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January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 337 days remain until the end of the year (338 in leap years).

Events[]

  • 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate was effectively ended with the Assassination of Ali, the last caliph.
  • 814Charlemagne dies of pleurisy in Aachen as the first Holy Roman Emperor. He is succeeded by his son Louis the Pious as king of the Frankish Empire.
  • 1077Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.
  • 1393 – King Charles VI of France is nearly killed when several dancers' costumes catch fire during a masquerade ball.
  • 1521 – The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
  • 1547Henry VIII dies. His nine-year-old son, Edward VI becomes King.
  • 1573 – Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
  • 1624Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
  • 1701 – The Chinese storm Dartsedo.
  • 1724 – The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
  • 1813Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
  • 1820 – A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.
  • 1846 – The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
  • 1851Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
  • 1855 – A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway, runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
  • 1871Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
  • 1878Yale Daily News becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States.
  • 1896 – Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).
  • 1902 – The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
  • 1908 – Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
  • 1909 – United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
  • 1915 – An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • 1918Finnish Civil War: Rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
  • 1920 – Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
  • 1922Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.
  • 1932 – Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
  • 1933 – The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by the Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
  • 1934 – The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont.
  • 1935Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
  • 1938 – The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).
  • 1941Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
  • 1945World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
  • 1956Elvis Presley makes his first US television appearance
  • 1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
  • 1960 – The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
  • 1964 – An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
  • 1965 – The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
  • 1977 – The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 which dumps 10 feet (3.0 m) of snow in one day in Upstate New York, with Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
  • 1979CBS News Sunday Morning debuts with original host and cocreator Charles Kuralt.
  • 1979 – Pope John Paul II starts his first pastoral visit to Mexico.
  • 1980Template:USCGC collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
  • 1981Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
  • 1982US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
  • 1984Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
  • 1985 – Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
  • 1986Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.
  • 1988 – In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
  • 2002TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 92.
  • 2006 – The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Chorzów/Katowice, Poland, collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.

Births[]

  • 676Toneri, Japanese prince (d. 735)
  • 1312Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)
  • 1457Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
  • 1540Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1610)
  • 1578Cornelius Haga, Dutch diplomat (d. 1654)
  • 1582John Barclay, French-Scottish poet and author (d. 1621)
  • 1600Pope Clement IX (d. 1669)
  • 1608Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)
  • 1611Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (d. 1687)
  • 1622Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (d. 1691)
  • 1693Gregor Werner, Austrian composer (d. 1766)
  • 1701Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
  • 1706John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (d. 1775)
  • 1712Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
  • 1717Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1774)
  • 1719Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1749)
  • 1719 – Christian Felix Weiße, German poet and playwright (d. 1802)
  • 1755Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Polish-German physician, anthropologist, and paleontologist (d. 1830)
  • 1784George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860)
  • 1797Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (d. 1867)
  • 1818George S. Boutwell, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
  • 1822Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian soldier, journalist, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892)
  • 1833Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (d. 1885)
  • 1841Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-American explorer and journalist (d. 1904)
  • 1843Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet and linguist (d. 1890)
  • 1853José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (d. 1895)
  • 1853 – Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1900)
  • 1857William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898)
  • 1858Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (d. 1934)
  • 1861Julián Felipe, Filipino composer and educator (d. 1944)
  • 1863Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (d. 1918)
  • 1864Charles Williams Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors (d. 1948)
  • 1864 – Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer and academic, invented the hot-bulb engine and Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine (d. 1927)
  • 1865Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (d. 1928)
  • 1865 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (d. 1952)
  • 1873Colette, French journalist and author (d. 1954)
  • 1873 – Monty Noble, Australian cricketer (d. 1940)
  • 1874Alex Smith, Scottish golfer (d. 1930)
  • 1875Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1965)
  • 1878Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor (d. 1940)
  • 1880Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (d. 1970)
  • 1884Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (d. 1962)
  • 1885Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1920)
  • 1886Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (d. 1973)
  • 1886 – Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (d. 1976)
  • 1887Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator (d. 1982)
  • 1890Robert Stroud, American ornithologist and murderer (d. 1963)
  • 1897Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (d. 1986)
  • 1899Elias Simojoki, Finnish priest and activist (d. 1940)
  • 1900Alice Neel, American painter (d. 1984)
  • 1903Aleksander Kamiński, Polish author and educator (d. 1978)
  • 1906Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (d. 1992)
  • 1908Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian (d. 1998)
  • 1909John Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931)
  • 1911Johan van Hulst, Dutch academic and politician
  • 1912Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)
  • 1913Maurice Gosfield, American actor (d. 1964)
  • 1915Nien Cheng, Chinese-American author (d. 2009)
  • 1918Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
  • 1918 – Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
  • 1919Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (d. 2002)
  • 1921Vytautas Norkus, Lithuanian–American basketball player (d. 2014)
  • 1922Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (d. 2014)
  • 1922 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
  • 1924Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1976)
  • 1925Raja Ramanna, Indian physicist and politician (d. 2004)
  • 1927Eşref Kolçak, Turkish actor
  • 1927 – Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
  • 1927 – Ronnie Scott, English saxophonist (The Jazz Couriers) (d. 1996)
  • 1927 – Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
  • 1927 – Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
  • 1928Shorty Castro, Puerto Rican-American actor, director, screenwriter, composer, musician, and dancer.
  • 1929Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (d. 2014)
  • 1929 – Nikolai Parshin, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
  • 1929 – Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator
  • 1929 – Edith M. Flanigen, American chemist
  • 1930Kurt Biedenkopf, German academic and politician, 54th President of the German Bundesrat
  • 1930 – Roy Clarke, English screenwriter, comedian and soldier
  • 1933Jack Hill, American director and screenwriter
  • 1934Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990)
  • 1934 – Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor and producer (d. 1970)
  • 1935David Lodge, English author and critic
  • 1935 – Nicholas Pryor, American actor
  • 1936Alan Alda, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1936 – Ismail Kadare, Albanian author and poet
  • 1937Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host (d. 2013)
  • 1938Tomas Lindahl, Swedish-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1938 – Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter and coach (d. 2016)
  • 1939John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1940Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded Grupo Carso
  • 1940 – Trebor Jay Tichenor, American pianist and composer (d. 2014)
  • 1941Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)
  • 1941 – Cash McCall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1941 – King Tubby, Jamaican DJ, producer, and engineer (d. 1989)
  • 1942Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater
  • 1942 – Erkki Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and producer
  • 1943John Beck, American actor
  • 1943 – Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and minister
  • 1943 – Dick Taylor, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1944Bobby Ball, English comedian, actor, and singer
  • 1944 – Tim Heald, English journalist and author
  • 1944 – Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (d. 2013)
  • 1944 – John Tavener, English composer (d. 2013)
  • 1945Frank Doubleday, American actor
  • 1945 – Maxwell Fuller, Australian chess player (d. 2013)
  • 1945 – Karen Lynn Gorney, American actress
  • 1945 – Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director
  • 1945 – John Perkins, American author and activist
  • 1945 – Robert Wyatt, English singer-songwriter and drummer
  • 1947Jeanne Shaheen, American educator and politician, 78th Governor of New Hampshire
  • 1948Bob Moses, American drummer
  • 1948 – Charles Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President of Liberia
  • 1949Mike Moore, New Zealand union leader and politician, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • 1949 – Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach
  • 1950Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king
  • 1950 – Barbi Benton, American model and actress
  • 1950 – Bob Hay, American singer-songwriter
  • 1950 – David C. Hilmers, American colonel, physician, and astronaut
  • 1950 – Naila Kabeer, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
  • 1951Brian Bilbray, American politician
  • 1951 – Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1952Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
  • 1952 – Tomokazu Miura, Japanese actor
  • 1953Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1953 – Chris Carter, English DJ and producer
  • 1954Peter Lampe, German theologian and historian
  • 1954 – Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (d. 2013)
  • 1954 – Rick Warren, American pastor and author
  • 1955Vinod Khosla, Indian-American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
  • 1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy, French lawyer and politician, 23rd President of France
  • 1956Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator
  • 1957Kent Kessler, American bassist
  • 1957 – Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1957 – Nick Price, South African-Zimbabwean golfer
  • 1957 – Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
  • 1959Frank Darabont, American director and producer
  • 1959 – Dave Sharp, English guitarist
  • 1960Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician
  • 1960 – Robert von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American historian and academic
  • 1961Arnaldur Indriðason, Icelandic author
  • 1961 – Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1962Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1963Dan Spitz, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1964David Lawrence, English cricketer
  • 1964 – Juergen Teller, German-English photographer
  • 1964 – Park Hae-mi, South Korean actress
  • 1966Seiji Mizushima, Japanese director and producer
  • 1967Billy Brownless, Australian footballer and sportscaster
  • 1967Marvin Sapp, American singer-songwriter
  • 1968Rakim, American rapper
  • 1968 – Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
  • 1969Mo Rocca, American comedian and television journalist
  • 1969 – Linda Sánchez, American lawyer and politician
  • 1971Anthony Hamilton, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1972Nicky Southall, English footballer and manager
  • 1972 – Léon van Bon, Dutch cyclist
  • 1974Tony Delk, American basketball player and coach
  • 1974 – Ramsey Nasr, Dutch author and poet
  • 1974 – Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player and politician
  • 1974 – Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
  • 1975Shark Boy, American wrestler
  • 1975 – Tanya Chua, Singaporean singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1975 – Pedro Pinto, Portuguese-American journalist
  • 1975 – Junior Spivey, American baseball player and coach
  • 1976Sireli Bobo, Fijian rugby player
  • 1976 – Emiko Kado, Japanese wrestler (d. 1999)
  • 1976 – Mark Madsen, American basketball player and coach
  • 1976 – Rick Ross, American rapper and producer
  • 1976 – Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
  • 1977Sandis Buškevics, Latvian basketball player and coach
  • 1977 – Daunte Culpepper, American football player
  • 1977 – Matt DeVries, American guitarist
  • 1977 – Joey Fatone, American singer, dancer, and television personality
  • 1977 – Takuma Sato, Japanese race car driver
  • 1978Sheamus, Irish wrestler and actor
  • 1978 – Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
  • 1978 – Jamie Carragher, English footballer and sportscaster
  • 1978 – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
  • 1980Nick Carter, American singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1980 – Yasuhito Endō, Japanese footballer
  • 1980 – Brian Fallon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1980 – Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
  • 1981Gen Hoshino, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1981 – Elijah Wood, American actor and producer
  • 1982Ryan Sheridan, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1982 – Annie Social, American wrestler
  • 1984Ben Clucas, English race car driver
  • 1984 – Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
  • 1984 – Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
  • 1984 – Anne Panter, English field hockey player
  • 1985Daniel Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1985 – J. Cole, American rapper, songwriter and record producer.
  • 1985 – Lauris Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player
  • 1985 – Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
  • 1985 – Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer
  • 1986Jessica Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdler
  • 1986 – Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor
  • 1986 – Antonis Petropoulos, Greek footballer
  • 1986 – Asad Shafiq, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1988Paul Henry, English footballer
  • 1988 – Seiya Sanada, Japanese wrestler
  • 1989Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer
  • 1989 – Ronny Philp, Romanian-German footballer
  • 1990Kalifa Faifai Loa, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1990 – Zhang Kailin, Chinese tennis player
  • 1991Jordan Kahu, Australian rugby player
  • 1991 – Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1992Sergio Araujo, Argentinian footballer
  • 1992 – Andrei Savchenko, Russian footballer
  • 1993Richmond Boakye, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1993 – Mitch Cornish, Australian rugby league player
  • 1998Ariel Winter, American actress

Deaths[]

  • 592Guntram, French king (b. 532)
  • 814Charlemagne, Roman emperor (b. 742)
  • 1061Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1031)
  • 1256William II, Count of Holland, King of Germany
  • 1271Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (b. 1247)
  • 1443Robert le Maçon, French diplomat (b. 1365)
  • 1547Henry VIII of England (b. 1491)
  • 1613Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (b. 1545)
  • 1621Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
  • 1666Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (b. 1591)
  • 1672Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
  • 1681Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (b. 1619)
  • 1687Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)
  • 1697Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (b. 1645)
  • 1754Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684)
  • 1832Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
  • 1859F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
  • 1864Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
  • 1903Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
  • 1912Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
  • 1918John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
  • 1921Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
  • 1930Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
  • 1935Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
  • 1937Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
  • 1938Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
  • 1939W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
  • 1942Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
  • 1945Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
  • 1947Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
  • 1948Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
  • 1948 – Therese Brandl, German concentration camp guard (b. 1902)
  • 1948 – Arthur Liebehenschel, German SS officer (b. 1901)
  • 1949Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
  • 1950Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
  • 1953James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
  • 1953 – Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
  • 1959Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
  • 1960Zora Neale Hurston, American anthropologist and author (b. 1891)
  • 1962Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor (b. 1884)
  • 1963Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
  • 1965Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
  • 1965 – Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
  • 1968Aleksander Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player (b. 1890)
  • 1971Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
  • 1975Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (b. 1887)
  • 1976Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)
  • 1978Ward Moore, American author (b. 1903)
  • 1979Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (b. 1901)
  • 1983Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
  • 1983 – Billy Fury, English singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
  • 1986 – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger
    • Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1944)
    • Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (b. 1948)
    • Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (b. 1950)
    • Ellison Onizuka, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1946)
    • Judith Resnik, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1949)
    • Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)
    • Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1945)
  • 1988Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and politician (b. 1911)
  • 1989Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (b. 1938)
  • 1993Helen Sawyer Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (b. 1905)
  • 1996Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)
  • 1996 – Burne Hogarth, American cartoonist and author (b. 1911)
  • 1996 – Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator, co-created Superman (b. 1914)
  • 1998Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1938)
  • 1999Valery Gavrilin, Russian composer (b. 1939)
  • 1999 – Markey Robinson, Irish painter and sculptor (b. 1918)
  • 2001Ranko Marinković, Croatian author and playwright (b. 1913)
  • 2002Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (b. 1913)
  • 2002 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
  • 2002 – Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (b. 1946)
  • 2003Mieke Pullen, Dutch runner (b. 1957)
  • 2004José Miguel Agrelot, Puerto Rican-American radio host (b. 1923)
  • 2004 – Lloyd M. Bucher, American captain (b. 1927)
  • 2004 – Elroy Hirsch, American football player (b. 1923)
  • 2004 – Mel Pritchard, English drummer (Barclay James Harvest) (b. 1948)
  • 2005Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1944)
  • 2007Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (b. 1929)
  • 2007 – Robert Drinan, American priest, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
  • 2007 – Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (b. 1963)
  • 2007 – Karel Svoboda, Czech composer (b. 1938)
  • 2009Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1952)
  • 2012Roman Juszkiewicz, Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1952)
  • 2012 – Don Starkell, Canadian adventurer and author (b. 1932)
  • 2013Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach (b. 1936)
  • 2013 – Hattie N. Harrison, American educator and politician (b. 1928)
  • 2013 – Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (b. 1940)
  • 2013 – Herbert Loebl, German-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923)
  • 2013 – Dan Massey, American activist and author (b. 1942)
  • 2013 – Ceija Stojka, Austrian-Romanian author and painter (b. 1933)
  • 2014John Cacavas, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
  • 2014 – Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1930)
  • 2014 – Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
  • 2014 – Nigel Jenkins, Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (b. 1949)
  • 2014 – Gudō Wafu Nishijima, Japanese priest and educator (b. 1919)
  • 2014 – Jorge Obeid, Argentinian engineer and politician, Governor of Santa Fe (b. 1947)
  • 2015Suraj Abdurrahman, Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (b. 1954)
  • 2015 – Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
  • 2015 – Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)
  • 2015 – Charles B. Peatross, American lawyer and judge (b. 1940)
  • 2016Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (b. 1941)
  • 2016 – Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
  • 2016 – Franklin Gene Bissell, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
  • 2016 – Buddy Cianci, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Providence (b. 1941)
  • 2016 – Aleš Debeljak, Slovenian poet and critic (b. 1961)
  • 2016 – Bob Tizard, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1924)


Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Julian of Cuenca
    • Thomas Aquinas
    • January 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Army Day (Armenia)
  • Data Privacy Day

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