Several thousand North Korean migrant workers in Helong engaged in civil unrest, including a factory occupation and the taking of managers as hostages, due to unpaid wages.
French special forces failed in an attempted rescue of a DGSE agent, who had been taken hostage in 2009 by al-Shabaab, in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
After Chicago police detective Jon Burge was discovered to have extracted forced confessions from more than 200 suspects, the governor of Illinois commuted the death sentences of 167 prisoners and pardoned four others.
The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, opened as the largest prestressed-concrete, single-box bridge in the world.
In a landmark report (cover pictured), U.S. surgeon general Luther Terry issued a warning that tobacco smoking may be hazardous to health, concluding that it has a causative role in lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, and other illnesses.
Students at the University of Georgia rioted in an attempt to prevent two African American students from attending the school.
The People's Republic of Albania was proclaimed, with Enver Hoxha as the country's de facto head of state.
Italian-American journalist and trade-union activist Carlo Tresca, a leading public opponent of the Mafia infiltration of unions, was assassinated in New York City.
Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, hosted 36 people involved in the film industry at a banquet, where he announced the creation of what would become the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Troops from France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr to force the Weimar Republic to pay reparations in the aftermath of World War I.
The Karluk, the flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, sank after being crushed by ice.
Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, went on strike in response to a pay cut corresponding to a new state law shortening the working week.
American Civil War: The Battle of Arkansas Post concluded with the Union Army capturing a fort from Confederate forces near the mouth of the Arkansas River.
A conflagration in Savannah, Georgia, destroyed over 400 buildings and caused millions of dollars in damages.
German-born British astronomer William Herschel discovered two Uranian moons, later named Oberon and Titania by his son John.
The most powerful earthquake recorded in Italy struck the island of Sicily, causing 60,000 deaths and prompting a period of architectural revival.
Arauco War: The Mapuche-Huilliche of southern Chile defeated a slave-hunting Spanish army at the Battle of Río Bueno.
Theodora Porphyrogenita (pictured) became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire after the death of her brother-in-law Constantine IX Monomachos.
COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei: Municipal health officials in Wuhan announce the first recorded death from COVID-19.
One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
51 people are killed in a plane crash in María La Baja, Colombia.
The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
United Airlines Flight 2885 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing three.
Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
The Tbilisi Metro is opened.
Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
36 people are killed when Lufthansa Flight 502 crashes on approach to Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport in Brazil.
The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to be injected with insulin.
The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
The Karluk, flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, sinks after being crushed by ice.
Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Arkansas Post concludes as General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture Fort Hindman and secure control over the Arkansas River for the Union.
American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
Taiping Rebellion: Hong Xiuquan proclaims the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, starting the Jintian Uprising.
The Great Savannah Fire of 1820 destroys over 400 buildings in Savannah, Georgia.
The Michigan Territory is created.
William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Arauco War: A Spanish army is defeated by local Mapuche-Huilliches as it tries to cross Bueno River in Southern Chile.
First recorded lottery in England.
Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia becomes King of Bohemia.
Theodora is crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire.
Sack of Mecca by the Qarmatians.
Conquest of Mecca: Muhammad and his followers conquer the city, and the Quraysh association of clans surrenders.
Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.
Elly De La Cruz, Dominican baseball player
Chaeyeon, South Korean singer-songwriter
Jeanette Hegg Duestad, Norwegian sport shooter
Lim Sung-jin, South Korean volleyball player
Brandon Wakeham, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
Thomas Mikaele, New Zealand rugby league player
Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Leroy Sané, German footballer
Nick Solak, American baseball player
Chris Boucher, Saint Lucian-Canadian basketball player
Park Junghwan, South Korean Go player
Michael Keane, English footballer
Will Keane, Irish footballer
Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer
Lee Seung-hoon, South Korean rapper and dancer
Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer
Malik Jackson, American football player
Demario Davis, American football player
Kane Linnett, Australian rugby league player
Epiphanny Prince, American-Russian basketball player
Scotty Cranmer, American BMX rider
Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoer
Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer
Jamie Vardy, English footballer
Kim Young-kwang, South Korean actor and model
Dennis Dixon, American football player
Newton Faulkner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Aja Naomi King, American actress
Kevin Boss, American football player
Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer
Matt Mullenweg, American web developer and businessman, co-created WordPress
Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer
Glenn Stewart, Australian rugby league player
André Myhrer, Swedish skier
Ted Richards, Australian rules footballer
Adrian Sutil, German racing driver
Tony Allen, American basketball player
Clint Greenshields, Australian-French rugby league player
Blake Heron, American actor (died 2017)
Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
Josh Hannay, Australian rugby league player and coach
Damien Wilkins, American basketball player
Darren Lynn Bousman, American director and screenwriter
Michael Lorenz, German footballer
Terence Morris, American basketball player
Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman
Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player
Holly Brisley, Australian actress
Michael Duff, Irish footballer
Emile Heskey, English footballer
Shamari Buchanan, American football player
Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater
Shane Kelly, Australian rugby league player
Olexiy Lukashevych, Ukrainian long jumper
Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player
Dan Luger, English rugby player and coach
Matteo Renzi, Italian politician, 56th Prime Minister of Italy
Roman Görtz, German footballer
Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player
Jens Nowotny, German footballer
Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
Rockmond Dunbar, American actor
Christian Jacobs, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Anthony Lledo, Danish composer
Amanda Peet, American actress and playwright
Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Jeff Orford, Australian rugby league player
Manfredi Beninati, Italian painter and sculptor
Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
Malcolm D. Lee, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
Ken Ueno, American composer
Manny Acta, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster
Anders Borg, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Finance
Tom Dumont, American guitarist and producer
Steve Mavin, Australian rugby league player
Michael Healy-Rae, Irish politician
Marc Acito, American author and screenwriter
Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican wrestler
Aleksey Zhukov, Russian footballer and coach
Albert Dupontel, French actor and director
Ralph Recto, Filipino lawyer and politician
Tracy Caulkins, American-Australian swimmer
Jason Connery, Italian-born British actor and director
Petra Schneider, German swimmer
Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe
Kim Coles, American actress and comedian
Susan Lindauer, American journalist and activist
Brian Moore, English rugby player
Jasper Fforde, English author
Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish racing driver (died 1989)
Karl von Habsburg, Austrian politician, Head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Brett Bodine, American NASCAR driver
Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Vicki Peterson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
Peter Moore, Australian rules footballer and coach
Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
David Grant, Australian rugby league player (died 1994)
Big Bank Hank, American rapper (died 2014)
Robert Earl Keen, American singer-songwriter
Phyllis Logan, Scottish actress
Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian physicist and politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Defence
Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
Graham Allen, English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
Kostas Skandalidis, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Food
Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright (died 2013)
Ben Crenshaw, American golfer and architect
Michael Forshaw, Australian lawyer and politician
Diana Gabaldon, American author
Lee Ritenour, American guitarist, composer, and producer
Charlie Huhn, American rock singer and guitarist
Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (died 2000)
Philip Tartaglia, Scottish archbishop (died 2021)
Daryl Braithwaite, Australian singer-songwriter
Chris Ford, American basketball player and coach (died 2023)
Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Iranian lawyer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran
Fritz Bohla, German footballer and manager
Joe Harper, Scottish footballer and manager
Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 54th Yokozuna (died 2018)
Madeline Manning, American runner and coach
Terry Williams, Welsh drummer
Hamish Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player
Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2022)
Tony Kaye, English progressive rock keyboard player and songwriter
John Piper, American theologian and author
Christine Kaufmann, German actress, author, and businesswoman (died 2017)
Mohammed Abdul-Hayy, Sudanese poet and academic (died 1989)
Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand
Bud Acton, American basketball player
Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor (died 2011)
Gérson, Brazilian footballer
Andres Tarand, Estonian geographer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Estonia
Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier
Arthur Scargill, English miner, activist, and politician
Felix Silla, Italian character actor, circus performer, voice artist, and stuntman (died 2021)
Eva Hesse, German-American sculptor and educator (died 1970)
Jean Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
Mitchell Ryan, American actor (died 2022)
Goldie Hill, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)
Alfonso Arau, Mexican actor and director
Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (died 2015)
Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (died 2014)
Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (died 2014)
Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
Dmitri Bruns, Estonian architect and theorist (died 2020)
David L. Wolper, American director and producer (died 2010)
Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1998)
Grant Tinker, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises (died 2016)
Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1994)
Slim Harpo, American blues singer-songwriter and musician (died 1970)
Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter (died 1998)
Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher (died 2016)
Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, engineer, and businessman, founded Carroll Shelby International (died 2012)
Gory Guerrero, American wrestler and trainer (died 1990)
Juanita M. Kreps, American economist and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 2010)
Mick McManus, English wrestler (died 2013)
Robert C. O'Brien, American author and journalist (died 1973)
Spencer Walklate, Australian rugby league player and soldier (died 1945)
John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (died 1982)
Bernard Blier, Argentinian-French actor (died 1989)
Luise Krüger, German javelin thrower (died 2001)
Paddy Mayne, British colonel and lawyer (died 1955)
Karl Stegger, Danish actor (died 1980)
Don "Red" Barry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1980)
Tommy Duncan, American singer-songwriter (died 1967)
Nora Heysen, Australian painter (died 2003)
Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2004)
Arthur Lambourn, New Zealand rugby player (died 1999)
Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and politician (died 1966)
Lionel Stander, American actor and activist (died 1994)
Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France (died 1982)
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (died 1972)
Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD (died 2008)
Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist (died 1960)
Alan Paton, South African author and activist (died 1988)
Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (died 1986)
Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (died 1988)
Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress, director, and producer (died 1991)
Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (died 1955)
August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (died 1979)
Laurens Hammond, American engineer and businessman, founded the Hammond Clock Company (died 1973)
Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (died 1969)
Charles Fraser, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1981)
Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (died 1942)
Andrew Sockalexis, American runner (died 1919)
Max Carey, American baseball player and manager (died 1976)
Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet and critic (died 1954)
Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (died 1938)
Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and politician (died 1954)
Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (died 1948)
George Zucco, British actor (died 1960)
Alice Paul, American activist and suffragist (died 1977)
Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (died 1952)
Elmer Flick, American baseball player (died 1971)
Thomas Hicks, American runner (died 1952)
Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic (died 1956)
John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist (died 1949)
G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic (died 1956)
Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator (died 1945)
Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1940)
John Ernest Adamson, English educationalist and Director of Education of the Colony of Transvaal (died1950)
Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic (died 1927)
Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician (died 1946)
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (died 1925)
Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (died 1947)
Fred Archer, English jockey (died 1886)
Christian Sinding, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1941)
Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor (died 1932)
Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Weimar Germany (died 1926)
Joseph Charles Arthur, American pathologist and mycologist (died 1942)
Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish mathematician and physicist (died 1912)
Adolf Eberle, German painter (died 1914)
William James, American psychologist and philosopher (died 1910)
Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist (died 1903)
Bayard Taylor, American poet, author, and critic (died 1878)
John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (died 1891)
James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist (died 1899)
Socrates Nelson, American businessman and politician (died 1867)
Ezra Cornell, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Western Union and Cornell University (died 1874)
Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (died 1895)
William Thomas Brande, English chemist and academic (died 1866)
Joseph Jackson Lister, English physicist (died 1869)
Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (died 1837)
Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (died 1833)
Samuel Bentham, English engineer and architect (died 1831)
Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1804)
François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general and diplomat (died 1745)
Diana Glauber, Dutch-German painter (died 1721)
Johann Friedrich Alberti, German organist and composer (died 1710)
Nicolas Steno, Danish bishop and anatomist (died 1686)
John Rogers, English-American minister, physician, and academic (died 1684)
Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw, Dutch painter (died 1680)
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (died 1646)
William Strode, English politician (died 1666)
Parmigianino, Italian artist (died 1540)
Michele of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France (died 1422)
Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (died 1393)
Emperor Kōmyō of Japan (died 1380)
Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (died 1259)
Wang Chongyang, Chinese religious leader and poet (died 1170)
Abd-ar-Rahman III, first Caliph of Córdoba (died 961)
Theodosius I, Roman emperor (died 395)
Carole Cook, American actress and singer (born 1924)
Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician (born 1929)
Edgar Ray Killen, American murderer (born 1925)
Adenan Satem, Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia (born 1944)
Monte Irvin, American baseball player (born 1919)
David Margulies, American actor (born 1937)
Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (born 1925)
Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (born 1931)
Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (born 1941)
Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic (born 1918)
Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (born 1933)
Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (born 1928)
Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (born 1935)
Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1928)
Guido Forti, Italian businessman, founded the Forti Racing Team (born 1940)
Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam (born 1927)
Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (born 1941)
Tom Parry Jones, Welsh chemist, invented the breathalyzer (born 1935)
Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (born 1988)
Aaron Swartz, American programmer and activist (born 1986)
Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, Iranian physicist and academic (born 1980)
Gilles Jacquier, French journalist and photographer (born 1968)
Edgar Kaiser, Jr, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1942)
Wally Osterkorn, American basketball player (born 1928)
Steven Rawlings, English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1961)
David Whitaker, English composer and conductor (born 1931)
David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (born 1936)
Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (born 1909)
Éric Rohmer, French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1920)
Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (born 1919)
Carl Karcher, American businessman, co-founded Carl's Jr. (born 1917)
Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (born 1961)
Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)
Spalding Gray, American actor, writer, and performance artist (born 1941)
Jože Pučnik, Slovenian sociologist and politician (born 1932)
Henri Verneuil, French-Armenian director and playwright (born 1920)
Denys Lasdun, English architect, co-designed the Royal National Theatre (born 1914)
Ivan Combe, American businessman, invented Clearasil (born 1911)
Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (born 1920)
Betty Archdale, English-Australian cricketer and educator (born 1907)
Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1940)
Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author and poet (born 1897)
Brian Moore, Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (born 1921)
Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1942)
Josef Gingold, Belarusian-American violinist and educator (born 1909)
Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (born 1936)
Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (born 1918)
Theodor Wisch, German general (born 1907)
Helmut Poppendick, German physician (born 1902)
Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator (born 1898)
Ray Moore, English radio host (born 1942)
Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1912)
Isidor Isaac Rabi, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)
Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1911)
Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter (born 1916)
Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (born 1948)
Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1895)
William McKell, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia (born 1891)
Beulah Bondi, American actress (born 1889)
Barbara Pym, English author (born 1913)
Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor (born 1901)
Padraic Colum, Irish poet and playwright (born 1881)
Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (born 1890)
Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (born 1876)
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (born 1901)
Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (born 1904)
Wally Pipp, American baseball player (born 1893)
Arthur Nock, English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (born 1902)
Elena Gerhardt, German soprano and actress (born 1883)
Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia (born 1867)
Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (born 1870)
Noe Zhordania, Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia (born 1868)
Roberta Fulbright, American businesswoman (born1874)
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (born 1889)
Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor and educator (born 1885)
Eva Tanguay, Canadian singer (born 1879)
Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1903)
Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (born 1868)
Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (born 1882)
James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (born 1852)
Elfrida Andrée, Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (born 1841)
Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (born 1840)
Constantine I of Greece (born 1868)
Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (born 1844)
Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (born 1842)
William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (born 1815)
Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (born 1862)
Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (born 1809)
Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (born 1810)
Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (born 1812)
Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (born 1818)
John Woolley, English minister and academic (born 1816)
Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (born 1779)
John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (born 1763)
Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (born 1736)
Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator (born 1749)
Heraclius II of Georgia (born 1720)
William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer and poet (born 1717)
François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (born 1722)
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (born 1704)
Caspar Abel, German poet, historian, and theologian (born 1676)
Louis-François Roubiliac, French-English sculptor (born 1695)
Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1688)
Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (born 1660)
Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje (born 1670)
Pierre Jurieu, French priest and theologian (born 1637)
Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (born 1632)
Charles Albanel, French priest, missionary, and explorer (born 1616)
Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (born 1583)
Min Bin, king of Arakan (born 1493)
Gaudenzio Ferrari, Italian painter and sculptor (born c. 1471)
Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (born 1428)
Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter (born 1449)
Skirgaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania
Isidore Glabas, Metropolitan bishop of Thessalonica (bornc. 1341)
Eleanor of Lancaster, English noblewoman (born 1318)
Thomas Charlton, Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania
Otto of Nordheim (born 1020)
Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen
Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine emperor (born 1000)
Cao, empress of Later Tang
Li Chongmei, prince of Later Tang
Li Congke, emperor of Later Tang (born 885)
Liu, empress of Later Tang
Boso of Provence, Frankish nobleman
Michael I Rangabe, Byzantine emperor (born 770)
Staurakios, Byzantine emperor
Emperor Kōnin of Japan (born 709)
Pope John VI (born 655)
Pope Hyginus, Bishop of Rome (born 74)
Children's Day (Tunisia)
Christian feast day: Anastasius of Suppentonia (Roman Catholic)
Christian feast day: Leucius of Brindisi (Roman Catholic)
Christian feast day: Paulinus II of Aquileia
Christian feast day: Pope Hyginus
Christian feast day: Theodosius the Cenobiarch
Christian feast day: Thomas of Cori
Christian feast day: Vitalis of Gaza (Roman Catholic)
Christian feast day: January 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Eugenio María de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico)
Independence Resistance Day (Morocco)
Kagami biraki (Japan)
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (United States)
Republic Day (Albania)
Carmentalia (January 11th and January 15th) (Rome)
Prithvi Jayanti (Nepal)