 1908 – Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986)
• 1909 – Anthony Mamo, Maltese politician, 1st President of Malta (d. 2008)
• 1909 – Herva Nelli, Italian-American soprano (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest (d. 1992)
• 1910 – Tom Evenson, English athlete (d. 1997)
• 1911 – Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress and dancer (d. 1970)
• 1912 – Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Richard Nixon, American politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
• 1914 – Kenny Clarke, American drummer and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 1985)
• 1915 – Fernando Lamas, Argentinian actor (d. 1982)
• 1915 – Anita Louise, American actress (d. 1970)
• 1916 – Vic Mizzy, American composer (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Alma Ziegler, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1919 – William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Chan Canasta, Polish-English magician (d. 1999)
• 1920 – Clive Dunn, English actor and singer (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Lister Sinclair, Indian-Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)
• 1921 – John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (d. 1984)
• 1923 – Suh Yun-bok, Korean long-distance runner
• 1924 – Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1925 – Pierre Jalbert, Canadian-American actor (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Len Quested, English footballer (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1926 – Jani Christou, Egyptian-Greek composer (d. 1970)
• 1926 – Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Sydney Lotterby, English director and producer
• 1927 – Sunderlal Bahuguna, Indian environmentalist
• 1928 – Judith Krantz, American author
• 1928 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (d. 1994)
• 1929 – Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director
• 1929 – Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (d. 1995)
• 1929 – Dorothea Puente, American murderer (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Tom Riley, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author (d. 2008)
• 1931 – Paul Mantee, American actor (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Robert García, American politician
• 1933 – Wilbur Smith, Zambian-English journalist and author
• 1934 – Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (d. 2008)
• 1934 – Bart Starr, American football player and coach
• 1935 – Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1935 – Dick Enberg, American sportscaster
• 1935 – Earl G. Graves, Sr., American businessman and publisher, founded Black Enterprise magazine
• 1935 – Brian Harradine, Australian politician (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Anne Rivers Siddons, American author
• 1936 – Marko Veselica, Croatian politician
• 1937 – Michael Nicholson, English journalist
• 1938 – Claudette Boyer, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Peter Edelman, American lawyer and educator
• 1938 – Stuart Woods, American author
• 1939 – Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
• 1939 – Rik Kemp, Australian cartoonist
• 1939 – Susannah York, English actress (d. 2011)
• 1940 – Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Al Downing, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2005)
• 1940 – Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss politician, 151st President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1941 – Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter and activist
• 1941 – Terry Hands, English director and producer
• 1941 – Gilles Vaillancourt, Canadian politician
• 1942 – K Callan, American actress
• 1942 – John Dunning, American author
• 1942 – Tony Harding, English illustrator (d. 2014)
• 1942 – Lee Kun-hee, South Korean businessman
• 1942 – Judy Malloy, American poet
• 1943 – Robert Drewe, Australian author
• 1943 – Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer
• 1943 – Scott Walker, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Walker Brothers)
• 1943 – Jerry Yester, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Modern Folk Quartet, The Lovin' Spoonful, and The New Christy Minstrels)
• 1944 – Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
• 1944 – Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Honeydrippers, The Firm, and XYZ)
• 1944 – Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter
• 1945 – John Doman, American actor
• 1945 – Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Syrian-Armenian politician, 1st President of Armenia
• 1946 – Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician
• 1947 – Ronnie Landfield, American painter
• 1948 – Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Cowsills) (d. 2006)
• 1948 – Cassie Gaines, American singer (The Honkettes) (d. 1977)
• 1950 – Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist
• 1950 – David Johansen, American singer-songwriter and actor (New York Dolls)
• 1950 – Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (Ton Steine Scherben) (d. 1996)
• 1951 – M. L. Carr, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 – Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1952 – Kaushik Basu, Indian economist
• 1952 – Hugh Bayley, English politician
• 1952 – Mike Capuano, American politician
• 1953 – Javad Alizadeh, Iranian cartoonist
• 1953 – Morris Gleitzman, English-Australian author
• 1953 – Shigeru So, Japanese long-distance runner
• 1953 – Takeshi So, Japanese long-distance runner
• 1954 – Philippa Gregory, English author
• 1955 – Michiko Kakutani, American critic
• 1955 – J. K. Simmons, American actor
• 1956 – Kimberly Beck, American actress
• 1956 – Lucyna Langer, Polish hurdler
• 1956 – Imelda Staunton, English actress
• 1956 – Mike Walczewski, American announcer
• 1957 – Bibie, Ghanaian singer
• 1957 – Yury Bandazhevsky, Belarusian scientist
• 1957 – Phil Lewis, American singer-songwriter (L.A. Guns, Girl, New Torpedos, and Tormé)
• 1958 – Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish murderer
• 1958 – Stephen Neale, English philosopher
• 1959 – Mark Martin, American race car driver
• 1959 – Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1959 – Otis Nixon, American baseball player
• 1961 – Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter and producer
• 1961 – Al Jean, American screenwriter and producer
• 1961 – Sandra Myers, American-Spanish sprinter
• 1963 – Michael Everson, American-Irish linguist
• 1963 – Irwin McLean, scientist
• 1964 – Stan Javier, Dominican baseball player
• 1965 – Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer
• 1965 – Darren Bennett, Australian-American football player
• 1965 – Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player
• 1965 – Iain Dowie, English-Irish footballer and manager
• 1965 – Eric Erlandson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Hole, RRIICCEE, and Rodney & the Tube Tops)
• 1965 – Farah Khan, Indian actress, director, and choreographer
• 1965 – Andrei Nazarov, Estonian decathlete and coach
• 1965 – Joely Richardson, English actress
• 1966 – Jan Johansen, Swedish singer
• 1966 – Stephen Metcalfe, English politician
• 1966 – Candi Milo, American voice actress and singer
• 1967 – Carl Bell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fuel)
• 1967 – Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
• 1967 – Steve Harwell, American singer-songwriter (Smash Mouth)
• 1967 – Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Dave Matthews Band and Dave Matthews & Friends)
• 1967 – Gary Teichmann, South African rugby player
• 1968 – Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer
• 1968 – Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
• 1968 – Catalina Saavedra, Chilean actress
• 1968 – Al Schnier, American guitarist (moe. and Al and the Transamericans)
• 1968 – Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer
• 1970 – Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer
• 1970 – Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboard player and songwriter (Rhapsody of Fire)
• 1970 – Mia X, American rapper
• 1971 – MF Doom, English-American rapper (Danger Doom, Madvillain, and KMD)
• 1971 – Angie Martinez, American rapper, actress, and radio host
• 1971 – Yusuke Naora, Japanese art director and producer
• 1971 – Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author
• 1971 – Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Sarah Beeny, English television host
• 1972 – Mat Hoffman, Professional BMX rider
• 1972 – Jay Powell, American baseball player
• 1972 – Rawson Stovall, American video game producer and author
• 1973 – Angela Bettis, American actress, director, and producer
• 1974 – Farhan Akhtar, Indian actor, singer, director, and producer
• 1975 – James Beckford, Jamaican long jumper
• 1975 – Kiko Calero, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1975 – Julia Lutrova, Russian tennis player
• 1975 – Mattias Olsson, Swedish drummer (Änglagård)
• 1976 – Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 – Hayes Carll, American singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Simon Gosejohann, German comedian and actor
• 1976 – Todd Grisham, American sportscaster
• 1976 – Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor
• 1977 – Viktors Dobrecovs, Latvian footballer
• 1977 – Beth Troutman, American television host
• 1978 – Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Chad Johnson, American football player
• 1978 – A. J. McLean, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Backstreet Boys)
• 1978 – Maggie Rizer, American model, actress, and activist
• 1979 – Athanassios Prittas, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Tomiko Van, Japanese singer and actress (Do As Infinity)
• 1980 – Edgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer
• 1980 – Sergio García, Spanish golfer
• 1981 – Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
• 1982 – Timmy Bowers, American basketball player
• 1982 – Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
• 1982 – Grétar Steinsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1983 – Marek Doronin, Estonian basketball player
• 1983 – Sharad Malhotra, Indian actor
• 1984 – Benjamin Danso, German rugby player
• 1985 – Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer
• 1986 – Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player
• 1987 – Sam Bird, English race car driver
• 1987 – Mao Inoue, Japanese actress
• 1987 – Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 – Jami Puustinen, Finnish footballer
• 1987 – Pablo Santos, Mexican-American actor (d. 2006)
• 1988 – Katherine Copely, American ice dancer
• 1988 – Marc Crosas, Spanish footballer
• 1989 – Michael Beasley, American basketball player
• 1989 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress
• 1989 – Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
• 1989 – Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete
• 1989 – Chris Sandow, Australian rugby player
• 1990 – Justin Blackmon, American football player
• 1990 – Oteng Oteng, Batswana boxer
• 1990 – Melissa Ricks, Filipino actress
• 1991 – 3LAU, American DJ and producer
• 1993 – Ashley Argota, American actress and singer
• 1993 – Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English athlete
• 1993 – Kevin Korjus, Estonian race car driver
• 1995 – Nicola Peltz, American actress

Deaths[edit]

• 1150 – Emperor Xizong of Jin (b. 1119)
• 1282 – Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Minorcan ruler (b. 1204)
• 1283 – Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (b. 1236)
• 1324 – Marco Polo, Italian merchant and explorer (b. 1254)
• 1499 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455)
• 1511 – Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek scholar and academic (b. 1423)
• 1514 – Anna, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1477)
• 1543 – Guillaume du Bellay, French general and diplomat (b. 1491)
• 1562 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)
• 1571 – Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French admiral (b. 1510)
• 1598 – Jasper Heywood, English poet and scholar (b. 1553)
• 1757 – Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (b. 1688)
• 1757 – Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author (b. 1657)
• 1766 – Thomas Birch, English historian (b. 1705)
• 1800 – Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
• 1805 – Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and politician (b. 1723)
• 1843 – William Hedley, English engineer (b. 1773)
• 1848 – Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1750)
• 1856 – Neophytus Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770)
• 1858 – Anson Jones, American politician, 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)
• 1873 – Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)
• 1876 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)
• 1877 – Alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)
• 1878 – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
• 1895 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American businessman (b. 1812)
• 1901 – Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
• 1908 – Wilhelm Busch, German painter (b. 1832)
• 1908 – Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
• 1910 – Nathaniel Moore, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1911 – Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer (b. 1853)
• 1911 – Edvard Rusjan, Slovene pilot (b. 1886)
• 1918 – Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (b. 1844)
• 1923 – Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand author (b. 1888)
• 1924 – Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylonese politician (b. 1853)
• 1927 – Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German author (b. 1855)
• 1930 – Edward Bok, Dutch-American author (b. 1863)
• 1931 – Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (b. 1896)
• 1936 – John Gilbert, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1939 – Johann Strauss III, Austrian conductor (b. 1866)
• 1941 – Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)
• 1945 – Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral (b. 1908)
• 1945 – Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1946 – Countee Cullen, American poet (b. 1903)
• 1947 – Karl Mannheim, German sociologist (b. 1893)
• 1958 – Dick Grant, Canadian runner (b. 1878)
• 1960 – Elsie J. Oxenham, English author (b. 1880)
• 1961 – Emily Greene Balch, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1971 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1972 – Ted Shawn, American dancer (b. 1891)
• 1975 – Pierre Fresnay, French actor (b. 1897)
• 1975 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
• 1979 – Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (b. 1891)
• 1981 – Cozy Cole, American drummer (b. 1909)
• 1981 – Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer (b. 1922)
• 1982 – Marya Zaturenska, American poet (b. 1902)
• 1984 – Wolfgang Staudte, German director (b. 1906)
• 1985 – Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)
• 1987 – Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1989 – Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
• 1990 – Spud Chandler, American baseball player (b. 1907)
• 1992 – Steve Brodie, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1992 – Bill Naughton, Irish-English playwright (b. 1910)
• 1993 – Paul Hasluck, Australian historian and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1905)
• 1994 – Johnny Temple, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 1995 – Souphanouvong, Laotian politician, 1st President of Laos (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Peter Cook, English comedian and actor (b. 1937)
• 1996 – Walter M. Miller, Jr., American author (b. 1923)
• 1997 – Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1909)
• 1997 – Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1998 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 1998 – Charito Solis, Filipino actress (b. 1935)
• 1998 – Imi Lichtenfeld, Slovakian-Israeli martial artist, founder of Krav Maga self-defense system (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer (b. 1915)
• 2000 – Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Maurice Prather, American photographer (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Will McDonough, American journalist (b. 1935)
• 2004 – Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher (b. 1909)
• 2005 – Gonzalo Gavira, Mexican sound technician (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
• 2006 – Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
• 2007 – Jean-Pierre Vernant, French anthropologist and historian (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (b. 1977)
• 2008 – John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and television host (b. 1924)
• 2009 – Rob Gauntlett, English explorer (b. 1987)
• 2009 – René Herms, German runner (b. 1982)
• 2009 – T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (b. 1914)
• 2010 – Vimcy, Indian journalist (b. 1925)
• 2011 – Makinti Napanangka, Australian painter (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Alex DeCroce, American politician (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican singer and politician (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, Swiss geologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2012 – Mae Laborde, American actress (b. 1909)
• 2012 – Salvador A. Rodolfo, Sr., Filipino soldier (b. 1919)
• 2012 – William G. Roll, German-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1947)
• 2012 – László Szekeres, Hungarian physician and academic (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Brigitte Askonas, Austrian-English immunologist and academic (b. 1923)
• 2013 – James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Sakine Cansız, Turkish activist (b. 1958)
• 2013 – Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Frank Esposito, American soldier and politician, 37th Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich, English politician (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Rizana Nafeek, Sri Lankan murderer (b. 1988)
• 2013 – Jean R. Preston, American educator and politician (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Robert L. Rock, American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (b. 1928)
• 2013 – John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Rynn Berry, American book author and historian of vegetarianism (b. 1945)
• 2014 – Roy Campbell, Jr., American trumpet player (b. 1952)
• 2014 – Cliff Carpenter, American actor (b. 1915)
• 2014 – Josep Maria Castellet, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Bill Conlin, American journalist (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Lorella De Luca, Italian actress and director (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (b. 1965)
• 2014 – Bryan Fairfax, Australian-English conductor (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Franklin McCain, American activist (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Marc Yor, French mathematician and economist (b. 1949)

Holidays and observances[edit]

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Adrian of Canterbury
  • Metropolitan Philip II of Moscow
  • Julia Chester Emery (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Feast of the Black Nazarene (Manila, Philippines)
• Martyrs' Day (Panama)
• Republic Day (Republika Srpska)
• First Agonalia (Roman Empire)
• Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (India)