January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 359 days remaining until the end of the year (360 in leap years ). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
1066 – Harold Godwinson (or Harold II) is crowned King of England.
1205 – Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans .
1322 – Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia .
1355 – Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan .
1449 – Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras .
1492 – The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada , completing the Reconquista .
1540 – King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves .
1579 – The Union of Arras is signed.
1661 – English Restoration : The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England .
1690 – Joseph , son of Emperor Leopold I , becomes King of the Romans.
1721 – The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
1781 – In the Battle of Jersey , the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
1809 – Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars .
1838 – Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code ).
1839 – The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin .
1853 – President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts . Pierce's 11-year-old son Benjamin is killed in the crash.
1870 – The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria .
1893 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress . The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison .
1900 – Second Boer War : Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith , Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
1907 – Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy .
1912 – New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state .
1912 – German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift .
1921 – Formation of the Iraqi Army .
1929 – King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country 's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship ).
1929 – Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India , to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
1930 – The first diesel -engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana , to New York, New York .
1931 – Thomas Edison signs his last patent application.
1941 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address .
1946 – The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
1947 – Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket .
1950 – The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
1951 – Korean War : An estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered in what becomes the Ganghwa massacre .
1953 – The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma .
1960 – National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami .
1960 – The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq , allowing registration of political parties.
1967 – Vietnam War : United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five " in the Mekong River delta.
1974 – In response to the 1973 oil crisis , daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1978 – The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II .
1992 – President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup .
1993 – Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore , Jammu and Kashmir , in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
1994 – Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit .
1995 – A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines , leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka , a mass-terrorist attack.
2000 – Celia, the last Pyrenean ibex was found dead after a tree had landed on her.
2005 – American Civil Rights Movement : Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers .
2005 – A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina , releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
2009 – Israel conducts an assault on the Gaza Strip
2012 – Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus .
2016 – North Korea declares that nuclear weapons testing of thermonuclear weapon is complete.
1367 – Richard II of England (d. 1400)
1384 – Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent , English son of Alice Holland, Countess of Kent (d. 1408)
1412 – Joan of Arc , French martyr and saint (d. 1431)
1486 – Martin Agricola , German composer and theorist (d. 1556)
1488 – Helius Eobanus Hessus , German poet (d. 1540)
1525 – Caspar Peucer , German physician and scholar (d. 1602)
1561 – Thomas Fincke , Danish mathematician and physicist (d. 1656)
1587 – Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (d. 1645)
1595 – Claude Favre de Vaugelas , French educator and courtier (d. 1650)
1617 – Christoffer Gabel , Danish politician (d. 1673)
1655 – Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (d. 1720)
1670 – Alexander Gordon , Scottish-Russian general (d. 1752)
1673 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos , English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (d. 1744)
1695 – Giuseppe Sammartini , Italian oboe player and composer (d. 1750)
1702 – José de Nebra , Spanish composer (d. 1768)
1714 – Percivall Pott , English surgeon (d. 1788)
1785 – Andreas Moustoxydis , Greek historian and philologist (d. 1860)
1793 – James Madison Porter , American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (d. 1862)
1795 – Anselme Payen , French chemist and academic (d. 1871)
1799 – Jedediah Smith , American hunter, explorer, and author (d. 1831)
1803 – Henri Herz , Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1888)
1807 – Joseph Petzval , German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1891)
1808 – Joseph Pitty Couthouy , American oncologist and paleontologist (d. 1864)
1811 – Charles Sumner , American lawyer and politician (d. 1874)
1812 – Melchora Aquino , Filipino activist (d. 1919)
1819 – Baldassare Verazzi , Italian painter (d. 1886)
1822 – Heinrich Schliemann , German archaeologist and businessman (d. 1890)
1832 – Gustave Doré , French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
1836 – Ludwig Schüler , German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (d. 1930)
1838 – Max Bruch , German composer and conductor (d. 1920)
1842 – Clarence King , American geologist, mountaineer, and critic (d. 1901)
1848 – Hristo Botev , Bulgarian poet and journalist (d. 1876)
1850 – Eduard Bernstein , German theorist and politician (d. 1932)
1850 – Franz Xaver Scharwenka , Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1924)
1856 – Giuseppe Martucci , Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1909)
1857 – Hugh Mahon , Irish-Australian publisher and politician, 10th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1931)
1857 – William Russell , American lawyer and politician, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
1859 – Samuel Alexander , Australian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1938)
1861 – Victor Horta , Belgian architect, designed Hôtel van Eetvelde (d. 1947)
1861 – George Lloyd , English-Canadian bishop and theologian (d. 1940)
1861 – János Zsupánek , Slovene-Hungarian author and poet (d. 1951)
1866 – Dante Cappelli , Italian actor and director (d. 1948)
1868 – Ștefan Luchian , Romanian painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
1868 – Vittorio Monti , Italian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1922)
1870 – Gustav Bauer , German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)
1872 – Alexander Scriabin , Russian pianist and composer (d. 1915)
1874 – Fred Niblo , American actor, director, and producer (d. 1948)
1878 – Adeline Genée , Danish-born British ballerina (d. 1970)
1878 – Carl Sandburg , American poet and historian (d. 1967)
1880 – Tom Mix , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1940)
1881 – Ion Minulescu , Romanian author, poet, and critic (d. 1944)
1882 – Aleksandra Ekster , Polish-French painter and set designer (d. 1949)
1882 – Fan S. Noli , Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1965)
1882 – Sam Rayburn , American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1961)
1883 – Kahlil Gibran , Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (d. 1931)
1891 – Ted McDonald , Australian cricketer (d. 1937)
1897 – Péter Veres , Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defense (d. 1970)
1898 – James Fitzmaurice , Irish soldier and pilot (d. 1965)
1898 – Charles E. Pont , American minister and painter (d. 1971)
1899 – Alphonse Castex , French rugby union player (d. 1969)
1899 – Phyllis Haver , American actress (d. 1960)
1899 – Heinrich Nordhoff , German engineer (d. 1968)
1902 – Helmut Poppendick , German physician (d. 1994)
1903 – Maurice Abravanel , Greek-American pianist and conductor (d. 1993)
1903 – Francis L. Sullivan , English-American actor (d. 1956)
1905 – Idris Davies , Welsh poet and author (d. 1953)
1907 – David Fleay , Australian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1993)
1908 – Menachem Avidom , Hungarian-Israeli composer (d. 1995)
1910 – G. N. Balasubramaniam , Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1965)
1910 – Kid Chocolate , Cuban boxer (d. 1988)
1910 – Wright Morris , American author and photographer (d. 1998)
1910 – Yiannis Papaioannou , Greek composer and educator (d. 1989)
1912 – Jacques Ellul , French philosopher and critic (d. 1994)
1912 – Danny Thomas , American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian; founded St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (d. 1991)
1913 – Edward Gierek , Polish lawyer and politician (d. 2001)
1913 – Loretta Young , American actress (d. 2000)
1914 – Godfrey Edward Arnold , Austrian-American physician and academic (d. 1989)
1915 – Don Edwards , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2015)
1915 – John C. Lilly , American psychoanalyst, physician, and philosopher (d. 2001)
1915 – Alan Watts , English-American philosopher and author (d. 1973)
1916 – Eugene Thomas Maleska , American journalist (d. 1993)
1916 – Vincent Serventy , Australian ornithologist and author (d. 2007)
1917 – Koo Chen-fu , Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (d. 2005)
1919 – Roy Cochran , American hurdler and sprinter (d. 1981)
1920 – John Maynard Smith , English biologist and geneticist (d. 2004)
1920 – Early Wynn , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1999)
1921 – Marianne Grunberg-Manago , Russian-French biochemist and academic (d. 2013)
1921 – Cary Middlecoff , American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1998)
1922 – Hugo Broch , German lieutenant and pilot
1923 – Vladimir Kazantsev , Russian runner (d. 2007)
1923 – Norman Kirk , New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1974)
1923 – Jacobo Timerman , Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)
1924 – Earl Scruggs , American banjo player (Flatt and Scruggs ) (d. 2012)
1925 – John DeLorean , American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (d. 2005)
1926 – Ralph Branca , American baseball player
1926 – Pat Flaherty , American race car driver (d. 2002)
1926 – Kid Gavilán , Cuban-American boxer (d. 2003)
1926 – Mickey Hargitay , Hungarian-American actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)
1926 – Günter Rössler , German photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
1927 – Jesse Leonard Steinfeld , American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 2014)
1928 – Capucine , French actress and model (d. 1990)
1928 – George H. Ross , American lawyer and businessman
1929 – Anne Rogers Clark , American dog breeder and trainer (d. 2006)
1929 – Babrak Karmal , Afghan politician (d. 1996)
1930 – W. Wallace Cleland , American biochemist and educator (d. 2013)
1930 – Vic Tayback , American actor (d. 1990)
1931 – E. L. Doctorow , American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (d. 2015)
1931 – Juan Goytisolo , Spanish poet and author
1931 – Graeme Hole , Australian cricketer (d. 1990)
1931 – P. J. Kavanagh , English poet and author (d. 2015)
1931 – Dickie Moore , Canadian ice hockey player and businessman (d. 2015)
1932 – Stuart A. Rice , American chemist and academic
1933 – John Clive , English author and actor (d. 2012)
1933 – Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov , Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2003)
1933 – Ian McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich , English surgeon and academic
1933 – Emil Steinberger , Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter
1933 – Fred L. Turner , American businessman (d. 2013)
1934 – Harry M. Miller , Australian talent agent and publicist
1934 – Sylvia Syms , English actress
1934 – John Wieners , American poet and actor (d. 2002)
1935 – Ian Meckiff , Australian cricketer
1935 – Joseph Rotman , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
1936 – Rubén Amaro, Sr. , Mexican baseball player and scout
1936 – Julio María Sanguinetti , Uruguayan journalist, lawyer, and politician, 29th President of Uruguay
1937 – Paolo Conte , Italian singer-songwriter and pianist
1937 – Ludvík Daněk , Czech discus thrower (d. 1998)
1937 – Lou Holtz , American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1937 – Doris Troy , American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1938 – Adriano Celentano , Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director
1938 – Adrienne Clarke , Australian botanist and academic
1938 – Mario Rodríguez Cobos , Argentinian philosopher and author (d. 2010)
1938 – William E. Connolly , American political scientist, theorist, and academic
1939 – Georgios Babiniotis , Greek linguist and philologist
1939 – Murray Rose , Australian swimmer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
1940 – Penny Lernoux , American journalist and author (d. 1989)
1940 – Van McCoy , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1979)
1943 – Terry Venables , English footballer and manager
1944 – Bonnie Franklin , American actress and singer (d. 2013)
1944 – Alan Stivell , French singer-songwriter and harp player
1944 – Rolf M. Zinkernagel , Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1945 – Allen Appel , American author, illustrator, and photographer
1945 – Barry John , Welsh rugby player
1946 – Syd Barrett , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pink Floyd and Stars ) (d. 2006)
1947 – Sandy Denny , English singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention , Fotheringay , and Strawbs ) (d. 1978)
1948 – Guy Gardner , American colonel and astronaut
1949 – Mike Boit , Kenyan runner and academic
1949 – Carolyn D. Wright , American poet and academic
1950 – Louis Freeh , American lawyer and jurist, 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1951 – Don Gullett , American baseball player and coach
1951 – Kim Wilson , American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (The Fabulous Thunderbirds )
1952 – Moondog Spot , American wrestler (d. 2003)
1953 – Malcolm Young , Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (AC/DC and Marcus Hook Roll Band )
1954 – Yuji Horii , Japanese video game designer, created Dragon Quest
1954 – Anthony Minghella , English director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1954 – Karen Moras , Australian swimmer and coach
1954 – Trudie Styler , English actress and activist
1955 – Ajayi Agbebaku , Nigerian triple jumper
1955 – Rowan Atkinson , English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1955 – Alex Forsyth , American ice hockey player
1955 – Susan B. Horwitz , American computer scientist and academic (d. 2014)
1955 – Graham Murray , Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2013)
1956 – Elizabeth Strout , American author and academic
1956 – Justin Welby , English archbishop
1956 – Clive Woodward , English rugby player and coach
1957 – Michael Foale , British-American astrophysicist and astronaut
1957 – Nancy Lopez , American golfer and sportscaster
1958 – Themos Anastasiadis , Greek journalist and economist
1958 – Scott Bryce , American actor, director, and producer
1958 – Margus Hanson , Estonian lawyer and politician, 23rd Estonian Minister of Defence
1958 – Mohsen Rastani , Iranian photographer and journalist
1959 – Kapil Dev , Indian cricketer and coach
1959 – Kathy Sledge , American singer (Sister Sledge )
1960 – Paul Azinger , American golfer and sportscaster
1960 – Eric Grothe, Sr. , Australian rugby league player
1960 – Kari Jalonen , Finnish ice hockey player and coach
1960 – Nigella Lawson , English chef and author
1960 – Howie Long , American football player and sports commentator
1961 – Georges Jobé , Belgian motocross racer (d. 2012)
1962 – Michael Houser , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Widespread Panic and Brute ) (d. 2002)
1962 – Kevin Rosier , American mixed martial artist and boxer (d. 2015)
1962 – Vangelis Vlachos , Greek footballer and manager
1963 – Norm Charlton , American baseball player and coach
1963 – Paul Kipkoech , Kenyan runner (d. 1995)
1963 – Ian Lavery , English miner and politician
1964 – Konnan , Cuban-American wrestler and sportscaster
1964 – Charles Haley , American football player and coach
1964 – Jacqueline Moore , American wrestler and manager
1964 – Richard Nerurkar , English runner
1964 – Mark O'Toole , English bass player
1964 – Rafael Vidal , Venezuelan swimmer and sportscaster (d. 2005)
1965 – Muhammed al-Ahari , American author and scholar
1965 – Laurence Hurst , English biologist and academic
1965 – Bjørn Lomborg , Danish author and academic
1965 – Murray McLachlan , Scottish pianist
1965 – Christine Wachtel , German runner
1966 – Sharon Cuneta , Filipino singer and actress
1967 – Kim Atienza , Filipino television host and actor
1967 – A.R. Rahman , Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer
1967 – Kim Atienza , Filipino television host and actor
1968 – John Singleton , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Norman Reedus , American actor
1970 – Julie Chen , American television journalist and producer
1970 – Gabrielle Reece , American volleyball player, sportscaster, and actress
1971 – Karin Slaughter , American author
1971 – Irwin Thomas , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Southern Sons and Electric Mary )
1973 – Scott Ferguson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973 – Vasso Karantasiou , Greek volleyball player
1974 – Daniel Cordone , Argentinian footballer
1974 – Paul Grant , American basketball player and coach
1975 – Yukana , Japanese voice actress and singer
1975 – James Farrior , American football player
1975 – Jason King , English radio and television host
1976 – Richard Zedník , Slovak ice hockey player
1978 – Nikki Einfeld , Canadian soprano and actress
1978 – Casey Fossum , American baseball player
1978 – Bubba Franks , American football player
1979 – Camila Grey , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mellowdrone and Uh Huh Her )
1980 – Steed Malbranque , Belgian-French footballer
1980 – Sam Sallon , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Mike Jones , American rapper and actor
1981 – Rinko Kikuchi , Japanese actress and director
1981 – Jérémie Renier , Belgian-French actor
1981 – Asante Samuel , American football player
1982 – Gilbert Arenas , American basketball player
1982 – Brian Bass , American baseball player
1982 – Eddie Redmayne , English actor
1983 – Adam Burish , American ice hockey player
1983 – Mithra Jin , South Korean rapper (Epik High )
1984 – Kate McKinnon , American actress and comedian
1984 – Eric Trump , American businessman and philanthropist
1985 – Ben Haenow , English singer
1985 – Inge Vermeulen , Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (d. 2015)
1986 – Paul McShane , Irish footballer
1986 – Petter Northug , Norwegian skier
1986 – Irina Shayk , Russian-American model and actress
1986 – Benjamin Simm , German rugby player
1986 – Mike Teel , American football player
1986 – Alex Turner , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets )
1987 – Gemma Gibbons , English-Scottish martial artist
1987 – Bongani Khumalo , South African footballer
1987 – Zhang Lin , Chinese swimmer
1989 – Andy Carroll , English footballer
1989 – James Durbin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1993 – Lil Reese , American rapper
1994 – Jameis Winston , American football player
429 – Honoratus , French archbishop and saint (b. 350)
664 – 'Amr ibn al-'As , Arabian general and politician, Governor of Egypt (b. 583)
786 – Abo of Tiflis , Iraqi martyr and saint (b. 756)
884 – Hasan ibn Zayd , Tabaristan ruler
1088 – Berengar of Tours , French scholar and theologian (b. 999)
1275 – Raymond of Penyafort , Catalan archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
1387 – Peter IV of Aragon (b. 1319)
1481 – Ahmed Khan bin Küchük , Mongolian ruler
1537 – Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510)
1537 – Baldassare Peruzzi , Italian architect and painter, designed the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne (b. 1481)
1616 – Philip Henslowe , English businessman (b. 1550)
1646 – Elias Holl , German architect, designed the Augsburg Town Hall (b. 1573)
1689 – Seth Ward , English bishop, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1617)
1693 – Mehmed IV , Ottoman sultan (b. 1642)
1711 – Philips van Almonde , Dutch admiral (b. 1646)
1718 – Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina , Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1664)
1725 – Chikamatsu Monzaemon , Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1653)
1731 – Étienne François Geoffroy , French physician and chemist (b. 1672)
1734 – John Dennis , English playwright and critic (b. 1657)
1813 – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers , French general (b. 1764)
1829 – Josef Dobrovský , Czech philologist and historian (b. 1753)
1831 – Rodolphe Kreutzer , French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1766)
1840 – Frances Burney , English author and playwright (b. 1752)
1847 – Tyagaraja , Indian composer (b. 1767)
1852 – Louis Braille , French educator, invented braille (b. 1809)
1855 – Giacomo Beltrami , Italian jurist, explorer, and author (b. 1779)
1882 – Richard Henry Dana, Jr. , American lawyer and politician (b. 1815)
1884 – Gregor Mendel , Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
1885 – Bharatendu Harishchandra , Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
1885 – Peter Christen Asbjørnsen , Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
1896 – Thomas W. Knox , American journalist and author (b. 1835)
1905 – George Van Cleaf , American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
1913 – Frederick Hitch , English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
1917 – Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack , Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
1918 – Georg Cantor , German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)
1919 – Max Heindel , Danish-American astrologer and mystic (b. 1865)
1919 – Theodore Roosevelt , American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
1921 – Devil Anse Hatfield , American guerrilla leader (b. 1839)
1922 – Jakob Rosanes , Ukrainian-German mathematician and chess player (b. 1842)
1928 – Alvin Kraenzlein , American hurdler and long jumper (b. 1876)
1933 – Vladimir de Pachmann , Ukrainian-German pianist (b. 1848)
1934 – Herbert Chapman , English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
1937 – André Bessette , Canadian saint (b. 1845)
1939 – Gustavs Zemgals , Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871)
1941 – Charley O'Leary , American baseball player and coach (b. 1882)
1942 – Emma Calvé , French soprano and actress (b. 1858)
1942 – Henri de Baillet-Latour , Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
1944 – Jacques Rosenbaum , Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
1944 – Ida Tarbell , American journalist, author, and educator (b. 1857)
1945 – Vladimir Vernadsky , Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863)
1949 – Victor Fleming , American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883)
1952 – Sofoklis Dousmanis , Greek admiral and politician (b. 1868)
1966 – Jean Lurçat , French painter (b. 1892)
1972 – Chen Yi , Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (b. 1901)
1974 – David Alfaro Siqueiros , Mexican painter (b. 1896)
1978 – Burt Munro , New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
1980 – Raymond Mays , English race car driver and businessman (b. 1899)
1980 – Georgeanna Tillman , American singer and dancer (The Marvelettes ) (b. 1944)
1981 – A. J. Cronin , Scottish physician and author (b. 1896)
1984 – Ernest Laszlo , Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898)
1990 – Ian Charleson , Scottish-English actor (b. 1949)
1990 – Pavel Cherenkov , Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1991 – Ahmed Adnan Saygun , Turkish composer and musicologist (b. 1907)
1993 – Dizzy Gillespie , American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (b. 1917)
1993 – Richard Mortensen , Danish painter and educator (b. 1910)
1993 – Rudolf Nureyev , Russian-French dancer and choreographer (b. 1938)
1995 – Joe Slovo , Lithuanian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
1999 – Michel Petrucciani , French-American pianist (b. 1962)
2000 – Don Martin , American cartoonist (b. 1931)
2003 – Hirini Melbourne , New Zealand singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1949)
2004 – Pierre Charles , Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)
2004 – Francesco Scavullo , American photographer (b. 1921)
2005 – Eileen Desmond , Irish civil servant and politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1932)
2005 – Lois Hole , Canadian academic and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b. 1929)
2005 – Tarquinio Provini , Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1933)
2005 – Louis Robichaud , Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)
2006 – Lou Rawls , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1933)
2006 – Hugh Thompson, Jr. , American soldier and pilot (b. 1943)
2007 – Mario Danelo , American football player (b. 1985)
2007 – Sneaky Pete Kleinow , American guitarist and songwriter (The Flying Burrito Brothers ) (b. 1934)
2007 – Roberta Wohlstetter , American political scientist, historian, and academic (b. 1912)
2009 – Ron Asheton , American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (The Stooges , The New Order , New Race , and Destroy All Monsters ) (b. 1948)
2009 – Cheryl Holdridge , American actress (b. 1944)
2011 – Uche Okafor , Nigerian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1967)
2012 – Roger Boisjoly , American aerodynamicist and engineer (b. 1938)
2012 – John Celardo , American illustrator (b. 1918)
2012 – Bob Holness , South African-English radio and television host (b. 1928)
2012 – W. Francis McBeth , American composer (b. 1933)
2012 – Spike Pola , Australian footballer and soldier (b. 1914)
2013 – Qazi Hussain Ahmad , Pakistani scholar and politician (b. 1938)
2013 – Ruth Carter Stevenson , American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (b. 1923)
2013 – Gerard Helders , Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1905)
2013 – John Ingram , American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
2013 – Cho Sung-min , South Korean baseball player (b. 1973)
2014 – Bob Bolen , American businessman and politician (b. 1926)
2014 – Marina Ginestà , French Resistance soldier and photographer (b. 1919)
2014 – Nelson Ned , Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
2014 – Julian Rotter , American psychologist and academic (b. 1916)
2014 – Mónica Spear , Venezuelan model and actress, Miss Venezuela 2004 (b. 1984)
2015 – Arthur Jackson , American lieutenant and target shooter (b. 1918)
2015 – Basil John Mason , English meteorologist and academic (b. 1923)
2016 – Pat Harrington, Jr. , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2016 – Florence King , American journalist and author (b. 1936)
2016 – Christy O'Connor Jnr , Irish golfer and architect (b. 1948)
2016 – Silvana Pampanini , Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (b. 1925)
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