January 24
Day of the year
January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 341 days remain until the end of the year (342 in leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
1908 – The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell .1915 – World War I : British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper 's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank .1916 – In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.1918 – The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.1935 – Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company starts selling the first canned beer.[ 9] 1939 – The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán , killing approximately 28,000 people.1942 – World War II : The Allies bombard Bangkok , leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca .1946 – The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission .1960 – Algerian War : Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.1961 – Goldsboro B-52 crash : A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.1966 – Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc .[ 10] 1968 – Vietnam War : The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa .1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II .1977 – The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.1978 – Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 , with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories . Only 1% is recovered.1984 – Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.1986 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus .[ 11] 1987 – About 20,000 protestors march in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia , United States.[ 12] 1989 – Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy , with over 30 known victims, is executed by the electric chair at the Florida State Prison .1990 – Japan launches Hiten , the country's first lunar probe , the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union 's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.2003 – The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.2009 – Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux , France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.2011 – At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport .2018 – Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts .[ 13]
Births
Pre-1600
1602 – Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland , English politician (d. 1666)1619 – Yamazaki Ansai , Japanese philosopher (d. 1682)1643 – Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset , English poet and politician, Lord Chamberlain of Great Britain (d. 1706)1664 – John Vanbrugh , English architect and dramatist (d. 1726)[ 16] 1670 – William Congreve , English playwright and poet (d. 1729)[ 17] 1672 – Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt , German Lieutenant General (d. 1731)1674 – Thomas Tanner , English bishop (d. 1735)1679 – Christian Wolff , German philosopher and academic (d. 1754)1684 – Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg , German noble (d. 1737)1705 – Farinelli , Italian castrato singer (d. 1782)[ 18] 1709 – Dom Bédos de Celles , French monk and organist (d. 1779)1712 – Frederick the Great , Prussian king (d. 1786)[ 19] 1732 – Pierre Beaumarchais , French playwright and financier (d. 1799)1739 – Jean Nicolas Houchard , French General of the French Revolution (d. 1793)1746 – Gustav III of Sweden (d. 1792)1749 – Charles James Fox , English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 1806)1754 – Andrew Ellicott , American soldier and surveyor (d. 1820)1761 – Louis Klein , French general (d. 1845)1763 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron , French-Ukrainian general and politician (d. 1831)1776 – E. T. A. Hoffmann , German jurist, author, and composer (d. 1822)1787 – Christian Ludwig Brehm , German pastor and ornithologist (d. 1864)1804 – Delphine de Girardin , French author (d. 1855)1814 – Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , French Crown Princess (d. 1858)1814 – John Colenso , British mathematician (d. 1883)
1816 – Wilhelm Henzen , German philologist and epigraphist (d. 1887)1828 – Ferdinand Cohn , German biologist (d. 1898)1829 – Yechiel Michel Epstein , Rabbi and posek (d. 1908)1836 – Signe Rink , Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist (d. 1909)1843 – Josip Stadler , Croatian archbishop (d. 1918)1848 – Vasily Surikov , Russian painter (d. 1916)1850 – Hermann Ebbinghaus , German psychologist (d. 1909)1853 – Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser , German psychiatrist (d. 1931)1856 – Friedrich Grünanger , Transylvanian Hungarian-German architect (d. 1929)1858 – Constance Naden , English poet and philosopher (d. 1889)1862 – Edith Wharton , American novelist and short story writer (d. 1937)1863 – August Adler , Czech and Austrian mathematician (d. 1923)1864 – Marguerite Durand , French actress, journalist, and activist (d. 1936)1864 – Gaetano Giardino , Italian soldier and Marshal of Italy (d. 1935)
1866 – Jaan Poska , Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1920)1869 – Helena Maud Brown Cobb , American educator and missionary (d. 1922)[ 20] 1870 – Herbert Kilpin , English footballer (d. 1916)1871 – Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic , Czech poet, writer and literary critic (d. 1951)1871 – Thomas Jaggar , American volcanologist (d. 1953)
1872 – Yuly Aykhenvald , Russian literary critic (d. 1928)1872 – Konstantin Bogaevsky , Russian painter (d. 1943)
1872 – Morris Travers , English chemist and academic (d. 1961)
1873 – Dmitry Ushakov , Russian philologist and lexicographer (d. 1942)1882 – Harold D. Babcock , American astronomer (d. 1968)1882 – Ödön Bodor , Hungarian athlete (d. 1927)
1885 – Marjory Stephenson , British biochemist (d. 1948)[ 21] 1886 – Henry King , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)1887 – Jean-Henri Humbert , French botanist (d. 1967)1888 – Vicki Baum , Austrian author and screenwriter (d. 1960)1888 – Ernst Heinkel , German engineer and businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company (d. 1958)
1889 – Victor Eftimiu , Romanian poet and playwright (d. 1972)1889 – Charles Hawes , American historian and author (d. 1923)
1889 – Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke , German general of paratroop forces during World War II (d. 1968)
1891 – Walter Model , German field marshal (d. 1945)1892 – Franz Aigner , Austrian weightlifter (d. 1970)1895 – Eugen Roth , German poet and songwriter (d. 1976)1897 – Paul Fejos , Hungarian-born American director (d. 1963)1899 – Hoyt Vandenberg , U.S. Air Force general (d. 1954)1900 – René Guillot , French writer (d. 1969)
1901 – Harry Calder , South African cricketer (d. 1995)1901 – Cassandre , French painter (d. 1968)
1901 – Edward Turner , English engineer (d. 1973)
1905 – J. Howard Marshall , American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995)1906 – Wilfred Jackson , American animator and composer (d. 1988)1907 – Maurice Couve de Murville , French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1999)1907 – Jean Daetwyler , Swiss composer and musician (d. 1994)
1907 – Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu , fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 1979)
1909 – Martin Lings , English author and scholar (d. 2005)1909 – Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková , Slovak painter (d. 2005)[ 22]
1910 – Doris Haddock , American political activist (d. 2010)[ 23] 1912 – Frederick Ashworth , American admiral (d. 2005)1913 – Norman Dello Joio , American organist and composer (d. 2008)1915 – Vítězslava Kaprálová , Czech composer and conductor (d. 1940)1915 – Robert Motherwell , American painter and academic (d. 1991)[ 24]
1916 – Rafael Caldera , Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (d. 2009)1916 – Gene Mako , Hungarian-American tennis player and actor (d. 2013)
1917 – Ernest Borgnine , American actor (d. 2012)[ 24] 1917 – Wilhelmus Demarteau , Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 2012)
1918 – Oral Roberts , American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (d. 2009)[ 24] 1918 – Gottfried von Einem , Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1919 – Coleman Francis , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)1919 – Leon Kirchner , American composer and educator (d. 2009)
1920 – Jimmy Forrest , American saxophonist (d. 1980)1920 – Jerry Maren , American actor (d. 2018)
1922 – Daniel Boulanger , French actor and screenwriter (d. 2014)1922 – Neil Franklin , English footballer (d. 1996)
1924 – Brian Bevan , Australian rugby league player (d. 1991)[ 25] 1924 – Karpoori Thakur , Indian politician, 11th Chief Minister of Bihar (d. 1988)[ 26]
1925 – Gus Mortson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)1925 – Maria Tallchief , American ballerina and actress (d. 2013)[ 24]
1926 – Ruth Asawa , American sculptor (d. 2013)1926 – Georges Lautner , French director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1927 – Paula Hawkins , American politician (d. 2009)1928 – Desmond Morris , English zoologist, ethologist, and painter[ 27] 1928 – Michel Serrault , French actor (d. 2007)
1930 – Terence Bayler , New Zealand actor (d. 2016)1930 – Mahmoud Farshchian , Iranian-Persian painter and academic
1930 – John Romita Sr. , American comic book artist (d. 2023)
1931 – Lars Hörmander , Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 2012)1931 – Ib Nørholm , Danish composer and organist (d. 2019)
1932 – Éliane Radigue , French electronic music composer1933 – Kamran Baghirov , the 12th First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party (d. 2000)1933 – Asim Ferhatović , Bosnian footballer (d. 1987)
1934 – Leonard Goldberg , American producer (d. 2019)1934 – Stanisław Grochowiak , Polish poet and dramatist (d. 1976)
1935 – Shivabalayogi , Indian religious leader (d. 1994)1936 – Doug Kershaw , American fiddle player and singer[ 24] 1937 – Trevor Edwards , Welsh footballer1938 – Julius Hemphill , American saxophonist and composer (d. 1995)1939 – Renate Garisch-Culmberger , German shot putter (d. 2023)1939 – Ray Stevens , American singer-songwriter and actor[ 28]
1940 – Vito Acconci , American designer (d. 2017)1940 – Joachim Gauck , German pastor and politician, 11th President of Germany
1941 – Neil Diamond , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 29] 1941 – Aaron Neville , American singer[ 30]
1941 – Dan Shechtman , Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Ingo Friedrich , German Member of the European Parliament1942 – Gary Hart , American wrestler and manager (d. 2008)
1943 – Barry Mealand , English footballer (d. 2013)[ 31] 1943 – Peter Struck , German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
1943 – Sharon Tate , American model and actress (d. 1969)[ 24]
1943 – Tony Trimmer , English race car driver
1943 – Manuel Velázquez , Spanish footballer (d. 2016)
1944 – David Gerrold , American science fiction screenwriter and author1944 – Gian-Franco Kasper , Swiss ski official (d. 2021)
1945 – John Garamendi , American football player and politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior 1945 – Subhash Ghai , Indian director, producer and screenwriter
1945 – Eva Janko , Austrian javelin thrower
1946 – Michael Ontkean , Canadian actor[ 30] 1947 – Giorgio Chinaglia , Italian footballer (d. 2012)1947 – Michio Kaku , American physicist and academic
1947 – Masashi Ozaki , Japanese baseball player and golfer
1947 – Warren Zevon , American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1948 – Michael Des Barres , the 26th Marquis Des Barres, English musician, actor, and DJ[ 32] 1949 – John Belushi , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)[ 24] 1949 – Bart Gordon , American lawyer
1949 – Nadezhda Ilyina , Russian athlete and mother of Russian tennis player Nadia Petrova (d. 2013)
1949 – Rihoko Yoshida , Japanese voice actress
1950 – Daniel Auteuil , French actor, director, and screenwriter[ 33] 1951 – Yakov Smirnoff , Ukrainian-American comedian and actor[ 30] 1953 – Yuri Bashmet , Russian violinist, viola player, and conductor1953 – Moon Jae-in , South Korean politician, 19th President of South Korea
1954 – Jo Gartner , Austrian race car driver (d. 1986)1955 – Jim Montgomery , American swimmer1955 – Alan Sokal , American physicist and author
1955 – Lynda Weinman , American businesswoman and author
1956 – Agus Martowardojo , governor of Bank Indonesia 1957 – Mark Eaton , American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2021)1957 – Ade Edmondson , English comedian and musician
1958 – Kim Eui-kon , Korean wrestler (d. 2014)1958 – Jools Holland , English singer-songwriter and pianist[ 30]
1958 – Frank Ullrich , German biathlete[ 34]
1959 – Akira Maeda , Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor1959 – Michel Preud'homme , Belgian footballer and manager
1960 – Jack Neo , Singaporean filmmaker, director and actor[ 35] 1961 – Jorge Barrios , Uruguayan footballer1961 – Guido Buchwald , German footballer and manager
1961 – Christa Kinshofer , German ski racer
1961 – Nastassja Kinski , German-American actress and producer[ 36]
1961 – William Van Dijck , Belgian runner
1963 – Arnold Vanderlyde , Dutch boxer1965 – Mike Awesome , American wrestler (d. 2007)[ 37] 1965 – Carlos Saldanha , Brazilian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Margaret Urlich , New Zealand singer-songwriter (d. 2022)
1965 – Pagonis Vakalopoulos , Greek footballer and manager
1966 – Julie Dreyfus , French actress1966 – Karin Viard , French actress
1967 – Michael Kiske , German singer1967 – Phil LaMarr , American actor and comedian[ 30]
1968 – Fernando Escartín , Spanish cyclist1968 – Tymerlan Huseynov , Ukrainian footballer
1968 – Antony Garrett Lisi , American theoretical physicist
1968 – Mary Lou Retton , American gymnast[ 38]
1969 – Yoo Ho-jeong , South Korean actress1969 – Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva , Brazilian religious leader, Bishop of Montenegro
1970 – Roberto Bonano , Argentine footballer1970 – Luke Egan , Australian surfer[ 39]
1970 – Neil Johnson , Zimbabwean cricketer
1970 – Matthew Lillard , American actor[ 30]
1971 – José Carlos Fernandez , Bolivian footballer1972 – Beth Hart , American singer-songwriter and musician[ 30] 1974 – Cyril Despres , French rally racer1974 – Ed Helms , American actor, producer, and screenwriter[ 30]
1974 – Melissa Tkautz , Australian actress and singer
1974 – Rokia Traoré , Malian singer
1975 – Gianluca Basile , Italian former professional basketball player1975 – Rónald Gómez , Costa Rican footballer and manager
1975 – Reto Hug , Swiss triathlete
1975 – Henna Raita , Finnish alpine skier
1976 – Shae-Lynn Bourne , Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer1976 – Cindy Pieters , Belgian cyclist
1977 – Andrija Gerić , Serbian volleyball player1977 – Michelle Hunziker , Swiss-Dutch actress, model and singer
1978 – Veerle Baetens , Belgian actress and singer1978 – Mark Hildreth , Canadian actor and musician
1978 – Kristen Schaal , American actress, voice artist, comedian and writer[ 24]
1979 – Tatyana Ali , American actress and singer[ 30] 1979 – Leandro Desábato , Argentinian footballer
1979 – Busy Signal , Jamaican dancehall reggae artist
1979 – Nik Wallenda , American acrobat
1980 – Jofre Mateu , Spanish footballer1980 – Suzy , Portuguese singer
1981 – Carrie Coon , American actress[ 30] 1981 – Mario Eggimann , Swiss footballer
1981 – Zaur Hashimov , Azerbaijani footballer and manager
1981 – Elena Kolomina , Kazakhstani cross country skier
1982 – Céline Deville , French footballer1982 – Daveed Diggs , American actor, rapper and singer[ 30]
1982 – Claudia Heill , Austrian judoka (d. 2011)
1982 – Aitor Hernández , Spanish racing cyclist
1983 – Davide Biondini , Italian footballer1983 – Wyatt Crockett , New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Evgeny Drattsev , Russian swimmer
1983 – Craig Horner , Australian actor and musician
1983 – Shaun Maloney , Scottish footballer
1983 – Scott Speed , American race car driver
1984 – Justin Baldoni , American actor, director, and producer[ 30] 1984 – Emerse Faé , French-Ivorian footballer
1984 – Yotam Halperin , Israeli basketball player
1984 – Jung Jin-sun , South Korean fencer
1984 – Scott Kazmir , American baseball player
1984 – Paulo Sérgio , Portuguese footballer
1985 – Fabiana Claudino , Brazilian volleyball player1985 – Trey Gilder , American basketball player
1986 – Cristiano Araújo , Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)1986 – Mischa Barton , English-American actress[ 30]
1986 – Tyler Flowers , American baseball player[ 40]
1986 – Vladislav Ivanov , Russian footballer
1986 – Michael Kightly , English footballer
1986 – Sean McVay , American football coach[ 41]
1986 – Mohammad Bagheri Motamed , Iranian taekwondo practitioner
1986 – Ricky Ullman , Israeli-American actor
1987 – Brian Cushing , American football player[ 42] 1987 – Wayne Hennessey , Welsh footballer
1987 – Luis Suárez , Uruguayan footballer
1987 – Davide Valsecchi , Italian racing driver
1987 – Kia Vaughn , American-Czech basketball player[ 43]
1987 – Guan Xin , Chinese basketball player
1988 – Selina Jörg , German snowboarder1988 – DaJuan Summers , American basketball player[ 44]
1989 – Serdar Kesimal , Turkish footballer1989 – Gong Lijiao , Chinese shot putter
1989 – Whit Merrifield , American baseball player[ 45]
1989 – José Quintana , Colombian baseball player[ 46]
1989 – Ki Sung-yueng , South Korean footballer[ 47]
1990 – Mao Abe , Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist1991 – Zhan Beleniuk , Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler1991 – Tatiana Kashirina , Russian weightlifter
1991 – Zack Kassian , Canadian ice hockey player[ 48]
1991 – Zé Luís , Cape Verdean footballer
1991 – Li Xuerui , Chinese badminton player
1992 – Felitciano Zschusschen , Curaçao footballer
1994 – Tommie Hoban , English footballer1995 – Dylan Everett , Canadian actor1997 – Nirei Fukuzumi , Japanese racer1999 – Vitalie Damașcan , Moldovan footballer1999 – Tristan Wirfs , American football player[ 49]
2003 – Johnny Orlando , Canadian singer and songwriter[ 50] 2012 – Princess Athena of Denmark [ 51]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1626 – Samuel Argall , English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)1639 – Jörg Jenatsch , Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596)1666 – Johann Andreas Herbst , German composer and theorist (b. 1588)1709 – George Rooke , English admiral and politician (b. 1650)1877 – Johann Christian Poggendorff , German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)1881 – James Collinson , English painter (b. 1825)1883 – Friedrich von Flotow , German composer (b. 1812)[ 52] 1895 – Lord Randolph Churchill , English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)[ 53]
1920 – Percy French , Irish songwriter, entertainer and artist (b. 1854)[ 54] 1920 – Amedeo Modigliani , Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)1939 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner , Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)1943 – John Burns , English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)1946 – Morris Alexander , South African politician (b. 1877)[ 55] 1960 – Edwin Fischer , Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)[ 56] 1961 – Alfred Carlton Gilbert , American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)1962 – André Lhote , French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)1962 – Stanley Lord , English naval captain (b. 1877)
1962 – Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar , Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)
1965 – Winston Churchill , English statesman, soldier, and writer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)1966 – Homi J. Bhabha , Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)1970 – Caresse Crosby , American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (b. 1891)1971 – Bill W. , American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)1973 – J. Carrol Naish , American actor (b. 1896)1975 – Larry Fine , American comedian (b. 1902)1982 – Alfredo Ovando Candía , Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (b. 1918)1983 – George Cukor , American director and producer (b. 1899)1986 – L. Ron Hubbard , American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)[ 57] 1986 – Gordon MacRae , American actor and singer (b. 1921)
1988 – Werner Fenchel , German-Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1905)1989 – Ted Bundy , American serial killer (b. 1946)1990 – Madge Bellamy , American actress (b. 1899)1991 – Jack Schaefer , American journalist and author (b. 1907)1992 – Ken Darby , American composer and conductor (b. 1909)1993 – Gustav Ernesaks , Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)1993 – Thurgood Marshall , American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)
1993 – Uğur Mumcu , Turkish investigative journalist (b. 1942)[ 58] [ 59]
2001 – Gaffar Okkan , Turkish police chief (b. 1952)[ 60] [ 61] 2002 – Elie Hobeika , Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)2003 – Gianni Agnelli , Italian businessman (b. 1921)2004 – Leônidas , Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)2006 – Schafik Handal , Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)2007 – Krystyna Feldman , Polish actress (b. 1916)2007 – İsmail Cem İpekçi , Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)
2007 – Guadalupe Larriva , Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956)
2007 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro , Puerto Rican-American soldier (b. 1891)
2008 – Usha Narayanan , Burmese-born First Lady of India (b. 1922)[ 62]
2010 – Pernell Roberts , American actor (b. 1928)
2011 – Bernd Eichinger , German director and producer (b. 1949)2014 – Shulamit Aloni , Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1928)2014 – Rafael Pineda Ponce , Honduran academic and politician (b. 1930)
2015 – Otto Carius , German lieutenant and pharmacist (b. 1922)2016 – Fredrik Barth , German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (b. 1928)2016 – Marvin Minsky , American computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)[ 63]
2016 – Henry Worsley , English colonel and explorer (b. 1960)
2017 – Helena Kmieć , Polish Roman Catholic missionary (b. 1991)[ 64] 2017 – Butch Trucks , American drummer (b. 1947)[ 65] 2018 – Mark E. Smith , British singer-songwriter (b. 1957)2019 – Rosemary Bryant Mariner , American United States Naval Aviator (b. 1953)[ 66]
Holidays and observances
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