An oil pipeline explosion killed 137 people in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico.
In a sting operation conducted by the FBI, Marion Barry (pictured), the mayor of Washington, D.C., was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.
Singaporean communist activist Tan Chay Wa was executed, leading to a much-publicised trial of his brother for engraving 'subversive' material on the gravestone.
Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Thousands of Japanese police stormed the University of Tokyo after six months of nationwide leftist university student protests and occupations.
Members of the Lumbee tribe arrived to protest at a Ku Klux Klan rally near Maxton, North Carolina, which turned into an armed confrontation between the two.
Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, becoming the first black Canadian to compete in the NHL.
Navvab Safavi, an Iranian Shia cleric and the founder of the fundamentalist group Fada'iyan-e Islam, was executed with three of his followers for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Hossein Ala'.
Construction began in Busan, South Korea, on the United Nations Military Cemetery (pictured), the only United Nations cemetery in the world.
World War II: In Operation Iskra, the Red Army established a narrow land corridor to Leningrad, partially easing the protracted German siege.
The Cathedral of Christ the King, currently the cathedral for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, was dedicated.
Japanese prime minister Ōkuma Shigenobu issued the Twenty-One Demands to China in a bid to increase Japan's power in East Asia.
A number of previously independent states united to form the German Empire, with Wilhelm I as German Emperor.
The armed tender HMS Supply, the first ship of the First Fleet, arrived at Botany Bay, Australia.
Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes (present-day Lima, Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish crown.
The young child Leo II became the sole Byzantine emperor upon the death of his grandfather Leo I.
The popular social media app, TikTok, is banned in the United States, after the passing of PAFACA.
A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky.
An oil pipeline explosion near Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, kills 137 people.
A bus catches fire on the Samara–Shymkent road in Yrgyz District, Aktobe, Kazakhstan. The fire kills 52 passengers, with three passengers and two drivers escaping.
![More than 115,000 websites engage in an online protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act in the US.[citation needed] The websites involved viewed the laws as infringing on the right to free speech and many of them temporarily shut down in protest.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Google_Doodle_Censored_2.png/330px-Google_Doodle_Censored_2.png)
More than 115,000 websites engage in an online protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act in the US.[citation needed] The websites involved viewed the laws as infringing on the right to free speech and many of them temporarily shut down in protest.
The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.
The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 crashes near Chongqing Baishiyi Airport, killing all 98 passengers and 10 crew members.
An Aerovías Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes on approach to Mundo Maya International Airport in Flores, Petén, Guatemala, killing all 94 people on board.
The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announce they have identified a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney, killing 83.
SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
Members of the Mukti Bahini lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent Bangladesh, a month after winning the war against the occupying Pakistan Army.
United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
Alt Llobregat insurrection breaks out in Central Catalonia, Spain.
World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
Jan Willem Janssens surrenders the Dutch Cape Colony to the British.
The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
Frederick I crowns himself King in Prussia in Königsberg.
Henry Morgan captures Panama.
The magnitude 7.9 Tenshō earthquake strikes Honshu, Japan, killing 8,000 people and triggering a tsunami.
Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York.
Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.
Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.
Sophia Reid-Gantzert, Canadian actress and dancer
Anastasia Zakharova, Russian tennis player
Ki-Jana Hoever, Dutch footballer
Karim Adeyemi, German footballer
Karan Brar, American actor
Tee Higgins, American football player
Djorkaeff Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer
Gary Trent Jr., American basketball player
Mateus Ward, American actor
Aitana Bonmatí, Spanish footballer
Lisandro Martínez, Argentinian footballer
Éder Militão, Brazilian footballer
Emil Audero, Indonesian footballer
Denis Malgin, Swiss ice hockey player
Bryce Alford, American basketball player
Leonard Fournette, American football player
Samu Castillejo, Spanish footballer
Max Fried, American baseball player
Kang Ji-young, South Korean singer
Ilona Kremen, Belarusian tennis player
Sean Keenan, Australian actor
Juan Fernando Quintero, Colombian footballer
Francesco Bardi, Italian footballer
Douglas Wreden, a.k.a. DougDoug, American streamer
Gorgui Dieng, Senegalese basketball player
Hayle Ibrahimov, Ethiopian-Azerbaijani runner
Brett Lawrie, Canadian baseball player
Nacho, Spanish footballer
Gift Ngoepe, South African baseball player
Alex Pietrangelo, Canadian ice hockey player
Zeeko Zaki, Egyptian-American actor
Rubén Miño, Spanish footballer
Michael Pineda, Dominican baseball player
Ronnie Day, American singer-songwriter
Angelique Kerber, German tennis player
Anastasios Kissas, Greek footballer
Ashleigh Murray, American actress and singer
Boy van Poppel, Dutch cyclist
Johan Djourou, Swiss footballer
Christopher Liebig, German rugby player
Grigoris Makos, Greek footballer
Marya Roxx, Estonian-American singer-songwriter
Becca Tobin, American actress, singer, and dancer
Ikusaburo Yamazaki, Japanese actor and singer
Eugene Lee Yang, Korean-American actor, filmmaker, and activist
Dale Begg-Smith, Canadian-Australian skier
Mark Briscoe, American wrestler
Riccardo Montolivo, Italian footballer
Hyun Woo, South Korean actor
Seung-Hui Cho, South Korean mass murderer (died 2007)
Kristy Lee Cook, American singer-songwriter
Ioannis Drymonakos, Greek swimmer
Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer
Michael Kearney, American biochemist and academic
Benji Schwimmer, American dancer and choreographer
Viktoria Shklover, Estonian figure skater
Amir Blumenfeld, Israeli-American comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
Samantha Mumba, Irish singer-songwriter and actress
Joel Stallworth, American sprinter
Quinn Allman, American guitarist and producer
Mary Jepkosgei Keitany, Kenyan runner
Gang Dong-won, South Korean actor
Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player
Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
Estelle, English singer-songwriter and producer
Robert Green, English footballer
Kert Haavistu, Estonian footballer and manager
Julius Peppers, American football player
Jason Segel, American actor and screenwriter
Ruslan Fedotenko, Ukrainian ice hockey player
Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
Kenyatta Jones, American football player (died 2018)
Wandy Rodriguez, Dominican baseball player
Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist
Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer
Richard Archer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Laurence Courtois, Belgian tennis player
Marcelo Gallardo, Argentinian footballer and coach
Damien Leith, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Derek Richardson, American actor
Christian Burns, English singer-songwriter
Burnie Burns, American actor, director, and producer, co-founded Rooster Teeth Productions
Luke Goodwin, Australian rugby league player and coach
Benjamin Jealous, American civic leader and activist
Joe Kehoskie, American baseball executive
Anthony Koutoufides, Australian footballer
Crispian Mills, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director
Rolando Schiavi, Argentinian footballer and coach
Vinod Kambli, Indian cricketer, sportscaster, and actor
Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player
Kjersti Plätzer, Norwegian race walker
Amy Barger, American astronomer
Jonathan Davis, American singer-songwriter
Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer and manager
Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer (died 2019)
DJ Quik, American rapper and producer
Peter Van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
Dave Bautista, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer
Jim O'Rourke, American guitarist and producer
Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (died 2014)
Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player and author
Kazufumi Miyazawa, Japanese singer
André Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver (died 2021)
Brady Anderson, American baseball player
Richard Dunwoody, Northern Irish jockey and sportscaster
Virgil Hill, American boxer
Jane Horrocks, English actress and singer
Maxime Bernier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
Ian Crook, English footballer and manager
Carl McCoy, English singer-songwriter
Martin O'Malley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 61st Governor of Maryland
Alison Arngrim, Canadian-American actress
Peter Beardsley, English footballer and manager
Bob Hansen, American basketball player and sportscaster
Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
Jeff Yagher, American actor and sculptor
Mark Rylance, English actor, director, and playwright
Paul Deighton, Baron Deighton, English banker and politician
Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer
Ted DiBiase, American wrestler
Brett Hudson, American singer-songwriter and producer
B. K. Misra, Indian neurosurgeon
Peter Moon, Australian comedian and actor
Michael Behe, American biochemist, author, and academic
R. Stevie Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and activist (died 1982)
Bob Latchford, English footballer
Gianfranco Brancatelli, Italian race car driver
Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (died 1982)
Bill Keller, American journalist
Philippe Starck, French interior designer
Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player and journalist (died 2018)
Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director
Perro Aguayo, Mexican wrestler (died 2019)
Joseph Deiss, Swiss economist and politician, 156th President of the Swiss Confederation
Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (died 2013)
Rocco Forte, English businessman and philanthropist
Paul Keating, Australian economist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
Carl Morton, American baseball player (died 1983)
Kei Ogura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria
Paul Freeman, English actor
Kay Granger, American educator and politician
Dave Greenslade, English keyboard player and composer
Charlie Wilson, American businessman and politician (died 2013)
Denise Bombardier, Canadian journalist and author (died 2023)
Bobby Goldsboro, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
David Ruffin, American singer (died 1991)
Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican race car driver (died 1971)
Curt Flood, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1997)
Anthony Giddens, English sociologist and academic
Werner Olk, German footballer and manager
Hargus "Pig" Robbins, American musician (died 2022)
John Hume, Northern Irish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
Tim Barlow, English actor (died 2023)
David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
Eddie Jones, British illustrator (died 1999)
Albert Millaire, Canadian actor and director (died 2018)
Jon Stallworthy, English poet, critic, and academic (died 2014)
Gad Yaacobi, Israeli academic and diplomat, 10th Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2007)
Raymond Briggs, English author and illustrator (died 2022)
Emeka Anyaoku, Nigerian politician, 8th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
David Bellamy, English botanist, author and academic (died 2019)
John Boorman, English director, producer, and screenwriter
Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (died 2013)
William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart, English lawyer and politician (died 2017)
Frank McMullen, New Zealand rugby player (died 2004)
Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (died 2017)
Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (died 2007)
Chun Doo-hwan, South Korean general and politician, 5th President of South Korea (died 2021)
Esther Coopersmith, American diplomat, UNESCO goodwill ambassador (died 2024)
Alexander Gomelsky, Soviet and Russian professional basketball coach (died 2005)
S. Balachander, Indian actor, singer, and veena player (died 1990)
Randolph Bromery, American geologist and academic (died 2013)
Gilles Deleuze, French metaphysician and philosopher (died 1995)
John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (died 2014)
Sol Yurick, American soldier and author (died 2013)
John Graham, General Officer Commanding (GOC) Wales (died 2012)
Gerrit Voorting, Dutch cyclist (died 2015)
Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
Toni Turek, German footballer (died 1984)
Gustave Gingras, Canadian-English physician and educator (died 1996)
Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2013)
Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese-American businessman (died 2008)
Syl Apps, Canadian pole vaulter, ice hockey player, and politician (died 1998)
Santiago Carrillo, Spanish soldier and politician (died 2012)
Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (died 1984)
Arno Schmidt, German author and translator (died 1979)
Vitomil Zupan, Slovene author, poet, and playwright (died 1987)
Carroll Cloar, American artist (died 1993)
Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer (died 1972)
José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (died 1969)
Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1987)
Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist and academic (died 1993)
Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, historian, and television host (died 1974)
János Ferencsik, Hungarian conductor (died 1984)
Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mob boss (died 2002)
Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer (died 2006)
Cary Grant, English-American actor (died 1986)
Berthold Goldschmidt, German pianist and composer (died 1996)
Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1973)
Albert Kivikas, Estonian journalist and author (died 1978)
C. M. Eddy Jr., American author (died 1967)
Ville Ritola, Finnish-American runner (died 1982)
Toots Mondt, American wrestler and promoter (died 1976)
Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet, critic, and academic (died 1984)
Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian (died 1957)
Bill Meanix, American hurdler and coach (died 1957)
Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (died 1956)
Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot (died 1989)
Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator (died 1962)
A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1956)
Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (died 1975)
Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic (died 1933)
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (died 1954)
Henri Giraud, French general and politician (died 1949)
Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company (died 1961)
Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (died 1948)
Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (died 1916)
Daniel Hale Williams, American surgeon and cardiologist (died 1931)
Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (died 1934)
Seth Low, American academic and politician, 92nd Mayor of New York City (died 1916)
Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (died 1920)
Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (died 1925)
Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African farmer, soldier, and gun-maker (died 1900)
A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, Mayor of Minneapolis (died 1911)
Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (died 1894)
Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and author (died 1921)
César Cui, Russian general, composer, and critic (died 1918)
Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian and scholar (died 1874)
Pratap Singh Bhosle, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (died 1847)
Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (died 1852)
Peter Mark Roget, English physician, lexicographer, and theologian (died 1869)
Samuel Whitbread, English politician (died 1815)
John Nash, English architect (died 1835)
Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1831)
Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher (died 1803)
Caspar Friedrich Wolff, German physiologist and embryologist (died 1794)
Johann Jakob Moser, German jurist (died 1785)
Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (died 1755)
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1765)
Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (died 1731)
Damaris Cudworth Masham, English philosopher and theologian (died 1708)
François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, Secretary of State for War (died 1691)
Catherine, Duchess of Braganza (died 1614)
Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary (died 1559)
Antonio Trivulzio, seniore, Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1508)
Sir Philip Courtenay, English noble (died 1463)
Claire van Kampen, English director and composer (born 1953)
David Crosby, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Francisco Gento, Spanish football player (born 1933)
Yvette Mimieux, American actress (born 1942)
André Leon Talley, American fashion journalist (born 1948)
John Coughlin, American figure skater (born 1985)
Peter Abrahams, South African-Jamaican writer (born 1919)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1939)
Roberta Peters, American coloratura soprano (born 1930)
Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (born 1924)
Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1948)
T. S. Sinnathuray, Judge of the High Court of Singapore (born 1930)
Michel Tournier, French journalist and author (born 1924)
Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer and prosecutor (born 1963)
Christine Valmy, Romanian cosmetologist and author (born 1926)
Piet van der Sanden, Dutch journalist and politician (born 1924)
Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (born 1933)
Kathryn Abbe, American photographer and author (born 1919)
Michael Botmang, Nigerian politician, 17th Governor of Plateau State (born 1938)
Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (born 1951)
Andy Graver, English footballer (born 1927)
Sarah Marshall, English actress (born 1933)
Eugenio Cruz Vargas, Chilean poet and painter (born 1923)
Sean Fallon, Irish footballer and manager (born 1922)
Jim Horning, American computer scientist and academic (born 1942)
Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (born 1989)
Lewis Marnell, Australian skateboarder (born 1982)
Ron Nachman, Israeli lawyer and politician (born 1942)
Anthony Gonsalves, Indian composer and educator (born 1927)
Georg Lassen, German captain (born 1915)
Yuri Rasovsky, American playwright and producer, founded The National Radio Theater of Chicago (born 1944)
Sargent Shriver, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to France (born 1915)
Kate McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter (born 1946)
Robert B. Parker, American author and academic (born 1932)
Tony Hart, English painter and television host (born 1925)
Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (born 1931)
Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1913)
Grigore Vieru, Romanian poet and author (born 1935)
Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1927)
Frank Lewin, American composer and theorist (born 1925)
Lois Nettleton, American actress (born 1927)
John Stroger, American politician (born 1929)
Brent Liles, American bass player (born 1963)
Jan Twardowski, Polish priest and poet (born 1915)
Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (born 1973)
Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova, Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (born 1935)
Ed Farhat, American wrestler and trainer (born 1924)
Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (born 1907)
Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1939)
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (born 1897)
Dan Georgiadis, Greek footballer and manager (born 1922)
Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician (born 1941)
N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1923)
Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
Ron Luciano, American baseball player and umpire (born 1937)
Dionysios Zakythinos, Greek historian, academic, and politician (born 1905)
Melanie Appleby, English singer (born 1966)
Rusty Hamer, American actor (born 1947)
Bruce Chatwin, English-French author (born 1940)
Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (born 1902)
Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (born 1915)
Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (born 1904)
Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (born 1919)
Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (born 1897)
Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (born 1924)
Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (born 1914)
David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1873)
Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (born 1887)
Goose Tatum, American basketball player and soldier (born 1921)
Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (born 1880)
Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1906)
Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (born 1885)
Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (born 1874)
Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (born 1912)
Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (born 1879)
Curly Howard, American actor (born 1903)
Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (born 1867)
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (born 1865)
Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (born 1871)
Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)
Joseph Devlin, Northern Irish political leader of the Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) (born 1871)
Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1891)
Prince John of the United Kingdom, Youngest son of George V and Mary of Teck (born 1905)
Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (born 1828)
Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (born 1819)
Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (born 1819)
Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (born 1788)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1803)
John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (born 1790)
Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (born 1752)
Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (born 1743)
Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (born 1699)
Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (born 1682)
Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (born 1619)
Magnus Heinason, Faroese naval hero (born 1545)
Margaret of Parma (born 1522)
Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal and scholar (born 1470)
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (born 1417)
Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (born 1419)
Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen (1442–1451) (born 1414)
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (born 1391)
Jobst of Moravia, ruler of Moravia, King of the Romans
Peter I of Portugal (born 1320)
Maria of Portugal, infanta (born 1313)
Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter, English baron (born 1247)
Saint Margaret of Hungary (born 1242)
King Henry I of Cyprus (born 1217)
Tamar of Georgia (born 1160)
Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of the Tulunids, murdered (born 864)
Odilo, duke of Bavaria
Leo I, Byzantine emperor (born 401)
Publius Clodius Pulcher, Roman politician (born 93 BC)
Christian feast day: Amy Carmichael (Church of England)
Christian feast day: Athanasius of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian feast day: Confession of Peter (Eastern Orthodox, some Anglican and Lutheran Churches)
Christian feast day: Cyril of Alexandria
Christian feast day: Deicolus
Christian feast day: Margaret of Hungary
Christian feast day: Prisca
Christian feast day: Volusianus of Tours
Christian feast day: January 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Royal Thai Armed Forces Day (Thailand)