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January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 341 days remaining until the end of the year (342 in leap years).
Events
- 41 – Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and sadistic despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor
- 1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.
- 1458 – Matthias Corvinus becomes king of Hungary.
- 1624 – Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.
- 1679 – King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
- 1739 – Peshva warrior Chimnaji Appa defeats Portuguese forces and captures Tarapur Fort, India.
- 1742 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1758 – During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763)
- 1817 – Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the Action of Picheuta.
- 1835 – Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
- 1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
- 1857 – The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
- 1859 – Political and state union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as Domnitor in both Principalities.
- 1862 – Bucharest is proclaimed the capital of Romania.
- 1878 – The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
- 1900 – Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
- 1908 – The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
- 1911 – Japanese anarchist Shūsui Kōtoku is hanged for treason in a case now considered a miscarriage of justice.
- 1915 – World War One: 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., the 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(NS)
- 1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
- 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.
- 1947 – Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
- 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.
- 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 – Massacre of Atocha 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 – The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
- 1986 – Voyager 2 passes within 81,500 kilometres (50,600 mi) of Uranus.
- 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.
- 1993 – Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
- 1996 – Polish Prime Minister Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.
- 2003 – The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
- 2009 – Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
- 2011 – At least 35 die and 180 are injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.
- 2014 – Three bombs explode in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, killing about seven people and injuring over 100 others.
Births
- 76 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (d. 138)
- 1287 – Richard de Bury, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1345)
- 1444 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Italian husband of Bona of Savoy (d. 1476)
- 1540 – Edmund Campion, English priest and martyr (d. 1581)
- 1638 – Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and politician, Lord Chamberlain of Great Britain (d. 1706)
- 1670 – William Congreve, English playwright and poet (d. 1729)
- 1674 – Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)
- 1679 – Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (d. 1754)
- 1705 – Farinelli, Italian actor and singer (d. 1782)
- 1709 – Dom Bédos de Celles, French monk and organist (d. 1779)
- 1712 – Frederick the Great, Prussian king (d. 1786)
- 1732 – Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and financier (d. 1799)
- 1742 – Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn (d. 1808)
- 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)
- 1752 – Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1832)
- 1754 – Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor (d. 1820)
- 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)
- 1779 – Elizabeth Alexeievna, German wife of Alexander I of Russia (d. 1826)
- 1843 – Josip Stadler, Croatian archbishop (d. 1918)
- 1848 – Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (d. 1916)
- 1858 – Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (d. 1889)
- 1862 – Edith Wharton, American author and poet (d. 1937)
- 1864 – Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (d. 1936)
- 1866 – Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1920)
- 1872 – Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (d. 1943)
- 1872 – Morris Travers, English chemist and academic (d. 1961)
- 1886 – Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
- 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 – Charles Hawes, American historian and author (d. 1923)
- 1891 – Walter Model, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1895 – Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter (d. 1976)
- 1898 – Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (d. 1939)
- 1900 – Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (d. 1975)
- 1901 – Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d. 1995)
- 1901 – Edward Turner, English engineer (d. 1973)
- 1902 – Ephraim Avigdor Speiser, Ukrainian-American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1965)
- 1905 – J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995)
- 1907 – Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1999)
- 1907 – Tuts Washington, American pianist (d. 1984)
- 1909 – Martin Lings, English author and scholar (d. 2005)
- 1909 – Ann Todd, English actress and producer (d. 1993)
- 1910 – Doris Haddock, American activist and politician (d. 2010)
- 1911 – Muir Mathieson, Scottish conductor and composer (d. 1975)
- 1912 – Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (d. 2005)
- 1913 – Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer (d. 2008)
- 1913 – Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1983)
- 1915 – Vítězslava Kaprálová, Czech composer and conductor (d. 1940)
- 1915 – Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic (d. 1991)
- 1916 – Jack Brickhouse, American sportscaster (d. 1998)
- 1916 – Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (d. 2009)
- 1916 – Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor and director (d. 2014)
- 1916 – Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player and actor (d. 2013)
- 1917 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor and singer (d. 2012)
- 1918 – Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1996)
- 1918 – Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (d. 2009)
- 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)
- 1922 – Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (d. 2014)
- 1922 – Charles W. Socarides, American psychiatrist, physician, and author (d. 2005)
- 1923 – Vlado Kristl, Croatian painter and director (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Joe Albany, American pianist (d. 1988)
- 1924 – Brian Bevan, Australian-English rugby player (d. 1991)
- 1924 – C. B. Muthamma, Indian soldier and diplomat (d. 2009)
- 1925 – Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
- 1925 – Maria Tallchief, American ballerina and actress (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Ruth Asawa, American sculptor (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1927 – Marvin Kaplan, American actor
- 1927 – Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, Scottish lieutenant (d. 2007)
- 1928 – Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethologist, and painter
- 1928 – Michel Serrault, French actor (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor
- 1930 – Mahmoud Farshchian, Iranian-Persian painter and academic
- 1930 – Bernard Matthews, English farmer and businessman, founded Bernard Matthews Farms (d. 2010)
- 1930 – John Romita Sr., American soldier and illustrator
- 1931 – Leonard Baker, American historian and author (d. 1984)
- 1931 – Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 2012)
- 1931 – Ib Nørholm, Danish composer and organist
- 1933 – Claude Préfontaine, Canadian actor (d. 2013)
- 1934 – Ann Cole, American singer (d. 1986)
- 1934 – Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (d. 1976)
- 1935 – Shivabalayogi, Indian religious leader (d. 1994)
- 1935 – Eric Ashton, English rugby player and coach (d. 2008)
- 1935 – Bamber Gascoigne, English television host and author
- 1936 – William Bogert, American actor
- 1936 – Doug Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and fiddler
- 1936 – Yōko Nogiwa, Japanese actress
- 1938 – Julius Hemphill, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1995)
- 1939 – Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1940 – Vito Acconci, American artist
- 1940 – Joachim Gauck, German pastor and politician, 11th President of Germany
- 1941 – Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1941 – Aaron Neville, American singer (The Neville Brothers)
- 1941 – Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 – Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (d. 2008)
- 1943 – Julie Bennett, American actress
- 1943 – Subhash Ghai, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1943 – Peter Struck, German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
- 1943 – Sharon Tate, American model and actress (d. 1969)
- 1943 – Tony Trimmer, English race car driver
- 1944 – David Gerrold, American author and screenwriter
- 1944 – Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1983)
- 1945 – John Garamendi, American football player and politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
- 1946 – Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor
- 1947 – Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic
- 1947 – Masashi Ozaki, Japanese baseball player and golfer
- 1947 – Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (Hindu Love Gods and lyme and cybelle) (d. 2003)
- 1948 – Michael Des Barres, English singer-songwriter and actor (The Power Station, Silverhead, and Detective)
- 1949 – John Belushi, American actor and screenwriter (The Blues Brothers) (d. 1982)
- 1949 – Bill Bush, New Zealand rugby player
- 1950 – Daniel Auteuil, French actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1951 – Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American comedian and actor
- 1953 – Yuri Bashmet, Russian violinist, viola player, and conductor
- 1953 – Tim Stoddard, American baseball player and coach
- 1953 – Matthew Wilder, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1954 – Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (d. 1986)
- 1957 – Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1957 – Ade Edmondson, English singer-songwriter and actor (The Bad Shepherds)
- 1958 – Neil Allen, American baseball player and coach
- 1958 – Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and pianist (Squeeze and Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra)
- 1959 – Akira Maeda, Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
- 1959 – Vic Reeves, English comedian, actor, and author
- 1960 – Mária Bajzek Lukács, Hungarian author and educator
- 1960 – Mark Reeds, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
- 1961 – Guido Buchwald, German footballer and manager
- 1961 – Nastassja Kinski, German-American actress and producer
- 1961 – Vince Russo, American wrestling manager and journalist
- 1961 – William Van Dijck, Belgian runner
- 1962 – Argiris Kambouris, Greek basketball player
- 1965 – Mike Awesome, American wrestler (d. 2007)
- 1965 – Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1965 – Pagonis Vakalopoulos, Greek footballer and manager
- 1966 – Jimeoin, English-Irish comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 – Mark Kozelek, American singer-songwriter and producer (Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon)
- 1967 – Phil LaMarr, American actor, singer, and screenwriter
- 1967 – John Myung, American bass player and songwriter (Dream Theater, Platypus, The Jelly Jam, and Explorers Club)
- 1968 – Robert Chote, English economist and journalist
- 1968 – Michael Kiske, German singer-songwriter (Helloween, Unisonic, Place Vendome, and Kiske/Somerville)
- 1968 – Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast
- 1970 – Neil Johnson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer
- 1970 – Matthew Lillard, American actor, director, and producer
- 1971 – Cory Bailey, American baseball player
- 1972 – Daniel Kawczynski, Polish-English accountant and politician
- 1972 – Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese bass player and composer
- 1972 – Ulla Werbrouck, Belgian martial artist and politician
- 1974 – Ed Helms, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1974 – Melissa Tkautz, Australian actress and singer
- 1975 – Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer and manager
- 1975 – Lucy Montgomery, English actress and screenwriter
- 1976 – Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
- 1976 – Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
- 1977 – Kensuke Kita, Japanese singer and guitarist (Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
- 1977 – Johann Urb, Estonian-American actor and producer
- 1978 – Kristen Schaal, American actress and author
- 1979 – Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
- 1979 – Leandro Desábato, Argentinian footballer
- 1979 – Tom Kostopoulos, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 – Nik Wallenda, American acrobat and tightrope walker
- 1980 – Rocky Boiman, American football player and sportscaster
- 1980 – Yamandu Costa, Brazilian guitarist and composer
- 1980 – Rebecca Romero, English cyclist and rower
- 1981 – Michael Wolf, German ice hockey player
- 1983 – Davide Biondini, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Diane Birch, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1983 – Wyatt Crockett, New Zealand rugby player
- 1983 – Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer
- 1983 – Scott Speed, American race car driver
- 1984 – Scott Kazmir, American baseball player
- 1984 – Witold Kiełtyka, Polish drummer (Decapitated and Dies Irae) (d. 2007)
- 1984 – Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer
- 1986 – Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
- 1986 – Mischa Barton, English-American actress
- 1986 – Vladislav Ivanov, Russian footballer
- 1986 – Michael Kightly, English footballer
- 1986 – Ricky Ullman, Israeli-American actor and singer
- 1987 – Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
- 1988 – Jade Ewen, English singer-songwriter and actress (Sugababes)
- 1989 – Samba Diakité, Malian footballer
- 1989 – Gong Lijiao, Chinese shot putter
- 1989 – Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer
- 1990 – Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1992 – Becky Downie, English gymnast
- 1994 – Yoo Young-jae, South Korean singer and dancer (B.A.P)
- 1995 – Callan McAuliffe, Australian actor
Deaths
- 817 – Pope Stephen IV (b. 770)
- 847 – Pope Sergius II
- 1125 – David IV of Georgia (b. 1073)
- 1336 – Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)
- 1360 – John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, English husband of Maud de Badlesmere, Countess of Oxford (b. 1312)
- 1376 – Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English commander (b. 1306)
- 1473 – Conrad Paumann, German organist and composer (b. 1410)
- 1595 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (b. 1529)
- 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)
- 1769 – François de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)
- 1839 – Michele Cachia, Maltese architect and engineer (b. 1760)
- 1877 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
- 1882 – Levi Boone, American physician and politician, 17th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)
- 1883 – Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
- 1895 – Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
- 1911 – David Graham Phillips, American journalist and author (b. 1867)
- 1918 – George Arthur Crump, American architect, designed the Pine Valley Golf Club (b. 1871)
- 1920 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
- 1924 – Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (b. 1853)
- 1924 – Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1894)
- 1932 – Alfred Yarrow, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Yarrow Shipbuilders (b. 1842)
- 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)
- 1948 – Maria Mandl, Austrian SS officer (b. 1912)
- 1955 – Ira Hayes, American marine, member of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (b. 1923)
- 1960 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
- 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 captain (b. 1877)
- 1962 – Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)
- 1965 – Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, 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-founded of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
- 1973 – J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1897)
- 1973 – Masao Ohba, Japanese boxer (b. 1949)
- 1975 – Larry Fine, American actor (b. 1902)
- 1978 – Herta Oberheuser, German physician (b. 1911)
- 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)
- 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)
- 1989 – George Knudson, Canadian golfer and sportscaster (b. 1937)
- 1990 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1990 – Kevin James, American porn actor (b. 1954)
- 1991 – John M. Kelly, Irish academic and politician, 17th Attorney General of Ireland (b. 1931)
- 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 lawyer and journalist (b. 1942)
- 1994 – Yves Navarre, French author and playwright (b. 1940)
- 1995 – David Cole, American DJ, songwriter, and producer (C+C Music Factory) (b. 1962)
- 1997 – Dr. Jerry Graham, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1921)
- 1998 – Walter D. Edmonds, American journalist and author (b. 1903)
- 2001 – Gaffar Okkan, Turkish police officer and civil servant (b. 1952)
- 2002 – Peter Gzowski, Canadian journalist and broadcaster (b. 1934)
- 2002 – Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)
- 2003 – Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b. 1921)
- 2004 – Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
- 2005 – June Bronhill, Australian soprano (b. 1929)
- 2005 – Chalkie White, English rugby player and coach (b. 1929)
- 2006 – Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
- 2006 – Fayard Nicholas, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1914)
- 2006 – Chris Penn, American actor and producer (b. 1965)
- 2006 – Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, Sri Lankan journalist and activist (b. 1970)
- 2006 – Mümtaz Sevinç, Turkish actor (b. 1952)
- 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 soldier (b. 1891)
- 2008 – Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer (b. 1915)
- 2008 – Randy Salerno, American journalist (b. 1963)
- 2009 – Reg Gutteridge, English journalist and sportscaster (b. 1924)
- 2009 – Kay Yow, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
- 2010 – Şakir Eczacıbaşı, Turkish pharmacist, photographer, and businessman (b. 1929)
- 2010 – Pernell Roberts, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2011 – Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (b. 1949)
- 2011 – Gerry Ortega, Filipino environmentalist, journalist, and politician (b. 1963)
- 2012 – Theo Angelopoulos, Greek director and producer (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Sukumar Azhikode, Indian author and critic (b. 1926)
- 2012 – James Farentino, American actor (b. 1938)
- 2012 – J. Joseph Garrahy, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Delma Kollar, American super-centenarian (b. 1897)
- 2012 – Patricia Neway, American soprano and actress (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Khuseyn Gakayev, Russian commander (b. 1970)
- 2013 – Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1959)
- 2013 – Richard G. Stern, American novelist, short story writer (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Jim Wallwork, English sergeant and pilot (b. 1919)
- 2014 – Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Curt Brasket, American chess player (b. 1932)
- 2014 – Lisa Daniely, English actress (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (b. 1930)
- 2015 – Link Byfield, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1951)
- 2015 – Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (b. 1922)
- 2015 – Joe Franklin, American radio and television host (b. 1926)
- 2015 – Frances Lennon, English painter and illustrator (b. 1912)
- 2016 – Jimmy Bain, Scottish bass player and songwriter (Rainbow, Wild Horses, and Dio) (b. 1947)
- 2016 – Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (b. 1928)
- 2016 – Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)
- 2016 – Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (b. 1960)
Holidays and observances
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