January 27
Day of the year
January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 338 days remain until the end of the year (339 in leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
1916 – World War I : The British government passes the Military Service Act that introduces conscription in the United Kingdom .[ 10] 1918 – Beginning of the Finnish Civil War .1924 – Six days after his death Lenin's body is carried into a specially erected mausoleum .[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] 1927 – Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd .1928 – Bundaberg tragedy : a diphtheria vaccine is contaminated with Staph. aureus Bundaberg .[ 14] 1939 – First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning .1943 – World War II : The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven , Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.1944 – World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.1945 – World War II: The Soviet 322nd Rifle Division liberates the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau .1951 – Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger .1961 – The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.1965 – South Vietnamese Prime Minister Trần Văn Hương is removed by the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh .[ 15] 1967 – Apollo program : Astronauts Gus Grissom , Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center , Florida .1967 – Cold War : The Soviet Union , the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C. , banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
1973 – The Paris Peace Accords officially ends the Vietnam War .[ 16] William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.1980 – Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper .1983 – The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel , the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō , breaks through.[ 17] 1996 – In a military coup , Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger , Mahamane Ousmane .[ 18] 1996 – Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day .
2002 – An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos , Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.2003 – The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress .2010 – The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras .2010 – Apple announces the iPad .[ 19]
2011 – Arab Spring : The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a .[ 20] 2011 – Within Ursa Minor , H1504+65 , a white dwarf with the hottest known surface temperature in the universe at 200,000 K, was documented.[ 21]
2013 – Two hundred and forty-two people die in a nightclub fire in the Brazilian city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul .2014 – Rojava conflict : The Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic .[ 22] 2017 – A naming ceremony for the chemical element tennessine takes place in the United States.[ 23] 2023 – Protests and public outrage spark across the U.S. after the release of multiple videos by the Memphis Police Department showing officers punching, kicking, and pepper spraying Tyre Nichols as a result of running away from a traffic stop, which resulted him dying in the hospital three days later after the incident.[ 24] 2023 – A shooting at a synagogue in Neve Yaakov , East Jerusalem , kills seven people and injures three others.[ 25]
Births
Pre-1600
1603 – Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet , English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 1685)1603 – Humphrey Mackworth , English politician, lawyer and judge (d. 1654)
1621 – Thomas Willis , English physician and anatomist (d. 1675)1662 – Richard Bentley , English scholar and theologian (d. 1742)1663 – George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington , Royal Navy admiral (d. 1733)1687 – Johann Balthasar Neumann , German engineer and architect, designed Würzburg Residence and Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (d. 1753)1701 – Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim , German historian and theologian (d. 1790)1708 – Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. 1728)1741 – Hester Thrale , Welsh author (d. 1821)1756 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1791)1775 – Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling , German-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1854)1782 – Titumir , Bengali revolutionary (d. 1831)[ 26] 1790 – Juan Álvarez , Mexican general and president (1855) (d. 1867)[ 27] 1795 – Eli Whitney Blake , American engineer, invented the Mortise lock (d. 1886)1803 – Eunice Hale Waite Cobb , American writer, public speaker, and activist (d. 1880)[ 28] 1805 – Maria Anna of Bavaria (d. 1877)1805 – Samuel Palmer , English painter and etcher (d. 1881)
1806 – Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga , Spanish composer and educator (d. 1826)1808 – David Strauss , German theologian and author (d. 1874)1814 – Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , French architect, designed the Lausanne Cathedral (d. 1879)1821 – John Chivington , American colonel and pastor (d. 1892)1823 – Édouard Lalo , French violinist and composer (d. 1892)1824 – Urbain Johnson , Canadian farmer and political figure (d. 1917)1826 – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin , Russian journalist and author (d. 1889)1826 – Richard Taylor , American general, historian, and politician (d. 1879)
1832 – Lewis Carroll , English novelist, poet, and mathematician (d. 1898)[ 29] 1832 – Carl Friedrich Schmidt , Estonian-Russian geologist and botanist (d. 1908)
1836 – Leopold von Sacher-Masoch , Austrian journalist and author (d. 1895)1842 – Arkhip Kuindzhi , Ukrainian-Russian painter (d. 1910)1848 – Tōgō Heihachirō , Japanese admiral (d. 1934)1850 – John Collier , English painter and author (d. 1934)1850 – Samuel Gompers , English-American labor leader (d. 1924)[ 30]
1850 – Edward Smith , English captain (d. 1912)
1858 – Neel Doff , Dutch-Belgian author (d. 1942)1859 – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (d. 1941)1869 – Will Marion Cook , American violinist and composer (d. 1944)1878 – Dorothy Scarborough , American author (d. 1935)1885 – Jerome Kern , American composer and songwriter (d. 1945)1885 – Seison Maeda , Japanese painter (d. 1977)
1886 – Radhabinod Pal , Indian academic and jurist (d. 1967)1889 – Balthasar van der Pol , Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1959)1893 – Soong Ching-ling , Chinese politician, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China (d. 1981)1895 – Joseph Rosenstock , Polish-American conductor and manager (d. 1985)1895 – Harry Ruby , American composer and screenwriter (d. 1974)
1900 – Hyman G. Rickover , American admiral (d. 1986)
1901 – Willy Fritsch , German actor (d. 1973)1901 – Art Rooney , American football player, coach and owner (d. 1988)[ 31]
1903 – John Eccles , Australian-Swiss neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)1904 – James J. Gibson , American psychologist and academic (d. 1979)[ 32] 1905 – Howard McNear , American actor (d. 1969)1908 – William Randolph Hearst, Jr. , American journalist and publisher (d. 1993)[ 31] 1910 – Edvard Kardelj , Slovene general, economist, and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1979)[ 33] 1912 – Arne Næss , Norwegian philosopher and environmentalist (d. 2009)[ 34] 1912 – Francis Rogallo , American engineer, invented the Rogallo wing (d. 2009)
1913 – Michael Ripper , English actor (d. 2000)[ 35] 1915 – Jules Archer , American historian and author (d. 2008)1915 – Jacques Hnizdovsky , Ukrainian-American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1985)
1918 – Skitch Henderson , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)1918 – Elmore James , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)[ 31]
1918 – William Seawell , American general (d. 2005)
1919 – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. , American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (d. 1972)[ 36] 1920 – Hiroyoshi Nishizawa , Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 1944)1920 – Helmut Zacharias , German violinist and composer (d. 2002)
1921 – Donna Reed , American actress (d. 1986)[ 37] 1924 – Rauf Denktaş , Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st President of Northern Cyprus (d. 2012)1924 – Brian Rix , English actor, producer, and politician (d. 2016)
1924 – Harvey Shapiro , American poet (d. 2013)
1926 – Fritz Spiegl , Austrian flute player and journalist (d. 2003)1926 – Ingrid Thulin , Swedish actress (d. 2004)
1928 – Hans Modrow , Polish-German lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of East Germany (d. 2023)1929 – Mohamed Al-Fayed , Egyptian-Swiss businessman (d. 2023)1929 – Michael Craig , Indian-English actor and screenwriter[ 38]
1929 – Gastón Suárez , Bolivian author and playwright (d. 1984)
1930 – Bobby Bland , American blues singer-songwriter (d. 2013)1931 – Mordecai Richler , Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 2001)1931 – Nigel Vinson, Baron Vinson , English lieutenant and businessman
1932 – Boris Shakhlin , Russian-Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2008)1933 – Jerry Buss , American chemist and businessman (d. 2013)1934 – Édith Cresson , French politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of France [ 39] 1934 – George Follmer , American race car driver
1935 – Steve Demeter , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)1936 – Troy Donahue , American actor (d. 2001)[ 40] 1936 – Samuel C. C. Ting , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Fred Åkerström , Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)1940 – Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin , Turkish engineer and politician, 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs 1940 – James Cromwell , American actor[ 41]
1940 – Terry Harper , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940 – Petru Lucinschi , Romanian activist and politician, 2nd President of Moldova
1940 – Reynaldo Rey , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1941 – Beatrice Tinsley , New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1981)[ 42] 1942 – Maki Asakawa , Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)1942 – Tasuku Honjo , Japanese immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine
1942 – John Witherspoon , American actor and comedian (d. 2019)[ 31]
1942 – Kate Wolf , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1986)
1943 – Julia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege , English businesswoman and politician1944 – Peter Akinola , Nigerian archbishop1944 – Mairead Maguire , Northern Irish activist, Nobel Prize laureate[ 31]
1944 – Nick Mason , English drummer, songwriter, and producer
1945 – Harold Cardinal , Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)1946 – Christopher Hum , English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to China 1946 – Nedra Talley , American singer[ 43]
1947 – Björn Afzelius , Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)1947 – Vyron Polydoras , Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for Public Order
1947 – Cal Schenkel , American painter and illustrator
1947 – Philip Sugden , English historian and author (d. 2014)
1947 – Perfecto Yasay Jr. , Filipino lawyer and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines (d. 2020)
1948 – Mikhail Baryshnikov , Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor[ 43] 1948 – Jean-Philippe Collard , French pianist
1950 – Jiří Bubla , Czech ice hockey player[ 44] 1951 – Seth Justman , American keyboard player and songwriter1951 – Cees van der Knaap , Dutch soldier and politician
1952 – Brian Gottfried , American tennis player1952 – Billy Johnson , American football player and coach
1952 – Tam O'Shaughnessy , American tennis player, psychologist, and academic
1952 – G. E. Smith , American guitarist and songwriter
1954 – Peter Laird , American author and illustrator1954 – Ed Schultz , American talk show host and sportscaster (d. 2018)
1955 – Brian Engblom , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster1955 – John Roberts , American lawyer and judge, 17th Chief Justice of the United States [ 31]
1956 – Mimi Rogers , American actress[ 45] 1957 – Janick Gers , English guitarist and songwriter[ 43] 1957 – Frank Miller , American illustrator, director, producer, and screenwriter[ 46]
1958 – James Grippando , American lawyer and author1958 – Alan Milburn , English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1958 – Susanna Thompson , American actress[ 41]
1959 – Cris Collinsworth , American football player and sportscaster1959 – Göran Hägglund , Swedish lawyer and politician, 28th Swedish Minister for Social Affairs
1959 – Keith Olbermann , American journalist and author[ 43]
1960 – Fiona O'Donnell , Canadian-Scottish politician1961 – Gillian Gilbert , English musician, songwriter, and singer[ 43] 1961 – Narciso Rodriguez , American fashion designer
1961 – Margo Timmins , Canadian singer-songwriter[ 43]
1962 – Roberto Paci Dalò , Italian director and composer1963 – George Monbiot , English-Welsh author and activist1964 – Bridget Fonda , American actress[ 31] 1964 – Jack Haley , American basketball player (d. 2015)[ 47]
1964 – Patrick van Deurzen , Dutch composer and academic
1965 – Alan Cumming , Scottish-American actor[ 41] 1965 – Mike Newell , English footballer and manager
1965 – Ignacio Noé , Argentinian author and illustrator
1965 – Attila Sekerlioglu , Austrian footballer and manager
1966 – Tamlyn Tomita , Japanese-American actress and singer[ 41] 1967 – Dave Manson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1968 – Tracy Lawrence , American country singer[ 43] 1968 – Mike Patton , American singer, composer, and voice artist[ 43]
1968 – Matt Stover , American football player
1968 – Tricky , English rapper and producer[ 43]
1969 – Michael Kulas , Canadian singer-songwriter and producer1969 – Patton Oswalt , American comedian and actor[ 41]
1969 – Shane Thomson , New Zealand cricketer
1970 – Bradley Clyde , Australian rugby league player1970 – Dean Headley , English cricketer and coach
1971 – Patrice Brisebois , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1972 – Bibi Gaytán , Mexican singer and actress[ 48] 1972 – Josh Randall , American actor[ 41]
1972 – Bryant Young , American football player and coach[ 49]
1973 – Valyantsin Byalkevich , Belarusian footballer and manager (d. 2014)1974 – Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Norwegian skier and biathlete1974 – Andrei Pavel , Romanian tennis player and coach
1974 – Chaminda Vaas , Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
1976 – Clint Ford , American screenwriter and voice actor[ 50] 1976 – Danielle George MBE FIET
1976 – Ahn Jung-hwan , South Korean footballer
1976 – Fred Taylor , American football player[ 51]
1977 – Tomi Kallio , Finnish ice hockey player[ 52] 1979 – Lonny Baxter , American basketball player[ 53] 1979 – Daniel Vettori , New Zealand cricketer and coach
1980 – Chanda Gunn , American ice hockey player and coach1980 – Marat Safin , Russian tennis player and politician
1980 – Jiří Welsch , Czech basketball player[ 54]
1981 – Alicia Molik , Australian tennis player and sportscaster1981 – Tony Woodcock , New Zealand rugby player
1982 – Eva Asderaki , Greek tennis umpire[ 55] 1983 – Carlo Colaiacovo , Canadian ice hockey player1983 – Paulo Colaiacovo , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Gavin Floyd , American baseball player
1983 – Lee Grant , English footballer[ 56]
1986 – Johan Petro , French basketball player[ 57] 1987 – Katy Rose , American singer-songwriter and producer1987 – Anton Shunin , Russian footballer
1988 – Kerlon , Brazilian footballer1989 – Alberto Botía , Spanish footballer1990 – Tim Beckham , American baseball player[ 58] 1991 – Christian Bickel , German footballer1991 – Julio Teherán , Colombian baseball player[ 59]
1992 – Stefano Pettinari , Italian footballer[ 60] 1994 – Jack Stephens , English footballer[ 61] 1995 – Harrison Reed , English footballer[ 62] 1996 – Braeden Lemasters , American actor, musician, and singer[ 43] 1998 – Devin Druid , American actor[ 31]
Deaths
Pre-1600
98 – Nerva , Roman emperor (b. 35)457 – Marcian , Byzantine emperor (b. 392)555 – Yuan Di , emperor of the Liang Dynasty (b. 508)672 – Pope Vitalian 847 – Pope Sergius II (b. 790)906 – Liu Can , chancellor of the Tang Dynasty 931 – Ruotger , archbishop of Trier 947 – Zhang Yanze , Chinese general and governor1062 – Adelaide of Hungary , (b. c. 1040)1311 – Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan 1377 – Frederick the Simple , King of Sicily1490 – Ashikaga Yoshimasa , Japanese shōgun (b. 1435)1504 – Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo (b. 1438)1540 – Angela Merici , Italian educator and saint, founded the Company of St. Ursula (b. 1474)1592 – Gian Paolo Lomazzo , Italian painter (b. 1538)1596 – Francis Drake , English captain and explorer (b. 1540)
1629 – Hieronymus Praetorius , German organist and composer (b. 1560)1638 – Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses , Spanish author and poet (b. 1585)1651 – Abraham Bloemaert , Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1566)1688 – Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of China (b. 1613)[ 63] 1689 – Robert Aske , English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1619)1731 – Bartolomeo Cristofori , Italian instrument maker, invented the Piano (b. 1655)1733 – Thomas Woolston , English theologian and author (b. 1669)1740 – Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1692)1770 – Philippe Macquer , French historian (b. 1720)1794 – Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille , French general (b. 1765)1812 – John Perkins , Anglo-Jamaican captain1814 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte , German philosopher and academic (b. 1762)1816 – Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood , English admiral and politician (b. 1724)1851 – John James Audubon , French-American ornithologist and painter (b. 1789)1852 – Paavo Ruotsalainen , Finnish farmer and lay preacher (b. 1777)[ 64] 1860 – János Bolyai , Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1802)1873 – Adam Sedgwick , British geologist, Anglican priest and doctoral advisor to Charles Darwin (b. 1785)[ 65] 1880 – Edward Middleton Barry , English architect and academic, co-designed the Halifax Town Hall and the Royal Opera House (b. 1830)
1901 – Giuseppe Verdi , Italian composer (b. 1813)1910 – Thomas Crapper , English plumber and businessman (b. 1836)1917 – Ernst Sars , Norwegian historian (b. 1835)[ 66] 1919 – Endre Ady , Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)1921 – Maurice Buckley , Australian sergeant (b. 1891)1922 – Nellie Bly , American journalist and author (b. 1864)[ 67] 1927 – Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius , Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)1931 – Nishinoumi Kajirō II , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)1940 – Isaac Babel , Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)1942 – Kaarel Eenpalu , Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)1951 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim , Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)1956 – Erich Kleiber , Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)1961 – Bernard Friedberg , Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)1963 – John Farrow , Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)1965 – Abraham Walkowitz , American painter (b. 1878)1967 – crew of Apollo 1
1967 – Alphonse Juin , Algerian-French general (b. 1888)
1970 – Rocco D'Assunta , Italian actor, comedian and playwright (b. 1904)1970 – Marietta Blau , Austrian physicist and academic (b. 1894)[ 71]
1971 – Jacobo Árbenz , Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)1972 – Mahalia Jackson , American singer (b. 1911)1973 – William Nolde , American colonel (b. 1929)1974 – Georgios Grivas , Cypriot general (b. 1898)1975 – Bill Walsh , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)1979 – Victoria Ocampo . Argentine writer (b. 1890)[ 72] 1982 – Trần Văn Hương , South Vietnamese politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam , 3rd Vice President of South Vietnam , and 3rd Prime Minister of South Vietnam (b. 1902)[ 73] 1983 – Louis de Funès , French actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)1986 – Lilli Palmer , German-American actress (b. 1914)1987 – Norman McLaren , Scottish-Canadian animator and director (b. 1914)1988 – Massa Makan Diabaté , Malian historian, author, and playwright (b. 1938)1989 – Thomas Sopwith , English ice hockey player and pilot (b. 1888)1993 – André the Giant , French professional wrestler and actor (b. 1946)1994 – Claude Akins , American actor (b. 1918)1996 – Ralph Yarborough , American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)2000 – Friedrich Gulda , Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1930)2003 – Henryk Jabłoński , Polish historian and politician, President of Poland (b. 1909)2004 – Salvador Laurel , Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Vice President of the Philippines (b. 1928)2004 – Jack Paar , American talk show host and author (b. 1918)
2006 – Gene McFadden , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)2006 – Johannes Rau , German journalist and politician, 8th President of Germany (b. 1931)
2007 – Yang Chuan-kwang , Taiwanese decathlete, long jumper, and hurdler (b. 1933)2008 – Suharto , Indonesian general and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (b. 1921)2008 – Gordon B. Hinckley , American religious leader and author, 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1910)
2008 – Louie Welch , American businessman and politician, 54th Mayor of Houston (b. 1918)
2009 – John Updike , American novelist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1932)2009 – R. Venkataraman , Indian lawyer and politician, 8th President of India (b. 1910)
2010 – Zelda Rubinstein , American actress (b. 1933)2010 – J. D. Salinger , American soldier and author (b. 1919)
2010 – Howard Zinn , American historian, author, and activist (b. 1922)
2011 – Charlie Callas , American comedian and musician (b. 1927)2012 – Greg Cook , American football player and sportscaster (b. 1946)2012 – Ted Dicks , English composer and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2012 – Jeannette Hamby , American nurse and politician (b. 1933)
2012 – Kevin White , American politician, 51st Mayor of Boston (b. 1929)
2013 – Ivan Bodiul , Ukrainian-Russian politician (b. 1918)2013 – Stanley Karnow , American journalist and historian (b. 1925)
2014 – Pete Seeger , American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist (b. 1919)2014 – Epimaco Velasco , Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (b. 1935)
2014 – Paul Zorner , German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
2015 – Rocky Bridges , American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)2015 – David Landau , English-Israeli journalist (b. 1947)
2015 – Joseph Rotman , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
2015 – Charles Hard Townes , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
2015 – Larry Winters , American wrestler and trainer (b. 1956)
2016 – Carlos Loyzaga , Filipino basketball player and coach (b. 1930)2017 – Emmanuelle Riva , French actress (b. 1927)2017 – Arthur H. Rosenfeld , American physicist (b. 1926)
2018 – Ingvar Kamprad , Founder of IKEA (b. 1926)[ 74] 2018 – Mort Walker , American cartoonist (b. 1923)[ 75]
2019 – Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau , German socialite (b. 1958)[ 76] 2020 – Lina Ben Mhenni , Tunisian Internet activist and blogger (b. 1983)[ 77] 2021 – Cloris Leachman , American actress and comedian (b. 1926)[ 78] [ 79] [ 80] 2021 – Nunuk Nuraini , Indonesian food scientist (b. 1961)[ 81] 2022 – Andy Devine , British TV actor (b. 1942)[ 82]
Holidays and observances
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