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Template:Short descriptionJanuary 24 is the Script error: No such module "Ordinal". day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 341 days remain until the end of the year (342 in leap years).
Events
Pre-1600
- 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.[1]
- 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.[2]
- 1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.[3]
- 1458 – Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary.[4]
- 1536 – King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.[5][6]
1601–1900
- 1651 – Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647.[7][8]
- 1679 – King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
- 1742 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1758 – During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
- 1817 – Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the action of Picheuta.
- 1835 – Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
- 1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
- 1857 – The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
- 1859 – The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
- 1900 – Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
1901–present
- 1908 – The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
- 1915 – World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
- 1916 – In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
- 1918 – The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
- 1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
- 1935 – Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company starts selling the first canned beer.[9]
- 1939 – The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
- 1942 – World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
- 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
- 1946 – The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
- 1960 – Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
- 1961 – Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
- 1966 – Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc.[10]
- 1968 – Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
- 1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
- 1977 – The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
- 1978 – Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
- 1986 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.[11]
- 1987 – About 20,000 protestors march in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.[12]
- 1988 – An Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes at Nizhnevartovsk Airport, killing 27 people.[13]
- 1990 – Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
- 2003 – The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
- 2009 – Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
- 2011 – At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.
- 2018 – Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts.[14]
- 2024 – An Ilyushin Il-76 crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, killing all 74 people on board.[15]
- 2026 – At least 70 people are killed and 10 others missing after major landslides in West Java, Indonesia.[16]
Births
Pre-1600
- 76 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (died 138)[17]
- 1287 – Richard de Bury, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1345)[18]
- 1444 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (died 1476)
- 1547 – Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Austrian Archduchess (died 1578)
1601–1900
- 1602 – Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, English politician (died 1666)
- 1619 – Yamazaki Ansai, Japanese philosopher (died 1682)
- 1643 – Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and politician, Lord Chamberlain of Great Britain (died 1706)
- 1664 – John Vanbrugh, English architect and dramatist (died 1726)[19]
- 1670 – William Congreve, English playwright and poet (died 1729)[20]
- 1672 – Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt, German Lieutenant General (died 1731)
- 1674 – Thomas Tanner, English bishop (died 1735)
- 1679 – Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (died 1754)
- 1684 – Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, German noble (died 1737)
- 1705 – Farinelli, Italian castrato singer (died 1782)[21]
- 1709 – Dom Bédos de Celles, French monk and organist (died 1779)
- 1712 – Frederick the Great, Prussian king (died 1786)[22]
- 1732 – Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and financier (died 1799)
- 1739 – Jean Nicolas Houchard, French General of the French Revolution (died 1793)
- 1746 – Gustav III of Sweden (died 1792)
- 1749 – Charles James Fox, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (died 1806)
- 1754 – Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor (died 1820)
- 1763 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Ukrainian general and politician (died 1831)
- 1776 – E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer (died 1822)
- 1843 – Josip Stadler, Croatian archbishop (died 1918)
- 1848 – Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (died 1916)
- 1858 – Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (died 1889)
- 1862 – Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (died 1937)
- 1864 – Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (died 1936)
- 1866 – Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1920)
- 1869 – Helena Maud Brown Cobb, American educator and missionary (died 1922)[23]
- 1885 – Marjory Stephenson, British biochemist (died 1948)[24]
- 1886 – Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1982)
- 1887 – Jean-Henri Humbert, French botanist (died 1967)
- 1888 – Vicki Baum, Austrian author and screenwriter (died 1960)
- 1888 – Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company (died 1958)
- 1889 – Victor Eftimiu, Romanian poet and playwright (died 1972)
- 1889 – Charles Hawes, American historian and author (died 1923)
- 1889 – Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, German general of paratroop forces during World War II (died 1968)
- 1891 – Walter Model, German field marshal (died 1945)
- 1892 – Franz Aigner, Austrian weightlifter (died 1970)
- 1895 – Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter (died 1976)
- 1897 – Paul Fejos, Hungarian-born American director (died 1963)
- 1899 – Hoyt Vandenberg, U.S. Air Force general (died 1954)
- 1900 – René Guillot, French writer (died 1969)
1901–present
- 1901 – Harry Calder, South African cricketer (died 1995)
- 1901 – Cassandre, French painter (died 1968)
- 1901 – Edward Turner, English engineer (died 1973)
- 1905 – J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman (died 1995)
- 1906 – Wilfred Jackson, American animator and composer (died 1988)
- 1907 – Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1999)
- 1907 – Jean Daetwyler, Swiss composer and musician (died 1994)
- 1907 – Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (died 1979)
- 1909 – Martin Lings, English author and scholar (died 2005)
- 1909 – Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková, Slovak painter (died 2005)[25]
- 1910 – Doris Haddock, American political activist (died 2010)[26]
- 1912 – Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (died 2005)
- 1913 – Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer (died 2008)
- 1913 – Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1983)[27]
- 1915 – Vítězslava Kaprálová, Czech composer and conductor (died 1940)
- 1915 – Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic (died 1991)[28]
- 1916 – Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (died 2009)
- 1916 – Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player and actor (died 2013)
- 1917 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (died 2012)[28]
- 1917 – Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (died 2012)
- 1918 – Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (died 2009)[28]
- 1918 – Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1996)
- 1919 – Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1973)
- 1919 – Leon Kirchner, American composer and educator (died 2009)
- 1920 – Jimmy Forrest, American saxophonist (died 1980)
- 1920 – Jerry Maren, American actor (died 2018)
- 1922 – Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (died 2014)
- 1922 – Neil Franklin, English footballer (died 1996)
- 1924 – Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league player (died 1991)[29]
- 1924 – Karpoori Thakur, Indian politician, 11th Chief Minister of Bihar (died 1988)[30]
- 1925 – Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
- 1925 – Maria Tallchief, American ballerina and actress (died 2013)[28]
- 1926 – Ruth Asawa, American sculptor (died 2013)
- 1926 – Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (died 2013)
- 1927 – Paula Hawkins, American politician (died 2009)
- 1928 – Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethologist, and painter[31] (died 2026)
- 1928 – Michel Serrault, French actor (died 2007)
- 1930 – Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (died 2016)
- 1930 – Mahmoud Farshchian, Iranian-Persian painter and academic (died 2025)
- 1930 – John Romita Sr., American comic book artist (died 2023)
- 1931 – Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and academic (died 2012)
- 1934 – Leonard Goldberg, American producer (died 2019)
- 1934 – Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and dramatist (died 1976)
- 1935 – Shivabalayogi, Indian religious leader (died 1994)
- 1936 – Doug Kershaw, American fiddle player and singer[28]
- 1937 – Trevor Edwards, Welsh footballer
- 1938 – Julius Hemphill, American saxophonist and composer (died 1995)
- 1939 – Renate Garisch-Culmberger, German shot putter (died 2023)
- 1939 – Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter and actor[32]
- 1940 – Joachim Gauck, German pastor and politician, 11th President of Germany
- 1941 – Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[33]
- 1941 – Aaron Neville, American singer[34]
- 1941 – Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 – Ingo Friedrich, German Member of the European Parliament
- 1942 – Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (died 2008)
- 1943 – Barry Mealand, English footballer (died 2013)[35]
- 1943 – Peter Struck, German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (died 2012)
- 1943 – Sharon Tate, American model and actress (died 1969)[28]
- 1943 – Tony Trimmer, English race car driver
- 1943 – Manuel Velázquez, Spanish footballer (died 2016)
- 1944 – David Gerrold, American science fiction screenwriter and author
- 1944 – Gian-Franco Kasper, Swiss ski official (died 2021)
- 1945 – John Garamendi, American football player and politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
- 1945 – Subhash Ghai, Indian director, producer and screenwriter
- 1945 – Eva Janko, Austrian javelin thrower
- 1946 – Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor[34]
- 1947 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer (died 2012)
- 1947 – Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic
- 1947 – Masashi Ozaki, Japanese baseball player and golfer
- 1947 – Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
- 1948 – Michael Des Barres, the 26th Marquis Des Barres, English musician, actor, and DJ[36]
- 1949 – John Belushi, American actor and screenwriter (died 1982)[28]
- 1949 – Bart Gordon, American lawyer
- 1949 – Nadezhda Ilyina, Russian athlete and mother of Russian tennis player Nadia Petrova (died 2013)
- 1949 – Rihoko Yoshida, Japanese voice actress
- 1950 – Daniel Auteuil, French actor, director, and screenwriter[37]
- 1951 – Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American comedian and actor[34]
- 1953 – Yuri Bashmet, Russian violinist, viola player, and conductor
- 1953 – Moon Jae-in, South Korean politician, 19th President of South Korea
- 1954 – Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (died 1986)
- 1955 – Jim Montgomery, American swimmer
- 1955 – Alan Sokal, American physicist and author
- 1955 – Lynda Weinman, American businesswoman and author
- 1956 – Agus Martowardojo, governor of Bank Indonesia
- 1957 – Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2021)
- 1957 – Ade Edmondson, English comedian and musician
- 1958 – Kim Eui-kon, Korean wrestler (died 2014)
- 1958 – Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and pianist[34]
- 1958 – Frank Ullrich, German biathlete[38]
- 1959 – Akira Maeda, Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
- 1959 – Michel Preud'homme, Belgian footballer and manager
- 1960 – Jack Neo, Singaporean filmmaker, director and actor[39]
- 1961 – Jorge Barrios, Uruguayan footballer
- 1961 – Guido Buchwald, German footballer and manager
- 1961 – Christa Kinshofer, German ski racer
- 1961 – Nastassja Kinski, German-American actress and producer[40]
- 1961 – William Van Dijck, Belgian runner
- 1963 – Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer
- 1965 – Mike Awesome, American wrestler (died 2007)[41]
- 1965 – Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1965 – Margaret Urlich, New Zealand singer-songwriter (died 2022)
- 1965 – Pagonis Vakalopoulos, Greek footballer and manager
- 1966 – Julie Dreyfus, French actress
- 1966 – Karin Viard, French actress
- 1967 – Michael Kiske, German singer
- 1967 – Phil LaMarr, American actor and comedian[34]
- 1968 – Fernando Escartín, Spanish cyclist
- 1968 – Tymerlan Huseynov, Ukrainian footballer
- 1968 – Antony Garrett Lisi, American theoretical physicist
- 1968 – Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast[42]
- 1969 – Yoo Ho-jeong, South Korean actress
- 1969 – Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva, Brazilian religious leader, Bishop of Montenegro
- 1970 – Roberto Bonano, Argentine footballer
- 1970 – Luke Egan, Australian surfer[43]
- 1970 – Neil Johnson, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1970 – Matthew Lillard, American actor[34]
- 1971 – José Carlos Fernandez, Bolivian footballer
- 1972 – Beth Hart, American singer-songwriter and musician[34]
- 1974 – Cyril Despres, French rally racer
- 1974 – Ed Helms, American actor, producer, and screenwriter[34]
- 1974 – Melissa Tkautz, Australian actress and singer
- 1974 – Rokia Traoré, Malian singer
- 1975 – Gianluca Basile, Italian former professional basketball player
- 1975 – Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer and manager
- 1975 – Reto Hug, Swiss triathlete
- 1975 – Henna Raita, Finnish alpine skier
- 1976 – Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
- 1976 – Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
- 1977 – Andrija Gerić, Serbian volleyball player
- 1977 – Michelle Hunziker, Swiss-Dutch actress, model and singer
- 1978 – Veerle Baetens, Belgian actress and singer
- 1978 – Mark Hildreth, Canadian actor and musician
- 1978 – Kristen Schaal, American actress, voice artist, comedian and writer[28]
- 1979 – Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer[34]
- 1979 – Leandro Desábato, Argentinian footballer
- 1979 – Busy Signal, Jamaican dancehall reggae artist
- 1979 – Nik Wallenda, American acrobat
- 1980 – Jofre Mateu, Spanish footballer
- 1980 – Suzy, Portuguese singer
- 1981 – Carrie Coon, American actress[34]
- 1981 – Mario Eggimann, Swiss footballer
- 1981 – Zaur Hashimov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager
- 1981 – Elena Kolomina, Kazakhstani cross country skier
- 1983 – Davide Biondini, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Wyatt Crockett, New Zealand rugby player
- 1983 – Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer
- 1983 – Scott Speed, American race car driver
- 1984 – Justin Baldoni, American actor, director, and producer[34]
- 1984 – Paulo Sérgio, Portuguese footballer
- 1986 – Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2015)
- 1986 – Mischa Barton, English-American actress[34]
- 1986 – Tyler Flowers, American baseball player[44]
- 1986 – Vladislav Ivanov, Russian footballer
- 1986 – Michael Kightly, English footballer
- 1986 – Sean McVay, American football coach[45]
- 1986 – Ricky Ullman, Israeli-American actor
- 1987 – Brian Cushing, American football player[46]
- 1987 – Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
- 1987 – Kia Vaughn, American-Czech basketball player[47]
- 1987 – Guan Xin, Chinese basketball player
- 1988 – Selina Jörg, German snowboarder
- 1988 – DaJuan Summers, American basketball player[48]
- 1989 – Serdar Kesimal, Turkish footballer
- 1989 – Gong Lijiao, Chinese shot putter
- 1989 – Whit Merrifield, American baseball player[49]
- 1989 – José Quintana, Colombian baseball player[50]
- 1989 – Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer[51]
- 1990 – Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1991 – Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
- 1991 – Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter
- 1991 – Zack Kassian, Canadian ice hockey player[52]
- 1999 – Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer
- 1999 – Niki, Indonesian singer and songwriter[53]
- 1999 – Tristan Wirfs, American football player[54]
- 2003 – Johnny Orlando, Canadian singer and songwriter[55]
- 2012 – Princess Athena of Denmark[56]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 41 – Caligula, Roman emperor (born 12)
- 817 – Pope Stephen IV (born 770)
- 901 – Liu Jishu, general of the Tang Dynasty
- 1046 – Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (born c. 985)
- 1125 – David IV of Georgia (born 1073)
- 1336 – Alfonso IV of Aragon (born 1299)
- 1376 – Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English commander (born 1306)
- 1473 – Conrad Paumann, German organist and composer (born 1410)
- 1525 – Franciabigio, Florentine painter (born 1482)
- 1595 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (born 1529)
1601–1900
- 1626 – Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1572)
- 1639 – Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (born 1596)
- 1666 – Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (born 1588)
- 1709 – George Rooke, English admiral and politician (born 1650)
- 1877 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (born 1796)
- 1881 – James Collinson, English painter (born 1825)
- 1883 – Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (born 1812)[57]
- 1895 – Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1849)[58]
1901–present
- 1920 – Percy French, Irish songwriter, entertainer and artist (born 1854)[59]
- 1920 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (born 1884)[60]
- 1939 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (born 1867)[61]
- 1946 – Morris Alexander, South African politician (born 1877)[62]
- 1960 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (born 1886)[63]
- 1961 – Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (born 1884)
- 1962 – André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (born 1885)
- 1962 – Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (born 1901)
- 1965 – Winston Churchill, English statesman, soldier, and writer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)[64]
- 1966 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (born 1909)
- 1970 – Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (born 1891)[65]
- 1971 – Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (born 1895)
- 1973 – J. Carrol Naish, American actor (born 1896)
- 1975 – Larry Fine, American comedian (born 1902)
- 1982 – Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (born 1918)
- 1983 – George Cukor, American director and producer (born 1899)
- 1986 – L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (born 1911)[66]
- 1986 – Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (born 1921)
- 1988 – Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (born 1905)
- 1989 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer (born 1946)
- 1990 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (born 1899)
- 1991 – Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (born 1907)
- 1992 – Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (born 1909)
- 1993 – Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1908)
- 1993 – Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (born 1908)
- 1993 – Uğur Mumcu, Turkish investigative journalist (born 1942)[67][68]
- 2001 – Gaffar Okkan, Turkish police chief (born 1952)[69][70]
- 2002 – Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1956)
- 2003 – Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (born 1921)
- 2004 – Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1913)
- 2006 – Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (born 1930)
- 2007 – Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (born 1916)
- 2007 – İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1940)
- 2007 – Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (born 1956)
- 2007 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (born 1891)
- 2008 – Usha Narayanan, Burmese-born First Lady of India (born 1922)[71]
- 2010 – Pernell Roberts, American actor (born 1928)
- 2011 – Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (born 1949)
- 2014 – Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (born 1928)
- 2014 – Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (born 1930)
- 2015 – Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (born 1922)
- 2016 – Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (born 1928)
- 2016 – Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist and academic (born 1927)[72]
- 2016 – Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (born 1960)
- 2017 – Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary (born 1991)[73]
- 2017 – Butch Trucks, American drummer (born 1947)[74]
- 2018 – Mark E. Smith, British singer-songwriter (born 1957)
- 2019 – Rosemary Bryant Mariner, American United States Naval Aviator (born 1953)[75]
- 2025 – Iris Cummings, American swimmer and aviator (born 1920)[76]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romania)[78]
- Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances:
- Uttar Pradesh Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)[79]
- National Girl Child Day (India)[80]
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