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{{For|the play by Ayn Rand|Night of January 16th|}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1458 BC]] – [[Hatshepsut]] dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the [[Valley of the Kings]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Jone Johnson Lewis |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/how-did-hatshepsut-die-3529280 |title=How Did Hatshepsut Die?|publisher=History|date=2006|access-date=2023-10-25}}</ref> *[[27 BC]] – [[Augustus|Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus]] is granted the title [[Augustus (honorific)|Augustus]] by the [[Roman Senate]], marking the beginning of the [[Roman Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gibbon|first=Edward|title=The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Abridged edition|editor-last=Mueller|editor-first=Hans-Friedrich|location=New York|publisher=Random House|date=2003|isbn=9780375758119|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9xriVJrENcMC|page=47}}</ref> * [[378]] – General [[Siyaj K'ak']] conquers [[Tikal]], enlarging the domain of King [[Spearthrower Owl]] of [[Teotihuacán]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Braswell|first=Geoffrey E.|title=The Maya and Teotihuacan: Reinterpreting Early Classic Interaction|location=Austin, Tex.|publisher=University of Texas Press|date=2004|isbn=9780292705876|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcN7AAAAQBAJ|page=339}}</ref> * [[550]] – [[Gothic War (535–554)|Gothic War]]: The [[Ostrogoths]], under King [[Totila]], conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the [[Isauria]]n garrison.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wolfram|first=Herwig|title=History of the Goths|location=Berkeley, Calif.|publisher=University of California Press|date=1988|isbn=9780520069831|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xsQxcJvaLjAC|page=358}}</ref> * [[929]] – [[Emir]] [[Abd-ar-Rahman III]] establishes the [[Caliphate of Córdoba]].<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Callaghan|first=Joseph F.|title=A History of Nedieval Spain|location=Ithaca, N.Y.|publisher=Cornell University Press|date=1994|isbn=9780801492648|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cq2dDgAAQBAJ|page=118}}</ref> *[[1120]] – [[Crusades]]: The [[Council of Nablus]] is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the [[Crusades|Crusader]] [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Duggan|first=Lawrence G.|title=Armsbearing and the Clergy in the History and Canon Law of Western Christianity|location=Woodbrdige, Suffolk, U.K.|publisher=The Boydell Press|date=2013|isbn=9781843838654|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnTdAgAAQBAJ|page=103}}</ref> * [[1275]] – [[Edward I of England|Edward I]] permits his mother [[Eleanor of Provence]] to expel the Jews from the towns [[Worcester, England|Worcester]], [[Marlborough, Wiltshire|Marlborough]], [[Cambridge]] and [[Gloucester]].<ref>*{{cite journal |last1=Hillaby |first1=Joe |title=The Worcester Jewry 1158-1290 |journal=Transactions of the Worcester Archaeological Society |date=1990 |volume=12 |pages=73–122; esp 112–3}}</ref> *[[1362]] – [[Saint Marcellus's flood]] kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the [[North Sea]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Moss |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2011/jan/20/weatherwatch-grote-mandrenke |title=Weatherwatch: The Grote Mandrenke|publisher=Guardian |date=2011-01-20 |access-date=2020-06-19}}</ref> *[[1537]] – [[Bigod's rebellion|Bigod's Rebellion]], an armed insurrection attempting to resist the [[English Reformation]], begins.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Altazin|first=Keith|date=2011|title=The northern clergy and the Pilgrimage of Grace|url=https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1542&context=gradschool_dissertations|journal=LSU Doctoral Dissertations|volume=543|pages=|via=LSU Digital Commons|postscript=none}}; {{Cite ODNB|title=Participants in the Pilgrimage of Grace (act. 1536–1537)|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-95587|access-date=2021-01-15|year = 2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/95587}}</ref> *[[1547]] – Grand Duke [[Ivan IV]] of [[Grand Duchy of Moscow|Muscovy]] becomes the first [[Tsar of Russia]], replacing the 264-year-old [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]] with the [[Tsardom of Russia]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Payne|first1=Robert|last2=Romanoff|first2=Nikita|title=Ivan the Terrible|location=New York|publisher=Cooper Square Press|date=2002|isbn=9780815412298|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1abtsPCPm8C|page=67}}</ref> *[[1556]] – [[Philip II of Spain|Philip II]] becomes King of Spain.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hume|first=Martin A.S.|title=Philip II of Spain|location=New York|publisher=Macmillan|date=1897|oclc=38863795|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TT1JAQAAMAAJ|page=49|isbn=9780598778536}}</ref> *[[1572]] – [[Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk]] is tried and found guilty of treason for his part in the [[Ridolfi plot]] to restore [[Catholicism]] in England.<ref>{{cite book|last=Perry|first=Maria|title=The Word of a Prince: A Life of Queen Elizabeth I From Contemporary Documents|location=Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K.|publisher=The Boydell Press|date=1990|isbn=9780851152615|page=211}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – The first edition of ''[[Don Quixote|El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha]]'' (Book One of ''Don Quixote'') by [[Miguel de Cervantes]] is published in [[Madrid|Madrid, Spain]]. *[[1707]] – The [[Parliament of Scotland|Scottish Parliament]] ratifies the [[Acts of Union 1707|Act of Union]], paving the way for the creation of [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Leadam|first=I.S.|title=The Political History of England. Volume 9: From the Accession of Anne to the Death of George II (1702-1760)|editor-last1=Hunt|editor-first1=William|editor-last2=Poole|editor-first2=Reginald Lane|location=New York|publisher=Longman, Greens, & Co.|date=1909|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QFm8PtHUrM4C|page=106}}</ref> *[[1716]] – King [[Philip V of Spain]] promulgates the [[Nueva Planta decrees|Nueva Planta decree]] of the [[Principality of Catalonia]], abolishing the Catalan institutions and its [[Catalan constitutions|legal system]], being replaced by those of the [[Crown of Castile|Castile]], thus putting an end to [[Catalonia]] as separate state and becoming a province of the new French-style [[History of Spain (1700–1808)|Kingdom of Spain]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Elliott |first1=John H. |title=España, Europa y el mundo de Ultramar (1500-1800) |date=2009 |publisher=Taurus |location=Madrid |isbn=978-84-306-0780-8 |pages=50–51}}</ref> *[[1757]] – Forces of the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] defeat a 5,000-strong army of the [[Durrani Empire]] in the [[Battle of Narela]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Advanced study in the history of modern India 1707-1813|author= Jaswant Lal Mehta|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd.|year=2005|isbn=1-932705-54-6 |page=225 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC&pg=PA225}}</ref> *[[1780]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)|Battle of Cape St. Vincent]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bruce|first1=Anthony|last2=Cogar|first2=William|title=Encyclopedia of Naval History|location=Chicago|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn|date=1998|isbn=9781579581091|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yci2AgAAQBAJ|page=67}}</ref> *[[1786]] – [[Virginia]] enacts the [[Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom|Statute for Religious Freedom]] authored by [[Thomas Jefferson]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Peterson|editor-first1=Merrill Daniel|editor-last2=Vaughan|editor-first2=Robert C.|title=The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom: Its Evolution and Consequences in American History|location=Cambridge, U.K.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2002|isbn=9780521892988|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I9v9aVcsfJ8C|page=viii}}</ref> *[[1809]] – [[Peninsular War]]: The British defeat the French at the [[Battle of Corunna|Battle of La Coruña]]. *[[1847]] – [[Westward expansion of the United States]]: [[John C. Frémont]] is appointed [[Governor of California|Governor]] of the new [[California]] Territory. *[[1862]] – [[Hartley Colliery disaster]]: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Coxe|first=Eckley B.|title=Mining Legislation|journal=Journal of Social Science|date=1874|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f8nNAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA19|page=19|access-date=January 16, 2020}}</ref> *[[1878]] – [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)]]: [[Battle of Philippopolis (1878)|Battle of Philippopolis]]: Captain [[Aleksandr Burago]] with a [[Squadron (army)|squadron]] of [[Russian Empire|Russian Imperial]] army [[dragoon]]s [[Liberation of Bulgaria|liberates Plovdiv]] from [[Ottoman Bulgaria|Ottoman rule]]. *[[1883]] – The [[Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act]], establishing the [[United States Civil Service Commission|United States Civil Service]], is enacted by Congress.<ref>{{cite book|last=Adkins|first=Randall E.|title=The Evolution of Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections: Landmark Documents, 1787-2007|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=CQ Press|date=2008|isbn=9780872895782|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P6E5DQAAQBAJ|page=112}}</ref> *[[1900]] – The [[United States Senate]] accepts the [[Anglo-German treaty of 1899]] in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the [[American Samoa|Samoan islands]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1909]] – [[Ernest Shackleton]]'s expedition finds the magnetic [[South Pole]].<ref>{{cite book|author=R. K. Headland|title=Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sg49AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA240|year=1989|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-30903-5|pages=240}}</ref> *[[1913]] – Indian mathematician [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]] writes his first letter to [[G. H. Hardy]] at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], stating without proof various formulae involving [[integral]]s, [[infinite series]], and [[continued fraction]]s, beginning a long correspondence between the two as well as widespread recognition of Ramanujan's results.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/brucec.berndtandroberta.rankinramanujanzlib.org/mode/2up |title=Bruce C. Berndt And Robert A. Rankin Ramanujan |language=English}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Nebraska]] becomes the 36th state to approve the [[Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]]. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nation Voted Dry|work=The New York Times|date=January 17, 1919|pages=1, 4}}</ref> *[[1920]] – The [[League of Nations]] holds its first council meeting in [[Paris|Paris, France]]. *[[1921]] – The [[Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine]] holds its founding congress in [[Ľubochňa]]. *[[1942]] – [[The Holocaust]]: Nazi Germany begins deporting Jews from the [[Łódź Ghetto]] to [[Chełmno extermination camp]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Holocaust and World War II: Key Dates|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-holocaust-and-world-war-ii-key-dates|access-date=2022-01-17|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en}}</ref> * 1942 – Crash of [[TWA Flight 3]], killing all 22 aboard, including film star [[Carole Lombard]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Final Curtain|magazine=Billboard|date=January 24, 1942|page=29|access-date=January 16, 2020|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAwEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Carole+Lombard%22+%22January+16%22&pg=PT28}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[World War II]]: [[Adolf Hitler]] moves into his underground bunker, the so-called [[Führerbunker]]. *[[1959]] – [[Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205]] crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near [[Astor Piazzolla International Airport]] in [[Mar del Plata]], Argentina, killing 51.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando LV-GED Mar del Plata, BA|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590116-0|access-date=2022-01-15|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Czechs|Czech]] student [[Jan Palach]] commits suicide by [[self-immolation]] in [[Prague|Prague, Czechoslovakia]], in protest against the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]s' crushing of the [[Prague Spring]] the year before.<ref>{{cite book|last=McRae|first=Robert Grant|title=Resistance and Revolution: Vaclav Havel's Czechoslovakia|location=Ottawa|publisher=Carleton University Press|date=1997|isbn=9780886293161|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-Nj0s5wRhkC|page=21}}</ref> * 1969 – [[Space Race]]: Soviet spacecraft ''[[Soyuz 4]]'' and ''[[Soyuz 5]]'' perform the first-ever docking of crewed spacecraft in [[low Earth orbit|orbit]], the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a [[extravehicular activity|space walk]]. *[[1979]] – [[Iranian Revolution]]: The [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|last Iranian Shah]] flees [[Iran]] with his family for good and relocates to [[Egypt]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Edward H. Lawson|author2=Mary Lou Bertucci|title=Encyclopedia of Human Rights|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J-SrdFtSuDUC&pg=PA880|year=1996|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-56032-362-4|pages=880}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Turkish Airlines Flight 158]] crashes at [[Ankara Esenboğa Airport]] in [[Ankara]], Turkey, killing 47 and injuring 20.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-2F2 TC-JBR Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19830116-1|access-date=2022-01-15|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> *[[1991]] – Coalition Forces go to war with [[Iraq]], beginning the [[Gulf War]]. *[[1992]] – [[El Salvador]] officials and rebel leaders sign the [[Chapultepec Peace Accords]] in [[Mexico City|Mexico City, Mexico]] ending the 12-year [[Salvadoran Civil War]] that claimed at least 75,000 lives. *[[1995]] – An [[1995 Súðavík avalanche|avalanche]] hits the Icelandic village [[Súðavík]], destroying 25 homes and burying 26 people, 14 of whom died.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timarit.is/page/1821870|title=Tímarit.is|first=Landsbókasafn Íslands-|last=Háskólabókasafn|website=timarit.is}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Second Congo War]]: [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] President [[Laurent-Désiré Kabila]] is [[Assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila|assassinated by one of his own bodyguards]] in Kinshasa.<ref>{{cite news |title=Revealed: How Africa's dictator died at the hands of his boy soldiers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/feb/11/theobserver |access-date=16 May 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=11 February 2001 |language=en}}</ref> * 2001 – US President [[Bill Clinton]] awards former President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] a posthumous [[Medal of Honor]] for his service in the [[Spanish–American War]]. *[[2002]] – [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]]: The [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]] unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of [[Osama bin Laden]], [[al-Qaeda]], and the remaining members of the [[Taliban]]. *[[2003]] – The [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] takes off for mission [[STS-107]] which would be its final one. ''Columbia'' [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry]]. *[[2006]] – [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]] is sworn in as [[Liberia]]'s new [[President of Liberia|president]]. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.<ref>{{cite web|title=First female African leader sworn in|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2006/01/16/first-female-african-leader-sworn-in/|work=[[The Denver Post]]|agency=Associated Press|date=May 8, 2016|orig-date=January 16, 2006|access-date=January 16, 2024|location=Monrovia, Liberia}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Movement for a Democratic Society]] (TEV-DEM) is established with the stated goal of re-organizing [[Syria]] along the lines of [[democratic confederalism]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shilton |first1=Dor |title=In the Heart of Syria's Darkness, a Democratic, Egalitarian and Feminist Society Emerges |url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-amid-syria-s-darkness-a-democratic-egalitarian-and-feminist-society-emerges-1.7339983 |access-date=16 October 2019 |work=Haaretz |date=9 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=TOLHILDAN |first1=AXİN |title=Muslim: Our goal is for TEV-DEM to organize the 3rd territory |url=https://anfenglish.com/features/muslim-our-goal-is-for-tev-dem-to-organize-the-3rd-territory-29245 |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=ANF News |agency=Firat News Agency |date=27 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2012]] – The [[Mali War]] begins when [[National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad|Tuareg militias]] start fighting the Malian government for independence.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 26, 2020|title=Mali profile - Timeline|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13881978|access-date=January 26, 2022}}</ref> *[[2016]] – Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist [[2016 Ouagadougou attack|attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso]] on a hotel and a nearby restaurant. *[[2017]] – [[Turkish Airlines Flight 6491]] crashes into a residential area near [[Manas International Airport]] in Kyrgyzstan, killing 39 people.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 January 2017 |title=Kyrgyzstan plane crash: Dozens die as Turkish cargo jet hits homes |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38633526 |accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Myanmar]] [[Myanmar Police Force|police]] [[Mrauk U riot|open fire]] on a group of ethnic [[Rakhine people|Rakhine]] protesters, killing seven and wounding twelve.<ref name="BBC17118">{{cite news|title=Myanmar police kill Rakhine protesters|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42714024|access-date=6 April 2018|work=BBC News|date=17 January 2018}}</ref> *[[2020]] – The [[first impeachment of Donald Trump]] formally moves into its trial phase in the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|website=The Guardian|location=London|title=Trump impeachment trial begins as Schiff reads out charges against president – live|date=January 16, 2020|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/jan/16/trump-impeachment-trial-live-news-ukraine-pelosi-giuliani-latest-updates-senate-democrats|author=Amanda Holpuch}}</ref> * 2020 – The United States Senate ratifies the [[United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement]] as a replacement for [[North American Free Trade Agreement|NAFTA]].<ref>"[https://millercenter.org/president/trump/key-events Donald Trump - Key Events | Miller Center]". ''millercenter.org''. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2022-01-11.</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[972]] – [[Emperor Shengzong of Liao|Sheng Zong]], emperor of the Liao Dynasty (died 1031) *[[1093]] – [[Isaac Komnenos (son of Alexios I)|Isaac Komnenos]], son of Byzantine emperor [[Alexios I Komnenos]] (died 1152) *[[1245]] – [[Edmund Crouchback]], English politician, [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] (died 1296)<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Cassels|title=Records of the family of Cassels and connexions ed. by R. Cassels. 1980 suppl., by D.K. and F.K. Cassels|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tC0AAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA135|year=1870|pages=135}}</ref> *[[1362]] – [[Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland|Robert de Vere]], duke of Ireland (died 1392) *[[1409]] – [[René of Anjou]], king of Naples (died 1480) *[[1477]] – [[Johannes Schöner]], German astronomer and cartographer (died 1547) *[[1501]] – [[Anthony Denny]], confidant of [[Henry VIII of England]] (died 1559) *[[1516]] – [[Bayinnaung]], king of Burma (died 1581) *[[1558]] – [[Jakobea of Baden]], Margravine of Baden by birth, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by marriage (died 1597) ===1601–1900=== *[[1616]] – [[François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort|François de Vendôme]], duke of Beaufort (died 1669) *[[1626]] – [[Lucas Achtschellinck]], Belgian painter and educator (died 1699) *[[1630]] – [[Guru Har Rai]], Sikh Guru (died 1661) *[[1634]] – [[Dorothe Engelbretsdatter]], Norwegian author and poet (died 1716)<ref>{{cite book|first=Katharina M.|last=Wilson|title=An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers Volume 1|location=London|publisher=Garland|year=1991|isbn=978-0-82408-547-6|page=376}}</ref> *[[1653]] – [[Johann Conrad Brunner]], Swiss anatomist (died 1727)<ref name="CCofN">{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Brunner, Johann Conrad|year=1918|editor=Smith, Benjamin Eli|encyclopedia=The Century Cyclopedia of Names|location=New York|publisher=The Century Company|series=(The Century Dictionary Volume IX)|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=aYIhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA189 189]}}</ref> *[[1675]] – [[Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon]], French soldier and diplomat (died 1755) *[[1691]] – [[Peter Scheemakers]], Belgian sculptor and educator (died 1781) *[[1728]] – [[Niccolò Piccinni]], Italian composer and educator (died 1800) *[[1749]] – [[Vittorio Alfieri]], Italian poet and playwright (died 1803) *[[1757]] – [[Richard Goodwin Keats]], English admiral and politician, third [[List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador|Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland]] (died 1834) *[[1807]] – [[Charles Henry Davis]], American admiral (died 1877) *[[1815]] – [[Henry Halleck]], American lawyer, general, and scholar (died 1872) *[[1821]] – [[John C. Breckinridge]], American general and politician, 14th [[Vice President of the United States]] (died 1875) *[[1834]] – [[Robert R. Hitt]], American lawyer and politician, 13th [[United States Assistant Secretary of State]] (died 1906) *[[1836]] – [[Francis II of the Two Sicilies]] (died 1894)<ref>{{cite book|author=Benjamin Vincent|title=Haydn's Dictionary of Dates: Relating to All Ages and Nations, for Universal Reference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5GUPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA459|year=1874|publisher=Putnam|pages=459}}</ref> *[[1838]] – [[Franz Brentano]], German philosopher and psychologist (died 1917) *[[1844]] – [[Ismail Qemali|Ismail Kemal]], Albanian politician and statesman, first prime minister of Albania (died 1919)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Robert Elsie |author-link1=Robert Elsie |title=Historical Dictionary of Albania |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield, 2010 |isbn=9780810861886 |pages=475–476 |language=en|year=2010 }}</ref> *[[1851]] – [[William Hall-Jones]], English-New Zealand politician, 16th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (died 1936) *[[1853]] – [[Johnston Forbes-Robertson]], English actor and manager (died 1937) * 1853 – [[Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton]], Greek-English general (died 1947) * 1853 – [[André Michelin]], French businessman, co-founded the [[Michelin|Michelin Tyre Company]] (died 1931) *[[1870]] – [[Jüri Jaakson]], Estonian businessman and politician, [[State Elder of Estonia]] (died 1942) *[[1872]] – [[Henri Büsser]], French organist, composer, and conductor (died 1973) *[[1874]] – [[Robert W. Service]], English-Canadian poet and author (died 1958)<ref>{{cite book|author=G. W. Lockhart|title=On the Trail of Robert Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNJqjffQjYQC&pg=PA2|year=1991|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-0-946487-24-0|pages=2}}</ref> *[[1875]] – [[Leonor Michaelis]], German biochemist and physician (died 1949) *[[1876]] – [[Claude Buckenham]], English cricketer and footballer (died 1937) *[[1878]] – [[Harry Carey (actor)|Harry Carey]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1947) *[[1880]] – [[Samuel Jones (athlete)|Samuel Jones]], American high jumper (died 1954) *[[1882]] – [[Margaret Wilson (novelist)|Margaret Wilson]], American author (died 1973) *[[1885]] – [[Zhou Zuoren]], Chinese author and translator (died 1967) *[[1888]] – [[Osip Brik]], Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (died 1945) *[[1892]] – [[Homer Burton Adkins]], American chemist (died 1949) *[[1893]] – [[Daisy Kennedy]], Australian-English violinist (died 1981) *[[1894]] – [[Irving Mills]], American publisher (died 1985) *[[1895]] – [[Evripidis Bakirtzis]], Greek soldier and politician (died 1947) * 1895 – [[T. M. Sabaratnam]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (died 1966) * 1895 – [[Nat Schachner]], American lawyer, chemist, and author (died 1955) *[[1897]] – [[Carlos Pellicer]], Mexican poet and academic (died 1977) *[[1898]] – [[Margaret Booth]], American producer and editor (died 2002) * 1898 – [[Irving Rapper]], American film director and producer (died 1999) *[[1900]] – [[Kiku Amino]], Japanese author and translator (died 1978)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Japanese women novelists in the 20th century : 104 biographies, 1900-1993|last=Shibata.|first=Schierbeck, Sachiko|date=1994|publisher=Museum Tusculanum Press|others=Edelstein, Marlene R.|isbn=9788772892689|location=[Copenhagen]|pages=73–76|oclc=32348453}}</ref> * 1900 – [[Edith Frank]], German-Dutch mother of [[Anne Frank]] (died 1945)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/main-characters/edith-frank/|title=Edith Frank|website=[[Anne Frank House|annefrank.org]]|access-date=January 16, 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708235914/https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/main-characters/edith-frank/|archive-date=8 July 2019}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Fulgencio Batista]], Cuban colonel and politician, ninth [[President of Cuba]] (died 1973)<ref>{{cite book|author=Anne Commire|title=Historic World Leaders: North & South America (A-L)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=STsOAQAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Gale Research Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8103-8412-5}}</ref> * 1901 – [[Frank Zamboni]], American businessman and inventor (died 1988)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 16: FKA Twigs, Debbie Allen |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/16/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-16-FKA-Twigs-Debbie-Allen/9331673739823/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=15 January 2024 |date=16 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1902]] – [[Eric Liddell]], Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary (died 1945)<ref>{{cite book|author=Catherine M. Swift|title=Eric Liddell: God's athlete|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zhByBm-OnX0C|year=1986|publisher=Marshall Pickering|isbn=978-0-551-01354-4}}</ref> *[[1903]] – [[William Grover-Williams]], English-French racing driver (died 1945)<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Dick|title=Auto Racing Comes of Age: A Transatlantic View of the Cars, Drivers and Speedways, 1900-1925|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1xFg2-s2w0C&pg=PA227|date=4 May 2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8811-7|pages=227}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Ernesto Halffter]], Spanish composer and conductor (died 1989) *[[1906]] – [[Johannes Brenner]], Estonian footballer and pilot (died 1975) * 1906 – [[Diana Wynyard]], English actress (died 1964) *[[1907]] – [[Alexander Knox]], Canadian-English actor and screenwriter (died 1995)<ref>{{cite book|author=Henryk Hoffmann|title="A" Western Filmmakers: A Biographical Dictionary of Writers, Directors, Cinematographers, Composers, Actors and Actresses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWNZAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-0696-8|page=515}}</ref> * 1907 – [[Paul Nitze]], American banker and politician, tenth [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (died 2004) *[[1908]] – [[Sammy Crooks]], English footballer (died 1981) * 1908 – [[Ethel Merman]], American actress and singer (died 1984) * 1908 – [[Günther Prien]], German captain (died 1941) *[[1909]] – [[Clement Greenberg]], American art critic (died 1994) *[[1910]] – [[Dizzy Dean]], American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1974) *[[1911]] – [[Ivan Barrow]], Jamaican cricketer (died 1979) * 1911 – [[Eduardo Frei Montalva]], Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th [[President of Chile]] (died 1982) * 1911 – [[Roger Lapébie]], French cyclist (died 1996) *[[1914]] – [[Roger Wagner]], French-American conductor and educator (died 1992) *[[1915]] – [[Leslie H. Martinson]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016) *[[1916]] – [[Philip Lucock]], English-Australian minister and politician (died 1996) *[[1917]] – [[Carl Karcher]], American businessman, founded [[Carl's Jr.]] (died 2008) *[[1918]] – [[Nel Benschop]], Dutch poet and educator (died 2005) * 1918 – [[Allan Ekelund]], Swedish director, producer, and production manager (died 2009) * 1918 – [[Clem Jones]], Australian surveyor and politician, eighth [[Lord Mayor of Brisbane]] (died 2007) * 1918 – [[Stirling Silliphant]], American screenwriter and producer (died 1996)<ref>{{cite book|author=Edmond Grant|title=The Motion Picture Guide, 1997 Annual: The Films of 1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=004OAQAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=CineBooks|isbn=978-0-933997-39-4}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Jerome Horwitz]], American chemist and academic (died 2012) *[[1920]] – [[Elliott Reid]], American actor and screenwriter (died 2013) *[[1921]] – [[Francesco Scavullo]], American photographer (died 2004) *[[1923]] – [[Gene Feist]], American director and playwright, co-founded the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] (died 2014) * 1923 – [[Anthony Hecht]], American poet (died 2004) *[[1924]] – [[Katy Jurado]], Mexican actress (died 2002) * 1924 – [[Allen Swift]], American actor, writer, playwright, and magician (died 2010)<ref>{{cite news|last=Grimes|first=William|title=Allen Swift, Voice Actor for Radio and TV, Dies at 86|work=The New York Times|date=April 27, 2010|accessdate=January 16, 2024|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/arts/28swift.html}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Peter Hirsch (metallurgist)|Peter Hirsch]], German-English metallurgist and academic * 1925 – [[James Robinson Risner]], American general and pilot (died 2013) *[[1928]] – [[William Kennedy (author)|William Kennedy]], American novelist and journalist * 1928 – [[Pilar Lorengar]], Spanish soprano and actress (died 1996) *[[1929]] – [[Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah]], Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic (died 2014) *[[1930]] – [[Mary Ann McMorrow]], American lawyer and judge (died 2013) * 1930 – [[Norman Podhoretz]], American journalist and author * 1930 – [[Paula Tilbrook]], English actress (died 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Paula Tilbrook |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries-archive/obituaries/paula-tilbrook |website=The Stage |access-date=15 July 2020 |language=En}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[John Enderby]], English physicist and academic (died 2021) * 1931 – [[Robert L. Park]], American physicist and academic (died 2020) * 1931 – [[Johannes Rau]], German journalist and politician, eighth [[List of German presidents|Federal President of Germany]] (died 2006) *[[1932]] – [[Victor Ciocâltea]], Romanian chess player (died 1983) * 1932 – [[Dian Fossey]], American zoologist and anthropologist (died 1985)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1933]] – [[Susan Sontag]], American novelist, essayist, and critic (died 2004)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1934]] – [[Bob Bogle]], American rock guitarist and bass player (died 2009) * 1934 – [[Marilyn Horne]], American soprano and actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1935]] – [[A. J. Foyt]], American race car driver<ref name="UPI"/> * 1935 – [[Udo Lattek]], German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (died 2015) *[[1936]] – [[Michael White (producer)|Michael White]], Scottish actor and producer (died 2016) *[[1937]] – [[Luiz Bueno]], Brazilian racing driver (died 2011) * 1937 – [[Francis George]], American cardinal (died 2015) *[[1938]] – [[Marina Vaizey]], American journalist and critic *[[1939]] – [[Ralph Gibson]], American photographer *[[1941]] – [[Claire Gordon]], English actress and comedian (died 2015)<ref>{{cite news|title=Claire Gordon, actress - obituary|work=The Telegraph|date=24 April 2015|accessdate=16 January 2024|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11561446/Claire-Gordon-actress-obituary.html/1000}}</ref> * 1941 – [[Christine Truman]], English tennis player and sportscaster *[[1942]] – [[René Angélil]], Canadian singer and manager (died 2016)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1942 – [[Barbara Lynn]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/> *[[1943]] – [[Michael Attwell]], English actor (died 2006)<ref>{{cite news|last=Hayward|first=Anthony|title=Michael Attwell, Actor and political cartoonist|work=The Independent|date=25 March 2006|accessdate=16 January 2024|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michael-attwell-6105684.html}}</ref> * 1943 – [[Gavin Bryars]], English bassist and composer * 1943 – [[Brian Ferneyhough]], British composer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://composers21.com/compdocs/ferneyhb.htm|title=Brian Ferneyhough|work=The Living Composers Project|access-date=15 January 2023}}</ref> * 1943 – [[Ronnie Milsap]], American singer and pianist<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 16, 2023 includes celebrities Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kate Moss |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-16-2023-includes-celebrities-lin-manuel-miranda-kate-moss.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=15 January 2024 |date=16 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Dieter Moebius]], Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (died 2015) * 1944 – [[Jim Stafford]], American singer-songwriter and actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1944 – [[Jill Tarter]], American astronomer and biologist * 1944 – [[Judy Baar Topinka]], American journalist and politician (died 2014) *[[1945]] – [[Wim Suurbier]], Dutch footballer and manager (died 2020) *[[1946]] – [[Kabir Bedi]], Indian actor * 1946 – [[Katia Ricciarelli]], Italian soprano and actress *[[1947]] – [[Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy]], English academic and politician * 1947 – [[Harvey Proctor]], English politician * 1947 – [[Laura Schlessinger]], American physiologist, talk show host, and author<ref name="AP"/> *[[1948]] – [[John Carpenter]], American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer<ref name="AP"/> * 1948 – [[Ants Laaneots]], Estonian general * 1948 – [[Ruth Reichl]], American journalist and critic * 1948 – [[Cliff Thorburn]], Canadian snooker player *[[1949]] – [[Anne F. Beiler]], American businesswoman, founded [[Auntie Anne's]] * 1949 – [[R. F. Foster (historian)|R. F. Foster]], Irish historian and academic * 1949 – [[Andrew Refshauge]], Australian physician and politician, 13th [[Deputy Premier of New South Wales]] *[[1950]] – [[Debbie Allen]], American actress, dancer, and choreographer<ref name="AP"/> * 1950 – [[Robert Schimmel]], American comedian, actor, and producer (died 2010) *[[1952]] – [[Fuad II]], King of Egypt<ref>{{cite book|title=Political Handbook and Atlas of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yi0IAQAAIAAJ|year=1953|publisher=Harvard University Press and Yale University Press|page=61}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Piercarlo Ghinzani]], Italian racing driver and manager *[[1953]] – [[Robert Jay Mathews]], American militant, founded [[The Order (white supremacist group)|The Order]] (died 1984) *[[1954]] – [[Robin Davies]], Welsh actor (died 2010)<ref>{{cite news|last=Hayward|first=Anthony|title=Robin Davies: Actor who found fame alongside Wendy Craig and Catweazle|work=The Independent|date=10 May 2010|accessdate=16 January 2024|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/robin-davies-actor-who-found-fame-alongside-wendy-craig-and-catweazle-1969891.html}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Wolfgang Schmidt (athlete)|Wolfgang Schmidt]], German discus thrower * 1954 – [[Vasili Zhupikov]], Russian footballer and coach (died 2015) *[[1955]] – [[Jerry M. Linenger]], American captain, physician, and astronaut *[[1956]] – [[Wayne Daniel]], Barbadian cricketer * 1956 – [[Gerald Henderson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerald Henderson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76993/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Martin Jol]], Dutch footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/l/l92885.html |title=Jol: Maarten Cornelis Jol: Manager |publisher=BDFutbol |access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Greedy Smith]], Australian singer-songwriter and keyboardist (died 2019) *[[1957]] – [[Jurijs Andrejevs]], Latvian footballer and manager * 1957 – [[Ricardo Darín]], Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter *[[1958]] – [[Anatoli Boukreev]], Russian mountaineer and explorer (died 1997) * 1958 – [[Lena Ek]], Swedish lawyer and politician, ninth [[Minister for the Environment (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for the Environment]] * 1958 – [[Andris Šķēle]], Latvian businessman and politician, fourth [[Prime Minister of Latvia]] *[[1959]] – [[Lisa Milroy]], Canadian painter and educator * 1959 – [[Sade (singer)|Sade]], Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1961]] – [[Kenneth Sivertsen (musician)|Kenneth Sivertsen]], Norwegian guitarist and composer (died 2006) *[[1962]] – [[Joel Fitzgibbon]], Australian electrician and politician, 51st [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Australian Minister of Defence]] * 1962 – [[Maxine Jones]], American R&B singer–songwriter and actress *[[1963]] – [[James May]], English journalist and television presenter<ref>{{cite web|title=My Secret Life: James May, TV presenter, age 45|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-james-may-tv-presenter-age-45-943442.html|website=The Independent|access-date=16 January 2018|date=27 September 2008}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Gail Graham]], Canadian golfer *[[1966]] – [[Jack McDowell]], American baseball player *[[1968]] – [[David Chokachi]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1968 – [[Rebecca Stead]], American author *[[1969]] – [[Marinus Bester]], German footballer * 1969 – [[Stevie Jackson]], Scottish guitarist and songwriter * 1969 – [[Roy Jones Jr.]], American boxer *[[1970]] – [[Don MacLean (basketball)|Don MacLean]], American basketball player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Don MacLean |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/931/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Sergi Bruguera]], Spanish tennis player and coach * 1971 – [[Josh Evans (film producer)|Josh Evans]], American film producer, screenwriter and actor * 1971 – [[Jonathan Mangum]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1972]] – [[Ruben Bagger]], Danish footballer * 1972 – [[Ang Christou]], Australian footballer * 1972 – [[Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov]], Russian footballer and manager * 1972 – [[Ezra Hendrickson]], Vincentian footballer and manager * 1972 – [[Joe Horn]], American football player and coach * 1972 – [[Richard T. Jones]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1973]] – [[Josie Davis]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1974]] – [[Kate Moss]], English model and fashion designer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1975]] – [[Marc Jackson]], American basketball player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Marc Jackson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1531/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Viktor Maslov (racing driver)|Viktor Maslov]], Russian racing driver * 1976 – [[Martina Moravcová]], Slovak swimmer *[[1977]] – [[Jeff Foster (basketball)|Jeff Foster]], American basketball player *[[1978]] – [[Alfredo Amézaga]], Mexican baseball player *[[1979]] – [[Aaliyah]], American singer and actress (died 2001)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1979 – [[Brenden Morrow]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1979 – [[Jason Ward (ice hockey)|Jason Ward]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1980]] – [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]], American actor, playwright, and composer<ref name="AP"/> * 1980 – [[Albert Pujols]], Dominican-American baseball player<ref name="UPI"/> * 1980 – [[Seydou Keita]], Malian footballer<ref>{{cite web | title=Seydou Keita|url=https://players.fcbarcelona.com/es/jugador/443-keita-seydou-keita|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Jamie Lundmark]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1981 – [[Paul Rofe (cricketer)|Paul Rofe]], Australian cricketer * 1981 – [[Nick Valensi]], American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1981 – [[Bobby Zamora]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=17253|title=Bobby Zamora|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Preston (singer)|Preston]], English singer-songwriter * 1982 – [[Birgitte Hjort Sørensen]], Danish actress<ref name="UPI"/> * 1982 – [[Tuncay (footballer)|Tuncay]], Turkish footballer *[[1983]] – [[Emanuel Pogatetz]], Austrian footballer * 1983 – [[Andriy Rusol]], Ukrainian footballer *[[1984]] – [[Stephan Lichtsteiner]], Swiss footballer * 1984 – [[Miroslav Radović]], Serbian footballer *[[1985]] – [[Joe Flacco]], American football player<ref>{{cite news |title=Wacko 4 Flacco: The Story of Joe Flacco |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/83975-wacko-4-flacco-the-story-of-joe-flacco |access-date=May 11, 2021 |work=[[Bleacher Report]] |date=November 20, 2008}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Jayde Herrick]], Australian cricketer * 1985 – [[Gintaras Januševičius]], Russian-Lithuanian pianist * 1985 – [[Sidharth Malhotra]], Indian actor * 1985 – [[Jonathan Richter]], Danish-Gambian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=10813|title=danskfodbold.com - DBU's Officielle Statistikere|website=www.danskfodbold.com}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Simon Richter]], Danish-Gambian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/simon-richter/11774/|title=Gambia - S. Richter - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Renée Felice Smith]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1986]] – [[Johannes Rahn]], German footballer * 1986 – [[Mark Trumbo]], American baseball player * 1986 – [[Reto Ziegler]], Swiss footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=39325|title=Reto Ziegler|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Jake Epstein]], Canadian actor * 1987 – [[Charlotte Henshaw]], English swimmer * 1987 – [[Greivis Vásquez]], Venezuelan basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Greivis Vasquez |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202349/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Nicklas Bendtner]], Danish footballer * 1988 – [[Jorge Torres Nilo]], Mexican footballer * 1988 – [[FKA Twigs]], English singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1990]] – [[Dennis Kelly (American football)|Dennis Kelly]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Kelly |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15054/dennis-kelly |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Matt Duchene]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1992]] – [[Jason Zucker]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Zucker |url=https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/player/jason-zucker-8475722 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Hannes Anier]], Estonian footballer * 1993 – [[Amandine Hesse]], French tennis player * 1993 – [[Sungjin]], South Korean musician<ref>{{cite web|title=데이식스, 대만 가오슝 흔들었다 "좋은 감정 가득해"|url=https://news.jtbc.co.kr/article/NB12232954?influxDiv=NAVER|work=[[JTBC]] News|date=22 January 2025|access-date=26 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Mikko Lehtonen (ice hockey, born 1994)|Mikko Lehtonen]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mikko Lehtonen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mikko-lehtonen-8482247 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Jonathan Allen]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan Allen |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3054840/jonathan-allen |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Mikaela Turik]], Australian-Canadian cricketer * 1995 – [[Tre'Davious White]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tre'Davious White |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3042717/tre'davious-white |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Jennie (singer)|Jennie]], South Korean singer<ref name="UPI"/> * 1996 – [[Zhou Qi]], Chinese basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Zhou Qi |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627753/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Boo Seung-kwan]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=승관&sm=ppl_cts&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=2692681|script-title=ko:승관 :: 네이버 인물검색|trans-title=Seungkwan :: Naver People Search|access-date=June 7, 2021|website=Naver People Search|archive-date=June 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607100629/https://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EC%8A%B9%EA%B4%80&sm=ppl_cts&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=2692681|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Andrew Nembhard]], Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew Nembhard |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629614/andrew-nembhard |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[654]] – [[Gao Jifu]], Chinese politician and chancellor (born 596) * [[957]] – [[Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i]], Tulunid vizier (born 871) * [[970]] – [[Polyeuctus of Constantinople]], Byzantine patriarch (born 956) *[[1263]] – [[Shinran|Shinran Shonin]], Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land Buddhism (born 1173) *[[1289]] – [[Buqa]], Mongol minister *[[1327]] – [[Nikephoros Choumnos]], Byzantine monk, scholar, and politician (born 1250) *[[1354]] – [[Joanna of Châtillon]], duchess of Athens (born c.1285) *[[1373]] – [[Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford]] (born 1342) *[[1391]] – [[Muhammed V of Granada]], Nasrid emir (born 1338) *[[1400]] – [[John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter]], English politician, [[Lord Great Chamberlain]] (born 1352) *[[1443]] – [[Erasmo of Narni]], Italian mercenary (born 1370) *[[1545]] – [[George Spalatin]], German priest and reformer (born 1484) *[[1547]] – [[Johannes Schöner]], German astronomer and cartographer (born 1477) *[[1554]] – [[Christiern Pedersen]], Danish publisher and scholar (born 1480) *[[1585]] – [[Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln]], English admiral and politician (born 1512) *[[1595]] – [[Murad III]], Ottoman sultan (born 1546) ===1601–1900=== *[[1635]] – [[Mariana de Jesús Torres]], Spanish nun and mystic (born 1563)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cadena y Almeida |first=Luis |url=https://www.tfp.org/free-version-of-a-spanish-mystic/ |title=A Spanish mystic in Quito : Sor Mariana de Jesús Torres |publisher=Foundation for a Christian Civilization, Inc. |year=1990 |isbn=9781877905186 |edition=1st |location=New York |pages=67 |language=en |chapter=I am Mary of Good Success}}</ref> *[[1659]] – [[Charles Annibal Fabrot]], French lawyer (born 1580) *[[1710]] – [[Emperor Higashiyama|Higashiyama]], Japanese emperor (born 1675) *[[1711]] – [[Joseph Vaz]], Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (born 1651) *[[1747]] – [[Barthold Heinrich Brockes]], German poet and playwright (born 1680) *[[1748]] – [[Arnold Drakenborch]], Dutch lawyer and scholar (born 1684) *[[1750]] – [[Ivan Trubetskoy]], Russian field marshal and politician (born 1667) *[[1752]] – [[Francis Blomefield]], English historian and author (born 1705) *[[1794]] – [[Edward Gibbon]], English historian and politician (born 1737) *[[1809]] – [[John Moore (British Army officer)|John Moore]], Scottish general and politician (born 1761) *[[1817]] – [[Alexander J. Dallas (statesman)|Alexander J. Dallas]], Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, sixth [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (born 1759) *[[1834]] – [[Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette]], French mathematician and academic (born 1769) *[[1856]] – [[Thaddeus William Harris]], American entomologist and botanist (born 1795) *[[1864]] – [[Anton Schindler]], Austrian secretary and author (born 1795) *[[1865]] – [[Edmond François Valentin About]], French journalist and author (born 1828) *[[1879]] – [[Octave Crémazie]], Canadian-French poet and bookseller (born 1827) *[[1886]] – [[Amilcare Ponchielli]], Italian composer and academic (born 1834) *[[1891]] – [[Léo Delibes]], French pianist and composer (born 1836) *[[1898]] – [[Charles Pelham Villiers]], English lawyer and politician (born 1802) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Jules Barbier]], French poet and playwright (born 1825) * 1901 – [[Arnold Böcklin]], Swiss painter and academic (born 1827) * 1901 – [[Hiram Rhodes Revels]], American soldier, minister, and politician (born 1822) * 1901 – [[Mahadev Govind Ranade]], Indian scholar, social reformer, judge and author (born 1842)<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Ranade, Mahadeo Govind |volume=22 |page=884}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Marshall Field]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Marshall Field's]] (born 1834) *[[1917]] – [[George Dewey]], American admiral (born 1837) *[[1919]] – [[Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves]], Brazilian lawyer and politician, fifth [[President of Brazil]] (born 1848) *[[1933]] – [[Bekir Sami Kunduh]], Turkish politician (born 1867) *[[1936]] – [[Albert Fish]], American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (born 1870) *[[1938]] – [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]] Indian author and playwright (born 1876) *[[1942]] – [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]] (born 1850) * 1942 – [[Villem Grünthal-Ridala]], Estonian poet and linguist (born 1885) * 1942 – [[Carole Lombard]], American actress and comedian (born 1908) * 1942 – [[Ernst Scheller]], German lawyer and politician, [[List of mayors of Marburg|Mayor of Marburg]] (born 1899) *[[1957]] – [[Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone]], English general and politician, 16th [[Governor General of Canada]] (born 1874) * 1957 – [[Arturo Toscanini]], Italian cellist and conductor (born 1867) *[[1959]] – [[Phan Khôi]], Vietnamese journalist and author (born 1887) *[[1961]] – [[Max Schöne]], German swimmer (born 1880) *[[1962]] – [[Frank Hurley]], Australian photographer, director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1885) * 1962 – [[Ivan Meštrović]], Croatian sculptor and architect, designed the [[Monument to the Unknown Hero]] (born 1883) *[[1967]] – [[Robert J. Van de Graaff]], American physicist and academic (born 1901) *[[1968]] – [[Bob Jones Sr.]], American evangelist, founded [[Bob Jones University]] (born 1883) * 1968 – [[Panagiotis Poulitsas]], Greek archaeologist and judge (born 1881) *[[1969]] – [[Vernon Duke]], Russian-American composer and songwriter (born 1903) *[[1971]] – [[Philippe Thys (cyclist)|Philippe Thys]], Belgian cyclist (born 1890) *[[1972]] – [[Teller Ammons]], American soldier and politician, 28th [[Governor of Colorado]] (born 1895) * 1972 – [[Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' (born 1919) *[[1973]] – [[Edgar Sampson]], American musician and composer (born 1907) *[[1975]] – [[Israel Abramofsky]], Russian-American painter (born 1888) *[[1978]] – [[A. V. Kulasingham]], Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1890) *[[1981]] – [[Bernard Lee]], English actor (born 1908)<ref>{{Cite book |last1= Lloyd |first1= Ann|last2= Fuller |first2=Graham|last3= Desser |first3= Arnold |title= The Illustrated who's who of the cinema |year=1983 |publisher=Orbis Publishing |location=London |isbn= 978-0-85613-521-7 }}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Virginia Mauret]], American musician and dancer *[[1986]] – [[Herbert W. Armstrong]], American evangelist, author, and publisher (born 1892) *[[1987]] – [[Bertram Wainer]], Australian physician and activist (born 1928) *[[1988]] – [[Andrija Artuković]], Croatian politician, war criminal, and [[Porajmos|Porajmos perpetrator]], first [[Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia]] (born 1899) *[[1990]] – [[Lady Eve Balfour]], British farmer, educator, and founding figure in the organic movement (born 1898)<ref>{{cite book|first=Catharine M. C.|last=Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|page=16}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Eric Mottram]], English poet and critic (born 1924) *[[1996]] – [[Marcia Davenport]], American author and critic (born 1903) * 1996 – [[Kaye Webb]], English journalist and publisher (born 1914) *[[1999]] – [[Jim McClelland]], Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th [[Minister for Industry and Science]] (born 1915) *[[2000]] – [[Robert R. Wilson]], American physicist and academic (born 1914) *[[2001]] – [[Auberon Waugh]], English author and journalist (born 1939) *[[2002]] – [[Robert Hanbury Brown]], English astronomer and physicist (born 1916) *[[2003]] – [[Richard Wainwright (politician)|Richard Wainwright]], English politician (born 1918) *[[2004]] – [[Kalevi Sorsa]], Finnish politician 34th [[Prime Minister of Finland]] (born 1930) *[[2005]] – [[Marjorie Williams]], American journalist and author (born 1958) *[[2006]] – [[Stanley Biber]], American soldier and physician (born 1923) *[[2009]] – [[Joe Erskine (American boxer)|Joe Erskine]], American boxer and runner (born 1930) * 2009 – [[John Mortimer]], English lawyer and author (born 1923)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4269779/Sir-John-Mortimer-Writer-by-choice-lawyer-at-his-fathers-behest.html |title=Sir John Mortimer (Obituary) |last=Smith |first=Benedict |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206103706/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4269779/Sir-John-Mortimer-Writer-by-choice-lawyer-at-his-fathers-behest.html |archive-date=6 February 2016 |url-status=live |website=[[telegraph.co.uk]] |date=16 January 2009}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Andrew Wyeth]], American painter (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/jan/19/andrew-wyeth-obituary| title=Andrew Wyeth|author=Michael McNay |author-link=Michael McNay|work=The Guardian| date=19 January 2009|access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Glen Bell]], American businessman, founded [[Taco Bell]] (born 1923) * 2010 – [[Takumi Shibano]], Japanese author and translator (born 1926) *[[2012]] – [[Joe Bygraves]], Jamaican-English boxer (born 1931) * 2012 – [[Jimmy Castor]], American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (born 1940) * 2012 – [[Sigursteinn Gíslason]], Icelandic footballer and manager (born 1968) * 2012 – [[Lorna Kesterson]], American journalist and politician (born 1925) * 2012 – [[Gustav Leonhardt]], Dutch pianist, conductor, and musicologist (born 1928) *[[2013]] – [[Wayne D. Anderson]], American baseball player and coach (born 1930) * 2013 – [[André Cassagnes]], French technician and toy maker, created the [[Etch A Sketch]] (born 1926) * 2013 – [[Gussie Moran]], American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1923) * 2013 – [[Pauline Phillips]], American journalist and radio host, created [[Dear Abby]] (born 1918) * 2013 – [[Glen P. Robinson]], American businessman, founded [[Scientific Atlanta]] (born 1923) *[[2014]] – [[Gary Arlington]], American author and illustrator (born 1938) * 2014 – [[Ruth Duccini]], American actress (born 1918) * 2014 – [[Dave Madden]], Canadian-American actor (born 1931) * 2014 – [[Hiroo Onoda]], Japanese lieutenant (born 1922) *[[2015]] – [[Miriam Akavia]], Polish-Israeli author and translator (born 1927) * 2015 – [[Yao Beina]], Chinese singer (born 1981) *[[2016]] – [[Joannis Avramidis]], Greek sculptor (born 1922) * 2016 – [[Ted Marchibroda]], American football player and coach (born 1931) *[[2017]] – [[Eugene Cernan]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1934) *[[2018]] – [[Ed Doolan]], British radio presenter (born 1941)<ref>{{cite news|title=BBC WM presenter Ed Doolan dies aged 76 after dementia battle|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-42701795|access-date=16 January 2018|work=[[BBC News]]|date=16 January 2018}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Oliver Ivanović]], Kosovo Serb politician (born 1953)<ref name="dwassassination">{{cite news|title=Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic gunned down in Kosovo|url=http://www.dw.com/en/serb-politician-oliver-ivanovic-gunned-down-in-kosovo/a-42162269|access-date=16 January 2018|work=dw.com|publisher=Deutsche Wellle|date=16 January 2018}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[John C. Bogle]], American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news|title=John C. Bogle, Founder of Financial Giant Vanguard, Is Dead at 89|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/obituaries/john-bogle-vanguard-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/obituaries/john-bogle-vanguard-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|last=Wyatt|first=Edward|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 16, 2019|access-date=January 19, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Lorna Doom]], American musician (born 1958)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/germs-bassist-lorna-doom-dead-780323/|title=Germs Bassist Lorna Doom Dead at 60|first1=Althea|last1=Legaspi|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=January 17, 2019}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Chris Wilson (Australian musician)|Chris Wilson]], Australian musician (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/magnificent-australian-chris-wilson-dies-after-cancer-diagnosis-20190117-p50rx1.html|title='Magnificent Australian': Chris Wilson dies after cancer diagnosis|first=Broede|last=Carmody|date=January 17, 2019|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Christopher Tolkien]], British academic and editor (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garth |first1=John |title=Christopher Tolkien obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/20/christopher-tolkien-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=22 January 2020 |date=20 January 2020}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Pedro Trebbau]], German-born Venezuelan zoologist (born 1929)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=16 January 2021|title=Falleció Pedro Trebbau, reconocido zoólogo venezolano de origen alemán|url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/fallecio-pedro-trebbau-reconocido-zoologo-venezolano-de-origen-aleman/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=17 January 2021|website=[[El Nacional (Venezuela)|El Nacional]]|language=es-VE}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Chris Cramer]], British journalist (born 1948)<ref>{{Cite web|author=Michael Holmes|title=Chris Cramer, veteran journalist and former CNN executive, dies aged 73|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/media/chris-cramer-death-intl/index.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=CNN|date=17 January 2021 }}</ref> * 2021 – [[Phil Spector]], American record producer, songwriter (born 1939)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Notable deaths in 2021 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2021-idUSRTR4Z4Y0|access-date=2021-02-27|website=www.reuters.com}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta|Ibrahim Boubacar Keita]], Former Malian President (born 1945)<ref>{{Cite web|author=Stephanie Busari and Eleanor Pickston|title=Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita dies at 76|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/16/africa/mali-ibrahim-boubacar-keita-death-intl/index.html|access-date=2022-01-18|website=CNN|date=16 January 2022 }}</ref> *[[2025]] – Dame [[Joan Plowright]], English actress (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Youngs|first1=Ian|title=Acting legend Dame Joan Plowright dies at 95 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyppre55gyo|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=17 January 2025}}</ref> *2025 – [[Bob Uecker]], American professional baseball catcher and sportscaster (born 1934)<ref>{{cite web | last=Sandomir | first=Richard | title=Bob Uecker, Clubhouse Wit-Turned-Popular Sportscaster, Dies at 90 | website=The New York Times | date=2025-01-16 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/sports/bob-uecker-dead.html/ | access-date=2025-05-03}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Benjamin I of Alexandria|Pope Benjamin]] ([[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic]]) **[[Berard of Carbio]] **[[Saint Blaise|Blaise]] ([[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Apostolic]]) **[[Saint Fursey|Fursey]] **[[Joseph Vaz]] **[[Honoratus|Honoratus of Arles]] **[[Pope Marcellus I]] **[[Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God]] ([[Coptic Church]]) **[[Titian of Oderzo]] **Eve of [[Anthony the Great|Saint Anthony]] observed with ritual bonfires in [[San Bartolomé de Pinares]] **[[January 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[National Religious Freedom Day]] (United States) *[[Teacher's Day (Myanmar)]] *[[Teachers' Day (Thailand)]] == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/16 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=16}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/16 Historical Events on January 16] {{months}} [[Category:Days of January]]
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