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Events

=Pre-1600=

  • 1458 BC – Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings.{{cite web|author=Jone Johnson Lewis |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/how-did-hatshepsut-die-3529280 |title=How Did Hatshepsut Die?|publisher=History|date=2006|access-date=2023-10-25}}
  • 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.{{cite book|last=Gibbon|first=Edward|title=The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Abridged edition|editor-last=Mueller|editor-first=Hans-Friedrich|location=New York|publisher=Random House|date=2003|isbn=9780375758119|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9xriVJrENcMC|page=47}}
  • 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuacán.{{cite book|last=Braswell|first=Geoffrey E.|title=The Maya and Teotihuacan: Reinterpreting Early Classic Interaction|location=Austin, Tex.|publisher=University of Texas Press|date=2004|isbn=9780292705876|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcN7AAAAQBAJ|page=339}}
  • 550 – Gothic War: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.{{cite book|last=Wolfram|first=Herwig|title=History of the Goths|location=Berkeley, Calif.|publisher=University of California Press|date=1988|isbn=9780520069831|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xsQxcJvaLjAC|page=358}}
  • 929 – Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III establishes the Caliphate of Córdoba.{{cite book|last=O'Callaghan|first=Joseph F.|title=A History of Nedieval Spain|location=Ithaca, N.Y.|publisher=Cornell University Press|date=1994|isbn=9780801492648|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cq2dDgAAQBAJ|page=118}}
  • 1120 – Crusades: The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.{{cite book|last=Duggan|first=Lawrence G.|title=Armsbearing and the Clergy in the History and Canon Law of Western Christianity|location=Woodbrdige, Suffolk, U.K.|publisher=The Boydell Press|date=2013|isbn=9781843838654|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnTdAgAAQBAJ|page=103}}
  • 1275 – Edward I permits his mother Eleanor of Provence to expel the Jews from the towns Worcester, Marlborough, Cambridge and Gloucester.*{{cite journal |last1=Hillaby |first1=Joe |title=The Worcester Jewry 1158-1290 |journal=Transactions of the Worcester Archaeological Society |date=1990 |volume=12 |pages=73–122; esp 112–3}}
  • 1362 – Saint Marcellus's flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea.{{cite web|author=Stephen Moss |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2011/jan/20/weatherwatch-grote-mandrenke |title=Weatherwatch: The Grote Mandrenke|publisher=Guardian |date=2011-01-20 |access-date=2020-06-19}}
  • 1537 – Bigod's Rebellion, an armed insurrection attempting to resist the English Reformation, begins.{{Cite journal|last=Altazin|first=Keith|date=2011|title=The northern clergy and the Pilgrimage of Grace|url=https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1542&context=gradschool_dissertations|journal=LSU Doctoral Dissertations|volume=543|pages=|via=LSU Digital Commons|postscript=none}}; {{Cite ODNB|title=Participants in the Pilgrimage of Grace (act. 1536–1537)|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-95587|access-date=2021-01-15|year = 2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/95587}}
  • 1547 – Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia.{{cite book|last1=Payne|first1=Robert|last2=Romanoff|first2=Nikita|title=Ivan the Terrible|location=New York|publisher=Cooper Square Press|date=2002|isbn=9780815412298|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1abtsPCPm8C|page=67}}
  • 1556 – Philip II becomes King of Spain.{{cite book|last=Hume|first=Martin A.S.|title=Philip II of Spain|location=New York|publisher=Macmillan|date=1897|oclc=38863795|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TT1JAQAAMAAJ|page=49|isbn=9780598778536}}
  • 1572 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried and found guilty of treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.{{cite book|last=Perry|first=Maria|title=The Word of a Prince: A Life of Queen Elizabeth I From Contemporary Documents|location=Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K.|publisher=The Boydell Press|date=1990|isbn=9780851152615|page=211}}

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1909 – Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.{{cite book|author=R. K. Headland|title=Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sg49AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA240|year=1989|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-30903-5|pages=240}}
  • 1913 – Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan writes his first letter to G. H. Hardy at Cambridge, stating without proof various formulae involving integrals, infinite series, and continued fractions, beginning a long correspondence between the two as well as widespread recognition of Ramanujan's results.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/brucec.berndtandroberta.rankinramanujanzlib.org/mode/2up |title=Bruce C. Berndt And Robert A. Rankin Ramanujan |language=English}}
  • 1919 – Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.{{cite news|title=Nation Voted Dry|work=The New York Times|date=January 17, 1919|pages=1, 4}}
  • 1920 – The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
  • 1921 – The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
  • 1942 – The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins deporting Jews from the Łódź Ghetto to Chełmno extermination camp.{{Cite web|title=The Holocaust and World War II: Key Dates|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-holocaust-and-world-war-ii-key-dates|access-date=2022-01-17|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en}}
  • 1942 – Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.{{cite news|title=The Final Curtain|magazine=Billboard|date=January 24, 1942|page=29|access-date=January 16, 2020|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAwEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Carole+Lombard%22+%22January+16%22&pg=PT28}}
  • 1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
  • 1959 – Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Astor Piazzolla International Airport in Mar del Plata, Argentina, killing 51.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando LV-GED Mar del Plata, BA|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590116-0|access-date=2022-01-15|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
  • 1969 – Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.{{cite book|last=McRae|first=Robert Grant|title=Resistance and Revolution: Vaclav Havel's Czechoslovakia|location=Ottawa|publisher=Carleton University Press|date=1997|isbn=9780886293161|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-Nj0s5wRhkC|page=21}}
  • 1969 – Space Race: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of crewed spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
  • 1979 – Iranian Revolution: The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.{{cite book|author1=Edward H. Lawson|author2=Mary Lou Bertucci|title=Encyclopedia of Human Rights|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J-SrdFtSuDUC&pg=PA880|year=1996|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-56032-362-4|pages=880}}
  • 1983 – Turkish Airlines Flight 158 crashes at Ankara Esenboğa Airport in Ankara, Turkey, killing 47 and injuring 20.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-2F2 TC-JBR Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19830116-1|access-date=2022-01-15|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
  • 1991 – Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
  • 1992 – El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
  • 1995 – An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Súðavík, destroying 25 homes and burying 26 people, 14 of whom died.{{Cite web|url=https://timarit.is/page/1821870|title=Tímarit.is|first=Landsbókasafn Íslands-|last=Háskólabókasafn|website=timarit.is}}
  • 2001 – Second Congo War: Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in Kinshasa.{{cite news |title=Revealed: How Africa's dictator died at the hands of his boy soldiers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/feb/11/theobserver |access-date=16 May 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=11 February 2001 |language=en}}
  • 2001 – US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
  • 2002 – War in Afghanistan: The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
  • 2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
  • 2006 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.{{cite web|title=First female African leader sworn in|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2006/01/16/first-female-african-leader-sworn-in/|work=The Denver Post|agency=Associated Press|date=May 8, 2016|orig-date=January 16, 2006|access-date=January 16, 2024|location=Monrovia, Liberia}}
  • 2011 – Syrian civil war: The Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) is established with the stated goal of re-organizing Syria along the lines of democratic confederalism.{{cite news |last1=Shilton |first1=Dor |title=In the Heart of Syria's Darkness, a Democratic, Egalitarian and Feminist Society Emerges |url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-amid-syria-s-darkness-a-democratic-egalitarian-and-feminist-society-emerges-1.7339983 |access-date=16 October 2019 |work=Haaretz |date=9 June 2019 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=TOLHILDAN |first1=AXİN |title=Muslim: Our goal is for TEV-DEM to organize the 3rd territory |url=https://anfenglish.com/features/muslim-our-goal-is-for-tev-dem-to-organize-the-3rd-territory-29245 |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=ANF News |agency=Firat News Agency |date=27 August 2018 |language=en}}
  • 2012 – The Mali War begins when Tuareg militias start fighting the Malian government for independence.{{Cite news|date=August 26, 2020|title=Mali profile - Timeline|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13881978|access-date=January 26, 2022}}
  • 2016 – Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
  • 2017 – Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 crashes into a residential area near Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan, killing 39 people.{{cite news |date=16 January 2017 |title=Kyrgyzstan plane crash: Dozens die as Turkish cargo jet hits homes |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38633526 |accessdate=31 July 2018}}
  • 2018 – Myanmar police open fire on a group of ethnic Rakhine protesters, killing seven and wounding twelve.{{cite news|title=Myanmar police kill Rakhine protesters|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42714024|access-date=6 April 2018|work=BBC News|date=17 January 2018}}
  • 2020 – The first impeachment of Donald Trump formally moves into its trial phase in the United States Senate.{{cite web|website=The Guardian|location=London|title=Trump impeachment trial begins as Schiff reads out charges against president – live|date=January 16, 2020|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/jan/16/trump-impeachment-trial-live-news-ukraine-pelosi-giuliani-latest-updates-senate-democrats|author=Amanda Holpuch}}
  • 2020 – The United States Senate ratifies the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement as a replacement for NAFTA."[https://millercenter.org/president/trump/key-events Donald Trump - Key Events | Miller Center]". millercenter.org. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2022-01-11.

Births

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1901 – Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, ninth President of Cuba (died 1973){{cite book|author=Anne Commire|title=Historic World Leaders: North & South America (A-L)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=STsOAQAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Gale Research Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8103-8412-5}}
  • 1901 – Frank Zamboni, American businessman and inventor (died 1988){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 16: FKA Twigs, Debbie Allen |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/16/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-16-FKA-Twigs-Debbie-Allen/9331673739823/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=15 January 2024 |date=16 January 2023}}
  • 1902 – Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary (died 1945){{cite book|author=Catherine M. Swift|title=Eric Liddell: God's athlete|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zhByBm-OnX0C|year=1986|publisher=Marshall Pickering|isbn=978-0-551-01354-4}}
  • 1903 – William Grover-Williams, English-French racing driver (died 1945){{cite book|author=Robert Dick|title=Auto Racing Comes of Age: A Transatlantic View of the Cars, Drivers and Speedways, 1900-1925|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1xFg2-s2w0C&pg=PA227|date=4 May 2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8811-7|pages=227}}
  • 1905 – Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (died 1989)
  • 1906 – Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot (died 1975)
  • 1906 – Diana Wynyard, English actress (died 1964)
  • 1907 – Alexander Knox, Canadian-English actor and screenwriter (died 1995){{cite book|author=Henryk Hoffmann|title="A" Western Filmmakers: A Biographical Dictionary of Writers, Directors, Cinematographers, Composers, Actors and Actresses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWNZAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-0696-8|page=515}}
  • 1907 – Paul Nitze, American banker and politician, tenth United States Secretary of the Navy (died 2004)
  • 1908 – Sammy Crooks, English footballer (died 1981)
  • 1908 – Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (died 1984)
  • 1908 – Günther Prien, German captain (died 1941)
  • 1909 – Clement Greenberg, American art critic (died 1994)
  • 1910 – Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1974)
  • 1911 – Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricketer (died 1979)
  • 1911 – Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (died 1982)
  • 1911 – Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (died 1996)
  • 1914 – Roger Wagner, French-American conductor and educator (died 1992)
  • 1915 – Leslie H. Martinson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)
  • 1916 – Philip Lucock, English-Australian minister and politician (died 1996)
  • 1917 – Carl Karcher, American businessman, founded Carl's Jr. (died 2008)
  • 1918 – Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator (died 2005)
  • 1918 – Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (died 2009)
  • 1918 – Clem Jones, Australian surveyor and politician, eighth Lord Mayor of Brisbane (died 2007)
  • 1918 – Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (died 1996){{cite book|author=Edmond Grant|title=The Motion Picture Guide, 1997 Annual: The Films of 1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=004OAQAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=CineBooks|isbn=978-0-933997-39-4}}
  • 1919 – Jerome Horwitz, American chemist and academic (died 2012)
  • 1920 – Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter (died 2013)
  • 1921 – Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (died 2004)
  • 1923 – Gene Feist, American director and playwright, co-founded the Roundabout Theatre Company (died 2014)
  • 1923 – Anthony Hecht, American poet (died 2004)
  • 1924 – Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (died 2002)
  • 1924 – Allen Swift, American actor, writer, playwright, and magician (died 2010){{cite news|last=Grimes|first=William|title=Allen Swift, Voice Actor for Radio and TV, Dies at 86|work=The New York Times|date=April 27, 2010|accessdate=January 16, 2024|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/arts/28swift.html}}
  • 1925 – Peter Hirsch, German-English metallurgist and academic
  • 1925 – James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot (died 2013)
  • 1928 – William Kennedy, American novelist and journalist
  • 1928 – Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano and actress (died 1996)
  • 1929 – Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic (died 2014)
  • 1930 – Mary Ann McMorrow, American lawyer and judge (died 2013)
  • 1930 – Norman Podhoretz, American journalist and author
  • 1930 – Paula Tilbrook, English actress (died 2019){{cite web |title=Obituary: Paula Tilbrook |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries-archive/obituaries/paula-tilbrook |website=The Stage |access-date=15 July 2020 |language=En}}
  • 1931 – John Enderby, English physicist and academic (died 2021)
  • 1931 – Robert L. Park, American physicist and academic (died 2020)
  • 1931 – Johannes Rau, German journalist and politician, eighth Federal President of Germany (died 2006)
  • 1932 – Victor Ciocâltea, Romanian chess player (died 1983)
  • 1932 – Dian Fossey, American zoologist and anthropologist (died 1985)
  • 1933 – Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, and critic (died 2004)
  • 1934 – Bob Bogle, American rock guitarist and bass player (died 2009)
  • 1934 – Marilyn Horne, American soprano and actress
  • 1935 – A. J. Foyt, American race car driver
  • 1935 – Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (died 2015)
  • 1936 – Michael White, Scottish actor and producer (died 2016)
  • 1937 – Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver (died 2011)
  • 1937 – Francis George, American cardinal (died 2015)
  • 1938 – Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic
  • 1939 – Ralph Gibson, American photographer
  • 1941 – Claire Gordon, English actress and comedian (died 2015){{cite news|title=Claire Gordon, actress - obituary|work=The Telegraph|date=24 April 2015|accessdate=16 January 2024|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11561446/Claire-Gordon-actress-obituary.html/1000}}
  • 1941 – Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1942 – René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager (died 2016)
  • 1942 – Barbara Lynn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1943 – Michael Attwell, English actor (died 2006){{cite news|last=Hayward|first=Anthony|title=Michael Attwell, Actor and political cartoonist|work=The Independent|date=25 March 2006|accessdate=16 January 2024|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michael-attwell-6105684.html}}
  • 1943 – Gavin Bryars, English bassist and composer
  • 1943 – Brian Ferneyhough, British composer{{cite web|url=http://composers21.com/compdocs/ferneyhb.htm|title=Brian Ferneyhough|work=The Living Composers Project|access-date=15 January 2023}}
  • 1943 – Ronnie Milsap, American singer and pianist{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 16, 2023 includes celebrities Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kate Moss |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-16-2023-includes-celebrities-lin-manuel-miranda-kate-moss.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=15 January 2024 |date=16 January 2023}}
  • 1944 – Dieter Moebius, Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (died 2015)
  • 1944 – Jim Stafford, American singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1944 – Jill Tarter, American astronomer and biologist
  • 1944 – Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (died 2014)
  • 1945 – Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2020)
  • 1946 – Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
  • 1946 – Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano and actress
  • 1947 – Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy, English academic and politician
  • 1947 – Harvey Proctor, English politician
  • 1947 – Laura Schlessinger, American physiologist, talk show host, and author
  • 1948 – John Carpenter, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
  • 1948 – Ants Laaneots, Estonian general
  • 1948 – Ruth Reichl, American journalist and critic
  • 1948 – Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
  • 1949 – Anne F. Beiler, American businesswoman, founded Auntie Anne's
  • 1949 – R. F. Foster, Irish historian and academic
  • 1949 – Andrew Refshauge, Australian physician and politician, 13th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
  • 1950 – Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
  • 1950 – Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and producer (died 2010)
  • 1952 – Fuad II, King of Egypt{{cite book|title=Political Handbook and Atlas of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yi0IAQAAIAAJ|year=1953|publisher=Harvard University Press and Yale University Press|page=61}}
  • 1952 – Piercarlo Ghinzani, Italian racing driver and manager
  • 1953 – Robert Jay Mathews, American militant, founded The Order (died 1984)
  • 1954 – Robin Davies, Welsh actor (died 2010){{cite news|last=Hayward|first=Anthony|title=Robin Davies: Actor who found fame alongside Wendy Craig and Catweazle|work=The Independent|date=10 May 2010|accessdate=16 January 2024|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/robin-davies-actor-who-found-fame-alongside-wendy-craig-and-catweazle-1969891.html}}
  • 1954 – Wolfgang Schmidt, German discus thrower
  • 1954 – Vasili Zhupikov, Russian footballer and coach (died 2015)
  • 1955 – Jerry M. Linenger, American captain, physician, and astronaut
  • 1956 – Wayne Daniel, Barbadian cricketer
  • 1956 – Gerald Henderson, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Gerald Henderson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76993/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=15 January 2024}}
  • 1956 – Martin Jol, Dutch footballer and manager{{cite web |url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/l/l92885.html |title=Jol: Maarten Cornelis Jol: Manager |publisher=BDFutbol |access-date=21 December 2017}}
  • 1956 – Greedy Smith, Australian singer-songwriter and keyboardist (died 2019)
  • 1957 – Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer and manager
  • 1957 – Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1958 – Anatoli Boukreev, Russian mountaineer and explorer (died 1997)
  • 1958 – Lena Ek, Swedish lawyer and politician, ninth Swedish Minister for the Environment
  • 1958 – Andris Šķēle, Latvian businessman and politician, fourth Prime Minister of Latvia
  • 1959 – Lisa Milroy, Canadian painter and educator
  • 1959 – Sade, Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1961 – Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (died 2006)
  • 1962 – Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian electrician and politician, 51st Australian Minister of Defence
  • 1962 – Maxine Jones, American R&B singer–songwriter and actress
  • 1963 – James May, English journalist and television presenter{{cite web|title=My Secret Life: James May, TV presenter, age 45|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-james-may-tv-presenter-age-45-943442.html|website=The Independent|access-date=16 January 2018|date=27 September 2008}}
  • 1964 – Gail Graham, Canadian golfer
  • 1966 – Jack McDowell, American baseball player
  • 1968 – David Chokachi, American actor
  • 1968 – Rebecca Stead, American author
  • 1969 – Marinus Bester, German footballer
  • 1969 – Stevie Jackson, Scottish guitarist and songwriter
  • 1969 – Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
  • 1970 – Don MacLean, American basketball player and sportscaster{{cite web |title=Don MacLean |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/931/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=15 January 2024}}
  • 1971 – Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player and coach
  • 1971 – Josh Evans, American film producer, screenwriter and actor
  • 1971 – Jonathan Mangum, American actor
  • 1972 – Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
  • 1972 – Ang Christou, Australian footballer
  • 1972 – Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer and manager
  • 1972 – Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer and manager
  • 1972 – Joe Horn, American football player and coach
  • 1972 – Richard T. Jones, American actor
  • 1973 – Josie Davis, American actress
  • 1974 – Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer
  • 1975 – Marc Jackson, American basketball player and sportscaster{{cite web |title=Marc Jackson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1531/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=15 January 2024}}
  • 1976 – Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver
  • 1976 – Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer
  • 1977 – Jeff Foster, American basketball player
  • 1978 – Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
  • 1979 – Aaliyah, American singer and actress (died 2001)
  • 1979 – Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1979 – Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1980 – Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor, playwright, and composer
  • 1980 – Albert Pujols, Dominican-American baseball player
  • 1980 – Seydou Keita, Malian footballer{{cite web | title=Seydou Keita|url=https://players.fcbarcelona.com/es/jugador/443-keita-seydou-keita|access-date=18 January 2024}}
  • 1981 – Jamie Lundmark, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1981 – Paul Rofe, Australian cricketer
  • 1981 – Nick Valensi, American musician and songwriter
  • 1981 – Bobby Zamora, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=17253|title=Bobby Zamora|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=13 January 2020}}
  • 1982 – Preston, English singer-songwriter
  • 1982 – Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress
  • 1982 – Tuncay, Turkish footballer
  • 1983 – Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
  • 1983 – Andriy Rusol, Ukrainian footballer
  • 1984 – Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
  • 1984 – Miroslav Radović, Serbian footballer
  • 1985 – Joe Flacco, American football player{{cite news |title=Wacko 4 Flacco: The Story of Joe Flacco |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/83975-wacko-4-flacco-the-story-of-joe-flacco |access-date=May 11, 2021 |work=Bleacher Report |date=November 20, 2008}}
  • 1985 – Jayde Herrick, Australian cricketer
  • 1985 – Gintaras Januševičius, Russian-Lithuanian pianist
  • 1985 – Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor
  • 1985 – Jonathan Richter, Danish-Gambian footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=10813|title=danskfodbold.com - DBU's Officielle Statistikere|website=www.danskfodbold.com}}
  • 1985 – Simon Richter, Danish-Gambian footballer{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/simon-richter/11774/|title=Gambia - S. Richter - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com}}
  • 1985 – Renée Felice Smith, American actress
  • 1986 – Johannes Rahn, German footballer
  • 1986 – Mark Trumbo, American baseball player
  • 1986 – Reto Ziegler, Swiss footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=39325|title=Reto Ziegler|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=13 January 2020}}
  • 1987 – Jake Epstein, Canadian actor
  • 1987 – Charlotte Henshaw, English swimmer
  • 1987 – Greivis Vásquez, Venezuelan basketball player{{cite web |title=Greivis Vasquez |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202349/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=15 January 2024}}
  • 1988 – Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
  • 1988 – Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
  • 1988 – FKA Twigs, English singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1990 – Dennis Kelly, American football player{{cite web |title=Dennis Kelly |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15054/dennis-kelly |publisher=ESPN |access-date=15 January 2024}}
  • 1991 – Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1992 – Jason Zucker, American ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Jason Zucker |url=https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/player/jason-zucker-8475722 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=15 January 2024}}
  • 1993 – Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
  • 1993 – Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
  • 1993 – Sungjin, South Korean musician{{cite web|title=데이식스, 대만 가오슝 흔들었다 "좋은 감정 가득해"|url=https://news.jtbc.co.kr/article/NB12232954?influxDiv=NAVER|work=JTBC News|date=22 January 2025|access-date=26 February 2025|language=ko}}
  • 1994 – Mikko Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Mikko Lehtonen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mikko-lehtonen-8482247 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=15 January 2024}}
  • 1995 – Jonathan Allen, American football player{{cite web |title=Jonathan Allen |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3054840/jonathan-allen |publisher=ESPN |access-date=15 January 2024}}
  • 1995 – Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
  • 1995 – Tre'Davious White, American football player{{cite web |title=Tre'Davious White |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3042717/tre'davious-white |publisher=ESPN |access-date=15 January 2024}}
  • 1996 – Jennie, South Korean singer
  • 1996 – Zhou Qi, Chinese basketball player{{cite web |title=Zhou Qi |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627753/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=15 January 2024}}
  • 1998 – Boo Seung-kwan, South Korean singer{{cite web|url=https://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=승관&sm=ppl_cts&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=2692681|script-title=ko:승관 :: 네이버 인물검색|trans-title=Seungkwan :: Naver People Search|access-date=June 7, 2021|website=Naver People Search|archive-date=June 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607100629/https://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EC%8A%B9%EA%B4%80&sm=ppl_cts&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=2692681|url-status=dead}}
  • 2000 – Andrew Nembhard, Canadian basketball player{{cite web |title=Andrew Nembhard |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629614/andrew-nembhard |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=15 January 2024}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1901 – Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (born 1825)
  • 1901 – Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (born 1827)
  • 1901 – Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (born 1822)
  • 1901 – Mahadev Govind Ranade, Indian scholar, social reformer, judge and author (born 1842){{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Ranade, Mahadeo Govind |volume=22 |page=884}}
  • 1906 – Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (born 1834)
  • 1917 – George Dewey, American admiral (born 1837)
  • 1919 – Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, fifth President of Brazil (born 1848)
  • 1933 – Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (born 1867)
  • 1936 – Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (born 1870)
  • 1938 – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (born 1876)
  • 1942 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (born 1850)
  • 1942 – Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (born 1885)
  • 1942 – Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (born 1908)
  • 1942 – Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (born 1899)
  • 1957 – Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada (born 1874)
  • 1957 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (born 1867)
  • 1959 – Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and author (born 1887)
  • 1961 – Max Schöne, German swimmer (born 1880)
  • 1962 – Frank Hurley, Australian photographer, director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1885)
  • 1962 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect, designed the Monument to the Unknown Hero (born 1883)
  • 1967 – Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic (born 1901)
  • 1968 – Bob Jones Sr., American evangelist, founded Bob Jones University (born 1883)
  • 1968 – Panagiotis Poulitsas, Greek archaeologist and judge (born 1881)
  • 1969 – Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (born 1903)
  • 1971 – Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (born 1890)
  • 1972 – Teller Ammons, American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (born 1895)
  • 1972 – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (born 1919)
  • 1973 – Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (born 1907)
  • 1975 – Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (born 1888)
  • 1978 – A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1890)
  • 1981 – Bernard Lee, English actor (born 1908){{Cite book |last1= Lloyd |first1= Ann|last2= Fuller |first2=Graham|last3= Desser |first3= Arnold |title= The Illustrated who's who of the cinema |year=1983 |publisher=Orbis Publishing |location=London |isbn= 978-0-85613-521-7 }}
  • 1983 – Virginia Mauret, American musician and dancer
  • 1986 – Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (born 1892)
  • 1987 – Bertram Wainer, Australian physician and activist (born 1928)
  • 1988 – Andrija Artuković, Croatian politician, war criminal, and Porajmos perpetrator, first Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (born 1899)
  • 1990 – Lady Eve Balfour, British farmer, educator, and founding figure in the organic movement (born 1898){{cite book|first=Catharine M. C.|last=Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|page=16}}
  • 1995 – Eric Mottram, English poet and critic (born 1924)
  • 1996 – Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (born 1903)
  • 1996 – Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher (born 1914)
  • 1999 – Jim McClelland, Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th Minister for Industry and Science (born 1915)
  • 2000 – Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and academic (born 1914)
  • 2001 – Auberon Waugh, English author and journalist (born 1939)
  • 2002 – Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (born 1916)
  • 2003 – Richard Wainwright, English politician (born 1918)
  • 2004 – Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (born 1930)
  • 2005 – Marjorie Williams, American journalist and author (born 1958)
  • 2006 – Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician (born 1923)
  • 2009 – Joe Erskine, American boxer and runner (born 1930)
  • 2009 – John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (born 1923){{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4269779/Sir-John-Mortimer-Writer-by-choice-lawyer-at-his-fathers-behest.html |title=Sir John Mortimer (Obituary) |last=Smith |first=Benedict |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206103706/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4269779/Sir-John-Mortimer-Writer-by-choice-lawyer-at-his-fathers-behest.html |archive-date=6 February 2016 |url-status=live |website=telegraph.co.uk |date=16 January 2009}}
  • 2009 – Andrew Wyeth, American painter (born 1917){{cite web| url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/jan/19/andrew-wyeth-obituary| title=Andrew Wyeth|author=Michael McNay |author-link=Michael McNay|work=The Guardian| date=19 January 2009|access-date=16 November 2020}}
  • 2010 – Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (born 1923)
  • 2010 – Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator (born 1926)
  • 2012 – Joe Bygraves, Jamaican-English boxer (born 1931)
  • 2012 – Jimmy Castor, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (born 1940)
  • 2012 – Sigursteinn Gíslason, Icelandic footballer and manager (born 1968)
  • 2012 – Lorna Kesterson, American journalist and politician (born 1925)
  • 2012 – Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch pianist, conductor, and musicologist (born 1928)
  • 2013 – Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (born 1930)
  • 2013 – André Cassagnes, French technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (born 1926)
  • 2013 – Gussie Moran, American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1923)
  • 2013 – Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (born 1918)
  • 2013 – Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (born 1923)
  • 2014 – Gary Arlington, American author and illustrator (born 1938)
  • 2014 – Ruth Duccini, American actress (born 1918)
  • 2014 – Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (born 1931)
  • 2014 – Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (born 1922)
  • 2015 – Miriam Akavia, Polish-Israeli author and translator (born 1927)
  • 2015 – Yao Beina, Chinese singer (born 1981)
  • 2016 – Joannis Avramidis, Greek sculptor (born 1922)
  • 2016 – Ted Marchibroda, American football player and coach (born 1931)
  • 2017 – Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1934)
  • 2018 – Ed Doolan, British radio presenter (born 1941){{cite news|title=BBC WM presenter Ed Doolan dies aged 76 after dementia battle|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-42701795|access-date=16 January 2018|work=BBC News|date=16 January 2018}}
  • 2018 – Oliver Ivanović, Kosovo Serb politician (born 1953){{cite news|title=Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic gunned down in Kosovo|url=http://www.dw.com/en/serb-politician-oliver-ivanovic-gunned-down-in-kosovo/a-42162269|access-date=16 January 2018|work=dw.com|publisher=Deutsche Wellle|date=16 January 2018}}
  • 2019 – John C. Bogle, American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1929){{cite news|title=John C. Bogle, Founder of Financial Giant Vanguard, Is Dead at 89|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/obituaries/john-bogle-vanguard-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/obituaries/john-bogle-vanguard-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|last=Wyatt|first=Edward|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 16, 2019|access-date=January 19, 2019}}{{cbignore}}
  • 2019 – Lorna Doom, American musician (born 1958){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/germs-bassist-lorna-doom-dead-780323/|title=Germs Bassist Lorna Doom Dead at 60|first1=Althea|last1=Legaspi|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 17, 2019}}
  • 2019 – Chris Wilson, Australian musician (born 1956){{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/magnificent-australian-chris-wilson-dies-after-cancer-diagnosis-20190117-p50rx1.html|title='Magnificent Australian': Chris Wilson dies after cancer diagnosis|first=Broede|last=Carmody|date=January 17, 2019|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
  • 2020 – Christopher Tolkien, British academic and editor (born 1924){{cite web |last1=Garth |first1=John |title=Christopher Tolkien obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/20/christopher-tolkien-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=22 January 2020 |date=20 January 2020}}
  • 2021 – Pedro Trebbau, German-born Venezuelan zoologist (born 1929){{Cite web|date=16 January 2021|title=Falleció Pedro Trebbau, reconocido zoólogo venezolano de origen alemán|url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/fallecio-pedro-trebbau-reconocido-zoologo-venezolano-de-origen-aleman/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=17 January 2021|website=El Nacional|language=es-VE}}
  • 2021 – Chris Cramer, British journalist (born 1948){{Cite web|author=Michael Holmes|title=Chris Cramer, veteran journalist and former CNN executive, dies aged 73|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/media/chris-cramer-death-intl/index.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=CNN|date=17 January 2021 }}
  • 2021 – Phil Spector, American record producer, songwriter (born 1939){{Cite web|title=Notable deaths in 2021 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2021-idUSRTR4Z4Y0|access-date=2021-02-27|website=www.reuters.com}}
  • 2022 – Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Former Malian President (born 1945){{Cite web|author=Stephanie Busari and Eleanor Pickston|title=Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita dies at 76|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/16/africa/mali-ibrahim-boubacar-keita-death-intl/index.html|access-date=2022-01-18|website=CNN|date=16 January 2022 }}
  • 2025 – Dame Joan Plowright, English actress (born 1929){{cite news|last1=Youngs|first1=Ian|title=Acting legend Dame Joan Plowright dies at 95 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyppre55gyo|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=17 January 2025}}
  • 2025 – Bob Uecker, American professional baseball catcher and sportscaster (born 1934){{cite web | last=Sandomir | first=Richard | title=Bob Uecker, Clubhouse Wit-Turned-Popular Sportscaster, Dies at 90 | website=The New York Times | date=2025-01-16 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/sports/bob-uecker-dead.html/ | access-date=2025-05-03}}

Holidays and observances

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