January 11th
Holidays and Celebrations
Republic Day (Albania) -1946
Unity Day (Nepal) * (see below)
Independence Resistance Day (Morocco)
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico)
Flag Day (Norfolk Island) * CLICK HERE
Milk Day * (see below)
Election Day (Czech Republic) Also January 12th (2013) * CLICK HERE
Birthday of Alexander Hamilton (U.S. Statesman)
Stephen Foster Day
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Cigarettes Are Hazardous To Your Health Day
Anniversary of the "Designated Hitter" Rule
Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day
National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend Day
First day of Carmentalia, in honor of Carmenta. (Roman Empire)
The Third Binary Day (3of 9) (0s and 1s)
Secret Pal Day
Hot Toddy
First day of Paulinus of Aquileia Theodosius the Cenobiarch
Christian Feast Day of Leucius of Brindisi (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Paulinus II of Aquileia
Feast of Theodosius the Cenobiarch
* Unity Day (Nepal), birthday of King Prithvi Narayan Shah on 27th day of the |Nepali month of Poush, which may fall on January 11.
* Milk Day - Milk was first delivered in bottles on January 11, 1878. annually * (see Drink of the Day)
Sel Day Translation Salt Day (French Republican) The 22nd day of the Month of Nivose in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"When we drink, we get drunk.
When we get drunk, we fall asleep.
When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.
So, let's all get drunk, and go to heaven!"
- Traditional Irish
Drink of The Day
Side Car
1 Part Brandy
1 Part Sweet and Sour Mix
1 Part Tripple Sec
*Fill with club soda (for a mixed drink)
Shake and strain ito a cocktail glass.
- Alternative Drink -
Kahlua and Milk
1 Part Kahlua
1 Part Milk
- In honr of Milk Day
Wine of The Day
Daniel Gehrs 2009 Oak Free
Style - Chardonnay
Central Coast
$25
Beer of The Day
-Western Hemisphere -
Long Trail Ale
Brewer - Long Trail Brewing Company ; Vermont, USA
Style - Altbier
ABV 4.6%
Westvleteren 12
Brewer - Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus, Westvleteren, Belgium
Style - Quadrupel
ABV - 10.2%
Joke of The Day
An old man is walking down the street one afternoon when he sees a woman with perfect breasts.
He says to her, "Hey miss, would you let me BITE your breasts for $100?"
"Are you nuts?!" she replies, and keeps walking away.
He turns around, runs around the block and gets to the corner before she does. "Would you let me bite your breasts for $1,000?" he asks again.
"Listen you; I'm not that kind of woman! Got it?"
So the little old man runs around the next block and faces her again, "Would you let me bite your breasts - just once - for $10,000?!"
She thinks about it for a while and says, "Hmmmmm, $10,000... Ok, just once, but not here. Let's go to that dark alley over there."
So they go into the alley, where she takes off her blouse to reveal the most perfect breasts in the world.
As soon as he sees them, he grabs them and starts caressing them, fondling them slowly, kissing them, licking them, burying his face in them - but not biting them.
The woman finally gets annoyed and asks, 'Well? Are you gonna bite them or not?'
"Nah," says the little old man... "Costs too much!"
January Celebrations
Apple and Apricots MonthArtichoke and Asparagus Month
Be Kind to Food Servers
Bread Machine Baking Month
California Dried Plum Digestive Health Month
Carnival Season (Starting Janusry 6th)
Celebration of Life Month
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Cervical Cancer Screening Month
Cherry Blossom Festival in Okinawa, Japan, a very colorful festivals every January in Nago since 1928.
Coffee Gourmet International Month
Family Fit Lifestyle Month
Financial Wellness Month
First Binary Month (1of 3) (0s and 1s)
International Brain Teaser Month
International Change Your Stars Month
International Creativity Month
International New Years Resolutions Month for Businesses
International Quality of Life Month
International Wayfinding Month
International Wealth Mentality Month
National Bath Safety Month
National Be On-Purpose Month
National Birth Defects Prevention Mont
National Blood Donor Month
National Book Blitz Month
National Braille Literacy Month
National Candy Month
National Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month
National Clean Up Your Computer Month
National Egg Month
National Get Organized Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Hobby Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Lose Weight, Feel Great Month
National Mail Order Gardening Month
National Meat Month
National Mentoring Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month
National Polka Music Month
National Poverty in America Awareness Month
National Radon Action Month
National Skating Month
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
National Soup Month
National Stalking Awareness Month
National Thank You Month
National Volunteer Blood Donor Mont
National Wheat Bread Month
Prune Breakfast Month
Resolve to Eat Breakfast Month
National Returns Month
Rising Star Month
Self-Love Month
Self-help Group Awareness Month
Shape Up US Month
Thaipusam - Festival of Faith in Batu Caves, Malaysia
Thyroid Awareness Month
Tubers and Dried Fruit Month
World Buskers Festival in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Week Celebrations
Home Office Safety and Security Week January 6th-12th
National Lose Weight, Feel Great Week January 6th-13th
Universal Letter Writing Week Second Week of January
National No-Tillage Week Conference 5 Days Starting the Second Wednesday of January
International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week Starting second Friday of January
National Soccer Coaches of America Week 5 Days Starting the second Friday in January
National Vocation Awareness Week Starting Second Saturday of January
Cuckoo Dancing Week January 11th - 17th
Historical Events on January 11th
14 St Militiades ends his reign as Catholic Pope
532 Nika-revolt against Justianus & Theodora in Hippodrome Constantinople
0705 John VI ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1055 Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
1158 Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.
1523 German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter: 'It is unchristian, even unnatural, to derive benefit and protection from the community and not also to share in the common burden and expense; to let other people work but to harvest the fruit of their labors.'
1558 Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm
1569 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Paul's Cathedral
1571 Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian nobility freedom of religion.
1599 Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove & muskaat
1672 Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society
1693 Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
1709 Colley Cibber's "Rival Fools," premieres in London
1753 Ferdinand VI of Spain & Pope Benedictus XIV sign concord
1758 Russian troops occupy Königsberg, East-Prussia
1759 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
1765 Frisia bans Voltaires "Traité sur la tolérance"
1770 The first shipment of rhubarb was sent to the United States from London.
1774 Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog
1775 Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC)
1777 Anglican hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'A soul may be in as thriving a state when thirsting, seeking and mourning after the Lord as when actually rejoicing in Him; as much in earnest when fighting in the valley as when singing upon the mount.'
1779 Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
1785 Continental Congress convenes in New York City NY
1787 Titania & Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel
1787 William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
1790 Statisten & Vonckisten unite as Belgium
1791 In Philadelphia, Episcopal Bishop William White, 43, founded the First Day Society. It became the forerunner of the American Missionary Fellowship, chartered in 1817 and headquartered today in Villanova, PA.
1794 Robert Forsythe, a U.S. Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US marshal to die while carrying out his duties.
1803 Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy Louisiana
1805 The Michigan Territory is created.
1813 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii
1815 U.S. General Andrew Jackson achieved victory at the Battle of New Orleans. The War of 1812 had officially ended on December 24, 1814, with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. The news of the signing had not reached British troops in time to prevent their attack on New Orleans.
1839 Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die
1856 Composer Johann Christian Sinding was born.
1861 Alabama seceded from the United States, 4th state to secede.
1861 Mexico City captured by Juárez (Liberal) in War of the Reform
1863 Union forces capture
1863 Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama & USS Hatteras
1863 General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union, Ft Hindman, Arkansas in the Battle of Arkansas Post in American Civil War
1864 Charing Cross Station opens in London
1865 Battle of Beverly WV
1866 Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End England, kills 220
1867 Benito Juarez returned to the Mexican presidency again, following the withdrawal of French troops and the execution of Emperor Maximilian.
1873 1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago
1875 Composer Reinhold Gliere was born.
1878 In New York, milk was delivered in glass bottles for the first time by Alexander Campbell.
1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins (The Anglo-Zulu War)
1885 Henrik Ibsen's "Vildauden" premieres in Oslo
1892 Hawaiian Historical Society founded
1892 Paul Gauguin marries a 13-year-old Tahitian girl
1892 William D McCoy of Indiana appointed US minister to Liberia
1893 Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35)
1897 M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)
1902 "Popular Mechanics" magazine was published for the first time.
1904 Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
1907 The Church of God, headquartered today in Cleveland, Tennessee, and with roots going back to 1886, officially adopted its current name.
1908 Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
1912 The Lawrence textile strike begins in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
1913 Bread & Roses Strike begins
1913 The first sedan-type car was unveiled at the 13th National Automobile Show in New York City. The car was manufactured by the Hudson Motor Company.
1915 Colonel Jacob Ruppert & Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000
1916 French troops capture/Serbian army flees to Corfu
1917 Guy Bolton & PG Wodehouse's "Have a Heart" premieres in New York City NY
1917 The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
1919 3 year old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed
1919 Romania annexes Transylvania
1920 French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die
1922 At Toronto General Hospital, Leonard Thompson (14, of Canada) became the first person to be successfully treated with insulin.
1923 1st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg & Kurt Schwitters)
1923 French & Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations
1923 Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments (The Occupation of the Ruhr).
1925 Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as US Secretary of State
1927 Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th New York City NY
1928 "Ol’ Man River" was recorded by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. Bing Crosby was the song’s featured vocalist. The song is from the Broadway musical, "Showboat".
1933 In Hamburg, Germany, the Altona Confession was issued by area pastors, offering Scriptural guidelines for the Christian life, in light of the confusing political situation and the developing Nazi influence on the State Church.
1935 Amelia Earhart Putnam became the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
1936 Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives
1938 In Limerick, ME, Frances Moulton assumed her duties as the first woman bank president.
1938 Bradman scores a second inning 113 vs Queensland after a ton in the 1st
1938 Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a US national bank
1940 Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo & Juliet premieres in Leningrad
1941 Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton
1942 -23°F (-31°C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record)
1942 Japan declared war against the Netherlands. The same day, Japanese forces invaded the Dutch East Indies (World War II).
1942 Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
1943 The United States and Britain signed treaties relinquishing extraterritorial rights in China (World War II).
1943 Italian-American Anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York
1944 Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established
1946 Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago IL headquarters to Philadelphia PA
1946 Enver Hoxha declares People's Republic of Albania with himself dictator
1946 People's Republic of Albania established
1946 Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as president.
1947 "Murder and Mrs. Malone" debuted on ABC radio.
1949 Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
1949 First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
1952 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Marianne Moore
1953 J Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of the International Boxing Club
1954 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria)
1957 Mass-murderer Jack Gilbert Graham is executed in Colorado by gas chamber.
1957 The African Convention is founded in Dakar.
1958 "Seahunt" debuted on CBS-TV. The show was aired on the network for four years.
1959 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mayfair Golf Open
1959 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Theodore Roethke
1959 Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record
1959 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mayfair Golf Open
1959 NFL Pro Bowl East beats West 28-21
1960 Chad declares independence from France
1960 Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
1961 Racial riot at University of Georgia
1962 Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die
1962 Mandela leaves South Africa, travels to Ethiopia, Algeria & England
1962 An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
1963 Beatles release "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
1963 The Whiskey-a-Go-Go nightclub opened in Los Angeles, CA. It is recognized as the first disco in the U.S.
1963 1st discotheque opens, The Whiskey-a-go-go in Los Angeles CA
1964 "She Loves Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY after 302 performances
1964 "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash became the first country album to top the U.S. pop album chart.
1964 "She Loves Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 302 perfs
1964 1st government report warning smoking may be hazardous to one's health
1964 Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in US (Cashbox)
1964 Panama ends diplomatic relations with US
1964 United States Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., publishes a landmark report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking nationand worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
1965 The Beach Boys recorded "Do You Wanna Dance."
1966 "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV
1966 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain
1967 Jimi Hendrix recorded "Purple Haze."
1967 Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission
1968 Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km)
1968 The Daily Mirror of London reported that Jimi Hendrix had moved into the London townhouse where George Frederick Handel was believed to have composed "Water Music" and "Messiah."
1969 "Hooked on a Feeling" by BJ Thomas peaks at #5
1969 "This Was" was released by Jethro Tull.
1969 Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts
1970 Super Bowl IV Kansas City Chiefs beat Minnesota Vikings, 23-7 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Len Dawson, Kansas City, Quarterback
1971 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK
1971 Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, suffers a heart attack, misses the 1971 season, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves
1972 Abu Sayeed Chudhury becomes president & sheik Mujib ur-Rahman premier
1972 East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
1973 Owners of American League baseball teams voted to adopt the designated-hitter rule on a trial basis.
1973 The Open University awarded its first degrees.
1973 Trial of Watergate burglars begins in Wash DC
1973 Famous victory at the SCG Pakistan chasing 158 all out 106
1974 ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style"
1975 Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4
1976 "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY for 193 performances
1976 Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consecutive national figure skating championship
1976 Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves
1976 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures" premieres in New York City NY
1976 US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
1976 US male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka
1977 Bollingen Prize awarded to David Ignatow
1977 France released Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
1977 Rolling Stone Keith Richards was tried in London for possession of cocaine, found in his car after an accident, and fined £750.
1977 Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner
1978 Two Soviet cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz 27 capsule linked up with the Salyut 6 orbiting space station, where the Soyuz 26 capsule was already docked (1st time 3 spacecraft link).
1978 Governor Askew dedicates the RCUC solar office building
1979 "Grand Tour" opens at Palace Theater New York City NY for 61 performances
1980 Nigel Short, age 14, from Bolton in Britain, became the youngest International Master in the history of chess.
1980 Debut of the Pretenders
1981 "Tintypes" closes at John Golden Theater New York City NY after 93 performances
1981 Palau adopts constitution
1981 British team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest & fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)
1982 Honduras adopts constitution
1982 Atlanta GA's temperature goes below zeroº F
1983 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 3rd time
1984 STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family
1984 Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game
1984 STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad
1986 Author James Clavell signed a 5$ million deal with Morrow/Avon Publishing for the book "Whirlwind". The book is a 2,000 page novel.
1986 1st black Lieutenant-Governor since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Virginia)
1986 The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
1987 Frankie Goes to Hollywood began what would be its final tour in Manchester, England.
1987 Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0)
1988 U.S. Vice President George Bush met with representatives of independent counsel Lawrence E. Walsh to answer questions about the Iran-Contra affair.
1988 USSR announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics
1988 Test debut of Phil Simmons, West Indies vs India, Madras
1989 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)
1989 Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet
1989 Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school
1990 200,000 march, demand return of Lithuania's independence
1990 Actor Joseph Cotten undergoes vocal-chord cancer operation at 84
1990 Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)
1990 Pat Lafontaine sets New York Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight
1991 An auction of silver and paintings that had been acquired by the late Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda, brought in a total of $20.29 million at Christie's in New York.
1991 Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence
1991 Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd
1991 Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq
1991 Ric Flair wins NWA/WCW wrestling title
1992 Paul Simon began a concert tour in South Africa. He was the first international star to perform in South Africa following the end of the UN cultural boycott.
1992 Algeria's President Chadli announces his resignation
1992 US female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi
1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Buffalo NY (WKBW)
1993 Independent presidential candidate Ross Perot publicly returns to politics
1994 Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy
1994 The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
1995 DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives
1995 Michael Jackson released a statement saying, "I will no longer stand by and watch reckless members of the media try to destroy my reputation." The statement was a response to unsubstantiated rumors of a video depicting Jackson fooling around with a young boy.
1995 NHLPA & owners agree to end NHL strike
1995 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in New York City NY)
1995 Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise
1995 NHLPA & owners agree to end NHL strike
1996 Haiti becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1996 Ryutaro Hashimoto become Japan's prime minister. He replaced Tomiichi Murayama who had resigned on January 5, 1996.
1996 STS-72 (Endeavour 10) launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
1997 Telstar 401 Satellite Fails
1997 23rd People's Choice Awards Bill Cosby wins
1997 Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis International
1998 "Proposals" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City NY after 76 performances
1998 Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed.
1998 24th Annual People's Choice Awards Seinfeld, Tim Allen win
1998 AFC Championship Denver Broncos beat Pitt Steelers 24-21
1998 NFC Championship Green Bay Packers beat San Francisco 49'ers 23-10
1998 US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan
1998 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
1999 Sean "Puffy" Combs and Dwight "Heavy D" Myers, along with the City University of New York (CUNY), were found negligent in a 1991 celebrity basketball game that killed nine people and injured dozens.
2000 The U.S. Postal Service unveiled the second Vietnam Veterans Memorial commemorative stamp in a ceremony at The Wall.
2000 The merger between AOL and Time Warner was approved by the U.S. government with restrictions.
2001 The Texas Board of Criminal Justice released a review of the escape of the "Texas 7." It stated that prison staff missed critical opportunities to prevent the escape by ignoring a fire alarm, not reporting unsupervised inmates and not demanding proper identification from inmates.
2001 Whitney Houston was stopped for possessing marijuana at Keahole-Kona International Airport.
2002 Thomas Junta, 44, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for beating another man to death at their son's hockey practice. The incident occurred on July 5, 2000.
2013 The French military begins a five-month intervention into the Northern Mali conflict, targeting the militant Islamist Ansar Dine group.
2013 46 people are killed and 12 are missing after a landslide buries a village in the Yunnan province, China
2013 29 people are killed and 12 are injured after a bus veers off a mountain road in Doti, Nepal
2015 Boyhood, Eddie Redmayne, & Julianne Moore win at the 72nd Golden Globes
2015 Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is elected as the first female Prime Minister of Croatia
Born on January 11th
347 Emperor Theodosius I "The Great" of Rome (d. 395)
889 Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (d. 961)
1322 Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380)
1359 Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393)
1395 Michelle of Valois, Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1422)
1403 Jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg
1449 Domenico Ghirlandajo, Italy, renaissance painter
1503 Francesco Parmigianino, Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck)
1503 Parmigianino, Italian artist (d. 1540)
1591 Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)
1630 John Rogers, American President of Harvard in the US (d. 1684)
1671 François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (d. 1745)
1703 Columban Praelisauer, composer
1720 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent
1723 Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (d. 1774)
1727 Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer
1732 Pehr Forskåhl Finish botanist
1746 Frantisek Adam Mica, composer
1746 William Curtis, English botanist/publisher (Botanical Magazine)
1750 Johann Jakob Walder, composer
1755 Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
1757 Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d. 1831)
1757 Alexander Hamilton West Indies, 1st US Secretary of Treasury ($10 face)
1786 Joseph Jackson Lister, English opticist and physicist (d. 1869)
1788 William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)
1800 Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. 1895)
1801 John Lodge Ellerton, composer
1807 Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1807 Ezra Cornell, founder
1807 Ezra Cornell, American businessman and university founder (Western Union Telegraph, Cornell University) (d. 1874)
1808 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist
1814 Richard Griffith, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1814 James Paget, British surgeon and pathologist (disease of Paget) (d. 1899)
1815 John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (1867-73) (d. 1891)
1816 Fitz-Henry Warren, Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
1818 John Reese Kenly, Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1825 Bayard Taylor, U.S. poet and writer (d. 1878
1831 James Ronald Chalmers, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1839 Eugenio Maria De Hostos, Puerto Rican educator, philosopher and nationalist (d. 1903)
1842 William James, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910)
1843 Charles Yelverton O'Connor, Irish-Australian engineer (d. 1902)
1845 Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (d. 1912)
1849 Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house)
1850 J C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts)
1850 Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist
1850 Joseph Charles Arthur, American botanist (d. 1942)
1852 Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (1920-21) (d. 1926)
1853 Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (d. 1926)
1853 Gustav Falke, German author/poet (Der Mann im Nebel)
1856 Christian August Sinding, Norwegian composer (d. 1932)
1857 Fred Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) (d. 1886)
1858 Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)
1859 (Gerard) Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)
1859 Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India (d. 1925)
1860 Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian/French painter/author (Journal)
1864 Henry Gordon Selfridge
1864 Thomas Dixon, American playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author (Flaming Sword) (d. 1946)
1867 Edward B. Titchener, British psychologist. (d. 1927)
1868 Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)
1870 Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (d. 1945)
1872 George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)
1872 Paul Graener, composer
1873 John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (d. 1949)
1873 Joaquín Alvarez Quintéro Spanish dramatist/playwright (Los Galeotes)
1875 Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (d. 1956)
1876 Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)
1878 Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general who briefly ruled the country (1926) (d. 1952)
1879 Antonio Beltramelli, writer
1880 Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer
1885 Alice Paul, American women's rights activist and founder (National Woman's Party) (d. 1977)
1885 Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965)
1886 George Zucco, England, actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury)
1887 Aldo Leopold, founder
1887 Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and founder (Wilderness Society) (d. 1948)
1888 Chester Conklin, American comedian and actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed) (d. 1971)
1888 Joseph B. Keenan, American political figure (d. 1954)
1889 Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (d. 1938)
1890 Max Carey, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1890 Monte Blue, Indianapolis IN, silent film actor (Montana, Oh Boy)
1890 Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (d. 1954)
1894 Jaroslav Vogel, composer
1895 Laurens Hammond, American inventor (d. 1973)
1896 Eva Le Gallienne, London England, actress/director (Resurrection)
1896 Paddy Driscoll, NFL QB/coach (Chicago Cardinals, Bears)
1897 August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)
1898 Hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic (Fiskerne, Slaven)
1899 Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress (Resurrection) (d. 1991)
19-Christian Jacobs Rexburg ID, actor (Maggie, Gloria, Exile)
19-Stan Ivar Brooklyn NY, actor (Daniel Scott-Days of Our Lives, John-Little House on the Prairie)
1901 Andries D Copier, Dutch glass manufacturer (Gildeglass)
1901 Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988)
1902 Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d. 1986)
1903 Alan Paton, South African writer (Cry, the Beloved Country) (d. 1988)
1904 Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat/president (UN General Assembly)
1905 John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer
1905 Pierre Mendes-France French Premier (1954-55)
1905 Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist (d. 1960)
1905 Manfred Bonnington Lee, American author (d. 1971)
1906 Johannes Paul Thilman, composer
1906 Robert Nesbitt, impresario
1906 Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (discovered LSD) (d. 2008)
1907 Pierre Mendès-France, French Premier (1954-55) (d. 1982)
1908 Lionel Stander, American actor (Max-Hart to Hart, Unfaithfully Yours) (d. 1994)
1909 Gunnar Johnsen Berg, composer
1909 Marguerite Kelsey, English model/painter (Haunting)
1910 Sir Shane Paltridge, Australian politician (d. 1966)
1910 Trygve Martin Bratteli, Norwegian PM (Labour) (1971-72, 1973-76)
1910 Izler Solomon, American conductor (d. 1987)
1910 Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (d. 1975)
1911 Nora Heysen, Australian artist (d. 2003)
1911 Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
1912 Donald Barry, Houston Tx, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak)
1912 Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am)
1912 Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe, Waco Texas, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1914 Dorothy Jeakins, costume designer
1915 Robert Blair Mayne, British soldier, co-founder Special Air Service (d. 1955)
1916 Bernard Blier, Argentinan actor (Les Miserables) (d. 1989)
1916 James H (Jimmy) Quillen, (Representative-R-TN, 1963)
1917 John Robarts, Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario (d. 1982)
1918 Albert Weisser, composer
1919 Veda Ann Borg, Boston MA, actress (Avalanche, Accomplice)
1920 John Powell, campaigner
1921 Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (d. 1990)
1921 Juanita M. Kreps, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
1922 Ernle Bradford, English historian and writer (d. 1986)
1922 Kathleen Byron, London England, actress (Abdication, Profile, 4 Days)
1922 Neville Duke, English test pilot
1922 Tony Charmoli, Minnesota, choreographer (Cher, Julie Andrew)
1923 Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, automobile designer and businessman
1923 Ernst Nolte, German historian
1923 Jerome Bixby, American writer (d. 1998)
1924 Don Cherry, American singer and golfer (Dean Martin Summer Show)
1924 Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994)
1924 Slim Harpo (James Moore), American blues musician (d. 1970)
1924 Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, Nobel laureate
1925 Grant Tinker, American television executive
1926 Elisabeth M J "Elly" Bakker, Dutch actress (The Miser)
1926 Grant Tinker, broadcasting executive (NBC-TV)
1926 Lev Stepanovich Demin, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)
1926 Phil Sidey, broadcaster
1926 Alexander Gibson, conductor
1926 Lev Demin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1998)
1927 Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, saxophonist
1927 John Hayes, cricketer (New Zealand fast bowler in 15 Tests 1951-58)
1928 David L Wolper, American television producer (Devil's Brigade)
1928 Mitchell Ryan, Cincinnati Oh, actor (Chase, Executive Suite)
1929 Nicoletta Orsomando
1929 Rod Taylor, Sydney, Australian actor (Bearcats, Time Machine)
1929 Wanda Wilkomirska, Warsaw, Poland, violinist
1930 Ron Mulock, Australian politician
1930 Jack Nimitz
1930 Mitchell Ryan, American actor
1930 Rod Taylor, Australian-born American actor
1931 Betty Churcher, Australian museum director and curator (National Gallery of Australia)
1931 Ed Hall, Roxbury Mass, actor (Dr Bicker-Medical Center)
1932 Alfonso Arau, Mexican film director
1933 Goldie Hill, Karnes County Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1934 Mitchell Ryan
1934 Jean Chrétien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada (Liberal, 1993)
1934 Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare, British computer scientist
1935 Chuck Barksdale, US singer (Dells-I Can Sing a Rainbow)
1935 Ghita Nørby, Danish actress
1935 Melvyn Hayes, British actor
1936 Linda Lawson, Ann Arbor Mich, actress (Don't Call Me Charlie)
1936 Meindert Leerling, Dutch TV director/MP (RPF)
1938 Arthur Scargill, British politician, Socialist Labour Party leader
1938 Fischer S Black Jr, American economist (d. 1995)
1938 Michael Fenn, docker/socialist
1938 Narvel Felts, country singer
1939 Anne Heggtveigt, Canadian alpine skier (Olympic-gold-1960)
1940 Mark DeVoto, composer
1941 Gérson, Brazilian footballer
1942 Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen's E St Band)
1943 Henry Cecil, Aberdeen, Scotland, English horse racing trainer
1943 William Albert Penn, composer
1943 Jim Hightower, American radio host, author, and activist
1944 Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer and academic (d. 1989)
1944 Shibu Soren, Indian politician
1944 York Georg Holler, composer
1944 Henry Cecil, British organizer
1945 Christine Kaufmann, German-Austrian actress (Town Without Pity, Red Lips)
1945 Samdech Preah Sanghareach Bour Kry, Supreme Patriarch of the Cambodian Dhammayutt Order
1946 John Piper, American theologian
1946 Ludmila Poradnik, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1946 Naomi Judd, (Diana Ellen), American singer (Judds-Why Not Me)
1946 Tony Kaye, British piano and organ player (Yes)
1947 Anna Calder-Marshall, Kensington England, actress (Zulu Dawn)
1947 Bryan Robson, English international soccer star
1948 Madeline Manning-Jackson-Mimms, US 800m runner (Olympics-gold-1968)
1949 Daryl Braithwaite, Australian rock singer
1949 Tom Netherton, Munich Germany, singer (Lawrence Welk Show)
1949 (Frederick) Dennis Greene, musician (Sha Na Na-Shannon)
1949 Caskey Swaim Lexington NC, actor (Sergeant Fitz-Project UFO, Friday the 13th Part V)
1949 Chris Ford, American basketball player and coach
1951 Willie Maddren, English former footballer (d. 2000)
1952 Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright
1952 Lee Ritenour, LA California, jazz musician
1952 Massimo Lopez, Italian comedian
1952 Michael Forshaw, Australian politician
1952 Ben Daniel Crenshaw, American golfer (1974 Rookie of Year, 1976 Bing Crosby)
1953 Anna Marchesini, Italian entertainer
1953 John Sessions, Scottish actor
1953 Anna Marchesini Italian entertainer
1954 Saskia ten Batenburg, Dutch actress (Factory, Hunk)
1956 Kuniaki Kobayashi, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1956 Robert Earl Keen, American singer
1957 Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
1957 Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player, NBA center (Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets)
1958 Lourdes Ann Kananimanu Estores, Honolulu Hawaii, playmate (Jun, 1982)
1958 Vicki Peterson,American musician, guitarist/vocalist (Bangles)
1958 Diego León Montoya Sánchez, Colombian crime boss
1959 Brett Bodine, auto racer
1959 Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 Jasper Fforde, British author
1961 Paul Skansi, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawk)
1961 Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, Prince of Austria and Prince Royal of Hungary
1962 Julie Moran, TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight, Independence Day)
1962 Donn Pall, Evergreen Park IL, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins)
1962 Kim Coles, Brooklyn NY, actress (Synclaire-Living Single)
1962 Kim Coles, American actress
1962 Susan Lindauer, American peace activist and accused spy
1963 Jason Connery, London England, actor (Robin Hood)
1963 Kate Gompert, Ames lA, tennis star
1963 Petra Schneider, E German swimming star (world record 400m)
1963 Tracy Caulkins, American Olympic swimmer(Olympic-3 gold-1984)
1963 Kim Coles
1963 Dean Reynolds, English snooker player
1965 Barbara Belding, San Diego Cal, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1994)
1965 Joely Richardson, London England, actress (Body Contact, Wetherby)
1965 Karl Van Calcar, Torrance California, 3k steeplechase
1965 Loredana Romito, Benevento Italy, model/actress (Fatal Temptation)
1965 Steve Vancil, Oregon City Ore, golfer (1989 City of Portland)
1965 Olivia Barash, Miami FL, actress (Laura-Out of the Blue)
1965 Roland Scholten, Dutch Darts Player
1966 Christian Pouget, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1966 Kelley Law, Canadian curler
1966 Marc Acito, American novelist and humorist
1967 Jeff Bankett, Pittsburgh Pa, actor (Tyler-1 Life to Live)
1967 Richmond Webb, NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1967 Ronnie Stern, St-Agathe, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
1967 Derek Riddell, Scottish actor
1968 Ben Rivera, Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1968 Tom Dumont, American musician
1968 Sharon Brown, New York City NY, actress (Chantal-Generations)
1968 Anders Borg, Swedish politician
1969 Dave Cruikshank, Northbrook Ill, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1969 Frank Robinson, WLAF defensive back (Scottish Claymores)
1969 Kyle Richards, American actress
1969 Reemt Pyka, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1969 Darren Anderson, NFL cornerback (Kansas City Chiefs)
1969 Maxee Maxwell (Brownstone)
1969 Manny Acta, Dominican baseball player
1970 Franco Davin, Argentina, tennis star
1970 Joy Nilo, Filipino Composer
1970 Franco Davin Argentina, tennis star
1970 Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
1970 Malcolm D. Lee, American actor, film director, and screenwriter.
1970 Manfredi Beninati, Italian visual artist.
1971 Alexander Delgado, Palmerejo Venezuela, catcher (Boston Red Sox)
1971 Karmeeleyah McGill, WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores)
1971 Mary Jane Blige, New York, American R&B singer-songwriter
1971 Noah Cantor, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1971 Stephen Smith, Indianapolis Indiana, high jumper
1971 Tom Rowlands (The Chemical Brothers)
1971 Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter, drummer, writer and performer
1972 Amber Medlin, Virginia Beach Virginia, Miss America-Virginia (1996)
1972 Dexter Seigler, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 Huub Loeffen, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse)
1972 Marc Blucas, American actor
1972 Rey Ordonez, Havana Cuba, infielder (New York Mets)
1972 Yang Wenyi, Chinese swim star (WR/OR 50m freestyle)
1972 Amanda Peet, American actress
1972 Christian Jacobs, Lead singer of The Aquabats
1973 Dave Dickenson, CFL quarterback (Calgary Stampeders)
1973 Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress
1973 Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer (prolific Karnataka, Tests for India 96)
1973 Rockmond Dunbar, American actor
1974 Echo Leta Johnson, Austin TX, playmate (Jan, 1993)
1974 Goran Lozanovski, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1974 Jens Nowotny, German footballer
1974 Rod Jones, NFL guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
1974 Toderick Malone, WLAF wide receiver (London Monarchs)
1974 Warren Morris, Alexandria LA, baseball infielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1974 Rosenkowitz sextuplets Cape Town South Africa (1st known to survive infancy)
1974 Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player
1974 Jens Nowotny, German footballer
1975 Brad Badger, guard (Washington Redskins)
1975 Jacky Verbeek, Dutch soccer player (RKC)
1975 Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player, Rochester, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens)
1975 Dan Luger, English rugby player
1976 Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
1977 Nadia Turner, American singer
1977 Shomari Buchanan, American football player
1977 Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater
1978 Emile Heskey, English footballer
1978 Holly Brisley, Australian actress
1978 Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer
1979 Darren Lynn Bousman, American film director
1979 Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer
1980 Deanna Wright, American actress
1980 Lovieanne Jung, American softball player
1980 Mike Williams, American football player
1981 Jamelia Niela Davis, Birmingham, English singer
1981 Tom Meighan, British singer (Kasabian)
1982 Ashley Taylor Dawson, British actor and singer
1982 Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
1982 Tony Allen, American basketball player
1983 Adrian Sutil, German racing driver
1983 Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player
1983 Ted Richards, Australian rules footballer
1985 Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
1985 Newton Faulkner, British singer
1985 Rie fu, Japanese singer
1986 Rachel Riley, British television presenter
1987 Scotty Cranmer, American professional BMX rider
1988 Alexandria L'Esperance, quintuplet
1988 Danielle L'Esperance, quintuplet
1988 Erica L'Esperance, quintuplet
1988 Raymond L'Esperance, quintuplet
1988 Veronica L'Esperance, quintuplet
1988 Daniel Dzufer, Australian rules footballer
1989 Sammy Carlson, American freeskier
1993 Flora Cross, American actress
Died on January 11th
314 St. Miltiades
705 John VI, Catholic Pope (701-05),
802 St. Paulinus II of Aquileia
812 Staurakios, Byzantine Emperor
844 Michael I Rhangabes, Byzantine Emperor
1055 Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1000)
1083 Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (b. c. 1020)
1494 Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449)
1495 Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. 1428)
1547 Pietro Bembo, Italian author, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal (b. 1470)
1552 Johannes Cochlaeus, [Dobeneck], German humanist/theologist,
1641 Franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], French theologist,
1641 Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (b. 1583)
1650 Paul Hallman, composer, at 49
1674 Jan Zoet, actor/playwright/poet (Brutal-Roffel), at 58
1696 Charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (b. 1616)
1703 Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632)
1713 Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637)
1735 Danilo I , Vladika of Montenegro (b. c. 1670)
1753 Hans Sloane, English physician (British Museum), at 92
1753 Sir Hans Sloane, Ulster-Scot physician and collector (b. 1660)
1762 Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695)
1763 Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
1771 Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (b. 1704)
1775 Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (b. 1723)
1775 Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia
1784 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer, at 59
1791 William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717)
1797 Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (signer Declaration of Independence), at 62
1801 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Matrimonio segreto) (b. 1749)
1836 John Molson, Canadian brewer (b. 1763)
1837 John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), at 54
1837 François Gérard, French baron/painter, at 66
1843 Francis Scott Key, composer , at 63
1843 Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and writer of the American national anthem (Star Spangled Banner) (b. 1779)
1847 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, at 83
1856 Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, [NS=Jan 23]
1867 Sir Stuart Donaldson, first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales (b. 1812)
1870 Adolf Ganz, composer, at 73
1877 Pietro Romani, composer, at 85
1882 Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810)
1891 Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris (b. 1809)
1893 Benjamin F Butler, US General /presidential candidate (anti-monopoly), at 74
1898 Gaetano Capocci, composer, at 86
1901 Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, Russian composer (b. 1866)
1902 Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)
1905 Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hasidic rabbi (b. 1847)
1914 Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery was named (b. 1842)
1914 Ambrose Bierce, American writer and satirist, at 71
1923 Constantine I, King of Greece (1913-17, 20-22) (b. 1868)
1928 Thomas Hardy, English writer (Maddening Crowd), at his home near Dorchester (b. 1840)
1929 Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28
1931 James Milton Carroll, American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (b. 1852)
1931 Oscar Fetras, composer, at 76
1941 Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)
1943 Carlo Tresca, NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered
1944 Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Benito Mussolini's son-in-law (b. 1903)
1945 Ada Negri Italian poet/author (Fatalità), at 74
1947 Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)
1950 Karin Michaelis, writer, at 77
1952 Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (b. 1885)
1952 Jean JM de Lattre de Tassigny, gen (N-Africa/Indo-China), at 61
1952 Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (North-Africa/Indo-China)(b. 1889)
1953 Ernst H Ridder Rappard, Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), at 53
1953 Marcel Canneel, Flemish painter, at 58
1953 Noach Zjordanija, Georgian Premier (1918-21), at 84
1954 Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher/drawer, at 77
1954 Emmy Arbous, Dutch actress/cabaret performer (Boefje), at 56
1954 Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (Brave Soldier) (b. 1870)
1955 Rodolfo Graziani, Italian East-Africa Minister of Defense, at 72
1957 Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867)
1958 Alec Rowley, English composer (b. 1892)
1958 Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
1959 Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid,
1960 Johan E Elias, Dutch historian (Elias Family), at 84
1961 Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)
1963 Arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St Paul), at 60
1965 Wally Pipp, American Major League Baseball player (b. 1893)
1966 Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889)
1966 Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901)
1966 Lal Bahadur Shastri, third Prime Minister of independent India (1964-66) (b. 1904)
1968 Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
1968 Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and Talmudic scholar, and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1876)
1969 Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890)
1972 Padraic Colum, Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore (b. 1881)
1973 Isabel Randolph, actress (Missing Corpse), at 83
1973 Rudolf Kubin, composer, a day after 64th birthday
1975 Max Lorenz, German heldentenor famous for Wagner roles (b. 1901)
1976 Mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test West Indies vs England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17),
1978 Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet (b. 1927)
1978 Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt & Pepper), at 57
1979 Jack Soo, American actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets) (b. 1917)
1980 Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)
1981 Beulah Bondi, American actress (It's a Wonderful Life) (b. 1888)
1983 Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, at 79
1983 Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist and educator (b. 1894)
1984 Fritz Geissler, composer, at 62
1984 Jack La Rue, TV narrator (Lights Out), at 81
1985 Sir William McKell, Premier of New South Wales, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
1986 Sid Chaplin, UK novelist (b. 1916)
1987 Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist (b. 1911)
1988 Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. 1873)
1988 Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, American World War II Marine aviator (b. 1912)
1988 Isidor Isaac Rabi, American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
1990 Mary Jane Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, Second Wife),
1991 Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)
1991 Jason Christmas, of gunshot wound during robbery in New York at 49
1993 Lacey Fosburgh, author (Closing Time), of breast cancer at 50
1994 Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (b. 1902)
1994 John Bradley, raised US flag at Iwo Jima, at 70
1994 Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz piano player/composer, at 80
1994 Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (b. 1902)
1995 Adrian J "Ad" Kaland, Dutch MP (CDA 1977-93), at 72
1995 John AG Gere, English art historian (Raphael & his Circle), at 73
1995 Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (b. 1909)
1995 Onat Kutlar, Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at 59
1995 Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist (Concert Building), at 76
1995 Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army officer (b. 1918)
1996 Eric Hebborn, artist/faker, at 61
1996 Harold Walter Bailey, philologist, at 96
1996 Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist, at 87
1996 Ike Isaacs, guitarist, at 76
1997 Cavan O'Connor, singer, at 97
1997 Duncan Wood, television director/producer, at 71
1997 Helen Foster Snow, writer, at 89
1997 Joshua William Steward, polymath, at 83
1997 Sheldon Leonard, producer/director (Dick Van Dyke), at 89
1998 Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b. 1926)
1999 Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (b. 1921)
1999 Naomi Mitchison, Scottish novelist and poet (b. 1897)
1999 Fabrizio de André, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
2000 Betty Archdale, Anglo-Australian educationalist and cricketer (b. 1907)
2000 Bob Lemon, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2000 Ivan Combe, American inventor (b. 1911)
2001 Michael Williams, English actor , husband of Judi Dench (b. 1935)
2001 Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (b. 1914)
2002 Henri Verneuil, French playwright and film director (b. 1920)
2002 Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (b. 1936)
2003 Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925)
2003 Mickey Finn, English drummer (T. Rex) (b. 1947)
2003 Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913)
2003 Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925)
2003 Mickey Finn, English drummer (T.Rex) (b. 1947)
2003 Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913)
2005 Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcyclist (b. 1957)
2005 James Griffin, American musician (Bread) (b. 1943)
2005 Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (b. 1913)
2005 Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (b. 1938)
2005 James Griffin, American musician (Bread) (b. 1943)
2006 Markus Löffel (Mark Spoon), German DJ (b. 1966)
2006 Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998)
2007 Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer & songwriter (b. 1926)
2007 Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
2007 Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
2008 Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (b. 1917)
2008 Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, the 1st person to climb Mount Everest in 1953 (b. 1919)
2009 David Vine, British sports broadcaster (b. 1936)
2010 Joe Rollino, American strongman, weightlifter, and boxer (b. 1905)
2010 Mick Green, British guitarist (b. 1944)
2010 Miep Gies, Dutch Humanitarian, discoverer of Anne Frank's diary (b. 1909)
2013 Aaron H. Swartz, American computer programmer
2013 Nguyen Khanh, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1927)
2014 Ariel Sharon, Israeli politician and general
2015 Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress (La Dolce Vita) and Miss Sweden 1950
