January 21 in recent years
2020 (Tuesday)
2019 (Monday)
2018 (Sunday)
2017 (Saturday)
2016 (Thursday)
2015 (Wednesday)
2014 (Tuesday)
2013 (Monday)
2012 (Saturday)
2011 (Friday)
January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . 344 days remain until the end of the year (345 in leap years ).
Events
763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa .[1] 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel , Felix Manz , George Blaurock , and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich , breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.[2] 1535 – Following the Affair of the Placards , the French king leads an anti-Protestant procession through Paris.[3] [4] 1720 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm .[5] 1749 – The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.[6] 1774 – Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam .1789 – The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth William Hill Brown , is printed in Boston .1793 – After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention , Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine .1854 – The RMS Tayleur sinks off Lambay Island on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia with great loss of life.[7] 1861 – American Civil War : Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate .1893 – The Tati Concessions Land , formerly part of Matabeleland , is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate , now Botswana .1908 – New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance , making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.1911 – The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.1915 – Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit .1919 – A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic . One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.1925 – Albania declares itself a republic.1931 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia .1941 – Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest , Romania the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.1948 – The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec . The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.1950 – American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury .1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus , is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower , the First Lady of the United States .1960 – Little Joe 1B , a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island , Virginia with Miss Sam , a female rhesus monkey on board.1960 – Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay , Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
1960 – A coal mine collapses at Holly Country , South Africa, killing 435 miners.
1968 – Vietnam War : Battle of Khe Sanh : One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.1968 – A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base , contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
1971 – The current Emley Moor transmitting station , the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.1976 – Commercial service of Concorde London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.1980 – Iran Air Flight 291 crashes in the Alborz Mountains while on approach to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran , Iran , killing 128 people.[8] 1981 – Production of the iconic DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry , Northern Ireland , United Kingdom .1985 – Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada , killing 70 people.[9] 1997 – The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.1999 – War on Drugs : In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.2000 – Ecuador : After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez , Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad . Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.2003 – A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima , killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.[10] 2004 – NASA 's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit ) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.2005 – In Belmopan , Belize , the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.2009 – Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip , officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.2011 – Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana , Albania . Four people lose their lives from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.[11] 2017 – Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march , on Donald Trump 's first full day as President of the United States .[12] 2018 – Rocket Lab 's Electron becomes the first rocket to reach orbit using an electric pump-fed engine and deploys three CubeSats .
Births
1264 – Alexander, Prince of Scotland (d. 1284)[13] 1277 – Galeazzo I Visconti , lord of Milan 1338 – Charles V of France (d. 1380)[14] 1493 – Giovanni Poggio , Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1556)[15] 1598 – Matsudaira Tadamasa , Japanese samurai and daimyō (d. 1645)[16] 1612 – Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz , count of Nassau-Dietz (d. 1640)1636 – Melchiorre Cafà , Maltese Baroque sculptor (baptised;[17] 1655 – Antonio Molinari , Italian painter (d. 1704)[18] 1659 – Adriaen van der Werff , Dutch painter (d. 1722)[19] 1675 – Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg , Margravine of Baden-Baden (d. 1733)[20] 1714 – Anna Morandi Manzolini , Spanish anatomist (d. 1774)1717 – Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa , Spanish military officer and governor of Cuba (d. 1779)1721 – James Murray , Scottish-English general and politician, Governor of Minorca (d. 1794)1732 – Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg , son of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg , and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis (d. 1797)1738 – Ethan Allen , American general (d. 1789)[21] 1741 – Chaim of Volozhin , Orthodox rabbi (d. 1821)1763 – Augustin Robespierre , younger brother of French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre (d. 1794)1775 – Manuel Garcia , Spanish opera singer and composer (d. 1832)1784 – Peter De Wint , English painter (d. 1849)1788 – William Henry Smyth , Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist1796 – Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel , consort of George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1880)1797 – Joseph Méry , French author and journalist (d. 1866)1800 – Theodor Fliedner , German Lutheran minister (d. 1864)1801 – John Batman , Australian entrepreneur and explorer (d. 1839)1804 – Moritz von Schwind , Austrian painter (d. 1871)1808 – Juan Crisóstomo Torrico , 16th President of Peru (d. 1875)1810 – Pierre Louis Charles de Failly , French general (d. 1892)1811 – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn , British statesman (d. 1885)[22] 1813 – John C. Frémont , American general, explorer, and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (d. 1890)1813 – Giuseppe Montanelli , Italian statesman and author (d. 1862)
1814 – Johann Georg Theodor Grässe , German bibliographer and historian (d. 1885)1815 – Horace Wells , American dentist (d. 1848)1820 – Joseph Wolf , German ornithologist and illustrator (d. 1899)1820 – Egide Walschaerts , Belgian mechanical engineer (d. 1901)
1824 – Stonewall Jackson , American general (d. 1863)1827 – Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin , Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1900)1829 – Oscar II of Sweden (d. 1907)1839 – Caterina Volpicelli , Italian Roman Catholic nun (d. 1894)1840 – Sophia Jex-Blake , English physician and feminist (d. 1912)[23] 1841 – Édouard Schuré , French philosopher and author (d. 1929)1843 – Émile Levassor , French engineer (d. 1897)1845 – Harriet Backer , Norwegian painter (d. 1932)1846 – Pieter Hendrik Schoute , Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1923)1846 – Albert Lavignac , French music scholar (d. 1916)
1847 – Joseph Achille Le Bel , French chemist (d. 1930)[24] 1848 – Henri Duparc , French soldier and composer (d. 1933)1851 – Giuseppe Allamano , Italian Roman Catholic priest (d. 1926)1854 – Karl Julius Beloch , German classical and economic historian (d. 1929)1854 – Eusapia Palladino , Italian Spiritualist (d. 1918)
1855 – Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1874)1860 – Karl Staaff , Swedish lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915)1864 – Israel Zangwill , British author (d. 1926)1865 – Heinrich Albers-Schonberg , German gynecologist and radiologist (d. 1921)1867 – Ludwig Thoma , German paramedic and author (d. 1921)1867 – Maxime Weygand , Belgian-French general (d. 1965)
1868 – Felix Hoffmann , German chemist (d. 1946)1869 – Grigori Rasputin , Russian Mystic (d. 1916)1871 – Olga Preobrajenska , Russian ballerina (d. 1962)1873 – Arturo Labriola , Italian revolutionary syndicalist (d. 1959)1874 – René-Louis Baire , French mathematician (d. 1932)1875 – Paul E. Kahle , German orientalist (d. 1964)1877 – Baldassarre Negroni , Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1948)1878 – Vahan Tekeyan , Armenian poet and activist (d. 1948)[25] 1879 – Joseph Roffo , French rugby player and tug of war competitor (d. 1933)1880 – George Van Biesbroeck , Belgian–American astronomer (d. 1974)1881 – Ernst Fast , Swedish runner (d. 1959)1881 – André Godard , French archaeologist, architect and historian (d. 1965)
1881 – Ivan Ribar , Yugoslav politician (d. 1968)
1882 – Pavel Florensky , Russian mathematician and theologian (d. 1937)1882 – Francis Gailey , Australian-American swimmer (d. 1972)
1883 – Olav Aukrust , Norwegian poet and educator (d. 1929)1883 – Mathias Hynes , British tug of war competitor (d. 1926)
1885 – Duncan Grant , British painter and designer (d. 1978)1885 – Umberto Nobile , Italian engineer and explorer (d. 1978)
1885 – Harold A. Wilson , English runner (d. 1932)
1886 – John M. Stahl , American director and producer (d. 1950)1887 – Wolfgang Köhler , German psychologist and phenomenologist (d. 1967)1887 – Ernest Holmes , American New Thought writer (d. 1960)
1887 – Georges Vézina , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1926)
1889 – Pitirim Sorokin , American sociologist and political activist (d. 1968)1891 – Albert Battel , German Army lieutenant and lawyer (d. 1952)1891 – Francisco Lázaro , Portuguese marathon runner (d. 1912)
1895 – Cristóbal Balenciaga , Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (d. 1972)[26] 1895 – Daniel Chalonge , French astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1977)
1895 – Noe Itō , Japanese anarchist, author and feminist (d. 1923)
1896 – Guy Gilpatric , American pilot and journalist (d. 1950)1896 – Paula Hitler , younger sister of Adolf Hitler (d. 1960)
1896 – J. Carrol Naish , American actor (d. 1973)
1896 – Masa Perttilä , Finnish wrestler (d. 1968)
1897 – René Iché , French sculptor (d. 1954)1898 – Rudolph Maté , Polish-Hungarian-American cinematographer, producer and director (d. 1964)1898 – Ahmad Shah Qajar , Shah of Persia (d. 1930)
1898 – Eduard Zintl , German chemist (d. 1941)
1899 – John Bodkin Adams , British general practitioner and convict (d. 1983)[27] 1899 – Gyula Mándi , Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1969)[28]
1899 – Edith Tolkien , wife and muse of J. R. R. Tolkien (d. 1971)
1899 – Alexander Tcherepnin , Russian-American pianist and composer (d. 1977)
1900 – Elof Ahrle , Swedish actor and director (d. 1965 )1900 – Anselm Franz , Austrian engineer (d. 1994)[29]
1900 – Fernando Quiroga Palacios , Spanish Cardinal (d. 1971)
1901 – Ricardo Zamora , Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1978)1903 – William Lyon , American film editor (d. 1974)1903 – Raymond Suvigny , French weightlifter (d. 1945)
1904 – Puck van Heel , Dutch footballer (d. 1984)1904 – John Porter , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1997 )
1905 – Christian Dior , French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (d. 1957)[30] 1905 – Karl Wallenda , German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (d. 1978)
1906 – Igor Moiseyev , Russian choreographer (d. 2007)[31] 1907 – Carlo Cavagnoli , Italian boxer (d. 1991)1909 – Todor Skalovski , Macedonian composer and conductor (d. 2004)1909 – Teofilo Spasojević , Serbian footballer (d. 1970)
1910 – Hideo Shinojima , Japanese footballer (d. 1975)1910 – Albert Rosellini , American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Washington (d. 2011)[32]
1910 – Rosa Kellner , German athlete (d. 1984)
1910 – Károly Takács , Hungarian shooter (d. 1976)
1911 – Dick Garrard , Australian wrestler (d. 2003)1911 – Lee Yoo-hyung , Korean footballer and manager (d. 2003)
1912 – Konrad Emil Bloch , German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)1915 – André Lichnerowicz , French mathematician (d. 1998)1915 – Orazio Mariani , Italian sprinter (d. 1981)
1916 – Pietro Rava , Italian footballer (d. 2006)[33] 1916 – Zypora Spaisman , Polish midwife; American and Yiddish-language actress; producer of the Yiddish stage (d. 2002)[34]
1917 – Erling Persson , H&M founder (d. 2002)[35] 1918 – Jimmy Hagan , English footballer (d. 1998)1918 – Richard Winters , American soldier (d. 2011)
1918 – Antonio Janigro , Italian cellist and conductor (d. 1989)
1919 – Eric Brown , Scottish-English captain and pilot (d. 2016)1920 – Errol Barrow , first Prime Minister of Barbados (d. 1987)1921 – Lincoln Alexander , Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2012)1922 – Telly Savalas , American actor (d. 1994)1922 – Paul Scofield , English actor (d. 2008)[36]
1922 – Predrag Vranicki , Croatian Marxist humanist (d. 2002)
1923 – Lola Flores , Spanish singer, dancer, and actress (d. 1995)1923 – Alberto de Mendoza , Argentine actor (d. 2011)
1923 – Pahiño , Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
1924 – Benny Hill , English actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)1925 – Charles Aidman , American actor (d. 1993)1925 – Alex Forbes , Scottish footballer (d. 2014)
1925 – Eva Ibbotson , Austrian-English author (d. 2010)
1925 – Arnold Skaaland , American wrestler and manager (d. 2007)
1926 – Clive Donner , British director (d. 2010)1926 – Franco Evangelisti , Italian composer (d. 1980)
1926 – Steve Reeves , American bodybuilder (d. 2000)
1926 – Roger Taillibert , French architect (d. 2019)
1926 – Robert J. White , American neurosurgeon (d. 2010)
1927 – Rudolf Kraus , German footballer (d. 2003)1928 – Gene Sharp , American political scientist and academic, founded the Albert Einstein Institution (d. 2018)1928 – Reynaldo Bignone , Argentinian general and politician, 41st President of Argentina (d. 2018)
1929 – Radley Metzger , American filmmaker (d. 2017)1930 – Mainza Chona , Zambian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2001)1931 – Yoshiko Kuga , Japanese actress1933 – Habib Thiam , Senegalese politician (d. 2017)1933 – Tony Marchi , English footballer[37]
1934 – Audrey Dalton , Irish actress1934 – Antonio Karmany , Spanish cyclist
1934 – Alfonso Portugal , Mexican footballer (d. 2016 )
1934 – Ann Wedgeworth , American actress (d. 2017)
1936 – Dick Davies , American basketball player (d. 2012)1937 – Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi , Hungarian fencer (d. 2013)1937 – Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria , the youngest son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
1938 – Romano Fogli , Italian footballer1939 – Paul Genevay , French sprinter1939 – Friedel Lutz , German footballer
1939 – Steve Paxton , American dancer and choreographer
1939 – Viacheslav Platonov , Russian volleyball player and coach (d. 2005)
1940 – Jack Nicklaus , American golfer and sportscaster1940 – Patrick Robinson , British novelist
1941 – Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud , Saudi Arabian prince (d. 2013)1941 – Plácido Domingo , Spanish tenor and conductor
1941 – Richie Havens , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)[38]
1941 – Mike Medavoy , Chinese-born American film producer, co-founded Orion Pictures
1941 – Ivan Putski , Polish-American wrestler and bodybuilder
1941 – Elaine Showalter , American author and critic
1942 – Freddy Breck , German singer, producer, and news anchor (d. 2008)1942 – Eugène Camara , Prime Minister of Guinea (d. 2019)[39]
1942 – Han Pil-hwa , North Korean speed skater
1942 – Mac Davis , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2020)
1942 – Edwin Starr , American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1942 – Michael G. Wilson , American producer and screenwriter
1943 – Zdravko Hebel , Croatian water polo player (d. 2017)1943 – Arnar Jónsson , Icelandic actor
1943 – Alfons Peeters , Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
1943 – Kenzo Yokoyama , Japanese footballer
1944 – Uto Ughi , Italian violinist1945 – Pete Kircher , English drummer1945 – Martin Shaw , English actor and producer
1946 – Ichiro Hosotani , Japanese footballer1946 – Nella Martinetti , Swiss singer (d. 2011)
1946 – Tomás Pineda , El Salvadoran footballer
1946 – Miguel Reina , Spanish footballer
1947 – Jill Eikenberry , American actress1947 – Andrzej Bachleda , Polish former alpine skier
1947 – Dorian M. Goldfeld , American mathematician
1947 – Pye Hastings , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Michel Jonasz , French singer-songwriter and actor
1947 – Joseph Nicolosi , American clinical psychologist (d. 2017)
1947 – Giuseppe Savoldi , Italian footballer
1947 – Roberto Zywica , Argentine footballer
1948 – Zygmunt Kukla , Polish footballer (d. 2016)1948 – Hugo Tocalli , Argentine footballer
1949 – Trương Tấn Sang , Vietnamese politician and 7th President of Vietnam 1949 – Clifford Ray , American basketball coach and player
1950 – Marion Becker , German javelin thrower1950 – Gary Locke , American politician and diplomat, 36th United States Secretary of Commerce
1950 – José Marín , Spanish racewalker
1950 – Billy Ocean , Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter
1950 – Agnes van Ardenne , Dutch politician and diplomat, Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation
1951 – Eric Holder , American lawyer, judge, and politician, 82nd United States Attorney General 1952 – Marco Camenisch , Swiss activist and murderer1952 – Werner Grissmann , Austrian alpine skier
1952 – Mikhail Umansky , Russian chess player (d. 2010)
1953 – Paul Allen , American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft (d. 2018)[40] 1953 – Felipe Yáñez , Spanish cyclist
1954 – Thomas de Maizière , German politician of the Christian Democratic Union1954 – Idrissa Ouedraogo , Burkinabé director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1954 – Phil Thompson , English footballer and coach
1955 – Peter Fleming , American tennis player1955 – Jeff Koons , American painter and sculptor
1955 – Nello Musumeci , Italian politician and President of Sicily
1956 – Robby Benson , American actor and director1956 – Geena Davis , American actress and producer
1958 – Matt Salmon , American politician1958 – Hussein Saeed , Iraqi footballer
1958 – Sergei Walter , Ukrainian politician (d. 2015)
1958 – Michael Wincott , Canadian actor
1959 – Sergei Alifirenko , Russian pistol shooter1959 – Alex McLeish , Scottish footballer and manager
1960 – Sidney Lowe , American basketball player1960 – Mike Terrana , American hard rock and heavy metal drummer
1961 – Kevin Cramer , American politician1961 – Cornelia Pröll , Austrian alpine skier
1961 – Ivo Pukanić Croatian journalist (d. 2008)
1961 – Gary Shaw , English footballer
1961 – Piotr Ugrumov , Russian cyclist
1962 – Tyler Cowen , American economist and academic1962 – Isabelle Nanty , French actress, director and screenwriter
1962 – Gabriele Pin , Italian footballer and coach
1962 – Zoran Thaler , Slovenian politician
1962 – Erik Verlinde , Dutch theoretical physicist
1962 – Marie Trintignant , French actress (d. 2003)
1963 – Hakeem Olajuwon , Nigerian-American basketball player1963 – Detlef Schrempf , German basketball player and coach
1964 – Andreas Bauer , German ski jumper1964 – Tony Dolan , English musician and actor
1964 – Gérald Passi , French footballer
1964 – Ricardo Serna , Spanish footballer
1964 – Aleksandar Šoštar , Serbian water polo player
1964 – Danny Wallace , English footballer
1965 – Robert Del Naja , British artist, musician and singer1965 – Jam Master Jay , American DJ, rapper, and producer (d. 2002)
1965 – Masahiro Wada , Japanese footballer
1967 – Artashes Minasian , Armenian chess player1967 – Alfred Jermaniš , Slovenian footballer
1967 – Gorō Miyazaki , Japanese film director and landscaper
1968 – Dmitry Fomin , Soviet and Russian volleyball player1968 – Ilya Smirin , Israeli chess Grandmaster
1968 – Artur Dmitriev , Soviet and Russian ice skater
1968 – Sébastien Lifshitz , French director
1968 – Charlotte Ross , American actress
1969 – John Ducey , American actor1969 – Eduard Hämäläinen , Finnish-Belarusian decathlete
1969 – Karina Lombard , French-American actress and singer
1969 – Tsubaki Nekoi , Japanese comic artist
1970 – Alen Bokšić , former Croatian footballer1970 – Marina Foïs , French actress
1970 – Ken Leung , American actor
1970 – Oren Peli , Israeli-American director, producer and screenwriter
1971 – Uni Arge , Faroese footballer and entertainer1971 – Rafael Berges , Spanish footballer
1971 – Doug Edwards , American basketball player
1971 – Dmitri Khlestov , Russian footballer
1971 – Dylan Kussman , American actor
1971 – Sergey Klevchenya , Russian speed skater
1971 – Doug Weight , American ice hockey player and coach
1972 – Billel Dziri , Algerian footballer and manager1972 – Rick Falkvinge , Swedish businessman and politician
1972 – Sead Kapetanović , Bosnian footballer
1972 – Yasunori Mitsuda , Japanese composer and producer
1972 – Cat Power , American singer, musician and actress
1972 – Shawn Rojeski , American curler
1972 – Sabina Valbusa , Italian cross-country skier
1973 – Rob Hayles , English cyclist1973 – Chris Kilmore , American musician and DJ
1973 – Edvinas Krungolcas , Lithuanian modern pentathlete
1973 – Flavio Maestri , Peruvian footballer
1974 – Malena Alterio , Spanish actress1974 – Maxwell Atoms , American animator, screenwriter and voice actor
1974 – Kim Dotcom , German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur and political activist
1974 – Arthémon Hatungimana , Burundian middle-distance runner
1974 – Vincent Laresca , American actor
1974 – Ulrich Le Pen , French footballer
1974 – Marco Zanotti , Italian cyclist
1975 – Nicky Butt , English footballer and coach1975 – Casey FitzRandolph , American speedskater
1975 – Yuji Ide , Japanese race car driver
1975 – Ito , Spanish footballer and manager
1975 – Willem Korsten , Dutch footballer[41]
1975 – Jason Moran , American jazz pianist, composer and educator
1975 – Florin Șerban , Romanian director
1975 – Alyaksandr Yermakovich , Belarusian footballer and manager
1976 – Aivaras Abromavičius , Lithuanian-Ukrainian banker and politician; 15th Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development 1976 – Raivis Belohvoščiks , Latvian cyclist
1976 – Emma Bunton , English singer
1976 – Lars Eidinger , German actor
1976 – Giorgio Frezzolini , Italian footballer
1976 – Igors Stepanovs , Latvian footballer
1977 – Hussein Abdulghani , Saudi Arabian footballer1977 – Bradley Carnell , South African footballer
1977 – John DeSantis , Canadian actor
1977 – Kirsten Klose , German hammer thrower
1977 – Denis Lunghi , Italian cyclist
1977 – Ulrike Maisch , German runner
1977 – Phil Neville , English footballer and manager
1977 – Michael Ruffin , American basketball player
1977 – Jerry Trainor , American actor, director, and producer
1978 – Faris Al-Sultan , German triathlete1978 – Peter von Allmen , Swiss cross-country skier
1978 – Hernán Rodrigo López , Uruguayan footballer
1978 – Andrei Zyuzin , Russian ice hockey player
1979 – Quinton Jacobs , Namibian footballer1979 – Melendi , Spanish singer
1979 – Brian O'Driscoll , Irish rugby player
1980 – Karsten Forsterling , Australian rower1980 – Dave Kitson , English footballer and manager
1980 – Lee Kyung-won , South Korean badminton player[42]
1980 – Kevin McKenna , Canadian soccer player
1980 – Nana Mizuki , Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
1980 – Xavier Pons , Spanish rally diver
1980 – Mari Possa , El Salvadoran pornographic actress
1980 – Bratislav Ristić , Serbian footballer
1981 – Gillian Chung , Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress1981 – Wu Hanxiong , Chinese fencer
1981 – Dany Heatley , Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Andy Lee , South Korean singer and actor
1981 – Izabella Miko , Polish actress, dancer, and producer
1981 – Shawn Redhage , American-Australian basketball player
1981 – Michel Teló , Brazilian singer-songwriter
1981 – Jung Ryeo-won , South Korean actress
1981 – David F. Sandberg , Swedish filmmaker
1982 – Richard José Blanco , Venezuelan footballer1982 – Adriano Ferreira Martins , Brazilian footballer
1982 – Nicolas Mahut , French tennis player
1982 – Sarah Ourahmoune , French boxer
1982 – Simon Rolfes , German footballer
1982 – Dean Whitehead , English footballer
1983 – Alex Acker , American basketball player1983 – Victor Leandro Bagy , Brazilian footballer
1983 – Ranko Despotović , Serbian footballer
1983 – Svetlana Khodchenkova , Russian actress
1983 – Marieke van den Ham , Dutch water polo player
1983 – Billy Mwanza , Zambian footballer
1983 – Maryse Ouellet , French-Canadian wrestler
1983 – Álvaro Quirós , Spanish golfer
1983 – Francesca Segat , Italian swimmer
1983 – Moritz Volz , German footballer, right back, football pundit and scout[43]
1983 – Kelly VanderBeek , Canadian alpine skier
1984 – Leonardo Burián , Uruguayan footballer1984 – Alex Koslov , Moldovan-American wrestler
1984 – Dejan Milovanović , Serbian footballer
1984 – Wes Morgan , Jamaican footballer
1985 – Markus Berger , Austrian footballer1985 – Artur Beterbiev , Russian boxer
1985 – Aura Dione , Danish singer and songwriter
1985 – Nick Gehlfuss , American actor
1985 – Salvatore Giunta , American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient
1985 – Yumi Hara , Japanese voice actress and singer
1985 – Sasha Pivovarova , Russian model and actress
1985 – Rodrigo San Miguel , Spanish basketball player
1985 – Ri Se-gwang , North Korean artistic gymnast
1985 – Dmitri Sokolov , Russian basketball player
1985 – Ryan Suter , American ice hockey player
1986 – César Arzo , Spanish footballer1986 – Edson Barboza , Brazilian mixed martial artist
1986 – João Gomes Júnior , Brazilian swimmer
1986 – Javi López , Spanish footballer
1986 – Gina Mambrú , Dominican Republic volleyball player
1986 – Jonathan Quick , American ice hockey player
1986 – Mike Taylor , American basketball player
1986 – Óscar Vílchez , Peruvian footballer
1986 – Sushant Singh Rajput , Indian actor (d. 2020)
1987 – Ioannis Athanasoulas , Greek basketball player1987 – Andrei Cojocari , Moldovan footballer
1987 – Alexander Dercho , German footballer
1987 – Aida Hadzialic , Swedish politician
1987 – Shaun Keeling , South African rower
1987 – Augustine Kiprono Choge , Kenyan runner
1987 – Kevin Kratz , German footballer
1987 – Danny Munyao , Zambian footballer
1987 – Henrico Drost , Dutch footballer
1987 – Darren Helm , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Will Johnson , Canadian footballer
1987 – Mulopo Kudimbana , Congolese footballer
1987 – Nyasha Mushekwi , Zimbabwean footballer
1987 – Dominik Roels , German cyclist
1987 – Maša Zec Peškirič , Slovenian tennis player
1987 – Ikumi Yoshimatsu , Japanese actress
1988 – Glaiza de Castro , Filipino actress and singer1988 – Ashton Eaton , American decathlete
1988 – Rolands Freimanis , Latvian basketball player
1988 – Vanessa Hessler , Italian-American model and actress
1988 – Aleksandar Lazevski , Macedonian footballer
1988 – Ángel Mena , Ecuadorian footballer
1988 – Valérie Tétreault , Canadian tennis player
1988 – Pieter Timmers , Belgian swimmer
1988 – Nemanja Tomić , Serbian footballer
1988 – Ben Turner , English footballer
1989 – Doğuş Balbay , Turkish basketball player1989 – Kayla Banwarth , American indoor volleyball player
1989 – Férébory Doré , Congolese footballer
1989 – Sergey Fesikov , Russian swimmer
1989 – Henrikh Mkhitaryan , Armenian footballer
1989 – Matteo Pelucchi , Italian cyclist
1989 – Zhang Shuai , Chinese tennis player
1990 – Arash Afshin , Iranian footballer1990 – Diogo Amado , Portuguese footballer
1990 – Andriy Bohdanov , Ukrainian footballer
1990 – Kelly Rohrbach , American model and actress
1990 – André Martins , Portuguese footballer
1990 – Knowledge Musona , Zimbabwean footballer
1990 – Jacob Smith , American actor
1990 – Doni Tata Pradita , Indonesian motorcycle racer
1991 – Ali Al-Busaidi , Omani footballer1991 – Jan Hirt , Czech cyclist
1991 – Marta Pagnini , Italian gymnast
1992 – Verónica Cepede Royg , Paraguayan tennis player1992 – Sven Erik Bystrøm , Norwegian cyclist
1992 – James Duckworth , Australian tennis player
1992 – Kwame Karikari , Ghanaian footballer
1992 – Nicolás Mezquida , Uruguayan footballer
1992 – Roland Szolnoki , Hungarian footballer
1993 – Muralha , Brazilian footballer1994 – Amin Affane , Swedish footballer1994 – Laura Robson , Australian-English tennis player
1995 – Yulia Belorukova , Russian cross-country skier1995 – Nguyễn Công Phượng , Vietnamese footballer
1995 – Marine Johannes , French basketball player
1995 – Alanna Kennedy , Australian footballer[44]
1996 – Marco Asensio , Spanish footballer1997 – Jeremy Shada , American actor, musician and singer1999 – Rubina Ali , Indian actress2003 – Natalie Garcia , Canadian rhythmic gymnast[45] 2004 – Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway [46]
Deaths
420 – Yazdegerd I , king of the Sassanid Empire 496 – Epiphanius of Pavia , Italian bishop and saint (b. 438)917 – Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (b. 880)918 – Liu Zhijun , Chinese general939 – Yang Pu , Chinese emperor (b. 900)942 – An Chongrong , Chinese general (Five Dynasties )945 – Yang Tan , Chinese general and governor1118 – Pope Paschal II (b. 1050)1203 – Agnes II, Abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1139)1320 – Árni Helgason , Icelandic bishop (b. c. 1260)1527 – Juan de Grijalva , Spanish explorer (b. 1489)1546 – Azai Sukemasa , Japanese daimyō (b. 1491)1609 – Joseph Justus Scaliger , French historian and scholar (b. 1540)1638 – Ignazio Donati , Italian composer (b. 1570)1670 – Claude Duval , French highwayman (b. 1643)1683 – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury , English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1621)1699 – Obadiah Walker , English historian and academic (b. 1616)1706 – Adrien Baillet , French scholar and critic (b. 1649)1710 – Johann Georg Gichtel , German mystic and critic (b. 1638)1722 – Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1661)1731 – Ignjat Đurđević , Croatian poet and translator (b. 1675)1773 – Alexis Piron , French playwright and author (b. 1689)1774 – Mustafa III , Ottoman sultan (b. 1717)1775 – Yemelyan Pugachev , Russian rebel (b. 1742)1789 – Baron d'Holbach , French-German philosopher and author (b. 1723)1793 – Louis XVI of France (b. 1754)1795 – Samuel Wallis , English navigator and explorer (b. 1728)1809 – Josiah Hornblower , American engineer and politician (b. 1729)1814 – Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre , French botanist and author (b. 1737)1823 – Cayetano José Rodríguez , Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (b. 1761)1831 – Ludwig Achim von Arnim , German poet and author (b. 1781)1851 – Albert Lortzing , German actor and composer (b. 1801)1862 – Božena Němcová , Austrian-Czech author and poet (b. 1820)1870 – Alexander Herzen , Russian philosopher and author (b. 1812)1872 – Franz Grillparzer , Austrian playwright and poet (b. 1791)1881 – Wilhelm Matthias Naeff , Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)1891 – Calixa Lavallée , Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)1901 – Elisha Gray , American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)1914 – Theodor Kittelsen , Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)1918 – Jan Drozdowski , Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)[47] 1919 – Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)1919 – Ahmed Muhtar Pasha , Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
1924 – Vladimir Lenin , Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)1926 – Camillo Golgi , Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)1928 – George Washington Goethals , American general and engineer (b. 1858)1931 – Felix Blumenfeld , Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)1932 – Lytton Strachey , English writer and critic (b. 1880)1933 – George Moore , Irish author, poet, and critic (b. 1852)1937 – Marie Prevost , Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1898)1938 – Georges Méliès , French actor, director, and producer (b. 1861)1945 – Rash Behari Bose , Indian soldier and engineer (b. 1886)1948 – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari , Italian composer and educator (b. 1876)1950 – George Orwell , British novelist, essayist, and critic (b. 1903)1955 – Archie Hahn , German-American runner and coach (b. 1880)1956 – Sam Langford , Canadian-American boxer (b. 1883)1959 – Cecil B. DeMille , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)1959 – Frances Gertrude McGill , pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (b. 1882)[48]
1959 – Carl Switzer , American child actor and hunting guide (b. 1927)
1960 – Matt Moore , Irish-American actor and director (b. 1888)1961 – Blaise Cendrars , Swiss author and poet (b. 1887)1963 – Acharya Shivpujan Sahay , Indian author, poet, and academic (b. 1893)1963 – Spiros Xenos , Greek-Swedish painter (b. 1881)
1965 – Gwynne Evans , American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)1967 – Ann Sheridan , American actress (b. 1915)1968 – Will Lang, Jr. , American journalist (b. 1914)1977 – Sandro Penna , Italian poet and journalist (b. 1906)1978 – Freda Utley , English scholar and author (b. 1898)1983 – Lamar Williams , American bass player (b. 1949)1984 – Giannis Skarimpas , Greek playwright and poet (b. 1893)1984 – Jackie Wilson , American singer (b. 1934)
1985 – James Beard , American chef and author (b. 1903)1985 – Eddie Graham , American wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
1987 – Charles Goodell , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1926)1988 – Vincent Lingiari , Australian Aboriginal rights activist (b. 1919)1989 – Carl Furillo , American baseball player (b. 1922)1989 – Billy Tipton , American pianist and saxophonist (b. 1914)
1993 – Charlie Gehringer , American baseball player and manager (b. 1903)1994 – Bassel al-Assad , Son of the former President of the Syrian Arab Republic Hafez al-Assad (b. 1962)1998 – Jack Lord , American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)1999 – Susan Strasberg , American actress (b. 1938)2002 – Peggy Lee , American singer (b. 1920)2003 – Paul Haines , American-Canadian poet and songwriter (b. 1933)2003 – Paul Kuusberg , Estonian journalist and author (b. 1916)
2004 – Yordan Radichkov , Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)2005 – Theun de Vries , Dutch author and poet (b. 1907)2005 – John L. Hess , American journalist and critic (b. 1917)
2005 – Kaljo Raid , Estonian cellist, composer, and pastor (b. 1921)
2006 – Ibrahim Rugova , Kosovo journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (b. 1944)2009 – Krista Kilvet , Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (b. 1946)2010 – Paul Quarrington , Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (b. 1953)2011 – Theoni V. Aldredge , Greek-American costume designer (b. 1922)2011 – Dennis Oppenheim , American sculptor and photographer (b. 1938)
2011 – E. V. V. Satyanarayana , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1958)
2013 – Ahmet Mete Işıkara , Turkish geophysicist and academic (b. 1941)2013 – Chumpol Silpa-archa , Thai academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1940)
2013 – Michael Winner , English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2015 – Marcus Borg , American scholar, theologian, and author (b. 1942)2015 – Leon Brittan , English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1939)
2015 – Johnnie Lewis , Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (b. 1946)
2016 – Bill Johnson , American skier (b. 1960)2016 – Mrinalini Sarabhai , a 1992-Padma Bhushan award winner Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. (b. 1918)
2019 – Kaye Ballard , American actress (b. 1925 )[49] 2019 – Henri, Count of Paris , Head of the House of Orléans (b. 1933 )[50]
2019 – Emiliano Sala , Argentine footballer (b. 1990 )[51]
2019 – Harris Wofford , American politician, author and civil rights activist (b. 1926)[52]
2020 – Terry Jones , Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1942)[53] 2020 – Morgan Wootten , American high school basketball coach (b. 1931)[54]
Holidays and observances
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