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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2021
January 24 is the 24th day of the year in
the Gregorian calendar.
341 days remain until the end of the year (342 in leap years). Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events
·
AD 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate
the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.[1] ·
914 – Start of
the First
Fatimid invasion of Egypt.[2] ·
1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.[3] ·
1458 – Matthias Corvinus is
elected King of Hungary.[4] ·
1536 – King Henry VIII of
England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that
historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible
impotence.[5][6] ·
1679 – King Charles II of
England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament. ·
1742 – Charles
VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ·
1758 – During
the Seven Years' War the
leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia,
thus forming Russian Prussia (until
1763). ·
1817 – Crossing of the
Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio
de las Heras are captured during the Action of Picheuta. ·
1835 – Slaves in Salvador da Bahia,
Brazil, stage a revolt,
which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later. ·
1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento. ·
1857 – The University of
Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged
university in South Asia. ·
1859 – The United
Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named
Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza. ·
1900 – Second Boer War: Boers stop
a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in
the Battle of Spion Kop. ·
1908 – The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England
by Robert Baden-Powell. ·
1915 – World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under
Vice-Admiral Sir David
Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in
the Battle of
Dogger Bank. ·
1916 – In Brushaber
v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme
Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional. ·
1918 – The Gregorian calendar is
introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of
People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style). ·
1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is
ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal
offices. ·
1939 – The deadliest
earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000
people. ·
1942 – World War II: The Allies bombard
Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare
war against the United States and United Kingdom. ·
1943 – World War
II: Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude
a conference in
Casablanca. ·
1946 – The United
Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to
establish the United
Nations Atomic Energy Commission. ·
1960 – Algerian War: Some units of European
volunteers in Algiers stage an
insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they
seize government buildings and clash with local police. ·
1961 – Goldsboro B-52
crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks
up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains
lost. ·
1968 – Vietnam War: The 1st Australian
Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese
Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting
around Long Bình and Biên Hòa. ·
1972 – Japanese
Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is
found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he
had been since the end of World
War II. ·
1977 – The Atocha massacre
occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy. ·
1978 – Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board,
burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over
Canada's Northwest
Territories. Only 1% is recovered. ·
1984 – Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on
sale in the United States. ·
1989 – Notorious
serial killer Ted Bundy, with over
30 known victims, is executed by the electric chair at the Florida State Prison. ·
1990 – Japan
launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe
since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar
probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States. ·
2003 – The United States Department of Homeland Security officially
begins operation. ·
2009 – Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well
as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies. ·
2011 – At least 35 are
killed and 180 injured in a bombing at
Moscow's Domodedovo Airport. Births
·
AD 76 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (d. 138)[7] ·
1287 – Richard de Bury, English bishop and
politician, Lord Chancellor of Great
Britain (d. 1345)[8] ·
1444 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza,
Duke of Milan (d. 1476) ·
1540 – Edmund Campion, English priest and martyr
(d. 1581) ·
1547 – Joanna
of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Austrian Archduchess (d. 1578) ·
1602 – Mildmay
Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, English politician (d. 1666) ·
1619 – Yamazaki Ansai, Japanese philosopher (d.
1682) ·
1643 – Charles
Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and politician, Lord Chamberlain of Great Britain (d.
1706) ·
1664 – John Vanbrugh, English architect and
dramatist (d. 1726)[9] ·
1670 – William Congreve, English playwright and
poet (d. 1729)[10] ·
1672 – Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt,
German Lieutenant General (d. 1731) ·
1674 – Thomas Tanner,
English bishop (d. 1735) ·
1679 – Christian
Wolff, German philosopher and academic (d. 1754) ·
1684 – Charles
Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, German noble (d. 1737) ·
1705 – Farinelli, Italian castrato singer (d. 1782)[11] ·
1709 – Dom Bédos de Celles,
French monk and organist (d. 1779) ·
1712 – Frederick the Great,
Prussian king (d. 1786) ·
1732 – Pierre Beaumarchais,
French playwright and financier (d. 1799) ·
1739 – Jean Nicolas
Houchard, French General of the French Revolution (d.
1793) ·
1746 – Gustav III of Sweden (d.
1792) ·
1749 – Charles James Fox,
English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d.
1806) ·
1754 – Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and
surveyor (d. 1820) ·
1761 – Louis Klein, French general (d. 1845) ·
1763 – Louis
Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Ukrainian general and politician
(d. 1831) ·
1776 – E. T. A. Hoffmann,
German jurist, author, and composer (d. 1822) ·
1787 – Christian Ludwig
Brehm, German pastor and ornithologist (d. 1864) ·
1804 – Delphine de Girardin,
French author (d. 1855) ·
1814 – Duchess
Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, French Crown Princess (d. 1858) ·
1814 – John Colenso, British mathematician (d.
1883) ·
1816 – Wilhelm Henzen, German philologist and
epigraphist (d. 1887) ·
1828 – Ferdinand Cohn, German biologist (d. 1898) ·
1829 – Yechiel Michel
Epstein, Rabbi and posek (d. 1908) ·
1836 – Signe Rink, Greenland-born Danish writer and
ethnologist (d. 1909) ·
1843 – Josip Stadler, Croatian archbishop (d. 1918) ·
1848 – Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (d. 1916) ·
1850 – Hermann Ebbinghaus,
German psychologist (d. 1909) ·
1853 – Sigbert Josef
Maria Ganser, German psychiatrist (d. 1931) ·
1856 – Friedrich Grünanger,
Transylvanian Hungarian-German architect (d. 1929) ·
1858 – Constance Naden, English poet and
philosopher (d. 1889) ·
1862 – Edith Wharton, American novelist and short
story writer (d. 1937) ·
1863 – August Adler, Czech and Austrian
mathematician (d. 1923) ·
1864 – Marguerite Durand,
French actress, journalist, and activist (d. 1936) ·
1864 – Gaetano Giardino, Italian soldier and Marshal of Italy (d. 1935) ·
1866 – Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician,
1st Estonian
Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1920) ·
1870 – Herbert Kilpin, English footballer (d. 1916) ·
1871 – Jiří
Karásek ze Lvovic, Czech poet, writer and literary critic (d.
1951) ·
1871 – Thomas Jaggar, American volcanologist (d.
1953) ·
1872 – Yuly Aykhenvald, Russian literary critic (d.
1928) ·
1872 – Konstantin Bogaevsky,
Russian painter (d. 1943) ·
1872 – Morris Travers, English chemist and academic
(d. 1961) ·
1873 – Dmitry Ushakov, Russian philologist and
lexicographer (d. 1942) ·
1882 – Harold D. Babcock,
American astronomer (d. 1968) ·
1882 – Ödön Bodor, Hungarian athlete (d. 1927) ·
1886 – Henry King,
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982) ·
1887 – Jean-Henri Humbert,
French botanist (d. 1967) ·
1888 – Vicki Baum, Austrian author and screenwriter
(d. 1960) ·
1888 – Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman,
founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing
Company (d. 1958) ·
1889 – Victor Eftimiu, Romanian poet and playwright
(d. 1972) ·
1889 – Charles Hawes, American historian and author
(d. 1923) ·
1889 – Hermann-Bernhard
Ramcke, German general of paratroop forces during World War II (d. 1968) ·
1891 – Walter Model, German field marshal (d. 1945) ·
1892 – Franz Aigner,
Austrian weightlifter (d. 1970) ·
1895 – Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter (d.
1976) ·
1897 – Paul Fejos, Hungarian-born American director
(d. 1963) ·
1899 – Hoyt Vandenberg, U.S. Air Force general (d.
1954) ·
1900 – René Guillot, French writer (d. 1969) ·
1901 – Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d.
1995) ·
1901 – Cassandre,
French painter (d. 1968) ·
1901 – Edward Turner, English engineer (d. 1973) ·
1905 – J. Howard Marshall,
American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995) ·
1906 – Wilfred Jackson, American animator and
composer (d. 1988) ·
1907 – Ismail
Nasiruddin of Terengganu, fourth Yang di-Pertuan
Agong of Malaysia (d. 1979) ·
1907 – Maurice Couve
de Murville, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister
of France (d. 1999) ·
1907 – Jean Daetwyler, Swiss composer and musician
(d. 1994) ·
1909 – Martin Lings, English author and scholar (d.
2005) ·
1910 – Doris Haddock, American political activist
(d. 2010)[12] ·
1912 – Frederick Ashworth,
American admiral (d. 2005) ·
1913 – Norman Dello Joio,
American organist and composer (d. 2008) ·
1913 – Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player
and coach (d. 1983) ·
1915 – Vítězslava
Kaprálová, Czech composer and conductor (d. 1940) ·
1915 – Robert Motherwell,
American painter and academic (d. 1991) ·
1916 – Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and
politician, 65th President of
Venezuela (d. 2009) ·
1916 – Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player
and actor (d. 2013) ·
1917 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (d. 2012) ·
1917 – Wilhelmus Demarteau,
Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 2012) ·
1918 – Gottfried von Einem,
Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1996) ·
1918 – Oral Roberts, American evangelist,
founded Oral Roberts
University and Oral
Roberts Evangelistic Association (d. 2009) ·
1919 – Coleman Francis, American actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973) ·
1919 – Leon Kirchner, American composer and
educator (d. 2009) ·
1920 – Jimmy Forrest, American saxophonist (d.
1980) ·
1920 – Jerry Maren, American actor (d. 2018) ·
1922 – Daniel Boulanger, French actor and
screenwriter (d. 2014) ·
1922 – Neil Franklin, English footballer (d. 1996) ·
1923 – Geneviève Asse,
French painter ·
1925 – Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach (d. 2015) ·
1925 – Maria Tallchief, American ballerina and
actress (d. 2013) ·
1926 – Ruth Asawa, American sculptor (d. 2013) ·
1926 – Georges Lautner, French director and
screenwriter (d. 2013) ·
1927 – Sir
Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, Scottish lieutenant (d. 2007) ·
1927 – Paula Hawkins, American politician (d. 2009) ·
1928 – Desmond Morris, English zoologist,
ethologist, and painter ·
1928 – Michel Serrault, French actor (d. 2007) ·
1930 – Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (d. 2016) ·
1930 – Mahmoud Farshchian,
Iranian-Persian painter and academic ·
1930 – John Romita Sr., American comic book artist ·
1931 – Lars Hörmander,
Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 2012) ·
1931 – Ib Nørholm, Danish composer and organist ·
1932 – Éliane Radigue,
French electronic music composer ·
1933 – Kamran Baghirov, the 12th First Secretary of Azerbaijan
Communist Party (d. 2000) ·
1933 – Asim Ferhatović,
Bosnian footballer (d. 1987) ·
1934 – Leonard Goldberg, American producer (d.
2019) ·
1934 – Stanisław
Grochowiak, Polish poet and dramatist (d. 1976) ·
1935 – Eric Ashton, English rugby player and coach
(d. 2008) ·
1935 – Shivabalayogi, Indian religious leader (d.
1994) ·
1936 – Doug Kershaw, American fiddle player and
singer ·
1937 – Trevor Edwards, Welsh footballer ·
1938 – Julius Hemphill, American saxophonist and
composer (d. 1995) ·
1939 – Renate
Garisch-Culmberger, German shot putter ·
1939 – Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter and
actor ·
1940 – Vito Acconci, American designer (d. 2017) ·
1940 – Joachim Gauck, German pastor and politician,
11th President of Germany ·
1941 – Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1941 – Aaron Neville, American singer ·
1941 – Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate ·
1942 – Ingo Friedrich, German Member of the
European Parliament ·
1942 – Gary Hart,
American wrestler and manager (d. 2008) ·
1943 – Peter Struck, German lawyer and politician,
13th German
Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012) ·
1943 – Barry Mealand, English footballer, right
back (d. 2013)[13] ·
1943 – Sharon Tate, American model and actress (d.
1969) ·
1943 – Tony Trimmer, English race car driver ·
1943 – Manuel Velázquez,
Spanish footballer (d. 2016) ·
1944 – David Gerrold, American science fiction
screenwriter and author ·
1944 – Gian-Franco Kasper,
Swiss ski official ·
1945 – John Garamendi, American football player and
politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior ·
1945 – Subhash Ghai, Indian director, producer and
screenwriter ·
1945 – Eva Janko, Austrian javelin thrower ·
1946 – Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor ·
1947 – Giorgio Chinaglia,
Italian footballer (d. 2012) ·
1947 – Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic ·
1947 – Masashi Ozaki, Japanese baseball player and
golfer ·
1947 – Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (d.
2003) ·
1948 – Elliott Abrams, American diplomat, lawyer
and political scientist ·
1948 – Michael Des Barres,
English singer-songwriter and actor ·
1949 – John Belushi, American actor and
screenwriter (d. 1982) ·
1949 – Bart Gordon, American lawyer ·
1949 – Nadezhda Ilyina, Russian athlete and mother
of Russian tennis player Nadia Petrova (d. 2013) ·
1949 – Rihoko Yoshida, Japanese voice actress ·
1950 – Daniel Auteuil, French actor, director, and
screenwriter ·
1951 – Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American comedian
and actor ·
1953 – Yuri Bashmet, Russian violinist, viola
player, and conductor ·
1953 – Moon Jae-in, 19th President of
South Korea ·
1954 – Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (d.
1986) ·
1955 – Jim Montgomery,
American swimmer ·
1955 – Alan Sokal, American physicist and author ·
1955 – Lynda Weinman, American businesswoman and
author ·
1956 – Agus Martowardojo,
governor of Bank Indonesia ·
1957 – Mark Eaton,
American basketball player and sportscaster ·
1957 – Ade Edmondson, English comedian and musician ·
1958 – Kim Eui-kon, Korean wrestler ·
1958 – Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and
pianist ·
1958 – Frank Ullrich, German biathlete ·
1959 – Akira Maeda, Japanese wrestler, mixed
martial artist, and actor ·
1959 – Michel Preud'homme,
Belgian footballer and manager ·
1961 – Jorge Barrios,
Uruguayan footballer ·
1961 – Guido Buchwald, German footballer and
manager ·
1961 – Christa Kinshofer,
German ski racer ·
1961 – Nastassja Kinski, German-American actress
and producer ·
1961 – William Van Dijck,
Belgian runner ·
1963 – Arnold Vanderlyde,
Dutch boxer ·
1964 – Annika Dahlman, Swedish cross country skier ·
1965 – Robin Dutt, German footballer ·
1965 – Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian-American actor,
director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1965 – Margaret Urlich, New Zealand
singer-songwriter ·
1965 – Pagonis Vakalopoulos,
Greek footballer and manager ·
1965 – Kim Sung-moon, South Korean wrestler ·
1966 – Julie Dreyfus, French actress ·
1966 – Karin Viard, French actress ·
1967 – Michael Kiske, German singer ·
1967 – Mark Kozelek, American singer and musician ·
1967 – Phil LaMarr, American actor, singer, and
screenwriter ·
1967 – John Myung, American bass player and
songwriter ·
1968 – Fernando Escartín,
Spanish cyclist ·
1968 – Antony Garrett Lisi,
American theoretical physicist ·
1968 – Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast ·
1968 – Tymerlan Huseynov,
Ukrainian footballer ·
1969 – Yoo Ho-jeong, South Korean actress ·
1969 – Carlos
Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva, bishop of Montenegro ·
1970 – Roberto Bonano, Argentine footballer ·
1970 – Neil Johnson,
Zimbabwean cricketer ·
1970 – Matthew Lillard, American actor ·
1971 – José
Carlos Fernandez, Bolivian footballer ·
1972 – Beth Hart, American blues-rock singer and
piano player ·
1974 – Cyril Despres, French rally racer ·
1974 – Ed Helms, American actor, producer, and
screenwriter ·
1974 – Melissa Tkautz, Australian actress and
singer ·
1974 – Rokia Traoré, Malian singer ·
1975 – Gianluca Basile, Italian former professional
basketball player ·
1975 – Rónald Gómez,
Costa Rican footballer and manager ·
1975 – Reto Hug, Swiss triathlonist ·
1975 – Henna Raita, Finnish alpine skier ·
1976 – Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer,
coach, and choreographer ·
1976 – Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist ·
1977 – Andrija Gerić, Serbian volleyball
player ·
1977 – Michelle Hunziker,
Swiss-Dutch actress, model and singer ·
1978 – Veerle Baetens, Belgian actress and singer ·
1978 – Mark Hildreth,
Canadian actor and musician ·
1978 – Kristen Schaal, American actress, voice
artist, comedian and writer ·
1979 – Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer ·
1979 – Leandro Desábato,
Argentinian footballer ·
1979 – Busy Signal, Jamaican dancehall reggae
artist ·
1979 – Nik Wallenda, American acrobat ·
1980 – Jofre Mateu, Spanish footballer ·
1980 – Suzy, Portuguese singer ·
1981 – Mario Eggimann, Swiss footballer ·
1981 – Zaur Hashimov, Azerbaijani footballer and
manager ·
1981 – Elena Kolomina, Kazakhstani cross country
skier ·
1982 – Céline Deville,
French footballer ·
1982 – Daveed Diggs, American actor, rapper and
singer ·
1982 – Claudia Heill, Austrian judoka ·
1982 – Aitor Hernández,
Spanish racing cyclist ·
1983 – Davide Biondini, Italian footballer ·
1983 – Wyatt Crockett, New Zealand rugby player ·
1983 – Evgeny Drattsev, Russian swimmer ·
1983 – Craig Horner, Australian actor and musician ·
1983 – Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer ·
1983 – Scott Speed, American race car driver ·
1984 – Emerse Faé, French-born Ivorian footballer ·
1984 – Yotam Halperin, Israeli basketball player ·
1984 – Jung Jin-sun, South Korean fencer ·
1984 – Scott Kazmir, American baseball player ·
1984 – Paulo
Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer ·
1985 – Fabiana Claudino, Brazilian volleyball
player ·
1985 – Trey Gilder, American basketball player ·
1986 – Cristiano Araújo,
Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2015) ·
1986 – Mohammad Bagheri
Motamed, Iranian taekwondo practitioner ·
1986 – Mischa Barton, English-American actress ·
1986 – Vladislav
Ivanov, Russian footballer ·
1986 – Michael Kightly, English footballer ·
1986 – Ricky Ullman, Israeli-American actor ·
1987 – Wayne Hennessey, Welsh footballer ·
1987 – Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer ·
1987 – Davide Valsecchi, Italian racing driver ·
1987 – Kia Vaughn, American born Czech basketball
player[14] ·
1987 – Guan Xin, Chinese basketball player ·
1988 – Selina Jörg, German snowboarder ·
1989 – Serdar Kesimal, Turkish footballer ·
1989 – Gong Lijiao, Chinese shot putter ·
1989 – Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer[15] ·
1990 – Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1991 – Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman
wrestler ·
1991 – Tatiana Kashirina,
Russian weightlifter ·
1991 – Zé Luís, Cape Verdean footballer ·
1991 – Li Xuerui, Chinese badminton player ·
1992 – Becky Downie, English gymnast ·
1992 – Phiwa Nkambule, South African entrepreneur ·
1992 – Felitciano
Zschusschen, Curaçao footballer ·
1994 – Tommie Hoban, English footballer ·
1995 – Dylan Everett, Canadian actor ·
1997 – Nirei Fukuzumi, Japanese racer ·
1999 – Vitalie
Damașcan, Moldovan footballer ·
2012 – Princess
Athena of Denmark, younger child of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie
of Denmark[16] Deaths
·
AD 41 – Caligula, Roman emperor (b. 12) ·
817 – Pope Stephen IV (b. 770) ·
901 – Liu Jishu, general of the Tang Dynasty ·
1046 – Eckard II,
Margrave of Meissen (b. c. 985) ·
1125 – David IV of Georgia (b.
1073) ·
1336 – Alfonso IV of Aragon (b.
1299) ·
1376 – Richard
FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English commander (b. 1306) ·
1473 – Conrad Paumann, German organist and composer
(b. 1410) ·
1525 – Franciabigio, Florentine painter (b. 1482) ·
1595 – Ferdinand
II, Archduke of Austria (b. 1529) ·
1626 – Samuel Argall, English captain and
politician, Colonial
Governor of Virginia (b. 1572) ·
1639 – Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician
(b. 1596) ·
1666 – Johann Andreas
Herbst, German composer and theorist (b. 1588) ·
1709 – George Rooke, English admiral and politician
(b. 1650) ·
1877 – Johann
Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796) ·
1881 – James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825) ·
1883 – Friedrich von Flotow,
German composer (b. 1812) ·
1895 – Lord Randolph
Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of
the Exchequer (b. 1849) ·
1920 – Amedeo Modigliani,
Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884) ·
1939 – Maximilian
Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867) ·
1943 – John Burns, English trade union leader and
politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b.
1858) ·
1960 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor
(b. 1886) ·
1961 – Alfred Carlton
Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert
Company (b. 1884) ·
1962 – André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b.
1885) ·
1962 – Stanley Lord, English naval captain (b.
1877) ·
1962 – Ahmet Hamdi
Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901) ·
1965 – Winston Churchill,
English colonel and politician, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1874) ·
1966 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and
academic (b. 1909) ·
1970 – Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer
and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (b. 1891) ·
1971 – Bill W., American activist, co-founder
of Alcoholics Anonymous (b.
1895) ·
1973 – J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1896) ·
1975 – Larry Fine, American comedian (b. 1902) ·
1982 – Alfredo Ovando
Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (b.
1918) ·
1983 – George Cukor, American director and producer
(b. 1899) ·
1986 – L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader
and author, founded the Church of
Scientology (b. 1911) ·
1986 – Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b.
1921) ·
1988 – Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician
and academic (b. 1905) ·
1989 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946) ·
1990 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899) ·
1991 – Jack Schaefer, American journalist and
author (b. 1907) ·
1992 – Ken Darby, American composer and conductor
(b. 1909) ·
1993 – Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and
conductor (b. 1908) ·
1993 – Thurgood Marshall,
American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United
States Solicitor General (b. 1908) ·
2002 – Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and
politician (b. 1956) ·
2003 – Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b.
1921) ·
2004 – Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager
(b. 1913) ·
2006 – Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b.
1930) ·
2007 – Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916) ·
2007 – İsmail
Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940) ·
2007 – Guadalupe Larriva,
Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956) ·
2007 – Emiliano
Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (b. 1891) ·
2010 – Pernell Roberts, American actor (b. 1928) ·
2011 – Bernd Eichinger, German director and
producer (b. 1949) ·
2014 – Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and
politician, 11th Israeli
Minister of Education (b. 1928) ·
2014 – Rafael Pineda Ponce,
Honduran academic and politician (b. 1930) ·
2015 – Otto Carius, German lieutenant and
pharmacist (b. 1922) ·
2016 – Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian
anthropologist and academic (b. 1928) ·
2016 – Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist
and academic (b. 1927) ·
2016 – Henry Worsley,
English colonel and explorer (b. 1960) ·
2017 – Butch Trucks, American drummer (b. 1947) ·
2018 – Mark E. Smith, British singer-songwriter (b.
1957) ·
2019 – Rosemary Bryant
Mariner, American United States Naval Aviator (b. 1953)[17] Holidays and observances
·
Christian feast day: o Cadoc (Wales) o Pratulin Martyrs (Greek Catholic
Church) o January
24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Earliest day on which Saturday of Souls can
fall, while February 27 (or 28 during Leap Year) is the latest; observed 57
days before Easter. (Eastern Orthodox) ·
Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic
Church), and its related observances: ·
Uttar Pradesh Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)[18] |
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