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• 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
• 1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last bishop of Prague and, subsequently, the first Archbishop of Prague.
• 1539 – Spain annexes Cuba.
• 1639 – The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
• 1724 – King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
• 1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas.
• 1784 – American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
• 1814 – Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.
• 1822 – Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrios Ypsilantis.
• 1858 – Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
• 1907 – An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
• 1911 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
• 1933 – The controversial "Bodyline" cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine's England peak when Australian captain Bill Woodfull is hit over the heart.
• 1938 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
• 1943 – World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
• 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
• 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.
• 1950 – The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• 1952 – NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
• 1953 – Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
• 1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
• 1957 – Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
• 1960 – The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
• 1967 – Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
• 1969 – An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people.
• 1972 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
• 1973 – Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
• 1975 – Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther".
• 1999 – Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman becomes the first mayor in Canada to call in the Army to help with emergency medical evacuations and snow removal after more than one meter of snow paralyzes the city.
• 2000 – A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
• 2004 – The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
• 2005 – The Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan.
• 2010 – Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
• 2011 – Former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali flees his country to Saudi Arabia after a series of street demonstrations against his regime and corrupt policies, asking for freedom, rights and democracy, considered as the anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution and the birth of theArab Spring.
• 2012 – The Pirate Party of Greece is founded, on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party.

Births[edit]

• 83 BC – Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (d. 30 BCE)
• 47 BC – Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Roman soldier (d. 30 BC)
• 1131 – Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)
• 1451 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1522)
• 1477 – Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (d. 1552)
• 1507 – Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (d. 1578)
• 1552 – Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d. 1608)
• 1615 – John Biddle, English theologian (d. 1662)
• 1683 – Gottfried Silbermann, German instrument maker (d. 1753)
• 1684 – Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (d. 1742)
• 1684 – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
• 1699 – Jakob Adlung, German organist, historian, and theorist (d. 1762)
• 1700 – Picander, German poet (d. 1764)
• 1705 – Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French sailor, explorer, and politician (d. 1786)
• 1741 – Benedict Arnold, American-English general (d. 1801)
• 1767 – Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1827)
• 1780 – Henry Baldwin, American judge and politician (d. 1844)
• 1792 – Christian Julius de Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)
• 1793 – John C. Clark, American politician (d. 1852)
• 1798 – Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1872)
• 1800 – Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher (d. 1877)
• 1806 – Charles Hotham, English-Australian soldier and politician, 1st Governor of Victoria (d. 1855)
• 1806 – Matthew Fontaine Maury American astronomer, oceanographer, and historian (d. 1873)
• 1818 – Zachris Topelius, Finnish author and journalist (d. 1898)
• 1819 – Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Romanian poet (d. 1872)
• 1824 – Vladimir Stasov, Russian critic (d. 1906)
• 1836 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
• 1841 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
• 1845 – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, English politician, 34th Governor-General of India (d. 1927)
• 1850 – Jean de Reszke, Polish tenor (d. 1925)
• 1850 – Pierre Loti, French captain and author (d. 1923)
• 1856 – J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Bulletin (d. 1919)
• 1861 – Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (d. 1926)
• 1863 – Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
• 1863 – Richard F. Outcault, American author and illustrator (d. 1928)
• 1869 – Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician (d. 1937)
• 1870 – George Pearce, Australian politician (d. 1952)
• 1875 – Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
• 1882 – Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
• 1883 – Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1970)
• 1886 – Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle (d. 1947)
• 1887 – Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and educator (d. 1972)
• 1891 – Ville Kyrönen, Finnish long-distance runner (d. 1959)
• 1892 – Martin Niemöller, German theologian (d. 1984)
• 1892 – Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1992)
• 1896 – John Dos Passos, American author (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
• 1899 – Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1985)
• 1901 – Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971)
• 1901 – Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1983)
• 1904 – Cecil Beaton, English photographer (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
• 1904 – Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1939)
• 1905 – Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
• 1906 – William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)
• 1906 – James Corson, American discus thrower (d. 1981)
• 1907 – Georges-Émile Lapalme, Canadian politician (d. 1985)
• 1908 – Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (d. 1934)
• 1909 – Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
• 1911 – Sailor Jerry, American tattoo artist (d. 1973)
• 1911 – Anatoly Rybakov, Russian author (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Tillie Olsen, American author (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Harold Russell, Canadian-American actor (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (d. 1992)
• 1917 – Billy Butterfield, American trumpet player (d. 1988)
• 1918 – Ilona Edelsheim-Gyulai, Hungarian-English wife of István Horthy (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Andy Rooney, American journalist (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer (d. 1982)
• 1920 – R. K. Srikantan, Indian singer (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Murray Bookchin, American author and philosopher (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Kenneth Bulmer, American author (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author
• 1924 – Carole Cook, American actress and singer
• 1924 – Guy Williams, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1925 – Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French businessman, founded Orangina (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)
• 1925 – Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Frank Aletter, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Warren Mitchell, English actor
• 1926 – Tom Tryon, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1927 – Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichord player
• 1928 – Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Hans Kornberg, German-English biologist and academic
• 1928 – Garry Winogrand, American photographer (d. 1984)
• 1930 – Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (Azimuth) (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Martin Holdgate, English biologist
• 1931 – Caterina Valente, French-Italian singer, dancer, and actress
• 1932 – Don Garlits, American race car driver
• 1933 – Stan Brakhage, American director and producer (d. 2003)
• 1934 – Richard Briers, English actor (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1977)
• 1935 – Ennio Girolami, Italian actor (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Lucille Wheeler, Canadian skier
• 1937 – Sobhan Babu, Indian actor (d. 2008)
• 1937 – J. Bernlef, Dutch author and poet (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Ken Higgs, English cricketer
• 1937 – Erland Kops, Danish badminton player
• 1937 – Sonny Siebert, American baseball player
• 1938 – Morihiro Hosokawa, Japanese politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1938 – Jack Jones, American singer and actor
• 1938 – Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1939 – Kurt Moylan, Guamanian politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Guam
• 1940 – Julian Bond, American activist and politician
• 1940 – Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Trevor Nunn, English director and composer
• 1940 – Vasilka Stoeva, Bulgarian discus thrower
• 1941 – Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer
• 1941 – Barry Jenner, American actor
• 1941 – Milan Kučan, Slovenian politician, 1st President of Slovenia
• 1942 – Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer and footballer
• 1942 – Dave Campbell, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1942 – Gerben Karstens, Dutch cyclist
• 1943 – Angelo Bagnasco, Italian cardinal
• 1943 – Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor
• 1943 – Shannon Lucid, American biochemist and astronaut
• 1943 – José Luis Rodríguez, Venezuelan singer and actor
• 1943 – Holland Taylor, American actress
• 1944 – Marjoe Gortner, American actor
• 1944 – Graham Marsh, Australian golfer
• 1944 – Nina Totenberg, American journalist
• 1945 – Maina Gielgud, English ballerina
• 1945 – Einar Hakonarson, Icelandic painter
• 1946 – Harold Shipman, English serial killer (d. 2004)
• 1947 – Taylor Branch, American historian and author
• 1947 – Bev Perdue, American politician, 73rd Governor of North Carolina
• 1947 – Lembit Sibul, Estonian actor and journalist (d. 2001)
• 1947 – Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
• 1948 – T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Alpha Band)
• 1948 – Al Feuerbach, American shot putter
• 1948 – Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
• 1948 – Vasiliy Khmelevskiy, Soviet hammer thrower (d. 2002)
• 1948 – John Lescroart, American author
• 1948 – Carl Weathers, American actor
• 1949 – Paul Chubb, Australian actor (d. 2002)
• 1949 – Lawrence Kasdan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Mary Robison, American author
• 1949 – Charlie Tumahai, New Zealand singer, bass player and songwriter (Be-Bop Deluxe) (d. 1995)
• 1949 – Lamar Williams, American bassist (The Allman Brothers Band, Seal Level) (d. 1983)
• 1949 – İlyas Salman, Turkish actor, film director, author, screenwriter and musician
• 1950 – Rambhadracharya, Indian religious leader, scholar, and author
• 1950 – Arthur Byron Cover, American author and screenwriter
• 1951 – Fița Lovin, Romanian middle-distance runner
• 1952 – Sydney Biddle Barrows, American author
• 1952 – Maureen Dowd, American journalist and author
• 1952 – Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1952 – Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Romanian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Romania
• 1953 – David Clary, English chemist and academic
• 1953 – Denzil Douglas,Caribbean Politician,current prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
• 1953 – Hans Westerhoff, Systems Biologist
• 1954 – Jim Duggan, American wrestler
• 1954 – Masanobu Fuchi, Japanese wrestler
• 1954 – Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress
• 1956 – Étienne Daho, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 – Ben Heppner, Canadian tenor
• 1956 – Rosina Lippi, American author
• 1957 – Suzanne Danielle, English actress
• 1957 – Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author
• 1958 – Colin Ferguson, Jamaican-American murderer
• 1959 – Geoff Tate, German-American singer-songwriter (Queensrÿche)
• 1960 – Nick Smith, Welsh politician
• 1961 – Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (d. 1996)
• 1961 – Mike Tramp, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (White Lion and Freak of Nature)
• 1962 – Michael McCaul, American politician
• 1963 – Steven Soderbergh, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Gert-Jan Theunisse, Dutch cyclist
• 1964 – Mark Addy, English actor
• 1964 – Beverly Kinch, English athlete
• 1964 – Ernest Miller, American wrestler and actor
• 1964 – Henry Saari, Finnish porn actor and director
• 1964 – Shepard Smith, American journalist
• 1965 – Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (d. 2006)
• 1965 – Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player
• 1965 – Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, English chef and critic
• 1965 – Ellis Paul, American singer-songwriter
• 1965 – Slick Rick, British-American rapper
• 1966 – DJ Paul Elstak, Dutch DJ and producer
• 1966 – Robert Flello, English politician
• 1966 – Marco Hietala, Finnish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Nightwish, Tarot, Northern Kings, and Sinergy)
• 1966 – Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (d. 2013)
• 1966 – Dan Schneider, American television producer, screenwriter, actor, founder (Schneider's Bakery)
• 1967 – Kerri Green, American actress
• 1967 – Leonardo Ortolani, Italian author
• 1967 – Emily Watson, English actress
• 1967 – Saskia Wickham, English actress
• 1967 – Zakk Wylde, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Black Label Society and Pride and Glory)
• 1968 – Efthimis Bakatsias, Greek basketball player
• 1968 – Ruel Fox, English footballer
• 1968 – Veikka Gustafsson, Finnish mountaineer
• 1968 – LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
• 1969 – Jason Bateman, American actor, director, and producer
• 1969 – Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Them Crooked Vultures, Scream, Dain Bramage, and Killing Joke)
• 1970 – Imam Samudra, Indonesian terrorist (d. 2008)
• 1970 – Fazıl Say, Turkish pianist and composer
• 1970 – Gene Snitsky, American wrestler
• 1971 – Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
• 1971 – Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer
• 1971 – Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer
• 1972 – Kyle Brady, American football player
• 1972 – Dion Forster, South African minister, theologian, and author
• 1972 – James Key, English engineer
• 1972 – Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist
• 1973 – Eva Bes, Spanish tennis player
• 1973 – Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
• 1973 – Katie Griffin, Canadian voice actress
• 1973 – Paul Tisdale, English footballer and manager
• 1974 – Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
• 1974 – David Flitcroft, English footballer and manager
• 1975 – Georgina Cates, English actress
• 1975 – Taylor Hayes, American porn actress
• 1976 – Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer
• 1976 – Olive Loughnane, Irish race walker
• 1977 – Narain Karthikeyan, Indian race car driver
• 1977 – Terry Ryan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
• 1979 – Karen Elson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and model
• 1979 – Angela Lindvall, American model and actress
• 1979 – John Reuben, American rapper
• 1979 – Evans Soligo, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
• 1980 – Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
• 1980 – Ossama Haidar, Lebanese footballer
• 1980 – Byron Leftwich, American football player
• 1980 – Yūko Kaida, Japanese voice actress
• 1980 – Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
• 1980 – Taeke Taekema, Dutch field hockey player
• 1980 – Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor and singer
• 1981 – Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian footballer
• 1981 – Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
• 1981 – Rosa López, Spanish singer
• 1981 – Concepción Montaner, Spanish long jumper
• 1982 – Marc Broussard, American singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Thomas Longosiwa, Kenyan long-distance runner
• 1982 – Víctor Valdés, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Cesare Bovo, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer
• 1983 – Maxime Monfort, Belgian cyclist
• 1984 – Erick Aybar, American baseball player
• 1984 – Fred Matua, American football player (d. 2012)
• 1984 – Brandon Meriweather, American football player
• 1984 – Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
• 1985 – Joel Rosario, Dominican-American jockey
• 1985 – Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater
• 1986 – Cristina Aicardi, Peruvian badminton player
• 1986 – Gary Brolsma, American internet personality
• 1986 – Yohan Cabaye, French footballer
• 1986 – Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Farshad Bashir, Afghan-Dutch politician
• 1988 – Mikalah Gordon, American singer
• 1988 – Hakeem Nicks, American football player
• 1988 – Tom Rosenthal, English actor and comedian
• 1988 – Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
• 1988 – Keren Shlomo, Israeli tennis player
• 1989 – Adam Clayton, English footballer
• 1989 – Liu Xiaodong, Chinese footballer
• 1989 – Mattia Marchi, Italian footballer
• 1989 – Frankie Sandford, English singer-songwriter and dancer (S Club 8 and The Saturdays)
• 1990 – Lelisa Desisa, Ethiopian runner
• 1990 – Grant Gustin, American actor and singer
• 1991 – Diva Montelaba, Filipino actress and singer
• 1992 – Robbie Brady, Irish footballer
• 1992 – Chieh-Yu Hsu, American tennis player
• 1992 – Nimue Smit, Dutch model
• 1993 – Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer
• 1994 – Abi Phillips, English actress and singer-songwriter
• 1995 – Georgios Diamantakos, Greek basketball player

Deaths[edit]

• 1092 – Vratislaus II of Bohemia
• 1163 – Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
• 1235 – Saint Sava, Serbian archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
• 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary (b. 1265)
• 1331 – Odoric of Pordenone, Italian explorer (b. 1286)
• 1640 – Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1578)
• 1648 – Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch theologian, poet, and historian (b. 1584)
• 1676 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b. 1602)
• 1679 – Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)
• 1701 – Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyo (b. 1628)
• 1742 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist (b. 1656)
• 1753 – George Berkeley, Irish philosopher (b. 1685)
• 1766 – Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
• 1776 – Edward Cornwallis, English general (b. 1713)
• 1786 – Michael Arne, English organist and composer (b. 1741)
• 1786 – Meshech Weare, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
• 1823 – Athanasios Kanakaris, Greek politician (b. 1760)
• 1825 – George Dance the Younger, English architect (b. 1741)
• 1833 – Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monks and saint (b. 1759)
• 1867 – Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (b. 1780)
• 1872 – Greyfriars Bobby, Scottish dog (b. 1856)
• 1883 – Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
• 1887 – Peter Donders, Dutch missionary (b. 1807)
• 1888 – Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1889 – Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
• 1892 – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
• 1898 – Lewis Carroll, English author, mathematician, and photographer (b. 1832)
• 1901 – Mandell Creighton, English bishop and historian (b. 1843)
• 1901 – Charles Hermite, French mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1905 – Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b. 1840)
• 1907 – Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, Scottish politician, 6th Governor of New Zealand (b. 1832)
• 1908 – Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846)
• 1915 – Richard Meux Benson, English priest, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (b. 1824)
• 1919 – Platon, Estonian clergyman (b. 1869)
• 1920 – John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Company (b. 1864)
• 1923 – Zübeyde Hanım, Greek mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (b. 1857)
• 1923 – Louis Richardet, Swiss target shooter (b. 1864)
• 1926 – August Sedláček, Czech historian (b. 1843)
• 1934 – Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1937 – Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1942 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1943 – Laura E. Richards, American author (b. 1850)
• 1944 – Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish writer (b. 1869)
• 1945 – Heinrich Schroth, German actor (b. 1871)
• 1949 – Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)
• 1949 – Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (b. 1882)
• 1951 – Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)
• 1952 – Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (b. 1878)
• 1957 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1959 – Eivind Berggrav, Norwegian bishop (b. 1884)
• 1961 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
• 1961 – Herman, Estonian-Finnish clergyman (b. 1878)
• 1965 – Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
• 1966 – Bill Carr, American runner (b. 1909)
• 1966 – Sergei Korolev, Ukrainian-Russian engineer (b. 1906)
• 1968 – Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (b. 1885)
• 1970 – William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician (b. 1906)
• 1970 – Asım Gündüz, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army (b. 1880)
• 1972 – Horst Assmy, German footballer (b. 1933)
• 1972 – Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
• 1976 – Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1922)
• 1977 – Anthony Eden, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
• 1977 – Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (b. 1916)
• 1977 – Anaïs Nin, French author (b. 1903)
• 1978 – Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1978 – Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1906)
• 1978 – Robert Heger, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
• 1978 – Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1979 – Thomas DeSimone, American gangster (b. 1950)
• 1980 – Robert Ardrey, American author (b. 1908)
• 1981 – John O'Grady, Australian author (b. 1907)
• 1984 – Ray Kroc, American businessman (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
• 1986 – Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1987 – Douglas Sirk, German-American director (b. 1900)
• 1987 – Turgut Demirağ, Turkish film producer, director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1988 – Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician, 5th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1902)
• 1990 – Mani Madhava Chakyar, Indian scholar (b. 1899)
• 1991 – Gordon Bryant, Australian politician (b. 1914)
• 1991 – Jerry Nolan, American drummer (The New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers, and The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle) (b. 1946)
• 1991 – David Arkin, American actor (b. 1941)
• 1994 – Nubar Terziyan, Turkish Armenian actor (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (b. 1926)
• 1996 – Onno Tunç, Turkish musician, working mainly as a composer and an arranger (b. 1948)
• 1997 – Dollard Ménard, Canadian general (b. 1913)
• 1998 – Safiye Ayla, one of the most famous singers of Turkish classical music (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Muslimgauze, English DJ and producer (b. 1961)
• 1999 – Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director (b. 1933)
• 2000 – Leonard Weisgard, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Burkhard Heim, German physicist (b. 1925)
• 2001 – Kostas Rigopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (b. 1902)
• 2004 – Uta Hagen, American actress (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Ron O'Neal, American actor (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Charlotte MacLeod, Canadian-American author (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Conroy Maddox, English painter (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Jesús Rafael Soto, Venezuelan sculptor and painter (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Henri Colpi, French director (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
• 2006 – Mark Philo, English footballer (b. 1984)
• 2006 – Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934)
• 2007 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian-English actress (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Robert Noortman, Dutch art dealer (b. 1946)
• 2007 – Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek painter, director, and set designer (b. 1934)
• 2008 – Judah Folkman, American physician, biologist, and academic (b. 1933)
• 2009 – Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building (b. 1937)
• 2009 – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (b. 1920)
• 2010 – Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and politician (b. 1923)
• 2010 – Petra Schürmann, German model and actress, Miss World 1956 (b. 1935)
• 2011 – Peter Post, Dutch cyclist and manager (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Txillardegi, Spanish linguist and politician (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Mircea Ciumara, Romanian politician (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer programmer (b. 1995)
• 2012 – Lasse Kolstad, Norwegian actor and singer (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Fred Flanagan, Australian footballer (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Prospero Gallinari, Italian terrorist (b. 1951)
• 2013 – Maharani Gina Narayan, English-Indian wife of Jagaddipendra Narayan (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Andreas Raab, German computer scientist (b. 1968)
• 2013 – Vic Rowen, American football player and coach (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (b. 1948)
• 2014 – Rex Adams, English footballer (b. 1928)
• 2014 – St Nicholas Abbey, Irish race horse (b. 2007)
• 2014 – Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Nicholas Browne, English diplomat (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Richard Shepherd, American producer and production manager (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Flavio Testi, Italian composer and musicologist (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Mae Young, American wrestler (b. 1923)

Holidays and observances[edit]

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Barba'shmin
  • Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
  • Eivind Berggrav (Lutheran)
  • Felix of Nola
  • Macrina the Elder
  • January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Feast of Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
• Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
• National Flag Day (Georgia)
• National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
• Old New Year
• Ratification Day (United States)
• Sidereal winter solstice celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; marking the transition of the Sun to Capricorn, and the first day of the six months Uttarayana period. (see April 14):
  • Magh Bihu (Assam)
  • Maghi (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)
  • Makar Sankranti (India)
  • Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)
  • The first day of Pongal, a Tamil New Year. (Tamil)
  • Uttarayan (Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan)

Άγιος Παΐσιος: Η ζωή του, ο Εμφύλιος, ο μοναχισμός και οι προφητείες του

Ο Παΐσιος είναι από την 14η Ιανουαρίου άγιος της Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας. Το όνομά του ωστόσο είναι πολύ γνωστό εδώ και δεκαετίες, τόσο για τον σκληρό βίο του όσο και για τον χαρακτήρα του, τα θαύματά που του αποδίδονται και τις προφητείες του για τον κόσμο αλλά και τον Ελληνισμό.

Ποιος όμως ήταν ο Άγιος (πλέον) Παΐσιος; Θα μπορούσε να του αποδοθεί ο τίτλος του πιο αναγνωρίσιμου μοναχού των τελευταίων ετών. Ήταν ένας άνθρωπος ο οποίος σύμφωνα και με τα λεγόμενα του Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχη, «ευθύνεται» για την αναβίωση του μοναχισμού, ο οποίος βρισκόταν σε παρακμή. [Διαβάστε για την αγιοποίησή του ΕΔΩ]

Η γέννησή του, ο Εμφύλιος και ο μοναχισμός

Ο Όσιος Παΐσιος o Αγιορείτης, κατά κόσμον Αρσένιος Εζνεπίδης -γεννήθηκε τον Ιούλιο του 1924 στα Φάρασα της Καππαδοκίας και «έφυγε» τον Ιούλιο του 1994- ήταν Έλληνας μοναχός που έγινε ευρέως γνωστός για τον βίο και το έργο του.

Ο πατέρας του ονομαζόταν Πρόδρομος, ήταν πρόεδρος των Φαράσων, και η μητέρα του Ευλαμπία. Είχε ακόμη 8 αδέλφια. Στις 7 Αυγούστου του 1924, μια εβδομάδα πριν οι Φαρασιώτες φύγουν για την Ελλάδα, βαφτίστηκε από τον ιερέα της ενορίας Αρσένιο, τον οποίο η Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία αναγνώρισε ως άγιο. Ο Αρσένιος επέμεινε και του έδωσε το δικό του όνομα «για να αφήσει καλόγερο στο πόδι του», όπως είχε πει.

Πέντε εβδομάδες μετά τη βάπτιση του μικρού τότε Αρσένιου, στις 14 Σεπτεμβρίου του 1924 η οικογένεια Εζνεπίδη, μαζί με τους υπόλοιπους πρόσφυγες, έφτασε στον Άγιο Γεώργιο στον Πειραιά και ακολούθως πήγε στην Κέρκυρα. Εκεί, τα μέλη της οικογένειας έμειναν για ενάμιση χρόνο. Κατόπιν μετέβησαν στην Ηγουμενίτσα και κατέληξαν στην Κόνιτσα, όπου ο Αρσένιος τελείωσε το δημοτικό σχολείο και πήρε το απολυτήριο του με «εξαίρετο διαγωγή». Από μικρός, δε, σημείωνε τα θαύματα του Αγίου Αρσενίου. Είχε ιδιαίτερη κλίση προς τον μοναχισμό και επιθυμούσε να μονάσει.

Στο διάστημα που μεσολάβησε μέχρι να υπηρετήσει στο στρατό ο Αρσένιος δούλεψε σαν ξυλουργός. Όταν του παραγγελλόταν να κατασκευάσει κάποιο φέρετρο, ο ίδιος, συμμεριζόμενος την θλίψη της οικογένειας, αλλά και τη φτώχεια της εποχής, δεν ζητούσε χρήματα.

Το 1945 ο Αρσένιος κατατάχτηκε στο στρατό και υπηρέτησε σαν ασυρματιστής κατά τον ελληνικό εμφύλιο. Όσο καιρό δεν ήταν ασυρματιστής, ζητούσε να πολεμά στην πρώτη γραμμή, προκειμένου κάποιοι οικογενειάρχες, να μην βλαφτούν. Το μεγαλύτερο όμως διάστημα της θητείας του το υπηρέτησε με την ειδικότητα του ασυρματιστή. Γι'αυτό και πολλές εκδόσεις αφιερωμένες στη ζωή του Γέροντα τον αναφέρουν ως «Ασυρματιστή του Θεού».

Μάλιστα, ο Γέροντας φέροντας ως παράδειγμα την κατά τη στρατιωτική του θητεία αυτή ιδιότητα, απάντησε σε κάποιον που αμφισβητούσε τη χρησιμότητα της μοναχικής ζωής ότι οι μοναχοί είναι «ασυρματιστές του Θεού», εννοώντας την θερμή τους προσευχή και την έγνοια τους για την υπόλοιπη ανθρωπότητα. Απολύθηκε από το στρατό το 1949.

Το Άγιον Όρος και η περιπλάνησή του σε μονές μέχρι το Σινά

Τότε ήταν που πήγε και στο Άγιον Όρος για να μονάσει, αλλά επέστρεψε στα κοσμικά για ένα χρόνο ακόμα, προκειμένου να αποκαταστήσει τις αδελφές του, και επέστρεψε στο ιερό άβατο. Μία από τις πρώτες νύχτες που πέρασε στο Άγιον Όρος ήταν στην σκήτη του Αγίου Παντελεήμονος, στο κελί των Εισοδίων της Θεοτόκου. Εκεί γνώρισε τον πατέρα Κύριλλο που ήταν ηγούμενος στη μονή και τον ακολούθησε πιστά.

Λίγο αργότερα αποχώρησε από τη μονή και κατευθύνθηκε στη Μονή Εσφιγμένου. Εκεί τελέσθηκε η τελετή της «ρασοευχής» και πήρε το πρώτο όνομά του που ήταν Αβέρκιος. Και εκεί αμέσως ξεχώρισε για την εργατικότητά του, τη μεγάλη αγάπη και κατανόηση που έδειχνε για τους «αδελφούς» του, την πιστή υπακοή στο γέροντά του, την ταπεινοφροσύνη του, αφού θεωρούσε εαυτόν κατώτερο όλων των μοναχών στην πράξη. Προσευχόταν έντονα. Ανάμεσα στα αγαπημένα του αναγνώσματα ήταν οι ρήσεις των Πατέρων της ερήμου και ο Αββάς Ισαάκ ο Σύρος.

Ύστερα από αρκετές «περιπλανήσεις» σε διάφορα ησυχαστήρια του Αγίου Όρους και στο Σινά, μετακινήθηκε στη Μονή Κουτλουμουσίου. Συγκεκριμένα το 1954 έφυγε από τη μονή Εσφιγμένου και κατευθύνθηκε προς την Μονή Φιλοθέου, που ήταν ιδιόρρυθμο μοναστήρι όπου μόναζε και ένας θείος του. Η συνάντησή του όμως με το γέροντα Συμεών ήταν καταλυτική για την πορεία και διαμόρφωση του μοναχικού χαρακτήρα του Παϊσίου. Μετά από δύο χρόνια, το 1956, χειροθετήθηκε «Σταυροφόρος» και πήρε το «Μικρό Σχήμα». Τότε ήταν τελικά που ονομάστηκε και «Παΐσιος», χάρη στο Μητροπολίτη Καισαρείας Παΐσιο τον β΄, ο οποίος ήταν και συμπατριώτης του. Ο Γέρων Αυγουστίνος αυτήν την περίοδο απέκτησε στενή σχέση με τον Παΐσιο.

Το 1958, ύστερα από «εσωτερική πληροφόρηση», πήγε στο Στόμιο Κονίτσης. Εκεί πραγματοποίησε έργο το οποίο αφορούσε στους ετερόδοξους αλλά περιελάμβανε και τη βοήθεια των βασανισμένων και φτωχών Ελλήνων, είτε με φιλανθρωπίες, είτε παρηγορώντας τους και στηρίζοντάς τους ψυχολογικά, με αιχμή το λόγο του Ευαγγελίου. Επί τέσσερα χρόνια έμεινε στην Ιερά Μονή Γενεθλίων της Θεοτόκου στο Στόμιο, όπου αγαπήθηκε πολύ από τον λαό της περιοχής για την προσφορά και τον μετριοπαθή χαρακτήρα του.

To 1962 πήγε στο Όρος Σινά, όπου παρέμεινε για δύο χρόνια στο κελί των Αγίων Γαλακτίωνος και Επιστήμης. Έγινε ιδιαίτερα αγαπητός στους Βεδουίνους, δίνοντάς τους τρόφιμα με χρήματα από την πώληση στους προσκυνητές ξύλινων σταυρών που έφτιαχνε ο ίδιος. Το 1964 επέστρεψε στο Άγιο Όρος, από όπου δεν ξαναέφυγε ποτέ.

Η υγεία του κλονίζεται αλλά όχι και η ψυχική του δύναμη

Tο 1966 ασθένησε σοβαρά και εισήχθη στο Νοσοκομείο Παπανικολάου. Υποβλήθηκε σε εγχείρηση, με αποτέλεσμα μερική αφαίρεση των πνευμόνων. Στο διάστημα μέχρι να αναρρώσει και να επιστρέψει στο Άγιο Όρος φιλοξενήθηκε στο Ιερό Ησυχαστήριο Αγίου Ιωάννου του Ευαγγελιστού στη Σουρωτή. Επέστρεψε στο Άγιο Όρος μετά την ανάρρωσή του και το 1967 μετακινήθηκε στα Κατουνάκια, και συγκεκριμένα στο Λαυρεώτικο κελί του Υπατίου.

Το 1979 αποχώρησε από την σκήτη του Τιμίου Σταυρού και κατευθύνθηκε προς την Μονή Κουτλουμουσίου. Εκεί εισχώρησε στή μοναχική αδελφότητα ως εξαρτηματικός μοναχός. Η Παναγούδα ήταν ένα κελί εγκαταλελειμμένο και ο Παΐσιος εργάστηκε σκληρά για να δημιουργήσει ένα κελί με «ομόλογο», όπου και έμεινε μέχρι και το τέλος τη ζωής του. Από την εποχή που εγκαταστάθηκε στην Παναγούδα πλήθος λαού τον επισκεπτόταν. Ήταν μάλιστα τόσο το πλήθος ώστε να υπάρχουν και ειδικές σημάνσεις που επεσήμαναν τον δρόμο προς το κελί του, ώστε να μην ενοχλούν οι επισκέπτες τους υπολοίπους μοναχούς. Επίσης δεχόταν πάρα πολλές επιστολές.

Το 1966 ο γέροντας νοσηλεύθηκε στο Νοσοκομείο Παπανικολάου λόγω βρογχεκτασιών. Μετά την επέμβαση για την αφαίρεσή τους και λόγω της χρήσης ισχυρών αντιβιοτικών ο γέροντας έπαθε ψευδομεμβρανώδη κολίτιδα, η οποία του άφησε μόνιμα δυσπεπτικά προβλήματα. Κάποια στιγμή, ενώ εργαζόταν στην πρέσα που είχε στο κελί του, έπαθε βουβωνοκήλη. Αρνήθηκε να νοσηλευτεί και υπέμεινε καρτερικά την ασθένεια, η οποία του έδινε φοβερούς πόνους για τέσσερα ή πέντε χρόνια. Κάποια μέρα σε μια επίσκεψή του στη Σουρωτή, κάποιοι γνωστοί του γιατροί κυριολεκτικά τον απήγαγαν και τον οδήγησαν στο Θεαγένειο νοσοκομείο, όπου και χειρουργήθηκε. Παρά την αντίθεση των γιατρών, ο γέροντας συνέχισε τη σκληρή ασκητική ζωή και τις χειρωνακτικές εργασίες κάτι που επιδείνωσε και άλλο την κατάσταση της υγείας του.

Μετά το 1993 παρουσίαζε αιμορραγίες για τις οποίες αρνούνταν να νοσηλευτεί λέγοντας ότι «όλα θα βολευτούν με το χώμα». Το Νοέμβριο του ίδιου έτους βγήκε για τελευταία φορά από το Όρος και πήγε στη Σουρωτή, στο Ησυχαστήριο του Αγίου Ιωάννη του Θεολόγου για τη γιορτή του Αγίου Αρσενίου (10 Νοεμβρίου). Εκεί έμεινε για λίγες μέρες και ενώ ετοιμαζόταν να φύγει ασθένησε και μεταφέρθηκε στο Θεαγένειο, όπου έγινε διάγνωση για όγκο στο παχύ έντερο. Θεώρησε τον καρκίνο εκπλήρωση αιτήματός του προς το Θεό και ωφέλιμο για την πνευματική του υγεία. Στις 4 Φεβρουαρίου του 1994 χειρουργήθηκε.

Παρότι η ασθένεια δεν έπαυσε, αλλά παρουσίασε μεταστάσεις στους πνεύμονες και στο ήπαρ, ο γέροντας ανακοίνωσε την επιθυμία του να επιστρέψει στο Άγιο Όρος στις 13 Ιουνίου. Ο υψηλός πυρετός όμως και η δύσπνοια τον ανάγκασαν να παραμείνει.
Στο τέλος του Ιουνίου οι γιατροί του ανακοίνωσαν ότι τα περιθώρια ζωής του ήταν δύο με τρεις εβδομάδες το πολύ. Τη Δευτέρα 11 Ιουλίου (γιορτή της Αγίας Ευφημίας) κοινώνησε για τελευταία φορά γονατιστός μπροστά στο κρεβάτι του. Τις τελευταίες μέρες της ζωής του αποφάσισε να μην παίρνει φάρμακα ή παυσίπονα, παρά τους φρικτούς πόνους της ασθένειάς του. Τελικά απεβίωσε την Τρίτη 12 Ιουλίου 1994 και ώρα 11:00 και ενταφιάστηκε στο Ιερό Ησυχαστήριο του Αγίου Ιωάννη του Θεολόγου στη Σουρωτή Θεσσαλονίκης. Έκτοτε, κάθε χρόνο στις 11 προς 12 Ιουλίου, στην επέτειο της κοίμησής του, τελείται αγρυπνία στο Ιερό Ησυχαστήριο, με συμμετοχή χιλιάδων πιστών.

Ο μύθος γύρω από το όνομά του

Ήδη πριν το θάνατο του Παΐσιου, είχε αρχίσει να σχηματίζεται ένας μύθος γύρω από το όνομά του και έγινε πρόσωπο αμφιλεγόμενο για τη μοναστική κοινότητα του Άθω: κάποιοι παλαιότεροι μοναχοί και ζηλωτές, όπως εκείνοι της Μονής Εσφιγμένου, του ασκούσαν κριτική. Σύμφωνα με τον Πατριάρχη Βαρθολομαίο, ο Παΐσιος ήταν ένας από τους υπεύθυνους για την αναβίωση του μοναχισμού στο Άγιο Όρος, που βρισκόταν σε παρακμή ως τη δεκαετία του 1960. Στην Ελλάδα και στο Άγιο Όρος είναι γνωστός μαζί με τον Άγιο Πορφύριο ως θαυματουργός και θεραπευτής. Οι Μητροπολίτες Ναυπάκτου Ιερόθεος και Μαραθώνα Μελίτων έχουν προτείνει την κατάταξή του στα δίπτυχα της Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας ως Αγίου.

Η θαυματολογία γύρω από τον γέροντα Παΐσιο έχει ως αποτέλεσμα εκατοντάδες άτομα να επισκέπτονται καθημερινά τη Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννη Θεολόγου στη Σουρωτή, όπου είναι θαμμένος, η οποία είναι γνωστή και με το όνομά του. Κυκλοφορούν επίσης δεκάδες βιβλία με διδασκαλίες του και προφητείες του, που έχουν να κάνουν με διάφορα θέματα, από το τέλος του κόσμου ως την κατάληψη της Κωνσταντινούπολης και αλβανικών εδαφών από την Ελλάδα. Το ενδιαφέρον για τον Παΐσιο ενισχύθηκε ιδιαίτερα την περίοδο της οικονομικής κρίσης.

Συνέγραψε 4 βιβλία, τα οποία έχουν εκδοθεί από το Ιερόν Ησυχαστήριον «Ευαγγελιστής Ιωάννης ο Θεολόγος» (Σουρωτή Θεσσαλονίκης).

Τιτλοφορούνται:

• Ο Άγιος Αρσένιος ο Καππαδόκης (1991)
• Ο Γέρων Χατζη-Γεώργης ο Αθωνίτης, 1809-1886 (1986)
• Αγιορείται Πατέρες και Αγιορείτικα (1993)
• Επιστολές (1994)

Οι προφητείες του που έγιναν γνωστές σε ολόκληρο τον Ελληνισμό

Στον Άγιο Παΐσιο αποδίδονται δεκάδες προφητείες. Τόσο για τον κόσμο ολόκληρο όσο και για τον Ελληνισμό και την τύχη του. Στο αποκαλυπτικό βιβλίο του Νικολάου Ζουρνατζόγλου Μαρτυρίες Προσκυνητών Τόμος Β 1η Έκδοση (2012) καταγράφεται, η μαρτυρία του κου Ματθαίου Κουρή , από την Κέρκυρα (σελ. 368): «Στην Αθωνιάδα πήγα το 1985 και επί δύο χρόνια ήμουν τακτικός επισκέπτης του γέροντα. Μας έλεγε θυμάμαι : "Ο κομμουνισμός παιδιά θα σβήσει.  Θα σπάσουν την Σοβιετική Ένωση σε πολλά κομμάτια και θα την αποδυναμώσουν. Όμως κάποια από αυτά τα κομμάτια θα ξαναενωθούν με την Ρωσία».

«Οι Τούρκοι τα κόλλυβα τα έχουν στη μέση τους. Θα πάθουν μεγάλο κακό. Τότε θα επέμβει από πάνω ο Ρώσος και θα γίνει όπως τα λέει η προφητεία του Αγίου Κοσμά. Οι μεγάλοι θα φροντίσουν…Την Κωνσταντινούπολη οι Έλληνες πρέπει να τη φυλάξουν. Και, έτσι, ο Θεός θα τη χαρίσει σε μας. Θα μας βοηθήσει ο Θεός, γιατί είμαστε Ορθόδοξοι»…

«Η Τουρκία θα διαλυθεί και, μάλιστα, θα τη διαλύσουν οι ίδιοι οι σύμμαχοι» – «Όταν ο τουρκικός στόλος ξεκινήσει να κατευθύνεται κατά της Ελλάδος και φθάσει στα έξι μίλια, πράγματι θα καταστραφεί. Θα είναι η ώρα που θα έχουν τα κόλλυβα στο ζωνάρι τους. Αλλά, αυτό δε θα γίνει από εμάς. Αυτό είναι το θέλημα του Θεού. Το «Εξαμίλι» θα είναι η αρχή του τέλους….. Μετά θα αρχίσουν όλα τα γεγονότα, που θα καταλήξουν στο να πάρουμε την Πόλη…. Την Πόλη θα μας τη δώσουν….. Θα γίνει πόλεμος μεταξύ Ρωσίας και Τουρκίας. Στην αρχή, οι Τούρκοι θα νομίσουν ότι νικάνε, αλλά αυτό θα είναι η καταστροφή τους. Οι Ρώσοι, τελικά, θα νικήσουν και θα πέσει η Πόλη στα χέρια τους. Μετά θα την πάρουμε εμείς…… Θα αναγκασθούν να μας τη δώσουν

Οι Τούρκοι «θα καταστραφούν. Θα σβήσουν από το χάρτη, διότι είναι ένα έθνος, το οποίο δεν προέκυψε από την ευλογία του Θεού. Από τους Τούρκους το 1/3 θα πάει από όπου ξεκίνησαν, στα βάθη της Τουρκίας, το 1/3 θα σωθεί, διότι θα έχει εκχριστιανισθεί και το τελευταίο 1/3 θα σκοτωθεί στον πόλεμο αυτόν….»

Όταν ακούσετε , ότι τα νερά του Ευφράτη τα κόβουν ψηλά οι Τούρκοι με φράγματα , να ξέρετε ότι ήδη μπήκαμε στην προετοιμασία του Αρμαγεδώνα ,και ότι διακόσια εκατομμύρια στρατός θα διαβή τον Ευφράτη για την Μέση Ανατολή ….

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• 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but rules for only three months before committing suicide.
• 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
• 1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
• 1582 – Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• 1759 – The British Museum opens.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence.
• 1782 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
• 1815 – War of 1812: American frigate USS President, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
• 1822 – Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
• 1844 – University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
• 1865 – American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
• 1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
• 1876 – The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
• 1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
• 1908 – The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• 1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 ft (99 m).
• 1919 – Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
• 1919 – Boston Molasses Disaster: A large molasses tank in Boston, Massachusetts, bursts and a wave of molasses rushes through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.
• 1933 – A twelve-year-old girl experiences the first Marian apparition of Our Lady of Banneux in Banneux, Belgium.
• 1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
• 1937 – Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
• 1943 – World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
• 1943 – The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
• 1947 – The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short (The "Black Dahlia") is found in Los Angeles' Leimert Park.
• 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
• 1951 – Ilse Koch, "The Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in West Germany.
• 1962 – The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
• 1966 – The Nigerian First Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.
• 1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles, California. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.
• 1969 – The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
• 1970 – Nigerian Civil War: After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders.
• 1970 – Moammar Gadhafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
• 1973 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
• 1974 – Dennis Rader aka the BTK Killer kills his first victims by binding, torturing and murdering Joseph, Joseph II, Josephine and Julie Otero in their house.
• 1975 – The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
• 1976 – Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
• 1981 – John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Walesa.
• 1991 – The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
• 1991 – Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.
• 1992 – The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• 1993 – Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as "The Beast", is arrested in Sicily, Italy after three decades as a fugitive.
• 2001 – Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
• 2005 – ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon.
• 2007 – Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.
• 2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. All passengers and crew members survive.
• 2013 – A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others.

Births[edit]

• 1432 – Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)
• 1481 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (d. 1511)
• 1538 – Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)
• 1622 – Molière, French playwright and actor (d. 1673)
• 1671 – Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)
• 1674 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet (d. 1762)
• 1716 – Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (d. 1778)
• 1747 – John Aikin, English doctor (d. 1822)
• 1754 – Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1834)
• 1791 – Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (d. 1872)
• 1795 – Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)
• 1803 – Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet (d. 1811)
• 1809 – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician (d. 1865)
• 1812 – Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (d. 1885)
• 1815 – William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ (d. 1905)
• 1816 – Marie Lafarge, French murderer (d. 1852)
• 1824 – Marie Duplessis, French courtier (d. 1847)
• 1834 – Samuel Arza Davenport, American politician (d. 1911)
• 1841 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (d. 1908)
• 1842 – Josef Breuer, Austrian psychiatrist (d. 1925)
• 1842 – Mary MacKillop, Australian saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (d. 1909)
• 1850 – Leonard Darwin, English soldier and politician (d. 1943)
• 1850 – Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. 1889)
• 1850 – Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1891)
• 1855 – Jacques Damala, Greek-French soldier and actor (d. 1889)
• 1859 – Archibald Peake, Australian politician, 25th Premier of South Australia (d. 1920)
• 1863 – Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)
• 1866 – Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
• 1869 – Ruby Laffoon, American politician, 43rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 1941)
• 1869 – Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright (d. 1907)
• 1870 – Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman (d. 1954)
• 1872 – Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author (d. 1944)
• 1875 – Thomas Burke, American sprinter (d. 1929)
• 1877 – Lewis Terman, American psychologist (d. 1956)
• 1878 – Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (d. 1941)
• 1879 – Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (d. 1961)
• 1882 – Princess Margaret of Connaught (d. 1920)
• 1885 – Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (d. 1973)
• 1885 – Miles Burke, American boxer (d. 1928)
• 1885 – Huang Yuanyong, Chinese journalist and author (d. 1915)
• 1885 – Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)
• 1890 – Tommy Fleming, American soccer player (d. 1965)
• 1891 – Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. 1920)
• 1891 – Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (d. 1938)
• 1892 – Rex Ingram, Irish actor, director, and producer (d. 1950)
• 1893 – Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1951)
• 1893 – Urho Peltonen, Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1951)
• 1894 – Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian soldier (d. 1917)
• 1895 – Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
• 1896 – Marjorie Bennett, Australian actress (d. 1982)
• 1897 – Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (d. 1931)
• 1898 – Erik Byléhn, Swedish runner (d. 1986)
• 1899 – Goodman Ace, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1900 – William Heinesen, Faroese poet and author (d. 1991)
• 1902 – Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Paul A. Dever, American politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
• 1905 – Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (d. 1985)
• 1905 – Torin Thatcher, English actor (d. 1981)
• 1907 – Janusz Kusociński, Polish long-distance runner (d. 1940)
• 1908 – Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist (d. 2003)
• 1909 – Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (d. 1939)
• 1909 – Gene Krupa, American drummer and composer (d. 1973)
• 1912 – Michel Debré, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1913 – Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963)
• 1914 – Stefan Bałuk, Polish general (d. 2014)
• 1914 – Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Anton Raadik, Estonian boxer (d. 1999)
• 1918 – João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Christos Kagaras, Greek artist (d. 2010)
• 1918 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt (d. 1970)
• 1919 – Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1920 – John Joseph O'Connor, American cardinal (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Frank Thornton, English actor (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Eric Willis, Australian politician, 34th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (d. 1978)
• 1923 – Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese-Chinese politician, 4th President of the Republic of China
• 1923 – Arthur Quinlan, Irish journalist (d. 2012)
• 1924 – George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist and composer
• 1926 – Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Phyllis Coates, American actress
• 1928 – M. V. Devan, Indian painter, sculptor, and critic (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Earl Hooker, American guitarist (d. 1970)
• 1929 – Queen Ida, American accordion player
• 1929 – Martin Luther King, Jr., American minster and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 1930 – Eddie Graham, American wrestler (d. 1985)
• 1931 – Lee Bontecou, American sculptor
• 1932 – Lou Jones, American sprinter
• 1932 – Dean Smith, American sprinter
• 1933 – Patricia Blair, American actress (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Frank Bough, English journalist
• 1933 – Ernest J. Gaines, American author
• 1933 – Peter Maitlis, English chemist and academic
• 1934 – V. S. Ramadevi, Indian politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Malcolm Frager, American pianist (d. 1991)
• 1935 – Robert Silverberg, American author
• 1936 – Obo Addy, Ghanaian drummer and dancer (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Margaret O'Brien, American actress
• 1938 – Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
• 1938 – Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler
• 1938 – Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer
• 1939 – Per Ahlmark, Swedish writer and politician
• 1939 – Neil Cossons, English curator and academic
• 1941 – Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1942 – Frank Joseph Polozola, American judge (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Barbara Tarbuck, American actress
• 1943 – Margaret Beckett, English politician
• 1943 – Stuart E. Eizenstat, American lawyer and diplomat
• 1943 – Mike Marshall, American baseball player
• 1944 – Jenny Nimmo, English author
• 1945 – Vince Foster, American lawyer (d. 1993)
• 1945 – William R. Higgins, American colonel (d. 1990)
• 1945 – Princess Michael of Kent
• 1945 – David Pleat, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
• 1946 – Charles Brown, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1947 – Mary Hogg, English lawyer and judge
• 1947 – Andrea Martin, American-Canadian actress
• 1947 – Pete Waterman, English songwriter and producer
• 1948 – Aldo Zadrima, Albanian chess player
• 1948 – Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
• 1949 – Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2001)
• 1949 – Alasdair Liddell, English businessman (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor
• 1949 – Ian Stewart, Scottish runner
• 1950 – Marius Trésor, French footballer
• 1952 – Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer
• 1952 – Chris D., American punk poet, rock critic, singer (The Flesh Eaters), writer, actor and filmmaker
• 1953 – Ta-Tanisha, American actress
• 1953 – Kent Hovind, American evangelist and theorist
• 1953 – Randy White, American football player
• 1954 – Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter
• 1954 – Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
• 1955 – Nigel Benson, English author and illustrator
• 1955 – Mayumi Tanaka, Japanese voice actress
• 1956 – Miki Fujimura, Japanese singer (Candies)
• 1956 – Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian architect
• 1956 – Mayawati, Indian politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• 1956 – Marc Trestman, American football player and coach
• 1957 – Marty Lyons, American football player
• 1957 – Andrew Tyrie, English journalist and politician
• 1957 – Mario Van Peebles, American actor
• 1958 – Boris Tadić, Serbian politician, 16th President of Serbia
• 1959 – Sister Carol, Jamaican singer
• 1959 – Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer and photographer (d. 2008)
• 1959 – Pete Trewavas, English bass player (Kino, Marillion, Transatlantic, and Edison's Children)
• 1960 – Kelly Asbury, American actor and director
• 1960 – Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer
• 1961 – Serhiy N. Morozov, Ukrainian footballer
• 1961 – Yves Pelletier, Canadian actor and director
• 1963 – Conrad Lant, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Venom and Cronos)
• 1963 – Bruce Schneier, American cryptographer and author
• 1964 – Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
• 1965 – Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
• 1965 – Bernard Hopkins, American boxer
• 1965 – Adam Jones, American guitarist and songwriter (Tool and Electric Sheep)
• 1965 – James Nesbitt, Irish actor
• 1966 – Lisa Lisa, American singer (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam)
• 1968 – Barry Buchanan, American wrestler
• 1968 – Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and producer
• 1968 – Iñaki Urdangarin, Duke of Palma de Mallorca
• 1969 – Meret Becker, German actress and singer
• 1969 – Delino DeShields, American baseball player
• 1969 – Huck Seed, American poker player
• 1970 – Shane McMahon, American wrestler and businessman
• 1971 – Regina King, American actress
• 1972 – Shelia Burrell, American heptathlete
• 1972 – Christos Kostis, Greek footballer
• 1972 – Ernie Reyes, Jr. American actor, stuntman, and martial artist
• 1972 – Kobe Tai, Taiwanese-American porn actress
• 1972 – Claudia Winkleman, English journalist
• 1973 – Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer
• 1974 – Edith Bowman, Scottish radio and television host
• 1974 – Séverine Deneulin, Development economist
• 1974 – Ray King, American baseball player
• 1975 – 9th Wonder, American rapper and producer (Little Brother)
• 1975 – Marc Cartwright, American photographer
• 1975 – Mary Pierce, French tennis player
• 1976 – Corey Chavous, American football player
• 1976 – Doug Gottlieb, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1976 – Iryna Lishchynska, Ukrainian middle-distance runner
• 1976 – Scott Murray, Scottish rugby player
• 1976 – Florentin Petre, Romanian footballer
• 1978 – Eddie Cahill, American actor
• 1978 – Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
• 1978 – Ryan Sidebottom, English cricketer
• 1979 – 3Krazy, American rapper and producer
• 1979 – Drew Brees, American football player
• 1979 – Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer and actor (F4)
• 1979 – Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer
• 1979 – Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1980 – Matt Holliday, American baseball player
• 1981 – Pitbull, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1981 – Dylan Armstrong, Canadian shot putter
• 1981 – Howie Day, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 – El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
• 1981 – Vanessa Henke, German tennis player
• 1981 – Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby player
• 1982 – Benjamin Agosto, American skater
• 1982 – Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
• 1982 – Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1982 – Emina Jahović, Serbian-Turkish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1982 – Brett Lebda, American ice hockey player
• 1982 – Neil Nitin Mukesh, Indian actor
• 1982 – Prince Philip of Yugoslavia
• 1982 – Ari Pulkkinen, Finnish composer
• 1982 – Francis Zé, Cameroonian footballer
• 1983 – Matic Kralj, Slovenian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Jermaine Pennant, English footballer
• 1983 – Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
• 1984 – Megan Jendrick, American swimmer
• 1984 – Victor Rasuk, American actor
• 1985 – René Adler, German footballer
• 1985 – Enrico Patrizio, Italian rugby player
• 1985 – Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer
• 1986 – Clara, Swiss-English model and actress
• 1986 – Mariya Abakumova, Russian javelin thrower
• 1986 – Fred Davis, American football player
• 1986 – Jessy Schram, American actress
• 1987 – Greg Inglis, Australian rugby player
• 1987 – Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian runner
• 1987 – Kelly Kelly, American wrestler and model
• 1987 – David Knight, English footballer
• 1987 – Nicole Matthews, Canadian wrestler
• 1987 – Michael Seater, Canadian actor
• 1988 – Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer
• 1988 – Jun. K, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (2PM)
• 1988 – Aija Putniņa, Latvian basketball player
• 1988 – Skrillex, American singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer (From First to Last and Dog Blood)
• 1989 – Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
• 1989 – Keiffer Hubbell, American ice dancer
• 1989 – Tasha Reign, American porn actress and model
• 1989 – Ronny Vencatachellum, Mauritian swimmer
• 1990 – Paul Blake, English sprinter
• 1990 – Fernando Forestieri, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Konstantinos Sloukas, Greek basketball player
• 1990 – Sophie Sumner, English model
• 1990 – Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer
• 1991 – Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer
• 1991 – Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer
• 1991 – Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper
• 1991 – Jahangir Wasim, Pakistani businessman, founded Origin NGO
• 1992 – Joshua King, Norwegian footballer
• 1994 – Jordy Croux, Belgian footballer
• 1994 – Eric Dier, English footballer
• 1996 – Dove Cameron, American actress

Deaths[edit]

• 69 – Galba, Roman emperor (b. 3 BC)
• 570 – Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun and saint (b. 475)
• 849 – Theophylact, Byzantine emperor (b. 793)
• 936 – Rudolph of France (b. 880)
• 1568 – Nicolaus Olahus, Romanian archbishop (b. 1493)
• 1595 – Murat III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1546)
• 1623 – Paolo Sarpi, Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (b. 1552)
• 1672 – John Cosin, English bishop and academic (b. 1594)
• 1683 – Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)
• 1775 – Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
• 1781 – Mariana Victoria of Spain (b. 1718)
• 1790 – John Landen, English mathematician (b. 1719)
• 1804 – Dru Drury, English entomologist (b. 1725)
• 1813 – Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
• 1815 – Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
• 1855 – Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 – Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1876 – Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)
• 1885 – Leopold Damrosch, German-American conductor (b. 1832)
• 1893 – Fanny Kemble, English-American actress and author (b. 1809)
• 1896 – Mathew Brady, American photographer (b. 1822)
• 1909 – Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 – Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright (b. 1850)
• 1919 – Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 – Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 – Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1936 – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
• 1937 – Anton Holban, Romanian author (b. 1902)
• 1944 – Robert J. Kirby, American police officer (b. 1890)
• 1945 – Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (b. 1865)
• 1946 – Karl Nabersberg, German youth leader (b. 1908)
• 1947 – Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, American murder victim (b. 1924)
• 1948 – Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1862)
• 1950 – Henry H. Arnold, American general (b. 1886)
• 1951 – Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian sailor (b. 1887)
• 1952 – Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)
• 1955 – Yves Tanguy, French painter (b. 1900)
• 1964 – Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (b. 1905)
• 1967 – David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1968 – Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 1970 – William T. Piper, American businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (b. 1881)
• 1972 – Daisy Ashford, English author (b. 1881)
• 1973 – Coleman Francis, American director (b. 1919)
• 1973 – Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
• 1974 – Harold D. Cooley, American politician (b. 1897)
• 1983 – Meyer Lansky, Russian-American gangster (b. 1902)
• 1983 – Armin Öpik, Estonian paleontologist (b. 1898)
• 1983 – Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1987 – Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
• 1988 – Seán MacBride, French-Irish politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1990 – Peggy van Praagh, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1910)
• 1992 – Dee Murray, English bass player (The Mirage, Procol Harum, The Spencer Davis Group and Elton John) (b. 1946)
• 1993 – Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913)
• 1994 – Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist (b. 1921)
• 1994 – Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1994 – Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (b. 1916)
• 1995 – Vera Maxwell, American fashion designer (b. 1901)
• 1996 – Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (b. 1922)
• 1996 – Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (b. 1938)
• 1996 – Rudolf Wanderone, American billiards player (b. 1913)
• 1998 – Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and politician, Prime Minister of India (b. 1898)
• 1998 – Junior Wells, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (The Aces) (b. 1934)
• 1999 – Betty Box, English composer and producer (b. 1915)
• 2000 – Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)
• 2000 – Željko Ražnatović, Serbian commander (b. 1952)
• 2000 – Fran Ryan, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Ted Mann, American businessman (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Leo Marks, English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)
• 2002 – Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (b. 1913)
• 2002 – Steve Gromek, American baseball player (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
• 2004 – Terje Bakken, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Windir) (b. 1978)
• 2004 – Olivia Goldsmith, American author (b. 1949)
• 2005 – Victoria de los Ángeles, Catalan soprano (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Elizabeth Janeway, American author (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Dan Lee, Canadian animator (b. 1969)
• 2005 – Ruth Warrick, American actress (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1926)
• 2006 – El Texano, Mexican wrestler (b. 1958)
• 2007 – Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi judge (b. 1945)
• 2007 – Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi intelligence officer (b. 1951)
• 2007 – James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, inventor of electron microscope (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino diplomat (b. 1905)
• 2007 – David Vanole, American soccer player (b. 1963)
• 2007 – Bo Yibo, Chinese commander and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1908)
• 2008 – Robert V. Bruce, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, English video game designer (b. 1964)
• 2008 – Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982)
• 2009 – Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
• 2011 – Nat Lofthouse, English footballer (b. 1925)
• 2011 – Susannah York, English actress (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Mika Ahola, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1974)
• 2012 – Ed Derwinski, American soldier and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Robert Freer, Indian-English air marshal (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Carlo Fruttero, Italian journalist and author (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Samuel Jaskilka, American general (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Ib Spang Olsen, Danish author and illustrator (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Hulett C. Smith, American lieutenant and politician, 27th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Generous, Irish horse (b. 1988)
• 2013 – Yang Baibing, Chinese general and politician (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Chucho Castillo, Mexican boxer (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Daniel Edelman, American publicist, founded Edelman (b. 1920)
• 2013 – George Gund III, American businessman (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Princess Margarita of Baden (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Zurab Popkhadze, Georgian footballer (b. 1972)
• 2013 – John Thomas, American high jumper (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist, conductor, and educator (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Curtis Bray, American football player and coach (b. 1970)
• 2014 – Namdeo Dhasal, Indian poet and activist (b. 1949)
• 2014 – John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer (b. 1915)
• 2014 – Marion Faller, American photographer (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Karl Hudson-Phillips, Trinidadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Maya Romanoff, American interior designer (b. 1941)

Holidays and observances[edit]

• Armed Forces Day (Nigeria)
• Army Day (India)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Abeluzius (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
  • Arnold Janssen
  • Ita
  • Macarius of Egypt (Western Christianity)
  • Paul the Hermit
  • January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest day on which International Fetish Day can fall, while January 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Friday in January.
• Earliest day on which Martin Luther King, Jr. Day can fall, while January 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in January. (United States)
• John Chilembwe Day (Malawi)
• Korean Alphabet Day (North Korea)
• One of the two Carmentalia, in honor of Carmenta. (Roman Empire)
• The second day of the sidereal winter solstice festivals in India (see January 14):
  • Maatu Pongal, celebrated by performing Jallikattu (Tamil)
• Tree Planting Day (Egypt)

Στιγμιότυπο από την ταινία «Αγάπη μου Ουά-Ουά

Φιλμογραφία

• Ανθισμένη αμυγδαλιά (1959)
• Ματωμένο ηλιοβασίλεμα (1959)
• Μια του κλέφτη (1960)
• Σταχτοπούτα (1960)
• Το κορίτσι του δρόμου (1960)
• Το ραντεβού της Κυριακής (1960)
• Τα νιάτα θέλουν έρωτα (1961)
• Τα σαράντα παλληκάρια (1961)
• Αγάπη γραμμένη με αίμα (1962)
• Η Ελληνίδα και ο έρωτας (1962)
• Πεζοδρόμιο (1962)
• Λίγο πριν ξημερώσει (1963)
• Ο κος πτέραρχος (1963)
• Χωρίς ταυτότητα (1963)
• Έκλεψα τη γυναίκα μου (1964)
• Διαζύγιο αλά ελληνικά (1964)    
• Οι κολασμένοι (1964)
• αημοί στη φτωχογειτονιά (1965)
• Και οι 14 ήταν υπέροχοι (1965)
• Πράκτορες 005 εναντίον χρυσοπόδαρου (1965)
• Ζητώντας την τύχη στα ξένα (1967)
• Ο κόσμος τρελλάθηκε…(1967)
• Για μια τρύπια δραχμή (1968)
• Εικοσιτέσσερις ώρες ζωντοχήρα (1969)
• Εχθρός ενός λαού (1972)
• Ο μάγκας με το τρίκυκλο (1972)
• Το προξενιό της Άννας (1972)
• Ο φαντασμένος (1973)
• Αγάπη μου Ουά-Ουά (1974)
• Πονηρό θηλυκό κατεργάρα γυναίκα (1980)
• Ρένα να η ευκαιρία (1980)
• Ο άνθρωπος που το 'παιζε πολύ (1983)
• Γυναίκες δηλητήριο (1993)

Βιντεοταινίες

• Ζωή και κότα (1986)
• Ο εραστής της γυναίκας μου (1986)
• Ο τσιφούτης (1986)
• Ο αναρχικός (1987)
• Ο Κέρβερος και το δόλωμα (1987)

Τηλεοπτικές σειρές

• Αξιωματικός υπηρεσίας (1972, ΕΙΡΤ)
• Βίβα Κατερίνα (1973, ΥΕΝΕΔ)
• Ο κόσμος και ο Κοσμάς (1981, ΥΕΝΕΔ)
• Χαμογελάστε παρακαλώ (1983, ΕΡΤ)
• Βραδυά επιθεώρησης (1984, ΕΡΤ)
• Μέσα από το πλήθος (1984, ΕΡΤ2)
• Μικρές αγγελίες (1985, ΕΡΤ2)
• Οικογένεια Βλαμμένου (1986, ΕΡΤ)
• Οι άγγελοι κι εγώ (1989, ΕΤ2)
• Και εύθυμη και χήρα (1991, ΑΝΤ1)
• Μίνι μάρκετ ονείρων (1991, ΕΤ2)
• Ο ιός του πατέρα (1996, Mega)

Παραστάσεις στο  Εθνικό Θέατρο

• Καίσαρ και Κλεοπάτρα (1951) | [Αυλικός Πτολεμαίου] | [Β' Βαστάζος]
• Η σιωπηλή γυναίκα (1995) | Άρχοντας Μορόζος
• Η απαγωγή της Σμαράγδως (1995) | Χατζηφώτης
• Παραμύθι χωρίς όνομα (1995) | Βασιλιάς
• Η ωραία φάση (1996) | Γιάννης
• Ο βασιλικός (1999) | Δάρειος Ρονκάλας