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January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . 357 days remain until the end of the year (358 in leap years ).
Events [ ] Pre-1600 [ ] 307 – Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Jin Huidi , despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying .[1] 871 – Æthelred I and Alfred the Great lead a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings .[2] 1297 – François Grimaldi , disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco , establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco .[3] 1454 – The papal bull Romanus Pontifex Kingdom of Portugal exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of Cape Bojador .[4] 1499 – Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII .[5] 1547 – The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas Königsberg .[6] 1601–1900 [ ] 1735 – The premiere of George Frideric Handel 's Ariodante Royal Opera House , Covent Garden .[7] 1746 – Second Jacobite rising : Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling .[8] 1790 – George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.[9] 1806 – The Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa becomes the British Cape Colony as a result of the Battle of Blaauwberg .[10] 1811 – Charles Deslondes leads an unsuccessful slave revolt in the North American settlements of St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana .[11] 1815 – War of 1812 : Battle of New Orleans : Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.[12] 1828 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.[13] 1835 – US President Andrew Jackson announces a celebratory dinner after having reduced the United States national debt to zero for the only time.[14] 1863 – American Civil War : Second Battle of Springfield .[15] 1867 – The United States Congress passes the bill to allow African American men the right to vote in Washington, D.C.[16] 1877 – Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain , Montana Territory .[17] 1889 – Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.[18] 1900 – President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.[19] 1901–present [ ] 1912 – The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).[20] 1918 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points " as conditions for ending World War I .[21] 1920 – The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.[22] 1926 – Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ is crowned emperor of Vietnam, the country's last monarch.[23] 1926 – Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz .[24]
1936 – Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah , Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.[25] 1940 – World War II : Britain introduces food rationing .[26] 1945 – World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading Japanese Imperial forces .[27] 1946 – Andrei Zhdanov , Chairman of the Finnish Allied Commission, submitted to the Finnish War Criminal Court an interrogation report by General Erich Buschenhagen , a German prisoner of war, on the contacts between Finnish and German military personnel before the Continuation War and a copy of Hitler 's Barbarossa plan .[28] 1956 – Operation Auca : Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making first contact.[29] 1959 – Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic .[30] 1961 – In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria .[31] 1964 – President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty " in the United States.[32] 1972 – Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh .[33] 1973 – Soviet space mission Luna 21 [34] 1973 – Watergate scandal : The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.[35]
1975 – Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut , the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.[36] 1977 – Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.[37] 1981 – A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France , claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".[38] 1982 – Breakup of the Bell System : In the United States, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.[36] 1989 – Kegworth air disaster : British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400 , crashes into the M1 motorway , killing 47 of the 126 people on board.[39] 1994 – Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 Mir . He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.[40] 1996 – An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa , Zaire , killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.[41] 2002 – President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act .[42] 2003 – Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport , Turkey , killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.[43] 2003 – Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport , in Charlotte , North Carolina , killing all 21 people on board.[44]
2004 – The Template:RMS , then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II .[45] 2005 – The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam . One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.[46] 2009 – A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.[47] 2010 – Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations , killing three people and injuring another nine.[48] 2011 – Sitting US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is shot in the head along with 18 others in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona . Giffords survived the assassination attempt, but six others died, including John Roll , a federal judge.[49] 2016 – Joaquín Guzmán , widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.[50] 2016 – West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure ; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed.[51]
2020 – Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashes immediately after takeoff at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport ; all 176 on board are killed. The plane was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile.[52] 2021 – Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega , Caracas , Venezuela.[53] 2023 – Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress .[54] Births [ ] 1556 – Uesugi Kagekatsu , Japanese daimyo (d. 1623)1583 – Simon Episcopius , Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1643)1587 – Johannes Fabricius , German astronomer and academic (d. 1616)1589 – Ivan Gundulić , Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1638)1601 – Baltasar Gracián , Spanish priest and author (d. 1658)1628 – François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg , French general (d. 1695)1632 – Samuel von Pufendorf , German economist and jurist (d. 1694)1635 – Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero , Spanish cardinal (d. 1709)1638 – Elisabetta Sirani , Italian painter (d. 1665)1680 – Sebastiano Conca , Italian painter (d. 1764)1735 – John Carroll , American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University (d. 1815)1763 – Edmond-Charles Genêt , French-American translator and diplomat (d. 1834)1786 – Nicholas Biddle , American banker and financier (d. 1844)1788 – Archduke Rudolf of Austria (d. 1831)1792 – Lowell Mason , American composer and educator (d. 1872)1805 – John Bigler , American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California (d. 1871)1805 – Orson Hyde , American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (d. 1878)
1812 – Sigismond Thalberg , Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1871)1817 – Theophilus Shepstone , English-South African politician (d. 1893)1821 – James Longstreet , American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey (d. 1904)1821 – W. H. L. Wallace , American lawyer and general (d. 1862)
1823 – Alfred Russel Wallace , Welsh-English geographer, biologist, and explorer (d. 1913)1824 – Wilkie Collins , English author and playwright (d. 1889)1824 – Francisco González Bocanegra , Mexican poet and composer (d. 1861)
1830 – Albert Bierstadt , German-American painter and educator (d. 1902)1830 – Hans von Bülow , German pianist and composer (d. 1894)
1836 – Lawrence Alma-Tadema , Dutch-English painter and academic (d. 1912)1843 – Frederick Abberline , English police officer (d. 1929)1843 – Karl Eduard Heusner , German admiral (d. 1891)
1843 – John H. Moffitt , American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1926)
1852 – James Milton Carroll , American pastor and author (d. 1931)1854 – Fanny Bullock Workman , American mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (d. 1925)1860 – Emma Booth , English author (d. 1903)1862 – Frank Nelson Doubleday , American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (d. 1934)1864 – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892)1865 – Winnaretta Singer , American philanthropist (d. 1943)1866 – William G. Conley , American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1940)1867 – Emily Greene Balch , American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)1870 – Miguel Primo de Rivera , Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1930)1871 – James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon , Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 1940)1873 – Iuliu Maniu , Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1953)1873 – Elena of Montenegro (d. 1956)
1876 – Arturs Alberings , Latvian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (d. 1934)1879 – Charles Bryant , English-American actor and director (d. 1948)1881 – Henrik Shipstead , American dentist and politician (d. 1960)1881 – Linnie Marsh Wolfe , American librarian and author (d. 1945)
1883 – Pavel Filonov , Russian painter and poet (d. 1941)1883 – Patrick J. Hurley , American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War (d. 1963)
1885 – John Curtin , Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1945)1885 – Mór Kóczán , Hungarian javelin thrower and pastor (d. 1972)
1885 – A. J. Muste , Dutch-American pastor and activist (d. 1967)
1888 – Richard Courant , German-American mathematician and academic (d. 1972)1891 – Walther Bothe , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)1891 – Storm Jameson , English journalist and author (d. 1986)
1891 – Bronislava Nijinska , Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1972)
1894 – Maximilian Kolbe , Polish martyr and saint (d. 1941)1896 – Arthur Ford , American psychic, founded the Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship (d. 1971)1896 – Jaromír Weinberger , Czech-American composer and academic (d. 1967)
1897 – Dennis Wheatley , English soldier and author (d. 1977)1899 – S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (d. 1959)1900 – Merlyn Myer , Australian philanthropist (d. 1982)1902 – Georgy Malenkov , Russian engineer and politician (d. 1988)1902 – Carl Rogers , American psychologist and academic (d. 1987)
1904 – Karl Brandt , German physician and SS officer (d. 1948)1904 – Tampa Red , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1981)
1905 – Carl Gustav Hempel , German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (d. 1997)1905 – Giacinto Scelsi , Italian composer and poet (d. 1988)
1906 – Serge Poliakoff , Russian-French painter (d. 1969)1907 – Keizō Hayashi , Japanese general and civil servant (d. 1991)1908 – Fearless Nadia , Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (d. 1966)1909 – Ashapoorna Devi , Indian author and poet (d. 1995)1909 – Willy Millowitsch , German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1909 – Bruce Mitchell , South African cricketer (d. 1995)
1909 – Nikolaos Platon , Greek archaeologist (d. 1992)
1909 – Evelyn Wood , American author and educator (d. 1995)
1910 – Galina Ulanova , Russian actress and ballerina (d. 1998)1911 – Tom Delaney , English race car driver and businessman (d. 2006)1911 – Gypsy Rose Lee , American actress, dancer, and author (d. 1970)
1912 – José Ferrer , Puerto Rican-American actor and director (d. 1992)1912 – Lawrence Walsh , Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (d. 2014)
1915 – Walker Cooper , American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)1917 – Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor , American author, playwright, and academic (d. 1994)1920 – Richard Benedict , American actor and director (d. 1984)1922 – Dale D. Myers , American engineer (d. 2015)1922 – Jan Nieuwenhuys , Dutch painter (d. 1986)
1923 – Larry Storch , American actor and comedian1923 – Giorgio Tozzi , American opera singer and actor (d. 2011)
1923 – Joseph Weizenbaum , German-American computer scientist and author (d. 2008)
1924 – Benjamin Lees , Chinese-American soldier and composer (d. 2010)1924 – Ron Moody , English actor and singer (d. 2015)
1925 – Mohan Rakesh , Indian author and playwright (d. 1972)1926 – Evelyn Lear , American operatic soprano (d. 2012)1926 – Kelucharan Mohapatra , Indian dancer and choreographer (d. 2004)
1926 – Hanae Mori , Japanese fashion designer
1926 – Soupy Sales , American comedian and actor (d. 2009)
1927 – Charles Tomlinson , English poet and academic (d. 2015)1928 – Slade Gorton , American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th Attorney General of Washington 1928 – Gaston Miron , Canadian poet and author (d. 1996)
1931 – Bill Graham , German-American businessman (d. 1991)1931 – Clarence Benjamin Jones , American lawyer and scholar
1933 – Nolan Miller , American fashion and jewelry designer (d. 2012)1933 – Charles Osgood , American soldier and journalist
1933 – Jean-Marie Straub , French director and screenwriter
1933 – Willie Tasby , American baseball player
1934 – Jacques Anquetil , French cyclist (d. 1987)1934 – Gene Freese , American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
1934 – Alexandra Ripley , American author (d. 2004)
1935 – Lewis H. Lapham , American publisher, founded Lapham's Quarterly 1935 – Elvis Presley , American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 1977)
1936 – Zdeněk Mácal , Czech-American conductor1936 – Robert May, Baron May of Oxford , Australian-English zoologist, ecologist, and academic
1937 – Shirley Bassey , Welsh singer1938 – Bob Eubanks , American game show host and producer1938 – Anthony Giddens , English sociologist and academic
1938 – Yevgeny Nesterenko , Russian opera singer and educator
1939 – Carolina Herrera , Venezuelan-American fashion designer1939 – Ruth Maleczech , American actress (d. 2013)
1939 – Alan Wilson , English mathematician and academic
1940 – Mark Bretscher , English biologist and academic1941 – Graham Chapman , English actor and screenwriter (d. 1989)1942 – Stephen Hawking , English physicist and author1942 – Junichirō Koizumi , Japanese politician, 56th Prime Minister of Japan
1942 – Yvette Mimieux , American actress
1942 – Royce Waltman , American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
1943 – Charles Murray , American political scientist and author1944 – Terry Brooks , American lawyer and author1945 – Nancy Bond , American author and academic1945 – Kadir Topbaş , Turkish architect and politician, 31st Mayor of Istanbul
1946 – Robby Krieger , American guitarist and songwriter1947 – Don Bendell , American rancher and author1947 – David Bowie , English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2016)
1947 – David Gates , American journalist and author
1947 – Antti Kalliomäki , Finnish pole vaulter and politician
1947 – Samuel Schmid , Swiss lawyer and politician, 90th President of the Swiss Confederation
1947 – Luke Williams , New Zealand-American wrestler
1948 – Jerzy Kaczmarek , Polish fencer1948 – Gillies MacKinnon , Scottish director and screenwriter
1948 – Zekai Özger , Turkish poet and academic (d. 1973)
1949 – John Podesta , American lawyer and politician, 20th White House Chief of Staff 1949 – Lawrence Rowe , Jamaican cricketer
1951 – Kenny Anthony , Saint Lucian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Saint Lucia 1951 – John McTiernan , American director and producer
1951 – Franz Pachl , German chess player and composer
1951 – Karen Tei Yamashita , American author and academic
1952 – Vladimir Feltsman , Russian-American pianist and educator1952 – Peter McCullagh , Irish mathematician and academic
1952 – Mel Reynolds , American academic and politician
1953 – Bruce Sutter , American baseball player1954 – Konstantinos Kypriotis , Greek martial artist (d. 1995)1955 – Joan Kingston , Canadian nurse, educator, and politician1955 – Spiros Livathinos , Greek footballer and coach
1955 – Mike Reno , Canadian singer and drummer
1957 – Nacho Duato , Spanish dancer and choreographer1957 – David Lang , American composer and academic
1958 – Rey Misterio, Sr. , Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor1959 – Kim Duk-koo , South Korean boxer (d. 1982)1959 – Paul Hester , Australian drummer (d. 2005)
1959 – Keith Rodden , American NASCAR crew chief
1960 – Lee Tomboulian , American pianist, accordion player, composer, and educator1960 – Dave Weckl , American drummer
1961 – Keith Arkell , English chess player1961 – Calvin Smith , American sprinter
1962 – Chris Marion , American singer and keyboard player1964 – Marc Quinn , English sculptor1964 – Ron Sexsmith , Canadian singer-songwriter
1966 – Igor Vyazmikin , Russian ice hockey player (d. 2009)1966 – Andrew Wood , American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
1967 – Willie Anderson , American basketball player1967 – Torsten Gowitzke , German footballer and manager
1967 – Steven Jacobs , Australian television host and actor
1967 – Tom Watson , English politician
1968 – Keith Mullings , Jamaican-American boxer1969 – J. Hunter Johnson , American game designer, author, and translator1970 – Jason Giambi , American baseball player1971 – Jesper Jansson , Swedish footballer1971 – Mike Süsser , German chef and author
1971 – Pascal Zuberbühler , Swiss footballer and coach
1972 – Paul Clement , English footballer, coach, and manager1972 – Giuseppe Favalli , Italian footballer
1973 – Mike Cameron , American baseball player1973 – Henning Solberg , Norwegian race car driver
1973 – Jason Stevens , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1975 – Harris Jayaraj , Indian composer and producer1976 – Kenneth Andam , Ghanaian sprinter and businessman1976 – Jenny Lewis , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1976 – Carl Pavano , American baseball player
1977 – Amber Benson , American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter1977 – Ilisha Jarret , American basketball player
1977 – Lee Yoo-jin , South Korean actress and host
1979 – Torry Castellano , American drummer1979 – Seol Ki-hyeon , South Korean footballer and manager
1979 – Adrian Mutu , Romanian footballer
1979 – Stipe Pletikosa , Croatian footballer
1979 – Sarah Polley , Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
1979 – Tomasz Schafernaker , Polish-English meteorologist
1979 – Mirella van Melis , Dutch cyclist
1980 – Adam Goodes , Australian footballer1980 – Rachel Nichols , American actress and producer
1981 – Jeff Francis , Canadian baseball player1981 – Ioannis Kokkodis , Greek swimmer
1981 – Virgil Spier , Dutch sprinter and hurdler
1981 – Trent Waterhouse , Australian rugby player
1982 – Emanuele Calaiò , Italian footballer1982 – Wil Francis , American singer-songwriter and producer
1982 – Gaby Hoffmann , American actress
1983 – Jon Daly , Irish footballer1983 – Chris Masters , American wrestler and actor
1984 – Jeff Francoeur , American baseball player1984 – Stephen Simpson , South African race car driver
1984 – Jeon Ji-ae , South Korean actress
1984 – Kim Jong-un , North Korean soldier and politician, 3rd Supreme Leader of North Korea
1986 – David Silva , Spanish footballer1987 – Carmen Klaschka , German tennis player1988 – Vitaliy Hoshkoderya , Ukrainian footballer1988 – Adrián López , Spanish footballer
1988 – Michael Mancienne , English footballer
1989 – Aaron Cruden , New Zealand rugby player1989 – Kristján Einar , Icelandic race car driver
1989 – Lee Yi-kyung , South Korean actor
1990 – Hassan Adhuham , Maldivian footballer1990 – Jeff Allen , American football player
1990 – Sascha Bigalke , German footballer
1990 – Scott Pye , Australian race car driver
1991 – Jorge Enríquez , Mexican footballer1991 – Stefan Savić , Montenegrin footballer
1991 – Shin Ji-min , South Korean singer and rapper
1991 – Emiliano Tabone , Argentinian footballer
1992 – Koke , Spanish footballer1992 – Stefanie Dolson , American basketball player
1992 – Apostolos Vellios , Greek footballer
1993 – Giovanni Galbieri , Italian sprinterDeaths [ ] 307 – Emperor Hui of Jin (b. 259)482 – Severinus of Noricum , Italian saint (b. 410)1107 – Edgar, King of Scotland (b. 1074)1198 – Pope Celestine III (b. 1106)1337 – Giotto , Italian painter and architect, designed Scrovegni Chapel and Giotto's Campanile (b. 1266)1456 – Lawrence Giustiniani , Italian bishop and saint (b. 1381)1464 – Thomas Ebendorfer , Austrian historian and academic (b. 1385)1557 – Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (b. 1522)1570 – Philibert de l'Orme , French sculptor and architect, designed the Château d'Anet (b. 1510)1598 – John George, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1525)1642 – Galileo Galilei , Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1564)1664 – Moses Amyraut , French physician and theologian (b. 1596)1707 – John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair , Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648)1713 – Arcangelo Corelli , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)1775 – John Baskerville , English printer and type designer (b. 1706)1789 – Jack Broughton , English boxer (b. 1703)1794 – Justus Möser , German lawyer and jurist (b. 1720)1815 – Edward Pakenham , Anglo-Irish general and politician (b. 1778)1825 – Eli Whitney , American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (b. 1765)1853 – Mihály Bertalanits , Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)1854 – William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford , English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)1865 – Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre , French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)1874 – Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg , French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)1878 – Nikolay Nekrasov , Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)1878 – Gauchito Gil , Argentinian saint (b. 1847)1880 – Emperor Norton , English-American businessman (b. 1811)1883 – Miska Magyarics , Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)1896 – William Rainey Marshall , American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)1896 – Paul Verlaine , French poet (b. 1844)
1901 – John Barry , Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)1912 – Friedrich Schrempf , German journalist and politician (b. 1858)1914 – Simon Bolivar Buckner , American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)1916 – Rembrandt Bugatti , Italian sculptor (b. 1884)1916 – Ada Rehan , Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
1918 – Johannes Pääsuke , Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)1918 – Ellis H. Roberts , American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
1934 – Andrei Bely , Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)1934 – Alexandre Stavisky , Ukrainian-French financier (b. 1886)
1935 – Rauf Yekta , Turkish musicologist and author (b. 1871)1938 – Johnny Gruelle , American author and illustrator (b. 1880)1941 – Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell , English general (b. 1857)1942 – Joseph Franklin Rutherford , American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1869)1943 – Richard Hillary , Australian pilot and author (b. 1919)1943 – Andres Larka , Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (b. 1879)
1944 – William Kissam Vanderbilt II , American lieutenant and sailor (b. 1878)1945 – Karl Ernst Krafft , Swiss astrologer and author (b. 1900)1948 – Kurt Schwitters , German painter and graphic designer (b. 1887)1950 – Joseph Schumpeter , Czech-American economist and academic (b. 1883)1952 – Antonia Maury , American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1866)1953 – Hugh Binney , English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883)1954 – Eduard Wiiralt , Estonian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1898)1956 – Jim Elliot , American missionary and martyr (b. 1928)1958 – Mary Colter , American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (b. 1869)1958 – John Duff , Canadian race car driver (b. 1895)
1961 – Schoolboy Rowe , American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)1969 – Albert Hill , English runner and coach (b. 1889)1969 – Elmar Kaljot , Estonian footballer and coach (b. 1901)
1970 – Jani Christou , Egyptian-Greek pianist and composer (b. 1926)1970 – Georges Guibourg , French actor, singer, and playwright (b. 1891)
1972 – Kenneth Patchen , American poet and author (b. 1911)1975 – Richard Tucker , American tenor (b. 1913)1976 – Zhou Enlai , Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)1976 – Robert Forgan , Scottish-English physician and politician (b. 1891)
1979 – Sara Carter , American singer-songwriter and harp player (b. 1898)1980 – John Mauchly , American physicist and academic (b. 1907)1981 – Matthew Beard , American actor (b. 1925)1982 – Grégoire Aslan , Swiss-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908)1983 – Hüseyin Alp , Turkish basketball player and actor (b. 1935)1983 – Gerhard Barkhorn , German general and pilot (b. 1919)
1983 – Tom McCall , American journalist and politician 30th Governor of Oregon (b. 1913)
1984 – Eerik Kumari , Estonian ornithologist and academic (b. 1912)1986 – Pierre Fournier , French cellist and educator (b. 1906)1990 – Bernard Krigstein , American illustrator (b. 1919)1990 – Terry-Thomas , English actor and comedian (b. 1911)
1991 – Steve Clark , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)1994 – Pat Buttram , American actor and comedian (b. 1915)1994 – Harvey Haddix , American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)
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