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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2021
January 10 is the 10th day of the year in
the Gregorian calendar.
355 days remain until the end of the year (356 in leap years). Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events
·
49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.[1] ·
AD 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.[2] ·
AD 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.[3] ·
1072 – Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo in Sicily for the Normans.[4] ·
1430 – Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, establishes the Order of the
Golden Fleece, the most prestigious, exclusive, and
expensive order of chivalry in
the world.[5] ·
1475 – Stephen III of
Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.[6] ·
1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at
the Tower of London.[7] ·
1776 – American
Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes
his pamphlet Common Sense.[8] ·
1791 – The Siege of
Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.[9] ·
1806 – Two British
brigades occupy Cape Town after the Battle of Blaauwberg.[10] ·
1812 – The first steamboat on
the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives
in New Orleans, 82
days after departing from Pittsburgh.[11] ·
1861 – American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to
secede from the Union. ·
1863 – The Metropolitan Railway,
the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon,
marking the beginning of the London Underground. ·
1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.[12] ·
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. ·
1920 – League of
Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the
organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris. ·
1927 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is
released in Germany.[13] ·
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.[14] ·
1954 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106
Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea, killing 35 people.[15] ·
1962 – Apollo program: NASA announces
plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as
the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched
every Apollo Moon mission. ·
1966 – Tashkent Declaration,
a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani
War of 1965. ·
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 – 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. ·
2007 – A general
strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get
President Lansana Conté to
resign.[16] ·
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. ·
2015 – A traffic
accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en
route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National
Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, killing at least
62 people.[17] Births
·
626 – Husayn ibn Ali the third Shia Imam (d.
680)[18] ·
1480 – Margaret
of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530) ·
1538 – Louis of Nassau (d. 1574)[19] ·
1607 – Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary
(d. 1646)[20] ·
1644 – Louis
François, duc de Boufflers, French general (d. 1711)[21] ·
1654 – Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar
(d. 1712)[22] ·
1702 – Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)[23] ·
1715 – Christian August
Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775) ·
1729 – Lazzaro Spallanzani,
Italian priest, biologist, and physiologist (d. 1799) ·
1745 – Isaac Titsingh, Dutch surgeon, scholar, and
diplomat (d. 1812) ·
1750 – Thomas
Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and
politician, Lord Chancellor of Great
Britain (d. 1823) ·
1760 – Johann Rudolf
Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor (d. 1802)[24] ·
1769 – Michel Ney, French general (d. 1815)[25] ·
1776 – George Birkbeck, English physician and
academic, founded Birkbeck,
University of London (d. 1841)[26] ·
1780 – Martin Lichtenstein,
German physician and explorer (d. 1857) ·
1802 – Carl Ritter von
Ghega, Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (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) ·
1810 – William
Haines, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Victoria (d.
1866) ·
1812 – Georg Hermann
Nicolai, German architect and academic (d. 1881) ·
1828 – Herman Koeckemann,
German bishop and missionary (d. 1892) ·
1829 – Epameinondas
Deligeorgis, Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister
of Greece (d. 1879) ·
1834 – John
Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and
politician (d. 1902) ·
1836 – Charles Ingalls, American farmer and
carpenter (d. 1902) ·
1840 – Louis-Nazaire Bégin,
Canadian cardinal (d. 1925) ·
1842 – Luigi Pigorini, Italian paleontologist,
archaeologist, and ethnographer (d. 1925) ·
1843 – Frank James, American soldier and criminal
(d. 1915) ·
1848 – Reinhold Sadler, American merchant and
politician, 9th Governor of
Nevada (d. 1906) ·
1849 – Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist,
founded the United Lodge
of Theosophists (d. 1919)[27] ·
1850 – John Wellborn Root,
American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (d.
1891) ·
1854 – Ramón Corral, Mexican general and
politician, 6th Vice President
of Mexico (d. 1912) ·
1858 – Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and
photographer (d. 1929)[28] ·
1859 – Francesc Ferrer
i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (d. 1909)[29] ·
1860 – Charles G. D.
Roberts, Canadian poet and author (d. 1943) ·
1864 – Grand
Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1931)[30] ·
1873 – Algernon Maudslay,
English sailor (d. 1948) ·
1873 – Jack O'Neill,
Irish-American baseball player (d. 1935) ·
1873 – George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler
(d. 1958) ·
1875 – Issai Schur, German mathematician and
academic (d. 1941) ·
1877 – Frederick
Gardner Cottrell, American physical chemist, inventor and
philanthropist (d. 1948) ·
1878 – John McLean,
American hurdler, football player, and coach (d. 1955) ·
1880 – Manuel Azaña, Spanish jurist and politician,
7th President of Spain (d.
1940) ·
1883 – Francis X. Bushman,
American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1966)[31] ·
1883 – Aleksey
Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian journalist, author, and poet (d.
1945)[32] ·
1887 – Robinson Jeffers, American poet and
philosopher (d. 1962) ·
1890 – Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (d. 1984) ·
1891 – Heinrich Behmann, German mathematician and
academic (d. 1970) ·
1891 – Ann Shoemaker, American actress (d. 1978) ·
1892 – Dumas Malone, American historian and author
(d. 1986) ·
1892 – Melchior
Wańkowicz, Polish soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1974) ·
1893 – Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1932) ·
1894 – Pingali
Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author (d. 1972) ·
1895 – Percy Cerutty, Australian athletics coach
(d. 1975) ·
1896 – Yong Mun Sen, Malaysian watercolour painter
(d. 1962)[33] ·
1898 – Katharine Burr
Blodgett, American physicist and engineer (d. 1979) ·
1900 – Violette Cordery, English racing driver (d.
1983) ·
1902 – Dobriša Cesarić,
Croatian poet and translator (d. 1980) ·
1903 – Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975) ·
1903 – Pud Thurlow, Australian cricketer (d. 1975) ·
1903 – Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997)[34] ·
1904 – Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (d.
1987)[35] ·
1905 – Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer,
actor, and playwright (d. 1993) ·
1907 – Gordon Kidd Teal, American engineer and
inventor (d. 2003)[36] ·
1908 – Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and
director (d. 1992)[37] ·
1910 – Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer
(d. 1976) ·
1911 – Binod Bihari
Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (d. 2013) ·
1911 – Norman Heatley, English biologist and
chemist (d. 2004)[38] ·
1912 – Maria Mandl, Austrian SS guard
(d. 1948) ·
1913 – Franco Bordoni, Italian racing driver and
pilot (d. 1975) ·
1913 – Gustáv Husák,
Slovak politician, 9th President of
Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)[39] ·
1913 – Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and
politician, 22nd Prime
Minister of Albania (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-Swiss conductor (d.
1976) ·
1915 – Cynthia Freeman, American author (d. 1988) ·
1916 – Sune Bergström,
Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel
Prize laureate (d. 2004)[40] ·
1916 – Eldzier Cortor, American painter (d. 2015) ·
1916 – Don Metz,
Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007) ·
1917 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and
producer (d. 2008) ·
1918 – Les Bennett, English footballer and manager
(d. 1999)[41] ·
1918 – Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and
politician, 1st President of Guyana (d.
2008) ·
1918 – Harry Merkel, German racing driver (d. 1995) ·
1919 – Terukuni Manzō,
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (d. 1977) ·
1919 – Milton Parker, American businessman,
co-founded the Carnegie Deli (d.
2009) ·
1920 – Rosella Hightower,
American ballerina (d. 2008)[42] ·
1920 – Roberto M.
Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of
Argentina (d. 2015) ·
1921 – Rodger Ward, American aviator, race car
driver and sportscaster (d. 2004)[43] ·
1922 – Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer
(d. 2001) ·
1924 – Earl Bakken, American inventor (d. 2018)[44] ·
1924 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff,
Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 1996) ·
1925 – Billie Sol Estes, American financier and
businessman (d. 2013) ·
1926 – Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and
politician (d. 2017) ·
1927 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer
and actress (d. 2003) ·
1927 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and
pianist (d. 1990)[45] ·
1927 – Otto Stich, Swiss lawyer and politician,
140th President
of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012) ·
1928 – Philip Levine,
American poet and academic (d. 2015) ·
1928 – Peter Mathias, English historian and
academic (d. 2016) ·
1929 – Tony Soper, English ornithologist and author ·
1930 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)[46] ·
1931 – Peter Barnes,
English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004) ·
1931 – Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids,
Grenadian-English academic and politician ·
1931 – Nik Abdul Aziz Nik
Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri
Besar of Kelantan (d. 2015) ·
1931 – John Zizioulas, Greek metropolitan ·
1932 – Lou Henson, American college basketball coach
(d. 2020)[47] ·
1934 – Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician,
1st President of Ukraine ·
1935 – Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly
singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1935 – Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer and
educator ·
1936 – Stephen E. Ambrose,
American historian and author (d. 2002) ·
1936 – Walter Bodmer, German-English geneticist and
academic ·
1936 – Robert Woodrow Wilson,
American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate ·
1937 – Daniel Walker Howe,
American historian and academic ·
1937 – Thomas Penfield
Jackson, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013) ·
1938 – Elza Ibrahimova, Azerbaijani composer ·
1938 – Donald Knuth, American computer scientist
and mathematician ·
1938 – Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player
and politician ·
1938 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player (d.
2018) ·
1939 – Jared Carter, American poet and author ·
1939 – David Horowitz, American activist and author ·
1939 – William Levy,
American-Dutch journalist, author, and poet ·
1939 – Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist (d. 2012) ·
1939 – Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)[48] ·
1940 – K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer and music
director[49] ·
1940 – Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and
academic (d. 2013) ·
1941 – Tom Clarke,
Scottish politician, Shadow
Secretary of State for Scotland ·
1942 – Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer and
coach ·
1943 – Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (d.
1973) ·
1944 – Jeffrey Catherine
Jones, American comics and fantasy artist (d. 2011)[50] ·
1944 – Frank Sinatra, Jr.,
American singer and actor (d. 2016) ·
1945 – John Fahey,
New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New
South Wales (d. 2020) ·
1945 – Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter[51] ·
1945 – Gunther von Hagens,
German anatomist, invented plastination ·
1947 – George Alec Effinger,
American author (d. 2002)[52] ·
1947 – James Morris,
American opera singer ·
1947 – Peer Steinbrück,
German politician, German
Minister of Finance ·
1947 – Tiit Vähi, Estonian engineer and politician,
11th Prime Minister
of Estonia[53] ·
1948 – Donald Fagen, American singer-songwriter and
musician[54] ·
1948 – Bernard Thévenet,
French cyclist and sportscaster ·
1949 – Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and
politician, Turkish
Minister of Economy ·
1949 – George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and
businessman[55] ·
1949 – Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and
activist (d. 2002) ·
1952 – Scott Thurston, American guitarist and
songwriter ·
1953 – Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter[56] ·
1953 – Bobby Rahal, American race car driver[57] ·
1955 – Michael Schenker, German guitarist,
songwriter, and producer ·
1956 – Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1956 – Antonio Muñoz Molina,
Spanish author ·
1958 – Eddie Cheever, American race car driver ·
1958 – Anatoly Pisarenko,
Ukrainian weightlifter and trainer ·
1959 – Chandra
Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach[58] ·
1959 – Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and
politician ·
1959 – Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer ·
1960 – Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director,
producer, and screenwriter ·
1960 – Brian Cowen, Irish lawyer and politician,
12th Taoiseach of Ireland ·
1960 – John Mann,
English lawyer and politician ·
1960 – Benoît Pelletier,
Canadian lawyer and politician ·
1961 – Janet Jones, American actress ·
1961 – Nadja
Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and
educator ·
1962 – Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and
politician ·
1962 – Kathryn S. McKinley,
American computer scientist and academic ·
1963 – Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand-Australian
footballer ·
1963 – Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (d.
2001) ·
1964 – Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1967 – Maciej
Śliwowski, Polish footballer ·
1969 – Simone Bagel-Trah,
German businessperson ·
1970 – Buff Bagwell, American wrestler and actor ·
1970 – Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and
politician, Serbian
Minister of Youth and Sports ·
1972 – Mohammed Benzakour,
Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author ·
1973 – Glenn Robinson, American basketball player ·
1973 – Félix Trinidad,
Puerto Rican-American boxer ·
1974 – Jemaine Clement, New Zealand comedian,
actor, and musician ·
1974 – Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer and
manager ·
1974 – Steve Marlet, French footballer, forward and
coach[59] ·
1974 – Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer and manager ·
1974 – Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor[60] ·
1975 – Jake Delhomme, American football player ·
1976 – Adam Kennedy, American baseball player ·
1976 – Ian Poulter, English golfer ·
1978 – Johan van der Wath,
South African cricketer ·
1979 – Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer ·
1980 – Sarah Shahi, American actress ·
1980 – DeShaun Foster, American football player ·
1981 – Jared Kushner, American real estate investor
and political figure ·
1982 – Julien Brellier, French footballer ·
1982 – Tomasz Brzyski, Polish footballer ·
1984 – Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer ·
1984 – Trent Cutler, Australian rugby league player ·
1984 – Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper ·
1984 – Kalki Koechlin, Indian actress ·
1986 – Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player ·
1986 – Hideaki Ikematsu, Japanese footballer ·
1986 – Kenneth Vermeer, Dutch footballer ·
1987 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer ·
1988 – Leonard Patrick
Komon, Kenyan runner[61] ·
1988 – Vladimir Zharkov, Russian ice hockey player ·
1989 – Emily Meade, American actress ·
1990 – John Carlson,
American ice hockey player ·
1990 – Ishiura Masakatsu,
Japanese sumo wrestler ·
1990 – Cody Walker, Australian rugby league player[62] ·
1991 – Chad Townsend, Australian rugby league
player ·
1996 – Matthew Dufty, Australian rugby league player[63] ·
1996 – Dylan Edwards, Australian rugby league player[64] ·
1997 – Patrick Herbert, New Zealand rugby league
player[65] ·
1997 – Blake Lawrie, Australian rugby league player[66] Deaths
·
259 – Polyeuctus, Roman saint ·
314 – Miltiades, pope of the Catholic Church ·
681 – Agatho, pope of the Catholic Church ·
976 – John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (b. 925) ·
987 – Pietro I Orseolo, doge of Venice (b. 928) ·
1055 – Bretislav I, duke of Bohemia[67] ·
1094 – Al-Mustansir Billah,
Egyptian caliph (b. 1029) ·
1218 – Hugh I, king of Cyprus ·
1276 – Gregory X, pope of the Catholic Church (b.
1210) ·
1322 – Petrus Aureolus, scholastic philosopher ·
1358 – Abu Inan Faris, Marinid ruler of Morocco (b. 1329) ·
1552 – Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and
controversialist (b. 1479) ·
1645 – William Laud, English archbishop and academic
(b. 1573) ·
1654 – Nicholas Culpeper,
English botanist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616) ·
1698 – Louis-Sébastien
Le Nain de Tillemont, French priest and historian (b. 1637) ·
1754 – Edward Cave, English publisher,
founded The Gentleman's
Magazine (b. 1691) ·
1761 – Edward Boscawen, English admiral and
politician (b. 1711) ·
1778 – Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and
physician (b. 1707) ·
1794 – Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and
journalist (b. 1754) ·
1811 – Joseph Chénier,
French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764) ·
1824 – Victor
Emmanuel I, duke of Savoy and king of Sardinia (b. 1759) ·
1828 – François de
Neufchâteau, French poet, academic, and politician, French
Minister of the Interior (b. 1750) ·
1829 – Gregorio Funes, Argentinian clergyman,
historian, and educator (b. 1749) ·
1833 – Adrien-Marie
Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1752) ·
1843 – Dimitrie Macedonski,
Greek-Romanian captain and politician (b. 1780) ·
1851 – Karl Freiherr
von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775) ·
1855 – Mary Russell Mitford,
English author and playwright (b. 1787) ·
1862 – Samuel Colt, American engineer and
businessman, founded Colt's
Manufacturing Company (b. 1814) ·
1863 – Lyman Beecher, American minister and
activist, co-founded the American
Temperance Society (b. 1775) ·
1895 – Eli Whitney Blake,
Jr., American chemist, physicist, and academic (b. 1836) ·
1895 – Benjamin Godard, French violinist and
composer (b. 1849) ·
1901 – James Robert Dickson,
English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Australian
Minister for Defence (b. 1832) ·
1904 – Jean-Léon Gérôme,
French painter and sculptor (b. 1824) ·
1905 – Kārlis Baumanis,
Latvian composer (b. 1835) ·
1917 – Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter
(b. 1846) ·
1917 – Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer and captain
(b. 1875) ·
1920 – Sali Nivica, Albanian journalist and
politician (b. 1890) ·
1922 – Frank Tudor, Australian politician,
6th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment (b.
1866) ·
1926 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (b.
1878)[68] ·
1935 – Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and
runner (b. 1873) ·
1935 – Charlie McGahey, English cricketer and
footballer (b. 1871) ·
1941 – Frank Bridge, English viola player and
composer (b. 1879) ·
1941 – John Lavery, Irish painter and academic (b.
1856) ·
1941 – Issai Schur, Belarusian-German mathematician
and academic (b. 1875) ·
1949 – Erich von Drygalski,
German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865) ·
1951 – Sinclair Lewis, American novelist,
short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1885) ·
1951 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and
academic (b. 1890) ·
1954 – Chester Wilmot, American journalist and
historian (b. 1911) ·
1956 – Zonia Baber, American geographer and
geologist (b. 1862)[69] ·
1957 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1889) ·
1957 – Laura Ingalls Wilder,
American novelist (b. 1867)[70] ·
1959 – Şükrü Kaya,
Turkish jurist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883) ·
1960 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player,
coach, and manager (b. 1879) ·
1961 – Dashiell Hammett, American detective
novelist and screenwriter (b. 1894) ·
1967 – Charles E.
Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893) ·
1968 – Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish general and
politician, 6th Speaker
of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1882) ·
1969 – Sampurnanand, Indian educator 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 lawyer and politician
(b. 1897) ·
1976 – Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (b. 1910) ·
1978 – Pedro
Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and author (b.
1924) ·
1978 – Don Gillis,
American composer and conductor (b. 1912) ·
1978 – Hannah Gluckstein, British painter (b. 1895) ·
1981 – Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and
author (b. 1915) ·
1984 – Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician,
8th Prime Minister of
Laos (b. 1901) ·
1986 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and
poet, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1901) ·
1987 – Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919) ·
1987 – David
Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904) ·
1989 – Herbert
Morrison, American journalist and producer (b. 1905) ·
1990 – Tochinishiki
Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (b. 1925) ·
1992 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian racing driver
(b. 1919) ·
1995 – Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-English journalist,
author, and screenwriter (b. 1937)[71] ·
1997 – Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist
and author (b. 1907) ·
1997 – Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director,
and producer (b. 1907)[72] ·
1997 – Alexander
R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1907) ·
1999 – Edward
Williams, Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (b. 1921) ·
2000 – Sam Jaffe,
American screenwriter and producer (b. 1901) ·
2004 – Spalding Gray, American actor and
screenwriter (b. 1941) ·
2005 – Wasyly, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1909) ·
2005 – Jack Horner,
American journalist (b. 1912) ·
2005 – Princess
Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1927) ·
2007 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912) ·
2007 – Bradford Washburn,
American explorer, photographer, and cartographer (b. 1910) ·
2008 – Christopher Bowman,
American figure skater and actor (b. 1967) ·
2008 – Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress,
producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) ·
2010 – Patcha Ramachandra
Rao, Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (b. 1942) ·
2011 – Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924) ·
2012 – Jean Pigott, Canadian businesswoman and
politician (b. 1924) ·
2012 – Gevork Vartanian, Russian intelligence agent
(b. 1924) ·
2013 – George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer
(b. 1932) ·
2013 – Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded
the Montreux Jazz
Festival (b. 1936) ·
2014 – Sam Berns, American activist (b. 1996) ·
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 – Larry Speakes, American journalist,
16th White House
Press Secretary (b. 1939) ·
2015 – Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (b. 1994) ·
2015 – Taylor Negron, American actor, playwright,
and painter (b. 1957) ·
2015 – Francesco Rosi, Italian director and
screenwriter (b. 1922) ·
2015 – Robert Stone,
American novelist and short story writer (b. 1937) ·
2016 – Wim Bleijenberg, Dutch footballer and
manager (b. 1930) ·
2016 – David Bowie, English singer-songwriter,
producer, and actor (b. 1947) ·
2016 – George Jonas, Hungarian-Canadian journalist,
author, and poet (b. 1935) ·
2017 – Buddy Greco, American jazz and pop singer
and pianist (b. 1926) ·
2017 – Clare Hollingworth,
English journalist (b. 1911) ·
2020 – Qaboos bin Said, Ruler Of Oman (b. 1940)[73] Holidays and observances
·
Christian feast day: o Behnam,
Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Armenian
Apostolic Church)[74] o Obadiah (Coptic
Church) o Pope Agatho (Roman Catholic) o William Laud (Anglican Communion) o January
10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Fête du Vodoun (Benin) ·
Margaret Thatcher
Day (Falkland Islands) |
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