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{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[474]] – Seven-year-old [[Leo II (emperor)|Leo II]] succeeds his maternal grandfather [[Leo I (emperor)|Leo I]] as [[Byzantine emperor]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Fik |last=Meijer |author-link=Fik Meijer |title=Emperors Don't Die in Bed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uN_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA158 |date=31 July 2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=1-134-38405-X |pages=158}}</ref> He dies ten months later. * [[532]] – [[Nika riots]] in [[Constantinople]] fail. *[[1126]] – [[Emperor Huizong of Song|Emperor Huizong]] abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son [[Emperor Qinzong of Song|Emperor Qinzong]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Frederick W. |last=Mote |author-link=Frederick W. Mote |title=Imperial China 900-1800 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQWW7QgUH4gC&pg=PA105 |year=2003 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-01212-7 |pages=105}}</ref> *[[1486]] – King [[Henry VII of England]] marries [[Elizabeth of York]], daughter of [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]], uniting the [[House of Lancaster]] and the [[House of York]].<ref>{{cite book |first=James |last=BIRCHALL |title=England under the Tudors and Stuarts: a history of two centuries of revolution, etc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ub1XAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3 |year=1861 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall & Company |pages=3}}</ref> *[[1562]] – [[Pope Pius IV]] reopens the [[Council of Trent]] for its third and final session. *[[1586]] – The magnitude 7.9 [[1586 Tenshō earthquake|Tenshō earthquake]] strikes [[Honshu]], Japan, killing 8,000 people and triggering a [[tsunami]].<ref name=NGDC>{{citation |title=Significant Earthquake Database |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/5957 |author=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) |publisher=[[National Geophysical Data Center]], [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] |doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K |year=1972 |type=Data Set}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1670]] – [[Henry Morgan]] [[Henry Morgan's Panama expedition|captures]] [[Panama]]. *[[1701]] – [[Frederick I of Prussia|Frederick I]] crowns himself King in [[Prussia]] in [[Königsberg]]. *[[1778]] – [[James Cook]] is the first known European to discover the [[Hawaiian Islands]], which he names the "Sandwich Islands". *[[1788]] – The first elements of the [[First Fleet]] carrying 736 convicts from [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] to Australia arrive at [[Botany Bay]]. *[[1806]] – [[Jan Willem Janssens]] surrenders the [[Dutch Cape Colony]] to the British. *[[1866]] – [[Wesley College, Melbourne|Wesley College]] is established in Melbourne, Australia.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Wesleyan Sunday-school magazine [afterw.] The Wesleyan methodist Sunday school magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCkEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA118 |year=1866 |pages=118}}</ref> *[[1871]] – [[Wilhelm I of Germany]] is proclaimed ''Kaiser Wilhelm'' in the [[Hall of Mirrors]] of the [[Palace of Versailles]] (France) towards the end of the [[Franco-Prussian War]]. Wilhelm already had the title of [[German Emperor]] since the [[Constitution of the German Confederation 1871|constitution of 1 January 1871]], but he had hesitated to accept the title.<ref>{{cite wikisource |last1=Headlam |first1=James Wycliffe |editor1-last=Abbott |editor1-first=Evelyn |title=Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire |date=1899 |publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons |page=370 |oclc=1041634868 |wslink=Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire/Chapter 14 |scan=Page:Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire (1899).djvu/426}}</ref> *[[1886]] – Modern [[field hockey]] is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. *[[1896]] – An [[X-ray]] [[X-ray generator|generating machine]] is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith. ===1901–present=== *[[1911]] – [[Eugene B. Ely]] lands on the deck of the {{USS|Pennsylvania|ACR-4|6}} anchored in [[San Francisco Bay]], the first time an aircraft landed on a ship. *[[1913]] – [[First Balkan War]]: A [[Hellenic Navy|Greek]] flotilla defeats the [[Ottoman Navy]] in the [[Battle of Lemnos (1913)|Naval Battle of Lemnos]], securing the islands of the Northern [[Aegean Sea]] for Greece. *[[1915]] – Japan issues the "[[Twenty-One Demands]]" to the [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]] in a bid to increase its power in East Asia. *[[1919]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]] opens in [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]], France. * 1919 – [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]] becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland. *[[1932]] – [[Alt Llobregat insurrection]] breaks out in [[Central Catalonia]], [[Second Spanish Republic|Spain]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Evans |first=Danny |year=2018 |chapter=Spanish anarchists and the Republican state, 1931–1936 |title=Revolution and the State: Anarchism in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-138-06314-3 |page=7}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: British troops [[East African Campaign (World War II)#Allied counter-offensive|launch a general counter-offensive]] against [[Italian East Africa]]. *[[1943]] – [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising]]: The first uprising of Jews in the [[Warsaw Ghetto]]. *[[1945]] – World War II: Liberation of [[Kraków]], Poland by the [[Red Army]]. *[[1958]] – [[Willie O'Ree]], the first [[Black Canadian]] [[National Hockey League]] player, makes his NHL debut with the [[Boston Bruins]]. *[[1960]] – [[Capital Airlines Flight 20]] crashes into a farm in [[Charles City County, Virginia]], killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal [[Capital Airlines (United States)|Capital Airlines]] crash in as many years. *[[1967]] – [[Albert DeSalvo]], the "[[Boston Strangler]]", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.<ref>{{cite news |last=Anglin |first=Robert J. |title=DeSalvo Guilty, Insanity Ruled Out — Bailey to Appeal Life Sentence |work=The Boston Globe |date=January 19, 1967 |page=A1}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[United Airlines Flight 266]] crashes into [[Santa Monica Bay]] killing all 32 passengers and six crew members. *[[1972]] – Members of the [[Mukti Bahini]] lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent [[Bangladesh]], a month after winning the war against the occupying [[Pakistan Army]].<ref name="AP Archive">{{cite news |url=http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1027878cf31917aa32db9fe6d6d1635f |title=Bangladesh Guerrilla Fighters Give Up Arms In Dhaka |agency=Associated Press |date=18 January 1972}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[s:Israel-Egypt Disengagement Treaty of 1974|A Disengagement of Forces agreement]] is signed between the [[Israel]]i and [[Egypt]]ian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the [[Yom Kippur War]]. *[[1976]] – [[Christianity in Lebanon|Lebanese Christian]] [[militia]]s [[Karantina massacre|kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut]]. *[[1977]] – Scientists at the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] announce they have identified a previously unknown [[bacterium]] as the cause of the mysterious [[Legionnaires' disease]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Garrett |first=Laurie |title=The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance |location=New York |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |date=1994 |isbn=9780374126469 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8-lEAwAAQBAJ |page=189}}</ref> * 1977 – Australia's worst [[Granville rail disaster|rail disaster]] occurs at [[Granville, New South Wales|Granville, Sydney]], killing 83. * 1977 – [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia's]] Prime minister, [[Džemal Bijedić]], his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. *[[1978]] – The [[European Court of Human Rights]] finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in [[Northern Ireland]], but not guilty of [[torture]]. *[[1981]] – Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to [[BASE jumping|BASE jump]] from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs). *[[1983]] – The [[International Olympic Committee]] restores [[Jim Thorpe]]'s Olympic medals to his family. *[[1986]] – An [[Aerovías]] [[Sud Aviation Caravelle]] [[1986 Aerovías Guatemala air crash|crashes]] on approach to [[Mundo Maya International Airport]] in [[Flores, Petén]], Guatemala, killing all 94 people on board.<ref name="ASN">{{cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III HC-BAE |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19860118-0 |accessdate=1 October 2013 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146]] crashes near [[Chongqing Baishiyi Airport]], killing all 98 passengers and 10 crew members.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-18D B-222 Chongqing Baishiyi Airport |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880118-3 |access-date=2022-01-17 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1990]] – Washington, D.C., Mayor [[Marion Barry]] is [[Marion Barry#1979–1991: Mayor of the District of Columbia|arrested for drug possession]] in an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] [[Sting operation|sting]].<ref>{{cite news |last=LaFraniere |first=Sharon |title=Barry Arrested on Cocaine Charges in Undercover FBI, Police Operation |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 19, 1990 |page=A1 |accessdate=January 26, 2024 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/scandal/barry.htm}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]] is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states. *[[2002]] – The [[Sierra Leone Civil War]] is declared over. *[[2003]] – A [[2003 Canberra bushfires|bushfire]] kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in [[Canberra]], Australia. *[[2005]] – The [[Airbus A380]], the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in [[Toulouse]], France *[[2007]] – The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since [[1999]] with 13 deaths. [[Cyclone Kyrill]] causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. *[[2008]] – The [[Euphronios Krater]] is unveiled in [[Rome]] after being returned to Italy by the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]. *[[2012]] – More than 115,000 websites engage in an [[Protests against SOPA and PIPA|online protest]] against the [[Stop Online Piracy Act]] and the [[PROTECT IP Act|Protect IP Act]] in the [[United States|US]].{{cn|date=August 2024}} The websites involved viewed the laws as infringing on the right to [[Freedom of speech|free speech]] and many of them temporarily shut down in protest. *[[2018]] – A bus catches fire on the [[Samara]]–[[Shymkent]] road in [[Yrgyz District]], [[Aktobe Region|Aktobe]], Kazakhstan.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7472432.stm |title=Heathrow 'needs a third runway' |work=BBC News |access-date=17 October 2008 |date=25 June 2008}}</ref> The fire kills 52 passengers, with three passengers and two drivers escaping.<ref name="RFERL1">{{cite news |title=Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan Open Investigations Of Bus Inferno That Killed 52 |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-deadly-bus-fire-uzbekistan/28982232.html |access-date=19 January 2018 |work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |date=19 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=cnn>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/asia/kazakhstan-bus-fire/index.html |title=52 killed in Kazakhstan bus fire |first=Radina |last=Gigova |work=CNN |access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="metro1">{{cite news |last1=Drewett |first1=Zoe |title=52 people killed when bus bursts into flames on motorway |url=http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/18/52-people-killed-bus-bursts-flames-motorway-7238873/ |access-date=18 January 2018 |work=Metro |date=18 January 2018}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Tlahuelilpan pipeline explosion|An oil pipeline explosion]] near [[Tlahuelilpan]], Hidalgo, Mexico, kills 137 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-06-26/a-gas-heist-gone-wrong-an-explosion-and-137-deaths-in-mexico |title=A Gas Heist Gone Wrong, an Explosion, and 137 Deaths in Mexico |date=26 June 2019 |first=Matthew |last=Bremner |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=Bloomberg}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[2023 Brovary helicopter crash|A helicopter crash]] in [[Ukraine]] leaves 14 people dead, including the country's [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)|Interior Minister]], [[Denys Monastyrsky]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kottasová |first1=Ivana |last2=Kostenko |first2=Maria |last3=Tanno |first3=Sophie |last4=Swails |first4=Brent |title=Helicopter crash near Kyiv kills 14, including Ukrainian interior minister |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/europe/helicopter-crash-ukraine-intl/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=18 January 2023 |language=en |date=18 January 2023 |archive-date=January 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118114334/https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/europe/helicopter-crash-ukraine-intl/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2025]] – The popular social media app, [[TikTok]], is banned in the United States, after the passing of [[Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act|PAFACA]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Allyn |first=Bobby |date=2025-01-18 |title=TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/01/18/nx-s1-5266146/tiktok-offline-supreme-court-ban |access-date=2025-01-19 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref> <!--Please DO NOT add videogames, videogame consoles, concerts, movie, TV or album releases, as they WILL be deleted--> ==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ===Pre-1600=== *[[1404]] – [[Philip Courtenay (died 1463)|Sir Philip Courtenay]], English noble (d. 1463) *[[1457]] – [[Antonio Trivulzio, seniore]], Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1508) *[[1519]] – [[Isabella Jagiellon]], Queen of Hungary (d. 1559) *[[1540]] – [[Catherine, Duchess of Braganza]] (d. 1614) ===1601–1900=== *[[1641]] – [[François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois]], French politician, [[Secretary of State for War (France)|Secretary of State for War]] (d. 1691) *[[1659]] – [[Damaris Cudworth Masham]], English philosopher and theologian (d. 1708) *[[1672]] – [[Antoine Houdar de la Motte]], French author (d. 1731) *[[1688]] – [[Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (d. 1765) *[[1689]] – [[Montesquieu]], French lawyer and philosopher (d. 1755) *[[1701]] – [[Johann Jakob Moser]], German jurist (d. 1785) *[[1734]] – [[Caspar Friedrich Wolff]], German physiologist and embryologist (d. 1794)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/wolff-caspar-friedrich |title=Brozović D., Ladan T. Caspar Friedrich Wolff // Hrvatska enciklopedijar}}</ref> *[[1743]] – [[Louis Claude de Saint-Martin]], French mystic and philosopher (d. 1803) *[[1751]] – [[Ferdinand Kauer]], Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1831) *[[1752]] – [[John Nash (architect)|John Nash]], English architect (d. 1835)<ref>Tyack 2013, p. 2</ref> *[[1764]] – [[Samuel Whitbread (1764–1815)|Samuel Whitbread]], English politician (d. 1815)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thorne |first1=R. G. |title=The House of Commons |date=1986 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-0-436-52101-0 |page=528 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0AsmWc5zYwC&pg=RA4-PA528 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1779]] – [[Peter Mark Roget]], English physician, lexicographer, and theologian (d. 1869) *[[1782]] – [[Daniel Webster]], American lawyer and politician, 14th [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 1852) *[[1793]] – [[Pratap Singh, Raja of Satara|Pratap Singh Bhosle]], [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] (d. 1847) *[[1815]] – [[Constantin von Tischendorf]], German theologian and scholar (d. 1874) *[[1835]] – [[César Cui]], Russian general, composer, and critic (d. 1918) *[[1840]] – [[Henry Austin Dobson]], English poet and author (d. 1921) *[[1841]] – [[Emmanuel Chabrier]], French pianist and composer (d. 1894) *[[1842]] – [[A. A. Ames]], American physician and politician, [[Mayor of Minneapolis]] (d. 1911) *[[1843]] – [[Marthinus Nikolaas Ras]], South African farmer, soldier, and gun-maker (d. 1900)<ref>{{cite book |author1=L.S. Bothma |title=Ras-Geslagsregister |author2=C.M. Woest |author3=L. Groesbeek |publisher=L.S. Botma & C.M. Woest |year=2005 |isbn=0-620-32329-9 |pages=6}}</ref> *[[1848]] – [[Ioan Slavici]], Romanian journalist and author (d. 1925) *[[1849]] – [[Edmund Barton]], Australian judge and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1920) *[[1850]] – [[Seth Low]], American academic and politician, 92nd [[Mayor of New York City]] (d. 1916) *[[1854]] – [[Thomas A. Watson]], American assistant to [[Alexander Graham Bell]] (d. 1934) *[[1856]] – [[Daniel Hale Williams]], American surgeon and cardiologist (d. 1931) *[[1867]] – [[Rubén Darío]], Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (d. 1916) *[[1868]] – [[Kantarō Suzuki]], Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 1948) *[[1877]] – [[Sam Zemurray]], Russian-American businessman, founded the [[Cuyamel Fruit Company]] (d. 1961) *[[1879]] – [[Henri Giraud]], French general and politician (d. 1949) *[[1880]] – [[Paul Ehrenfest]], Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1933) * 1880 – [[Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster]], Italian cardinal (d. 1954) *[[1881]] – [[Gaston Gallimard]], French publisher, founded ''[[Éditions Gallimard]]'' (d. 1975) *[[1882]] – [[A. A. Milne]], English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956) *[[1886]] – [[Clara Nordström]], Swedish-German author and translator (d. 1962) *[[1888]] – [[Thomas Sopwith]], English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot (d. 1989) *[[1892]] – [[Oliver Hardy]], American actor and comedian (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite book |last=Everson |first=William K. |title=The Films of Laurel and Hardy |location=New York |publisher=Citadel Press |date=1967 |isbn=9780806501468 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PK9ZsmT9B5IC |page=11}}</ref> * 1892 – [[Bill Meanix]], American hurdler and coach (d. 1957) * 1892 – [[Paul Rostock]], German surgeon and academic (d. 1956) *[[1893]] – [[Jorge Guillén]], Spanish poet, critic, and academic (d. 1984) *[[1894]] – [[Toots Mondt]], American wrestler and promoter (d. 1976) *[[1896]] – [[C. M. Eddy Jr.]], American author (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite web |last=Abrams |first=Ken |title=This Day in RI History: January 18, 1896 – Author C.M. Eddy Jr. is born in Providence |website=WhatsUpNewp.com |date=January 18, 2024 |accessdate=January 18, 2024 |url=https://whatsupnewp.com/2024/01/this-day-in-ri-history-january-18-1896-author-c-m-eddy-jr-is-born-in-providence/}}</ref> * 1896 – [[Ville Ritola]], Finnish-American runner (d. 1982) *[[1898]] – [[Albert Kivikas]], Estonian journalist and author (d. 1978) ===1901–present === *[[1901]] – [[Ivan Petrovsky]], Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1973) *[[1903]] – [[Berthold Goldschmidt]], German pianist and composer (d. 1996) *[[1904]] – [[Anthony Galla-Rini]], American accordion player and composer (d. 2006) * 1904 – [[Cary Grant]], English-American actor (d. 1986)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 18: Ashleigh Murray, Kevin Costner |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/18/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-18-Ashleigh-Murray-Kevin-Costner/7411674005038/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Jan.,%2C%20Kevin%20Costner%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=17 January 2024 |date=18 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Joseph Bonanno]], Italian-American mob boss (d. 2002) *[[1907]] – [[János Ferencsik]], Hungarian conductor (d. 1984) *[[1908]] – [[Jacob Bronowski]], Polish-English mathematician, historian, and television host (d. 1974) *[[1910]] – [[Kenneth E. Boulding]], English economist and academic (d. 1993)<ref>{{cite magazine |first1=Yahya |last1=Alshamy |first2=Christopher J. |last2=Coyne |title=Kenneth Boulding: Knowledge, Conflict, and Power |date=Fall 2023 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=237–246 |magazine=The Independent Review |issn=1086-1653 |url=https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1882 |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[José María Arguedas]], Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (d. 1969) * 1911 – [[Danny Kaye]], American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1987)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1913]] – [[Carroll Cloar]], American artist (d. 1993) * 1913 – [[Giannis Papaioannou]], Greek composer (d. 1972) *[[1914]] – [[Arno Schmidt]], German author and translator (d. 1979) * 1914 – [[Vitomil Zupan]], Slovene author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987) *[[1915]] – [[Syl Apps]], Canadian pole vaulter, ice hockey player, and politician (d. 1998) * 1915 – [[Santiago Carrillo]], Spanish soldier and politician (d. 2012) * 1915 – [[Vassilis Tsitsanis]], Greek singer-songwriter and [[bouzouki]] player (d. 1984) *[[1917]] – [[Nicholas Oresko]], American sergeant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 2013) * 1917 – [[Wang Yung-ching]], Taiwanese-American businessman (d. 2008) *[[1918]] – [[Gustave Gingras]], Canadian-English physician and educator (d. 1996) *[[1919]] – [[Toni Turek]], German footballer (d. 1984) *[[1921]] – [[Yoichiro Nambu]], Japanese-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2015) *[[1923]] – [[John Graham (British Army officer, born 1923)|John Graham]], General Officer Commanding (GOC) Wales (d. 2012) * 1923 – [[Gerrit Voorting]], Dutch cyclist (d. 2015) *[[1925]] – [[Gilles Deleuze]], French metaphysician and philosopher (d. 1995) * 1925 – [[John Evans (Idaho governor)|John V. Evans]], American soldier and politician, 27th [[Governor of Idaho]] (d. 2014) * 1925 – [[Sol Yurick]], American soldier and author (d. 2013) *[[1926]] – [[Randolph Bromery]], American geologist and academic (d. 2013) *[[1927]] – [[S. Balachander]], Indian actor, singer, and [[veena]] player (d. 1990) *[[1928]] – [[Alexander Gomelsky]], Soviet and Russian professional basketball coach (d. 2005) *[[1930]] – [[Esther Coopersmith]], American diplomat, [[UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador|UNESCO goodwill ambassador]] (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Langer |first1=Emily |title=Esther Coopersmith, Washington diplomat and doyenne, dies at 94 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/28/esther-coopersmith-washington-dead/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=March 29, 2024 |date=March 28, 2024}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Chun Doo-hwan]], South Korean general and politician, 5th [[President of South Korea]] (d. 2021) *[[1932]] – [[Robert Anton Wilson]], American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2007) *[[1933]] – [[Emeka Anyaoku]], Nigerian politician, 8th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria)|Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] * 1933 – [[David Bellamy]], English botanist, author and academic (d. 2019) * 1933 – [[John Boorman]], English director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="UPI"/> * 1933 – [[Ray Dolby]], American engineer and businessman, founded [[Dolby Laboratories]] (d. 2013)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1933 – [[William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart]], English lawyer and politician (d. 2017) * 1933 – [[Frank McMullen]], New Zealand rugby player (d. 2004) * 1933 – [[Jean Vuarnet]], French ski racer (d. 2017) *[[1934]] – [[Raymond Briggs]], English author and illustrator (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Raymond Briggs obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/10/raymond-briggs-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en |date=10 August 2022}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Eddie Jones (artist)|Eddie Jones]], British illustrator (d. 1999)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jones, Eddie |website=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |date=February 13, 2023 |accessdate=February 1, 2024 |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/jones_eddie}}</ref> * 1935 – [[Albert Millaire]], Canadian actor and director (d. 2018) * 1935 – [[Jon Stallworthy]], English poet, critic, and academic (d. 2014) * 1935 – [[Gad Yaacobi]], Israeli academic and diplomat, 10th [[Israel Ambassador to the United Nations]] (d. 2007) *[[1936]] – [[Tim Barlow]], English actor (d. 2023)<ref name=barlowinterview>{{cite interview |last=Barlow |first=Tim |subject-link=Tim Barlow |subject-link2=Deafness |interviewer=Pam Blackman |title=Unheard Voices: Interviews With Deafened People: Tim Barlow |type=British Library ref. C1345/05 |work=Hearing Link |date=26 October 2008 |publisher=British Library |page=1 |url=https://sounds.bl.uk/related-content/TRANSCRIPTS/021T-C1345X0005XX-0000A0.pdf |access-date=22 January 2023 |archive-date=8 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108161008/http://sounds.bl.uk/related-content/TRANSCRIPTS/021T-C1345X0005XX-0000A0.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1936 – [[David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford]], English journalist and politician, [[Secretary of State for Transport]] *[[1937]] – [[John Hume]], Northern Irish educator and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1938]] – [[Curt Flood]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1997)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1938 – [[Anthony Giddens]], English sociologist and academic * 1938 – [[Werner Olk]], German footballer and manager * 1938 – [[Hargus "Pig" Robbins]], American musician (d. 2022) *[[1940]] – [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodriguez]], Mexican race car driver (d. 1971) *[[1941]] – [[Denise Bombardier]], Canadian journalist and author (d. 2023) * 1941 – [[Bobby Goldsboro]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1941 – [[David Ruffin]], American singer (d. 1991)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1943]] – [[Paul Freeman (actor)|Paul Freeman]], English actor * 1943 – [[Kay Granger]], American educator and politician * 1943 – [[Dave Greenslade]], English keyboard player and composer * 1943 – [[Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician)|Charlie Wilson]], American businessman and politician (d. 2013) *[[1944]] – [[Paul Keating]], Australian economist and politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] * 1944 – [[Carl Morton]], American baseball player (d. 1983) * 1944 – [[Kei Ogura]], Japanese singer-songwriter and composer * 1944 – [[Alexander Van der Bellen]], President of Austria<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.austria.org/the-latest/2016/12/5/austrian-presidential-election-alexander-van-der-bellen-elected |title=Austrian Presidential Election: Alexander van der Bellen Sworn In |access-date=2019-01-19 |archive-date=2019-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121143/https://www.austria.org/the-latest/2016/12/5/austrian-presidential-election-alexander-van-der-bellen-elected |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Rocco Forte]], English businessman and philanthropist *[[1946]] – [[Perro Aguayo]], Mexican wrestler (d. 2019) * 1946 – [[Joseph Deiss]], Swiss economist and politician, 156th [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] * 1946 – [[Henrique Rosa]], Bissau-Guinean politician, [[List of heads of state of Guinea-Bissau|President of Guinea-Bissau]] (d. 2013) *[[1947]] – [[Sachio Kinugasa]], Japanese baseball player and journalist (d. 2018) * 1947 – [[Takeshi Kitano]], Japanese actor and director *[[1949]] – [[Bill Keller]], American journalist * 1949 – [[Philippe Starck]], French interior designer *[[1950]] – [[Gianfranco Brancatelli]], Italian race car driver * 1950 – [[Gilles Villeneuve]], Canadian race car driver (d. 1982) *[[1951]] – [[Bram Behr]], Surinamese journalist and activist (d. 1982) * 1951 – [[Bob Latchford]], English footballer *[[1952]] – [[Michael Behe]], American biochemist, author, and academic * 1952 – [[R. Stevie Moore]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1953]] – [[Brett Hudson]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1953 – [[B. K. Misra]], Indian neurosurgeon<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Presidents 2000-2016 |url=https://neurosocietyindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Past-Presidents-2000-2016-Low-Res.pdf#page=73 |website=[[Neurological Society of India]] |access-date=6 January 2021 |page=72}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Peter Moon (comedian)|Peter Moon]], Australian comedian and actor *[[1954]] – [[Ted DiBiase]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mac |first1=Eddie |title=This Day in Wrestling History (January 18) |url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/2015/1/18/7664099/this-day-in-wrestling-history-january-18 |publisher=[[CageSide Seats]] |access-date=17 January 2024 |date=18 January 2015}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Kevin Costner]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 18, 2023 includes celebrities Kevin Costner, Dave Bautista |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-18-2023-includes-celebrities-kevin-costner-dave-bautista.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=17 January 2024 |date=18 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Paul Deighton, Baron Deighton]], English banker and politician *[[1960]] – [[Mark Rylance]], English actor, director, and playwright<ref name="AP"/> *[[1961]] – [[Peter Beardsley]], English footballer and manager * 1961 – [[Bob Hansen]], American basketball player and sportscaster * 1961 – [[Mark Messier]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster * 1961 – [[Jeff Yagher]], American actor and sculptor *[[1962]] – [[Alison Arngrim]], Canadian-American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1963]] – [[Maxime Bernier]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada]] * 1963 – [[Ian Crook]], English footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/tottenham-hotspur-fc/ian-crook-7139/league-appearances_a13808// |title=Ian CROOK |website=sporting-heroes.net |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> * 1963 – [[Carl McCoy]], English singer-songwriter * 1963 – [[Martin O'Malley]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 61st [[Governor of Maryland]] *[[1964]] – [[Brady Anderson]], American baseball player * 1964 – [[Richard Dunwoody]], Northern Irish jockey and sportscaster * 1964 – [[Virgil Hill]], American boxer * 1964 – [[Jane Horrocks]], English actress and singer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1966]] – [[Alexander Khalifman]], Russian chess player and author * 1966 – [[Kazufumi Miyazawa]], Japanese singer * 1966 – [[André Ribeiro (racing driver)|André Ribeiro]], Brazilian race car driver (d. 2021) *[[1967]] – [[Dean Bailey]], Australian footballer and coach (d. 2014) * 1967 – [[Iván Zamorano]], Chilean footballer *[[1969]] – [[Dave Bautista]], American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1969 – [[Jesse L. Martin]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP"/> * 1969 – [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]], American guitarist and producer *[[1970]] – [[DJ Quik]], American rapper and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1970 – [[Peter Van Petegem]], Belgian cyclist *[[1971]] – [[Amy Barger]], American astronomer * 1971 – [[Jonathan Davis]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1971 – [[Christian Fittipaldi]], Brazilian race car driver * 1971 – [[Pep Guardiola]], Spanish footballer and manager * 1971 – [[Binyavanga Wainaina]], Kenyan writer (d. 2019) *[[1972]] – [[Vinod Kambli]], Indian cricketer, sportscaster, and actor * 1972 – [[Mike Lieberthal]], American baseball player * 1972 – [[Kjersti Plätzer]], Norwegian race walker *[[1973]] – [[Burnie Burns]], American actor, director, and producer, co-founded [[Rooster Teeth Productions]] * 1973 – [[Luke Goodwin]], Australian rugby league player and coach * 1973 – [[Benjamin Jealous]], American civic leader and activist * 1973 – [[Joe Kehoskie]], American baseball executive<ref name="From Cuba with Trust">{{cite news |last=Michael |first=Matt |title=From Cuba with Trust |newspaper=Syracuse Post-Standard |date=22 December 1998}}</ref> * 1973 – [[Anthony Koutoufides]], Australian footballer * 1973 – [[Crispian Mills]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director * 1973 – [[Rolando Schiavi]], Argentinian footballer and coach *[[1974]] – [[Christian Burns]], English singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1976]] – [[Laurence Courtois]], Belgian tennis player * 1976 – [[Marcelo Gallardo]], Argentinian footballer and coach * 1976 – [[Damien Leith]], Irish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1976 – [[Derek Richardson (actor)|Derek Richardson]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1977]] – [[Richard Archer]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1978]] – [[Brian Falkenborg]], American baseball player * 1978 – [[Thor Hushovd]], Norwegian cyclist * 1978 – [[Bogdan Lobonț]], Romanian footballer *[[1979]] – [[Ruslan Fedotenko]], Ukrainian ice hockey player * 1979 – [[Paulo Ferreira]], Portuguese footballer * 1979 – [[Brian Gionta]], American ice hockey player * 1979 – [[Kenyatta Jones]], American football player (d. 2018) * 1979 – [[Wandy Rodriguez]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Wandy Rodriguez |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/wandy-rodriguez-434643 |website=MLB.com |access-date=9 November 2022}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]], English singer-songwriter and producer * 1980 – [[Robert Green]], English footballer * 1980 – [[Kert Haavistu]], Estonian footballer and manager * 1980 – [[Julius Peppers]], American football player * 1980 – [[Jason Segel]], American actor and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1981]] – [[Gang Dong-won]], South Korean actor * 1981 – [[Olivier Rochus]], Belgian tennis player * 1981 – [[Khari Stephenson]], Jamaican footballer *[[1982]] – [[Quinn Allman]], American guitarist and producer * 1982 – [[Mary Jepkosgei Keitany]], Kenyan runner *[[1983]] – [[Amir Blumenfeld]], Israeli-American comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter * 1983 – [[Samantha Mumba]], Irish singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1983 – [[Joel Stallworth]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/joel-stallworth-14252059 |title=Joel STALLWORTH |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Seung-Hui Cho]], South Korean mass murderer (d. 2007) * 1984 – [[Kristy Lee Cook]], American singer-songwriter * 1984 – [[Ioannis Drymonakos]], Greek swimmer * 1984 – [[Makoto Hasebe]], Japanese footballer * 1984 – [[Michael Kearney]], American biochemist and academic * 1984 – [[Benji Schwimmer]], American dancer and choreographer * 1984 – [[Viktoria Shklover]], Estonian figure skater *[[1985]] – [[Dale Begg-Smith]], Canadian-Australian skier * 1985 – [[Mark Briscoe]], American wrestler * 1985 – [[Riccardo Montolivo]], Italian footballer * 1985 – [[Hyun Woo]], South Korean actor *[[1986]] – [[Marya Roxx]], Estonian-American singer-songwriter * 1986 – [[Becca Tobin]], American actress, singer, and dancer<ref name="UPI"/> * 1986 – [[Ikusaburo Yamazaki]], Japanese actor and singer * 1986 – [[Eugene Lee Yang]], Korean-American actor, filmmaker, and activist<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Eugene Lee Yang |user=EugeneLeeYang |number=1483532649771638784 |title=Turning 36 today. Celebrating with my dogs and houseplants.}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Johan Djourou]], Swiss footballer * 1987 – [[Christopher Liebig]], German rugby player * 1987 – [[Grigoris Makos]], Greek footballer *[[1988]] – [[Ronnie Day]], American singer-songwriter * 1988 – [[Angelique Kerber]], German tennis player * 1988 – [[Anastasios Kissas]], Greek footballer * 1988 – [[Ashleigh Murray]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/> * 1988 – [[Boy van Poppel]], Dutch cyclist *[[1989]] – [[Rubén Miño]], Spanish footballer * 1989 – [[Michael Pineda]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Pineda |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/michael-pineda-501381 |website=MLB.com |access-date=9 November 2022}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Gorgui Dieng]], Senegalese basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Gorgui Dieng |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203476/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Hayle Ibrahimov]], Ethiopian-Azerbaijani runner * 1990 – [[Brett Lawrie]], Canadian baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brett Lawrie |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/brett-lawrie-543434 |website=MLB.com |access-date=9 November 2022}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Nacho (footballer, born 1990)|Nacho]], Spanish footballer * 1990 – [[Gift Ngoepe]], South African baseball player * 1990 – [[Alex Pietrangelo]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Pietrangelo |url=https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/player/alex-pietrangelo-8474565 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Zeeko Zaki]], Egyptian-American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1991]] – [[Douglas Wreden]], a.k.a. DougDoug, American streamer<ref>{{cite tweet |user=DougDougFood |last=Wreden |first=Doug |number=1218692318632370176 |title=29 years ago today I erupted from my mother's vagina |date=January 18, 2020}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Francesco Bardi]], Italian footballer *[[1993]] – [[Sean Keenan (actor)|Sean Keenan]], Australian actor * 1993 – [[Juan Fernando Quintero]], Colombian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Juan Fernando Quintero |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=66807 |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Max Fried]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Max Fried |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/max-fried-608331 |access-date=9 November 2022 |website=MLB.com}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Kang Ji-young]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite book |author=Mark Russell |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |page=94 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |date=29 April 2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Ilona Kremen]], Belarusian tennis player *[[1995]] – [[Bryce Alford]], American basketball player * 1995 – [[Leonard Fournette]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Leonard Fournette |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3115364/leonard-fournette |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 January 2023}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Samu Castillejo]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Samu Castillejo |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=77646 |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Emil Audero]], Indonesian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/emil-audero/289808/|title=E. Audero Socceway Profile|work=Soccerway|access-date=21 March 2017}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Denis Malgin]], Swiss ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Denis Malgin |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/denis-malgin-8478843 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Aitana Bonmatí]], Spanish footballer * 1998 – [[Lisandro Martínez]], Argentinian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Lisandro Martínez |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/67191/Lisandro-Mart%C3%ADnez/overview |website=[[Premier League]] |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Éder Militão]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Éder Militão |url=https://www.realmadrid.com/es-ES/futbol/primer-equipo-masculino/plantilla/eder-gabriel-militao |website=[[Real Madrid C.F.]] |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Karan Brar]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=900077&type=brar |title=Karan Brar - "Ravi Ross" |access-date=January 17, 2024 |work=DisneyChannelMedianet.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020105635/http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=900077&type=brar |archive-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Tee Higgins]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tee Higgins |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4239993/tee-higgins |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 January 2023}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Djorkaeff Reasco]], Ecuadorian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Djorkaeff Reasco |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/252702/djorkaeff-reasco |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Gary Trent Jr.]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Gary Trent Jr. |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629018/gary-trent-jr |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Mateus Ward]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[2002]] – [[Anastasia Zakharova]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anastasia Zakharova | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/327367/anastasia-zakharova |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 2002 – [[Ki-Jana Hoever]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ki-Jana Hoever |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/52951/Ki-Jana-Hoever/overview |website=[[Premier League]] |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> * 2002 – [[Karim Adeyemi]], German footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karim Adeyemi |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/karim-adeyemi |website=[[Bundesliga]] |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> * [[2010]] – [[Sophia Reid-Gantzert]], Canadian actress and dancer<ref>{{Cite Instagram |postid=C2P86BBtPpP |user=sophiareidgantzert |title=14?!?! #14 #14th #14thbirthday #birthday #bday #sophiareidgantzert #sophiareid #actress #acting |date=January 18, 2024 |first=Sophia |last=Reid-Gantzert |access-date=May 30, 2024}}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[52 BC]] – [[Publius Clodius Pulcher]], Roman politician (b. 93 BC) * [[474]] – [[Leo I (emperor)|Leo I]], Byzantine emperor (b. 401) * [[748]] – [[Odilo, Duke of Bavaria|Odilo]], duke of [[Bavaria]] * [[896]] – [[Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun]], ruler of the [[Tulunids]], murdered (b. 864) *[[1213]] – [[Tamar of Georgia]] (b. 1160) *[[1253]] – King [[Henry I of Cyprus]] (b. 1217) *[[1271]] – [[Margaret of Hungary (saint)|Saint Margaret of Hungary]] (b. 1242) *[[1326]] – [[Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter]], English baron (b. 1247) *[[1357]] – [[Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile|Maria of Portugal]], infanta (b. 1313) *[[1367]] – [[Peter I of Portugal]] (b. 1320) *[[1411]] – [[Jobst of Moravia]], ruler of [[Moravia]], [[King of the Romans]] *[[1425]] – [[Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March]], English politician (b. 1391) *[[1451]] – [[Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen]] (1442–1451) (b. [[1414]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Van den Berg |first=F.M. |editor-last1=Van der Klooster |editor-first1=L.J. |editor-last2=Tiethoff-Spliethoff |editor-first2=M.E. |editor-last3=Tamse |editor-first3=C.A. |editor-last4=Elzenga |editor-first4=E. |name-list-style=& |date=1992 |chapter=Een Nassau’s graf in Italië |title=Militaire entourage rondom Oranje en andere bijdragen over het Huis van Oranje. Oranje-Nassau Museum Jaarboek 1992 |language=nl |location=Zutphen |publisher=Walburg Pers |page=89 |isbn=90-6011-812-X}}</ref> *[[1471]] – [[Emperor Go-Hanazono]] of Japan (b. 1419) *[[1479]] – [[Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. 1417) *[[1547]] – [[Pietro Bembo]], Italian cardinal and scholar (b. 1470) *[[1586]] – [[Margaret of Parma]] (b. 1522) *[[1589]] – [[Magnus Heinason]], Faroese naval hero (b. 1545) ===1601–1900=== *[[1677]] – [[Jan van Riebeeck]], Dutch politician, founded [[Cape Town]] (b. 1619) *[[1756]] – [[Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim]], Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682) *[[1783]] – [[Jeanne Quinault]], French actress and playwright (b. 1699) *[[1803]] – [[Ippolit Bogdanovich]], Russian poet and academic (b. 1743) *[[1849]] – [[Panoutsos Notaras]], Greek politician (b. 1752) *[[1862]] – [[John Tyler]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1790) *[[1873]] – [[Edward Bulwer-Lytton]], English author, poet, playwright, and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] (b. 1803) *[[1878]] – [[Antoine César Becquerel]], French physicist and academic (b. 1788) *[[1886]] – [[Baldassare Verazzi]], Italian painter (b. 1819) *[[1892]] – [[Anton Anderledy]], Swiss religious leader, 23rd [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus]] (b. 1819) *[[1896]] – [[Charles Floquet]], French lawyer and politician, 55th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1828) ===1901–present=== *[[1923]] – [[Wallace Reid]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891) *[[1934]] – [[Joseph Devlin]], Northern Irish political leader of the [[Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)]] (b. 1871)<ref>McMahon, Seán (2011), ''Wee Joe: the life of Joseph Devlin'', Belfast: Brehon Press, ISBN 978-1-905474-35-6</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Hermanus Brockmann]], Dutch rower (b. 1871) * 1936 – [[Rudyard Kipling]], English author and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1865) *[[1940]] – [[Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer]], Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865) *[[1951]] – [[Amy Carmichael]], Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)<ref>{{cite book |first=Lois |last=Hoadley Dick |title=Amy Carmichael: Let the Little Children Come |location=Chicago |publisher=Moody Press |year=1984 |page=5 |isbn=978-0-80240-433-6}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Curly Howard]], American actor (b. 1903) *[[1954]] – [[Sydney Greenstreet]], English-American actor (b. 1879) *[[1955]] – [[Saadat Hasan Manto]], Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912) *[[1956]] – [[Makbule Atadan]], Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885) * 1956 – [[Konstantin Päts]], Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st [[President of Estonia]] (b. 1874) *[[1963]] – [[Hugh Gaitskell]], English academic and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. 1906) *[[1966]] – [[Kathleen Norris]], American journalist and author (b. 1880) *[[1967]] – [[Goose Tatum]], American basketball player and soldier (b. 1921) *[[1969]] – [[Hans Freyer]], German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887) *[[1970]] – [[David O. McKay]], American religious leader, 9th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1873) *[[1971]] – [[Virgil Finlay]], American illustrator (b. 1914) *[[1973]] – [[Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko]], Russian tank commander (b. 1924) *[[1975]] – [[Gertrude Olmstead]], American actress (b. 1897) *[[1978]] – [[Hasan Askari (writer)|Hasan Askari]], Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919) *[[1980]] – [[Cecil Beaton]], English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904) *[[1984]] – [[Panteleimon Ponomarenko]], Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902) * 1984 – [[Vassilis Tsitsanis]], Greek singer-songwriter and [[bouzouki]] player (b. 1915) *[[1989]] – [[Bruce Chatwin]], English-French author (b. 1940) *[[1990]] – [[Melanie Appleby]], English singer (b. 1966) * 1990 – [[Rusty Hamer]], American actor (b. 1947) *[[1993]] – [[Dionysios Zakythinos]], Greek historian, academic, and politician (b. 1905) *[[1995]] – [[Adolf Butenandt]], German biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903) * 1995 – [[Ron Luciano]], American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937) *[[1996]] – [[N. T. Rama Rao]], Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]] (b. 1923) *[[1997]] – [[Paul Tsongas]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1941) *[[1998]] – [[Dan Georgiadis]], Greek footballer and manager (b. 1922) *[[2000]] – [[Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky]], Austrian architect (b. 1897) *[[2001]] – [[Laurent-Désiré Kabila]], [[President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (b. 1939) *[[2003]] – [[Ed Farhat]], American wrestler and trainer (b. 1924) * 2003 – [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]], Indian poet and author (b. 1907) *[[2004]] – [[Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova]], Russian-born Soviet test pilot and [[aerobatics]] champion (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bouraia |first=Marina |date=May–June 2004 |title=Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova |url=https://www.ninety-nines.org/pdf/newsmagazine/20040506.pdf |journal=International Women Pilots Magazine |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=21}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Lamont Bentley]], American actor and rapper (b. 1973) *[[2006]] – [[Jan Twardowski]], Polish priest and poet (b. 1915) *[[2007]] – [[Brent Liles]], American bass player (b. 1963) *[[2008]] – [[Georgia Frontiere]], American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927) * 2008 – [[Frank Lewin]], American composer and theorist (b. 1925) * 2008 – [[Lois Nettleton]], American actress (b. 1927) * 2008 – [[John Stroger]], American politician (b. 1929) *[[2009]] – [[Tony Hart]], English painter and television host (b. 1925) * 2009 – [[Nora Kovach]], Hungarian-American ballerina (b. 1931) * 2009 – [[Danai Stratigopoulou]], Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1913) * 2009 – [[Grigore Vieru]], Romanian poet and author (b. 1935) *[[2010]] – [[Kate McGarrigle]], Canadian musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1946) * 2010 – [[Robert B. Parker]], American author and academic (b. 1932) *[[2011]] – [[Sargent Shriver]], American politician and diplomat, 21st [[United States Ambassador to France]] (b. 1915) *[[2012]] – [[Anthony Gonsalves]], Indian composer and educator (b. 1927) * 2012 – [[Georg Lassen]], German captain (b. 1915) * 2012 – [[Yuri Rasovsky]], American playwright and producer, founded [[The National Radio Theater of Chicago]] (b. 1944) *[[2013]] – [[Sean Fallon (footballer)|Sean Fallon]], Irish footballer and manager (b. 1922) * 2013 – [[Jim Horning]], American computer scientist and academic (b. 1942) * 2013 – [[Jon Mannah]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1989) * 2013 – [[Lewis Marnell]], Australian skateboarder (b. 1982) * 2013 – [[Ron Nachman]], Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1942) *[[2014]] – [[Kathryn Abbe]], American photographer and author (b. 1919) * 2014 – [[Michael Botmang]], Nigerian politician, 17th [[List of Governors of Plateau State|Governor of Plateau State]] (b. 1938) * 2014 – [[Dennis Frederiksen]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1951) * 2014 – [[Andy Graver]], English footballer (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[Sarah Marshall (British actress)|Sarah Marshall]], English actress (b. 1933) * 2014 – [[Eugenio Cruz Vargas]], Chilean poet and painter (b. 1923) *[[2015]] – [[Alberto Nisman]], Argentinian lawyer and prosecutor (b. 1963) * 2015 – [[Christine Valmy]], Romanian cosmetologist and author (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Piet van der Sanden]], Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1924) * 2015 – [[Tony Verna]], American director and producer, invented [[instant replay]] (b. 1933) *[[2016]] – [[Johnny Bach]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1924) * 2016 – [[Glenn Frey]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1948) * 2016 – [[T. S. Sinnathuray]], Judge of the [[High Court of Singapore]] (b. 1930) * 2016 – [[Michel Tournier]], French journalist and author (b. 1924) *[[2017]] – [[Peter Abrahams]], South African-Jamaican writer (b. 1919) * 2017 – [[Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint]], English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1939) * 2017 – [[Roberta Peters]], American coloratura soprano (b. 1930) *[[2019]] – [[John Coughlin (figure skater)|John Coughlin]], American figure skater (b. 1985)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2019/01/19/former-us-skating-champion-john-coughlin-found-dead-after-suspension/2623792002/ |title=Former U.S. figure skating champion dies by suicide after being suspended from sport |first=Christine |last=Brennan |website=USA TODAY}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Francisco Gento]], Spanish football player (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-01-18 |title=Real Madrid great Gento dies aged 88 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/real-madrid-great-gento-dies-aged-88-2022-01-18/ |access-date=2022-01-18}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Yvette Mimieux]], American actress (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/yvette-mimieux-dead-the-time-machine-actress-the-most-deadly-game-1234914745/ |title=Yvette Mimieux Dies; Actress/Writer Who Starred In 'The Time Machine' Had Just Turned 80 |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=18 January 2022 |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref> * 2022 – [[André Leon Talley]], American fashion journalist (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Notable deaths in 2022 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2022-idUSRTS4OVLY |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref> * [[2023]] – [[David Crosby]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Dolan |first1=Jon |last2=Greene |first2=Andy |date=2023-01-19 |title=David Crosby, Iconoclastic Rocker, Dead at 81 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-crosby-dead-obituary-1234664235/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[2025]] – [[Claire van Kampen]], English director and composer (b. 1953)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=January 19, 2025 |title=Claire van Kampen, 71, Playwright and Arranger of Early Music World, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/obituaries/claire-van-kampen-dead.html |access-date=January 20, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Amy Carmichael]] ([[Church of England]]) **[[Athanasius of Alexandria]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]]) **[[Confession of Peter]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]], some [[Anglican Church|Anglican]] and [[Lutheran Church]]es) **[[Cyril of Alexandria]] **[[Deicolus]] **[[Saint Margaret of Hungary|Margaret of Hungary]] **[[Saint Prisca|Prisca]] **[[Volusianus of Tours]] **[[January 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Royal Thai Armed Forces Day]] (Thailand) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/18 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=18}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/18 Historical Events on January 18] {{months}} [[Category:Days of January]]
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