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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2021
January 15 is the 15th day of the year in
the Gregorian calendar.
350 days remain until the end of the year (351 in leap years). Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit]
·
69 – Otho seizes
power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome,[1] beginning a reign of only
three months. ·
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".[2] ·
1559 – Elizabeth I is
crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey,
London.[3] ·
1582 – Truce of
Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth.[4] ·
1759 – The British Museum opens to the public.[5] ·
1777 – American
Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.[6] ·
1782 – Superintendent
of Finance Robert Morris addresses
the U.S. Congress to
recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.[7] ·
1815 – War of 1812: American frigate USS President,
commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by
a squadron of four British frigates. ·
1818 – A paper
by David Brewster is
read to the Royal Society,
belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class
of doubly-refracting crystals.
On the same day, Augustin-Jean
Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days
later) on reflection of polarized light. ·
1822 – Greek War of
Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is
elected president of the legislative assembly. ·
1865 – American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the
Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.[8] ·
1867 – Forty people
die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.[9] ·
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. ·
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). ·
1911 – Palestinian
Arabic-language Falastin newspaper
founded.[10] ·
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 – Great Molasses Flood:
A wave of molasses released
from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and
injuring 150. ·
1934 – The 8.0 Mw Nepal–Bihar
earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli
intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated
6,000–10,700 people. ·
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 Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. ·
1947 – The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered
corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles. ·
1949 – Chinese Civil War:
The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist
Government. ·
1962 – The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving
manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece. ·
1962 – Netherlands New
Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI
Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy. ·
1966 – The First Nigerian
Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa is overthrown in a military coup
d'état. ·
1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat
the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10. ·
1969 – The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5. ·
1970 – Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an
unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria. ·
1970 – Muammar Gaddafi 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. ·
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 – Pope John Paul II receives
a delegation from Solidarity
(Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa. ·
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. ·
2001 – Wikipedia, a free wiki content
encyclopedia, goes online.[11] ·
2005 – ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers
elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron,
and other surface elements on the Moon. ·
2009 – US Airways Flight
1549 ditches safely in
the Hudson River after
the plane collides with birds less
than two minutes after take-off. ·
2013 – A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails
near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120
others.[12] ·
2015 – The Swiss National Bank abandons
the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in
international financial markets.[13] ·
2016 – The Kenyan Army suffers
its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic
insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers
are killed in the battle. ·
2019 – Somali militants attack the DusitD2
hotel in Nairobi, Kenya killing at least 21 people
and injuring 19.[14] ·
2019 – Theresa May's UK government suffers the biggest
government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPs voting against
the proposed European
Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230.[15] Births[edit]
·
961 – Seongjong of Goryeo,
Korean ruler (d. 997) ·
1432 – Afonso V of Portugal (d.
1481) ·
1462 – Edzard I,
Count of East Frisia, German noble (d. 1528) ·
1481 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi,
Japanese shōgun (d. 1511) ·
1538 – Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) ·
1595 – Henry
Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician (d. 1661) ·
1622 – Molière, French actor and playwright (d.
1673)[16] ·
1623 – Algernon Sidney, British philosopher (d.
1683) ·
1671 – Abraham de la Pryme,
English archaeologist and historian (d. 1704) ·
1674 – Prosper
Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (d. 1762) ·
1716 – Philip Livingston,
American merchant and politician (d. 1778) ·
1747 – John Aikin, English surgeon and author (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 author, poet, and playwright (d. 1872) ·
1795 – Alexander Griboyedov,
Russian playwright, composer, and poet (d. 1829) ·
1803 – Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author
(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) ·
1834 – Samuel Arza
Davenport, American lawyer and politician (d. 1911) ·
1841 – Frederick
Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician,
6th Governor
General of Canada (d. 1908) ·
1842 – Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and
psychiatrist (d. 1925) ·
1842 – Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint,
co-founded the Sisters
of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (d. 1909) ·
1850 – Leonard Darwin, English soldier, eugenicist,
and politician (d. 1943)[17] ·
1850 – Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author,
and poet (d. 1889)[18] ·
1850 – Sofia Kovalevskaya,
Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1891)[19] ·
1855 – Jacques Damala, Greek-French soldier and
actor (d. 1889) ·
1858 – Giovanni Segantini,
Italian painter (d. 1899) ·
1859 – Archibald Peake, English-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, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1931) ·
1869 – Ruby Laffoon, American lawyer and
politician, 43rd Governor of Kentucky (d.
1941) ·
1869 – Stanisław
Wyspiański, Polish poet, playwright, and painter (d. 1907) ·
1870 – Pierre S. du Pont,
American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1954) ·
1872 – Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and
translator (d. 1944) ·
1875 – Thomas Burke,
American sprinter, coach, and journalist (d. 1929) ·
1877 – Lewis Terman, American psychologist,
eugenicist, and academic (d. 1956) ·
1878 – Johanna
Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (d. 1941) ·
1879 – Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and
playwright (d. 1961) ·
1882 – Henry Burr, Canadian singer, radio
performer, and producer (d. 1941) ·
1885 – Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author
(d. 1973) ·
1885 – Grover Lowdermilk,
American baseball player (d. 1968) ·
1890 – Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (d. 1947) ·
1891 – Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d.
1920) ·
1891 – Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet and translator
(d. 1938) ·
1893 – Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and
actor (d. 1951)[20] ·
1895 – Artturi Ilmari
Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1973) ·
1896 – Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American
actress (d. 1982) ·
1902 – Nâzım Hikmet,
Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1963) ·
1902 – Saud of Saudi Arabia (d.
1969) ·
1903 – Paul A. Dever, American lieutenant and
politician, 58th Governor of
Massachusetts (d. 1958) ·
1907 – Janusz
Kusociński, Polish runner and soldier (d. 1940) ·
1908 – Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist
and academic (d. 2003) ·
1909 – Jean Bugatti, German-French engineer (d.
1939) ·
1909 – Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and
actor (d. 1973) ·
1912 – Michel Debré, French lawyer and
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 – K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and
comedian (d. 1994) ·
1918 – João Figueiredo,
Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (d.
1999) ·
1918 – Édouard Gagnon,
Canadian cardinal (d. 2007) ·
1918 – Gamal Abdel Nasser,
Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt (d.
1970) ·
1919 – Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and
politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (d.
2012) ·
1919 – George Cadle Price,
Belizean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belize (d. 2011) ·
1920 – Bob Davies, American basketball player and
coach (d. 1990)[21] ·
1920 – Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d.
2002) ·
1920 – John O'Connor,
American cardinal (d. 2000) ·
1921 – Babasaheb Bhosale,
Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief
Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2007) ·
1921 – Frank Thornton, English actor (d. 2013) ·
1922 – Sylvia Lawler, English geneticist (d. 1996) ·
1922 – Eric Willis, Australian sergeant and
politician, 34th Premier of New
South Wales (d. 1999) ·
1923 – Ivor Cutler, Scottish pianist, songwriter,
and poet (d. 2006) ·
1923 – Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese-Chinese economist
and politician, 4th President
of the Republic of China (d. 2020) ·
1924 – George Lowe,
New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 2013) ·
1925 – Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist and
composer ·
1925 – Ignacio López Tarso,
Mexican actor ·
1926 – Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (d.
2005) ·
1927 – Phyllis Coates, American actress ·
1928 – W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and
author (d. 2015) ·
1929 – Earl Hooker, American guitarist (d. 1970) ·
1929 – Martin Luther King
Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
(assassinated
in 1968) ·
1930 – Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter
(d. 1985) ·
1931 – Lee Bontecou, American painter and sculptor ·
1932 – Lou Jones,
American sprinter (d. 2006) ·
1933 – Frank Bough, English journalist and radio
host ·
1933 – Ernest J. Gaines, American author and
academic (d. 2019) ·
1933 – Peter Maitlis, English chemist and academic ·
1934 – V. S. Ramadevi, Indian civil servant and
politician, 13th Governor of
Karnataka (d. 2013) ·
1937 – Margaret O'Brien,
American actress and singer ·
1938 – Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and
mountaineer ·
1938 – Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler ·
1938 – Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and
cricketer ·
1939 – Per Ahlmark, Swedish journalist and
politician, 1st Deputy
Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 2018) ·
1939 – Tony Bullimore, British sailor ·
1941 – Captain Beefheart,
American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist (d. 2010) ·
1942 – Frank Joseph
Polozola, American academic and judge (d. 2013) ·
1943 – George Ambrum, Australian rugby league
player (d. 1986) ·
1943 – Margaret Beckett, English metallurgist and
politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ·
1943 – Stuart E. Eizenstat,
American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the European Union ·
1943 – Mike Marshall,
American baseball player ·
1944 – Jenny Nimmo, English author ·
1945 – Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director,
and politician (d. 2015) ·
1945 – Vince Foster, American lawyer and political
figure (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,
singer, and screenwriter ·
1948 – Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter
(d. 1977) ·
1949 – Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American
baseball player (d. 2001) ·
1949 – Alasdair Liddell, English businessman (d.
2012) ·
1949 – Ian Stewart,
Scottish runner ·
1949 – Howard Twitty, American golfer ·
1950 – Marius Trésor, French footballer and coach ·
1952 – Boris Blank,
Swiss singer-songwriter ·
1952 – Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer ·
1953 – Randy
White, American football player ·
1954 – Jose Dalisay, Jr.,
Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter ·
1955 – Nigel Benson, English author and illustrator ·
1955 – Andreas Gursky, German photographer ·
1955 – Khalid Islambouli,
Egyptian lieutenant (d. 1982) ·
1956 – Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian architect ·
1956 – Mayawati, Indian educator and politician,
23rd Chief
Minister of Uttar Pradesh ·
1956 – Marc Trestman, American football player and
coach ·
1957 – David Ige, American politician ·
1957 – Marty Lyons, American football player and
sportscaster ·
1957 – Andrew Tyrie, English journalist and
politician ·
1957 – Mario Van Peebles,
American actor and director ·
1958 – Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach
(d. 2016) ·
1958 – Boris Tadić, Serbian psychologist and
politician, 16th President of Serbia ·
1959 – Greg Dowling, Australian rugby league player ·
1959 – Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer and
photographer (d. 2008) ·
1959 – Pete Trewavas, English bass player and
songwriter ·
1961 – Serhiy N. Morozov,
Ukrainian footballer and coach ·
1961 – Yves Pelletier, Canadian actor and director ·
1963 – Conrad Lant, English singer-songwriter and
bass player ·
1963 – Bruce Schneier, American cryptographer and
author ·
1964 – Osmo Tapio Räihälä,
Finnish composer ·
1965 – Maurizio Fondriest,
Italian cyclist ·
1965 – Bernard Hopkins, American boxer and coach ·
1965 – James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor ·
1966 – Lisa Lisa,
American R&B singer ·
1967 – Ted Tryba, American golfer ·
1968 – Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and
producer ·
1969 – Delino DeShields, American baseball player
and manager ·
1970 – Shane McMahon, American wrestler and
businessman ·
1971 – Regina King, American actress ·
1972 – Shelia Burrell, American heptathlete ·
1972 – Christos Kostis, Greek footballer ·
1972 – Claudia Winkleman,
English journalist and critic ·
1973 – Essam El Hadary, Egyptian footballer ·
1973 – Suparno Satpathy, Indian socio-political
leader ·
1974 – Séverine Deneulin,
international development academic ·
1974 – Ray King,
American baseball player ·
1975 – Mary Pierce, Canadian-American tennis player
and coach ·
1976 – Doug Gottlieb, American basketball player
and sportscaster ·
1976 – Iryna Lishchynska,
Ukrainian runner ·
1976 – Scott Murray,
Scottish rugby player ·
1976 – Florentin Petre, Romanian footballer and
manager ·
1978 – Eddie Cahill, American actor ·
1978 – Franco Pellizotti,
Italian cyclist ·
1978 – Ryan Sidebottom, English cricketer ·
1979 – Drew Brees, American football player ·
1979 – Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer ·
1979 – Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer ·
1980 – Matt Holliday, American baseball player ·
1981 – El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese football player ·
1981 – Pitbull, American rapper and producer ·
1981 – Dylan Armstrong, Canadian shot putter and
hammer thrower ·
1981 – Vanessa Henke, German tennis player ·
1981 – Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby player ·
1982 – Benjamin Agosto, American skater ·
1982 – Armando Galarraga,
Venezuelan baseball player ·
1982 – Brett Lebda, American ice hockey player ·
1982 – Francis Zé, Cameroonian footballer ·
1983 – Jermaine Pennant, English footballer ·
1983 – Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer ·
1984 – Ben Shapiro, American author and commentator ·
1985 – René Adler, German footballer ·
1985 – Enrico Patrizio, Italian rugby player ·
1985 – Kenneth Emil
Petersen, Danish footballer ·
1986 – Fred Davis,
American football player ·
1987 – Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player ·
1987 – Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian runner ·
1987 – David
Knight, English footballer[22] ·
1987 – Kelleigh Ryan, Canadian fencer[23] ·
1987 – Michael Seater, Canadian actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter ·
1988 – Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer ·
1988 – Skrillex, American DJ and producer ·
1989 – Alexei Cherepanov,
Russian ice hockey player (d. 2008) ·
1990 – Fernando Forestieri,
Italian footballer ·
1990 – Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer ·
1991 – Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer ·
1991 – Nicolai Jørgensen,
Danish footballer ·
1991 – Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper ·
1991 – James
Mitchell, Australian basketball player ·
1992 – Joël Veltman, Dutch footballer ·
1994 – Eric Dier, English footballer ·
1998 – Alexandra Eade, Australian artistic gymnast[24] ·
2004 – Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter[25] Deaths[edit]
·
AD 69 – Galba, Roman emperor (b. 3 BC) ·
378 – Chak Tok Ich'aak I,
Mayan ruler ·
570 – Íte of Killeedy,
Irish nun and saint (b. 475) ·
849 – Theophylact,
Byzantine emperor (b. 793) ·
936 – Rudolph of France (b.
880) ·
950 – Wang
Jingchong, Chinese general ·
1149 – Berengaria of
Barcelona, queen consort of Castile (b. 1116) ·
1568 – Nicolaus Olahus, Romanian archbishop (b.
1493) ·
1569 – Catherine Carey, lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of
England (b. 1524) ·
1584 – Martha Leijonhufvud,
Swedish noblewoman (b. 1520) ·
1595 – Murad 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) ·
1790 – John Landen, English mathematician and
theorist (b. 1719) ·
1804 – Dru Drury, English entomologist and author
(b. 1725) ·
1813 – Anton Bernolák,
Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762) ·
1815 – Emma, Lady Hamilton,
English-French 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) ·
1866 – Massimo d'Azeglio,
Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798) ·
1876 – Eliza McCardle
Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First
Lady of the United States (b. 1810) ·
1885 – Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer
and conductor (b. 1832) ·
1893 – Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809) ·
1896 – Mathew Brady, American photographer and
journalist (b. 1822) ·
1905 – George Thorn, Australian politician,
6th Premier of
Queensland (b. 1838) ·
1909 – Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary
(b. 1837) ·
1916 – Modest Ilyich
Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (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) ·
1929 – George Cope,
American painter (b. 1855) ·
1936 – Henry
Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician,
7th Governor-General
of Australia (b. 1866) ·
1937 – Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician,
and educator (b. 1902) ·
1945 – Wilhelm Wirtinger,
Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865) ·
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 – Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (b.
1868) ·
1951 – Nikolai Vekšin,
Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887) ·
1952 – Ned Hanlon,
Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of
Queensland (b. 1887) ·
1955 – Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (b.
1900) ·
1959 – Regina Margareten,
Hungarian businesswoman (b. 1863) ·
1964 – Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter
and trombonist (b. 1905) ·
1967 – David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and
illustrator (b. 1882) ·
1968 – Bill Masterton, Canadian-American ice hockey
player (b. 1938) ·
1970 – Frank
Clement, English race car driver (b. 1886) ·
1970 – William T. Piper, American engineer and
businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (b. 1881) ·
1972 – Daisy Ashford, English author (b. 1881) ·
1973 – Coleman Francis, American actor, director,
and producer (b. 1919) ·
1973 – Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and
academic (b. 1901) ·
1974 – Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and
politician (b. 1897) ·
1981 – Graham Whitehead, English race car driver
(b. 1922) ·
1982 – Red Smith,
American journalist (b. 1905) ·
1983 – Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian
paleontologist and geologist (b. 1898) ·
1983 – Shepperd Strudwick,
American actor (b. 1907) ·
1984 – Fazıl Küçük,
Cypriot journalist and politician (b. 1906) ·
1987 – Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and
dancer (b. 1904) ·
1988 – Seán MacBride, Irish republican activist and
politician, Minister
for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1904) ·
1990 – Gordon Jackson,
Scottish-English actor (b. 1923) ·
1990 – Peggy van Praagh, English ballerina,
choreographer, and director (b. 1910) ·
1993 – Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913) ·
1994 – Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist
and composer (b. 1921) ·
1994 – Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter
(b. 1941) ·
1994 – Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and
astrologist (b. 1916) ·
1996 – Les Baxter, American pianist and composer
(b. 1922) ·
1996 – Moshoeshoe II of
Lesotho (b. 1938) ·
1998 – Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and
politician, Prime Minister of
India (b. 1898) ·
1998 – Junior Wells, American singer-songwriter and
harmonica player (b. 1934) ·
1999 – Betty Box, English composer and producer (b.
1915) ·
2000 – Georges-Henri
Lévesque, Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903) ·
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) ·
2003 – Doris Fisher,
American singer-songwriter (b. 1915) ·
2004 – Olivia Goldsmith, American author (b. 1949) ·
2005 – Victoria de los
Ángeles, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1923) ·
2005 – Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920) ·
2005 – Elizabeth Janeway,
American author and critic (b. 1913) ·
2005 – Ruth Warrick, American actress (b. 1916) ·
2006 – Jaber
Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1926) ·
2007 – Awad Hamed al-Bandar,
Iraqi lawyer and judge (b. 1945) ·
2007 – Barzan Ibrahim
al-Tikriti, Iraqi intelligence officer (b. 1951) ·
2007 – James Hillier, Canadian-American computer
scientist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (b.
1915) ·
2007 – Pura
Santillan-Castrence, Filipino educator and diplomat (b. 1905) ·
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 – Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982) ·
2009 – Lincoln Verduga Loor,
Ecuadorian journalist and politician (b. 1917) ·
2011 – Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and
manager (b. 1925) ·
2011 – Pierre Louis-Dreyfus,
French soldier, race car driver, and businessman (b. 1908) ·
2011 – Susannah York, English actress and activist
(b. 1939) ·
2012 – Ed Derwinski, American soldier and politician,
1st United
States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (b. 1926) ·
2012 – Manuel Fraga
Iribarne, Spanish lawyer and politician, 3rd President
of the Xunta of Galicia (b. 1922) ·
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 – Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and
screenwriter (b. 1932) ·
2013 – John Thomas,
American high jumper (b. 1941) ·
2014 – Curtis Bray, American football player and
coach (b. 1970) ·
2014 – John
Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author (b. 1915) ·
2014 – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (b. 1944) ·
2015 – Ervin Drake, American songwriter and
composer (b. 1919) ·
2015 – Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter,
producer, and manager (b. 1939) ·
2015 – Ray Nagel, American football player and
coach (b. 1927) ·
2016 – Francisco X. Alarcón,
American poet and educator (b. 1954) ·
2016 – Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach
(b. 1958) ·
2016 – Manuel Velázquez,
Spanish footballer (b. 1943) ·
2017 – Jimmy Snuka, Fijian professional wrestler
(b. 1943) ·
2018 – Dolores O'Riordan,
Irish pop singer (b. 1971)[26] ·
2019 – Carol Channing, American actress (b. 1921)[27] ·
2019 – Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef (b. 1936)[28] Holidays and observances[edit]
·
Christian feast day: o Abeluzius (Ethiopian
Orthodox Tewahedo Church) o Francis
Ferdinand de Capillas (one of Martyr Saints of
China) o Ita o Macarius of Egypt (Western Christianity) o Maurus and Placidus (Order of Saint
Benedict) o January
15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Earliest day on which Martin Luther
King Jr. Day can fall (the 15th being his birthday), while
January 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in January. (United
States) ·
Earliest day on which Sinulog Festival can fall, while
January 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Sunday in January. (Philippines) ·
Korean Alphabet Day (North Korea) ·
Sagichō at Tsurugaoka
Hachimangū. (Kamakura, Japan) ·
The second day of the sidereal winter solstice festivals in
India (see January 14): o Thai Pongal, Tamil harvest festival |
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