Events

Pre-1600

• 661 The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.

• 1531 The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.

• 1564 The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.

• 1564 The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War.

1601–1900

• 1641 Reapers' War: Battle of Montjuïc, decisive victory of the Catalan army (with French support) over the Spanish army.

• 1699 For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers.

• 1700 The 8.7–9.2 Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.

• 1765 A British naval expedition arrives at and names Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands, founding a settlement there eight days later. (Arrival was 15 January 1765 O.S.)

• 1788 The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.

• 1808 The Rum Rebellion is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in New South Wales.

• 1837 Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.

• 1841 Gordon Bremer takes formal possession of Hong Kong Island at what is now Possession Point, establishing British Hong Kong.

• 1855 Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.

• 1856 First Battle of Seattle: Marines from the drive off Native American attackers after all-day battle with settlers.

• 1861 American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.

• 1863 American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.

• 1863 American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.

• 1870 Reconstruction Era: Virginia is readmitted to the Union.

• 1885 Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.

1901–present

• 1905 The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan, which weighs , is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.

• 1915 The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.

• 1918 Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.

• 1926 The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.

• 1930 The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.

• 1934 The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.

• 1934 German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed.

• 1939 Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.

• 1942 World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe, landing in Northern Ireland.

• 1945 World War II: Audie Murphy displays valor and bravery in action for which he will later be awarded the Medal of Honor.

• 1949 The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).

• 1950 The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as the first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.

• 1952 Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.

• 1956 Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.

• 1959 The Chain Island is listed for sale by the California State Lands Commission, with a minimum bid of $5,226.

• 1962 Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the Moon by 22,000 miles (35,400km).

• 1966 The three Beaumont children disappear from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.

• 1972 JAT Flight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries.

• 1974 Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashes during takeoff from Izmir Cumaovası Airport (now İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport), killing 66 of the 73 people on board the Fokker F28 Fellowship.

• 1986 The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.

• 1991 Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.

• 1998 Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

• 2001 The 7.7 Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India, leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.

• 2001 Diane Whipple, a lacrosse coach, is killed in a dog attack in San Francisco. The resulting court case clarified the meaning of implied malice murder.

• 2009 Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.

• 2009 Nadya Suleman gives birth to the world's first surviving octuplets.

• 2015 An aircraft crashes at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.

• 2015 Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) recaptures the city of Kobanî from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), marking a turning point in the Siege of Kobanî.

• 2020 A Sikorsky S-76B flying from John Wayne Airport to Camarillo Airport crashes in Calabasas, 30 miles west of Los Angeles, killing all nine people on board, including five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant.

• 2021 Protesters and farmers storm the Red Fort near Delhi, clashing with police. One protester is killed and more than 80 police officers are injured.

Births

Pre-1600

• 183 Lady Zhen, wife of Cao Pi (died 221)

• 1541 Florent Chrestien, French poet and translator (died 1596)

• 1549 Jakob Ebert, German theologian (died 1614)

• 1582 Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter (died 1647)

1601–1900

• 1657 William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1737)

• 1714 Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator (died 1785)

• 1715 Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (died 1771)

• 1716 George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1785)

• 1722 Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author (died 1805)

• 1763 Charles XIV John of Sweden (died 1844)

• 1781 Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (died 1831)

• 1813 Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet, founding father of the Dominican Republic (died 1876)

• 1824 Emil Czyrniański, Polish chemist (died 1888)

• 1832 George Shiras Jr., American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (died 1924)

• 1842 François Coppée, French poet and author (died 1908)

• 1852 Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (died 1905)

• 1861 Louis Anquetin, French painter (died 1932)

• 1863 Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (died 1922)

• 1864 József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (died 1934)

• 1866 John Cady, American golfer (died 1933)

• 1877 Kees van Dongen, Dutch painter (died 1968)

• 1880 Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1964)

• 1885 Harry Ricardo, English engineer and academic (died 1974)

• 1885 Per Thorén, Swedish figure skater (died 1962)

• 1887 François Faber, French-Luxembourgish cyclist (died 1915)

• 1887 Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (died 1947)

• 1891 Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss (died 1973)

• 1891 August Froehlich, German priest and martyr (died 1942)

• 1891 Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic (died 1976)

• 1892 Bessie Coleman, American pilot (died 1926)

• 1893 Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss (died 1976)

• 1899 Günther Reindorff, Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator (died 1974)

• 1900 Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (died 1967)

1901–present

• 1902 Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (died 1940)

• 1904 Ancel Keys, American physiologist and nutritionist (died 2004)

• 1904 Seán MacBride, Irish lawyer and politician, Irish Minister for External Affairs Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)

• 1905 Charles Lane, American actor and singer (died 2007)

• 1905 Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (died 1987)

• 1907 Rex Connor, Australian politician (died 1977)

• 1907 Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest and philologist (died 2001)

• 1908 Jill Esmond, English actress (died 1990)

• 1908 Rupprecht Geiger, German painter and sculptor (died 2009)

• 1908 Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (died 1997)

• 1908 Robert Halperin, American yachtsman (died 1985)

• 1910 Jean Image, Hungarian-French animator, director, and screenwriter (died 1989)

• 1911 Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)

• 1911 Norbert Schultze, German composer and conductor (died 2002)

• 1913 Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (died 1990)

• 1914 Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire (died 2006)

• 1915 William Hopper, American actor (died 1970)

• 1917 Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain (died 2014)

• 1918 Philip José Farmer, American author (died 2009)

• 1919 Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (died 1949)

• 1919 Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (died 2004)

• 1919 Hyun Soong-jong, South Korean politician, 24th Prime Minister of South Korea (died 2020)

• 1920 Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author (died 2009)

• 1921 Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (died 2005)

• 1921 Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (died 1999)

• 1921 Veikko Uusimäki, Finnish actor and theater councilor (died 2008)

• 1922 Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter (died 1996)

• 1922 Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (died 1993)

• 1922 Gil Merrick, English footballer (died 2010)

• 1923 Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral (died 2014)

• 1923 Anne Jeffreys, American actress and singer (died 2017)

• 1924 Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (died 2014)

• 1924 Anahid Ajemian, American violinist (died 2016)

• 1924 Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (died 1998)

• 1925 David Jenkins, English bishop and theologian (died 2016)

• 1925 Joan Leslie, American actress (died 2015)

• 1925 Paul Newman, American actor, activist, director, race car driver, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own (died 2008)

• 1925 Ben Pucci, American football player and sportscaster (died 2013)

• 1925 Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (died 2004)

• 1926 Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani linguist and scholar (died 2013)

• 1926 Joseph Bacon Fraser Jr., American architect and businessman, co-founded the Sea Pines Company (died 2014)

• 1927 José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (died 2005)

• 1927 Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout (died 1985)

• 1927 Hubert Schieth, German footballer and manager (died 2013)

• 1928 Roger Vadim, French actor and director (died 2000)

• 1929 Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator (died 2025)

• 1933 Donald Sarason, American mathematician (died 2017)

• 1934 Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and publisher (died 2020)

• 1934 Charles Marowitz, American director, playwright, and critic (died 2014)

• 1934 Huey "Piano" Smith, American pianist and songwriter (died 2023)

• 1934 Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster and actor (died 2025)

• 1934 Oldo Hlaváček, Slovak actor and screenwriter (died 2025)

• 1935 Corrado Augias, Italian journalist and politician

• 1935 Henry Jordan, American football player (died 1977)

• 1935 Paula Rego, Portuguese-born British visual artist (died 2022)

• 1936 Sal Buscema, American comics artist (died 2026)

• 1937 Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leonean soldier and politician, 2nd President of Sierra Leone (died 2003)

• 1938 Henry Jaglom, English-American director and screenwriter (died 2025)

• 1940 Séamus Hegarty, Irish bishop (died 2019)

• 1940 Frank Large, English footballer and cricketer (died 2003)

• 1943 César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2005)

• 1943 Jack Warner, Trinidadian businessman and politician

• 1944 Angela Davis, American activist, academic, and author

• 1944 Jerry Sandusky, American football coach and criminal

• 1945 Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (died 1987)

• 1945 David Purley, English race car driver (died 1985)

• 1946 Susan Friedlander, American mathematician

• 1946 Christopher Hampton, Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright

• 1946 Gene Siskel, American journalist and film critic (died 1999)

• 1947 Patrick Dewaere, French actor and composer (died 1982)

• 1947 Les Ebdon, English chemist and academic

• 1947 Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin, Irish director, producer, and production manager

• 1947 Richard Portnow, American actor

• 1947 Michel Sardou, French singer-songwriter and actor

• 1948 Alda Facio, Costa Rican jurist, writer and teacher

• 1948 Corky Laing, Canadian rock drummer

• 1948 Jennifer von Mayrhauser, American theater, television and film costume designer

• 1949 Jonathan Carroll, American author

• 1949 David Strathairn, American actor

• 1950 Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (died 2008)

• 1950 Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (died 2004)

• 1950 Jack Youngblood, American football player

• 1951 David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer

• 1951 Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2010)

• 1951 Anne Mills, English economist and academic

• 1952 Tom Henderson, American basketball player

• 1953 Alik L. Alik, Micronesian politician, 7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia

• 1953 Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark

• 1953 Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1954 Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer

• 1955 Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2020)

• 1957 Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler (died 2003)

• 1958 Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter

• 1958 Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian, actress, and talk show host

• 1960 Charlie Gillingham, American musician

• 1961 Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1961 Tom Keifer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1962 Guo Jian, Chinese-Australian painter, sculptor, and photographer

• 1962 Tim May, Australian cricketer

• 1962 Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer and manager

• 1963 Jazzie B, British DJ and music producer

• 1963 José Mourinho, Portuguese footballer and manager

• 1963 Simon O'Donnell, Australian footballer, cricketer, and sportscaster

• 1963 Tony Parks, English footballer and manager

• 1963 Andrew Ridgeley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1964 Adam Crozier, Scottish businessman

• 1964 Paul Johansson, American-Canadian actor

• 1965 Kevin McCarthy, American politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

• 1965 Thomas Östros, Swedish businessman and politician

• 1965 Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast and coach

• 1966 Kazushige Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster

• 1967 Bryan Callen, American comedian, actor, and writer

• 1967 Anatoly Komm, Russian chef and businessman

• 1967 Col Needham, English businessman, co-founded Internet Movie Database

• 1968 Jupiter Apple, Brazilian singer-songwriter, film director, and actor (died 2015)

• 1969 George Dikeoulakos, Greek-Romanian basketball player and coach

• 1970 Kirk Franklin, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1972 Nate Mooney, American actor

• 1973 Jennifer Crystal Foley, American actress

• 1973 Larissa Lowing, Canadian artistic gymnast

• 1973 Melvil Poupaud, French actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1973 Brendan Rodgers, Northern Irish footballer and manager

• 1973 Mayu Shinjo, Japanese author and illustrator

• 1976 Gilles Marini, French actor

• 1977 Vince Carter, American basketball player

• 1977 Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player and coach

• 1978 Esteban Germán, Dominican baseball player

• 1978 Corina Morariu, American tennis player and sportscaster

• 1978 Andrés Torres, American baseball player

• 1979 Sara Rue, American actress

• 1981 José de Jesús Corona, Mexican footballer

• 1981 Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor

• 1981 Juan José Haedo, Argentine cyclist

• 1981 Colin O'Donoghue, Irish actor

• 1983 Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer

• 1983 Eric Werner, American ice hockey player

• 1984 Ryan Hoffman, Australian rugby league player

• 1984 Iain Turner, Scottish footballer

• 1984 Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer

• 1985 Heather Stanning, English rower

• 1986 Gerald Green, American basketball player

• 1986 Kim Jae-joong, South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, and director

• 1986 Mustapha Yatabaré, French-Malian footballer

• 1987 Sebastian Giovinco, Italian footballer

• 1987 Héctor Noesí, Dominican baseball player

• 1988 Dan Bailey, American football player

• 1988 Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Greek high jumper

• 1989 MarShon Brooks, American basketball player

• 1989 Emily Hughes, American figure skater

• 1989 Torrey Smith, American football player

• 1990 Brandon Bolden, American football player

• 1990 Sergio Pérez, Mexican race car driver

• 1990 Peter Sagan, Slovak professional cyclist

• 1991 Esteban Andrada, Argentine footballer

• 1991 Nicolò Melli, Italian-American basketball player

• 1991 Alex Sandro, Brazilian footballer

• 1991 Manti Te'o, American football player

• 1992 Mercedes Moné, American wrestler

• 1993 Miguel Borja, Colombian footballer

• 1993 Lana Clelland, Scottish footballer

• 1993 Kevin Pangos, Canadian-Slovenian basketball player

• 1993 Alice Powell, British racing driver

• 1993 Florian Thauvin, French footballer

• 1994 Montrezl Harrell, American basketball player

• 1995 Jean-Charles Castelletto, Cameroonian footballer

• 1995 Sione Katoa, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1996 Zakaria Bakkali, Belgian footballer

• 1996 Hwang Hee-chan, South Korean football player

• 1997 Gedion Zelalem, German-born American soccer player

• 1998 Moonbin, South Korean singer and actor. (died 2023)

• 1999 Leonardo Balerdi, Argentine footballer

• 1999 Travis Etienne, American football player

• 2000 Ester Expósito, Spanish actress

• 2000 Darius Garland, American basketball player

• 2001 Latalia Bevan, Welsh artistic gymnast

• 2001 Isaac Okoro, American basketball player

• 2002 Darya Astakhova, Russian tennis player

• 2009 YaYa Gosselin, American actress

• 2009 The Suleman octuplets

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 738 John of Dailam, Syrian monk and saint (born 660)

• 1390 Adolph IX, Count of Holstein-Kiel (born c. 1327)

• 1567 Nicholas Wotton, English courtier and diplomat (born 1497)

1601–1900

• 1620 Amar Singh I, ruler of Mewar (born 1559)

• 1630 Henry Briggs, English mathematician and astronomer (born 1556)

• 1641 Lawrence Hyde, English lawyer (born 1562)

• 1697 Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (born 1640)

• 1744 Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (born 1683)

• 1750 Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (born 1686)

• 1795 Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (born 1732)

• 1799 Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (born 1722)

• 1814 Manuel do Cenáculo, Portuguese prelate and antiquarian (born 1724)

• 1823 Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist, creator of the smallpox vaccine (born 1749)

• 1824 Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (born 1791)

• 1830 Filippo Castagna, Maltese politician (born 1765)

• 1849 Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (born 1803)

• 1855 Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (born 1808)

• 1860 Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, opera singer (born 1804)

• 1869 Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (born 1846)

• 1885 Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (born 1806)

• 1885 Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (born 1833)

• 1886 David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (born 1807)

• 1887 Anandi Gopal Joshi, one of the first female Indian physicians (born 1865)

• 1891 Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the internal combustion engine (born 1833)

• 1893 Abner Doubleday, American general (born 1819)

• 1895 Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (born 1825)

• 1896 James Edwin Campbell, American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist (born 1867)

1901–present

• 1904 Whitaker Wright, English businessman (born 1846)

• 1920 Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author (born 1898)

• 1932 William Wrigley Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (born 1861)

• 1943 Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (born 1880)

• 1943 Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (born 1887)

• 1946 Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (born 1884)

• 1947 Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (born 1898)

• 1948 Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)

• 1953 Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1882)

• 1962 Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (born 1897)

• 1968 Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (born 1883)

• 1973 Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (born 1893)

• 1976 João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (born 1901)

• 1977 Dietrich von Hildebrand, German Catholic philosopher and author (born 1889)

• 1979 Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (born 1908)

• 1983 Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (born 1913)

• 1985 Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (born 1914)

• 1986 Ruben Nirvi, Finnish linguist and professor (born 1905)

• 1990 Lewis Mumford, American sociologist and historian (born 1895)

• 1992 José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1912)

• 1993 Jan Gies, Dutch businessman and humanitarian (born 1905)

• 1993 Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, Governor General of Canada (born 1922)

• 1996 Harold Brodkey, American author and academic (born 1930)

• 1996 Frank Howard, American football player and coach (born 1909)

• 1996 Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (born 1932)

• 1997 Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (born 1904)

• 2000 Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (born 1915)

• 2000 Kathleen Hale, English author and illustrator (born 1898)

• 2000 A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (born 1912)

• 2001 Al McGuire, American basketball player and coach (born 1928)

• 2003 Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (born 1942)

• 2003 Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (born 1917)

• 2003 George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (born 1931)

• 2004 Fred Haas, American golfer (born 1916)

• 2006 Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani politician (born 1917)

• 2007 Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1929)

• 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and designer (born 1906)

• 2008 George Habash, Palestinian politician, founder of the PFLP (born 1926)

• 2010 Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (born 1917)

• 2011 David Kato Kisule, Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement (born 1964)

• 2011 Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927)

• 2012 Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver (born 1924)

• 2013 Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (born 1929)

• 2013 Stefan Kudelski, Polish-Swiss engineer, inventor of the Nagra (born 1929)

• 2013 Padma Kant Shukla, Indian physicist and academic (born 1950)

• 2013 Shōtarō Yasuoka, Japanese author (born 1920)

• 2014 Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (born 1933)

• 2014 Paula Gruden, Slovenian-Australian poet and translator (born 1921)

• 2014 José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (born 1939)

• 2015 Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau, American art director and cartoonist (born 1932)

• 2015 Tom Uren, Australian politician (born 1921)

• 2016 Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Pakistani military leader, foreign minister, and diplomat (born 1920)

• 2016 Abe Vigoda, American actor (born 1921)

• 2017 Mike Connors, American actor (born 1925)

• 2017 Tam Dalyell, Scottish politician (born 1932)

• 2017 Lindy Delapenha, Jamaican footballer and sports journalist (born 1927)

• 2017 Barbara Hale, American actress (born 1922)

• 2017 Barbara Howard, Canadian sprinter and educator (born 1920)

• 2020 John Altobelli, American college baseball coach (born 1963)

• 2020 Gianna Bryant, American student-athlete (born 2006)

• 2020 Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (born 1978)

• 2025 Suzanne Massie, American historian (born 1931)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Saint Alberic of Cîteaux

• Blessed Gabriele Allegra

• Saint Paula of Rome

• Saint Timothy

• Saint Titus

• January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Australia Day (Australia)

• Republic Day (India)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on January 26