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Day of the year
January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar ; 354 days remain until the end of the year (355 in
leap years ).
1908 –
Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
1912 – Immigrant textile workers in
Lawrence, Massachusetts ,
go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
[19]
1914 – The
Karluk , flagship of the
Canadian Arctic Expedition ,
sank after being crushed by ice .
[20]
1917 – The
Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of
sabotage .
1922 –
Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to be injected with insulin.
1923 –
Occupation of the Ruhr : Troops from
France and
Belgium occupy the
Ruhr area to force
Germany to make its
World War I reparation payments.
1927 –
Louis B. Mayer , head of film studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , at a banquet in
Los Angeles, California .
[21]
1935 –
Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from
Hawaii to
California .
1942 –
World War II :
Japanese forces
capture Kuala Lumpur , the capital of the Federated Malay States.
1942 – World War II: Japanese forces attack
Tarakan in
Borneo ,
Netherlands Indies (
Battle of Tarakan )
1943 – The
Republic of China agrees to the
Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the
Sino-American New Equal Treaty .
1943 – Italian-American anarchist
Carlo Tresca is assassinated in
New York City .
1946 –
Enver Hoxha , Secretary General of the
Communist Party of Albania , declares the
People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
1949 – The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as
KDKA-TV in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
1957 – The
African Convention is founded in
Dakar, Senegal .
1959 – 36 people are killed when
Lufthansa Flight 502 crashes on approach to
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport in Brazil.
[22]
1961 –
Throgs Neck Bridge over the
East River , linking
New York City 's boroughs of
The Bronx and
Queens , opens to road traffic.
1962 –
Cold War : While tied to its pier in
Polyarny , the
Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
1962 – An avalanche on
Huascarán in
Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
[23]
1964 –
Surgeon General of the United States Dr.
Luther Terry , M.D., publishes the landmark report
Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
1966 – The
Tbilisi Metro is opened.
[24]
1972 –
East Pakistan renames itself
Bangladesh .
1973 –
Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the
American League adopting the
designated hitter position.
1983 –
United Airlines Flight 2885 crashes after takeoff from
Detroit Metropolitan Airport , killing three.
[25]
1986 – The
Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
1994 – The
Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the
IRA and its political arm
Sinn Féin .
1995 – 51 people are killed in a
plane crash in
María La Baja , Colombia.
[26]
1996 –
Space Shuttle program :
STS-72 launches from the
Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th
Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of
Endeavour .
[27]
1998 – Over 100 people are killed in the
Sidi-Hamed massacre in
Algeria .
[28]
2003 –
Illinois Governor
George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on
Illinois 's death row based on the
Jon Burge scandal.
2013 – One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a
failed attempt to free a French hostage in
Bulo Marer ,
Somalia .
2020 –
COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei : Municipal health officials in
Wuhan announce the first recorded death from
COVID-19 .
[29]
347 –
Theodosius I , Roman emperor (d. 395)
889 –
Abd-ar-Rahman III , first
Caliph of Córdoba (d. 961)
1113 –
Wang Chongyang , Chinese religious leader and poet (d. 1170)
1209 –
Möngke Khan , Mongolian emperor (d. 1259)
1322 –
Emperor Kōmyō of Japan (d. 1380)
1359 –
Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (d. 1393)
1395 –
Michele of Valois , daughter of Charles VI of France (d. 1422)
1503 –
Parmigianino , Italian artist (d. 1540)
1589 –
William Strode , English politician (d. 1666)
1591 –
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex , English general and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (d. 1646)
1624 –
Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw , Dutch painter (d. 1680)
1630 –
John Rogers , English-American minister, physician, and academic (d. 1684)
1638 –
Nicolas Steno , Danish bishop and anatomist (d. 1686)
1642 –
Johann Friedrich Alberti , German organist and composer (d. 1710)
1650 –
Diana Glauber , Dutch-German painter (d. 1721)
[30]
1671 –
François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie , French general and diplomat (d. 1745)
1755 –
Alexander Hamilton , Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st
United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
1757 –
Samuel Bentham , English engineer and architect (d. 1831)
1760 –
Oliver Wolcott Jr. , American lawyer and politician, 2nd
United States Secretary of the Treasury , 24th
Governor of Connecticut (d. 1833)
1777 –
Vincenzo Borg , Maltese merchant and rebel leader (d. 1837)
1786 –
Joseph Jackson Lister , English physicist (d. 1869)
1788 –
William Thomas Brande , English chemist and academic (d. 1866)
1800 –
Ányos Jedlik , Hungarian physicist and engineer (d. 1895)
1807 –
Ezra Cornell , American businessman and philanthropist, founded
Western Union and
Cornell University (d. 1874)
1814 –
James Paget , English surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899)
1814 –
Socrates Nelson , American businessman and politician (d. 1867)
[31]
1815 –
John A. Macdonald , Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st
Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
1825 –
Bayard Taylor , American poet, author, and critic (d. 1878)
1839 –
Eugenio María de Hostos , Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist (d. 1903)
1842 –
William James , American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910)
1843 –
Adolf Eberle , German painter (d. 1914)
1845 –
Albert Victor Bäcklund , Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1912)
1850 –
Joseph Charles Arthur , American pathologist and mycologist (d. 1942)
1852 –
Constantin Fehrenbach , German lawyer and politician, 4th
Chancellor of Weimar Germany (d. 1926)
1853 –
Georgios Jakobides , Greek painter and sculptor (d. 1932)
1856 –
Christian Sinding , Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1941)
1857 –
Fred Archer , English jockey (d. 1886)
1858 –
Harry Gordon Selfridge , American-English businessman, founded
Selfridges (d. 1947)
1859 –
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston , English politician, 35th
Governor-General of India (d. 1925)
1864 –
Thomas Dixon, Jr. , American minister, lawyer, and politician (d. 1946)
1867 –
Edward B. Titchener , English psychologist and academic (d. 1927)
1868 –
Cai Yuanpei , Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1940)
1870 –
Alexander Stirling Calder , American sculptor and educator (d. 1945)
1872 –
G. W. Pierce , American physicist and academic (d. 1956)
1873 –
John Callan O'Laughlin , American soldier and journalist (d. 1949)
1875 –
Reinhold Glière , Russian composer and academic (d. 1956)
1876 –
Elmer Flick , American baseball player (d. 1971)
1876 –
Thomas Hicks , American runner (d. 1952)
1878 –
Theodoros Pangalos , Greek general and politician,
President of Greece (d. 1952)
1885 –
Alice Paul , American activist and suffragist (d. 1977)
1886 –
George Zucco , British actor (d. 1960)
[32]
1887 –
Aldo Leopold , American ecologist and author (d. 1948)
1888 –
Joseph B. Keenan , American jurist and politician (d. 1954)
1889 –
Calvin Bridges , American geneticist and academic (d. 1938)
1890 –
Max Carey , American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1890 –
Oswald de Andrade , Brazilian poet and critic (d. 1954)
1891 –
Andrew Sockalexis , American runner (d. 1919)
1893 –
Ellinor Aiki , Estonian painter (d. 1969)
1893 –
Charles Fraser , Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1981)
1893 –
Anthony M. Rud , American journalist and author (d. 1942)
1895 –
Laurens Hammond , American engineer and businessman, founded the
Hammond Clock Company (d. 1973)
1897 –
Bernard DeVoto , American historian and author (d. 1955)
1897 –
August Heissmeyer , German
SS officer (d. 1979)
1899 –
Eva Le Gallienne , English-American actress, director, and producer (d. 1991)
1901 –
Kwon Ki-ok , Korean pilot (d. 1988)
[33]
1902 –
Maurice Duruflé , French organist and composer (d. 1986)
1903 –
Alan Paton , South African author and activist (d. 1988)
[34]
1905 –
Clyde Kluckhohn , American anthropologist and theorist (d. 1960)
1906 –
Albert Hofmann , Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of
LSD (d. 2008)
1907 –
Pierre Mendès France , French lawyer and politician, 142nd
Prime Minister of France (d. 1982)
1907 –
Abraham Joshua Heschel , Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972)
1908 –
Lionel Stander , American actor and activist (d. 1994)
[35]
1910 –
Arthur Lambourn , New Zealand rugby player (d. 1999)
1910 –
Shane Paltridge , Australian soldier and politician (d. 1966)
1911 –
Tommy Duncan , American singer-songwriter (d. 1967)
1911 –
Nora Heysen , Australian painter (d. 2003)
1911 –
Zenkō Suzuki , Japanese politician, 70th
Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
1912 –
Don "Red" Barry , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1913 –
Karl Stegger , Danish actor (d. 1980)
1915 –
Luise Krüger , German javelin thrower (d. 2001)
1915 –
Paddy Mayne , British colonel and lawyer (d. 1955)
1916 –
Bernard Blier , Argentinian-French actor (d. 1989)
1917 –
John Robarts , Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th
Premier of Ontario (d. 1982)
1918 –
Robert C. O'Brien , American author and journalist (d. 1973)
1918 –
Spencer Walklate , Australian rugby league player and soldier (d. 1945)
[36]
1920 –
Mick McManus , English wrestler (d. 2013)
1921 –
Gory Guerrero , American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990)
1921 –
Juanita M. Kreps , American economist and politician, 24th
United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
1923 –
Jerome Bixby , American author and screenwriter (d. 1998)
[37]
1923 –
Ernst Nolte , German historian and philosopher (d. 2016)
1923 –
Carroll Shelby , American race car driver, engineer, and businessman, founded
Carroll Shelby International (d. 2012)
[38]
1924 –
Roger Guillemin , French-American physician and endocrinologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2024)
1924 –
Sam B. Hall, Jr. , American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1994)
1924 –
Slim Harpo , American blues singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1970)
1925 –
Grant Tinker , American television producer, co-founded
MTM Enterprises (d. 2016)
1926 –
Lev Dyomin , Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1998)
1928 –
David L. Wolper , American director and producer (d. 2010)
1929 –
Dmitri Bruns , Estonian architect and theorist (d. 2020)
1930 –
Ron Mulock , Australian lawyer and politician, 10th
Deputy Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
1930 –
Rod Taylor , Australian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
[34]
1931 –
Betty Churcher , Australian painter, historian, and curator (d. 2015)
1931 –
Mary Rodgers , American composer and author (d. 2014)
1932 –
Alfonso Arau , Mexican actor and director
1933 –
Goldie Hill , American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
1934 –
Jean Chrétien , Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th
Prime Minister of Canada
[34]
1934 –
Mitchell Ryan , American actor (d. 2022)
[39]
1936 –
Eva Hesse , German-American sculptor and educator (d. 1970)
1937 –
Felix Silla , Italian character actor, circus performer, voice artist, and stuntman (d. 2021)
[40]
1938 –
Arthur Scargill , English miner, activist, and politician
[41]
1939 –
Anne Heggtveit , Canadian alpine skier
1940 –
Andres Tarand , Estonian geographer and politician, 10th
Prime Minister of Estonia
1941 –
Gérson , Brazilian footballer
1942 –
Bud Acton , American basketball player
1942 –
Clarence Clemons , American saxophonist and actor (d. 2011)
[34]
1944 –
Mohammed Abdul-Hayy , Sudanese poet and academic (d. 1989)
1944 –
Shibu Soren , Indian politician, 3rd
Chief Minister of Jharkhand
1945 –
Christine Kaufmann , German actress, author, and businesswoman (d. 2017)
1946 –
Naomi Judd , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2022)
[34]
1946 –
Tony Kaye , English progressive rock keyboard player and songwriter
1946 –
John Piper , American theologian and author
1947 –
Hamish Macdonald , New Zealand rugby player
1948 –
Fritz Bohla , German footballer and manager
1948 –
Joe Harper , Scottish footballer and manager
1948 –
Wajima Hiroshi , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 54th
Yokozuna (d. 2018)
1948 –
Madeline Manning , American runner and coach
1948 –
Terry Williams , Welsh drummer
1949 –
Daryl Braithwaite , Australian singer-songwriter
1949 –
Chris Ford , American basketball player and coach (d. 2023)
[42]
1949 –
Mohammad Reza Rahimi , Iranian lawyer and politician, 2nd
Vice President of Iran
1951 –
Charlie Huhn , American rock singer and guitarist
1951 –
Willie Maddren , English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
1951 –
Philip Tartaglia , Scottish archbishop (d. 2021)
1952 –
Bille Brown , Australian actor and playwright (d. 2013)
1952 –
Ben Crenshaw , American golfer and architect
1952 –
Michael Forshaw , Australian lawyer and politician
1952 –
Diana Gabaldon , American author
[43]
1952 –
Lee Ritenour , American guitarist, composer, and producer
1953 –
Graham Allen , English politician,
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1953 –
Kostas Skandalidis , Greek engineer and politician,
Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Food
1954 –
Jaak Aaviksoo , Estonian physicist and politician, 26th
Estonian Minister of Defence
1954 –
Kailash Satyarthi , Indian engineer, academic, and activist,
Nobel Prize laureate
1956 –
David Grant , Australian rugby league player (d. 1994)
[44]
1956 –
Big Bank Hank , American rapper (d. 2014)
1956 –
Robert Earl Keen , American singer-songwriter
[39]
1956 –
Phyllis Logan , Scottish actress
[39]
1957 –
Darryl Dawkins , American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1957 –
Peter Moore , Australian rules footballer and coach
1957 –
Bryan Robson , English footballer and manager
1958 –
Vicki Peterson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[39]
1959 –
Brett Bodine , American NASCAR driver
[45]
1959 –
Rob Ramage , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 –
Jasper Fforde , English author
[34]
1961 –
Lars-Erik Torph , Swedish racing driver (d. 1989)
1961 –
Karl von Habsburg , Austrian politician, Head of the
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
1962 –
Chris Bryant , Welsh politician,
Minister of State for Europe
1962 –
Kim Coles , American actress and comedian
[39]
1962 –
Susan Lindauer , American journalist and activist
1962 –
Brian Moore , English rugby player
1963 –
Tracy Caulkins , American-Australian swimmer
[34]
1963 –
Jason Connery , Italian-born British actor and director
[46]
1963 –
Petra Schneider , German swimmer
1964 –
Albert Dupontel , French actor and director
1964 –
Ralph Recto , Filipino lawyer and politician
1965 –
Mascarita Sagrada , Mexican wrestler
1965 –
Aleksey Zhukov , Russian footballer and coach
1966 –
Marc Acito , American author and screenwriter
1967 –
Michael Healy-Rae , Irish politician
1968 –
Anders Borg , Swedish economist and politician,
Swedish Minister for Finance
1968 –
Tom Dumont , American guitarist and producer
[39]
1968 –
Steve Mavin , Australian rugby league player
[47]
1969 –
Manny Acta , Dominican-American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster
1970 –
Manfredi Beninati , Italian painter and sculptor
1970 –
Chris Jent , American basketball player and coach
1970 –
Malcolm D. Lee , American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
[39]
1970 –
Ken Ueno , American composer
1971 –
Mary J. Blige , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
[39]
1971 –
Jeff Orford , Australian rugby league player
1972 –
Christian Jacobs , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1972 –
Anthony Lledo , Danish composer
1972 –
Amanda Peet , American actress and playwright
[39]
1973 –
Rahul Dravid , Indian cricketer and captain
1973 –
Rockmond Dunbar , American actor
[39]
1974 –
Roman Görtz , German footballer
1974 –
Cody McKay , Canadian baseball player
1974 –
Jens Nowotny , German footballer
1975 –
Rory Fitzpatrick , American ice hockey player
1975 –
Dan Luger , English rugby player and coach
1975 –
Matteo Renzi , Italian politician, 56th
Prime Minister of Italy
1976 –
Efthimios Rentzias , Greek basketball player
1977 –
Shamari Buchanan , American football player
1977 –
Anni Friesinger-Postma , German speed skater
1977 –
Shane Kelly , Australian rugby league player
[48]
1977 –
Olexiy Lukashevych , Ukrainian long jumper
1978 –
Vallo Allingu , Estonian basketball player
1978 –
Holly Brisley , Australian actress
1978 –
Michael Duff , Irish footballer
1978 –
Emile Heskey , English footballer
1979 –
Darren Lynn Bousman , American director and screenwriter
1979 –
Michael Lorenz , German footballer
1979 –
Terence Morris , American basketball player
[49]
1979 –
Siti Nurhaliza , Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman
[50]
1979 –
Henry Shefflin , Irish hurler
1980 –
Josh Hannay , Australian rugby league player and coach
1980 –
Damien Wilkins , American basketball player
[51]
1982 –
Tony Allen , American basketball player
1982 –
Clint Greenshields , Australian-French rugby league player
[52]
1982 –
Blake Heron , American actor (d. 2017)
1982 –
Son Ye-jin , South Korean actress
1983 –
André Myhrer , Swedish skier
1983 –
Ted Richards , Australian rules footballer
1983 –
Adrian Sutil , German racing driver
1984 –
Kevin Boss , American football player
1984 –
Dario Krešić , Croatian footballer
1984 –
Matt Mullenweg , American web developer and businessman, co-created
WordPress
1984 –
Stijn Schaars , Dutch footballer
1984 –
Glenn Stewart , Australian rugby league player
[53]
1985 –
Dennis Dixon , American football player
[54]
1985 –
Newton Faulkner , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985 –
Aja Naomi King , American actress
[39]
1987 –
Scotty Cranmer , American BMX rider
1987 –
Danuta Kozák , Hungarian sprint canoer
1987 –
Daniel Semenzato , Italian footballer
1987 –
Jamie Vardy , English footballer
1987 –
Kim Young-kwang , South Korean actor and model
1988 –
Epiphanny Prince , American-Russian basketball player
[55]
1989 –
Demario Davis , American football player
[56]
1989 –
Kane Linnett , Australian rugby league player
1990 –
Malik Jackson , American football player
[57]
1991 –
Andrea Bertolacci , Italian footballer
1992 –
Dani Carvajal , Spanish footballer
1992 –
Lee Seung-hoon , South Korean rapper and dancer
1993 –
Chris Boucher , Saint Lucian-Canadian basketball player
[58]
1993 –
Park Junghwan , South Korean Go player
[59]
1993 –
Michael Keane , English footballer
1993 –
Will Keane , Irish footballer
1995 –
Nick Solak , American baseball player
[60]
1996 –
Leroy Sané , German footballer
1997 –
Cody Simpson , Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
[39]
1998 –
Thomas Mikaele , New Zealand rugby league player
[61]
1999 –
Jeanette Hegg Duestad , Norwegian sport shooter
[62]
1999 –
Brandon Wakeham , Australian-Fijian rugby league player
[63]
2000 –
Chaeyeon , South Korean singer-songwriter
[64]
140 –
Pope Hyginus , Bishop of Rome (b. 74)
705 –
Pope John VI (b. 655)
782 –
Emperor Kōnin of Japan (b. 709)
812 –
Staurakios , Byzantine emperor
844 –
Michael I Rangabe , Byzantine emperor (b. 770)
887 –
Boso of Provence , Frankish
nobleman
937 –
Cao , empress of
Later Tang
937 –
Li Chongmei , prince of Later Tang
937 –
Li Congke , emperor of Later Tang (b. 885)
937 –
Liu , empress of Later Tang
1055 –
Constantine IX Monomachos , Byzantine emperor (b. 1000)
1068 –
Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen
1083 –
Otto of Nordheim (b. 1020)
1266 –
Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania
1344 –
Thomas Charlton , Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
1372 –
Eleanor of Lancaster , English noblewoman (b. 1318)
1396 –
Isidore Glabas , Metropolitan bishop of
Thessalonica (b.c. 1341)
1397 –
Skirgaila , Grand Duke of Lithuania
1494 –
Domenico Ghirlandaio , Italian painter (b. 1449)
1495 –
Pedro González de Mendoza , Spanish cardinal (b. 1428)
1546 –
Gaudenzio Ferrari , Italian painter and sculptor (b. c. 1471)
1554 –
Min Bin , king of Arakan (b. 1493)
1641 –
Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar , Spanish poet and painter (b. 1583)
1696 –
Charles Albanel , French priest, missionary, and explorer (b. 1616)
1703 –
Johann Georg Graevius , German scholar and critic (b. 1632)
1713 –
Pierre Jurieu , French priest and theologian (b. 1637)
1735 –
Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje (b. 1670)
1753 –
Hans Sloane , Irish-English physician and academic (b. 1660)
1757 –
Louis Bertrand Castel , French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1688)
[65]
1762 –
Louis-François Roubiliac , French-English sculptor (b. 1695)
1763 –
Caspar Abel , German poet, historian, and theologian (b. 1676)
1771 –
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens , French philosopher and author (b. 1704)
1788 –
François Joseph Paul de Grasse , French admiral (b. 1722)
1791 –
William Williams Pantycelyn , Welsh composer and poet (b. 1717)
1798 –
Heraclius II of Georgia (b. 1720)
1801 –
Domenico Cimarosa , Italian composer and educator (b. 1749)
1824 –
Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry , Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1736)
1836 –
John Molson , Canadian businessman, founded the
Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763)
1843 –
Francis Scott Key , American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
1866 –
Gustavus Vaughan Brooke , Irish actor (b. 1818)
1866 –
John Woolley , English minister and academic (b. 1816)
1867 –
Stuart Donaldson , English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st
Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
1882 –
Theodor Schwann , German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
1891 –
Georges-Eugène Haussmann , French urban planner (b. 1809)
1902 –
Johnny Briggs , English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
1904 –
William Sawyer , Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
1914 –
Carl Jacobsen , Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
1920 –
Steinar Schjøtt , Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
1923 –
Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
1928 –
Thomas Hardy , English novelist and poet (b. 1840)
1929 –
Elfrida Andrée , Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1841)
[66]
1931 –
James Milton Carroll , American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
1937 –
Nuri Conker , Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)
1941 –
Emanuel Lasker , German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (b. 1868)
1944 –
Galeazzo Ciano , Italian politician,
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903)
1947 –
Eva Tanguay , Canadian singer (b. 1879)
1952 –
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny , French general (b. 1889)
1952 –
Aureliano Pertile , Italian tenor and educator (b. 1885)
1953 –
Noe Zhordania , Georgian journalist and politician,
Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1868)
1953 –
Roberta Fulbright , American businesswoman (b.1874)
[67]
1954 –
Oscar Straus , Austrian composer (b. 1870)
[68]
1957 –
Robert Garran , Australian lawyer and politician,
Solicitor-General of Australia (b. 1867)
1961 –
Elena Gerhardt , German soprano and actress (b. 1883)
1963 –
Arthur Nock , English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (b. 1902)
1965 –
Wally Pipp , American baseball player (b. 1893)
1966 –
Alberto Giacometti , Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901)
1966 –
Lal Bahadur Shastri , Indian academic and politician, 2nd
Prime Minister of India (b. 1904)
1968 –
Moshe Zvi Segal , Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)
1969 –
Richmal Crompton , English author and educator (b. 1890)
1972 –
Padraic Colum , Irish poet and playwright (b. 1881)
1975 –
Max Lorenz , German tenor and actor (b. 1901)
1980 –
Barbara Pym , English author (b. 1913)
1981 –
Beulah Bondi , American actress (b. 1889)
1985 –
Edward Buzzell , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
1985 –
William McKell , Australian lawyer and politician, 12th
Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
1986 –
Sid Chaplin , English author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1986 –
Andrzej Czok , Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
1987 –
Albert Ferber , Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)
1988 –
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Ariel Sharon , Israeli general and politician, 11th
Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928)
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2015 –
Anita Ekberg , Swedish-Italian model and actress (b. 1931)
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