January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 340 days remaining until the end of the year (341 in leap years ).
Events
41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate .
750 – In the Battle of the Zab , the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate , leading to overthrow of the dynasty.
1348 – A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.
1494 – Alfonso II becomes King of Naples .
1515 – Coronation of Francis I of France .
1533 – Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn .
1554 – Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil.
1573 – Battle of Mikatagahara : In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu .
1575 – Luanda , the capital of Angola , is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais .
1704 – The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida .
1755 – Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day .
1765 – Port Egmont , the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands at the southern tip of South America, is founded.
1787 – Shays' Rebellion : The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory , results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
1791 – The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada .
1792 – The London Corresponding Society is founded.
1858 – The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria 's daughter, Victoria , and Friedrich of Prussia , and becomes a popular wedding recessional.
1879 – The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
1881 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company .
1890 – Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
1909 – Richard Strauss 's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera .
1915 – Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
1918 – Ukraine declares independence from Bolshevik Russia .
1924 – The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix , in the French Alps , inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games .
1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War : The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defense of Harbin .
1937 – The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
1941 – Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese . It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu .
1942 – World War II : Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
1944 – Florence Li Tim-Oi is ordained in China, becoming the first woman Anglican priest.
1945 – World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
1946 – The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor .
1947 – Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
1949 – At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented.
1955 – The Soviet Union ends the state of war with Germany.
1960 – The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola " scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
1961 – In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference .
1969 – Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship , taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
1971 – Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders .
1971 – Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda 's president.
1979 – Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas , Dominican Republic and Mexico.
1980 – Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna
1981 – Jiang Qing , the widow of Mao Zedong , is sentenced to death.
1986 – The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda .
1990 – Avianca Flight 52 crashed into Cove Neck, New York due to fuel exhaustion.
1993 – Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia . Two are killed and three wounded.
1994 – The Clementine space probe launches.
1995 – The Norwegian rocket incident : Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII , a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.
1996 – Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the USA.
1998 – During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
1998 – A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka 's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.
1999 – A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
2003 – Invasion of Iraq : A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad , Iraq , to serve as human shields , intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
2004 – Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars .
2005 – A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra , India kills at least 258.
2006 – Three independent observing campaigns announce the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb through gravitational microlensing , the first cool rocky/icy extrasolar planet around a main-sequence star.
2006 – Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in connection with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.
2010 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean. All 90 passengers and crew were killed.
2011 – The first wave of the Egyptian revolution begins in Egypt , with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo , Alexandria , and throughout other cities in Egypt.
2013 – At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto , Venezuela .
2015 – A clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in the Philippines killing 44 members of Special Action Force (SAF), at least 18 from Moro Islamic Liberation Front and five from Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters .
Births
750 – Leo IV the Khazar , Byzantine emperor (d. 780)
1477 – Anne of Brittany (d. 1514)
1509 – Giovanni Morone , Italian cardinal (d. 1580)
1615 – Govert Flinck , Dutch painter (d. 1660)
1627 – Robert Boyle , Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist (d. 1691)
1634 – Gaspar Fagel , Dutch politician and diplomat (d. 1688)
1640 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire , English soldier and politician; Lord Steward of the Household (d. 1707)
1688 – Juraj Jánošík , Slovak criminal (d. 1713)
1736 – Joseph-Louis Lagrange , Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1813)
1739 – Charles François Dumouriez , French general and politician; French Minister of Defence (d. 1823)
1743 – Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi , German philosopher and author (d. 1819)
1750 – Johann Gottfried Vierling , German organist and composer (d. 1813)
1755 – Paolo Mascagni , Italian physician and anatomist (d. 1815)
1759 – Robert Burns , Scottish poet and songwriter (d. 1796)
1777 – Karoline Jagemann , German actress and singer (d. 1848)
1783 – William Colgate , English-American businessman and philanthropist; founded Colgate-Palmolive (d. 1857)
1794 – François-Vincent Raspail , French chemist, physician, physiologist, and lawyer (d. 1878)
1796 – William MacGillivray , Scottish ornithologist and biologist (d. 1852)
1813 – J. Marion Sims , American gynecologist and physician (d. 1883)
1822 – Charles Reed Bishop , American businessman, philanthropist, and politician; founded Bishop Museum (d. 1915)
1822 – William McDougall , Canadian lawyer and politician; Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories (d. 1905)
1824 – Michael Madhusudan Dutt , Indian poet and playwright (d. 1873)
1841 – John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher , Sri Lankan-English admiral (d. 1920)
1858 – Mikimoto Kōkichi , Japanese businessman (d. 1954)
1860 – Charles Curtis , American lawyer and politician; 31st Vice President of the United States (d. 1936)
1864 – Julije Kempf , Croatian historian and author (d. 1934)
1868 – Juventino Rosas , Mexican violinist and composer (d. 1894)
1874 – W. Somerset Maugham , French-English author and playwright (d. 1965)
1878 – Ernst Alexanderson , Swedish-American engineer (d. 1975)
1882 – Virginia Woolf , English author and critic (d. 1941)
1885 – Kitahara Hakushū , Japanese poet and author (d. 1942)
1886 – Wilhelm Furtwängler , German conductor and composer (d. 1954)
1886 – Morgan Russell , American painter (d. 1953)
1896 – Florence Mills , American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 1927)
1899 – Sleepy John Estes , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
1899 – Paul-Henri Spaak , Belgian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1972)
1900 – István Fekete , Hungarian author (d. 1970)
1900 – Yōjirō Ishizaka , Japanese author and educator (d. 1986)
1901 – Martín de Álzaga , Argentinian race car driver and pilot (d. 1982)
1902 – Pablo Antonio , Filipino architect (d. 1975)
1905 – Maurice Roy , Canadian cardinal (d. 1985)
1905 – Margery Sharp , English author (d. 1991)
1910 – Edgar V. Saks , Estonian historian, author, and politician; Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1984)
1913 – Huang Hua , Chinese translator and politician; 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (d. 2010)
1913 – Witold Lutosławski , Polish composer and conductor (d. 1994)
1913 – Luis Marden , American photographer and journalist (d. 2003)
1915 – Ewan MacColl , English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 1989)
1916 – Pop Ivy , American football player and coach (d. 2003)
1917 – Ilya Prigogine , Russian-Belgian chemist and physicist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1917 – Jânio Quadros , Brazilian politician; 22nd President of Brazil (d. 1992)
1917 – Paul Rowe , Canadian football player (d. 1990)
1918 – Ernie Harwell , American sportscaster (d. 2010)
1919 – Edwin Newman , American journalist and author (d. 2010)
1921 – Samuel T. Cohen , American physicist and academic (d. 2010)
1922 – Raymond Baxter , English television host and pilot (d. 2006)
1923 – Arvid Carlsson , Swedish pharmacologist and physician; Nobel Prize laureate
1923 – Rusty Draper , American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1923 – Shirley Ardell Mason , American psychiatric patient upon whom a novel and two television miniseries were based (d. 1998)
1923 – Sally Starr , American actress and television host (d. 2013)
1923 – Jean Taittinger , French politician; French Minister of Justice (d. 2012)
1924 – Lou Groza , American football player and coach (d. 2000)
1924 – Husein Mehmedov , Bulgarian-Turkish wrestler (d. 2014)
1924 – Speedy West , American guitarist and producer (d. 2003)
1925 – Gordy Soltau , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2014)
1925 – Giorgos Zampetas , Greek bouzouki player and songwriter (d. 1992)
1927 – Antônio Carlos Jobim , Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1994)
1928 – Jérôme Choquette , Canadian lawyer and politician
1928 – Eduard Shevardnadze , Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (d. 2014)
1928 – Cor van der Hart , Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2006)
1929 – Elizabeth Allen , American actress and singer (d. 2006)
1929 – Robert Faurisson , English-French author and academic
1929 – Benny Golson , American saxophonist and composer
1930 – Tanya Savicheva , Russian author (d. 1944)
1931 – Dean Jones , American actor and singer
1933 – Corazon Aquino , Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (d. 2009)
1933 – Donald Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead , English lawyer and judge
1934 – Mimi Kok , Dutch actress and singer (d. 2014)
1935 – Conrad Burns , American soldier, journalist, and politician
1935 – António Ramalho Eanes , Portuguese general and politician; 16th President of Portugal
1935 – J. G. Farrell , Anglo-Irish author (d. 1979)
1936 – Diana Hyland , American actress (d. 1977)
1936 – Onat Kutlar , Turkish author and poet (d. 1995)
1937 – Judith Ann Mayotte , American humanitarian and author
1937 – Ange-Félix Patassé , Central African engineer and politician; President of the Central African Republic (d. 2011)
1938 – Shotaro Ishinomori , Japanese author and illustrator (d. 1998)
1938 – Etta James , American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
1938 – Leiji Matsumoto , Japanese author, illustrator, and animator
1938 – Vladimir Vysotsky , Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1980)
1939 – Gabriel Romanus , Swedish politician
1941 – Buddy Baker , American race car driver and sportscaster
1941 – Gregory Sierra , American actor
1942 – Eusébio , Mozambican-Portuguese footballer (d. 2014)
1942 – Carl Eller , American football player and sportscaster
1942 – Kenichi Shinoda , Japanese mobster
1943 – Roy Black , German singer and actor (d. 1991)
1943 – Tobe Hooper , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1945 – John Leslie , American porn actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
1945 – Leigh Taylor-Young , American actress
1945 – Dave Walker , English singer and guitarist (Savoy Brown and Fleetwood Mac )
1946 – Doc Bundy , American race car driver and technician
1947 – Tostão , Brazilian footballer, journalist, and physician
1947 – Ángel Nieto , Spanish motorcycle racer
1948 – Ros Kelly , Australian educator and politician; 1st Australian Minister for Defence Science and Personnel
1948 – Georgy Shishkin , Russian painter and illustrator
1949 – John Cooper Clarke , English poet and critic
1949 – Paul Nurse , English geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1950 – Gloria Naylor , American author and academic
1951 – Steve Prefontaine , American runner (d. 1975)
1951 – Leonid Telyatnikov , Kazakhstani-Ukrainian firefighter (d. 2004)
1952 – Sara Mandiano , French singer-songwriter
1952 – Peter Tatchell , Australian-English journalist and activist
1952 – Timothy White , American journalist, author, and critic (d. 2002)
1953 – The Honky Tonk Man , American wrestler and actor
1953 – Mark Walport , English immunologist and academic
1953 – Mark Weil , Russian-Uzbek director and producer (d. 2007)
1954 – Ricardo Bochini , Argentinian footballer
1954 – Kay Cottee , Australian sailor and explorer
1954 – Renate Dorrestein , Dutch journalist and author
1954 – Kim Gandy , American lawyer and activist
1956 – Andy Cox , English guitarist (The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals )
1957 – Eskil Erlandsson , Swedish technologist and politician, Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs
1957 – Andrew Harris , American commander, physician, and politician
1957 – Jenifer Lewis , American actress and singer
1958 – Kavita Krishnamurthy , Indian singer
1958 – Dinah Manoff , American actress and director
1958 – Franco Pancheri , Italian footballer and manager
1958 – Gary Tibbs , English bass player and actor
1961 – Vivian Balakrishnan , Singaporean ophthalmologist and politician; Singaporean Ministry of National Development
1961 – Willie Revillame , Filipino actor, singer, and game show host
1962 – Chris Chelios , American ice hockey player
1963 – Fernando Haddad , Brazilian academic and politician; 61st Mayor of São Paulo
1963 – Molly Holzschlag , American computer scientist and author
1963 – Timo Rautiainen , Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus and Lyijykomppania )
1965 – Mark Jordon , English actor, director, and producer
1965 – Esa Tikkanen , Finnish ice hockey player and coach
1966 – Chet Culver , American educator and politician; 41st Governor of Iowa
1966 – Yiannos Ioannou , Cypriot footballer and manager
1967 – David Ginola , French footballer and actor
1967 – Randy McKay , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Eric Orie , Dutch footballer and manager
1969 – Kina , American singer-songwriter
1969 – Sergei Ovchinnikov , Russian volleyball player and coach (d. 2012)
1970 – Stephen Chbosky , American author, screenwriter, and director
1970 – Chris Mills , American basketball player
1970 – Milt Stegall , American football player and sportscaster
1971 – Luca Badoer , Italian race car driver
1971 – Philip Coppens , Belgian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1971 – China Kantner , American actress and singer
1971 – Ana Ortiz , American actress and singer
1973 – Geoff Johns , American author, screenwriter, and producer
1973 – Ace Steel , American wrestler and trainer
1974 – Robert Budreau , Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1974 – Emily Haines , Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1974 – Attilio Nicodemo , Italian footballer
1975 – Mia Kirshner , Canadian actress
1975 – Tim Montgomery , American runner
1975 – Dat Phan , Vietnamese-American comedian and actor
1976 – Stephanie Bellars , American wrestler and manager
1976 – Mário Haberfeld , Brazilian race car driver
1976 – Dimitris Nalitzis , Greek footballer
1978 – Ahmet Dursun , Turkish footballer
1978 – Denis Menchov , Russian cyclist
1978 – Charlene, Princess of Monaco
1978 – Jason Roberts , English footballer and sportscaster
1978 – Derrick Turnbow , American baseball player
1978 – B.J. Whitmer , American wrestler
1979 – Pi Hongyan , Chinese-French badminton player
1979 – Gabe Jennings , American runner
1979 – Christine Lakin , American actress and producer
1979 – Rodrigo Ribeiro , Brazilian race car driver
1980 – Xavi , Spanish footballer
1980 – Michelle McCool , American wrestler and model
1980 – Efstathios Tavlaridis , Greek footballer
1981 – Charlie Bewley , English actor
1981 – Francis Jeffers , English footballer
1981 – Alicia Keys , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
1981 – Märt Kosemets , Estonian footballer
1981 – Clara Morgane , French porn actress and singer
1981 – Toše Proeski , Macedonian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2007)
1982 – Sho Sakurai , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
1982 – Shawna Waldron , American actress and producer
1983 – Helen Klaos , Estonian badminton player
1983 – Andrée Watters , Canadian singer
1984 – Robinho , Brazilian footballer
1984 – Sara Aerts , Belgian heptathlete
1984 – Stefan Kießling , German footballer
1985 – Brent Celek , American football player
1985 – Tina Karol , Ukrainian singer and actress
1985 – Acie Law , American basketball player
1985 – Michael Trevino , American actor
1985 – Patrick Willis , American football player
1986 – Shahriar Nafees , Bangladeshi cricketer
1986 – Chris O'Grady , English footballer
1987 – Maria Kirilenko , Russian tennis player
1987 – Japeth Aguilar , Filipino basketball player
1988 – Tatiana Golovin , French tennis player
1989 – Sheryfa Luna , French singer and dancer
1989 – Víctor Ruiz Torre , Spanish footballer
1989 – Mikako Tabe , Japanese actress and singer
1990 – Thomas Berge , Dutch singer
1990 – Apostolos Giannou , Greek footballer
1991 – Jared Cowen , Canadian ice hockey player
1991 – Nigel Melker , Dutch race car driver
1991 – Jano Toussounian , Australian actor
1992 – Mikkel Cramer , Danish footballer
1992 – Dean McCarthy , Irish actor and dancer
1993 – Kylie Padilla , Filipino-Australian actress and singer
Deaths
389 – Gregory of Nazianzus , Byzantine archbishop and saint (b. 329)
477 – Genseric , Vandals king (b. 389)
844 – Pope Gregory IV (b. 827)
1067 – Emperor Yingzong of Song (b. 1032)
1366 – Henry Suso , German priest and mystic (b. 1300)
1431 – Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)
1494 – Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423)
1559 – Christian II of Denmark (b. 1481)
1578 – Mihrimah Sultan , Ottoman daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent (b. 1522)
1586 – Lucas Cranach the Younger , German painter (b. 1515)
1640 – Robert Burton , English physician and scholar (b. 1577)
1670 – Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612)
1726 – Guillaume Delisle , French cartographer (b. 1675)
1733 – Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet , English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1652)
1751 – Paul Dudley , American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1675)
1852 – Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1778)
1881 – Konstantin Thon , Russian architect; designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (b. 1794)
1884 – Périclès Pantazis , Greek-Belgian painter (b. 1849)
1907 – René Pottier , French cyclist (b. 1879)
1908 – Ouida , English-Italian author (b. 1839)
1908 – Mikhail Chigorin , Russian chess player (b. 1850)
1912 – Dmitry Milyutin , Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1816)
1925 – Juan Vucetich , Croatian-Argentinian anthropologist and police officer (b. 1858)
1939 – Charles Davidson Dunbar , Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (b. 1870)
1940 – Elias Simojoki , Finnish priest and activist (b. 1899)
1947 – Al Capone , American mob boss (b. 1899)
1949 – Makino Nobuaki , Japanese politician; 15th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1861)
1954 – M. N. Roy , Indian activist and theorist (b. 1887)
1957 – Thomas January , American soccer player (b. 1886)
1957 – Ichizō Kobayashi , Japanese businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (b. 1873)
1957 – Kiyoshi Shiga , Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
1958 – Cemil Topuzlu , Turkish surgeon and politician; Mayor of Istanbul (b. 1866)
1958 – Robert R. Young , American businessman (b. 1897)
1960 – Diana Barrymore , American actress (b. 1921)
1963 – Wilson Kettle , Canadian diver and fisherman (b. 1860)
1966 – Saul Adler , Belarusian-English microbiologist and parasitologist (b. 1895)
1970 – Jane Bathori , French soprano (b. 1877)
1970 – Eiji Tsuburaya , Japanese director and producer (b. 1901)
1971 – Barry III , Guinean lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
1972 – Erhard Milch , German field marshal (b. 1892)
1975 – Charlotte Whitton , Canadian journalist and politician; 46th Mayor of Ottawa (b. 1896)
1976 – Chris Kenner , American singer-songwriter (b. 1929)
1978 – Skender Kulenović , Bosnian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1910)
1980 – Queenie Watts , English actress and singer (b. 1926)
1981 – Adele Astaire , American dancer (b. 1897)
1982 – Mikhail Suslov , Russian economist and politician (b. 1902)
1985 – Ilias Iliou , Greek jurist and politician (b. 1904)
1987 – Frank J. Lynch , American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1922)
1990 – Ava Gardner , American actress and singer (b. 1922)
1994 – Stephen Cole Kleene , American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1909)
1996 – Jonathan Larson , American playwright and composer (b. 1960)
1997 – Dan Barry , American cartoonist (b. 1923)
1999 – Sarah Louise Delany , American author and educator (b. 1889)
1999 – Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (b. 1924)
1999 – Robert Shaw , American conductor (b. 1916)
2003 – Sheldon Reynolds , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2003 – Samuel Weems , American lawyer and author (b. 1936)
2004 – Fanny Blankers-Koen , Dutch runner and hurdler (b. 1918)
2004 – Miklós Fehér , Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)
2004 – Zurab Sakandelidze , Georgian basketball player (b. 1945)
2005 – Stanisław Albinowski , Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923)
2005 – William Augustus Bootle , American lawyer and judge (b. 1902)
2005 – Philip Johnson , American architect; designed the PPG Place and Crystal Cathedral (b. 1906)
2005 – Manuel Lopes , Cape Verdean author and poet (b. 1907)
2005 – Ray Peterson , American singer (b. 1935)
2005 – Netti Witziers-Timmer , Dutch runner (b. 1923)
2006 – Anna Malle , American porn actress (b. 1967)
2008 – Christopher Allport , American actor (b. 1947)
2009 – Eleanor F. Helin , American astronomer (b. 1932)
2009 – Ewald Kooiman , Dutch organist and educator (b. 1938)
2009 – Kim Manners , American director and producer (b. 1951)
2010 – Ali Hassan al-Majid , Iraqi general and politician, Iraqi Minister of Defence (b. 1941)
2011 – Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos Greek captain and businessman (b. 1935)
2011 – Vincent Cronin , Welsh historian and author (b. 1924)
2012 – Paavo Berglund , Finnish violinist and conductor (b. 1929)
2012 – Jacques Maisonrouge , French businessman (b. 1924)
2012 – Franco Pacini , Italian astrophysicist and academic (b. 1939)
2012 – Mark Reale , American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1955)
2012 – Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans , American philanthropist (b. 1920)
2012 – Robert Sheran , American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1916)
2013 – Martial Asselin , Canadian lawyer and politician; 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1924)
2013 – Gregory Carroll , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
2013 – Kevin Heffernan , Irish footballer and manager (b. 1929)
2013 – Max Kampelman , American diplomat (b. 1920)
2013 – Irene Koumarianou , Greek actress (b. 1931)
2013 – Aase Nordmo Løvberg , Norwegian soprano and actress (b. 1923)
2014 – Bruce Barmes , American baseball player (b. 1929)
2014 – Arthur Doyle , American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and flute player (b. 1944)
2014 – Heini Halberstam , Czech-English mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
2014 – Dave Strack , American basketball player and coach (b. 1923)
2014 – Gyula Sax , Hungarian chess player (b. 1951)
2014 – Morrie Turner , American cartoonist (b. 1923)
2015 – Zulkifli Abdhir , Malaysian terrorist (b. 1966)
2015 – John Leggett , American author and academic (b. 1917)
2015 – Richard McBrien , American priest, theologian, and academic (b. 1936)
2015 – Bill Monbouquette , American baseball player and coach (b. 1936)
2015 – Demis Roussos , Egyptian-Greek singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1946)
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