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Pre-1600

* 904Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. * 946 – Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.


1601–1900

* 1814War of the Sixth Coalition: France engages Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne. * 1819Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore. * 1845 – " The Raven" is published in '' The Evening Mirror'' in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe. * 1850Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress. * 1856Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War. * 1861Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state. * 1863 – The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children. * 1886Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. * 1891Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only
queen regnant A queen regnant (: queens regnant) is a female monarch, equivalent in rank, title and position to a king. She reigns ''suo jure'' (in her own right) over a realm known as a kingdom; as opposed to a queen consort, who is married to a reigning ...
of the Kingdom of Hawaii.


1901–present

* 1907Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator. * 1911Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911. * 1918Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kyiv, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty. * 1918 – Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the
Bolsheviks The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, were a radical Faction (political), faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, ...
in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later. * 1936 – The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced. * 1940 – Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed. * 1943
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers. * 1944 – World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day KaniÅ«kai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units. * 1944 – World War II: In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid. * 1959 – The first Melodifestivalen is held at Cirkus in
Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
, Sweden. * 1973EgyptAir Flight 741 crashes into the Kyrenia Mountains in Cyprus, killing 37 people. * 1983Singapore cable car crash: Panamanian-registered oil rig, ''Eniwetok'', strikes the cables of the Singapore Cable Car system linking the mainland and Sentosa Island, causing two cabins to fall into the water and killing seven people and leaving thirteen others trapped for hours. * 1989Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so. * 1991Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. * 1996 – President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French
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. * 2001 – Thousands of student protesters in
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals. * 2002 – In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an '' Axis of evil'', in which he includes Iraq,
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and North Korea. * 2005 – The first direct commercial flights from
mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...
(from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in
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. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in
Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
. * 2008 – An Egyptian court rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents. * 2009Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then- U.S. president-elect Barack Obama. * 2013SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people. * 2014Rojava conflict: The Afrin Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic. * 2017 – A gunman opens fire at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, killing six people and wounding 19 others in a spree shooting. * 2022 – Canadian truck drivers and pedestrians gathered to rally and protest on Parliament Hill against Canadian COVID-19 restrictions, which caused traffic and closures around the city. * 2025American Eagle Flight 5342 collided mid-air with a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk operated by the United States Army and crashed into the Potomac River, killing all 67 people onboard both aircraft. *2025 – A chartered
Beechcraft 1900 The Beechcraft 1900 is a U.S made twin-engine turboprop regional airliner manufactured by Beechcraft. It is also used as a freight aircraft and corporate transport, and by several governmental and military organizations. With customers favoring ...
crashes near the Unity oilfield in South Sudan, killing 20 people.


Births


Pre-1600

* 1455Johann Reuchlin, German-born humanist and scholar (died 1522) * 1475Giuliano Bugiardini, Italian painter (died 1555) * 1499Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther; formerly a Roman Catholic nun (died 1552) * 1525Lelio Sozzini, Italian humanist and reformer (died 1562) * 1584Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (died 1647) * 1591Franciscus Junius, German pioneer philologist (died 1677)


1601–1900

* 1602Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (died 1651) * 1632Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (died 1703) * 1688Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (died 1772) * 1711Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (died 1788) * 1715Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian organist and composer (died 1777) * 1717Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (died 1797) * 1718Paul Rabaut, French pastor (died 1794) * 1737Thomas Paine, English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary (died 1809) * 1749Christian VII of Denmark (died 1808) * 1754Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (died 1806) * 1756Henry Lee III, American general and politician, 9th Governor of Virginia (died 1818) * 1761Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1849) * 1782Daniel Auber, French composer (died 1871) * 1792Lemuel H. Arnold, American politician (died 1852) * 1801Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1857) * 1810Ernst Kummer, Polish-German mathematician and academic (died 1893) * 1810 – Mary Whitwell Hale, American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter (died 1862) * 1843William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...
(died 1901) * 1846Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist (died 1915) * 1852Frederic Hymen Cowen, Jamaican-English pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1935) * 1858Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (died 1916) * 1860Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (died 1904) * 1861Florida Ruffin Ridley, American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer (died 1943) * 1862Frederick Delius, English composer (died 1934) * 1864Richard Arman Gregory, British astronomer (died 1952) * 1866Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1944) * 1867Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author (died 1928) * 1874John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (died 1960) * 1876Havergal Brian, English composer (died 1972) * 1880W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (died 1946) * 1881Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist (died 1975) * 1884Juhan Aavik, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor (died 1982) * 1886Karl Freudenberg, German chemist (died 1983) * 1888Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (died 1970) * 1888 – Wellington Koo, Chinese statesman (died 1985) * 1892Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor (died 1947) * 1895Muna Lee, American poet and author (died 1965)


1901–present

* 1901Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network (died 1965) * 1901 – E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder (died 1989) * 1905Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher (died 1970) * 1913Victor Mature, American actor (died 1999) * 1915Bill Peet, American author and illustrator (died 2002) * 1915 – John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (died 2003) * 1916Roy Markham, British plant virologist (died 1979) * 1917John Raitt, American actor and singer (died 2005) * 1918John Forsythe, American actor (died 2010) * 1920Paul Gayten, American R&B pianist, songwriter, producer, and record company executive (died 1991) * 1923Paddy Chayefsky, American author and screenwriter (died 1981) * 1923 – Eddie Taylor, American electric blues guitarist and singer (died 1985) * 1926Abdus Salam, Pakistani-British physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996) * 1927Edward Abbey, American environmentalist and author (died 1989) * 1928Joseph Kruskal, American mathematician and computer scientist (died 2010) *1928 – Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong real estate billionaire (died 2025) * 1929Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1982) * 1931Leslie Bricusse, English playwright and composer (died 2021) * 1931 – Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary (died 2011) * 1932Raman Subba Row, English cricketer and referee (died 2024) * 1933Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (died 2004) * 1934Alan Cowley, British chemist (died 2020) * 1936James Jamerson, American bass player (died 1983) * 1936 – Veturi, Indian poet and songwriter (died 2010) * 1937Jeff Clyne, British musician (died 2009) * 1939Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author * 1939 – Jeanne Lee, American jazz singer, poet and composer (died 2000) * 1940Justino Díaz, Puerto Rican opera singer * 1940 – Katharine Ross, American actress and author * 1941Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, and author * 1941 – Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, Sri Lankan politician (died 2024) * 1942Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Cuban military officer, legislator and cosmonaut * 1943Tony Blackburn, English radio and television host * 1943 – Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014) * 1943 – Mark Wynter, English singer and actor * 1945Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (died 2022) * 1945 – Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman *
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
Geater Davis, American singer-songwriter (died 1984) * 1946 – Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter * 1947Linda B. Buck, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate * 1947 – David Byron, English singer-songwriter (died 1985) * 1947 – Marián Varga, Slovak organist and composer (died 2017) * 1948Raymond Keene, English chess player and author * 1948 – Cristina Saralegui, Cuban-American journalist, actress and talk show host * 1948 – Marc Singer, Canadian-American actor * 1949Doris Davenport, American poet and teacher * 1949 – Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (died 2014) * 1950Ann Jillian, American actress and singer * 1950 – Miklós Vámos, Hungarian writer, novelist, screenwriter and translator * 1952Pete Geren, American attorney and politician * 1952 – Tim Healy, British actor * 1953Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (died 1995) * 1953 – Charlie Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer * 1954Terry Kinney, American actor and director * 1954 – Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions * 1955Greg Ballard, American basketball player and coach (died 2016) * 1955 – John Tate, American boxer (died 1998) * 1956Irlene Mandrell, American musician, actress, and model * 1956 – Amii Stewart, American singer and dancer * 1957Diane Delano, American actress (died 2024) * 1957 – Ron Franscell, American author and journalist * 1958Judy Norton, American actress and theater director * 1960Cho-liang Lin, Taiwanese-American musician * 1960 – Greg Louganis, American diver and author * 1960 – Steve Sax, American baseball player * 1960 – Gia Carangi, American supermodel (died 1986) * 1961Strive Masiyiwa, Zimbabwean businessman and philanthropist * 1962Gauri Lankesh, Indian journalist and activist (died 2017) * 1962 – Lee Terry, American politician and lawyer * 1962 – Nicholas Turturro, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1964Roddy Frame, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician * 1964 – Andre Reed, American football player * 1965David Agus, American physician and author * 1965 – Dominik HaÅ¡ek, Czech ice hockey player * 1967Sean Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1967 – Stacey King, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster * 1968Edward Burns, American actor, director, writer, and producer * 1968 – Monte Cook, American game designer and writer * 1968 – Aeneas Williams, American football player * 1969Sam Trammell, American actor * 1970Heather Graham, American actress * 1970 – Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer * 1970 – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian colonel and politician * 1970 – Paul Ryan, American politician, 62nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives * 1971Clare Balding, English broadcaster, journalist and author * 1972Brian Wood, American writer, illustrator and graphic designer * 1973Megan McArdle, American journalist * 1973 – Jason Schmidt, American baseball player * 1975Sharif Atkins, American actor * 1975 – Sara Gilbert, American actress, producer, and talk show host * 1975 – Kelly Packard, American actress * 1977Justin Hartley, American actor * 1977 – Sam Jaeger, American actor and screenwriter * 1979Andrew Keegan, American actor * 1979 – Christina Koch, American engineer and astronaut * 1980Jason James Richter, American actor and musician * 1981Tenoch Huerta, Mexican actor * 1981 – Jonny Lang, American singer, songwriter and guitarist * 1982Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter and actor * 1983Tim Gleason, American ice hockey player * 1985Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player * 1985 – Isabel Lucas, Australian actress and model * 1985 – Rag'n'Bone Man, English singer-songwriter * 1986Chris Bourque, American ice hockey player * 1986 – Thomas Greiss, German ice hockey player * 1986 – Jair Jurrjens, Curaçaoan baseball player * 1987José Abreu, Cuban baseball player * 1987 – Alex Avila, American baseball player * 1987 – Jessica Burkhart, American author * 1987 – Vladimír Mihálik, Slovak ice hockey player * 1988Ayobami Adebayo, Nigerian author * 1988 – Jake Auchincloss, American politician, businessman, and Marine veteran * 1988 – Hank Conger, American baseball player * 1988 – Shay Logan, English footballer * 1989Mohamed Abou Gabal, Egyptian footballer * 1989 – Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player * 1992Markel Brown, American basketball player * 1992 – Maxi Kleber, German basketball player * 1993Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer * 1997Joel Eriksson Ek, Swedish ice hockey player * 1997 – Jack Roslovic, American ice hockey player * 2001Lee Dae-hwi, South Korean singer * 2003Jarell Quansah, English footballer


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 757An Lushan, Chinese general (born 703) * 1119Pope Gelasius II (born 1060) * 1597Elias Ammerbach, German organist and composer (born 1530)


1601–1900

* 1647Francis Meres, English priest and author (born 1565) * 1678Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese missionary and author (born 1593) * 1706Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (born 1643) * 1737George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish-English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1666) * 1743André-Hercule de Fleury, French cardinal (born 1653) * 1763Juan José Eguiara y Eguren, Mexican bishop and Catholic scholar (born 1696) * 1763 – Louis Racine, French poet (born 1692) * 1820George III of the United Kingdom (born 1738) * 1829Paul Barras, French captain and politician (born 1755) * 1870Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1797) * 1888Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (born 1812) * 1899Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (born 1839)


1901–present

* 1901Eugène Louis-Marie Jancourt, French bassoonist, composer and pedagogue (born 1815) * 1906Christian IX of Denmark (born 1818) * 1910Édouard Rod, French-Swiss novelist (born 1857) * 1912Herman Bang, Danish journalist and author (born 1857) * 1916Sibylle von Olfers, German art teacher, author and nun (born 1881) * 1917Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator (born 1841) * 1923Elihu Vedder, American symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet (born 1836) * 1928Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (born 1861) * 1929Jacques Bouhy, Belgian baritone (born 1848) * 1929 – Charles Fox Parham, American preacher and evangelist (born 1873) * 1933Sara Teasdale, American poet (born 1884) * 1934Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868) * 1934 – Dukinfield Henry Scott, British botanist (born 1854) * 1935Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, American explorer (born 1853) * 1940Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (born 1874) * 1941Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1871) * 1944William Allen White, American journalist and author (born 1868) *
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1890) * 1946 – Sidney Jones, English conductor and composer (born 1861) * 1948Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (born 1900) * 1951James Bridie, Scottish playwright, screenwriter and physician (born 1888) * 1954Walter Conrad Arensberg, American art collector, critic and poet (born 1878) * 1955Hans Hedtoft, Danish politician (born 1903) * 1956H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (born 1880) * 1959Pauline Smith, South African novelist, short story writer, memoirist and playwright (born 1882) * 1960Mack Harrell, American operatic and concert baritone vocalist (born 1909) * 1960 – George S. Messersmith, American diplomat (born 1883) * 1961Angela Thirkell, English novelist (born 1890) * 1962Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (born 1875) * 1962 – William Francis Gray Swann, Anglo-American physicist (born 1884) * 1963Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (born 1874) * 1964Vera Hall, American folk singer (born 1902) * 1964 – Alan Ladd, American actor (born 1913) * 1965Jack Hylton, English pianist, composer, band leader and impresario (born 1892) * 1966Pierre Mercure, Canadian composer, TV producer, bassoonist and administrator (born 1927) * 1967Harold Munro Fox, English zoologist (born 1889) * 1969Allen Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1893) *1969 - Max Weinreich, Russian-American-Jewish linguist and cofounder of YIVO (born 1894) * 1970Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (born 1885) * 1970 – B. H. Liddell Hart, French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (born 1895) * 1973Johannes Paul Thilman, German composer (born 1903) * 1974H. E. Bates, English writer (born 1905) *
1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
Jesse Fuller, American one-man band musician (born 1896) * 1977Johnny Franz, English record producer and pianist (born 1922) * 1977 – Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (born 1954) * 1978Tim McCoy, American actor and military officer (born 1891) * 1978 – Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (born 1895) * 1979Sonny Payne, American jazz drummer (born 1926) * 1980Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (born 1893) * 1981Jack A. W. Bennett, New Zealander literary scholar (born 1911) * 1981 – John Glassco, Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist (born 1909) * 1982Rudolph Peters, British biochemist (born 1889) * 1982 – Roger Stanier, Canadian microbiologist (born 1916) * 1982 – Charles Sykes, British physicist and metallurgist (born 1905) * 1983Stuart H. Ingersoll, American naval aviator, USN vice admiral (born 1898) * 1984Frances Goodrich, American actress, dramatist and screenwriter (born 1890) * 1984 – John Macnaghten Whittaker, British mathematician (born 1905) * 1987Vincent R. Impellitteri, American politician and judge, 101st Mayor of New York City (born 1900) * 1988James Rhyne Killian, American educator, scientist and White House advisor (born 1904) * 1989Morton DaCosta, American theatre and film director, film producer, writer and actor (born 1914) * 1991Yasushi Inoue, Japanese author and poet (born 1907) * 1992
Willie Dixon William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...
, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1915) * 1993Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (born 1906) * 1994Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (born 1967) * 1999Lili St. Cyr, American model and dancer (born 1918) * 2002Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (born 1914) * 2003Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (born 1911) * 2004Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (born 1924) * 2005Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (born 1924) * 2006Nam June Paik, South Korean-American artist (born 1932) * 2008Margaret Truman, American singer and author (born 1924) * 2009Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (born 1913) * 2009 – John Martyn, British singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1948) * 2011Milton Babbitt, American composer, educator, and theorist (born 1916) * 2012Ranjit Singh Dyal, Indian general and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (born 1928) * 2012 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy (born 1918) * 2012 – Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (born 1919) * 2015Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist, author, and academic (born 1937) * 2015 – Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1933) * 2015 – Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot (born 1918) * 2016Jean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (born 1938) * 2016 – Jacques Rivette, French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1928) * 2019George Fernandes, Indian politician (born 1930) * 2019 – James Ingram, American musician (born 1952) * 2021Walker Boone, Canadian actor (born 1944) * 2022Howard Hesseman, American actor (born 1940) * 2023Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 5th Mayor of Mississauga (born 1921) * 2023 – Will Steffen, American-Australian chemist (born 1947) * 2023 – Gero Storjohann, German politician (born 1958) * 2025Salwan Momika, Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam activist (born 1986) * 2025 – Richard Williamson, British Catholic traditionalist bishop (born 1940) * 2025 – Victims in the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision: ** Vadim Naumov, Russian pair skater (born 1969) ** Evgenia Shishkova, Russian pair skater and coach (born 1972)


Holidays and observances

* Christian feast day: ** Gildas ** Sabinian of Troyes ** Sulpitius I of Bourges ** January 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Earliest day on which Fat Thursday can fall, while March 4 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Ash Wednesday. ( Christianity) * Kansas Day ( Kansas, United States)


References


External links


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