January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 339 days remaining until the end of the year (340 in leap years ).
Events
1500 – Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil .
1531 – The 1531 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.
1564 – The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism .
1564 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War .
1565 – Battle of Talikota , fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Deccan sultanates , leads to the subjugation, and eventual destruction of the last Hindu kingdom in India, and the consolidation of Islamic rule over much of the Indian subcontinent .
1589 – Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia .
1699 – For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers.
1700 – The Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America , as evidenced by Japanese records.
1736 – Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
1788 – The British First Fleet , led by Arthur Phillip , sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Commemorated as Australia Day .
1808 – The Rum Rebellion is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
1837 – Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state .
1838 – Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
1841 – James Bremer takes formal possession of Hong Kong Island at what is now Possession Point , establishing British Hong Kong .
1855 – Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory .
1856 – First Battle of Seattle . Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers.
1861 – American Civil War : The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union .
1863 – American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign . He is replaced by Joseph Hooker .
1863 – American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
1870 – American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union .
1885 – Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum , killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon .
1905 – The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350 kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
1907 – The Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British military Service, and remains the second oldest military rifle still in official use.
1911 – Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane .
1911 – Richard Strauss ' opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera .
1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress .
1918 – Finnish Civil War : A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
1920 – Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
1924 – Saint Petersburg , Russia, is renamed Leningrad.
1926 – The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird .
1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem , New York City.
1934 – German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
1939 – Spanish Civil War – Catalonia Offensive : Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona .
1942 – World War II : The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland .
1945 – World War II: The Red Army begins encircling the German Fourth Army near Heiligenbeil in East Prussia , which will end in destruction of the 4th Army two months later.
1945 – World War II: Audie Murphy in action for which he will be awarded the Medal of Honor .
1949 – The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble , becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
1950 – The Constitution of India comes into force , forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India . Observed as Republic Day in India.
1952 – Black Saturday in Egypt : rioters burn Cairo 's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
1952 – World Customs Organization is founded.
1956 – Soviet Union hands Porkkala back to Finland.
1958 – Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsizes off southern Awaji Island , Japan, 167 killed.
1960 – Danny Heater sets a worldwide high school basketball scoring record when he records 135 points for his school team in Burnsville, West Virginia .
1961 – John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds the appointment of Physician to the President .
1962 – Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
1965 – Hindi becomes the official language of India.
1966 – The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide , South Australia .
1978 – The Great Blizzard of 1978 strikes the Ohio – Great Lakes region with heavy snow and winds up to 100 mph (161 km/h).
1980 – Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations .
1986 – The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army , led by Yoweri Museveni .
1991 – Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia , ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi .
1992 – Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons .
1998 – Lewinsky scandal : On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations " with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky .
2001 – The 2001 Gujarat earthquake causes more than twenty thousand deaths.
2004 – President Hamid Karzai signs the current Constitution of Afghanistan .
2004 – A whale explodes in the town of Tainan , Taiwan . A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale is suspected of causing the explosion.
2005 – Glendale train crash : Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California , near Los Angeles.
2009 – Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo , Madagascar , sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina .
2015 – An aircraft crashes at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete , Spain , killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.
2015 – Libby Lane becomes the first woman to be ordained a bishop of the Church of England .
Births
1497 – Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)
1541 – Florent Chrestien , French poet and translator (d. 1596)
1595 – Antonio Maria Abbatini , Italian composer (d. 1679)
1708 – William Hayes , English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1777)
1714 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle , French sculptor and educator (d. 1785)
1716 – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville , English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1785)
1722 – Alexander Carlyle , Scottish minister and author (d. 1805)
1761 – Jens Zetlitz , Norwegian priest and poet (d. 1821)
1763 – Charles XIV John of Sweden (d. 1844)
1781 – Ludwig Achim von Arnim , German poet and author (d. 1831)
1813 – Juan Pablo Duarte , Dominican philosopher and poet (d. 1876)
1826 – Julia Grant , American wife of Ulysses S. Grant , 19th First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
1832 – George Shiras, Jr. , American lawyer and jurist (d. 1924)
1842 – François Coppée , French poet and author (d. 1908)
1852 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza , Italian-French explorer (d. 1905)
1864 – József Pusztai , Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (d. 1934)
1866 – John Cady , American golfer (d. 1933)
1878 – Dave Nourse , English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 1948)
1880 – Douglas MacArthur , American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964)
1885 – Michael Considine , Irish-Australian politician (d. 1959)
1885 – Harry Ricardo , English engineer and academic (d. 1974)
1887 – François Faber , French-Luxembourgian cyclist (d. 1915)
1887 – Marc Mitscher , American admiral and pilot (d. 1947)
1891 – Frank Costello , Italian-American mob boss (d. 1973)
1891 – August Froehlich , German priest and martyr (d. 1942)
1891 – Wilder Penfield , American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic (d. 1976)
1892 – Bessie Coleman , American pilot (d. 1926)
1892 – Zara Cully , American actress (d. 1978)
1893 – Giuseppe Genco Russo , Italian mob boss (d. 1976)
1899 – Günther Reindorff , Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator (d. 1974)
1900 – Karl Ristenpart , German conductor (d. 1967)
1902 – Jokichi Ikarashi , Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2013)
1902 – Menno ter Braak , Dutch author (d. 1940)
1904 – Ancel Keys , American physiologist and nutritionist (d. 2004)
1904 – Seán MacBride , Irish lawyer and politician, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1905 – Charles Lane , American actor and singer (d. 2007)
1905 – Maria von Trapp , Austrian-American singer (d. 1987)
1907 – Dimitrios Holevas , Greek priest and philologist (d. 2001)
1908 – Jill Esmond , English actress (d. 1990)
1908 – Rupprecht Geiger , German painter and sculptor (d. 2009)
1908 – Stéphane Grappelli , French violinist (Quintette du Hot Club de France ) (d. 1997)
1910 – Jean Image , Hungarian-French animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1911 – Polykarp Kusch , German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
1911 – Norbert Schultze , German composer and conductor (d. 2002)
1913 – Jimmy Van Heusen , American pianist and composer (d. 1990)
1914 – Princess Durru Shehvar of the Ottoman Empire (d. 2006)
1915 – William Hopper , American actor (d. 1970)
1917 – Louis Zamperini , American runner and captain (d. 2014)
1918 – Nicolae Ceaușescu , Romanian general and politician, 1st President of Romania (d. 1989)
1918 – Philip José Farmer , American author (d. 2009)
1919 – Valentino Mazzola , Italian footballer (d. 1949)
1919 – Bill Nicholson , English footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1920 – Hans Holzer , Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author (d. 2009)
1921 – Eddie Barclay , French record producer, founded Barclay Records (d. 2005)
1921 – Akio Morita , Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (d. 1999)
1922 – Michael Bentine , English actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1922 – Seán Flanagan , Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (d. 1993)
1922 – Ellen Vogel , Dutch actress (d. 2015)
1923 – Patrick J. Hannifin , American admiral (d. 2014)
1923 – Patricia Hughes , English radio host (d. 2013)
1923 – Anne Jeffreys , American actress and singer
1924 – Annette Strauss , American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (d. 1998)
1925 – David Jenkins , English bishop and theologian
1925 – Joan Leslie , American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1925 – Paul Newman , American actor, director, race car driver, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own (d. 2008)
1925 – Ben Pucci , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1925 – Claude Ryan , Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2004)
1926 – Farman Fatehpuri , Pakistani linguist and scholar (d. 2013)
1926 – Joseph Bacon Fraser, Jr. , American architect and businessman, co-founded the Sea Pines Company (d. 2014)
1927 – José Azcona del Hoyo , Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2005)
1927 – Bob Nieman , American baseball player and scout (d. 1985)
1927 – William Redfield , American actor and author (d. 1976)
1927 – Hubert Schieth , German footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1928 – Roger Vadim , French actor and director (d. 2000)
1929 – Jules Feiffer , American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator
1934 – Roger Landry , Canadian businessman and publisher
1934 – Charles Marowitz , American director, playwright, and critic
1935 – Corrado Augias , Italian journalist and politician
1935 – Bob Uecker , American baseball player, sportscaster and actor
1936 – Sal Buscema , American illustrator
1936 – Theophanis Lamboukas , Greek-French actor and singer (d. 1970)
1937 – Joseph Saidu Momoh , Sierra Leonean soldier and politician, 2nd President of Sierra Leone (d. 2003)
1940 – Séamus Hegarty , Irish bishop
1941 – Scott Glenn , American actor
1941 – Henry Jaglom , English-American director and screenwriter
1941 – Joan A. Steitz , American biologist and academic
1943 – César Gutiérrez , Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1943 – Jean Knight , American singer
1943 – Jack Warner , Trinidadian businessman and politician
1944 – Angela Davis , American activist, author, and scholar
1944 – Jerry Sandusky , American football player and coach
1945 – Jacqueline du Pré , English cellist (d. 1987)
1945 – David Purley , English race car driver (d. 1985)
1946 – Michel Delpech , French singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2016)
1946 – Christopher Hampton , Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright
1946 – Deon Jackson , American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1946 – Gene Siskel , American journalist and critic (d. 1999)
1947 – Patrick Dewaere , French actor and composer (d. 1982)
1947 – Les Ebdon , English chemist and academic
1947 – Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin , Irish director, producer, and production manager
1947 – Michel Sardou , French singer-songwriter and actor
1949 – Jonathan Carroll , American author
1949 – David Strathairn , American actor
1950 – Jörg Haider , Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (d. 2008)
1950 – Jack Youngblood , American football player, sportscaster, and actor
1951 – David Briggs , Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Little River Band )
1951 – Andy Hummel , American singer-songwriter and bass player (Big Star ) (d. 2010)
1951 – Anne Mills , English economist and academic
1951 – Christopher North , American keyboard player (Ambrosia )
1953 – Alik L. Alik , Micronesian politician, 7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
1953 – Anders Fogh Rasmussen , Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark
1953 – Lucinda Williams , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Eddie Van Halen , Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Van Halen )
1957 – Shivlal Yadav , Indian cricketer and manager
1958 – Anita Baker , American singer-songwriter
1958 – Ellen DeGeneres , American comedian, actress, and talk show host
1958 – Salvador Sánchez , Mexican boxer (d. 1982)
1960 – Charlie Gillingham , American pianist and accordion player (Counting Crows )
1961 – Wayne Gretzky , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Tom Keifer , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Cinderella )
1961 – Mark Urban , English journalist and author
1962 – Guo Jian , Chinese-Australian painter, sculptor, and photographer
1962 – Tim May , Australian cricketer
1962 – Oscar Ruggeri , Argentinian footballer and manager
1963 – José Mourinho , Portuguese footballer and manager
1963 – Tony Parks , English footballer and manager
1963 – Andrew Ridgeley , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wham! )
1963 – Gisela Valcárcel , Peruvian actress and publisher, founded Gisela Magazine
1964 – Adam Crozier , Scottish businessman
1965 – Thomas Östros , Swedish businessman and politician
1965 – Natalia Yurchenko , Russian gymnast and coach
1966 – Kazushige Nagashima , Japanese baseball player, sportscaster, and actor
1967 – Bryan Callen , American actor and screenwriter
1967 – Anatoly Komm , Russian chef and businessman
1967 – Col Needham , English businessman, co-founded Internet Movie Database
1968 – Ravi Teja , Indian actor and singer
1969 – George Dikeoulakos , Greek-Romanian basketball player and coach
1970 – Kirk Franklin , American singer-songwriter and producer (One Nation Crew )
1971 – Deathprod , Norwegian rapper and producer (Supersilent and Motorpsycho )
1971 – Dorian Gregory , American actor and television host
1973 – Ya Kid K , Congolese-Belgian rapper (Technotronic )
1973 – The Maestro , American wrestler and actor
1973 – Melvil Poupaud , French actor, director, and screenwriter
1973 – Brendan Rodgers , Northern Irish footballer and manager
1973 – Mayu Shinjo , Japanese author and illustrator
1974 – Rokia Traoré , Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Hitomi , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1977 – Vince Carter , American basketball player
1977 – Justin Gimelstob , American tennis player and coach
1977 – Tye Tribbett , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1978 – Esteban Germán , Dominican baseball player
1978 – Atsuko Kurusu , Japanese actress
1978 – Corina Morariu , American tennis player and sportscaster
1979 – Sara Rue , American actress
1980 – Ertuğrul Arslan , Turkish footballer
1980 – Sanae Kobayashi , Japanese voice actress
1981 – Jesús Corona , Mexican footballer
1981 – Gustavo Dudamel , Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor
1981 – Juan José Haedo , Argentinian cyclist
1981 – Volador Jr. , Mexican wrestler
1981 – Colin O'Donoghue , Irish actor
1982 – Gō Ayano , Japanese actor
1982 – Reggie Hodges , American football player
1982 – Brahim Takioullah , Moroccan giant
1982 – Yasushi Tsujimoto , Japanese wrestler
1983 – Petri Oravainen , Finnish footballer
1983 – Ryan Rowland-Smith , Australian baseball player
1983 – Lee Su-hwan , South Korean kick-boxer
1984 – Iain Turner , Scottish footballer
1984 – Luo Xuejuan , Chinese swimmer
1985 – Mads Ibenfeldt , Danish footballer
1985 – Heather Stanning , English rower
1986 – Gerald Green , American basketball player
1986 – Kim Jae-joong , South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (JYJ and TVXQ )
1986 – Mustapha Yatabaré , French-Malian footballer
1987 – Mário Brandão da Silveira , Brazilian footballer
1987 – Sebastian Giovinco , Italian footballer
1987 – Mia Rose , English singer-songwriter
1987 – Asaph Schwapp , American football player (d. 2013)
1988 – Dimitrios Chondrokoukis , Greek high jumper
1988 – Yukiyo Mine , Japanese softball player
1989 – MarShon Brooks , American basketball player
1989 – Emily Hughes , American figure skater
1989 – Torrey Smith , American football player
1990 – Nina Zander , German tennis player
1991 – Manti Te'o , American football player
1993 – Cameron Bright , Canadian actor
1993 – Peter Čerešňák , Slovak ice hockey player
1993 – Florian Thauvin , French footballer
1996 – Igor Decraene , Belgian cyclist (d. 2014)
1996 – Tyger Drew-Honey , English actor and singer
1997 – Ieva Gaile , Latvian figure skater
2008 – Paul the Octopus , English octopus (d. 2010)
Deaths
724 – Yazid II , Arab caliph (b. 687)
738 – John of Dailam , Syrian monk and saint (b. 660)
946 – Eadgyth , German wife of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 910)
1567 – Nicholas Wotton , English courtier and diplomat (b. 1497)
1630 – Henry Briggs , English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1556)
1636 – Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul , French diplomat (b. 1552)
1697 – Georg Mohr , Danish mathematician and theorist (b. 1640)
1744 – Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller , Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
1750 – Albert Schultens , Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
1779 – Thomas Hudson , English painter (b. 1701)
1795 – Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach , German harpsichord player and composer (b. 1732)
1799 – Gabriel Christie , Scottish general (b. 1722)
1823 – Edward Jenner , English physician and immunologist (b. 1749)
1824 – Théodore Géricault , French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
1831 – Sangolli Rayanna , Indian soldier (b. 1798)
1831 – Anton Delvig , Russian poet and journalist (b. 1798)
1849 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes , English poet, playwright, and physician (b. 1803)
1855 – Gérard de Nerval , French poet and translator (b. 1808)
1869 – Duncan Gordon Boyes , English soldier Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
1870 – Victor de Broglie , French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
1885 – Edward Davy , English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
1885 – Charles George Gordon , English general and politician (b. 1833)
1886 – David Rice Atchison , American general and politician (b. 1807)
1891 – Nikolaus Otto , German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
1893 – Abner Doubleday , American general (b. 1819)
1895 – Arthur Cayley , English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
1904 – Whitaker Wright , English businessman (b. 1846)
1926 – John Flannagan , American priest and academic (b. 1860)
1932 – William Wrigley, Jr. , American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
1933 – Alva Belmont , American-French activist (b. 1853)
1942 – Felix Hausdorff , German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
1943 – Harry H. Laughlin , American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
1943 – Nikolai Vavilov , Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
1946 – Oskar Kallas , Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
1946 – Adriaan van Maanen , Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
1947 – Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (b. 1906)
1947 – Grace Moore , American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
1948 – Kâzım Karabekir , Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
1948 – John Lomax , American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
1952 – Khorloogiin Choibalsan , Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)
1953 – Athanase David , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
1957 – Helene Costello , American actress (b. 1906)
1961 – Stan Nichols , English cricketer (b. 1900)
1962 – Lucky Luciano , Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
1968 – Merrill C. Meigs , American publisher (b. 1883)
1973 – Edward G. Robinson , Romanian-American actor and singer (b. 1893)
1976 – João Branco Núncio , Portuguese bullfighter (b. 1901)
1977 – Filopimin Finos , Greek production manager and producer, founded Finos Film (b. 1908)
1979 – Nelson Rockefeller , American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
1980 – Simon Kapwepwe , Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia (b. 1922)
1983 – Bear Bryant , American football player and coach (b. 1913)
1986 – A. J. P. Ponrajah , Sri Lankan engineer (b. 1927)
1990 – Bob Gerard , English race car driver and businessman (b. 1914)
1990 – Lewis Mumford , American sociologist and historian (b. 1895)
1992 – José Ferrer , Puerto Rican-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1912)
1993 – Jan Gies , Dutch businessman (b. 1905)
1993 – Robert Jacobsen , Danish sculptor and painter (b. 1912)
1993 – Jeanne Sauvé , Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada (b. 1922)
1995 – Pat Welsh , American actress (b. 1915)
1996 – Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1921)
1996 – Harold Brodkey , American author and academic (b. 1930)
1996 – Frank Howard , American football player and coach (b. 1909)
1996 – Henry Lewis , American bassist and conductor (b. 1932)
1996 – Stevie Plunder , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Whitlams ) (b. 1963)
1997 – Jeane Dixon , American astrologer and psychic (b. 1904)
2000 – Don Budge , American tennis player and coach (b. 1915)
2000 – Kathleen Hale , English author and illustrator (b. 1898)
2000 – A. E. van Vogt , Canadian-American author (b. 1912)
2001 – Al McGuire , American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
2003 – Valeriy Brumel , Russian high jumper (b. 1942)
2003 – Hugh Trevor-Roper , English historian and academic (b. 1917)
2003 – George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie , Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1931)
2004 – Fred Haas , American golfer (b. 1916)
2006 – Khan Abdul Wali Khan , Pakistani politician (b. 1917)
2007 – Gump Worsley , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
2008 – Viktor Schreckengost , American sculptor and designer (b. 1906)
2010 – Louis Auchincloss , American lawyer, historian, and author (b. 1917)
2011 – Charlie Louvin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Louvin Brothers ) (b. 1927)
2012 – Ian Abercrombie , English-American actor (b. 1934)
2012 – Dimitra Arliss , American actress (b. 1932)
2012 – Clare Fischer , American keyboard player and composer (b. 1928)
2012 – Roberto Mieres , Argentinian race car driver (d. 1924)
2013 – Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner , American guitarist (Ohio Players ) (b. 1943)
2013 – Christine M. Jones , American educator and politician (b. 1929)
2013 – Stefan Kudelski , Polish-Swiss engineer, invented the Nagra (b. 1929)
2013 – Padma Kant Shukla , Indian physicist and academic (b. 1950)
2013 – Shōtarō Yasuoka , Japanese author (b. 1920)
2014 – Tom Gola , American basketball player, coach, and politician (b. 1933)
2014 – Paula Gruden , Slovenian-Australian poet and translator (b. 1921)
2014 – Margery Mason , English actress and director (b. 1913)
2014 – José Emilio Pacheco , Mexican poet and author (b. 1939)
2014 – Ralph T. Troy , American banker and politician (b. 1935)
2014 – Rusty York , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
2015 – Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau , American art director and cartoonist (b. 1932)
2015 – Tom Uren , Australian soldier and politician (b. 1921)
2015 – R. J. Adams American film and television actor, acting coach, screenwriter, film producer, documentary producer and radio personality (b. 1942)
2016 – Black , English singer-songwriter (b. 1962)
2016 – Sahabzada Yaqub Khan , Pakistani politician and diplomat, 14th Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1920)
2016 – Abe Vigoda , American actor (b. 1921)
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