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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[661]] &ndash; The [[Rashidun Caliphate]] is effectively ended with the [[assassination of Ali]], the last caliph.<ref name="Madelung">{{cite book |last=Madelung |first=Wilferd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2QKBUwBUWWkC&pg=PA308 |title=The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-521-64696-3 |pages=308 |author-link=Wilferd Madelung}}</ref>
*[[1531]] &ndash; The 6.4–7.1 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1531 Lisbon earthquake|Lisbon earthquake]] kills about thirty thousand people.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The 1531 Lisbon earthquake and tsunami |author=Miranda, J. |author2=Batlló, J. |author3=Ferreira, H. |author4=Matias, L.M. |author5=Baptista, M.A. |name-list-style=amp |journal=15 Wcee |year=2012 |url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/article/WCEE2012_0685.pdf |access-date=2021-08-31 |archive-date=2022-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006171252/https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/article/WCEE2012_0685.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Bharatdwaj, K. |title=Physical Geography: Introduction To Earth |year=2006 |publisher=Discovery Publishing House |isbn=9788183561631 |page=275 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dC7qhGQpBYkC&pg=PA275}}</ref>
*[[1564]] &ndash; The [[Council of Trent]] establishes an official distinction between [[Roman Catholicism]] and [[Protestantism]].<ref>Jackson, Samuel Macauley, ed. (1914). [https://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/encyc/encyc12/htm/ii.ii.htm "Trent, Council of"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928044140/https://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/encyc/encyc12/htm/ii.ii.htm |date=2021-09-28 }}. ''[[New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge]]'' (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls.</ref>
*[[1564]] &ndash; The [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] defeats the [[Tsardom of Russia]] in the [[Battle of Ula]] during the [[Livonian War]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Edvardas |last=Gudavičius |authorlink=Edvardas Gudavičius |editor-first=Jonas |editor-last=Zinkus |encyclopedia=Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija |title=Ulos mūšis |year=1985–1988 |publisher=Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija |volume=4 |location=Vilnius |page=374 |lccn=86232954 |display-editors=etal |language=lt}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1699]] &ndash; For the first time, the [[Ottoman Empire]] permanently [[Treaty of Karlowitz|cedes territory]] to the Christian powers.<ref name="Ágoston">{{cite encyclopedia |first=Gábor |last=Ágoston |title=Treaty of Karlowitz |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire |publisher=Infobase Publishing |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjzYdCxumFcC&pg=PA309 |pages=309–10 |isbn=978-0816-06259-1}}<!-- ISBN refers to 2008 edition; Google Books dates their copy as 2010. --></ref>
*[[1700]] &ndash; The 8.7–9.2 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1700 Cascadia earthquake|Cascadia earthquake]] takes place off the west coast of [[North America]], as evidenced by Japanese records.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Atwater, Brian F. |title=The orphan tsunami of 1700—Japanese clues to a parent earthquake in North America |author2=Musumi-Rokkaku, Satoko |author3=Satake, Kenji |author4=Tsuji, Yoshinobu |author5=Ueda, Kazue |author6=Yamaguchi, David K. |date=2015 |publisher=United States Geological Survey |edition=Second |series=Professional Paper |page=146, Japanese |doi=10.3133/pp1707 |bibcode=2015orts.book.....A |hdl=2027/osu.32435085226595 |url=http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1707 |orig-year=2005 |access-date=2021-09-05 |archive-date=2021-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914153500/https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1707 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1765]] &ndash; A British naval expedition arrives at and names [[Port Egmont]] in the [[Falkland Islands]], founding a settlement there eight days later. (Arrival was 15 January 1765 [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawkesworth |first1=John |last2=Banks |first2=Joseph |title=An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. Vol. 1 |location=London |publisher=W. Strahan and T. Cadell |date=1773 |oclc=66168420 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ttReAAAAcAAJ |pages=46–47 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Allardyce |first=William Lamond |title=The Story of the Falkland Islands: Being an Account of Their Discovery and Early History, 1500-1842 |location=Falkland Islands |publisher=Government Printing Office |date=1909 |oclc=9669488 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UiBPAQAAMAAJ |page=18 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Cawley |first=Charles |title=Colonies in Conflict: The History of the British Overseas Territories |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |date=2015 |isbn=9781443878111 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TXnWCgAAQBAJ |page=187}}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; The British [[First Fleet]], led by [[Arthur Phillip]], sails into [[Port Jackson|Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour)]] to establish [[Sydney]], the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as [[Australia Day]].<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528212130/http://www.abc.net.au/australiaday/about_australiaday.htm |archive-date=28 May 2016 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/australiaday/about_australiaday.htm |title=What does Australia Day mean? |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; The [[Rum Rebellion]] is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in New South Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Rum-Rebellion |title=Rum Rebellion {{!}} Australian history|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2021-03-30|archive-date=2021-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411043454/https://www.britannica.com/event/Rum-Rebellion|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Michigan]] is admitted as the 26th [[U.S. state]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Today in History: January 26 |url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan26.html |website=loc.gov |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=2021-09-05 |archive-date=2016-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611081338/http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan26.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Gordon Bremer]] takes formal possession of [[Hong Kong Island]] at what is now [[Possession Point]], establishing [[British Hong Kong]].<ref name=lubbock>[http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/041197/base.htm Base closure to end Royal Navy's Far East presence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210104/http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/041197/base.htm |date=27 September 2007 }}, [[Associated Press]], 4 November 1997</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Point No Point Treaty]] is signed in [[Washington Territory]].<ref name=historylink>{{cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/5637 |title=Treaty of Point No Point, 1855 |date=15 January 2004 |website=HistoryLink.org |access-date=17 April 2019 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329223627/https://www.historylink.org/File/5637 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; First [[Battle of Seattle (1856)|Battle of Seattle]]: Marines from the {{USS|Decatur|1839|6}} drive off American Indian attackers after all-day battle with settlers.<ref name=Crowley-Wilma>[[Walt Crowley]] and David Wilma, [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5208 Native Americans attack Seattle on January 26, 1856] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025054701/http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5208 |date=October 25, 2007 }}, HistoryLink.org, February 15, 2003. Retrieved November 2, 2006.</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The state of [[Louisiana]] [[Louisiana secession|secedes from the Union]].<ref>The text of [http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/laord.htm Louisiana's Ordinance of Secession] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012190935/http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/laord.htm |date=October 12, 2007 }}.</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: General [[Ambrose Burnside]] is relieved of command of the [[Army of the Potomac]] after the disastrous [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg campaign]]. He is replaced by [[Joseph Hooker]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ambrose Burnside |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ambrose-Burnside |access-date=September 5, 2021 |archive-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910090745/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ambrose-Burnside |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1863   &ndash; American Civil War: [[Governor of Massachusetts]] [[John Albion Andrew]] receives permission from the [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]] to raise a [[militia]] organization for men of African descent.<ref>{{cite book |last=Emilio |first=Luis Fenollosa |url=https://archive.org/stream/historyoffiftyfo00emil |title=History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863–1865 (2nd Edition, Revised and Correct, with Appendix upon Treatment of Colored Prisoners of War) |publisher=The Boston Book Company |year=1891 |location=Boston, MA |pages=2 |author-link=Luis F. Emilio}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Reconstruction Era]]: [[Virginia]] is [[History of Virginia#Reconstruction|readmitted to the Union]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Library of Virginia : Civil War Research Guide – Reconstruction |url=https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/civil-war/reconstruction |website=lva.virginia.gov |access-date=2022-12-12 |archive-date=2022-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212204732/https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/civil-war/reconstruction |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; Troops loyal to [[Muhammad Ahmad|The Mahdi]] conquer [[Siege of Khartoum|Khartoum]], killing the Governor-General [[Charles George Gordon]].<ref name="about1">{{cite web |last=Hickman |first=Kennedy |title=Mahdist War: Siege of Khartoum |publisher=About education |date=18 March 2015 |url=http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/warsofthebritishempire/p/Mahdist-War-Siege-Of-Khartoum.htm |access-date=2016-07-18 |archive-date=2016-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704102704/http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/warsofthebritishempire/p/Mahdist-War-Siege-Of-Khartoum.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; The world's largest [[diamond]] ever, the [[Cullinan Diamond|Cullinan]], which weighs {{convert|3106.75|carat|kg}}, is found at the [[Premier Mine]] near [[Pretoria]] in South Africa.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bariand |first1=Pierre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BogKAQAAMAAJ |title=The Larousse Encyclopedia of Precious Gems |last2=Duchamp |first2=Michel |publisher=Van Nostrand Reinhold |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-442-30289-4 |pages=97}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; The [[Rocky Mountain National Park]] is established by an act of the [[U.S. Congress]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/historyculture/brief.htm |title=Brief Park History |publisher=National Park Service |date=n.d. |access-date=December 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008183733/https://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/historyculture/brief.htm |archive-date=October 8, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Finnish Civil War]]: A group of [[Red Guards (Finland)|Red Guards]] hangs a red lantern atop the tower of [[Helsinki Workers' Hall]] to symbolically mark the start of the war.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Finnish Civil War 1918: History, Memory, Legacy |date=14 August 2014 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-28071-7 |pages=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xCJBAAAQBAJ}}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; The first demonstration of the television by [[John Logie Baird]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic Figures: John Logie Baird (1888–1946) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/baird_logie.shtml |publisher=BBC |access-date=28 April 2015 |archive-date=8 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008035514/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/baird_logie.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; The [[Indian National Congress]] declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for [[Purna Swaraj|Poorna Swaraj]] ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.<ref>{{cite web |title=Declaration of Purna Swaraj (Indian National Congress, 1930) |url=https://www.constitutionofindia.net/historical_constitutions/declaration_of_purna_swaraj__indian_national_congress__1930__26th%20January%201930 |website=Constitution of India |access-date=2021-09-06 |archive-date=2019-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715113407/http://cadindia.clpr.org.in/historical_constitutions/declaration_of_purna_swaraj__indian_national_congress__1930__26th%20January%201930 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; The [[Apollo Theater]] reopens in [[Harlem]], New York City.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Iain Cameron |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rkgIAQAAMAAJ |title=Underneath a Harlem Moon: The Harlem to Paris Years of Adelaide Hall |date=15 September 2002 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-8264-5893-3 |pages=289}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[German–Polish declaration of non-aggression]] is signed.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cienciala |first1=Anna M. |title=The Significance of the Declaration of Non-Aggression of January 26, 1934, in Polish-German and International Relations: A Reappraisal |journal=East European Quarterly |date=1 March 1967 |volume=1 |issue=1 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1297351025 |access-date=13 February 2021 |id={{ProQuest|1297351025}} |archive-date=31 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831003328/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1297351025 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Catalonia Offensive]]: Troops loyal to nationalist General [[Francisco Franco]] and aided by [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] take [[Barcelona]].<ref>Preston, Paul. ''Doves of War. Four women of Spain.'' Harper Collins. London. 2002. p. 374</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The first United States forces arrive in Europe, landing in [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Antony |last=Shaw |title=World War II Day By Day |location=Staplehurst |publisher=Spellmount |year=2005 |isbn=1-86227-304-9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=American Soldiers Arrive in the United Kingdom 1942 |url=https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/american-soldiers-arrive-united-kingdom-1942 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=The National WWII Museum {{!}} New Orleans |date=28 January 2022|archive-date=2022-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214185756/https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/american-soldiers-arrive-united-kingdom-1942 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: [[Audie Murphy]] displays valor and bravery in action for which he will later be awarded the [[Medal of Honor]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Audie Murphy's Medal of Honor Citation |url=https://www.si.edu/object/audie-murphys-medal-honor-citation:nmah_1062079 |access-date=December 14, 2022 |website=Smithsonian Museum of Natural History |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214185756/https://www.si.edu/object/audie-murphys-medal-honor-citation:nmah_1062079 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash;  [[India]] adopted its [[Constitution of India|constitution]] and transitioned into a [[republic]] on [[Republic Day (India)|this day]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republic Day Celebration 2024 – Republic Of India – Know India: National Portal of India |url=https://knowindia.india.gov.in/republic-day-celebration/republic-of-india.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918131437/https://knowindia.india.gov.in/republic-day-celebration/republic-of-india.php |archive-date=2021-09-18 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Know India}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; The [[Hale Telescope]] at [[Palomar Observatory]] sees [[First light (astronomy)|first light]] under the direction of [[Edwin Hubble]], becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until [[BTA-6]] is built in 1976).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/about/telescopes/hale.html |title=The 200-inch Hale Telescope |website=astro.caltech.edu |access-date=2021-08-31 |archive-date=2019-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420110149/http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/about/telescopes/hale.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/997/1/Telescope.pdf |last=Edison |first=Hodge |title=The 200-inch telescope takes its first pictures |journal=Engineering and Science Monthly |volume=12 |issue=8 |date=May 1949 |access-date=2021-08-31 |archive-date=2016-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018223851/http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/997/1/Telescope.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; The [[Constitution of India]] [[coming into force|comes into force]], forming a republic. [[Rajendra Prasad]] is sworn in as the first [[President of India]]. Observed as [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/introd.htm |title=Introduction to Constitution of India |access-date=14 October 2008 |publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice of India |date=29 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022161409/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/introd.htm |archive-date=22 October 2014}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Cairo fire|Black Saturday]] in Egypt: rioters burn [[Cairo]]'s central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hassan |first=Fayza |date=24–30 January 2002 |title=Burning down the house |journal=[[Al-Ahram Weekly]] |issue=570 |access-date=2011-02-06 |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/570/sc3.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108034353/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/570/sc3.htm |archive-date=2009-11-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; Soviet Union cedes [[Porkkala]] back to Finland.<ref>{{cite web |title=55 Years Since Return of Porkkala |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/55_years_since_return_of_porkkala/5312007 |website=Yle Uutiset |date=26 January 2011 |access-date=31 August 2021 |archive-date=30 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830234310/https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/55_years_since_return_of_porkkala/5312007 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; The {{cvt|41|acre|adj=mid}} [[Chain Island]] is listed for sale by the [[State of California|California]] State Lands Commission, with a minimum bid of $5,226.<ref name="Sacram1959-01-26">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86337102/sale-of-state-land/ |date=26 January 1959 |page=24 |title=Sale of State Land |via=Newspapers.com |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |location=Sacramento, California |access-date=17 January 2023 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117213436/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86337102/sale-of-state-land/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Ranger 3]] is launched to study the [[Moon]]. The [[space probe]] later misses the Moon by 22,000 miles (35,400&nbsp;km).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1962-001A |title=National Space Science Data Center – Ranger 3 |publisher=National Air and Space Administration |access-date=June 19, 2012 |ref=nssdc1962-001A |archive-date=January 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108223625/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1962-001A |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; The three [[Disappearance of the Beaumont children|Beaumont children disappear]] from a beach in [[Glenelg, South Australia]], resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://missingpersons.gov.au/search/sa/grant-beaumont |title=Grant Beaumont |work=Missing persons |publisher=[[Australian Federal Police]] |date=2018 |access-date=10 May 2018 |archive-date=23 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123174202/https://missingpersons.gov.au/search/sa/grant-beaumont |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[JAT Flight 367]] is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|DC-9]]. Flight attendant [[Vesna Vulović]] survives with critical injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 YU-AHT Ceské Kamenice |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720126-0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619142836/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720126-0 |archive-date=2019-06-19 |access-date=2019-06-21 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Turkish Airlines Flight 301]] crashes during takeoff from Izmir Cumaovası Airport (now [[İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport]]), killing 66 of the 73 people on board the [[Fokker F28 Fellowship]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 TC-JAO Izmir-Cumaovasi Airport (ADB) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740126-0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417194135/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740126-0 |archive-date=2022-04-17 |access-date=2021-01-23 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; The Ugandan government of [[Tito Okello]] is overthrown by the [[National Resistance Army]], led by [[Yoweri Museveni]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/628581-tito-okello--the-president-who-was-kept-on-his-toes.html |title=Tito Okello: The President Who Was Kept on His Toes |access-date=16 February 2015 |date=25 January 2012 |last=Titus Kakembo |first=and Joel Ogwang |newspaper=[[New Vision]] (Kampala) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216223129/http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/628581-tito-okello--the-president-who-was-kept-on-his-toes.html |archive-date=16 February 2015}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Siad Barre|Mohamed Siad Barre]] is removed from power in [[Somalia]], ending centralized government, and is succeeded by [[Ali Mahdi Muhammad|Ali Mahdi]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/28/world/insurgents-claiming-victory-in-somalia.html |title=Insurgents Claiming Victory in Somalia |first1=Jane |last1=Perlez |first2=Special to The New York |last2=Times |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 28, 1991 |access-date=October 28, 2017 |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028200751/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/28/world/insurgents-claiming-victory-in-somalia.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Lewinsky scandal]]: On American television, U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] denies having had "sexual relations" with former [[White House]] intern [[Monica Lewinsky]].<ref>Clinton, Bill. [http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3930 Response to the Lewinsky Allegations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223181444/http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3930 |date=February 23, 2009 }}, Miller Center of Public Affairs, January 26, 1998.</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; The 7.7 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|Gujarat earthquake]] shakes [[Western India]], leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.<ref>{{cite web |title=Preliminary Earthquake Report |publisher=United States Geological Survey |department=Earthquake Hazards Program |url=http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2001/eq_010126/ |access-date=21 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120094220/http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2001/eq_010126/ |archive-date=20 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gujarat to set up quake memorial in Bhuj |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/gujarat-to-set-up-quake-memorial-in-bhuj-104041601028_1.html |first=Joydeep |last=Ray |date=16 April 2004 |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |access-date=30 August 2021 |archive-date=15 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415011507/https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/gujarat-to-set-up-quake-memorial-in-bhuj-104041601028_1.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2001   &ndash; Diane Whipple, a lacrosse coach, is [[Death of Diane Whipple|killed in a dog attack]] in San Francisco. The resulting court case clarified the meaning of [[Malice (law)|implied malice murder]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/redzonebehindthe00jone/page/138 |isbn=9780060537791 |title=Red zone : The behind-the-scenes story of the San Francisco dog mauling |year=2003 |last1=Jones |first1=Aphrodite |publisher=HarperCollins}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; Rioting breaks out in [[Antananarivo]], Madagascar, sparking a [[2009 Malagasy political crisis|political crisis]] that will result in the replacement of [[President of Madagascar|President]] [[Marc Ravalomanana]] with [[Andry Rajoelina]].<ref name=cpj>{{cite news |title=Anti-government protests burn two TV stations |url=http://cpj.org/2009/01/two-tv-stations-burned-in-anti-government-protests.php |work=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]] |date=26 January 2008 |access-date=1 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215183303/http://cpj.org/2009/01/two-tv-stations-burned-in-anti-government-protests.php |archive-date=15 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=bbc-25-03-2009>{{cite news |title=Ousted Madagascar leader defiant |publisher=BBC |date=25 April 2009 |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7963622.stm |access-date=14 July 2009 |archive-date=28 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328175834/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7963622.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Nadya Suleman]] gives birth to the [[Suleman octuplets|world's first surviving octuplets]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Most children delivered at a single birth to survive |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-children-delivered-at-a-single-birth-to-survive |access-date=2021-04-16 |website=Guinness World Records |archive-date=2021-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425000451/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-children-delivered-at-a-single-birth-to-survive/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; An aircraft [[2015 Los Llanos Air Base crash|crashes]] at [[Los Llanos Air Base]] in [[Albacete]], Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fighter jet crash kills 10 in Spain |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30991950 |accessdate=14 November 2018 |publisher=BBC News |date=26 January 2015 |archive-date=2 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602001031/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30991950 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[People's Protection Units]] (YPG) recaptures the city of [[Kobanî]] from the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL), marking a turning point in the [[Siege of Kobanî]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://syriahr.com/en/2015/01/ypg-retakes-the-entire-city-of-ayn-al-arab-kobani-after-112-days-of-clashes-with-is-militants-2/ |title=YPG retakes the entire city of Ayn al- Arab "Kobani" after 112 days of clashes with IS militants |author=sohranas |work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights |access-date=27 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016201939/http://www.syriahr.com/en/2015/01/ypg-retakes-the-entire-city-of-ayn-al-arab-kobani-after-112-days-of-clashes-with-is-militants-2/ |archive-date=16 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30991612 |title=Syrian Kurds 'drive Islamic State out of Kobane' |date=26 January 2015 |access-date=26 January 2015 |publisher=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126165049/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30991612 |archive-date=26 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; A [[Sikorsky S-76|Sikorsky S-76B]] flying from [[John Wayne Airport]] to [[Camarillo Airport]] [[2020 Calabasas helicopter crash|crashes in Calabasas]], 30 miles west of [[Los Angeles]], killing all nine people on board, including five-time [[NBA]] champion [[Kobe Bryant]] and his daughter [[Gianna Bryant]].<ref name=kobe>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-26/aircraft-slams-into-hillside-explodes-in-flames-near-calabasas |title=Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna among nine dead in helicopter crash in Calabasas |date=January 26, 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 26, 2020 |archive-date=January 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126212423/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-26/aircraft-slams-into-hillside-explodes-in-flames-near-calabasas |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; Protesters and farmers [[2021 Farmers' Republic Day violence|storm]] the [[Red Fort]] near [[Delhi]], clashing with police. One protester is killed and more than 80 police officers are injured.<ref>{{cite news |title=Red Fort violence: Delhi police detain 200 after farmer protests |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55817628 |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=BBC News |date=27 January 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128142010/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55817628 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[183]] &ndash; [[Lady Zhen]], wife of [[Cao Pi]] (died 221)<ref>(魏書曰： ... 后以漢光和五年十二月丁酉生。) ''Wei Shu'' annotation in ''Sanguozhi'' vol. 5.</ref>
*[[1541]] &ndash; [[Florent Chrestien]], French poet and translator (died 1596)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Chrestien, Florent|volume=6}}</ref>
*[[1549]] &ndash; [[Jakob Ebert]], German theologian (died 1614)<ref>Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1975). "EBERT, Jakob". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ed.). [https://www.bbkl.de/index.php/frontend/lexicon/E/Ea-Eb/ebert-jakob-55411 ''Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505031414/https://www.bbkl.de/index.php/frontend/lexicon/E/Ea-Eb/ebert-jakob-55411 |date=2022-05-05 }} (in German). Vol. 1. Hamm: Bautz. col. 1446. {{ISBN|3-88309-013-1}}.</ref>
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Lanfranco]], Italian painter (died 1647)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chilvers |first1=Ian |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists |date=27 September 2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-102417-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HFExDwAAQBAJ |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=16 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016140748/https://books.google.com/books?id=HFExDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1657]] &ndash; [[William Wake]], Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1737)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Wake, William |volume=28 |pages=247-248}}</ref>
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Pigalle]], French sculptor and educator (died 1785)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Pigalle, Jean Baptiste |volume=21}}</ref>
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[Claude Adrien Helvétius]], French philosopher (died 1771)<ref>{{cite book |last=Cumming |first=Ian |title=Helvetius: His Life and Place in the History of Educational Thought |location=London, United Kingdom |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |orig-year=1955 |isbn=978-0-415-17765-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQ9S-xWkIBcC |page=7}}</ref>
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville]], English general and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] (died 1785)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Sackville, George, 1st Viscount |volume=23 |pages=975–976}}</ref>
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Alexander Carlyle]], Scottish minister and author (died 1805)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Carlyle, Alexander |volume=5 |pages=349}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Charles XIV John of Sweden]] (died 1844)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Charles XIV. |volume=5 |pages=931–932}}</ref>
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Achim von Arnim]], German poet and author (died 1831)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Arnim, Ludwig Achim (Joachim) von |volume=2 |pages=630–631}}</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Juan Pablo Duarte]], Dominican philosopher and poet, founding father of the [[Dominican Republic]] (died 1876)<ref>{{cite web |title=Biografia de Juan Pablo Duarte |url=http://institutoduartiano.com.do/biografia-de-juan-pablo-duarte/ |website=Instituto Duartiano |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121234624/http://institutoduartiano.com.do/biografia-de-juan-pablo-duarte/ |archive-date=21 January 2019 |language=es |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Emil Czyrniański]], Polish chemist (died 1888)<ref>{{cite book |title=Leopoldina |year=1888 |url=http://www.archive.org/stream/leopoldina24kais#page/110/mode/2up/search/111 |language=de |page=111 |access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[George Shiras Jr.]], American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (died 1924)<ref>{{cite web |title=Shiras, George, Jr. |url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/shiras-george-jr |publisher=Federal Judicial Center |access-date=5 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[François Coppée]], French poet and author (died 1908)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Druilhet |first1=Georges |title=Un poète français : François Coppée |date=1902 |publisher=Paris : A. Lemerre |url=https://archive.org/details/unpotefranai00drui/page/n13/mode/2up}}</ref>
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza]], Italian-French explorer (died 1905)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pierre de Brazza |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-de-Brazza |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2024 |date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Louis Anquetin]], French painter (died 1932)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis Anquetin |url=https://research.rkd.nl/en/detail/https%3A%2F%2Fdata.rkd.nl%2Fartists%2F1986 |website=RKD Research – Netherlands Institute for Art History |access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Charles Wade]], Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (died 1922)<ref name=dab>{{cite web |first=Percival |last=Serle |title=Wade, Sir Charles Gregory (1863–1922) |via=Project Gutenberg Australia |work=[[Dictionary of Australian Biography]] |url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1500721h/0-dict-biogWa.html#wade1 |access-date=1 May 2007}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[József Pusztai]], Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (died 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pusztai, Jožef (1864–1934) |url=https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi476435/ |website=Slovenska biografija |access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[John Cady (golfer)|John Cady]], American golfer (died 1933)<ref>{{cite web |work=[[Olympedia]] |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18150 |title=Jack Cady}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Kees van Dongen]], Dutch painter (died 1968)<ref name="Léonore">{{Cite web |url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/leonore_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=NOM&VALUE_98=%27VAN-DONGEN%27&DOM=All |title=Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Base Léonore, Archives Nationales, Culture.gouv.fr |access-date=2020-01-26 |archive-date=2017-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820020418/http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/leonore_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=NOM&VALUE_98=%27VAN-DONGEN%27&DOM=All |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Douglas MacArthur]], American general, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (died 1964)<ref>{{cite book |last1=MacArthur |first1=Douglas |title=Reminiscences (of) General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur |date=1 January 1964 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Book Co |pages=14 |url=https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofg0000doug/page/14/mode/2up}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Harry Ricardo]], English engineer and academic (died 1974)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hawthorne |first1=W. |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1976.0016 |title=Harry Ralph Ricardo 26 January 1885 -- 18 May 1974 |journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] |volume=22 |pages=358–380 |year=1976 |s2cid=72679446}}</ref>
*  1885   &ndash; [[Per Thorén]], Swedish figure skater (died 1962)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/98248 |title=Per Thorén |work=Olympedia |access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[François Faber]], French-Luxembourgish cyclist (died 1915)<ref>{{cite book |date=2006 |first1=Pascal |isbn=2-296-00847-X |language=fr |last1=Leroy |location=Paris |publisher=[[Éditions L'Harmattan|L'Harmattan]] |series=Espaces et Temps du sport |title=François Faber, du Tour de France au champ d'honneur}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
*  1887   &ndash; [[Marc Mitscher]], American admiral and pilot (died 1947)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=March Mitscher |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marc-A-Mitscher |access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Frank Costello]], Italian-American mob boss (died 1973)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Katz |first=Leonard |title=Uncle Frank: The Biography of Frank Costello |location=New York |publisher=Drake Publishers |year=1973 |isbn=0-87749-549-1 |lccn=73-5943 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/unclefrankbiogra0000katz |page=31}}</ref>
*  1891   &ndash; [[August Froehlich]], German priest and martyr (died 1942)<ref>{{cite web |publisher=German Resistance Memorial Center |title=Biographie |url=https://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index_of_persons/biographie/view-bio/august-froehlich/}}</ref>
*  1891   &ndash; [[Wilder Penfield]], American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic (died 1976)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Eccles |first1=John |author-link1=John Eccles (neurophysiologist) |last2=Feindel |first2=William |author-link2=William Feindel |year=1978 |title=Wilder Graves Penfield 26 January 1891-5 April 1976 |journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] |volume=24 |pages=472–513 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1978.0015 |pmid=11615742 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Bessie Coleman]], American pilot (died 1926)<ref>{{cite book |first=Linda |last=Barr |title=Bessie Coleman: Pioneer Pilot |location=Columbus, Ohio |publisher=Zaner-Bloser |year=2004 |page=6 |isbn=978-0-73672-039-7}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Genco Russo]], Italian mob boss (died 1976)<ref>{{cite news |title=La morte di Genco Russo "boss dei boss" della mafia |url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,12/articleid,1101_01_1976_0066_0012_15887728/ |work=La Stampa |date=18 March 1976 |language=it}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Günther Reindorff]], Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator (died 1974)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=[[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]|title=Рейндорф Гюнтер|url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article096235.html|language=Russian}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Karl Ristenpart]], German conductor (died 1967)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Worbs |first1=Hans Christoph |title=Ristenpart, Karl |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23520 |website=Grove Music Online |date=2001}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Menno ter Braak]], Dutch author (died 1940)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |date= 10 May 2025 |title= Menno ter Braak |url= https://www.britannica.com/biography/Menno-ter-Braak |encyclopedia= Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date= 10 June 2025}}</ref>
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Ancel Keys]], American physiologist and nutritionist (died 2004)<ref>{{cite news | first = Jane E. | last = Brody | title = Ancel Keys, 100, Promoter of the Mediterranean Diet, Dies | date = 23 November 2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/23/obituaries/23keys.html | work = [[The New York Times]] | access-date = 5 February 2011}}</ref>
*  1904   &ndash; [[Seán MacBride]], Irish lawyer and politician, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade|Irish Minister for External Affairs]] [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1988)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title= Seán MacBride |url= https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sean-MacBride |encyclopedia= Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date= 10 June 2025}}</ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Charles Lane (actor, born 1905)|Charles Lane]], American actor and singer (died 2007)<ref>{{cite news| title=Obituary: Charles Lane| author=Bergan, Ronald| date=26 September 2007| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| location=London| url=  https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/27/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1}}</ref>
*  1905   &ndash; [[Maria von Trapp]], Austrian-American singer (died 1987)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Commire, Anne |title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia |volume=16 |year=2002 |publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group |location=Waterford |isbn=978-0-78764-075-0 |page=77}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Rex Connor]], Australian politician (died 1977)<ref name="adb Lloyd" />
*  1907   &ndash; [[Dimitrios Holevas]], Greek priest and philologist (died 2001)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Jill Esmond]], English actress (died 1990)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Rupprecht Geiger]], German painter and sculptor (died 2009)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Stéphane Grappelli]], French violinist (died 1997)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Robert Halperin]], American yachtsman (died 1985)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Halperin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62256 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Jean Image]], Hungarian-French animator, director, and screenwriter (died 1989)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Polykarp Kusch]], German-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1993)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Norbert Schultze]], German composer and conductor (died 2002)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Van Heusen]], American pianist and composer (died 1990)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Dürrüşehvar Sultan]], Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire (died 2006)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[William Hopper]], American actor (died 1970)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Louis Zamperini]], American runner and captain (died 2014)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 26: David Strathairn, Sasha Banks |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/26/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-26-David-Strathairn-Sasha-Banks/2321674742788/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=25 January 2024 |date=26 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Philip José Farmer]], American author (died 2009)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Valentino Mazzola]], Italian footballer (died 1949)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Bill Nicholson (footballer)|Bill Nicholson]], English footballer and manager (died 2004)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Hyun Soong-jong]], South Korean politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of South Korea]] (died 2020)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Hans Holzer]], Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author (died 2009)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Eddie Barclay]], French record producer, founded [[Barclay Records]] (died 2005)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Akio Morita]], Japanese businessman, co-founded [[Sony]] (died 1999)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Veikko Uusimäki]], Finnish actor and theater councilor (died 2008)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hs.fi/muistot/art-2000002624545.html |title=Veikko Uusimäki – Muistot |work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] |url-access=subscription |date=25 May 2008 |access-date=9 July 2023 |language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Michael Bentine]], English actor and screenwriter (died 1996)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Seán Flanagan]], Irish footballer and politician, 7th [[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Irish Minister for Health]] (died 1993)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Gil Merrick]], English footballer (died 2010)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Patrick J. Hannifin]], American admiral (died 2014)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Anne Jeffreys]], American actress and singer (died 2017)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Alice Babs]], Swedish singer and actress (died 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alice Babs {{!}} Discover music on NTS |url=https://www.nts.live/artists/3832-alice-babs |website=NTS Radio |access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603012438/https://www.nts.live/artists/3832-alice-babs |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Anahid Ajemian]], American violinist (died 2016)<ref>{{cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/arts/music/anahid-ajemian-violinist-and-new-music-champion-dies-at-92.html |title=Anahid Ajemian, Violinist and New-Music Champion, Dies at 92 |work=The New York Times |date=30 June 2016 |accessdate=1 July 2016}}</ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Annette Strauss]], American philanthropist and politician, [[Mayor of Dallas]] (died 1998)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[David Jenkins (bishop)|David Jenkins]], English bishop and theologian (died 2016)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Joan Leslie]], American actress (died 2015)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Paul Newman]], American actor, activist, director, race car driver, and businessman, co-founded [[Newman's Own]] (died 2008)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1925   &ndash; [[Ben Pucci]], American football player and sportscaster (died 2013)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Claude Ryan]], Canadian journalist and politician (died 2004)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Farman Fatehpuri]], Pakistani linguist and scholar (died 2013)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Joseph Bacon Fraser Jr.]], American architect and businessman, co-founded the [[Sea Pines Company]] (died 2014)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[José Azcona del Hoyo]], Honduran businessman and politician, [[President of Honduras]] (died 2005)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Bob Nieman]], American baseball player and scout (died 1985)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Hubert Schieth]], German footballer and manager (died 2013)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Roger Vadim]], French actor and director (died 2000)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Jules Feiffer]], American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Webster |first=Andy |date=January 21, 2025 |title=Jules Feiffer, Acerbic Cartoonist, Writer and Much Else, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/arts/jules-feiffer-dead.html |access-date=January 21, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Donald Sarason]], American mathematician (died 2017)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/in-memoriam/files/don-sarason.html |title=In Memoriam, Donald E. Sarason |date=2020 |author=Christ, Michael |publisher=University of California |website=senate.universityofcalifornia.edu |access-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204082305/https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/in-memoriam/files/don-sarason.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Roger Landry]], Canadian businessman and publisher (died 2020)
*  1934 &ndash; [[Charles Marowitz]], American director, playwright, and critic (died 2014)
*  1934 &ndash; [[Huey "Piano" Smith]], American pianist and songwriter (died 2023)
*  1934 &ndash; [[Bob Uecker]], American baseball player, sportscaster and actor (died 2025)<ref name="UPI"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Li |first=David K. |date=January 16, 2025 |title=Bob Uecker, beloved baseball announcer and 'Major League' actor, dies at 90 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bob-uecker-beloved-baseball-announcer-major-league-actor-dies-90-rcna187969 |access-date=January 17, 2025 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en}}</ref>
*  1934 &ndash; [[Oldo Hlaváček]], Slovak actor and screenwriter (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2025 |title=Vo veku 91 rokov zomrel slovenský herec a zabávač Oldo Hlaváček |url=https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/qCQjqCz/vo-veku-91-rokov-zomrel-slovensky-herec-a-zabavac-oldo-hlavacek/ |access-date=17 August 2025 |website=Aktuality.sk |language=sk}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Corrado Augias]], Italian journalist and politician
*  1935   &ndash; [[Henry Jordan]], American football player (died 1977)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Paula Rego]], Portuguese-born British visual artist (died 2022)  
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Sal Buscema]], American illustrator
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Joseph Saidu Momoh]], Sierra Leonean soldier and politician, 2nd [[President of Sierra Leone]] (died 2003)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Henry Jaglom]], English-American director and screenwriter
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Séamus Hegarty]], Irish bishop (died 2019)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Frank Large]], English footballer and cricketer (died 2003)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fulhamweb.co.uk/player/443/frank-large.aspx |title=Frank Large |website=fulhamweb.co.uk |access-date=25 January 2020 |archive-date=25 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125152917/https://www.fulhamweb.co.uk/player/443/frank-large.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[César Gutiérrez]], Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2005)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Jack Warner (football executive)|Jack Warner]], Trinidadian businessman and politician
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Angela Davis]], American activist, academic, and author<ref>{{cite web |title=Angela Davis |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/angela-davis |website=Encyclopædia Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |date=25 March 2020 |archive-date=4 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604225411/https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/angela-davis |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Jerry Sandusky]], American football coach and criminal
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Jacqueline du Pré]], English cellist (died 1987)
*  1945   &ndash; [[David Purley]], English race car driver (died 1985)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Susan Friedlander]], American mathematician
*  1946   &ndash; [[Christopher Hampton]], Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright
*  1946   &ndash; [[Gene Siskel]], American journalist and film critic (died 1999)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Patrick Dewaere]], French actor and composer (died 1982)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Les Ebdon]], English chemist and academic
*  1947   &ndash; [[Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin]], Irish director, producer, and production manager
*  1947   &ndash; [[Richard Portnow]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Michel Sardou]], French singer-songwriter and actor
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Alda Facio]], Costa Rican jurist, writer and teacher
*  1948   &ndash; [[Corky Laing]], Canadian rock drummer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Carroll]], American author
*  1949   &ndash; [[David Strathairn]], American actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 21-27 |url=https://apnews.com/article/celebrity-birthdays-january-2024-ridgeley-aa6328b357cba02490472eabae8dd890 |work=Associated Press News |date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Jörg Haider]], Austrian lawyer and politician, [[List of governors of Carinthia|Governor of Carinthia]] (died 2008)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Ivan Hlinka]], Czech ice hockey player and coach (died 2004)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ivan Hlinka |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ivan-hlinka-8447868 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1950   &ndash; [[Jack Youngblood]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Youngblood |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/jack-youngblood/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=19 January 2023 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119183619/https://www.profootballhof.com/players/jack-youngblood/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[David Briggs (Australian musician)|David Briggs]], Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer 
*  1951   &ndash; [[Andy Hummel]], American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2010)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Anne Mills]], English economist and academic
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Tom Henderson (basketball)|Tom Henderson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Henderson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76996/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Alik L. Alik]], Micronesian politician, 7th [[Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia]]
*  1953   &ndash; [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]], Danish politician and diplomat, 39th [[Prime Minister of Denmark]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1953   &ndash; [[Lucinda Williams]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Kim Hughes]], Australian cricketer
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Eddie Van Halen]], Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2020)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Road Warrior Hawk]], American wrestler (died 2003) 
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Anita Baker]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="UPI"/> 
*  1958   &ndash; [[Ellen DeGeneres]], American comedian, actress, and talk show host<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Charlie Gillingham]], American musician<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Wayne Gretzky]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1961   &ndash; [[Tom Keifer]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Guo Jian]], Chinese-Australian painter, sculptor, and photographer
*  1962   &ndash; [[Tim May]], Australian cricketer
*  1962   &ndash; [[Oscar Ruggeri]], Argentine footballer and manager
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Jazzie B]], British DJ and music producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1963   &ndash; [[José Mourinho]], Portuguese footballer and manager
*  1963   &ndash; [[Simon O'Donnell]], Australian footballer, cricketer, and sportscaster
*  1963   &ndash; [[Tony Parks]], English footballer and manager
*  1963   &ndash; [[Andrew Ridgeley]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Adam Crozier]], Scottish businessman
*  1964   &ndash; [[Paul Johansson]], American-Canadian actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Kevin McCarthy]], American politician, 55th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web |title=MCCARTHY, Kevin |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/18801 |publisher=[[United States House of Representatives]] |access-date=19 January 2023 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119183618/https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/18801 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1965   &ndash; [[Thomas Östros]], Swedish businessman and politician
*  1965   &ndash; [[Natalia Yurchenko]], Russian gymnast and coach
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Kazushige Nagashima]], Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Bryan Callen]], American comedian, actor, and writer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Anatoly Komm]], Russian chef and businessman
*  1967   &ndash; [[Col Needham]], English businessman, co-founded [[Internet Movie Database]]
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Jupiter Apple]], Brazilian singer-songwriter, film director, and actor (died 2015)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[George Dikeoulakos]], Greek-Romanian basketball player and coach
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Kirk Franklin]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"/> 
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Nate Mooney]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jennifer Crystal Foley]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Larissa Lowing]], Canadian artistic gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Larissa LOWING – Olympic Gymnastics Artistic {{!}} Canada |url=https://www.olympic.org/larissa-lowing |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=13 January 2020|date=14 June 2016 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802180501/https://www.olympic.org/larissa-lowing |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Melvil Poupaud]], French actor, director, and screenwriter
*  1973   &ndash; [[Brendan Rodgers]], Northern Irish footballer and manager<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Mayu Shinjo]], Japanese author and illustrator
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Gilles Marini]], French actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Vince Carter]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Vince Carter Stats, Video, Bio, Profile |url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/vince_carter/ |website=NBA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303093127/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/vince_carter/ |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Justin Gimelstob]], American tennis player and coach<ref>[https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/G354/overview|Justin Gimestob] at the [[Association of Tennis Professionals]]</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Esteban Germán]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Esteban German |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/esteban-german-407397 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Corina Morariu]], American tennis player and sportscaster<ref name=wta>{{cite news |title=WTA Profile |work=wtatennis.com |access-date=19 March 2012 |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/player/corina-morariu_2257889_5433 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413013633/http://www.wtatennis.com/player/corina-morariu_2257889_5433 |archive-date=13 April 2012}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Andrés Torres (baseball)|Andrés Torres]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andres Torres |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/andres-torres-400083 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*  [[1979]]   &ndash; [[Sara Rue]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[José de Jesús Corona]], Mexican footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Mexico |publisher=FIFA |page=18 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Gustavo Dudamel]], Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Swed |first1=Mark |title=Review: Gustavo Dudamel celebrates his 36th birthday with some Schoenberg |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-phil-review-20170127-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=27 January 2017}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Juan José Haedo]], Argentine cyclist<ref>{{cite web |title=Juan José HAEDO |url=https://www.uci.org/rider-details/22122 |website=UCI |access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Colin O'Donoghue]], Irish actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Colin O'Donoghue on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/colinodonoghue1 |via=Twitter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022074511/https://twitter.com/colinodonoghue1 |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Colin-ODonoghues-Rite-of-passage-114192959.html?page=2 |title=Colin O'Donoghue's 'Rite' of Passage |publisher=IrishCentral |date=19 January 2011 |access-date=1 February 2012 |author=O'Doherty, Cahir}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Petri Oravainen]], Finnish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Petri Oravainen |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/petri-oravainen/31449/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Eric Werner]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Eric Werner |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/11532/eric-werner |website=Elite Prospects |access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Ryan Hoffman]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |title=Official NRL profile of Ryan Hoffman for Melbourne Storm |url=https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/ryan-hoffman/ |website=Melbourne Storm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305202756/https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/ryan-hoffman/ |archive-date=5 March 2018}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Iain Turner]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{Soccerbase |id=22030 |name=Iain Turner}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Luo Xuejuan]], Chinese swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Luo Xuejuan Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/luo-xuejuan-1.html |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165558/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/luo-xuejuan-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Heather Stanning]], English rower<ref>{{FISA | 30174 | Heather Stanning}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Gerald Green]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerald Green |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101123 |website=NBA |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Kim Jae-joong]], South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, and director<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile |url=https://jaefans.com/profile |website=J-JUN JAPAN OFFICIAL SITE |access-date=7 July 2023 |language=ja}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Mustapha Yatabaré]], French-Malian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Mustapha Yatabaré |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/122006/mustapha-yatabare |publisher=ESPN |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Sebastian Giovinco]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sebastian Giovinco |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=48935 |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Héctor Noesí]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Hector Noesí |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/hector-noesi-456051 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Dan Bailey (American football)|Dan Bailey]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dan Bailey |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14322/dan-bailey |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Dimitrios Chondrokoukis]], Greek high jumper<ref>{{cite web |title=Dimitrios CHONDROKOUKIS |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14195149 |website=World Athletics |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[MarShon Brooks]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=MarShon Brooks |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202705 |website=NBA |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Emily Hughes]], American figure skater<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100056&mode=I |title=Emily Hughes |publisher=[[IceNetwork.com]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519075846/http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100056&mode=I |archivedate=May 19, 2011 |url-status=unfit}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Torrey Smith]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Torrey Smith |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14032/torrey-smith |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Brandon Bolden]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Bolden |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15478/brandon-bolden |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Sergio Pérez]], Mexican race car driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Sergio_Perez |title=Sergio Perez |publisher=Racing Reference |access-date=9 October 2018 |archive-date=10 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010011415/https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Sergio_Perez |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Peter Sagan]], Slovak professional cyclist<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter Sagan {{!}} Team TotalEnergies|url=https://teamtotalenergies.com/coureur/peter-sagan/|language=fr|access-date=27 March 2022|archive-date=30 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130123636/https://teamtotalenergies.com/coureur/peter-sagan/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Esteban Andrada]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Esteban Andrada |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/esteban-andrada/116146/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>
*  1991  &ndash; [[Nicolò Melli]], Italian-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicolo Melli |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629740/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Alex Sandro]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Sandro |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/alex-sandro-lobo-silva/78657/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Manti Te'o]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Manti Te'o |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15867/manti-teo |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=19 January 2023 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119183616/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15867/manti-teo |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Mercedes Moné]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=WWE Profile – Sasha Banks |url=https://www.espn.in/wwe/story/_/id/17173311/wwe-profile-page-sasha-banks |publisher=ESPN |date=26 October 2020 |access-date=18 October 2022 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018215542/https://www.espn.in/wwe/story/_/id/17173311/wwe-profile-page-sasha-banks |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Miguel Borja]], Colombian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Miguel Borja |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/miguel-borja/194812/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>
*  1993  &ndash; [[Lana Clelland]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Lana Clelland {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=119871&lid=2 |website=scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=28 April 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803134758/https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=119871&lid=2 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
*  1993   &ndash; [[Kevin Pangos]], Canadian-Slovenian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Pangos |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1630698/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Alice Powell]], British racing driver<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alice Powell |url=https://envision-racing.com/alice-powell/ |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=Envision Racing |date=18 February 2020 |archive-date=2023-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127160448/https://envision-racing.com/alice-powell/ |url-status=live}}</ref> 
*  1993   &ndash; [[Florian Thauvin]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: France |publisher=FIFA |page=11 |date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611000407/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=11 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Montrezl Harrell]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Montrezl Harrell |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1626149/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Jean-Charles Castelletto]], Cameroonian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Cameroon (CMR) |publisher=[[FIFA]] |page=5 |date=15 November 2022 |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Sione Katoa (rugby league, born 1995)|Sione Katoa]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/sione-katoa/summary.html |title=Sione Katoa – Career Stats & Summary |publisher=Rugby League Project |date=1995-01-26 |access-date=2016-05-01 |archive-date=2016-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308021422/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/sione-katoa/summary.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Zakaria Bakkali]], Belgian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Zakaria Bakkali |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/zakaria-bakkali/271091/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>
* 1996  &ndash; [[Hwang Hee-chan]], South Korean football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Hwang Hee-Chan |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/20337/Hwang-Hee-Chan/overview |website=[[Premier League]] |access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Gedion Zelalem]], German-born American soccer player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2015/pdf/FWYC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015: List of Players: USA |publisher=FIFA |page=23 |date=June 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414114527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2015/pdf/FWYC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Moonbin]], South Korean singer and actor. (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fantagio.kr/musicians/%EB%AC%B8%EB%B9%88/ |title=문빈 |website=Fantagio |access-date=September 30, 2022 |language=ko |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930144957/http://www.fantagio.kr/musicians/%EB%AC%B8%EB%B9%88/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/379633 |title="[속보] "아스트로 문빈, 사망"…소속사 확인 중" |website=iMBC |access-date=April 20, 2023 |language=ko |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419163617/https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/379633 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Leonardo Balerdi]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Leonardo Balerdi |url=https://ligue1.com/player-sheet/l1_championship_player_2024_1_91272?tab=profile |website=[[Ligue 1]] |access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>
* 1999 &ndash; [[Travis Etienne]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Travis Etienne Jr. |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4239996/travis-etienne-jr |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Ester Expósito]], Spanish actress<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ester_exposito |title=Ester Expósito – Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref>
*  2000   &ndash; [[Darius Garland]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Darius Garland |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629636/darius-garland |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Latalia Bevan]], Welsh artistic gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics {{!}} Athlete Profile: Latalia BEVAN – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6028281-latalia-bevan.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=9 January 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117205333/https://results.gc2018.com/en/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6028281-latalia-bevan.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2001   &ndash; [[Isaac Okoro]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Isaac Okoro |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630171/isaac-okoro |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Darya Astakhova]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Darya Astakhova |url=http://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/6259/darya-astakhova |access-date=2022-10-26 |publisher=ESPN |archive-date=2022-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026215934/http://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/6259/darya-astakhova |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[YaYa Gosselin]], American actress<ref name="Raiford">{{cite web |last=Raiford |first=Tiffany |title=10 Things You Didn't Know about YaYa Gosselin |url=https://www.tvovermind.com/yaya-gosselin |website=TVOvermind |access-date=January 17, 2021 |date=February 16, 2020 |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129065557/https://www.tvovermind.com/yaya-gosselin/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite instagram |user=yayagosselin <!-- verified --> |postid=B7zqUUzhIjR |date=January 26, 2020 |access-date=January 17, 2021 |title=Thank you so much to all of our friends for coming to celebrate YaYa's 11th Birthday! We had so much fun with you all :) Wishing a very happy birthday to our girl who we love so much. You are all good things YaYa. Love, Mama 🖤 #grateful #thankyouforcoming #happybirthdayyaya Missing: @carson_minniear and @liliana___torres 😘}}</ref>
*  2009   &ndash; The [[Suleman octuplets]]<ref name="kaiser">{{cite web |date=2009-04-13 |title=Clinical Excellence – Octuplets Born at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Bellflower, Calif. |url=http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/clinicalexcellence/2009/012609octuplets.html |access-date=2012-09-01 |work=kp.org |publisher=Kaiser Permanente |archive-date=2013-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711033651/http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/clinicalexcellence/2009/012609octuplets.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[738]] &ndash; [[John of Dailam]], Syrian monk and saint (born 660)<ref>{{cite book |title=مار يوحنا الديلمي السرياني |publisher=مكتبة السائح |author=نيسكو, موفق |year=2009}}</ref>
*[[1390]] &ndash; [[Adolph IX, Count of Holstein-Kiel]] (bornc [[1327]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bremer |first1=Jürgen |title=Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins bis zum Jahre 1848 |date=1864 |publisher=Schröder |page=143 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SBz7vSCiajoC |language=de}}</ref>
*[[1567]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Wotton]], English courtier and diplomat (born 1497)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Wotton, Nicholas |volume= 28 | page = 837 |short= 1}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[Amar Singh I]], ruler of Mewar (born 1559)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHnHHwAACAAJ |title=History of Medieval India: 800-1700 |author=Satish Chandra |publisher=Orient BlackSwan |year=2007 |isbn=978-8125032267 |access-date=2020-09-24 |archive-date=2023-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310204403/https://books.google.com/books?id=qHnHHwAACAAJ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1630]] &ndash; [[Henry Briggs (mathematician)|Henry Briggs]], English mathematician and astronomer (born 1556)<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Briggs, Henry|volume=4|noprescript=1}}</ref>
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Hyde (attorney-general)|Lawrence Hyde]], English lawyer (born 1562)<ref>"[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp748-784 Horrobin-Hyte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520043727/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp748-784 |date=2022-05-20 }}," in ''Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714'', ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford: University of Oxford, 1891), 748-784. ''British History Online'', accessed April 26, 2022.</ref>
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[Georg Mohr]], Danish mathematician and theorist (born 1640)<ref>{{MacTutor Biography|id=Mohr|title=Georg Mohr}}</ref>
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller]], Austrian field marshal (born 1683)<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Khevenhüller, Ludwig Andreas|volume=15|page=776|noprescript=1}}</ref>
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Albert Schultens]], Dutch philologist and academic (born 1686)<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Schultens|volume=24|page=382|noprescript=1}}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach]], German [[harpsichord]] player and composer (born 1732)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bach |first1=Johann Christoph Friedrich |title=Four Late Sinfonias |date=1 January 1988 |publisher=A-R Editions, Inc. |isbn=978-0-89579-226-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=93qDxwV0tXwC&pg=PR7}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Christie (British Army officer)|Gabriel Christie]], Scottish general (born 1722)<ref>{{cite DCB |last1=Ouellet |first1=Fernand |title=Christie, Gabriel |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/christie_gabriel_4E.html |volume=4 |access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Manuel do Cenáculo]], Portuguese prelate and antiquarian (born 1724)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arqnet.pt/dicionario/vilasbcenaculo.html |title=Vilas Boas (D. frei Manuel do Cenáculo) |language=pt |last=Torres |first=João Romano |website=Portugal – Dicionário Histórico, Corográfico, Heráldico, Biográfico, Bibliográfico, Numismático e Artístico, Volume VII |access-date=15 November 2020 |archive-date=6 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806103022/http://www.arqnet.pt/dicionario/vilasbcenaculo.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Edward Jenner]], English physician and immunologist, creator of the [[smallpox vaccine]] (born 1749)<ref>{{cite journal |first=Stefan |last=Riedel |pmc=1200696 |title=Edward Jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination |journal=Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=21–25 |date=January 2005 |publisher=Baylor University Medical Center |pmid=16200144 |doi=10.1080/08998280.2005.11928028}}</ref>
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Théodore Géricault]], French painter and lithographer (born 1791)<ref name=nie>{{NIE|wstitle=Géricault, Jean-Louis André Théodore|year=1906|inline=1|noprescript=1}}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Filippo Castagna]], Maltese politician (born 1765)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schiavone |first1=Michael J. |title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. 1 A–F |date=2009 |publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza |location=[[Pietà, Malta|Pietà]] |isbn=9789993291329 |pages=546–547}}</ref>
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Thomas Lovell Beddoes]], English poet, playwright, and physician (born 1803)<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Beddoes, Thomas Lovell |first=Edmund |last=Gosse |volume=4}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Gérard de Nerval]], French poet and translator (born 1808)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gérard de Nerval |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gerard-de-Nerval |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=12 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312140906/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gerard-de-Nerval |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient]], opera singer (born 1804)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Richard Wagner |author2=Wagner, Edward |title=Richard Wagner: My Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S243AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA774 |date=17 November 1983 |publisher=CUP Archive |isbn=978-0-521-22929-6 |pages=774}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Duncan Gordon Boyes]], English soldier; [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (born 1846)<ref>{{cite book |last=Izzard |first=Brian |year=2018 |title=Glory and Dishonour: Victoria Cross Heroes Whose Lives Ended in Tragedy or Disgrace |publisher=Amberley |isbn=978-14456-7649-4 |location=Chapter 9: Suicide at Dunedin}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Edward Davy]], English-Australian physician and engineer (born 1806)<ref name="adb Gibberd" />
*  1885   &ndash; [[Charles George Gordon]], English general and politician (born 1833)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hickman |first1=Kennedy |title=Mahdist War: Siege of Khartoum |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/mahdist-war-siege-of-khartoum-2361378 |website=ThoughtCo |access-date=25 March 2022 |date=2 December 2019 |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325155121/https://www.thoughtco.com/mahdist-war-siege-of-khartoum-2361378 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[David Rice Atchison]], American general and politician (born 1807)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000322 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620180150/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000322 |archive-date=20 June 2015 |title=Atchison, David Rice (1807-1886) |website=Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Anandi Gopal Joshi]], one of the first female Indian physicians (born 1865)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/lifedranandabai02dallgoog |title=The Life of Dr. Anandabai Joshee: A Kinswoman of the Pundita Ramabai |last=Dall |first=Caroline Wells Healey |date=1888 |publisher=Roberts Brothers |page=[https://archive.org/details/lifedranandabai02dallgoog/page/n206 13]}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Nicolaus Otto]], German engineer, invented the [[Internal combustion engine]] (born 1833)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicolaus August Otto |url=http://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/nicolaus-august-otto/DE-2086/lido/57c95767d405d6.69524041 |website=Rheinische Geschichte |access-date=22 February 2022 |language=de |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222183032/http://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/nicolaus-august-otto/DE-2086/lido/57c95767d405d6.69524041 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Abner Doubleday]], American general (born 1819)<ref>{{cite web |title=Abner Doubleday |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abner-Doubleday |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224110139/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abner-Doubleday |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Arthur Cayley]], English mathematician and academic (born 1825)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Feldmann |first1=Richard W. |title=I. Arthur Cayley—founder of matrix theory |journal=The Mathematics Teacher |date=October 1962 |volume=55 |issue=6 |pages=482–484 |doi=10.5951/MT.55.6.0482 |jstor=27956657 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27956657 |issn=0025-5769 |access-date=2022-02-22 |archive-date=2022-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211180724/https://www.jstor.org/stable/27956657 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[James Edwin Campbell (poet)|James Edwin Campbell]], American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist (born 1867)<ref name="Poetry Foundation 1" /><ref name="The Daily Herald 1" /><ref name="The Richwood Gazette 1" />

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Whitaker Wright]], English businessman (born 1846)<ref>{{cite news |title=WHITAKER WRIGHT COMMITS SUICIDE IN COURT AFTER HEARING SENTENCE CONDEMNING HIM TO PENAL SERVITUDE |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19040127.2.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |work=San Francisco Call |date=27 January 1904 |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054457/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19040127.2.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Jeanne Hébuterne]], French painter and author (born 1898)<ref>{{cite book |first=William |last=Fifield |title=Modigliani |location=New York |publisher=W. Morrow |year=1976 |page=284 |isbn=978-0-68803-039-1}}</ref> 
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[William Wrigley Jr.]], American businessman, founded the [[Wrigley Company]] (born 1861)<ref>{{cite news |title=William Wrigley Dies at Age of 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/01/27/archives/william-wrigley-dies-at-age-of-70-chicagoan-who-made-millions-from.html |work=The New York Times |date=27 January 1932 |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054458/https://www.nytimes.com/1932/01/27/archives/william-wrigley-dies-at-age-of-70-chicagoan-who-made-millions-from.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Harry H. Laughlin]], American sociologist and eugenicist (born 1880)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Harry H. Laughlin; Geneticist and Author, 62, Once With Carnegie Institute, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/01/28/archives/dr-harry-h-laughlin-geneticst-and-author-62-once-with-carnegie.html |website=The New York Times |date=28 January 1943 |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054457/https://www.nytimes.com/1943/01/28/archives/dr-harry-h-laughlin-geneticst-and-author-62-once-with-carnegie.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Nikolai Vavilov]], Russian botanist and geneticist (born 1887)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Crow |first1=J. F. |title=N. I. Vavilov, martyr to genetic truth |journal=Genetics |volume=134 |issue=1 |pages=1–4 |year=1993 |doi=10.1093/genetics/134.1.1 |pmid=8514123 |pmc=1205417}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Adriaan van Maanen]], Dutch-American astronomer and academic (born 1884)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Seares |first1=Frederick H. |title=Adriaan van Maanen, 1884-1946 |journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |date=April 1946 |volume=58 |issue=341 |pages=89–103 |doi=10.1086/125791 |jstor=40671760 |bibcode=1946PASP...58...89S |s2cid=122629369 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40671760 |issn=0004-6280 |access-date=2022-02-22 |archive-date=2022-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222052745/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40671760 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Grace Moore]], American soprano and actress (born 1898)<ref>{{cite news |title=Paris Funeral Service For Grace Moore |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30510546 |access-date=22 February 2022 |work=The Advertiser |date=4 February 1947 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054458/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30510546 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Fred Conrad Koch]], American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blustein |first1=Bonnie Ellen |title=Koch, Fred Conrad (1876-1948), biochemist |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1300932 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1300932 |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 |access-date=2019-08-24 |archive-date=2019-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824011221/https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1300932 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Athanase David]], Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1882)<ref>{{Quebec MNA biography|david-athanase-2771}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Lucky Luciano]], Italian-American mob boss (born 1897)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucky Luciano Is Dead at 65; Was Facing Arrest in Naples |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/01/27/90129087.pdf |website=The New York Times |access-date=22 February 2022 |date=27 January 1962}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Merrill C. Meigs]], American publisher (born 1883)<ref>{{cite web |title=Merrill Meigs, Publisher, Dead; Ex-Head of Chicago Papers and Aviation Pioneer, 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/01/26/archives/merrill-meigs-publisher-dead-exhead-of-chicago-papers-and-aviation.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=22 February 2022 |date=26 January 1968 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054459/https://www.nytimes.com/1968/01/26/archives/merrill-meigs-publisher-dead-exhead-of-chicago-papers-and-aviation.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Edward G. Robinson]], Romanian-American actor (born 1893)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitman |first1=Alden |title=Edward G. Robinson, 79, Dies; His 'Little Caesar' Set a Style |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/27/archives/edward-g-robinson-79-dies-his-little-caesar-set-a-style-man-of.html |website=The New York Times |date=27 January 1973 |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311081421/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/27/archives/edward-g-robinson-79-dies-his-little-caesar-set-a-style-man-of.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[João Branco Núncio]], Portuguese bullfighter (born 1901)<ref>{{cite web |title=João Branco Núncio |url=http://www.cm-alcacerdosal.pt/PT/Concelho/Personalidades/Paginas/JoãoBrancoNúncio.aspx |website=Câmara Municipal de Alcácer do Sal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217064640/http://www.cm-alcacerdosal.pt/PT/Concelho/Personalidades/Paginas/Jo%C3%A3oBrancoN%C3%BAncio.aspx |archive-date=17 December 2014 |language=pt}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Dietrich von Hildebrand]], German Catholic philosopher and author (born 1889)<ref>{{cite news |title=Scholar Dead |url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=SLR19770211-01.2.11&srpos=2&e=------197-en-20--1--txt-txIN-Dietrich+von+Hildebrand----1977--- |access-date=1 February 2024 |work=The St. Louis Review |volume=36 |issue=6 |date=11 February 1977}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Nelson Rockefeller]], American businessman and politician, 41st [[Vice President of the United States]] (born 1908)<ref>{{cite web |last1=McFadden |first1=William |title=New York Governor and United States<!-- "State" in original --> Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller dies after a heart attack in 1979 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nelson-rockefeller-dies-heart-attack-1979-article-1.2085034 |website=New York Daily News |access-date=22 February 2022 |date=27 January 1979 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054458/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nelson-rockefeller-dies-heart-attack-1979-article-1.2085034 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Bear Bryant]], American football player and coach (born 1913)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Puma |first1=Mike |title=Bear Bryant 'simply the best there ever was' |url=https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Bryant_Bear.html |publisher=ESPN Classic |access-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054458/https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Bryant_Bear.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Kenny Clarke]], American jazz drummer and bandleader (born 1914)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Clarke, Kenny |first=Barry |last=Kernfeld |author-link=Barry Kernfeld |encyclopedia=[[American National Biography]] |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1802594}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Ruben Nirvi]], Finnish linguist and professor (born 1905)<ref>Ellonen, Leena (ed.): ''Suomen professorit 1640–2007'', p. 575. Helsinki: Professoriliitto, 2008. {{ISBN|978-952-99281-1-8}}.</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Lewis Mumford]], American sociologist and historian (born 1895)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lewis Mumford |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lewis-Mumford |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=20 February 2022 |archive-date=17 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117062148/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lewis-Mumford |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[José Ferrer]], Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=José Ferrer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Ferrer |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=20 February 2022 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603225203/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Ferrer |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Jan Gies]], Dutch businessman and humanitarian (born 1905)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jan Gies; Smuggled Food to Help Anne Frank |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-28-mn-2224-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054031/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-28-mn-2224-story.html |archive-date=14 February 2022 |date=28 January 1993}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Jeanne Sauvé]], Canadian journalist and politician, [[Governor General of Canada]] (born 1922)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeanne Sauvé {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jeanne-mathilde-sauve |website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=29 January 2021 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008181429/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jeanne-mathilde-sauve |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Harold Brodkey]], American author and academic (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Dinitia |title=Harold Brodkey, 65, New Yorker Writer And Novelist, Dies of Illness He Wrote About |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/27/us/harold-brodkey-65-new-yorker-writer-and-novelist-dies-of-illness-hewrote-about.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 1996 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054402/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/27/us/harold-brodkey-65-new-yorker-writer-and-novelist-dies-of-illness-hewrote-about.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Frank Howard (American football)|Frank Howard]], American football player and coach (born 1909)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frank Howard |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1735 |website=National Football Foundation |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023803/http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=50009 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Henry Lewis (musician)|Henry Lewis]], American bassist and conductor (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Larry |title=Henry Lewis; Symphony Conductor Broke Racial Barriers |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-28-mn-29628-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110822/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-01-28/news/mn-29628_1_henry-lewis |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live |date=28 January 1996}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jeane Dixon]], American astrologer and psychic (born 1904)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pace |first1=Eric |title=Jeane Dixon, 79, Astrologer Claiming Psychic Power, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/27/us/jeane-dixon-79-astrologer-claiming-psychic-power-dies.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 1997 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214051908/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/27/us/jeane-dixon-79-astrologer-claiming-psychic-power-dies.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Don Budge]], American tennis player and coach (born 1915)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Finn |first1=Robin |title=Don Budge, First to Win Tennis's Grand Slam, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/27/sports/don-budge-first-to-win-tennis-s-grand-slam-dies-at-84.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 2000 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054401/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/27/sports/don-budge-first-to-win-tennis-s-grand-slam-dies-at-84.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2000   &ndash; [[Kathleen Hale]], English author and illustrator (born 1898)<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacCarthy |first1=Fiona |title=Obituary: Kathleen Hale |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jan/28/news.obituaries |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=28 January 2000 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054330/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jan/28/news.obituaries |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2000   &ndash; [[A. E. van Vogt]], Canadian-American author (born 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=A E van Vogt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/feb/01/news.obituaries |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=31 January 2000 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214051246/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/feb/01/news.obituaries |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Al McGuire]], American basketball player and coach (born 1928)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kupper |first1=Mike |title=Time runs out for McGuire |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ylBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6790%2C6309536 |access-date=14 February 2022 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |date=27 January 2001 |archive-date=14 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314093727/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ylBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6790,6309536 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Valeriy Brumel]], Russian high jumper (born 1942)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Nick |title=Obituary: Valery Brumel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/feb/06/guardianobituaries.russia |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=6 February 2003 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054332/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/feb/06/guardianobituaries.russia |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2003   &ndash; [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]], English historian and academic (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beran |first1=Michael Knox |title=H. R. Trevor-Roper, R.I.P. |website=[[National Review]] |url=http://nationalreview.com/comment/comment-beran013103.asp |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419114843/http://nationalreview.com/comment/comment-beran013103.asp |archive-date=19 April 2007 |date=31 January 2003}}</ref>
*  2003   &ndash; [[George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie]], Scottish banker and politician, [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Viscount Younger of Leckie |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/viscount-younger-of-leckie-729988.html |website=The Independent |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304133457/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/viscount-younger-of-leckie-729988.html |archive-date=4 March 2009 |date=27 January 2003}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Fred Haas]], American golfer (born 1916)<ref>{{cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=Fred Haas; Golfer, 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/29/sports/fred-haas-golfer-88.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=29 January 2004 |archive-date=26 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826044812/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/29/sports/fred-haas-golfer-88.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Khan Abdul Wali Khan]], Pakistani politician (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yusufzai |first1=Ashfaq |title=Wali Khan passes away |url=https://www.dawn.com/2006/01/27/top2.htm |newspaper=Dawn |location=Pakistan |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230543/http://www.dawn.com/2006/01/27/top2.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007 |date=27 January 2006}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Gump Worsley]], Canadian ice hockey player (born 1929)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Litsky |first1=Frank |title=Gump Worsley, 77, Hall of Famer Who Won Four Titles, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/sports/hockey/29worsley.html?_r=0 |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=29 January 2007 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054333/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/sports/hockey/29worsley.html?_r=0 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Viktor Schreckengost]], American sculptor and designer (born 1906)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Litt |first1=Steven |title=Viktor Schreckengost has died at age 101 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/arts/2008/01/viktor_schreckengost_has_died.html |website=cleveland.com |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 2008 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054359/https://www.cleveland.com/arts/2008/01/viktor_schreckengost_has_died.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2008   &ndash; [[George Habash]], Palestinian politician, founder of the [[PFLP]] (born 1926)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andoni |first=Lamis |date=13 July 2009 |title=Habash: The bearer of the dream |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2009/7/13/habash-the-bearer-of-the-dream |access-date=2022-07-06 |publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Louis Auchincloss]], American novelist and essayist (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Noble |first1=Holcomb B. |last2=McGrath |first2=Charles |title=Louis Auchincloss, Chronicler of New York's Upper Crust, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/nyregion/28auchincloss.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 2010 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702153415/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/nyregion/28auchincloss.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[David Kato|David Kato Kisule]], Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement (born 1964)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/27/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-murdered |title=Ugandan gay rights activist murdered weeks after court victory |first=Xan |last=Rice |date=27 January 2011 |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214235047/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/27/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-murdered |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2011   &ndash; [[Charlie Louvin]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927)<ref>{{cite news |last=Frisckis-Warren |first=Bill |date=2011-01-26 |title=Charlie Louvin, Country Singer, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/arts/music/27louvin.html?mcubz=0 |work=The New York Times |location=New York City |access-date=2017-08-18 |archive-date=2017-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818045314/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/arts/music/27louvin.html?mcubz=0 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Roberto Mieres]], Argentinian race car driver (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Maserati grand prix driver Roberto Mieres dies aged 87 |publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]] |work=autosport.com |url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97201 |date=2012-01-27 |accessdate=2012-01-27 |archive-date=2012-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127210011/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97201 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Christine M. Jones]], American educator and politician (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news |last=Weil |first=Martin |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/former-md-state-delegate-christine-jones-dies/2013/01/27/5e54e8de-68f2-11e2-af53-7b2b2a7510a8_story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217003640/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-01-27/local/36583605_1_state-delegate-county-fire-physical-education |url-status=live |archive-date=February 17, 2013 |title=Former Md. state delegate Christine Jones dies |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 27, 2013 |access-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref>
*  2013 &ndash; [[Stefan Kudelski]], Polish-Swiss engineer, inventor of the [[Nagra]] (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-29/stefan-kudelski-sound-recording-equipment-inventor-dies-at-84.html |title=Stefan Kudelski, Sound-Recording Equipment Inventor, Dies at 84 |author=Thomas Mulier |date=Jan 28, 2013 |publisher=Bloomberg News |access-date=2021-12-19 |archive-date=2015-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109121454/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-29/stefan-kudelski-sound-recording-equipment-inventor-dies-at-84.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Padma Kant Shukla]], Indian physicist and academic (born 1950)<ref name="obit">{{cite web |author=Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum |url=http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=128027&CultureCode=en |title=The Ruhr-Universität mourns Padma Kant Shukla |publisher=Alphagalileo.org |date=2013-01-29 |accessdate=2013-01-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208170445/http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=128027&CultureCode=en |archivedate=February 8, 2013}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Shōtarō Yasuoka]], Japanese author (born 1920)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/people/AJ201301300061 |title=Postwar literary giant Yasuoka dies at 92 |work=The Asahi Shimbun |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |date=January 30, 2013 |accessdate=January 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205042102/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/people/AJ201301300061 |archivedate=February 5, 2013}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Tom Gola]], American basketball player, coach, and politician (born 1933)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Frank |last2=Juliano |first2=Joe |title=Philadelphia basketball great Tom Gola dies |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=January 26, 2014 |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/la_salle/20140127_Philadelphia_basketball_great_Tom_Gola_dies.html |access-date=January 26, 2014 |archive-date=January 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127202355/http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/la_salle/20140127_Philadelphia_basketball_great_Tom_Gola_dies.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2014 &ndash; [[Paula Gruden]], Slovenian-Australian poet and translator (born 1921)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/knjige/umrla-je-pavla-gruden-pesniski-glas-slovencev-v-avstraliji/328389 |title=Umrla je Pavla Gruden, pesniški glas Slovencev v Avstraliji |publisher=MMC RTV Slovenija |date=27 January 2014 |language=Slovenian |trans-title=Pavla Gruden, the Poetic Voice of the Slovenes in Australia, Dies |access-date=19 December 2021 |archive-date=29 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929021016/http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/knjige/umrla-je-pavla-gruden-pesniski-glas-slovencev-v-avstraliji/328389 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2014 &ndash; [[José Emilio Pacheco]], Mexican poet and author (born 1939)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jose Emilio Pacheco dies at 74; one of Mexico's foremost writers |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jose-emilio-pacheco-20140127-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=January 27, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219020437/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jose-emilio-pacheco-20140127-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau]], American art director and cartoonist (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_27395442/vallejos-art-icon-goodie-goudeau-dies-at-84 |title=Vallejo's art icon Goodie Goudeau dies at 83 |work=ContraCostaTimes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206225828/http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_27395442/vallejos-art-icon-goodie-goudeau-dies-at-84 |archive-date=2015-02-06}}</ref>
*  2015 &ndash; [[Tom Uren]], Australian politician (born 1921)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/27/tom-uren-1921-2015 |title=Tom Uren, 1921–2015 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 January 2015 |author=Frank Bongiorno |author-link=Frank Bongiorno |access-date=24 October 2021 |archive-date=26 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826075745/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/27/tom-uren-1921-2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan]], Pakistani military leader, foreign minister, and diplomat (born 1920)<ref name="The New York Times, Pakistan Bureau">{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Pakistani Diplomat, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/world/asia/sahabzada-yaqub-khan-dies-at-95-pakistani-diplomat-obituary.html?_r=0 |access-date=6 September 2016 |work=The New York Times |date=28 January 2016 |archive-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202174809/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/world/asia/sahabzada-yaqub-khan-dies-at-95-pakistani-diplomat-obituary.html?_r=0 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2016 &ndash; [[Abe Vigoda]], American actor (born 1921)<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/arts/television/abe-vigoda-actor-of-godfather-fame-dies-at-94.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/arts/television/abe-vigoda-actor-of-godfather-fame-dies-at-94.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Abe Vigoda, of 'Godfather' and 'Barney Miller,' dies at 94 |last=Lavietes |first=Stuart |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 26, 2016 |access-date=September 19, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Mike Connors]], American actor (born 1925)<ref name="Grode nytimes">{{cite news |last=Grode |first=Eric |date=January 27, 2017 |title=Mike Connors, Long-Running TV Sleuth in 'Mannix,' Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/arts/mike-connors-mannix-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/arts/mike-connors-mannix-dies.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 27, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  2017 &ndash; [[Tam Dalyell]], Scottish politician (born 1932)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38764220 |title=Former Labour MP Tam Dalyell dies |date=26 January 2017 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=26 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126191909/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38764220 |archive-date=26 January 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2017 &ndash; [[Lindy Delapenha]], Jamaican footballer and sports journalist (born 1927)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lindy Delapenha is dead |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Lindy-Delapenha-is-dead |website=Jamaica Observer |date=January 26, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918211226/https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Lindy-Delapenha-is-dead |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2017 &ndash; [[Barbara Hale]], American actress (born 1922)<ref name="BarbaraHale">{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/barbara-hale-dead-perry-mason-893891 |title=Barbara Hale, the Loyal Della Street on 'Perry Mason', Dies at 94 |first1=Mike |last1=Barnes |first2=Duane |last2=Byrge |date=January 27, 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=January 29, 2017 |archive-date=January 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128005800/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/barbara-hale-dead-perry-mason-893891 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2017 &ndash; [[Barbara Howard (athlete)|Barbara Howard]], Canadian sprinter and educator (born 1920)<ref>{{cite web |last=Marshall |first=Tabitha |date=January 26, 2018 |title=Barbara Howard |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/barbara-howard |url-status=live |access-date=2021-04-19 |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |archive-date=2021-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419003209/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/barbara-howard}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[John Altobelli]], American college baseball coach (born 1963)<ref name=kobe/>
*  2020 &ndash; [[Gianna Bryant]], American student-athlete (born 2006)<ref name=kobe/>
*  2020 &ndash; [[Kobe Bryant]], American basketball player (born 1978)<ref name=kobe/>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Suzanne Massie]], American historian (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Suzanne Massie, former Reagan advisor known as ‘the woman who ended the Cold War,’ dies at 94 |url=https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/28/suzanne-massie-former-reagan-advisor-known-as-the-woman-who-ended-the-cold-war-dies-at-94 |website=Meduza |access-date=January 28, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Alberic of Cîteaux|Saint Alberic of Cîteaux]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1202 |title=St Alberic of Citeaux |website=Catholic Online |access-date=29 January 2021 |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208175413/https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1202 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Gabriele Allegra|Blessed Gabriele Allegra]]<ref>{{cite book |author1=Cindy Yik-yi Chu |author2=Paul P. Mariani |title=People, Communities, and the Catholic Church in China |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UNLHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA86 |date=2 January 2020 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=9789811516795 |pages=86}}</ref>
** [[Paula of Rome|Saint Paula of Rome]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint of the Month: St Paula of Rome {{!}} Galway Cathedral |url=https://www.galwaycathedral.ie/news/saint-month-st-paula-rome |website=www.galwaycathedral.ie |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>
** [[January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Australia Day]] ([[Australia]])<ref name="nzgovholidays" />
* [[Republic Day (India)]]<ref name="nzgovholidays" />

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==External links==
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* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/26/ BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=26}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/26 Historical Events on January 26]

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[[Category:Days of January]]