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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2021
January 11 is the 11th day of the year in
the Gregorian calendar.
354 days remain until the end of the year (355 in leap years). Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit]
·
532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters
of different chariot teams—the
Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates
into violence. ·
630 – Conquest of Mecca:
The prophet Muhammad and his
followers conquer the city, Quraysh surrender.[1] ·
947 – Emperor Tai Zong of
the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty invades the Later Jin,
resulting in the destruction of the Later Jin. ·
1055 – Theodora is
crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire. ·
1158 – Vladislaus
II, Duke of Bohemia becomes King of Bohemia. ·
1569 – First
recorded lottery in England. ·
1571 – Austrian nobility
is granted freedom of religion. ·
1654 – Arauco War: A Spanish army is defeated by
local Mapuche-Huilliches as
it tries to cross Bueno River in Southern Chile.[2] ·
1693 – A powerful
earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta. ·
1759 – The first
American life insurance company,
the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and
of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers
(now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] ·
1779 – Ching-Thang Khomba is
crowned King of Manipur. ·
1787 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. ·
1805 – The Michigan Territory is
created.[4] ·
1861 – American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States. ·
1863 – American Civil
War: Battle of
Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and
Admiral David Dixon Porter capture
the Arkansas River for
the Union. ·
1863 – American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and
sinks the USS Hatteras off
Galveston Lighthouse in Texas. ·
1879 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins. ·
1908 – Grand Canyon
National Monument is created. ·
1912 – Immigrant
textile workers in Lawrence,
Massachusetts, go on strike when
wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.[5] ·
1917 – The Kingsland munitions
factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage. ·
1922 – First use
of insulin to treat diabetes in
a human patient. ·
1923 – Occupation of the
Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area
to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments. ·
1927 – Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM),
announces the creation of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.[6] ·
1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person
to fly solo from Hawaii to California. ·
1942 – World War
II: Japanese forces capture Kuala
Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States. ·
1942 – World War II: Japanese forces
attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of
Tarakan) ·
1943 – The Republic of
China agrees to the Sino-British
New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American
New Equal Treaty. ·
1943 – Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City. ·
1946 – Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist
Party of Albania, declares the People's
Republic of Albania with himself as head of state. ·
1949 – The first
"networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the
air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming. ·
1957 – The African Convention is
founded in Dakar, Senegal. ·
1961 – Throgs Neck Bridge over
the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic. ·
1962 – Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny,
the Soviet submarine
B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo
compartment. ·
1962 – An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes
around 4,000 deaths.[7] ·
1964 – Surgeon
General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark
report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to
the Surgeon General of the United States saying that
smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide
anti-smoking efforts. ·
1972 – East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh. ·
1973 – Major League
Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position. ·
1986 – The Gateway Bridge,
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened. ·
1994 – The Irish Government
announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and
its political arm Sinn Féin. ·
1996 – Space Shuttle
program: STS-72 launches from
the Kennedy Space Center marking
the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th
flight of Endeavour. ·
1998 – Over 100 people
are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.[8] ·
2003 – Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death
sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal. ·
2013 – One French
soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed
attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia. Births[edit]
·
347 – Theodosius I, Roman emperor (d. 395) ·
889 – Abd-ar-Rahman III,
first Caliph of Córdoba (d.
961) ·
1113 – Wang Chongyang, Chinese religious leader and
poet (d. 1170) ·
1209 – Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (d. 1259) ·
1322 – Emperor
Kōmyō of Japan (d. 1380) ·
1359 – Emperor
Go-En'yū of Japan (d. 1393) ·
1395 – Michele of Valois,
daughter of Charles VI of France (d. 1422) ·
1503 – Parmigianino, Italian artist (d. 1540) ·
1589 – William
Strode, English politician (d. 1666) ·
1591 – Robert
Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord
Lieutenant of Staffordshire (d. 1646) ·
1624 – Bastiaan
Govertsz van der Leeuw, Dutch painter (d. 1680) ·
1630 – John Rogers,
English-American minister, physician, and academic (d. 1684) ·
1638 – Nicolas Steno, Danish bishop and anatomist
(d. 1686) ·
1642 – Johann Friedrich
Alberti, German organist and composer (d. 1710) ·
1650 – Diana Glauber, Dutch-German painter (d.
1721) ·
1671 – François-Marie,
1st duc de Broglie, French general and diplomat (d. 1745) ·
1755 – Alexander Hamilton,
Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st United
States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804) ·
1757 – Samuel Bentham, English engineer and
architect (d. 1831) ·
1760 – Oliver Wolcott Jr.,
American lawyer and politician, 2nd United
States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of
Connecticut (d. 1833) ·
1777 – Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel
leader (d. 1837) ·
1786 – Joseph Jackson
Lister, English physicist (d. 1869) ·
1788 – William Thomas
Brande, English chemist and academic (d. 1866) ·
1800 – Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and
engineer (d. 1895) ·
1807 – Ezra Cornell, American businessman and
philanthropist, founded Western Union and Cornell University (d.
1874) ·
1814 – James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist
(d. 1899) ·
1815 – John A. Macdonald,
Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister
of Canada (d. 1891) ·
1825 – Bayard Taylor, American poet, author, and
critic (d. 1878) ·
1839 – Eugenio María de
Hostos, Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist (d.
1903) ·
1842 – William James, American psychologist and
philosopher (d. 1910) ·
1843 – Adolf Eberle, German painter (d. 1914) ·
1845 – Albert Victor
Bäcklund, Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1912) ·
1850 – Joseph Charles
Arthur, American pathologist and mycologist (d. 1942) ·
1852 – Constantin
Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor
of Weimar Germany (d. 1926) ·
1853 – Georgios Jakobides,
Greek painter and sculptor (d. 1932) ·
1856 – Christian Sinding,
Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1941) ·
1857 – Fred Archer,
English jockey (d. 1886) ·
1858 – Harry Gordon
Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (d. 1947) ·
1859 – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston,
English politician, 35th Governor-General
of India (d. 1925) ·
1864 – Thomas Dixon, Jr.,
American minister, lawyer, and politician (d. 1946) ·
1867 – Edward B. Titchener,
English psychologist and academic (d. 1927) ·
1868 – Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic,
and politician (d. 1940) ·
1870 – Alexander
Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator (d. 1945) ·
1872 – G. W. Pierce, American physicist and
academic (d. 1956) ·
1873 – John Callan
O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist (d. 1949) ·
1875 – Reinhold Glière,
Russian composer and academic (d. 1956) ·
1876 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d.
1971) ·
1876 – Thomas Hicks,
American runner (d. 1952) ·
1878 – Theodoros
Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President
of Greece (d. 1952) ·
1885 – Alice Paul, American activist and suffragist
(d. 1977) ·
1887 – Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author
(d. 1948) ·
1888 – Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and
politician (d. 1954) ·
1889 – Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and
academic (d. 1938) ·
1890 – Max Carey, American baseball player and
manager (d. 1976) ·
1890 – Oswald de Andrade,
Brazilian poet and critic (d. 1954) ·
1891 – Andrew Sockalexis,
American runner (d. 1919) ·
1893 – Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (d. 1969) ·
1893 – Charles
Fraser, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1981) ·
1893 – Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and
author (d. 1942) ·
1895 – Laurens Hammond, American engineer and
businessman, founded the Hammond Clock
Company (d. 1973) ·
1897 – Bernard DeVoto, American historian and
author (d. 1955) ·
1897 – August Heissmeyer,
German SS officer (d. 1979) ·
1899 – Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress,
director, and producer (d. 1991) ·
1901 – Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988) ·
1902 – Maurice Duruflé,
French organist and composer (d. 1986) ·
1903 – Alan Paton, South African author and
activist (d. 1988) ·
1905 – Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and
theorist (d. 1960) ·
1906 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic,
discoverer of LSD (d. 2008) ·
1907 – Pierre Mendès France,
French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime
Minister of France (d. 1982) ·
1907 – Abraham Joshua
Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d.
1972) ·
1908 – Lionel Stander, American actor and activist
(d. 1994) ·
1910 – Arthur Lambourn, New Zealand rugby player
(d. 1999) ·
1910 – Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and
politician (d. 1966) ·
1911 – Tommy Duncan, American singer-songwriter (d.
1967) ·
1911 – Nora Heysen, Australian painter (d. 2003) ·
1911 – Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician,
70th Prime Minister of
Japan (d. 2004) ·
1912 – Don
"Red" Barry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
(d. 1980) ·
1913 – Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980) ·
1915 – Luise Krüger, German javelin thrower (d.
2001) ·
1915 – Paddy Mayne, British colonel and lawyer (d.
1955) ·
1916 – Bernard Blier, Argentinian-French actor (d.
1989) ·
1917 – John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and
politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (d.
1982) ·
1918 – Robert C.
O'Brien, American author and journalist (d. 1973) ·
1918 – Spencer Walklate, Australian rugby league
player and soldier (d. 1945)[9] ·
1920 – Mick McManus,
English wrestler (d. 2013) ·
1921 – Gory Guerrero, American wrestler and trainer
(d. 1990) ·
1921 – Juanita M. Kreps, American economist and
politician, 24th United
States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010) ·
1923 – Jerome Bixby, American author and
screenwriter (d. 1998) ·
1923 – Ernst Nolte, German historian and
philosopher (d. 2016) ·
1923 – Carroll Shelby, American race car driver,
engineer, and businessman, founded Carroll
Shelby International (d. 2012)[10] ·
1924 – Roger Guillemin, French-American physician
and endocrinologist, Nobel
Prize laureate ·
1924 – Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge,
and politician (d. 1994) ·
1924 – Slim Harpo, American blues singer-songwriter
and musician (d. 1970) ·
1925 – Grant Tinker, American television producer,
co-founded MTM Enterprises (d.
2016) ·
1926 – Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and
astronaut (d. 1998) ·
1928 – David L. Wolper, American director and
producer (d. 2010) ·
1929 – Dmitri Bruns, Estonian architect and
theorist (d. 2020) ·
1930 – Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and
politician, 10th Deputy
Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014) ·
1930 – Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and
screenwriter (d. 2015) ·
1931 – Betty Churcher, Australian painter,
historian, and curator (d. 2015) ·
1931 – Mary Rodgers, American composer and author
(d. 2014) ·
1932 – Alfonso Arau, Mexican actor and director ·
1933 – Goldie Hill, American country
singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005) ·
1934 – Jean Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and
politician, 20th Prime Minister
of Canada ·
1936 – Eva Hesse, German-American sculptor and
educator (d. 1970) ·
1938 – Arthur Scargill, English miner, activist,
and politician[11] ·
1939 – Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier ·
1940 – Andres Tarand, Estonian geographer and
politician, 10th Prime Minister
of Estonia ·
1941 – Gérson, Brazilian footballer ·
1942 – Bud Acton, American basketball player ·
1942 – Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and
actor (d. 2011) ·
1944 – Mohammed Abdul-Hayy,
Sudanese poet and academic (d. 1989) ·
1944 – Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief
Minister of Jharkhand ·
1945 – Christine Kaufmann,
German actress, author, and businesswoman (d. 2017) ·
1946 – Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and
actress ·
1946 – Tony Kaye,
English progressive rock keyboard player and songwriter (Yes) ·
1946 – John Piper,
American theologian and author ·
1947 – Hamish
Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player ·
1948 – Fritz Bohla, German footballer and manager ·
1948 – Joe Harper,
Scottish footballer and manager ·
1948 – Madeline Manning, American runner and coach ·
1948 – Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the
54th Yokozuna ·
1948 – Terry Williams,
Welsh drummer ·
1949 – Daryl Braithwaite,
Australian singer-songwriter ·
1949 – Mohammad Reza Rahimi,
Iranian lawyer and politician, 2nd Vice President of
Iran ·
1951 – Charlie Huhn, American rock singer and guitarist ·
1951 – Willie Maddren, English footballer and
manager (d. 2000) ·
1951 – Philip Tartaglia, Scottish archbishop ·
1952 – Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright
(d. 2013) ·
1952 – Ben Crenshaw, American golfer and architect ·
1952 – Michael Forshaw, Australian lawyer and
politician ·
1952 – Diana Gabaldon, American author ·
1952 – Lee Ritenour, American guitarist, composer,
and producer ·
1953 – Graham Allen,
English politician, Vice-Chamberlain
of the Household ·
1953 – Kostas Skandalidis,
Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Food ·
1954 – Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian physicist and
politician, 26th Estonian
Minister of Defence ·
1954 – Kailash Satyarthi,
Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate ·
1956 – Big Bank Hank, American rapper (d. 2014) ·
1956 – David Grant,
Australian rugby league player (d. 1994)[12] ·
1957 – Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player
and coach (d. 2015) ·
1957 – Peter
Moore, Australian rules footballer and coach ·
1957 – Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager ·
1958 – Vicki Peterson, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist ·
1959 – Brett Bodine, American NASCAR driver[13] ·
1959 – Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach ·
1961 – Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish racing driver (d.
1989) ·
1962 – Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of
State for Europe ·
1962 – Susan Lindauer, American journalist and
activist ·
1962 – Brian Moore,
English rugby player ·
1963 – Tracy Caulkins, American-Australian swimmer ·
1963 – Petra Schneider, German swimmer ·
1964 – Ralph Recto, Filipino lawyer and politician ·
1964 – Albert Dupontel, French actor and director ·
1965 – Mascarita Sagrada,
Mexican wrestler ·
1965 – Aleksey Zhukov, Russian footballer and coach ·
1966 – Marc Acito, American author and screenwriter ·
1967 – Michael Healy-Rae,
Irish politician ·
1968 – Anders Borg, Swedish economist and
politician, Swedish
Minister for Finance ·
1968 – Tom Dumont, American guitarist and producer ·
1968 – Steve Mavin, Australian rugby league player[14] ·
1969 – Manny Acta, Dominican-American baseball
player, coach, manager, and sportscaster ·
1970 – Manfredi Beninati,
Italian painter and sculptor ·
1970 – Chris Jent, American basketball player and
coach ·
1970 – Malcolm D. Lee, American director, producer,
screenwriter, and actor ·
1970 – Ken Ueno, American composer ·
1971 – Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter,
producer, and actress ·
1971 – Jeff Orford, Australian rugby league player ·
1971 – Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter,
drummer, and actor ·
1972 – Christian Jacobs, American
singer-songwriter, producer, and actor ·
1972 – Anthony Lledo, Danish composer ·
1972 – Amanda Peet, American actress and playwright ·
1973 – Rockmond Dunbar, American actor ·
1973 – Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer and captain ·
1974 – Roman Görtz, German footballer ·
1974 – Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player ·
1974 – Jens Nowotny, German footballer ·
1975 – Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player ·
1975 – Dan Luger, English rugby player and coach ·
1975 – Matteo Renzi, Italian politician, 56th Prime Minister of
Italy ·
1976 – Efthimios Rentzias,
Greek basketball player ·
1977 – Shamari Buchanan, American football player ·
1977 – Anni
Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater ·
1977 – Shane Kelly,
Australian rugby league player[15] ·
1977 – Olexiy Lukashevych,
Ukrainian long jumper ·
1978 – Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player ·
1978 – Holly Brisley, Australian actress ·
1978 – Michael Duff,
Irish footballer ·
1978 – Emile Heskey, English footballer ·
1979 – Darren Lynn Bousman,
American director and screenwriter ·
1979 – Michael
Lorenz, German footballer ·
1979 – Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler ·
1980 – Josh Hannay, Australian rugby league player
and coach ·
1980 – Mike
Williams, American football player ·
1982 – Tony Allen,
American basketball player ·
1982 – Clint Greenshields,
Australian-French rugby league player[16] ·
1982 – Blake Heron, American actor (d. 2017) ·
1982 – Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress ·
1983 – Turner Battle, American basketball player ·
1983 – André Myhrer, Swedish skier ·
1983 – Ted Richards, Australian rules footballer ·
1983 – Adrian Sutil, German racing driver ·
1984 – Kevin Boss, American football player ·
1984 – Dario Krešić,
Croatian footballer ·
1984 – Matt Mullenweg, American web developer and
businessman, co-created WordPress ·
1984 – Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer ·
1984 – Glenn Stewart, Australian rugby league player[17] ·
1985 – Newton Faulkner, English singer-songwriter
and guitarist ·
1985 – Lucy Knisley, American author and
illustrator ·
1987 – Scotty Cranmer, American Professional BMX
rider ·
1987 – Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoer ·
1987 – Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer ·
1987 – Jamie Vardy, English footballer ·
1987 – Kim Young-kwang,
South Korean actor and model ·
1988 – Rodrigo José Pereira,
Brazilian footballer ·
1989 – Kane Linnett, Australian rugby league player ·
1990 – Ryan Griffin,
American football player ·
1991 – Andrea Bertolacci,
Italian footballer ·
1992 – Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer ·
1992 – Lee Seung-hoon,
South Korean rapper and dancer ·
1993 – Michael
Keane, English footballer ·
1993 – Will Keane, English footballer ·
1996 – Leroy Sané, German footballer ·
1997 – Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and actor ·
1998 – Thomas Mikaele, New Zealand rugby league
player[18] ·
1999 – Brandon Wakeham, Australian-Fijian rugby
league player[19] Deaths[edit]
·
140 – Pope Hyginus, Bishop of Rome (b. 74) ·
705 – Pope John VI (b. 655) ·
782 – Emperor Kōnin of Japan (b. 709) ·
812 – Staurakios, Byzantine emperor ·
844 – Michael I Rangabe,
Byzantine emperor (b. 770) ·
887 – Boso of Provence, Frankish nobleman ·
937 – Cao,
empress of Later Tang ·
937 – Li Chongmei, prince of Later Tang ·
937 – Li Congke, emperor of Later Tang (b. 885) ·
937 – Liu,
empress of Later Tang ·
1055 – Constantine IX
Monomachos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1000) ·
1068 – Egbert I,
Margrave of Meissen ·
1083 – Otto of Nordheim (b. 1020) ·
1266 – Swietopelk
II, Duke of Pomerania ·
1344 – Thomas Charlton,
Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of Ireland ·
1372 – Eleanor of Lancaster,
English noblewoman (b. 1318) ·
1396 – Isidore Glabas, Metropolitan bishop of Thessalonica (b.c. 1341) ·
1397 – Skirgaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania ·
1494 – Domenico Ghirlandaio,
Italian painter (b. 1449) ·
1495 – Pedro González
de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (b. 1428) ·
1546 – Gaudenzio Ferrari,
Italian painter and sculptor (b. c. 1471) ·
1547 – Pietro Bembo, Italian poet, scholar, and
theorist (b. 1470) ·
1554 – Min Bin, king of Arakan (b. 1493) ·
1641 – Juan
Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (b. 1583) ·
1696 – Charles Albanel, French priest, missionary,
and explorer (b. 1616) ·
1703 – Johann Georg
Graevius, German scholar and critic (b. 1632) ·
1713 – Pierre Jurieu, French priest and theologian
(b. 1637) ·
1735 – Danilo
I, Metropolitan of Cetinje (b. 1670) ·
1753 – Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and
academic (b. 1660) ·
1757 – Louis Bertrand
Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1688)[20] ·
1762 – Louis-François
Roubiliac, French-English sculptor (b. 1695) ·
1763 – Caspar Abel, German poet, historian, and
theologian (b. 1676) ·
1771 – Jean-Baptiste
de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (b.
1704) ·
1788 – François
Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722) ·
1791 – William
Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer and poet (b. 1717) ·
1798 – Heraclius II of
Georgia (b. 1720) ·
1801 – Domenico Cimarosa,
Italian composer and educator (b. 1749) ·
1824 – Thomas
Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b.
1736) ·
1836 – John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded
the Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763) ·
1843 – Francis Scott Key,
American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779) ·
1866 – Gustavus Vaughan
Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818) ·
1866 – John Woolley,
English minister and academic (b. 1816) ·
1867 – Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian
businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New
South Wales (b. 1812) ·
1882 – Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and
biologist (b. 1810) ·
1891 – Georges-Eugène
Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809) ·
1902 – Johnny Briggs,
English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862) ·
1904 – William
Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815) ·
1914 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and
philanthropist (b. 1842) ·
1920 – Steinar Schjøtt,
Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844) ·
1923 – Constantine I of
Greece (b. 1868) ·
1928 – Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (b.
1840) ·
1931 – James Milton Carroll,
American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852) ·
1937 – Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician
(b. 1882) ·
1941 – Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician,
philosopher, and chess player (b. 1868) ·
1944 – Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Italian
Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903) ·
1947 – Eva Tanguay, Canadian singer (b. 1879) ·
1952 – Jean de Lattre
de Tassigny, French general (b. 1889) ·
1952 – Aureliano Pertile,
Italian tenor and educator (b. 1885) ·
1953 – Noe Zhordania, Georgian journalist and
politician, Prime Minister
of Georgia (b. 1868) ·
1953 – Roberta Fulbright,
American businesswoman (b.1874)[21] ·
1954 – Oscar Straus,
Austrian composer (b. 1870) ·
1957 – Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and
politician, Solicitor-General
of Australia (b. 1867) ·
1958 – Alec Rowley, English organist and composer
(b. 1892) ·
1958 – Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895) ·
1961 – Elena Gerhardt, German soprano and actress
(b. 1883) ·
1963 – Arthur Nock, English-American scholar,
theologian, and academic (b. 1902) ·
1965 – Wally Pipp, American baseball player (b. 1893) ·
1966 – Alberto Giacometti,
Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901) ·
1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri,
Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of
India (b. 1904) ·
1968 – Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and
scholar (b. 1876) ·
1969 – Richmal Crompton, English author and
educator (b. 1890) ·
1972 – Padraic Colum, Irish poet and playwright (b.
1881) ·
1975 – Max Lorenz,
German tenor and actor (b. 1901) ·
1980 – Barbara Pym, English author (b. 1913) ·
1981 – Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1889) ·
1982 – Paul Lynde, American Actor and comedian (b.
1926) ·
1985 – Edward Buzzell, American actor, director,
and screenwriter (b. 1895) ·
1985 – William McKell, Australian lawyer and
politician, 12th Governor-General
of Australia (b. 1891) ·
1986 – Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter
(b. 1916) ·
1986 – Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948) ·
1987 – Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist,
composer, and conductor (b. 1911) ·
1988 – Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1912) ·
1988 – Isidor Isaac Rabi,
Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1898) ·
1989 – Ray Moore,
English radio host (b. 1942) ·
1990 – Carolyn Haywood, American author and
illustrator (b. 1898) ·
1991 – Carl David Anderson,
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1905) ·
1994 – Helmut Poppendick,
German physician (b. 1902) ·
1995 – Josef Gingold, Belarusian-American violinist
and educator (b. 1909) ·
1995 – Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (b.
1936) ·
1995 – Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (b. 1918) ·
1995 – Theodor Wisch, German general (b. 1907) ·
1996 – Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey
player, coach, and manager (b. 1942) ·
1999 – Fabrizio De André,
Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940) ·
1999 – Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author and poet
(b. 1897) ·
1999 – Brian Moore,
Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1921) ·
2000 – Ivan Combe, American businessman,
invented Clearasil (b.
1911) ·
2000 – Bob Lemon, American baseball player and
manager (b. 1920) ·
2001 – Denys Lasdun, English architect, co-designed
the Royal National
Theatre (b. 1914) ·
2002 – Henri Verneuil, French-Armenian director and
playwright (b. 1920) ·
2003 – Jože Pučnik, Slovenian sociologist and
politician (b. 1932) ·
2007 – Solveig Dommartin,
French-German actress (b. 1961) ·
2007 – Robert Anton Wilson,
American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932) ·
2008 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and
explorer (b. 1919) ·
2008 – Carl Karcher, American businessman,
co-founded Carl's Jr. (b.
1917) ·
2010 – Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (b.
1909) ·
2010 – Éric Rohmer, French director, screenwriter,
and critic (b. 1920) ·
2011 – David Nelson,
American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936) ·
2012 – Mostafa
Ahmadi-Roshan, Iranian physicist and academic (b. 1980) ·
2012 – Gilles Jacquier, French journalist and
photographer (b. 1968) ·
2012 – Edgar Kaiser, Jr, American-Canadian
businessman and philanthropist (b. 1942) ·
2012 – Wally Osterkorn, American basketball player
(b. 1928) ·
2012 – Steven Rawlings, English astrophysicist,
astronomer, and academic (b. 1961) ·
2012 – David Whitaker,
English composer and conductor (b. 1931) ·
2013 – Aaron Swartz, American programmer (b. 1986) ·
2013 – Guido Forti, Italian businessman, founded
the Forti Racing Team (b. 1940) ·
2013 – Nguyễn Khánh,
Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd President of
South Vietnam (b. 1927) ·
2013 – Mariangela Melato,
Italian actress (b. 1941) ·
2013 – Tom Parry Jones, Welsh chemist, invented
the breathalyzer (b.
1935) ·
2013 – Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (b. 1988) ·
2014 – Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (b. 1933) ·
2014 – Muhammad Habibur
Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime
Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1928) ·
2014 – Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and
politician (b. 1935) ·
2014 – Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and
politician, 11th Prime Minister
of Israel (b. 1928) ·
2015 – Jenő Buzánszky,
Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925) ·
2015 – Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and
actress (b. 1931) ·
2015 – Chashi Nazrul Islam,
Bangladeshi director and producer (b. 1941) ·
2015 – Vernon
Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic (b.
1918) ·
2016 – Monte Irvin, American baseball player (b.
1919) ·
2016 – David Margulies, American actor (b. 1937) ·
2017 – Adenan Satem, Malaysian politician and Chief Minister
of Sarawak, Malaysia (b. 1944) ·
2018 – Edgar Ray Killen, American murderer (b.1925) ·
2019 – Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese
mathematician (b.1929)[22] Holidays and observances[edit]
·
Christian feast day: o Anastasius of
Suppentonia (Roman Catholic) o Leucius of Brindisi (Roman Catholic) o Mary Slessor (Church of England) o Vitalis of Gaza (Roman Catholic) o January
11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Earliest day on which Triodion can fall, while February 14 is
the latest; celebrated 70 days before Easter. (Eastern Orthodox) ·
Eugenio María
de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico) ·
Independence
Resistance Day (Morocco) ·
Kagami biraki (Japan) ·
National
Human Trafficking Awareness Day (United States) ·
Carmentalia (January 11th and January 15th), (Rome) References
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