January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 337 days remaining until the end of the year (338 in leap years ).
Events
1077 – Walk to Canossa : The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.
1393 – King Charles VI of France is nearly killed when several dancers' costumes catch fire during a masquerade ball .
1521 – The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25 .
1547 – Henry VIII dies. His nine-year-old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.
1573 – Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts .
1701 – The Chinese storm Dartsedo .
1724 – The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great , and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
1754 – Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann.
1760 – Pownal, Vermont is created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants .
1813 – Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1820 – A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.
1821 – Alexander Island is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
1846 – The Battle of Aliwal , India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith .
1851 – Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
1855 – A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway , runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
1871 – Franco-Prussian War : the Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
1878 – Yale Daily News becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States.
1887 – In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh , Montana , the world's largest snowflakes are reported, 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.
1896 – Walter Arnold of East Peckham , Kent becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding . He was fined one shilling , plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).
1902 – The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie .
1908 – Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco .
1909 – United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War .
1915 – An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
1917 – Municipally-owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco .
1918 – Finnish Civil War : Rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki , and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
1922 – Knickerbocker Storm , Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.
1932 – Japanese forces attack Shanghai .
1933 – The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by the Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
1934 – The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont .
1935 – Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion .
1938 – The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).
1941 – Franco-Thai War : Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
1945 – World War II : Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road .
1956 – Elvis Presley makes his first US television appearance
1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
1958 – The last episode of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show is broadcast.
1960 – The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
1964 – An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt , East Germany , by a Soviet MiG-19 .
1965 – The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament .
1977 – The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 which dumps 10 feet (3.0 m) of snow in one-day in Upstate New York , with Buffalo , Syracuse , Watertown , and surrounding areas most affected.
1979 – CBS News Sunday Morning debuts with original host and cocreator Charles Kuralt .
1979 – Pope John Paul II starts his first pastoral visit to Mexico.
1980 – USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
1981 – Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut .
1982 – US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades .
1984 – Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique , eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
1985 – Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World , to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief .
1986 – Space Shuttle program : STS-51-L mission – Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board.
1988 – In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws , effectively allowing abortions in Canada in all 9 months of pregnancy.
2002 – TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727 -100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92.
2006 – The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Chorzów /Katowice , Poland, collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
2010 – Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh are hung.
Births
1312 – Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)
1457 – Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
1540 – Ludolph van Ceulen , German-Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1610)
1578 – Cornelius Haga , Dutch diplomat (d. 1654)
1582 – John Barclay , French-Scottish poet and author (d. 1621)
1600 – Pope Clement IX (d. 1669)
1608 – Giovanni Alfonso Borelli , Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)
1611 – Johannes Hevelius , Polish astronomer and politician (d. 1687)
1622 – Adrien Auzout , French astronomer and instrument maker (d. 1691)
1693 – Gregor Werner , Austrian composer (d. 1766)
1701 – Charles Marie de La Condamine , French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
1706 – John Baskerville , English printer and typographer (d. 1775)
1712 – Tokugawa Ieshige , Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
1717 – Mustafa III , Ottoman sultan (d. 1774)
1719 – Johann Elias Schlegel , German poet and critic (d. 1749)
1755 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring , Polish-German physician, anthropologist, and paleontologist (d. 1830)
1784 – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen , Scottish politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860)
1818 – George S. Boutwell , American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
1822 – Alexander Mackenzie , Scottish-Canadian soldier, journalist, and politician; 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892)
1833 – Charles George Gordon , English general and politician (d. 1885)
1841 – Henry Morton Stanley , Welsh-American explorer and journalist (d. 1904)
1843 – Mihkel Veske , Estonian poet and linguist (d. 1890)
1853 – José Martí , Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (d. 1895)
1853 – Vladimir Solovyov , Russian philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1900)
1857 – William Seward Burroughs I , American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898)
1858 – Tannatt William Edgeworth David , Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (d. 1934)
1861 – Julián Felipe , Filipino composer and educator (d. 1944)
1863 – Ernest William Christmas , Australian-American painter (d. 1918)
1864 – Charles Williams Nash , American businessman, founded Nash Motors (d. 1948)
1864 – Herbert Akroyd Stuart , English engineer; invented the Hot bulb engine and Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine (d. 1927)
1865 – Lala Lajpat Rai , Indian author and politician (d. 1928)
1865 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg , Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (d. 1952)
1873 – Colette , French journalist and author (d. 1954)
1875 – Julián Carrillo , Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1965)
1880 – Herbert Strudwick , English cricketer and coach (d. 1970)
1884 – Auguste Piccard , Swiss physicist and explorer (d. 1962)
1885 – Vahan Terian , Armenian poet and activist (d. 1920)
1886 – Marthe Bibesco , Romanian-French author and poet (d. 1973)
1886 – Hidetsugu Yagi , Japanese engineer and academic (d. 1976)
1887 – Arthur Rubinstein , Polish-American pianist (d. 1982)
1890 – Robert Stroud , American ornithologist (d. 1963)
1891 – Bill Doak , American baseball player (d. 1954)
1892 – Ernst Lubitsch , German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1947)
1897 – Valentin Kataev , Russian author and playwright (d. 1986)
1899 – Elias Simojoki , Finnish priest and activist (d. 1940)
1900 – Alice Neel , American painter (d. 1984)
1903 – Aleksander Kamiński , Polish author and educator (d. 1978)
1904 – Canuplin , Filipino magician and actor (d. 1979)
1908 – Paul Misraki , Turkish-French composer and historian (d. 1998)
1909 – John Thomson , Scottish footballer (d. 1931)
1910 – John Banner , Austrian actor (d. 1973)
1910 – Arnold Moss , American actor (d. 1989)
1911 – Johan van Hulst , Dutch academic and politician
1912 – Jackson Pollock , American painter (d. 1956)
1913 – Maurice Gosfield , American actor (d. 1964)
1915 – Nien Cheng , Chinese-American author (d. 2009)
1918 – Harry Corbett , English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1918 – Trevor Skeet , New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
1919 – Gabby Gabreski , American colonel and pilot (d. 2002)
1921 – Vytautas Norkus , Lithuanian–American basketball player (d. 2014)
1922 – Anna Gordy Gaye , American songwriter and producer; co-founded Anna Records (d. 2014)
1922 – Robert W. Holley , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
1924 – Marcel Broodthaers , Belgian painter and poet (d. 1976)
1924 – George Papassavas , Greek-American painter
1925 – Scotty Bloch , American actress
1925 – Raja Ramanna , Indian physicist and politician (d. 2004)
1927 – Eşref Kolçak , Turkish actor
1927 – Per Oscarsson , Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1927 – Ronnie Scott , English saxophonist (The Jazz Couriers ) (d. 1996)
1927 – Hiroshi Teshigahara , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1927 – Vera Williams , American author and illustrator
1929 – Acker Bilk , English singer and clarinet player (d. 2014)
1929 – Nikolai Parshin , Russian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1929 – Claes Oldenburg , Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator
1930 – Jasraj , Indian singer
1930 – Kurt Biedenkopf , German academic and politician; 54th President of the German Bundesrat
1930 – Roy Clarke , English soldier and screenwriter
1932 – Daisy Voog , Estonian-German mountaineer and skier
1933 – Jack Hill , American director and screenwriter
1934 – Juan Manuel Bordeu , Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990)
1934 – Mitr Chaibancha , Thai actor and producer (d. 1970)
1935 – David Lodge , English author and critic
1935 – Nicholas Pryor , American actor
1936 – Alan Alda , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1936 – Bill Jordan, Baron Jordan , English economist and politician
1936 – Ismail Kadare , Albanian author and poet
1937 – Karel Čáslavský , Czech historian and television host (d. 2013)
1938 – Leonid Zhabotinsky , Ukrainian weightlifter
1939 – John M. Fabian , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1940 – Carlos Slim , Mexican businessman; founded Grupo Carso
1940 – Trebor Jay Tichenor , American pianist and composer (d. 2014)
1941 – Joel Crothers , American actor (d. 1985)
1941 – Cash McCall , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 – King Tubby , Jamaican DJ, producer, and engineer (d. 1989)
1942 – Sjoukje Dijkstra , Dutch figure skater
1943 – John Beck , American actor
1943 – Paul Henderson , Canadian ice hockey player and minister
1943 – Dick Taylor , English bass player, songwriter, and producer (The Rolling Stones , The Pretty Things , and The Mekons )
1944 – Bobby Ball , English comedian, actor, and singer
1944 – Tim Heald , English journalist and author
1944 – Susan Howard , American actress and screenwriter
1944 – Rosalía Mera , Spanish businesswoman; co-founded Inditex and Zara (d. 2013)
1944 – John Tavener , English composer (d. 2013)
1945 – Maxwell Fuller , Australian chess player (d. 2013)
1945 – Karen Lynn Gorney , American actress and singer
1945 – Marthe Keller , Swiss actress and director
1945 – John Perkins , American author and activist
1945 – Nick Raynsford , English politician
1945 – Robert Wyatt , English singer-songwriter and drummer
1947 – Jeanne Shaheen , American educator and politician; 78th Governor of New Hampshire
1948 – Bob Moses , American drummer
1948 – Charles Taylor , Liberian politician; 22nd President of Liberia
1949 – Thomas Downey , American lawyer and politician
1949 – Gregg Popovich , American basketball player and coach
1950 – Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa , Bahraini king
1950 – Barbi Benton , American model, actress, and singer
1950 – Bob Hay , American singer-songwriter
1950 – David C. Hilmers , American colonel, physician, and astronaut
1950 – Naila Kabeer , Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
1951 – Brian Bilbray , American politician
1951 – Leonid Kadeniuk , Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut
1952 – Richard Glatzer , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1953 – Colin Campbell , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1953 – Chris Carter , English DJ and producer
1954 – Bruno Metsu , French footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1954 – Kaneto Shiozawa , Japanese voice actor (d. 2000)
1954 – Rick Warren , American pastor and author
1955 – Vinod Khosla , Indian-American businessman; co-founded Sun Microsystems
1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy , French lawyer and politician, 23rd President of France
1957 – Kent Kessler , American bassist
1957 – Mark Napier , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1957 – Nick Price , South African-Zimbabwean golfer
1957 – Frank Skinner , English comedian, actor, and author
1959 – Frank Darabont , American director and producer
1959 – Megan McDonald , American author
1959 – Randi Rhodes , American radio host
1959 – Dave Sharp , English guitarist
1959 – Bill Ware , American vibraphone player
1960 – Loren Legarda , Filipino journalist and politician
1960 – Robert von Dassanowsky , Austrian-American historian and academic
1961 – Arnaldur Indriðason , Icelandic author
1961 – Normand Rochefort , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1962 – Keith Hamilton Cobb , American actor
1962 – Creflo Dollar , American pastor
1962 – Sam Phillips , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 – Dan Spitz , American guitarist
1964 – Jürgen Teller , German-English photographer
1965 – Lynda Boyd , Canadian actress, singer, and dancer
1966 – Seiji Mizushima , Japanese director and producer
1967 – Jan Lamb , Chinese singer and actor
1967 – Marvin Sapp , American singer-songwriter
1968 – Rakim , American rapper (Eric B. & Rakim )
1968 – Sarah McLachlan , Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1968 – DJ Muggs , American DJ and producer (Cypress Hill and The 7A3 )
1969 – Kathryn Morris , American actress
1969 – Mo Rocca , American comedian and television journalist
1969 – Linda Sánchez , American lawyer and politician
1971 – Anthony Hamilton , American singer-songwriter and producer
1972 – Indrek Sammul , Estonian actor
1972 – Nicky Southall , English footballer and manager
1972 – Léon van Bon , Dutch cyclist
1974 – Tony Delk , American basketball player and coach
1974 – Jermaine Dye , American baseball player
1974 – Ramsey Nasr , Dutch author and poet
1974 – Magglio Ordóñez , Venezuelan baseball player and politician
1975 – Shark Boy , American wrestler
1975 – Tanya Chua , Singaporean singer-songwriter and producer
1975 – Terri Conn , American actress
1975 – Lee Latchford-Evans , English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1975 – Hiroshi Kamiya , Japanese voice actor and singer
1975 – Anne Montminy , Canadian diver and lawyer
1975 – Pedro Pinto , Portuguese-American journalist
1975 – Junior Spivey , American baseball player and coach
1976 – Lee Ingleby , English actor
1976 – Emiko Kado , Japanese wrestler (d. 1999)
1976 – Mark Madsen , American basketball player
1976 – Rick Ross , American rapper and producer
1976 – Miltiadis Sapanis , Greek footballer
1977 – Sandis Buškevics , Latvian basketball player and coach
1977 – Daunte Culpepper , American football player
1977 – Matt DeVries , American guitarist
1977 – Joey Fatone , American singer, dancer, and actor
1977 – Lyle Overbay , American baseball player
1977 – Takuma Sato , Japanese race car driver
1978 – Sheamus , Irish wrestler and actor
1978 – Gianluigi Buffon , Italian footballer
1978 – Jamie Carragher , English footballer and sportscaster
1978 – Papa Bouba Diop , Senegalese footballer
1979 – Ali Boulala , Swedish skateboarder
1980 – Nick Carter , American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor
1980 – Yasuhito Endō , Japanese footballer
1980 – Brian Fallon , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Michael Hastings , American journalist and author (d. 2013)
1980 – Jesse James Hollywood , American murderer
1981 – Elijah Wood , American actor and producer
1982 – Ryan Sheridan , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Annie Social , American wrestler
1984 – Stephen Gostkowski , American football player
1984 – Andre Iguodala , American basketball player
1984 – Anne Panter , English field hockey player
1985 – Daniel Carcillo , Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – J. Cole , German-American rapper and producer
1985 – Arnold Mvuemba , French footballer
1985 – Basharmal Sultani , Afghan boxer
1985 – Libby Trickett , Australian swimmer
1986 – Jessica Ennis-Hill , English heptathlete and hurdler
1986 – Shruti Haasan , Indian actress and singer
1986 – Nathan Outteridge , Australian sailor
1986 – Antonis Petropoulos , Greek footballer
1986 – Blake Riley , American porn actor
1986 – Asad Shafiq , Pakistani cricketer
1988 – Paul Henry , English footballer
1988 – Seiya Sanada , Japanese wrestler
1989 – Siem de Jong , Dutch footballer
1989 – Ronny Philp , German footballer
1990 – Kalifa Faifai Loa , New Zealand rugby player
1990 – Zhang Kailin , Chinese tennis player
1991 – CJ Harris , American singer
1991 – Carl Klingberg , Swedish ice hockey player
1991 – Calum Worthy , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1992 – Sergio Araujo , Argentinian footballer
1992 – Andrei Savchenko , Russian footballer
1993 – Richmond Boakye , Ghanaian footballer
1993 – Will Poulter , English actor
1996 – Emily Piriz , American singer
1998 – Ariel Winter , American actress and singer
Deaths
592 – Guntram , French king (b. 532)
814 – Charlemagne , Roman emperor (b. 742)
1061 – Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1031)
1271 – Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (b. 1247)
1443 – Robert le Maçon , French diplomat (b. 1365)
1547 – Henry VIII of England (b. 1491)
1613 – Thomas Bodley , English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (b. 1545)
1621 – Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
1672 – Pierre Séguier , French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
1681 – Richard Allestree , English priest and academic (b. 1619)
1687 – Johannes Hevelius , Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)
1697 – Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet , English general and politician (b. 1645)
1754 – Ludvig Holberg , Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684)
1832 – Augustin Daniel Belliard , French general (b. 1769)
1859 – F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich , English politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
1864 – Émile Clapeyron , French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
1903 – Augusta Holmès , French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
1912 – Gustave de Molinari , Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
1918 – John McCrae , Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
1921 – Mustafa Suphi , Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
1930 – Emmy Destinn , Czech soprano (b. 1878)
1935 – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov , Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
1937 – Anastasios Metaxas , Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
1938 – Bernd Rosemeyer , German race car driver (b. 1909)
1939 – W. B. Yeats , Irish poet and playwright; Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1942 – Edward Siegler , American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
1945 – Roza Shanina , Russian sergeant (b. 1924)
1947 – Reynaldo Hahn , Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
1948 – Hans Aumeier , German SS officer (b. 1906)
1948 – Therese Brandl , German concentration camp guard (b. 1902)
1948 – Arthur Liebehenschel , German SS officer (b. 1901)
1949 – Jean-Pierre Wimille , French race car driver (b. 1908)
1950 – Nikolai Luzin , Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
1953 – James Scullin , Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
1953 – Neyzen Tevfik , Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
1959 – Walter Beall , American baseball player (b. 1899)
1960 – Zora Neale Hurston , American anthropologist and author (b. 1891)
1962 – Hermann Wlach , Austrian-Swiss actor (b. 1884)
1963 – Gustave Garrigou , French cyclist (b. 1884)
1965 – Tich Freeman , English cricketer (b. 1888)
1965 – Maxime Weygand , Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
1967 – Ruut Tarmo , Estonian actor and director (b. 1896)
1968 – Aleksander Maaker , Estonian bagpipe player (b. 1890)
1971 – Donald Winnicott , English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
1973 – John Banner , Austrian actor (b. 1910)
1975 – Ola Raknes , Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (b. 1887)
1976 – Marcel Broodthaers , Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)
1978 – Ward Moore , American author (b. 1903)
1979 – Eileen Shanahan , Irish poet (b. 1901)
1983 – Frank Forde , Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
1983 – Billy Fury , English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1940)
1986 – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger
– Gregory Jarvis , American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1944)
– Christa McAuliffe , American educator and astronaut (b. 1948)
– Ronald McNair , American physicist and astronaut (b. 1950)
– Ellison Onizuka , American engineer and astronaut (b. 1946)
– Judith Resnik , American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1949)
– Dick Scobee , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)
– Michael J. Smith , American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1945)
1988 – Klaus Fuchs , German physicist and politician (b. 1911)
1989 – Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (b. 1938)
1990 – Puma Jones , American singer (b. 1953)
1993 – Helen Sawyer Hogg , Canadian astronomer (b. 1905)
1994 – Hal Smith , American actor and singer (b. 1916)
1996 – Joseph Brodsky , Russian-American poet and academic; Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)
1996 – Burne Hogarth , American cartoonist and author (b. 1911)
1996 – Jerry Siegel , American author and illustrator; co-created Superman (b. 1914)
1998 – Shotaro Ishinomori , Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1938)
1999 – Valery Gavrilin , Russian composer (b. 1939)
1999 – Markey Robinson , Irish painter and sculptor (b. 1918)
2001 – Curt Blefary , American baseball player and coach (b. 1943)
2002 – Gustaaf Deloor , Belgian cyclist and soldier (b. 1913)
2002 – Astrid Lindgren , Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
2002 – Ayşe Nur Zarakolu , Turkish author and activist (b. 1946)
2003 – Mieke Pullen , Dutch runner (b. 1957)
2004 – José Miguel Agrelot , Puerto Rican radio host (b. 1923)
2004 – Lloyd M. Bucher , American captain (b. 1927)
2004 – Elroy Hirsch , American football player (b. 1923)
2004 – Mel Pritchard , English musician (b. 1948)
2004 – Joe Viterelli , American actor (b. 1937)
2005 – Jim Capaldi , English singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1944)
2005 – Karen Lancaume , French porn actress (b. 1973)
2005 – Jacques Villeret , French actor (b. 1951)
2006 – Emory Hail , American wrestler (b. 1969)
2006 – Yitzhak Kaduri , Iraqi-Israeli rabbi
2006 – Henry McGee , English actor and singer (b. 1929)
2007 – Carlo Clerici , Swiss cyclist (b. 1929)
2007 – Robert Drinan , American priest, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
2007 – Beatrice Hsu , Taiwanese actress and singer (b. 1978)
2007 – Yelena Romanova , Russian runner (b. 1963)
2007 – Karel Svoboda , Czech composer (b. 1938)
2007 – Teala Loring , American actress (b. 1922)
2008 – Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens (b. 1939)
2008 – Ginty Vrede , Surinamese-Dutch kick-boxer (b. 1985)
2009 – Billy Powell , American keyboard player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd ) (b. 1952)
2012 – Diana Bliss , Australian director and producer (b. 1954)
2012 – Don Fullmer , American boxer (b. 1939)
2012 – Keriman Halis Ece , Turkish pianist and model; Miss Universe 1932 (b. 1913)
2012 – Roman Juszkiewicz , Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1952)
2012 – Don Starkell , Canadian adventurer and author (b. 1932)
2013 – Florentino Fernández , Cuban-American boxer and coach (b. 1936)
2013 – Hattie N. Harrison , American educator and politician (b. 1928)
2013 – Oldřich Kulhánek , Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (b. 1940)
2013 – Herbert Loebl , German-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923)
2013 – Dan Massey , American activist and author (b. 1942)
2013 – Mark Palmer , American diplomat (b. 1941)
2013 – Ceija Stojka , Austrian-Romanian author and painter (b. 1933)
2013 – Earl Williams , American baseball player (b. 1948)
2014 – John Cacavas , American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
2014 – Harry Gamble , American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1930)
2014 – Dwight Gustafson , American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
2014 – Nigel Jenkins , Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (b. 1949)
2014 – Fernand Leduc , Canadian painter (b. 1916)
2014 – Gudo Wafu Nishijima , Japanese priest and educator (b. 1919)
2014 – Jorge Obeid , Argentinian engineer and politician; Governor of Santa Fe (b. 1947)
2015 – Suraj Abdurrahman , Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (b. 1954)
2015 – Mala Aravindan , Indian actor and singer (b. 1939)
2015 – Yves Chauvin , French chemist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
2015 – Lionel Gilbert , Australian historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)
2015 – Charles B. Peatross , American lawyer and judge (b. 1940)
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