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January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 355 days remain until the end of the year (356 in leap years).

Events[]

Pre-1600[]

  • 0049 BCJulius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.[1]
  • 0009 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin dynasty.[2]
  • 0069Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.[3]
  • 0236Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.[4]
  • 1072Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo in Sicily for the Normans.[5]
  • 1430Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, establishes the Order of the Golden Fleece, the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive order of chivalry in the world.[6]
  • 1475Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.[7]

1601–1900[]

  • 1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at the Tower of London.[8]
  • 1776 – American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.[9]
  • 1791 – The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.[10]
  • 1812 – The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh.[11]
  • 1861American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.[12]
  • 1863 – The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.[13]
  • 1870John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.[14]

1901–present[]

  • 1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.[15]
  • 1916World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1920 – The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
  • 1920 – League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
  • 1927Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.[16]
  • 1941World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
  • 1946 – The first General Assembly of the United Nations assembles in the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster. Fifty-one nations are represented.[17]
  • 1946 – The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.[18]
  • 1954BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea, killing 35 people.[19]
  • 1962Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
  • 1966Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
  • 1972Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
  • 1981Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
  • 1984Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
  • 1985Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
  • 1990Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
  • 2000Crossair Flight 498, a Saab 340 aircraft, crashes in Niederhasli, Switzerland, after taking off from Zurich Airport, killing 13 people.[20]
  • 2007 – A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.[21]
  • 2012 – A bombing at Jamrud in Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and injures 78 others.[22]
  • 2013 – More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in the Quetta area of Pakistan.[23]
  • 2015 – A traffic accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, killing at least 62 people.[24]
  • 2019 – A 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is found alive in Gordon, Wisconsin, having been kidnapped 88 days earlier from her parents' home whilst they were murdered.[25]

Births[]

Pre-1600[]

  • 0626Husayn ibn Ali the third Shia Imam (d. 680)[26]
  • 1480Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530)
  • 1538Louis of Nassau (d. 1574)[27]

1601–1900[]

  • 1607Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary (d. 1646)[28]
  • 1644Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (d. 1711)[29]
  • 1654Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (d. 1712)[30]
  • 1702Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)[31]
  • 1715Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)[32]
  • 1750Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1823)[33]
  • 1760Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor (d. 1802)[34]
  • 1769Michel Ney, French general (d. 1815)[35]
  • 1776George Birkbeck, English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (d. 1841)[36]
  • 1780Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (d. 1857)
  • 1802Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (d. 1860)
  • 1810Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (d. 1892)
  • 1810 – Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1883)
  • 1810 – William Haines, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Victoria (d. 1866)[37]
  • 1823Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist (d. 1924)[38]
  • 1827Amanda Cajander, Finnish medical reformer (d. 1871)[39]
  • 1828Herman Koeckemann, German bishop and missionary (d. 1892)[40]
  • 1829Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1879)[41]
  • 1834John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (d. 1902)[42]
  • 1840Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (d. 1925)
  • 1842Luigi Pigorini, Italian paleontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (d. 1925)
  • 1843Frank James, American soldier and criminal (d. 1915)
  • 1848Reinhold Sadler, American merchant and politician, 9th Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)
  • 1849Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (d. 1919)[43]
  • 1850John Wellborn Root, American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (d. 1891)
  • 1854Ramón Corral, Mexican general and politician, 6th Vice President of Mexico (d. 1912)
  • 1858Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)[44]
  • 1859Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (d. 1909)[45]
  • 1860Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author (d. 1943)
  • 1864Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1931)[46]
  • 1873Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (d. 1948)
  • 1873 – Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1935)
  • 1873 – George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (d. 1958)[47]
  • 1875Issai Schur, German mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
  • 1877Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1948)
  • 1878John McLean, American hurdler, football player, and coach (d. 1955)[48]
  • 1880Manuel Azaña, Spanish jurist and politician, 7th President of Spain (d. 1940)
  • 1883Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1966)[49]
  • 1883 – Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1945)[50]
  • 1887Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (d. 1962)
  • 1890Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (d. 1984)
  • 1891Heinrich Behmann, German mathematician and academic (d. 1970)
  • 1891 – Ann Shoemaker, American actress (d. 1978)
  • 1892Dumas Malone, American historian and author (d. 1986)
  • 1892 – Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1974)
  • 1893Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1932)
  • 1894Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author (d. 1972)
  • 1895Percy Cerutty, Australian athletics coach (d. 1975)
  • 1896Yong Mun Sen, Malaysian watercolour painter (d. 1962)[51]
  • 1896 – Dinkar G. Kelkar, Indian art collector (d. 1990)[52]
  • 1898Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist and engineer (d. 1979)
  • 1900Violette Cordery, English racing driver (d. 1983)

1901–present[]

  • 1903Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)[53]
  • 1903 – Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997)[54]
  • 1904Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (d. 1987)[55]
  • 1907Gordon Kidd Teal, American engineer and inventor (d. 2003)[56]
  • 1908Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (d. 1992)[57]
  • 1910Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (d. 1976)[58]
  • 1911Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (d. 2013)[citation needed]
  • 1911 – Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist (d. 2004)[59]
  • 1913Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)[60]
  • 1913 – Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981)[61]
  • 1914Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2000)[62]
  • 1915Dean Dixon, American-Swiss conductor (d. 1976)[63]
  • 1915 – Cynthia Freeman, American author (d. 1988)
  • 1916Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)[64]
  • 1916 – Eldzier Cortor, American painter (d. 2015)[65]
  • 1916 – Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
  • 1917Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (d. 2008)[66]
  • 1918Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)[67]
  • 1918 – Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008)[68]
  • 1919Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (d. 1977)
  • 1919 – Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (d. 2009)
  • 1920Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (d. 2008)[69]
  • 1920 – Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (d. 2015)
  • 1921Rodger Ward, American aviator, race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2004)[70]
  • 1922Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2001)
  • 1924Earl Bakken, American inventor (d. 2018)[71]
  • 1924 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 1996)
  • 1925Billie Sol Estes, American financier and businessman (d. 2013)
  • 1926Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician (d. 2017)
  • 1927 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (d. 2003)
  • 1927 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990)[72]
  • 1927 – Otto Stich, Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012)
  • 1928Philip Levine, American poet and academic (d. 2015)[73]
  • 1928 – Peter Mathias, English historian and academic (d. 2016)[74]
  • 1930Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)[75]
  • 1931Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)[76]
  • 1931 – Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician[77]
  • 1931 – Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (d. 2015)
  • 1932Lou Henson, American college basketball coach (d. 2020)[78]
  • 1934Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine
  • 1935Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1935 – Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer and educator[79]
  • 1936Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (d. 2002)
  • 1936 – Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate[80]
  • 1938Elza Ibrahimova, Azerbaijani composer (d. 2012)
  • 1938 – Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician[81]
  • 1938 – Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
  • 1938 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player (d. 2018)[82]
  • 1939Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
  • 1939 – Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)[83]
  • 1940K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer and music director[84]
  • 1940 – Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and academic (d. 2013)
  • 1941Tom Clarke, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland[85]
  • 1942Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2018)
  • 1943Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)[86]
  • 1944Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American comics and fantasy artist (d. 2011)[87]
  • 1944 – Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and actor (d. 2016)
  • 1945John Fahey, New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2020)
  • 1945 – Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter[88]
  • 1945 – Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, invented plastination
  • 1947George Alec Effinger, American author (d. 2002)[89]
  • 1947 – James Morris, American opera singer
  • 1947 – Peer Steinbrück, German politician, German Minister of Finance
  • 1947 – Tiit Vähi, Estonian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Estonia[90]
  • 1948Remu Aaltonen, Finnish musician[91]
  • 1948 – Donald Fagen, American singer-songwriter and musician[92]
  • 1948 – Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist and sportscaster
  • 1949Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy
  • 1949 – George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman[93]
  • 1949 – Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (d. 2002)[94]
  • 1953Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter[95]
  • 1953 – Bobby Rahal, American race car driver[96]
  • 1954Baba Vaziroglu, Azerbaijani writer, poet and translator[97]
  • 1956Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[98]
  • 1956 – Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author[99]
  • 1959Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach[100]
  • 1959 – Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and politician[101]
  • 1959 – Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer
  • 1960Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1960 – Brian Cowen, Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland
  • 1960 – Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician
  • 1961Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator
  • 1962Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician
  • 1962 – Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist and academic
  • 1963Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand-Australian footballer
  • 1963 – Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (d. 2001)
  • 1964Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1967Maciej Śliwowski, Polish footballer
  • 1969Simone Bagel-Trah, German businessperson
  • 1970Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports
  • 1972Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author
  • 1973Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican-American boxer
  • 1974Jemaine Clement, New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician[102]
  • 1974 – Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1974 – Steve Marlet, French footballer, forward and coach[103]
  • 1974 – Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer and manager
  • 1974 – Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor[104]
  • 1976Ian Poulter, English golfer
  • 1978Johan van der Wath, South African cricketer
  • 1979Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer
  • 1980Sarah Shahi, American actress
  • 1981Jared Kushner, American real estate investor and political figure[102]
  • 1982Julien Brellier, French footballer
  • 1982 – Tomasz Brzyski, Polish footballer
  • 1984Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer
  • 1984 – Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper
  • 1984 – Kalki Koechlin, Indian actress
  • 1986Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player
  • 1987César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
  • 1988Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan runner[105]
  • 1990Ishiura Shikanosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler[106]
  • 1990 – Cody Walker, Australian rugby league player[107]
  • 1991Chad Townsend, Australian rugby league player
  • 1996Matthew Dufty, Australian rugby league player[108]
  • 1996 – Dylan Edwards, Australian rugby league player[109]
  • 1997Patrick Herbert, New Zealand rugby league player[110]
  • 1997 – Blake Lawrie, Australian rugby league player[111]

Deaths[]

Pre-1600[]

  • 0259Polyeuctus, Roman saint
  • 0314Miltiades, pope of the Catholic Church
  • 0681Agatho, pope of the Catholic Church
  • 0976John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (b. 925)
  • 0987Pietro I Orseolo, doge of Venice (b. 928)
  • 1055Bretislav I, duke of Bohemia[112]
  • 1094Al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian caliph (b. 1029)
  • 1218Hugh I, king of Cyprus
  • 1276Gregory X, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1210)
  • 1322Petrus Aureolus, scholastic philosopher
  • 1358Abu Inan Faris, Marinid ruler of Morocco (b. 1329)
  • 1552Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (b. 1479)

1601–1900[]

  • 1645William Laud, English archbishop and academic (b. 1573)
  • 1654Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)
  • 1698Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French priest and historian (b. 1637)
  • 1754Edward Cave, English publisher, founded The Gentleman's Magazine (b. 1691)
  • 1761Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (b. 1711)
  • 1778Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1707)
  • 1794Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (b. 1754)
  • 1811Joseph Chénier, French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764)
  • 1824Victor Emmanuel I, duke of Savoy and king of Sardinia (b. 1759)
  • 1828François de Neufchâteau, French poet, academic, and politician, French Minister of the Interior (b. 1750)
  • 1829Gregorio Funes, Argentinian clergyman, historian, and educator (b. 1749)
  • 1843Dimitrie Macedonski, Greek-Romanian captain and politician (b. 1780)
  • 1851Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
  • 1855Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (b. 1787)
  • 1862Samuel Colt, American engineer and businessman, founded Colt's Manufacturing Company (b. 1814)
  • 1863Lyman Beecher, American minister and activist, co-founded the American Temperance Society (b. 1775)
  • 1895Benjamin Godard, French violinist and composer (b. 1849)

1901–present[]

  • 1901James Robert Dickson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)
  • 1904Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
  • 1905Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
  • 1917Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
  • 1917 – Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer and captain (b. 1875)
  • 1920Sali Nivica, Albanian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
  • 1922Frank Tudor, Australian politician, 6th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment (b. 1866)
  • 1926Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1878)[113]
  • 1935Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (b. 1873)
  • 1935 – Charlie McGahey, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1871)
  • 1941Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879)
  • 1941 – John Lavery, Irish painter and academic (b. 1856)
  • 1941 – Issai Schur, Belarusian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1875)
  • 1949Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865)
  • 1951Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
  • 1951 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890)
  • 1954Chester Wilmot, American journalist and historian (b. 1911)
  • 1956Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist (b. 1862)[114]
  • 1957Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)[115]
  • 1959Şükrü Kaya, Turkish jurist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
  • 1960Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1879)
  • 1961Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (b. 1894)
  • 1967Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893)
  • 1968Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish general and politician, 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1882)
  • 1969Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1891)
  • 1970Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925)
  • 1971Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (b. 1883)[116]
  • 1971 – Ignazio Giunti, Italian racing driver (b. 1941)
  • 1972Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
  • 1976Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
  • 1978Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and author (b. 1924)
  • 1978 – Don Gillis, American composer and conductor (b. 1912)
  • 1978 – Hannah Gluckstein, British painter (b. 1895)
  • 1981Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (b. 1915)
  • 1984Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
  • 1986Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
  • 1987Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919)
  • 1987 – David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904)
  • 1989Herbert Morrison, American journalist and producer (b. 1905)
  • 1990Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (b. 1925)
  • 1992Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian racing driver (b. 1919)
  • 1995Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1937)[117]
  • 1997Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907)
  • 1997 – Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)[118]
  • 1997 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)[119]
  • 1999Edward Williams, Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (b. 1921)
  • 2000Sam Jaffe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1901)
  • 2004Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
  • 2005Wasyly, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1909)
  • 2005 – Jack Horner, American journalist (b. 1912)
  • 2005 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1927)
  • 2007Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
  • 2007 – Bradford Washburn, American explorer, photographer, and cartographer (b. 1910)
  • 2008Christopher Bowman, American figure skater and actor (b. 1967)
  • 2008 – Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
  • 2010Patcha Ramachandra Rao, Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (b. 1942)
  • 2011Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924)
  • 2012Jean Pigott, Canadian businesswoman and politician (b. 1924)
  • 2012 – Gevork Vartanian, Russian intelligence agent (b. 1924)
  • 2013George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer (b. 1932)
  • 2013 – Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (b. 1936)
  • 2014Sam Berns, American activist (b. 1996)
  • 2014 – Petr Hlaváček, Czech shoemaker and academic (b. 1950)
  • 2014 – Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (b. 1929)
  • 2014 – Larry Speakes, American journalist, 16th White House Press Secretary (b. 1939)
  • 2014 – Dajikaka Gadgil, Indian jeweller (b. 1915)[120]
  • 2015Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (b. 1994)
  • 2015 – Taylor Negron, American actor, playwright, and painter (b. 1957)
  • 2015 – Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
  • 2015 – Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1937)
  • 2016David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1947)[121]
  • 2016 – George Jonas, Hungarian-Canadian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1935)[122]
  • 2017Buddy Greco, American jazz and pop singer and pianist (b. 1926)[123]
  • 2017 – Clare Hollingworth, English journalist (b. 1911)[124]
  • 2020Qaboos bin Said, Ruler Of Oman (b. 1940)[125]

Holidays and observances[]

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