Events
Pre-1600
* 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty. * 1327 – Fourteen-year-old Edward III ascends the throne of England after his father the king is forced to abdicate by Queen Isabella and her lover, Roger Mortimer. * 1348 – A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern1601–1900
* 1704 – The Apalachee massacre: A combined British and Muscogee force from the Province of Carolina destroys the main fortified mission of Ayubale, breaking Spain's hold on Spanish Florida. * 1787 – Shays' Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty. * 1791 – The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada. * 1792 – The London Corresponding Society is founded. * 1819 – University of Virginia chartered by Commonwealth of Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson one of its founders. * 1858 – The '' Wedding March'' by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia, and becomes a popular wedding processional. * 1879 – The Bulgarian National Bank is founded. * 1881 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. * 1890 – Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.1901–present
* 1909 – Richard Strauss's opera '' Elektra'' receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. * 1915 – Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco. * 1917 – Sinking of the SS ''Laurentic'' after hitting two German mines off the coast of northwest Ireland. * 1918 – The Ukrainian People's Republic declares independence from Soviet Russia. * 1918 – The Finnish Defence Forces (The White Guards) are established as the official army of independent Finland, and Baron C. G. E. Mannerheim is appointed its Commander-in-Chief. * 1924 – The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. * 1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin. * 1932 – Alt Llobregat insurrection suppressed in Central Catalonia,Births
Pre-1600
* 750 – Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (died 780) *1408 – Katharina of Hanau, German countess regent (died 1460) *1459 – Paul Hofhaimer, Austrian organist and composer (died 1537) *1477 – Anne of Brittany (probable; (died 1514) *1509 – Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (died 1580) *1526 – Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (died 1586)1601–1900
*1615 – Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (died 1660) *1627 – Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist (died 1691) *1634 – Gaspar Fagel, Dutch politician and diplomat (died 1688) *1635 – Daniel Casper von Lohenstein, German writer, diplomat and lawyer (died 1683) *1640 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Steward, Lord Steward of the Household (died 1707) *1736 – Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (died 1813) *1739 – Charles François Dumouriez, French general and politician, Minister of Defence (France), French Minister of Defence (died 1823) *1743 – Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher and author (died 1819) *1750 – Johann Gottfried Vierling, German organist and composer (died 1813) *1755 – Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (probable; (died 1815) *1759 – Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (died 1796) *1783 – William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (died 1857) *1794 – François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist, physician, physiologist, and lawyer (died 1878) *1796 – William MacGillivray, Scottish ornithologist and biologist (died 1852) *1813 – J. Marion Sims, American gynecologist and physician (died 1883) *1816 – Anna Gardner, American abolitionist and teacher (died 1901) *1822 – Charles Reed Bishop, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician, founded the Bishop Museum (died 1915) * 1822 – William McDougall (politician, born 1822), William McDougall, Canadian lawyer and politician, List of lieutenant governors of the Northwest Territories, Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories (died 1905) *1823 – José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (died 1891) *1824 – Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (died 1873) *1841 – John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, English admiral (died 1920) * 1858 – Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman (died 1954) *1860 – Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (died 1936) *1864 – Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (died 1934) *1868 – Juventino Rosas, Mexican violinist and composer (died 1894) *1874 – W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (died 1965) *1878 – Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-American engineer (died 1975) *1882 – Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (died 1941) *1885 – Kitahara Hakushū, Japanese poet and author (died 1942) *1886 – Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer (died 1954) *1886 – Dean Ivan Lamb, American pioneer pilot and mercenary (died 1955) *1894 – Aino Aalto, Finnish architect and designer (died 1949) *1895 – Florence Mills, American singer, dancer, and actress (died 1927) *1899 – Sleepy John Estes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977) * 1899 – Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian lawyer and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 1972) *1900 – István Fekete, Hungarian author (died 1970) * 1900 – Yōjirō Ishizaka, Japanese author and educator (died 1986) * 1900 – Theodosius Dobzhansky, Russian-American geneticist and pioneer of evolutionary biology (died 1975)1901–present
*1901 – Mildred Dunnock, American actress (died 1991) *1905 – Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (died 1985) * 1905 – Margery Sharp, English author and educator (died 1991) *1905 – Sava Kovačević, Yugoslav Partisan divisional commander and People's Hero of Yugoslavia (died 1943) *1906 – Toni Ulmen, German racing driver and motorcycle racer (died 1976) *1908 – Hsieh Tung-min, Taiwanese politician and Vice President of the Republic of China (died 2001) *1910 – Edgar V. Saks, Estonian historian, author, and politician, Minister of Education and Research (Estonia), Estonian Minister of Education (died 1984) *1913 – Huang Hua (politician), Huang Hua, Chinese translator and politician, 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (died 2010) * 1913 – Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (died 1994) * 1913 – Luis Marden, American photographer and journalist (died 2003) *1914 – William Strickland (conductor), William Strickland, American conductor and organist (died 1991) * 1915 – Ewan MacColl, English singer-songwriter, actor and producer (died 1989) *1916 – Pop Ivy, American football player and coach (died 2003) * 1917 – Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2003) * 1917 – Jânio Quadros, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 22nd President of Brazil (died 1992) *1919 – Norman Newell, English record producer and lyricist (died 2004) *1919 – Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (died 2010) *1921 – Samuel T. Cohen, American physicist and academic (died 2010) * 1921 – Josef Holeček (canoeist), Josef Holeček, Czechoslovakian canoeist (died 2005) *1922 – Raymond Baxter, English television host and pilot (died 2006) *1923 – Arvid Carlsson, Swedish pharmacologist and physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018) * 1923 – Shirley Ardell Mason, American psychiatric patient (died 1998) * 1923 – Sally Starr (TV hostess), Sally Starr, American actress and television host (died 2013) * 1923 – Jean Taittinger, French politician, Ministry of Justice (France), French Minister of Justice (died 2012) * 1924 – Lou Groza, American football player and coach (died 2000) * 1924 – Husein Mehmedov, Bulgarian-Turkish wrestler and coach (died 2014) * 1924 – Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (died 2003) *1925 – Gordy Soltau, American football player and sportscaster (died 2014) * 1925 – Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and songwriter (died 1992) *1926 – Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (died 2010) *1927 – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1994) *1928 – Jérôme Choquette, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2017) * 1928 – Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (died 2014) * 1928 – Cor van der Hart, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2006) *1929 – Elizabeth Allen (actress), Elizabeth Allen, American actress and singer (died 2006) * 1929 – Robert Faurisson, English-French author and academic (died 2018) * 1929 – Benny Golson, American saxophonist and composer (died 2024) *1931 – Dean Jones (actor), Dean Jones, American actor and singer (died 2015) *1933 – Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (died 2009) *1935 – Conrad Burns, American journalist, and politician (died 2016) * 1935 – António Ramalho Eanes, Portuguese general and politician, 16th President of Portugal * 1935 – Don Maynard, American football player (died 2022) *1936 – Diana Hyland, American actress (died 1977) * 1936 – Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (died 1995) * 1937 – Ange-Félix Patassé, Central African engineer and politician, 5th President of the Central African Republic (died 2011) *1938 – Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator (died 1998) * 1938 – Etta James, American singer (died 2012) * 1938 – Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese author, illustrator, and animator (died 2023) * 1938 – Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (died 1980) * 1941 – Buddy Baker, American race car driver and sportscaster (died 2015) * 1942 – Carl Eller, American football player and sportscaster * 1942 – Eusébio, Mozambican-Portuguese footballer (died 2014) *1943 – Tobe Hooper, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017) * 1945 – Byron Beck, American basketball player * 1945 – Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress * 1947 – Ángel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer (died 2017) * 1947 – Tostão, Brazilian footballer, journalist, and physician *1948 – Ros Kelly, Australian educator and politician, 1st Minister for Defence Science and Personnel (Australia), Australian Minister for Defence Science and Personnel * 1948 – Georgy Shishkin, Russian painter and illustrator * 1949 – John Cooper Clarke, English poet and critic * 1949 – Paul Nurse, English geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate *1950 – Gloria Naylor, American novelist (died 2016) *1951 – Steve Prefontaine, American runner (died 1975) *1952 – Peter Tatchell, Australian-English journalist and activist * 1952 – Timothy White (editor), Timothy White, American journalist, author, and critic (died 2002) *1953 – The Honky Tonk Man, American wrestler *1954 – Ricardo Bochini, Argentinian footballer and manager * 1954 – Kay Cottee, Australian sailor * 1954 – Renate Dorrestein, Dutch journalist and author (died 2018) *1956 – Andy Cox, English guitarist * 1956 – Dinah Manoff, American actress *1957 – Eskil Erlandsson, Swedish technologist and politician, Ministry for Rural Affairs (Sweden), Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs * 1957 – Andy Harris (politician), Andrew Harris, American politician * 1957 – Jenifer Lewis, American actress and singer *1958 – Franco Pancheri, Italian footballer and manager * 1961 – Vivian Balakrishnan, Singaporean ophthalmologist and politician, Ministry of National Development (Singapore), Singaporean Ministry of National Development * 1961 – Tim Dorsey, American novelist (died 2023) *1962 – Chris Chelios, American ice hockey player and manager *1963 – Fernando Haddad, Brazilian academic and politician, 61st List of mayors of São Paulo, Mayor of São Paulo * 1963 – Molly Holzschlag, American computer scientist and author (died 2023) * 1964 – Stephen Pate, Australian cyclist *1965 – Esa Tikkanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach *1966 – Chet Culver, American educator and politician, 41st Governor of Iowa * 1966 – Yiannos Ioannou, Cypriot footballer and manager * 1966 – Mark Schlereth, American football player and sportscaster * 1967 – Nelson Asaytono, Filipino basketball player * 1967 – David Ginola, French footballer * 1967 – Randy McKay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1967 – Nicole Uphoff, German equestrian *1968 – Eric Orie, Dutch footballer and manager * 1969 – Sergei Ovchinnikov (volleyball), Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (died 2012) *1970 – Stephen Chbosky, American author, screenwriter, and director * 1970 – Chris Mills (basketball), Chris Mills, American basketball player * 1970 – Milt Stegall, American football player and sportscaster * 1971 – Luca Badoer, Italian racing driver * 1971 – Philip Coppens (author), Philip Coppens, Belgian journalist and author (died 2012) * 1971 – Ana Ortiz, American actress *1972 – Shinji Takehara, Japanese boxer *1973 – Geoff Johns, American author, screenwriter, and producer *1974 – Robert Budreau, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter * 1974 – Emily Haines, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player * 1974 – Attilio Nicodemo, Italian footballer *1975 – Duncan Jupp, Anglo-Scottish footballer * 1975 – Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress *1976 – Stephanie Bellars, American wrestler and manager * 1976 – Mário Haberfeld, Brazilian racing driver * 1976 – Dimitris Nalitzis, Greek footballer *1977 – Michael Brown (footballer, born 1977), Michael Brown, English footballer, manager and pundit *1978 – Charlene, Princess of Monaco * 1978 – Ahmet Dursun, Turkish footballer * 1978 – Denis Menchov, Russian cyclist * 1978 – Derrick Turnbow, American baseball player * 1978 – Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian actor, comedian, and politician, 6th President of Ukraine *1979 – Christine Lakin, American actress and director * 1979 – David Mutendera, Zimbabwean cricketer * 1979 – Rodrigo Ribeiro (racing driver), Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver *1980 – Alayna Burns, Australian track cyclist * 1980 – Michelle McCool, American wrestler * 1980 – Xavi (footballer, born 1980), Xavi, Spanish footballer *1981 – Francis Jeffers, English footballer * 1981 – Alicia Keys, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress * 1981 – Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer (died 2007) *1983 – Josh Powell, American basketball player *1984 – Jay Briscoe, American wrestler (died 2023) * 1984 – Stefan Kießling, German footballer * 1984 – Robinho, Brazilian footballer * 1984 – Fara Williams, English footballer *1985 – Brent Celek, American football player * 1985 – Hwang Jung-eum, South Korean actress * 1985 – Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer and Eurovision Song Contest 2006 contestant * 1985 – Acie Law, American basketball player * 1985 – Hartley Sawyer, American actor * 1985 – Michael Trevino, American actor * 1985 – Patrick Willis, American football player *1986 – Chris O'Grady, English footballer *1987 – Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player *1988 – Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player * 1988 – Ryota Ozawa, Japanese actor *1990 – Apostolos Giannou, Greek-Australian footballer * 1990 – Lee Jun-ho (singer), Lee Jun-ho, South Korean singer and actor *1991 – Ariana DeBose, American actress, singer, and dancer * 1991 – Ahmed Hegazi, Egyptian footballer *1996 – Mohamed Hany, Egyptian footballer * 1996 – Seunghee, South Korean singer and television personality * 1996 – Adama Traoré (footballer, born 1996), Adama Traoré, Spanish footballer *1997 – Noah Hanifin, American ice hockey player *2001 – Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italian tennis player *2002 – Lil Mosey, American rapperDeaths
Pre-1600
* 390 – Gregory Nazianzus, theology, theologian and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (born 329) * 477 – Gaiseric, king of the Vandals (born 389) * 750 – Ibrahim ibn al-Walid, Umayyad caliph * 844 – Pope Gregory IV (born 795) * 863 – Charles of Provence, Frankish king (born 845) * 951 – Ma Xiguang, ruler of Chu (Ten Kingdoms), Chu (Ten Kingdoms) *1003 – Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark *1067 – Emperor Yingzong of Song (born 1032) *1138 – Antipope Anacletus II *1139 – Godfrey I, Count of Louvain and Duke of Lower Lorraine (as Godfrey VI) *1366 – Henry Suso, German priest and mystic (born 1300) *1413 – Maud de Ufford, Countess of Oxford (born 1345) *1431 – Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (born 1364) *1492 – Ygo Gales Galama, Frisian warlord and rebel (born 1443) * 1494 – Ferdinand I of Naples (born 1423) *1559 – Christian II of Denmark (born 1481) *1578 – Mihrimah Sultan (daughter of Suleiman I), Mihrimah Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1522) *1586 – Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (born 1515)1601–1900
*1640 – Robert Burton (scholar), Robert Burton, English physician and scholar (born 1577) *1670 – Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (born 1612) *1726 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (born 1675) *1733 – Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (born 1652) *1742 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer (born 1656) *1751 – Paul Dudley (jurist), Paul Dudley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1675) *1852 – Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (born 1778) *1856 – John Doubleday (restorer), John Doubleday, British craftsperson, restorer, and dealer *1872 – Richard S. Ewell, American general (born 1817) * 1881 – Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (born 1794) *1884 – Périclès Pantazis, Greek-Belgian painter (born 1849) *1891 – Theo van Gogh (art dealer), Theo van Gogh, Art dealer, the brother of Vincent van Gogh (born 1857) *1900 – Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, German Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1835)1901–present
*1907 – René Pottier, French cyclist (born 1879) *1908 – Ouida, English-Italian author (born 1839) * 1908 – Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician (born 1850) *1910 – W. G. Read Mullan, American Jesuit and academic (1860) *1914 – Frank Avery Hutchins, American librarian and educator (born 1851) *1912 – Dmitry Milyutin, Russian field marshal and politician (born 1816) *1925 – Juan Vucetich, Croatian-Argentinian anthropologist and police officer (born 1858) *1939 – Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (born 1870) * 1947 – Al Capone, American gangster and mob boss (born 1899) * 1949 – Makino Nobuaki, Japanese politician, 15th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan), Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1861) *1957 – Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (born 1873) * 1957 – Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (born 1871) *1958 – Cemil Topuzlu, Turkish surgeon and politician, List of mayors of Istanbul, Mayor of Istanbul (born 1866) * 1958 – Robert R. Young, American businessman and financier (born 1897) * 1960 – Diana Barrymore, American actress (born 1921) *1966 – Saul Adler, Belarusian-English microbiologist and parasitologist (born 1895) *1968 – Louie Myfanwy Thomas, Welsh writer (born 1908) * 1968 – Yvor Winters, American poet and literary critic (born 1900) *1970 – Jane Bathori, French soprano (born 1877) * 1970 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese director and producer (born 1901) * 1971 – Barry III, Guinean lawyer and politician (born 1923) *1972 – Erhard Milch, German field marshal (born 1892) *1975 – Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (born 1896) *1978 – Skender Kulenović, Bosnian author, poet, and playwright (born 1910) *1981 – Adele Astaire, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1896) *1982 – Mikhail Suslov, Russian economist and politician (born 1902) *1985 – Ilias Iliou, Greek jurist and politician (born 1904) *1987 – Frank J. Lynch, American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1922) *1988 – Colleen Moore, American actress (born 1899) *1990 – Ava Gardner, American actress (born 1922) *1991 – Frank Soo, English footballer and manager (born 1914) *1992 – Mir Khalil ur Rehman, Founder and editor of the Jang Group of Newspapers (born 1927) *1994 – Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (born 1909) *1996 – Jonathan Larson, American playwright and composer (born 1960) *1997 – Dan Barry (cartoonist), Dan Barry, American author and illustrator (born 1923) *1999 – Sarah Louise Delany, American author and educator (born 1889) * 1999 – Robert Shaw (conductor), Robert Shaw, American conductor (born 1916) *2001 – Alice Ambrose, American philosopher and logician (born 1906) *2002 – Cliff Baxter, employee at Enron (born 1958) *2003 – Sheldon Reynolds (producer), Sheldon Reynolds, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1923) * 2003 – Samuel Weems, American lawyer and author (born 1936) *2004 – Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch runner and hurdler (born 1918) * 2004 – Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (born 1979) *2005 – Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (born 1923) * 2005 – William Augustus Bootle, American lawyer and judge (born 1902) * 2005 – Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the PPG Place and Crystal Cathedral (born 1906) * 2005 – Manuel Lopes (writer), Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet (born 1907) * 2005 – Netti Witziers-Timmer, Dutch runner (born 1923) *2009 – Eleanor F. Helin, American astronomer (born 1932) * 2009 – Ewald Kooiman, Dutch organist and educator (born 1938) * 2009 – Kim Manners, American director and producer (born 1951) *2010 – Ali Hassan al-Majid, Iraqi general and politician, Ministry of Defence (Iraq), Iraqi Minister of Defence (born 1941) *2011 – Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos Greek captain and businessman (born 1935) * 2011 – Vincent Cronin, Welsh historian and author (born 1924) *2012 – Paavo Berglund, Finnish violinist and conductor (born 1929) * 2012 – Jacques Maisonrouge, French businessman (born 1924) * 2012 – Franco Pacini, Italian astrophysicist and academic (born 1939) * 2012 – Robert Sheran, American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1916) *2013 – Martial Asselin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1924) * 2013 – Kevin Heffernan (Gaelic footballer), Kevin Heffernan, Irish footballer and manager (born 1929) * 2013 – Aase Nordmo Løvberg, Norwegian soprano and actress (born 1923) *2014 – Arthur Doyle, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and flute player (born 1944) * 2014 – Heini Halberstam, Czech-English mathematician and academic (born 1926) * 2014 – Dave Strack, American basketball player and coach (born 1923) * 2014 – Morrie Turner, American cartoonist (born 1923) *2015 – John Leggett, American author and academic (born 1917) * 2015 – Richard McBrien, American priest, theologian, and academic (born 1936) * 2015 – Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (born 1936) * 2015 – Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer (born 1946) *2017 – Stephen P. Cohen (Middle East scholar), Stephen P. Cohen, Canadian academic (born 1945) * 2017 – Robert Garcia (New York politician), Robert Garcia, American politician (born 1933) * 2017 – John Hurt, English actor (born 1940) * 2017 – Harry Mathews, American novelist and poet (born 1930) * 2017 – Marcel Prud'homme, Canadian politician (born 1934) * 2017 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (born 1936) *2018 – Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat (born 1916) *2024 – Sanath Nishantha, Sri Lankan politician (born 1975) *2025 – Gloria Romero, Filipino actress (born 1933)Holidays and observances
*Betico Croes, Betico Day (Aruba) *Burns supper, Burns Night (Scotland) *Christian feast day: **Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Wales) **Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity) **Gregory the Theologian (Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church) **The last day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christian ecumenism) **January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Public holidays in Indonesia, National Nutrition Day (Indonesia) *National Police Day (Egypt) *National Voters' Day (India) *Public holidays in Egypt, Revolution Day 2011 (Egypt) *Tatiana Day or Russian Students Day (Russia, Eastern Orthodox)References
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