January 20
Day of the year
January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 345 days remain until the end of the year (346 in leap years ).
Events
Pre-1600
1909 – Newly formed automaker General Motors (GM) buys into the Oakland Motor Car Company , which later becomes GM's long-running Pontiac division.[ 9] 1921 – The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel ; all 56 on board die.1921 – The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty .
1937 – Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President ; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.1941 – A German officer is killed in Bucharest , Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard , killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.1942 – World War II : At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee , senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish question ".[ 10] 1945 – World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies .1945 – World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia , a task which will take nearly two months.
1953 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America , becoming the first president to begin his presidency on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.[ 11] 1954 – In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.1961 – John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States of America , becoming the youngest man to be elected into that office, and the first Roman Catholic .1972 – Pakistan launches its nuclear weapons program , a few weeks after its defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War , as well as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 .1973 – Amílcar Cabral , leader of the independence movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde , is assassinated in Conakry , Guinea.[ 12] 1974 – China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam .[ 13] 1981 – Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States of America , Iran releases 52 American hostages .1986 – In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.1986 – Leabua Jonathan , Prime Minister of Lesotho, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Justin Lekhanya .[ 14]
1990 – Protests in Azerbaijan , part of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union .1991 – Sudan 's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.1992 – Air Inter Flight 148 , an Airbus A320-111 , crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg , France, killing 87 of the 96 people on board.2001 – President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent four-day revolution , and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo .2009 – Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America , becoming the first African-American President of the United States .[ 15] 2009 – A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
2017 – Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America .[ 16] 2018 – A group of four or five gunmen attack The Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul , Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle. The attack kills 40 people and injures many others.[ 17] 2018 – Syrian civil war : The Government of Turkey announces the initiation of the Afrin offensive and begins shelling Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in Afrin Region .[ 18]
2021 – Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America . At the time of his inauguration, he became the oldest person ever inaugurated. Kamala Harris became the first female Vice President of the United States .[ 19] 2025 – Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States of America . He is currently the oldest person ever inaugurated.[ 20]
Births
Pre-1600
225 – Gordian III , Roman emperor (d. 244)[ 21] 1029 – Alp Arslan , Seljuk sultan (probable;[ 22] 1292 – Elizabeth of Bohemia , queen consort of Bohemia (d. 1330)1436 – Ashikaga Yoshimasa , Japanese shōgun (d. 1490)1488 – Sebastian Münster , German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer (d. 1552)[ 23] 1499 – Sebastian Franck , German humanist (probable;[ 24] 1500 – Jean Quintin , French priest, knight and writer (d. 1561)[ 25] 1502 – Sebastian de Aparicio , Spanish-Mexican rancher and missionary (d. 1600)[ 26] 1526 – Rafael Bombelli , Italian mathematician (d. 1572)1554 – Sebastian, King of Portugal (d. 1578)[ 27] 1569 – Heribert Rosweyde , Jesuit hagiographer (d. 1629)1573 – Simon Marius , German astronomer and academic (d. 1624)[ 28] 1586 – Johann Hermann Schein , German composer (d. 1630)[ 29]
1664 – Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina , Italian lawyer and jurist (d. 1718)1703 – Joseph-Hector Fiocco , Flemish violinist and composer (d. 1741)[ 30] 1716 – Jean-Jacques Barthélemy , French archaeologist and numismatist (d. 1795)1716 – Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
1732 – Richard Henry Lee , American lawyer and politician, President of the Continental Congress (d. 1794)1741 – Carl Linnaeus the Younger , Swedish botanist and author (d. 1783)1755 – Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet , English admiral (d. 1824)1762 – Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny , Belgian-French composer and theorist (d. 1842)[ 31] 1775 – André-Marie Ampère , French physicist and mathematician (d. 1836)1781 – Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg , Austrian-German historian and politician (d. 1848)1783 – Friedrich Dotzauer , German cellist and composer (d. 1860)[ 32] 1799 – Anson Jones , American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858)1812 – William Fox , English-New Zealand politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1893)[ 33] 1812 – Thomas Meik , Scottish engineer (d. 1896)
1814 – David Wilmot , American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (d. 1868)1819 – Göran Fredrik Göransson , Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist (d. 1900)[ 34] 1834 – George D. Robinson , American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)1855 – Ernest Chausson , French composer (d. 1899)[ 35] 1856 – Harriot Stanton Blatch , American suffragist and organizer (d. 1940)1865 – Yvette Guilbert , French singer and actress (d. 1944)[ 36] 1865 – Wilhelm Ramsay , Finnish geologist and professor (d. 1928)[ 37]
1870 – Guillaume Lekeu , Belgian pianist and composer (d. 1894)[ 38] 1873 – Johannes V. Jensen , Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)1874 – Steve Bloomer , English footballer and coach (d. 1938)1876 – Josef Hofmann , Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1957)[ 39] 1878 – Finlay Currie , Scottish-English actor (d. 1968)1879 – Ruth St. Denis , American dancer and educator (d. 1968)[ 40] 1880 – Walter W. Bacon , American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (d. 1962)1882 – Johnny Torrio , Italian-American mob boss (d. 1957)1883 – Enoch L. Johnson , American mob boss (d. 1968)1883 – Forrest Wilson , American journalist and author (d. 1942)
1888 – Lead Belly , American folk/blues musician and songwriter (d. 1949)1889 – Allan Haines Loughead , American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company (d. 1969)1891 – Mischa Elman , Ukrainian-American violinist (d. 1967)[ 41] 1893 – Georg Åberg , Swedish triple jumper (d. 1946)1894 – Harold Gray , American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie 1894 – Walter Piston , American composer, theorist, and academic (d. 1976)[ 42]
1895 – Gábor Szegő , Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1985)1896 – George Burns , American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1996)1898 – U Razak , Burmese educator and politician (d. 1947)1899 – Clarice Cliff , English potter (d. 1972)1899 – Kenjiro Takayanagi , Japanese engineer (d. 1990)
1900 – Dorothy Annan , English painter, potter, and muralist (d. 1983)1900 – Colin Clive , English actor (d. 1937)
1902 – Leon Ames , American actor (d. 1993)1902 – Kevin Barry , Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 1920)
1906 – Aristotle Onassis , Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)[ 43] 1907 – Paula Wessely , Austrian actress and producer (d. 2000)1909 – Gōgen Yamaguchi , Japanese martial artist (d. 1989)1910 – Joy Adamson , Austria-Kenyan painter and conservationist (d. 1980)[ 44] 1915 – Ghulam Ishaq Khan , Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan (d. 2006)1918 – Juan García Esquivel , Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2002)1918 – Nevin Scrimshaw , American scientist (d. 2013)
1920 – Federico Fellini , Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1993)[ 45] 1920 – DeForest Kelley , American actor (d. 1999)[ 45]
1920 – Thorleif Schjelderup , Norwegian ski jumper and author (d. 2006)
1921 – Telmo Zarra , Spanish footballer (d. 2006)1922 – Ray Anthony , American trumpeter and bandleader[ 46] 1922 – Don Mankiewicz , American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1923 – Slim Whitman , American country and western singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2013)[ 47] 1924 – Yvonne Loriod , French pianist and composer (d. 2010)1925 – Jamiluddin Aali , Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2015)1925 – Ernesto Cardenal , Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician (d. 2020)
1926 – Patricia Neal , American actress (d. 2010)[ 48] 1926 – David Tudor , American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1927 – Qurratulain Hyder , Indian-Pakistani journalist and academic (d. 2007)1928 – Antonio de Almeida , French conductor and musicologist (d. 1997)1929 – Arte Johnson , American actor and comedian (d. 2019)[ 45] 1929 – Masaharu Kawakatsu , Japanese biologist
1929 – Fireball Roberts , American race car driver (d. 1964)
1930 – Buzz Aldrin , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut[ 49] 1931 – David Lee , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate1931 – Hachidai Nakamura , Japanese pianist and composer (d. 1992)
1932 – Lou Fontinato , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2016)1934 – Hennie Aucamp , South African poet, author, and academic (d. 2014)1934 – Tom Baker , English actor[ 45]
1935 – Dorothy Provine , American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2010)1937 – Bailey Howell , American basketball player[ 50] 1938 – Derek Dougan , Irish-English footballer and journalist (d. 2007)1939 – Paul Coverdell , American captain and politician (d. 2000)1939 – Chandra Wickramasinghe , Sri Lankan-English mathematician, astronomer, and biologist
1940 – Carol Heiss , American figure skater and actress1940 – Krishnam Raju , Indian actor and politician (d. 2022)
1940 – Mandé Sidibé , Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (d. 2009)
1942 – Linda Moulton Howe , American journalist and producer1944 – José Luis Garci , Spanish director and producer1944 – Farhad Mehrad , Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1944 – Pat Parker , American poet[ 51]
1945 – Christopher Martin-Jenkins , English journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)1945 – Eric Stewart , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[ 49]
1946 – David Lynch , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2025)[ 49] [ 52] 1946 – Vladimír Merta , Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist
1947 – Cyrille Guimard , French cyclist and sportscaster1948 – Nancy Kress , American author and academic1948 – Natan Sharansky , Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
1949 – Göran Persson , Swedish lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Sweden 1950 – Daniel Benzali , Brazilian-American actor1950 – William Mgimwa , Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2014)
1950 – Mahamane Ousmane , Nigerien politician, President of Niger
1951 – Iván Fischer , Hungarian conductor and composer1951 – Ian Hill , English rock bassist
1952 – Nikos Sideris , Greek psychiatrist and poet1952 – Paul Stanley , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[ 49]
1952 – John Witherow , South African-English journalist and author
1953 – Jeffrey Epstein , American financier and convicted sex offender (d. 2019)1954 – Mohammad Dawran , Afghan aviator and military officer[ 53] 1954 – Ken Page , American actor and cabaret singer (d. 2024)[ 54]
1954 – Alison Seabeck , English lawyer and politician
1955 – McKeeva Bush , Caymanian politician, Premier of the Cayman Islands 1956 – Maria Larsson , Swedish educator and politician, Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs 1956 – Bill Maher , American comedian, political commentator, media critic, television host, and producer[ 49]
1956 – Richard Morecroft , English-Australian journalist and television host[ 55]
1956 – John Naber , American swimmer
1957 – Andy Sheppard , English saxophonist and composer[ 56] 1958 – Lorenzo Lamas , American actor, director, and producer[ 49] 1959 – Tami Hoag , American author1959 – R. A. Salvatore , American author
1961 – Janey Godley , Scottish actor, writer and comedian (d. 2024)[ 57] 1961 – Yolanda González (activist) , Basque militant activist[ 58]
1963 – James Denton , American actor[ 49] 1963 – Mark Ryden , American painter and illustrator
1964 – Ozzie Guillén , Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager[ 45] 1964 – Ron Harper , American basketball player and coach
1964 – Jack Lewis , American soldier and author
1964 – Kazushige Nojima , Japanese screenwriter and songwriter
1964 – Aquilino Pimentel III , Filipino lawyer and politician
1964 – Fareed Zakaria , Indian-American journalist and author
1965 – Colin Calderwood , Scottish footballer and manager[ 59] 1965 – Warren Joyce , English footballer and manager
1965 – Greg K. , American musician and songwriter[ 49]
1965 – John Michael Montgomery , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 49]
1965 – Heather Small , English singer-songwriter[ 60]
1965 – Sophie, Countess of Wessex
1965 – Anton Weissenbacher , Romanian footballer
1966 – Chris Morris , American basketball player[ 61] 1966 – Rainn Wilson , American actor[ 49]
1967 – Kellyanne Conway , American political strategist and pundit1967 – Stacey Dash , American actress and television journalist[ 49]
1968 – Nick Anderson , American basketball player and sportscaster1968 – Junior Murray , Grenadian cricketer
1969 – Patrick K. Kroupa , American computer hacker and activist, co-founded MindVox 1969 – Reno Wilson , American actor[ 49]
1969 – Nicky Wire , Welsh singer-songwriter and bass player
1970 – Skeet Ulrich , American actor[ 49] 1971 – Gary Barlow , English singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer[ 62] 1971 – Wakanohana Masaru , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 66th Yokozuna
1971 – Questlove , American musician, record producer, and filmmaker[ 63]
1972 – Nikki Haley , American accountant and politician, 116th Governor of South Carolina 1973 – Stephen Crabb , Scottish-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales 1973 – Queen Mathilde of Belgium [ 64]
1975 – David Eckstein , American baseball player[ 65] 1975 – Norberto Fontana , Argentinian racing driver
1975 – Zac Goldsmith , English journalist and politician[ 66]
1975 – Ira Newble , American basketball player[ 67]
1976 – Kirsty Gallacher , Scottish television presenter[ 68] 1976 – Michael Myers , American football player
1976 – Gretha Smit , Dutch speed skater
1977 – Paul Adams , South African cricketer and coach1977 – Sid Wilson , American musician[ 69]
1978 – Sonja Kesselschläger , German heptathlete1978 – Allan Søgaard , Danish footballer
1979 – Rob Bourdon , American musician and songwriter[ 49] 1979 – Will Young , English singer-songwriter and actor
1980 – Karl Anderson , American wrestler1980 – Philippe Cousteau, Jr. , American-French oceanographer and journalist[ 70]
1980 – Philippe Gagnon , Canadian swimmer
1980 – Kim Jeong-hoon , South Korean singer and actor
1981 – Freddy Guzmán , Dominican baseball player1981 – Owen Hargreaves , English footballer
1981 – Jason Richardson , American basketball player
1982 – Ruchi Sanghvi , Indian computer engineer[ 71] 1982 – Fredrik Strømstad , Norwegian footballer
1983 – Geovany Soto , Puerto Rican baseball player[ 72] 1984 – Toni Gonzaga , Filipino singer and television personality[ 73] [ 74] 1984 – Bonnie McKee , American singer-songwriter[ 49]
1985 – Nabil Boukili , Belgian politician[ 75] 1986 – Kevin Parker , Australian singer, songwriter, musician, and producer[ 49] 1987 – Evan Peters , American actor[ 76] 1988 – Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé , Nigerian footballer[ 77] 1988 – Jan Muršak , Slovenian ice hockey player[ 78]
1989 – Nick Foles , American football player1989 – Alex Grant , Canadian ice hockey player[ 79]
1989 – Jared Waerea-Hargreaves , New Zealand rugby league player[ 80]
1991 – Tom Cairney , Scottish footballer[ 81] 1991 – Ciara Hanna , American actress and model
1991 – Polona Hercog , Slovenian tennis player
1993 – Lorenzo Crisetig , Italian footballer[ 82] 1993 – Cat Janice , American singer-songwriter[ 83]
1993 – DeVante Parker , American football player[ 84]
1994 – Seán Kavanagh , Irish footballer[ 85] 1994 – Hampus Lindholm , Swedish ice hockey player[ 86]
1994 – Lucas Piazon , Brazilian footballer[ 87]
1995 – Joey Badass , American rapper and actor[ 88] 1995 – Calum Chambers , English footballer[ 89]
1995 – José María Giménez , Uruguayan footballer[ 90]
1995 – Sergi Samper , Spanish footballer[ 91]
2000 – Tyler Herro , American basketball player[ 92] 2002 – Arnaud Kalimuendo , French footballer[ 93] 2003 – J. J. McCarthy , American football player[ 94] 2003 – Antonia Ružić , Croatian tennis player[ 95] [ 96]
Deaths
Pre-1600
640 – Eadbald , king of Kent[ 97] 820 – Al-Shafi‘i , Arab scholar and jurist (b. 767)842 – Theophilos , Byzantine emperor (b. 813)882 – Louis the Younger , king of the East Frankish Kingdom924 – Li Jitao , Chinese general of Later Tang 928 – Zhao Guangfeng , Chinese official and chancellor1029 – Heonae , Korean queen and regent (b. 964)1095 – Wulfstan , bishop of Worcester1156 – Henry , English bishop and saint[ 98] [ 99] [ 100] 1189 – Shi Zong , Chinese emperor of Jin (b. 1123)1191 – Frederick VI , duke of Swabia (b. 1167)1191 – Theobald V , count of Blois (b. 1130
1265 – John Maunsell , English Lord Chancellor 1336 – John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (b. 1306)1343 – Robert , king of Naples (b. 1275)1479 – John II , king of Sicily (b. 1398)1568 – Myles Coverdale , English bishop and translator (b. 1488)
1612 – Rudolf II , Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552)[ 101] 1663 – Isaac Ambrose , English minister and author (b. 1604)1666 – Anne of Austria , Queen and regent of France (b. 1601)[ 102] 1707 – Humphrey Hody , English scholar and theologian (b. 1659)1709 – François de la Chaise , French priest (b. 1624)1751 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol , English politician (b. 1665)1770 – Charles Yorke , English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)1779 – David Garrick , English actor, producer, playwright, and manager (b. 1717)[ 103] 1810 – Benjamin Chew , American lawyer and judge (b. 1721)[ 104] 1819 – Charles IV , Spanish king (b. 1748)[ 105] 1837 – John Soane , English architect, designed the Bank of England (b. 1753)[ 106] 1841 – Jørgen Jørgensen , Danish explorer (b. 1780)1841 – Minh Mạng , Vietnamese emperor (b. 1791)
1848 – Christian VIII , Danish king (b. 1786)1850 – Adam Oehlenschläger , Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779)1859 – Bettina von Arnim , German author, illustrator, and composer (b. 1785)[ 107] 1852 – Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794)1873 – Basil Moreau , French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)1875 – Jean-François Millet , French painter and educator (b. 1814)1891 – Kalākaua , king of Hawaii (b. 1836)1900 – John Ruskin , English painter and critic (b. 1819)
1901 – Zénobe Gramme , Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)1907 – Agnes Mary Clerke , Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)[ 108] 1908 – John Ordronaux , American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)1913 – José Guadalupe Posada , Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)1915 – Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun , Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)[ 109] 1920 – Georg Lurich , Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)1921 – Mary Watson Whitney , American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)[ 110] 1924 – Henry "Ivo" Crapp , Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)1931 – Margrethe Munthe , Norwegian songwriter (b. 1860)[ 111] 1936 – George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)[ 112] 1940 – Omar Bundy , American general (b. 1861)1944 – James McKeen Cattell , American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)[ 113] 1947 – Josh Gibson , American baseball player (b. 1911)1947 – Andrew Volstead , American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
1954 – Warren Bardsley , Australian cricketer (b. 1882)1954 – Fred Root , English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
1955 – Robert P. T. Coffin , American author and poet (b. 1892)1962 – Robinson Jeffers , American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)1965 – Alan Freed , American radio host (b. 1922)1971 – Broncho Billy Anderson , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)1971 – Minanogawa Tōzō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (b. 1903)
1973 – Lorenz Böhler , Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885)1973 – Amílcar Cabral , Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (b. 1924)
1977 – Dimitrios Kiousopoulos , Greek jurist and politician, 151st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892)1980 – William Roberts , English soldier and painter (b. 1895)1983 – Garrincha , Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)1984 – Johnny Weissmuller , American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)1988 – Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan , Pakistani activist and politician (b. 1890)1988 – Dora Stratou , Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1903)
1989 – Alamgir Kabir , Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)1990 – Barbara Stanwyck , American actress (b. 1907)1993 – Audrey Hepburn , British actress and humanitarian activist (b. 1929)1994 – Matt Busby , Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909)1994 – Jaramogi Oginga Odinga , first Kenyan Vice-President (b. 1911)
1996 – Gerry Mulligan , American saxophonist and composer (b. 1927)2002 – Carrie Hamilton , American actress and singer (b. 1963)2003 – Al Hirschfeld , American painter and illustrator (b. 1903)[ 114] 2003 – Nedra Volz , American actress (b. 1908)
2004 – Alan Brown , English racing driver (b. 1919)2004 – T. Nadaraja , Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (b. 1917)
2005 – Per Borten , Norwegian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)2005 – Jan Nowak-Jeziorański , Polish journalist and politician (b. 1913)
2005 – Miriam Rothschild , English zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
2009 – Stéphanos II Ghattas , Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920)2012 – Etta James , American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)[ 115] 2012 – John Levy , American bassist and manager (b. 1912)
2012 – Ioannis Kefalogiannis , Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior (b. 1933)
2012 – Alejandro Rodriguez , Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1918)[ 116]
2013 – Pavlos Matesis , Greek author and playwright (b. 1933)2013 – Toyo Shibata , Japanese poet and author (b. 1911)
2014 – Claudio Abbado , Italian conductor (b. 1933)[ 117] 2014 – Otis G. Pike , American judge and politician (b. 1921)
2014 – Jonas Trinkūnas , Lithuanian ethnologist and academic (b. 1939)
2016 – Mykolas Burokevičius , Lithuanian carpenter and politician (b. 1927)2016 – Edmonde Charles-Roux , French journalist and author (b. 1920)
2018 – Paul Bocuse , French chef (b. 1926 )[ 118] 2018 – Naomi Parker Fraley , American naval machiner (b. 1921 )[ 119]
2020 – Jaroslav Kubera , Czech politician (b. 1947)[ 120] 2020 – Tom Fisher Railsback , American politician, member of the Illinois and U.S. House of Representatives (b. 1932)[ 121]
2021 – Sibusiso Moyo , Zimbabwean politician, army general (b. 1960)[ 122] 2021 – Mira Furlan , Croatian actress and singer (b. 1955)[ 123]
2022 – Meat Loaf , American singer and actor (b. 1947)[ 124] 2024 – Norman Jewison , Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1926)[ 125] 2025 – Cecile Richards , American activist and former Planned Parenthood president (b. 1957)[ 126]
Holidays and observances
Notes
In ancient astrology , it is the cusp day between Capricorn and Aquarius .
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