On this day | January 9th

On this day: January 9th

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681 Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.

1038 An 1038 Dingxiang earthquake in Dingxiang County, China kills an estimated 32,300.

1127 Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen people soldiers from the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) Jingkang Incident Kaifeng (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong of Song and others, ending the Northern Song dynasty.

1349 The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is Basel massacre.

1431 The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen.

1693 1693 Sicily earthquake: The first of two earthquakes destroys parts of Sicily and Malta. After the second quake on 11 January, the death toll is estimated at between 60,000 and 100,000 people.

1760 Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani.

1787 The nationally known image of the Black Nazarene in the Philippines was transferred from what is now Rizal Park to its present shrine in the minor basilica of Quiapo Church. This is annually commemorated through its ''Traslación'' (solemn transfer) in the streets of Manila and is attended by millions of devotees.

1788 Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

1792 Treaty of Jassy between Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire is signed, ending the Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792.

1793 Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.

1799 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound sterling to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.

1806 Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.

1816 Humphry Davy tests Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.

1822 The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King John VI of Portugal, beginning the Brazilian independence process.

1839 The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.

1857 The 7.9 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central California and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale of IX (''Violent'').

1858 British forces finally defeat Revolt of Rajab Ali # Defeat of Chittagong

1861 American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.

1861 Mississippi becomes the Mississippi in the American Civil War # Secession and Mississippian politics from the Union (United States) before the outbreak of the American Civil War.

1878 Umberto I of Italy becomes King of Kingdom of Italy.

1903 Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.

1909 Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the Flag of the United Kingdom from the South Pole, the Farthest South at that time.

1914 The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.

1916 World War I: The Gallipoli Campaign concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.

1917 World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with History of Palestine # Ottoman period.

1918 Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.

1920 Ukrainian War of Independence: The All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee outlaws the Makhnovshchina by decree, igniting the Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict.

1921 Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.

1923 Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.

1923 Lithuanians residents of the Memel Territory Klaipėda Revolt against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a League of Nations mandate under French control.

1927 A fire at the Laurier Palace Theatre fire in Montreal, kills 78 children.

1941 World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.

1945 World War II: The Sixth United States Army begins the invasion of Lingayen Gulf.

1957 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to Suez Crisis the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.

1959 The Vega de Tera disaster, triggering a disastrous flood that nearly destroys the town of Ribadelago and kills 144 residents.

1960 President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.

1961 British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Union Portland spy ring in London.

1962 Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn V", to carry human beings to the Moon.

1964 Martyrs' Day (Panama): Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.

1991 Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference (1991) to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

1992 The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.

1992 The first discoveries of exoplanets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12.

1996 First Chechen War: Chechens Separatism launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.

1997 Comair Flight 3272 crashes in Raisinville Township, Michigan in Monroe County, Michigan, killing 29 people.

2003 TANS Perú Flight 222 crashes on approach to Chachapoyas Airport in Chachapoyas, Peru, killing 46 people.

2004 An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants Karaburun tragedy near the Karaburun Peninsula, Albania en route to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. This is the second deadliest marine disaster in Albanian history.

2005 Mahmoud Abbas wins the 2005 Palestinian presidential election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh.

2005 The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.

2007 Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original IPhone (1st generation) at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.

2011 Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia in the northwest of the country, in icy conditions, killing 78 people.

2014 An Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.

2015 The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a Porte de Vincennes siege, related to the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes.

2015 A Mozambique funeral beer poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involving beer that was contaminated with ''Burkholderia gladioli'' leaves 75 dead and over 230 people ill.

2021 Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board.

AD 727 Emperor Daizong of Tang (d. 779)

1304 Hōjō Takatoki, Japanese shikken of the Kamakura bakufu (d. 1333)

1418 Juan Ramón Folch III de Cardona, Aragonese admiral (d. 1485)

1554 Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)

1571 Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, French commander (d. 1621)

1590 Simon Vouet, French painter (d. 1649)

1606 William Dugard, English printer (d. 1662)

1624 Empress Meishō of Japan (d. 1696)

1645 Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English noble and politician (date baptized; d. 1712)

1674 Reinhard Keiser, German composer (d. 1739)

1685 Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (d. 1766)

1728 Thomas Warton, English poet, historian, and critic (d. 1790)

1735 John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (d. 1823)

1745 Caleb Strong, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1819)

1753 Luísa Todi, Portuguese soprano and actress (d. 1833)

1773 Cassandra Austen, English painter and illustrator (d. 1845)

1778 Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish Ney player and composer (d. 1846)

1811 Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English journalist and author (d. 1856)

1818 Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (d. 1881)

1819 James Francis (politician), English-Australian businessman and politician, 9th Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)

1822 Carol Benesch, Czech-Romanian architect, designed the Peleș Castle (d. 1896)

1823 Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (d. 1908)

1829 Thomas William Robertson, English director and playwright (d. 1871)

1829 Adolf Schlagintweit, German botanist and explorer (d. 1857)

1832 Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1900)

1839 John Knowles Paine, American composer and academic (d. 1906)

1848 Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)

1849 John Hartley (tennis), English tennis player (d. 1935)

1854 Lady Randolph Churchill, American-born wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, mother of Sir Winston Churchill (d. 1921)

1856 Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912)

1859 Carrie Chapman Catt, American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women (d. 1947)

1864 Vladimir Steklov (mathematician), Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1926)

1868 S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic (d. 1939)

1870 Joseph Strauss (engineer), American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge (d. 1938)

1873 Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1934)

1873 Thomas Curtis (athlete), American sprinter and hurdler (d. 1944)

1873 John Flanagan (hammer thrower), Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1938)

1875 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (d. 1942)

1879 John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (d. 1958)

1881 Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic (d. 1938)

1881 Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1956)

1885 Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler (d. 1968)

1886 Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer (d. 1943)

1889 Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (d. 1969)

1890 Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (d. 1938)

1890 Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (d. 1935)

1892 Eva Bowring, American lawyer and politician (d. 1985)

1893 Edwin Baker (CNIB), Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (d. 1968)

1896 Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor and director (d. 1971)

1897 Karl Löwith, German philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1973)

1897 Halyna Kuzmenko, Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary (d. 1978)

1898 Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (d. 1979)

1899 Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter (d. 1942)

1900 Richard Halliburton, American journalist and author (d. 1939)

1901 Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1991)

1902 Rudolf Bing, American impresario and businessman (d. 1997)

1902 Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (d. 1975)

1908 Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (d. 1986)

1909 Anthony Mamo, Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta (d. 2008)

1909 Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist (d. 1992)

1912 Basil Langton, English actor, director, photographer, and teacher (d. 2003)

1912 Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (d. 1996)

1913 Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)

1914 Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (d. 1985)

1915 Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director (d. 1982)

1915 Anita Louise, American actress (d. 1970)

1918 Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (d. 2005)

1919 William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet and academic (d. 2007)

1920 Clive Dunn, English actor (d. 2012)

1920 Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (d. 1998)

1921 Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (d. 2025)

1922 Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2011)

1922 Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (d. 1984)

1924 Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (d. 1990)

1925 Len Quested, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)

1925 Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)

1926 Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2002)

1928 Judith Krantz, American novelist (d. 2019)

1928 Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (d. 1994)

1929 Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (d. 2015)

1929 Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (d. 1995)

1931 Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (d. 2008)

1933 Roy Dwight, English footballer (d. 2002)

1933 Wilbur Smith, Zambian-English journalist and author (d. 2021)

1934 Bart Starr, American football player and coach (d. 2019)

1935 Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005)

1935 Dick Enberg, American sportscaster (d. 2017)

1935 John Graham (rugby union), New Zealand rugby player and educator (d. 2017)

1935 Brian Harradine, Australian politician (d. 2014)

1936 K Callan, American actress and author

1936 Marko Veselica, Croatian academic and politician (d. 2017)

1938 Claudette Boyer, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2013)

1939 Susannah York, English actress and activist (d. 2011)

1940 Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993)

1940 Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation

1941 Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist

1943 Robert Drewe, Australian author and playwright

1943 Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2007)

1943 Scott Walker (singer), American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 2019)

1944 Harun Farocki, German filmmaker (d. 2014)

1944 Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1944 Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor

1945 John Doman, American actor

1945 Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Syrian-Armenian scholar and politician, 1st President of Armenia

1946 Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic (d. 2013)

1946 Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician, 45th List of Danish foreign ministers

1948 Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)

1948 Jan Tomaszewski, Polish footballer, manager, and politician

1950 Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist and academic

1950 David Johansen, American singer-songwriter and actor

1951 M. L. Carr, American basketball player, coach, and executive

1951 Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer

1952 Kaushik Basu, Indian economist and academic

1954 Philippa Gregory, Kenyan-English author and academic

1955 Bruce Boudreau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1955 J. K. Simmons, American actor

1956 Waltraud Meier, German soprano and actress

1956 Imelda Staunton, English actress and singer

1957 Phil Lewis (musician), English musician, singer and songwriter

1958 Rob McClanahan, American ice hockey player

1958 Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish assassin

1959 Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate

1960 Lisa Walters, Canadian golfer

1961 Didier Camberabero, French rugby player

1962 Ray Houghton, Scottish-born footballer

1963 Eric Erlandson, American musician and songwriter

1963 Irwin McLean, Northern Irish biologist and academic

1965 Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player

1965 Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer and musician

1965 Joely Richardson, English actress

1967 Matt Bevin, American politician, 62nd Governor of Kentucky

1967 Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer

1967 David Costabile, American actor

1967 Steve Harwell, American rock singer (d. 2023)

1967 Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1968 Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer and coach

1968 Joey Lauren Adams, American actress

1968 Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer

1970 Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress

1971 Angie Martinez, American rapper, actress, and radio host

1973 Angela Bettis, American actress, director, and producer

1973 Sean Paul, Jamaican rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor

1974 Omari Hardwick, American actor

1975 James Beckford (athlete), Jamaican long jumper

1976 Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player

1978 Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player

1978 Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager

1978 Chad Johnson, American football player

1978 AJ McLean, American singer, dancer, and actor

1980 Édgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer

1980 Sergio García, Spanish golfer

1980 Shaun Hill, American football player

1980 Luke Patten, Australian rugby league player and referee

1980 Francisco Pavón, Spanish footballer

1981 Ebi Smolarek, Polish footballer and manager

1982 Catherine, Princess of Wales

1982 Sharrod Ford, American basketball player

1985 Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer

1986 Raphael Diaz, Swiss ice hockey player

1986 Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer

1986 Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player

1987 Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer

1987 Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1987 Jami Puustinen, Finnish footballer

1988 Lee Yeon-hee, South Korean actress

1989 Michael Beasley, American basketball player

1989 Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress

1989 Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete

1989 Samardo Samuels, Jamaican-American basketball player

1989 Chris Sandow, Australian rugby league player

1989 Haris Sohail, Pakistani cricketer

1991 Ruby Soho (wrestler), American wrestler

1991 Álvaro Soler, Spanish singer-songwriter

1992 Jack Campbell (ice hockey), American ice hockey player

1992 Terrence Jones, American basketball player

1992 Joseph Parker (boxer), Samoan heavyweight boxer

1993 Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English long jumper and heptathlete

1993 Marcus Peters, American football player

1994 Radek Faksa, Czech ice hockey player

1995 Braden Hamlin-Uele, New Zealand rugby league player

1995 Dominik Livaković, Croatian football goalkeeper

1995 Nicola Peltz, American actress

1996 Vítek Vaněček, Czech ice hockey player

1998 Kerris Dorsey, American actress

1998 Brent Rivera, American social media personality and actor

2000 Luka Šamanić, Croatian basketball player

2001 Peter Mamouzelos, Australian rugby league player

2001 Zeke Nnaji, American basketball player

2004 Souhardya De, Indian author and columnist

710 Adrian of Canterbury, abbot and Scholarly method

1150 Emperor Xizong of Jin (b. 1119)

1282 Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Minorcan ruler (b. 1204)

1283 Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (b. 1236)

1367 Giulia della Rena, Italian saint (b. 1319)

1450 Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester

1463 William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, English soldier (b. 1405)

1499 John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455)

1511 Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek scholar and academic (b. 1423)

1514 Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France (b. 1477)

1529 Wang Yangming, Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (b. 1472)

1534 Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (b. 1477)

1543 Guillaume du Bellay, French general and diplomat (b. 1491)

1561 Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)

1571 Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French admiral (b. 1510)

1598 Jasper Heywood, English poet and scholar (b. 1553)

1612 Leonard Holliday, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1550)

1622 Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (b. 1576)

1757 Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1657)

1762 Antonio de Benavides, colonial governor of Florida (b. 1678)

1766 Thomas Birch, English historian and author (b. 1705)

1799 Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1718)

1800 Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)

1805 Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and politician (b. 1723)

1833 Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1752)

1843 William Hedley, English engineer (b. 1773)

1848 Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1750)

1856 Neophytos Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770)

1858 Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)

1873 Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)

1876 Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)

1878 Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)

1895 Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (b. 1812)

1901 Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)

1908 Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)

1908 Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)

1911 Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (b. 1853)

1911 Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (b. 1886)

1917 Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (b. 1853)

1918 Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (b. 1844)

1923 Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1888)

1924 Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (b. 1853)

1927 Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (b. 1855)

1930 Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (b. 1863)

1931 Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (b. 1896)

1936 John Gilbert (actor), American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1899)

1939 Johann Strauss III, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)

1941 Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)

1945 Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908)

1945 Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)

1945 Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1890)

1946 Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (b. 1903)

1947 Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (b. 1893)

1960 Elsie J. Oxenham, English author and educator (b. 1880)

1961 Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)

1964 Halide Edib Adıvar, Turkish author and academic (b. 1884)

1971 Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (b. 1876)

1972 Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)

1975 Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1897)

1975 Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1901)

1979 Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (b. 1891)

1981 Kazimierz Serocki, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1922)

1984 Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (b. 1909)

1985 Robert Mayer (philanthropist), German-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)

1987 Arthur Lake (actor), American actor (b. 1905)

1988 Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and composer (b. 1909)

1990 Spud Chandler, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)

1990 Cemal Süreya, Turkish poet and journalist (b. 1931)

1992 Steve Brodie (actor), American actor (b. 1919)

1992 Bill Naughton, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)

1993 Paul Hasluck, Australian historian and politician, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1905)

1995 Souphanouvong, Laotian politician, 1st President of Laos (b. 1909)

1995 Peter Cook, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1937)

1996 Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author (b. 1923)

1996 Abdullah al-Qasemi, Saudi atheist, writer, and intellectual (b. 1907)

1997 Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1909)

1997 Jesse White (actor), American actor (b. 1917)

1998 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1918)

1998 Imi Lichtenfeld, Slovakian-Israeli martial artist, founded Krav Maga (b. 1910)

2000 Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer and academic (b. 1915)

2000 Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)

2001 Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (b. 1926)

2003 Will McDonough, American journalist (b. 1935)

2004 Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1909)

2006 Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)

2006 W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (b. 1913)

2007 Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)

2007 Jean-Pierre Vernant, French anthropologist and historian (b. 1914)

2008 Johnny Grant (radio personality), American radio host and producer (b. 1923)

2008 John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and television host (b. 1924)

2009 Rob Gauntlett, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1987)

2009 T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (b. 1914)

2009 Tan Chor Jin, Singaporean murderer and triad leader of Ang Soon Tong (b. 1966)

2011 Makinti Napanangka, Australian painter (b. 1930)

2012 Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer (b. 1937)

2012 Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, Swiss geologist and academic (b. 1910)

2012 William G. Roll, German-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1926)

2012 Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1947)

2012 László Szekeres, Hungarian physician and academic (b. 1921)

2013 Brigitte Askonas, Austrian-English immunologist and academic (b. 1923)

2013 James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate (b. 1919)

2013 Robert L. Rock, American businessman and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (b. 1927)

2013 John Wise (Ontario), Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Minister of Agriculture (Canada) (b. 1935)

2014 Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (b. 1934)

2014 Josep Maria Castellet, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1926)

2014 Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (b. 1965)

2014 Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate (b. 1939)

2015 Michel Jeury, French author (b. 1934)

2015 Józef Oleksy, Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1946)

2015 Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (b. 1928)

2015 Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (b. 1964)

2016 John Harvard (politician), Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (b. 1938)

2016 Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (b. 1926)

2017 Zygmunt Bauman, Polish sociologist (b. 1925)

2018 Kato Ottio, Papua New Guinean rugby league player (b. 1994)

2019 Verna Bloom, American actress (b. 1938)

2019 Paul Koslo, German-Canadian actor (b. 1944)

2021 John Reilly (actor, born 1934), American actor (b. 1934)

2022 Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and television host (b. 1956)

2022 Maria Ewing, American opera singer (b. 1950)

2023 Séamus Begley, Irish accordion player, fiddler and Irish traditional music (b. 1949)

2024 Rashid Khan (musician), Indian classical musician (b. 1968)

Christian feast day:

- Adrian of Canterbury

- Berhtwald

- Feast of the Black Nazarene (Manila, Philippines)

- Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow

- Julia Chester Emery (Episcopal Church (USA))

- St. Stephen's Day (old calendar Eastern Orthodox)

- January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Start of Hōonkō January 9–16 (Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism)

Martyrs' Day (Panama)

Non-Resident Indian Day (India)

Day of Republika Srpska (Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, result of 2016 Republika Srpska National Day referendum) (note: not celebrated and disputed in wider Bosnia and Herzegovina, having been declared unconstitutional in 2015)

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