January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 345 days remaining until the end of the year (346 in leap years ).
In the ancient astronomy , it is the cusp day between Capricorn and Aquarius . In some years it is Aquarius, but others Capricorn. It depends on solar term Dahan (Major cold).
Events
250 – Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
649 – King Chindasuinth , at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza , crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom .
1265 – The first English parliament to include not only Lords but also representatives of the major towns holds its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster , now commonly known as the "Houses of Parliament".
1320 – Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland .
1356 – Edward Balliol surrenders his claim to the Scottish throne to Edward III in exchange for an English pension.
1523 – Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
1567 – Battle of Rio de Janeiro : Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
1576 – The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza .
1649 – Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes ".
1783 – The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence).
1785 – Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam , but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút .
1788 – The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay . Arthur Phillip decides that Botany Bay is unsuitable for the location of a penal colony, and decides to move to Port Jackson .
1839 – In the Battle of Yungay , Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia .
1841 – Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
1877 – Last day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans .
1887 – The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
1921 – The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty .
1929 – In Old Arizona , the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
1936 – Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
1937 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President , the first occasion a Presidential Inauguration to take place on 20 January following the ratification of the 20th Amendment
1941 – A German officer is murdered in Bucharest , Romania , sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard , killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
1942 – World War II : At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee , senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish question ".
1945 – World War II: The Miklós provisional government of Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies .
1945 – World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia , a task which will take nearly two months.
1948 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 39 relating to India and Pakistan is adopted.
1949 – Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
1954 – In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
1959 – The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard .
1960 – Hendrik Verwoerd announces a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic.
1969 – East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman . The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War .
1972 – Pakistan launched its Nuclear weapons program few weeks after its defeat in Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 .
1976 – Lebanese Civil War : Damour massacre takes place.
1981 – Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, Iran released 52 American hostages .
1986 – In the United States, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
1987 – Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon .
1990 – The Red Army crackdown on civil protests in Baku , Azerbaijan during the dissolution of the Soviet Union . Also known as Black January .
1991 – Sudan 's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
1992 – Air Inter Flight 148 , an Airbus A320-111 , crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg , France killing 87 of the 96 people on board. A design flaw in the computer mode selection system resulted in the crew selecting the wrong rate of descent.
1999 – The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use, aimed especially at Internet cafés .
2001 – President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution , and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo .
2006 – Witnesses report seeing a bottlenose whale swimming in the River Thames , the first time the species had been seen in the Thames since records began in 1913.
2007 – A three-man team, using only skis and kites , completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1958 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.
2009 – A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
2016 – An attack had been carried out on the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda , Pakistan killing 21 people and injuring 50 people.
Births
225 – Gordian III , Roman emperor (d. 244)
1029 – Alp Arslan , Seljuk sultan (d. 1072)
1292 – Elizabeth of Bohemia (d. 1330)
1436 – Ashikaga Yoshimasa , Japanese shogun (d. 1490)
1502 – Sebastian de Aparicio , Spanish-Mexican rancher and missionary (d. 1600)
1554 – Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)
1573 – Simon Marius , German astronomer and academic (d. 1624)
1586 – Johann Schein , German composer (d. 1630)
1664 – Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina , Italian lawyer and jurist (d. 1718)
1703 – Joseph-Hector Fiocco , Flemish violinist and composer (d. 1741)
1716 – Jean-Jacques Barthélemy , French archaeologist and numismatist (d. 1795)
1716 – Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
1732 – Richard Henry Lee , American lawyer and politician, President of the Continental Congress (d. 1794)
1741 – Carl Linnaeus the Younger , Swedish botanist and author (d. 1783)
1755 – Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet , English admiral (d. 1824)
1762 – Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny , Belgian-French composer and theorist (d. 1842)
1775 – André-Marie Ampère , French physicist and mathematician (d. 1836)
1781 – Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg , Austrian-German historian and politician (d. 1848)
1783 – Friedrich Dotzauer , German cellist and composer (d. 1860)
1798 – Anson Jones , American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858)
1804 – Eugène Sue , French author and politician (d. 1857)
1812 – Thomas Meik , Scottish engineer (d. 1896)
1834 – George D. Robinson , American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
1855 – Ernest Chausson , French composer (d. 1899)
1867 – Yvette Guilbert , French singer and actress (d. 1944)
1870 – Guillaume Lekeu , Belgian pianist and composer (d. 1894)
1873 – Johannes V. Jensen , Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
1876 – Josef Hofmann , Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1967)
1878 – Finlay Currie , Scottish-English actor (d. 1968)
1878 – Ruth St. Denis , American dancer and educator (d. 1968)
1880 – Walter W. Bacon , American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (d. 1962)
1882 – Johnny Torrio , Italian-American mob boss (d. 1957)
1883 – Enoch L. Johnson , American mob boss (d. 1968)
1883 – Forrest Wilson , American journalist and author (d. 1942)
1889 – Allan Haines Loughead , American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company (d. 1969)
1891 – Mischa Elman , Ukrainian-American violinist (d. 1967)
1893 – Georg Åberg , Swedish triple jumper (d. 1946)
1894 – Harold Gray , American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (d. 1968)
1894 – Walter Piston , American composer, theorist, and academic (d. 1976)
1895 – Gábor Szegő , Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1985)
1896 – George Burns , American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1996)
1896 – Rolfe Sedan , American actor (d. 1982)
1898 – U Razak , Burmese educator and politician (d. 1947)
1899 – Clarice Cliff , English potter (d. 1972)
1899 – Kenjiro Takayanagi , Japanese engineer (d. 1990)
1900 – Colin Clive , French-English actor (d. 1937)
1902 – Leon Ames , American actor (d. 1993)
1902 – Kevin Barry , Irish republican (d. 1920)
1907 – Paula Wessely , Austrian actress and producer (d. 2000)
1908 – Fleur Cowles , American author and illustrator (d. 2009)
1909 – Gōgen Yamaguchi , Japanese martial artist (d. 1989)
1910 – Joy Adamson , Austria-born Kenyan painter and author (d. 1980)
1915 – Ghulam Ishaq Khan , Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan (d. 2006)
1918 – Juan García Esquivel , Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2002)
1918 – W. Cleon Skousen , American author and academic (d. 2006)
1920 – Federico Fellini , Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1920 – DeForest Kelley , American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1920 – Thorleif Schjelderup , Norwegian ski jumper and author (d. 2006)
1921 – Telmo Zarra , Spanish footballer (d. 2006)
1922 – Ray Anthony , American trumpet player, composer, bandleader, and actor
1922 – Don Mankiewicz , German-American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1922 – Elizabeth Diana Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (d. 2012)
1922 – Graham Stark , English actor and director (d. 2013)
1923 – Nora Brockstedt , Norwegian singer (d. 2015)
1923 – Slim Whitman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1924 – Yvonne Loriod , French pianist and composer (d. 2010)
1925 – Jamiluddin Aali , Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2015)
1925 – Ernesto Cardenal , Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician
1926 – Patricia Neal , American actress (d. 2010)
1926 – David Tudor , American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1927 – Qurratulain Hyder , Indian-Pakistani journalist, author, and academic (d. 2007)
1928 – Antonio de Almeida , French conductor and musicologist (d. 1997)
1929 – Jimmy Cobb , American drummer
1929 – Arte Johnson , American actor and comedian
1929 – Frank Kush , American football player and coach
1929 – Fireball Roberts , American race car driver (d. 1964)
1930 – Buzz Aldrin , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1930 – Blair Lent , American author and illustrator (d. 2009)
1931 – Preston Henn , American businessman, founded the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop
1931 – David Lee , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1931 – Hachidai Nakamura , Japanese pianist and composer (d. 1992)
1932 – Lou Fontinato , Canadian ice hockey player
1933 – Ronald Townson , American singer and actor (The 5th Dimension ) (d. 2001)
1934 – Hennie Aucamp , South African poet, author, and academic (d. 2014)
1934 – Tom Baker , English actor
1936 – Frances Shand Kydd , English-Scottish mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 2004)
1937 – Dorothy Provine , American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2010)
1938 – William Berger , Austrian-American actor (d. 1993)
1938 – Derek Dougan , Irish-English footballer and journalist (d. 2007)
1939 – Paul Coverdell , American captain and politician (d. 2000)
1939 – Chandra Wickramasinghe , Sri Lankan-English mathematician, astronomer, and biologist
1940 – Carol Heiss , American figure skater and actress
1940 – Krishnam Raju , Indian actor and politician
1940 – Mandé Sidibé , Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (d. 2009)
1941 – Pierre Lalonde , Canadian singer and television host
1942 – Linda Moulton Howe , American journalist and producer
1944 – José Luis Garci , Spanish director and producer
1944 – Farhad Mehrad , Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1945 – Christopher Martin-Jenkins , English journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1945 – Eric Stewart , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (10cc , Hotlegs , Mandalaband , and The Mindbenders )
1946 – David Lynch , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Vladimír Merta , Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist
1947 – Cyrille Guimard , French cyclist and sportscaster
1948 – Nancy Kress , American author and academic
1948 – Mel Pritchard , English drummer (Barclay James Harvest ) (d. 2004)
1948 – Natan Sharansky , Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
1948 – Nigel Williams , English author, playwright, and screenwriter
1949 – Göran Persson , Swedish lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Sweden
1950 – Daniel Benzali , Brazilian-American actor
1950 – Liza Goddard , English actress
1950 – William Mgimwa , Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2014)
1950 – Mahamane Ousmane , Nigerian politician, President of Niger
1951 – Iván Fischer , Hungarian conductor and composer
1951 – Ian Hill , English bass player (Judas Priest )
1952 – Nikos Sideris , Greek psychiatrist and poet
1952 – Paul Stanley , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Kiss and Wicked Lester )
1952 – John Witherow , South African-English journalist and author
1953 – Jeffrey Epstein , American financier and philanthropist
1954 – Rudy La Scala , Venezuelan singer-songwriter and producer
1954 – Alison Seabeck , English lawyer and politician
1955 – McKeeva Bush , Caymanian politician, Premier of the Cayman Islands
1956 – Maria Larsson , Swedish educator and politician, Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs
1956 – Bill Maher , American comedian, actor, and television host
1956 – Richard Morecroft , English-Australian journalist and game show host
1957 – Andy Sheppard , English saxophonist and composer
1958 – Lorenzo Lamas , American actor, director, and producer
1959 – Tami Hoag , American author
1959 – R. A. Salvatore , American author
1960 – Apa Sherpa , Nepalese-American mountaineer
1960 – Scott Thunes , American bass player (Fear , The Mother Hips , and Heavy Bones )
1960 – Will Wright , American video game designer, co-founded Maxis
1963 – Firebreaker Chip , American wrestler
1963 – James Denton , American actor
1963 – Mark Ryden , American painter and illustrator
1964 – NoB , Japanese singer (Make-Up and Project.R )
1964 – Ozzie Guillén , Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager
1964 – Ron Harper , American basketball player and coach
1964 – Jack Lewis , American soldier and author
1964 – Kaho Minami , Japanese actress
1964 – Kazushige Nojima , Japanese screenwriter and songwriter
1964 – Aquilino Pimentel III , Filipino lawyer and politician
1964 – Fareed Zakaria , Indian-American journalist and author
1965 – Colin Calderwood , Scottish footballer and manager
1965 – Sophie, Countess of Wessex
1965 – Warren Joyce , English footballer and manager
1965 – Greg K. , American bass player (The Offspring )
1965 – John Michael Montgomery , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 – Heather Small , English singer-songwriter and actress (Hot House and M People )
1965 – Anton Weissenbacher , Romanian footballer
1966 – Tracii Guns , American guitarist and songwriter (L.A. Guns , Brides of Destruction , Hollywood Rose , and Contraband )
1966 – Rainn Wilson , American actor, director, and producer
1967 – Stacey Dash , American actress and television journalist
1967 – Jay Hunt , Australian-English businessman
1968 – Nick Anderson , American basketball player and sportscaster
1968 – Junior Murray , Grenadian cricketer
1968 – Charlie Swan , Irish jockey and trainer
1969 – Noriko Kinohara , Japanese actress
1969 – Patrick K. Kroupa , American computer hacker and activist, co-founded MindVox
1969 – Blair Larsen , New Zealand rugby player
1969 – Reno Wilson , American actor and producer
1969 – Nicky Wire , Welsh singer-songwriter and bass player (Manic Street Preachers )
1970 – Mitch Benn , English comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
1970 – Kerri Kenney-Silver , American actress and singer
1970 – Edwin McCain , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970 – Skeet Ulrich , American actor
1971 – Questlove , American drummer, DJ, and producer (The Roots and Soulquarians )
1971 – Gary Barlow , English singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Take That )
1971 – Brian Giles , American baseball player
1971 – Derrick Green , American singer-songwriter (Sepultura )
1971 – Wakanohana Masaru , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 66th Yokozuna
1971 – Ger McDonnell , Irish mountaineer and engineer (d. 2008)
1972 – Tony DeVito , American wrestler and actor
1972 – Nikki Haley , American accountant and politician, 116th Governor of South Carolina
1973 – Stephen Crabb , Scottish-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
1973 – Queen Mathilde of Belgium
1973 – Josh Weston , American porn actor (d. 2012)
1974 – David Dei , Italian footballer and coach
1975 – David Eckstein , American baseball player
1975 – Norberto Fontana , Argentinian race car driver
1975 – Zac Goldsmith , English journalist and politician
1976 – Kirsty Gallacher , Scottish journalist and sportscaster
1976 – Michael Myers , American football player
1976 – Gretha Smit , Dutch speed skater
1977 – Melody , Belgian singer
1977 – Paul Adams , South African cricketer and coach
1978 – Salvatore Aronica , Italian footballer
1978 – Joy Giovanni , American wrestler and actress
1978 – Sonja Kesselschläger , German heptathlete
1978 – Allan Søgaard , Danish footballer
1978 – Sid Wilson , American DJ and pianist (Slipknot )
1978 – Luciano Zauri , Italian footballer
1979 – Asaka Kubo , Japanese singer
1979 – Shang Yi , Chinese footballer
1979 – Will Young , English singer-songwriter and actor
1980 – Philippe Cousteau, Jr. , American-French oceanographer and journalist
1980 – Philippe Gagnon , Canadian swimmer
1980 – Kim Jeong-hoon , South Korean singer and actor (UN )
1980 – Petra Rampre , Slovenian tennis player
1980 – Matthew Tuck , Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine and AxeWound )
1981 – Daniel Cudmore , Canadian actor and stuntman
1981 – Brendan Fevola , Australian footballer
1981 – Freddy Guzmán , Dominican baseball player
1981 – Owen Hargreaves , English footballer
1981 – Jason Richardson , American basketball player
1982 – Fredrik Strømstad , Norwegian footballer
1982 – Joe Swash , English actor
1983 – Geovany Soto , Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 – Mari Yaguchi , Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume , Dream Morning Musume , and ZYX )
1984 – Victoria Asher , American keyboard player (Cobra Starship )
1984 – Toni Gonzaga , Filipino actress and singer
1984 – Olivia Hallinan , English actress
1984 – Rene Mandri , Estonian cyclist
1985 – Roxee B , American-Filipino actress and singer
1985 – Marina Inoue , Japanese voice actress and singer
1985 – Tanel Sokk , Estonian basketball player
1986 – Genie Chuo , Taiwanese singer and actress
1986 – Derek Fathauer , American golfer
1986 – Kevin Parker , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Tame Impala and Pond )
1987 – Evan Peters , American actor
1987 – Janin Lindenberg , German sprinter
1987 – Marco Simoncelli , Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2011)
1987 – Mark Wright , English actor, footballer, and radio host
1988 – Colin Bensadon , Gibraltarian swimmer
1988 – Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé , Nigerian footballer
1988 – Nathan Jones , Australian footballer
1988 – Callum MacLeod , English race car driver
1988 – Jeffrén Suárez , Spanish footballer
1988 – Benjamin Ulrich , German rugby player
1989 – Nick Foles , American football player
1989 – Washington Santana da Silva , Brazilian footballer
1991 – Ciara Hanna , American model and actress
1991 – Polona Hercog , Slovenian tennis player
1991 – Jolyon Palmer , English race car driver
1992 – Jorge Zárate , Mexican footballer
1992 – Maria Harfanti , Indonesian model and activist, Miss Indonesia 2015
1993 – Lorenzo Crisetig , Italian footballer
1994 – Denis Mukhametdinov , Russian footballer
Deaths
250 – Pope Fabian (b. 200)
820 – Al-Shafi‘i , Palestinian scholar and jurist (b. 767)
842 – Theophilos , Byzantine emperor (b. 813)
1156 – Henry , English-Finnish bishop and saint
1191 – Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)
1410 – Martin of Aragon (b. 1356)
1479 – John II of Aragon (b. 1397)
1568 – Myles Coverdale , English bishop and translator (b. 1488)
1612 – Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552)
1663 – Isaac Ambrose , English minister and author (b. 1604)
1666 – Anne of Austria (b. 1601)
1707 – Humphrey Hody , English scholar and theologian (b. 1659)
1709 – François de la Chaise , French priest (b. 1624)
1751 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol , English politician (b. 1665)
1770 – Charles Yorke , English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)
1779 – David Garrick , English actor, producer, playwright, and manager (b. 1717)
1810 – Benjamin Chew , American lawyer and judge (b. 1721)
1819 – Charles IV of Spain (b. 1748)
1837 – John Soane , English architect, designed the Bank of England (b. 1753)
1841 – Jørgen Jørgensen , Danish explorer (b. 1780)
1841 – Minh Mạng , Vietnamese emperor (b. 1791)
1848 – Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)
1850 – Adam Oehlenschläger , Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779)
1852 – Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794)
1873 – Basil Moreau , French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
1875 – Jean-François Millet , French painter and educator (b. 1814)
1891 – Kalākaua of Hawaii (b. 1836)
1900 – John Ruskin , English painter and critic (b. 1819)
1901 – Zénobe Gramme , Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
1907 – Agnes Mary Clerke , Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
1908 – John Ordronaux , American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
1913 – José Guadalupe Posada , Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
1915 – Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun , Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)
1920 – Georg Lurich , Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)
1921 – Mary Watson Whitney , American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)
1924 – Ivor Crapp , Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)
1936 – George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
1940 – Omar Bundy , American general (b. 1861)
1944 – James McKeen Cattell , American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)
1947 – Josh Gibson , American baseball player (b. 1911)
1954 – Warren Bardsley , Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
1954 – Fred Root , English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
1955 – Robert P. T. Coffin , American author and poet (b. 1892)
1962 – Robinson Jeffers , American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)
1965 – Alan Freed , American radio host (b. 1922)
1971 – Broncho Billy Anderson , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
1971 – Minanogawa Tōzō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (b. 1903)
1973 – Lorenz Böhler , Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885)
1973 – Amílcar Cabral , Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (b. 1924)
1977 – Dimitrios Kiousopoulos , Greek jurist and politician, 151st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892)
1979 – Gustav Winckler , Danish singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
1980 – William Roberts , English soldier and painter (b. 1895)
1983 – Garrincha , Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
1984 – Johnny Weissmuller , American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
1988 – Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan , Pakistani activist and politician (b. 1890)
1988 – Dora Stratou , Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1903)
1989 – Alamgir Kabir , Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
1990 – Hayedeh , Iranian singer (b. 1942)
1990 – Barbara Stanwyck , American actress and singer (b. 1907)
1991 – Stan Szelest American keyboard player (The Band ) (b. 1943)
1993 – Audrey Hepburn , Belgian-English actress and singer (b. 1929)
1994 – Matt Busby , Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909)
1994 – Bedia Muvahhit , Turkish actress (b. 1897)
1996 – Gerry Mulligan , American saxophonist and composer (b. 1927)
1997 – Curt Flood , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1938)
1998 – Bobo Brazil , American wrestler and actor (b. 1924)
2002 – Carrie Hamilton , American actress and singer (b. 1963)
2003 – Al Hirschfeld , American painter and illustrator (b. 1903)
2003 – Craig Kelly , American snowboarder (b. 1966)
2003 – Nedra Volz , American actress (b. 1908)
2003 – Bill Werbeniuk , Canadian snooker player (b. 1947)
2004 – Alan Brown , English race car driver (b. 1919)
2004 – T. Nadaraja , Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (b. 1917)
2004 – Guinn Smith , American pole vaulter (b. 1920)
2005 – Parveen Babi , Indian model and actress (b. 1949)
2005 – Per Borten , Norwegian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
2005 – Roland Frye , American theologian and critic (b. 1921)
2005 – Jan Nowak-Jeziorański , Polish journalist and politician (b. 1913)
2005 – Miriam Rothschild , English zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
2006 – Dave Lepard , Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crashdïet ) (b. 1980)
2007 – Dan Christensen , American painter (b. 1942)
2009 – Stéphanos II Ghattas , Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920)
2009 – David "Fathead" Newman , American saxophonist and songwriter (b. 1933)
2009 – Sheila Walsh , English author (b. 1928)
2012 – John F. Baker, Jr. , American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1945)
2012 – Etta James , American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
2012 – John Levy , American bassist and manager (b. 1912)
2012 – Ioannis Kefalogiannis , Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior (b. 1933)
2012 – Alejandro Rodriguez , Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1918)
2013 – Ron Fraser , American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
2013 – Pavlos Matesis , Greek author and playwright (b. 1933)
2013 – Dolores Prida , Cuban-American journalist and playwright (b. 1943)
2013 – Toyo Shibata , Japanese poet and author (b. 1911)
2013 – Freddie Williams , Welsh motorcycle racer (b. 1926)
2014 – Claudio Abbado , Italian conductor (b. 1933)
2014 – Vern Benson , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1924)
2014 – Otis G. Pike , American judge and politician (b. 1921)
2014 – George Scott , Scottish-American wrestler and promoter (b. 1929)
2014 – Jonas Trinkūnas , Lithuanian ethnologist and academic (b. 1939)
2015 – Canserbero , Venezuelan singer-songwriter (b. 1988)
2015 – Ricardo dos Santos , Brazilian surfer (b. 1990)
2015 – Edgar Froese , Russian-German keyboard player and songwriter (Tangerine Dream ) (b. 1944)
2015 – Bette Rogge , American journalist and talk show host (b. 1922)
2015 – Hitoshi Saito , Japanese martial artist (b. 1961)
2016 – Mykolas Burokevičius , Lithuanian carpenter and politician (b. 1927)
2016 – Edmonde Charles-Roux , French journalist and author (b. 1920)
2016 – Ronald Greenwald , American rabbi, businessman, and educator (b. 1934)
2016 – David G. Hartwell , American anthologist, author, and critic (b. 1941)
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