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January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days remaining until the end of the year (355 in leap years).
Events
- 1055 β Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1158 β Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.
- 1569 β First recorded lottery in England.
- 1571 β Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
- 1693 β A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
- 1759 β In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
- 1779 β Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
- 1782 β American Revolutionary War: French troops begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts.
- 1787 β William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
- 1805 β The Michigan Territory is created.
- 1861 β Alabama secedes from the United States.
- 1863 β American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post β General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
- 1863 β American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
- 1879 β The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
- 1908 β Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- 1912 β Immigrant textile works in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
- 1917 β The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
- 1919 β Romania reincorporates Transylvania.
- 1922 β First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
- 1923 β Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
- 1927 β Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
- 1935 β Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
- 1942 β World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
- 1943 β World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
- 1943 β Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York.
- 1946 β Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
- 1949 β The first "networked" television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
- 1949 β A record-setting snowstorm hits Los Angeles, California.
- 1957 β The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
- 1960 β Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America's most prolific serial killer, commits his first known murder.
- 1962 β Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
- 1962 β An avalanche on HuascarΓ‘n in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
- 1964 β Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
- 1972 β East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
- 1973 β Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
- 1986 β The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
- 1994 β The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn FΓ©in.
- 1996 β Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
- 1998 β Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
- 2003 β Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
- 2013 β One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
Births
- 347 β Theodosius I, Roman emperor (d. 395)
- 889 β Abd-ar-Rahman III, Spanish Emir of CΓ³rdoba (d. 961)
- 1322 β Emperor KΕmyΕ of Japan (d. 1380)
- 1359 β Emperor Go-En'yΕ« of Japan (d. 1393)
- 1395 β Michelle of Valois, Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1422)
- 1503 β Parmigianino, Italian painter (d. 1540)
- 1591 β Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician (d. 1646)
- 1630 β John Rogers, English-American academic (d. 1684)
- 1638 β Nicolas Steno, Danish bishop and scientist (d. 1686)
- 1642 β Johann Friedrich Alberti, German composer and organist (d. 1710)
- 1671 β FranΓ§ois-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general and diplomat (d. 1745)
- 1755 β Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American economist, politician, and philosopher, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
- 1757 β Samuel Bentham, English engineer (d. 1831)
- 1786 β Joseph Jackson Lister, English opticist and physicist (d. 1869)
- 1788 β William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)
- 1800 β Γnyos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. 1895)
- 1807 β Ezra Cornell, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Western Union and Cornell University (d. 1874)
- 1814 β James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899)
- 1815 β John A. Macdonald, Canadian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
- 1825 β Bayard Taylor, American poet (d. 1878)
- 1839 β Eugenio MarΓa de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator, philosopher, lawyer, and sociologist (d. 1903)
- 1842 β William James, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910)
- 1843 β C. Y. O'Connor, Irish-Australian engineer (d. 1902)
- 1845 β Albert Victor BΓ€cklund, Swedish physicist (d. 1912)
- 1850 β Joseph Charles Arthur, American botanist (d. 1942)
- 1852 β Constantin Fehrenbach, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Weimar Germany (d. 1926)
- 1853 β Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (d. 1926)
- 1856 β Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (d. 1932)
- 1857 β Fred Archer, English jockey (d. 1886)
- 1858 β Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges(d. 1947)
- 1859 β George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (d. 1925)
- 1864 β Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, playwright, lawyer, and politician (d. 1946)
- 1867 β Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist (d. 1927)
- 1868 β Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)
- 1870 β Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (d. 1945)
- 1872 β G. W. Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)
- 1873 β John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist (d. 1949)
- 1875 β Reinhold GliΓ¨re, Russian composer (d. 1956)
- 1875 β Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (d. 1941)
- 1876 β Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)
- 1878 β Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general (d. 1952)
- 1879 β John Symes, English cricketer (d. 1942)
- 1885 β Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1965)
- 1885 β Alice Paul, American activist (d. 1977)
- 1886 β Chester Conklin, American comedian and actor (d. 1971)
- 1887 β Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (d. 1948)
- 1888 β Joseph B. Keenan, American politician (d. 1954)
- 1889 β Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (d. 1938)
- 1890 β Harold Bride, English wireless officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1956)
- 1890 β Max Carey, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1890 β Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet (d. 1954)
- 1895 β Laurens Hammond, American engineer and businessman, founded the Hammond Clock Company (d. 1973)
- 1897 β Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (d. 1955)
- 1897 β August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)
- 1899 β Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress (d. 1991)
- 1901 β Kwon Ki-ok, North Korean pilot (d. 1988)
- 1902 β Maurice DuruflΓ©, French organist and composer (d. 1986)
- 1903 β Alan Paton, South African author and activist (d. 1988)
- 1905 β Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist (d. 1960)
- 1905 β Manfred Bennington Lee, American author, co-creator of Ellery Queen (d. 1971)
- 1906 β Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist, discoverer of LSD (d. 2008)
- 1907 β Pierre MendΓ¨s France, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1982)
- 1907 β Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972)
- 1908 β Lionel Stander, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1910 β Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and author (d. 1975)
- 1910 β Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and politician (d. 1966)
- 1910 β Izler Solomon, American conductor (d. 1987)
- 1911 β Nora Heysen, Australian painter (d. 2003)
- 1911 β ZenkΕ Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
- 1912 β Don "Red" Barry, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1913 β Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980)
- 1915 β Paddy Mayne, Irish soldier (d. 1955)
- 1916 β Bernard Blier, French actor (d. 1989)
- 1917 β John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (d. 1982)
- 1918 β Robert C. O'Brien, American author and journalist (d. 1973)
- 1920 β Mick McManus, English wrestler (d. 2013)
- 1921 β Gory Guerrero, American wrestler (d. 1990)
- 1921 β Juanita M. Kreps, American economist, educator, and civil servant, 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
- 1921 β Benedict Zilliacus, Finnish journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1922 β Ernle Bradford, English historian and author (d. 1986)
- 1923 β Jerome Bixby, American author and scriptwriter (d. 1998)
- 1923 β Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher
- 1923 β Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, designer, and businessman, founded Carroll Shelby International (d. 2012)
- 1924 β Don Cherry, American singer and golfer
- 1924 β Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 β Sam B. Hall, American politician and judge (d. 1994)
- 1924 β Slim Harpo, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1970)
- 1925 β Grant Tinker, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises
- 1926 β Lev Dyomin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1998)
- 1928 β Alan Bowness, British art historian
- 1928 β Mitchell Ryan, American actor
- 1928 β David L. Wolper, American television and film producer (d. 2010)
- 1929 β Dmitri Bruns, Estonian architect
- 1930 β Ron Mulock, Australian politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
- 1930 β Seamus O'Connell, English footballer (d. 2013)
- 1930 β Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor
- 1931 β Betty Churcher, Australian painter
- 1932 β Alfonso ArΓ‘u, Mexican actor and director
- 1934 β Jean ChrΓ©tien, Canadian politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1934 β Tony Hoare, Sri Lankan-English computer scientist
- 1935 β Melvyn Hayes, English actor
- 1935 β Ghita NΓΈrby, Danish actress
- 1936 β Jody Payne, American singer and guitarist (Family) (d. 2013)
- 1937 β Felix Silla, Italian-American actor and stuntman
- 1938 β Fischer Black, American economist (d. 1995)
- 1938 β Fred Jones, Welsh footballer (d. 2013)
- 1938 β Vladimir Krpan, Croatian pianist
- 1938 β Gavin Millar, Scottish film director
- 1938 β Alastair Morton, chief executive of Eurotunnel 1987-1996, chairman of Strategic Rail Authority 1999-2001, dies (d. 2004)
- 1938 β Arthur Scargill, English politician
- 1938 β John August Swanson, American painter
- 1939 β Anne Heggtveit, Canadian skier
- 1940 β Andres Tarand, Estonian politician and geographer
- 1941 β Abdullah the Butcher, Canadian wrestler
- 1941 β GΓ©rson, Brazilian footballer
- 1942 β Bud Acton, American basketball player
- 1942 β Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor (E Street Band) (d. 2011)
- 1942 β Leo Cullum, American cartoonist (d. 2010)
- 1942 β George Mira, American football player
- 1943 β Henry Cecil, British horse trainer (d. 2013)
- 1943 β Jill Churchill, American author
- 1943 β Jim Hightower, American politician, author, and activist
- 1944 β Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (d. 1989)
- 1944 β Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand
- 1945 β Christine Kaufmann, German-Austrian actress
- 1946 β Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter (The Judds)
- 1946 β Tony Kaye, English keyboard player (Yes, Badger, Detective, Badfinger, Circa, and Yoso)
- 1946 β John Piper, American theologian and author
- 1947 β Anna Calder-Marshall, English actress
- 1948 β Fritz Bohla, German footballer and manager
- 1948 β Brian Cantor, British scientific academic
- 1948 β Joe Harper, Scottish footballer
- 1948 β Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 54th Yokozuna
- 1948 β Terry Williams, Welsh drummer (Love Sculpture, Man, Rockpile, and Dire Straits)
- 1949 β Daryl Braithwaite, Australian singer-songwriter (Sherbet)
- 1949 β Chris Ford, American basketball player and coach
- 1951 β Willie Maddren, English footballer (d. 2000)
- 1951 β Philip Tartaglia, Scottish Roman Catholic Bishop of Glasgow
- 1952 β Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright (d. 2013)
- 1952 β Ben Crenshaw, American golfer
- 1952 β Michael Forshaw, Australian politician
- 1952 β Diana Gabaldon, American author
- 1952 β Lee Ritenour, American guitarist, composer, and producer
- 1953 β Graham Allen, English politician
- 1953 β John Sessions, Scottish actor
- 1953 β Kostas Skandalidis, Greek politician
- 1954 β Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian politician and physicist
- 1956 β Robert Earl Keen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1956 β Kuniaki Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler
- 1956 β Phyllis Logan, Scottish actress
- 1956 β Paul McKeever, German-English police officer (d. 2013)
- 1957 β Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player
- 1957 β Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
- 1958 β Diego LeΓ³n Montoya SΓ‘nchez, Colombian crime boss
- 1958 β Vicki Peterson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Bangles and Continental Drifters)
- 1959 β Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1961 β Jasper Fforde, English author
- 1961 β Karl von Habsburg, Archduke of Austria, German-Austrian politician
- 1961 β Eva O, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Christian Death, Shadow Project and Super Heroines)
- 1961 β Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish rally driver (d. 1989)
- 1962 β Chris Bryant, British politician
- 1962 β Kim Coles, American actress
- 1962 β Susan Lindauer, American journalist and activist
- 1963 β Tracy Caulkins, American swimmer
- 1963 β Jason Connery, English actor
- 1963 β Dean Reynolds, English snooker player
- 1965 β Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican wrestler
- 1965 β Roland Scholten, Dutch darts Player
- 1965 β Aleksey Zhukov, Russian football player and coach
- 1966 β Marc Acito, American author
- 1966 β Kelley Law, Canadian curler
- 1966 β Tao Wei, Chinese footballer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
- 1967 β Derek Riddell, Scottish actor
- 1968 β Anders Borg, Swedish economist and politician
- 1968 β SaΕ‘a ΔiriΔ, Macedonian footballer
- 1968 β Tom Dumont, American guitarist and producer (No Doubt and Invincible Overlord)
- 1969 β Manny Acta, Dominican baseball player
- 1969 β Chris Beardshaw, English horticulturist
- 1969 β James Merendino, American film writer and director
- 1969 β Kyle Richards, American actress
- 1970 β Manfredi Beninati, Italian painter and sculptor
- 1970 β Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
- 1970 β Malcolm D. Lee, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1970 β Joy Nilo, Filipino composer
- 1971 β Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1971 β Tom Ward, British actor
- 1971 β Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (Bus Station Loonies, Oi Polloi, and Disorder)
- 1972 β Marc Blucas, American actor
- 1972 β Christian Jacobs, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Aquabats)
- 1972 β Amanda Peet, American actress
- 1973 β Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress
- 1973 β Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
- 1973 β Rockmond Dunbar, American actor
- 1974 β Roman GΓΆrtz, German footballer
- 1974 β Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player
- 1974 β Jens Nowotny, German footballer
- 1975 β Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player
- 1975 β Kevin Koe, Canadian curler
- 1975 β Dan Luger, English rugby player
- 1976 β Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
- 1976 β Kaire Vilgats, Estonian singer
- 1977 β Shomari Buchanan, American football player
- 1977 β Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater
- 1977 β Devin Ratray, American actor and singer
- 1977 β Nadia Turner, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1978 β Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player
- 1978 β Holly Brisley, Australian actress
- 1978 β Michael Duff, Irish footballer
- 1978 β Emile Heskey, English footballer
- 1978 β Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer
- 1979 β Darren Lynn Bousman, American director and screenwriter
- 1979 β Michael Lorenz, German footballer
- 1979 β Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1979 β Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
- 1980 β Lovieanne Jung, American softball player
- 1980 β Mike Williams, American football player
- 1980 β Deanna Wright, American actress and model
- 1981 β Bafo Biyela, South African footballer
- 1981 β Jamelia, English singer-songwriter and actress
- 1981 β Tom Meighan, English singer-songwriter (Kasabian)
- 1981 β Jaime ValdΓ©s, Chilean footballer
- 1981 β Ali Zitouni, Tunisian footballer
- 1982 β Tony Allen, American basketball player
- 1982 β Ashley Taylor Dawson, English actor and singer (allSTARS*)
- 1982 β Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
- 1983 β Turner Battle, American basketball player
- 1983 β Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player
- 1983 β Ted Richards, Australian footballer
- 1983 β Adrian Sutil, German race car driver
- 1984 β Kevin Boss, American football player
- 1984 β Dario KreΕ‘iΔ, Croatian footballer
- 1984 β Matt Mullenweg, American web developer and entrepreneur, co-created WordPress
- 1985 β Newton Faulkner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1985 β Rie fu, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1985 β Lucy Knisley, American illustrator
- 1985 β Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese race car driver
- 1985 β Aaron Porter, English union leader
- 1986 β Rachel Riley, English television host
- 1987 β Scotty Cranmer, American motocross cyclist
- 1987 β Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer
- 1988 β Daniel Dzufer, Australian footballer
- 1988 β Rodrigo JosΓ© Pereira, Brazilian footballer
- 1988 β Epiphanny Prince, American-Russian basketball player
- 1989 β Darko Bodul, Croatian footballer
- 1989 β Sammy Carlson, American skier
- 1990 β Ryan Griffin, American football player
- 1991 β Hyolyn, South Korean singer and actress (Sistar)
- 1993 β Flora Cross, French-American actress
- 1993 β Michael Keane, English footballer
- 1993 β Will Keane, English footballer
- 1994 β Mathieu Marquet, Mauritian swimmer
- 1997 β Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Deaths
- 314 β Pope Miltiades
- 705 β Pope John VI (b. 655)
- 802 β Paulinus II of Aquileia, Italian priest, theologian, and saint (b. 726)
- 812 β Staurakios, Byzantine emperor
- 844 β Michael I Rangabe, Byzantine emperor (b. 770)
- 1055 β Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1000)
- 1083 β Otto of Nordheim (b. 1020)
- 1494 β Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter (b. 1449)
- 1495 β Pedro GonzΓ‘lez de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (b. 1428)
- 1547 β Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal scholar, and theorist (b. 1470)
- 1641 β Juan MartΓnez de JΓ‘uregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (b. 1583)
- 1696 β Charles Albanel, French priest, missionary, and explorer (b. 1616)
- 1703 β Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (b. 1632)
- 1713 β Pierre Jurieu, French priest (b. 1637)
- 1735 β Metropolitan Danilo I PetroviΔ-NjegoΕ‘, Serbian metropolitan (b. 1670)
- 1753 β Hans Sloane, Irish physician (b. 1660)
- 1762 β Louis-FranΓ§ois Roubiliac, French-English sculptor (b. 1695)
- 1763 β Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
- 1771 β Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher (b. 1704)
- 1788 β FranΓ§ois Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)
- 1791 β William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer (b. 1717)
- 1798 β Erekle II of Kartli (b. 1720)
- 1801 β Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (b. 1749)
- 1836 β John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763)
- 1843 β Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
- 1867 β Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
- 1882 β Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810)
- 1891 β Georges-EugΓ¨ne Haussmann, French civic planner (b. 1809)
- 1901 β Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (b. 1866)
- 1902 β Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)
- 1904 β William Sawyer, Canadian politician (b. 1815)
- 1905 β Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Polish rabbi (b. 1847)
- 1914 β Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
- 1920 β Steinar SchjΓΈtt, Norwegian educator, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1844)
- 1923 β Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
- 1928 β Thomas Hardy, English author and poet (b. 1840)
- 1931 β James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
- 1938 β Johan Salonen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1884)
- 1941 β Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)
- 1944 β Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Italy (b. 1903)
- 1947 β Eva Tanguay, Canadian-American singer (b. 1879)
- 1952 β Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (b. 1889)
- 1952 β Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (b. 1885)
- 1953 β Noe Zhordania, Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1868)
- 1954 β Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870)
- 1957 β Robert Garran, Australian lawyer (b. 1867)
- 1957 β Rose Sutro, American pianist (b. 1870)
- 1958 β Alec Rowley, English composer (b. 1892)
- 1958 β Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1961 β Elena Gerhardt, German soprano (b. 1883)
- 1965 β Wally Pipp, American baseball player (b. 1893)
- 1966 β Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901)
- 1966 β Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889)
- 1966 β Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (b. 1904)
- 1968 β Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)
- 1969 β Richmal Crompton, English author (b. 1890)
- 1972 β Padraic Colum, Irish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
- 1975 β Max Lorenz, German tenor (b. 1901)
- 1978 β Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani poet (b. 1927)
- 1979 β Jack Soo, American actor (b. 1917)
- 1980 β Barbara Pym, English author (b. 1913)
- 1981 β Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1888)
- 1985 β William McKell, Australian politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
- 1986 β Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- 1986 β Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
- 1987 β Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist (b. 1911)
- 1988 β Pappy Boyington, American pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1912)
- 1988 β Isidor Isaac Rabi, Polish- American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
- 1989 β August Koern, Estonian diplomat and politician (b. 1900)
- 1989 β Ray Moore, English radio host (b. 1942)
- 1990 β Carolyn Haywood, American author (b. 1898)
- 1991 β Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
- 1994 β Helmut Poppendick, German physician (b. 1902)
- 1995 β Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (b. 1909)
- 1995 β Lewis Nixon, American army officer (b. 1918)
- 1995 β Theodor Wisch, German general (b. 1907)
- 1996 β Roger Crozier, Canadian hockey player (b. 1942)
- 1998 β Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b. 1926)
- 1999 β Fabrizio De AndrΓ©, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
- 1999 β Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author and poet (b. 1897)
- 1999 β Brian Moore, Irish-American author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 2000 β Betty Archdale, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1907)
- 2000 β Ivan Combe, American inventor and businessman, invented Clearasil (b. 1911)
- 2000 β Bob Lemon, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 2001 β Denys Lasdun, English architect, co-designed the Royal National Theatre (b. 1914)
- 2001 β Michael Williams, English actor (b. 1935)
- 2002 β Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (b. 1936)
- 2002 β Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French playwright and director (b. 1920)
- 2003 β Mickey Finn, English drummer (T. Rex and Mickey Finn's T-Rex) (b. 1947)
- 2003 β Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925)
- 2003 β Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913)
- 2005 β Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and The Dinosaurs) (b. 1938)
- 2005 β Jimmy Griffin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bread and The Remingtons) (b. 1943)
- 2005 β Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
- 2005 β Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1957)
- 2006 β Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998)
- 2006 β Markus LΓΆffel, German DJ and producer (b. 1966)
- 2007 β Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1926)
- 2007 β Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
- 2007 β Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
- 2008 β Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (b. 1919)
- 2008 β Carl Karcher, American businessman, co-founded Carl's Jr. (b. 1917)
- 2009 β David Vine, English sportscaster (b. 1935)
- 2010 β Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian, helped hide Anne Frank and her family (b. 1909)
- 2010 β Mick Green, English guitarist (Johnny Kidd & The Pirates) (b. 1944)
- 2010 β Harry MΓ€nnil, Estonian businessman (b. 1920)
- 2010 β Joe Rollino, American strongman and weightlifter (b. 1905)
- 2012 β Chuck Metcalf, American bassist (b. 1931)
- 2013 β Thomas Bourgin, French motorcycle racer (b. 1987)
- 2013 β Gordon Chavunduka, Zimbabwean sociologist (b. 1930)
- 2013 β David Chisnall, English rugby player (b. 1948)
- 2013 β Guido Forti, Italian racing manager, founded the Forti Racing Team (b. 1940)
- 2013 β Robert Kee, Indian-Irish journalist and author (b. 1919)
- 2013 β Nguyen Khanh, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam (b. 1927)
- 2013 β James Charles Macnab of Macnab, Scottish bodyguard (b. 1926)
- 2013 β Ba Mamadou MbarΓ©, Mauritanian politician, President of Mauritania (b. 1946)
- 2013 β Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (b. 1941)
- 2013 β Jimmy O'Neill, American radio and television host (b. 1940)
- 2013 β Tom Parry Jones, Welsh scientist, invented the breathalyzer (b. 1935)
- 2013 β Murray Merle Schwartz, American judge (b. 1931)
- 2013 β Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (b. 1988)
- 2013 β W. Reece Smith, Jr., American lawyer and academic (b. 1925)
- 2013 β Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist (b. 1986)
- 2013 β Fred Talbot, American baseball player (b. 1941)
- 2013 β Billy Varga, American wrestler and actor (b. 1919)
- 2013 β Lars Werner, Swedish politician (b. 1935)
- 2014 β Ariel Sharon, Israeli statesman and general, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928)
Holidays and observances
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