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• 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
• 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
• 1127 – Jin–Song wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin Dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song Dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong and others, ending the Northern Song Dynasty.
• 1150 – Prince Hailing of Jin and other court officials murder Emperor Xizong of Jin. Hailing succeeds him as emperor.
• 1349 – The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
• 1431 – Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.
• 1760 – Afghans defeat Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
• 1788 – Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.
• 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
• 1799 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1806 – Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.
• 1816 – Sir Humphry Davy tests his safety lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.
• 1822 – The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process.
• 1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
• 1857 – The Fort Tejon earthquake strikes California, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9.
• 1858 – Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
• 1861 – American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War".
• 1861 – Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• 1863 – American Civil War: the Battle of Fort Hindman begins in Arkansas.
• 1878 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• 1880 – The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high winds and heavy snow.
• 1894 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
• 1903 – Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
• 1909 – Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
• 1914 – Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University, is founded.
• 1916 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• 1917 – World War I: the Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
• 1918 – Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
• 1921 – Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
• 1923 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
• 1923 – Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
• 1927 – A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
• 1938 – Paul of Greece marries Frederica of Hanover in Athens.
• 1941 – World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
• 1941 – World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.
• 1945 – World War II: The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.
• 1947 – Elizabeth "Betty" Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive.
• 1957 – British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
• 1960 – President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
• 1964 – Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag on the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
• 1965 – The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• 1991 – Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
• 1992 – The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
• 1996 – First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
• 2004 – An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula while on the way to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28.
• 2005 – Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to replace Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority. He replaces interim president Rawhi Fattouh.
• 2005 – The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
• 2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone.
• 2011 – Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 77 people.
• 2013 – A SeaStreak ferry traveling to lower Manhattan, New York City, crashes into the dock, injuring 85 people.
• 2014 – An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.

Births[edit]

• 727 – Dai Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 779)
• 1475 – Crinitus, Italian scholar (d. 1507)
• 1554 – Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
• 1571 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, French commander (d. 1621)
• 1622 – Empress Meishō of Japan (d. 1696)
• 1674 – Reinhard Keiser, German composer (d. 1739)
• 1685 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist (d. 1766)
• 1728 – Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790)
• 1735 – John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral (d. 1823)
• 1745 – Caleb Strong, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1819)
• 1753 – Luísa Todi, Portuguese soprano (d. 1833)
• 1773 – Cassandra Austen, English painter (d. 1845)
• 1811 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English journalist and author (d. 1856)
• 1818 – Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (d. 1881)
• 1819 – James Francis, Australian politician, 9th Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)
• 1822 – Carol Benesch, Czech-Romanian architect, designed the Peleș Castle (d. 1896)
• 1823 – Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon (d. 1908)
• 1829 – Thomas William Robertson, English playwright (d. 1871)
• 1829 – Adolf Schlagintweit, German botanist and explorer (d. 1857)
• 1832 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1900)
• 1839 – John Knowles Paine, American composer (d. 1906)
• 1848 – Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)
• 1849 – John Hartley, English tennis player (d. 1935)
• 1854 – Lady Randolph Churchill, American-English wife of Lord Randolph Churchill (d. 1921)
• 1856 – Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912)
• 1859 – Carrie Chapman Catt, American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women (d. 1947)
• 1864 – Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1926)
• 1868 – S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
• 1870 – Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge (d. 1938)
• 1873 – Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian poet (d. 1934)
• 1873 – Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
• 1873 – John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1938)
• 1873 – Harry Spanjer, American boxer (d. 1958)
• 1875 – Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (d. 1942)
• 1876 – Arthur Darby, English rugby player (d. 1960)
• 1879 – John Broadus Watson, American psychologist (d. 1958)
• 1881 – Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic (d. 1938)
• 1881 – Edouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (d. 1904)
• 1881 – Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1956)
• 1885 – Charles Bacon, American athlete (d. 1968)
• 1886 – Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer (d. 1943)
• 1889 – Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (d. 1969)
• 1890 – Karel Čapek, Czech author (d. 1938)
• 1890 – Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist (d. 1935)
• 1891 – August Gailit, Estonian author (d. 1960)
• 1892 – Eva Bowring, American politician (d. 1985)
• 1896 – Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor (d. 1971)
• 1897 – Karl Löwith, German philosopher (d. 1973)
• 1898 – Wally Baker, American super-centenarian (d. 2009)
• 1898 – Gracie Fields, English-Italian actress and singer (d. 1979)
• 1899 – Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter (d. 1942)
• 1900 – Richard Halliburton, American adventurer and author (d. 1939)
• 1901 – Vilma Bánky, Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
• 1901 – Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
• 1902 – Rudolf Bing, Austrian-English opera manager (d. 1997)
• 1902 – Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (d. 1975)
• 1907 – Eldred G. Smith, American patriarch (d. 2013)
• 1908 – Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986)
• 1909 – Anthony Mamo, Maltese politician, 1st President of Malta (d. 2008)
• 1909 – Herva Nelli, Italian-American soprano (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest (d. 1992)
• 1910 – Tom Evenson, English athlete (d. 1997)
• 1911 – Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress and dancer (d. 1970)
• 1912 – Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Richard Nixon, American politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
• 1914 – Kenny Clarke, American drummer and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 1985)
• 1915 – Fernando Lamas, Argentinian actor (d. 1982)
• 1915 – Anita Louise, American actress (d. 1970)
• 1916 – Vic Mizzy, American composer (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Alma Ziegler, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1919 – William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Chan Canasta, Polish-English magician (d. 1999)
• 1920 – Clive Dunn, English actor and singer (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Lister Sinclair, Indian-Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)
• 1921 – John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (d. 1984)
• 1923 – Suh Yun-bok, Korean long-distance runner
• 1924 – Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1925 – Pierre Jalbert, Canadian-American actor (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Len Quested, English footballer (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1926 – Jani Christou, Egyptian-Greek composer (d. 1970)
• 1926 – Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Sydney Lotterby, English director and producer
• 1927 – Sunderlal Bahuguna, Indian environmentalist
• 1928 – Judith Krantz, American author
• 1928 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (d. 1994)
• 1929 – Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director
• 1929 – Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (d. 1995)
• 1929 – Dorothea Puente, American murderer (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Tom Riley, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author (d. 2008)
• 1931 – Paul Mantee, American actor (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Robert García, American politician
• 1933 – Wilbur Smith, Zambian-English journalist and author
• 1934 – Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (d. 2008)
• 1934 – Bart Starr, American football player and coach
• 1935 – Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1935 – Dick Enberg, American sportscaster
• 1935 – Earl G. Graves, Sr., American businessman and publisher, founded Black Enterprise magazine
• 1935 – Brian Harradine, Australian politician (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Anne Rivers Siddons, American author
• 1936 – Marko Veselica, Croatian politician
• 1937 – Michael Nicholson, English journalist
• 1938 – Claudette Boyer, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Peter Edelman, American lawyer and educator
• 1938 – Stuart Woods, American author
• 1939 – Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
• 1939 – Rik Kemp, Australian cartoonist
• 1939 – Susannah York, English actress (d. 2011)
• 1940 – Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Al Downing, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2005)
• 1940 – Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss politician, 151st President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1941 – Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter and activist
• 1941 – Terry Hands, English director and producer
• 1941 – Gilles Vaillancourt, Canadian politician
• 1942 – K Callan, American actress
• 1942 – John Dunning, American author
• 1942 – Tony Harding, English illustrator (d. 2014)
• 1942 – Lee Kun-hee, South Korean businessman
• 1942 – Judy Malloy, American poet
• 1943 – Robert Drewe, Australian author
• 1943 – Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer
• 1943 – Scott Walker, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Walker Brothers)
• 1943 – Jerry Yester, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Modern Folk Quartet, The Lovin' Spoonful, and The New Christy Minstrels)
• 1944 – Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
• 1944 – Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Honeydrippers, The Firm, and XYZ)
• 1944 – Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter
• 1945 – John Doman, American actor
• 1945 – Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Syrian-Armenian politician, 1st President of Armenia
• 1946 – Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician
• 1947 – Ronnie Landfield, American painter
• 1948 – Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Cowsills) (d. 2006)
• 1948 – Cassie Gaines, American singer (The Honkettes) (d. 1977)
• 1950 – Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist
• 1950 – David Johansen, American singer-songwriter and actor (New York Dolls)
• 1950 – Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (Ton Steine Scherben) (d. 1996)
• 1951 – M. L. Carr, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 – Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1952 – Kaushik Basu, Indian economist
• 1952 – Hugh Bayley, English politician
• 1952 – Mike Capuano, American politician
• 1953 – Javad Alizadeh, Iranian cartoonist
• 1953 – Morris Gleitzman, English-Australian author
• 1953 – Shigeru So, Japanese long-distance runner
• 1953 – Takeshi So, Japanese long-distance runner
• 1954 – Philippa Gregory, English author
• 1955 – Michiko Kakutani, American critic
• 1955 – J. K. Simmons, American actor
• 1956 – Kimberly Beck, American actress
• 1956 – Lucyna Langer, Polish hurdler
• 1956 – Imelda Staunton, English actress
• 1956 – Mike Walczewski, American announcer
• 1957 – Bibie, Ghanaian singer
• 1957 – Yury Bandazhevsky, Belarusian scientist
• 1957 – Phil Lewis, American singer-songwriter (L.A. Guns, Girl, New Torpedos, and Tormé)
• 1958 – Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish murderer
• 1958 – Stephen Neale, English philosopher
• 1959 – Mark Martin, American race car driver
• 1959 – Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1959 – Otis Nixon, American baseball player
• 1961 – Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter and producer
• 1961 – Al Jean, American screenwriter and producer
• 1961 – Sandra Myers, American-Spanish sprinter
• 1963 – Michael Everson, American-Irish linguist
• 1963 – Irwin McLean, scientist
• 1964 – Stan Javier, Dominican baseball player
• 1965 – Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer
• 1965 – Darren Bennett, Australian-American football player
• 1965 – Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player
• 1965 – Iain Dowie, English-Irish footballer and manager
• 1965 – Eric Erlandson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Hole, RRIICCEE, and Rodney & the Tube Tops)
• 1965 – Farah Khan, Indian actress, director, and choreographer
• 1965 – Andrei Nazarov, Estonian decathlete and coach
• 1965 – Joely Richardson, English actress
• 1966 – Jan Johansen, Swedish singer
• 1966 – Stephen Metcalfe, English politician
• 1966 – Candi Milo, American voice actress and singer
• 1967 – Carl Bell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fuel)
• 1967 – Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
• 1967 – Steve Harwell, American singer-songwriter (Smash Mouth)
• 1967 – Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Dave Matthews Band and Dave Matthews & Friends)
• 1967 – Gary Teichmann, South African rugby player
• 1968 – Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer
• 1968 – Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
• 1968 – Catalina Saavedra, Chilean actress
• 1968 – Al Schnier, American guitarist (moe. and Al and the Transamericans)
• 1968 – Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer
• 1970 – Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer
• 1970 – Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboard player and songwriter (Rhapsody of Fire)
• 1970 – Mia X, American rapper
• 1971 – MF Doom, English-American rapper (Danger Doom, Madvillain, and KMD)
• 1971 – Angie Martinez, American rapper, actress, and radio host
• 1971 – Yusuke Naora, Japanese art director and producer
• 1971 – Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author
• 1971 – Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Sarah Beeny, English television host
• 1972 – Mat Hoffman, Professional BMX rider
• 1972 – Jay Powell, American baseball player
• 1972 – Rawson Stovall, American video game producer and author
• 1973 – Angela Bettis, American actress, director, and producer
• 1974 – Farhan Akhtar, Indian actor, singer, director, and producer
• 1975 – James Beckford, Jamaican long jumper
• 1975 – Kiko Calero, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1975 – Julia Lutrova, Russian tennis player
• 1975 – Mattias Olsson, Swedish drummer (Änglagård)
• 1976 – Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 – Hayes Carll, American singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Simon Gosejohann, German comedian and actor
• 1976 – Todd Grisham, American sportscaster
• 1976 – Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor
• 1977 – Viktors Dobrecovs, Latvian footballer
• 1977 – Beth Troutman, American television host
• 1978 – Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Chad Johnson, American football player
• 1978 – A. J. McLean, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Backstreet Boys)
• 1978 – Maggie Rizer, American model, actress, and activist
• 1979 – Athanassios Prittas, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Tomiko Van, Japanese singer and actress (Do As Infinity)
• 1980 – Edgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer
• 1980 – Sergio García, Spanish golfer
• 1981 – Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
• 1982 – Timmy Bowers, American basketball player
• 1982 – Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
• 1982 – Grétar Steinsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1983 – Marek Doronin, Estonian basketball player
• 1983 – Sharad Malhotra, Indian actor
• 1984 – Benjamin Danso, German rugby player
• 1985 – Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer
• 1986 – Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player
• 1987 – Sam Bird, English race car driver
• 1987 – Mao Inoue, Japanese actress
• 1987 – Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 – Jami Puustinen, Finnish footballer
• 1987 – Pablo Santos, Mexican-American actor (d. 2006)
• 1988 – Katherine Copely, American ice dancer
• 1988 – Marc Crosas, Spanish footballer
• 1989 – Michael Beasley, American basketball player
• 1989 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress
• 1989 – Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
• 1989 – Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete
• 1989 – Chris Sandow, Australian rugby player
• 1990 – Justin Blackmon, American football player
• 1990 – Oteng Oteng, Batswana boxer
• 1990 – Melissa Ricks, Filipino actress
• 1991 – 3LAU, American DJ and producer
• 1993 – Ashley Argota, American actress and singer
• 1993 – Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English athlete
• 1993 – Kevin Korjus, Estonian race car driver
• 1995 – Nicola Peltz, American actress

Deaths[edit]

• 1150 – Emperor Xizong of Jin (b. 1119)
• 1282 – Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Minorcan ruler (b. 1204)
• 1283 – Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (b. 1236)
• 1324 – Marco Polo, Italian merchant and explorer (b. 1254)
• 1499 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455)
• 1511 – Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek scholar and academic (b. 1423)
• 1514 – Anna, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1477)
• 1543 – Guillaume du Bellay, French general and diplomat (b. 1491)
• 1562 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)
• 1571 – Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French admiral (b. 1510)
• 1598 – Jasper Heywood, English poet and scholar (b. 1553)
• 1757 – Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (b. 1688)
• 1757 – Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author (b. 1657)
• 1766 – Thomas Birch, English historian (b. 1705)
• 1800 – Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
• 1805 – Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and politician (b. 1723)
• 1843 – William Hedley, English engineer (b. 1773)
• 1848 – Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1750)
• 1856 – Neophytus Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770)
• 1858 – Anson Jones, American politician, 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)
• 1873 – Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)
• 1876 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)
• 1877 – Alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)
• 1878 – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
• 1895 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American businessman (b. 1812)
• 1901 – Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
• 1908 – Wilhelm Busch, German painter (b. 1832)
• 1908 – Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
• 1910 – Nathaniel Moore, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1911 – Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer (b. 1853)
• 1911 – Edvard Rusjan, Slovene pilot (b. 1886)
• 1918 – Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (b. 1844)
• 1923 – Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand author (b. 1888)
• 1924 – Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylonese politician (b. 1853)
• 1927 – Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German author (b. 1855)
• 1930 – Edward Bok, Dutch-American author (b. 1863)
• 1931 – Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (b. 1896)
• 1936 – John Gilbert, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1939 – Johann Strauss III, Austrian conductor (b. 1866)
• 1941 – Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)
• 1945 – Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral (b. 1908)
• 1945 – Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1946 – Countee Cullen, American poet (b. 1903)
• 1947 – Karl Mannheim, German sociologist (b. 1893)
• 1958 – Dick Grant, Canadian runner (b. 1878)
• 1960 – Elsie J. Oxenham, English author (b. 1880)
• 1961 – Emily Greene Balch, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1971 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1972 – Ted Shawn, American dancer (b. 1891)
• 1975 – Pierre Fresnay, French actor (b. 1897)
• 1975 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
• 1979 – Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (b. 1891)
• 1981 – Cozy Cole, American drummer (b. 1909)
• 1981 – Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer (b. 1922)
• 1982 – Marya Zaturenska, American poet (b. 1902)
• 1984 – Wolfgang Staudte, German director (b. 1906)
• 1985 – Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)
• 1987 – Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1989 – Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
• 1990 – Spud Chandler, American baseball player (b. 1907)
• 1992 – Steve Brodie, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1992 – Bill Naughton, Irish-English playwright (b. 1910)
• 1993 – Paul Hasluck, Australian historian and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1905)
• 1994 – Johnny Temple, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 1995 – Souphanouvong, Laotian politician, 1st President of Laos (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Peter Cook, English comedian and actor (b. 1937)
• 1996 – Walter M. Miller, Jr., American author (b. 1923)
• 1997 – Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1909)
• 1997 – Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1998 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 1998 – Charito Solis, Filipino actress (b. 1935)
• 1998 – Imi Lichtenfeld, Slovakian-Israeli martial artist, founder of Krav Maga self-defense system (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer (b. 1915)
• 2000 – Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Maurice Prather, American photographer (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Will McDonough, American journalist (b. 1935)
• 2004 – Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher (b. 1909)
• 2005 – Gonzalo Gavira, Mexican sound technician (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
• 2006 – Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
• 2007 – Jean-Pierre Vernant, French anthropologist and historian (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (b. 1977)
• 2008 – John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and television host (b. 1924)
• 2009 – Rob Gauntlett, English explorer (b. 1987)
• 2009 – René Herms, German runner (b. 1982)
• 2009 – T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (b. 1914)
• 2010 – Vimcy, Indian journalist (b. 1925)
• 2011 – Makinti Napanangka, Australian painter (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Alex DeCroce, American politician (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican singer and politician (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, Swiss geologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2012 – Mae Laborde, American actress (b. 1909)
• 2012 – Salvador A. Rodolfo, Sr., Filipino soldier (b. 1919)
• 2012 – William G. Roll, German-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1947)
• 2012 – László Szekeres, Hungarian physician and academic (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Brigitte Askonas, Austrian-English immunologist and academic (b. 1923)
• 2013 – James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Sakine Cansız, Turkish activist (b. 1958)
• 2013 – Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Frank Esposito, American soldier and politician, 37th Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich, English politician (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Rizana Nafeek, Sri Lankan murderer (b. 1988)
• 2013 – Jean R. Preston, American educator and politician (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Robert L. Rock, American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (b. 1928)
• 2013 – John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Rynn Berry, American book author and historian of vegetarianism (b. 1945)
• 2014 – Roy Campbell, Jr., American trumpet player (b. 1952)
• 2014 – Cliff Carpenter, American actor (b. 1915)
• 2014 – Josep Maria Castellet, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Bill Conlin, American journalist (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Lorella De Luca, Italian actress and director (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (b. 1965)
• 2014 – Bryan Fairfax, Australian-English conductor (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Franklin McCain, American activist (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Marc Yor, French mathematician and economist (b. 1949)

Holidays and observances[edit]

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Adrian of Canterbury
  • Metropolitan Philip II of Moscow
  • Julia Chester Emery (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Feast of the Black Nazarene (Manila, Philippines)
• Martyrs' Day (Panama)
• Republic Day (Republika Srpska)
• First Agonalia (Roman Empire)
• Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (India)

Rod Taylor dies aged 84

Rod Taylor with actress Rhonda Fleming. He starred alongside greats like Doris Day and Elizabeth Taylor

Οι πραγματικές τοποθεσίες του «Φονικού Όπλου», του «Robocop», των «Ghostbusters» και άλλων δημοφιλών ταινιών!

Δεν είναι λίγες οι φορές που τα στοιχεία του ντεκόρ μιας ταινίας χαράσσονται στις μνήμες μας τόσο έντονα όσο και η πλοκή. 

Και κάθε φορά που θες να ανακαλέσεις τη σκηνή έρχεται στο μυαλό σου και το χαρακτηριστικό μέρος όπου αυτή εκτυλίχθηκε. 

Και τότε λες ότι όλα έγιναν απόλυτα σωστά στην ταινία! 

Πώς να ξεχάσει άλλωστε κανείς το στρατηγείο των «Ghostbusters»; 

Στο ίδιο μήκος κύματος, περίφημες κινηματογραφικές τοποθεσίες μεταφέρονται εκτός πανιού στις πραγματικές τους εγκαταστάσεις. 

Από το «Home Alone» μέχρι και τον «Terminator», τα μυστικά των φιλμ αποκαλύπτονται...

Το σπίτι της Sarah - The Terminator (1984) 



Το εξωτερικό φαίνεται όταν ο «Εξολοθρευτής» ψάχνει τη Sarah...



Πρόκειται για πραγματικό συγκρότημα κατοικιών που βρίσκεται στο Λος Άντζελες (20 S. Lafayette Park Place), το οποίο παραμένει απαράλλακτο μέχρι και σήμερα...

Το μπαρ «The Winchester» - Shaun Of The Dead (2004)



Το ιδανικό μέρος για να απολαύσεις την μπιρίτσα σου, να φας τα φιστίκια σου και να παρακολουθήσεις φυσικά την εισβολή των ζόμπι. Ή έτσι τουλάχιστον σκέφτηκε ο Shaun και η παρέα του στην ταινία...



Το μπαρ δεν υπάρχει πια, αν και το έλεγαν «The Duke Of Albany». Το κτίριο παραμένει ωστόσο, αν και εμφανώς αλλαγμένο...

Το Firehouse - Ghostbusters (1984)



Ποιος μπορεί να ξεχάσει το ετοιμόρροπο ερείπιο του Lower Manhattan που οι Ghostbusters έκαναν στρατηγείο τους; 



Στην πραγματικότητα, ο πυροσβεστικός σταθμός υπάρχει στην περιοχή Tribeca του Μανχάταν (14 North Moore Street) και παραμένει σε λειτουργία.

Αρχηγείο OCP - Robocop (1987) 



Το επιβλητικό στρατηγείο της OCP, της μοχθηρής πολυεθνικής που χώνει τη μύτη της παντού, είναι ένα από τα ορόσημα της καλτ ταινίας. 



Στην πραγματικότητα, το κτίριο με τη χαρακτηριστική αρχιτεκτονική δεν είναι άλλο από το Δημαρχείο του Ντάλας (Τέξας). Στην ταινία προστέθηκαν βέβαια και άλλοι όροφοι για να μοιάζει ακόμα φουτουριστικότερο... 

Nakatomi Plaza - Πολύ Σκληρός για να Πεθάνει (1988) 



Τον θυμάστε τον ουρανοξύστη που λειτουργεί ως πεδίο δράσης για τον καταιγιστικό μονόλογο βίας του Μπρους Γουίλις στο «Die Hard»;



Ε, δεν είναι άλλος από τον Fox Plaza, το «σπίτι» του κινηματογραφικού στούντιο που υλοποίησε την ταινία...

Η οικία των McCallister - Μόνος στο Σπίτι (1990) 



Όλοι λείπουν από το σπίτι, εκτός φυσικά από τον δαιμόνιο πιτσιρικά και τους ταλαίπωρους κακοποιούς του «Home Alone»...



Όσο για το σπίτι, βρίσκεται στο Lincoln Avenue του Ιλινόις και είναι ένα έξοχο δείγμα κατοικίας αμερικανικού προαστίου... 

Το ξενοδοχείο - Η Μέρα της Μαρμότας (1993) 



Το ξενοδοχείο όπου εκτυλίσσονται τα τρελά και παλαβά της ταινίας «Groundhog Day» υπάρχει και λειτουργεί ακόμα. 



Είναι το Royal Victorian Manor Bed and Breakfast και βρίσκεται στο Woodstock του Ιλινόις...

Το τελευταίο τηλεφώνημα του Neo - The Matrix (1999)



Στο φουτουριστικό «Matrix», ο Neo καλεί το τηλεφωνικό κέντρο από θάλαμο και τηλεμεταφέρεται από την επίπλαστη πόλη στη ζοφερή πραγματικότητα...



Είναι το Σίδνεϊ της Αυστραλίας που δάνεισε τους δρόμους και τα κτίρια στην ψηφιακή μητρόπολη των αδελφών Γουατσόφσκι...

Το Μουσείο των Πειρατών - The Goonies (1985)



Κάθε μουσείο είναι και μια πύλη για περιπέτεια, τουλάχιστον αν μιλάμε για το «Goonies»...



Εδώ δουλεύει ο πατέρας του Mikey και από δω θα ξεκινήσει η μοναδική περιπέτεια...

Διάσωση ελικοπτέρου - Superman (1978)



Α, η εφημερίδα Daily Planet, ο χώρος εργασίας του Κλαρκ Κεντ και η παγίδα θανάτου για τη Λόις Λέιν, έτσι όπως κρέμεται από τα καλώδια και το ελικόπτερο περιμένοντας τον Σούπερμαν να τη σώσει...



Το κτίριο της 42ης Οδού του Μανχάταν στέγαζε πράγματι εφημερίδα, την Daily News, και παρά το γεγονός ότι η εφημερίδα μετακόμισε αργότερα, ο ουρανοξύστης παρέμεινε γνωστός ως News Building.

Γυμνάσιο Hill Valley - Επιστροφή στο Μέλλον (1985)


Το Hill Valley High School ήταν το σχολείο του Marty στο «Back to the Future»...



Στην πραγματικότητα, είναι το Whittier High School και βρίσκεται στο Whittier της Καλιφόρνια.

Το σπίτι της Nancy - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)



Ο Freddy έρχεται για σένα! Θυμάστε το σπίτι στο κλασικό φιλμ τρόμου του Γουές Κρέιβεν; Στην ταινία βρίσκεται εγκατεστημένο στην Elm Street του Springwood (Οχάιο).



Το σπίτι που δάνεισε την εξωτερική πρόσοψη στο κινηματογραφικό αντίστοιχο είναι στο Λος Άντζελες. Αφού ανακαινίστηκε εκ θεμελίων, βγήκε πρόσφατα προς πώληση για 2,1 εκατ. δολάρια...

Emser Tile Building - Φονικό Όπλο (1987)



Πιθανότατα αναγνωρίζετε το κτίριο από το σάλτο του Μελ Γκίμπσον στο «Lethal Weapon»!



Είναι το στρατηγείο της εταιρίας πλακιδίων Emser Tile και βρίσκεται στο Λος Άντζελες...

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• 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
• 9 – The Western Han Dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin Dynasty.
• 69 – Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.
• 236 – Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.
• 1072 – Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
• 1475 – Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
• 1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
• 1776 – Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
• 1791 – The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
• 1806 – Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
• 1810 – Napoleon Bonaparte divorces his first wife Joséphine.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
• 1863 – The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
• 1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• 1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
• 1916 – World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
• 1920 – The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
• 1922 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Dáil Éireann.
• 1923 – Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel.
• 1927 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
• 1929 – The Adventures of Tintin, one of the most popular European comic books, is first published in Belgium.
• 1941 – World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
• 1946 – The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
• 1946 – The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals.
• 1954 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
• 1962 – Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle. It became better known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
• 1972 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
• 1981 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
• 1984 – Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
• 1985 – Sir Clive Sinclair launches the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle, which became a notorious commercial failure and later a cult collector's item.
• 1985 – Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
• 1990 – Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
• 1999 – Sanjeev Nanda kills three policemen in New Delhi, India with his car, an act for which he was later acquitted, resulting in a sharp drop in public confidence in the Indian legal system.
• 2005 – A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U.S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between Los Angeles and San Francisco for 10 days.
• 2007 – A general strike begins in Guinea in an eventually successful attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.
• 2011 – 2010–2011 Queensland floods: Torrential rain in the Lockyer Valley region of South East Queensland, Australia causes severe flash flooding, killing 9 people.
• 2012 – A bombing in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and 78 others injured.
• 2013 – More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in Pakistan.

Births[edit]

• 1480 – Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530)
• 1538 – Louis of Nassau (d. 1574)
• 1607 – Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary (d. 1646)
• 1628 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1687)
• 1644 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (d. 1711)
• 1654 – Joshua Barnes, English scholar (d. 1712)
• 1702 – Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)
• 1715 – Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
• 1729 – Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (d. 1799)
• 1741 – Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1759)
• 1745 – Isaac Titsingh, Dutch surgeon, scholar, and diplomat (d. 1812)
• 1750 – Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician (d. 1823)
• 1760 – Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor (d. 1802)
• 1769 – Michel Ney, French marshal (d. 1815)
• 1776 – George Birkbeck, English doctor and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (d. 1841)
• 1780 – Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (d. 1857)
• 1797 – Eugenio Kincaid, American missionary (d. 1883)
• 1802 – Carl Ritter von Ghega, Albanian engineer (d. 1860)
• 1810 – Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (d. 1892)
• 1810 – Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1883)
• 1812 – Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (d. 1881)
• 1828 – Herman Koeckemann, German bishop (d. 1892)
• 1834 – John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, English historian and politician (d. 1902)
• 1836 – Charles Ingalls, American father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)
• 1840 – Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (d. 1925)
• 1842 – Luigi Pigorini, Italian palaeontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (d. 1925)
• 1843 – Frank James, American soldier and outlaw (d. 1915)
• 1848 – Reinhold Sadler, American politician, 9th Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)
• 1849 – Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (d. 1919)
• 1850 – John Wellborn Root, American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (d. 1891)
• 1853 – Jessie Bond, English singer and actress (d. 1942)
• 1858 – Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
• 1859 – Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher (d. 1909)
• 1860 – Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author (d. 1943)
• 1864 – Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1931)
• 1865 – Mary Ingalls, American sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)
• 1873 – Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (d. 1948)
• 1873 – Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1935)
• 1873 – George Orton, Canadian runner (d. 1958)
• 1875 – Issai Schur, German mathematician (d. 1941)
• 1878 – John McLean, American athlete (d. 1955)
• 1880 – Manuel Azaña, Spanish politician, 7th President of Spain (d. 1940)
• 1881 – Leslie Rainey, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 1962)
• 1883 – Francis X. Bushman, American actor (d. 1966)
• 1883 – Oscar Goerke, American cyclist (d. 1934)
• 1883 – Alfred Saalwächter, German admiral (d. 1945)
• 1883 – Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian author (d. 1945)
• 1887 – Robinson Jeffers, American poet (d. 1962)
• 1889 – Maurice Collis, Irish author (d. 1973)
• 1890 – Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (d. 1957)
• 1890 – Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (d. 1984)
• 1891 – Heinrich Behmann, German mathematician (d. 1970)
• 1891 – Ann Shoemaker, American actress (d. 1978)
• 1892 – Dumas Malone, American historian (d. 1986)
• 1892 – Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish journalist (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1932)
• 1894 – Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet (d. 1972)
• 1898 – Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist (d. 1979)
• 1903 – Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)
• 1903 – Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997)
• 1903 – Violet Wilkey, American actress (d. 1976)
• 1904 – Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (d. 1987)
• 1905 – Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer, actor, and playwright (d. 1993)
• 1908 – Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (d. 1992)
• 1908 – Bernard Lee, English actor (d. 1981)
• 1910 – Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (d. 2013)
• 1911 – Norman Heatley, English biologist (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Maria Mandel, Austrian SS guard (d. 1948)
• 1913 – Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)
• 1913 – Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician (d. 1981)
• 1914 – Pierre Cogan, French cyclist (d. 2013)
• 1914 – Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2000)
• 1915 – Dean Dixon, American conductor (d. 1976)
• 1915 – Cynthia Freeman, American author (d. 1988)
• 1916 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 1916 – Eldzier Cortor, American painter
• 1916 – Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Hilde Krahl, Austrian actress (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Jerry Wexler, American record producer and journalist (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Les Bennett, English footballer (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Arthur Chung, Guyanese politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008)
• 1919 – Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (d. 1977)
• 1919 – Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Billy Varga, American wrestler and actor (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Rex Marshall, American actor and radio personality (d. 1983)
• 1920 – Georges Marchal, French actor (d. 1997)
• 1920 – Max Patkin, American baseball player (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Tasso Kavadia, Greek actress (d. 2010)
• 1921 – Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Billy Liddell, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Ester Mägi, Estonian composer
• 1922 – Hannelore Schroth, German actress (d. 1987)
• 1924 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 1996)
• 1924 – Max Roach, American drummer and composer (M'Boom) (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Billie Sol Estes, American businessman (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Günther Knödler, German fencer
• 1926 – Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician
• 1927 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Lee Philips, American actor and director (d. 1999)
• 1927 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990)
• 1927 – Otto Stich, Swiss politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Philip Levine, American poet
• 1928 – Peter Mathias, English historian and academic
• 1929 – Derek Hammond-Stroud, English opera singer (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Tony Soper, English ornithologist and author
• 1930 – Elaine Devry, American actress
• 1930 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1931 – Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician
• 1931 – Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (d. 2014)
• 1931 – John Zizioulas, Greek metropolitan
• 1933 – Anton Rodgers, English actor and director (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine
• 1935 – Ronnie Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1935 – Georg Katzer, German composer
• 1935 – Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer
• 1936 – Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (d. 2002)
• 1936 – Walter Bodmer, German-English geneticist and academic
• 1936 – Burnum Burnum, Australian actor and author (d. 1997)
• 1936 – Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 – Daniel Walker Howe, American historian
• 1937 – Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and author
• 1938 – Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
• 1938 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player
• 1939 – Jared Carter, American poet
• 1939 – Sonosuke Fujimaki, Japanese fencer
• 1939 – David Horowitz, American activist and author, founded the David Horowitz Freedom Center
• 1939 – William Levy, Dutch author
• 1939 – Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)
• 1939 – Bill Toomey, American decathlete
• 1940 – Guy Chevrette, Canadian politician
• 1940 – Harry Gant, American race car driver
• 1940 – Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Walter Hill, American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1940 – Ntare VI of Ankole (d. 2011)
• 1940 – K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer-songwriter
• 1941 – Tom Clarke, English politician
• 1942 – Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer
• 1943 – Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
• 1943 – Jantzen Derrick, English footballer
• 1943 – Kristiina Elstelä, Finnish actress
• 1944 – Rory Byrne, South African engineer
• 1944 – Bernard Derome, Canadian journalist
• 1944 – William Sanderson, American actor
• 1944 – Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1945 – Jerome Drayton, Canadian runner
• 1945 – John Fahey, Australian politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales
• 1945 – Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, inventor of plastination
• 1945 – Jennifer Moss, English actress and singer (d. 2006)
• 1945 – Rod Stewart, English-Scottish singer-songwriter (The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, Shotgun Express, and The Steampacket)
• 1945 – Edward Wiskoski, American wrestler
• 1946 – Aynsley Dunbar, English drummer and songwriter (The Jeff Beck Group, Journey, Jefferson Starship, UFO, The Mojos, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
• 1946 – Earl McCullouch, American hurdler and football player
• 1946 – Alexis Nihon, Jr., Canadian wrestler (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Arlene Ackerman, American educator (d. 2013)
• 1947 – George Alec Effinger, American author (d. 2002)
• 1947 – Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, English banker and politician
• 1947 – Peer Steinbrück, German politician
• 1947 – Tiit Vähi, Estonian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1948 – Donald Fagen, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Steely Dan)
• 1948 – Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
• 1948 – Mischa Maisky, Latvian-Israeli cellist
• 1948 – David Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury, English lawyer and judge
• 1948 – Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist
• 1949 – Allu Aravind, Indian film producer
• 1949 – Fred Bronson, American journalist and author
• 1949 – George Foreman, American boxer
• 1949 – James Lapine, American director
• 1949 – Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (d. 2002)
• 1949 – Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician, and former head of the United Nations Development Programme
• 1950 – Roy Blunt, American politician
• 1950 – Ernie Wasson, American gardener and author
• 1951 – Paul DiMaggio, American educator
• 1951 – Nicolas Philibert, French actor and director
• 1951 – Pez Whatley, American wrestler (d. 2005)
• 1952 – Scott Thurston, American guitarist and songwriter (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and The Stooges)
• 1953 – Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter
• 1953 – Dennis Cooper, American author
• 1953 – Guido Kratschmer, German decathlete
• 1953 – Bobby Rahal, American race car driver
• 1954 – John Gidman, English footballer
• 1954 – Greg Towns, Australian footballer
• 1955 – Michael Schenker, German guitarist (UFO, Scorpions, Contraband, and McAuley Schenker Group)
• 1955 – Franco Tancredi, Italian footballer
• 1956 – Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 – Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author
• 1957 – Paula Smith, American tennis player
• 1957 – Greg Walden, American politician
• 1958 – Eddie Cheever, American race car driver
• 1958 – Caroline Langrishe, English actress
• 1958 – Anatoly Pisarenko, Ukrainian weightlifter
• 1959 – Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter
• 1959 – Bernhard Hoff, German sprinter
• 1959 – Chris Van Hollen, American politician
• 1959 – Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer
• 1960 – Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director
• 1960 – Brian Cowen, Irish politician, 12th Taoiseach
• 1960 – Claudia Losch, German shot putter
• 1960 – John Mann, English politician
• 1960 – Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1960 – Samira Said, Moroccan singer-songwriter
• 1961 – Steve Hamilton, American author
• 1961 – Evan Handler, American actor
• 1961 – Janet Jones, American actress
• 1961 – Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator
• 1962 – Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1963 – Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand footballer
• 1963 – Kira Ivanova, Soviet figure skater (d. 2001)
• 1963 – David Dewayne Johnson, American murderer (d. 2000)
• 1963 – Francesco Panetta, Italian long-distance runner
• 1963 – Mark Pryor, American politician, 53rd Arkansas Attorney General
• 1964 – Chitti Babu, Indian actor (d. 2013)
• 1964 – Tony Gardner, English actor
• 1964 – Akifumi Tada, Japanese composer
• 1964 – Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crash Test Dummies)
• 1965 – Wally Bell, American baseball umpire (d. 2013)
• 1965 – Butch Hartman, American animator, voice actor, and singer
• 1966 – Robert Jürjendal, Estonian guitarist and composer
• 1966 – Steve Kramer, American politician
• 1966 – Murali Nair, Indian director and screenwriter
• 1966 – Jeremy Sims, Australian actor and director
• 1967 – Jeremy Cumpston, Australian actor
• 1967 – Johan Laats, Belgian martial artist
• 1967 – Maciej Śliwowski, Polish footballer
• 1969 – Janko Kastelic, Slovene-Canadian conductor
• 1969 – Andreas Reinke, German footballer
• 1970 – Buff Bagwell, American wrestler and actor
• 1970 – Scott Ludlam, Australian politician
• 1970 – Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player
• 1972 – Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian skier
• 1972 – Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author
• 1972 – Brian Lawler, American wrestler
• 1973 – Jakob Cedergren, Danish actor
• 1973 – Ryan Drummond, American actor and singer
• 1973 – Glenn Robinson, American basketball player
• 1973 – Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer
• 1974 – Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor, singer, and guitarist (Flight of the Conchords)
• 1974 – Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer
• 1974 – Akari Kaida, Japanese composer
• 1974 – Andrey Korneyev, Russian swimmer
• 1974 – Steve Marlet, French footballer
• 1974 – Clinton O'Brien, Australian rugby player
• 1974 – Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer
• 1974 – Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
• 1975 – Jake Delhomme, American football player
• 1976 – Adam Kennedy, American baseball player
• 1976 – Ian Poulter, English golfer
• 1976 – Alec Shelbrooke, English politician
• 1978 – Brent Smith, American singer-songwriter (Shinedown)
• 1978 – Tamina Snuka, American wrestler
• 1978 – Tanel Tein, Estonian basketball player
• 1979 – Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer
• 1979 – Obea Moore, American sprinter
• 1979 – Bodo Sieber, German rugby player
• 1980 – Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan footballer
• 1980 – Petri Lindroos, Finnish singer and guitarist (Ensiferum and Norther)
• 1980 – Tatjana Mannima, Estonian skier
• 1980 – Aleksandr Pogorelov, Russian decathlete
• 1980 – Sarah Shahi, American actress
• 1981 – James Coppinger, English footballer
• 1981 – Inga Jankauskaitė, Lithuanian actress, singer, and pianist
• 1981 – Brian Joo, American-South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Fly to the Sky)
• 1982 – Julien Brellier, French footballer
• 1982 – Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1982 – Misato Fukuen, Japanese voice actress
• 1983 – Danilo Dirani, Brazilian race car driver
• 1983 – Li Nina, Chinese skier
• 1984 – Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer
• 1984 – Trent Cutler, Australian rugby player
• 1984 – Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper
• 1984 – Nando Rafael, Angolan-German footballer
• 1985 – Abdulkader Dakka, Syrian footballer
• 1985 – Jaroslav Kolbas, Slovak footballer
• 1985 – Craig Lewis, American cyclist
• 1985 – Alex Meraz, American actor
• 1985 – Sofia Yfantidou, Greek heptathlete
• 1986 – Trent Barreta, American wrestler
• 1986 – Chen Jin, Chinese badminton player
• 1986 – Abbey Clancy, English model and television host
• 1986 – Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player
• 1986 – Hideaki Ikematsu, Japanese footballer
• 1986 – Saleisha Stowers, American model
• 1986 – Kenneth Vermeer, Dutch footballer
• 1987 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
• 1988 – Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan long-distance runner
• 1988 – Marvin Martin, French footballer
• 1988 – Vladimir Zharkov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Emily Meade, American actress
• 1989 – Kyle Reimers, Australian footballer
• 1990 – Mirko Bortolotti, Italian race car driver
• 1990 – Wilhelm Ingves, Finnish footballer
• 1990 – Tao Li, Singaporean swimmer
• 1990 – Stefano Lilipaly, Dutch-Indonesian footballer
• 1990 – César Ruiz, Peruvian footballer
• 1991 – Romain Wattel, French golfer
• 1992 – Emmanuel Frimpong, Ghanaian footballer
• 1994 – Mohammed Aman, Ethiopian middle-distance runner
• 1996 – María Paulina Pérez, Colombian tennis player
• 1996 – Paula Andrea Pérez, Colombian tennis player
• 1998 – Xu Shilin, Chinese tennis player
• 2000 – Sota Yamamoto, Japanese figure skater

Deaths[edit]

• 314 – Pope Miltiades
• 681 – Pope Agatho
• 976 – John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (b. 925)
• 1094 – Al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian caliph (b. 1029)
• 1276 – Pope Gregory X (b. 1210)
• 1645 – William Laud, English archbishop (b. 1573)
• 1654 – Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)
• 1662 – Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1597)
• 1698 – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)
• 1707 – Philibert de Gramont, French soldier (b. 1621)
• 1754 – Edward Cave, English publisher, founded the The Gentleman's Magazine (b. 1691)
• 1761 – Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (b. 1711)
• 1777 – Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719)
• 1778 – Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. 1707)
• 1794 – Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (d. 1754)
• 1811 – Joseph Chénier, French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764)
• 1824 – Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (b. 1759)
• 1825 – Ioannis Varvakis, Greek sailor and soldier (b. 1745)
• 1828 – François de Neufchâteau, French politician (b. 1750)
• 1829 – Gregorio Funes, Argentinian clergyman, historian, and educator (b. 1749)
• 1833 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (b. 1752)
• 1851 – Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
• 1855 – Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (b. 1787)
• 1862 – Samuel Colt, American businessman, founded the Colt's Manufacturing Company (b. 1814)
• 1863 – Lyman Beecher, American minister, co-founded the American Temperance Society (b. 1775)
• 1866 – Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792)
• 1883 – Samuel Mudd, American physician (b. 1833)
• 1895 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American scientist and academic (b. 1836)
• 1895 – Benjamin Godard, French violinist and composer (b. 1849)
• 1901 – James Robert Dickson, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Queensland (b. 1832)
• 1904 – Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
• 1905 – Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer and songwriter (b. 1835)
• 1917 – Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
• 1917 – Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer (b. 1875)
• 1921 – Raymond Thorne, American swimmer (b. 1887)
• 1922 – Frank Tudor, Australian politician (b. 1866)
• 1926 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet (b. 1878)
• 1934 – Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch anarchist (b. 1909)
• 1935 – Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player (b. 1873)
• 1941 – Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879)
• 1941 – John Lavery, Irish painter (b. 1856)
• 1941 – Joe Penner, Hungarian-American comedian and actor (b. 1904)
• 1941 – Issai Schur, German mathematician (b. 1875)
• 1945 – Osman Cemal Kaygili, Turkish writer and journalist (b. 1890)
• 1949 – Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865)
• 1951 – Sinclair Lewis, American author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1951 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (b. 1890)
• 1954 – Oscar Brockmeyer, American soccer player (b. 1883)
• 1954 – Chester Wilmot, American journalist (b. 1911)
• 1957 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1959 – Şükrü Kaya, Turkish politician, who served as government minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of Foreign affairs in several governments (b. 1883)
• 1960 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1879)
• 1961 – Dashiell Hammett, American author and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1965 – Frederick Fleet, English crewman on the RMS Titanic (b. 1887)
• 1968 – Basil Sydney, English actor (b. 1894)
• 1968 – Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish officer, politician and statesman (b. 1882)
• 1969 – John Brownlee, Australian opera singer (b. 1900)
• 1969 – Sampurnanand, Indian activist and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1891)
• 1970 – Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925)
• 1971 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (b. 1883)
• 1971 – Ignazio Giunti, Italian racing driver (b. 1941)
• 1972 – Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
• 1976 – Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
• 1978 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (b. 1924)
• 1978 – Don Gillis, American composer and conductor (b. 1912)
• 1980 – Hughie Critz, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1980 – George Meany, American union leader (b. 1894)
• 1980 – Bo Rein, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
• 1981 – Katharine Alexander, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1981 – Richard Boone, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1981 – Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (b. 1915)
• 1982 – Paul Lynde, American comedian and actor (b. 1926)
• 1984 – Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
• 1985 – Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)
• 1986 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1987 – Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919)
• 1987 – David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904)
• 1989 – Herbert Morrison, American journalist (b. 1905)
• 1989 – Colin Winchester, Australian police officer (b. 1933)
• 1990 – Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (b. 1925)
• 1991 – Richard Kuremaa, Estonian footballer (b. 1912)
• 1992 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentine race car driver (b. 1919)
• 1995 – Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 1997 – Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1997 – Sheldon Leonard, American actor, producer, and director (b. 1907)
• 1997 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Edward Williams, Australian judge (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Sam Jaffe, American film producer (b. 1901)
• 2001 – Necati Cumalı, Turkish writer of novels, short-stories, essays and poetry (b. 1921)
• 2002 – W. A. Criswell, American pastor and author (b. 1909)
• 2004 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 2004 – Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. 1934)
• 2005 – Basil, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1909)
• 2005 – Gene Baylos, American comedian (b. 1906)
• 2005 – Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
• 2005 – James Forman, American activist (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish skier (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Erwin Hillier, German-English cinematographer (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Jack Horner, American journalist (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Arthur Walworth, American author (b. 1903)
• 2007 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
• 2007 – Bradford Washburn, American explorer, photographer, and cartographer (b. 1910)
• 2008 – Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
• 2008 – Mikhail Minin, Russian soldier (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Bill Stone, English sailor (b. 1900)
• 2011 – John Dye, American actor (b. 1963)
• 2011 – Vivek Shauq, Indian actor (b. 1963)
• 2011 – Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Vince Gibson, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Kyra T. Inachin, German-American historian and author (b. 1968)
• 2012 – Lila Kaye, English actress (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Jean Pigott, Canadian businesswoman and politician (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Cliff Portwood, English footballer and singer (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Mary Raftery, Irish journalist (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Gevork Vartanian, Russian intelligence agent (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Christel Adelaar, Indonesian-Dutch actress (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Evan S. Connell, American author and poet (b. 1924)
• 2013 – George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Jay Handlan, American basketball player (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Franz Lehrndorfer, German organist and composer (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Lucien Poirier, French general (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Jorge Selarón, Chilean-Brazilian painter (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Sam Berns, an American who suffered from progeria and helped raise awareness about the disease (b. 1996)
• 2014 – Elliot W. Eisner, American academic (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Aram Gharabekian, Armenian conductor (b. 1955)
• 2014 – Petr Hlaváček, Czech shoemaker and academic (b. 1950)
• 2014 – Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Donald Morton, American oncologist (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Ian Redford, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1960)
• 2014 – Larry Speakes, American journalist, 16th White House Press Secretary (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Allard van der Scheer, Dutch actor (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances[edit]

• Christian Feast Day:
  • William of Donjeon
  • Obadiah (Coptic Church)
  • Peter Orseolo
  • Pope Agatho (Roman Catholic)
  • William Laud (Anglican Communion)
  • January 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Traditional Day (Benin)