January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 343 days remaining until the end of the year (344 in leap years ).
Events
613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (Caesar ) by his father Heraclius at Constantinople .
1506 – The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican .
1517 – The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Egypt at the Battle of Ridaniya .
1521 – Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms .
1555 – The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now present-day Burma .
1689 – The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII , the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688 .
1808 – The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.
1824 – The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast .
1849 – Second Anglo-Sikh War : The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan , Punjab , surrender.
1863 – The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus . The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
1877 – Arthur Tooth , an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices.
1879 – Anglo-Zulu War : Battle of Isandlwana : Zulu troops decisively defeat British troops.
1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke's Drift : One hundred thirty-nine British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an onslaught by three to four thousand Zulu warriors.
1889 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
1890 – The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio .
1899 – Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
1901 – Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria .
1905 – Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg , beginning of the 1905 revolution.
1906 – SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island , British Columbia , killing more than 130.
1915 – Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara , Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
1917 – World War I : President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
1919 – Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic .
1924 – Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
1927 – Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury .
1941 – World War II : British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass .
1944 – World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle , an assault on Anzio and Nettuno , Italy.
1946 – In Iran , Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad . He is the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh is the prime minister .
1946 – Creation of the Central Intelligence Group , forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency .
1947 – KTLA , the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River , begins operation in Hollywood .
1957 – Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula .
1957 – The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky , is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
1957 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 127 is adopted
1959 – Knox Mine disaster : Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith ; 12 miners are killed.
1962 – The Organization of American States suspends Cuba 's membership.
1963 – The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer .
1968 – Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
1968 – Operation Igloo White , a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
1969 – A gunman attempts to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev .
1970 – The Boeing 747 , the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport .
1971 – The Singapore Declaration , one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations , is issued.
1973 – The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton , legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
1973 – The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission.
1973 – A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport , Nigeria , killing 176.
1984 – The Apple Macintosh , the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface , is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous "1984 " television commercial .
1987 – Pennsylvanian politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a televised press conference , leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
1987 – Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace , Manila , killing 13.
1990 – Robert Tappan Morris is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet Computer worm .
1991 – Persian Gulf War : Three Iraqi Scuds and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel , injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.
1992 – Rebel forces occupy Zaire 's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
1992 – Space Shuttle program : Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
1995 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict : Beit Lid massacre : In central Israel , near Netanya , two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
1999 – Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
2002 – Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection .
2004 – X.Org Foundation is founded.
2006 – Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia , becoming the country's first indigenous president.
2006 – Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers scores 81 points in an NBA game versus the Toronto Raptors , the second highest total in NBA history.
2007 – At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad , Iraq .
2010 – Conan O'Brien performs his last Tonight Show on NBC as a part of the Tonight Show conflict of 2010 .
2015 – An explosion near a civilian trolleybus in the city of Donetsk kills at least thirteen people.
2016 – Blue Origin demonstrated rocket reusability with the successful re-flight of the same New Shepard booster that the company flew to space and landed vertically at its launch site in November 2015.
Births
826 – Emperor Montoku of Japan (d. 858)
1263 – Ibn Taymiyyah , Syirian scholar and theologian (d. 1328)
1440 – Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)
1552 – Walter Raleigh , English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer (d. 1618)
1561 – Francis Bacon , English philosopher and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1626)
1570 – Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington , English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (d. 1631)
1592 – Pierre Gassendi , French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (d. 1655)
1645 – William Kidd , Scottish sailor and pirate hunter (d. 1701)
1654 – Richard Blackmore , English physician and poet (d. 1729)
1690 – Nicolas Lancret , French painter (d. 1743)
1729 – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , German philosopher and author (d. 1781)
1733 – Philip Carteret , English admiral and explorer (d. 1796)
1740 – Noah Phelps , American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1809)
1781 – François Habeneck , French violinist and conductor (d. 1849)
1788 – Lord Byron , English poet and playwright (d. 1824)
1796 – Karl Ernst Claus , Estonian-Russian chemist, botanist, and academic (d. 1864)
1797 – Maria Leopoldina of Austria (d. 1826)
1799 – Ludger Duvernay , Canadian journalist, publisher, and politician (d. 1852)
1831 – Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1917)
1831 – Joseph Alfred Slade , American businessman (d. 1864)
1840 – Ernest Wilberforce , English bishop (d. 1907)
1849 – August Strindberg , Swedish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1912)
1858 – Beatrice Webb , English sociologist and economist (d. 1943)
1865 – Wilbur Scoville , American chemist and pharmacist (d. 1942)
1869 – José Vicente de Freitas , Portuguese colonel and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1952)
1874 – Edward Harkness , American philanthropist (d. 1940)
1874 – Jay Hughes , American baseball player and coach (d. 1924)
1875 – D. W. Griffith , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1948)
1877 – Tom Jones , American baseball player and manager (d. 1923)
1879 – Francis Picabia , French painter and poet (d. 1953)
1880 – Bill O'Neill , Canadian-American baseball player (d. 1920)
1880 – Frigyes Riesz , Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1956)
1881 – Ira Thomas , American baseball player and manager (d. 1958)
1882 – Theodore Kosloff , Russian-American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 1956)
1886 – John J. Becker , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1961)
1887 – Helen Hoyt , American poet and author (d. 1972)
1889 – Henri Pélissier , French cyclist (d. 1935)
1889 – Amos Strunk , American baseball player and manager (d. 1979)
1890 – Fred M. Vinson , American judge and politician, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)
1890 – Vinko Žganec , Croatian lawyer and musicologist (d. 1976)
1891 – Antonio Gramsci , Italian philosopher and politician (d. 1937)
1892 – Marcel Dassault , French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (d. 1986)
1893 – Conrad Veidt , German-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1943)
1897 – Rosa Ponselle , American operatic soprano (d. 1981)
1898 – Ross Barnett , American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Mississippi (d. 1987)
1898 – Sergei Eisenstein , Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1948)
1898 – Denise Legeay , French actress (d. 1968)
1899 – Martti Haavio , Finnish poet and mythologist (d. 1973)
1900 – Ernst Busch , German actor and singer (d. 1980)
1902 – Daniel Kinsey , American hurdler, coach, and academic (d. 1970)
1903 – Fritz Houtermans , Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1966)
1904 – George Balanchine , Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the New York City Ballet (d. 1983)
1904 – Arkady Gaidar , Russian journalist and author (d. 1941)
1905 – Willy Hartner , German physicist, historian, and academic (d. 1981)
1906 – Joe Gladwin , English actor (d. 1987)
1906 – Robert E. Howard , American author and poet (d. 1936)
1907 – Douglas Corrigan , American pilot and engineer (d. 1995)
1907 – Dixie Dean , English footballer (d. 1980)
1908 – Lev Landau , Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1908 – Prince Oana , American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1909 – Porfirio Rubirosa , Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (d. 1965)
1909 – Ann Sothern , American actress and singer (d. 2001)
1909 – U Thant , Burmese educator and diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General (d. 1974)
1911 – Bruno Kreisky , Austrian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)
1913 – Henry Bauchau , Belgian psychoanalyst and author (d. 2012)
1913 – William Conway , Irish cardinal (d. 1977)
1913 – Carl F. H. Henry , American theologian and publisher (d. 2003)
1914 – Dimitris Dragatakis , Greek violinist and composer (d. 2001)
1915 – Heinrich Albertz , German theologian and politician, Mayor of Berlin (d. 1993)
1916 – Bill Durnan , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972)
1916 – Henri Dutilleux , French pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
1916 – Harilal Upadhyay , Indian author, poet, and astrologist (d. 1994)
1918 – Elmer Lach , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1919 – Diomedes Olivo , Dominican baseball player and scout (d. 1977)
1920 – Irving Kristol , American journalist, author, and academic, founded The National Interest (d. 2009)
1920 – Alf Ramsey , English footballer and manager (d. 1999)
1921 – Arno Babajanian , Armenian pianist and composer (d. 1983)
1922 – Howard Moss , American poet, playwright and critic (d. 1987)
1923 – Diana Douglas , British-American actress (d. 2015)
1924 – J. J. Johnson , American trombonist and composer (d. 2001)
1924 – Ján Chryzostom Korec , Slovak cardinal (d. 2015)
1924 – Charles Lisanby , American production designer and art director (d. 2013)
1925 – Johnny Bucha , American baseball player (d. 1996)
1925 – Bobby Young , American baseball player (d. 1985)
1927 – Lou Creekmur , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
1928 – Yoshihiko Amino , Japanese historian, author, and academic (d. 2004)
1929 – Petr Eben , Czech composer, organist and choirmaster (d. 2007)
1930 – Mariví Bilbao , Spanish actress (d. 2013)
1930 – Éamon de Buitléar , Irish accordion player and director (d. 2013)
1931 – Sam Cooke , American singer-songwriter (The Soul Stirrers and The Highway Q.C.'s ) (d. 1964)
1931 – Galina Zybina , Russian shot putter and javelin thrower
1932 – Berthold Grünfeld , Norwegian psychiatrist and academic (d. 2007)
1932 – Piper Laurie , American actress
1933 – Yuri Chesnokov , Russian volleyball player and coach (d. 2010)
1934 – Vijay Anand , Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1934 – Bill Bixby , American actor and director (d. 1993)
1934 – Graham Kerr , English chef and author
1935 – Alexander Men , Russian priest and scholar (d. 1990)
1936 – Ong Teng Cheong , Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (d. 2002)
1936 – Alan J. Heeger , American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1936 – Nyree Dawn Porter , New Zealand actress (d. 2001)
1936 – Peter Steen , Danish actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1937 – Edén Pastora , Nicaraguan politician
1937 – Joseph Wambaugh , American police officer and author
1938 – Peter Beard , Australian photographer and author
1939 – Sonny Chiba , Japanese actor and martial artist
1939 – Jørgen Garde , Danish admiral (d. 1996)
1939 – Alfredo Palacio , Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador
1939 – J. C. Tremblay , Canadian ice hockey player and scout (d. 1994)
1940 – John Hurt , English actor
1940 – George Seifert , American football player and coach
1940 – Gillian Shephard , English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education
1941 – Jaan Kaplinski , Estonian poet, philosopher, and critic
1942 – Mimis Domazos , Greek footballer
1943 – Marília Pêra , Brazilian actress and singer (d. 2015)
1943 – Michael Spicer , English journalist and politician
1944 – Khosrow Golsorkhi , Iranian journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1974)
1944 – Uto Ughi , Italian violinist and conductor
1945 – Arthur Beetson , Australian rugby player and coach (d. 2011)
1945 – Jophery Brown , American baseball player, actor, and stuntman (d. 2014)
1945 – Jean-Pierre Nicolas , French race car driver and manager
1945 – Christoph Schönborn , Bohemian-Austrian cardinal
1945 – Alojz Uran , Slovenian archbishop
1946 – Malcolm McLaren , English singer-songwriter and manager (d. 2010)
1946 – Serge Savard , Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1947 – Vladimir Oravsky , Czech-Swedish author and director
1948 – Northern Calloway , American actor and singer (d. 1990)
1948 – Gilbert Levine , American conductor and academic
1948 – Roger Williams , Welsh politician
1949 – Steve Perry , American singer-songwriter and producer (Journey )
1949 – Mike Caldwell , American baseball player and coach
1949 – Phil Miller , English guitarist (National Health , In Cahoots , Matching Mole and Hatfield and the North )
1949 – Steve Perry , American singer-songwriter and producer (Journey )
1950 – Paul Bew , Northern Irish historian and academic
1950 – Pamela Salem , Indian-English actress
1951 – Ondrej Nepela , Slovak figure skater and coach (d. 1989)
1951 – Leon Roberts , American baseball player and manager
1951 – Steve J. Spears , Australian actor, singer, and playwright (d. 2007)
1952 – Ramón Avilés , Puerto Rican baseball player
1952 – Ace Vergel , Filipino actor (d. 2007)
1953 – Winfried Berkemeier , German footballer and manager
1953 – Myung-whun Chung , South Korean pianist and conductor
1953 – Jim Jarmusch , American director and screenwriter
1954 – Tully Blanchard , American football player, wrestler, and referee
1955 – Thomas David Jones , American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1955 – Timothy R. Ferguson , American politician
1956 – Steve Riley , American drummer (L.A. Guns , W.A.S.P. , Keel and Steppenwolf )
1957 – Mike Bossy , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1957 – Brian Dayett , American baseball player and manager
1957 – Rene Requiestas , Filipino comedian and actor (d. 1993)
1957 – Godfrey Thoma , Nauruan politician
1957 – Francis Wheen , English journalist and author
1958 – Nikos Anastopoulos , Greek footballer and manager
1958 – Filiz Koçali , Turkish journalist and politician
1959 – Linda Blair , American actress and producer
1960 – Michael Hutchence , Australian singer-songwriter and actor (INXS and Max Q ) (d. 1997)
1961 – Quintin Dailey , American basketball player (d. 2010)
1962 – Jimmy Herring , American guitarist (Widespread Panic , The Dead , and Phil Lesh and Friends )
1962 – Huw Irranca-Davies , Welsh lawyer and politician
1962 – Eric Schaeffer , American actor and director
1962 – Sirous Ghayeghran , Iranian footballer and manager (d. 1998)
1963 – Nicola Duffett , English actress
1963 – Javier Ortiz , American baseball player
1963 – Andrei Tchmil , Russian-Belgian cyclist and politician
1964 – Nigel Benn , English-Australian boxer
1964 – Stojko Vranković , Croatian basketball player
1965 – Steven Adler , American drummer and songwriter (Guns N' Roses , Adler's Appetite , Hollywood Rose , and Road Crew )
1965 – DJ Jazzy Jeff , American DJ, producer, and actor (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince )
1965 – Diane Lane , American actress
1965 – Andrew Roachford , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Mike + The Mechanics )
1966 – Craig Salvatori , Australian rugby player and coach
1967 – Nick Gillingham , English swimmer
1967 – Eleanor McEvoy , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Manabu Nakanishi , Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1968 – Heath , Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (X Japan )
1968 – Guy Fieri , American chef, author, and television host
1968 – Frank Leboeuf , French footballer, sportscaster, and actor
1965 – Andrew Roachford , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1968 – Mauricio Serna , Colombian footballer
1969 – Olivia d'Abo , English-American singer-songwriter and actress
1969 – Keith Gordon , American baseball player and coach
1970 – Abraham Olano , Spanish cyclist
1971 – Stan Collymore , English footballer and sportscaster
1972 – Terry Hill , Australian rugby player and coach
1972 – Gabriel Macht , American actor and producer
1972 – Romi Park , Japanese voice actress and singer
1972 – Gonzalo Rodríguez , Uruguayan race car driver (d. 1999)
1972 – Namrata Shirodkar , Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1993
1972 – Norberto Téllez , Cuban runner
1973 – Larry Birkhead , American photographer
1973 – Rogério Ceni , Brazilian footballer
1974 – Cameron McConville , Australian race car driver and sportscaster
1974 – Joseph Muscat , Maltese journalist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Malta
1975 – Balthazar Getty , American actor and producer (Ringside )
1975 – Felipe Giaffone , Brazilian race car driver
1975 – James Murray , English actor
1975 – David Výborný , Czech ice hockey player
1976 – Jimmy Anderson , American baseball player and coach
1976 – James Dearth , American football player
1977 – Vazgen Azrojan , Armenian ice dancer
1977 – Mario Domm , Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Camila )
1977 – Jono Gibbes , New Zealand rugby player and coach
1977 – Anna Linkova , Russian tennis player
1977 – Hidetoshi Nakata , Japanese footballer
1977 – Matthew Newton , Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
1977 – Luciano Andrade Rissutt , Brazilian footballer
1978 – Joseph Calleja , Maltese actor
1978 – Chone Figgins , American baseball player
1979 – Aidan Burley , New Zealand-English politician
1979 – Carlos Ruiz , Panamanian baseball player
1980 – Jake Grove , American football player
1981 – Willa Ford , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1981 – Ben Moody , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Evanescence , We Are the Fallen , and The Halo Method )
1981 – Ibrahima Sonko , French footballer
1981 – Guy Wilks , English race car driver
1982 – Fabricio Coloccini , Argentinian footballer
1983 – Shaun Cody , American football player
1984 – Ben Eager , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Ubaldo Jiménez , Dominican baseball player
1984 – Leon Powe , American basketball player
1984 – Maceo Rigters , Dutch footballer
1985 – Orianthi , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985 – Fotios Papoulis , Greek footballer
1985 – Mohamed Sissoko , Malian footballer
1986 – Lee Pa-ni , South Korean model and actress
1986 – Maher Magri , Tunisian footballer
1986 – Matt Simon , Australian footballer
1987 – Astrid Jacobsen , Norwegian skier
1987 – Shane Long , Irish footballer
1987 – Ray Rice , American football player
1988 – Asher Allen , American football player
1988 – Greg Oden , American basketball player
1989 – Rūta Gajauskaitė , Lithuanian figure skater
1989 – RJ Padilla , Filipino actor
1989 – Theo Robinson , English-Jamaican footballer
1990 – Alizé Cornet , French tennis player
1991 – Marcus Canty , American singer and dancer
1991 – Stefan Kolb , German footballer
1991 – Alex MacDowall , English race car driver
1993 – Alex Marques , Portuguese footballer (d. 2013)
1993 – Tasuku Nagase , Japanese actor
1996 – Joshua Ho-Sang , Canadian ice hockey player
1996 – Khalil Ramos , Filipino singer and actor
1998 – Silentó , American rapper
Deaths
239 – Cao Rui , Chinese emperor (b. 205)
1341 – Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
1517 – Hadım Sinan Pasha , Ottoman politician, 32nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. ?)
1536 – Bernhard Knipperdolling , German religious leader (b. 1495)
1552 – Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset , English general and politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1500)
1575 – James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault (b. 1516)
1599 – Cristofano Malvezzi , Italian organist and composer (b. 1547)
1666 – Shah Jahan , Mughal emperor (b. 1592)
1750 – Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl , Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
1763 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
1767 – Johann Gottlob Lehmann , German meteorologist and geologist (b. 1719)
1798 – Lewis Morris , American judge and politician (b. 1726)
1779 – Jeremiah Dixon , English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
1779 – Claudius Smith , American guerrilla leader (b. 1736)
1840 – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach , German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (b. 1752)
1850 – Vincent Pallotti , Italian missionary and saint (b. 1795)
1879 – Anthony Durnford , Irish colonel (b. 1830)
1879 – Henry Pulleine , English colonel (b. 1838)
1892 – Joseph P. Bradley , American lawyer and jurist (b. 1813)
1900 – David Edward Hughes , Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (b. 1831)
1901 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
1901 – Emil Erlenmeyer , German chemist and academic (b. 1825)
1921 – George Streeter , American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
1922 – Fredrik Bajer , Danish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
1922 – Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
1922 – Camille Jordan , French mathematician and academic (b. 1838)
1925 – Fanny Bullock Workman , American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859 )
1927 – James Ford Rhodes , American historian and author (b. 1848)
1929 – R. C. Lehmann , English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)
1930 – Stephen Mather , American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company (b. 1867)
1931 – László Batthyány-Strattmann , Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
1945 – Else Lasker-Schüler , German poet and playwright (b. 1869)
1949 – William Thomas Walsh , American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
1950 – Alan Hale, Sr. , American actor and director (b. 1892)
1950 – Corinne Luchaire , French actress (b. 1921)
1951 – Karl Nessler , German-American hairdresser, invented the Perm (b. 1872)
1951 – Lawson Robertson , Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)
1954 – Princess Margaret of Prussia (b. 1872)
1957 – Ralph Barton Perry , American philosopher and academic (b. 1876)
1959 – Mike Hawthorn , English race car driver (b. 1929)
1964 – Marc Blitzstein American pianist and composer (b. 1905)
1966 – Herbert Marshall , English-American actor and singer (b. 1890)
1967 – Robert Henriques , English farmer and author (b. 1905)
1968 – Duke Kahanamoku , American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1890)
1971 – Harry Frank Guggenheim , American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1890)
1973 – Lyndon B. Johnson , American lieutenant and politician, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908)
1975 – Andrew George Burry , Swiss-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1873)
1978 – Oliver Leese , English general (b. 1894)
1978 – Herbert Sutcliffe , English cricketer and soldier (b. 1894)
1979 – Ali Hassan Salameh , Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940)
1980 – Yitzhak Baer , German-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1888)
1981 – Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi , Pakistani historian and academic (b. 1903)
1982 – Eduardo Frei Montalva , Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (b. 1911)
1982 – Tommy Tucker , American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1933)
1982 – Pantelis Zervos , Greek actor (b. 1908)
1983 – Donald Madden , American actor (b. 1928)
1985 – Arthur Bryant , English historian and journalist (b. 1899)
1987 – R. Budd Dwyer , American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (b. 1939)
1988 – Parker Fennelly , American actor (b. 1891)
1989 – S. Vithiananthan , Sri Lankan author and academic (b. 1924)
1991 – Robert Choquette , Canadian author, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
1993 – Kōbō Abe , Japanese playwright and photographer (b. 1924)
1994 – Jean-Louis Barrault , French actor and director (b. 1910)
1994 – Rhett Forrester , American singer-songwriter (Riot ) (b. 1956)
1994 – Telly Savalas , American actor and director (b. 1924)
1995 – Jerry Blackwell , American wrestler (b. 1949)
1995 – Rose Kennedy , American philanthropist (b. 1890)
1996 – Israel Eldad , Polish-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1910)
1997 – Ron Holden , American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
1997 – Billy Mackenzie , Scottish singer-songwriter (Associates ) (b. 1957)
1997 – Wally Whyton , English singer-songwriter and broadcaster (The Vipers Skiffle Group ) (b. 1929)
1999 – Graham Staines , Australian-Indian missionary and translator (b. 1941)
2000 – Craig Claiborne , American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1920)
2000 – Anne Hébert , Canadian author and poet (b. 1916)
2001 – Tommie Agee , American baseball player (b. 1942)
2001 – Roy Brown , American clown and puppeteer (b. 1932)
2002 – Peter Bardens , English keyboard player (Camel , Mirage , and Shotgun Express ) (b. 1945)
2002 – Stanley Marcus , American businessman and author (b. 1905)
2003 – Bill Mauldin , American soldier and cartoonist (b. 1921)
2004 – Billy May , American trumpet player and composer (b. 1916)
2004 – Tom Mead , Australian journalist and politician (b. 1918)
2004 – Ann Miller , American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
2005 – César Gutiérrez , Venezuelan baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1943)
2005 – Carlo Orelli , Italian soldier (b. 1894)
2005 – Consuelo Velázquez , Mexican pianist and songwriter (b. 1924)
2006 – Aydın Güven Gürkan , Turkish academic and politician, Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security (b. 1941)
2007 – Doug Blasdell , American personal trainer (b. 1962)
2007 – Ngô Quang Trưởng , Vietnamese general (b. 1929)
2007 – Abbé Pierre , French priest and activist (b. 1912)
2007 – Liz Renay , American actress, author and performer (b. 1926)
2008 – Heath Ledger , Australian actor and director (b. 1979)
2008 – Miles Lerman , Polish Holocaust survivor and activist (b. 1920)
2009 – Billy Werber , American baseball player (b. 1908)
2010 – Louis R. Harlan , American historian and author (b. 1922)
2010 – Iskandar of Johor (b. 1932)
2010 – Jean Simmons , English-American actress (b. 1929)
2012 – Simon Marsden , English photographer and author (b. 1948)
2012 – Joe Paterno , American football player and coach (b. 1926)
2012 – Clarence Tillenius , Canadian painter and environmentalist (b. 1913)
2012 – Dick Tufeld , American actor, announcer, narrator and voice actor (b. 1926)
2013 – Robert Bonnaud , French historian and academic (b. 1929)
2013 – Anna Litvinova , Russian model, Miss Russia 2006 (b. 1983)
2013 – Hinton Mitchem , American businessman and politician (b. 1938)
2013 – Lucyna Winnicka , Polish actress (b. 1928)
2014 – François Deguelt , French singer (b. 1932)
2014 – Pierre Jalbert , Canadian-American actor (b. 1925)
2014 – Serhiy Nigoyan , Ukrainian activist (b. 1993)
2014 – Maziar Partow , Iranian cinematographer (b. 1933)
2014 – Akkineni Nageswara Rao , Indian actor and producer (b. 1924)
2015 – Fabrizio de Miranda , Italian engineer and academic, co-designed the Rande Bridge (b. 1926)
2015 – Wendell H. Ford , American lieutenant and politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (b. 1924)
2015 – Margaret Bloy Graham , Canadian author and illustrator (b. 1920)
2016 – Homayoun Behzadi , Iranian footballer and coach (b. 1942)
2016 – Cecil Parkinson , English politician (b. 1931)
2016 – Lois Ramsey , Australian actress (b. 1922)
2016 – Sarah the cheetah , measured as the world's fastest land mammal (b. ~2001)
2016 – Kamer Genç , Turkish politician (b. 1940)
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