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January 3 is the third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 362 days remain until the end of the year (363 in leap years).
Events
Pre-1600
16011900
- 1653 By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.[4]
- 1749 Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.[5]
- 1749 The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.[6]
- 1777 American Revolutionary War: American forces under General George Washington defeat British forces at the Battle of Princeton, helping boost patriot morale.[7]
- 1815 Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.[8]
- 1833 Captain James Onslow, in the Clio, reasserts British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.[9]
- 1848 Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.[10]
- 1861 American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.[11]
- 1868 Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.[12]
- 1870 Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.[13]
- 1871 In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.[14]
- 1885 Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Nϊi Bop.[15]
1901present
- 1911 A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.[16]
- 1911 A gun battle in the East End of London leaves two dead. It sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.[17]
- 1913 An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading (955.0 mb (28.20 inHg)) for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.[18]
- 1913 First Balkan War: Greece completes its capture of the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender.[19][20]
- 1920 Over 640 are killed after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes the Mexican states Puebla and Veracruz.[21]
- 1933 Minnie D. Craig becomes the first woman elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first woman to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.[22]
- 1944 World War II: US flying ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.[23]
- 1946 Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf suffers a concussion during a freak racing accident; he dies from the injury the following day. The annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.[24]
- 1947 Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.[25]
- 1949 The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.[26]
- 1953 Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.[27]
- 1956 A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.[28]
- 1957 The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.[29]
- 1958 The West Indies Federation is formed.[30]
- 1959 Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.[31]
- 1961 Cold War: After a series of economic retaliations against one another, the United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.[32]
- 1961 The SL-1 nuclear reactor, near Idaho Falls, Idaho, is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.[33]
- 1961 A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.[34]
- 1961 Aero Flight 311 crashes into the forest in Kvevlax, Finland, killing 25 people.[35]
- 1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.[36]
- 1976 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, comes into force.[37]
- 1977 Apple Computer is incorporated.[38]
- 1987 Varig Flight 797 crashes near Akourι in the Ivory Coast, resulting in 50 deaths.[39]
- 1990 United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.[40]
- 1992 CommutAir Flight 4821 crashes on approach to Adirondack Regional Airport, in Saranac Lake, New York, killing two people.[41]
- 1993 In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).[42]
- 1994 Baikal Airlines Flight 130 crashes near Mamoney, Irkutsk, Russia, resulting in 125 deaths.[43]
- 1999 The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.[44]
- 2002 IsraeliPalestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.[45]
- 2004 Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history.[46]
- 2009 The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, is established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.[47]
- 2015 Boko Haram militants destroy the entire town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, starting the Baga massacre and killing as many as 2,000 people.[48]
- 2016 In response to the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Iran ends its diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.[49]
- 2018 For the first time in history, all five major storm surge gates in the Netherlands are closed simultaneously in the wake of a storm.[50]
- 2019 Chang'e 4 makes the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, deploying the Yutu-2 lunar rover.[51]
- 2020 Iranian General Qasem Soleimani is killed by an American airstrike near Baghdad International Airport, igniting global concerns of a potential armed conflict.[52]
- 2023 Singapore's Jurong Bird Park permanently closes.[53]
- 2024 At least 91 people are killed in bombings in Kerman, Iran, during a ceremony commemorating the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani four years earlier.[54]
Births
Pre-1600
16011900
- 1611 James Harrington, English political theorist (died 1677)[57]
- 1698 Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet and songwriter (died 1782)[58]
- 1710 Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (died 1796)[59]
- 1722 Fredrik Hasselqvist, Swedish biologist and explorer (died 1752)[60]
- 1731 Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman (died 1792)[61]
- 1760 Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Indian ruler (died 1799)[62]
- 1775 Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont (died 1863)[63]
- 1778 Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (died 1861)[64]
- 1793 Lucretia Mott, American activist (died 1880)[65]
- 1802 Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (died 1898)[66]
- 1803 Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (died 1857)[67]
- 1806 Henriette Sontag, German soprano and actress (died 1854)[68]
- 1810 Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (died 1897)[69]
- 1816 Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (died 1891)[70]
- 1819 Charles Piazzi Smyth, Italian-Scottish astronomer and academic (died 1900)[71]
- 1831 Savitribai Phule, Indian poet, educator, and activist (died 1897)[72]
- 1836 Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and rebel leader (died 1867)[73]
- 1840 Father Damien, Flemish priest and missionary (died 1889)[74]
- 1847 Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (died 1935)[75]
- 1853 Sophie Elkan, Swedish writer (died 1921)[76]
- 1855 Hubert Bland, English businessman (died 1914)[77]
- 1861 Ernest Renshaw, English tennis player (died 1899)[78]
- 1861 William Renshaw, English tennis player (died 1904)[79]
- 1862 Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland (died 1939)[80]
- 1865 Henry Lytton, English actor (died 1936)[81]
- 1870 Henry Handel Richardson, Australian-English author (died 1946)[82]
- 1873 Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (died 1957)[83]
- 1876 Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic (died 1960)[84]
- 1877 Josephine Hull, American actress (died 1957)[85]
- 1880 Francis Browne, Irish Jesuit priest and photographer (died 1960)[86]
- 1883 Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1967)[87]
- 1883 Duncan Gillis, Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower (died 1963)[88]
- 1884 Raoul Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer (died 1948)[89]
- 1885 Harry Elkins Widener, American businessman (died 1912)[90]
- 1886 John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author (died 1950)[91]
- 1886 Arthur Mailey, Australian cricketer (died 1967)[92]
- 1887 August Macke, German-French painter (died 1914)[93]
- 1892 J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist (died 1973)[94]
- 1894 ZaSu Pitts, American actress (died 1963)[95]
- 1897 Eithne Coyle, Irish republican revolutionary, (died 1985)[96]
- 1897 Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (died 1961)[97]
- 1898 Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator (died 1990)[98]
- 1900 Donald J. Russell, American businessman (died 1985)[99]
1901present
- 1901 Ngτ Đμnh Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (died 1963)[100]
- 1905 Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer (died 1996)[101]
- 1905 Anna May Wong, American actress (died 1961)[102]
- 1906 Ulyana Barkova, Russian farm worker (died 1991)[103]
- 1907 Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (died 1986)[104]
- 1909 Victor Borge, Danish-American pianist and conductor (died 2000)[105]
- 1910 Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (died 2000)[106]
- 1910 John Sturges, American director and producer (died 1992)[107]
- 1912 Federico Borrell Garcνa, Spanish soldier (died 1936)[108]
- 1912 Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (died 2002)[109]
- 1912 Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2005)[110]
- 1915 Jack Levine, American painter and soldier (died 2010)[111]
- 1916 Betty Furness, American actress and television journalist (died 1994)[112]
- 1916 Fred Haas, American golfer (died 2004)[113]
- 1917 Albert Mol, Dutch author and actor (died 2004)[114][better source needed]
- 1917 Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American journalist and publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux (died 2004)[115]
- 1919 Herbie Nichols, American pianist and composer (died 1963)[116]
- 1920 Siegfried Buback, German lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Germany (died 1977)[117]
- 1921 Isabella Bashmakova, Russian historian of mathematics (died 2005)[118]
- 1922 Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1994)[119]
- 1923 Hank Stram, American football coach and sportscaster (died 2005)[120]
- 1924 Otto Beisheim, German businessman and philanthropist, founded Metro AG (died 2013)[121]
- 1924 Enzo Cozzolini, Italian football player (died 1962)[122]
- 1924 Andrι Franquin, Belgian author and illustrator (died 1997)[123]
- 1924 Nell Rankin, American soprano and educator (died 2005)[124]
- 1925 Jill Balcon, English actress (died 2009)[125]
- 1926 W. Michael Blumenthal, American economist and politician, 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury[126]
- 1926 George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (died 2016)[127]
- 1928 Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (died 2015)[128]
- 1929 Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1989)[129]
- 1929 Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer and conductor (died 2025)[130]
- 1929 Gordon Moore, American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (died 2023)[131]
- 1930 Stephen Fabian, American illustrator (died 2025)[132]
- 1930 Robert Loggia, American actor and director (died 2015)[133]
- 1932 Dabney Coleman, American actor (died 2024)[134]
- 1932 Eeles Landstrφm, Finnish pole vaulter and politician (died 2022)[135]
- 1933 Geoffrey Bindman, English lawyer (died 2025)[136]
- 1933 Anne Stevenson, American-English poet and author (died 2020)[137]
- 1933 Rolf Steiner, German mercenary[138]
- 1934 Marpessa Dawn, American-French actress, singer, and dancer (died 2008)[139]
- 1934 Carla Anderson Hills, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development[140]
- 1935 Raymond Garneau, Canadian businessman and politician[141]
- 1937 Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (died 2014)[142]
- 1938 Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, English academic and politician[143]
- 1938 K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (died 2006)[144]
- 1939 Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (died 2013)[145]
- 1939 Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2023)[146][147]
- 1940 Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach (died 2007)[148]
- 1940 Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (died 2008)[149]
- 1941 Malcolm Dick, New Zealand rugby player[150]
- 1942 John Marsden, Australian lawyer and activist (died 2006)[151]
- 1942 John Thaw, English actor and producer, played Inspector Morse (died 2002)[152]
- 1943 Van Dyke Parks, American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, author, and actor[153]
- 1944 Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian author[154]
- 1944 Doreen Massey, English geographer and political activist (died 2016)[155]
- 1945 Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[156]
- 1946 John Paul Jones, English bass player, songwriter, and producer[157]
- 1946 Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer (died 2002)[158]
- 1947 Fran Cotton, English rugby player[159]
- 1947 Zulema, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)[160]
- 1948 Ian Nankervis, Australian footballer[161]
- 1950 Victoria Principal, American actress and businesswoman[162]
- 1950 Linda Steiner, American journalist and academic[163]
- 1950 Vesna Vulović, Serbian plane crash survivor and Guinness World Record holder (died 2016)[164]
- 1951 Linda Dobbs, English lawyer and judge[165]
- 1951 Gary Nairn, Australian surveyor and politician, 14th Special Minister of State (died 2024)[166]
- 1952 Esperanza Aguirre, Spanish civil servant and politician, 3rd President of the Community of Madrid[167]
- 1952 Gianfranco Fini, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs[168]
- 1952 Jim Ross, American professional wrestling commentator[169]
- 1953 Justin Fleming, Australian playwright and author[170]
- 1953 Mohamed Waheed Hassan, Maldivian educator and politician, 5th President of the Maldives[171]
- 1953 Peter Taylor, English footballer and manager[172]
- 1955 Denis Walter, Australian radio host and singer[173]
- 1956 Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[174]
- 1957 Dave Dobbyn, New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer[175]
- 1960 Russell Spence, English racing driver[176]
- 1962 Darren Daulton, American baseball player (died 2017)[177]
- 1962 Gavin Hastings, Scottish rugby player[178]
- 1963 Stewart Hosie, Scottish businessman and politician[179]
- 1963 Aamer Malik, Pakistani cricketer[180]
- 1963 Alex Wheatle, English author and playwright (died 2025)[181]
- 1964 Cheryl Miller, American basketball player and coach[182]
- 1966 Chetan Sharma, Indian cricketer[183]
- 1969 James Carter, American musician[134]
- 1969 Jarmo Lehtinen, Finnish racing driver[184]
- 1969 Michael Schumacher, German racing driver[185]
- 1969 Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian luger and bobsledder[186]
- 1971 Sarah Alexander, English actress[187]
- 1971 Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[188]
- 1973 Dan Harmon, American television writer, producer, animator, and actor[189]
- 1974 Robert-Jan Derksen, Dutch golfer[190]
- 1974 Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist[191]
- 1974 Todd Warriner, Canadian ice hockey player[192]
- 1975 Thomas Bangalter, French DJ, musician, and producer[193]
- 1975 Jason Marsden, American actor[194]
- 1975 Danica McKellar, American actress and mathematician[195]
- 1976 Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer[196]
- 1976 Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor and producer[197]
- 1977 Lee Bowyer, English footballer and coach[198]
- 1977 A. J. Burnett, American baseball player[199]
- 1978 Dimitra Kalentzou, Greek basketball player[200]
- 1978 Kimberley Locke, American singer, songwriter, and television personality[134]
- 1978 Mike York, American ice hockey player[201]
- 1979 Kate Levering, American actress, singer, and dancer[134]
- 1980 Bryan Clay, American decathlete[202]
- 1980 Eli Crane, U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district[203]
- 1980 Telly Leung, American actor, director, singer and songwriter[204]
- 1980 Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player[205][206]
- 1980 David Tyree, American football player[207]
- 1980 Kurt Vile, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[208]
- 1980 Mary Wineberg, American sprinter[209]
- 1981 Eli Manning, American football player[210]
- 1982 Peter Clarke, English footballer[211]
- 1982 Park Ji-yoon, South Korean singer and actress[212]
- 1982 Lasse Nilsson, Swedish footballer[213]
- 1983 Katie McGrath, Irish actress[214]
- 1984 Billy Mehmet, English-Irish footballer[215]
- 1985 Nicole Beharie, American actress[134]
- 1985 Linas Kleiza, Lithuanian basketball player[216]
- 1985 Evan Moore, American football player[217]
- 1985 Noelle Quinn, American basketball player and coach[218]
- 1986 Dana Hussain, Iraqi sprinter[219]
- 1986 Lloyd, American singer-songwriter[134]
- 1986 Greg Nwokolo, Indonesian footballer[220]
- 1986 Nikola Peković, Montenegrin basketball player and executive[221]
- 1986 Cedric Simmons, American-Bulgarian basketball player[222]
- 1986 Dmitry Starodubtsev, Russian pole vaulter[223]
- 1987 Adriαn, Spanish footballer[224]
- 1987 Reto Berra, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender[225]
- 1987 Kim Ok-vin, South Korean actress and singer[226]
- 1988 Ikechi Anya, Scottish-Nigerian footballer[227]
- 1988 The Completionist, American YouTuber[228]
- 1988 Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer[229]
- 1988 Matt Frattin, Canadian ice hockey player[230]
- 1989 Jordi Masip, Spanish footballer[231]
- 1989 Eric Sim, American baseball player and YouTuber[232]
- 1989 Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese artistic gymnast[233]
- 1990 Yoichiro Kakitani, Japanese footballer[234]
- 1991 Jerson Cabral, Dutch footballer[235]
- 1991 Φzgόr Ηek, Turkish footballer[236]
- 1991 Ryan Ellis, Canadian ice hockey player[237]
- 1991 Sιbastien Faure, French footballer[238]
- 1991 Dane Gagai, Australian rugby league player[239]
- 1991 Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress (died 2019)[240][241][242]
- 1991 Darius Morris, American basketball player (died 2024)[243]
- 1991 Joonas Nδttinen, Finnish ice hockey player[244]
- 1992 Doug McDermott, American basketball player[245]
- 1992 Sio Siua Taukeiaho, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player[246]
- 1994 Isaquias Queiroz, Brazilian sprint canoeist[247]
- 1995 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, American-Jordanian basketball player[248]
- 1995 Jisoo, South Korean singer and actress[249]
- 1995 Paddy Pimblett, English mixed martial artist[250]
- 1995 Kim Seol-hyun, South Korean singer and actress[251]
- 1995 Tonny Vilhena, Dutch footballer[252]
- 1996 Lιo Ortiz, Brazilian footballer[253]
- 1996 Florence Pugh, English actress[254]
- 1997 Fodι Ballo-Tourι, French-Senegalese footballer[255]
- 1997 Jιrιmie Boga, French-Ivorian footballer[256]
- 1997 Kyron McMaster, British Virgin Islands hurdler[257]
- 1998 Patrick Cutrone, Italian footballer[258]
- 1998 Emiru, American online streamer[259]
- 2000 Leandro Barreiro, Luxembourgish footballer[260]
- 2001 Deni Avdija, Israeli-Serbian basketball player[261]
- 2002 Nico Gonzαlez, Spanish footballer[262]
- 2003 Kyle Rittenhouse, American conservative personality[263]
- 2003 Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist[264]
- 2003 Alan Virginius, French footballer[265]
- 2004 Carlos Baleba, Cameroonian footballer[266]
- 2004 Toby Collyer, English footballer[267]
- 2004 Habib Diarra, Senegalese footballer[268]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 236 Anterus, pope of the Catholic Church[269]
- 323 Emperor Yuan of Jin, Chinese emperor (born 276)[270]
- 1028 Fujiwara no Yukinari, Japanese calligrapher (born 972)[271]
- 1028 Fujiwara no Michinaga, Japanese nobleman (born 966)[272]
- 1098 Walkelin, Norman bishop of Winchester[273]
- 1322 Philip V, king of France (born 1292)[274]
- 1437 Catherine of Valois, queen consort of Henry V (born 1401)[275]
- 1501 Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkic poet, linguist, and mystic (born 1441)[276]
- 1543 Juan Rodrνguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer and navigator (born 1499)[277]
- 1571 Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1505)[278]
16011900
- 1641 Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer and mathematician (born 1618)[279]
- 1656 Mathieu Molι, French politician (born 1584)[280]
- 1670 George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1608)[281]
- 1701 Louis I, prince of Monaco (born 1642)[282]
- 1705 Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator (born 1634)[283]
- 1743 Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter and architect (born 1657)[284]
- 1785 Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (born 1706)[285]
- 1795 Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (born 1730)[286]
- 1826 Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (born 1770)[287]
- 1871 Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (born 1805)[288]
- 1875 Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (born 1817)[289]
- 1882 William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (born 1805)[290]
- 1895 James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (born 1824)[291]
1901present
- 1903 Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (born 1837)[292]
- 1911 Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (born 1851)[293]
- 1915 James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (born 1884)[294]
- 1916 Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (born 1831)[295]
- 1923 Jaroslav Haek, Czech journalist and author (born 1883)[296]
- 1927 Carl David Tolmι Runge, German physicist and mathematician (born 1856)[297]
- 1931 Joseph Joffre, French general (born 1852)[298]
- 1933 Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1876)[299]
- 1933 Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1896)[300]
- 1943 Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (born 1863)[301]
- 1944 Jurgis Baltruaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (born 1873)[302]
- 1945 Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author (born 1877)[303]
- 1946 William Joyce, American-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (born 1906)[304]
- 1956 Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (born 1864)[305]
- 1956 Dimitrios Vergos, Greek Olympian (born 1886)[306]
- 1956 Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1879)[307]
- 1959 Edwin Muir, Scottish poet, author, and translator (born 1887)[308]
- 1960 Eric P. Kelly, American journalist, author, and academic (born 1884)[309]
- 1965 Milton Avery, American painter (born 1885)[310]
- 1966 Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist (born 1944)[311]
- 1967 Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress (born 1874)[312]
- 1967 Reginald Punnett, British scientist (born 1875)[313]
- 1967 Jack Ruby, American businessman and murderer (born 1911)[314]
- 1970 Gladys Aylward, English missionary and humanitarian (born 1902)[315]
- 1975 Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1880)[316]
- 1979 Conrad Hilton, American businessman, founded the Hilton Hotels & Resorts (born 1887)[317]
- 1980 Joy Adamson, Austrian-Kenyan painter and conservationist (born 1910)[318]
- 1980 George Sutherland Fraser, Scottish poet and academic (born 1915)[319]
- 1981 Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (born 1883)[320]
- 1988 Rose Auslδnder, Ukrainian-German poet and author (born 1901)[321]
- 1989 Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1909)[322]
- 1992 Judith Anderson, Australian actress (born 1897)[323]
- 2002 Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (born 1920)[324]
- 2003 Sid Gillman, American football player and coach (born 1911)[325]
- 2004 Des Corcoran, Australian politician, 37th Premier of South Australia (born 1928)[326]
- 2005 Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (born 1917)[327]
- 2005 Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and educator (born 1918)[328]
- 2005 Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat, 2nd Indian National Security Adviser (born 1936)[329]
- 2006 Bill Skate, Papua New Guinean politician, 5th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (born 1954)[330]
- 2007 William Verity, Jr., American businessman and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1917)[331]
- 2008 Jimmy Stewart, Scottish racing driver (born 1931)[332]
- 2008 Choi Yo-sam, South Korean boxer (born 1972)[333]
- 2009 Betty Freeman, American philanthropist and photographer (born 1921)[334]
- 2009 Pat Hingle, American actor (born 1923)[335]
- 2009 Hisayasu Nagata, Japanese politician (born 1969)[336]
- 2010 Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean-German composer and academic (born 1925)[337]
- 2010 Mary Daly, American theologian and scholar (born 1928)[338]
- 2012 Vicar, Chilean cartoonist (born 1934)[339]
- 2012 Robert L. Carter, American lawyer and judge (born 1917)[340]
- 2012 Winifred Milius Lubell, American author and illustrator (born 1914)[341]
- 2012 Josef kvoreckύ, Czech-Canadian author and publisher (born 1924)[342]
- 2013 Alfie Fripp, English soldier and pilot (born 1913)[343]
- 2013 Ivan Mackerle, Czech cryptozoologist, explorer, and author (born 1942)[344]
- 2013 William Maxson, American general (born 1930)[345]
- 2013 Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1930)[346]
- 2014 Phil Everly, American singer and guitarist (born 1939)[347]
- 2014 George Goodman, American economist and author (born 1930)[348]
- 2014 Saul Zaentz, American film producer (born 1921)[349]
- 2015 Martin Anderson, American economist and academic (born 1936)[350]
- 2015 Edward Brooke, American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (born 1919)[351]
- 2016 Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (born 1932)[352]
- 2016 Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic (born 1928)[353]
- 2016 Bill Plager, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1945)[354]
- 2016 Igor Sergun, Russian general and diplomat (born 1957)[355]
- 2017 H. S. Mahadeva Prasad, Indian politician (born 1958)[356]
- 2018 Colin Brumby, Australian composer (born 1933)[357]
- 2019 Herb Kelleher, American businessman, co-founder of Southwest Airlines (born 1931)[358]
- 2020 Qasem Soleimani, Iranian major general, commander of the Iranian Quds Force (born 1957)[359]
- 2021 Eric Jerome Dickey, American author (born 1961)[360]
- 2023 Elena Huelva, Spanish cancer activist and influencer (born 2002)[361]
- 2025 Jeff Baena, American filmmaker (born 1977)[362]
- 2025 Brenton Wood, American R&B singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1941)[363]
- 2025 Niko Lekishvili, Georgian politician (born 1947)[364]
Holidays and observances
