Events

Pre-1600

• 904 Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.

• 946 Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.

1601–1900

• 1814 War of the Sixth Coalition: France engages Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.

• 1819 Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.

• 1845 "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.

• 1850 Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.

• 1856 Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.

• 1861 Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.

• 1863 The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.

• 1886 Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.

• 1891 [[Liliuokalani]] is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

1901–present

• 1907 Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.

• 1911 Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.

• 1918 Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kyiv, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.

• 1918 Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.

• 1936 The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.

• 1940 Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.

• 1943 World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.

• 1944 World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.

• 1944 World War II: In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid.

• 1959 The first Melodifestivalen is held at Cirkus in Stockholm, Sweden.

• 1971 The last of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjärvi, Finland.

• 1973 EgyptAir Flight 741 crashes into the Kyrenia Mountains in Cyprus, killing 37 people.

• 1983 Singapore cable car crash: Panamanian-registered oil rig, Eniwetok, strikes the cables of the Singapore Cable Car system linking the mainland and Sentosa Island, causing two cabins to fall into the water and killing seven people and leaving thirteen others trapped for hours.

• 1989 Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.

• 1991 Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

• 1996 President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.

• 2001 Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.

• 2002 In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.

• 2005 The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.

• 2008 An Egyptian court rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.

• 2009 Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.

• 2013 SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people.

• 2014 Rojava conflict: The Afrin Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

• 2017 A gunman opens fire at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, killing six people and wounding 19 others in a spree shooting.

• 2022 Canadian truck drivers and pedestrians gathered to rally and protest on Parliament Hill against Canadian COVID-19 restrictions, which caused traffic and closures around the city.

• 2025 American Eagle Flight 5342 collided mid-air with a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk operated by the United States Army and crashed into the Potomac River, killing all 67 people on board both aircraft.

• 2025 A chartered Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Unity oilfield in South Sudan, killing 20 people.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1455 Johann Reuchlin, German-born humanist and scholar (died 1522)

• 1475 Giuliano Bugiardini, Italian painter (died 1555)

• 1499 Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther; formerly a Roman Catholic nun (died 1552)

• 1525 Lelio Sozzini, Italian humanist and reformer (died 1562)

• 1584 Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (died 1647)

• 1591 Franciscus Junius, German pioneer philologist (died 1677)

1601–1900

• 1602 Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (died 1651)

• 1632 Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (died 1703)

• 1688 Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (died 1772)

• 1711 Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (died 1788)

• 1715 Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian organist and composer (died 1777)

• 1717 Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (died 1797)

• 1718 Paul Rabaut, French pastor (died 1794)

• 1737 Thomas Paine, English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary (died 1809)

• 1749 Christian VII of Denmark (died 1808)

• 1754 Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (died 1806)

• 1756 Henry Lee III, American general and politician, 9th Governor of Virginia (died 1818)

• 1761 Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1849)

• 1782 Daniel Auber, French composer (died 1871)

• 1792 Lemuel H. Arnold, American politician (died 1852)

• 1801 Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1857)

• 1810 Ernst Kummer, Polish-German mathematician and academic (died 1893)

• 1810 Mary Whitwell Hale, American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter (died 1862)

• 1843 William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (died 1901)

• 1846 Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist (died 1915)

• 1852 Frederic Hymen Cowen, Jamaican-English pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1935)

• 1858 Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (died 1916)

• 1860 Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (died 1904)

• 1861 Florida Ruffin Ridley, American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer (died 1943)

• 1862 Frederick Delius, English composer (died 1934)

• 1864 Richard Arman Gregory, British astronomer (died 1952)

• 1866 Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1944)

• 1867 Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author (died 1928)

• 1874 John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (died 1960)

• 1876 Havergal Brian, English composer (died 1972)

• 1880 W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (died 1946)

• 1881 Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist (died 1975)

• 1884 Juhan Aavik, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor (died 1982)

• 1886 Karl Freudenberg, German chemist (died 1983)

• 1888 Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (died 1970)

• 1888 Wellington Koo, Chinese statesman (died 1985)

• 1892 Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor (died 1947)

• 1895 Muna Lee, American poet and author (died 1965)

1901–present

• 1901 Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network (died 1965)

• 1901 E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder (died 1989)

• 1905 Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher (died 1970)

• 1913 Victor Mature, American actor (died 1999)

• 1915 Bill Peet, American author and illustrator (died 2002)

• 1915 John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (died 2003)

• 1916 Roy Markham, British plant virologist (died 1979)

• 1917 John Raitt, American actor and singer (died 2005)

• 1918 John Forsythe, American actor (died 2010)

• 1920 Paul Gayten, American R&B pianist, songwriter, producer, and record company executive (died 1991)

• 1923 Paddy Chayefsky, American author and screenwriter (died 1981)

• 1923 Eddie Taylor, American electric blues guitarist and singer (died 1985)

• 1926 Abdus Salam, Pakistani-British physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)

• 1927 Edward Abbey, American environmentalist and author (died 1989)

• 1928 Joseph Kruskal, American mathematician and computer scientist (died 2010)

• 1928 Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong real estate billionaire (died 2025)

• 1929 Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1982)

• 1931 Leslie Bricusse, English playwright and composer (died 2021)

• 1931 Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary (died 2011)

• 1932 Raman Subba Row, English cricketer and referee (died 2024)

• 1933 Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (died 2004)

• 1934 Alan Cowley, British chemist (died 2020)

• 1936 James Jamerson, American bass player (died 1983)

• 1936 Veturi, Indian poet and songwriter (died 2010)

• 1937 Jeff Clyne, British musician (died 2009)

• 1939 Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author

• 1939 Jeanne Lee, American jazz singer, poet and composer (died 2000)

• 1940 Justino Díaz, Puerto Rican opera singer

• 1940 Katharine Ross, American actress and author

• 1941 Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, and author

• 1941 Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, Sri Lankan politician (died 2024)

• 1942 Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Cuban military officer, legislator and cosmonaut

• 1943 Tony Blackburn, English radio and television host

• 1943 Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)

• 1943 Mark Wynter, English singer and actor

• 1945 Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (died 2022)

• 1945 Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman

• 1946 Geater Davis, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)

• 1946 Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter

• 1947 Linda B. Buck, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1947 David Byron, English singer-songwriter (died 1985)

• 1947 Marián Varga, Slovak organist and composer (died 2017)

• 1948 Raymond Keene, English chess player and author

• 1948 Cristina Saralegui, Cuban-American journalist, actress and talk show host

• 1948 Marc Singer, Canadian-American actor

• 1949 Doris Davenport, American poet and teacher

• 1949 Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (died 2014)

• 1950 Ann Jillian, American actress and singer

• 1950 Miklós Vámos, Hungarian writer, novelist, screenwriter and translator

• 1952 Pete Geren, American attorney and politician

• 1952 Tim Healy, British actor

• 1953 Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (died 1995)

• 1953 Charlie Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1954 Terry Kinney, American actor and director

• 1954 Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions

• 1955 Greg Ballard, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)

• 1955 John Tate, American boxer (died 1998)

• 1956 Irlene Mandrell, American musician, actress, and model

• 1956 Amii Stewart, American singer and dancer

• 1957 Diane Delano, American actress (died 2024)

• 1957 Ron Franscell, American author and journalist

• 1958 Judy Norton, American actress and theater director

• 1960 Cho-liang Lin, Taiwanese-American musician

• 1960 Greg Louganis, American diver and author

• 1960 Steve Sax, American baseball player

• 1960 Gia Carangi, American supermodel (died 1986)

• 1961 Strive Masiyiwa, Zimbabwean businessman and philanthropist

• 1962 Gauri Lankesh, Indian journalist and activist (died 2017)

• 1962 Lee Terry, American politician and lawyer

• 1962 Nicholas Turturro, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1964 Roddy Frame, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician

• 1964 Andre Reed, American football player

• 1965 David Agus, American physician and author

• 1965 Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player

• 1967 Sean Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1967 Stacey King, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2026)

• 1968 Edward Burns, American actor, director, writer, and producer

• 1968 Monte Cook, American game designer and writer

• 1968 Aeneas Williams, American football player

• 1969 Sam Trammell, American actor

• 1970 Heather Graham, American actress

• 1970 Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer

• 1970 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian colonel and politician

• 1970 Paul Ryan, American politician, 62nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

• 1971 Clare Balding, English broadcaster, journalist and author

• 1972 Brian Wood, American writer, illustrator and graphic designer

• 1973 Megan McArdle, American journalist

• 1973 Jason Schmidt, American baseball player

• 1975 Sharif Atkins, American actor

• 1975 Sara Gilbert, American actress, producer, and talk show host

• 1975 Kelly Packard, American actress

• 1977 Justin Hartley, American actor

• 1977 Sam Jaeger, American actor and screenwriter

• 1979 Andrew Keegan, American actor

• 1979 Christina Koch, American engineer and astronaut

• 1980 Jason James Richter, American actor and musician

• 1981 Tenoch Huerta, Mexican actor

• 1981 Jonny Lang, American singer, songwriter and guitarist

• 1982 Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter and actor

• 1983 Tim Gleason, American ice hockey player

• 1985 Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player

• 1985 Isabel Lucas, Australian actress and model

• 1985 Rag'n'Bone Man, English singer-songwriter

• 1986 Chris Bourque, American ice hockey player

• 1986 Thomas Greiss, German ice hockey player

• 1986 Jair Jurrjens, Curaçaoan baseball player

• 1987 José Abreu, Cuban baseball player

• 1987 Alex Avila, American baseball player

• 1987 Jessica Burkhart, American author

• 1987 Vladimír Mihálik, Slovak ice hockey player

• 1988 Ayobami Adebayo, Nigerian author

• 1988 Jake Auchincloss, American politician, businessman, and Marine veteran

• 1988 Hank Conger, American baseball player

• 1988 Shay Logan, English footballer

• 1989 Mohamed Abou Gabal, Egyptian footballer

• 1989 Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player

• 1992 Markel Brown, American basketball player

• 1992 Maxi Kleber, German basketball player

• 1993 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer

• 1997 Joel Eriksson Ek, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1997 Jack Roslovic, American ice hockey player

• 2001 Lee Dae-hwi, South Korean singer

• 2003 Jarell Quansah, English footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 757 An Lushan, Chinese general (born 703)

• 803 Ja'far ibn Yahya al-Barmaki, Persian vizier

• 1119 Pope Gelasius II (born 1060)

• 1597 Elias Ammerbach, German organist and composer (born 1530)

1601–1900

• 1647 Francis Meres, English priest and author (born 1565)

• 1678 Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese missionary and author (born 1593)

• 1706 Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (born 1643)

• 1737 George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish-English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1666)

• 1743 André-Hercule de Fleury, French cardinal (born 1653)

• 1763 Juan José Eguiara y Eguren, Mexican bishop and Catholic scholar (born 1696)

• 1763 Louis Racine, French poet (born 1692)

• 1820 George III of the United Kingdom (born 1738)

• 1829 Paul Barras, French captain and politician (born 1755)

• 1870 Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1797)

• 1888 Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (born 1812)

• 1899 Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (born 1839)

1901–present

• 1901 Eugène Louis-Marie Jancourt, French bassoonist, composer and pedagogue (born 1815)

• 1906 Christian IX, King of Denmark (born 1818)

• 1910 Édouard Rod, French-Swiss novelist (born 1857)

• 1912 Herman Bang, Danish journalist and author (born 1857)

• 1916 Sibylle von Olfers, German art teacher, author and nun (born 1881)

• 1917 Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator (born 1841)

• 1923 Elihu Vedder, American symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet (born 1836)

• 1928 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (born 1861)

• 1929 Jacques Bouhy, Belgian baritone (born 1848)

• 1929 Charles Fox Parham, American preacher and evangelist (born 1873)

• 1933 Sara Teasdale, American poet (born 1884)

• 1934 Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868)

• 1934 Dukinfield Henry Scott, British botanist (born 1854)

• 1935 Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, American explorer (born 1853)

• 1940 Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (born 1874)

• 1941 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1871)

• 1944 William Allen White, American journalist and author (born 1868)

• 1946 Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1890)

• 1946 Sidney Jones, English conductor and composer (born 1861)

• 1948 Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (born 1900)

• 1951 James Bridie, Scottish playwright, screenwriter and physician (born 1888)

• 1954 Walter Conrad Arensberg, American art collector, critic and poet (born 1878)

• 1955 Hans Hedtoft, Danish politician (born 1903)

• 1956 H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (born 1880)

• 1959 Pauline Smith, South African novelist, short story writer, memoirist and playwright (born 1882)

• 1960 Mack Harrell, American operatic and concert baritone vocalist (born 1909)

• 1960 George S. Messersmith, American diplomat (born 1883)

• 1961 Angela Thirkell, English novelist (born 1890)

• 1962 Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (born 1875)

• 1962 William Francis Gray Swann, Anglo-American physicist (born 1884)

• 1963 Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (born 1874)

• 1964 Vera Hall, American folk singer (born 1902)

• 1964 Alan Ladd, American actor (born 1913)

• 1965 Jack Hylton, English pianist, composer, band leader and impresario (born 1892)

• 1966 Pierre Mercure, Canadian composer, TV producer, bassoonist and administrator (born 1927)

• 1967 Harold Munro Fox, English zoologist (born 1889)

• 1969 Allen Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1893)

• 1969 - Max Weinreich, Russian-American-Jewish linguist and cofounder of YIVO (born 1894)

• 1970 Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (born 1885)

• 1970 B. H. Liddell Hart, French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (born 1895)

• 1973 Johannes Paul Thilman, German composer (born 1903)

• 1974 H. E. Bates, English writer (born 1905)

• 1976 Jesse Fuller, American one-man band musician (born 1896)

• 1977 Johnny Franz, English record producer and pianist (born 1922)

• 1977 Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (born 1954)

• 1978 Tim McCoy, American actor and military officer (born 1891)

• 1978 Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (born 1895)

• 1979 Sonny Payne, American jazz drummer (born 1926)

• 1980 Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (born 1893)

• 1981 Jack A. W. Bennett, New Zealander literary scholar (born 1911)

• 1981 John Glassco, Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist (born 1909)

• 1982 Rudolph Peters, British biochemist (born 1889)

• 1982 Roger Stanier, Canadian microbiologist (born 1916)

• 1982 Charles Sykes, British physicist and metallurgist (born 1905)

• 1983 Stuart H. Ingersoll, American naval aviator, USN vice admiral (born 1898)

• 1984 Frances Goodrich, American actress, dramatist and screenwriter (born 1890)

• 1984 John Macnaghten Whittaker, British mathematician (born 1905)

• 1987 Vincent R. Impellitteri, American politician and judge, 101st Mayor of New York City (born 1900)

• 1988 James Rhyne Killian, American educator, scientist and White House advisor (born 1904)

• 1989 Morton DaCosta, American theatre and film director, film producer, writer and actor (born 1914)

• 1991 Yasushi Inoue, Japanese author and poet (born 1907)

• 1992 Willie Dixon, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1915)

• 1993 Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (born 1906)

• 1994 Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (born 1967)

• 1999 Lili St. Cyr, American model and dancer (born 1918)

• 2002 Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (born 1914)

• 2003 Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (born 1911)

• 2004 Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (born 1924)

• 2005 Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (born 1924)

• 2006 Nam June Paik, South Korean-American artist (born 1932)

• 2008 Margaret Truman, American singer and author (born 1924)

• 2009 Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (born 1913)

• 2009 John Martyn, British singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1948)

• 2011 Milton Babbitt, American composer, educator, and theorist (born 1916)

• 2012 Ranjit Singh Dyal, Indian general and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (born 1928)

• 2012 Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy (born 1918)

• 2012 Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (born 1919)

• 2015 Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist, author, and academic (born 1937)

• 2015 Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1933)

• 2015 Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot (born 1918)

• 2016 Jean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (born 1938)

• 2016 Jacques Rivette, French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1928)

• 2019 George Fernandes, Indian politician (born 1930)

• 2019 James Ingram, American musician (born 1952)

• 2021 Walker Boone, Canadian actor (born 1944)

• 2022 Howard Hesseman, American actor (born 1940)

• 2023 Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 5th Mayor of Mississauga (born 1921)

• 2023 Will Steffen, American-Australian chemist (born 1947)

• 2023 Gero Storjohann, German politician (born 1958)

• 2025 Salwan Momika, Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam activist (born 1986)

• 2025 Richard Williamson, British Catholic traditionalist bishop (born 1940)

2025 Victims in the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision:

• Vadim Naumov, Russian pair skater (born 1969)

• Evgenia Shishkova, Russian pair skater and coach (born 1972)

• Inna Volyanskaya, Russian pair skater (born 1965)

• Alexandr Kirsanov, Russian ice dancer (born 1978)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Aphrahat

• Gildas

• Sabinian of Troyes

• Sulpitius I of Bourges

• Blessed Villana de' Botti

• January 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Earliest day on which Fat Thursday can fall, while March 4 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Ash Wednesday. (Christianity)

• Kansas Day (Kansas, United States)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on January 29