January 23
January 23 this yearin various calendars Akan Fofie Armenian 7 Mehekani 1475 Aztec Toxcatl 13, 1 Cipactli Babylonian 3 Tebetu, 2336 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Pasah, Sri, Keliwon, Tungleh, Sukra of Medangkungan, Sri, Dangu, Sri Bengali 9 Magh , BS 1432 Chinese Yin Fire Rooster ・Bond Mansion Wood Snake Year, Month 12 , Day 5Dahan , 12 days until Lichun )Common Era 23 January 2026 CE Coptic 15 Tobi , AM 1742Egyptian 12 Payni , 2774 NE Ethiopian 15 Ṭer, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade I, Quartidi de Pluviôse de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 23 January , AD 2026 Hebrew 5 Shevat , AM 5786 Hindu Pūrvabhādrapada ・Parigha Māgha , 1947 SE Pañcamī , Śukla pakṣa of Māgha , 2082 VE Siddhārthin ・5126 KY ・1,872,598 Icelandic Föstudagur, 1 Þorri 2025 Islamic 4 Sha'aban , AH 1447tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W04-5 Japanese 5 Shiwasu , Reiwa 8Daikan , 12 days until Risshun ) Julian 10 January , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461064 Korean 5 Sodal , 4358 DE Maya 13.0.13.5.1 19 Muan , 1 Imix Roman ante diem IV Idus Ianuarias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 3 Bahman , SH 1404 Tibetan 5 rgyal, shing mo sbrul
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Day of the year
January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 342 days remain until the end of the year (343 in leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.971 – Using crossbows , Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.1229 – The episcopal seat is moved from Nousiainen to Koroinen (located near the current centre of Turku ) by the permission of Pope Gregory IX . The date is starting to be considered as the founding of Turku.1264 – In the conflict between King Henry III of England and his rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort , King Louis IX of France issues the Mise of Amiens , a one-sided decision in favour of Henry that later leads to the Second Barons' War .1368 – Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims himself the Hongwu Emperor , beginning the Ming dynasty .1546 – Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre , his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel 1556 – The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake , hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.1565 – The Deccan Sultanates defeat Rama Raya of the Vijayanagara Empire at the Battle of Talikota , resulting in over 100,000 casualties and the destruction of the capital Vijayanagara .1570 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray , regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland , is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.1571 – The Royal Exchange opens in London.1579 – The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands .1656 – Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales 1719 – The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire .1755 – Moscow University is established (12 January 1755 O.S. ).1789 – Georgetown College , the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) when Bishop John Carroll , Rev. Robert Molyneux , and Rev. John Ashton purchase land for the proposed academy for the education of youth.1793 – Second Partition of Poland .1795 – After crossing the frozen Zuiderzee , the French cavalry capture 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns , in a rare occurrence of surrender of naval vessels to land forces.1846 – Slavery in Tunisia is abolished.1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York , becoming the United States' first female doctor.1870 – In Montana , U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans , mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre .1879 – Anglo-Zulu War : The Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.1899 – The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic . Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first president .1900 – Second Boer War : The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.1904 – Ålesund Fire : The Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.1909 – RMS Republic , a passenger ship of the White Star Line , becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida , off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.1912 – The First International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague .1919 – The First Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Velykomykhailivka .1920 – The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies .1922 – The first successful treatment with insulin is given to 14-year-old diabetic Leonard Thompson .1937 – The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin 's regime.1941 – Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler .1942 – World War II : The Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea .1943 – World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army .1945 – World War II: German admiral Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal , the evacuation of areas along the eastern Baltic coast.1950 – The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.1957 – American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".1958 – After a general uprising and rioting in the streets , President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela .1960 – The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean.1963 – The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attack the Portuguese Army stationed in Tite .1964 – The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution , prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.1967 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.1967 – Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council , with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty-one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the Bronze Age .
1968 – USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by the Korean People's Navy .1982 – World Airways Flight 30 overshoots the runway at Logan International Airport in Boston , Massachusetts , and crashes into Boston Harbor . Two people are missing and presumed dead.1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard , Chuck Berry , James Brown , Ray Charles , Sam Cooke , Fats Domino , The Everly Brothers , Buddy Holly , Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley .1987 – Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan sends a "letter of death " to Somali President Siad Barre , proposing the genocide of the Isaaq people.1997 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State .1998 – Netscape announces Mozilla , with the intention to release Communicator code as open source .2001 – Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square , an act that many people later claim is staged by the Chinese Communist Party to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution .2002 – U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi , Pakistan and subsequently murdered.2003 – A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.2018 – A 7.9 M w earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska . It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.2018 – A double car bombing in Benghazi , Libya, kills at least 33 people and wounds "dozens" of others. The victims include both military personnel and civilians, according to local officials.
2018 – The China–United States trade war begins when President Donald Trump places tariffs on Chinese solar panels and washing machines.
2022 – Mutinying Burkinabè soldiers led by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba depose and detain President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré amid widespread anti-government protests.2024 – Northwestern Air Flight 738 crashes after takeoff from Fort Smith Airport , Northwest Territories, Canada, killing six people.Births
1622 – Abraham Diepraam , Dutch painter (died 1670)1719 – John Landen , English mathematician and theorist (died 1790)1737 – John Hancock , American general and politician, first Governor of Massachusetts (died 1793)1745 – William Jessop , English engineer, built the Cromford Canal (died 1814)1752 – Muzio Clementi , Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1832)1780 – Georgios Karaiskakis , Greek general (died 1827)1783 – Stendhal , French novelist (died 1842)1786 – Auguste de Montferrand , French-Russian architect, designed Saint Isaac's Cathedral and Alexander Column (died 1858)1799 – Alois Negrelli , Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire (died 1858)1809 – Surendra Sai , Indian activist (died 1884)1813 – Camilla Collett , Norwegian novelist and activist (died 1895)1828 – Saigō Takamori , Japanese samurai (died 1877)1832 – Édouard Manet , French painter (died 1883)1833 – Muthu Coomaraswamy , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (died 1879)1838 – Marianne Cope , German-American nun and saint (died 1918)1840 – Ernst Abbe , German physicist and engineer (died 1905)1846 – Nikolay Umov , Russian physicist and mathematician (died 1915)1847 – Elijah Bond , American inventor and lawyer, patented the Ouija board (died 1921)1853 – John Marks Moore , American politician (died 1902)1855 – John Browning , American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (died 1926)1857 – Andrija Mohorovičić , Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (died 1936)1862 – David Hilbert , German mathematician and academic (died 1943)1862 – Frank Shuman , American inventor and engineer (died 1918)
1872 – Paul Langevin , French physicist and academic (died 1946)1872 – Jože Plečnik , Slovenian architect, designed Plečnik Parliament (died 1957)
1876 – Otto Diels , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)1878 – Rutland Boughton , English composer (died 1960)1880 – Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama , Mexican politician (died 1967)1889 – Claribel Kendall , American mathematician (died 1965)1894 – Jyotirmoyee Devi , Indian author (died 1988)1896 – Alf Blair , Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1944)1896 – Alf Hall , English-South African cricketer (died 1964)
1897 – Subhas Chandra Bose , Indian freedom fighter and politician (died 1945)1897 – Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky , Austrian architect (died 2000)
1897 – Ieva Simonaitytė , Lithuanian author (died 1978)
1897 – William Stephenson , Canadian captain and spy (died 1989)
1898 – Georg Kulenkampff , German violinist (died 1948)1898 – Randolph Scott , American actor (died 1987)
1898 – Freda Utley , English scholar and author (died 1978)
1899 – Glen Kidston , English racing driver and pilot (died 1931)1900 – William Ifor Jones , Welsh organist and conductor (died 1988)1901 – Arthur Wirtz , American businessman (died 1983)1903 – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán , Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Minister of National Education of Colombia (died 1948)1905 – Erich Borchmeyer , German sprinter (died 2000)1907 – Dan Duryea , American actor and singer (died 1968)1907 – Hideki Yukawa , Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
1910 – Django Reinhardt , Belgian guitarist and composer (died 1953)1912 – Boris Pokrovsky , Russian director and manager (died 2009)1913 – Jean-Michel Atlan , Algerian-French painter (died 1960)1913 – Wally Parks , American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (died 2007)
1915 – Herma Bauma , Austrian javelin thrower and handball player (died 2003)1915 – W. Arthur Lewis , Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
1915 – Potter Stewart , American lawyer and judge (died 1985)
1916 – David Douglas Duncan , American photographer and journalist (died 2018)1916 – Airey Neave , English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 1979)
1918 – Gertrude B. Elion , American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)1918 – Charlie Kerins , Executed Irish Republican (died 1944)1918 – Florence Rush , American social worker and theorist (died 2008)
1919 – Frances Bay , Canadian-American actress (died 2011)1919 – Hans Hass , Austrian biologist and diver (died 2013)
1919 – Ernie Kovacs , American actor and game show host (died 1962)
1919 – Bob Paisley , English footballer and manager (died 1996)
1920 – Gottfried Böhm , German architect (died 2021)1920 – Henry Eriksson , Swedish runner (died 2000)
1920 – Walter Frederick Morrison , American businessman, invented the Frisbee (died 2010)
1922 – Leon Golub , American painter and academic (died 2004)1922 – Tom Lewis , Australian politician, 33rd Premier of New South Wales (died 2016)
1923 – Horace Ashenfelter , American runner (died 2018)1923 – Walter M. Miller, Jr. , American soldier and author (died 1996)
1924 – Frank Lautenberg , American soldier, businessman, and politician (died 2013)1925 – Marty Paich , American pianist, composer, producer, and conductor (died 1995)1926 – Bal Thackeray , Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician (died 2012)1927 – Lars-Eric Lindblad , Swedish-American businessman and explorer (died 1994)1927 – Fred Williams , Australian painter (died 1982)
1928 – Jeanne Moreau , French actress (died 2017)1929 – Myron Cope , American journalist and sportscaster (died 2008)1929 – Filaret Denysenko , Ukrainian religious leader, Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (died 2026)
1929 – Phillip Knightley , Australian journalist, author, and critic (died 2016)
1929 – John Polanyi , German-Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1930 – Tanya Savicheva , Russian child diarist (died 1944)1930 – Mervyn Rose , Australian tennis player (died 2017)1930 – Derek Walcott , Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
1930 – Teresa Żylis-Gara , Polish operatic soprano (died 2021)
1932 – George Allen , English footballer (died 2016)1932 – Larri Thomas , American actress and dancer (died 2013)
1933 – Bill Hayden , Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia (died 2023)1933 – Chita Rivera , American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2024)
1934 – Lou Antonio , American actor and director1934 – Pierre Bourgault , Canadian journalist and politician (died 2003)
1935 – Mike Agostini , Trinidadian sprinter (died 2016)1935 – Tom Reamy , American author (died 1977)
1936 – Jerry Kramer , American football player and sportscaster1936 – Cécile Ousset , French pianist
1938 – Giant Baba , Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded All Japan Pro Wrestling (died 1999)1938 – Georg Baselitz , German painter and sculptor (died 2026)
1939 – Ed Roberts , American activist (died 1995)1940 – Alan Cheuse , American writer and critic (died 2015)1940 – Joe Dowell , American singer (died 2016)
1941 – Jock R. Anderson , Australian economist and academic1941 – João Ubaldo Ribeiro , Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (died 2014)
1942 – Laurie Mayne , Australian cricketer1942 – Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat , Mongolian politician, 1st President of Mongolia (died 2025)
1942 – Herman Tjeenk Willink , Dutch judge and politician
1943 – Gary Burton , American musician1943 – Gil Gerard , American actor (died 2025)
1943 – Özhan Canaydın , Turkish basketball player and businessman (died 2010)
1944 – Rutger Hauer , Dutch actor, director, and producer (died 2019)1945 – Mike Harris , Canadian politician, 22nd Premier of Ontario 1946 – Arnoldo Alemán , Nicaraguan lawyer and politician, President of Nicaragua 1946 – Boris Berezovsky , Russian-English businessman and mathematician (died 2013)
1946 – Marie Charlotte Fayanga , Central African politician and diplomat (died 2021)
1946 – Silvia Monti , Italian actress (died 2026)
1947 – Tom Carper , American captain and politician, 71st Governor of Delaware 1947 – Megawati Sukarnoputri , Indonesian politician, 5th president of Indonesia
1948 – Anita Pointer , American singer-songwriter (died 2022)1949 – Charlie Papazian , American nuclear engineer, brewer and author.1950 – Richard Dean Anderson , American actor, producer, and composer1950 – Guida Maria , Portuguese actress (died 2018)
1950 – Suzanne Scotchmer , American economist and academic (died 2014)
1950 – Luis Alberto Spinetta , Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (died 2012)
1951 – Chesley Sullenberger , American airline pilot and safety expert1952 – Omar Henry , South African cricketer1952 – Jaroslav Pouzar , Czech ice hockey player
1953 – John Luther Adams , American composer1953 – Alister McGrath , Irish priest, historian, and theologian
1953 – Antonio Villaraigosa , American politician, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles
1953 – Robin Zander , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – Trevor Hohns , Australian cricketer1957 – Caroline, Princess of Hanover 1958 – Sergey Litvinov , Russian hammer thrower (died 2018)1959 – Clive Bull , English radio host1960 – Greg Ritchie , Australian cricketer1961 – Peter Mackenzie , American actor1961 – Yelena Sinchukova , Russian long jumper
1962 – David Arnold , English composer1962 – Aivar Lillevere , Estonian footballer and coach
1962 – Elvira Lindo , Spanish journalist and author
1962 – Boris McGiver , American actor
1963 – Gail O'Grady , American actress1964 – Jonatha Brooke , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1964 – Mariska Hargitay , American actress and producer
1964 – Bharrat Jagdeo , Guyanese economist and politician, 7th President of Guyana
1965 – Louie Clemente , American drummer1966 – Damien Hardman , Australian surfer1966 – Haywoode Workman , American basketball player and referee
1967 – Owen Cunningham , Australian rugby league player1968 – Taro Hakase , Japanese violinist and composer1968 – Petr Korda , Czech-Monégasque tennis player
1969 – Andrei Kanchelskis , Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager1969 – Brendan Shanahan , Canadian ice hockey player and actor
1969 – Susen Tiedtke , German long jumper
1970 – Richard Šmehlík , Czech ice hockey player1970 – Spyridon Vasdekis , Greek long jumper
1971 – Kevin Mawae , American football player and coach1971 – Adam Parore , New Zealand cricketer and mountaineer
1971 – Claire Rankin , Canadian actress
1972 – Ewen Bremner , Scottish actor1973 – Tomas Holmström , Swedish ice hockey player1974 – Glen Chapple , English cricketer1974 – Rebekah Elmaloglou , Australian actress
1974 – Richard T. Slone , English painter
1974 – Tiffani Thiessen , American actress
1975 – Phil Dawson , American football player1975 – Tito Ortiz , American mixed martial artist
1976 – Brandon Duckworth , American baseball player and scout1976 – Anne Margrethe Hausken , Norwegian orienteering competitor
1976 – Alex Shaffer , American skier
1979 – Scott Hannan , Canadian ice hockey player1979 – Larry Hughes , American basketball player
1979 – Dawn O'Porter , Scottish-English fashion designer and journalist
1979 – Juan Rincón , Venezuelan baseball player and coach
1979 – Maria Stepanova , Russian basketball player
1981 – Rob Friend , Canadian soccer player1981 – Julia Jones , American actress
1982 – Oceana Mahlmann , German singer and songwriter1982 – Wily Mo Peña , Dominican baseball player
1982 – Andrew Rock , American sprinter
1983 – Irving Saladino , Panamanian long jumper1984 – Arjen Robben , Dutch footballer1985 – San E , South Korean rapper1985 – Dong Fangzhuo , Chinese footballer
1985 – Doutzen Kroes , Dutch model and actress
1985 – Yevgeny Lukyanenko , Russian pole vaulter
1985 – Aselefech Mergia , Ethiopian runner
1985 – Jeff Samardzija , American baseball and football player
1985 – Sudaryono , Indonesian politician and businessman
1986 – Gelete Burka , Ethiopian runner1986 – Marc Laird , Scottish footballer
1986 – José Enrique , Spanish footballer
1986 – Steven Taylor , English footballer
1986 – Sandro Viletta , Swiss skier
1987 – Leo Komarov , Estonian-Finnish ice hockey player1990 – Alex Silva , Canadian wrestler1991 – Steve Birnbaum , American soccer player1992 – Reina Triendl , Japanese model and actress1994 – Addison Russell , American baseball player1996 – Keita Bates-Diop , American basketball player1996 – Ruben Loftus-Cheek , English footballer1998 – XXXTentacion , American rapper (died 2018)1999 – Alban Lafont , French footballer2000 – Fanni Pigniczki , Hungarian rhythmic gymnast2001 – Olga Danilović , Serbian tennis player2002 – Joško Gvardiol , Croatian footballer2002 – Nicola Zalewski , Polish footballer
2004 – Julio Enciso , Paraguayan footballerDeaths
Pre-1600
667 – Ildefonsus , bishop of Toledo 989 – Adalbero , archbishop of Reims 1002 – Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (born 980)1199 – Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur , Moroccan caliph (born 1160)1252 – Isabella, Queen of Armenia 1297 – Florent of Hainaut , Prince of Achaea (born c. 1255)1423 – Margaret of Bavaria , Burgundian regent (born 1363)1516 – Ferdinand II of Aragon (born 1452)1548 – Bernardo Pisano , Italian priest, scholar, and composer (born 1490)1549 – Johannes Honter , Romanian-Hungarian cartographer and theologian (born 1498)1567 – Jiajing Emperor of China (born 1507)1570 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray , Scottish politician (born 1531)1620 – John Croke , English politician and judge (born 1553)1622 – William Baffin , English explorer and navigator (born 1584)1650 – Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (born 1584)1744 – Giambattista Vico , Italian historian and philosopher (born 1668)1785 – Matthew Stewart , Scottish mathematician and academic (born 1717)1789 – Frances Brooke , English author and playwright (born 1724)1789 – John Cleland , English author (born 1709)
1800 – Edward Rutledge , American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina (born 1749)1803 – Arthur Guinness , Irish brewer, founded Guinness (born 1725)1805 – Claude Chappe , French engineer (born 1763)1806 – William Pitt the Younger , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1759)1810 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter , German chemist and physicist (born 1776)1812 – Robert Craufurd , Scottish general and politician (born 1764)1820 – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (born 1767)1833 – Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth , English admiral and politician (born 1757)1837 – John Field , Irish pianist and composer (born 1782)1866 – Thomas Love Peacock , English author and poet (born 1785)1875 – Charles Kingsley , English priest and author (born 1819)1883 – Gustave Doré , French engraver and illustrator (born 1832)1893 – Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II , American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1825)1893 – William Price , Welsh physician, Chartist, and neo-Druid (born 1800)
1893 – José Zorrilla , Spanish poet and playwright (born 1817) 1921 – Mykola Leontovych , Ukrainian composer and conductor (born 1877)1922 – René Beeh , Alsatian painter and draughtsman (born 1886)1922 – Arthur Nikisch , Hungarian conductor and academic (born 1855)
1923 – Max Nordau , Austrian physician and author (born 1849)1931 – Anna Pavlova , Russian-English ballerina (born 1881)1937 – Orso Mario Corbino , Italian physicist and politician (born 1876)1939 – Matthias Sindelar , Austrian footballer and manager (born 1903)1943 – Alexander Woollcott , American actor, playwright, and critic (born 1887)1944 – Edvard Munch , Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1863)1947 – Pierre Bonnard , French painter (born 1867)1956 – Alexander Korda , Hungarian-English director and producer (born 1893)1963 – Józef Gosławski , Polish sculptor (born 1908)1966 – T. M. Sabaratnam , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (born 1895)1971 – Fritz Feigl , Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (born 1871)1973 – Laura Negley , American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (born 1890)1973 – Alexander Onassis , American-Greek businessman (born 1948)
1973 – Kid Ory , American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1886)
1976 – Paul Robeson , American actor, singer, and activist (born 1898)1977 – Toots Shor , American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (born 1903)1978 – Terry Kath , American guitarist and songwriter (born 1946)1978 – Jack Oakie , American actor (born 1903)
1980 – Giovanni Michelotti , Italian engineer (born 1921)1981 – Samuel Barber , American pianist and composer (born 1910)1983 – Fred Bakewell , English cricketer and coach (born 1908)1984 – Muin Bseiso , Palestinian-Egyptian poet and critic (born 1926)1985 – James Beard , American chef and cookbook author for whom the James Beard Foundation Awards are named (born 1905)1986 – Joseph Beuys , German sculptor and painter (born 1921)1988 – Charles Glen King , American biochemist and academic (born 1896)1989 – Salvador Dalí , Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1904)1989 – Lars-Erik Torph , Swedish race car driver (born 1961)
1990 – Allen Collins , American guitarist and songwriter (born 1952)1991 – Northrop Frye , Canadian author and critic (born 1912)1992 – Freddie Bartholomew , American actor (born 1924)1993 – Keith Laumer , American soldier, author, and diplomat (born 1925)1994 – Nikolai Ogarkov , Russian field marshal (born 1917)1994 – Brian Redhead , English journalist and author (born 1929)
1999 – Joe D'Amato , Italian director and cinematographer (born 1936)1999 – Jay Pritzker , American businessman, co-founded the Hyatt Corporation (born 1922)
2002 – Paul Aars , American race car driver (born 1934)2002 – Pierre Bourdieu , French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (born 1930)
2002 – Robert Nozick , American philosopher, author, and academic (born 1938)
2003 – Nell Carter , American actress and singer (born 1948)2004 – Helmut Newton , German-Australian photographer (born 1920)2005 – Johnny Carson , American talk show host, television personality, and producer (born 1925)2007 – Syed Hussein Alatas , Malaysian sociologist and politician (born 1928)2009 – Robert W. Scott , American farmer and politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (born 1929)2013 – Józef Glemp , Polish cardinal (born 1929)2014 – Yuri Izrael , Russian meteorologist and journalist (born 1930)2014 – Elmira Nazirova , Azerbaijani composer (born 1928)
2015 – Ernie Banks , American baseball player and coach (born 1931)2015 – Prosper Ego , Dutch activist, founded the Oud-Strijders Legioen (born 1927)
2015 – Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (born 1924)
2018 – Hugh Masekela , South African trumpeter, composer and singer (born 1939)2018 – Wyatt Tee Walker , American civil rights activist and pastor (born 1928)
2019 – Aloysius Pang , Singaporean actor (born 1990)2019 – Oliver Mtukudzi , Zimbabwean Afro Jazz musician (born 1952)
2021 – Hal Holbrook , American actor and director (born 1925)2021 – Larry King , American journalist and talk show host (born 1933)
2021 – Song Yoo-jung , South Korean actress and model (born 1994)
2024 – Charles Osgood , American radio and television commentator, writer and musician (born 1933)2024 – Melanie Safka , American Emmy winning singer-songwriter (born 1947)