January 10

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Events

Pre-1600

49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
9 – 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
69 – Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
236 – Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1072 – Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo in Sicily for the Normans.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1430 – Philip 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.<ref name="Gibbons2013">Template:Cite book</ref>
1475 – Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at the Tower of London.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1776 – American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1791 – The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1812 – The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1861 – American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1863 – The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1876 – The Plan of Tuxtepec is announced.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.<ref>Template:Cite book; Template:Cite book</ref>
1901 – New York: Automobile Club of America installs signs on major highways.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1916 – World War I: Imperial Russia begins the Erzurum Offensive, leading to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire Template:'s Third Army.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1917 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1920 – The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I for all combatant nations except the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1920 – League of Nations Covenant automatically enters into force after the Treaty of Versailles is ratified by Germany.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1927 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1941 – World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1946 – The first General Assembly of the United Nations assembles in the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster. Fifty-one nations are represented.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1946 – The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1954 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea, killing 35 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1972 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
1980 – The New England Journal of Medicine publishes the letter Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics, which is later misused to downplay the general risk of addiction to opioids.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=atlantic>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
1984 – Holy 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.
1985 – Sandinista 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.
1990 – Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
2000 – Crossair Flight 498, a Saab 340 aircraft, crashes in Niederhasli, Switzerland, after taking off from Zurich Airport, killing 13 people.<ref name="AAIB">Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 – A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – A bombing at Jamrud in Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and injures 78 others.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in the Quetta area of Pakistan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

626 – Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shia Imam (d. 680)<ref name="shabbar">Template:Cite book</ref>
1480 – Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530)
1538 – Louis of Nassau (d. 1574)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1607 – Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary (d. 1646)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1644 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (d. 1711)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1654 – Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (d. 1712)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1702 – Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1715 – Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1750 – Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1823)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1760 – Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor (d. 1802)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1769 – Michel Ney, French general (d. 1815)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1776 – George Birkbeck, English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (d. 1841)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1780 – Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (d. 1857)
1802 – Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (d. 1860)
1810 – Ferdinand 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)<ref>Template:Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
1823 – Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist (d. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1827 – Amanda Cajander, Finnish medical reformer (d. 1871)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1828 – Herman Koeckemann, German bishop and missionary (d. 1892)<ref name="Weber1994">Template:Cite book</ref>
1829 – Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1879)<ref>Georg Veloudis: "Delijeorjis, Epaminondas", in Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas. Vol. 1. Munich 1974, pp. 385–387.</ref>
1834 – John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (d. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1840 – Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (d. 1925)
1842 – Luigi Pigorini, Italian paleontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (d. 1925)
1843 – Frank James, American soldier and criminal (d. 1915)
1848 – Reinhold Sadler, American merchant and politician, 9th Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)
1849 – Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (d. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1850 – John Wellborn Root, American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (d. 1891)
1853 – Jessie Bond, mezzo-soprano roles in Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.(d. 1942)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1854 – Ramón Corral, Mexican general and politician, 6th Vice President of Mexico (d. 1912)
1858 – Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1859 – Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (d. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1860 – Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author (d. 1943)
1864 – Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1873 – Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (d. 1948)
1873 – Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1935)
1873 – George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (d. 1958)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1875 – Issai Schur, German mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
1877 – Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1948)
1878 – John McLean, American hurdler, football player, and coach (d. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1880 – Manuel Azaña, Spanish jurist and politician, 7th President of Spain (d. 1940)
1883 – Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1966)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1883 – Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1887 – Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (d. 1962)
1890 – Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (d. 1984)
1891 – Heinrich Behmann, German mathematician and academic (d. 1970)
1891 – Ann Shoemaker, American actress (d. 1978)
1892 – Dumas Malone, American historian and author (d. 1986)
1892 – Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1974)
1893 – Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1932)
1894 – Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author (d. 1972)
1895 – Percy Cerutty, Australian athletics coach (d. 1975)
1896 – Yong Mun Sen, Malaysian watercolour painter (d. 1962)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1896 – Dinkar G. Kelkar, Indian art collector (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1898 – Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist and engineer (d. 1979)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1900 – Violette Cordery, English racing driver (d. 1983)

1901–present

1903 – Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1903 – Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997)<ref>Väli, Voldemar. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon</ref>
1904 – Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (d. 1987)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1907 – Gordon Kidd Teal, American engineer and inventor (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1908 – Jaime Garcia Goulart, Portuguese Catholic missionary and bishop (d. 1997)<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>
1908 – Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (d. 1992)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1908 – Bernard Lee, English actor (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1910 – Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (d. 1976)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1911 – Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1911 – Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1912 – Della H. Raney, American Army Air Corps officer (d. 1987)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1913 – Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1913 – Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1914 – Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1915 – Dean Dixon, American-Swiss conductor (d. 1976)<ref>Dean Dixon biography at the African American Registry</ref>
1915 – Cynthia Freeman, American author (d. 1988)
1916 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1916 – Eldzier Cortor, American painter (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
1916 – Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1917 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1918 – Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1918 – Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1919 – Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (d. 1977)
1919 – Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (d. 2009)
1920 – Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (d. 2008)<ref>Short, Candy Franklin. Hightower, Rosella (1920–). Template:Webarchive Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture. 2009 (retrieved Feb 9, 2009)</ref>
1920 – Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (d. 2015)
1921 – Rodger Ward, American aviator, race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1922 – Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2001)
1924 – Earl Bakken, American inventor (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1924 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 1996)
1925 – Billie Sol Estes, American financier and businessman (d. 2013)
1926 – Musallam 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)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1927 – Otto Stich, Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012)
1928 – Philip Levine, American poet and academic (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1928 – Peter Mathias, English historian and academic (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1930 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1931 – Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)<ref name="Independent">Template:Cite news</ref>
1931 – Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1931 – Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (d. 2015)
1932 – Lou Henson, American college basketball coach (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1934 – Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1935 – Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1935 – Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer and educator<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1936 – Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (d. 2002)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
1936 – Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – Elza Ibrahimova, Azerbaijani composer (d. 2012)
1938 – Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
1938 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
1939 – David Horowitz, American writer and activist (d. 2025)<ref name="AP"/>
1939 – Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
1939 – Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1939 – Bill Toomey, American athlete<ref name="UPI" />
1940 – Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and academic (d. 2013)
1940 – K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer and music director<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1941 – Tom Clarke, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942 – Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2018)
1943 – Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1944 – Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American comics and fantasy artist (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1944 – William Sanderson, American actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1944 – Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and actor (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
1945 – John Fahey, New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2020)
1945 – Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1945 – Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, invented plastination
1947 – George Alec Effinger, American author (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1948 – Remu Aaltonen, Finnish musician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1948 – Donald Fagen, American singer-songwriter and musician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1948 – Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist and sportscaster
1949 – Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy (d. 2023)
1949 – George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1949 – Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress and activist (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1953 – Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1953 – Bobby Rahal, American race car driver<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1954 – Baba Vaziroglu, Azerbaijani writer, poet and translator<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Michael Schenker, German musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1956 – Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1956 – Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and politician<ref>Template:CongLinks</ref>
1959 – Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer<ref name="UPI" />
1960 – Gurinder 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
1960 – Richard Bartle, British game designer and academic<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1961 – Evan Handler, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
1961 – Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator
1962 – Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician
1962 – Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist and academic
1963 – Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand-Australian footballer
1963 – Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (d. 2001)
1964 – Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
1968 – Zoe Tay, Singaporean actress and model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – Simone Bagel-Trah, German businessperson
1970 – Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports
1972 – Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author
1973 – Glenn Robinson, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer
1974 – Jemaine Clement, New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician<ref name="Chase's2020">Template:Cite book</ref>
1974 – Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer and manager
1974 – Steve Marlet, French footballer and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer and manager
1974 – Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor<ref name="Dawar2006">Template:Cite book</ref>
1975 – Jake Delhomme, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1976 – Khairy Jamaluddin, Malaysian politician, Malaysian Minister of Health<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1976 – Adam Kennedy, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – A. J. Bramlett, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – Clark Haggans, American football player (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Brent Smith, American singer and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1978 – Tamina Snuka, American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer
1979 – Silvia Kumpan-Takacs, Austrian politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Henrik Tallinder, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Sarah Shahi, American actress<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Rastislav Staňa, Slovak ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Jared Kushner, American real estate investor and political figure<ref name="Chase's2020"/>
1981 – Belinda Snell, Australian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Julien Brellier, French footballer
1982 – Tomasz Brzyski, Polish footballer
1984 – Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer
1984 – Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper
1984 – Kalki Koechlin, Indian actress
1985 – Robert Nilsson, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Marcus Freeman, American football coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
1988 – Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan runner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Ali Gabr, Egyptian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – John Carlson, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Martin Jones, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Ishiura Shikanosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Cody Walker, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Chad Townsend, Australian rugby league player
1993 – Tobias Rieder, German ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Budda Baker, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Matthew Dufty, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Dylan Edwards, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Ahmed Sayed, Egyptian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Patrick Herbert, New Zealand rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Blake Lawrie, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – Mason Mount, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – Youssouf Fofana, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Erik Botheim, Norwegian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Reneé Rapp, American singer-songwriter and actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Santi Aldama, Spanish basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

259 – Polyeuctus, Roman saint
314 – Miltiades, pope of the Catholic Church
681 – Agatho, pope of the Catholic Church
976 – John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (b. 925)
987 – Pietro I Orseolo, doge of Venice (b. 928)
1055 – Bretislav I, duke of Bohemia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1094 – Al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian caliph (b. 1029)
1218 – Hugh I, king of Cyprus
1276 – Gregory X, pope of the Catholic Church (b. c.1210)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1322 – Petrus Aureolus, scholastic philosopher
1358 – Abu Inan Faris, Marinid ruler of Morocco (b. 1329)
1552 – Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (b. 1479)

1601–1900

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

1901–present

1901 – James Dickson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)
1904 – Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
1905 – Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
1917 – Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
1917 – Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer and captain (b. 1875)
1920 – Sali Nivica, Albanian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
1922 – Frank Tudor, Australian politician, 6th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment (b. 1866)
1926 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1878)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1935 – Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (b. 1873)
1935 – Charlie McGahey, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1871)
1941 – Frank 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)
1946 – Matti Turkia, Finnish politician (b. 1871)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1949 – Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865)
1951 – Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
1951 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890)
1954 – Chester Wilmot, American journalist and historian (b. 1911)
1956 – Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist (b. 1862)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1957 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Şükrü Kaya, Turkish jurist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
1960 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1879)
1961 – Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (b. 1894)
1967 – Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893)
1968 – Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish general and politician, 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1882)
1969 – Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1891)
1970 – Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925)
1971 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (b. 1883)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Ignazio Giunti, Italian racing driver (b. 1941)
1972 – Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
1976 – Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
1978 – Pedro 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)
1981 – Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (b. 1915)
1984 – Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
1986 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
1987 – Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919)
1987 – David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904)
1989 – Herbert Morrison, American journalist and producer (b. 1905)
1990 – Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (b. 1925)
1992 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian racing driver (b. 1919)
1995 – Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1937)<ref>Buck, Joan Juliet. "Obituary: Kathleen Tynan" Template:Webarchive, The Independent, January 11, 1995. Last accessed March 11, 2009.</ref>
1997 – Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907)
1997 – Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1997 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – Edward Williams, Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (b. 1921)
2000 – Sam Jaffe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1901)
2004 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2005 – Wasyly, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1909)
2005 – Jack Horner, American journalist (b. 1912)
2005 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1927)
2007 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
2007 – Bradford Washburn, American explorer, photographer, and cartographer (b. 1910)
2008 – Christopher Bowman, American figure skater and actor (b. 1967)
2008 – Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2010 – Patcha Ramachandra Rao, Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (b. 1942)
2011 – Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924)
2012 – Jean Pigott, Canadian businesswoman and politician (b. 1924)
2012 – Gevork Vartanian, Russian intelligence agent (b. 1924)
2013 – George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer (b. 1932)
2013 – Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (b. 1936)
2014 – Sam 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)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – Junior 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)
2016 – David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016 – Bård Breivik, Norwegian sculptor and art instructor (b. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
2016 – George Jonas, Hungarian-Canadian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017 – Buddy Greco, American jazz and pop singer and pianist (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017 – Clare Hollingworth, English journalist (b. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019 – Ross Lowell, American inventor, photographer & author (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2020 – Qaboos bin Said, ruler of Oman (b. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2022 – Joyce Eliason, American television personality (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022 – Robert Durst, American real estate heir and convicted murderer (b. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2023 – Jeff Beck, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2023 – Constantine II of Greece, King of Greece (1964-1973) (b. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – José Jiménez, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – Bill McCartney, American football player and coach (b. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025 – Sam Moore, American soul singer-songwriter (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
Fête du Vodoun (Benin)
Margaret Thatcher Day (Falkland Islands)
Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)

References

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External links

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