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EventsEdit
Pre-1600Edit
- 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1069 – Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by William the Conqueror, rides into Durham, England, where he is defeated and killed by rebels.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> This incident leads to the Harrying of the North.
- 1077 – Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is lifted after he humbles himself before Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in Italy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1393 – King Charles VI of France was nearly killed when several other dancers' costumes caught fire during a masquerade ball in Paris.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1521 – The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1547 – Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
- 1568 – The Edict of Torda prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
- 1573 – Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
- 1591 – Execution of Agnes Sampson, accused of witchcraft in Edinburgh.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1601–1900Edit
- 1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
- 1671 – Original city of Panama (founded in 1519) is destroyed by a fire when privateer Henry Morgan sacks and sets fire to it. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see Panama Viejo).
- 1724 – The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg, Russia, by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
- 1754 – Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
- 1813 – Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
- 1846 – The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1851 – Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
- 1855 – A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
- 1871 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1878 – Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1896 – Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at Template:Convert, thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of Template:Convert.
1901–presentEdit
- 1902 – The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C., with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
- 1908 – Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
- 1909 – United States troops leave Cuba, with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, after being there since the Spanish–American War.
- 1915 – An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
- 1916 – The Canadian province of Manitoba grants women the right to vote and run for office in provincial elections (although still excluding women of Indigenous or Asian heritage), marking the first time women in Canada are granted voting rights.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1918 – Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
- 1919 – The Order of the White Rose of Finland is established by Baron Gustaf Mannerheim, the regent of the Kingdom of Finland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1920 – Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
- 1922 – Knickerbocker Storm: Washington, D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes a disaster when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses, killing over 100 people.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1932 – Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
- 1933 – The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
- 1935 – Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
- 1938 – The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen at a speed of Template:Convert.
- 1941 – Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
- 1945 – World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
- 1956 – Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
- 1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
- 1960 – The National Football League announces expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for the 1961 NFL season.
- 1964 – An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
- 1965 – The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
- 1977 – The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which dumps Template:Convert of snow in one day in Upstate New York. Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
- 1980 – Template:USCGC collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
- 1981 – Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
- 1982 – US Army General James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
- 1984 – Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
- 1985 – Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
- 1986 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.<ref name=challengercrew />
- 1988 – In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
- 2002 – TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100, crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
- 2006 – The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
- 2021 – A nitrogen leak at a poultry food processing facility in Gainesville, Georgia kills six and injures at least ten.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2023 – Protests begin after police beat and kill Tyre Nichols.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
BirthsEdit
Pre-1600Edit
- 598 – Taizong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (died 649)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1312 – Joan II, queen of Navarre (died 1349)<ref>The Flores historiarum of Bernard Gui records the birth "V Kal Feb" in 1311 of "Ludovicus rex...filiam Johannam". Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France, vol. XXI, Guigniaut, Wailly (dirs.) Paris, 1855: E floribus chronicorum auctore Bernardo Guidonis, p. 724.</ref>
- 1368 – Razadarit, king of Hanthawaddy (died 1421)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1457 – Henry VII, king of England (died 1509)<ref>Kisby, F. (1997). A mirror of monarchy: Music and musicians in the household chapel of the Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. Early Music History, 16, 203-234. doi:10.1017/S0261127900001728</ref>
- 1533 – Paul Luther, German scientist (died 1593)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1540 – Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (died 1610)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1582 – John Barclay, French-Scottish poet and author (died 1621)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1600 – Clement IX, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1669)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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1601–1900Edit
- 1608 – Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (died 1679)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1611 – Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (died 1687)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1622 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (died 1691)
- 1693 – Gregor Werner, Austrian composer (died 1766)
- 1701 – Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (died 1774)
- 1706 – John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (died 1775)
- 1712 – Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shōgun (died 1761)
- 1717 – Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (died 1774)
- 1719 – Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (died 1749)
- 1726 – Christian Felix Weiße, German poet and playwright (died 1802)
- 1755 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Polish-German physician, anthropologist, and paleontologist (died 1830)
- 1784 – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1860)
- 1797 – Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (died 1867)
- 1818 – George S. Boutwell, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1905)
- 1822 – Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (died 1892)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1833 – Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (died 1885)
- 1853 – José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (died 1895)
- 1853 – Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher, poet, and critic (died 1900)
- 1855 – William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (died 1898)
- 1858 – Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (died 1934)
- 1861 – Julián Felipe, Filipino composer and educator (died 1944)
- 1863 – Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (died 1918)
- 1864 – Charles W. Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors (died 1948)
- 1865 – Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (died 1928)
- 1865 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (died 1952)
- 1873 – Colette, French novelist and journalist (died 1954)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1873 – Monty Noble, Australian cricketer (died 1940)
- 1874 – Alex Smith, Scottish golfer (died 1930)
- 1875 – Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1965)
- 1878 – Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor (died 1940)
- 1880 – Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (died 1970)
- 1884 – Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (died 1962)
- 1885 – Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist (died 1920)
- 1886 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (died 1973)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1886 – Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (died 1976)
- 1887 – Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator (died 1982)
- 1897 – Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (died 1986)
- 1900 – Alice Neel, American painter (died 1984)
1901–presentEdit
- 1903 – Aleksander Kamiński, Polish author and educator (died 1978)
- 1903 – Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and 1st female FRS (died 1971)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1906 – Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete (died 1991)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1906 – Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (died 1992)
- 1908 – Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian (died 1998)
- 1909 – John Thomson, Scottish footballer (died 1931)
- 1910 – John Banner, Austrian actor (died 1973)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1911 – Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (died 2018)
- 1912 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (died 1956)<ref name="UPI">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1918 – Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (died 1989)
- 1918 – Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (died 2004)
- 1919 – Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (died 2002)
- 1920 – Lewis Wilson, American actor (died 2000)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1921 – Vytautas Norkus, Lithuanian–American basketball player (died 2014)
- 1922 – Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (died 2014)
- 1922 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
- 1924 – Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (died 1976)
- 1925 – Raja Ramanna, Indian physicist and politician (died 2004)
- 1926 – Jimmy Bryan, American race car driver (died 1960)
- 1927 – Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
- 1927 – Ronnie Scott, English saxophonist (died 1996)
- 1927 – Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
- 1927 – Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (died 2015)
- 1929 – Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (died 2014)<ref name="UPI"/>
- 1929 – Edith M. Flanigen, American chemist
- 1929 – Nikolai Parshin, Russian footballer and manager (died 2012)
- 1929 – Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator (died 2022)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1930 – Kurt Biedenkopf, German academic and politician, 54th President of the German Bundesrat (died 2021)
- 1930 – Roy Clarke, English screenwriter, comedian and soldier
- 1933 – Jack Hill, American director and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1934 – Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (died 1990)
- 1935 – Helga Kleiner, German politician<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1935 – David Lodge, English author and critic (died 2025)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1935 – Nicholas Pryor, American actor (died 2024)<ref name="AP"/>
- 1936 – Alan Alda, American actor, director, and writer<ref name="AP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1936 – Ismail Kadare, Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright (died 2024)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1937 – Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host (died 2013)
- 1937 – John Normington, English actor (died 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1938 – Tomas Lindahl, Swedish-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1938 – Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter and coach (died 2016)
- 1939 – John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
- 1940 – Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded Grupo Carso
- 1941 – Joel Crothers, American actor (died 1985)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1942 – Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater (died 2024)
- 1942 – Erkki Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and producer
- 1943 – Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and author<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1943 – Dick Taylor, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1944 – Susan Howard, American actress and writer<ref name="UPI"/>
- 1944 – Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (died 2013)
- 1944 – John Tavener, English composer (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1945 – Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director<ref name="AP"/>
- 1947 – Jeanne Shaheen, American educator and politician, 78th Governor of New Hampshire
- 1948 – Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish politician (died 2022)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1948 – Bob Moses, American drummer
- 1948 – Charles Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President of Liberia<ref name="UPI"/>
- 1949 – Mike Moore, New Zealand union leader and politician, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1949 – Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach<ref name="AP"/>
- 1949 – Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (died 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1950 – Barbi Benton, American actress, singer and model<ref name="AP"/>
- 1950 – Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king
- 1950 – David C. Hilmers, American colonel, physician, and astronaut
- 1950 – Naila Kabeer, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
- 1951 – Brian Bilbray, American politician
- 1951 – Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2018)
- 1951 – Billy Bass Nelson, American R&B/funk bass player
- 1952 – Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
- 1953 – Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1954 – Peter Lampe, German theologian and historian
- 1954 – Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (died 2013)
- 1954 – Rick Warren, American pastor and author
- 1955 – Vinod Khosla, Indian-American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
- 1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy, French lawyer and politician, 23rd President of France<ref name="AP"/>
- 1956 – Ruth Becher, Austrian politician<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1956 – Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator
- 1956 – Peter Schilling, German singer-songwriter
- 1957 – Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1957 – Nick Price, Zimbabwean-South African golfer
- 1957 – Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
- 1959 – Frank Darabont, American director and producer<ref name="AP"/>
- 1960 – Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician
- 1961 – Mike Holoway, British musician and actor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1961 – Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1962 – Michael Cage, American basketball player and broadcaster<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1962 – Keith Hamilton Cobb, American actor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1962 – Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
- 1963 – Dan Spitz, American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
- 1964 – David Lawrence, English cricketer
- 1966 – Seiji Mizushima, Japanese director and producer
- 1966 – Michal Pivoňka, Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1967 – Billy Brownless, Australian footballer and sportscaster
- 1968 – Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
- 1968 – DJ Muggs, American DJ and producer<ref name="AP"/>
- 1968 – Rakim, American rapper<ref name=ALLMUSIC>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1969 – Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer
- 1969 – Kathryn Morris, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
- 1969 – Mo Rocca, American comedian and television journalist<ref name="AP"/>
- 1969 – Linda Sánchez, American lawyer and politician
- 1971 – Anthony Hamilton, American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"/>
- 1972 – Elena Baranova, Russian basketball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1972 – Amy Coney Barrett, American jurist, academic, attorney, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1972 – Mark Regan, English rugby player
- 1972 – Nicky Southall, English footballer and manager
- 1972 – Léon van Bon, Dutch cyclist
- 1972 – Gillian Vigman, American actress and comedian<ref name="AP"/>
- 1974 – Tony Delk, American basketball player and coach
- 1974 – Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
- 1974 – Ramsey Nasr, Dutch author and poet
- 1974 – Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player and politician
- 1975 – Pedro Pinto, Portuguese-American journalist
- 1975 – Junior Spivey, American baseball player and coach
- 1976 – Sireli Bobo, Fijian rugby player
- 1976 – Mark Madsen, American basketball player and coach
- 1976 – Rick Ross, American rapper and producer<ref name="AP"/>
- 1976 – Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
- 1977 – Sandis Buškevics, Latvian basketball player and coach
- 1977 – Daunte Culpepper, American football player
- 1977 – Joey Fatone, American singer, dancer, and television personality<ref name="AP"/>
- 1977 – Takuma Sato, Japanese race car driver
- 1978 – Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
- 1978 – Jamie Carragher, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1978 – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (died 2020)
- 1978 – Big Freedia, American musician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1978 – Sheamus, Irish wrestler<ref name="slam">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1979 – Angelique Cabral, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
- 1980 – Nick Carter, American singer-songwriter and actor<ref name="AP"/>
- 1980 – Yasuhito Endō, Japanese footballer
- 1980 – Brian Fallon, American singer-songwriter
- 1980 – Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (died 2013)
- 1981 – Elijah Wood, American actor and producer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1982 – Omar Cook, American-Montenegrin basketball player and coach<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1984 – Ben Clucas, English race car driver
- 1984 – Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
- 1984 – Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
- 1984 – Anne Panter, English field hockey player
- 1985 – Daniel Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – J. Cole, American rapper<ref name="AP"/>
- 1985 – Lauris Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Tom Hopper, English actor<ref name="AP"/>
- 1985 – Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
- 1985 – Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer
- 1986 – Jessica Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdler<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1986 – Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor
- 1986 – Asad Shafiq, Pakistani cricketer
- 1988 – Paul Henry, English footballer
- 1988 – Alexandra Krosney, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
- 1988 – Sanada, Japanese wrestler
- 1989 – Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1991 – Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1992 – Sergio Araujo, Argentinian footballer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1993 – Will Poulter, English actor<ref name="AP"/>
- 1993 – Alan Williams, American basketball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1994 – Joel Bolomboy, Russian-American basketball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1994 – Lin Zhu, Chinese tennis player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1994 – Maluma, Colombian singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor<ref name="AP"/>
- 1995 – Mimi-Isabella Cesar, British rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1998 – Payton Pritchard, American basketball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1998 – Ariel Winter, American actress<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2000 – Dušan Vlahović, Serbian footballer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2002 – Yoo Seon-ho, South Korean actor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2003 – Whitney Peak, Ugandan-Canadian actress<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2004 – Emoni Bates, American basketball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2004 – Liam Öhgren, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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DeathsEdit
Pre-1600Edit
- 724 – Yazid II, Umayyad caliph (born 687)<ref>Template:The History of al-Tabari</ref>
- 814 – Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor (born 742)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 919 – Zhou Dewei, Chinese general
- 929 – Gao Jixing, founder of Chinese Jingnan (born 858)
- 947 – Jing Yanguang, Chinese general (born 892)
- 1061 – Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (born 1031)
- 1142 – Yue Fei, Chinese general (born 1103)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1256 – William II, Count of Holland, King of Germany (born 1227)
- 1271 – Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (born 1247)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1290 – Dervorguilla of Galloway, Scottish noble, mother of king John Balliol of Scotland (born c. 1210)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1443 – Robert le Maçon, French diplomat (born 1365)
- 1501 – John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham, English baron and Lord High Treasurer (born 1433)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
- 1547 – Henry VIII, king of England (born 1491)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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1601–1900Edit
- 1613 – Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (born 1545)
- 1621 – Pope Paul V (born 1550)
- 1666 – Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (born 1591)
- 1672 – Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (born 1588)
- 1681 – Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (born 1619)
- 1687 – Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (born 1611)
- 1688 – Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (born 1623)
- 1697 – Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (born 1645)
- 1754 – Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (born 1684)
- 1782 – Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer and cartographer (born 1697)
- 1832 – Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (born 1769)
- 1859 – F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1782)
- 1864 – Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (born 1799)
- 1873 – John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (born 1809)<ref>Sally O'Neill, 'Hart, John (1809–1873)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, Melbourne University Press, 1972, pp 355–356. Retrieved 29 January 2018</ref>
1901–presentEdit
- 1903 – Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (born 1847)
- 1912 – Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (born 1819).
- 1912 – Eloy Alfaro, former president of Ecuador (born 1842)
- 1918 – John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (born 1872)
- 1921 – Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1883)
- 1930 – Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (born 1878)
- 1935 – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (born 1859)
- 1937 – Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (born 1862)
- 1938 – Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (born 1909)
- 1939 – W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)
- 1942 – Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (born 1881)
- 1945 – Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (born 1924)
- 1947 – Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (born 1875)
- 1948 – Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (born 1906)
- 1949 – Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (born 1908)
- 1950 – Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1883)
- 1953 – James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1876)
- 1953 – Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (born 1879)
- 1959 – Walter Beall, American baseball player (born 1899)
- 1960 – Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (born 1891)
- 1963 – Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (born 1884)
- 1965 – Tich Freeman, English cricketer (born 1888)
- 1965 – Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (born 1867)
- 1971 – Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (born 1896)
- 1973 – John Banner, Austrian actor (born 1910)
- 1976 – Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (born 1924)
- 1978 – Ward Moore, American author (born 1903)
- 1983 – Billy Fury. English pop star (born 1940)
- 1983 – Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1890)
- 1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger crew
- Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (born 1944)<ref name=challengercrew>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (born 1948)<ref name=challengercrew />
- Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (born 1950)<ref name=challengercrew />
- Ellison Onizuka, American engineer and astronaut (born 1946)<ref name=challengercrew />
- Judith Resnik, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1949)<ref name=challengercrew />
- Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1939)<ref name=challengercrew />
- Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1945)<ref name=challengercrew />
- 1988 – Klaus Fuchs, German physicist, politician, and atomic spy (born 1911)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1989 – Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (born 1938)
- 1993 – Helen Sawyer Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (born 1905)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- 1996 – Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1940)
- 1996 – Burne Hogarth, American cartoonist and author (born 1911)
- 1996 – Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator, co-created Superman (born 1914)
- 1998 – Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1938)
- 1999 – Valery Gavrilin, Russian composer (born 1939)
- 2001 – Ranko Marinković, Croatian author and playwright (born 1913)
- 2002 – Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (born 1913)
- 2002 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1907)
- 2002 – Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (born 1946)
- 2003 – Mieke Pullen, Dutch runner (born 1957)
- 2004 – Lloyd M. Bucher, American captain (born 1927)
- 2005 – Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1944)
- 2007 – Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (born 1929)
- 2007 – Robert Drinan, American priest, lawyer, and politician (born 1920)
- 2007 – Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (born 1963)
- 2007 – Karel Svoboda, Czech composer (born 1938)
- 2009 – Werner Flume, German jurist (born 1908)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 2009 – Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (born 1952)
- 2012 – Roman Juszkiewicz, Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1952)
- 2012 – Don Starkell, Canadian adventurer and author (born 1932)
- 2013 – Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach (born 1936)
- 2013 – Hattie N. Harrison, American educator and politician (born 1928)
- 2013 – Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (born 1940)
- 2014 – John Cacavas, American composer and conductor (born 1930)
- 2014 – Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (born 1930)
- 2014 – Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (born 1930)
- 2014 – Nigel Jenkins, Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (born 1949)
- 2014 – Jorge Obeid, Argentinian engineer and politician, Governor of Santa Fe (born 1947)
- 2015 – Suraj Abdurrahman, Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (born 1954)
- 2015 – Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1930)
- 2015 – Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (born 1924)
- 2016 – Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (born 1941)
- 2016 – Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
- 2016 – Franklin Gene Bissell, American football player and coach (born 1926)
- 2016 – Buddy Cianci, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Providence (born 1941)
- 2016 – Bob Tizard, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1924)
- 2017 – Alexander Chancellor, British journalist (born 1940)
- 2017 – Geoff Nicholls, British musician (born 1948)
- 2019 – Pepe Smith, Filipino rock musician (born 1947)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2021 – Cicely Tyson, American actress (born 1924)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Holidays and observancesEdit
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- Army Day (Armenia)
- Data Privacy Day
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