What Happened on This Day: January 21st

<< January >> Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2026 2025 (Tuesday) 2024 (Sunday) 2023 (Saturday) 2022 (Friday) 2021 (Thursday) 2020 (Tuesday) 2019 (Monday) 2018 (Sunday) 2017 (Saturday) 2016 (Thursday) January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 344 days remain until the end of the year (345 in leap years). 763 – Following theBattle of Bakhamra betweenAlids andAbbasids nearKufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother ofIsa ibn Musa.[1] 1525 – TheSwissAnabaptist Movement is founded whenConrad Grebel,Felix Manz,George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother inZürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.[2] 1535 – Following theAffair of the Placards,the French king leads an anti-Protestant procession through Paris.[3][4] 1720 – Sweden andPrussia sign theTreaty of Stockholm.[5] 1749 – TheTeatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.[6] 1774 –Abdul Hamid I becomesSultan of the Ottoman Empire andCaliph of Islam. 1789 – The first American novel,The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth byWilliam Hill Brown, is printed inBoston. 1793 – After being found guilty of treason by the FrenchNational Convention,Louis XVI of France isexecuted byguillotine. 1824 – TheAshantisdefeat British forces in theGold Coast during theFirst Anglo-Ashanti War.[7] 1854 – TheRMS Tayleur sinks offLambay Island on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia with great loss of life.[8] 1893 – TheTati Concessions Land, formerly part ofMatabeleland, is formally annexed to theBechuanaland Protectorate, nowBotswana. 1908 – New York City passes theSullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor. 1911 – The firstMonte Carlo Rally takes place. 1915 –Kiwanis International is founded inDetroit. 1919 – Arevolutionary Irish parliament is founded anddeclares the independence of theIrish Republic. One of thefirst engagements of theIrish War of Independence takes place. 1925 –Albania declares itself a republic. 1931 – SirIsaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-bornGovernor-General of Australia. 1932 –Finland and theSoviet Union sign anon-aggression treaty.[9] 1941 – Sparked by the murder of a German officer inBucharest, Romania the day before, members of theIron Guard engaged in arebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews. 1942 – TheJewish resistance organization,Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye, based in theVilna Ghetto was established.[10] 1943 – As part ofOperation Animals, BritishSOE saboteursdestroy the railway bridge over the Asopos River, and guerrillas of theGreek People's Liberation Army ambush and destroy a German convoy at theBattle of Sarantaporos.[11] 1945 – TheTrade Union Council of Transcarpathian Ukraine is founded inMukachevo.[12] 1948 – TheFlag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over theNational Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day. 1950 – American lawyer and government officialAlger Hiss is convicted ofperjury. 1951 – The catastrophiceruption of Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea claims 2,942 lives.[13] 1954 – The firstnuclear-powered submarine, theUSS Nautilus, islaunched inGroton, Connecticut byMamie Eisenhower, theFirst Lady of the United States. 1960 –Little Joe 1B, aMercury spacecraft, lifts off fromWallops Island,Virginia withMiss Sam, a femalerhesus monkey on board. 1960 –Avianca Flight 671 crashes atMontego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people. 1960 –A coal mine collapses atHolly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners. 1963 – TheChicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ends operation.[14] 1968 –Vietnam War,Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins. 1968 – AB-52 bombercrashes nearThule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete. 1971 – The currentEmley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmittingUHF broadcasts. 1976 – Commercial service ofConcorde begins with theLondon-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes. 1980 –Iran Air Flight 291 crashes in theAlborz Mountains while on approach toMehrabad International Airport inTehran, Iran, killing 128 people.[15] 1981 – Production of theDeLorean sports car begins inDunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. 1985 –Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes nearReno–Tahoe International Airport inReno, Nevada, killing 70 people.[16] 1986 – Conservative protestors attacked a mockshanty town that had been erected onthe Green atDartmouth College as part ofanti-apartheid protests.[17] 1997 – TheU.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimandNewt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined. 1999 –War on drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, theUnited States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) ofcocaine on board. 2000 –Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col.Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose PresidentJamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-PresidentGustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad. 2003 – A 7.6 magnitudeearthquake strikes the Mexican state ofColima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.[18] 2004 –NASA'sMER-A (the Mars RoverSpirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of itsflash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6. 2005 – InBelmopan, Belize, theunrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots. 2009 – Israel withdraws from theGaza Strip, officially ending athree-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow. 2011 –Anti-government demonstrations take place inTirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.[19] 2014 –Rojava conflict: TheJazira Canton declares its autonomy from theSyrian Arab Republic.[20] 2017 – Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scalewomen's march, including inPortland, onDonald Trump's first full day asPresident of the United States.[21] 2023 – Huu Can Tran, 72,opens fire in a dance studio inMonterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008Covina massacre.[22] 2025 – Afire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in theKartalkaya ski resort inBolu Province, Turkey, results in 78 people dead and 51 injured.[23] 1264 –Alexander, Prince of Scotland (died 1284)[24] 1277 –Galeazzo I Visconti, lord ofMilan (died 1328) 1338 –Charles V of France (died 1380)[25] 1493 –Giovanni Poggio, Italian cardinal and diplomat (died 1556)[26] 1598 –Matsudaira Tadamasa, Japanese samurai and daimyō (died 1645)[27] 1612 –Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, count ofNassau-Dietz (died 1640) 1636 –Melchiorre Cafà, Maltese Baroque sculptor (baptised;[28] (died 1667) 1655 –Antonio Molinari, Italian painter (died 1704)[29] 1659 –Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter (died 1722)[30] 1675 –Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Margravine ofBaden-Baden (died 1733)[31] 1714 –Anna Morandi Manzolini, Italian anatomist (died 1774)[32] 1717 –Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Spanish military officer and governor of Cuba (died 1779) 1721 –James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician,Governor of Minorca (died 1794) 1732 –Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, son ofKarl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, andPrincess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis (died 1797) 1738 –Ethan Allen, American general (died 1789)[33] 1741 –Chaim of Volozhin, Orthodox rabbi (died 1821) 1763 –Augustin Robespierre, younger brother of French Revolutionary leaderMaximilien Robespierre (died 1794) 1775 –Manuel Garcia, Spanish opera singer and composer (died 1832) 1784 –Peter De Wint, English painter (died 1849) 1788 –William Henry Smyth,Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist (died 1865) 1796 –Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, consort ofGeorge, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1880) 1797 –Joseph Méry, French author and journalist (died 1866) 1800 –Theodor Fliedner, German Lutheran minister (died 1864) 1801 –John Batman, Australian entrepreneur and explorer (died 1839) 1804 –Moritz von Schwind, Austrian painter (died 1871) 1808 –Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, 16th President of Peru (died 1875) 1810 –Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, French general (died 1892) 1811 –James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, British statesman (died 1885)[34] 1813 –John C. Frémont, American general, explorer, and politician, 5thTerritorial Governor of Arizona (died 1890) 1813 –Giuseppe Montanelli, Italian statesman and author (died 1862) 1814 –Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, German bibliographer and historian (died 1885) 1815 –Horace Wells, American dentist (died 1848) 1820 –Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (died 1899) 1820 –Egide Walschaerts, Belgian mechanical engineer (died 1901) 1824 –Stonewall Jackson, American general (died 1863) 1827 –Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1900) 1829 –Oscar II of Sweden (died 1907) 1831 –George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10thPremier of Victoria (died 1889)[35] 1839 –Caterina Volpicelli, Italian Roman Catholic nun (died 1894) 1840 –Sophia Jex-Blake, English physician and feminist (died 1912)[36] 1841 –Édouard Schuré, French philosopher and author (died 1929) 1843 –Émile Levassor, French engineer (died 1897) 1845 –Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (died 1932)[37] 1846 –Pieter Hendrik Schoute, Dutch mathematician and academic (died 1923) 1846 –Albert Lavignac, French music scholar (died 1916) 1847 –Joseph Achille Le Bel, French chemist (died 1930)[38] 1848 –Henri Duparc, French soldier and composer (died 1933) 1851 –Giuseppe Allamano, Italian Roman Catholic priest (died 1926) 1854 –Karl Julius Beloch, German classical and economic historian (died 1929) 1854 –Eusapia Palladino, Italian spiritualist (died 1918) 1855 –Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, the youngest daughter of KingFerdinand II of the Two Sicilies (died 1874) 1860 –Karl Staaff, Swedish lawyer and politician, 11thPrime Minister of Sweden (died 1915) 1864 –Israel Zangwill, British author (died 1926) 1865 –Heinrich Albers-Schonberg, German gynecologist and radiologist (died 1921) 1867 –Ludwig Thoma, German paramedic and author (died 1921) 1867 –Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (died 1965) 1868 –Felix Hoffmann, German chemist (died 1946) 1869 –Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (died 1916) 1871 –Olga Preobrajenska, Russian ballerina (died 1962) 1873 –Arturo Labriola, Italian revolutionary syndicalist (died 1959) 1874 –René-Louis Baire, French mathematician (died 1932) 1875 –Paul E. Kahle, German orientalist (died 1964) 1877 –Baldassarre Negroni, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1948) 1878 –Vahan Tekeyan, Armenian poet and activist (died 1948)[39] 1880 –George Van Biesbroeck, Belgian–American astronomer (died 1974) 1881 –Ernst Fast, Swedish runner (died 1959) 1881 –André Godard, French archaeologist, architect and historian (died 1965) 1881 –Ivan Ribar, Yugoslav politician (died 1968) 1882 –Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and theologian (died 1937) 1882 –Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer (died 1972) 1883 –Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (died 1929) 1883 –Oskar Baum, Bohemian writer (died 1941)[40] 1883 –Mathias Hynes, Britishtug of war competitor (died 1926) 1885 –Duncan Grant, British painter and designer (died 1978) 1885 –Umberto Nobile, Italian engineer and explorer (died 1978) 1885 –Harold A. Wilson, English runner (died 1932) 1886 –John M. Stahl, American director and producer (died 1950)[41] 1887 –Wolfgang Köhler, German psychologist and phenomenologist (died 1967) 1887 –Ernest Holmes, American New Thought writer (died 1960) 1887 –Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1926) 1889 –Pitirim Sorokin, American sociologist and political activist (died 1968) 1889 –Edith Tolkien, wife and muse ofJ. R. R. Tolkien (died 1971)[42] 1891 –Albert Battel, German Army lieutenant and lawyer (died 1952) 1891 –Francisco Lázaro, Portuguese marathon runner (died 1912) 1895 –Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, foundedBalenciaga (died 1972)[43] 1895 –Daniel Chalonge, French astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1977) 1895 –Noe Itō, Japanese anarchist, author and feminist (died 1923) 1896 –Guy Gilpatric, American pilot and journalist (died 1950) 1896 –Paula Hitler, younger sister ofAdolf Hitler (died 1960) 1896 –J. Carrol Naish, American actor (died 1973)[44] 1896 –Masa Perttilä, Finnish wrestler (died 1968) 1897 –René Iché, French sculptor (died 1954) 1898 –Rudolph Maté, Polish-Hungarian-American cinematographer, producer and director (died 1964) 1898 –Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (died 1930) 1898 –Eduard Zintl, German chemist (died 1941) 1899 –John Bodkin Adams, British general practitioner and convict (died 1983)[45] 1899 –Gyula Mándi, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1969)[46] 1899 –Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American pianist and composer (died 1977) 1900 –Elof Ahrle, Swedish actor and director (died 1965) 1900 –Anselm Franz, Austrian engineer (died 1994)[47] 1900 –Fernando Quiroga Palacios, Spanish Cardinal (died 1971) 1901 –Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1978) 1903 –William Lyon, American film editor (died 1974) 1903 –Raymond Suvigny, French weightlifter (died 1945) 1904 –John Porter, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1997) 1904 –Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer (died 1984) 1905 –Christian Dior, French fashion designer, foundedChristian Dior S.A. (died 1957)[48] 1905 –Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, foundedThe Flying Wallendas (died 1978)[49] 1906 –Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (died 2007)[50] 1907 –Carlo Cavagnoli, Italian boxer (died 1991) 1909 –Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer and conductor (died 2004) 1909 –Teofilo Spasojević, Serbian footballer (died 1970) 1910 –Rosa Kellner, German athlete (died 1984) 1910 –Albert Rosellini, American lawyer and politician, 15thGovernor of Washington (died 2011)[51] 1910 –Hideo Shinojima, Japanese footballer (died 1975) 1910 –Károly Takács, Hungarian shooter (died 1976) 1911 –Dick Garrard, Australian wrestler (died 2003) 1911 –Lee Yoo-hyung, Korean footballer and manager (died 2003) 1912 –Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist and academic,Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000) 1915 –André Lichnerowicz, French mathematician (died 1998) 1915 –Orazio Mariani, Italian sprinter (died 1981) 1916 –Pietro Rava, Italian footballer (died 2006)[52] 1916 –Zypora Spaisman, Polish midwife; American and Yiddish-language actress; producer of the Yiddish stage (died 2002)[53] 1917 –Erling Persson,H&M founder (died 2002)[54] 1918 –Jimmy Hagan, English footballer (died 1998) 1918 –Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist and conductor (died 1989) 1918 –Richard Winters, American soldier (died 2011) 1919 –Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (died 2016) 1920 –Errol Barrow, first Prime Minister of Barbados (died 1987) 1922 –Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rdCanadian Minister of Labour (died 2012) 1922 –Telly Savalas, American actor (died 1994)[55] 1922 –Paul Scofield, English actor (died 2008)[56] 1922 –Predrag Vranicki, Croatian Marxist humanist (died 2002) 1923 –Alberto de Mendoza, Argentine actor (died 2011) 1923 –Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer, and actress (died 1995) 1923 –Pahiño, Spanish footballer (died 2012) 1924 –Shafiga Akhundova, Azerbaijani Composer, first professional female author of an opera in the East (died 2013)[57] 1924 –Benny Hill, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1992)[49] 1925 –Charles Aidman, American actor (died 1993) 1925 –Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer (died 2014) 1925 –Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (died 2010) 1925 –Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (died 2007) 1926 –Clive Donner, British director (died 2010) 1926 –Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer (died 1980) 1926 –Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (died 2000)[58] 1926 –Roger Taillibert, French architect (died 2019) 1926 –Robert J. White, American neurosurgeon (died 2010) 1927 –Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1985)[59] 1927 –Rudolf Kraus, German footballer (died 2003) 1928 –Reynaldo Bignone, Argentinian general and politician, 41st President of Argentina (died 2018) 1928 –Gene Sharp, American political scientist and academic, founded theAlbert Einstein Institution (died 2018) 1929 –Radley Metzger, American filmmaker (died 2017) 1930 –Mainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician, 1stPrime Minister of Zambia (died 2001) 1930 –Valentin Filatyev, Soviet cosmonaut (died 1990)[60] 1931 –Yoshiko Kuga, Japanese actress (died 2024) 1933 –Tony Marchi, English footballer (died 2022)[61] 1933 –Habib Thiam, Senegalese politician (died 2017) 1934 –Audrey Dalton, Irish actress 1934 –Antonio Karmany, Spanish cyclist 1934 –Alfonso Portugal, Mexican footballer (died 2016) 1934 –Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (died 2017) 1936 –Dick Davies, American basketball player (died 2012) 1937 –Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi, Hungarian fencer (died 2013) 1937 –Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, the youngest son ofAlbrecht, Duke of Bavaria 1938 –Wolfman Jack, radio personality (died 1995)[62] 1938 –Romano Fogli, Italian footballer (died 2021) 1939 –Paul Genevay, French sprinter (died 2022) 1939 –Friedel Lutz, German footballer (died 2023) 1939 –Steve Paxton, American dancer and choreographer (died 2024) 1939 –Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach (died 2005) 1940 –Jack Nicklaus, American golfer and sportscaster[63] 1940 –Patrick Robinson, English novelist 1941 –Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (died 2013) 1941 –Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor[63] 1941 –Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)[64] 1941 –Mike Medavoy, Chinese-born American film producer, co-foundedOrion Pictures 1941 –Ivan Putski, Polish-American wrestler and bodybuilder 1941 –Elaine Showalter, American author and critic 1942 –Freddy Breck, German singer, producer, and news anchor (died 2008) 1942 –Eugène Camara, Prime Minister of Guinea (died 2019)[65] 1942 –Mac Davis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2020)[49] 1942 –Han Pil-hwa, North Korean speed skater 1942 –Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)[49] 1942 –Michael G. Wilson, American producer and screenwriter 1943 –Zdravko Hebel, Croatian water polo player (died 2017) 1943 –Arnar Jónsson, Icelandic actor 1943 –Alfons Peeters, Belgian footballer (died 2015) 1943 –Kenzo Yokoyama, Japanese footballer 1944 –Uto Ughi, Italian violinist 1945 –Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011)[66] 1945 –Pete Kircher, English drummer 1945 –Martin Shaw, English actor and producer 1946 –Ichiro Hosotani, Japanese footballer 1946 –Nella Martinetti, Swiss singer (died 2011) 1946 –Tomás Pineda, El Salvadoran footballer 1946 –Miguel Reina, Spanish footballer 1947 –Andrzej Bachleda, Polish former alpine skier 1947 –Jill Eikenberry, American actress[63] 1947 –Dorian M. Goldfeld, American mathematician 1947 –Pye Hastings, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1947 –Michel Jonasz, French singer-songwriter and actor 1947 –Joseph Nicolosi, American clinical psychologist (died 2017) 1947 –Giuseppe Savoldi, Italian footballer 1947 –Roberto Zywica, Argentine footballer 1948 –Zygmunt Kukla, Polish footballer (died 2016) 1948 –Hugo Tocalli, Argentine footballer 1949 –Clifford Ray, American basketball coach and player 1949 –Trương Tấn Sang, Vietnamese politician and 7thPresident of Vietnam 1950 –Marion Becker, German javelin thrower 1950 –Gary Locke, American politician and diplomat, 36thUnited States Secretary of Commerce[49] 1950 –José Marín, Spanish racewalker 1950 –Billy Ocean, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter[63] 1950 –Agnes van Ardenne, Dutch politician and diplomat,Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation 1951 –Eric Holder, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 82ndUnited States Attorney General[49] 1952 –Marco Camenisch, Swiss activist and murderer 1952 –Werner Grissmann, Austrian alpine skier 1952 –Mikhail Umansky, Russian chess player (died 2010) 1953 –Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-foundedMicrosoft (died 2018)[67] 1953 –Felipe Yáñez, Spanish cyclist 1954 –Thomas de Maizière, German politician of the Christian Democratic Union 1954 –Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018) 1954 –Phil Thompson, English footballer and coach 1955 –Peter Fleming, American tennis player 1955 –Jeff Koons, American painter and sculptor[49] 1955 –Nello Musumeci, Italian politician and President of Sicily 1956 –Robby Benson, American actor and director[63] 1956 –Geena Davis, American actress and producer[63] 1958 –Hussein Saeed, Iraqi footballer 1958 –Matt Salmon, American politician 1958 –Sergei Walter, Ukrainian politician (died 2015) 1958 –Michael Wincott, Canadian actor 1959 –Sergei Alifirenko, Russian pistol shooter 1959 –Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager 1960 –Sidney Lowe, American basketball player 1960 –Mike Terrana, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer 1961 –Kevin Cramer, American politician 1961 –Cornelia Pröll, Austrian alpine skier 1961 –Ivo Pukanić Croatian journalist (died 2008) 1961 –Gary Shaw, English footballer (died 2024) 1961 –Piotr Ugrumov, Russian cyclist 1962 –Tyler Cowen, American economist and academic 1962 –Isabelle Nanty, French actress, director and screenwriter 1962 –Gabriele Pin, Italian footballer and coach 1962 –Zoran Thaler, Slovenian politician 1962 –Marie Trintignant, French actress (died 2003) 1962 –Erik Verlinde, Dutch theoretical physicist 1963 –Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player[63] 1963 –Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player and coach 1964 –Andreas Bauer, German ski jumper 1964 –Tony Dolan, English musician and actor 1964 –Gérald Passi, French footballer 1964 –Ricardo Serna, Spanish footballer 1964 –Aleksandar Šoštar, Serbian water polo player 1964 –Danny Wallace, English footballer 1965 –Robert Del Naja, British artist, musician and singer 1965 –Jam Master Jay, American DJ, rapper, and producer (died 2002) 1965 –Masahiro Wada, Japanese footballer 1967 –Ulf Dahlén, Swedish ice hockey player[68] 1967 –Alfred Jermaniš, Slovenian footballer 1967 –Artashes Minasian, Armenian chess player 1967 –Gorō Miyazaki, Japanese film director and landscaper 1968 –Artur Dmitriev, Russian ice skater 1968 –Dmitry Fomin, Russian volleyball player 1968 –Sébastien Lifshitz, French director 1968 –Steven Marshall, Australian politician, 46thPremier of South Australia[69] 1968 –Charlotte Ross, American actress[63] 1968 –Ilya Smirin, Israeli chess Grandmaster 1969 –John Ducey, American actor 1969 –Eduard Hämäläinen, Finnish-Belarusian decathlete 1969 –Karina Lombard, French-American actress and singer[63] 1969 –Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese comic artist 1970 –Alen Bokšić, former Croatian footballer 1970 –Marina Foïs, French actress 1970 –Ken Leung, American actor[63] 1970 –Oren Peli, Israeli-American director, producer and screenwriter 1971 –Uni Arge, Faroese footballer and entertainer 1971 –Rafael Berges, Spanish footballer 1971 –Doug Edwards, American basketball player 1971 –Dmitri Khlestov, Russian footballer 1971 –Sergey Klevchenya, Russian speed skater 1971 –Dylan Kussman, American actor 1971 –Doug Weight, American ice hockey player and coach 1972 –Billel Dziri, Algerian footballer and manager 1972 –Rick Falkvinge, Swedish businessman and politician 1972 –Sead Kapetanović, Bosnian footballer 1972 –Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer and producer 1972 –Cat Power, American singer, musician and actress[63] 1972 –Shawn Rojeski, American curler 1972 –Sabina Valbusa, Italian cross-country skier 1973 –Rob Hayles, English cyclist 1973 –Chris Kilmore, American musician and DJ[63] 1973 –Edvinas Krungolcas, Lithuanian modern pentathlete 1973 –Flavio Maestri, Peruvian footballer 1974 –Malena Alterio, Spanish actress 1974 –Maxwell Atoms, American animator, screenwriter and voice actor 1974 –Kim Dotcom, German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur and political activist 1974 –Arthémon Hatungimana, Burundian middle-distance runner 1974 –Vincent Laresca, American actor 1974 –Ulrich Le Pen, French footballer 1974 –Marco Zanotti, Italian cyclist 1975 –Nicky Butt, English footballer and coach 1975 –Thomas Castaignède, French rugby player[70] 1975 –Casey FitzRandolph, American speedskater 1975 –Yuji Ide, Japanese race car driver 1975 –Ito, Spanish footballer and manager 1975 –Willem Korsten, Dutch footballer[71] 1975 –Jason Moran, American jazz pianist, composer and educator 1975 –Florin Șerban, Romanian director 1975 –Alyaksandr Yermakovich, Belarusian footballer and manager 1976 –Aivaras Abromavičius, Lithuanian-Ukrainian banker and politician; 15thUkrainian Minister of Economic Development 1976 –Raivis Belohvoščiks, Latvian cyclist 1976 –Emma Bunton, English singer[63] 1976 –Lars Eidinger, German actor 1976 –Giorgio Frezzolini, Italian footballer 1976 –Igors Stepanovs, Latvian footballer 1977 –Hussein Abdulghani, Saudi Arabian footballer 1977 –Bradley Carnell, South African footballer 1977 –John DeSantis, Canadian actor 1977 –Kirsten Münchow, German hammer thrower 1977 –Denis Lunghi, Italian cyclist 1977 –Ulrike Maisch, German runner 1977 –Phil Neville, English footballer and manager 1977 –Michael Ruffin, American basketball player 1977 –Jerry Trainor, American actor, director, and producer[63] 1977 –Loïc Lerouge, French sprinter[72] 1978 –Faris Al-Sultan, German triathlete 1978 –Hernán Rodrigo López, Uruguayan footballer 1978 –Peter von Allmen, Swiss cross-country skier 1978 –Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player 1979 –Quinton Jacobs, Namibian footballer 1979 –Melendi, Spanish singer 1979 –Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player 1980 –Karsten Forsterling, Australian rower 1980 –Lee Kyung-won, South Korean badminton player[73] 1980 –Nana Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress 1980 –Xavier Pons, Spanish rally diver 1981 –Gillian Chung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress 1981 –Wu Hanxiong, Chinese fencer 1981 –Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player 1981 –Andy Lee, South Korean singer and actor 1981 –Izabella Miko, Polish actress, dancer, and producer[63] 1981 –Jung Ryeo-won, South Korean actress 1981 –David F. Sandberg, Swedish filmmaker 1981 –Michel Teló, Brazilian singer-songwriter 1982 –Richard José Blanco, Venezuelan footballer 1982 –Nicolas Mahut, French tennis player 1982 –Adriano Ferreira Martins, Brazilian footballer 1982 –Sarah Ourahmoune, French boxer 1982 –Simon Rolfes, German footballer 1983 –Alex Acker, American-Italian basketball player 1983 –Svetlana Khodchenkova, Russian actress 1983 –Asael Lubotzky, Israeli physician, author and molecular biologist[74] 1983 –Maryse Mizanin, Canadian-American wrestler 1983 –Álvaro Quirós, Spanish golfer 1983 –Francesca Segat, Italian swimmer 1983 –Marieke van den Ham, Dutch water polo player 1983 –Kelly VanderBeek, Canadian alpine skier 1983 –Moritz Volz, German footballer[75] 1984 –Luke Grimes, American actor[76] 1984 –Haloti Ngata, American football player[77] 1985 –Artur Beterbiev, Russian boxer 1985 –Aura Dione, Danish singer and songwriter 1985 –Yumi Hara, Japanese voice actress and singer 1985 –Sasha Pivovarova, Russian model and actress 1985 –Ri Se-gwang, North Korean artistic gymnast 1985 –Dmitri Sokolov, Russian basketball player 1985 –Ryan Suter, American ice hockey player 1986 –César Arzo, Spanish footballer 1986 –Edson Barboza, Brazilian mixed martial artist 1986 –Peyton Hillis, American football player[78] 1986 –João Gomes Júnior, Brazilian swimmer 1986 –Javi López, Spanish footballer 1986 –Gina Mambrú, Dominican Republic volleyball player 1986 –Jonathan Quick, American ice hockey player 1986 –Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor (died 2020) 1986 –Óscar Vílchez, Peruvian footballer 1987 –Oskars Bārtulis, Latvian ice hockey player[79] 1987 –Brandon Crawford, American baseball player[80] 1987 –Aida Hadzialic, Swedish politician 1987 –Darren Helm, Canadian ice hockey player[81] 1987 –Shaun Keeling, South African rower 1987 –Augustine Kiprono Choge, Kenyan runner 1987 –Will Johnson, Canadian soccer player 1987 –Dominik Roels, German cyclist 1987 –Maša Zec Peškirič, Slovenian tennis player 1987 –Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Japanese actress 1988 –Glaiza de Castro, Filipino actress and singer[82] 1988 –Ashton Eaton, American decathlete 1988 –Rolands Freimanis, Latvian basketball player 1988 –Vanessa Hessler, Italian-American model and actress 1988 –Aleksandar Lazevski, Macedonian footballer 1988 –Ángel Mena, Ecuadorian footballer 1988 –Valérie Tétreault, Canadian tennis player 1988 –Pieter Timmers, Belgian swimmer 1988 –Nemanja Tomić, Serbian footballer 1989 –Doğuş Balbay, Turkish basketball player 1989 –Kayla Banwarth, American indoor volleyball player 1989 –Férébory Doré, Congolese footballer 1989 –Sergey Fesikov, Russian swimmer 1989 –Justin Houston, American football player[83] 1989 –Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenian footballer 1989 –Zhang Shuai, Chinese tennis player 1990 –Knowledge Musona, Zimbabwean footballer[84] 1990 –Kelly Rohrbach, American model and actress 1991 –Ali Al-Busaidi, Omani footballer 1991 –Jan Hirt, Czech cyclist 1991 –Brayden McNabb, Canadian ice hockey player[85] 1991 –Marta Pagnini, Italian gymnast 1992 –Sven Erik Bystrøm, Norwegian cyclist 1992 –James Duckworth, Australian tennis player 1992 –Quinton Howden, Canadian ice hockey player[86] 1992 –Kwame Karikari, Ghanaian footballer 1992 –Tom Kühnhackl, German ice hockey player[87] 1992 –Nicolás Mezquida, Uruguayan footballer 1992 –Verónica Cepede Royg, Paraguayan tennis player 1992 –Roland Szolnoki, Hungarian footballer 1993 –Ronald Blair, former professional American football player[88] 1993 –Muralha, Brazilian footballer 1994 –Amin Affane, Swedish footballer 1994 –Laura Robson, Australian-English tennis player 1994 –Booboo Stewart, American actor[89] 1995 –Jake Elliott, American football player[90] 1995 –Marine Johannès, French basketball player 1995 –Alanna Kennedy, Australian soccer player[91] 1995 –Nguyễn Công Phượng, Vietnamese footballer 1995 –Yuliya Stupak, Russian cross-country skier[92] 1996 –Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer[93] 1996 –Cristian Pavón, Argentine footballer[94] 1997 –Mamadi Diakite, Guinean basketball player[95] 1997 –Jeremy Shada, American actor, musician and singer 1997 –Ilia Topuria, German-Georgian mixed martial artist[96] 1998 –Pervis Estupiñán, Ecuadorian footballer[97] 1999 –Rubina Ali, Indian actress 1999 –Fūju Kamio, Japanese actor[98] 1999 –Alisha Lehmann, Swiss footballer[99] 2001 –Baek Jong-bum, South Korean footballer[100] 2003 –Hannibal Mejbri, Tunisian footballer[101] 2004 –Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway[102] 2005 –IShowSpeed, American YouTuber[103] 2007 –Luke Littler, English darts player[104] 420 –Yazdegerd I, king of theSassanid Empire 496 –Epiphanius of Pavia, Italian bishop and saint (born 438) 917 –Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (born 880) 918 –Liu Zhijun, Chinese general 939 –Yang Pu, Chinese emperor (born 900) 942 –An Chongrong, Chinese general (Five Dynasties) 945 –Yang Tan, Chinese general and governor 1118 –Pope Paschal II (born 1050) 1203 –Agnes II, Abbess of Quedlinburg (born 1139) 1320 –Árni Helgason, Icelandic bishop (bornc. 1260) 1527 –Juan de Grijalva, Spanish explorer (born 1489) 1546 –Azai Sukemasa, Japanese daimyō (born 1491) 1609 –Joseph Justus Scaliger, French historian and scholar (born 1540) 1638 –Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (born 1570) 1670 –Claude Duval, Frenchhighwayman (born 1643) 1683 –Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician,Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1621) 1699 –Obadiah Walker, English historian and academic (born 1616) 1706 –Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (born 1649) 1710 –Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and critic (born 1638) 1722 –Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English politician,Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1661) 1731 –Ignjat Đurđević, Croatian poet and translator (born 1675) 1773 –Alexis Piron, French playwright and author (born 1689) 1774 –Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (born 1717) 1775 –Yemelyan Pugachev, Russian rebel (born 1742) 1789 –Baron d'Holbach, French-German philosopher and author (born 1723) 1793 –Louis XVI of France (born 1754)[105] 1795 –Samuel Wallis, English navigator and explorer (born 1728) 1805 –David Ker, Irish-American educator and judge[106] 1809 –Josiah Hornblower, American engineer and politician (born 1729) 1814 –Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French botanist and author (born 1737) 1823 –Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (born 1761) 1831 –Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (born 1781) 1851 –Albert Lortzing, German actor and composer (born 1801) 1862 –Božena Němcová, Austrian-Czech author and poet (born 1820) 1870 –Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (born 1812) 1872 –Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (born 1791) 1881 –Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1802) 1891 –Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (born 1842) 1901 –Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-foundedWestern Electric (born 1835) 1914 –Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1857) 1918 –Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (born 1857)[107] 1919 –Gojong of Korea (born 1852) 1919 –Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277thGrand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1839) 1924 –Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1870) 1926 –Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist,Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843) 1928 –George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (born 1858) 1931 –Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1863) 1932 –Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (born 1880) 1933 –George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (born 1852) 1937 –Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1896)[108] 1938 –Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (born 1861) 1945 –Rash Behari Bose, founder of theIndian National Army (born 1886) 1948 –Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (born 1876)[109] 1950 –George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1903)[110] 1955 –Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (born 1880) 1959 –Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1881) 1959 –Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadianforensic pathologist (born 1882)[111] 1959 –Carl Switzer, American child actor and hunting guide (born 1927)[112] 1961 –Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (born 1887)[113] 1963 –Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (born 1893) 1963 –Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (born 1881) 1967 –Ann Sheridan, American actress (born 1915) 1977 –Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (born 1906) 1978 –Freda Utley, English scholar and author (born 1898) 1983 –Lamar Williams, American bass player (born 1949) 1984 –Giannis Skarimpas, Greek playwright and poet (born 1893) 1984 –Jackie Wilson, American singer (born 1934) 1985 –James Beard, American chef and author (born 1903) 1985 –Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter (born 1930) 1987 –Charles Goodell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1926) 1988 –Vincent Lingiari, Australian Aboriginal rights activist (born 1919) 1989 –Carl Furillo, American baseball player (born 1922) 1989 –Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (born 1914) 1992 –Eddie Mabo, Australian land rights activist (born 1936)[114] 1993 –Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (born 1903) 1994 –Bassel al-Assad, Son of the former President of theSyrian Arab RepublicHafez al-Assad (born 1962) 1998 –Jack Lord, American actor, director, and producer (born 1920) 1999 –Susan Strasberg, American actress (born 1938) 2002 –Peggy Lee, American singer (born 1920) 2003 –Paul Haines, American-Canadian poet and songwriter (born 1933) 2003 –Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (born 1916) 2004 –Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (born 1929) 2005 –Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (born 1907) 2005 –John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (born 1917) 2005 –Kaljo Raid, Estonian cellist, composer, and pastor (born 1921) 2006 –Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovo journalist and politician, 1stPresident of Kosovo (born 1944) 2009 –Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (born 1946) 2010 –Paul Quarrington, Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (born 1953) 2011 –Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (born 1922) 2011 –Dennis Oppenheim, American sculptor and photographer (born 1938) 2011 –E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1958) 2012 –Jonathan Idema, American soldier, mercenary, con artist, vigilante, and criminal (born 1956)[115] 2013 –Ahmet Mete Işıkara, Turkish geophysicist and academic (born 1941) 2013 –Chumpol Silpa-archa, Thai academic and politician,Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1940) 2013 –Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1935) 2015 –Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian, and author (born 1942) 2015 –Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician,Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1939) 2015 –Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18thChief Justice of Liberia (born 1946) 2015 –Canek Sánchez Guevara, Cuban author and dissident (born 1974)[116] 2016 –Bill Johnson, American skier (born 1960) 2016 –Mrinalini Sarabhai, a 1992-Padma Bhushan award winner Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. (born 1918) 2019 –Kaye Ballard, American actress (born 1925)[117] 2019 –Henri, Count of Paris, Head of the House of Orléans (born 1933)[118] 2019 –Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (born 1990)[119] 2019 –Harris Wofford, American politician, author and civil rights activist (born 1926)[120] 2020 –Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1942)[121] 2020 –Morgan Wootten, American high school basketball coach (born 1931)[122] 2022 –Louie Anderson, American actor and comedian (born 1953)[123] 2022 –Leonor Oyarzún, Chilean socialite,First Lady of Chile (born 1919)[124] 2025 –Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran politician, 79thPresident of El Salvador (born 1959)[125] 2025 –Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (born 1937)[126]