On This Day: January 15 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2023 Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes near Pokhara International Airport, killing all 72 people on board. ↗
2022 The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupts, cutting off communications with Tonga and causing a tsunami across the Pacific. ↗
2021 A 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sulawesi island killing at least 105 and injuring 3,369 people. ↗
2020 The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirms the first case of COVID-19 in Japan. ↗
2019 Somali militants attack the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya killing at least 21 people and injuring 19. ↗
2019 Theresa May's UK government suffers the biggest government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPs voting against the proposed European Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230. ↗
2018 British multinational construction and facilities management services company Carillion went into liquidation – officially, "the largest ever trading liquidation in the UK" ↗
2016 The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle. ↗
2015 The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the Swiss franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets. ↗
2013 A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others. ↗
2009 US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued. ↗
2005 ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon. ↗
2001 Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, is launched (Wikipedia Day). ↗
1991 The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm. ↗
1991 Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system. ↗
1981 Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from the Polish trade union Solidarity at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa. ↗
1977 Linjeflyg Flight 618 crashes in Kälvesta near Stockholm Bromma Airport in Stockholm, Sweden, killing 22 people. ↗
1976 Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison. ↗
1975 The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal. ↗
1973 Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. ↗
1970 Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria. ↗
1970 Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. ↗
1969 The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5. ↗
1967 The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10. ↗
1966 The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état. ↗
1962 The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece. ↗
1962 Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy. ↗
1949 Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist government. ↗
1947 The Black Dahlia murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles. ↗
1943 World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins. ↗
1943 The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington County, Virginia. ↗
1937 Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republicans both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road. ↗
1936 The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio. ↗
1934 The 8.0 Mw  Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. ↗
1919 Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent communists in Germany, are clubbed and then shot to death by members of the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising. ↗
1919 Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150. ↗
1911 Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded. ↗
1910 Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 99 m (325 ft). ↗
1908 The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women. ↗
1892 James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball. ↗
1889 The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta. ↗
1876 The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl. ↗
1870 Thomas Nast publishes a political cartoon symbolizing the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion") for Harper's Weekly. ↗
1867 Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses. ↗
1865 American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy. ↗
1822 Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly. ↗
1818 A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light. ↗
1815 War of 1812: American frigate USS President, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates. ↗
1782 Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. ↗
1777 American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence. ↗
1759 The British Museum opens to the public. ↗
1582 Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. ↗
1559 Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey, London. ↗
1541 King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith". ↗
69 Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. ↗

2004 Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter ↗
2002 Tim Stützle, German ice hockey player ↗
2000 Triston Casas, American baseball player ↗
1998 Alexandra Eade, Australian artistic gymnast ↗
1998 Ben Godfrey, English footballer ↗
1998 Chloe Kelly, English footballer ↗
1996 Dove Cameron, American actress and singer ↗
1996 Deebo Samuel, American football player ↗
1994 Eric Dier, English footballer ↗
1993 Kadeem Allen, American basketball player ↗
1992 Joël Veltman, Dutch footballer ↗
1992 Joshua King, Norwegian footballer ↗
1991 Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer ↗
1991 Matt Duffy, American baseball player ↗
1991 Mitch Garver, American baseball player ↗
1991 Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer ↗
1991 Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper ↗
1991 James Mitchell, Australian basketball player ↗
1990 Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer ↗
1990 Slava Voynov, Russian ice hockey player ↗
1990 Chris Warren, American actor ↗
1989 Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (died 2008) ↗
1989 Nicole Ross, American Olympic foil fencer ↗
1989 Martin Dúbravka, Slovakian footballer ↗
1988 Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer ↗
1988 Skrillex, American DJ and producer ↗
1988 Donald Sloan, American basketball player ↗
1988 Jun. K, South Korean singer ↗
1987 Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player ↗
1987 Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian runner ↗
1987 Kelly Kelly, American wrestler and model ↗
1987 David Knight, English footballer ↗
1987 Kelleigh Ryan, Canadian fencer ↗
1986 Jessy Schram, American actress and model ↗
1985 René Adler, German footballer ↗
1985 Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer ↗
1985 Pavel Podkolzin, Russian basketball player ↗
1984 Ben Shapiro, American author and commentator ↗
1984 Victor Rasuk, American actor ↗
1983 Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer ↗
1983 Jermaine Pennant, English footballer ↗
1982 Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
1982 Francis Zé, Cameroonian footballer ↗
1981 Dylan Armstrong, Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower ↗
1981 Vanessa Henke, German tennis player ↗
1981 Pitbull, American rapper and producer ↗
1981 El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer ↗
1980 Matt Holliday, American baseball player ↗
1979 Drew Brees, American football player ↗
1979 Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer ↗
1979 Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer ↗
1978 Eddie Cahill, American actor ↗
1978 Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist ↗
1978 Ryan Sidebottom, English cricketer ↗
1976 Doug Gottlieb, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
1976 Alexander Korolyuk, Russian ice hockey player ↗
1976 Iryna Lishchynska, Ukrainian runner ↗
1976 Dorian Missick, American actor ↗
1976 Scott Murray, Scottish rugby player ↗
1976 Florentin Petre, Romanian footballer and manager ↗
1975 Mary Pierce, Canadian-American tennis player and coach ↗
1975 Martin Štrbák, Slovak ice hockey player ↗
1974 Séverine Deneulin, international development academic ↗
1973 Essam El Hadary, Egyptian footballer ↗
1972 Shelia Burrell, American heptathlete ↗
1972 Christos Kostis, Greek footballer ↗
1972 Claudia Winkleman, English journalist and critic ↗
1971 Regina King, American actress ↗
1970 Michele Granger, American softball player ↗
1970 Shane McMahon, American wrestler and businessman ↗
1969 Delino DeShields, American baseball player and manager ↗
1968 Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and producer ↗
1967 Ted Tryba, American golfer ↗
1965 Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist ↗
1965 Bernard Hopkins, American boxer and coach ↗
1965 Adam Jones, American musician and songwriter ↗
1965 James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor ↗
1964 Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer ↗
1963 Craig Fairbrass, English actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1961 Serhiy N. Morozov, Ukrainian footballer and coach ↗
1961 Yves Pelletier, Canadian actor and director ↗
1959 Greg Dowling, Australian rugby league player ↗
1959 Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer and photographer (died 2008) ↗
1958 Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach (died 2016) ↗
1958 Boris Tadić, Serbian psychologist and politician, 16th President of Serbia ↗
1957 David Ige, American politician ↗
1957 Marty Lyons, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1957 Andrew Tyrie, English journalist and politician ↗
1957 Mario Van Peebles, Mexican-American actor and director ↗
1956 Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian architect ↗
1956 Mayawati, Indian educator and politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh ↗
1956 Marc Trestman, American football player and coach ↗
1955 Nigel Benson, English author and illustrator ↗
1955 Andreas Gursky, German photographer ↗
1955 Khalid Islambouli, Egyptian lieutenant (died 1982) ↗
1954 Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter ↗
1953 Randy White, American football player ↗
1952 Boris Blank, Swiss singer-songwriter ↗
1952 Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer (died 2018) ↗
1952 Muhammad Wakkas, Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian (died 2021) ↗
1951 Ernie DiGregorio, American basketball player ↗
1950 Marius Trésor, French footballer and coach ↗
1949 Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (died 2001) ↗
1949 Alasdair Liddell, English businessman (died 2012) ↗
1949 Ian Stewart, Scottish runner ↗
1949 Howard Twitty, American golfer ↗
1948 Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (died 1977) ↗
1947 Mary Hogg, English lawyer and judge ↗
1947 Andrea Martin, American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter ↗
1946 Charles Brown, American actor (died 2004) ↗
1945 Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (died 2015) ↗
1945 Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (died 1993) ↗
1945 William R. Higgins, American colonel (died 1990) ↗
1945 Princess Michael of Kent ↗
1945 David Pleat, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster ↗
1944 Jenny Nimmo, English author ↗
1943 George Ambrum, Australian rugby league player (died 1986) ↗
1943 Margaret Beckett, English metallurgist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ↗
1943 Stuart E. Eizenstat, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the European Union ↗
1943 Mike Marshall, American baseball player (died 2021) ↗
1942 Frank Joseph Polozola, American academic and judge (died 2013) ↗
1941 Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist (died 2010) ↗
1939 Per Ahlmark, Swedish journalist and politician, first Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (died 2018) ↗
1939 Tony Bullimore, English sailor (died 2018) ↗
1938 Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer ↗
1938 Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler (died 2021) ↗
1938 Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer (died 2020) ↗
1937 Margaret O'Brien, American actress and singer ↗
1936 Richard Franklin, English actor, writer, director and political activist (died 2023) ↗
1935 Robert Silverberg, American author and editor ↗
1934 V. S. Ramadevi, Indian civil servant and politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (died 2013) ↗
1933 Frank Bough, English journalist and radio host (died 2020) ↗
1933 Ernest J. Gaines, American author and academic (died 2019) ↗
1933 Peter Maitlis, English chemist and academic (died 2022) ↗
1932 Lou Jones, American sprinter (died 2006) ↗
1931 Lee Bontecou, American painter and sculptor (died 2022) ↗
1931 Derek Meddings, British special effects designer (died 1995) ↗
1930 Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (died 1985) ↗
1929 Earl Hooker, American guitarist (died 1970) ↗
1929 Martin Luther King Jr. – American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) ↗
1928 Joanne Linville, American actress (died 2021) ↗
1928 W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author (died 2015) ↗
1927 Phyllis Coates, American actress (died 2023) ↗
1926 Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (died 2005) ↗
1925 Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist and composer ↗
1925 Ignacio López Tarso, Mexican actor (died 2023) ↗
1924 George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (died 2013) ↗
1923 Ivor Cutler, Scottish pianist, songwriter, and poet (died 2006) ↗
1923 Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese economist and politician, fourth President of the Republic of China (died 2020) ↗
1922 Sylvia Lawler, English geneticist (died 1996) ↗
1922 Eric Willis, Australian sergeant and politician, 34th Premier of New South Wales (died 1999) ↗
1921 Cliff Barker, American basketball player (died 1998) ↗
1921 Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2007) ↗
1921 Frank Thornton, English actor (died 2013) ↗
1920 Bob Davies, American basketball player and coach (died 1990) ↗
1920 Steve Gromek, American baseball player (died 2002) ↗
1920 John O'Connor, American cardinal (died 2000) ↗
1919 Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (died 2012) ↗
1919 George Cadle Price, Belizean politician, first Prime Minister of Belize (died 2011) ↗
1918 João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (died 1999) ↗
1918 Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (died 2007) ↗
1918 Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, second President of Egypt (died 1970) ↗
1917 K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (died 1994) ↗
1914 Stefan Bałuk, Polish general (died 2014) ↗
1914 Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (died 2003) ↗
1913 Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (died 2002) ↗
1913 Lloyd Bridges, American actor (died 1998) ↗
1913 Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (died 2005) ↗
1913 Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (died 1963) ↗
1912 Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1996) ↗
1909 Jean Bugatti, German-French engineer (died 1939) ↗
1909 Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (died 1973) ↗
1908 Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (died 2003) ↗
1907 Janusz Kusociński, Polish runner and soldier (died 1940) ↗
1905 Torin Thatcher, British actor (died 1981) ↗
1903 Paul A. Dever, American lieutenant and politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1958) ↗
1902 Nâzım Hikmet, Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright (died 1963) ↗
1902 Saud of Saudi Arabia (died 1969) ↗
1896 Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress (died 1982) ↗
1895 Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973) ↗
1893 Rex Ingram, Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor (died 1950) ↗
1893 Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (died 1951) ↗
1891 Ray Chapman, American baseball player (died 1920) ↗
1890 Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (died 1947) ↗
1885 Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author (died 1973) ↗
1885 Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (died 1968) ↗
1882 Henry Burr, Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer (died 1941) ↗
1882 Princess Margaret of Connaught (died 1920) ↗
1879 Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (died 1961) ↗
1879 Ernest Thesiger, English actor (died 1961) ↗
1878 Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (died 1941) ↗
1877 Lewis Terman, American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic (died 1956) ↗
1875 Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and journalist (died 1929) ↗
1872 Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (died 1944) ↗
1870 Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1954) ↗
1869 Ruby Laffoon, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Kentucky (died 1941) ↗
1869 Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish poet, playwright, and painter (died 1907) ↗
1866 Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1931) ↗
1863 Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (died 1946) ↗
1859 Archibald Peake, English-Australian politician, 25th Premier of South Australia (died 1920) ↗
1858 Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (died 1899) ↗
1855 Jacques Damala, Greek-French soldier and actor (died 1889) ↗
1850 Leonard Darwin, English soldier, eugenicist, and politician (died 1943) ↗
1850 Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (died 1889) ↗
1850 Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (died 1891) ↗
1842 Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychiatrist (died 1925) ↗
1842 Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (died 1909) ↗
1841 Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, sixth Governor General of Canada (died 1908) ↗
1840 Jo Abbott, American judge, politician and Confederate army officer ↗
1834 Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (died 1911) ↗
1815 William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, third President of the Church of Jesus Christ (died 1905) ↗
1809 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician (died 1865) ↗
1803 Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author (died 1811) ↗
1795 Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet (died 1829) ↗
1791 Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (died 1872) ↗
1754 Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (died 1834) ↗
1747 John Aikin, English surgeon and author (died 1822) ↗
1716 Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (died 1778) ↗
1671 Abraham de la Pryme, English archaeologist and historian (died 1704) ↗
1623 Algernon Sidney, British philosopher (probable) (died 1683) ↗
1622 Molière, French actor and playwright (died 1673) ↗
1595 Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician (died 1661) ↗
1538 Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (died 1599) ↗
1481 Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shōgun (died 1511)[citation needed] ↗
1462 Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (died 1528) ↗
1432 Afonso V of Portugal (died 1481) ↗

2025 Paul Danan, English actor and television personality (born 1978) ↗
2025 David Lynch, American television and film director, visual artist and musician, complications from emphysema (born 1946) ↗
2025 Melba Montgomery, American country music singer-songwriter (born 1938) ↗
2025 Linda Nolan, Irish singer and actress (born 1959) ↗
2022 Alexa McDonough, first female politician to lead a major provincial political party in Canada, former leader of the federal New Democratic Party. (born 1944) ↗
2020 Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler (born 1944) ↗
2020 Lloyd Cowan, British athlete and coach (born 1962) ↗
2019 Carol Channing, American actress (born 1921) ↗
2019 Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef (born 1936) ↗
2018 Dolores O'Riordan, Irish pop singer (born 1971) ↗
2017 Jimmy Snuka, Fijian professional wrestler (born 1943) ↗
2016 Francisco X. Alarcón, American poet and educator (born 1954) ↗
2016 Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach (born 1958) ↗
2016 Manuel Velázquez, Spanish footballer (born 1943) ↗
2015 Drake – American songwriter and composer (born 1919) ↗
2015 Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (born 1939) ↗
2015 Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (born 1927) ↗
2014 Curtis Bray, American football player and coach (born 1970) ↗
2014 John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author (born 1915) ↗
2014 Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (born 1944) ↗
2013 Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1932) ↗
2013 John Thomas, American high jumper (born 1941) ↗
2012 Ed Derwinski, American soldier and politician, first United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (born 1926) ↗
2012 Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish lawyer and politician, third President of the Xunta of Galicia (born 1922) ↗
2012 Carlo Fruttero, Italian journalist and author (born 1926) ↗
2012 Samuel Jaskilka, American general (born 1919) ↗
2012 Ib Spang Olsen, Danish author and illustrator (born 1921) ↗
2012 Hulett C. Smith, American lieutenant and politician, 27th Governor of West Virginia (born 1918) ↗
2011 Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (born 1925) ↗
2011 Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, French soldier, race car driver, and businessman (born 1908) ↗
2011 Susannah York, English actress and activist (born 1939) ↗
2009 Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (born 1917) ↗
2008 Robert V. Bruce, American historian, author, and academic (born 1923) ↗
2008 Brad Renfro, American actor (born 1982) ↗
2007 Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi lawyer and judge (born 1945) ↗
2007 Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi intelligence officer (born 1951) ↗
2007 James Hillier, Canadian-American computer scientist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (born 1915) ↗
2007 Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino educator and diplomat (born 1905) ↗
2007 Bo Yibo, Chinese commander and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1908) ↗
2006 Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (born 1926) ↗
2005 Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano and actress (born 1923) ↗
2005 Walter Ernsting, German author (born 1920) ↗
2005 Elizabeth Janeway, American author and critic (born 1913) ↗
2005 Ruth Warrick, American actress (born 1916) ↗
2004 Olivia Goldsmith, American author (born 1949) ↗
2003 Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (born 1915) ↗
2002 Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (born 1923) ↗
2002 Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (born 1913) ↗
2002 Jeanne Voltz, American food journalist and cookbook writer (born 1920) ↗
2001 Leo Marks, English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1920) ↗
2000 Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (born 1903) ↗
1999 Betty Box, English film producer (born 1915) ↗
1998 Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and politician, Prime Minister of India (born 1898) ↗
1998 Junior Wells, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (born 1934) ↗
1996 Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (born 1922) ↗
1996 Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (born 1938) ↗
1994 Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (born 1921) ↗
1994 Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (born 1941) ↗
1994 Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (born 1916) ↗
1993 Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (born 1913) ↗
1990 Gordon Jackson, Scottish-English actor (born 1923) ↗
1990 Peggy van Praagh, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (born 1910) ↗
1988 Seán MacBride, Irish republican activist and politician, Minister for External Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904) ↗
1987 Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1904) ↗
1984 Fazıl Küçük, Cypriot journalist and politician (born 1906) ↗
1983 Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (born 1898) ↗
1983 Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (born 1907) ↗
1982 Ali Smith – American journalist (born 1905) ↗
1981 Graham Whitehead, English race car driver (born 1922) ↗
1974 Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician (born 1897) ↗
1973 Coleman Francis, American actor, director, and producer (born 1919) ↗
1973 Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1901) ↗
1972 Daisy Ashford, English author (born 1881) ↗
1970 Frank Clement, English race car driver (born 1886) ↗
1970 William T. Piper, American engineer and businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (born 1881) ↗
1968 Bill Masterton, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1938) ↗
1967 David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (born 1882) ↗
1964 Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (born 1905) ↗
1962 Yos Sudarso, Indonesian naval officer (born 1925) ↗
1959 Regina Margareten, Hungarian businesswoman (born 1863) ↗
1955 Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (born 1900) ↗
1952 Ned Hanlon, Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (born 1887) ↗
1951 Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (born 1868) ↗
1951 Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (born 1887) ↗
1950 Henry H. Arnold, American general (born 1886) ↗
1948 Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1862) ↗
1945 Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (born 1865) ↗
1939 Kullervo Manner, Finnish Speaker of the Parliament, the Prime Minister of the FSWR and the Supreme Commander of the Red Guards (born 1880) ↗
1937 Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (born 1902) ↗
1936 Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, seventh Governor-General of Australia (born 1866) ↗
1929 George Cope, American painter (born 1855) ↗
1926 Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (born 1883) ↗
1919 Karl Liebknecht, German politician (born 1871) ↗
1919 Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (born 1871) ↗
1916 Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (born 1850) ↗
1909 Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (born 1837) ↗
1905 George Thorn, Australian politician, sixth Premier of Queensland (born 1838) ↗
1896 Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (born 1822) ↗
1893 Fanny Kemble, English actress (born 1809) ↗
1880 Carl Georg von Wächter, German jurist (born 1797) ↗
1876 Andrew Johnson – American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (born 1810) ↗
1866 Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (born 1798) ↗
1864 Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (born 1792) ↗
1855 Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (born 1780) ↗
1854 Jiang Zhongyuan, Chinese scholar and soldier (born 1812) ↗
1815 Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (born 1761) ↗
1813 Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (born 1762) ↗
1804 Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (born 1725) ↗
1790 John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (born 1719) ↗
1783 Ling Ma – American Revolutionary War Major General (born 1726) ↗
1775 Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (born 1700) ↗
1683 Philip Warwick, English politician (born 1609) ↗
1672 John Cosin, English bishop and academic (born 1594) ↗
1623 Paolo Sarpi, Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (born 1552) ↗
1584 Martha Leijonhufvud, Swedish noblewoman (born 1520) ↗
1569 Catherine Carey, lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of England (born 1524) ↗
1568 Nicolaus Olahus, Romanian archbishop (born 1493) ↗
1477 Adriana of Nassau-Siegen, German countess (born 1449) ↗
1149 Berengaria of Barcelona, queen consort of Castile (born 1116) ↗
950 Wang Jingchong, Chinese general ↗
936 Rudolph of France (born 880) ↗
849 Theophylact, Byzantine emperor (born 793) ↗
570 Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun and saint (born 475) ↗
378 Chak Tok Ich'aak I, Mayan ruler ↗
69 Galba, Roman emperor (born 3 BC) ↗