January 26

Events

=Pre-1600=

661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.{{cite book |last=Madelung |first=Wilferd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2QKBUwBUWWkC&pg=PA308 |title=The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-521-64696-3 |pages=308 |author-link=Wilferd Madelung}}
1531 – The 6.4–7.1 {{M|w|link=y}} Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.{{cite journal |title=The 1531 Lisbon earthquake and tsunami |author=Miranda, J. |author2=Batlló, J. |author3=Ferreira, H. |author4=Matias, L.M. |author5=Baptista, M.A. |name-list-style=amp |journal=15 Wcee |year=2012 |url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/article/WCEE2012_0685.pdf |access-date=2021-08-31 |archive-date=2022-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006171252/https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/article/WCEE2012_0685.pdf |url-status=live}}{{cite book |author=Bharatdwaj, K. |title=Physical Geography: Introduction To Earth |year=2006 |publisher=Discovery Publishing House |isbn=9788183561631 |page=275 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dC7qhGQpBYkC&pg=PA275}}
1564 – The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.Jackson, Samuel Macauley, ed. (1914). [https://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/encyc/encyc12/htm/ii.ii.htm "Trent, Council of"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928044140/https://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/encyc/encyc12/htm/ii.ii.htm |date=2021-09-28 }}. New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls.
1564 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War.{{cite encyclopedia |first=Edvardas |last=Gudavičius |authorlink=Edvardas Gudavičius |editor-first=Jonas |editor-last=Zinkus |encyclopedia=Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija |title=Ulos mūšis |year=1985–1988 |publisher=Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija |volume=4 |location=Vilnius |page=374 |lccn=86232954 |display-editors=etal |language=lt}}

=1601–1900=

1699 – For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers.{{cite encyclopedia |first=Gábor |last=Ágoston |title=Treaty of Karlowitz |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire |publisher=Infobase Publishing |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjzYdCxumFcC&pg=PA309 |pages=309–10 |isbn=978-0816-06259-1}}
1700 – The 8.7–9.2 {{M|w|link=y}} Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.{{cite book |author1=Atwater, Brian F. |title=The orphan tsunami of 1700—Japanese clues to a parent earthquake in North America |author2=Musumi-Rokkaku, Satoko |author3=Satake, Kenji |author4=Tsuji, Yoshinobu |author5=Ueda, Kazue |author6=Yamaguchi, David K. |date=2015 |publisher=United States Geological Survey |edition=Second |series=Professional Paper |page=146, Japanese |doi=10.3133/pp1707 |bibcode=2015orts.book.....A |hdl=2027/osu.32435085226595 |url=http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1707 |orig-year=2005 |access-date=2021-09-05 |archive-date=2021-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914153500/https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1707 |url-status=live}}
1765 – A British naval expedition arrives at and names Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands, founding a settlement there eight days later. (Arrival was 15 January 1765 O.S.){{cite book |last1=Hawkesworth |first1=John |last2=Banks |first2=Joseph |title=An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. Vol. 1 |location=London |publisher=W. Strahan and T. Cadell |date=1773 |oclc=66168420 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ttReAAAAcAAJ |pages=46–47 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Allardyce |first=William Lamond |title=The Story of the Falkland Islands: Being an Account of Their Discovery and Early History, 1500-1842 |location=Falkland Islands |publisher=Government Printing Office |date=1909 |oclc=9669488 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UiBPAQAAMAAJ |page=18 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Cawley |first=Charles |title=Colonies in Conflict: The History of the British Overseas Territories |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |date=2015 |isbn=9781443878111 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TXnWCgAAQBAJ |page=187}}
1788 – The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528212130/http://www.abc.net.au/australiaday/about_australiaday.htm |archive-date=28 May 2016 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/australiaday/about_australiaday.htm |title=What does Australia Day mean? |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}
1808 – The Rum Rebellion is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in New South Wales.{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Rum-Rebellion |title=Rum Rebellion {{!}} Australian history|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2021-03-30|archive-date=2021-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411043454/https://www.britannica.com/event/Rum-Rebellion|url-status=live}}
1837 – Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.{{cite web |title=Today in History: January 26 |url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan26.html |website=loc.gov |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=2021-09-05 |archive-date=2016-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611081338/http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan26.html |url-status=live}}
1841 – Gordon Bremer takes formal possession of Hong Kong Island at what is now Possession Point, establishing British Hong Kong.[http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/041197/base.htm Base closure to end Royal Navy's Far East presence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210104/http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/041197/base.htm |date=27 September 2007 }}, Associated Press, 4 November 1997
1855 – Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.{{cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/5637 |title=Treaty of Point No Point, 1855 |date=15 January 2004 |website=HistoryLink.org |access-date=17 April 2019 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329223627/https://www.historylink.org/File/5637 |url-status=live}}
1856 – First Battle of Seattle: Marines from the {{USS|Decatur|1839|6}} drive off American Indian attackers after all-day battle with settlers.Walt Crowley and David Wilma, [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5208 Native Americans attack Seattle on January 26, 1856] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025054701/http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5208 |date=October 25, 2007 }}, HistoryLink.org, February 15, 2003. Retrieved November 2, 2006.
1861 – American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.The text of [http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/laord.htm Louisiana's Ordinance of Secession] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012190935/http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/laord.htm |date=October 12, 2007 }}.
1863 – American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ambrose Burnside |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ambrose-Burnside |access-date=September 5, 2021 |archive-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910090745/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ambrose-Burnside |url-status=live}}
1863 – American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.{{cite book |last=Emilio |first=Luis Fenollosa |url=https://archive.org/stream/historyoffiftyfo00emil |title=History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863–1865 (2nd Edition, Revised and Correct, with Appendix upon Treatment of Colored Prisoners of War) |publisher=The Boston Book Company |year=1891 |location=Boston, MA |pages=2 |author-link=Luis F. Emilio}}
1870 – Reconstruction Era: Virginia is readmitted to the Union.{{cite web |title=Library of Virginia : Civil War Research Guide – Reconstruction |url=https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/civil-war/reconstruction |website=lva.virginia.gov |access-date=2022-12-12 |archive-date=2022-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212204732/https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/civil-war/reconstruction |url-status=live}}
1885 – Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.{{cite web |last=Hickman |first=Kennedy |title=Mahdist War: Siege of Khartoum |publisher=About education |date=18 March 2015 |url=http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/warsofthebritishempire/p/Mahdist-War-Siege-Of-Khartoum.htm |access-date=2016-07-18 |archive-date=2016-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704102704/http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/warsofthebritishempire/p/Mahdist-War-Siege-Of-Khartoum.htm |url-status=dead}}

=1901–present=

1905 – The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan, which weighs {{convert|3106.75|carat|kg}}, is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.{{cite book |last1=Bariand |first1=Pierre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BogKAQAAMAAJ |title=The Larousse Encyclopedia of Precious Gems |last2=Duchamp |first2=Michel |publisher=Van Nostrand Reinhold |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-442-30289-4 |pages=97}}
1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/historyculture/brief.htm |title=Brief Park History |publisher=National Park Service |date=n.d. |access-date=December 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008183733/https://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/historyculture/brief.htm |archive-date=October 8, 2016 |url-status=dead}}
1918 – Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.{{cite book |title=The Finnish Civil War 1918: History, Memory, Legacy |date=14 August 2014 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-28071-7 |pages=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xCJBAAAQBAJ}}
1926 – The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.{{cite web |title=Historic Figures: John Logie Baird (1888–1946) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/baird_logie.shtml |publisher=BBC |access-date=28 April 2015 |archive-date=8 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008035514/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/baird_logie.shtml |url-status=live}}
1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.{{cite web |title=Declaration of Purna Swaraj (Indian National Congress, 1930) |url=https://www.constitutionofindia.net/historical_constitutions/declaration_of_purna_swaraj__indian_national_congress__1930__26th%20January%201930 |website=Constitution of India |access-date=2021-09-06 |archive-date=2019-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715113407/http://cadindia.clpr.org.in/historical_constitutions/declaration_of_purna_swaraj__indian_national_congress__1930__26th%20January%201930 |url-status=live}}
1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Iain Cameron |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rkgIAQAAMAAJ |title=Underneath a Harlem Moon: The Harlem to Paris Years of Adelaide Hall |date=15 September 2002 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-8264-5893-3 |pages=289}}
1934 – German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed.{{cite journal |last1=Cienciala |first1=Anna M. |title=The Significance of the Declaration of Non-Aggression of January 26, 1934, in Polish-German and International Relations: A Reappraisal |journal=East European Quarterly |date=1 March 1967 |volume=1 |issue=1 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1297351025 |access-date=13 February 2021 |id={{ProQuest|1297351025}} |archive-date=31 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831003328/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1297351025 |url-status=live }}
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.Preston, Paul. Doves of War. Four women of Spain. Harper Collins. London. 2002. p. 374
1942 – World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe, landing in Northern Ireland.{{cite book |first=Antony |last=Shaw |title=World War II Day By Day |location=Staplehurst |publisher=Spellmount |year=2005 |isbn=1-86227-304-9}}{{Cite web |title=American Soldiers Arrive in the United Kingdom 1942 |url=https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/american-soldiers-arrive-united-kingdom-1942 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=The National WWII Museum {{!}} New Orleans |date=28 January 2022|archive-date=2022-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214185756/https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/american-soldiers-arrive-united-kingdom-1942 |url-status=live }}
1945 – World War II: Audie Murphy displays valor and bravery in action for which he will later be awarded the Medal of Honor.{{cite web |title=Audie Murphy's Medal of Honor Citation |url=https://www.si.edu/object/audie-murphys-medal-honor-citation:nmah_1062079 |access-date=December 14, 2022 |website=Smithsonian Museum of Natural History |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214185756/https://www.si.edu/object/audie-murphys-medal-honor-citation:nmah_1062079 |url-status=live}}
1949 – The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).{{Cite web |url=http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/about/telescopes/hale.html |title=The 200-inch Hale Telescope |website=astro.caltech.edu |access-date=2021-08-31 |archive-date=2019-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420110149/http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/about/telescopes/hale.html |url-status=live}}{{cite journal |url=http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/997/1/Telescope.pdf |last=Edison |first=Hodge |title=The 200-inch telescope takes its first pictures |journal=Engineering and Science Monthly |volume=12 |issue=8 |date=May 1949 |access-date=2021-08-31 |archive-date=2016-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018223851/http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/997/1/Telescope.pdf |url-status=live}}
1950 – The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as the first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.{{cite web |url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/introd.htm |title=Introduction to Constitution of India |access-date=14 October 2008 |publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice of India |date=29 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022161409/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/introd.htm |archive-date=22 October 2014}}
1952 – Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.{{Cite journal |last=Hassan |first=Fayza |date=24–30 January 2002 |title=Burning down the house |journal=Al-Ahram Weekly |issue=570 |access-date=2011-02-06 |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/570/sc3.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108034353/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/570/sc3.htm |archive-date=2009-11-08 |url-status=dead}}
1956 – Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.{{cite web |title=55 Years Since Return of Porkkala |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/55_years_since_return_of_porkkala/5312007 |website=Yle Uutiset |date=26 January 2011 |access-date=31 August 2021 |archive-date=30 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830234310/https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/55_years_since_return_of_porkkala/5312007 |url-status=live}}
1959 – The {{cvt|41|acre|adj=mid}} Chain Island is listed for sale by the California State Lands Commission, with a minimum bid of $5,226.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86337102/sale-of-state-land/ |date=26 January 1959 |page=24 |title=Sale of State Land |via=Newspapers.com |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |location=Sacramento, California |access-date=17 January 2023 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117213436/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86337102/sale-of-state-land/ |url-status=live}}
1962 – Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the Moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).{{cite web |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1962-001A |title=National Space Science Data Center – Ranger 3 |publisher=National Air and Space Administration |access-date=June 19, 2012 |ref=nssdc1962-001A |archive-date=January 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108223625/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1962-001A |url-status=live}}
1966 – The three Beaumont children disappear from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.{{cite web |url=https://missingpersons.gov.au/search/sa/grant-beaumont |title=Grant Beaumont |work=Missing persons |publisher=Australian Federal Police |date=2018 |access-date=10 May 2018 |archive-date=23 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123174202/https://missingpersons.gov.au/search/sa/grant-beaumont |url-status=live}}
1972 – JAT Flight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 YU-AHT Ceské Kamenice |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720126-0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619142836/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720126-0 |archive-date=2019-06-19 |access-date=2019-06-21 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
1974 – Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashes during takeoff from Izmir Cumaovası Airport (now İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport), killing 66 of the 73 people on board the Fokker F28 Fellowship.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 TC-JAO Izmir-Cumaovasi Airport (ADB) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740126-0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417194135/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740126-0 |archive-date=2022-04-17 |access-date=2021-01-23 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
1986 – The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.{{cite web |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/628581-tito-okello--the-president-who-was-kept-on-his-toes.html |title=Tito Okello: The President Who Was Kept on His Toes |access-date=16 February 2015 |date=25 January 2012 |last=Titus Kakembo |first=and Joel Ogwang |newspaper=New Vision (Kampala) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216223129/http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/628581-tito-okello--the-president-who-was-kept-on-his-toes.html |archive-date=16 February 2015}}
1991 – Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/28/world/insurgents-claiming-victory-in-somalia.html |title=Insurgents Claiming Victory in Somalia |first1=Jane |last1=Perlez |first2=Special to The New York |last2=Times |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 28, 1991 |access-date=October 28, 2017 |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028200751/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/28/world/insurgents-claiming-victory-in-somalia.html |url-status=live}}
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.Clinton, Bill. [http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3930 Response to the Lewinsky Allegations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223181444/http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3930 |date=February 23, 2009 }}, Miller Center of Public Affairs, January 26, 1998.
2001 – The 7.7 {{M|w|link=y}} Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India, leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.{{cite web |title=Preliminary Earthquake Report |publisher=United States Geological Survey |department=Earthquake Hazards Program |url=http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2001/eq_010126/ |access-date=21 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120094220/http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2001/eq_010126/ |archive-date=20 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Gujarat to set up quake memorial in Bhuj |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/gujarat-to-set-up-quake-memorial-in-bhuj-104041601028_1.html |first=Joydeep |last=Ray |date=16 April 2004 |newspaper=Business Standard |access-date=30 August 2021 |archive-date=15 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415011507/https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/gujarat-to-set-up-quake-memorial-in-bhuj-104041601028_1.html |url-status=live}}
2001 – Diane Whipple, a lacrosse coach, is killed in a dog attack in San Francisco. The resulting court case clarified the meaning of implied malice murder.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/redzonebehindthe00jone/page/138 |isbn=9780060537791 |title=Red zone : The behind-the-scenes story of the San Francisco dog mauling |year=2003 |last1=Jones |first1=Aphrodite |publisher=HarperCollins}}
2009 – Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.{{cite news |title=Anti-government protests burn two TV stations |url=http://cpj.org/2009/01/two-tv-stations-burned-in-anti-government-protests.php |work=Committee to Protect Journalists |date=26 January 2008 |access-date=1 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215183303/http://cpj.org/2009/01/two-tv-stations-burned-in-anti-government-protests.php |archive-date=15 February 2009 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Ousted Madagascar leader defiant |publisher=BBC |date=25 April 2009 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7963622.stm |access-date=14 July 2009 |archive-date=28 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328175834/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7963622.stm |url-status=live}}
2009 – Nadya Suleman gives birth to the world's first surviving octuplets.{{Cite web |title=Most children delivered at a single birth to survive |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-children-delivered-at-a-single-birth-to-survive |access-date=2021-04-16 |website=Guinness World Records |archive-date=2021-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425000451/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-children-delivered-at-a-single-birth-to-survive/ |url-status=live}}
2015 – An aircraft crashes at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.{{cite news |title=Fighter jet crash kills 10 in Spain |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30991950 |accessdate=14 November 2018 |publisher=BBC News |date=26 January 2015 |archive-date=2 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602001031/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30991950 |url-status=live}}
2015 – Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) recaptures the city of Kobanî from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), marking a turning point in the Siege of Kobanî.{{cite web |url=http://syriahr.com/en/2015/01/ypg-retakes-the-entire-city-of-ayn-al-arab-kobani-after-112-days-of-clashes-with-is-militants-2/ |title=YPG retakes the entire city of Ayn al- Arab "Kobani" after 112 days of clashes with IS militants |author=sohranas |work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights |access-date=27 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016201939/http://www.syriahr.com/en/2015/01/ypg-retakes-the-entire-city-of-ayn-al-arab-kobani-after-112-days-of-clashes-with-is-militants-2/ |archive-date=16 October 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30991612 |title=Syrian Kurds 'drive Islamic State out of Kobane' |date=26 January 2015 |access-date=26 January 2015 |publisher=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126165049/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30991612 |archive-date=26 January 2015}}
2020 – A Sikorsky S-76B flying from John Wayne Airport to Camarillo Airport crashes in Calabasas, 30 miles west of Los Angeles, killing all nine people on board, including five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-26/aircraft-slams-into-hillside-explodes-in-flames-near-calabasas |title=Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna among nine dead in helicopter crash in Calabasas |date=January 26, 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 26, 2020 |archive-date=January 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126212423/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-26/aircraft-slams-into-hillside-explodes-in-flames-near-calabasas |url-status=live}}
2021 – Protesters and farmers storm the Red Fort near Delhi, clashing with police. One protester is killed and more than 80 police officers are injured.{{cite news |title=Red Fort violence: Delhi police detain 200 after farmer protests |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55817628 |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=BBC News |date=27 January 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128142010/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55817628 |url-status=live}}

Births

=Pre-1600=

183 – Lady Zhen, wife of Cao Pi (died 221)(魏書曰： ... 后以漢光和五年十二月丁酉生。) Wei Shu annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 5.
1541 – Florent Chrestien, French poet and translator (died 1596){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Chrestien, Florent|volume=6}}
1549 – Jakob Ebert, German theologian (died 1614)Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1975). "EBERT, Jakob". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ed.). [https://www.bbkl.de/index.php/frontend/lexicon/E/Ea-Eb/ebert-jakob-55411 Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505031414/https://www.bbkl.de/index.php/frontend/lexicon/E/Ea-Eb/ebert-jakob-55411 |date=2022-05-05 }} (in German). Vol. 1. Hamm: Bautz. col. 1446. {{ISBN|3-88309-013-1}}.
1582 – Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter (died 1647){{cite book |last1=Chilvers |first1=Ian |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists |date=27 September 2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-102417-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HFExDwAAQBAJ |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=16 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016140748/https://books.google.com/books?id=HFExDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live}}

=1601–1900=

1657 – William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1737){{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Wake, William |volume=28 |pages=247-248}}
1714 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator (died 1785){{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Pigalle, Jean Baptiste |volume=21}}
1715 – Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (died 1771){{cite book |last=Cumming |first=Ian |title=Helvetius: His Life and Place in the History of Educational Thought |location=London, United Kingdom |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |orig-year=1955 |isbn=978-0-415-17765-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQ9S-xWkIBcC |page=7}}
1716 – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1785){{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Sackville, George, 1st Viscount |volume=23 |pages=975–976}}
1722 – Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author (died 1805){{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Carlyle, Alexander |volume=5 |pages=349}}
1763 – Charles XIV John of Sweden (died 1844){{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Charles XIV. |volume=5 |pages=931–932}}
1781 – Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (died 1831){{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Arnim, Ludwig Achim (Joachim) von |volume=2 |pages=630–631}}
1813 – Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet, founding father of the Dominican Republic (died 1876){{cite web |title=Biografia de Juan Pablo Duarte |url=http://institutoduartiano.com.do/biografia-de-juan-pablo-duarte/ |website=Instituto Duartiano |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121234624/http://institutoduartiano.com.do/biografia-de-juan-pablo-duarte/ |archive-date=21 January 2019 |language=es |url-status=dead}}
1824 – Emil Czyrniański, Polish chemist (died 1888){{cite book |title=Leopoldina |year=1888 |url=http://www.archive.org/stream/leopoldina24kais#page/110/mode/2up/search/111 |language=de |page=111 |access-date=27 August 2019}}
1832 – George Shiras Jr., American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (died 1924){{cite web |title=Shiras, George, Jr. |url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/shiras-george-jr |publisher=Federal Judicial Center |access-date=5 February 2024}}
1842 – François Coppée, French poet and author (died 1908){{cite book |last1=Druilhet |first1=Georges |title=Un poète français : François Coppée |date=1902 |publisher=Paris : A. Lemerre |url=https://archive.org/details/unpotefranai00drui/page/n13/mode/2up}}
1852 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (died 1905){{cite web |title=Pierre de Brazza |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-de-Brazza |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2024 |date=22 January 2024}}
1861 – Louis Anquetin, French painter (died 1932){{cite web |title=Louis Anquetin |url=https://research.rkd.nl/en/detail/https%3A%2F%2Fdata.rkd.nl%2Fartists%2F1986 |website=RKD Research – Netherlands Institute for Art History |access-date=7 March 2024}}
1863 – Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (died 1922){{cite web |first=Percival |last=Serle |title=Wade, Sir Charles Gregory (1863–1922) |via=Project Gutenberg Australia |work=Dictionary of Australian Biography |url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1500721h/0-dict-biogWa.html#wade1 |access-date=1 May 2007}}
1864 – József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (died 1934){{cite web |title=Pusztai, Jožef (1864–1934) |url=https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi476435/ |website=Slovenska biografija |access-date=7 March 2024}}
1866 – John Cady, American golfer (died 1933){{cite web |work=Olympedia |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18150 |title=Jack Cady}}
1877 – Kees van Dongen, Dutch painter (died 1968){{Cite web |url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/leonore_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=NOM&VALUE_98=%27VAN-DONGEN%27&DOM=All |title=Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Base Léonore, Archives Nationales, Culture.gouv.fr |access-date=2020-01-26 |archive-date=2017-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820020418/http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/leonore_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=NOM&VALUE_98=%27VAN-DONGEN%27&DOM=All |url-status=live}}
1880 – Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1964){{cite book |last1=MacArthur |first1=Douglas |title=Reminiscences (of) General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur |date=1 January 1964 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Book Co |pages=14 |url=https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofg0000doug/page/14/mode/2up}}
1885 – Harry Ricardo, English engineer and academic (died 1974){{Cite journal |last1=Hawthorne |first1=W. |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1976.0016 |title=Harry Ralph Ricardo 26 January 1885 -- 18 May 1974 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=22 |pages=358–380 |year=1976 |s2cid=72679446}}
1885 – Per Thorén, Swedish figure skater (died 1962){{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/98248 |title=Per Thorén |work=Olympedia |access-date=20 September 2024}}
1887 – François Faber, French-Luxembourgish cyclist (died 1915){{cite book |date=2006 |first1=Pascal |isbn=2-296-00847-X |language=fr |last1=Leroy |location=Paris |publisher=L'Harmattan |series=Espaces et Temps du sport |title=François Faber, du Tour de France au champ d'honneur}}
1887 – Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (died 1947){{cite encyclopedia |title=March Mitscher |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marc-A-Mitscher |access-date=20 September 2024}}
1891 – Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss (died 1973){{Cite book |last=Katz |first=Leonard |title=Uncle Frank: The Biography of Frank Costello |location=New York |publisher=Drake Publishers |year=1973 |isbn=0-87749-549-1 |lccn=73-5943 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/unclefrankbiogra0000katz |page=31}}
1891 – August Froehlich, German priest and martyr (died 1942){{cite web |publisher=German Resistance Memorial Center |title=Biographie |url=https://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index_of_persons/biographie/view-bio/august-froehlich/}}
1891 – Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic (died 1976){{Cite journal |last1=Eccles |first1=John |author-link1=John Eccles (neurophysiologist) |last2=Feindel |first2=William |author-link2=William Feindel |year=1978 |title=Wilder Graves Penfield 26 January 1891-5 April 1976 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=24 |pages=472–513 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1978.0015 |pmid=11615742 |doi-access=free}}
1892 – Bessie Coleman, American pilot (died 1926){{cite book |first=Linda |last=Barr |title=Bessie Coleman: Pioneer Pilot |location=Columbus, Ohio |publisher=Zaner-Bloser |year=2004 |page=6 |isbn=978-0-73672-039-7}}
1893 – Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss (died 1976)
1899 – Günther Reindorff, Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator (died 1974)
1900 – Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (died 1967)

=1901–present=

1902 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (died 1940)
1904 – Ancel Keys, American physiologist and nutritionist (died 2004)
1904 – Seán MacBride, Irish lawyer and politician, Irish Minister for External Affairs Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
1905 – Charles Lane, American actor and singer (died 2007)
1905 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (died 1987){{cite encyclopedia |editor=Commire, Anne |title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia |volume=16 |year=2002 |publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group |location=Waterford |isbn=978-0-78764-075-0 |page=77}}
1907 – Rex Connor, Australian politician (died 1977)
1907 – Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest and philologist (died 2001)
1908 – Jill Esmond, English actress (died 1990)
1908 – Rupprecht Geiger, German painter and sculptor (died 2009)
1908 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (died 1997)
1908 – Robert Halperin, American yachtsman (died 1985){{Cite web |title=Bob Halperin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62256 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=20 March 2024}}
1910 – Jean Image, Hungarian-French animator, director, and screenwriter (died 1989)
1911 – Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
1911 – Norbert Schultze, German composer and conductor (died 2002)
1913 – Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (died 1990)
1914 – Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire (died 2006)
1915 – William Hopper, American actor (died 1970)
1917 – Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain (died 2014){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 26: David Strathairn, Sasha Banks |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/26/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-26-David-Strathairn-Sasha-Banks/2321674742788/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=25 January 2024 |date=26 January 2023}}
1918 – Philip José Farmer, American author (died 2009)
1919 – Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (died 1949)
1919 – Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (died 2004)
1919 – Hyun Soong-jong, South Korean politician, 24th Prime Minister of South Korea (died 2020)
1920 – Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author (died 2009)
1921 – Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (died 2005)
1921 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (died 1999)
1921 – Veikko Uusimäki, Finnish actor and theater councilor (died 2008){{cite web |url=https://www.hs.fi/muistot/art-2000002624545.html |title=Veikko Uusimäki – Muistot |work=Helsingin Sanomat |url-access=subscription |date=25 May 2008 |access-date=9 July 2023 |language=fi}}
1922 – Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter (died 1996)
1922 – Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (died 1993)
1922 – Gil Merrick, English footballer (died 2010)
1923 – Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral (died 2014)
1923 – Anne Jeffreys, American actress and singer (died 2017)
1924 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (died 2014){{cite web |title=Alice Babs {{!}} Discover music on NTS |url=https://www.nts.live/artists/3832-alice-babs |website=NTS Radio |access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603012438/https://www.nts.live/artists/3832-alice-babs |url-status=live }}
1924 – Anahid Ajemian, American violinist (died 2016){{cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/arts/music/anahid-ajemian-violinist-and-new-music-champion-dies-at-92.html |title=Anahid Ajemian, Violinist and New-Music Champion, Dies at 92 |work=The New York Times |date=30 June 2016 |accessdate=1 July 2016}}
1924 – Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (died 1998)
1925 – David Jenkins, English bishop and theologian (died 2016)
1925 – Joan Leslie, American actress (died 2015)
1925 – Paul Newman, American actor, activist, director, race car driver, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own (died 2008)
1925 – Ben Pucci, American football player and sportscaster (died 2013)
1925 – Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (died 2004)
1926 – Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani linguist and scholar (died 2013)
1926 – Joseph Bacon Fraser Jr., American architect and businessman, co-founded the Sea Pines Company (died 2014)
1927 – José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (died 2005)
1927 – Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout (died 1985)
1927 – Hubert Schieth, German footballer and manager (died 2013)
1928 – Roger Vadim, French actor and director (died 2000)
1929 – Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator (died 2025){{Cite news |last=Webster |first=Andy |date=January 21, 2025 |title=Jules Feiffer, Acerbic Cartoonist, Writer and Much Else, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/arts/jules-feiffer-dead.html |access-date=January 21, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
1933 – Donald Sarason, American mathematician (died 2017){{Cite web |url=https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/in-memoriam/files/don-sarason.html |title=In Memoriam, Donald E. Sarason |date=2020 |author=Christ, Michael |publisher=University of California |website=senate.universityofcalifornia.edu |access-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204082305/https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/in-memoriam/files/don-sarason.html |url-status=live}}
1934 – Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and publisher (died 2020)
1934 – Charles Marowitz, American director, playwright, and critic (died 2014)
1934 – Huey "Piano" Smith, American pianist and songwriter (died 2023)
1934 – Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster and actor (died 2025){{Cite web |last=Li |first=David K. |date=January 16, 2025 |title=Bob Uecker, beloved baseball announcer and 'Major League' actor, dies at 90 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bob-uecker-beloved-baseball-announcer-major-league-actor-dies-90-rcna187969 |access-date=January 17, 2025 |website=NBC News |language=en}}
1935 – Corrado Augias, Italian journalist and politician
1935 – Henry Jordan, American football player (died 1977)
1935 – Paula Rego, Portuguese-born British visual artist (died 2022)
1936 – Sal Buscema, American illustrator
1937 – Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leonean soldier and politician, 2nd President of Sierra Leone (died 2003)
1938 – Henry Jaglom, English-American director and screenwriter
1940 – Séamus Hegarty, Irish bishop (died 2019)
1940 – Frank Large, English footballer and cricketer (died 2003){{cite web |url=https://www.fulhamweb.co.uk/player/443/frank-large.aspx |title=Frank Large |website=fulhamweb.co.uk |access-date=25 January 2020 |archive-date=25 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125152917/https://www.fulhamweb.co.uk/player/443/frank-large.aspx |url-status=live}}
1943 – César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2005)
1943 – Jack Warner, Trinidadian businessman and politician
1944 – Angela Davis, American activist, academic, and author{{cite web |title=Angela Davis |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/angela-davis |website=Encyclopædia Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |date=25 March 2020 |archive-date=4 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604225411/https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/angela-davis |url-status=live}}
1944 – Jerry Sandusky, American football coach and criminal
1945 – Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (died 1987)
1945 – David Purley, English race car driver (died 1985)
1946 – Susan Friedlander, American mathematician
1946 – Christopher Hampton, Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright
1946 – Gene Siskel, American journalist and film critic (died 1999)
1947 – Patrick Dewaere, French actor and composer (died 1982)
1947 – Les Ebdon, English chemist and academic
1947 – Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin, Irish director, producer, and production manager
1947 – Richard Portnow, American actor
1947 – Michel Sardou, French singer-songwriter and actor
1948 – Alda Facio, Costa Rican jurist, writer and teacher
1948 – Corky Laing, Canadian rock drummer
1949 – Jonathan Carroll, American author
1949 – David Strathairn, American actor{{cite web |title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 21-27 |url=https://apnews.com/article/celebrity-birthdays-january-2024-ridgeley-aa6328b357cba02490472eabae8dd890 |work=Associated Press News |date=16 January 2024}}
1950 – Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (died 2008)
1950 – Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (died 2004){{cite web |title=Ivan Hlinka |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ivan-hlinka-8447868 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=25 January 2024}}
1950 – Jack Youngblood, American football player{{cite web |title=Jack Youngblood |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/jack-youngblood/ |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=19 January 2023 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119183619/https://www.profootballhof.com/players/jack-youngblood/ |url-status=live}}
1951 – David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1951 – Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2010)
1951 – Anne Mills, English economist and academic
1952 – Tom Henderson, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Tom Henderson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76996/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=25 January 2024}}
1953 – Alik L. Alik, Micronesian politician, 7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
1953 – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark
1953 – Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
1955 – Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2020)
1957 – Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler (died 2003)
1958 – Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter
1958 – Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
1960 – Charlie Gillingham, American musician
1961 – Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Tom Keifer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Guo Jian, Chinese-Australian painter, sculptor, and photographer
1962 – Tim May, Australian cricketer
1962 – Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer and manager
1963 – Jazzie B, British DJ and music producer
1963 – José Mourinho, Portuguese footballer and manager
1963 – Simon O'Donnell, Australian footballer, cricketer, and sportscaster
1963 – Tony Parks, English footballer and manager
1963 – Andrew Ridgeley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Adam Crozier, Scottish businessman
1964 – Paul Johansson, American-Canadian actor
1965 – Kevin McCarthy, American politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives{{cite web |title=MCCARTHY, Kevin |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/18801 |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=19 January 2023 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119183618/https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/18801 |url-status=live}}
1965 – Thomas Östros, Swedish businessman and politician
1965 – Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast and coach
1966 – Kazushige Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
1967 – Bryan Callen, American comedian, actor, and writer
1967 – Anatoly Komm, Russian chef and businessman
1967 – Col Needham, English businessman, co-founded Internet Movie Database
1968 – Jupiter Apple, Brazilian singer-songwriter, film director, and actor (died 2015)
1969 – George Dikeoulakos, Greek-Romanian basketball player and coach
1970 – Kirk Franklin, American singer-songwriter and producer
1972 – Nate Mooney, American actor
1973 – Jennifer Crystal Foley, American actress
1973 – Larissa Lowing, Canadian artistic gymnast{{cite web |title=Larissa LOWING – Olympic Gymnastics Artistic {{!}} Canada |url=https://www.olympic.org/larissa-lowing |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=13 January 2020|date=14 June 2016 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802180501/https://www.olympic.org/larissa-lowing |url-status=live }}
1973 – Melvil Poupaud, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1973 – Brendan Rodgers, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1973 – Mayu Shinjo, Japanese author and illustrator
1976 – Gilles Marini, French actor
1977 – Vince Carter, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Vince Carter Stats, Video, Bio, Profile |url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/vince_carter/ |website=NBA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303093127/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/vince_carter/ |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead}}
1977 – Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player and coach[https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/G354/overview|Justin Gimestob] at the Association of Tennis Professionals
1978 – Esteban Germán, Dominican baseball player{{cite web |title=Esteban German |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/esteban-german-407397 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=25 January 2024}}
1978 – Corina Morariu, American tennis player and sportscaster{{cite news |title=WTA Profile |work=wtatennis.com |access-date=19 March 2012 |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/player/corina-morariu_2257889_5433 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413013633/http://www.wtatennis.com/player/corina-morariu_2257889_5433 |archive-date=13 April 2012}}
1978 – Andrés Torres, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Andres Torres |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/andres-torres-400083 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=25 January 2024}}
1979 – Sara Rue, American actress
1981 – José de Jesús Corona, Mexican footballer{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Mexico |publisher=FIFA |page=18 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}
1981 – Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor{{cite web |last1=Swed |first1=Mark |title=Review: Gustavo Dudamel celebrates his 36th birthday with some Schoenberg |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-phil-review-20170127-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=27 January 2017}}
1981 – Juan José Haedo, Argentine cyclist{{cite web |title=Juan José HAEDO |url=https://www.uci.org/rider-details/22122 |website=UCI |access-date=8 July 2023}}
1981 – Colin O'Donoghue, Irish actor{{cite web |title=Colin O'Donoghue on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/colinodonoghue1 |via=Twitter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022074511/https://twitter.com/colinodonoghue1 |archive-date=22 October 2022}}{{cite news |url=http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Colin-ODonoghues-Rite-of-passage-114192959.html?page=2 |title=Colin O'Donoghue's 'Rite' of Passage |publisher=IrishCentral |date=19 January 2011 |access-date=1 February 2012 |author=O'Doherty, Cahir}}
1983 – Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer{{cite web |title=Petri Oravainen |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/petri-oravainen/31449/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=8 July 2023}}
1983 – Eric Werner, American ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Eric Werner |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/11532/eric-werner |website=Elite Prospects |access-date=8 July 2023}}
1984 – Ryan Hoffman, Australian rugby league player{{cite web |title=Official NRL profile of Ryan Hoffman for Melbourne Storm |url=https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/ryan-hoffman/ |website=Melbourne Storm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305202756/https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/ryan-hoffman/ |archive-date=5 March 2018}}
1984 – Iain Turner, Scottish footballer{{Soccerbase |id=22030 |name=Iain Turner}}
1984 – Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer{{cite web |title=Luo Xuejuan Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/luo-xuejuan-1.html |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165558/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/luo-xuejuan-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020}}
1985 – Heather Stanning, English rower{{FISA | 30174 | Heather Stanning}}
1986 – Gerald Green, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Gerald Green |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101123 |website=NBA |access-date=7 July 2023}}
1986 – Kim Jae-joong, South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, and director{{cite web |title=Profile |url=https://jaefans.com/profile |website=J-JUN JAPAN OFFICIAL SITE |access-date=7 July 2023 |language=ja}}
1986 – Mustapha Yatabaré, French-Malian footballer{{cite web |title=Mustapha Yatabaré |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/122006/mustapha-yatabare |publisher=ESPN |access-date=7 July 2023}}
1987 – Sebastian Giovinco, Italian footballer{{cite web |title=Sebastian Giovinco |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=48935 |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=7 July 2023}}
1987 – Héctor Noesí, Dominican baseball player{{cite web |title=Hector Noesí |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/hector-noesi-456051 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=25 January 2024}}
1988 – Dan Bailey, American football player{{cite web |title=Dan Bailey |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14322/dan-bailey |publisher=ESPN |access-date=25 January 2024}}
1988 – Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Greek high jumper{{cite web |title=Dimitrios CHONDROKOUKIS |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14195149 |website=World Athletics |access-date=7 July 2023}}
1989 – MarShon Brooks, American basketball player{{cite web |title=MarShon Brooks |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202705 |website=NBA |access-date=7 July 2023}}
1989 – Emily Hughes, American figure skater{{cite web |url=http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100056&mode=I |title=Emily Hughes |publisher=IceNetwork.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519075846/http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100056&mode=I |archivedate=May 19, 2011 |url-status=unfit}}
1989 – Torrey Smith, American football player{{cite web |title=Torrey Smith |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14032/torrey-smith |publisher=ESPN |access-date=25 January 2024}}
1990 – Brandon Bolden, American football player{{cite web |title=Brandon Bolden |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15478/brandon-bolden |publisher=ESPN |access-date=25 January 2024}}
1990 – Sergio Pérez, Mexican race car driver{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Sergio_Perez |title=Sergio Perez |publisher=Racing Reference |access-date=9 October 2018 |archive-date=10 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010011415/https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Sergio_Perez |url-status=live}}
1990 – Peter Sagan, Slovak professional cyclist{{cite web |title=Peter Sagan {{!}} Team TotalEnergies|url=https://teamtotalenergies.com/coureur/peter-sagan/|language=fr|access-date=27 March 2022}}
1991 – Esteban Andrada, Argentine footballer{{cite web |title=Esteban Andrada |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/esteban-andrada/116146/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=26 January 2025}}
1991 – Nicolò Melli, Italian-American basketball player{{cite web |title=Nicolo Melli |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629740/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=25 January 2024}}
1991 – Alex Sandro, Brazilian footballer{{cite web |title=Alex Sandro |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/alex-sandro-lobo-silva/78657/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=26 January 2025}}
1991 – Manti Te'o, American football player{{cite web |title=Manti Te'o |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15867/manti-teo |publisher=ESPN |access-date=19 January 2023 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119183616/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15867/manti-teo |url-status=live}}
1992 – Mercedes Moné, American wrestler{{cite web |title=WWE Profile – Sasha Banks |url=https://www.espn.in/wwe/story/_/id/17173311/wwe-profile-page-sasha-banks |publisher=ESPN |date=26 October 2020 |access-date=18 October 2022 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018215542/https://www.espn.in/wwe/story/_/id/17173311/wwe-profile-page-sasha-banks |url-status=live}}
1993 – Miguel Borja, Colombian footballer{{cite web |title=Miguel Borja |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/miguel-borja/194812/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=26 January 2025}}
1993 – Lana Clelland, Scottish footballer{{cite web |title=Lana Clelland {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=119871&lid=2 |website=scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=28 April 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803134758/https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=119871&lid=2 |url-status=live }}
1993 – Kevin Pangos, Canadian-Slovenian basketball player{{cite web |title=Kevin Pangos |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1630698/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=25 January 2024}}
1993 – Alice Powell, British racing driver{{Cite web |title=Alice Powell |url=https://envision-racing.com/alice-powell/ |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=Envision Racing |date=18 February 2020 |archive-date=2023-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127160448/https://envision-racing.com/alice-powell/ |url-status=live}}
1993 – Florian Thauvin, French footballer{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: France |publisher=FIFA |page=11 |date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611000407/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=11 June 2019}}
1994 – Montrezl Harrell, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Montrezl Harrell |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1626149/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=25 January 2024}}
1995 – Jean-Charles Castelletto, Cameroonian footballer{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Cameroon (CMR) |publisher=FIFA |page=5 |date=15 November 2022 |access-date=15 November 2022}}
1995 – Sione Katoa, New Zealand rugby league player{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/sione-katoa/summary.html |title=Sione Katoa – Career Stats & Summary |publisher=Rugby League Project |date=1995-01-26 |access-date=2016-05-01 |archive-date=2016-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308021422/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/sione-katoa/summary.html |url-status=live}}
1996 – Zakaria Bakkali, Belgian footballer{{cite web |title=Zakaria Bakkali |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/zakaria-bakkali/271091/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=26 January 2025}}
1996 – Hwang Hee-chan, South Korean football player{{cite web |title=Hwang Hee-Chan |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/20337/Hwang-Hee-Chan/overview |website=Premier League |access-date=26 January 2025}}
1997 – Gedion Zelalem, German-born American soccer player{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2015/pdf/FWYC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015: List of Players: USA |publisher=FIFA |page=23 |date=June 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414114527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2015/pdf/FWYC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=April 14, 2019}}
1998 – Moonbin, South Korean singer and actor. (died 2023){{cite web |url=http://www.fantagio.kr/musicians/%EB%AC%B8%EB%B9%88/ |title=문빈 |website=Fantagio |access-date=September 30, 2022 |language=ko |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930144957/http://www.fantagio.kr/musicians/%EB%AC%B8%EB%B9%88/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/379633 |title="[속보] "아스트로 문빈, 사망"…소속사 확인 중" |website=iMBC |access-date=April 20, 2023 |language=ko |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419163617/https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/379633 |url-status=live}}
1999 – Leonardo Balerdi, Argentine footballer{{cite web |title=Leonardo Balerdi |url=https://ligue1.com/player-sheet/l1_championship_player_2024_1_91272?tab=profile |website=Ligue 1 |access-date=26 January 2025}}
1999 – Travis Etienne, American football player{{cite web |title=Travis Etienne Jr. |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4239996/travis-etienne-jr |publisher=ESPN |access-date=25 January 2024}}
2000 – Ester Expósito, Spanish actress{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ester_exposito |title=Ester Expósito – Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=24 April 2023}}
2000 – Darius Garland, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Darius Garland |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629636/darius-garland |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=25 January 2024}}
2001 – Latalia Bevan, Welsh artistic gymnast{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics {{!}} Athlete Profile: Latalia BEVAN – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6028281-latalia-bevan.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=9 January 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117205333/https://results.gc2018.com/en/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6028281-latalia-bevan.htm |url-status=live }}
2001 – Isaac Okoro, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Isaac Okoro |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630171/isaac-okoro |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=25 January 2024}}
2002 – Darya Astakhova, Russian tennis player{{Cite web |title=Darya Astakhova |url=http://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/6259/darya-astakhova |access-date=2022-10-26 |publisher=ESPN |archive-date=2022-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026215934/http://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/6259/darya-astakhova |url-status=live}}
2009 – YaYa Gosselin, American actress{{cite web |last=Raiford |first=Tiffany |title=10 Things You Didn't Know about YaYa Gosselin |url=https://www.tvovermind.com/yaya-gosselin |website=TVOvermind |access-date=January 17, 2021 |date=February 16, 2020 |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129065557/https://www.tvovermind.com/yaya-gosselin/ |url-status=live}}{{cite instagram |user=yayagosselin |postid=B7zqUUzhIjR |date=January 26, 2020 |access-date=January 17, 2021 |title=Thank you so much to all of our friends for coming to celebrate YaYa's 11th Birthday! We had so much fun with you all :) Wishing a very happy birthday to our girl who we love so much. You are all good things YaYa. Love, Mama 🖤 #grateful #thankyouforcoming #happybirthdayyaya Missing: @carson_minniear and @liliana___torres 😘}}
2009 – The Suleman octuplets{{cite web |date=2009-04-13 |title=Clinical Excellence – Octuplets Born at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Bellflower, Calif. |url=http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/clinicalexcellence/2009/012609octuplets.html |access-date=2012-09-01 |work=kp.org |publisher=Kaiser Permanente |archive-date=2013-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711033651/http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/clinicalexcellence/2009/012609octuplets.html |url-status=live}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

738 – John of Dailam, Syrian monk and saint (born 660){{cite book |title=مار يوحنا الديلمي السرياني |publisher=مكتبة السائح |author=نيسكو, موفق |year=2009}}
1390 – Adolph IX, Count of Holstein-Kiel (bornc 1327){{cite book |last1=Bremer |first1=Jürgen |title=Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins bis zum Jahre 1848 |date=1864 |publisher=Schröder |page=143 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SBz7vSCiajoC |language=de}}
1567 – Nicholas Wotton, English courtier and diplomat (born 1497){{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Wotton, Nicholas |volume= 28 | page = 837 |short= 1}}

=1601–1900=

1620 – Amar Singh I, ruler of Mewar (born 1559){{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHnHHwAACAAJ |title=History of Medieval India: 800-1700 |author=Satish Chandra |publisher=Orient BlackSwan |year=2007 |isbn=978-8125032267 |access-date=2020-09-24 |archive-date=2023-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310204403/https://books.google.com/books?id=qHnHHwAACAAJ |url-status=live}}
1630 – Henry Briggs, English mathematician and astronomer (born 1556){{EB1911|wstitle=Briggs, Henry|volume=4|noprescript=1}}
1641 – Lawrence Hyde, English lawyer (born 1562)"[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp748-784 Horrobin-Hyte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520043727/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp748-784 |date=2022-05-20 }}," in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford: University of Oxford, 1891), 748-784. British History Online, accessed April 26, 2022.
1697 – Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (born 1640){{MacTutor Biography|id=Mohr|title=Georg Mohr}}
1744 – Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (born 1683){{EB1911|wstitle=Khevenhüller, Ludwig Andreas|volume=15|page=776|noprescript=1}}
1750 – Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (born 1686){{EB1911|wstitle=Schultens|volume=24|page=382|noprescript=1}}
1795 – Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (born 1732){{cite book |last1=Bach |first1=Johann Christoph Friedrich |title=Four Late Sinfonias |date=1 January 1988 |publisher=A-R Editions, Inc. |isbn=978-0-89579-226-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=93qDxwV0tXwC&pg=PR7}}
1799 – Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (born 1722){{cite DCB |last1=Ouellet |first1=Fernand |title=Christie, Gabriel |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/christie_gabriel_4E.html |volume=4 |access-date=13 April 2022}}
1814 – Manuel do Cenáculo, Portuguese prelate and antiquarian (born 1724){{cite web |url=http://www.arqnet.pt/dicionario/vilasbcenaculo.html |title=Vilas Boas (D. frei Manuel do Cenáculo) |language=pt |last=Torres |first=João Romano |website=Portugal – Dicionário Histórico, Corográfico, Heráldico, Biográfico, Bibliográfico, Numismático e Artístico, Volume VII |access-date=15 November 2020 |archive-date=6 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806103022/http://www.arqnet.pt/dicionario/vilasbcenaculo.html |url-status=live}}
1823 – Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist, creator of the smallpox vaccine (born 1749){{cite journal |first=Stefan |last=Riedel |pmc=1200696 |title=Edward Jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination |journal=Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=21–25 |date=January 2005 |publisher=Baylor University Medical Center |pmid=16200144 |doi=10.1080/08998280.2005.11928028}}
1824 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (born 1791){{NIE|wstitle=Géricault, Jean-Louis André Théodore|year=1906|inline=1|noprescript=1}}
1830 – Filippo Castagna, Maltese politician (born 1765){{cite book |last1=Schiavone |first1=Michael J. |title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. 1 A–F |date=2009 |publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza |location=Pietà |isbn=9789993291329 |pages=546–547}}
1849 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (born 1803){{cite DNB |wstitle=Beddoes, Thomas Lovell |first=Edmund |last=Gosse |volume=4}}
1855 – Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (born 1808){{cite web |title=Gérard de Nerval |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gerard-de-Nerval |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=12 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312140906/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gerard-de-Nerval |url-status=live}}
1860 – Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, opera singer (born 1804){{cite book |author1=Richard Wagner |author2=Wagner, Edward |title=Richard Wagner: My Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S243AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA774 |date=17 November 1983 |publisher=CUP Archive |isbn=978-0-521-22929-6 |pages=774}}
1869 – Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (born 1846){{cite book |last=Izzard |first=Brian |year=2018 |title=Glory and Dishonour: Victoria Cross Heroes Whose Lives Ended in Tragedy or Disgrace |publisher=Amberley |isbn=978-14456-7649-4 |location=Chapter 9: Suicide at Dunedin}}
1885 – Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (born 1806)
1885 – Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (born 1833){{cite web |last1=Hickman |first1=Kennedy |title=Mahdist War: Siege of Khartoum |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/mahdist-war-siege-of-khartoum-2361378 |website=ThoughtCo |access-date=25 March 2022 |date=2 December 2019 |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325155121/https://www.thoughtco.com/mahdist-war-siege-of-khartoum-2361378 |url-status=live}}
1886 – David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (born 1807){{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000322 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620180150/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000322 |archive-date=20 June 2015 |title=Atchison, David Rice (1807-1886) |website=Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress}}
1887 – Anandi Gopal Joshi, one of the first female Indian physicians (born 1865){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/lifedranandabai02dallgoog |title=The Life of Dr. Anandabai Joshee: A Kinswoman of the Pundita Ramabai |last=Dall |first=Caroline Wells Healey |date=1888 |publisher=Roberts Brothers |page=[https://archive.org/details/lifedranandabai02dallgoog/page/n206 13]}}
1891 – Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (born 1833){{cite web |title=Nicolaus August Otto |url=http://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/nicolaus-august-otto/DE-2086/lido/57c95767d405d6.69524041 |website=Rheinische Geschichte |access-date=22 February 2022 |language=de |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222183032/http://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/nicolaus-august-otto/DE-2086/lido/57c95767d405d6.69524041 |url-status=live}}
1893 – Abner Doubleday, American general (born 1819){{cite web |title=Abner Doubleday |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abner-Doubleday |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224110139/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abner-Doubleday |url-status=live}}
1895 – Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (born 1825){{cite journal |last1=Feldmann |first1=Richard W. |title=I. Arthur Cayley—founder of matrix theory |journal=The Mathematics Teacher |date=October 1962 |volume=55 |issue=6 |pages=482–484 |doi=10.5951/MT.55.6.0482 |jstor=27956657 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27956657 |issn=0025-5769 |access-date=2022-02-22 |archive-date=2022-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211180724/https://www.jstor.org/stable/27956657 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}
1896 – James Edwin Campbell, American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist (born 1867)

=1901–present=

1904 – Whitaker Wright, English businessman (born 1846){{cite news |title=WHITAKER WRIGHT COMMITS SUICIDE IN COURT AFTER HEARING SENTENCE CONDEMNING HIM TO PENAL SERVITUDE |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19040127.2.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |work=San Francisco Call |date=27 January 1904 |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054457/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19040127.2.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |url-status=live}}
1920 – Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author (born 1898){{cite book |first=William |last=Fifield |title=Modigliani |location=New York |publisher=W. Morrow |year=1976 |page=284 |isbn=978-0-68803-039-1}}
1932 – William Wrigley Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (born 1861){{cite news |title=William Wrigley Dies at Age of 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/01/27/archives/william-wrigley-dies-at-age-of-70-chicagoan-who-made-millions-from.html |work=The New York Times |date=27 January 1932 |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054458/https://www.nytimes.com/1932/01/27/archives/william-wrigley-dies-at-age-of-70-chicagoan-who-made-millions-from.html |url-status=live}}
1943 – Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (born 1880){{cite web |title=Dr. Harry H. Laughlin; Geneticist and Author, 62, Once With Carnegie Institute, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/01/28/archives/dr-harry-h-laughlin-geneticst-and-author-62-once-with-carnegie.html |website=The New York Times |date=28 January 1943 |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054457/https://www.nytimes.com/1943/01/28/archives/dr-harry-h-laughlin-geneticst-and-author-62-once-with-carnegie.html |url-status=live}}
1943 – Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (born 1887){{Cite journal |last1=Crow |first1=J. F. |title=N. I. Vavilov, martyr to genetic truth |journal=Genetics |volume=134 |issue=1 |pages=1–4 |year=1993 |doi=10.1093/genetics/134.1.1 |pmid=8514123 |pmc=1205417}}
1946 – Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (born 1884){{cite journal |last1=Seares |first1=Frederick H. |title=Adriaan van Maanen, 1884-1946 |journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |date=April 1946 |volume=58 |issue=341 |pages=89–103 |doi=10.1086/125791 |jstor=40671760 |bibcode=1946PASP...58...89S |s2cid=122629369 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40671760 |issn=0004-6280 |access-date=2022-02-22 |archive-date=2022-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222052745/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40671760 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}
1947 – Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (born 1898){{cite news |title=Paris Funeral Service For Grace Moore |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30510546 |access-date=22 February 2022 |work=The Advertiser |date=4 February 1947 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054458/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30510546 |url-status=live}}
1947 – India adopted its constitution and transitioned into a republic on this day.{{Cite web |title=Republic Day Celebration 2024 – Republic Of India – Know India: National Portal of India |url=https://knowindia.india.gov.in/republic-day-celebration/republic-of-india.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918131437/https://knowindia.india.gov.in/republic-day-celebration/republic-of-india.php |archive-date=2021-09-18 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Know India}}
1948 – Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876){{cite web |last1=Blustein |first1=Bonnie Ellen |title=Koch, Fred Conrad (1876-1948), biochemist |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1300932 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1300932 |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 |access-date=2019-08-24 |archive-date=2019-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824011221/https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1300932 |url-status=live}}
1953 – Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1882){{Quebec MNA biography|david-athanase-2771}}
1962 – Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (born 1897){{cite web |title=Lucky Luciano Is Dead at 65; Was Facing Arrest in Naples |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/01/27/90129087.pdf |website=The New York Times |access-date=22 February 2022 |date=27 January 1962}}
1968 – Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (born 1883){{cite web |title=Merrill Meigs, Publisher, Dead; Ex-Head of Chicago Papers and Aviation Pioneer, 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/01/26/archives/merrill-meigs-publisher-dead-exhead-of-chicago-papers-and-aviation.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=22 February 2022 |date=26 January 1968 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054459/https://www.nytimes.com/1968/01/26/archives/merrill-meigs-publisher-dead-exhead-of-chicago-papers-and-aviation.html |url-status=live}}
1973 – Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (born 1893){{cite web |last1=Whitman |first1=Alden |title=Edward G. Robinson, 79, Dies; His 'Little Caesar' Set a Style |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/27/archives/edward-g-robinson-79-dies-his-little-caesar-set-a-style-man-of.html |website=The New York Times |date=27 January 1973 |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311081421/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/27/archives/edward-g-robinson-79-dies-his-little-caesar-set-a-style-man-of.html |url-status=live}}
1976 – João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (born 1901){{cite web |title=João Branco Núncio |url=http://www.cm-alcacerdosal.pt/PT/Concelho/Personalidades/Paginas/JoãoBrancoNúncio.aspx |website=Câmara Municipal de Alcácer do Sal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217064640/http://www.cm-alcacerdosal.pt/PT/Concelho/Personalidades/Paginas/Jo%C3%A3oBrancoN%C3%BAncio.aspx |archive-date=17 December 2014 |language=pt}}
1977 – Dietrich von Hildebrand, German Catholic philosopher and author (born 1889){{cite news |title=Scholar Dead |url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=SLR19770211-01.2.11&srpos=2&e=------197-en-20--1--txt-txIN-Dietrich+von+Hildebrand----1977--- |access-date=1 February 2024 |work=The St. Louis Review |volume=36 |issue=6 |date=11 February 1977}}
1979 – Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (born 1908){{cite web |last1=McFadden |first1=William |title=New York Governor and United States Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller dies after a heart attack in 1979 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nelson-rockefeller-dies-heart-attack-1979-article-1.2085034 |website=New York Daily News |access-date=22 February 2022 |date=27 January 1979 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054458/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nelson-rockefeller-dies-heart-attack-1979-article-1.2085034 |url-status=live}}
1983 – Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (born 1913){{cite web |last1=Puma |first1=Mike |title=Bear Bryant 'simply the best there ever was' |url=https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Bryant_Bear.html |publisher=ESPN Classic |access-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054458/https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Bryant_Bear.html |url-status=live}}
1985 – Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (born 1914){{Cite encyclopedia |title=Clarke, Kenny |first=Barry |last=Kernfeld |author-link=Barry Kernfeld |encyclopedia=American National Biography |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1802594}}
1986 – Ruben Nirvi, Finnish linguist and professor (born 1905)Ellonen, Leena (ed.): Suomen professorit 1640–2007, p. 575. Helsinki: Professoriliitto, 2008. {{ISBN|978-952-99281-1-8}}.
1990 – Lewis Mumford, American sociologist and historian (born 1895){{cite web |title=Lewis Mumford |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lewis-Mumford |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=20 February 2022 |archive-date=17 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117062148/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lewis-Mumford |url-status=live}}
1992 – José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1912){{cite web |title=José Ferrer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Ferrer |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=20 February 2022 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603225203/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Ferrer |url-status=live}}
1993 – Jan Gies, Dutch businessman and humanitarian (born 1905){{cite web |title=Jan Gies; Smuggled Food to Help Anne Frank |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-28-mn-2224-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054031/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-28-mn-2224-story.html |archive-date=14 February 2022 |date=28 January 1993}}
1993 – Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, Governor General of Canada (born 1922){{cite web |title=Jeanne Sauvé {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jeanne-mathilde-sauve |website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=29 January 2021 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008181429/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jeanne-mathilde-sauve |url-status=live }}
1996 – Harold Brodkey, American author and academic (born 1930){{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Dinitia |title=Harold Brodkey, 65, New Yorker Writer And Novelist, Dies of Illness He Wrote About |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/27/us/harold-brodkey-65-new-yorker-writer-and-novelist-dies-of-illness-hewrote-about.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 1996 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054402/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/27/us/harold-brodkey-65-new-yorker-writer-and-novelist-dies-of-illness-hewrote-about.html |url-status=live}}
1996 – Frank Howard, American football player and coach (born 1909){{cite web |title=Frank Howard |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1735 |website=National Football Foundation |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023803/http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=50009 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}
1996 – Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (born 1932){{cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Larry |title=Henry Lewis; Symphony Conductor Broke Racial Barriers |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-28-mn-29628-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110822/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-01-28/news/mn-29628_1_henry-lewis |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live |date=28 January 1996}}
1997 – Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (born 1904){{cite web |last1=Pace |first1=Eric |title=Jeane Dixon, 79, Astrologer Claiming Psychic Power, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/27/us/jeane-dixon-79-astrologer-claiming-psychic-power-dies.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 1997 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214051908/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/27/us/jeane-dixon-79-astrologer-claiming-psychic-power-dies.html |url-status=live}}
2000 – Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (born 1915){{cite web |last1=Finn |first1=Robin |title=Don Budge, First to Win Tennis's Grand Slam, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/27/sports/don-budge-first-to-win-tennis-s-grand-slam-dies-at-84.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 2000 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054401/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/27/sports/don-budge-first-to-win-tennis-s-grand-slam-dies-at-84.html |url-status=live}}
2000 – Kathleen Hale, English author and illustrator (born 1898){{cite web |last1=MacCarthy |first1=Fiona |title=Obituary: Kathleen Hale |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jan/28/news.obituaries |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=28 January 2000 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054330/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jan/28/news.obituaries |url-status=live}}
2000 – A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (born 1912){{cite web |title=A E van Vogt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/feb/01/news.obituaries |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=31 January 2000 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214051246/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/feb/01/news.obituaries |url-status=live}}
2001 – Al McGuire, American basketball player and coach (born 1928){{cite news |last1=Kupper |first1=Mike |title=Time runs out for McGuire |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ylBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6790%2C6309536 |access-date=14 February 2022 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |date=27 January 2001 |archive-date=14 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314093727/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ylBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6790,6309536 |url-status=live}}
2003 – Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (born 1942){{cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Nick |title=Obituary: Valery Brumel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/feb/06/guardianobituaries.russia |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=6 February 2003 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054332/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/feb/06/guardianobituaries.russia |url-status=live}}
2003 – Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (born 1917){{cite web |last1=Beran |first1=Michael Knox |title=H. R. Trevor-Roper, R.I.P. |website=National Review |url=http://nationalreview.com/comment/comment-beran013103.asp |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419114843/http://nationalreview.com/comment/comment-beran013103.asp |archive-date=19 April 2007 |date=31 January 2003}}
2003 – George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (born 1931){{cite web |title=Viscount Younger of Leckie |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/viscount-younger-of-leckie-729988.html |website=The Independent |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304133457/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/viscount-younger-of-leckie-729988.html |archive-date=4 March 2009 |date=27 January 2003}}
2004 – Fred Haas, American golfer (born 1916){{cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=Fred Haas; Golfer, 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/29/sports/fred-haas-golfer-88.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=29 January 2004 |archive-date=26 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826044812/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/29/sports/fred-haas-golfer-88.html |url-status=live}}
2006 – Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani politician (born 1917){{cite web |last1=Yusufzai |first1=Ashfaq |title=Wali Khan passes away |url=https://www.dawn.com/2006/01/27/top2.htm |newspaper=Dawn |location=Pakistan |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230543/http://www.dawn.com/2006/01/27/top2.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007 |date=27 January 2006}}
2007 – Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1929){{cite web |last1=Litsky |first1=Frank |title=Gump Worsley, 77, Hall of Famer Who Won Four Titles, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/sports/hockey/29worsley.html?_r=0 |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=29 January 2007 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054333/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/sports/hockey/29worsley.html?_r=0 |url-status=live}}
2008 – Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and designer (born 1906){{cite web |last1=Litt |first1=Steven |title=Viktor Schreckengost has died at age 101 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/arts/2008/01/viktor_schreckengost_has_died.html |website=cleveland.com |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 2008 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054359/https://www.cleveland.com/arts/2008/01/viktor_schreckengost_has_died.html |url-status=live}}
2008 – George Habash, Palestinian politician, founder of the PFLP (born 1926){{Cite web |last=Andoni |first=Lamis |date=13 July 2009 |title=Habash: The bearer of the dream |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2009/7/13/habash-the-bearer-of-the-dream |access-date=2022-07-06 |publisher=Al Jazeera}}
2010 – Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (born 1917){{cite web |last1=Noble |first1=Holcomb B. |last2=McGrath |first2=Charles |title=Louis Auchincloss, Chronicler of New York's Upper Crust, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/nyregion/28auchincloss.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 2010 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702153415/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/nyregion/28auchincloss.html |url-status=live}}
2011 – David Kato Kisule, Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement (born 1964){{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/27/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-murdered |title=Ugandan gay rights activist murdered weeks after court victory |first=Xan |last=Rice |date=27 January 2011 |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214235047/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/27/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-murdered |url-status=live}}
2011 – Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927){{cite news |last=Frisckis-Warren |first=Bill |date=2011-01-26 |title=Charlie Louvin, Country Singer, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/arts/music/27louvin.html?mcubz=0 |work=The New York Times |location=New York City |access-date=2017-08-18 |archive-date=2017-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818045314/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/arts/music/27louvin.html?mcubz=0 |url-status=live}}
2012 – Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver (born 1924){{cite web |title=Former Maserati grand prix driver Roberto Mieres dies aged 87 |publisher=Haymarket Publications |work=autosport.com |url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97201 |date=2012-01-27 |accessdate=2012-01-27 |archive-date=2012-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127210011/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97201 |url-status=live}}
2013 – Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (born 1929){{cite news |last=Weil |first=Martin |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/former-md-state-delegate-christine-jones-dies/2013/01/27/5e54e8de-68f2-11e2-af53-7b2b2a7510a8_story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217003640/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-01-27/local/36583605_1_state-delegate-county-fire-physical-education |url-status=live |archive-date=February 17, 2013 |title=Former Md. state delegate Christine Jones dies |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 27, 2013 |access-date=February 1, 2013}}
2013 – Stefan Kudelski, Polish-Swiss engineer, inventor of the Nagra (born 1929){{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-29/stefan-kudelski-sound-recording-equipment-inventor-dies-at-84.html |title=Stefan Kudelski, Sound-Recording Equipment Inventor, Dies at 84 |author=Thomas Mulier |date=Jan 28, 2013 |publisher=Bloomberg News |access-date=2021-12-19 |archive-date=2015-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109121454/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-29/stefan-kudelski-sound-recording-equipment-inventor-dies-at-84.html |url-status=live}}
2013 – Padma Kant Shukla, Indian physicist and academic (born 1950){{cite web |author=Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum |url=http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=128027&CultureCode=en |title=The Ruhr-Universität mourns Padma Kant Shukla |publisher=Alphagalileo.org |date=2013-01-29 |accessdate=2013-01-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208170445/http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=128027&CultureCode=en |archivedate=February 8, 2013}}
2013 – Shōtarō Yasuoka, Japanese author (born 1920){{cite web |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/people/AJ201301300061 |title=Postwar literary giant Yasuoka dies at 92 |work=The Asahi Shimbun |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |date=January 30, 2013 |accessdate=January 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205042102/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/people/AJ201301300061 |archivedate=February 5, 2013}}
2014 – Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (born 1933){{cite news |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Frank |last2=Juliano |first2=Joe |title=Philadelphia basketball great Tom Gola dies |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=January 26, 2014 |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/la_salle/20140127_Philadelphia_basketball_great_Tom_Gola_dies.html |access-date=January 26, 2014 |archive-date=January 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127202355/http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/la_salle/20140127_Philadelphia_basketball_great_Tom_Gola_dies.html |url-status=live}}
2014 – Paula Gruden, Slovenian-Australian poet and translator (born 1921){{cite news |url=http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/knjige/umrla-je-pavla-gruden-pesniski-glas-slovencev-v-avstraliji/328389 |title=Umrla je Pavla Gruden, pesniški glas Slovencev v Avstraliji |publisher=MMC RTV Slovenija |date=27 January 2014 |language=Slovenian |trans-title=Pavla Gruden, the Poetic Voice of the Slovenes in Australia, Dies |access-date=19 December 2021 |archive-date=29 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929021016/http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/knjige/umrla-je-pavla-gruden-pesniski-glas-slovencev-v-avstraliji/328389 |url-status=live}}
2014 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (born 1939){{cite web |title=Jose Emilio Pacheco dies at 74; one of Mexico's foremost writers |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jose-emilio-pacheco-20140127-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=January 27, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219020437/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jose-emilio-pacheco-20140127-story.html |url-status=live}}
2015 – Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau, American art director and cartoonist (born 1932){{cite web |url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_27395442/vallejos-art-icon-goodie-goudeau-dies-at-84 |title=Vallejo's art icon Goodie Goudeau dies at 83 |work=ContraCostaTimes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206225828/http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_27395442/vallejos-art-icon-goodie-goudeau-dies-at-84 |archive-date=2015-02-06}}
2015 – Tom Uren, Australian politician (born 1921){{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/27/tom-uren-1921-2015 |title=Tom Uren, 1921–2015 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 January 2015 |author=Frank Bongiorno |author-link=Frank Bongiorno |access-date=24 October 2021 |archive-date=26 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826075745/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/27/tom-uren-1921-2015 |url-status=live}}
2016 – Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Pakistani military leader, foreign minister, and diplomat (born 1920){{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Pakistani Diplomat, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/world/asia/sahabzada-yaqub-khan-dies-at-95-pakistani-diplomat-obituary.html?_r=0 |access-date=6 September 2016 |work=The New York Times |date=28 January 2016 |archive-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202174809/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/world/asia/sahabzada-yaqub-khan-dies-at-95-pakistani-diplomat-obituary.html?_r=0 |url-status=live}}
2016 – Abe Vigoda, American actor (born 1921){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/arts/television/abe-vigoda-actor-of-godfather-fame-dies-at-94.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/arts/television/abe-vigoda-actor-of-godfather-fame-dies-at-94.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Abe Vigoda, of 'Godfather' and 'Barney Miller,' dies at 94 |last=Lavietes |first=Stuart |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 26, 2016 |access-date=September 19, 2017}}{{cbignore}}
2017 – Mike Connors, American actor (born 1925){{cite news |last=Grode |first=Eric |date=January 27, 2017 |title=Mike Connors, Long-Running TV Sleuth in 'Mannix,' Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/arts/mike-connors-mannix-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/arts/mike-connors-mannix-dies.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 27, 2017}}{{cbignore}}
2017 – Tam Dalyell, Scottish politician (born 1932){{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38764220 |title=Former Labour MP Tam Dalyell dies |date=26 January 2017 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=26 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126191909/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38764220 |archive-date=26 January 2017 |url-status=live}}
2017 – Lindy Delapenha, Jamaican footballer and sports journalist (born 1927){{cite web |title=Lindy Delapenha is dead |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Lindy-Delapenha-is-dead |website=Jamaica Observer |date=January 26, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918211226/https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Lindy-Delapenha-is-dead |url-status=live}}
2017 – Barbara Hale, American actress (born 1922){{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/barbara-hale-dead-perry-mason-893891 |title=Barbara Hale, the Loyal Della Street on 'Perry Mason', Dies at 94 |first1=Mike |last1=Barnes |first2=Duane |last2=Byrge |date=January 27, 2017 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=January 29, 2017 |archive-date=January 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128005800/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/barbara-hale-dead-perry-mason-893891 |url-status=live}}
2017 – Barbara Howard, Canadian sprinter and educator (born 1920){{cite web |last=Marshall |first=Tabitha |date=January 26, 2018 |title=Barbara Howard |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/barbara-howard |url-status=live |access-date=2021-04-19 |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |archive-date=2021-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419003209/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/barbara-howard}}
2020 – John Altobelli, American college baseball coach (born 1963)
2020 – Gianna Bryant, American student-athlete (born 2006)
2020 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (born 1978)
2025 – Suzanne Massie, American historian (born 1931){{cite web |title=Suzanne Massie, former Reagan advisor known as ‘the woman who ended the Cold War,’ dies at 94 |url=https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/28/suzanne-massie-former-reagan-advisor-known-as-the-woman-who-ended-the-cold-war-dies-at-94 |website=Meduza |access-date=January 28, 2025 |language=en}}

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
Saint Alberic of Cîteaux{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1202 |title=St Alberic of Citeaux |website=Catholic Online |access-date=29 January 2021 |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208175413/https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1202 |url-status=live}}
Blessed Gabriele Allegra{{cite book |author1=Cindy Yik-yi Chu |author2=Paul P. Mariani |title=People, Communities, and the Catholic Church in China |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UNLHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA86 |date=2 January 2020 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=9789811516795 |pages=86}}
Saint Paula of Rome{{cite web |title=Saint of the Month: St Paula of Rome {{!}} Galway Cathedral |url=https://www.galwaycathedral.ie/news/saint-month-st-paula-rome |website=www.galwaycathedral.ie |access-date=5 May 2025}}
January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Australia Day (Australia)
Republic Day (India)

References

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{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Gibberd |first=William |year=1966 |id2=davy-edward-1966 |title=Edward Davy |access-date=10 April 2022}}

{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=C J |last=Lloyd |title=Connor, Reginald Francis Xavier (Rex) (1907–1977) |id2=connor-reginald-francis-rex-9813 |access-date=2021-03-21}}

{{cite web |title=National days |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126185229/https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 November 2020}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/james-edwin-campbell |title=James Edwin Campbell |year=2020 |publisher=Poetry Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525145119/https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/james-edwin-campbell |archive-date=May 25, 2020 |access-date=May 25, 2020}}

{{cite news |title=Death of a Story Writer |newspaper=The Daily Herald |location=Delphos, Ohio |date=January 28, 1896 |page=5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52450044/death-of-a-story-writer/ |via=Newspapers.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531151043/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52450044/death-of-a-story-writer/ |archive-date=May 31, 2020 |access-date=May 30, 2020}}

{{cite news |title=Colored Poet Dead |newspaper=The Richwood Gazette |location=Richwood, Ohio |date=January 30, 1896 |page=1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52517323/colored-poet-dead/ |via=Newspapers.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531160302/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52517323/colored-poet-dead/ |archive-date=May 31, 2020 |access-date=May 31, 2020}}

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External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/26 BBC: On This Day]
{{NYT On this day|month=1|day=26}}
[https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/26 Historical Events on January 26]

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