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Pre-1600

* 457Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 – Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales. * 1313 – King Thihathu founds the Pinya Kingdom as the de jure successor state of the Pagan Kingdom. * 1365 – Albert III of Mecklenburg (King Albert of Sweden) grants city rights to Ulvila (). * 1497 – In Florence, Italy, supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn cosmetics, art, and books, in a " Bonfire of the vanities".


1601–1900

* 1756Guaraní War: The leader of the Guaraní rebels, Sepé Tiaraju, is killed in a skirmish with Spanish and Portuguese troops. * 1783
American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...
: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar. * 1795 – The 11th Amendment to the
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is ratified. * 1807
Napoleonic Wars {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Napoleonic Wars , partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , image = Napoleonic Wars (revision).jpg , caption = Left to right, top to bottom:Battl ...
: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day. * 1812 – The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri. * 1813 – In the action of 7 February 1813 near the Îles de Los, the frigates '' Aréthuse'' and ''Amelia'' batter each other, but neither can gain the upper hand. * 1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar. * 1842Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the
Emperor of Ethiopia The emperor of Ethiopia (, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse (, "emperor"), was the hereditary monarchy, hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975. The emperor w ...
defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien. * 1854 – A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855. * 1863 – sinks off the coast of
Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...
, New Zealand, killing 189. * 1894 – The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States. * 1898Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing '' J'Accuse...!'' * 1900Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith. * 1900 – A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.


1901–present

* 1904 – The Great Baltimore Fire begins in
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; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. * 1940 – The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, '' Pinocchio'', premieres. * 1943
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the
Guadalcanal Campaign The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by the United States, was an Allies of World War II, Allied offensive against forces of the Empire of Japan in the Solomon Islands during th ...
. * 1944 – World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle. * 1951
Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...
: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces. * 1962 – The United States bans all
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n imports and exports. * 1964The Beatles land in the United States for the first time, at the newly renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport. * 1966 – The Great Fire of Iloilo breaks out in a lumber yard in Iznart Street and burns for almost half a day destroying nearly three-quarters of the City Proper area and Php 50 million pesos in total properties' damage. * 1974Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom. * 1979Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered. * 1981 – A plane crash at Pushkin Airport kills 50 people, including 16 members of the Pacific Fleet. * 1984Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). * 1986 – Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation. * 1990Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power. * 1991Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in. * 1991 – The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government. * 1992 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the
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. * 1995Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. *
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of
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on the death of his father, King Hussein. * 2001 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the '' Destiny'' laboratory module to the
International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was Assembly of the International Space Station, assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United ...
. * 2009Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history. * 2012 – President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military. * 2013 – The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995. * 2014 – Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa. * 2016 – North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world. * 2021 – The 2021 Uttarakhand flood begins. * 2024 – Pakistan election offices are hit by twin bombings, killing at least 24 people a day before general elections.


Births


Pre-1600

* 574Prince Shōtoku of Japan (died 622) * 1102Empress Matilda, Holy Roman Empress and claimant to the English throne (probable; (died 1167) * 1449Adriana of Nassau-Siegen, German countess (died 1477) * 1478Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (died 1535) * 1487Queen Dangyeong, Korean royal consort (died 1557) * 1500João de Castro, viceroy of Portuguese India (died 1548)


1601–1900

* 1612Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager (died 1683) * 1622Vittoria della Rovere, Italian noble (died 1694) * 1693 – Empress Anna of Russia (died 1740) * 1722Azar Bigdeli, Iranian anthologist and poet (died 1781) * 1726Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (died 1766) * 1741Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic (died 1825) * 1758Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer (died 1826) * 1796Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (baptism date; (died 1874) * 1802Louisa Jane Hall, American poet, essayist, and literary critic (died 1892) * 1804John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company (died 1886) * 1812
Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...
, English novelist and critic (died 1870) * 1825Karl Möbius, German zoologist and ecologist (died 1908) * 1834Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe, French architect (died 1895) * 1837James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (died 1915) * 1864Arthur Collins, American baritone singer (died 1933) * 1867Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (died 1957) * 1870Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish psychologist and therapist (died 1937) * 1871Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1927) * 1873Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder and businessman, designed the RMS ''Titanic'' (died 1912) * 1875Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (died 1937) * 1877G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist (died 1947) * 1878Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (died 1936) * 1885Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1951) * 1885 – Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (died 1953) * 1887Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (died 1983) * 1889Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist (died 1976) * 1893Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1988) * 1893 – Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher (died 1934) * 1895Anita Stewart, American actress (died 1961)


1901–present

* 1901Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (died 1989) * 1904Ernest E. Debs, American politician (died 2002) * 1905Paul Nizan, French philosopher and author (died 1940) * 1905 – Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983) * 1906Oleg Antonov, Soviet engineer, founded the Antonov Design Bureau (died 1984) * 1906 – Puyi, Chinese emperor (died 1967) * 1908Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (died 1983) * 1908 – Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian journalist and author (died 2000) * 1909Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop (died 1999) * 1909 – Amedeo Guillet, Italian soldier (died 2010) * 1912Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (died 1981) * 1912 – Roberta McCain, American socialite and oil heiress (died 2020) * 1915Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (died 2007) * 1915 – Eddie Bracken, American actor and singer (died 2002) * 1916Frank Hyde, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2007) * 1919Desmond Doss, American army corporal and combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2006) * 1919 – Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (died 1989) * 1920Oscar Brand, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and author (died 2016) * 1920 – An Wang, Chinese-American engineer and businessman, founded Wang Laboratories (died 1990) * 1921Athol Rowan, South African cricketer (died 1998) * 1922Hattie Jacques, English actress (died 1980) * 1923Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (died 2014) * 1925Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (died 2012) * 1926Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (died 2009) * 1927Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (died 2020) * 1927 – Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-Russian runner and coach (died 1975) * 1927 – Lalo Ríos, Mexican actor (died 1973) * 1928Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (died 2014) * 1929Jim Langley, English international footballer and manager (died 2007) * 1932Gay Talese, American journalist and memoirist * 1932 – Alfred Worden, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2020) * 1933K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Sri Lankan Minister of Finance (died 2015) * 1934Eddie Fenech Adami, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Malta * 1934 – King Curtis, American saxophonist and producer (died 1971) * 1934 – Earl King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2003) * 1935Cliff Jones, Welsh international footballer * 1935 – Herb Kohl, American businessman and politician (died 2023) * 1935 – Jörg Schneider, Swiss actor and author (died 2015) * 1936Jas Gawronski, Italian journalist and politician * 1937Peter Jay, English economist, journalist, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (died 2024) * 1937 – Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2021) * 1940Tony Tan, Singaporean academic and politician, 7th President of Singapore * 1942Gareth Hunt, English actor (died 2007) * 1943Eric Foner, American historian, author, and academic * 1945Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player and journalist *
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
Héctor Babenco, Argentinian-Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016) * 1946 – Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist (died 2009) * 1946 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (died 2011) * 1949Jacques Duchesneau, Canadian police officer and politician * 1949Alan Lancaster, English-Australian bass player singer and songwriter Status Quo (died 2022) * 1950Karen Joy Fowler, American author * 1953Robert Brazile, American football player * 1954Dieter Bohlen, German singer-songwriter and producer * 1955Rolf Benirschke, American football player and game show host * 1955 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor and director (died 2017) * 1956John Nielsen, Danish racing driver * 1956 – Mark St. John, American guitarist (died 2007) * 1957Dámaso García, Dominican baseball player and footballer (died 2020) * 1958Giuseppe Baresi, Italian footballer and manager * 1958 – Terry Marsh, English boxer and politician * 1958 – Matt Ridley, English journalist, author, and politician * 1959Mick McCarthy, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster * 1960Robert Smigel, American actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1960 – James Spader, American actor and producer * 1962
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, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1962 – David Bryan, American keyboard player and songwriter * 1962 – Eddie Izzard, English comedian, actor, and producer * 1963Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, American Naval officer and astronaut * 1964Ashok Banker, Indian journalist, author, and screenwriter * 1965Chris Rock, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1966Kristin Otto, German swimmer * 1968Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-Slovak ice hockey player and manager * 1968 – Christian Drobits, Austrian politician * 1968 – Sully Erna, American singer-songwriter and musician * 1968 – Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer and sportscaster * 1969Franz Jantscher, Austrian politician * 1969 – Andrew Micallef, Maltese painter and musician * 1971Anita Tsoy, Russian singer-songwriter * 1972Essence Atkins, American actress * 1972 – Robyn Lively, American actress * 1973Juwan Howard, American basketball player and coach * 1974J Dilla, American rapper and producer (died 2006) * 1974 – Steve Nash, South African-Canadian basketball player * 1974 – Nujabes, Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (died 2010) * 1975Wes Borland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1975 – Miriam Corowa, Australian journalist, television presenter and producer * 1975 – Alexandre Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player * 1975 – Rémi Gaillard, French comedian and actor *
1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
Chito Miranda, Filipino singer-songwriter * 1977Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Japanese footballer * 1978David Aebischer, Swiss ice hockey player * 1978 – Endy Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player * 1978 – Ashton Kutcher, American model, actor, producer, and entrepreneur * 1978 – Milt Palacio, American-Belizean basketball player and coach * 1978 – Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer * 1979Daniel Bierofka, German footballer and coach * 1979 – Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate * 1979 – Sam J. Miller, American author * 1980Dalibor Bagarić, Croatian basketball player * 1981Neto, Brazilian footballer * 1981 – Lee Ok-sung, South Korean boxer * 1982Mohammed Bijeh, Iranian serial killer (died 2006) * 1982 – Osamu Mukai, Japanese actor * 1982 – Mickaël Piétrus, French basketball player * 1983Scott Feldman, American baseball player * 1983 – Federico Marchetti, Italian footballer * 1984Trey Hardee, American decathlete * 1984 – Jeremy Meeks American model and actor * 1985Josh Hennessy, American ice hockey player * 1985 – Bernard James, American basketball player * 1985 – Tina Majorino, American actress * 1985 – Deborah Ann Woll, American actress * 1987Joel Freeland, English basketball player * 1988Ai Kago, Japanese singer and actress * 1988 – Matthew Stafford, American football player * 1989Nick Calathes, American-Greek basketball player * 1989 – Isaiah Thomas, American basketball player * 1989 – Elia Viviani, Italian cyclist * 1990Morris Claiborne, American football player * 1990 – Jacksepticeye, Irish YouTuber * 1990 – Gianluca Lapadula, Italian footballer * 1990 – Dalilah Muhammad, American hurdler * 1990 – Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player * 1991Gabbie Hanna, American Internet personality and singer-songwriter * 1991 – Ryan O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player * 1991 – Richard Pánik, Slovak ice hockey player * 1992Sergi Roberto, Spanish footballer * 1992 – Ksenia Stolbova, Russian figure skater * 1992 – Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer and actress * 1993Javon Hargrave, American football player * 1993 – Chris Mears, English diver * 1994Riley Barber, American ice hockey player * 1994 – Nathan Walker, Welsh-Australian ice hockey player * 1995Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor and musician * 1995 – Roberto Osuna, Mexican baseball player * 1996Aaron Ekblad, Canadian ice hockey player * 1996 – Pierre Gasly, French racing driver * 1997Nicolò Barella, Italian footballer * 1997 – Anhelina Kalinina, Ukrainian tennis player *
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
Omar Marmoush, Egyptian footballer * 2000Jayden Campbell, Australian rugby league player * 2001R. J. Hampton, American basketball player * 2002Shedeur Sanders, American football player * 2003Alessandro Fontanarosa, Italian footballer


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 199
Lü Bu Lü Bu (; died 7 February 199), courtesy name Fengxian, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of Imperial China. Originally a subordinate of a minor warlord Ding Yuan, he betrayed a ...
, Chinese warlord * 318Jin Mindi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (born 300) * 999Boleslaus II the Pious, Duke of Bohemia (born 932) * 1045Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (born 1009) * 1065Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim (born c. 1010) * 1127Ava, German poet (born 1060) * 1165 – Marshal Stephen of Armenia * 1259Thomas, Count of Flanders * 1317Robert, Count of Clermont (born 1256) * 1320Jan Muskata, Bishop of Kraków (born 1250) * 1333Nikko, Japanese priest, founder of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism (born 1246) * 1520Alfonsina de' Medici, Regent of Florence (born 1472) * 1560Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Florentine sculptor (born 1493)


1601–1900

* 1603Bartholomäus Sastrow, German politician (born 1520) * 1623Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (born 1546) * 1626William V, Duke of Bavaria (born 1548) * 1642William Bedell, English bishop and academic (born 1571) * 1693Paul Pellisson, French lawyer and author (born 1624) * 1736Stephen Gray, English astronomer and physicist (born 1666) * 1779William Boyce, English organist and composer (born 1711) * 1799Qianlong Emperor of China (born 1711) * 1801Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (born 1726) * 1819August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and author (born 1737) * 1823Ann Radcliffe, English author (born 1764) * 1837Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (born 1778) * 1849Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845–1846) (born 1797) * 1862Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1787) * 1864Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (born 1787) * 1871Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (born 1797) * 1873Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (born 1814) * 1878Pope Pius IX (born 1792) * 1891Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (born 1849) * 1897Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (born 1847)


1901–present

* 1919William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1841) * 1920Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (born 1874) * 1920 – Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (born 1850) * 1921John J. Gardner, American politician (born 1845) * 1937Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845) * 1938Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (born 1868) * 1939Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (born 1886) * 1940James McCormick (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican (born 1910) * 1940 – Peter Barnes (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican (born 1907) * 1942Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (born 1876) * 1944Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (born 1874) * 1959Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (born 1874) * 1959 – Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1874) * 1959 – Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (born 1926) * 1960Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (born 1903) * 1963Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (born 1902) * 1964Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1894) * 1968Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (born 1931) * 1972Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (born 1896) * 1979Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician (born 1911) * 1986Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (born 1923) * 1990Alan Perlis, American computer scientist and academic (born 1922) * 1990 – Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (born 1905) * 1991Amos Yarkoni, Israeli colonel (born 1920) * 1994Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (born 1913) *
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
King Hussein of Jordan (born 1935) * 1999 – Bobby Troup, American actor, pianist, and composer (born 1918) * 2000Doug Henning, Canadian magician and politician (born 1947) * 2001Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot (born 1906) * 2003Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (born 1921) * 2005Atli Dam, Faroese engineer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1932) * 2006Princess Durru Shehvar of the Ottoman Empire (born 1914) * 2009Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (born 1924) * 2010Franco Ballerini, Italian cyclist and coach (born 1964) * 2012Harry Keough, American soccer player and coach (born 1927) * 2013Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (born 1933) * 2014Doug Mohns, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1933) * 2015Billy Casper, American golfer (born 1931) * 2015 – Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (born 1934) * 2015 – Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach (born 1931) * 2015 – John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (born 1922) * 2017Richard Hatch, American actor (born 1945) * 2017 – Hans Rosling, Swedish academic (born 1948) * 2017 – Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian philosopher (born 1939) * 2019John Dingell, American politician (born 1926) * 2019 – Albert Finney, English actor (born 1936) * 2019 – Jan Olszewski, Polish politician, 3rd Prime Minister (born 1930) * 2019 – Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1935) * 2020Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist who initially warned about COVID-19 (born 1986) * 2025Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician (born 1946) *2025 – Tony Roberts, American actor and singer (born 1939)


Holidays and observances

*Christian feast day: ** Richard the Pilgrim ** Blessed Eugénie Smet ** Blessed Pope Pius IX ** Chrysolius ** Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph ** February 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ** New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church Typically observed on the Sunday closest to January 25 (O.S.)/February 7 (N.S.) * Independence Day (Grenada), celebrates the independence of Grenada from the
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in 1974. * National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (
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