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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 41|41]] – After a night of negotiation, [[Claudius]] is accepted as [[Roman emperor]] by the [[Roman Senate|Senate]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jerome|last=Murphy-O'Connor|author-link=Jerome Murphy-O'Connor|title=St. Paul's Corinth: Texts and Archaeology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8QPUES_C34C&pg=PA152|year=2002|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=978-0-8146-5303-6|pages=152}}</ref> * [[750]] – In the [[Battle of the Zab]], the [[Abbasid]] rebels defeat the [[Umayyad Caliphate]], leading to the overthrow of the dynasty.<ref>{{cite book|first=Moshe|last=Sharon|author-link=Moshe Sharon|title=Black Banners from the East: The Establishment of the Abbāsid State: Incubation of a Revolt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NPvZoG6NtLkC&pg=PA13|year=1983|publisher=JSAI|isbn=978-965-223-501-5|pages=13}}</ref> *[[1327]] – Fourteen-year-old [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] ascends the throne of England after [[Edward II of England|his father the king]] is forced to abdicate by [[Isabella of France|Queen Isabella]] and her lover, [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March|Roger Mortimer]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ormrod|first=W.M.|title=Edward III|location=New Haven, Conn.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=2012|isbn=9780300119107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqDTn2qmiNAC|page=86}}</ref> *[[1348]] – A [[1348 Friuli earthquake|strong earthquake]] strikes the South Alpine region of [[Friuli]] in modern [[Italy]], causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Pierre|last1=Pichard|first2=N. N.|last2=Ambraseys|author-link2=Nicholas Ambraseys|first3=G. N.|last3=Ziogas|title=The Gemona Di Friuli Earthquake of 6 May 1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l0xRAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Unesco|page=4}}</ref> *[[1479]] – The [[Treaty of Constantinople (1479)|Treaty of Constantinople]] ends the 16-year-long [[First Ottoman–Venetian War]].<ref>{{The Papacy and the Levant|volume=2|page=328}}</ref> *[[1494]] – [[Alfonso II of Naples|Alfonso II]] becomes King of [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Johann Karl Ludwig|last=Gieseler|author-link=Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler|title=Text-book of Ecclesiastical History|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_g0cNAAAAYAAJ|year=1836|publisher=Carey, Lea, and Blanchard|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_g0cNAAAAYAAJ/page/n250 238]}}</ref> *[[1515]] – [[Coronation of the French monarch|Coronation]] of [[Francis I of France]] takes place at [[Reims Cathedral]], where the new monarch is anointed with the oil of Clovis and girt with the sword of [[Charlemagne]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/francis-i-france-dies-rambouillet|title=Francis I of France dies at Rambouillet|first=Richard|last=Cavendish|author-link=Richard Cavendish (occult writer)|date=March 1997|journal=[[History Today]]|volume=47|issue=3|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> *[[1533]] – [[Henry VIII of England]] secretly marries his second wife [[Anne Boleyn]].<ref>{{cite book|first=George Henry|last=Townsend|author-link=George Henry Townsend|title=The Manual of Dates: A Dictionary of Reference to All the Most Important Events in the History of Mankind to be Found in Authentic Records|url=https://archive.org/details/manualofdatesdic00town|year=1862|pages=[https://archive.org/details/manualofdatesdic00town/page/323 323]}}</ref> *[[1554]] – [[São Paulo]], Brazil, is founded by [[Jesuit]] priests.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mid-America: An Historical Review|url=https://archive.org/details/midamericahistor26unse|year=1943|publisher=Loyola University [Institute of Jesuit History]|page=[https://archive.org/details/midamericahistor26unse/page/263 263]}}</ref> *[[1573]] – [[Battle of Mikatagahara]]: In Japan, [[Takeda Shingen]] defeats [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jeroen Pieter|last=Lamers|title=Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord, Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2-CIg2yGJx8C|year=2000|publisher=Hotei Publishing|isbn=978-90-74822-22-0}}</ref> *[[1575]] – [[Luanda]], the capital of [[Angola]], is founded by the Portuguese navigator [[Paulo Dias de Novais]].<ref>{{cite book|last=James|first=W. Martin|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=2004|isbn=9780810849402|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtJKDwAAQBAJ|page=209}}</ref> *[[1585]] – [[Walter Raleigh]] is knighted, shortly after renaming North America region "Virginia", in honor of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=36|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1704]] – The [[Apalachee massacre]]: A combined British and [[Muscogee]] force from the [[Province of Carolina]] destroys the main fortified [[Christian mission|mission]] of Ayubale, breaking Spain's hold on [[Spanish Florida]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Marley|first=David|title=Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=1998|isbn=9780874368376|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VafOEAAAQBAJ|page=346}}</ref> *[[1787]] – [[Shays' Rebellion]]: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the [[Springfield Armory]], results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty. *[[1791]] – The [[Parliament of Great Britain|British Parliament]] passes the [[Constitutional Act of 1791]] and splits the old [[Province of Quebec (1763–91)|Province of Quebec]] into [[Upper Canada]] and [[Lower Canada]]. *[[1792]] – The [[London Corresponding Society]] is founded. *[[1819]] – [[University of Virginia]] chartered by Commonwealth of Virginia, with [[Thomas Jefferson]] one of its founders.<ref>{{cite web |title = History |url = https://bicentennial.virginia.edu/history |website = University of Virginia Bicentennial |publisher = Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia |access-date = March 3, 2020 |archive-date = March 3, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200303182031/https://bicentennial.virginia.edu/history |url-status = dead }}</ref> *[[1858]] – The ''[[Wedding March (Mendelssohn)|Wedding March]]'' by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] is played at the marriage of [[Queen Victoria]]'s daughter, [[Victoria, Princess Royal|Victoria]], and [[Frederick III, German Emperor|Friedrich of Prussia]], and becomes a popular [[wedding procession]]al. *[[1879]] – The [[Bulgarian National Bank]] is founded. *[[1881]] – [[Thomas Edison]] and [[Alexander Graham Bell]] form the [[Oriental Telephone Company]]. *[[1890]] – [[Nellie Bly]] completes her [[Circumnavigation|round-the-world journey]] in 72 days. ===1901–present=== *[[1909]] – [[Richard Strauss]]'s opera ''[[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]'' receives its debut performance at the [[Semperoper|Dresden State Opera]]. *[[1915]] – [[Alexander Graham Bell]] inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to [[Thomas A. Watson|Thomas Watson]] in San Francisco. *[[1917]] – Sinking of the [[SS Laurentic (1908)|SS ''Laurentic'']] after hitting two German mines off the coast of northwest Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://coastmonkey.ie/ss-laurentic/ | title=Remembering the SS Laurentic | website=Coastal Monkey |date=25 January 2021 |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> *[[1918]] – The [[Ukrainian People's Republic]] declares independence from [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]]. * 1918 – The [[Finnish Defence Forces]] (The [[White Guard (Finland)|White Guards]]) are established as the official army of [[Finland|independent Finland]], and Baron [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|C. G. E. Mannerheim]] is appointed its Commander-in-Chief.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mannerheim.fi/06_vsota/e_suojku.htm|title=War of Independence: Civil Guards|website=Mannerheim.fi|access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref> *[[1924]] – The [[1924 Winter Olympics]] opens in [[Chamonix]], in the [[French Alps]], inaugurating the [[Winter Olympic Games]]. *[[1932]] – [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]: The [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Chinese]] [[National Revolutionary Army]] begins the [[defense of Harbin]]. * 1932 – [[Alt Llobregat insurrection]] suppressed in [[Central Catalonia]], [[Second Spanish Republic|Spain]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Casanova|first=Julián|author-link=Julián Casanova|year=2005|chapter=On the road to insurrection|title=Anarchism, the Republic and Civil War in Spain: 1931–1939|publisher=[[Routledge]]|translator-first1=Andrew|translator-last1=Dowling|translator-first2=Graham|translator-last2=Pollok|editor-first=Paul|editor-last=Preston|editor-link=Paul Preston|page=65|isbn=0-415-32095-X}}</ref> *[[1937]] – ''[[The Guiding Light]]'' debuts on [[NBC]] radio from [[Chicago]]. In 1952 it moves to [[CBS]] television, where it remains until September 18, 2009. *[[1941]] – [[Pope Pius XII]] elevates the [[Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands]] to the dignity of a [[diocese]]. It becomes the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu]]. *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[Thailand in World War II|Thailand declares war]] on the United States and United Kingdom. *[[1945]] – World War II: The [[Battle of the Bulge]] ends. *[[1946]] – The [[United Mine Workers]] rejoins the [[American Federation of Labor]]. * 1946 – [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1]] relating to [[Military Staff Committee]] is adopted. *[[1947]] – [[Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr.|Thomas Goldsmith Jr.]] files a patent for a "[[Cathode Ray Tube]] Amusement Device", the first ever [[electronic game]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office.|publisher=U.S. Patent Office|year=1949|page=445}}</ref> *[[1949]] – The first [[Emmy Award]]s are presented in the United States; the venue is the [[Hollywood Athletic Club]]. *[[1960]] – The [[National Association of Broadcasters]] in the United States reacts to the "[[payola]]" scandal by threatening fines for any [[disc jockey]]s who accept money for playing particular records. *[[1961]] – In Washington, D.C., US President [[John F. Kennedy]] delivers the first live presidential television [[news conference]]. *[[1964]] – [[Blue Ribbon Sports]], which would later become [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], is founded by [[University of Oregon]] track and field athletes. *[[1967]] – [[South Vietnam]]ese junta leader and Prime Minister [[Nguyen Cao Ky]] fires rival, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister [[Nguyen Huu Co]], while the latter is overseas on a diplomatic visit.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[New York Times]]|last=Randal|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan Randal|title=Saigon Government Dismisses Deputy Premier|page=3|date=26 January 1967}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Brazilian Army]] captain [[Carlos Lamarca]] deserts in order to fight against the [[Brazilian military government|military dictatorship]], taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles. *[[1971]] – [[Charles Manson]] and four "[[Manson Family|Family]]" members (three of them female) are found guilty of the 1969 [[Tate–LaBianca murders]]. * 1971 – [[Idi Amin]] leads a [[1971 Ugandan coup d'état|coup]] deposing [[Milton Obote]] and becomes [[Uganda]]'s president. *[[1979]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] starts his first official [[List of pastoral visits of Pope John Paul II|papal visits]] outside Italy to [[The Bahamas]], [[Dominican Republic]], and [[Mexico]]. *[[1980]] – [[Mother Teresa]] is honored with India's highest civilian award, the [[Bharat Ratna]]. *[[1986]] – The [[National Resistance Movement]] topples the government of [[Tito Okello]] in [[Uganda]]. *[[1990]] – [[Avianca Flight 052]] crashes in [[Cove Neck, New York]], killing 73.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-321B HK-2016 Cove Neck, NY|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19900125-0|access-date=2022-01-22|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[1993 shootings at CIA Headquarters|Five people are shot]] outside the [[CIA Headquarters]] in [[Langley, Virginia]]. Two are killed and three wounded. *[[1994]] – The spacecraft ''[[Clementine (spacecraft)|Clementine]]'' by [[BMDO]] and [[NASA]] is launched. *[[1995]] – The [[Norwegian rocket incident]]: Russia almost launches a [[nuclear weapon|nuclear]] attack after it mistakes [[Black Brant XII]], a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[research rocket]], for a US [[Trident (missile)|Trident missile]]. *[[1996]] – [[Billy Bailey]] becomes the last person to be hanged in the United States. *[[1998]] – During a historic visit to Cuba, [[Pope John Paul II]] demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country. * 1998 – A suicide attack by the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] on [[Sri Lanka]]'s [[Temple of the Tooth]] kills eight and injures 25 others. *[[1999]] – A 6.0 [[Moment magnitude|magnitude]] [[1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake|earthquake]] hits western [[Colombia]] killing at least 1,000. *[[2003]] – [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Invasion of Iraq]]: A group of people leave London, England, for [[Baghdad]], Iraq, to [[Human shield action to Iraq|serve as human shields]], intending to prevent the U.S.-led [[coalition of the willing|coalition]] troops from bombing certain locations. *[[2005]] – A [[Mandher Devi temple stampede|stampede]] at the [[Mandhradevi]] temple in [[Maharashtra]], India kills at least 258. *[[2006]] – Mexican [[lucha libre|professional wrestler]] [[Juana Barraza]] is arrested in connection with the [[serial killer|serial killing]] of at least ten elderly women. *[[2010]] – [[Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409]] crashes into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off the coast of [[Haret en Naameh|Na'ameh]], Lebanon, killing 90.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20100125-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-8AS (WL) ET-ANB Beirut International Airport (BEY)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2020-01-18}}</ref> *[[2011]] – The [[Timeline of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011|first wave]] of the [[Egyptian Revolution of 2011|Egyptian revolution]] begins throughout the country, marked by street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes. *[[2013]] – At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a [[2013 Uribana prison riot|prison riot]] in [[Barquisimeto]], Venezuela. *[[2015]] – A [[2015 Mamasapano clash|clash]] in [[Mamasapano, Maguindanao]] in the Philippines kills 44 members of [[Special Action Force]] (SAF), at least 18 from the [[Moro Islamic Liberation Front]] and five from the [[Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters]]. *[[2019]] – A mining company's dam [[Brumadinho dam disaster|collapses]] in [[Brumadinho]], Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing 270 people.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kowsmann |first=Samantha Pearson, Luciana Magalhaes and Patricia |title=Brazil's Vale Vowed 'Never Again.' Then Another Dam Collapsed. |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazils-vale-vowed-never-another-dam-collapse-then-an-even-worse-one-11577809114 |access-date=2023-01-25 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=31 December 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[750]] – [[Leo IV the Khazar]], Byzantine emperor (died 780)<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Smith|author2=Henry Wace|title=A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines: Being a Continuation of "The Dictionary of the Bible".|url=https://archive.org/details/adictionarychri06wacegoog|year=1882|publisher=J. Murray}}</ref> *[[1408]] – [[Katharina of Hanau]], German countess regent (died 1460) *[[1459]] – [[Paul Hofhaimer]], Austrian organist and composer (died 1537)<ref>{{cite book|author=Albert Ernest Wier|title=The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nx8KAQAAMAAJ|year=1938|publisher=Macmillan}}</ref> *[[1477]] – [[Anne of Brittany]] (probable;<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|url=https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist05comm|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4080-4}}</ref> (died 1514) *[[1509]] – [[Giovanni Morone]], Italian cardinal (died 1580) *[[1526]] – [[Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp]] (died 1586) ===1601–1900=== *[[1615]] – [[Govert Flinck]], Dutch painter (died 1660) *[[1627]] – [[Robert Boyle]], Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist (died 1691)<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Boyle {{!}} Biography, Contributions, Works, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Boyle |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=4 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1634]] – [[Gaspar Fagel]], Dutch politician and diplomat (died 1688) *[[1635]] – [[Daniel Casper von Lohenstein]], German writer, diplomat and lawyer (died 1683) *[[1640]] – [[William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Steward|Lord Steward of the Household]] (died 1707) *[[1736]] – [[Joseph-Louis Lagrange]], Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (died 1813) *[[1739]] – [[Charles François Dumouriez]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of Defence]] (died 1823) *[[1743]] – [[Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi]], German philosopher and author (died 1819) *[[1750]] – [[Johann Gottfried Vierling]], German organist and composer (died 1813) *[[1755]] – [[Paolo Mascagni]], Italian physician and anatomist (probable;<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=MASCAGNI, Paolo |first=Stefano |last=Arieti |encyclopaedia=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani |volume=71 |year=2008 |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/paolo-mascagni_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/ |language=it}}</ref> (died 1815) *[[1759]] – [[Robert Burns]], Scottish poet and songwriter (died 1796)<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Burns (1759-1796) |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/burns-robert |website=National Records of Scotland |access-date=27 January 2023 |language=English |date=31 May 2013}}</ref> *[[1783]] – [[William Colgate]], English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Colgate-Palmolive]] (died 1857) *[[1794]] – [[François-Vincent Raspail]], French chemist, physician, physiologist, and lawyer (died 1878) *[[1796]] – [[William MacGillivray]], Scottish ornithologist and biologist (died 1852) *[[1813]] – [[J. Marion Sims]], American gynecologist and physician (died 1883) *[[1816]] – [[Anna Gardner]], American abolitionist and teacher (died 1901)<ref>{{cite book|author=D. Appleton|title=Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry. V.[1]-15, 1861–75; V.16-35 (new Ser., V.1-20) 1876–95; V.36-42 (3d. Ser., V.1-7) 1896–1902|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HvBMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA427|edition=Public domain|volume=41|year=1902|publisher=D. Appleton|page=427}}</ref> *[[1822]] – [[Charles Reed Bishop]], American businessman, philanthropist, and politician, founded the [[Bishop Museum]] (died 1915) * 1822 – [[William McDougall (politician, born 1822)|William McDougall]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[List of lieutenant governors of the Northwest Territories|Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories]] (died 1905) *[[1823]] – [[José María Iglesias]], Mexican politician and interim President (died 1891)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://presidentes.mx/jose-maria-iglesias|publisher=Presidentes.mx|language=es|title=José María Iglesias|access-date=May 29, 2019}}</ref> *[[1824]] – [[Michael Madhusudan Dutt]], Indian poet and playwright (died 1873) *[[1841]] – [[John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher]], English admiral (died 1920) *[[1858]] – [[Mikimoto Kōkichi]], Japanese businessman (died 1954) *[[1860]] – [[Charles Curtis]], American lawyer and politician, 31st [[Vice President of the United States]] (died 1936) *[[1864]] – [[Julije Kempf]], Croatian historian and author (died 1934) *[[1868]] – [[Juventino Rosas]], Mexican violinist and composer (died 1894) *[[1874]] – [[W. Somerset Maugham]], British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (died 1965) *[[1878]] – [[Ernst Alexanderson]], Swedish-American engineer (died 1975) *[[1882]] – [[Virginia Woolf]], English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (died 1941) *[[1885]] – [[Kitahara Hakushū]], Japanese poet and author (died 1942) *[[1886]] – [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]], German conductor and composer (died 1954) *1886 – [[Dean Ivan Lamb]], American pioneer pilot and [[mercenary]] (died 1955)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dean Lamb |url=https://earlyaviators.com/elambde1.htm |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=earlyaviators.com}}</ref> *[[1894]] – [[Aino Aalto]], Finnish architect and designer (died 1949)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG224348 |title=Aino Aalto |website=[[British Museum]] |access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref> *[[1895]] – [[Florence Mills]], American singer, dancer, and actress (died 1927) *[[1899]] – [[Sleepy John Estes]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977) * 1899 – [[Paul-Henri Spaak]], Belgian lawyer and politician, 46th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (died 1972) *[[1900]] – [[István Fekete]], Hungarian author (died 1970) * 1900 – [[Yōjirō Ishizaka]], Japanese author and educator (died 1986) * 1900 – [[Theodosius Dobzhansky]], Russian-American geneticist and pioneer of evolutionary biology (died 1975)<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark B. Adams|title=The Evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky: Essays on His Life and Thought in Russia and America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8kUABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA13|date=14 July 2014|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-6380-8|pages=13}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Mildred Dunnock]], American actress (died 1991) *[[1905]] – [[Maurice Roy]], Canadian cardinal (died 1985) * 1905 – [[Margery Sharp]], English author and educator (died 1991) *[[1905]] – [[Sava Kovačević]], Yugoslav Partisan divisional commander and [[People's Hero of Yugoslavia]] (died 1943)<ref>{{cite web |title=ROĐEN NARODNI HEROJ SAVA KOVAČEVIĆ |url=https://www.antifasisticki-vjesnik.org/hr/kalendar/1/25/148/ |access-date=2 April 2024}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Toni Ulmen]], German racing driver and motorcycle racer (died 1976) *[[1908]] – [[Hsieh Tung-min]], Taiwanese politician and [[Vice President of the Republic of China]] (died 2001) *[[1910]] – [[Edgar V. Saks]], Estonian historian, author, and politician, [[Minister of Education and Research (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Education]] (died 1984) *[[1913]] – [[Huang Hua (politician)|Huang Hua]], Chinese translator and politician, 5th [[Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China]] (died 2010) * 1913 – [[Witold Lutosławski]], Polish composer and conductor (died 1994) * 1913 – [[Luis Marden]], American photographer and journalist (died 2003) *[[1914]] – [[William Strickland (conductor)|William Strickland]], American conductor and organist (died 1991) *[[1915]] – [[Ewan MacColl]], English singer-songwriter, actor and producer (died 1989) *[[1916]] – [[Pop Ivy]], American football player and coach (died 2003) *[[1917]] – [[Ilya Prigogine]], Russian-Belgian chemist and physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2003) * 1917 – [[Jânio Quadros]], Brazilian lawyer and politician, 22nd [[President of Brazil]] (died 1992) *[[1919]] – [[Edwin Newman]], American journalist and author (died 2010) *[[1921]] – [[Samuel T. Cohen]], American physicist and academic (died 2010) * 1921 – [[Josef Holeček (canoeist)|Josef Holeček]], Czechoslovakian canoeist (died 2005)<ref>{{cite web|title=Josef Holeček|url=https://www.olympic.org/josef-holecek|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Raymond Baxter]], English television host and pilot (died 2006) *[[1923]] – [[Arvid Carlsson]], Swedish pharmacologist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2018) * 1923 – [[Shirley Ardell Mason]], American [[psychiatric]] patient (died 1998) * 1923 – [[Sally Starr (TV hostess)|Sally Starr]], American actress and television host (died 2013) * 1923 – [[Jean Taittinger]], French politician, [[Ministry of Justice (France)|French Minister of Justice]] (died 2012) *[[1924]] – [[Lou Groza]], American football player and coach (died 2000)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 25: Alicia Keys, Volodymyr Zelensky |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/25/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-25-Alicia-Keys-Volodymyr-Zelensky/9591674569104/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=24 January 2024 |date=25 January 2023}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Husein Mehmedov]], Bulgarian-Turkish wrestler and coach (died 2014) * 1924 – [[Speedy West]], American guitarist and producer (died 2003) *[[1925]] – [[Gordy Soltau]], American football player and sportscaster (died 2014) * 1925 – [[Giorgos Zampetas]], Greek [[bouzouki]] player and songwriter (died 1992) *[[1926]] – [[Dick McGuire]], American basketball player and coach (died 2010)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dick McGuire|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/dick-mcguire/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Athletics|access-date=8 Feb 2020}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Antônio Carlos Jobim]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1994) *[[1928]] – [[Jérôme Choquette]], Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2017) * 1928 – [[Eduard Shevardnadze]], Georgian general and politician, 2nd [[President of Georgia]] (died 2014) * 1928 – [[Cor van der Hart]], Dutch footballer and manager (died 2006) *[[1929]] – [[Elizabeth Allen (actress)|Elizabeth Allen]], American actress and singer (died 2006) * 1929 – [[Robert Faurisson]], English-French author and academic (died 2018) * 1929 – [[Benny Golson]], American saxophonist and composer (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-23 |title=Jazz saxophonist and composer Benny Golson dies at 95 |url=https://apnews.com/article/benny-golson-jazz-dead-8ca40289c6a217e6009c423dbae87465 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Dean Jones (actor)|Dean Jones]], American actor and singer (died 2015) *[[1933]] – [[Corazon Aquino]], Filipino politician, 11th [[President of the Philippines]] (died 2009)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1935]] – [[Conrad Burns]], American journalist, and politician (died 2016) * 1935 – [[António Ramalho Eanes]], Portuguese general and politician, 16th [[President of Portugal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidencia.pt/?idc=13&idi=3350&idl=2 |title=Ramalho Eanes |publisher=Presidency of the Portuguese Republic|access-date=3 Feb 2018}}</ref> * 1935 – [[Don Maynard]], American football player (died 2022) *[[1936]] – [[Diana Hyland]], American actress (died 1977) * 1936 – [[Onat Kutlar]], Turkish author and poet (died 1995) *[[1937]] – [[Ange-Félix Patassé]], Central African engineer and politician, 5th [[President of the Central African Republic]] (died 2011) *[[1938]] – [[Shotaro Ishinomori]], Japanese author and illustrator (died 1998) * 1938 – [[Etta James]], American singer (died 2012)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1938 – [[Leiji Matsumoto]], Japanese author, illustrator, and animator (died 2023) * 1938 – [[Vladimir Vysotsky]], Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (died 1980) *[[1941]] – [[Buddy Baker]], American race car driver and sportscaster (died 2015) *[[1942]] – [[Carl Eller]], American football player and sportscaster<ref name="UPI"/> * 1942 – [[Eusébio]], Mozambican-Portuguese footballer (died 2014) *[[1943]] – [[Tobe Hooper]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/27/movies/tobe-hooper-texas-chainsaw-massacre.html?mcubz=3 |title=Tobe Hooper, Director of 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,' Dies at 74 |first=Neil |last=Genzlinger |author-link=Neil Genzlinger |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Byron Beck]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Byron Beck |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76134/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref> * 1945 – [[Leigh Taylor-Young]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1947]] – [[Ángel Nieto]], Spanish motorcycle racer (died 2017) * 1947 – [[Tostão]], Brazilian footballer, journalist, and physician *[[1948]] – [[Ros Kelly]], Australian educator and politician, 1st [[Minister for Defence Science and Personnel (Australia)|Australian Minister for Defence Science and Personnel]] * 1948 – [[Georgy Shishkin]], Russian painter and illustrator *[[1949]] – [[John Cooper Clarke]], English poet and critic * 1949 – [[Paul Nurse]], English geneticist and biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1950]] – [[Gloria Naylor]], American novelist (died 2016) *[[1951]] – [[Steve Prefontaine]], American runner (died 1975)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1952]] – [[Peter Tatchell]], Australian-English journalist and activist * 1952 – [[Timothy White (editor)|Timothy White]], American journalist, author, and critic (died 2002) *[[1953]] – [[The Honky Tonk Man]], American wrestler<ref name="Wrestle">{{cite web |last1=Csonka |first1=Larry |title=Today's Wrestling Birthdays: Honky Tonk Man, Michelle McCool and More |url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/todays-wrestling-birthdays-honky-tonk-man-michelle-mccool-and-more/ |publisher=[[411Mania]] |access-date=24 January 2024 |date=25 January 2016}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Ricardo Bochini]], Argentinian footballer and manager * 1954 – [[Kay Cottee]], Australian sailor * 1954 – [[Renate Dorrestein]], Dutch journalist and author (died 2018) *[[1956]] – [[Andy Cox]], English guitarist * 1956 – [[Dinah Manoff]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1957]] – [[Eskil Erlandsson]], Swedish technologist and politician, [[Ministry for Rural Affairs (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs]] * 1957 – [[Andy Harris (politician)|Andrew Harris]], American politician * 1957 – [[Jenifer Lewis]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1958]] – [[Franco Pancheri]], Italian footballer and manager *[[1961]] – [[Vivian Balakrishnan]], Singaporean ophthalmologist and politician, [[Ministry of National Development (Singapore)|Singaporean Ministry of National Development]] * 1961 – [[Tim Dorsey]], American novelist (died 2023)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/books/tim-dorsey-dead.html|title=Tim Dorsey, Who Turned Florida's Quirks Into Comic Gold, Dies at 62|last=Risen|first=Clay|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 2, 2023|access-date=December 3, 2023}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Chris Chelios]], American ice hockey player and manager *[[1963]] – [[Fernando Haddad]], Brazilian academic and politician, 61st [[List of mayors of São Paulo|Mayor of São Paulo]] * 1963 – [[Molly Holzschlag]], American computer scientist and author (died 2023) *[[1964]] – [[Stephen Pate]], Australian cyclist *[[1965]] – [[Esa Tikkanen]], Finnish ice hockey player and coach *[[1966]] – [[Chet Culver]], American educator and politician, 41st [[Governor of Iowa]] * 1966 – [[Yiannos Ioannou]], Cypriot footballer and manager * 1966 – [[Mark Schlereth]], American football player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Schlereth |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/bio/_/id/167/mark-schlereth |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Nelson Asaytono]], Filipino basketball player * 1967 – [[David Ginola]], French footballer * 1967 – [[Randy McKay]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1967 – [[Nicole Uphoff]], German equestrian<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicole Uphoff-Becker |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/11488 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=29 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Eric Orie]], Dutch footballer and manager *[[1969]] – [[Sergei Ovchinnikov (volleyball)|Sergei Ovchinnikov]], Russian volleyball player and coach (died 2012) *[[1970]] – [[Stephen Chbosky]], American author, screenwriter, and director * 1970 – [[Chris Mills (basketball)|Chris Mills]], American basketball player * 1970 – [[Milt Stegall]], American football player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/StegMi00.htm|website=Pro-Football Reference|title=Milt Stegall|access-date=25 Jan 2019}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Luca Badoer]], Italian racing driver * 1971 – [[Philip Coppens (author)|Philip Coppens]], Belgian journalist and author (died 2012) * 1971 – [[Ana Ortiz]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1972]] – [[Shinji Takehara]], Japanese boxer *[[1973]] – [[Geoff Johns]], American author, screenwriter, and producer *[[1974]] – [[Robert Budreau]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter * 1974 – [[Emily Haines]], Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player * 1974 – [[Attilio Nicodemo]], Italian footballer *[[1975]] – [[Duncan Jupp]], Anglo-Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4032|title=Duncan Jupp|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=24 Jan 2020}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Mia Kirshner]], Canadian actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1976]] – [[Stephanie Bellars]], American wrestler and manager * 1976 – [[Mário Haberfeld]], Brazilian racing driver * 1976 – [[Dimitris Nalitzis]], Greek footballer *[[1977]] – [[Michael Brown (footballer, born 1977)|Michael Brown]], English footballer, manager and pundit<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=1056|title=Michael Brown|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=24 Jan 2020}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Charlene, Princess of Monaco]]<ref name="UPI"/> * 1978 – [[Ahmet Dursun]], Turkish footballer * 1978 – [[Denis Menchov]], Russian cyclist * 1978 – [[Derrick Turnbow]], American baseball player * 1978 – [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]], Ukrainian actor, comedian, and politician, 6th [[President of Ukraine]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Volodymyr Zelensky {{!}} Biography, Facts, Presidency, & Russian Invasion of Ukraine {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Volodymyr-Zelensky |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=3 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Christine Lakin]], American actress and director<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 25, 2023 includes celebrity Alicia Keys |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-25-2023-includes-celebrity-alicia-keys.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=24 January 2024 |date=25 January 2023}}</ref> * 1979 – [[David Mutendera]], Zimbabwean cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=David Mutendera |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/david-mutendera-55602 |website=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Rodrigo Ribeiro (racing driver)|Rodrigo Ribeiro]], Brazilian racing driver *[[1980]] – [[Alayna Burns]], Australian track cyclist<ref>{{cite web |title=Alayna BURNS - Olympic Cycling Track {{!}} Australia |url=https://www.olympic.org/alayna-burns |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=14 Jan 2020 |language=en |date=21 June 2016}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Michelle McCool]], American wrestler<ref name="Wrestle"/> * 1980 – [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]], Spanish footballer *[[1981]] – [[Francis Jeffers]], English footballer * 1981 – [[Alicia Keys]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2008/04/17/Music-Preview-Through-her-first-several-records-Alicia-Keys-has-a-golden-touch/stories/200804170286|title=Music Preview: Through her first several records, Alicia Keys has a golden touch|last=Mervis|first=Scott|date=April 17, 2008|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|publisher=[[Block Communications]]|access-date=November 22, 2009}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Toše Proeski]], Macedonian singer (died 2007)<ref>{{cite book | last = Menković | first = Mirjana | title = In between : culture of dress between the East and the West; ICOM's Costume Committee, Proceedings of the 64th Annual Conference, Sept. 25-30, 2011 = Izmetu | publisher = Ethnographic Museum | location = Belgrade | year = 2012 | isbn = 9788678910616 | page=38}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Josh Powell]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Powell |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2694/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Jay Briscoe]], American wrestler (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2023/01/17/jay-briscoe-dead-at-38/|title=Jay Briscoe dead at 38|website=Slam Wrestling|last=Oliver|first=Greg|date=January 17, 2023|access-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Stefan Kießling]], German footballer * 1984 – [[Robinho]], Brazilian footballer * 1984 – [[Fara Williams]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/uploads/media/Women_s_EURO_Kader.pdf |title=UEFA Competitions Association player list |publisher=UEFA |access-date=25 Jan 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016141703/https://www.dfb.de/uploads/media/Women_s_EURO_Kader.pdf |archive-date=16 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Brent Celek]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CeleBr00.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027172814/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CeleBr00.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2012|website=Pro-Football Reference|title=Brent Celek|access-date=25 Jan 2019}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Hwang Jung-eum]], South Korean actress * 1985 – [[Tina Karol]], Ukrainian singer and [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006]] contestant<ref name="karol">{{cite web |title=Tina Karol |url=https://recentmusic.com/artist/0W3C8tSz8ERP2t37m6Ru6r/|website=RecentMusic|access-date=2025-01-25}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Acie Law]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Acie Law |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201151/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Hartley Sawyer]], American actor<ref name="UPI"/> * 1985 – [[Michael Trevino]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1985 – [[Patrick Willis]], American football player *[[1986]] – [[Chris O'Grady]], English footballer *[[1987]] – [[Maria Kirilenko]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/310577/title/Maria-Kirilenko|title=Maria Kirilenko|website=WTA|access-date=25 Jan 2019}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Tatiana Golovin]], French tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/310774/title/tatiana-golovin|title=Tatiana Golovin|website=WTA|access-date=25 Jan 2019}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Ryota Ozawa]], Japanese actor *[[1990]] – [[Apostolos Giannou]], Greek-Australian footballer * 1990 – [[Lee Jun-ho (singer)|Lee Jun-ho]], South Korean singer and actor *[[1991]] – [[Ariana DeBose]], American actress, singer, and dancer<ref name="UPI"/> * 1991 – [[Ahmed Hegazi]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF|title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Egypt|publisher=FIFA|page=9|date=17 June 2018|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610160600/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF|archive-date=10 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Mohamed Hany]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Al Ahly SC |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212205323/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1996 – [[Seunghee]], South Korean singer and television personality<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oh My Girl - Profile & Gallery|url=http://ohmy-girl.com/|access-date=August 4, 2021|website=WM Entertainment|language=ko}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Adama Traoré (footballer, born 1996)|Adama Traoré]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Adama Traoré|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4979/Adama-Traor%C3%A9/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Noah Hanifin]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Noah Hanifin |url=https://www.nhl.com/flames/player/noah-hanifin-8478396 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Elisabetta Cocciaretto]], Italian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elisabetta Cocciaretto {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/327909/elisabetta-cocciaretto |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Lil Mosey]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Emily |title=Rapper 'Lil Mosey' Pleads Not Guilty to Second-Degree Rape Charge in Lewis County |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/rapper-lil-mosey-pleads-not-guilty-to-second-degree-rape-charge-in-lewis-county,263036 |publisher=[[The Chronicle (Centralia, Washington)|The Chronicle]] |access-date=18 January 2023 |date=27 April 2021}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[390]] – [[Gregory Nazianzus]], [[theology|theologian]] and [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]] (born 329) * [[477]] – [[Gaiseric]], king of the Vandals (born 389) * [[750]] – [[Ibrahim ibn al-Walid]], Umayyad [[caliph]] * [[844]] – [[Pope Gregory IV]] (born 795) * [[863]] – [[Charles of Provence]], Frankish king (born 845) * [[951]] – [[Ma Xiguang]], ruler of [[Chu (Ten Kingdoms)|Chu]] ([[Ten Kingdoms]]) *[[1003]] – [[Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark]] *[[1067]] – [[Emperor Yingzong of Song]] (born 1032) *[[1138]] – [[Antipope Anacletus II]] *[[1139]] – [[Godfrey I, Count of Louvain]] and Duke of Lower Lorraine (as Godfrey VI) *[[1366]] – [[Henry Suso]], German priest and mystic (born 1300) *[[1413]] – [[Maud de Ufford, Countess of Oxford]] (born 1345) *[[1431]] – [[Charles II, Duke of Lorraine]] (born 1364) *[[1492]] – [[Ygo Gales Galama]], Frisian warlord and rebel (born 1443) *[[1494]] – [[Ferdinand I of Naples]] (born 1423) *[[1559]] – [[Christian II of Denmark]] (born 1481) *[[1578]] – [[Mihrimah Sultan (daughter of Suleiman I)|Mihrimah Sultan]] of the Ottoman Empire (born 1522) *[[1586]] – [[Lucas Cranach the Younger]], German painter (born 1515) ===1601–1900=== *[[1640]] – [[Robert Burton (scholar)|Robert Burton]], English physician and scholar (born 1577) *[[1670]] – [[Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine]] (born 1612) *[[1726]] – [[Guillaume Delisle]], French cartographer (born 1675) *[[1733]] – [[Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet]], English banker and politician, [[Lord Mayor of London]] (born 1652) *[[1742]] – [[Edmond Halley]], English astronomer (born 1656)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/persons/pers_halley.html|title=Halley, Edmond|website=astro.uni-bonn.de}}</ref> *[[1751]] – [[Paul Dudley (jurist)|Paul Dudley]], American lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1675) *[[1852]] – [[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (born 1778) *[[1856]] – [[John Doubleday (restorer)|John Doubleday]], British craftsperson, restorer, and dealer<ref>{{cite journal | date = 2 February 1856 | title = Our Weekly Gossip | journal = The Athenæum | issue = 1475 | pages = 139–140 | url = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858029267303;view=1up;seq=154 }}</ref> *[[1872]] – [[Richard S. Ewell]], American general (born 1817) *[[1881]] – [[Konstantin Thon]], Russian architect, designed the [[Grand Kremlin Palace]] and [[Cathedral of Christ the Saviour]] (born 1794) *[[1884]] – [[Périclès Pantazis]], Greek-Belgian painter (born 1849) *[[1891]] – [[Theo van Gogh (art dealer)|Theo van Gogh]], Art dealer, the brother of [[Vincent van Gogh]] (born 1857) *[[1900]] – [[Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]], German Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1835)<ref name=TTObituary>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Obituary - The Duchess Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein|date=26 January 1900 |page=10 |issue=36049}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[René Pottier]], French cyclist (born 1879) *[[1908]] – [[Ouida]], English-Italian author (born 1839) * 1908 – [[Mikhail Chigorin]], Russian chess player and theoretician (born 1850) *[[1910]] – [[W. G. Read Mullan]], American Jesuit and academic (1860) *[[1914]] – [[Frank Avery Hutchins]], American librarian and educator (born 1851)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lyman |first1=Helen Huguenor |editor1-last=Wynas |editor1-first=Bohdan S. |title=Dictionary of American Library Biography |date=1978 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=9780872871809 |page=259 |chapter=HUTCHINS, FRANK AVERY (1851-1914)}}</ref> *[[1912]] – [[Dmitry Milyutin]], Russian field marshal and politician (born 1816) *[[1925]] – [[Juan Vucetich]], Croatian-Argentinian anthropologist and police officer (born 1858) *[[1939]] – [[Charles Davidson Dunbar]], Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (born 1870) *[[1947]] – [[Al Capone]], American gangster and mob boss (born 1899) *[[1949]] – [[Makino Nobuaki]], Japanese politician, 15th [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (born 1861) *[[1957]] – [[Ichizō Kobayashi]], Japanese businessman, founded [[Hankyu Hanshin Holdings]] (born 1873) * 1957 – [[Kiyoshi Shiga]], Japanese physician and bacteriologist (born 1871) *[[1958]] – [[Cemil Topuzlu]], Turkish surgeon and politician, [[List of mayors of Istanbul|Mayor of Istanbul]] (born 1866) * 1958 – [[Robert R. Young]], American businessman and financier (born 1897) *[[1960]] – [[Diana Barrymore]], American actress (born 1921) *[[1966]] – [[Saul Adler]], Belarusian-English microbiologist and parasitologist (born 1895) *[[1968]] – [[Louie Myfanwy Thomas]], Welsh writer (born 1908) * 1968 – [[Yvor Winters]], American poet and literary critic (born 1900)<ref>[https://poets.org/poet/yvor-winters Biography, poets.org]</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Jane Bathori]], French soprano (born 1877) * 1970 – [[Eiji Tsuburaya]], Japanese director and producer (born 1901) *[[1971]] – [[Barry III]], Guinean lawyer and politician (born 1923) *[[1972]] – [[Erhard Milch]], German field marshal (born 1892) *[[1975]] – [[Charlotte Whitton]], Canadian journalist and politician, 46th [[Mayor of Ottawa]] (born 1896)<ref>{{cite book|first=Anne|last=Comrie|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=16|location=Detroit|publisher=Gale Group|year=2002|page=497|isbn=978-0-78764-075-0}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Skender Kulenović]], Bosnian author, poet, and playwright (born 1910) *[[1981]] – [[Adele Astaire]], American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1896) *[[1982]] – [[Mikhail Suslov]], Russian economist and politician (born 1902) *[[1985]] – [[Ilias Iliou]], Greek jurist and politician (born 1904) *[[1987]] – [[Frank J. Lynch]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1922) *[[1988]] – [[Colleen Moore]], American actress (born 1899) *[[1990]] – [[Ava Gardner]], American actress (born 1922) *[[1991]] – [[Frank Soo]], English footballer and manager (born 1914) *[[1992]] – [[Mir Khalil ur Rehman]], Founder and editor of the Jang Group of Newspapers (born 1927) *[[1994]] – [[Stephen Cole Kleene]], American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (born 1909) *[[1996]] – [[Jonathan Larson]], American playwright and composer (born 1960)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Quinn|first=Dave|url=https://people.com/theater/rent-live-musical-history-jonathan-larson-death/|title=The True Story of Rent: How the Cast Banded Together After Creator Jonathan Larson's Death|date=27 January 2019|work=People Magazine}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Dan Barry (cartoonist)|Dan Barry]], American author and illustrator (born 1923) *[[1999]] – [[Sarah Louise Delany]], American author and educator (born 1889) * 1999 – [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]], American conductor (born 1916) *[[2001]] – [[Alice Ambrose]], American philosopher and logician (born 1906) *[[2002]] – [[Cliff Baxter]], employee at [[Enron]] (born 1958) *[[2003]] – [[Sheldon Reynolds (producer)|Sheldon Reynolds]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1923) * 2003 – [[Samuel Weems]], American lawyer and author (born 1936) *[[2004]] – [[Fanny Blankers-Koen]], Dutch runner and hurdler (born 1918) * 2004 – [[Miklós Fehér]], Hungarian footballer (born 1979) *[[2005]] – [[Stanisław Albinowski]], Polish economist and journalist (born 1923) * 2005 – [[William Augustus Bootle]], American lawyer and judge (born 1902) * 2005 – [[Philip Johnson]], American architect, designed the [[PPG Place]] and [[Crystal Cathedral]] (born 1906) * 2005 – [[Manuel Lopes (writer)|Manuel Lopes]], Cape Verdean author and poet (born 1907) * 2005 – [[Netti Witziers-Timmer]], Dutch runner (born 1923) *[[2009]] – [[Eleanor F. Helin]], American astronomer (born 1932) * 2009 – [[Ewald Kooiman]], Dutch organist and educator (born 1938) * 2009 – [[Kim Manners]], American director and producer (born 1951) *[[2010]] – [[Ali Hassan al-Majid]], Iraqi general and politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Iraq)|Iraqi Minister of Defence]] (born 1941) *[[2011]] – [[Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos]] Greek captain and businessman (born 1935) * 2011 – [[Vincent Cronin]], Welsh historian and author (born 1924) *[[2012]] – [[Paavo Berglund]], Finnish violinist and conductor (born 1929) * 2012 – [[Jacques Maisonrouge]], French businessman (born 1924) * 2012 – [[Franco Pacini]], Italian astrophysicist and academic (born 1939) * 2012 – [[Robert Sheran]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1916) *[[2013]] – [[Martial Asselin]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] (born 1924) * 2013 – [[Kevin Heffernan (Gaelic footballer)|Kevin Heffernan]], Irish footballer and manager (born 1929) * 2013 – [[Aase Nordmo Løvberg]], Norwegian soprano and actress (born 1923) *[[2014]] – [[Arthur Doyle]], American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and flute player (born 1944) * 2014 – [[Heini Halberstam]], Czech-English mathematician and academic (born 1926) * 2014 – [[Dave Strack]], American basketball player and coach (born 1923) * 2014 – [[Morrie Turner]], American cartoonist (born 1923)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/comics/morrie-turner-dies-at-90-pioneering-wee-pals-cartoonist/2014/01/28/181143ea-883b-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html| title=Morrie Turner dies at 90; pioneering 'Wee Pals' cartoonist| newspaper=The Washington Post| first=Adam| last=Bernstein| date=January 28, 2014| access-date=May 1, 2014| archive-date=May 6, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506171022/http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/comics/morrie-turner-dies-at-90-pioneering-wee-pals-cartoonist/2014/01/28/181143ea-883b-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html| url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[John Leggett]], American author and academic (born 1917) * 2015 – [[Richard McBrien]], American priest, theologian, and academic (born 1936) * 2015 – [[Bill Monbouquette]], American baseball player and coach (born 1936) * 2015 – [[Demis Roussos]], Egyptian-Greek singer (born 1946) *[[2017]] – [[Stephen P. Cohen (Middle East scholar)|Stephen P. Cohen]], Canadian academic (born 1945) * 2017 – [[Robert Garcia (New York politician)|Robert Garcia]], American politician (born 1933) * 2017 – [[John Hurt]], English actor (born 1940)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/acclaimed-british-actor-sir-john-hurt-dies-from-cancer-aged-77-10745597|title=Acclaimed British actor Sir John Hurt dies from cancer aged 77|last=Sephton|first=Connor|date=29 January 2017|publisher=[[Sky News]]|access-date=17 Feb 2017}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Harry Mathews]], American novelist and poet (born 1930) * 2017 – [[Marcel Prud'homme]], Canadian politician (born 1934) * 2017 – [[Mary Tyler Moore]], American actress and producer (born 1936)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Tyler Moore obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/25/mary-tyler-moore-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=8 November 2021 |language=en |date=25 January 2017}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Neagu Djuvara]], Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat (born 1916) *[[2024]] – [[Sanath Nishantha]], Sri Lankan politician (born 1975)<ref>{{cite web |title=Minister of State Sanath Nishantha killed in a car accident |url=https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/articles/ckkvzyy4yg9o |website=BBC|access-date=27 January 2024 |language=si |date=25 January 2024}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Gloria Romero]], Filipino actress (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web|first=Kiko|last=Escuadro|title=Iconic Actress Gloria Romero passes away at 91 |url=https://tribune.net.ph/2025/01/25/iconic-actress-gloria-romero-passes-away-at-91|date=January 25, 2025|newspaper=Daily Tribune|access-date=January 25, 2025}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Betico Croes|Betico Day]] ([[Aruba]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historia di Aruba - Betico Croes|url=http://www.historiadiaruba.aw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=38&lang=en|access-date=2022-01-30|website=www.historiadiaruba.aw}}</ref> *[[Burns supper|Burns Night]] (Scotland)<ref>{{cite web |title=Burns Night 2022: What is Burns Night, who was Robert Burns, why Scots celebrate with whisky and haggis |url=https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/burns-night-2022-heres-when-burns-night-is-and-how-to-celebrate-it-3531191 |website=The Scotsman |date=25 January 2022 |access-date=25 January 2023}}</ref> *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Dydd Santes Dwynwen]] ([[Wales]]) **[[Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]], [[Oriental Orthodox]], [[Roman Catholic]], [[Anglican]] and [[Lutheran]] churches, which concludes the [[Week of Prayer for Christian Unity]]) **[[Gregory the Theologian]] ([[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church]]) **The last day of the [[Week of Prayer for Christian Unity]] ([[Christian ecumenism]]) **[[January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Public holidays in Indonesia|National Nutrition Day]] ([[Indonesia]]) *[[National Police Day (Egypt)]] *[[National Voters' Day]] ([[India]]) *[[Public holidays in Egypt|Revolution Day 2011]] ([[Egypt]]) *[[Tatiana Day]] or Russian Students Day ([[Russia]], [[Eastern Orthodox]]) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/25 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=25}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/25 Historical Events on January 25] {{months}} [[Category:Days of January]]
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