January 30

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Events

Pre-1600

1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1607 – An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1648 – Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1649 – Charles I of England is executed in Whitehall, London.<ref name=CharlesI>Template:Cite web</ref>
1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1667 – The Truce of Andrusovo is signed, ending the Russian-Polish War of 1654-1667<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1789 – Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
1806 – The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
1820 – Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
1826 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
1835 – In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself.
1847 – Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1858 – The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
1862 – American Civil War: The first American ironclad warship, the Template:USS is launched.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1889 – Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1902 – The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
1908 – Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
1911 – The destroyer Template:USS makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy Template:Convert from Havana, Cuba.
1920 – Japanese carmaker Mazda is founded, initially as a cork-producing company.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1925 – The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
1930 – The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union orders the confiscation of lands belonging to the Kulaks in a campaign of Dekulakization, resulting in the executions and forced deportations of millions.<ref>Stalin: A Biography by Robert Service, page 267</ref>
1933 – Adolf Hitler's rise to power: Hitler takes office as the Chancellor of Germany.
1939 – During a speech in the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler makes a prediction about the end of the Jewish race in Europe if another world war were to occur.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942 – World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are killed after the surrender. One-quarter of the remaining POWs remain alive at the end of the war.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
1945 – World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people.
1945 – World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred and twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1948 – British South American Airways' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle.
1948 – Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in his home compound, India's prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, broadcasts to the nation, saying "The light has gone out of our lives".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The date of the assassination becomes observed as "Martyrs' Day" in India.
1956 – In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott.
1959 – The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.<ref name=OmansInsurgencies>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Template:Ship, specifically designed to operate in icebound seas, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
1960 – The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
1964 – In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam.
1968 – Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.<ref name=Chase2022>Template:Cite book</ref>
1969 – The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.<ref name=Chase2022 />
1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
1974 – Pan Am Flight 806 crashes near Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, killing 97.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1975 – The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
1975 – Turkish Airlines Flight 345 crashes into the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport, killing 42.<ref name="asn">Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
1989 – The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.
1995 – Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease.
2000 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.
2006 – The Goleta postal facility shootings occur, killing seven people before the perpetrator took her own life.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 – Microsoft Corporation releases Windows Vista, a major release of the operating system Microsoft Windows and the NT based kernel.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea.
2020 – The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

58 BC – Livia, Roman wife of Augustus (d. 29)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1410 – William Calthorpe, English knight (d. 1494)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1520 – William More, English courtier (d. 1600)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1563 – Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1641)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1573 – Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1638)
1580 – Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein, court official in Vienna (d. 1658)
1590 – Lady Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford (d. 1676)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1628 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1661 – Charles Rollin, French historian and educator (d. 1741)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1697 – Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (d. 1773)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1703 – François Bigot, French politician (d. 1778)
1720 – Charles De Geer, Swedish entomologist and archaeologist (d. 1778)
1754 – John Lansing Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1829)
1775 – Walter Savage Landor, English poet and author (d. 1864)
1781 – Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (d. 1838)
1816 – Nathaniel P. Banks, American general and politician, 24th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1894)
1822 – Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and curator (d. 1899)
1841 – Félix Faure, French politician, 7th President of France (d. 1899)
1844 – Richard Theodore Greener, American lawyer, academic, and diplomat (d. 1922)
1846 – Angela of the Cross, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1932)
1861 – Charles Martin Loeffler, German-American violinist and composer (d. 1935)
1862 – Walter Damrosch, German-American conductor and composer (d. 1950)
1866 – Gelett Burgess, American author, poet, and critic (d. 1951)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1878 – A. H. Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1882 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and statesman, 32nd President of the United States (d. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1889 – Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1899 – Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1900 – Martita Hunt, Argentine-born British actress (d. 1969)

1901–present

1901 – Rudolf Caracciola, German racing driver (d. 1959)
1902 – Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (d. 1983)
1910 – Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (d. 2000)
1911 – Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1989)
1912 – Werner Hartmann, German physicist and academic (d. 1988)
1912 – Francis Schaeffer, American pastor and theologian (d. 1984)
1912 – Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (d. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1913 – Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Indian painter (d. 1941)<ref name=GreatMinds>Great Minds Template:Webarchive, The Tribune, 12 March 2000.</ref>
1914 – Luc-Marie Bayle, French commander and painter (d. 2000)
1914 – John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1992)
1914 – David Wayne, American actor (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1915 – Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (d. 1976)
1915 – John Profumo, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for War (d. 2006)
1917 – Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (d. 2008)
1918 – David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1919 – Fred Korematsu, American activist (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1920 – Michael Anderson, English director and producer (d. 2018)
1920 – Patrick Heron, British painter (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1920 – Delbert Mann, American director and producer (d. 2007)
1922 – Dick Martin, American comedian, actor, and director (d. 2008)
1923 – Marianne Ferber, Czech-American economist and author (d. 2013)
1924 – Ernie Calverley, American basketball player and coach (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1924 – S. N. Goenka, Burmese-Indian author and educator (d. 2013)
1925 – Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse (d. 2013)
1927 – Olof Palme, Swedish statesman, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1928 – Harold Prince, American director and producer (d. 2019)
1928 – Paul Seymour, American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1929 – Lois Hole, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (d. 2005)
1929 – Hugh Tayfield, South African cricketer (d. 1994)
1929 – Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian-Italian physician and humanitarian (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1930 – Gene Hackman, American actor and author (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Chase2022 />
1930 – Magnus Malan, South African general and politician, South African Minister of Defence (d. 2011)
1931 – John Crosbie, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 2020)
1931 – Shirley Hazzard, Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2016)
1932 – Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (d. 2007)
1934 – Tammy Grimes, American actress and singer (d. 2016)
1935 – Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (d. 1984)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1935 – Tubby Hayes, English saxophonist and composer (d. 1973)
1936 – Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (d. 1998)
1937 – Vanessa Redgrave, English actress<ref name=Chase2022 />
1937 – Boris Spassky, Russian chess grandmaster (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Chase2022 />
1938 – Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan (d. 2016)
1941 – Gregory Benford, American astrophysicist and author<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – Dick Cheney, American businessman and politician, 46th Vice President of the United States<ref name=Chase2022 />
1941 – Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
1942 – Marty Balin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)<ref name="UPI"/>
1943 – Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager<ref name=Chase2022 />
1944 – Lynn Harrell, American cellist and academic (d. 2020)
1944 – Colin Rimer, English lawyer and judge
1945 – Meir Dagan, Israeli military officer and intelligence official, Director of Mossad (2002–11) (d. 2016)
1945 – Michael Dorris, American author and scholar (d. 1997)
1946 – John Bird, Baron Bird, English publisher, founded The Big Issue
1947 – Les Barker, English poet and author (d. 2023)
1947 – Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)<ref name="UPI"/>
1949 – Peter Agre, American physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1950 – Jack Newton, Australian golfer (d. 2022)
1951 – Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor<ref name=Chase2022 />
1951 – Charles S. Dutton, American actor and director<ref name=Chase2022 />
1951 – Bobby Stokes, English footballer (d. 1995)
1952 – Doug Falconer, Canadian football player and producer (d. 2021)
1953 – Fred Hembeck, American author and illustrator
1955 – John Baldacci, American politician, 73rd Governor of Maine
1955 – Curtis Strange, American golfer<ref name=Chase2022 />
1955 – Mychal Thompson, Bahamian-American basketball player and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1956 – Ann Dowd, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1957 – Chris Jansing, American television reporter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1957 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)<ref name="UPI"/>
1958 – Brett Butler, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1959 – Jody Watley, American entertainer<ref name=Chase2022 />
1962 – Abdullah II of Jordan<ref name=Chase2022 />
1962 – Mary Kay Letourneau, American sex offender (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964 – Otis Smith, American basketball player, coach, and manager
1965 – Kevin Moore, Australian rugby league player and coach
1966 – Danielle Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Felipe VI of Spain<ref name=Chase2022 />
1969 – Justin Skinner, English footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Kimiya Yui, Japanese astronaut<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1972 – Mike Johnson, American politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Chris Simon, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – Jalen Rose, American basketball player and sportscaster<ref name=Chase2022 />
1974 – Christian Bale, British actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Olivia Colman, English actress<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1975 – Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer<ref>Template:Lequipe</ref>
1976 – Andy Milonakis, American entertainer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Carmen Küng, Swiss curler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – John Patterson, American baseball player
1979 – Trevor Gillies, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Lena Hall, American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
1980 – Josh Kelley, American singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"/>
1980 – Georgios Vakouftsis, Greek footballer
1980 – Wilmer Valderrama, American actor and producer<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Lee Zeldin, American politician and 17th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Jonathan Bender, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1981 – Peter Crouch, English footballer
1981 – Mathias Lauda, Austrian racing driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Jorge Cantú, American-Mexican baseball player
1982 – DeSagana Diop, Senegalese basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Cameron Wake, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Drake Maverick, English wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Slavko Vraneš, Montenegrin basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Kid Cudi, American entertainer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Junior dos Santos, Brazilian mixed martial artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro, Japanese sumo wrestler
1985 – Gisela Dulko, Argentinian tennis player
1987 – Becky Lynch, Irish wrestler
1987 – Renato Santos, Brazilian footballer
1987 – Arda Turan, Turkish footballer
1989 – Jahvid Best, American football player and athlete<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Yoon Bo-ra, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1989 – Kylie Bunbury, Canadian-American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1989 – Misha Zilberman, Israeli Olympic badminton player<ref>"Israeli Olympic profiles: Misha Zilberman," The Jerusalem Post, July 31, 2016.</ref>
1990 – Melissa Duncan, Australian track and field athlete<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Eiza González, Mexican actress and singer<ref name="UPI"/>
1990 – Luca Sbisa, Italian-Swiss ice hockey player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Mitchell Starc, Australian cricketer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1990 – Jake Thomas, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
1991 – Stefan Elliott, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Jason Gastrow, American YouTuber<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
1993 – Katy Marchant, English track cyclist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Kodai Senga, Japanese baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Thitipoom Techaapaikhun, Thai actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Danielle Campbell, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1995 – Jack Laugher, English diver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Dafne Navarro, Mexican trampoline gymnast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Thomas Chabot, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Colin White, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Markella Kavenagh, Australian actress<ref name="UPI"/>
2000 – Bryan Woo, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Curtis Jones, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002 – Tyla, South African singer and songwriter.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2002 – Bijan Robinson, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – Amen Thompson, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – Ausar Thompson, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Prince Hashem, second son of King Abdullah II of Jordan<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

680 – Balthild, Frankish queen (b. 626)
970 – Peter I of Bulgaria
1030 – William V, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 969)
1181 – Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161)
1240 – Pelagio Galvani, Leonese lawyer and cardinal (b. 1165)
1314 – Nicholas III of Saint Omer
1344 – William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury (b. 1301)
1384 – Louis II, Count of Flanders (b. 1330)
1574 – Damião de Góis, Portuguese historian and philosopher (b. 1502)

1601–1900

1606 – Everard Digby, English criminal (b. 1578)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1606 – John Grant, English conspirator (b. 1570)
1606 – Robert Wintour, English conspirator (b. 1565)
1649 – Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1600)<ref name=CharlesI />
1664 – Cornelis de Graeff, Dutch mayor (b. 1599)
1730 – Peter II of Russia (b. 1715)
1770 – Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (b. 1712)
1836 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress, said to have designed the American Flag (b. 1752)
1838 – Osceola, American tribal leader (b. 1804)<ref name=Chase2022 />
1858 – Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (b. 1778)
1867 – Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831)
1869 – William Carleton, Irish author (b. 1794)
1881 – Arthur O'Shaughnessy, English poet and herpetologist (b. 1844)
1889 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, heir apparent to the throne of Austria-Hungary (b. 1858)

1901–present

1923 – Columba Marmion, Benedictine abbot (b. 1858)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1926 – Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)
1928 – Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
1934 – Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862)
1947 – Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866)
1948 – Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
1948 – Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
1948 – Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1951 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
1958 – Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)
1958 – Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
1962 – Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894)
1963 – Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
1966 – Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (b. 1912)
1968 – Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1889)
1969 – Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
1973 – Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic (b. 1885)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1973 – Titina Silá, Bissau-Guinean revolutionary (b. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Olav Roots, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1910)
1977 – Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist (b. 1883)
1980 – Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1982 – Lightnin' Hopkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1991 – John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1991 – Clifton C. Edom, American photographer and educator (b. 1907)
1993 – Alexandra of Yugoslavia, the last Queen of Yugoslavia (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1994 – Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (b. 1912)
1999 – Huntz Hall, American actor (b. 1919)
1999 – Ed Herlihy, American journalist (b. 1909)
2001 – Jean-Pierre Aumont, French soldier and actor (b. 1911)
2001 – Johnnie Johnson, English air marshal and pilot (b. 1915)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Joseph Ransohoff, American surgeon and educator (b. 1915)
2004 – Egon Mayer, Swiss-American sociologist (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2005 – Martyn Bennett, Canadian-Scottish violinist (b. 1971)
2006 – Coretta Scott King, American author and activist (b. 1927)
2006 – Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright and academic (b. 1950)
2007 – Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008 – Marcial Maciel, Mexican-American priest, founded the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi (b. 1920)
2009 – H. Guy Hunt, American soldier, pastor, and politician, 49th Governor of Alabama (b. 1933)
2010 – Fadil Ferati, Kosovar accountant and politician (b. 1960)
2011 – John Barry, English composer and conductor (b. 1933)
2012 – Frank Aschenbrenner, American football player and soldier (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Doeschka Meijsing, Dutch author (b. 1947)
2013 – Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar (b. 1920)
2013 – Patty Andrews, American singer (b. 1918)
2013 – George Witt, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)
2014 – Stefan Bałuk, Polish general and photographer (b. 1914)
2014 – The Mighty Hannibal, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)
2014 – Russell D. Hemenway, American political activist (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014 – William Motzing, American composer and conductor (b. 1937)
2014 – Arthur Rankin Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014 – Greater, oldest known greater flamingo and Feast Festival 2021 mascot (h. c.1919–1933)<ref>Adelaide Zoo -- Our Animals -- Animals -- Greater Flamingo Template:Webarchive, at the Adelaide Zoo; published no later than September 16, 2009 (date of earliest version on archive.org); retrieved June 21, 2023</ref><ref>Strike me pink: Australia's last two flamingos resurrected as gay emblems, by Tory Shepherd, at The Guardian; published November 12, 2021; retrieved June 21, 2023</ref>
2015 – Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (b. 1923)
2015 – Ülo Kaevats, Estonian academic, philosopher, and politician (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2015 – Geraldine McEwan, English actress (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Gerrit Voorting, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
2015 – Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (b. 1935)
2016 – Frank Finlay, English actor (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016 – Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1959)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016 – Georgia Davis Powers, American activist and politician (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016 – Gaston Mialaret, French pedagogist and professor (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
2018 – Mark Salling, American actor and musician<ref name="Mark Selling Dead">Template:Cite web</ref> (b. 1982)
2019 – Dick Miller, American actor (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – Sophie, Scottish musician (b. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2022 – Cheslie Kryst, American television presenter and model (b. 1991)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023 – Bobby Beathard, American Pro Football Hall of Fame executive (b. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2023 – Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Chita Rivera, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – Dick Button, American figure skater and actor (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – Julius Chan, Papua New Guinean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025 – Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025 – Edcel Lagman, Filipino politician (b. 1942)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:
- Adelelmus of Burgos
- Aldegonde
- Anthony the Great (Coptic Church)
- Armentarius of Pavia
- Balthild
- Charles, King and Martyr (various provinces of the Anglican Communion)
- Hippolytus of Rome
- Hyacintha Mariscotti
- Martina
- Matthias of Jerusalem
- Mutien-Marie Wiaux
- Savina
- Three Holy Hierarchs (Eastern Orthodox), and its related observances:
  - Teacher's Day (Greece)
- January 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of Azerbaijani customs (Azerbaijan)
Day of Saudade (Brazil)
Fred Korematsu Day (California, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia)
Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, and its related observances:
- Martyrs' Day (India)
- School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain)
- Start of the Season for Nonviolence (January 30 – April 4)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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