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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2021
January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in
the Gregorian calendar.
343 days remain until the end of the year (344 in leap years). Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit]
·
613 –
Eight-month-old Constantine is
crowned as co-emperor (Caesar) by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. ·
871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Ćthelred I are
defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing. ·
1506 – The first
contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives
at the Vatican. ·
1517 – The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and
captures present-day Egypt at the Battle of Ridaniya. ·
1555 – The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now Myanmar. ·
1689 – The Convention
Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII,
the last Roman Catholic monarch
of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and
Ireland when he fled to France in 1688. ·
1808 – The Portuguese royal family arrives
in Brazil after fleeing the French army's
invasion of Portugal two months earlier. ·
1824 – The Ashantis defeat British forces in
the Gold Coast. ·
1849 – Second Anglo-Sikh
War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months
when the last Sikh defenders
of Multan, Punjab, surrender. ·
1863 – The January Uprising breaks out in
Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is
to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian
Commonwealth from occupation by Russia. ·
1879 – The Battle of Isandlwana during
the Anglo-Zulu War results
in a British defeat. ·
1879 – The Battle of Rorke's
Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15 km
away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory. ·
1889 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in
Washington, D.C. ·
1890 – The United
Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio. ·
1901 – Edward VII is proclaimed King after the
death of his mother, Queen Victoria. ·
1905 – Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution. ·
1906 – SS Valencia runs aground on
rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130. ·
1915 – Over 600 people
are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico,
when a train plunges off
the tracks into a deep canyon. ·
1917 – World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral
United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. ·
1919 – Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian
People's Republic and the West
Ukrainian National Republic. ·
1924 – Ramsay MacDonald becomes the
first Labour Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom. ·
1927 – Teddy Wakelam gives the first live
radio commentary of a football match,
between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury. ·
1941 – World War II: British and Commonwealth troops
capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass. ·
1943 – World War II:
Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the
bitterly fought Battle of Buna–Gona.[1] ·
1944 – World War II:
The Allies commence Operation Shingle,
an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy. ·
1946 – In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent
people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh
Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president
and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes
the prime minister. ·
1946 – Creation of the Central
Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central
Intelligence Agency. ·
1947 – KTLA,
the first commercial television station west
of the Mississippi River,
begins operation in Hollywood. ·
1957 – Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula. ·
1957 – The New York City "Mad
Bomber", George P. Metesky,
is arrested in Waterbury,
Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs. ·
1963 – The Élysée Treaty of
cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer. ·
1968 – Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the
first Lunar module into
space. ·
1968 – Operation Igloo
White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist
infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation. ·
1970 – The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo
jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with
its maiden voyage from John
F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow
Airport. ·
1971 – The Singapore
Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified
constitution of the Commonwealth of
Nations, is issued. ·
1973 – The Supreme
Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in
all fifty states. ·
1973 – The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of
Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission. ·
1973 – A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon
landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176. ·
1973 – In a bout for the world heavyweight
boxing championship in Kingston, Jamaica,
challenger George Foreman knocks
down champion Joe Frazier six
times in the first two rounds before the fight is stopped by referee Arthur Mercante.[2] ·
1984 – The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer
to popularize the computer mouse and
the graphical user
interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television
commercial. ·
1987 – Philippine security forces open fire on
a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacańang Palace, Manila, killing 13. ·
1992 – Rebel forces
occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the
government's resignation. ·
1992 – Space Shuttle
program: the space
shuttle Discovery launches on STS-42 carrying Dr. Roberta Bondar, who becomes the first
Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space. ·
1995 – Israeli–Palestinian
conflict: Beit Lid massacre:
In central Israel, near Netanya, two Gazans blow themselves up at a military
transit point, killing 19 Israelis. ·
1998 – Space Shuttle
program: space
shuttle Endeavor launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space
station Mir.[3] ·
1999 – Australian
missionary Graham Staines and
his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car
in Eastern India. ·
2002 – Kmart becomes the largest retailer in
United States history to file for Chapter
11 bankruptcy protection. ·
2006 – Evo Morales is inaugurated as President
of Bolivia, becoming the country's first
indigenous president. ·
2007 – At least 88
people are killed when two car
bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq. ·
2015 – An explosion near
a civilian trolley-bus in Donetsk kills at
least thirteen people. Births[edit]
·
826 – Emperor Montoku of Japan (d. 858) ·
1263 – Ibn Taymiyyah, Syrian scholar and theologian
(d. 1328)[4] ·
1440 – Ivan III of Russia (d.
1505)[5] ·
1522 – Charles
II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, (d. 1545)[6] ·
1552 – Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier,
courtier, and explorer (d. 1618) ·
1561 – Francis Bacon, English philosopher and
politician, Attorney
General for England and Wales (d. 1626) ·
1570 – Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English
historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (d. 1631) ·
1573 – John Donne, English poet and cleric in
the Church of England,
wrote the Holy Sonnets (d. 1631) ·
1592 – Pierre Gassendi, French mathematician,
astronomer, and philosopher (d. 1655)[7] ·
1645 – William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate
hunter (probable;[8] d. 1701) ·
1654 – Richard Blackmore,
English physician and poet (d. 1729) ·
1690 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)[9] ·
1729 – Gotthold Ephraim
Lessing, German philosopher and author (d. 1781)[10] ·
1733 – Philip Carteret, English admiral and
explorer (d. 1796) ·
1740 – Noah Phelps, American soldier, lawyer, and
judge (d. 1809) ·
1781 – François Habeneck,
French violinist and conductor (d. 1849) ·
1788 – Lord Byron, English poet and playwright (d.
1824) ·
1792 – Lady Lucy Whitmore,
English noblewoman, hymn writer (d. 1840)[11] ·
1796 – Karl Ernst Claus, Estonian-Russian chemist,
botanist, and academic (d. 1864) ·
1797 – Maria
Leopoldina of Austria (d. 1826) ·
1799 – Ludger Duvernay, Canadian journalist,
publisher, and politician (d. 1852) ·
1802 – Richard Upjohn, English-American architect
(d. 1878) ·
1828 – Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry,
Irish hereditary peer (d. 1914) ·
1831 – Prince
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1917) ·
1840 – Ernest Wilberforce,
English bishop (d. 1907) ·
1849 – August Strindberg,
Swedish novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1912) ·
1858 – Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and
economist (d. 1943)[12] ·
1861 – George
Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New
South Wales (d. 1940)[13] ·
1865 – Wilbur Scoville, American chemist and
pharmacist (d. 1942) ·
1867 – Gisela Januszewska,
Jewish-Austrian physician (d. 1943) ·
1869 – José Vicente de
Freitas, Portuguese colonel and politician, 97th Prime Minister
of Portugal (d. 1952) ·
1874 – Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d.
1940) ·
1874 – Jay Hughes, American baseball player and
coach (d. 1924) ·
1875 – D. W. Griffith, American director, producer,
and screenwriter (d. 1948) ·
1877 – Tom Jones,
American baseball player and manager (d. 1923) ·
1879 – Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (d.
1953) ·
1880 – Bill O'Neill,
Canadian-American baseball player (d. 1920) ·
1880 – Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician and
academic (d. 1956) ·
1881 – Ira Thomas, American baseball player and
manager (d. 1958) ·
1886 – John J. Becker, American pianist, composer,
and conductor (d. 1961) ·
1887 – Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (d.
1972) ·
1889 – Henri Pélissier,
French cyclist (d. 1935) ·
1889 – Amos Strunk, American baseball player and
manager (d. 1979) ·
1890 – Fred M. Vinson, American judge and politician,
13th Chief
Justice of the United States (d. 1953) ·
1891 – Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and
politician (d. 1937) ·
1892 – Marcel Dassault, French businessman,
founded Dassault Aviation (d.
1986) ·
1893 – Conrad Veidt, German-American actor,
director, and producer (d. 1943) ·
1897 – Rosa Ponselle, American operatic soprano (d.
1981) ·
1897 – Dilipkumar Roy, a Bengali Indian musician,
musicologist, novelist, poet and essayist. (d. 1980) ·
1898 – Ross Barnett, American lawyer and
politician, 52nd Governor of
Mississippi (d. 1987) ·
1898 – Sergei Eisenstein,
Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1948) ·
1898 – Denise Legeay, French actress (d. 1968) ·
1899 – Martti Haavio, Finnish poet and mythologist
(d. 1973) ·
1900 – Ernst Busch,
German actor and singer (d. 1980) ·
1902 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler, coach, and
academic (d. 1970) ·
1903 – Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist
and academic (d. 1966) ·
1904 – George Balanchine,
Georgian-American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the New York City Ballet (d.
1983)[14] ·
1904 – Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author
(d. 1941) ·
1905 – Willy Hartner, German physicist, historian,
and academic (d. 1981) ·
1906 – Robert E. Howard, American author and poet
(d. 1936) ·
1907 – Douglas Corrigan, American pilot and
engineer (d. 1995) ·
1907 – Dixie Dean, English footballer (d. 1980) ·
1908 – Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist
and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1968) ·
1908 – Prince Oana, American baseball player and
manager (d. 1976) ·
1909 – Martha Norelius, Swedish-born American
swimmer (d. 1955)[15] ·
1909 – Porfirio Rubirosa,
Dominican racing driver, polo player, and diplomat (d. 1965) ·
1909 – Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (d.
2001) ·
1909 – U Thant, Burmese educator and diplomat,
3rd United
Nations Secretary-General (d. 1974)[16] ·
1911 – Bruno Kreisky, Austrian lawyer and
politician, 22nd Chancellor of
Austria (d. 1990) ·
1913 – Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and
author (d. 2012) ·
1913 – William Conway,
Irish cardinal (d. 1977) ·
1913 – Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and
publisher (d. 2003) ·
1914 – Dimitris Dragatakis,
Greek violinist and composer (d. 2001) ·
1915 – Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and
politician, Mayor of Berlin (d.
1993) ·
1916 – Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach (d. 1972) ·
1916 – Henri Dutilleux, French pianist, composer,
and educator (d. 2013) ·
1916 – Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and
astrologist (d. 1994) ·
1918 – Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach (d. 2015) ·
1919 – Diomedes Olivo, Dominican baseball player
and scout (d. 1977) ·
1920 – Irving Kristol, American journalist, author,
and academic, founded The National
Interest (d. 2009) ·
1920 – Alf Ramsey, English footballer and coach (d.
1999) ·
1922 – Howard Moss, American poet, playwright and
critic (d. 1987) ·
1923 – Diana Douglas, British-American actress (d.
2015) ·
1924 – J. J. Johnson, American trombonist and
composer (d. 2001) ·
1924 – Ján Chryzostom Korec,
Slovak cardinal (d. 2015) ·
1924 – Charles Lisanby, American production
designer and art director (d. 2013) ·
1925 – Johnny Bucha, American baseball player (d.
1996) ·
1925 – Bobby Young, American baseball player (d.
1985) ·
1927 – Lou Creekmur, American football player and
sportscaster (d. 2009) ·
1927 – Joe Perry,
American footballer (d. 2011) ·
1928 – Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian, author,
and academic (d. 2004) ·
1929 – Petr Eben, Czech composer, organist and
choirmaster (d. 2007) ·
1930 – Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (d. 2013) ·
1930 – Éamon de Buitléar,
Irish accordion player and director (d. 2013) ·
1931 – Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (d.
1964) ·
1931 – Galina Zybina, Russian shot putter and
javelin thrower ·
1932 – Berthold Grünfeld,
Norwegian psychiatrist and academic (d. 2007) ·
1932 – Piper Laurie, American actress[17] ·
1932 – Tom Fisher Railsback, American politician,
member of the Illinois and U.S.
House of Representatives (d. 2020)[18] ·
1933 – Yuri
Chesnokov, Russian volleyball player and coach (d. 2010) ·
1934 – Vijay
Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d.
2004) ·
1934 – Bill Bixby, American actor and director (d.
1993) ·
1934 – Graham Kerr, English chef and author ·
1935 – Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar
(d. 1990) ·
1936 – Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and
politician, 5th President of
Singapore (d. 2002) ·
1936 – Alan J. Heeger, American physicist and
chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ·
1937 – Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan politician ·
1937 – Joseph Wambaugh, American police officer and
author[19] ·
1938 – Peter Beard, Australian photographer and
author (d. 2020) ·
1938 – Joe Esposito,
American author (d. 2016) ·
1938 – Altair Gomes
de Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer ·
1939 – Jřrgen Garde, Danish admiral (d. 1996) ·
1939 – Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran physician and
politician, President of Ecuador[20] ·
1939 – Luigi Simoni, Italian footballer and manager ·
1939 – J. C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player
and scout (d. 1994) ·
1940 – John Hurt, English actor (d. 2017) ·
1940 – George Seifert, American football player and
coach ·
1940 – Gillian Shephard, English educator and politician, Secretary
of State for Education ·
1941 – Jaan Kaplinski, Estonian poet, philosopher,
and critic ·
1941 – Eugene Hasenfus, former United States Marine
whose capture led to exposure of the Iran–Contra affair[21] ·
1942 – Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer ·
1943 – Michael Spicer, English journalist and
politician (d. 2019) ·
1944 – Khosrow Golsorkhi,
Iranian journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1974) ·
1944 – Uto Ughi, Italian violinist and conductor ·
1945 – Jophery Brown, American baseball player,
actor, and stuntman (d. 2014) ·
1945 – Jean-Pierre Nicolas,
French racing driver and manager ·
1945 – Christoph Schönborn,
Austrian cardinal ·
1945 – Alojz Uran, Slovenian archbishop ·
1946 – Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter
and manager (d. 2010) ·
1946 – Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and
manager ·
1947 – Vladimir Oravsky, Czech-Swedish author and
director ·
1948 – Gilbert Levine, American conductor and
academic ·
1949 – Mike Caldwell,
American baseball player and coach ·
1949 – J.P. Pennington, American country-rock
singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1949 – Steve Perry, American singer-songwriter and
producer ·
1950 – Paul Bew, Northern Irish historian and
academic ·
1950 – Frank Schade, American basketball player and
coach[22] ·
1951 – Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and
coach (d. 1989) ·
1951 – Leon Roberts, American baseball player and
manager ·
1952 – Ramón Avilés,
Puerto Rican-American baseball player ·
1953 – Winfried Berkemeier,
German footballer and manager ·
1953 – Myung-whun Chung, South Korean pianist and
conductor ·
1953 – Jim Jarmusch, American director and
screenwriter ·
1955 – Thomas David Jones,
American captain, pilot, and astronaut ·
1955 – Timothy R. Ferguson,
American politician ·
1956 – Steve Riley,
American drummer ·
1957 – Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player and
sportscaster ·
1957 – Brian Dayett, American baseball player and
manager ·
1957 – Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician ·
1957 – Francis Wheen, English journalist and author ·
1958 – Nikos Anastopoulos,
Greek footballer and manager ·
1958 – Filiz Koçali, Turkish journalist and
politician ·
1959 – Linda Blair, American actress ·
1960 – Michael Hutchence,
Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1997) ·
1961 – Quintin Dailey, American basketball player
(d. 2010) ·
1961 – Daniel Johnston, American musician ·
1962 – Jimmy Herring, American guitarist ·
1962 – Huw Irranca-Davies,
Welsh lawyer and politician ·
1962 – Mizan
Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ·
1964 – Nigel Benn, English-Australian boxer ·
1964 – Stojko
Vranković, Croatian basketball player ·
1965 – Steven Adler, American rock drummer ·
1965 – DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ and producer ·
1965 – Diane Lane, American actress ·
1965 – Andrew Roachford, English singer-songwriter
and keyboard player ·
1966 – Craig Salvatori, Australian rugby league
player and coach ·
1967 – Nick Gillingham, English swimmer ·
1968 – Guy Fieri, American chef, author, and
television host ·
1968 – Heath, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass
player ·
1968 – Frank Leboeuf, French footballer,
sportscaster, and actor ·
1968 – Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer ·
1969 – Olivia d'Abo, English-American
singer-songwriter and actress ·
1969 – Keith Gordon,
American baseball player and coach ·
1970 – Jason Lowrie, New Zealand rugby league
player and coach ·
1970 – Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist ·
1971 – Stan Collymore, English footballer and
sportscaster ·
1972 – Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player
and coach ·
1973 – Rogério Ceni, Brazilian footballer ·
1974 – Cameron McConville,
Australian racing driver and sportscaster ·
1974 – Joseph Muscat, Maltese journalist and
politician, 13th Prime Minister of
Malta ·
1976 – Jimmy Anderson,
American baseball player and coach ·
1976 – James Dearth, American football player ·
1977 – Mario Domm, Mexican singer-songwriter,
pianist, and producer ·
1977 – Anna Linkova, Russian tennis player ·
1977 – Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer ·
1977 – Luciano Andrade
Rissutt, Brazilian footballer ·
1978 – Chone Figgins, American baseball player ·
1979 – Aidan Burley, New Zealand-English politician ·
1979 – Carlos Ruiz,
Panamanian baseball player ·
1979 – Chor Boogie, American artist ·
1980 – Jonathan Woodgate,
English footballer ·
1981 – Willa Ford, American singer-songwriter,
producer, and actress ·
1981 – Beverley Mitchell,
American actress ·
1981 – Ben Moody, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, producer, and actor ·
1981 – Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer ·
1981 – Guy Wilks, English racing driver ·
1982 – Fabricio Coloccini,
Argentinian footballer ·
1983 – Shaun Cody, American football player ·
1984 – Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1984 – Ubaldo Jiménez,
Dominican baseball player ·
1984 – Leon Powe, American basketball player ·
1984 – Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer ·
1985 – Fotios Papoulis, Greek footballer ·
1985 – Yan Xu,
Singaporean table tennis player[23] ·
1986 – Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer ·
1986 – Matt Simon, Australian footballer ·
1987 – Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian skier ·
1987 – Shane Long, Irish footballer ·
1988 – Asher Allen, American football player ·
1988 – Greg Oden, American basketball player ·
1988 – Marcel Schmelzer, German footballer ·
1989 – Theo Robinson, English-Jamaican footballer ·
1990 – Alizé Cornet, French tennis player ·
1990 – Dean Whare, New Zealand rugby league player ·
1990 – Logic, American rapper ·
1990 – Phil Wang, British-Malaysian comedian[24] ·
1991 – Stefan Kolb, German footballer ·
1996 – Joshua Ho-Sang, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1998 – Silento, American rapper, singer and
songwriter [25] Deaths[edit]
·
239 – Cao Rui, Chinese emperor (b. 205) ·
628 – Anastasius of Persia,
monk[26] ·
906 – He,
empress of the Tang Dynasty ·
935 – Ma,
empress of Southern Han ·
1051 – Ćlfric Puttoc, archbishop of York[27] ·
1170 – Wang Chongyang, Chinese Daoist and
co-founder of the Quanzhen School (b.
1113) ·
1188 – Ferdinand II of León (b.
1137)[28] ·
1341 – Louis I, Duke of
Bourbon (b. 1279) ·
1517 – Hadım Sinan
Pasha, Ottoman politician, 32nd Grand
Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. ?) ·
1536 – Bernhard
Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495) ·
1536 – John of Leiden, Anabaptist leader from the
Dutch city of Leiden (b. 1509) ·
1552 – Edward
Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, English general and
politician, Lord High Treasurer
of England (b. 1500) ·
1560 – Wang Zhi,
Chinese pirate ·
1575 – James
Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault (b. 1516)[29] ·
1599 – Cristofano Malvezzi,
Italian organist and composer (b. 1547) ·
1666 – Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor (b. 1592) ·
1750 – Franz Xaver
Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675) ·
1763 – John
Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690) ·
1767 – Johann
Gottlob Lehmann, German meteorologist and geologist (b. 1719) ·
1779 – Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and
astronomer (b. 1733) ·
1779 – Claudius Smith, American guerrilla leader
(b. 1736) ·
1798 – Lewis Morris, American judge and politician
(b. 1726) ·
1840 – Johann
Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and
anthropologist (b. 1752) ·
1850 – Vincent Pallotti, Italian missionary and
saint (b. 1795) ·
1879 – Anthony Durnford, Irish colonel (b. 1830) ·
1879 – Henry Pulleine, English colonel (b. 1838) ·
1892 – Joseph P. Bradley,
American lawyer and jurist (b. 1813) ·
1900 – David Edward Hughes,
Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (b. 1831) ·
1901 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
(b. 1819)[30] ·
1901 – Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist and academic
(b. 1825) ·
1921 – George Streeter, American captain and
businessman (b. 1837) ·
1922 – Fredrik Bajer, Danish educator and
politician, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1837) ·
1922 – Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854) ·
1922 – Camille Jordan, French mathematician and
academic (b. 1838) ·
1925 – Fanny Bullock
Workman, American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859) ·
1927 – James Ford Rhodes,
American historian and author (b. 1848) ·
1929 – R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author,
and politician (b. 1856) ·
1930 – Stephen Mather, American businessman and
conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather
Borax Company (b. 1867) ·
1931 – László
Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b.
1870) ·
1945 – Else Lasker-Schüler,
German poet and playwright (b. 1869) ·
1949 – William Thomas Walsh,
American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891) ·
1950 – Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director
(b. 1892) ·
1951 – Harald Bohr, Danish mathematician and
footballer (b. 1887)[31] ·
1951 – Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter
and high jumper (b. 1883) ·
1955 – Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American athlete (b.
1892)[32] ·
1957 – Ralph Barton Perry,
American philosopher and academic (b. 1876) ·
1959 – Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (b.
1929) ·
1964 – Marc Blitzstein, American pianist and
composer (b. 1905) ·
1966 – Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890) ·
1968 – Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer and water
polo player (b. 1890) ·
1971 – Harry Frank
Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1890) ·
1973 – Lyndon B. Johnson,
American lieutenant and politician, 36th President
of the United States (b. 1908) ·
1975 – Andrew George Burry,
Swiss-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1873) ·
1977 – Ibrahim
bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel, Saudi Arabian diplomat (b. 1916) ·
1978 – Oliver Leese, English general (b. 1894) ·
1978 – Herbert Sutcliffe,
English cricketer and soldier (b. 1894) ·
1979 – Ali Hassan Salameh,
Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940) ·
1980 – Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and
academic (b. 1888) ·
1981 – Ishtiaq Hussain
Qureshi, Pakistani historian and academic (b. 1903) ·
1982 – Eduardo Frei
Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (b.
1911) ·
1985 – Arthur Bryant, English historian and
journalist (b. 1899) ·
1987 – R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and
politician, 30th Treasurer of
Pennsylvania (b. 1939) ·
1989 – S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan author and
academic (b. 1924) ·
1991 – Robert Choquette, Canadian author, poet and
diplomat (b. 1905) ·
1993 – Kōbō Abe, Japanese playwright and
photographer (b. 1924) ·
1994 – Jean-Louis Barrault,
French actor and director (b. 1910) ·
1994 – Telly Savalas, American actor (b. 1924) ·
1996 – Israel Eldad, Polish-Israeli philosopher and
author (b. 1910) ·
1997 – Billy Mackenzie, Scottish singer-songwriter
(b. 1957) ·
1999 – Graham Staines, Australian-Indian missionary
and translator (b. 1941) ·
2000 – Craig Claiborne, American journalist,
author, and critic (b. 1920) ·
2000 – Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (b.
1916) ·
2001 – Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b.
1942) ·
2001 – Roy Brown,
American clown and puppeteer (b. 1932) ·
2003 – Bill Mauldin, American soldier and
cartoonist (b. 1921) ·
2004 – Billy May, American trumpet player and
composer (b. 1916) ·
2004 – Tom Mead, Australian journalist and
politician (b. 1918) ·
2004 – Ann Miller, American actress, singer, and
dancer (b. 1923) ·
2005 – César Gutiérrez,
Venezuelan baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1943) ·
2005 – Carlo Orelli, Italian soldier (b. 1894) ·
2005 – Consuelo Velázquez,
Mexican pianist and songwriter (b. 1924) ·
2006 – Aydın Güven
Gürkan, Turkish academic and politician, Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security (b.
1941) ·
2007 – Ngô Quang
Trưởng, Vietnamese general (b. 1929) ·
2007 – Abbé Pierre, French priest and activist (b.
1912) ·
2007 – Liz Renay, American actress, author and
performer (b. 1926) ·
2008 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor and director
(b. 1979) ·
2008 – Miles Lerman, Polish Holocaust survivor and activist (b.
1920) ·
2009 – Billy Werber, American baseball player (b.
1908) ·
2010 – Louis R. Harlan, American historian and
author (b. 1922) ·
2010 – Jean Simmons, English-American actress (b.
1929) ·
2012 – Simon Marsden, English photographer and
author (b. 1948) ·
2012 – Joe Paterno, American football player and
coach (b. 1926) ·
2012 – Clarence Tillenius,
Canadian painter and environmentalist (b. 1913) ·
2012 – Dick Tufeld, American actor, announcer,
narrator and voice actor (b. 1926) ·
2013 – Robert Bonnaud, French historian and
academic (b. 1929) ·
2013 – Hinton Mitchem, American businessman and politician
(b. 1938) ·
2014 – Maziar Partow, Iranian cinematographer (b.
1933) ·
2015 – Fabrizio de Miranda,
Italian engineer and academic, co-designed the Rande Bridge (b. 1926) ·
2015 – Wendell H. Ford, American lieutenant and
politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (b.
1924) ·
2015 – Margaret Bloy Graham,
Canadian author and illustrator (b. 1920) ·
2016 – Homayoun Behzadi, Iranian footballer and
coach (b. 1942) ·
2016 – Cecil Parkinson, English politician (b.
1931) ·
2016 – Lois Ramsey, Australian actress (b. 1922) ·
2016 – Kamer Genç, Turkish politician (b. 1940) ·
2017 – Masaya
Nakamura, Japanese businessman (b. 1925) ·
2017 – Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player
(b. 1991) ·
2018 – Ursula K. Le Guin,
American sci-fi and fantasy novelist (b. 1929)[33] Holidays and observances[edit]
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Christian feast day: o Vincent,
Orontius, and Victor o Blessed William Joseph
Chaminade o January
22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Day of Unity of Ukraine (Ukraine) |
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